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INDEX
at a GLanCe
A before and after look at
the Lied Center expansion
Originally constructed in 1993,
the Lied Center of Kansas is a
performing arts venue that hosts
a wide variety of productions,
including Rock Chalk Revue. The
Lied Center is dedicated to the
parents of 1923 graduate Erniest
F. Lied
Currently, the Lied Center can
occupy 2,020 people in the au-
ditorium. This creates problems
during high-occupancy events
such as Convocation.
The Lied Foundation donated
$10 million to the University in
order to fund the construction of
the Lied Center.
According to the Lied Centers
mission statement, the purpose
of this organization is to promote
the arts and education through
performance.
The $10 million Lied Founda-
tion Trust donation to initially
construct the Lied Center was
the largest donation to KU ever
at the time
The current expansion will
create an additional 1,800 feet
of space. The new 60-foot by 40-
foot practice stage mirrors the
current Lied Center stage.
Funding for the expansion was
made possible by a $2.5 million
donation to the Unviersity by
the Lied Foundation and a
$300,000 donation from the
Kemper Foundation
The expansion will provide ad-
ditional practice space for state
productions as well as displays
providing information on the
history of Ernest F. Lied and the
Lied Foundation Trust.
The Lied Center expansion was
originally proposed in 2005, but
the project was scrapped due to
a lack of funding.
The current expansion project
is to be completed during the
spring semester. The project
includes an expansion of the
Lied Centers lobby, the creation
of new ofce space and the
construction of an education
pavilion.
BeFore aFter
Chris Neal/KANSAN
Arts
Ribbon-cutting ceremony
celebrates lobby renovation
BY WESTON PLETCHER
wpletcher@kansan.com
The renovations for the lobby
expansion at the Lied Center have
been completed and will be open
to the public following the ribbon-
cutting ceremony held today.
The new lobby expansion was
funded by the William T. Kemper
Foundation, Commerce Bank,
trustee. The William T. Kemper
Foundation made a $300,000 dona-
tion. The lobby expansion was com-
pleted two months ago in January
and took four months to complete.
Tim Van Leer, executive director
of the Lied Center, said the expan-
sion will provide ample space for
audiences when they come to the
Lied Center.
Besides being a more people-
friendly space when we have events
in the facility, it will give us another
space for small meetings, recep-
tions and catered functions, Van
Leer said.
The addition, which added 1,800
square feet to the front of the Lied
Center, doubled the existing size of
the lobby.
The lobby expansion isnt the
only renovation taking place at the
Lied Center.
We are also constructing a new,
multi-purpose Pavilion to be used
for small performances, catered
functions, education activities,
meetings and rehearsal by visiting
artists, Van Leer said.
The pavilion will be a place for
visiting and local artists to engage
with the community. The Lied
Center offers specialties in edu-
cation and engagement programs
such as: pre- and post-performance
discussions, demonstrations, lec-
tures, workshops, master classes
and more. It will create more pos-
sibilities and special occasions for
the Friends of the Lied to celebrate
the arts.
The new Pavilion is made
possible by a gift from the Lied
Foundation Trust. Construction
began in September 2010 and
we anticipate completion of the
Pavilion this summer, Van Leer
said.
The public is invited to the rib-
bon-cutting ceremony and recep-
tion at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the
new Kemper Foyer.
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size
money
function
trivia
After four
months of
construction,
the new Kemper
Foyer is ready for
the public
take Charge! Challenge
KU residence halls are participating in the Take Charge!
Challenge, a competition to conserve energy and go greener.
BASKETBAll | 10A
Jayhawks limp
into conference
tournament
The Kansas
womens
basketball
team hopes
to bounce
back from
its two
recent losses,
while the
focus shifts
from the
starting
lineup to
the bench.
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The amount of money a donor receives for a plasma donation varies with weight, visit number and the
amount of donations the donor has made in a week. This graph shows what donors will make during
each visit to the CSL Plasma Donation Center assuming they give plasma twice a week.


Quick cAsh?
BY ADAM STRUNK
astrunk@kansan.com
Dustin Holbrook watched the needle in his arm feed the machine. The machine whirred and
beeped as it filled a plastic bottle with a yellowish-white liquid. The liquid, called blood plasma,
consisted of the proteins, platelets, water and antibodies found in Holbrooks blood.
The donation room, filled with rows of donors hooked to up to identical machines, smelled of
rubbing alcohol and iodine. Holbrooks legs, each strapped with a five-pound ankle weight, lay
crossed on the pleather medical couch.
He squeezed what resembled a detached rubber crutch handle. It made his blood flow faster into
the machine. The quicker he could fill the plastic bottle the quicker he could get paid.
Like hundreds of other KU students each year, Holbrook, a sophomore from Kansas City, Mo.,
donated plasma as a source of income. Because payment is based on weight, Holbrook wore ankle
weights to increase his take.
I was doing it because I had no money and didnt want to get a job, he said. I was just doing
school stuff and didnt want to spread myself out more.
While plasma donation might be a well-known source of income among the student population,
knowledge of the process and the risks sometimes involved can be based more on hear-say than
fact.
I mean, I have heard horror stories, and I have had people tell me they have never had any prob-
lems, said former plasma donor Kristen Walker, a junior from Spring Hill.
B L O O D
MO N E Y
PLasMa
Who profits from
plAsmA donAtion?
Blood plasma donation is a multi-billion dollar in-
dustry in the U.S. According to its fnance report, CSL
Behring, the company that oversees the Lawrence
CSL Plasma Donation Center, recorded $3.5 billion
in sales of plasma-derived products for the 2009 fs-
cal year.
CSL Behring processes plasma to take out specifc
proteins and antibodies needed to fght disease.
Well, its extremely important for people with rare
diseases such as hemophilia, immune defciencies, in-
herited respiratory disease and a number of other seri-
ous rare diseases, said Christopher Florentz, manager
of cooperate communications. We take the plasma
collected by our CSL plasma collection centers and
we put it through a process called fractionation where
basically we separated out the proteins in the plasma
and we use those proteins to make biotherapies that
are used to treat various diseases.
To create plasma products the company needs raw
plasma. Tis is where the donation centers and stu-
dents like Holbrook Walker come in.
I told everyone I was doing it for a good cause
but really I wanted money for back to school clothes,
Walker said. My paycheck I got all went to my rent
and I needed some extra money to do that.
Holbrook did not want to have to get a job and bal-
ance schoolwork.
I basically got paid to sit there and study, he said.
During the semester, Holbrook sometimes made
biweekly trips to the CSL plasma donation center,
earning about $400 from more than 20 trips.
Donor compensation difers by weight class. Te
more a donor weighs the more plasma the center can
take and the more money the donor can make.
If you weigh under 150 its not even worth it, Hol-
brook said. Its like making minimum wage.
With his ankle weights, Holbrook tipped the scales
at just over 150 pounds.
Florentz said that on average, a CSL plasma dona-
tion center pays $2 million per year to donors and
that in total, donors made 18.5 million plasma dona-
tions in the U.S. in 2008.
We refer to it as donating because we compensate
for their time as opposed to their plasma, Florentz
said.
Watkins Memorial Health Center Chief of
Staf Patricia Denning provides a medical
opinion on the risk of plasma donation.
Kansan: Is donating plasma a good idea or
not from the donors perspective?
Denning: From the donor perspective it could
cut either way. For people who are young and
healthy it doesnt impact their overall health in
the long-term. However in the short term it can
impact even healthy young people. When you
donate plasma they are taking of specialized
proteins called antibodies. Tey are our frst line
of defense against infection. And personally in
the height of fu season I would not recommend
anyone donate plasma because we all need to
keep our antibodies at a nice healthy level.
UDK: Have you seen students come in with
problems or injuries cause by plasma donation?
Denning: I do on occasion see people who come
in who are sick who have infuenza or respira-
tory infections who have donated plasma. And
Im like, quit doing that until fu seasons over!
UDK: Some people bruise at the location
where the needle is used for plasma donation.
Is this serious?
Denning: Its not uncommon to get a little he-
matoma here or there. Its uncomfortable and
does look very ugly and scary but those gener-
ally go away.
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donAte plAsmA?
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classes
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
When childhood dies, its corpses
are called adults and they enter
society, one of the politer names of
hell. that is why we dread children,
even if we love them, they show us
the state of our decay.
Brian Aldiss
FACT OF THE DAY
the site where the Parthenon was
built had to be cleared of hundreds
of dinosaur bones (then called
giants bones) before construction
could begin.
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Whats going on?
nradio host, columnist and author Garrison keil-
lor will talk about his experience growing up in the
midwest. he will speak at the Lied center from 7:30
to 9:15 p.m.
SUNDAY
March 13
nceo of Aperta motors, kansas native, and ku
alumnus Paul Wilbur will be lecturing on the
Present & Future of electric cars in the spencer
museum of Art at 6:30 p.m.
nsuA is hosting a student recipe
contest from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Jay-
hawk room in the kansas union.
nthe department of humanities and Western
civilization is hosting a lecture by susan Bordo,
titled What did Anne Boleyn really Look Like?
the lecture is free and is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in
Alderson Auditorium in the kansas union.
nsuA is hosting its third International Film
Festival, featuring short flms from the Guanajuato
Film Festival as well as student flm entries. the
festival is free and is from 7 to 10 p.m. in Woodruf
Auditorium in the kansas union.
see scenes from suAs version of the
Amazing race, which pitted 22 teams in a
campus-wide competition on sunday.
KUs Amazing Race
MONDAY
March 14
nthe school of music presents Julia Broxhom,
soprano, and russell miller, piano, as part of its
Faculty recital series from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in
swarthout recital hall in murphy hall. the event
is free.
Original Rules Unveiled
Watch a Q&A with david Booth, the owner
of James naismiths original rules of bas-
ketball in the nelson Atkins museum of Art.
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public address system would
occur today. due to predicted
inclement weather however, the
test has been moved back to
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We dont want to concern
students if something is really
going to be going on, said Jill
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the test, which will consist of
a three-second alert tone, will
be heard in 98 percent of kus
academic areas including ofces,
classrooms and student housing.
Its a good tool to commu-
nicate, Jess said. Anytime we
need to reach a large number of
people, we can.
the system is tested once a
year and can be specifed to one
building, group or all buildings.
While the emergency notifca-
tion system is not used frequent-
ly, it has been used recently in
malott hall when chemical spills
or other concerns come up and
in mccollum when campus au-
thorities thought a gunman was
on campus.
Shauna Blackmon
CAMPUS
ON THE RECORD
By Jonathan Shorman
Walmart robbed
by employee
stAtesVILLe, n.c. Police
have charged an 83-year-old
greeter at a north carolina
Walmart with trying to rob
the store over the weekend.
Police say George Plane Jr.
of mooresville was working
sunday night when he went
to his car, donned a disguise
and walked back inside the
statesville store with a gun.
statesville Police chief tom
Anderson says Plane put the
gun to a fellow employees
head and demanded money
from a cash register. Ander-
son says Plane fred a shot in
the air after leaving with the
money. Plane was arrested
later sunday.
he was being held monday
on multiple charges, includ-
ing robbery with a dangerous
weapon.
Associated Press
Man borrows
ambulance for ride
hAZArd, ky. A man in
eastern kentucky charged with
stealing an ambulance says he just
needed a ride home.
A Perry county ambulance crew
was inside a hospital in hazard for
only a few minutes Friday night
and left the keys in the ignition.
Wymt-tV reports that when they
came out, the vehicle was gone.
city Police sgt. randy napier
says an of-duty kentucky state
Police detective saw the ambu-
lance being driven erratically
pulled it over.
napier says 26-year-old shane
hale told the detective he only
needed a ride home and was go-
ing to call the ambulance service
the next day and report where the
vehicle was. hale was jailed on
duI and other charges.
Associated Press
ODD NEWS ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS
Woman rampages
in liquor store
nyAck, n.y. Police say
a woman at a suburban new
york liquor store swept her
arm through a shelf of high-
priced booze, smashing $1,600
worth onto the foor because
she felt a clerk was taking too
long to wait on her.
surveillance video from the
rite-Buy Wines & Liquors in
nyack shows the woman stick-
ing out her right arm as she
strides out of the store Feb. 23.
she knocks dozens of bottles
from a waist-high shelf, break-
ing many of them.
the owners son, chris Gia-
copelli (jahk-uh-PehL-ee), says
the damage included bottles
of pricey Johnnie Walker Blue
Label scotch.
clarkstown sgt. harry
Baumann said Friday that the
woman has turned herself in.
she is due in court march 16
but has not been charged.
Associated Press
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / TueSdAy, MArCh 8, 2011 / NEWS / 3A
Residence Hall
Challenge
When: March 4 - 18,
March 28 - April 8
Participating Halls:
Corbin hall
ellsworth hall
GSP hall
hashinger hall
Lewis hall
McCollum hall
Oliver hall
Templin hall
BY IAN CUMMINGS
icummings@kansan.com
University of Kansas residence
halls are competing directly with
student housing at Kansas State
University as part of the Take
Charge! Challenge, a contest
between Lawrence and Manhattan
to save energy and win a $100,000
community project grant.
Facilities Operations staff will
measure electricity consumption at
Corbin, Ellsworth, GSP, Hashinger,
Lewis, McCollum, Oliver and
Templin halls between March 4
and 18 and again between March
28 and April 8 and compare it to
usage in the previous month. The
school that reduces its electricity
usage the most will be declared the
winner and their efforts will count
toward the larger, city-wide con-
test. The residence hall challenge
rewards are a little different than
the city contest. Theres no cash
prize, said Jeff Severin, director of
the Center for Sustainability and
a contest organizer, just bragging
rights.
Students living in the residence
halls can participate by turning off
lights and using natural light when
possible, adjusting power settings
on computers to save energy and
unplugging electronics, appliances
and chargers when not using them.
Students can also replace incan-
descent light bulbs with compact
fluorescent bulbs and register the
change at the website www.take-
chargekansas.org.
All residents of Lawrence can
contribute to the citys efforts by
installing compact fluorescent
lights and registering the change,
scheduling Efficiency Kansas
energy audits, enrolling in Westar
Energys WattSaver program and
attending Take Charge! events on
campus and in the community.
The Take Charge! Challenge is
sponsored by the Kansas Energy
Office, the Climate and Energy
Project and the Universitys Center
for Sustainability. The $100,000
community project grant will be
used for an energy efficiency or
renewable energy project in which-
ever city wins the contest.
Edited by Marla Daniels
BY PAT MUELLER
pmueller@kansan.com
The Lawrence City
Commission approved a
$14,000 request to purchase 16
new Tasers for the Lawrence
Police Department during its
meeting last week.
In appropriate situations,
Tasers will deescalate a situ-
ation and hopefully prevent
somebody from being seri-
ously injured or worse, said
David Corliss, Lawrence city
manager.
Currently, Lawrence has 10
Tasers deployed in the field.
Weve got more than just
10 police officers out on the
streets, Corliss said. We want
to make sure that all police offi-
cers have that ability.
The commission approved
the purchase after receiving
the annual Taser usage report
from Police Chief Tarik Khatib.
The report detailed the eight
situations Tasers were used in
Lawrence last year. All were
found to be justified within the
departments policy.
Police officers have a very
difficult job, Corliss said.
Theyve got to make split-sec-
ond decisions for the safety of
the individuals around them,
for the safety of any suspects,
and for their own physical
safety.
All Lawrence police officers
must go through a training
program before taking Tasers
on patrol. The training includes
different scenarios where force
is necessary, and officers are
even Tased to see how it feels.
Corliss said there has never
been an instance of a Lawrence
police officer misusing a Taser.
We are very fortunate to have
excellent police officers who
use force appropriately when it
has to be used, he said.
The additional Tasers will
be purchased during the next
month.
Edited by Jacque Weber
BY LAURA
NIGHTENGALE
lnightengale@kansan.com
At 5:55 a.m. every Tuesday and
Thursday Allen Fieldhouse opens its
doors and welcomes more than one
hundred athletes ranging from chil-
dren to the retired for a Lawrence fit-
ness tradition Red Dogs Dog Days.
Participants run laps and complete
marine training exercises on the second
floor of the Fieldhouse for 30 minutes.
Dog Days, along with other com-
munity wellness programs, help
Lawrence community members get
healthier. Lawrence is one of three
communities recently recognized by
Blue Cross Blue Shield and Kansas
Recreation and Park Association with
the BlueCHIP award. As one of the
healthiest cities in Kansas and the win-
ner in the large community category,
Lawrence was chosen for the com-
munitys commitment to healthy life-
styles and support of health programs.
Gardner, a former marine,
used to travel a lot during his
career and said Lawrence is one
of the healthiest cities hes seen.
The recipients of the BlueCHIP
Awards were evaluated by the CHIP
criteria: C, clean air; H, healthy
food choices; I, initiatives to curb
obesity; and P, physical activity,
according to a Blue Cross
Blue Shield press release.
Lawrence, in par-
ticular, impressed every-
one primarily because
its such a coordinated
effort with a wide vari-
ety of groups and cer-
tainly their success in
achieving some of the
goals that we put forth,
Doug Vance, executive
director of KRPA, said.
Janelle Martin,
director of Douglas
County Community
Health Improvement
Partnership, was one of
the representatives who submitted
Lawrences application for the award.
I think we have a lot of interested
and passionate people working on
improving the health of the commu-
nity, Martin said, and weve got a
lot of neat things going on in schools
for kids and in the community.
The City of Lawrence was recog-
nized with this award for its sup-
port of community projects such
as bike lanes, workplace smoking
ordinances and other programs
that encourage physical activity.
Lawrence has a great represen-
tation of health advocates ranging
from the city, in particular Lawrence
Parks and Recreation, and a lot of
nonprofit groups like the CHIP pro-
gram and private groups, Vance said.
Programs like Red Dogs Dog
Days and activities at the Ambler
Student Recreation Center pro-
vide multiple health options for
students who want to participate in
the communitys wellness efforts.
EditedbyMarlaDaniels
Energy concerns fuel sunfower showdown
cAmPUS
LocAL
Ticket case
yields fnes,
probation
For more coverage of this story,
check out KuJhs newscast today at 4
p.m. on channel 31.
For more coverage of this story,
check out KuJhs newscast today
at 4 p.m. on channel 31.
LocAL
City commission
spends $14,000 on
new Tasers for police
BY ALEX GARRISON
agarrison@kansan.com
A judge sentenced two former
athletics department employ-
ees, Brandon Simmons and Jason
Jeffries, to two years probation and
several thousand dollars in restitu-
tion on Monday for willingly failing
to disclose a ticket-stealing scheme
within the department.
Jim Cross, public affairs officer
for the U.S. Attorney in the District
of Kansas, said Simmons was sen-
tenced to pay $157,480 and Jefferies
$56,000. They both pleaded guilty
to misprision of a felony earlier
this year.
Cross said the court has several
means and methods of collecting
the restitution, including garnish-
ing wages. The Internal Revenue
Service has been involved with the
case since the beginning, but the
receiver of the garnished funds
has yet to be determined. The fed-
eral judge in the case will deter-
mine sometime later this week if
the federal government or Kansas
Athletics, Inc., will get the money,
Cross said.
Five other co-defendents in the
case have also pleaded guilty to
felonies for their involvement in a
conspiracy to committ wire fraud
in illegally re-selling KU tickets for
their own gain. Harsher sentences
for these defendents are expected
but what that means will be deter-
mined in the next few months. The
defendents, their former roles in
Athletics and their sentencing dates
are listed below.
Kassie Liebsch, 28, former sys-
tems analyst in the tickets office; set
for sentencing March 30
Rodney Jones, 42, former
assistant athletics director for devel-
opment; set for sentencing March
31
Ben Kirtland, 54, former asso-
ciate athletics director in charge of
the Williams Fund, the fund-raising
arm of the program; set for sentenc-
ing May 12
Charlette Blubaugh, 44, for-
mer head of ticket operations; set
for sentencing April 14
Thomas Blubaugh, 46,
Charlettes husband, listed as a con-
sultant for Kansas Athletics; set for
sentencing April 14
Edited by Marla Daniels
ADmINISTRATIoN
Widespread eforts win Lawrence the award
for the healthiest large community in Kansas
To Participate:
-Turn of lights
-Install CFL
light bulbs,
register change
-Power down and
unplug appliances
-Attend events
Artem Bagiev/KANSAN
Kelsey Vorgert, a sophomore fromWinfeld, Illinois works out on Monday at Ambler Student Recreational Fitness Center. Lawrence was named
among two other communities as a winner of award for steps to improve health of its citizens.
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Box ofce sales stuck in slump
Mcclatchy tribune
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miering this weekend wasnt
enough to bring the box office
out of its recent slump.
Despite decent openings
for both the computer-ani-
mated film Rango and the
adult drama The Adjustment
Bureau, total ticket sales were
down 31 percent from the same
weekend in 2010, when the
mega-hit Alice in Wonderland
dominated the weekend. That
worsened a severe downward
trend, with box office receipts
down 21 percent so far year-to-
date, according to Hollywood.
com.
Rango, which features a
chameleon voiced by Johnny
Depp, drew the most crowds
and took in $38 million, accord-
ing to an estimate from distrib-
utor Paramount Pictures.
The Adjustment Bureau, a
science-fiction romance star-
ring Matt Damon and Emily
Blunt, collected $20.9 million
for a decent second-place fin-
ish. But the weekends two other
new releases did not sell nearly
as many tickets. Beastly, a
modern retelling of Beauty and
the Beast set in high school,
grossed $10.1 million, while
the 80s romp Take Me Home
Tonight barely registered at the
box office with only $3.5 mil-
lion.
Rango now has the high-
est opening weekend gross
of any film so far this year,
though not a great one given the
amount Paramount spent mak-
ing it. Two people close to the
production said the computer-
animated Western cost close to
$150 million to produce, while
a studio spokeswoman said the
budget was $135 million.
But unlike many animated
films, Rango did not have the
benefit of 3-D ticket surcharges.
In the same month in 2009,
the 3-D Monsters vs. Aliens
opened to $59.3 million, while
last Marchs 3-D How to Train
Your Dragon debuted to $43.7
million.
Overseas, Rango opened in
33 foreign markets, taking in
$16.5 million. The Adjustment
Bureau also opened this week-
end in 21 foreign territories,
where it grossed $21.5 million,
including a second-place finish
behind Rango in Britain.
The moderate debut for
The Adjustment Bureau came
from an overwhelmingly adult
audience, 73 percent of whom
were older than 30. The movie,
which centers on a couple being
kept apart by supernatural forc-
es, was produced and financed
by Media Rights Capital, and
Universal Pictures acquired its
worldwide distribution rights
for $62 million. Audiences gave
it an average grade of B.
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PaGe 5a tHe uniVersitY daiLY Kansan
Our great state of Kansas is mak-
ing headlines again, and its more
bad press.
Our generation knows Fred
Phelps and his Topeka-based
Westboro Baptist Church all too
well. The church began its protest
activities in 1991 at Gage Park in
Topeka in an effort to crack down
on perceived rampant homosexual
activity. The group even circulated
a flier titled Gage Park: Sodomite
Rats Nest.
Many of us are personally aware
of Phelps influence on communities.
For those KU students who partici-
pated in the 2009 counter-protest at
Shawnee Mission East High School
in Prairie Village, contributed to
the 2010 No Hate campaign in the
Eudora school district or joined sim-
ilar efforts across Kansas to strike
back against the hateful church, the
recent news from the Supreme Court
struck a nerve.
Albert Snyder, the father of
late Marine Lance Cpl. Matthews
A. Snyder, brought the Westboro
Baptist Church to court for causing
emotional distress when they pro-
tested his sons funeral. The church
has made it common practice to
protest military funerals to share its
message that American soldiers are
dying as Gods punishment for the
United States tolerance of homo-
sexuals. Fred Phelps and his crew
carried picket signs with America is
Doomed, and God Hates Fags at
Snyders funeral.
The Supreme Court ruled last
week in an 8-to-1 decision that
protesting at military funerals was
indeed constitutional, no matter
the painful emotions inflicted on
the family. Snyder v. Phelps is a
landmark case for First Amendment
rights, and one we will be hearing
about for years to come.
In his decision, Chief Justice
Roberts wrote, Any distress occa-
sioned by Westboros picketing
turned on the content and viewpoint
of the message conveyed rather than
any interference with the funeral
itself. The churchs activities are
legal as long as they comply with
the law and remain the required
1,000 feet away from the site of the
funeral.
Many have criticized the decision.
Its sick to think that the highest
court in the land has given the OK
to such a detestable activity. Many
argue there should be a limit to free
speech when it causes extremely
emotional pain to those who are
already experiencing a loss.
In his dissenting opinion Justice
Alito writes, Our profound national
commitment to free and open debate
is not a license for the vicious verbal
assault that occurred in this case.
For the Supreme Court to begin
making decisions based on the emo-
tional consequences of protests that
are compliant with the law would
signal an abandonment of our com-
mitment to the First Amendment.
As the Court has ruled previously,
the content of ones free speech
should never be restricted as long as
it does not directly harm another.
What the church is doing is
repugnant no one is debating that
but prohibiting their activity puts
us on a slippery slope.
This case reminds us that the
Constitution protects the right of
free speech for every American, no
matter how disgusting and wrong
the message. Proof once again that
democracy is a double-edged sword.
Adams is a junior in international
studies and political science from
Overland Park.
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tuesdaY, MarCH 8, 2011
NFL should get rid of the quarterback
HuMOr
Big businesses downtown not
a big deal for small businesses
POLitiCs
Ruling good for the First Amendment, bad for Kansas
The word corporation isnt
always a dirty word.
A corporation is an entity that
must make money over time to
survive. Corporations form the
bedrock of our economy and
hence our relative prosperity.
For the most part, corporations
make everything we eat, every gar-
ment we wear, every medication
we take and every phone call we
make.
Corporations also sign most of
our paychecks. Even if the average
Joe works in a government or an
educational institution, tax dollars
from corporations and individuals
help pay the bills.
When Borders in downtown
Lawrence announced that it would
close in the end of April, many of
my friends commented on how sad
they were to see it go.
Funny, one friend in particular
was just as mad when it came to
Lawrence as when it closed.
Even local bookstore owners
were sad to see it go. The owner of
the Raven Book Store was quoted
as saying that she would miss the
boxy corporation. Why in a town
that thrives on small business
would people be sad to see it go?
Because corporations matter in
Lawrence, they provide jobs and
stability. Even though Borders is
closing, they provided nearly a
decade of stability to downtown
Lawrence. When you walk down
Massachusetts Street some of the
most popular stores are chains.
What would Mass. Street be
without Starbucks, Gap, Urban
Outfitters or Noodles and Co.?
Corporations are not always
detrimental to a small town. For
instance, Noodles and Co. works
closely with KU organizations
to help raise money for charity,
something a lot of small businesses
cannot afford.
What would Lawrence be with-
out Target? I dont know a single
college student who doesnt love
Target.
So why is the word corpora-
tion dirty?
Because we only hear about
them when they fail. The banking
crisis, the Enron scandal, Freddie
Mac and Fannie Mae, those are the
corporations that come to mind.
In reality, many big businesses do a
lot of good in their communities.
Borders leaving is not a win for
small business in Lawrence. They
provided jobs and competition
and many times carried things that
smaller stores simply cannot afford
to carry. So you see corporation
doesnt have to be a dirty word, it
can be quite beneficial.
Evan Gates is a sophomore in
political science from Wichita.
by Megan adaMs
madams@kansan.com
by evan gates
egates@kansan.com
Dont judge me for playing ghost
with your Snuggie. The thing has
ghostly arms!
Is it bad that Im looking forward
to Thursdays frst round Big 12
tournament game, because it means
the frst time that I will be watching
a game in class on my laptop?
This is an A and B conversation so
C your way out, before D jumps
over E and Fs you up like a G.
WELL hes technically not my
boyfriend, but I call him that in my
head. It sounds better than the guy
whose bed I sleep in but isnt my
signifcant other.Yeah.
Had a great weekend hanging out
with Billy Bong Thorton.
Okay. Im going to do it. Im going to
talk to you on Tuesday. Please dont
shoot me down.
Do not hashtag in the FFA. Please
and thank you.
I will hashtag where ever I wish.
#idowhatiwant.
FINALLY GOING ON A DATE AFTER
FOUR YEARS OF HELL!!!
If a cop stops me and says papers,
and I say scissors do I win?
Everyone on FFA needs to get a
fashlight and some morals... if that
makes sense
I trust Bill Self like I trust
Dumbledore.
It looks like people on the FFA need
a twitter #patheticandlonely.
No, Phil Collins, I cant stop loving
YOU.
Oh Mylanta, you are my woman.
If my T.A. can look at recipes online, I
can be on Facebook.
I had a dream I had an iPhone... Still
trying to fgure out if it was a good
dream or a bad dream?
Am I the only one who sees the
resemblance between Phog Allen
and Mr. Feeney?
I like you but your boyfriend is kind
of dragging us down.
Chocolate+cool whip+girlfriend=
awesome night.
For some reason all the guys I had
crushes on in high school are giving
me their numbers now and wanting
me to call them. Four years later. I
dont understand
I really hate that feature of the
iPhone that still allows people to
call me.
Welp, he admitted to being an idiot.
Better forgive him...
My girlfriend just introduced me
to no-bake cookies. Does she not
realize that Spring Break is two
weeks away?
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CartOOn
nicholas sambaluk
At the end of every football season,
the NFL Competition Committee
looks at its current set of rules and
entertains possible tweaks. I believe
this offseason they should get rid of
the quarterback position, and after
the NFL heeds my suggestion, the
college game should follow suit.
Think about this: We all here at
the University loved Todd Reesing,
but didnt we love Kerry Meier
more, especially after he switched
to receiver? Thats rhetorical. We all
know it was about Kerrys hair.
All quarterbacks are completely
inept, as evidenced by their inability
to keep the damn ball in their teams
hands or even their own hands.
Jimmy Clausen, quarterback for
the Carolina Panthers, threw nine
interceptions and fumbled seven
times in only 13 games this season.
He only averaged 5.2 yards per
pass, an astoundingly low num-
ber. Kansas City Chiefs running
back Jamaal I really like the letter
A Charles averaged 6.4 yards per
carry, a yard more per attempt than
Clausen. Five running backs in the
NFL this season averaged as much or
more than 5.2 yards per attempt, and
guess how many interceptions they
threw freaking zero.
I may just be using the stats of
a rookie quarterback on the worst
team in the NFL to make my point
look truer. Heres another example:
Ben Roethlisberger is considered a
big game quarterback, but he has
a career postseason rsum of 19
touchdowns and 16 interceptions.
He is awful the first three quarters
of games, but then, he summons
the inner strength needed in the
fourth to not take no for an answer.
(Something he is sometimes too good
at.)
Any coach that has an affinity for
clichs all of them will tell you
that the turnover battle is the most
important detail of the game, even
more so than how much my team
paid the refs versus how much your
team paid the refs.
Who turns the ball over the most?
Quarterbacks, by far. Last year, Jay
Cutler, quarterback of the Chicago
Bears, threw 26 interceptions, or 1.6
per game. Thomas Jones, a different
running back for the Chiefs, recently
went 862 touches without a turnover
(43 straight games).
Quarterbacks also fumble more
often than any other position. Cutler
is often heard mumbling to himself,
Why are all my teammates so far
away? Do I smell?
No, Jay Cutler never does anything
wrong. They smell!
Peyton Manning lost last years
Super Bowl to the Saints when he
threw a late game interception, which
was returned for a touchdown. You
know who doesnt throw intercep-
tions? Everyone else on the damn
team.
Jarod Kilgore is a junior major-
ing in film & media studies from
Lenexa.
Im pretty sure it is against my
Irish Catholic heritage to have
class on St. Patricks day
@AlexBoyer90
by JaROd KILgORe
jkilgore@kansan.com
eCOnOMiCs
6A / NEWS / tuesDAY, mArch 8, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnsAn.com
By Christine Curtin
ccurtin@kansan.com
The University is one of the
50 highest-ranked public research
universities in the country. But with
the U.S. House of Representatives
approval of H.R. 1, research fund-
ing will take a hit, and those cuts
could hit close to home.
The federal budget deficit is
skyrocketing, and government
officials are making changes to
ensure the country doesnt fall
even deeper into a black hole of
spending. H.R. 1 is a bill that lists
the federal governments funding
for 2011.
Kevin Boatright, direc-
tor of communications for the
Universitys Office of Research
and Graduate Studies, said the
discretionary portions of the bud-
get which include science and
research are oftentimes what
take the most hits when budget
difficulties happen.
There is support for increasing
research but were in a budget envi-
ronment where something has to
go, Boatright said. Unfortunately,
thats an easy place to cut, even if
it will have negative effects some-
where down the road.
While the cuts may affect the
U.S.s stance as a leading science
and research developer, they also
may impact researchers here on
campus.
KU has perfectly good people
and great facilities, its just tough-
er and tougher to obtain grant
funding because competition is
increasing. More people need the
grants and the federal govern-
ments support for that has been
relatively flat, Boatright said.
Not only is the federal funding
important to research, but its also
important to the overall education
of university students, as well.
Federal research grants not
only provide the funding for test
tubes, lab equipment, or chemi-
cals, but they provide the financial
support for graduate students to
continue their education as well
as learning critical research skills
in labs, Keith Yehle, director of
federal relations for the University,
said.
Boatright also said that a lot
of the Universitys grant funding
winds up as salaries for research-
ers or pays for research equip-
ment.
President Obama has been
pushing for an increase in research
budgets, even highlighting inno-
vation in his State of the Union
address earlier this year. However,
Senate Democrats are proposing
research cuts as well, just in lesser
amounts.
With debates rising over the cuts
and decreased funding imminent,
an uncertainty is rising about what
faculty and student can expect in
terms of research money at the
university.
The funded research that
comes from the federal govern-
ment is the life-blood of research
on this campus, Boatright said.
The prospect that that level of
funding may reduce has serious
repercussions for the future of our
country and quality of our uni-
versities.
Edited by Sean Tokarz
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ENTERTAINmENT
Sheen dismissed
from CBS show
MCClatChy- triBune
LOS ANGELES CBS is down
to one and a half men.
Charlie Sheen, star of the net-
works hit show Two and a Half
Men, was thrown off the show
Monday by Warner Bros., the stu-
dio that produces the situation
comedy.
The move to fire Sheen follows
several weeks of highly public bat-
tling by the actor against CBS,
Warner Bros. and Two and a Half
Men co-creator Chuck Lorre.
In a letter to Sheens lawyer out-
lining its reasons for his dismissal,
Warner Bros. charged that the
actors erratic behavior under-
mined production and said his tab-
loid lifestyle which has included
brushes with the law, accusations of
violence toward women including
two of his former wives and hospi-
tal trips has put him in breach of
his contract.
Sheens self-destructive conduct
resulted in his hospitalization, his
inability to work at all for a peri-
od and the rapid erosion of the
cooperative and creative process
necessary to produce the show,
lawyers representing the studio said
in its letter to Sheens lawyer, Martin
Singer. The letter goes on to say that
Sheens admitted drug use and fur-
nishing of cocaine to others puts
him in violation of his contract.
There is ample evidence sup-
porting Warner Bros. reasonable
good faith opinion that Mr. Sheen
has committed felony offenses
involving moral turpitude...that
have interfered with his ability to
fully and completely render all
material services required under
his contract, noted the letter.
Neither Sheens manager nor
lawyer responded to requests for
comment.
Two and a Half Men has been
in limbo since January when CBS
and Warner Bros. put the show on
hiatus while Sheen took a forced
leave to attend a rehabilitation facil-
ity. When Sheen opted to undergo
rehab treatment at home instead
of at a facility, CBS, Warner Bros.
and Lorre began to question if he
was taking the process seriously,
according to the letter. Tensions
then flared once the actor took to
radio and TV interviews proclaim-
ing he was ready to return to work,
a view the network and studio did
not share.
After Sheen disparaged Lorre,
Warner Bros. and CBS in numer-
ous interviews, the plug was pulled
on the show for the remainder of
the season.
Neither CBS nor Warner Bros.
would say if they would attempt to
keep Two and a Half Men on the
air without Sheen. The part Sheen
plays his character, Charlie, is a
wealthy jingle writer who blows his
money on girls and booze could
be recast. But without its longtime
star, the sitcom may not stay on the
top of the Nielsen ratings chart.
I think it would be difficult
to replace Charlie Sheen. People
associate him so closely with the
show and with that character, said
Jason Maltby, a media buyer with
Mindshare, whose clients include
American Express, Ford and IBM.
For CBS and Warner Bros.,
the loss of the show would be a
big financial blow. Two and a
Half Men anchors the networks
Monday night schedule and adver-
tisers pay more than $200,000 per
commercial to be on the show.
Warner Bros. also has a lot at
stake in keeping the show on the
air. Reruns of the show generate
hundreds of millions of dollars for
the studio, and lost episodes mean
lost revenue.
For years, Sheens personal life
seemed to have no impact on his
ability to get work. Trips to rehab,
messy divorces and even testify-
ing about his penchant for prosti-
tutes during the trial of Hollywood
madam Heidi Fleiss didnt stop the
actor from raking in millions. His
current deal for Two and a Half
Men pays him about $2 million an
episode when revenue from reruns
is included.
bUSINESS
Boeing wins air
tanker contract
WAshInGton Boeings vic-
tory in the 10-year aerial tanker
saga will stand.
the companys competitor
for the $35 billion aerial tanker
contract announced Friday that it
wont appeal last weeks decision
by the Air Force to accept Boeings
bid.
the contract calls for 179 new
tankers; the deal eventually could
be worth more than $100 billion
as the Air Force replaces its feet of
600 or so eisenhower-era tankers.
the Boeing tanker will be built
at its factory in everett, Wash., and
converted to military use at its
Wichita, kan., facilities.
Associated Press
KU research funding may decrease
Skype to use advertisements
bUSINESS
MCClatChy- triBune
LOS ANGELES Skype said
Monday that it will include adver-
tisements in its products.
Today we announce something
new the launch of advertising
in Skype, which will appear in the
Home tab in Skype starting this
week, Doug Bewsher, Skypes chief
marketing officer, said in a company
blog post. The Skype experience
is our first prior-
ity, which is why
we weve taken a
lot of time work-
ing through and
testing what
kind of advertis-
ing would work
best in the Skype
environment.
Skype has run
test ads from
Rdio over the past month or two,
and the first official advertisements
inside of Skype will start running
sometime this week, Bewsher said.
As we roll out ads on a wider
basis, we expect to continue to test
and learn a lot more, and make
any necessary adjustments along
the way, he said. We believe that
advertising, when done in the right
way, will help us continue to invest
in developing great products.
The first ads purchased in the
Luxembourg-based companys
Internet calling service will come
from Groupon, Universal Pictures
and Visa,
Bewsher said.
Ads will
appear in the
U.S., U.K. and
Germany, and
advertising sales
for Skype are
initially focused
in those mar-
kets, Bewsher
said. You may
only see ads
occasionally. Our initial plan is to
show an ad from one brand per day
in each of the markets where adver-
tising is being sold.
As of now, ads will only show up
in the Home tab in Skypes applica-
tion on Microsoft Windows, though
the company will be experimenting
with ads in other areas and versions
of its apps as well, he said.
Skype is promising no annoying
pop-up ads or flashy banner ads
in middle of conversations, and it
will use non-personally identifi-
able demographic data, such as a
callers location, gender and age, to
target ads to users who are more
likely to find them to be relevant,
Bewsher said.
Users can also opt out of allowing
Skype to share such demograph-
ic data with its advertisers, which
can be done in the Windows apps
Privacy tab under Tools and then
Options, he said.
Skype, which has about 145
million monthly users, told the
Associated Press that ads in its appli-
cations can be purchased through
companies such as Meebo in the
U.S., Ad2One in Britain and Stroer
Interactive in Germany.
We believe that advertis-
ing...will help us continue
to invest in developing
great projects.
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chief marketing ofcer
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BY SARAH KRUGER
skruger@kansan.com
Last Friday, junior Allison
Mayfield traveled to the Olympic
Training Center in Colorado
Springs, Colo., where she was the
only Jayhawk among more
than two hundred women
trying out for the U.S.
Womens National Volleyball
Team.
Mayfield said she is using
the experience to grow, with
lower focus on the results.
I think the tryout went
well, but with over two
hundred girls there your
odds arent very good, said
Mayfield. I feel like it was
just very humbling playing with
all these girls who were all so
very good.
To get to the tryout phase,
Mayfield simply needed a coachs
recommendation. Once she made
it there, the top players in the
country surrounded her for two
and a half days of competition.
I ran into girls from the con-
ference that we play against, that
was kind of fun to get to know
them more and spend a couple
days with them in an environ-
ment that we werent competing
against each other, she said.
On Friday, Mayfield lifted
weights at 6:30 a.m. in Lawrence,
left for Colorado at 10 a.m., and
was in her first tryout session at
6 p.m. The sessions were held in
an open gym divided down the
middle, allowing three groups of
60 girls to attend each session.
Depending on the session
we would learn different passing
techniques and other times we
would just be playing, Mayfield
said. It was about two hours of
straight playing, and with the alti-
tude its kind of different than we
are used to so girls were getting
tired quicker.
Mayfield said going through
the challenge of the tryout will
help her implement new passing
techniques in her playing and will
challenge her to continue work-
ing hard.
The weekend was volleyball,
sleep and eat, she said.
On Saturday, the tryouts were
from noon to 2 p.m., and then
again from 4 to 6 p.m. On
Sunday, after a session from
8 to 9:30 a.m., Mayfield
headed home, where she
arrived at 1 a.m. Five hours
later, she was back in the
gym. Even then, Mayfield
said she was appreciative
of the time she spent in
Colorado and described it
as, such a good experi-
ence.
Mayfield said she plans
on taking her senior year
as it comes, with the goal of mak-
ing it to the NCAA tournament
using this experience to inspire
her and not yet knowing her posi-
tion with the national team.
You learn that you can work
hard, but there is always someone
else that is working harder, so
your job is never done, she said.
We can work hard and use the
things we learned to hopefully be
able to make it.
Edited by Tali David
Player tries out for national volleyball team
VOLLEYbALL
I feel like it was just very humbling
playing with all these girls who
were all so very good.
AlliSON MAyfield
Junior outside hitter
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN File Photo
Junior outside hitter Allison Mayfeld bumps the ball of of a Baylor serve on Nov. 17. Mayfeld recently tried out with the U.S. womens national
volleyball teamat the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., with 200 other women.
Less football means
fewer liquor dollars
As the Thursday deadline for
Nfl owners and players to reach
a labor agreement approaches,
no one is sure whether there will
be a professional football season
next fall.
however, owners of lawrence
liquor stores and sports bars are
sure of this: less football, less
dollars.
Steve Prososki, owner of the
yacht Club, said he defnitely
expected his Sunday business to
decrease without an Nfl season.
Obviously its (football) a pull
to bring people in, Prososki said.
We consider ourselves a sports
bar.
Although the yacht Club does
not necessarily fll to capac-
ity every Sunday, Prososki said
he considers 10-15 good-sized
groups watching games a positive
beneft of football.
Craig Miller, manager of Bufalo
Wild Wings, said an Nfl lockout
would not only hurt his business,
but other lawrence companies as
well. Miller said patrons can watch
any game that is on at Bufalo Wild
Wings, and because of that the
restaurant usually flls up by 11:30
a.m.
i dont know what wed do on
Sundays, Miller said. hopefully it
wont happen.
Adam Kennedy, manager at
rays liquor Warehouse, said he
notices a small increase on Nfl
Sundays, but said he thinks the
efects of a lockout would be
minimal.
youre still going to have regu-
lar people who want to enjoy beer
before the start of the work week,
Kennedy said.
By Chris Hong
Junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield spent last weekend in
Colorado trying out for the U.S. Womens National Volleyball Team
NFL LOcKOUT
Self earns more
Big 12 honors
for the third time in his eight
seasons at Kansas, coach Bill
Self was named the Associated
Press Big 12 Coach of the year.
The awards recipient is decided
by writers and broadcasters who
regularly cover the Big 12.
Self easily won the award this
season, grabbing 16 of the 22
votes. A season removed from
losing three players to the NBA,
Self led the Jayhawks to a 14-2
Big 12 record and a 29-2 overall
record during the season.
This years award has a similar
resemblance to when he won
it in 2009. After Kansas won the
National Championship in 2008,
it lost nine players (fve to the
NBA). Self also won the award
in 2006.
Other coaches receiving votes
were Texas A&Ms Mark Turgeon
(three votes), Colorados Tad
Boyle (two votes) and Kansas
States frank Martin (one vote).
By Mike Lavieri
wOmENS bASKETbALL
Davis voted to
All-Big 12 team
Kansas sophomore forward
Carolyn davis was named first
Team All-Big 12 on Monday.
davis is the leading scorer for
the Jayhawks, averaging 18.4
points per game.
davis has scored more than
30 points in three games in
Big 12 play this year, the last
one coming on a career high
36 point performance against
Nebraska on feb. 26. davis also
scored 34 in a feb. 18 overtime
victory against Missouri, and
31 in a feb. 9 victory over then
20th ranked iowa State.
i am really honored to be
named first Team. i could not
be where i am without the help
of my teammates and coaches.
They do a great job of feeding
me the ball and putting me in
situations to be successful. The
Big 12 is full of talented players
and i am thrilled to recognized
among them, davis said in a
press release
davis leads the league and
ranks second nationally in feld
goal percentage, shooting
66.4% from the foor. davis
is also the second leading
rebounder for the Jayhawks,
averaging 7.3 boards per game.
davis is the frst Jayhawks
to be named to the All-Big 12
team since danielle McCray
in last season. McCray was
named to the second team in
2010 and the frst team in 2009.
By Ethan Padway
mENS bASKETbALL

+ ! $+ //

!
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M
ost sportscasters are as gram-
matically incoherent as third
graders after a bloody recess.
So isnt it odd that they routinely mesh
punctuation into seemingly every game
they cover?
[Insert any climactic moment of a game
here] really puts the exclamation point on
this game, they say.
If these sportscasters feel so sure of
their grammatical abilities, how would
other punctuation marks play a role in
this debris-ridden, worn down and poorly
located arena?
The asterisk ( * )
When Manny Ramirez belts a baseball,
he sometimes just stands there with his
hands up. Other times, he does nothing at
all, perhaps forgetting what hes supposed
to do next. Most big-leaguers, you know,
run after hitting the ball, but not Manny.
The immobility is seen by most as laziness
and the result of a blown-up ego. An aster-
isk looks like a star, which is what Manny
thinks he is after every whack (or every
second of the day). Joe Buck or any another
MLB announcer that makes me want to
bang my head against a wall might say,
And theres asterisk Manny, dreaming of
himself and forgetting to run once more.
The guillemets ( )
These things that you may have never
heard of are essentially the French equiva-
lent of quotation marks. Jeff Van Gundy, a
former coach and current ESPN commenta-
tor for the NBA, is always talking about his
own goofiness. On the contrary, Frenchman
and San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony
Parker emanates cool. As Parker speeds
down the court, Van Gundy might chirp
Look out Lakers, Brits and unsuspecting
beautiful women, the guillemet is coming!
The colon ( : )
Grammatically, the colon functions as an
equals sign. After an air-balled three, Marv
Albert could say, Brian Scalabrine is the
colon of white skin, red hair and profession-
al basketball. Allow me to enlighten you on
the man they call Scal.
Brian Scalabrine possesses a rare blend of
reddish physical features, cheerleader-like
pep, NBA roster-worthiness (somehow) and
abhorrent basketball skills. A message to
the sportscasters of the world: I dare you to
breach from the clich of the exclamation
point. Use these examples, or perhaps some
of your own. The ampersand. The ellipsis.
The solidus. But no matter your choice,
speak judiciously and justly. You may
discover, clichs aside, that there is only
one true way to describe a man like Brian
Scalabrine.
Edited by Erin Wilbert
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / TueSdAy, MArCh 8, 2011 / SPORTS / 9A
MORNINg bREw
QUOTE OF THE DAY
What excites me the most is
when a coach calls a timeout and
chews out his forward because I
just dunked on his head.
Karl Malone, NBA.com
FACT OF THE DAY
Sophomore Carolyn davis is
shooting 66.4 percent from the
feld. She leads the Big 12 and
ranks second in the NCAA in feld
goal percentage.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What is the series record be-
tween Kansas Womens basketball
and Colorado?
A: 34-33 in favor of Kansas.
Todays game against Colorado
will be the frst time in history that
Kansas plays Colorado in the Big
12 Tournament.
Kansas Athletics
THIS wEEK IN
KANSAS AThLeTICS
TODAY

womens basketball
Big 12 Championship
11 a.m.
Kansas City, Mo.
baseball
vs. North dakota
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Mens golf
Louisiana Classic
All day
Lafayette, La.
wEDNESDAY
baseball
vs. North dakota
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Tennis
uMKC
3 p.m.
Lawrence
womens basketball
Big 12 Championship
11 a.m.
Kansas City, Mo.
Punctuation and sportscasting
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weekend with 200 other volleyball players from across the nation.
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high hopes
By Corey ThiBodeaux
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
Kansas faces uphill battle
commentary
K
ansas mens basketball
doesnt have a shallow group
of guys. Its the only team
in the nation that can say that with
confidence.
Some of the other top teams in the
country have something going for
them, too.
Ohio State has the body of work
this year: balance, speed, athleticism
and the youth meshing with the
veterans. Duke has the experience of
having been to the championship last
year with most of the same pieces.
Pittsburgh is big and it won the best
league in the country in the Big East.
But imagine what would happen
if you took Jared Sullinger off of the
Buckeyes. Look what the absence
of Kyrie Irving has done to the Blue
Devils. How long do you think the
Panthers could survive without
Ashton Gibbs or Brad Wanamaker?
If the Jayhawks are going to make
a statement in the postseason, they
will do so because of their immense
depth, which is their best strength.
If you were on the opposing team
and you could take one player off
of the Jayhawks before you played
them, who would it be?
If you say Marcus Morris, your
team is probably still doomed. If you
said Markieff Morris, youve still
got the other one to deal with. And
if one of them is gone, sophomore
Thomas Robinson is coming into
the starting lineup. With the way hes
been playing with shorter minutes
coming back from injury, you do not
want to have to deal with that.
It was a tough question for senior
guard Brady Morningstar, too. In
order for the Jayhawks to lose a guy
and it to have a negative effect on
them, you have to break the rules of
the question.
I count one guy as Markieff and
Marcus, Morningstar said. If we
lose a guy, those two would hurt us.
The chances of that happening
are slim.
Two particular Jayhawks ones
that make significant contributions
have missed two or more games
this season, and you wouldnt even
notice. Take a look at the season stats
for Kansas out of 31 games:
Field goal percentage: 51.8 percent
(first in the nation)
Points per game: 82.7 (fifth in the
nation)
Rebounds per game: 38.4 (24th in
the nation)
Assists per game: 18.2 (first in the
nation)
Here are the stats of the two
games without Player One:
FG%: 55 percent
PPG: 87
RPG: 35
APG: 17
Now here are five games without
Player Two:
FG%: 51.3 percent
PPG: 86.8
RPG: 35.6
APG: 21.8
There is no significant drop-off in
any category, which is amazing. As
you may have guessed, Player One
is junior guard Tyshawn Taylor and
Player Two is Robinson.
Keep in mind that in the midst of
Robinsons absence from knee sur-
gery, Kansas had its worst statistical
game of the season. And even with
that negative outlier, the averages still
look amazing.
Edited by Danielle Packer
By KaThLeeN Gier
kgier@kansan.com
The Jayhawks are optimis-
tic despite losing their last two
games of the regular season.
Kansas is eligible for the WNIT
but is still striving for an NCAA
appearance, which would require
winning the tournament.
Amid offensive struggles
from Kansas traditional leaders,
freshman guard
Diara Moore
and senior guard
Marisha Brown
stepped up with
big plays to
keep Kansas in
competition on
Saturday against
Kansas State.
In just over
one minutes
time, Kansas guards made three
layups to close the margin and
tied the game midway through
the second half.
All of that is to the rim by
guys who are on the floor for
their defensive presence but have
the presence about to go to the
rim and score, coach Bonnie
Henrickson said.
Kansas had 20 points scored by
the bench players when the start-
ers had difficulty producing.
In the end, missed layups, free
throw struggles, foul trouble and
costly turnovers led to a 56-51
Kansas loss to its in-state rival.
Im just disappointed because
we had a chance, Henrickson
said.
The loss left the Jayhawks
with a 19-10 record overall and
dropped them to 6-10 in confer-
ence play. Kansas is set to face
Colorado at 11 a.m. today in the
first round of the Womens Big 12
Tournament.
This will be the third game
between the Jayhawks and the
Bu f f a l o e s
this season.
Kansas won
its first two
meetings by
si gni f i cant
margins.
I think it
will give us
a little bit of
conf idence
k n o w i n g
we have played them before and
played them well, senior center
Krysten Boogaard said.
Sophomore forward Carolyn
Davis is keeping the goal simpler
by focusing on the next game and
the benefits that will bring.
We dug ourselves in a hole
here, but we are trying to get
to 20 wins, and I think we can,
Davis said.
If the Jayhawks win today, they
will face Baylor at 11 a.m. on
Wednesday.
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Reeds injury could cause concern in tourney
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Kansas sophomore forward Carolyn Davis scores against Kansas State sophomore guard Brittany Chambers with a layup Saturday evening at
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By MiKe LaVieri
mlavieri@kansan.com
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He walks from the locker
room to James Naismith Court
for practice, hobbling, favor-
ing his left ankle. But if you
watched senior guard Tyrel Reed
in a game, you probably wouldnt
notice a thing wrong with him.
Reed has been injured since
early January,
but it didnt
bother him in
a game until
Kansas Feb. 1
game against
Texas Tech.
On Monday,
coach Bill Self
revealed that
the injury has
limited Reed
in practice.
T y r e l
practices the day before games
because he needs surgery as soon
as the season is over on his foot,
Self said. He basically has a bad
heel, where there is a piece of
bone in that area that is giving
him some problems. It is minor
injury and is probably equivalent
to having an ankle sprain, so
he may shoot two days before a
game but he is not going to be
allowed to do much more than
that.
Self said that that he could
see a concern if Kansas does end
up playing three games in three
days. He said that he doesnt
want to jeopardize Reeds health
for the following week, which
has bigger implications than this
weekend: the NCAA tourna-
ment.
We have been playing a lot
of Saturday and Monday games
and he has had the same injury
so it will be more of a stretch this
week if we are successful and able
to advance, Self said.
Reed said the injury doesnt
feel like anything specific, he said
it just hurts. He said that he
wants to practice with his team-
mates, but
underst ands
that if he does,
he might not
be able to play
in the games.
On the days
that he doesnt
practice, he is
still able to do
some shoot-
ing and works
with strength
coach Andrea
Hudy to try to stay in shape as
best he can.
You have to mentally prepare
yourself for the days you are
not going to be practicing, Reed
said. Its a little setback, but I
have been dealing with it and will
get through it.
Senior guard Brady
Morningstar said Reed is tough,
but feels bad for him because he
cant practice and wants to be out
there with the team. Morningstar
said hes done well so far.
If anyone would be able to
play through injury it would be
Tyrel, Morningstar said.
Edited by Tali David
Womens basketball hopes to bounce back
from its two losses as it enters the Big 12
Tournament today against Colorado
We dug ourselves in a
hole here, but we are
trying to get 20 wins, and
I think we can.
Carolyn Davis
sophomore forward
You have to mentally
prepare yourself for the
days you are not going to
be practicing.
Tyrel reeD
senior guard
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Senior guardTyrel Reed puts up a three-pointer during the second half of the game at Missouri on Saturday. Reed was one of four Jayhawks
in double fgures with 11 points, but has been bothered by a foot injury since early January.
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