ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON

amcnaughton@kansan.com
With Student Senate, Libby Johnson saw
results.
From the moment she joined Student Senate
as a University of Kansas freshman, she was
hooked.
It was just a ton of really exciting stuff going
on and I loved the stuff that we got to make
an influence in, said Johnson, a senior from
Lawrence majoring in biology and psychology.
That passion for results continues to motivate
her four years later.
Johnson, a brunette, walks into her interview
with The Kansan in the Kansas Union wearing
knee-high brown boots and jeans.
As soon as she removes her coat, she reveals
a red KUnited T-shirt and a KUnited coalition
button signifying her allegiance.
Johnson is the presidential can-
didate for the Student Senate coali-
tion KUnited.
As student body president I will
be able to put things in place that
will really make the college experi-
ence the best it possibly can be,
Johnson said. And so far this has
been the most memorable experi-
ence for me.
One level up and a day later,
clad in a blue hooded sweatshirt
and jeans, stood her running mate
and vice presidential candidate,
Gabe Bliss.
Bliss, a sophomore from Olathe,
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BY ROSHNI OOMMEN
roommen@kansan.com
In an effort to decrease traffic
in the Underground, the Renew
KU coalition included a move-
ment for stronger dining options
in the Kansas Union.
This campus dining platform
is student body president Casey
Briner and vice president candi-
date Josh Deans effort to make
the Kansas Union a more cen-
tral campus hub. Even though
the Kansas Union is farther from
most campus buildings than the
Underground,
Dean, a soph-
omore from
O v e r l a n d
Park, said he
believed that
i n t r o d u c -
ing new res-
taurants in
the building
would make
a significant
change in the
number of stu-
dents who would choose to dine
at the Union.
For the platform to really
work, we need something that the
students overwhelmingly want,
Dean said. Food is a powerful
motivator.
So far, Briner, a junior from
Flower Mound, Texas, and Dean
said they were in the process of
determining which restaurants
they would like in the Union.
The two said they had received
feedback from a couple of hun-
dred students through casual
conversations and brainstorming,
but that they hadnt heard from
enough students to decide which
restaurants would be present in
the building.
Briner said the new restaurants
would be similarly themed to the
current restaurants that are in
the Union. The two talked to
David Mucci, director of the KU
Memorial Unions corporation.
Mucci said that although intro-
ducing new restaurants to the
Kansas Union is possible, there
was no real way to tell if it would-
make the area more popular or
successful.
He said that in order to receive
a restaurant license for each new
restaurant, the Union corporation
would have to pay proceeds in
excess of 11 percent of sales. He
said that was
hard to tell if
the volume of
sales would
i n c r e a s e
enough to
compensate
this overhead.
I dont
think its an
unreasonable
question to
be raised by
Renew KU,
Mucci said.
Theres just not a clear and obvi-
ous solution.
According to Briner and Dean,
the money to finance any change
would come from the Memorial
Unions corporations board bud-
get, which would arrange con-
tracts with the chosen restau-
rants.
Briner and Dean said they
hope that students who had more
time would be willing to travel to
Union as a result of introducing
new restaurants to the the Union.
They also hope that new restau-
rants in the Union will decrease
the congestion that often occurs
in the Underground.
The change would take place in
the 2012 school year, Dean said.
BY ROSHNI OOMMEN
roommen@kansan.com
As part of its effort to increase
student involvement in campus
decisions, the KUnited coalition is
including a campus dining option
as part of its platforms.
The campus dining platform is
student body president candidate
Libby Johnson and vice president
candidate Gabe Blisss effort to
allow students to choose which res-
taurants and dining options theyd
like to see on campus, a system they
call choose what you eat.
Its really important that stu-
dents get that input, Bliss, a sopho-
more from Olathe, said. This gives
them the ability to tweak what they
want to see in the dining options on
campus, and puts them in partner-
ship with KU Dining.
Johnson, a senior from Lawrence,
said that this platform would start
the creation of a KU Dining board,
which would involve the KU Dining
administration, the All Scholarship
Hall Council, the Association of
University Residence Halls and rep-
resentatives from the student body.
Together, the board would evalu-
ate what campus dining is like, what
could be improved and what stu-
dents would like to see.
Basically, students would be able
to pick what they want to eat on
campus, Johnson said. Whether
its Quiznos, Chipotle or a local
business, then they would have that
option.
Because KU Dining has adminis-
tration throughout campus, Johnson
and Bliss said that KU Dining board
would be able to have input about
the dining experience in different
areas on campus, including in the
dorms, in the Underground and in
the KU Memorial Unions.
Johnson said the coalition spoke
with representatives of KU Dining
to see if the platform was a plausible
option that could make an effect on
student involvement in dining deci-
sions. She said the response from
KU Dining was positive.
The key part is that students
would be in the decision making
process, Johnson said.
Edited by Amanda Sorell
Renew KU candidates seek to
help Senate fulfill potential
BY ALEX GARRISON
agarrison@kansan.com
Casey Briner gets choked up.
It may be the result of long hours shes working, the emotional
stress of putting in hours of meetings, hitting the campaign trail on
top of keeping up with her pre-law and anthropology coursework,
going days with little sleep. Its enough to wear any student down.
But what it is, she says, is that shes touched by the passion, com-
mitment and diversity of the students shes working with on the
Renew KU ticket the morale is higher than Ive ever seen it,
she said, referring to the Renew KU slate, which shes at the top of
as candidate for student body president.
She believes in Student Senate. She says its not fufilling its full
potential to help students under the KUnited incumbency, a long
run in the president and vice-president spots by the coalition she
ran with to get into Senate in a replacement seat last year. Too
few students outside the system vote or are involved, she says. She
wants to change that.
We want to hold the system to the highest regard, she said.
We want students to come to us and well help
them, we have avenues to change things we
can go to the administration, to the student
rights committee.
Josh Dean, Briners running mate, echoes
their core idea of wanting to strengthen stu-
dent representation.
Its about bringing students back to Student
Senate, he said.
Briner and Dean both say the proof of their
commitment to this is the idea that their run
is not about themselves. In interviews with
The Kansan also attended by their campaign
manager, Justin Hitt, a junior from Shawnee,
theyre frank about the low student turnout
in elections, general apathy in the student
Passion for results drives
KUnited candidates
For the platform to really
work, we need something
that the students over-
whelmingly want. Food is
a powerful motivator.
JoSh DEAn
Vice presidential candidate
Student Senate
paSSion and drive
Student coalitions examine on-campus dining options
Student Senate
eLeCtIOn
COverage
sEE Renew KU oN pagE 7a sEE KUnITeD oN pagE 7a
mike gunnoe/kaNsaN FIlE pHoTo
Students dine at The Underground. Both Student Senate coalitions, KUnited and RenewKU, have
plans to expand on-campus dining options.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
One camel does not make fun of
another camels hump.
Ghanaian proverb
FACT OF THE DAY
The main exports of Ghana are
gold and cocoa.
qi.com
mONDAY
April 11
THURSDAY
April 14
FRIDAY
April 15
WEDNESDAY
April 13
SATURDAY
April 16
Whats going on?
n J.V. sapinoso will host a seminar on
gender from 3 to 5 p.m. at Hall center.
nThe University senate Executive committee
will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. in strong Hall.
nUniversity Advising center will advise students
on which resources and tools will work best for
them from noon to 2 p.m. in the kansas Union.
TUESDAY
April 12
nrichard reber and the school of Music will hold
a discussion of 20th century music in relation to
animation projects at the Oldfather studios from
2 to 3 p.m.
SUNDAY
April 17
nTunes @ Noon will take place at the Union from
noon to 1:00 p.m.
nMan Equals Man by Bertolt Brecht is playing
at Wlliam inge Memorial Theater in Murphy hall
from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
mONDAY:
Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Winds out of the northwest at 10-15
mph.
mONDAY NIgHT: Clear, with a low around 35. North wind of 5-10 mph.
TUESDAY: sunny, with a high near 73. Winds out of the south at 5-10 mph.
TUESDAY NIgHT:
Clear, with a low around 46.
WEDNESDAY:
Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Information fromforecasters Jordan Carroll and Aaron White KU atmospheric science students
Weather forecast
WEDNESDAY NIgHT:
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. mostly
cloudy, with a low around 52.
ncarillon recital at the Memorial campanile
from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
On April 7, in the 2000 block of
constant Ave., someone broke a
stop arm of an exit gate at a loss
of $75.
On April 9, in learned Hall an
individual stole a fre extinguisher
and pulled the emergency
shower wash at a loss of $45.
On April 9, at the kansas Union,
someone dislodged a statue from
its base causing damage valued
at $500.
Jonathan Shorman
ON THE RECORD.
MAPLETON, Iowa Jamy
Gardens house began to rumble
with the approach of a tornado
that at one point measured three-
quarters of a mile wide. Then the
windows shattered, spraying her
with glass. Using her cell phone
as a flashlight, she fled downstairs
and called her grandmother.
On Sunday, she returned home,
wandering her backyard in a
blood-splattered hooded sweat
shirt, her right hand and left knee
wrapped in gauze. Around her lay
a tangle of tree branches, twisted
siding, broken glass and a canoe
that wasnt hers.
The tornado that struck the
evening before damaged more
than half of Mapleton, a town
of 1,200 in western Iowa, Mayor
Fred Standa said Sunday. He esti-
mated about 20 percent of the
town was almost flat.
The huge, centuries-old trees
the town was named for had
been pulled out of the ground
and wrapped around houses and
tossed on top of cars, Standa said.
In one case, a huge motor home
had been flipped on its side.
Its not a pretty sight, Standa
said. Its something nobody has
seen in this town.
Gardens house survived, but
everything inside was tossed
around. Her two dogs were safe,
but she hadnt yet found her cat.
I dont know where our gazebo
went, she said. The garbage can
right there, that was in the front
yard. The shed is gone. I dont
know what else to tell you. This
is the most tumultuous thing Ive
ever experienced by far.
The tornado destroyed 12 to
15 blocks in the southwest corner
of Mapleton when it struck about
7:20 p.m. Saturday, Monona
County Sheriff Jeff Pratt said.
The tornado destroyed about 100
homes beyond repair, and has
displaced an estimated 500 to 600
residents, he said.
The tornado was on the ground
for three and a half miles and
measured three-quarters of a mile
wide at one point, according to
the National Weather Service
office in Valley, Neb. The twister
was measured to be on the lower
end of an EF3, which carries wind
speeds of 136 to 165 mph.
The tornado was one of several
reported in Iowa. The weather
service said it had confirmed
a total of four smaller twisters
that touched down near Early
and Nemaha, damaging several
homes.
In Mapleton, the roof was
blown off a
high school,
power lines
were downed
and homes
and build-
ings were
de s t r oye d.
Pratt said
two people
were taken
to hospitals
with minor
i n j u r i e s .
The weather service said it had
received reports of 14 to 16 inju-
ries, the most severe a broken
leg.
Utilities also were damaged,
and gas fumes filled the town,
prompting officials to shut off
service. Pratt said gas service will
remain off for the next two weeks,
but electricity should be restored
in the next day or so.
The smell of natural gas hung
thick in the air Sunday as fork-
lifts and pick-up trucks hauled
debris down streets lined with
fallen trees.
Tamara Adams, 37, piled
branches on the curb, next to the
30-foot-tall tree that rested on top
of her house. She said she closed
her basement door just as the tor-
nado tore the roof off a store that
sits diagonal from her house.
That sound, she said. Ill
never get it out of my head. It had
a life. You could hear it breathing
and growling.
Terry Siebersma, who runs a
downtown liquor store with his
wife, was manning his shop when
he heard the tornado sirens and
saw the sky turn green. In the
distance, he saw the twister swirl
into view.
It was almost
like the mov-
ies, he said. It
was loud really
loud.
Si ebers ma,
53, said he
rushed to the
b a s e m e n t .
Upstairs, he
heard bottles
breaking. He
emerged sev-
eral minutes later, and the store
looked fine. He said he walked
to a back storage room and dis-
covered the roof missing and one
wall on the verge of collapse.
We were very, very lucky, he
said. I almost feel guilty.
Gov. Terry Branstad issued an
emergency proclamation cover-
ing Mapleton and surrounding
Monana County on Saturday so
the state could send services to
respond to the storm, his office
said.
Monana County is in the same
region of western Iowa where
four Boy Scouts died in a tornado
that struck a scouting ranch in
June 2008. The National Weather
Service said the tornado that hit
the 1,800-acre Little Sioux Scout
Ranch in the Loess Hills had
an estimated wind speed of 145
mph.
Associated Press
Tornadoes strike Iowa
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The Jayhawk statue in front of the Kansas
Union was vandalized Friday night. According
to the KU Public Safety Ofce, someone
dismantled the Jayhawk fromits base which
caused $500 of damage.
That sound, Ill never get
it out of my head. It had
a life. You could hear it
breathing and growling.
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BY IAN CUMMINGS
icummings@kansan.com
Te University Honors Pro-
gram awarded research grants to
48 undergraduates this semester,
supporting projects in a wide va-
riety of areas. Undergraduate re-
search awards, ranging from $750
to $2,000, went to student projects
in disciplines like flm, anthropol-
ogy and industrial design. Te fol-
lowing research studies are some
of the undergraduate projects that
received funding.
A LIgHT OpERA
Joshua Nathan, a senior from
McPherson studying flm and me-
dia, took the title for his short flm
from a passage in Kurt Vonneguts
novel Slaughterhouse Five. He
used the experience he gained as a
production assistant on the televi-
sion series Leverage and a $750
grant from the honors program to
write, direct and produce A Light
Opera. Te flm, a meditation on
the role of chance and fate in human
lives, follows a day in the life of two
gas station employees whose lives
are changed forever in the case
of one of them, suddenly cut short
by a winning lottery ticket. Na-
than said he applied for a research
award at the urging of faculty afer
mentioning his idea of shooting a
flm for his honors project.
Tey said, What youre doing
is exactly what theyre giving out
money for, Nathan said.
Nathan organized a crew of 120
people and shot the flm in two
days at a gas station in DeSoto. He
is submitting it to several flm festi-
vals, including the Kansas City Film
Festival, the KU Student Film Festi-
val and the Sundance Film Festival.
Oldfather Studios will host a special
event to screen the flm April 18.
Nathan said A Light Opera
posed questions about probability
and determinism, but doesnt pro-
vide any easy answers.
Tere are crazy, crazy things;
things that we recognize but dont
know how to internalize, Nathan
said. I want the audience to think
about this in their own lives.
ORAL TESTImONIES Of
THE CHORT mAYA
Joseph Stogsdills project took
him to the western mountains of
Honduras, where Copn, one of the
greatest of the ruined Maya cities,
sits among felds of cofee and ba-
nana trees. Stogsdill, a junior from
Lawrence studying history and en-
vironmental studies, went to Copn
Ruinas, Honduras, with a multi-
disciplinary group advised by Brent
Metz, professor of anthropology at
the University of Kansas.
It was a pretty big culture shock,
going down and seeing the poverty
that exists in Central America,
Stogsdill said.
An undergraduate research
award covered the cost of Stogsdills
travel, helping him to flm a series
of interviews with elders of the local
Chort Maya community and write
a historical study of this indigenous
population. He spoke with the el-
ders about their folklore and cre-
ation stories, and how their land
has been changed by technology
and property thef by outsiders.
Stogsdill and other students
worked with local communities to
help market traditional crafs to
tourists and conduct water quality
studies in partnership with CON-
IMCHH, National Council of In-
digenous Chort Maya of Honduras,
a local development organization.
Stogsdill said the trip did much
to improve his Spanish. Te rural
people of Honduras have a distinct
vocabulary and accent.
It was pretty difcult to un-
derstand, Stogsdill said. It can
make you very uncomfortable, but
through that discomfort you can re-
ally grow as a Spanish speaker and
as a person.
mAKINg THE
DENTISTS CHAIR
mORE COmfORTAbLE
fOR THE DENTIST
Although many patients are
quite conscious of the discomfort
involved in dental care, few consid-
er how uncomfortable it can be for
the dentist. Te hunching and con-
tortion performed by practitioners,
including dental hygienists, as they
navigate a patients mouth, can lead
to musculoskeletal disorders like
carpal tunnel syndrome and inju-
ries of the neck and upper back.
Riley Grifth, a senior from
Lyndon studying industrial de-
sign, is researching how to change
the dentists chair to alleviate these
problems, which Grifth said can
be serious and expensive. He spoke
with a former dental hygienist who
traded in her tools for a reception-
ists desk because of chronic pain in
her hand muscles. Grifth said his
own dentists chronic pain led to the
removal of a disc between his sec-
ond and third vertebrae.
A single case of carpal tunnel
syndrome can cost $21,000 and 250
days of lost work, Grifth said.
Tese problems are well known
to the American Dental Associa-
tion, which teaches practitioners to
reposition the patients for comfort.
Teyre trained to ask people to
move, but my observation was that
people dont want to do that, Grif-
fth said.
He said one factor was practitio-
ners need to maximize the number
of patients they see per day.
Grifth said he thought a difer-
ent kind of dental chair could re-
lieve the discomfort by making the
patient easier to move around.
As a hygienist, your hands are
always full, Grifth said. If they
were foating in space, if you could
move them anywhere you wanted,
you would.
He used $1,700 from an under-
graduate research award to develop
a design that would emphasize mo-
bility and access for the practitio-
ner. Te new style of chair would
tilt and swivel on more than one
plane, moving on up to six axes.
He created a design of the chair
as an illustration of the concept, but
the work would also have to take
into account aesthetics and engi-
neering, Grifth said.
If people look at something,
they dont want to be scared of it,
he said. Teyre already really
scared.
Edited by Helen Mubarak
BY IAN CUMMINGS
icummings@kansan.com
A team of 18 students in the ge-
ography department launched a
weather balloon Saturday from the
grassy feld behind Nichols Hall,
2335 Irving Hill Road on West
Campus. Te balloon landed in a
cow pasture about two hours later
near Fleming, Mo., east of Kansas
City, Mo.
About 50 people watched the
launch and some brought tele-
scopes and binoculars to follow the
balloon into the sky.
It was the coolest thing ever to
see it take of, Kelsey Miller, a se-
nior from Waterloo, Ill., and a ge-
ography student, said.
Te weather balloon, a helium-
powered vehicle for a 23-foot appa-
ratus of remote sensing equipment,
was launched as part of a project
called Geohawk for the geography
departments Remote Sensing II
course.
Ryan Callihan, a graduate stu-
dent from Lenexa, said the students
would break into teams for the rest
of the semester to use the images
and data collected in research proj-
ects on remote sensing, mapping
and image processing.
Te balloon itself measured four
feet wide and six feet tall and pulled
a tail strung with a parachute, a set
of radar refectors and about fve
pounds of sensors to record tem-
perature and air pressure. A cam-
era dangled from the end, pointed
downward, automatically snapping
photographs every 10 to 15 sec-
onds.
As the balloon took of, it re-
corded hundreds photos of Law-
rence and Douglas County from a
range of altitudes. About 20 miles
or halfway to Kansas City the
balloon burst in the air because of
decreasing air pressure, releasing a
parachute to allow it to slowly de-
scend back to the ground.
At these heights, Federal Avia-
tion Administration safety regula-
tions apply to the construction of
the vehicle, requiring radar refec-
tors to mark its presence for other
aircraf.
Miller said the Fleming cow
pasture was very close to the pre-
dicted landing site. Te Geohawk
team used weather conditions,
together with the vehicles weight
and lif speed, to calculate the
probable fight path.
It looks like the payload hit
pretty hard, Miller said. She said
the team still needed to examine
the contents of the vehicle to see if
they were damaged in the landing.
Edited by Samantha Collins
Weather balloon collects geographical data, images
From flm to folklore, awards help students explore interests
RESEARCH
SCIENCE
Contributed Photo
Josh Nathan, a senior fromMcPherson, and Grant Babbit, Nathans director of photography, flmA Light Operaat a DeSoto gas station. Nathan was
one of 48 undergraduate students to receive research grants this semester.
fOR mORE
INfORmATION
University Honors program
Nunemaker Center
pHONE: (785) 864-4225
EmAIL: honors@ku.edu
Contributed Photo
Geography students prepare to launch a weather balloon Saturday in the feld behind Nichols Hall, 2335 Irving Hill Road. The balloon recorded
hundreds of photos of the Lawrence area.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
Your partner offers excellent sup-
port now. A balanced checkbook is
only part of the story. Dont forget
to breathe deeply. Be grateful for
what you have. Dont worry, youll
think of something.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Might as well listen. You might have
to compromise. Dont let worries
about money interfere with love.
still, resist impetuous spending.
Take tasks slowly to minimize error.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
Too much of a good thing causes
problems. Theres not as much as
you hoped, and not as little as you
feared. still, anticipate some resis-
tance to spending cuts.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
it could be a difficult time to be
on the road, or pursuing romance.
Be patient, and allow time for new
data that disrupts routines. Get
expert help, if necessary.
LEo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Dont worry, youll think of some-
thing. Be calm and supportive,
no matter what. Your conscience
keeps you on the right path, which
avoids a nasty pitfall. Dont gamble
or flash money around.
VIRGo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
The more you get to know a friend,
the better you like her. Make your
home into a safe haven. You have
the money you need, and youre
creating positive buzz.
LIbRA (Sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Dont let anybody coax you off
track. Hold out for what you really
want. Big stories are exactly that.
Friendship is the basis for a great
partnership.
SCoRpIo (oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Be diligent. Watch out, or you might
forget an important detail. Friends
and finances dont mix well today.
Dont throw your money around.
Get what you need just for today.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
reach out and inspire someone.
A loved one is anxious to make
improvements. An unpleasant
money conversation might occur.
listen patiently, and then act.
CApRICoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Dont let your mind wander far.
Others need your ability to focus
and bring sense to the frenetic day.
They rely on you. And your interest
makes you interesting.
AqUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Focus on abundance. its there, if
you look. collaborations a good
idea. Only accept cost-effective
strategies. Better stay at home... its
not a good time to travel.
pISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5
start by listing the things you still
want to learn. There may be finan-
cial challenges. stay close to home,
patient and thrifty, while you earn
valuable skills. Be creative.
HoRoSCopE
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
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White wedding no
longer a concern
LONDON In 1981, Princess
Dianas uncle made a public state-
ment before her royal wedding to
clear up Te Question: Yes, she was
a virgin.
What a diference a generation
makes.
Today, few people seem the least
bit concerned that Prince William
and Kate Middleton, set to wed this
month, have been living together
of and on since their university
days.
We live in a modern age and
people do all sorts of things before
they settle down, said Keith Mor-
ley, an engineer from Birmingham.
Its probably best that they lived
together before making a commit-
ment.
Some historians say its about
time the royals shed the prudish-
ness they exhibited at the time of
Dianas marriage, which came years
afer the pill and the Summer of
Love made casual sex more socially
acceptable even in traditionally up-
tight Britain.
Te modern-day tolerance of
William and Middletons living ar-
rangements, many say, just brings
the House of Windsor in line with
the times. Part of the change may
have to do with the very public inf-
delities that played out in the disas-
trous marriage of Charles and Di-
ana, which rocked the royal family
to its core.
Associated Press
Famous director
and flmmaker dies
NEW YORK Speaking in his
ofce above the Broadway theaters
where he performed as a child, di-
rector Sidney Lumet was typically
unpretentious in discussing his
flms, a body of work numbering
more American classics than most
have a right to contemplate.
An eminent crafsman, Lumet
always referred to his more than
40 flms as simple, understated
work. Raised as an actor, he was
a pragmatic director, eschewing os-
tentatious displays of style for sure-
handed storytelling.
Lumet, 86, died early Saturday
afer sufering from lymphoma.
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MOndaY, aPriL 11, 2011 PaGe 5a
In modern human life there are
some things that you cant avoid: food
poisoning, yellow lights, essay exams,
red lights, hangovers, hangnails,
the trace of pubic hair a roommate
leaves on the toilet seat You name
it. Theyre inconveniences, for sure.
But what other common undertaking
causes uproar in the human psyche?
Small talk.
Small talk, or shooting the bull, or
light conversation, is an ever-present
constant in our lives. Its at the store
when youre waiting in line with the
slow attendant; its at your friends
house when you are stuck alone in the
room with someone youve only just
met; its at Quintons on a Saturday
when no one is quite drunk enough
yet to become interesting.
Through the years, Ive experi-
mented with different topics of con-
versation to get a feel for what people
like. Weather and classwork are the
standard lineup that anyone can use to
fill-in for up to two awkward minutes.
But it gets old. The routine stales
and there are only so many things that
I can contribute to the pot of Biology
100 complaints. What other topic
do all humans like to hear and talk
about?
What is something that is light-
hearted, can be manipulated to fit
the listener, is a universal truth to
all wide-eyed, heart pumping mouth
breathers?
How bout barf?
Its a subject hurling with emo-
tion. As such, the subject of vomit
can be toyed with to suit the audience
based on their individual disposi-
tions. To my boyfriends gentle and
kind mother, I can talk about the
embarrassment of pulling over on
the interstate, hunched on the side to
puke bad Mexican food onto a patch
of dry grass.
The cashier at a convenience store
with his unending sunny optimism
likes to hear about the joy of looking
at my friend passed out on a couch,
pausing and then looking back to see
that she is blanketed in her own din-
ner.
My father, the banker, will listen
to the economic aspects of puke and
pitch in his ideas when I finish my
storyA ten dollar lunch at Zen
Zero ends up on the floor of a Chevy
Cavalier instead nourishing the brain
and its surrounding organs? Now
thats a waste of money and digestion.
The loveliness of it all is that it is a
self-sustaining topic. I tell you a story
about puke, you tell me a story about
puke and I can use that as material
for the next person I come across.
Someone elses third-hand detail of
throwing up into the wind at a concert
is as emotionally charged as if I had
done it myself.
I would guess that 80 percent of
what I talk about is someone else barf-
ing, 5 percent my own barfing and
15 percent weather and Im trying to
taper off the weather talk eventually
to come to a 100 percent barf-talk
ratio. This tactic will work for you
and provide for you a bit of enjoyment
separate from the humdrum standard
conversation.
Stephens is a junior from Dodge
City in English.
COMMentarY: Liz stePHens
Lets shake up the chit-chat and talk about ... Vomit?
do you care about student senate?
oYes, it represents the student body
oimportant, but i dont care
ono, they just dress up and play Congress
Vote now at Kansan.COM/POLLs

sOCiaL Media etiquette
Twitter me this, Twitter me that.
Just dont tweet about your dinner.
Lawrence has been attempting to
add gender identity as a protected sta-
tus in the city for a while now, which
would prohibit discrimination based
on gender identity in employment,
housing and public accommodations.
Last Wednesday, a group called
Voice of Reason a group brought
together by this particular issue that
consists of churches (surprise, sur-
prise) and businesspersons held
a meeting to voice opposition to the
proposed ordinance, which they claim
will destroy our culture, as one of the
speakers so rationally put it.
But the groups presentation failed
to focus on gender identity. Instead,
there was nearly two hours of clich
lecturing on the deviance of homo-
sexuality.
The meeting started with a prayer
lofty! and proceeded with the coin-
ing of homosexuality as a behavior
and the dangers of too much exposure
to certain lifestyles; you know, that
old chestnut.
Judy Smith, the opening speaker and
president of Concerned Women for
America, gave the audience a literature
review, including how studies sup-
porting the biological origins of sexual
orientation towards sex organs had
poor methodologies and couldnt be
repeated, how Matthew Shepard was
beaten and killed for his money, not
his sexuality, and how Alfred Kinseys
research was flawed, among other
things. All of these claims were of
course supported with expert sources
just kidding. What did all of this
have to do with gender identity? Not a
damn thing.
After Smiths Review of Bigotry lec-
ture, the next speaker, Bennie Wilson,
native of Manhattan (Manhattan
recently passed the gender identity
protection ordinance) talked about the
topic at hand, which lasted roughly five
seconds. Wilson then went on for sev-
eral more minutes about how he prays
daily for homosexuals and warns of
the dangers of exposure to [such]
evil, all with an adorable Leave-it-to-
Beaver persona.
The next two speakers, a prayer
leader and a lawyer, continued the
comprehensive banter about the LGBT
lifestyle, gays and alcoholism,
predators, etc., always being sure to
conclude with something like, ... but
we love everyone.
Ill be honest, folks, I got the church
giggles a few times (no pun intended);
I had no idea I was walking into a ser-
mon (the church location didnt help
much) about queer-mo-sexuals.
The final speaker, a lawyer, was the
only person to mention the issues that
could stem from passing a law protect-
ing gender identity in Lawrence. He
speculated on something about gen-
der-neutral bathrooms, which wasnt
brought up until the closing minutes
of his talk, after his two cents on same-
sex marriage and other irrelevant poli-
cies, of course.
Really? Bathrooms? So this is about
the level of privacy someone feels
while theyre taking a crap or urinating
in a public restroom? Not about the
impact on a person fired from a job or
denied housing because that person is
transgender?
Those few moments aside, the meet-
ing was simply another opportunity
for orthodox Christians to voice their
non-support for LGBTs nothing
new or productive and certainly noth-
ing constructive about the gender
identity ordinance.
I cant understand why anyone
would give a fudge if a transgender
person wants to get a job or place to
live in the city without fear of being
fired or denied living space for being
transgender.
I am literally more concerned about
whether Im going to have chicken
nuggets or hot pockets for dinner.
James Castle is a junior from
Stilwell in political science & human
sexuality.
queer CuLture
Anti-gender identity religious group sings same old psalm and dance
By James Castle
jcastle@kansan.com
Moms Day 2011... You taught us how
to walk. Well teach you how to crawl.
I learned a funny lesson last night.
When a girl tells you she is taken
Wednesday then sees you with your
shirt of at the gym and is suddenly
single Saturday, youre WINNING!!!!
If youre going to copy another
partys theme at least dont use the
same picture on the FB event page.
In my bed, Saturday morning, willing
myself to sober up. #neverworks.
Oh shivering girls in skimpy clothes,
surely you can get someone to love
you without being cold, no?
Theyre pear trees. If youre going to
insult them, know what they are. ...
And yes, they are god-awful trees.
Help! My ex-girlfriend is a stalker and
she wont stay away!
Youre probably leading her on
into giving a reason to feel like she
shouldnt stay away.
Being skinny without abs is like the
worst kind of skinny.
I dont care if the government shuts
down as long as I get my NFL!!
Came home drunk last night, started
throwing up, then proceeded to
drunkenly call work and leave my
boss a message saying I was too sick
to come in this morning. Fail.
I dont know whose idea it was
to plant the trees that smell light
rotten vajay, but they need to play
hopscotch on the nearest freeway.
Oh my god, heres what you need
to do: Pay somebody to buy you a
case of beer from a liquor store, go
into your room, drink it, and shut the
hell up.
I just googled Do people eat grape
seeds? So goddamn high right now.
There are some weird people in
the Budig computer lab on Friday
nights... And I suppose that includes
myself.
What annoys me even more than the
government shutdown: people who
complain about it but dont know
what theyre talking about.
U.S. Congress, bringin you more
drama than your babys mama.
If youre going to quote Friday on
Facebook, please use the correct
lyrics. Youre just coming of as
stupid.
I learned a sad lesson and truth
tonight. When a girl says I gotta pee/
smoke and Ill be back, it means
shes not interested in you and never
comes back.
Normally I would have felt bad
about not showering before going
to class today, but the trees on
campus smell so bad that nobody
probably smelled my stink.
While Im sad to let them go, the
Morris twins gave their heart to KU
and their legacy will continue. F.O.E.
You know what I miss? You shutting
your dirty mouth.
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Twitter gets blamed for a lot of
things. Its used as a go-to villain
for politicians, pundits and old men
shouting at kids to get off their lawns.
A recent commercial for Stoli brand
vodka had Twitter co-founder Biz
Stone reading tweets from President
Obama about the status of his salad,
demonstrating the insanity of Twitter.
But I use Twitter (shameless plug:
@louschu) and so do many of my
friends. I think, for the most part,
we all make pretty good use of it. We
tweet jokes, interesting news items
and links to one another, stuff that we
think other people would find inter-
esting.
Well, most of us do.
We all have those friends on Twitter
who dont have a filter and send out
anything that pops in their mind. A
tweet from one of them might read
brr, its cold out, or I almost couldnt
find my keys.
The worst are the people who send
out a detailed itinerary every day.
Their tweets usually look something
like going to class/gym/studying/then
pasta for dinner!
Youre eating pasta tonight? Holy
moly! Im glad that message was
relayed through four different satel-
lites and beamed into my phone. That
was definitely the best use of a com-
munication network so complex, it
makes the technology on Star Trek
look like a pile of wet rocks.
Another common/infuriating trend
is when people talk about things they
did with other people on Twitter.
Just Skyped with @soandso and @
whoever!
Wow, you talked on the phone?
That reminds me, did I ever tell you
about the time that gravity continued
to exist?
I want everyone who uses Twitter
to pull up a list of their most recent
tweets and read through all of them. If
you find yourself thinking Wow, no
one could possibly care about any of
these then please either stop tweeting
completely or at least filter some of the
most boring ones out. Either way, stop
telling me how cute your dog is.
Schumaker is a junior from
Overland Park in film and media
studies.
By lou sChumaker
lschumaker@kansan.com
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6A / NEWS / MONDAY, April 11, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kANsAN.cOM
cAmpUS
Pianist entices audience with various styles, stories
By Mike Montano
editor@kansan.com
Te stage at pianist Alpin
Hongs performance at the Lied
Center on Friday included noth-
ing but a baby grand piano named
Ethel, a bench, a microphone
and Hong himself, but the pieces
Hong played and the stories he
told flled the entire stage.
And even though Hong is
trained as a classical pianist, his
music taste is anything but old-
fashioned.
Te thing is that even though
Ive been playing music my entire
life, I didnt start playing classi-
cal music until I went to Juilliard
when I was 22, Hong said. I grew
up listening to Nirvana and more
ethereal kinds of things.
Te pieces Hong played at the
Lied Center incorporated a range
of styles and composers from
around the world, including Rus-
sian, Polish, American, Spanish
and Hungarian.
Its not like a foreign lan-
guage where something gets lost
in translation, Hong said. It
can be understood by everybody
and the thing that brings a com-
mon ground to
music is evok-
ing emotion.
Maybe a certain
sound brings
up a childhood
memory or a
more sad time in
your life. Music
is powerful and
its universal.
Te universality of Hongs mu-
sic has allowed him to travel and
play across the country. He recent-
ly completed a tour that took him
through all 50 states and ended in
Alaska. And he has also traveled
overseas; one of the stories Hong
told during his performance was
about his trip to Europe. Hong told
about how, on his way to Brussels,
he had an interesting layover in an
airport in Paris.
I didnt bring anything to oc-
cupy my time; not a book, a mag-
azine or a Game Boy, Hong said
onstage. He
said he passed
by very few
people in the
terminal at
6:30 a.m. be-
fore he spotted
a piano, right
outside of
McDonal ds.
He thought it
would be a good time to get some
practice in, and before he knew
it, there were at least 100 people
gathered around him. I heard all
types of beautiful languages being
spoken, but Ill never forget this
American couple I heard, Hong
said. I heard a man say to his
girlfriend, Honey, these French
airports are awesome. It just made
me laugh.
Hongs personality and the
presence he brought to the stage
encouraged the audience to give
him a standing ovation. Teir en-
thusiasm then prompted him to
add a song to his program, and
he fnished the night with Lud-
wig van Beethovens Moonlight
Sonata.
With stops around the world,
Hong says he tries to connect to
each group as if they are his fam-
ily.
By the end, I show them Im
an ordinary dude but I have an
extraordinary job, Hong said.
People inspired me to keep doing
it and fnd value in it myself. I feel
it is an artists job to identify with
their audience.
Edited by Amanda Sorell
Chris Bronson/KANSAN
Alpin Hong, internationally known pianist, performs Sergei Rachmaninofs Preludes in C#
Minor, G# Minor, and G Minor,Friday night at the Lied Center. Hong performed music fromother
composers such as Liszt, Chopin, Albeniz, Gershwin, and many others.
Music is powerful and its
universal.
AlpiN hONg
pianist
found a niche within Student
Senate last year as a fresh-
man.
It keeps me really up to
date on things going on at the
University, Bliss said. And
I just want to be a part of
something that is bigger than
me. Either way Im going to
be involved.
The pair hopes to continue
the 15-year tradition KUnited
has established within Student
Senate. It is a tradition they
both said consists of accom-
plishment and getting things
done things like fall break,
Saferide and Safebus, wire-
less Internet and the Ambler
Student Recreation Center
among others.
Growing up in Lawrence
as the daughter of University
professor of chemistry, Carey
Johnson, allowed Libby to wit-
ness the Universitys evolution
and forge a bond that would
never be broken, she said.
Ive never known anything
else but KU, Johnson said.
After four years of Student
Senate involvement and lead-
ership positions in more than
10 organizations and commit-
tees, Senate elections are the
next plateau.
I think a lot of people
think this is crazy to put this
much time and work into
something, said Johnson.
But its been a goal of mine
for many years now. Being
involved for the past three
years will definitely help me
out because Ive learned about
how the University works and
Ive made relationships with
students and administrators.
Although Bliss always want-
ed to be on the executive staff,
he said the nomination for
vice president originally came
as a shock.
But I met it with open arms
and am now extremely excited
for it, Bliss said. I like working
with people and Im a helper.
Bliss said he loved the
University and the foundations
established. But, he said, there
are many areas he would like to
improve on.
Senate has this negative over-
all perception, Bliss said. And
theres been a trend in the past of
low voter turnout.
Low turnout is something he
and Johnson want to change. He
said he wanted the students to be
heard and, as a member of a small
professional school, he thought
he could bring a voice to the
minority groups on campus.
Bliss, a civil engineering stu-
dent, grew up as the son of a
small business owner and stay-at-
home mom.
When he graduates in 2013
with a degree, Bliss said he want-
ed to work with water treatment
for developing countries.
But until then, the book and
computer savvy Bliss said, regard-
less of the upcoming elections
results, he was going to be a part
of Student Senate.
As for Johnson, she plans to
continue her education in the
sciences. Then, after two years
in the Peace Corps, intends to
attend graduate school, accord-
ing to KUniteds website.
Johnson said the experience
was one she would never forget,
which is what she said college
was all about.
Its supposed to be the best
four to six years of your life,
Johnson said. And so far this
has been the most memorable
experience of mine.
Edited by Helen Mubarak
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / MONdAy, April 11, 2011 / NEWS / 7A
LAWRENcE
City takes on lighting project
BY AMANDA KISTNER
akistner@kansan.com
Walking down Massachusetts Street will soon be seen in a different
light. The City of Lawrence will begin replacing 115 lights with LEDs
on eighth, ninth and 10th streets. More than $172,000 is available for
the lighting replacement project. The lights have been ordered, and
installation will begin in early June, after they are delivered in the next
six to eight weeks.
Assistant director of public works Mark Thiel said the city made the
decision to replace the lights as part of its overall goal to improve the
quality of life for the community. Each new light costs about $1,500.
The money saved by lower energy consumption will potentially offset
the high costs.
Though we wont have the official numbers until later, we are
expecting a 40 to 50 percent reduction in energy usage as a result of
this project, Thiel said. We will be installing monitoring meters to
track actual usage against known cost-to-date.
A product comparison was done in 2010 to find the best lights to use
in the replacement. In the comparison, a variety of fixtures were evalu-
ated and actual trial installations were used to determine the specific
LED light that will be used.
Edited by Emily Soetaert
Source: Google Maps
The city expects the project to lead to a
40 to 50 percent reduction in energy usage
BY THE NUmBERS
WHO: City of lawrence
WHAT: replacing regular lights with lEd lights
WHEN: Early June
WHERE: eighth, ninth, and 10th streets
HOW mANY: 115 lights
cOST PER LIGHT: $1,500
TOTAL cOST: $172,000
EXPEcTED ENGERY USAGE REDUcTION: 40 to 50 percent
population, and the fact that some
of their platforms such as beer
in the Kansas Union are largely
under the control of administra-
tors, not students. But theyre also
careful to present themselves as
being in the running, as they say,
for the right reasons.
Briner, a junior from Flower
Mound, Texas, is justice-minded
and says that after college, shed
like work on helping to prevent
human trafficking.
Dean, a sophomore from
Overland Park, is a triple-major
in economics, political science and
math. Hes torn between working
in research or in public policy after
his plan to go to graduate school.
He says his adviser in econom-
ics doesnt think he should worry
about classes in political science
or even involvement in Student
Senate, but I found I was scan-
ning CNN politics coverage and
doing political science homework
for fun, he said.
If elected as vice president,
Dean would oversee Senates day-
to-day work in legislation. Briner,
as student body president, would
work more with administrators as
a liaison for the student body.
Briner and Dean both grew up
in driven families. Briners parents
and sister are flying in from Texas
for the Thursday night campaign
watch party. Deans family will
drive in from Overland Park.
The two believe that theyre able
to make a difference for their fellow
students through their platforms,
ideas and commitment. They say
theyve put the time in, because
they believe in themselves.
Edited by Becca Harsch
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MENS BASEBALL REWIND
Game 3
in a deciding game on sunday, kansas lit up the scoreboard with eleven
runs and took the rubber match at Hoglund Ballpark.
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Senior shortstop BrandomMacias slides into home for a run Friday against Nebraska. Macias scored three of the Jayhawks fve runs in the victory.
Key game
Series to remember
Series to forget
Stat of the weekend
Quote of the weekend
Series notes
One of the things you preach to players is, if you
make a mistake, learn how to redeem yourself
and make a big play later. i thought that was really
a special play.
coach Ritch Price on freshman Kaiana Eldredge turning a
double play after recording an error on the previous play.
Jimmy Waters, left felder
The senior left felder had six rBi and three runs
on the weekend, including a three-run, opposite-
feld home run on sunday. He hit four homers in
lincoln last year and stayed hot against Nebraska
during this series.
Kaiana Eldredge, position
His struggles at the plate continued, going
1-10 on the weekend and striking out twice. He
made an error in saturdays loss that led to two
unearned runs in the ffth inning.
The number of wins kansas has when leading after the third
inning. kansas is 0-14 when trailing after the third.
saturdays attendance of 1,743 was the 13th largest crowd in Hoglund
Ballpark history.
Junior colton Murray recorded his sixth save on Friday night. Accord-
ing to coach price, hes close to being mentioned in the same sentence
as Don czyz who recorded 19 saves and posted a 1.56 ErA his senior
season in 2006. Not there yet, but close price said.
senior lefty Wally Marciel pitched two innings on saturday, his frst
appearance since the Missouri state game on April 5. He could start the
mid-week game Tuesday at iowa.
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kansas Nebraska
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Sunday
F
riday night pitchers are of a
different breed.
Theyre grinders. Theyre
polished. Theyve got command
and old-fashioned guts.
For Kansas, thats T.J. Walz.
Walz, a senior from Omaha,
Neb., trumped the Cornhuskers,
his hometown team, for the third
time in his collegiate career on
Friday night.
He showed the maturity of
what a Friday night starter in this
conference has to have to be suc-
cessful, coach Ritch Price said.
Walz went six innings, surren-
dered four runs, only one earned,
and struck out six. With the help
of his timely performance, the
Jayhawks won 5-4. Walzs work
kicked off the weekend series
with a positive note, which ended
with an 11-5 Kansas victory in
Sundays rubber match.
But it all started in game one,
when the Friday night ace set the
tone for the rest of the starting
rotation.
On Saturday, sophomore
Tanner Poppe followed Walzs
lead, threw six innings and
allowed only two earned runs. But
the Jayhawks couldnt get their
bats going and lost 4-2.
Sundays 11-5 victory was a bit
of an anomaly, as freshman Alex
Cox struggled on the hill, but got
enough run support. Hits are con-
tagious and so is good pitching.
Early in the season, Walz got
rocked. He allowed eight runs,
seven earned, in just four innings
at then No. 1 Texas Christian
University on February 18. His
control of pitches was erratic and
the results were shaky. But as the
season progressed, Walz slightly
altered his mechanics to improve
the balance in his windup. After
a 6-2 victory against Baylor on
April 1, an earlier Friday night
showcase, Walz said that the
minor change has made all the
difference.
Ive been able to locate the
fastball a lot better, and Im not
getting behind batters near as
much so I can attack with the
slider, Walz said.
When hes hitting his spots
with the fastball, his changeup
becomes that much more decep-
tive.
Thats as good a changeup
as hes had all season, Price said
after the Baylor victory.
Pair an effective changeup with
an already sneaky windup, and
youve got opposing hitters that
can do no better than guess at the
plate.
In his recent three starts, Walz
was 2-0 with a 1.69 earned run
average and 27 strikeouts.
With Walzs leadership and
cool demeanor on the mound,
Kansas has won three of its first
four conference series.
In a sport as unpredictable as
baseball, Kansas has a consistent
ace in the rotation. And his best
stuff is most always on Friday
night.
Edited by Emily Soetaert
Walz shows promise
as a Friday night ace
By Max RothMan
mrothman@kansan.com
price
Waters
Eldredge
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Sophomore third baseman Jake Marasco fres the ball to frst for an out Friday. Kansas won the
game improving to 5-5 in Big 12 play.
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Game to Remember
Kelsey Alsdorf, junior pinch hitter
In both games of the weekend series, Alsdorf was a key
ofensive player for the Jayhawks. She delivered pinch
hits in both games. Sunday she collected two RBIs by
batting in senior catcher Brittany Hile and sophomore
outfelder Maggie Hull.
Alsdorf
Game to Forget
Sundays game
The team should not completely forget its performance on Sunday.
However, it needs to have a short-term memory about the loss. The
Jayhawks need to keep in mind the energy and enthusiasm that they
carried through the ffth and sixth innings to lead the contest 3-2. How-
ever, the team needs to be able to fnish strong.
Quote of the Weekend
I think we talked to the girls about how of course
this loss hurts. We did a good job today. We put
ourselves in a position to win and I think we can take
that away as a positive.
Coach Megan Smith
Saturday
Kansas Oklahoma State
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Smith
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Second baseman Mariah Montgomery throws a ball to frst base in attempt to get an out Saturday
against Oklahoma State. The No. 21 Cowgirls went up 3-0 at the bottomof the ffth.
Chris Neal/KANSAN
Right felder Rosie Hull sprints toward third base Saturday at Cowgirl Stadium. Hull was a pinch
runner for Kelsey Alsdorf.
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Center felder Alex Jones gets an easy out froma pop fy Saturday afternoon in Stillwater, Okla.
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Freshman Jessica Maroszek set
the second best mark in Kansas
history in the discus throw at
the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
Friday. Maroszek won the A divi-
sion of the discus with a throw of
54.05 meters.
I was really nervous entering
the meet, Maroszek said in an
athletic department press release.
This is a big-time meet and I knew
there were a lot
of great com-
petitors in the
field. Getting a
good throw on
my first attempt
allowed me to
relax.
A l t h o u g h
M a r o s z e k
was the only
Jayhawk to win
an event, four
other Jayhawks placed second.
Senior Jordan Scott claimed sec-
ond in the A division of the pole
vault with a jump of 5.5 meters.
The defending NCAA Champion
pole vaulter placed first and sec-
ond in the two meets he has com-
peted in thus far this season. In
the womens pole vault, senior Jaci
Perryman set a personal record
with a jump of 4.1 meters, good for
sixth place in the A division.
In the A division of the mens jav-
elin, freshman Johann Swanepoel
placed third with a throw of 72.64
meters. His teammate, sophomore
Jesse Vaughn, took second in the B
division, throwing 62.53 meters.
Sophomore Francine Simpson
had an impressive performance
for the womens team in the long
jump, placing second in the A
division, jumping 6.47 meters.
Simpson, a Jamaican native, used
the warm Texas weather to her
advantage.
It was kind of windy today,
so I was just trying to get a good
mark, Simpson said in the press
release. I am
used to the
warm weather
since I am from
Jamaica. I think
the weather
helped me jump
well.
Junior Donny
Wasinger was
another sec-
ond place
finisher for
the Jayhawks, as he set a per-
sonal record in the A division
of the 1,500 meters with a time
of 3:48.14. Sophomore Mason
Finley placed fourth in A division
of the discus throw by tossing
it 58.41 meters, missing out on
second place by 0.28 meters. The
Jayhawks will be competing this
weekend at the Sooner Invitational
in Norman, Okla. The following
week the team will host the Kansas
Relays in Lawrence.
Edited by Becca Harsch
TRACK & FIELD
BY KORY CARPENTER
kcarpenter@kansan.com
If fans needed more proof that
things in life and sports dont
always go as planned, look no further
than the Kansas secondary. A pair of
former wide receivers in high school,
Keeston Terry
and Bradley
McDougald are
now the start-
ing safeties
for Kansas as
spring practices
get underway.
Terry, a soph-
omore from
Blue Springs,
Mo., originally
committed to
the University
of Nebraska as
a receiver before
switching his
commi t ment
to Turner Gill
and Kansas in
July 2009. After
making 10 tackles and forcing a
fumble in the first three games last
season, Terry suffered a season-end-
ing lower leg injury against Southern
Mississippi. The big production in a
small sample size was encouraging,
though.
I was pleased with myself, Terry
said after Fridays practice. When I
had the opportunities to make plays,
I feel like I did.
With a year spent studying the
position and bulking up in the
weight room, Terry could be in store
for a breakout year in 2011.
The sky is the limit, McDougald
said of Terrys potential on defense.
Hes still young, and thats the great-
est part about it, hes like a sponge.
McDougald, a junior from
Dublin, Ohio, was a highly-coveted
safety in high school, garnering
attention from Wisconsin and Ohio
State, among others. He commit-
ted to Kansas as a receiver, but is
back on defense in his third year in
Lawrence. He said that while hes the
elder statesmen in the secondary,
theres times when Terry corrects
him during practice. Both players
seem to complement each other on
the field, and while McDougald gets
an adrenaline rush from intercept-
ing passes, Terry disagrees.
I feel like theres more of an
adrenaline rush after a big hit, he
said. It gets everybody hyped.
McDougald, with a grin on his
face, was quick to intervene.
I dont know about that one, he
said, shaking his head and smiling.
I just dont know.
When the safety tandem isnt
pushing each other to get better,
coach Gills new grading scale does
the job. Each day, the coaching staff
shows the players their grades from
the previous days workout or prac-
tice. Whether its interceptions or
big hits, the players can see how they
performed the day before.
If we feel we had a good day and
our numbers dont show, we use that
to go back out and have a better day,
McDougald said.
The grading scale is something
both players can agree on. Terry
noted that the scale gives players that
extra bit of motivation as they try to
make the top of the list every day.
Whether its Terry going after that
big hit or McDougald waiting for his
interception, both players are excited
to anchor Kansas secondary for the
foreseeable future.
Right now were just creating
chemistry, Terry said. Its going to
take time to get better and more
equipped with each other, but I think
we can definitely be a great tandem
for the next couple of years.
Edited by Becca Harsch
Maroszek wins discus at Texas Relays
FOOTBALL
It was kind of windy
today, so I was just trying
to get a good mark.
frANciNe siMpsON
long jumper
Pair of former wide receivers
land roles as starting safeties
Mke Gunnoe/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Sophomore long jumper Francine Simpson fies through the air in the long jump event. Simpson
placed second in the long jumps A division, jumping 6.47 meters at the Clyde LittlefeldTexas
Relays Friday.
McDougald
Terry
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KU grad makes it to the Masters
By tim dwyer
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TODAY
womens golf
Baylor Spring invitational
All day
Waco, Texas
TUESDAY
baseball
vs. iowa
6:05 p.m.
iowa City, iowa
womens golf
Baylor Spring invitational
All day
Waco, Texas
wEDNESDAY
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3 p.m.
lubbock, Texas
vs. Texas Tech
5 p.m.
lubbock, Texas
THURSDAY
There are no events
scheduled for this day.
FRIDAY
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Kansas
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Norman, Okla.
G
ary Woodland, 2007 Kansas
graduate in sociology, was
clubhouse leader at the Masters
for a very brief time on Sunday.
When he signed the scorecard on
his final round, carding a 70 to finish
the tournament at 2-under, his was the
lowest completed score. There was a
chance comically infinitesimal, yes,
but a chance nonetheless that the 20
or so golfers in front of him would melt
down, a 2-under would hold up, and
Gary Woodland would win the green
jacket.
Of course, this didnt happen. Two
pairings later, Trevor Immelman fin-
ished at 3-under for the tournament,
and later in the afternoon WINNER
fended off one of the most crowded lea-
derboards in recent memory.
But if you look back at Gary
Woodlands last four years, finishing
24th at the Masters the latest great
finish to a torrid start in 2011 is a
remarkable feat.
In his senior season at Kansas,
Woodland finished tied for 14th in the
Big 12 Championship. Two of the 13
guys that finished in front of him are
on the PGA Tour. None were in the
Masters this week.
Woodland made one cut on the
Nationwide Tour, essentially the minor
leagues of the PGA, in 2007. In 2008,
he made just one more.
In 2009, Woodland broke through.
He earned his PGA Tour card, made
eight cuts in 18 tournaments and
earned more than six figures for the
first time. In 2010, Woodland made
three PGA Tour cuts in eight tourna-
ments, and nine in 14 Nationwide
events, but he actually made a
little more money than 2009, around
$140,000 for the year. He finished the
year as the 588th-ranked golfer in the
world.
Four months into the 2011 season,
Woodland is the 47th-ranked golfer
in the world. On that pace, hell be
the number one golfer in the world by
roughly this Tuesday.
But Woodlands incredible start to
2011 looks like more than a flash in
the pan. Hes been consistently excel-
lent for more than four months, mak-
ing six cuts in nine tournaments, and
finishing outside the top 13 just once.
Hes finished four times in the top
10, including a win the Transitions
Championship that netted him a nice
little $990,000 payday and punched his
ticket to the Masters.
Woodland, who entered the weekend
fourth on the PGA Tour money list
(one spot behind Phil Mickelson), will
break past two million with the $70,400
check he got for his four days of work
this week.
What a way to make a living.
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In the wake of the Morris
twins declaring for the NBA
draft, the Kansas bench was
looking a little shallow in
the frontcourt.
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to fixing that problem Sun-
day morning with the com-
mitment of three-star power
forward Braeden Anderson,
who averaged 20 points and
11 rebounds for Wilbraham
and Monson Academy in
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velopment as a basketball
player was far from over,
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liked to use his athleticism
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had only been playing in
the United States for a year
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focusing on basketball as a
potential future in his fresh-
man year.
Im just figuring out this
game, he said, and when
I get it, I want to be on the
biggest stage possible.
Anderson, 6-foot-8, will
compete for immediate play-
ing time alongside Thomas
Robinson and Jeff Withey,
who as the only return-
ing Kansas big men are the
heavy favorites for the start-
ing jobs. Anderson said the
opportunity for immediate
playing time opened up by
the Morris twins departure
for the NBA influenced his
decision.
You have to look at the
big picture, Anderson said.
You cant just go on gut
feeling. How often does a
freshman have a chance to
make an impact like Kansas
needs? Now I need to prove
why I deserve to be play-
ing.
One man hell need to im-
press in that regard is assis-
tant coach Danny Manning,
who in the past four years
has had an impressive affect
on the Kansas frontcourt.
Anderson said Mannings
reputation among the play-
ers was impressive and a
huge draw for him.
Danny Manning obvi-
ously has a huge impact,
he said. Hes a coach, but
hes also a teacher. And, of
course, the players all just
sing the mans praises.
Anderson said that Kan-
sas felt right, felt like home
when he visited campus on
March 6, but that he wanted
to take some time making
his decision. When Kansas
assistant coach Joe Dooley
visited Anderson in his
home in Calgary, Canada
Saturday, Anderson offered
his verbal commitment.
When coach Dooley was
in my living room, Ander-
son said, showing me all
the videos, it just reminded
me of all the feelings from
when I was there. I just
knew that this is the place I
need to go.
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BY AlEc TIlson
actilson@kansan.com
The Kansas baseball team did
something this weekend no team
in school history has done before.
With Sundays 11-5 victory against
Nebraska, the team has now won
three straight Big 12 series at
Hoglund Ballpark.
Fitting that it came in the final
home series ever against Nebraska
(21-13, 3-6) as a Big 12 Conference
team.
The second biggest rival we
have is Nebraska, coach Ritch
Price said. My players will tell you
the two biggest rivalries on our
schedule, Missouri and Nebraska.
For Friday night starting
senior T.J. Walz, Nebraska might
be the biggest rival. An Omaha,
Neb. native, Walz (4-3) defeated
Nebraska for the third time in
his four-year career. He threw six
innings, struck out six and allowed
one earned run.
It was not one of the strongest
outings for the teams best pitcher,
but he found a way to pick up his
fourth victory of the season in a
grind-it-out, tough, hard-fought
win according to Price.
I didnt have my best stuff
today, but sometimes you dont
have it and you just have to go
pitch, Walz said.
In five starts since March 11,
Walz has allowed nine earned runs
over 35 innings, striking out 43
batters and walking just nine. The
all-time strikeout leader in school
history won for the second straight
Friday.
The top third of the order pro-
vided much of the offense in the
series first game. Junior outfielder
Jason Brunansky recorded three
hits, two runs and an RBI. Senior
shortstop Brandon Macias was a
perfect 3-for-3 with three runs and
senior Jimmy Waters added two
hits and two RBI.
Freshman Frank Duncan and
junior closer Colton Murray have
emerged as the go-to arms in
games with late-inning leads. On
Friday, Duncan pitched one and
two thirds innings before getting
into a bases-loaded jam and hand-
ing the ball to Murray.
With Kansas holding onto a 5-4
lead, Murray entered the game and
recorded four outs and his sixth
save on the year.
Ive learned to love high-pres-
sure situations and bases loaded
is definitely one of my favorites,
Murray said.
Ad r e n a l i n e
itself, I live off
of it. I love it.
Duncan, a
native of San
F r a n c i s c o ,
Calif., may not
have expected
to be in the
set-up role, but
its working. It
makes for an interesting dynamic
Duncan with more of a laid back
attitude, Murray intense and fiery.
Colton has been helping
me with the late game routine,
Duncan said. Im kind of the yin
to his yang.
Kansas worked around two
errors on Friday but wasnt as
fortunate in Saturdays 4-2 loss.
Freshman sec-
ond base-
man Kaiana
Eldredge com-
mitted an error
in the fifth
inning to put
a runner on
first. Nebraska
c a p i t a l i z e d
with two runs,
which ended
up being the difference.
Assistant coach Jay Uhlman was
thrown out in the third inning
after a comment from the dugout
and coach Price pulled Macias late
in the game for arguing a called
strike with the home plate umpire.
Junior first baseman Zac Elgie
exchanged words with Nebraska
catcher Cory Burleson after strik-
ing out to end the game, only
adding to the weight of Sundays
game.
With Price stepping in as third
base coach, Kansas scored a sea-
son-high 11 runs and defeated
Nebraska in a game that saw four
home runs between the two teams.
Thats a lot with this years bats.
Waters three-run, opposite-field
home run in the third inning gave
the Jayhawks an early 4-1 lead.
For him, the series has a personal
weightiness to it.
Being from their backyard and
going through the recruiting pro-
cess and being over looked and
being told I couldnt play in this
conference, it feels great, Waters
said.
After the Corn Huskers put up a
four-spot of their own to take the
lead in the fifth, Kansas answered
with three runs in the bottom of
the inning, in what Price called
clearly the best offensive perfor-
mance of the season.
We got punched in the mouth
and we went back out there and
punched them back, Price said.
Thats something that really good
teams do, they find a way to rally.
Duncan and Murray closed out
the games final four innings and
Kansas moved to 6-6 in the Big 12
and 15-17 on the year.
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BY HAnnAH WIsE
hwise@kansan.com
Going into the bottom of the
seventh inning in Sundays contest
against No. 21 Oklahoma State, the
Kansas softball team looked like it
was about to earn its first confer-
ence victory of the season. However,
a pair of runs put the Cowgirls up
4-3 and ended the weekend series.
Saturday the Jayhawks fell 3-2 after
a late seventh-inning rally.
I think we talked to the girls
about how, of course, this loss
hurts, coach Megan Smith said.
We did a good job today. We put
ourselves in a position to win and
I think we can take that away as a
positive.
The teams defensive play showed
great improvement on the weekend.
Saturday, aggressive pitching by
freshman Kristin Martinez set the
tone of the game. The defense held
Oklahoma State scoreless until the
bottom of the fifth inning. Senior
catcher Brittany Hile demonstrated
her defensive leadership by mak-
ing throwdowns for outs at second
throughout the game.
The offense started produc-
tion late Saturday afternoon. The
Jayhawk batters did not connect
until sophomore outfielder Maggie
Hull hit her 13th double of the sea-
son in the sixth inning. She is now
tied for eighth for the most doubles
in a single season. However, Hull
said the stats are not going to be
important until the end of the sea-
son, when she can actually enjoy
them.
Her hit was the spark for the
rest of the offense. In the seventh
inning, junior pinch hitter Kelsey
Alsdorf hit a double to drive in
Hile, who had been hit by a wild
pitch. It was the first run of the
Jayhawks late comeback. Ending
the seventh inning, senior pitcher
Allie Clark saw her first at-bat of
the season.
After two pitches, Oklahoma
State pitcher Simone Freeman
threw a wild pitch past catcher
Ashley Boyd, giving Jayhawk fresh-
man first baseman Laura Vickers
enough time to steal home. Clark
hit a pop-up in foul ball territory.
Boyd caught the ball to end the
game.
Sundays game saw the same
offensive intensity as Saturday. The
team managed eight hits and three
runs. Alsdorf had a strong week-
end. Her single up the middle of
the infield provided Hile and Hull
the opportunity to score, tying the
score 2-2 in the fifth inning. Hull
scored again off junior outfielder
Liz Kocons double in the sixth
inning, giving the team its first
lead since it played Missouri in its
first conference appearance of the
season.
I just go in there and try to help
my team as best I can, Alsdorf
said, They get on base and I come
in just try and bring them in and
produce anyway that I can.
Oklahoma State responded in
the bottom of the seventh inning
with two unearned runs and ended
the game with a 4-2 victory. The
team benefited from a single and
a sacrifice bunt. The final run was
scored off of a pop fly with only
two outs.
The Jayhawks, meanwhile, ben-
efited from improved pitching on
the weekend. Martinez and Clark
stuck to the pitching staff s phi-
losophy of pitching to the knees.
They also worked the outside of
the plate to entice batters to chase
pitches. They struck out only four
batters on the weekend, but they
worked to create groundball situa-
tions for the defense to convert to
outs at first base.
Our pitchers really stepped it
up this weekend after a rough cou-
ple of games and that was really
key for us, Hull said.
The team will practice in
Lubbock on Tuesday before play-
ing a Wednesday doubleheader
against Texas Tech.
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Senior shortstop Brandon Macias felds a ground ball Friday at Hoglund Ballapark. Macias went 3-for-3 at the plate in the Jayhawk victory.
We got punched in the
mouth and we went back
out there and punched
them back.
ritch price
coach