W

hen he discusses drinking, tragedy and lawsuits with

people nationwide, Dave Westol gets rapt attention by
fashing a picture of grim young men in dark suits and
ties their hands folded. Teir heads bowed.
Te picture shows the funeral of 19-year-old University of Kansas
freshman Jason Wren, who was pronounced dead from alcohol
poisoning on March 8, 2009, in his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
I throw that slide up, and the audience inevitably becomes silent,
said Westol, a former chief executive ofcer of the national Teta Chi
fraternity and now an ofcial for the Fraternal Information and Pro-
gramming Group, a nonproft that educates Greeks nationwide on
risky behaviors and legal liabilities.
Before Jason Wren died, he was best known for his big heart and
fun-loving nature. He was outgoing. He was athletic. He played for
the KU lacrosse club.
But since his death, Wren is better known for how and where he
died. His name has taken on a national and local role as an attention-
grabber for experts like Westol and a wake-up call for universities. He
is just one student among grim statistics that show signifcant alcohol
abuse among college students especially those at the University of
Kansas and even more abuse among fraternity members nation-
wide.

BEFORE
Jason Wren died in a fraternity, but he spent most of his time at the
University elsewhere.
In August 2008, his freshman year, he moved onto the frst foor of
Oliver Hall. Five months later, he told his father he had to move out
for violating undisclosed rules.
Jay Wren said he called the Department of Student Housing to ask
why his son had to leave, but a representative told him that infor-
mation was confdential because of the Universitys privacy policy.
According to a court fling by SAEs lawyer, Jason was kicked out
for repeatedly violating the Universitys alcohol policy. Because it
was mid-semester, he had nowhere to live. Te fling said Wren was
able to pledge SAE through a friend and immediately move into the
house.
Diana Robertson, director of Student Housing, said in an email
that in addition to increased emphasis on alcohol education
the department has changed its policy. It now notifes parents when
a students housing contract is canceled because of alcohol or drug
violations.
Jay Wren told Te Kansan that his son had downplayed his write-
ups that a resident assistant found a shot glass, and later a beer can,
in his room, and that he had been seen holding a beer can for a friend
while the friend used the restroom.
Reading about that claim in a Kansan story brought back memo-
ries for the resident assistant on the other side of that incident. Since
Wren didnt live on the RAs foor, the RA hadnt yet realized he wrote
up the freshman whose death dominated newspaper headlines.
I dont feel guilty about it at all, but I feel like a part of the chain
of events that caused this to happen, he said, speaking on condition
of anonymity.
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leaving Ku
Three students
share their
extreme stories
What do you think?
by janene gier | jgier@kansan.com
TaylOR hOvORka
Overland Park senior
I want to remember I that
came here and did what I was
supposed to, or did what I
planned on doing in the four
years, which is really important
to me. It seems really real and
I feel like its been forever. My
time is up and Im ready to
move on. Im defnitely ready
for the real world. Im excited to
get paid for all the hours I put
in every day.
DillOn Davis
Topeka freshman
Id like to remember all of the
new experiences Ive made, and
friends that Ive made, and how
much better my life has be-
come after this frst year at KU.
Ive learned a lot of new routes,
which places to avoid, which
ways to get to class quicker,
what buildings are which, what
kinds of classes to expect, the
places in town that I know are
good, places to eat. Im just
going to be that much more
prepared for next year.
ERic ROwlanDs
Manhattan junior
Probably flming the Gates
of Summer, because that was
really weird. Its a larping event
and I went there to flm it for
documentary and that was
pretty crazy. Larping is live-
action role-playing and so it
was like 200 people who were
dressed up like characters in
costumes and battle armor and
stuf, and getting drunk and
fghting each other.
lEigh ann BakER
Topeka senior
I think Ill most remember when
I got into grad school. What I
want to most remember is why
my education is important to
me. I have something to do with
my life now. Im going some-
where. A step further - in a direc-
tion. I was worried about jobs
and now with the grad program I
got into, which is library science,
Ill be able to get a better job in a
very specifc feld.
What will you remember most
about this semester?
What would you most like to remember?
ashlEy PETERsOn
wichita graduate student
I helped bring in a speaker for
the group Im involved with,
Intervarsity. So that was really
an experience to actually prac-
tice bringing someone in and
he spoke on the myth of moral
neutrality. Its kind of, what the
importance of morals are in our
society in relation to faith and
academia. I think its interesting
to see that sometimes our soci-
ety is very much like, whatever
foats your boat, works for you.
It was interesting for me to hear
that you could still have a moral
stance while still being in a
diverse society.
by Chris hong
chong@kansan.com
University of Kansas libraries
are open for extended hours to
accommodate students studying
for final exams.
Extended hours began May 8
and will continue through the
end of finals week. Watson library
will operate until 3 a.m. on week-
days and 10 p.m. on weekends.
Anschutz will be open 24 hours
a day and will have extended
checkout periods until midnight.
Spahr library will be open 24
hours a day between Sunday and
Friday.
In addition to the extended
hours, there will be free coffee
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two years after Jason Wrens death, what has changed?
by garth sears
editor@kansan.com
photo illustration by Howard Ting/Kansan
Contributed photo
Jason shares a moment with his sisters Katie, left, andVictoria. Wren graduated fromaraphoe
High School in Littleton, Colo., in May 2008. Victoria committed suicide about 10 months after
Jasons death.
See inside for a list of
graduates
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He said during security rounds
on the night he wrote Wren up, he
came across a group of fve to 10
people who did the whole scatter
thing. Ten came his encounter
with Wren, who he said was stand-
ing in the corner of the hallway
holding a can behind his back.
I said, Dude, what do you got?
he said.
Te RA said Wren told him
he was holding the beer can for a
friend in the restroom. Te RA re-
plied that he would have to write
him up anyway. He said he thought
the can was Wrens, and either way,
he seemed drunk.
I wouldnt say he was screaming
at me, but his voice was defnitely
elevated in frustration and anger,
he said. Tis was the second se-
mester, so his violations were add-
ing up. He knew he was in a lot of
trouble at that point. So that prob-
ably added to his anger.
He said he wrote up Wren only
once, but heard about him from
the RA assigned to his foor. He
heard that Wren was a genuinely
nice guy.
It was just that, whenever he got
alcohol in his system, it just made
him a diferent person, he said,
like it does with everybody.
Wrens trouble at Oliver high-
lights that his problem began be-
fore drinking at SAE, but it does
beg the question of why the frater-
nity would welcome a new pledge
with that history.
Reuben Perez, director of the
Student Involvement and Leader-
ship Center, said when he got the
call informing him of Wrens death,
he wanted to know why SAE ac-
cepted somebody who already had
been kicked out of University hous-
ing for drinking.
You know that we rarely remove
people from KU housing at all
rarely, he said. Didnt that send a
red fag in somebodys mind?
AFTER
Shortly afer Wrens death, the
national SAE fraternity said in a
public statement that it had closed
its investigation into the chapter
and found no criminal actions or
negligence by the organization, the
chapter or its respective members
that led to the death.
We believe this is a very unfor-
tunate, isolated incident, it said.
But the Wren familys lawsuit
said SAE correspondence between
the national fraternity and its
KU chapter showed numerous
violations of rules and policies
regarding underage consumption
of alcohol and providing alcohol
to a visibly intoxicated member
on the night of Wrens death.
Te lawsuit also said that as
punishment for those violations,
the KU chapter was required to
pay an increased risk management
(insurance) premium and was
strongly encouraged to implement
at least one semester of alcohol-free
living.
Te house hosted an alcohol-
free concert a month and a half
afer Wrens death, and Jay Wren
publicly asked for SAE to become
an alcohol-free fraternity in mem-
ory of his son. Te fraternity did
later change some alcohol regula-
tions, but it still allows alcohol in
the house.
In a deposition in the Wren law-
suit, Frank Ginocchio, the general
counsel and director of risk man-
agement for the national fraternity,
said that about two years before
Wrens death the national frater-
nity considered, but voted down, a
ban on alcohol
consumption.
Gi nocchi o
said he recom-
mended the
KU chapter
become a dry
house afer
Wrens death.
He said he
spoke directly
to John Stacy,
president of
the KU SAE
house corpo-
ration and adviser to the chapter.
Tey didnt feel it was the right
thing to do at the time, Ginoccio
said. I think they felt that their ef-
forts educationally and in the me-
morial service would be enough.
While the Wren family lawyer,
Steve Gorny, said the settlement
forbade further release of testimony
in the depositions, one of his early
flings quoted Ginocchio as saying
SAE chose not to ban alcohol in
part because it was too harsh of a
punishment and out of concern
that the collegiate members would
choose to rent another property
and the House Corp. would lose its
tenants.
SAE did commit to hosting the
Jason Wren Initiative for six years,
including the two already past, ac-
cording to Kristin Wing, chair of
the adviser board for KU SAE, but
she expected it to go further.
Alan Fischer, KU SAE president,
and Chaz Rumage, organizer of the
second Jason Wren Initiative and a
former KU SAE ofcer, agreed to
be interviewed for this story but
backed out when Stacy, the chap-
ter adviser, told them that afer the
settlement they couldnt publicly
comment on Wren or the Wren
Initiative, despite previous inter-
views with the media.
If its under the heading of
Jason Wren, we dont talk about
that, Stacy explained, speaking for
the KU SAE chapter and its house
corporation.
Our legal counsel advised us
not to comment on the Jason Wren
case, or events surrounding the
case, Kristin Wing, chair of the
KU SAE adviser board, wrote in an
email.
SAE national ofcials failed to
respond for comment to requests
for interviews.
Jay Wren said it was a mistake
for him to allow his son to live in a
house with drinking, and hes out-
spoken against underage members
of any fraternity living in a house
where alcohol is openly served.
With an
undi s cl os ed
amount of
damages at
stake, he no
longer criti-
cizes SAE,
aside from his
desire to have
SAE become
an alcohol-free
house.
Te con-
tract with
SAE said that
it didnt allow underage drinking
in the house, he said in an email,
and I believe they are now enforc-
ing that clause as there were many
students expelled out of the house
last spring. Im very pleased to see
this change.
He also said he was pleased that
SAE was continuing the Jason
Wren Initiative.
Its my hope that SAE KU con-
tinues to carry on this initiative and
that the house decides to eventually
one day be dry and thrive, alcohol
free, he wrote.
Despite the houses educational
eforts, KU SAE was busted again.
Just six days before the debut
of the Jason Wren Initiative, the
national SAE fraternity said its KU
chapter violated alcohol policies,
frst by buying alcohol with chapter
funds, then by supplying it to
underage pledges. As a result, 22
active members were expelled from
the house.
NO UNIVERSITY
PUNISHMENT
A young man died afer a night
of too much drinking when no one
in the SAE house called for help.
Within a month, the university
he attended shut down the chapter
for at least fve years. Members had
less than two weeks to vacate the
SAE house.
When you telephone the house
now, you hear this: Te number
you have dialed is not in service.
But that student wasnt Jason
Wren. His name was George Des-
dunes. He attended Cornell Uni-
versity and died in February.
Ofcials from both Cornell and
the University of Kansas caution
against direct comparisons, given
the diferences the University of
Kansas is public. Cornell is private;
Kansas is in the Midwest. Cornell is
an Ivy League school in New York.
Travis Apgar, associate dean of
students at Cornell, said in an email
that Cornell SAE was in a school-
owned house, but that is not what
allowed the university to ban them
for fve years. Rather, Cornell uses
a recognition policy with fraterni-
ties. Greek houses recognized as
university organizations are subject
to Cornell rules and punishment
when rules are broken whether
they are on-campus or of-campus,
in a university-owned house or
otherwise.
Te University of Kansas has no
such policy. All Greek houses at the
University are of-campus on pri-
vate property. Many, such as SAE,
are owned by a corporation board
that oversees the chapter.
From the Universitys perspec-
tive, a fraternity is simply one of
the 637 student organizations reg-
istered. It can only face punishment
for things that happen at its ofcial
events. Hazing is the only violation
the University can look at when its
of-campus.
Te University investigated SAE
for hazing but did not impose sanc-
tions.
Te other factor that is signif-
cant to the discussion is whether
or not it was an ofcial function,
Marlesa Roney, vice provost for
student success, said.
Days before any event, a Greek
chapter must submit a form to the
University, specifying a guest list,
availability of alcohol, security and
safe transportation. SAE did not fle
such a form for the night of Wrens
death, so the University didnt con-
sider it an ofcial function.
Unfortunately, the media
back when this hit didnt care to
know the diference between a reg-
istered chapter event and a bunch
of students hanging out, said Reu-
ben Perez, director of the Student
Involvement and Leadership Cen-
ter, which oversees the Greek Life
ofce. Tat particular night, most
of the chapter wasnt even present.
I know, in the eyes of the world,
it was like we were trying to cover
something, he said.
Roney said that if a fraternity
didnt fle the form for a planned
event, the University could still
investigate whether the event ap-
peared to be sponsored by the fra-
ternity and therefore, an ofcial
function subject to rules.
Everything we were able to
learn about what happened that
night at SAE was that there was no
ofcial function going on, she said.
It was just an individual or two,
sitting around drinking.
Although Wren did not die dur-
ing an ofcal function, in Janu-
ary 2010 then-IFC president Jake
Droge told Te Kansan changes
were being made to the Intrafrater-
nity Council and Panhellenics joint
alcohol policy. But no substantial
changes have been made.
As late as a month ago, the post-
ed policy was dated 2007. Afer of-
fcials of both organizations were
questioned for this story about
promised changes, a new policy
was posted online and backdated
to March 23, 2010.
Amy Long, associate director
of the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center, said Monday
the changes made were only gram-
matical in nature.
Te document is currently un-
der review for the future, as is good
practice, and we anticipate changes
in the near future, she wrote in an
email.
J.M. Angotti, IFC vice
president of risk management,
said in a statement, Both IFC /
PHA councils and the advisors
understand that the Joint Alcohol
Policy needs to be changed and are
currently working to re-write the
document.
He said that IFC and PHA of-
cers want it done before the end of
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
KimRichter, KU Medical Center associate professor of preventive medicine, middle, speaks next to MasonTvert, executive director of Safer
Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, back, and KU Public Safety Sgt. James Anguiano during a panel discussion on howto prevent alchohol deaths
sponsored by the Drug Policy Forumof Kansas at the Hawks Nest on April 9, 2009. The panel was called in response to the death of JasonWren.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Several hundred students and family friends gather in front of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house in 2009. The fraternity held a memorial service for JasonWren, then a freshman fromLittleton, Colo.,
who was found dead in his bedroomon March 9, 2009.
Contributed photo
This photo taken of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house was used in the lawsuit against the fraternity. JasonWren was found dead in the SAE house on
March 8, 2009.
SEE wren ON PAgE 6A
wrEN (continued from 1A)
n Wrens family sued the KU SAE chapter, 10 of its members,
the corporation board that owns the house and the national SAE
fraternity. The lawsuit was settled last week and the settlement
forbids either side from disclosing details, such as the amount of
money awarded to the Wrens.
n The tragedy that began with Jasons death continued with
the suicides of his younger sister and mother. His older sister and
father are the only living immediate family members.
n Lawrence police investigated but fled no criminal charges.
The University investigated for possible hazing but didnt punish
the chapter. The national fraternity investigated but said it didnt
fnd evidence of criminal actions, while the Wren family lawsuit
insisted that it did.
n The KU SAE chapter agreed to host the Jason Wren Initia-
tive for six years. Its an annual program where speakers discuss
alcohol abuse. But six days before the frst one in April 2010,
the national SAE fraternity busted its KU chapter for supply-
ing its underage members with alcohol and expelled 22 active
members.
n The University has changed its policies: it now notifes
parents when students have alcohol- or drug-related violations,
requires incoming students under 22 to complete an online
alcohol education course before they can enroll, eliminates
campus chalking by bars and others who are not registered with
the University, has an amnesty policy for underage students that
allows them to avoid punishment for drinking when they call for
help and introduced a new responsible-drinking campaign for
students.
n The joint alcohol policy of the KU Interfraternity Council and
Panhellenic Association the umbrella organizations for most
KU Greek chapters remains unchanged.
In the two years since wrens death:
1,700
500,000
600,000
700,000
A 2005 report by the National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
reported that there are:
deaths,
injuries,
assaults and
sexual assaults
of U.S. college students each
year related to
alcohol.
more than
You know that we rarely
remove someone from KU
housing at all rarely.
Didnt that send a red fag in
somebodys mind?
REUBEn PEREz
Director of the Student
Involvement and Leadership Center
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in the aftermath of jason wrens death
February 28, 2009
the date Wren
told his father,
Jay, that he had
to be out of Oliver
hall, Jay previ-
ously toldthe
Kansan. Jason
Wren was a freshman at the university of Kansas when
he was kicked out of his dormitory, Oliver hall, for
repeatedly violating the universitys alcohol policy.
Because it was mid-semester Wren had no where to live.
through a friend, Wren was able to pledge the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and immediately move into the
Chapter house, a lawyer for SAE wrote in a court fling.
March 8, 2009
Jason Wren was found dead
around 2 p.m. in the SAE
fraternity house. According
to his autopsy report, his
blood alcohol concentra-
tion was .362 when he died
more than four times the
states legal limit to drive,
.08, for people over 21.
March 16, 2009
Wrens funeral was held in Littleton, Colo., with
nearly a thousand people in attendance.
April 27, 2009
the chapter hosted a sober concert
in honor of Wren, with more than a
hundred in attendance.
November 12, 2009
the Wren family fled a lawsuit
against the national SAE fraternity,
its Ku chapter, the house corporation
that owned the Ku chapter, and 10
unnamed members of the chapter.
April 10, 2010
the national SAE
fraternity busted its
Ku chapter for buying
alcohol with chapter
funds and supplying
alcohol to minors six
days before the debut
of the Jason Wren
Initiative.
November 1, 2010
the university unveiled its newresponsible-
drinking campaign, the Jayhawk Buddy System.
May 5, 2009
the university announced an updated
alcohol policy, with increased parental
notifcation when students have drug
or alcohol violations, an amnesty policy
allowing underage students who have
been drinking to call for help without
being punished, and a newrequirement
that incoming students under the age of
22 complete an online alcohol-education
course before enrolling in classes.
January 10, 2010
the day the
denver Post
published the
obituary of Jason
Wrens younger
sister, 16-year-
old Victoria,
who committed
suicide.
April 16, 2010
SAE hosted the frst annual Jason Wren Initiative.
April 5, 2011
the Wren family lawyer, Steve Gorny, said that
the lawsuit had been settled, although the ofcial
papers hadn't been fled with the courthouse.
October 27, 2010
Jefrey Wilson sends the Kansan a letter to the editor
on behalf of SAE saying the fraternity has improved.
June 15, 2010
Mary Wren, Jasons
mother, committed suicide
April 12, 2011
SAE hosted the
second annual Jason
Wren Initiative.
April 2011
the Interfraternity Council
and Panhellenic Association
Joint Alcohol Policy, originally
dated in 2007, was changed
and backdated to March 23,
2010. the changes were only
grammatical in nature, and
no substantive changes were
made to the policy in the last
two years, Amy Long, the as-
sociate director of the Student
Involvement and Leadership
Center, wrote in an email.
May 6, 2011
the Wren lawsuits
settlement was made
ofcial when papers
were fled with the
county courthouse
and the pending law-
suit was dismissed.
Relevant organizations in Greek Life
March 7, 2009
Wren used a
fake Id to buy
margaritas from
a local restaurant,
and then had 10
to 12 beers and
hard liquor in the
SAE house, his
father, Jay, told
the Kansan after
Jasons death.
Interfraternity Council (IFC): the governing board for 21 frater-
nities, most of the fraternities at Ku. It is composed of members
fromvarious fraternities, and every fraternity has a representa-
tive vote in decisions. It can sanction fraternities for IFC policy
violations.

Panhellenic Association (PHA): the sorority counterpart to
the IFC, the PhA is the governing board for 13 sororites, most of
the sororities at Ku. the IFC and PhA have joint meetings every
semester, and the two organizations have a joint alcohol policy
that all IFC and PhA organizations must follow.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon: the national fraternity was founded in
1856 at the university of Alabama. It is the largest social fraterni-
ty in North America with more than 280,000 initiated members.

KUSAE: the Ku chapter of the national SAE fraternity. Jason
Wren, a pledge, was found dead in the chapter house. the
house, located at 1301 West Campus road, is owned by the Kan-
sas Alpha house Corp., which also advises fraternity members.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Mary Wren hugs her daughter Victoria during the reception of JasonWrens funeral in Littleton,
Colo. Nearly a thousand people attended the service, including about ten KU students. Both Mary
andVictoria Wren committed suicide after Jasons death.
Jason Wren through the eyes of a fraternity brother
Every time I hear somebody say he had
a drinking problem, I just want to scream,
because Jason Wren did not have a drinking
problem, the 2009 SAE freshman said on the
condition of anonymity.
he said he felt people looked for a simple
answer to Jasons death, but that it was an un-
fortunate accident the result of the kind of
drinking that was common at the university.
People want to blame the fraternity, people
want to blame him, but its not that at all its
just college, the freshman said. We drink. you
binge drink, you drink to get drunk. Its what
I do, thats what everybody does, thats what
Jason did.
he said Jason did not have a problem,
because he did not need to drink but rather
chose to drink because of the culture.
By the books, yes, he had a drinking prob-
lem, he said. I mean, I have a drinking prob-
lem. Every single kid here probably has a
drinking problem.
An excerpt from the article A staggering tragedy by reporter Alex Garrison in April 28, 2009
A 2006 study by the National
College health Assessment
surveyed students from 117 col-
leges across the nation, including
more than 1,500 Ku students.
...compared to the national average of 11 percent.
It found that 21 percent of Ku students report-
ed drinking fve or more drinks at once, three to
fve times within the previous two weeks...
the semester, but chapters have to vote
on it frst.
GREEK LEGAL LIABILITY
Dave Westol, a national expert on
fraternities and their legal liabilities,
has experience with prosecutions and
lawsuits.
He was a prosecutor before he be-
came the chief national executive of
his fraternity, Teta Chi. And hes
been the director of policy interpreta-
tion at the Fraternal Information and
Programming Group a non-proft
fraternity insurance advising group
since 1995.
During his 18 years as Teta Chi
CEO, Westol had members die and he
suspended chapters for bad choices.
He knows it doesnt take much to get
sued.
I told our men, six or more, its
going to be an event, Westol said.
If youve got alcohol,
and theres more than
a few people, its going
to be a chapter event,
whether you like it or
not.
Westol speaks from
the fraternitys per-
spective, as in trying
to avoid lawsuits. Te
more it looks like the
fraternity was involved
which might mean a larger number
of members present the worse it is
for them legally. While the University
didnt punish SAE afer looking at the
drinking surrounding Wrens death,
his family could and did sue.
Te Wren familys lawyer, Steve
Gorny, made a compelling enough
case that SAE and its lawyers were
willing to settle. But under the terms
of the agreement nobody can publicly
say how much the Wrens received in
the settlement.
In most cases, the chapters liabil-
ity insurance, which would pay any
settlements or judgments, is attained
by the national fraternity. Te nation-
al SAE fraternity is insured through
James R. Favor and Company, based
in Denver.
According to its website, the com-
pany was bought in 2006 by several
national fraternities. One of them
was Sigma Alpha Epsilon Financial &
Housing Corporation.
Samantha Davis, who used to be
her sororitys social chair and vice
president of risk management, said
that parties at KU could be exhaust-
ing to plan she had to account
for her chapters rules, the PHAs
rules, and her national sororitys rules
at once but that she was reminded
by Panhellenic Association ofcials
that legal liability didnt end there.
If it wasnt a sorority function, but
a bunch of us went to a bar together,
and something bad happened to one
of the girls, Davis said, all it would
take is one of the girls parents to get
the national sorority involved, because
she was with all her friends from the
sorority.
She said regulations for ofcial
functions could be difcult to follow.
She gave the example of a sorority
hosting an event at a bar on Massa-
chusetts Street, while following the
IFC and PHA requirement that the
host chapter provide transportation
to and from its event.
Youre not allowed to drive and
meet us later, because thats a liability.
And you cant leave with anyone else,
Davis said.
People want
to walk down
the street, but
you cant let
them. You have
to drive back
to the house,
and then drive
back to Mass.
if you want to
do that.
Westol said taking on a Greek afli-
ation meant additional responsibili-
ties and legal liabilities. Tats one of
the things you give up when you join
a fraternity, Westol said. You have
to follow the policy. Now if you dont
want that, drop out of your organiza-
tion, be released from your vows, and
you can have all the keg parties you
want and nobodys going to care.
POLICY CHANGES
In the two years since Wrens death,
the University has made several poli-
cy changes.
I think the University focused
even more closely on alcohol afer
Jason Wren passed away, Roney said.
It gave us a sense of urgency we
really need to address this now.
Under the new rules, if the University
becomes aware of an alcohol- or
drug-related violation through ofcial
notifcation, such as a police report, it
notifes the parents of the student. Te
Department of Student Housing will
now notify parents when a students
housing contract is canceled because
of alcohol or drug violations, which
was not policy when Wren was kicked
out of University housing.
Additionally, incoming students
under the age of 22 must take Al-
coholEdu, an online alcohol educa-
tion course, before they can enroll in
classes.
I dont think anyones going to say,
Oh, I loved taking it, Roney said, But
there is national research that shows
that it is one of the best tools available,
other than one-on-one counseling.
Te University also enacted an am-
nesty policy for underage students.
Tey will not be punished for drink-
ing when they call for help, either for
themselves or for a friend.
If you do the right thing and get
help, then were not going to come afer
you, Roney said. For some students,
that can be a deterrent. We wanted to
take that of the table.
Te University now bans campus
sidewalk chalking by entities not reg-
istered with the University.
Te only reason we changed the
chalking policy was we were trying to
stop the bars from chalking on cam-
pus, Perez said.
He said it was part of the Univer-
sitys efort to reduce the presence of
alcohol.
It reduces access to students, he
said.
For when students decide to be in
the presence of alcohol, the Univer-
sity has established a new responsible-
drinking campaign for its students
called the Jayhawk Buddy System. It
focuses on students sticking together
when they drink, making sure that ev-
eryone is safe.
We are frm believers that when
Jayhawks take care of each other,
Roney said, that will make a big dif-
ference.
In February, during a timeout in
the mens basketball game against the
University of Missouri, a full section of
students performeda fashmob, break-
ing out into a choreographed dance for
a minute and a half, and then took of
their shirts to reveal red Jayhawk Bud-
dy Systemshirts.
It drew thunderous applause at Al-
len Fieldhouse. Te YouTube video of
it, posted by Kansas Athletics, Inc., re-
ceived more than 300,000 hits.
Te second Jason Wren Initiative in
April ended with KU SAE members
handing out items with the Jayhawk
Buddy System logo: a string-pull
backpack, a koozie, a cup, a bottle
opener with a small light, a poster and
a business card holder with a SafeRide
card inside.
RESPONSE TO
UNDERAGE DRINKING
More than a thousand people were
silent while Chaz Rumage, a former
KU SAE ofcer who helped organize
this years Jason Wren Initiative, asked
the crowd some tense questions last
month as he introduced the events
speaker.
How many times have you gone
out to get blackout drunk? How many
times have you carried a friend home
from the bar? Did you ever laugh at
him, put him to bed, and say Hes
going to feel that
tomorrow?
Tese are all
things we thought
the night Jason
passed away,
Rumage said.
Tinktwice about
it and ask yourself,
How do I want
this to play out?
He paused.
So, the serious
part being said,
were also here to have a good time.
He fipped on a pair of sunglasses,
black with neon orange framing. Te
audience snapped to life, laughing.
We all like to have fun, and we all
like to drink, and the reason were here
is not to tell you Dont drink. Te rea-
son were here is to tell you to drink
responsibly.
Te second Wren Initiative high-
lighted the prickly issues in trying to
reach college students especially the
underaged with responsible-drink-
ing messages.
One can point to Wrens death and
say it means that underage drinking
shouldnt be tolerated. Another can
say it means that the underaged need
the most help with safe-drinking edu-
cation.
Before his sons death, Jay Wren ad-
mitted that he knew Jason drank. In
one of his online comments reacting
to stories about Jasons death, calling
himself DenverDad on kansan.com,
he wrote:
Why do we let our children, under-
age, sleep in a house that has open al-
cohol and no adult supervision? It was
the biggest mistake in my life.
Te law doesnt allow anyone un-
der 21 to be in bars afer 10 p.m., but
its OK for them to
be in sleeping bars
called fraternities?
YES, I made
mistake of going to
bar with my son the
weekend before he
died, the weekend
I helped him move.
YES, I made an er-
ror in judgment
that it would be
okay for Jason to be
in a fraternity
I have not had a drink since the
day I heard of Jasons death. Why cant
fraternities change? Why cant the Uni-
versity change?
Jay Wren said then he is against
21-year-old students and underage
students living under the same roof in
University housing and at fraternities.
While Perez doesnt draw the line at
21, he does think freshmen shouldnt
live in fraternities.
I think thats a mistake, he said.
Te Greeks know I think that, and
Im not popular with that view. Te
women dont allow it, and theyre do-
ing very, very well.
Regardless of Greek involvement,
the underage question can get compli-
cated for the University.
Roney said, I am unable, as a
University administrator, to design
programs that focus on healthy alcohol
consumption for students under 21,
because if I do that, Im encouraging
people to break the law. Sometimes I
feel like our hands are tied behind us
because we know whats happening,
but we cant really deal with it.
University ofcials have suggested
one idea for Greek underage drinking
and Greek liability in general: no
in-house alcohol, and maybe even no
in-house parties.
All of KUs sorority houses are dry.
Most fraternity houses are not.
From a risk management perspec-
tive, that just amazes me, Roney said.
She used to be an ofcer for a
sororitys corporation board, and said
she would be very, very reluctant to
serve as a corporation board ofcer for
any house that allowed alcohol.
Perez said more national fraternities
are banning house parties.
If we had a no-party-in-house
community, Id be thrilled, he said.
Imgood with that.
But only a fraternity, its corporation
board, or the national fraternity has
the power to change a houses alcohol
rules. Te University and its ofcials
dont.
AN INFLUENTIAL DEATH
Jason Wrens death shook his fam-
ily, SAE, the Greek community and
the University. Afer his death, his
16-year-old sister, Victoria, and moth-
er, Mary, both committed suicide. Te
Greek community is still trying to
adapt its policies. Te University in-
troduced more alcohol education and
awareness. Maybe these changes will
save a life. Maybe these changes arent
enough. For Jason Wren, changes dont
matter.
Edited by Lisa Curran
Think twice about it and
ask yourself, How do I
want this to play out?
ChAz ruMAGE
Former SAE ofcer
Study: KU students drink more than
average American college student
Sometimes I feel like our
hands are tied behind us
because we know whats
happening, but we cant
really deal with it.
MArLESA rONEy
Vice provost for student success
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$300 off 1st Months Rent: Avail Aug- 3
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hardwood. $850/mo. Call 785-979-2778
1 bdrm 1 bath apt. at Berkeley Flats.
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SUMMER OPENINGS! $15 base/appt.
part-time, sales/svc, no experience nec.
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car driveway, $1290, Aug 1. No pets,
no smokers. Call 785-766-0476
1, 2, 3 or 4 BR, W/D included, owner
managed and maintained, pets possible,
June & Aug avail, 785-842-8473,
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1, 2, 3 bedroom apartments
Near KU campus
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route. Pets OK. 508 Wisconsin. Avail
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3 BR 1 BA. Wood Floor, DW, W/D, Pets
OK. $930. water paid. 1624 Tennessee
785-393-6443
2 and 3 bedrooms $550-$1050
4 bedroom Farm House $1200
Late Spring - August
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2 BR, 1 BA, DW, Wood Floors
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785-393-6443
3 BR 1 BA $675/mo 400 Wisconsin St.
Avail 8/1 W/D Central air/heat 2 blocks
to bus rout pets OK call 218-8254 or
218-3788 or www.midwestestates.com
4 BR, 1324 Kentucky. Newly remodeled.
Plenty of off-street parking. Available
8-1. Call 785-331-8430
4 BR 2 BA house for rent. Just north of
campus, w/ a great backyard & attached
garage. $1500/mo avail. June 1st
call Bob 913-957-8363
3 BR Townhome Special.
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www.lorimartownhomes.com 841-7849
3 BR, 2 BA. 2808 University Dr. Avail-
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Newly remodeled, close to campus,
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5 BR 2 BA 1007 Alabama. Great prop-
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Call 785-331-8430
4-5 BR house next to KU Stadium W/D
off street parking Call 785-766-3934
$1600/mo Avail Aug 1
4BR 3 1/2BA house for rent. Fenced
backyard. W/D. Central heat and air.
Very spacious. Close to campus.
Pets ok. Avail. Aug 1
913-205-8774 After 4 PM
5&6 BR Houses and 3&4 BR apts, close
to KU & downtown avail 8/1. Hardwood
fooring, Quiet setting, walk-in closets,
pool, patio/balcony, KU bus route, small
pets ok in apts, Call 785-843-0011
6 BR 7 BA 1213 Kentucky
Newly Remodeled, Energy effcient,
New Hardwood Flooring, Large Closets,
W/D, close to KU & Downtown
Avail 8/1 Call 785-843-0011
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street parking. Close to KU and down-
town. Available 8-1. $2400 plus utilities.
Call 785-331-8430
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off street parking Call 785-766-3934
$2800/mo Avail Aug 1
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pets. Call 785-550-5012, 913-301-3553
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Available August
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Call 785-841-3849
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special W/D, ftness center, pool,
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Today is a 7
Be prepared for uninvited com-
pany. they may bring valuable
surprises. take this opportunity
to let folks know what youre
working toward, and discover
new resources.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
stick close to home and roots. A
lucky discovery brings sought-
after information. the compe-
tition provides an unexpected
boost. take it farther with help
from friends.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 9
Accept contributions willingly.
your quick service allows for a
surprise increase in income. Pay
back a favor, and remember to
say thank you.
LEo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
connect with a distant friend
without actually going there.
make or get an urgent request.
Imaginative assistance arrives.
show your appreciation by con-
tributing to benefit children.
VIRGo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
For about six weeks youre eager
to get out. your confidence is
on the rise. Explore the compas-
sionate route, but dont forget
to mark your way with white
pebbles.
LIbRA (Sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
When was the last time you
checked your investments and
credit card interests? reassess
your assets. What you learn ben-
efits many. youre an inspiration
to others.
SCoRpIo (oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
review your priorities. travel is
not so easy now. Leave procrasti-
nation for tomorrow or the next
day. What you learn from a tense
situation can help others.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
Accept a gift. your curiositys
aroused. there may be a test
involved. Love helps find the
answer. Just play along and pay
attention to win.
CApRICoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Pull strings to get what you want,
respectfully. dont rely on an
unstable source. step out of your
comfort zone. support and be
supported by your community.
AqUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
dont listen to the monkeys in
your head. keep focusing on the
positive and keep moving for-
ward, even if you dont know the
way. Ask for directions.
pISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Get the deal in writing. Push your-
self forward. reject a far-fetched
scheme in favor of a practical
solution. stick to the facts, and
listen. this builds a steady foun-
dation for success.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
new information comes to light.
Friends have great suggestions,
so listen carefully and dont be
afraid to ask questions. cash flow
improves.
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tHursdaY, MaY 12, 2011
Turning panda lungs into literary gold just part of living the life
HuMOr
My mom is a total buzzkill,
yall. Shes always encouraging
me to do things and acting like
Im all awesome, and frankly, it
is really starting to annoy me.
Doesnt she understand that I
want to squander my poten-
tial by watching Sabrina the
Teenage Witch and tweet-
ing about how Im pretty
sure Salem acts the way
he does because after he
was turned into a cat he went
extremely insane and we all
laugh at it like thats not whats
going on?
I try to explain to her that
my Sabrina theories are my
livelihood (I have many)
yknow, the kinda livelihood
that involves eating ramen
straight out of the packaging
(if you put the chicken powder
junk on top, its pretty tasty)
and complaining about how
much more awesome my tele-
vision adaptation of Sabrina
the Teenage Witch would be
if only I were magically given
a chance. Also, its hard to care
about things that matter.
Apathy! Were all pretty good
at it! Lets play 9 billion hours
of that zombies thing in Call
of Duty and/or download No
Doubts entire discography and
listen to it for no particular rea-
son. Screw the future! Laugh
at that jerk-with-your-names
face from the future for how
many hours hes gonna have to
work at Wendys a week to pay
off those student loans. Stay at
home on election day unless
that voters box somehow
magically turns into that box of
Cheez Its you were going to eat.
But, wait! Maybe, my mother
is right. Because the effects
of those causes all involve me
selling Wendys Natural Cut/
Chemical Laden fries and Sarah
Palin wearing a moose fur to
her inaugural ball. Maybe it
doesnt really matter how weird
(and worse than terrible) that
last season of Sabrina is. I
mean, the future is a thing,
right? If my moms calcula-
tions are correct, the best way
to combat apathy is by actually
doing something. So, I guess we
should all do something, son.
My mom has made some
pretty ridiculous sugges-
tions one time she told
me to write a Lifetime movie
(Because somebody writes
all of those, and they have to
be making a ton of money,
right?) and when I was a
sophomore in high school she
told me I should write a CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation
episode about a murderer who
kills their victim with fire-
works (CLOSE-UP SHOT OF
CHARRED SKIN). However,
on the occasion shell make
some pretty rad suggestions
that are hard for me to mock.
She keeps telling me I should
start a blog.
So, I guess I will, America
(if you are cool you just read
that sentence in Bernie Macs
voice). According to all of
those blogs, blogging is awe-
some, and why would blogs
lie about blogs? Blog. And
my mom is right all of our
moms are right! We should
get some experience at least
try to do something produc-
tive, so we can really complain
if we get stuck flipping those
weird square hamburger patties
(Wendys freaks me out, guys).
After all, if theres one thing
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
has taught me its that with a
little care and work, you can go
from being the worlds worst
teenage witch to the slightly-
less-worse adult witch. If you
want to check out my blog
(which will be hilarious), follow
me at salemisinsane.tumblr.
com. It will be a funny summer,
yall! To you stinkers: SEE YA
NEXT SEMESTER!
Carmichael is a junior from
Mulvane studying creative
writing. Follow him on Twitter
@ChanceComical.
Tere is no need to keep Lawrence weird
As my sentence with this newspaper
comes to a close, Ive found myself
reflecting on just how I ended up here in
the first place.
Back in 2008, I was convicted of
helping my evil twin, Fernando, sell a
batch of endangered panda lungs to a
black market organ dealer. Since all I
did was take the box of panda lungs
to FedEx (Fernando had told me the
package was a collection of Beanie
Babies he had sold on eBay), I got off
easy. The judge ordered that I do three
years of community service. After
explaining to the judge that I couldnt
perform manual labor because of my
chronic not-wanting-to, he instead
instructed that I do something to help
the sick, the infirm, the near-death. So, I
decided to volunteer in the field of print
journalism.
The only problem with this plan
was that I was wholly unqualified to
be a journalist. I couldnt be a reporter,
because they have to go out and
interview people and do research and
the thought of that makes my not-
wanting-to flare up. And I couldnt be an
editor, because they have to do whatever
it is editors do, which is probably a lot.
I needed something that would allow
me to make stuff up and pass it off as
opinion. Something that wouldnt
require any qualifications whatsoever.
And so, after laboriously searching
through the want ads, I finally found the
perfect job: opinion columnist for The
University Daily Kansan.
The editors at the time were
impressed with my passion for
misinformation and my ability to
write 500 words without fainting, so
they hired me right away. At first they
were baffled by my insistence that I be
unpaid, but then they liked not paying
me so much that they extended the
policy to the rest of the opinion staff.
(Sorry, guys!)
That first semester was rough. I was
writing simply to fulfill my requirement,
and as a result the work suffered. For
example, I wrote a scathing piece about
some dumb Facebook movie that Aaron
Sorkin was writing at the time. (The
movie turned out to be pretty OK.) I
wrote a few other columns about stuff
nobody really cared about. Things were
bleak, but I stuck with it.
As I continued to write, I started
becoming more passionate about it.
It was no longer just about the court
order. It was about the people. Folks
started to recognize me on campus, with
praise ranging from You write for the
newspaper? to OK, I get it, you write
for the newspaper. Now leave me alone.
And now, in writing my last column,
I realize that FedExing those panda
lungs was the best thing I ever did. The
highs and lows of writing for this page
made for a truly enriching experience. If
you have a passion for writing (or a few
hundred hours of community service
to do), you should definitely apply.
Just be prepared to hate that one-sixth
of the page is wasted on a collection
of crappy Facebook statuses. And get
ready to receive only the most inane/
insane comments on the online versions
of your columns. Dont worry, though
the fun you have in the process will
make up for it.
Goodbye, University Daily Kansan.
You were worth every lung.
Nichols is a senior from Stilwell
studying creative writing.
I really wish my parents would cheer
One more year! for me like we do
for the basketball players. I dont
want to graduate yet!
When I can see both of your butt
cheeks as you walk up the stairs in
front of me, your shorts are too short.
My professor has incorrectly
changed afect to efect in THREE
diferent papers. The efect of your
stupidity is afecting my grade. (bad
sentence, but correct usage).
Gentlemen, I understand that the
third foor bathrooms in Strong
are warm, but for the love of your
fellow students casing the stairwell,
PLEASE close the door the aroma
is ferocious!
Dear SUA: Best idea EVER: Hire a
masseuse or two for the entire fnals
week and have them ofer fve-
minute massages in the libraries.
Creeper in Anschutz is on
AdultFriendFinder like its no big
deal.
Even though I look ridiculous,
wearing my graduation cap as I sit
on my couch in my pajamas and do
copious amounts of homework really
is helping me push through these
fnal moments of intense senioritis.
Im going to be out of town for
Stop Day, feels like I am missing the
college version of Christmas.
Student evaluations are the students
way of getting back at professors
that have put them through hell all
semester.
Unemployed? More like
FUNemployed.
Couldnt decide whether or not I was
excited for the school year to end
until my roommate walked in ... Im
defnitely excited now!
I am only allowed to open one gift
on Stop Day eve ... Luckily all I asked
for was alcohol.
Thanks Glee, just as the Rebecca
Black phase started to wear of you
made it cool again!
I got in the Free For All today
and I can no longer focus on
homework because I just want more
anonymous fame.
Friday on Glee = Crap on Crap.
Dear dumb students. You are in
Kansas, when its 90 degrees outside
you dont wear jeans and a parka.
This stress is killing me, times like
these I wish I was a pothead.
After spending 45 minutes trying to
fgure out where and how to write
on this, I forgot what I had to say.
Procrastination seems to ease the
fear of my looming fnals.
Tonight, we dine in hell, for fnals are
upon us. Good luck, my brethren.
I fag every Facebook comment
that uses a hashtag, unless it says
connected via Twitter.
Things get loco when I festa. Things
get loco when I festa.
I feel sorry for everyone who doesnt
go to KU.
apps.facebook.com/dailykansan
To change from the worlds worst teen
to slightly-less-worse adult, start a blog
HuMOr
Austin is to Texas as Lawrence is
to Kansas. A blue dot on a red map,
with a live music scene and state
university the analogy appeared
to strike a sudden grave familiarity
with Illinoisans, so l adopted the tired
response the way a local would recom-
mend a fish house.
Having been a part of the colloqui-
alism then, I shouldnt be surprised
local stores have begun selling shirts
emblazoned with Keep Lawrence
Weird. A play-off of Keep Austin
Weird, the battle cry of the more love-
able Texan preservationist, its immedi-
ate comparison seems too convenient
now its been slapped across a white
tee.
In the hypothetical hierarchy of
liberal college towns (a haphazard
ranking based on the likelihood of
passing through endless blocks smell-
ing of incense and damp hammocks),
Lawrence falls into a lower spot on
the upper wrung. Mecca is Berkeley,
Calif., a city upon a hill for people who
deconstruct the city upon a hill model
while roaring around the paved edge
of a precipice pockmarked by free-
solo climbers and sun-drunk seagulls.
Nearby, Boulder, Eugene, Portland and
Austin compete passive-aggressively
for runner-up spots; while in the east,
Madison and Providence struggle
with the question of whether or not to
wear shoes: the decision demarcating
hippies from hipsters, genuine from
gentrified.
Between these cities, of course, in
the middle of the country as every
foreigner loves to point out, is Kansas
a state occupying another hier-
archy of things that arent sexy. Like
Chris Mullin on the 92 Dream Team,
Lawrence holds a deserved, albeit
reserved presence amongst Americas
best enclaves for immaterial-driven
dreamers. But aside from a consistent
jumper and being a good listener,
Chris Mullins had as much appeal in
92 as a Sade CD bought on layaway.
Boulder has more Olympians than
deep fryers, Austin rumbles like the
saloon of a perpetual boomtown, and
Berkleys a familiar folk song spread
across a fault line. Lawrence just has
a jump shot and a few good people to
hear you out.
And to a sentimental senior, thats
the appeal of Lawrence its sexy
in a uniquely Kansan way. Theres
just enough organic ice cream on the
cherry pie.
Compared to said cities, Lawrence
has normalcy, not in the pejorative
sense, but in the sense that Lawrence
exists more as a real place because its
not caked in its own quintisentiality.
Unlike the way large cities and small
towns signify themselves with certain
icons, impressions, attractions or pos-
session of the worlds largest things,
Lawrence is not a basketball town the
way Hannibal is a town memorizing
its master.
For a mid-sized city, Lawrence rep-
resents the diversity within the body
of the bell curve. People have normal,
run-of-the-mill lives here, which out-
siders might consider more boring
than other liberal college towns. But
until youre surrounded by people that
are so buoyed into a subculture of a
culture that is that city, itll be a treat
to see a chubby father in socks and
sandals buying a banana split for his
conventionally named child. You get
these Rockwellian scenes in Lawrence
because its an hour deep into the
middle child of fly-over states, and ulti-
mately its the location that preserves
the progressive normalcy. Until this
changes, we wont need a slogan other
than the chant we already have.
Marsaglia is a senior from Naperville,
Ill., studying English.
interested in being a
columnist or an editorial
cartoonist for the opinion
page next year? email fall
opinion editor
Mandy Matney at
mmatney7@kansan.com
HOW tO Get inVOLVed
By matthew marsaglia
mmarsaglia@kansan.com
By ChanCe CarmiChael
ccarmichael@kansan.com
By alex niChols
anichols@kansan.com
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BY KORY CARPENTER
kcarpenter@kansan.com
Kansas football released
its post-spring depth chart
Wednesday afternoon, naming
Jordan Webb the starting quar-
terback heading into fall prac-
tices. James Sims is listed as the
starting running back with true
freshman Darrian Miller as the
backup. Christian Mathews and
Daymond Patterson were also
named starting wide receivers.
The defense will run a 4-3
base, with four defensive line-
men and three linebackers.
Among the starting linebackers
is Huldon Tharp, who missed
all of last season after suffering
a leg injury in training camp.
Keeston Terry and Bradley
McDougald will pair up as start-
ing safeties, and former running
back turned linebacker Toben
Opurum is currently starting at
defensive end alongside Keba
Agostinho.
Post-spring depth chart released
fOOTbALL
OffENSE
Lt: 74 Jeff spikes
(6-6, 325, Jr-2L);
79 riley spencer
(6-7, 300, so-1L)
LG: 69 trevor marrongelli
(6-2, 293, Jr-2L);
53 tom mabry
(6-4, 287, so-sQ)
oc: 75 Dylan Admire
(6-3, 264, Fr-hs);
77 Jeremiah hatch
(6-3, 332, sr-3L)
rG: 64 randall Dent
(6-5, 275, so-sQ);
67 Duane Zlatnik
(6-4, 326, Jr-2L)
rt: 70 Gavin howard
(6-5, 292, so-sQ);
72 tanner hawkinson
(6-6, 293, Jr-2L)
tE: 86 tim Biere
(6-4, 260, sr-3L);
43 ted mcnulty
(6-5, 230, sr-1L);
11 AJ steward
(6-3, 233, sr-2L)
Wr: 85 chris omigie
(6-4, 194, so-1L);
20 D.J. Beshears
(5-8, 174, Jr-2L);
12 christian matthews
(6-1, 186, so-1L)
Wr: 15 Daymond Patterson
(5-9, 173, sr-3L);
7 kale Pick
(6-1, 208, Jr-2L)
FB: 33 nick sizemore
(6-2, 246, so-rs);
30 Josh smith
(5-10, 205, Fr-rs)
tB: 29 James sims
(6-0, 206, so-1L);
3 Darrian miller
(5-10, 181, Fr-hs)
QB: 2 Jordan Webb
(6-0, 210, so-1L)
or: 8 Quinn mecham
(6-2, 207, sr-1L)
DEfENSE
DE: 35 toben opurum
(6-1, 240, Jr-2L);
94 tyrone sellers
(6-3, 230, so-sQ)
Dt: 92 Patrick Dorsey
(6-0, 273, sr-2L);
97 richard Johnson
(6-3, 283, sr-3L)
Dt:71 John Williams
(6-3, 290, Jr-2L);
90 kevin Young
(6-2, 256, so-1L)
DE: 96 keba Agostino
(6-3, 253, so-1L);
91Pat Lewandowski
(6-6, 248, Fr-rs)
sLB: 52 steven Johnson
(6-1,237, sr-3L);
4 Prinz kande
(6-0, 194, so-1L)
mLB: 39 Darius Willis
(6-3, 243, so-rs);
46 steve mestan
(6-2, 231, so-1L)
WLB: 34 huldon tharp
(6-0, 217, so-1L);
44 malcolm Walker
(6-1, 220, Jr-Jc)
Fc: 19 Isiah Barfield
(5-11, 185, sr-3L);
33 tyler Patmon
(5-11, 180, so-1L)
ss: 24 Bradley mcDougald
(6-1, 195, Jr-2L);
40 ray mitchell
(6-1, 183, Fr-rs)
Fs: 9 keeston terry
(6-2, 185, so-sQ);
1 Lubbock smith
(6-0, 206, Jr-2L)
Bc: 5 Greg Brown
(5-11, 185, Jr-2L);
30 Anthony Davis
(5-11, 205, sr-3L)

SPECIAL TEAMS
Pk: 13 ron Doherty
(5-11, 206, so-1L)
P: 19 Victor mcBride
(6-2, 201, Fr-rs)
Ls: 54 Justin carnes
(6-3, 230, so-1L)
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MIAMI Behind Boston
much of the season. Behind
Boston much of the game.
No more.
Not only has the Miami Heat
caught the Celtics they have
officially gone past them, and
into the Eastern Conference
finals.
Vanquishing the team they
couldnt beat for so long with
a 16-0 run to end the game,
Dwyane Wade scored 34 points,
LeBron James put the Heat up
for good with a 3-pointer with
2:10 left on the way to a 33-point
effort, and Miami topped Boston
97-87 to win their East semifi-
nal series Wednesday night in
five games.
James added a game-sealing
more aptly, a series-sealing
3-pointer with 40.4 seconds
left, then turned and posed for
some fans who screamed in
delight.
A steal and two-handed slam
6 seconds later for good mea-
sure, followed by a Celtics turn-
over, got the party started. It was
over, the Heat and Celtics knew
it, and Boston coach Doc Rivers
stood silently near the bench,
his arms folded across his chest
as James ran down the clock on
Miamis final offensive posses-
sion of the series.
Of course, he scored.
Boston was done, thoroughly
worn down by a younger, more
athletic opponent. The Celtics
won the first three meetings
between the clubs this season,
then lost five of the final six.
Wade was knocked over into
some courtside seats trying to
snare the final rebound, but that
only prolonged the moment.
James knelt in prayer for several
seconds, then ran over to wrap
Wade in a long embrace as the
fans screamed loudly.
This is why he stayed in
Miami, while James and Chris
Bosh came to Miami, to chase a
championship.
Theyre halfway there. Next
up for Miami: Either Chicago
or Atlanta, in a series that may
start as early as Sunday. Chicago
leads the series 3-2.
Its a great team, James said
of Boston in the on-court cel-
ebration. Like I said, I got the
utmost respect for that team.
Theyre the reason why all three
of us came together, is because
of what they did, that blueprint
they had in 08 when they all
came together. So its a great
team win and get ready for our
next opponent.
Bosh finished with 14 points
and 11 rebounds, including
head-faking his way past Kevin
Garnett for a game-tying dunk
with 2:57 left.
The rest was up to James.
He scored the games final 10
points, putting to rest talk that
he couldnt be effective late in
games.
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inals are upon us. For some stu-
dents, this next week will be the
frst time they worry about a class
or perhaps even show up. For other pale,
trembling students, this is the season they
have been worrying about all semester.
Either way, its the end to a semester flled
with knowledge and beer.
When stress hits you and that paper
seems unwritable or that long list of terms
seems unmemorizable it isnt the time to
stress-eat or curl into a ball crying. It is the
perfect time to exercise.
All year long Ive been writing about
other people and their pursuit of physical
perfection, and Ive honestly let my own
physicality slip a little. I used to run eight
miles a day and now I can barely suffer
through three.
When Im out there in the bitter heat
sweating through my tank top, blisters
forming on my blisters and gnats getting
stuck in my teeth I wonder why Im doing
this. Im not ever going to be as fast as
Jamaal Charles or have Lebron James mad
ups and I will probably never fit into a
size 2. My little workout doesnt include
thousand of fans cheering my name while
wearing Anderson across the back of my
T-shirts. (Though I do get the occasional
passerby who asks me if Im all right and if
I need some water or a stretcher).
Its not about fanfare. Its about the self
fulfillment and a kind of peace you get
when youve finished your workout. Your
mind is alert, your face is flushed, and
honestly no amount of homework could
be worse than the hell you just put yourself
through.
In this week of stress and doubt, it is
important to give your body the release it
needs. Exercise is a break from the stale
lights of the library and the tiny text of your
stats book. At the time it may seem like an
extra chore and there may not be a crowded
Allen Fieldhouse to cheer you on. But by
the end of the workout you will have a
brain surging with blood, endorphins, and
energy after some much needed time away
from your flashcards.
And its not just me that thinks that.
Various studies have shown that exercise,
unlike alcohol or sugary junk food, does
heighten brain function and can help you
study. Im not saying that if you run a mile
before your physics test it will guarantee
you an A, but after long hours spent in the
library it couldnt hurt.
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baseball
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Championships
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Norman, Okla.
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bIg 12
New head coaches,
NBA draft stirs up
mens basketball
The Big 12 will have a new
look in mens basketball next
season and not just because Ne-
braska and Colorado are leaving.
Four of the remaining 10
teams will have new head coach-
es and underclassman declara-
tions for the NBA draft will leave
Texas with no returning starters
and take three players out of
seven-time defending champion
Kansas lineup.
The coaching shake-up is the
most signifcant in the confer-
ence since 2006, when six
schools had frst-year coaches.
Only the Atlantic Coast Confer-
ence has had as many coaching
changes this year.
Billy Gillispie takes over at Tex-
as Tech, Lon Kruger at Oklahoma
and Frank haith at Missouri.
Texas A&Ms job is open for the
third time in seven years after
Maryland hired Mark Turgeon.
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Kansas for Bowl
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dakota State university football
team is heading back to the state
of Kansas to face an NCAA Foot-
ball Bowl Subdivision school.
NdSu upset Kansas 6-3 to open
last season. In 2013, the Bison will
play Kansas State in Manhattan.
Athletic director Gene Taylor
tells the Forum newspaper that
NdSu will get a $350,000 guar-
antee from Kansas State for the
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major decisions
for Elgie, emphasis on education
Do you know who replaced Dan
Marino as starting quarterback for
the Miami Dolphins? What about the
successor to John Wooden, the hall
of fame coach at UCLA? Or Bobby
Knights replacement at Indiana? Its
hard replacing legends. It doesnt seem
to matter if that legend is a player or
coach, amateur or professional. With
few exceptions, that next guy becomes
an afterthought, a small blip on the
collective radar of sports history.
In 2003, Bill Self seemed up for the
challenge, leaving Champagne, Ill. for
Lawrence after Roy Williams went
home to North Carolina. Self s resume
was impressive, but he was replacing a
legend, and there was definite uncer-
tainty about whether he could con-
tinue the success of the Roy Williams
era. In 2004, with a roster nearly filled
with Williams players, (a team coming
off a national title game appearance)
Self had his worst conference season
yet at Kansas.
He finished second.
Bill Self has won the Big 12 confer-
ence championship every year since.
The Big 12 has had some really
good teams in that seven year span. A
couple of NBA All-Stars (Kevin Durant
and Blake Griffin) couldnt top Kansas.
Neither could a top five team named
Kansas State this past season. Whether
he was the pre-season underdog like
last fall or he lost six of his best play-
ers to the professional ranks, it hasnt
seemed to affect Self. He keeps collect-
ing Big 12 championship trophies.
Although not as dramatic as the
mass exodus of players in 2008, the
roster shakeup this off-season has
reverberated throughout college bas-
ketball. Tyrel Reed, Brady Morningstar
and Mario Little graduated. The
Morris twins, along with freshman
Josh Selby, who never really found a
role in the Kansas system, left early to
enter the NBA draft. Nonetheless, he
has some all-world talent that would
have been put to good use next season.
And similar to the 2009 season,
people are questioning whether Self
can continue his Big 12 dominance.
Future NBA All-Star Blake Griffin had
a fine Oklahoma team that year, but
it didnt matter. The Sooners lost the
conference race by one game, giving
Self another Big 12 title.
Sitting today with a good-but-not-
great recruiting class and a bevy of key
players gone from last years team, the
consensus from fans and talking heads
seems to be the same: 2011 is finally
the year Self could have a down year
and gasp not win the conference.
On one hand, its hard not to blame
them. Kansas is thin in the post, with
only Thomas Robinson returning with
major minutes from last season. There
doesnt seem to be any legitimate
three-point threats after the departures
of Reed, Morningstar, Selby and the
twins. So, the skepticism is warranted.
The sheer dominance has to end some-
time.
However, Self has become some-
what of an expert at landing big-time
recruits late in the spring signing peri-
od (see Xavier Henry in 2009 and Josh
Selby last year). This year looks to be
the same, with Kansas still in the mix
for five-star wing Deandre Daniels,
four-star guard Trevor Lacey, as well
as a few others. Self might land one or
none, its hard to tell right now. Betting
against Self seems futile at this point.
The skeptics are right. The streak
of conference championships will end
sooner or later, and that may very well
be next season.
But when a coin lands on heads
seven straight times, are you really
going to bet on tails?
Edited by Danielle Packer
By Kory carpenter
kcarpenter@kansan.com
Self s future,
Big 12 titles
are uncertain
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By MIKe Vernon
mvernon@kansan.com
Senior pitcher T.J. Walz will
step onto the turf Friday night at
Hoglund Ballpark pitching for his
26th career win as a Jayhawk. A
win for Walz would tie the all-time
Kansas baseball record for wins in
a career. His big night could come
at the perfect time for Kansas when
they play the Alabama A&M Bull-
dogs.
With only two weekends lef in
their regular season, the Jayhawks
are in a battle with Kansas State for
the last spot in the Big 12 tourna-
ment. Both teams will have to wait
though, as the Jayhawks and Wild-
cats will both take on non-confer-
ence opponents this weekend.
Coming of six straight losses,
the Jayhawks (22-27, 9-15) will
have a recovery weekend of sorts,
in their four game series in Law-
rence against Alabama A&M (10-
33, 6-17).
I hope we get some momentum
back in our dugout afer the dev-
astating last couple of weekends
weve had, coach Ritch Price said.
We can get the guys feeling good
about themselves, get the swagger
back in our dugout, and gain some
momentum for the fnal weekend.
Afer sitting as high as fourth
in the Big 12 standings earlier in
the year, the Jayhawks have fallen
to ninth half a game behind K-
State.
Te reason for some of the drop-
of: the Jayhawks young pitching
staf that has fallen apart during the
fnal stretch of the season. Twelve
games into conference play, the
pitching staf anchored the Kansas
team with an ERA of 3.57. Now, 24
games into conference play, their
ERA has increased to 3.95.
I think a lot of it has to do with
the wear and tear of it being a long
season, Price said.
Te play of the defense behind
their pitchers has also led to the
Jayhawks late-season struggles.
Kansas has made 68 felding errors
this season, leading to 52 unearned
runs. Its problems pitching and
felding culminated last weekend
when they were swept by Okla-
homa, giving up 12 unearned runs
and 33 total runs in three games.
Te four games against the Bull-
dogs, who bat .250, provide the
perfect chance for the pitching staf
and defense to recover. Alabama
A&M only has one batter with an
average over .300.
Afer Walz throws Friday, soph-
omore Tanner Poppe will start in
the frst game of a double header
Saturday at 2 p.m. for the Jayhawks,
followed by freshman Alex Cox in
the 5 p.m. game.
Sunday at 1 p.m. junior Colton
Murray will forgo his usual role
as closer to start for the Jayhawks.
Price said he hopes the start will
get Murrays rhythm and conf-
dence back afer struggling the last
couple of weeks.
With its season coming down
to the last week, Kansas must take
full advantage of its weekend with
Alabama A&M to set itself up for a
weekend with K-State, in which a
Big 12 tournament bid will be on
the line.
Price wants the weekend against
the Bulldogs to help correct some
of the pitching issues that have
plagued the Jayhawks down the
stretch.
Te frst thing Im looking for
is quality starts by each guy that
goes out there, Price said. Tey
need to get into the 6th or 7th in-
ning, and give us an opportunity to
win, because that has not been the
case for two consecutive weeks.
EditedbyCoreyThibodeaux
Jayhawks have a crucial weekend of play ahead
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Junior pinch hitter Chris Manship connects for a RBI single Friday against Texas. Kansas lost
the game 9-1.
By BlaKe SchuSter
bschuster@kansan.com
Zac Elgie remembers the
morning of June 6, 2008, like
it happened yesterday. Perhaps
because, to date, it was the big-
gest moment in his life.
With the 364th overall pick in
the 08 MLB Draft, the Oakland
Athletics had selected Elgie, the
18-year-old first baseman from
Minot High School, in Minot,
N.D., and suddenly Elgie faced
more complicated decisions than
the average high school senior
was expected to encounter.
At the time of his selection,
Elgie had just woken up and was
in the middle of a shower when
he heard someone banging on
the bathroom door, followed by
the sound of his mothers excited
voice.
Tammy Elgie was dialed in,
ensuring that she was able to
catch each selection as it was
announced. After all of the
hard work that her son had put
into baseball, she wouldnt miss
out on the moment where his
dreams were realized.
Zac was ecstatic.
When she started screaming,
I was like this is pretty amaz-
ing. I was coming out of high
school, getting drafted, and hav-
ing a chance to play in the minor
leagues, and then reaching my
goal of playing professional,
Elgie said.
When Elgie found out he was
drafted, his mind raced toward
the east coast and the visions of
himself donning a Phillies jersey
cluttered his head.
Elgies assistant high school
coach who also doubled as
a scout for the Phillies kept
tabs on the high school star,
and made sure that Philadelphia
checked him out as his high
school days began to dwindle.
Of all the teams that had been
scouting him, Elgie communi-
cated most with the Phillies.
The Phillies and I seemed to
click real well, Elgie said.
Elgie even had a successful
interview with Jerry Lafferty, a
super-scout credited with dis-
covering Ryan Howard.
With Elgie gearing up to head
to the Phillies, the last thing he
expected was to be drafted out
west.
The first concrete inkling that
Elgie had of being taken by the
As came on June 5, 2008 the
night before Elgie would even-
tually be drafted in the 12th
round.
After the first six rounds of
the draft had been completed on
June 5, an Oakland scout who
had seen him play earlier that
week contacted Elgie.
The scout had only one ques-
tion for Elgie: Are you serious
about wanting to play baseball?
Elgie didnt hesitate to
answer.
Yes, Im ready, Elgie said to
the scout. Its always been my
goal to play in the majors, Im
ready for it.
Hours later, Zac Elgie became
the newest member of the
Oakland Athletics.
To Elgie, it didnt matter that
he wasnt going to be a member
of the Phillies. The fact that his
name was called consumed him.
He would now be able to say
that he had a chance to go to the
Majors.
With the chance to go play
minor league ball and get a
head start on his career, Elgie
opted not to stay a part of the
Athletics. Before the draft, Elgie
had his sights set on attending
the University of Kansas. When
it came down to going pro or
getting an education, Elgie took
the latter.
Both of Elgies parents, who
had attended college, expressed
to Zac that there was no way to
put a monetary value on the col-
lege experience.
Armed with the knowledge
that he would be unable to be re-
drafted for another three years
Elgie decided to come to KU to
work on his game, and improve
his draft stock.
Elgie, like five other current
Jayhawks Alex Cox, Kaiana
Eldredge, Kevin Kuntz, Wally
Marciel, and T.J. Walz had
a shot to realize his childhood
dreams, and decided to hold off.
For Elgie, there are no
regrets.
Im living the dream here at
Kansas, Elgie said.
Edited by Emily Soetaert
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Junior frst baseman Zac Elgie played for the Oakland Athletics right out of high school. He opted not to stay a part of the Athletics and instead came to KU to improve his draft stock.
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