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KUnited reportedly spent $2,633.96 for campaign materials including supplies, chalk, buttons, banners, posters, flyers, KUnited cups and sunglasses. It also spent $176.55 on food and water, $3,223.06 on T-shirts, and $200 on the venue cost for a party. We take every coalition seriously, Woodard said about the difference in spending between the coalitions. We dont really look at the numbers other coalitions spent. Woodard said KUnited spent less on this campaign than previous years and that the amount spent isnt the main issue. If were not out spending that, students wont know who KUnited is and they wont care, Woodard said. It takes money, time and a lot of energy. Its very vital for a successful campaign. While KUniteds spending may have contributed to the landslide victory, Woodard said listening to students during the five-week campaign was a major factor. We hear what they want, Woodard said about the impact active tabling had on the campaign. Its one week we can go to students and tell them about the ideas we got from them. Edited by Max Rothman

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Difference in budgets meant as a message

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vshanker@kansan.com KUnited spent $6,233.57 on student elections this year while opposing coalition SPQR spent $50 total, according to expense reports filed with the Senates election commission Monday night. KUnited swept the elections, winning president, vice president and 53 of 54 senator seats. Specifically, the presidential election was a windfall with student body president-elect Hannah Bolton and vice president-elect Brandon Woodard taking 85 percent of the vote. SPQR reportedly spent $50 on its campaign: $15 on chalk and $35 on cloth for six togas. The materials were personally paid for by individual coalition members. Brian Sultana, SPQRs campaign manager, said that the lack of spending was a part of the coalitions message. We wanted to highlight the influence of money at the student government level, Sultana said. It was a very bare-bones message, but we think thats the best way to go. You can see the parallels of spending in larger national campaigns. Its an issue even at our level. KUniteds budget was more complex, containing expenses, sponsorships and individual contributions.

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kcipolla@kansan.com Inject April with a healthy dose of music, comedy, film and drag queens and you get Gaypril. The month-long celebration put on by Queers and Allies includes entertainers, educational workshops, a film festival, a pride parade and prom, as well as an on campus drag show. Nathan Stitt, a senior from Clay Center and the media coordinator for Queers and Allies, said that having a full month of events, rather than just a week in years past, allows members of the LGBT community to socialize and celebrate while educating other students about the gay community. They definitely get to see different facets, Stitt said. Some people might think its all a drag show, but some people might never have seen a drag show. I think its good for them to realize these people arent that much different from you or me when it comes to how they live their daily lives or treat other people. Events also provide learning opportunities for anyone who might be interested in finding out more about bisexuality, pansexuality and asexuality. Caitlin Riley, a senior from Overland Park, took part in an educational event where people tried to guess the sexual orientation of people on the panel based on their physical traits and responses to questions. Although she thought it was interesting to hear peoples guesses and looks forward to attending the pride prom and parade later this month, Gaypril is bittersweet to her. I wish Gaypril didnt have to exist, Riley said. I wish everyone was understanding and open-hearted to others and loved thy neighbor for being a person, not just if they fit the heterosexist expectations conservative society is still trying to cookie cutter into a world that obviously does not operate that way. Still, she thinks the events are an important opportunity for students to realize how similar they are, regardless of their gender identity. One of last weeks performers, comedian Fortune Feimster, said she was excited to be participating in an event that fostered that sense of community on a college campus. Im so happy to see more and more people be accepting of other people who are different than them, Feimster said. When I was in college, there werent many people who were out. Edited by Pat Strathman

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more votes than SPQR

Faith Bitterman, a sophomore from Washington D.C., participates in the Hashinger Drag Bash by dancing to Lonely Islands Dick in a Box Wednesday night in Hashinger Hall. Audience members bid on their favorite contestant with all proceeds going to Ga Du Gi Sexual-Abuse Victim Center.

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roBert minor-adding religion into tHe mix Brown Bag lunCH: 4/19, 12 p.m. SMRC asexual worksHop: 4/19, 6:30 p.m. eCM realqueer film festiVal moVie series: 4/20, 6 p.m. Alderson Auditorium 4/21, 5 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium 4/22, 4 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium queer Body image worksHop: 4/24, 6:30 p.m. eCM BitCH: 4/26, 8 p.m. Hashinger Theater ride parade: 4/28, 10 a.m. South Park Gazebo pride prom-danCing witH tHe queers: 4/28, 9:30 p.m. Wilde Chateau 24
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Additional expansion to help recruit students

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vamin@kansan.com The University School of Engineering looks to recruit students through expansion. In March 2011 the Kansas Senate approved multi-year legislation that would expand the capacity of the engineering schools at the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and Wichita State University. The University Engineering Initiative Act was approved in order to reach goals established by Kansas Senate. These goals include increasing the number of engineering graduates to 1,365 per year by 2021. The current average among the three Kansas Regent schools is 875. To reach the goal there will need to be an annual increase of 490 graduates. The University of Kansas is looking to increase the number of Bachelor of Science graduates to 420 by 2021. Across the three universities, the first year cost to the state to start this effort will be $400,000 and after the fourth year the cost will be $15 million. This money will be used for expansion and operating expenses in order to accommodate the increase in enrollment. Kansas is looking use the funds to include new classrooms and lab space including research labs. The School of Engineering wants to take advantage of the Act by expanding on to the north side of The Measurement, Materials and Sustainable Environment Center. It is scheduled to be completed sometime this year; however, the expansion is still in the preliminary stages. Gabe Bliss, a junior from Olathe, is an undergraduate representative on the expansion committee said the committee met for the first time two weeks ago. The committee is made up of faculty, staff, department chairs and graduate level students. We are just on a plain piece of
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paper right now, said Bliss, Right now I am facilitating conversation from the students perspective and bringing all of their input to the committee. Associate Dean JoAnn Browning said there is no current time table for the expansion to begin, but the committee is looking to have the design ready by the fall 2012. We are making a push right now to get as much input from students as we can because we will be losing a big part of our student population over the summer, Browning said, We are going to have other forums once the design is in place, we are going to show sketches and mock ups of the building. We want comments and want to know what people think, there will be other phases on the way. The estimated expansion will be between 100,000-120,000 square feet. Edited by Katie James

Associate Dean of the School of engineering, JoAnn Browning, answers questions from students during a collaborative meeting at eaton Hall Wednesday evening to discuss plans for a new building proposal for the School of engineering. The new building would most likely be based on a more interactive, collaborative style of teaching as opposed to the traditional lecture hall model.

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30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms early, then mostly cloudy.

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No hurricanes, no scandals.

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Friday, April 20
what: Tunes @ Noon wheRe: Outside Plaza, Kansas Union wheN: Noon aBoUt: SUA hosts a free outdoor concert; this weeks performer is Panda Circus. what: Return to the Rain Garden wheRe: Student Ambler Recreation Center wheN: 1 p.m. aBoUt: The Center for Sustainability hosts an Earth Day event highlighting a volunteer-run community garden. what: Merrily We Roll Along wheRe: Crafton Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall wheN: 7:30 p.m. aBoUt: University Theatre and KU Opera team up to present the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical; tickets cost $10 for students.

Saturday, April 21
what: SMA Art Cart wheRe: Spencer Museum of Art wheN: 10 a.m. aBoUt: The Spencer hosts a day for students to come out and create their own Peruvian art. what: Holi, Festival of Colors wheRe: Watkins Memorial Health Center, north field wheN: 3 p.m. aBoUt: People throw water balloons and handfuls of colored powder in an attempt to cover each other in bright colors to celebrate the Indian festival of Holi. what: Comic Bowling wheRe: Jaybowl, Kansas Union wheN: 10 p.m. aBoUt: SUA hosts a night of free bowling and dance music; be sure to bring your glowsticks.

Sunday, April 22
what: Behind the Scenes at the KU Natural History Museum wheRe: Bridwell Botany Research Lab, West Campus wheN: 3 p.m. aBoUt: Natural History Museum curator of botany will show students more about the museums plant collection. what: Carillon Recital wheRe: Memorial Campanile wheN: 5 p.m. aBoUt: Dr. Elizabeth Berghout plays the bells of the campanile; bring a blanket and lounge by Potter Lake to listen. what: Choir: Mens Glee wheRe: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall wheN: 7:30 p.m. aBoUt: The KU School of Music presents the mens glee ensemble; ticket are free.

what: KU Peace Corps Sendoff wheRe: Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union wheN: 7 p.m. aBoUt: A ceremony for the Universitys Peace Corps applicants, nominees and invitees; students looking to join the Peace Corps can come speak with Peace Corps alumni. what: University Dance Company Spring Performance wheRe: Lied Center wheN: 7:30 p.m. aBoUt: The University Dance Company hosts its spring performance, featuring choreography by guest choreographer Carl Fink from Black Label Movement. what: Lecture: Why Presidents Succeed. Why They Fail. wheRe: Dole Institute of Politics wheN: 7:30 p.m. aBoUt: John Andrews and Lee Huebner gives a lecture on why President Richard Nixons presidency ended the way it did.

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TOPEKA, Kan. Five inmates escaped early Wednesday four from a north-central Kansas jail, and one from and a state prison. Lansing Correctional Facility officials said a 59-year-old child sex offender escaped, while four people escaped from the Ottawa County Jail in Minneapolis. The four men who escaped from the Ottawa County Jail were among 22 inmates transferred to the jail in January from the Ellsworth Correctional Facility. The Lansing Correctional Facility said Gary Leslie Furthmyer escaped from his minimum security assignment. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that the four men escaped from the Ottawa County Jail around 4:45 a.m., while Furthmyer escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility escaped early that morning, but no further details were available. One man from the Ottawa County Jail was quickly apprehended. The three who remained at large from Minneapolis were Santos Carrera and Eric James, both 22, and 21-year-old Drew Wade. Sheriff s officials declined to say how the men broke out. Carrera is in prison for a firstdegree murder in Sedgwick County that happened in March 2007. James was convicted of aggravated robbery, burglary, kidnapping and criminal damage charges across three counties for crimes in February 2008, according to online Department of Corrections records. Wade was convicted in Shawnee County on robbery and aggravated battery charges.

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Opposition leader tests travel freedom to travel to Britain and Norway

YANGoN, Myanmar Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi plans to travel to Britain and Norway in June on her first trip abroad in 24 years, her party spokesman said Wednesday. T h e 66-year-old democracy icon has not left Kyi Myanmar for more than two decades because of fears the nations authoritarian rulers would not allow her to return. The junta that ruled the country for almost half a century ceded power to a new government last year that has embarked on a series of widely praised reforms, including opening a dialogue with Suu Kyi and allowing her to run for and win a seat
in parliament. Nyan Win, a spokesman for Suu Kyis National League for Democracy, said the trip would prove that Suu Kyi can travel freely. This is a very positive indicator. Suu Kyi has not left Myanmar since 1988. Since then, the daughter of national independence hero Aung San has spent 15 years under house arrest. For most of that time, she was separated from her husband Michael Aris and their two children, who still live abroad. In 1999, Suu Kyi refused to leave Myanmar to visit Aris as he was dying because of concerns that the former ruling junta would not allow her back. During a brief visit to Myanmar on Friday, British Prime Minister David Cameron invited Suu Kyi to visit, saying it would be a sign of progress if she were able to leave and then return to carry out her duties as a lawmaker.

Pakistani army chief says conflict over glacier should be resolved

SKARDU, Pakistan Pakistans powerful army chief on Wednesday called for the peaceful resolution of a Himalayan glacier dispute with rival nuclear power India, and suggested his country should spend less on defense and more on development. Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayanis comments came after he visited the site of an avalanche near the Siachen Glacier that last week buried 140 people, including 129 Pakistani soldiers. The tragedy has refocused attention on what critics say is a futile standoff with India over an uninhabited stretch of ice where more troops have been killed by the elements than warfare. Kayani noted that India began the conflict when its troops occupied the uninhabited Siachen Glacier in 1984. Pakistan sent in troops, and since then both armies have been facing each other on the glacier, which is located north of the disputed territory of Kashmir. The Pakistani army chief said the conflict should be resolved, and in order to do that the two countries have to talk about the issue.

The Pakistani army chief calls for a peaceful resolution with India during a press conference on Wednesday. Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani wants to spend more money on developing his country and less on defense. Kayani did not set a timeframe, and his remarks were in line with Pakistans general position that talks are needed to resolve all its disputes with its much larger neighbor. Relations between Pakistan and India have warmed over the last year, especially regarding trade. But there has been little progress on other areas of disagreement. Pakistans conflict with India has cost it billions of dollars, a significant

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Eight men arrested after video of rape emerges on Internet

JohANNESBURG When a 17-year-old girl said to have the mental capacity of a 5-year-old was reported missing four weeks ago in the sprawling South African township of Soweto, police distributed her photo and asked neighborhood residents for help. Then a video emerged of seven men and boys raping the girl. Within a day of media alerting them to the video, police said, they on Wednesday found the girl in a house across Soweto from her home. Eight men and boys were arrested on charges of kidnapping and rape. The womens league of the governing African National Congress said the
video, apparently recorded on a cell phone, was widely circulated on the Internet and via cell phones. The league said it again raises questions about South Africans attitudes toward rape and women in a country with horrifyingly high rape statistics. When does it become acceptable amongst a group of peers to rape a girl and laugh about it? It just makes one sick to the stomach, the league said in a statement Wednesday. Police spokesman Kay Makhubela said soon after learning of the video Tuesday, police, with help from people in Soweto, arrested seven men who appeared in the video. Some of the suspects identified the girls possible location in sprawling Soweto, and police moved through that neighborhood Wednesday, announcing on loudspeakers that they planned to search every home. The eighth suspect then surrendered and the girl was found in his home, Makhubela said. He described her as quiet and apparently traumatized, and said she was taken first to counselors and then to a hospital. Makhubela said anyone found to have passed along the video could face criminal charges.

Misunderstanding leaves 22 dead at the Sudan border

JUBA, South Sudan Soldiers from Sudan and South Sudan clashed at a river dividing their two countries, leaving 22 dead as fighting spread to a new area of the tense border. A Sudanese official demanded on Wednesday that South Sudan withdraw from an oilrich area it occupied last week or face a concerted attack. Tuesdays firefight began after a Sudanese soldier shot a South Sudan soldier who was getting water from the river, South Sudan government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin said Wednesday. In all, seven South Sudan soldiers and 15 Sudan soldiers died near the town of Meiram, along the border with Sudans South Kordofan state and South Sudans Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, he said. Even as border violence was spreading to new regions, Benjamin labeled the fight as a misunderstanding and said he did not think violence would continue there. The river battle comes amid wider violence along the shared border around the oil town of Heglig, which South Sudan troops took control of last week. Sudanese aircraft have been bombing South Sudans Unity State as a part of that fighting. Benjamin said there was no new fighting around Heglig on Wednesday. But a Sudan official, Mustafa Osman Ismail, warned South Sudan that it must immediately withdraw from Heglig or face counterattacks. Ismail, a senior adviser to Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, spoke in Ethiopias capital, where he met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and African Union officials. He said the trip was intended to ask those with influence to persuade South Sudan to withdraw from Heglig. He said Khartoum is under pressure from Sudans public to liberate the invaded territory after South Sudan TV broadcast images of what he said are medical staff captured in Heglig.

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Because the stars know things we dont.
aries (March 21-april 19) Today is an 8 Finish a job carefully, and think about the larger impact. For the next month, cash flow improves and its easier to make money. Check results and celebrate! Taurus (april 20-May 20) Today is an 8 You have the advantage. Youre in your element. Gain respect, as well as status. Tardiness will be noticed, though. Face to face works best. gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 6 The next months great for finishing up old projects behind closed doors. Continue your studies, and with a loved ones encouragement, your career takes off like a rocket. Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is an 8 Team projects thrive, and its party time. Your natural social skills get a boost. Balance studies with socializing and delicious flavors. leo (July 23-aug. 22) Today is a 9 Something or someone wants your attention, but this doesnt outrank love. For a little while, new opportunities open up. Education could be involved. Include artistry. Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22) Today is a 9 Double-check your data before taking the next step. Youre itching to move. Seek new territory, and expand your base. A hunch could be profitable. libra (sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7 You discover an error that requires your immediate attention. Review the budget, and increase organization. This moves your dreams into action. scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 9 A romantic phase begins so be ready. Focus on love over money. Delegate to others who can do better than you. Have faith. Breathe in through your heart. sagittarius (Nov. 22-dec.21) Today is an 8 If youre feeling blue, take advantage of the color. Paint a picture, write a poem, bake cookies or go dancing. Let your spirit sing. Dont be afraid to take creative risks. Capricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 You may want to take on a large creative project to complete. A romantic partner could play an important role in your endeavor. Why not? aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 Spend extra time with family now. Get creative together, and strive for the best. Working for yourself goes great. Increase productivity. pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 9 There could be friction with an authority. Youre going to need your best communication skills, with some help from an analytical person. Stay respectful.

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LoS ANGLES The late Tupac Shakur rose again Sunday night at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival brought to life by James Camerons visual production house, Digital Domain, and two hologram-imaging companies, AV Concepts and the u.k.-based Musion Systems. The image joined headliners Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre for two songs. It may not be the last we see of the rapper who was shot to death in Las Vegas in 1996. The Wall Street Journal reports that Dr. Dre is planning to take the holographic Shakur on tour in the coming months. Dre has a massive vision for this, Ed ulbrich, chief creative officer at Digital Domain, told the Journal. For now, however, Dre is quiet about his plans, and hes asked Digital Domain and AV Concepts to refrain from telling the press too much about how they rendered the musician. He doesnt want the magic spoiled for the people who will see it during his set at the second weekend of the Coachella festival, a spokeswoman for Digital Domain told the Los Angeles Times. Still, those familiar with special effects say the holographic Shakur was created using the same concept as an old magic trick, Peppers Ghost. The trick is to have a transparent piece of material that will reflect an image projected onto it while still allowing other people on the stage to move behind and in front of the image. In the past, the transparent material was usually glass. For Sundays show, it was Mylar, a highly reflective, lightweight plastic. McClatchy-Tribune

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What have I been missing here? asks Vice President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) as she prepares to make nice with a senator (Kate Burton) she hopes will get her out of a tight spot with the plastics industry. Power, replies the senator, who only pretends to be joking. Thats one exchange from the Sunday premiere of HBOs satiric and hilariously profane Veep that doesnt require the insertion of dashes. It also sums up the predicament in which the holder of what our first vice president, John Adams, called the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived finds herself after losing her partys nomination to a man who apparently stopped calling as soon as shed helped get him elected. Not that were going to find out what party she belongs to, the political realities of Veep being so universal that the show was created by a Scotsman, Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, In the Loop), whos been poking fun at politics mostly from the other side of the pond until now. I was always one of those geeks as a teenager who waited who stayed up through the night to watch the American election results, Iannucci told reporters in January. And, yes, he loved The West Wing. But that portrayal of Washington as a clean and noble heartland just wouldnt wash with the public. Weve seen too much now, said Iannucci.

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PHILADELPHIA The $412 check that DC Comics wrote to acquire Superman and other creative works by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster has sold for $160,000 in an online auction. Stephen Fishler, chief executive of ComicConnect.com and Metropolis Collectibles in New York, said Tuesday that the 1938 check was auctioned online to an unnamed buyer. Two people were battling it out over the check, he said of the furious last minute bidding that lifted the price from its start of $1 last month to the final bid

Monday night. The check was made out to Siegel and Shuster and deposited. It includes a line item for $130 showing DC paid for full ownership and rights to Superman. Siegel and Shuster created Superman together while teenagers in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 1930s. His first appearance was in Action Comics No. 1 in April 1938. And even though the check changed hands, a legal dispute over creators rights to Superman has raged since then and is far from settled.

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Does parking really need all that money? The Call Me Maybe song makes me feel like Im in a Lizzie Mcguire movie. To students that care enough about something to take the time to write a letter to the editor: I salute you. Butterflies keep landing on me. Its either good luck or a death omen. Professor says, scratching skin will cause inflammation. Class response: everyone scratches skin. The awkward moment when I realized that half the guys on campus have better style than me. Heard some really loud booms in Wescoe during class and found myself secretly hoping that the War of the Worlds had finally started. Tour guides really ought to explain that, unlike in high school, there actually is nap time in college. Sometimes I like to super glue my thumbs to my nipples and pretend Im a T-Rex. Hey, Towers: I put thousands of dollars into this relationship. The least you could do is put out. Hot water, that is. Just called my roommate mom. Is there something wrong with that? I can explain toast in one word: science. Every library computer should have a Microsoft Word shortcut. Simple things, ya know? Khakis. Who decided that leg-colored pants were a good idea? Just saw a container of cheese balls in the tree outside of Fraser. Looks like the squirrels like cheese balls too. My professor just let a leech attach to his finger during class! What! oh boy, the religious nuts are out. How can I make them really uncomfortable? Its not even summer yet and I have already seen way too many butt cheeks hanging out of shorts. Anyone else creeped out by the way Dan the bus driver looks at the girls getting on the bus? Dear couple blocking the doors to Fraser, no one wants to watch you kissing and sharing lollipops. Why is there an influx of swim trunks? I mean there is no pool open yet. I wake up in the morning feeling like Wolverine. The end is near when you stop camping at Allen Fieldhouse and start doing so at Anschutz. I only have a 45 minute window to get to all five Lawrence Jimmy Johns locations for $1 sandwiches. Challenge accepted. If you are just now finding out about the crane by the engineering buildings, I have some bad news for you.

y parents are deaf. I grew up in a household where American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English were used alongside one another. I also went to school with the same 90 kids from kindergarten until 8th grade, until I was shuffled off to high school, with over half of those 90 kids going with me. Because of this, Ive spent most of my life surrounded by people who already knew about my parents being deaf. Every so often, a personal detail would slip that would confuse someone who was not in the know, and Id give the abbreviated version: Oh yeah, my parents are deaf no, they dont lip-read, yes, I know my siblings and I arent deaf, yes, I know sign language, yeah, it is pretty cool. Im used to these types of questions, and my responses are automatic. A few years ago,

Cochlear implants raise questions

however, a new question started to be asked a question that forces me to recognize the divide that I straddle, that breach between my hearing world and my parents Deaf one. What do you think about cochlear implants? Cochlear implants are surgically implanted electronic devices that allow a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. Doctors and scientists alike have tried to develop what is sometimes referred to as bionic ears for decades, but it was only in 2005 that the first cochlear implants were successful came about. Cochlear implants are now being heralded as an advancement to help the Deaf Community and praise lauded upon the medical community for finding a cure. Cochlear implant surgeries are now being performed in half of all children who are

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born deaf, and why not? Hearing parents want their children to be able to hear music, birds singing on a summers day, the bark of a pet dog or even throwing out terribly romanticized notions: parents want their children to be able to go to the doctor without an interpreter, to visit a restaurant and not have to scrabble for a slip of paper and pen for a means of communication, to be able to hear the tornado sirens blaring through the streets and not remain oblivious (as I spent one panicked afternoon a few years ago, my mother having just left for the store, her phone left

behind). Hearing parents dont want their childrens lives to be hard. No parent does. For that is what being Deaf is, isnt it? A disability, a misfortune whether its cause is by genetics, disease, or accident. Why wouldnt the Deaf Community be overjoyed to join the hearing world, the whole world, to in fact become whole rather than defective? These are the thoughts that I see buzzing around in the heads of those who ask me, what do you think of cochlear implants? This is not an easy question, and there is not an easy answer, and quite a lot of the Deaf Community is not overjoyed about cochlear implants. Its not just the fact that cochlear implants require an intensive and risk-filled surgery, or that this surgical process is being pushed on children younger and younger, often on infants now. Its not just that hearing

parents are often being encouraged by doctors to get cochlear implants rather than considering looking into sign language, or trying to look for options within the Deaf Community. Its not just that the technology is less than ten years old and hasnt had the chance to test for long-term side effects. These factor in massively, of course, but they all transpire from one root issue at the cause of this debate about cochlear implants: the Deaf Community is outside the norm of society, and therefore, the Deaf must find a way to fit the mold, to join the Hearing world. The problem with the question what do you think about cochlear implants? is that no one is prefacing that question with one that is both vital and never asked: What does it mean to be Deaf? Gwynn is a freshman in English from Olathe.

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hen I was 14 years old, I remember going on a field trip to the Titanic Museum in Branson, Mo. I remember the stewardesses with British and Irish accents, the replica By Angela Hawkins of Titanics Grand Staircase, ahawkins@kansan.com the black and white photos of a nearly finished ship and the gorgeous red dress that Titanic won the hearts of Kate Winslet wore in the movie viewers with the unlikely love Titanic. story between two passengers. But more than any of those It depicted the grandness of the images, I remember the view newly finished ocean liner that from a fictitious deck where couldnt sink. In the end, the Captain Edward John Smith movie even illustrated the realstood the night the RMS ity that so many lives were lost Titanic sank. and left floating in the freezing From there, I walked into a water. room with the names of pasAs time has gone on since sengers on the wall. I opened the tragedy, Americans have the passport Id received as I become more and more entered the detached from museum. The The value of the lives lost the tragedy. alphabetized We like to joke on the Titanic was even names would that Leonardo tell me if my more powerful than the DiCaprio didnt character had movie directed by James really die at lived or died. the end; he Cameron. I lived while just sunk in so many died. that movie to Thats reappear in when it hit Inception. Sometimes its easme; this wasnt fictional. Out ier not to think about the other of more than 2,200 passengers, people on the ship, instead we only 706 survived. focus on Rose (Kate Winslet) My character wasnt a charand Jack (DiCaprio) and ignore acter at all; she was a human the enormous tragedy the being. Titanic was. I wont lie, as I realized this, Today, we dont think twice I cried. The value of the lives about the Titanic. Its a movie lost on the Titanic was even more than anything else. more powerful than the movie That movie was just released directed by James Cameron. to theaters in 3D on April 5.

It will undoubtedly draw viewers who saw the movie when it first came out as well as viewers seeing it for the first time. The next time you see the movie, be it in 3D or not, I implore you to keep the reality in mind. More than 1,500 people died on the Titanic, including its captain. Although the Carpathia rescued any of the survivors she could, more than 75 percent of the crew and 75 percent of the third class passengers perished. Titanic dominated the news for weeks as the New York Times covered, not only the initial sinking of the ship, but also the arrival of Carpathia and the bodies of the deceased to New York. I doubt the Titanic will ever lose interest for American audiences. The stories, artifacts, and discoveries surrounding the Titanic each bring something new to the table. Before you re-watch Titanic, take some time to learn more about the actual RMS Titanic. The movie will mean so much more and the journey will seem so much more powerful. Never forget that this tragedy of 100 years ago affected more lives than that of a fictional Rose Dawson. It really happened. Hawkins is a sophomore in journalism from Scranton.

ilm majors, we used to create amateurish illusions. Today were all living in one. We dont know what we are. We dont know what were doing. We dont know why we fell in love with film in the first place. We dont even know what it is. Were guilty of voluntary ignorance. Independents of all ages have surrendered the integrity of their hard work for the hopes of financial stability. We sacrifice dignity for a bank account that is slightly less vacant than if we had taken the plunge and become real filmmakers. Weve sacrificed our brains to pretend thats not true. So we call the videos we shoot films and we call ourselves filmmakers, because its a title too sexy to drop. Its a pretentious lie. Calling yourself something better than you are is a sign of shame, ignorance or apathy. The apathy and ignorance are tools used by directors to achieve notoriety with a clear conscience. Their crews, actors and writers now put the same amount of work into making something that is so much less than it could have been so that the directors can achieve instant fame, which was never promised to their heroes and frankly will not happen. The greatest personal success new independents can find is a spot on iTunes. When everyone and their cousins no longer have the required discipline or foolishness to make a film, and when the distributors became responsible for nothing but data, the abyss of iTunes is of course what came of it. Now, not even the special movies will be seen on a venue bigger than a television. In the days of celluloid, the small movies

had just as much worth as the big ones. Everyone, the hacks and the geniuses rich or poor were working with the same beautiful format and there was only one place for their films to go. Everyone working on those films, by the way, was a filmmaker. Everyone contributed to that gorgeous print. Today, weve invented a lower class for ourselves, and anyone born after us. The opportunity to escape it is getting further and further away. Soon, because of the corners were cutting, not even those who are willing to be filmmakers will have the ability. Film will be gone. The demand for celluloid is waning because were demanding something different now. Were seriously demanding our format, our canvas, to serve us. It never could and it never needed to until now. So we have opted for the shinier, easier, safer, cheaper inferior format. Its cheapening our hardest work and its dulling our dreams. We affect the survival of our medium. Financiers, distributors and audiences affect our paychecks, but we are the only ones who can affect what they see. What they see, what appears on screen is all that matters. Throw everything else out. Money, audience, acclaim, story, theory, taste, style, all are superfluous when you understand that as a filmmaker your entire purpose, your whole distinguished identity, is based on shooting film, because its beautiful. When properly manipulated and projected, the resolution, depth and physicality of traditional photography will lend your subjects inimitable resonance. Its been with us since the invention of movies. In fact, it is the invention. If enough young men and women are willing to dedicate themselves to their medium, then it may survive. Then their movies can be called films. Then we can call ourselves filmmakers. Coy is a sophomore in film and media studies from Lenexa.

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Day one at Relays proves succesful for Jayhawks

As the 85th Kansas Relays began Wednesday morning with the mens decathlon and womens heptathlon, Kansas coach Stanley Redwine strolled through the infield of Memorial Stadium, greeting coaches of other schools and prepping athletes for their events. This gesture proved helpful and successful for the team. Freshman Lindsey Vollmer started the heptathlon by winning the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.06. It was a really great start, Vollmer said. In hep, the first event means a lot. Coming off of a really good first event just carries on to the rest. With four of the eight events completed after the first day, Vollmer is in second place, trailing Liz Roehrig, who is competing unattached. I have a lot of improvement from the last heptathlon that I did, Vollmer said. I feel like were in a lot better place going into day two, so were where we need to be. Vollmer is looking forward to tomorrows javelin throw, as she sees it as her best event. The shot put was an event that she would have liked to have done better in but is pleased with her overall standing of second place and point total of 3,304. Morgan Whitson, a runner for the University of Missouri, is in third with 3,136 points going into day two of competition. Sophomore Amanda Caines is ninth in the standings. Caines feels good about her first four events since its her first heptathlon. Kansas Relay events will continue through Saturday. Today will feature the mens 110 meter hurdles at 8:30 a.m. Max Goodwin

nike competitor christian cantwell takes his fifth throwing attempt in front of a crowd in downtown lawrence during the kansas relays mens shot put competition Wednesday night.

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Sheri kaye campbell, a junior from lincoln, is pictured moments before executing a jump during the womens heptathlon high jump at Memorial Stadium for the 85th annual kansas relays. campbell placed fifth with a clearance of 1.60 meters.

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Freshman lindsay Vollmer warms up before the womens high jump at the kansas relays in Memorial Stadium Wednesday morning.

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Freshmen lindsay Vollmer executes her approach to the bar during the womens high jump at Memorial Stadium for the 85th annual kansas relays. Vollmer placed third with a clearance of 1.69 meters.

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Junior amanda caines clears the bar during the womens high jump at the 85th annual kansas relays Wednesday morning at the Memorial Stadium. caines placed fourth with a clearance of 1.63 meters.

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Junior amanda caines focuses before beginning her sprint toward the bar during the womens heptathlon high jump at Memorial Stadium for the 85th annual kansas relays.

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nike competitor dylan armstrong lets his first throw of Wednesday nights kansas relays shot put competition fly in downtown lawrence.

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Jaclyn abrahamian, a sophomore from Wichita State, floats over the bar during the womens heptathlon high jump Wednesday morning at the 85th annual kansas relays. abrahamian placed fifth with a clearance of 1.60 meters.

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Legends of the Phog: Jayhawks in the NBA

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Josh selby, at Ku 2010-2011 Guard, Memphis Grizzlies

selby has spent time this season with both the Grizzlies and the Reno Bighorns, the teams D-league affiliate. On sunday he saw his first action since being called back up to Memphis in a 75-88 loss to the Hornets. He played only one minute, going 0-2 from the field. Upcoming games: 4/18 vs. New Orleans, 4/20 @ Charlotte, 4/21 vs. Portland, 4/23 vs. Cleveland, 4/26 vs. Orlando

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Mario Chalmers, at Ku 20052008, Guard, Miami Heat

Chalmers played just 23 minutes Monday in a 101-98 victory over the New Jersey Nets. He scored just three points on 1 of 3 shooting, including a three pointer. though he had four assists, he also turned the ball over three times. after a quiet week for Chalmers, look to see more production out of him as the Heat finish out the regular season. Upcoming games: 4/19 vs. Chicago, 4/21 vs. Washington, 4/22 vs. Houston, 4/24 @ Boston, 4/26 @ Washington

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Xavier Henry, at Ku 2009-2010 Guard, New Orleans Hornets

Henrys highlight of the week came last Wednesday when he put up 14 points in 24 minutes of playing time. He hit 6 of 7 shots, as well as both of his free throws, and had three assists. On Monday, though, Henry missed all five of his shots in 18 minutes of playing time. He ended the game with two points off of free throws, six rebounds, two assists, and one steal. Upcoming games: 4/19 vs. Houston, 4/22 @ la Clippers, 4/24 @ Golden state, 4/26 @ Houston

Cole aldrich, at Ku 2007-2010 Center, Oklahoma City Thunder

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Marcus Morris, at Ku 20102011, Forward, Houston rockets

Morris hasnt seen much playing time, but on sunday he played six minutes off the bench in a 86-101 loss against the Denver Nuggets. In those six minutes, he scored four points (2 of 4) and pulled down two rebounds. Upcoming games: 4/19 @ New Orleans, 4/21 vs. Golden state, 4/22 @ Miami, 4/26 vs. New Orleans

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aldrich cant seem to find much time off of the bench for the thunder. In his last two games, he played a combined eight minutes, not scoring any points in either of the contests. On Monday, he got in for one minute in a 77-92 loss against the los angeles Clippers, but thats all he had to show in the box score. Upcoming games: 4/18 @ Phoenix, 4/20 @ sacramento, 4/22 @ la lakers, 4/24 vs. sacramento, 4/25 vs. Denver Edited by Ian Cummings

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Jayhawk pitchers step up and win against spires

Max lush
mlush@kansan.com While the Kansas offense struggled to put away the Saint Mary Spires (17-25) early, the pitchers made sure that the Saint Mary never posed a threat. The Jayhawks (15-23, 3-9) shut out their opponent for just the second time this season, winning 6-0 Wednesday night at Hoglund Ballpark. Their only other shutout was the third game of the season against Belmont, a 2-0 victory. The Jayhawks have surrendered at least one run in their last 34 games this season. And it wasnt veteran players who didnt allow a run either, four freshmen took the mound and only one upperclassman pitched, senior Matt Kohorst. We really like our young players, coach Ritch Price said. Were the youngest team in the country in a BCS conference. Freshman starter Drew Morovick (3-1, 5.08) worked into the fifth inning for just the third time this season. He threw 5.0 innings allowing no runs on two hits. He struck out two batters on the evening. It was the only time this season that Morovick didnt allow a run while pitching more than two innings. Every time we go out to the mound before an inning were told to put up a zero, Morovick said. Its kind of like our job. Its been beaten into our minds all fall and now in the spring. Its our job to put up zeros. Morovick has also been fighting the flu since last week. He said his appetite had returned only recently. He missed his last start against Wichita State a week ago. It felt great that Im not sick and I got to go out and pitch, Morovick said. I love this team, and I love being around these guys. Im glad we got another shutout. Another freshman, Colin Toalson (0-1, 4.40), relieved Morovick and took the game into the seventh inning. Toalson is just one of a number of young pitchers who get playing time during midweek games. He threw two innings on the evening, allowing only one hit and striking out one. Playing these games like this and getting freshmen playing time, just seeing those guys out there pumps the younger guys up even more, Toalson said. The older guys like to see it too. Its kind of fun.

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Perhaps the best stat of the day for the Kansas pitchers, aside from the zero on the scoreboard, was that they did not surrender a walk in the game. Instead, they struck out more batters (6) than the number of hits recorded (5). The Jayhawks are on a winning streak for the first time since the start of the season. It feels like there is a new energy surrounding the team, Toalson said. Its a lot of fun, he said. Were really coming together. We have a new life kind of. With an offense that ranks last in the Big 12 in most categories, outings from pitchers like Wednesdays will help. edited by anna allen

Kansas 6, saint Mary 0

Saint Mary

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player Michael suiter LF Kevin Kuntz ss Zac Elgie 3B alex DeLeon C tucker tharp CF Jordan Dreiling DH Jake Marasco 1B Connor McKay rF Kaiana Eldredge 2B Team totals ab 4 5 4 1 2 0 2 3 4 30 r 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 rbi 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 bb 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 9

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player Matt Corigliano LF Jesse Castro CF Devin Hupp ss Joe Haak 1B trevor Matifes DH Kevin Joyce 2B Michael Ferracuti 3B travis Quick C Jackson Perri rF Totals ab 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 32 r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 h 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 rbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Pitcher Matt Kohorst throws a pitch at the top of the eighth inning.

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the number of Jayhawk hitters who walked in the game, tying the second highest total of the season. the number of hitters the Jayhawk pitching staff walked. the number of runs the jayhawks scored. the number of runs the spires scored. the number of Jayhawks who played Wednesday night. there are 33 players on the roster.

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bottom of the first: With a runner on first and one out, senior third baseman Zac Elgie hit a double deep down the left field line to score a run. bottom of the first: With a runner on third and one out, red-shirt junior designated hitter Jordan Dreiling hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score the games second run. bottom of the fourth: With Dreiling on second and two outs, sophomore second baseman Kaiana Eldredge hit a double down the right field line to score Dreiling and put the Jayhawks up 3-0. bottom of the sixth inning: With the bases loaded and one out, freshman outfielder Michael suiter hit a single to left field, making the game 4-0. top of the ninth inning: With a full count and two outs, freshman pitcher taylor rappaport struck out the last batter of the game looking on an outside fastball.

GaMe to forGet
sophomore outfielder Tucker Tharp He snapped a four-game hitting Tharp streak, going 0-2 with a walk. He was the only starting player to not record a hit, score a run or drive in a run. He was replaced by freshman outfielder Joe Moroney.

GaMe to reMeMber
Freshman pitcher Drew Morovick Morovick missed his start last week with the flu. Morovick This week, he pitched his best game of the season. He threw 5.0 shutout innings and allowing only two hits. He also struck out two batters on the night. It was just the third time this season that he threw into the fifth inning.

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Larry Brown in talks with SMU basketball

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DALLAS The official Larry Brown-to-SMU Watch continues, if only for the short-term. While all signs point to the Hall of Famer becoming the next SMU mens basketball coach, Brown said Tuesday evening that no deal has been finalized. An SMU spokesman also said Tuesday afternoon that no announcement was imminent. Joe Glass, Browns agent, had not yet started contract talks Tuesday evening with SMU athletic director Steve Orsini, according to Brown. The bottom line is, nothings been agreed, Brown said, but I continue to talk to SMU. None of this means Brown, 71, wont end up on the Hilltop, replacing Matt Doherty, who was fired five weeks ago, on March 13. And Brown has indeed coach following Brown to leave started looking at possible staff a good position, a source said. members, including Illinois He has a record of 104-64 in five States Tim Jankovich as a head- seasons with the Redbirds, was coach-in-waiting, according to a previously an assistant to Self at source. Brown could also bring Kansas and Illinois and was the Rod Strickland, an administrator North Texas head coach from at Kentucky and a former NBA 1993-1997, when he resigned. player, and former Illinois assis- Jankovich, 52, has rebuilt Illinois tant Jerrance States program, H o w a r d , making three according to the the bottom line is, nothMissouri Valley source. title game ings been agreed,but i These names continue to talk to smU. appearances, all have ties to though failing Brown and/or lArry BrOWN to win and Kansas coach the Former kansas earn mens basketball coach automatic bid Bill Self and Kentucky coach to the NCAA John Calipari, To u r n a m e n t . who are close to The Redbirds Brown. went 21-14 this season, falling Jankovich could need to Stanford in the second round contractual reassurances that of the NIT. he would become SMUs head Jankovichs earlier stops as an

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assistant include Texas (198687), Baylor (1991-1992) and Oklahoma State (1992-1993). He is a former Kansas State point guard. The Dallas Morning News reported earlier this week that SMU had talked with Jankovich _ its unclear if discussions were about the head job, the headcoach-in-waiting job, or both. He interviewed in Dallas, a source said. Strickland played point guard for Brown for the San Antonio Spurs during the early 1990s. He most recently has worked as a special assistant to Calipari at Kentucky after losing his job as top assistant coach after an arrest for suspicion of DUI. He also worked for Calipari at Memphis previously. Howard on Tuesday told IlliniHQ.com that he was headed to SMU and had spoken to Brown earlier in the day when the deal was finalized. Howard has worked previously at Texas A&M in an

administrative role under Billy Gillispie and played for Self at Illinois. Howard, 31, is known as an ace recruiter. John Groce, who recently replaced Bruce Weber as Illinois coach, recently informed Howard he would not be retained. Brown visited SMU on Sunday and Monday. A source said Monday that the job was Browns to take if negotiations worked out. Many loose ends remained as of Tuesday evening, according to a source. ESPN reported Tuesday afternoon that Brown had agreed to take the job. I told Joe, I only want to do this (formally accept) if all things are in place, Brown said. Im sure they (SMU) feel the same. Additionally, Brown said: Nothings been finalized. I dont know who put that out. Ever since my trip to Dallas, Ive had a thousand people calling me for a job, I know that.

lONDON Watch out, eiffel tower. lights are coming to londons Orbit. the Arcelormittal Orbit, a 114.5-meter (375-foot) ruby red tower in the center of Olympic park, will be decked out in 250 color spotlights that will make it a beacon of east london, londons legacy Development Corporation said in a statement. the corporation has responsibility for the park after the end of the Olympics, which take place from July 27-Aug. 12. the corporation has secured planning permission to light the tower from dusk until midnight. the lights wound through the tower will be used in a 15-minute nightly light show. the effects are being tested over the next two weeks. the tower is designed by london-based artist Anish kapoor, a previous winner of the prestigious turner prize, and his design partner Cecil Balmond. the feature lighting opens a completely new artistic aspect to the work of Anish kapoor and Cecil Balmond, Andrew Altman, the chief executive of the london legacy Development Corporation, said in a statement. it will create a vivid landmark with dynamic effects that we can use in tandem with different events.
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QUotE of thE DAY

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want. Aristotle from thinkexist.com

Professional sports are hungry for dirt

he current hot topic is the Hunger Games but not because its about extreme competition. For those who havent read the books or seen the movie, I warn you of spoilers. The series depicts a nation that requires 24 teenagers to participate in an extreme survival competition every year. The catch is that only one competitor is allowed to survive. The novels are laced with political commentary about violence in our society. Another important element of the books is that they show how sports or competition has the ability to determine a persons worth. While this isnt a new theme or a new aspect of society, it does have an interesting new twist with modern celebrity

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Archery is one of the oldest sports that was present in many different civilizations.

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culture. The list of well known celebrities has expanded over the years to include well-known professional athletes to lesser known athletes as well. We all know more about our favorite celebrities than we need. Their personal lives are incorporated into our judgments

about their accomplishments and their careers. For example, if a college or professional athlete has an affair, it suddenly makes headline news and then comes the official apology and promise for redemption. It is turning into a tired and old routine. Honestly, incidents like this occur all the time among civilians but none of them make headline news. I understand the argument that they are public figures, but at what point do their personal lives matter too much? The Hunger Games tackles this issue by depicting an extreme case of celebrity love. The competitors get the royal treatment but the whole time they have to follow strict guidelines about how to act in the public eye. One wrong

step and it could mean their lives. In our world, the consequences arent that extreme but I really do wonder sometimes. I enjoy watching sports just for the competition, not because the athletes are amazing people outside the arena. Frankly, I have better things to do than agonize over an athletes fall from grace. Edited by Jeff Karr

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Friday
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Saturday
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Volume 124 Issue 138

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

kansan.com

Thursday, April 19, 2012

sports

Check out the stats from last nights game page 9

jayhawk baseball

pages 6-7

See photos from Wednesdays Kansas Relays

Kansas 6, saint MaRy 0

Relays an event to watch

By C.J. Matson
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COMMENTARY

andrew joseph
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three in a row
As we get deeper in the season now that weve played over 30 games our hitters stop chasing that breaking ball out of the zone, Price said. I think thats what were seeing now. Our guys have played enough games and seen enough pitches where theyre laying off on those out of the zone. With the offense struggling to break the game open, Dreiling made his presence known, even without an official at bat. Dreiling went 0-for-0 with two walks and an RBI on the sacrifice fly. Sophomore infielder Kaiana Eldredges double in the fourth inning brought Dreiling home for Kansas third run. Coming off a weekend series against Texas A&Ms hard-throwing arms, the Jayhawks had to adjust to the drop-off in pitch velocity. For some guys it takes a little while for them to stay back, Dreiling said. As we saw the last few games, people were able to get on time with swings and it ended up working out. The Jayhawks only used freshman pitchers against the Spires, and Drew Morovicks five shutout innings improved his record to 3-1. Having successfully avoided a mid-week letdown, Kansas focus turns to this weekends matchup at No. 23 Texas. The Longhorns have one of the best home pitching staffs, and the Jayhawk rotation will need to match it to come away with a win. It all starts with our pitching, Price said. Well need three quality outings from each one of the starting guys. Edited by Katie James

e live in an age where team sports dominate because they draw more interest and are more attractive to sports fans. Much of our sports discourse revolves around the four main professional sports leagues NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB and the two revenue-generating college sports NCAA football and NCAA basketball because they are immensely popular to watch. Its easy to understand these sports because the media does a great job exposing them to the public. Lost in the shuffle in our sports culture are the individual, Olympic sports that conceived these highly active, competitive games weve grown to love. The 85th annual Kansas Relays started yesterday in Lawrence. The Kansas Relays were founded in 1923 by two legendary Kansas coaches: Former basketball coach Phog Allen and former football coach John Outland, whose involvement in the Penn Relays inspired him to carry on a similar tradition at Kansas. The Penn Relay is the oldest and largest track and field event in the United States. Some famous meet referees from previous Kansas Relays events include inventor of basketball Dr. James Naismith, and former Kansas basketball player and Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp. Dont dismiss the Kansas Relays because its a track and field event instead of a team sport tournament. Track and field is the root of all sports. The Kansas Relays is a top destination for world-class athletes, not just high school and college athletes. Successful Olympic athletes such as Maurice Greene, Marion Jones, Stacey Dragila, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Bruce Jenner have competed in the Relays. Some these names you probably know, for good or bad, and some of them you might not know, but theyve all reached the pinnacle of track and field. Who knows, maybe a future Olympian could emerge from the Kansas Relays this weekend or new records could be set. What makes the annual event unique is the placement of some of the competitions, most notably the shot put and long jump. Last year, these two meets took place in downtown Lawrence between Massachusetts Street and New Hampshire Street. This marked the first time in the United States that a track and field meet was held on a street. The mens shot put drew 2,500 people at the intersection of Eighth and New Hampshire Streets. I encourage everyone in Lawrence this weekend to attend the Kansas Relays. They are steeped in history. It should be something that students and residents should be prideful about. If youre attending the meets in downtown Lawrence, youre able to not only enjoy watching the meets, but also visit downtown shops, restaurants and bars. The University will also attempt to break the record for worlds largest nacho plate during the Relays. After all, records were made to be broken. Edited by Pat Strathman

The Kansas baseball team extended its winning streak to three games Wednesday with a 6-0 victory over the University of Saint Mary. The win improved Kansas record to 15-23 overall and gave the Jayhawks their first three-game winning streak since the opening week. Similar to Tuesday nights victory over Baker University, the Jayhawks took an early lead and never looked back. Senior third baseman Zac Elgie hit an RBI double off the base of the left-field wall in the first inning, giving the Jayhawks a 1-0 lead. A sacrifice fly off the bat of junior infielder Jordan Dreiling had Kansas heading into the second inning with a 2-0 advantage. After coach Ritch Price placed an emphasis on getting these quick leads, Elgie came through in consecutive nights. I think when it comes to playing teams like this, the older guys really want to come in and lead by example, Elgie said. We sputtered off a little bit there in the middle, but the younger guys got a chance to play late. Theyve proved that they can play well, and its good for the team as a whole. Saint Mary used nine pitchers in the ballgame, but the 17-25 Spires out of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference held the offense in check for most of the night. The Jayhawks mustered just eight hits, but their recent improved plate discipline continued against Saint Mary, earning nine walks.

infielder Kaiana eldridge tags out a saint Mary runner attempting to steal for second base. the Jayhawks shut out saint Mary in their 6-0 victory last night.

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tRaCK and field

Golf

Worlds best throw at Relays

Max Goodwin
mgoodwin@kansan.com On Wednesday night the downtown Lawrence crowd saw three of the top throws in the world this year. People watched from rooftops and windows and many stood on the street surrounding the giant mound of sand constructed on top of Eighth and New Hampshire Streets as some of the worlds best shot putters competed. Reese Hoffa threw over 71 feet to beat former silver medalist Christian Cantwell. Hoffa won the event on his final throw, outdoing an earlier throw by Cantwell that had already been announced as the longest in the world this year. A day before the downtown competition, Reese discussed why he was looking forward to the event for this years Kansas Relays. I love these kinds of meets because it gets the crowd into it, Hoffa said. Its up close and personal and if they ever have any questions about what is shot putting, we answer that for them. Hoffas winning throw traveled 71 feet, 3 inches to show fans why shot put is on a world class level. After the competition Hoffa was the center of attention, answering questions, signing autographs and taking pictures with fans. Its exciting that the fans here just enjoyed watching us throw, Hoffa said. All of the throwers seemed to enjoy the opportunity that the downtown shot put event provided for the fans to be able to see the event at such close range. The throwers normally dont have the opportunity to interact with fans after competition, so they took advantage of the moment. I think its an awesome place to throw and a great way to feature the shot put. Adam Nelson, a two-time Olympic medalist, said. Usually were in the middle of the field, and youre lucky if the fans are actually able to see the event. Nelson said. This competition was just the beginning of the outdoor season for many of the competitors, and from here they have just over two months until the Olympic trials take place on June 21. Ryan Whiting, the 2012 World indoor champion said this is the first step toward trials. Were all going to have to shoot it out in Eugene in two months, Whiting said. Edited by Bre Roach

Five jayhawk golfers make academic team

it was released Wednesday that five Jayhawk golfers made the academic all-Big 12 conference team. to qualify, athletes must maintain a 3.0 GPa for two semesters and participate in 60 percent of the teams scheduled contests. seniors Katy nugent and Maria Jackson, junior audrey yowell and sophomore Meghan Potee made the Womens academic all-Big 12 first team. the womens team has produced at least three first-team selections for five consecutive seasons and 47 firstteam selections of all time. Junior alex Gutesha made the Mens academic all-Big 12 second team, which requires a 3.2 GPa over two semesters. Gutesha is one of 22 players to make the list. freshmen and transfer students are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. the womens team is preparing for Big 12 Championship play at lawrence Country Club in lawrence april 27-29. the mens team travels to trinity, texas for the Big 12 Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club.
Trevor Graff

Reese Hoffa of the new york athletic Club hoists the trophy after winning the Kansas Relays Mens shot Put competition in downtown lawrence, Wednesday night.

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