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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Rachel salyeR
rsalyer@kansan.com Lots of college students like to think alcohol is easily accessible and at their fingertips around Lawrence. But for students hosting parties or those who arent yet part of the 21 club, there are numerous law enforcement agencies and a task force directed towards keeping alcohol out of underage hands. The Lawrence Police Department wanted to send that message early, and conducted alcohol enforcement in the Oread neighborhood and areas close to downtown Friday and Saturday. When the students get back, we try to pull our resources and set some boundaries, said Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman. Lots of times, its their first time away from home and they want it to be a big party. Officers made arrests or issued citations for 58 alcohol violations,

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weather

underage, under arrest

droughts have hit Kansas hard this summer. now farmers will lose crops and food prices can go up. this is Clinton Lake shown with a very low water level and dry surroundings.

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a fake i.d. wall at Cork and Barrel shows shows students the consequences of using a fake i.d. when trying to buy alcohol.

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including minor in possession of alcohol, driving under the influence, consuming alcohol in public and use of false identification. But the Lawrence Police Department is just one entity trying to prevent underage drinking. Lawrence police, along with the KU Public Safety Office, the Douglas County Sheriff s Office and Kansas Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control are all part of the Fake ID 101 task force, which will target any area where alcohol may be consumed this semester. They are out in every different place you can think of that sells or provides alcohol, said Jen Jordan, the director of prevention at Douglas County Citizens Committee on Alcoholism. The task force will patrol for underage drinking and check for fake or false identification at bars, liquor stores, house parties and on game days. For Curtis Yingling, a junior from Andover, a major concern is the consequence for those hosting house parties. Ill go to them, but Id never have one, Yingling said. The risk is just too big. People who arent 21 will come and then youve got the fine. The task force started in 2010 with grant funding, and began patrolling house parties last spring when it issued two citations for social hosting. Last school year, the task force administered 168 minor-in-possession charges and 126 fake identification charges. Captain Mark Witt, a KU Public Safety Office coordinator for the task force, said students may be eligible for a diversion on their first alcohol violation in Kansas, but second offenses will stay on their record. It can follow you into your career, Witt said. We want students leaving with degrees, not criminal records. Edited by Emma McElhaney

Death ridge brings drought

maRshall schmidt
mschmidt@kansan.com Drought conditions mean warmer temperatures, drier weather, and higher food and alcohol prices for students. Because of heat and lack of moisture this summer, any food product derived from grain will see a rise in prices, said Kevin Nelson, an atmospheric science graduate student from Prior Lake, Minn. This includes beef, bread and alcohol. Higher grain prices might mean a drought for drink specials, Nelson said. Drier weather makes for a drier Lawrence. Although drought conditions have hurt grain production this year, Nelson did not expect to see the effect on food prices until next year. Drought conditions are also responsible for the algae bloom in the Lawrence water supply, Nelson said. The unusual drought conditions are the result of a weather pattern known as the death ridge, said Prescott Bishop, an atmospheric science graduate student from San Antonio, Texas. It stretches from the Rocky Mountains to the East Coast, Bishop said. Its even larger than last summers. Bishop said the death ridge is a warm, high pressure weather system that has covered the Great Plains since April. High pressure makes the weather warmer and drier, which makes the high pressure stronger, causing even more warmth and dryness, said Garrett Black, an atmospheric science senior from Hutchinson. So far, no other weather pattern has broken the death ridge, which is unusual, Black said. Black did have hope that weather systems moving into the region this week could begin to curb the drought conditions. This weekend we have a chance for rain, which could be a good start to a series of low pressure systems to break the death ridge, Black said. Edited by Brian Sisk

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Source: Douglas County Citizens Committee on Alcoholism

transportation

safeBus expands routes, includes Clinton parkway

Rachel salyeR
rsalyer@kansan.com A new route and additional downtown pick-up times have been added to SafeBus services this year because of demand. The new route, known as number 55, runs from downtown to Clinton Parkway and loops along Wakarusa and Inverness drives. Red and Yellow routes running between 14th and Tennessee streets have also been reworked to allow for pick-ups every 10 minutes, as opposed to the every 15 minutes offered last year. Changes are purely demandbased, said Marcus Tetwiler, a junior from Paola and the KU on Wheels transportation coordinator. SafeBus started during the 2007 and 2008 school year as an additional and more cost-effective option to SafeRide, Tetwiler said. During the first year, SafeBus saw 10,377 riders. Last year, that number rose to more than 76,000. Tetwiler said last year the majority of SafeRide calls came from the new route 55 area. It made more economical sense to put that area on fixed route, Tetwiler said. Its more convenient for the students and its the best use of their money. Tanner Brunhoeber, a sophomore from Augusta, has lived in an apartment along the route for the past two years. I knew people who drank and drove back here last year, so I think itll help a lot, Brunhoeber said. While quantity is important, Tetwiler said he hopes the additional stops along 14th and Tennessee streets will also increase the quality of service. Its not meant to be a packed drunk tank, Tetwiler said. We want it to be less crowded and a safe place for everyone. People who arent drinking and need a safe ride home should be able to get that. Both SafeBus and SafeRide operate on a semester student fee of $16.30 or two cab rides home, as Tetwiler said. Its money Andy MacKay, a junior from Seattle, doesnt mind paying. Not having to rely on as many people makes it worth it, MacKay said. You can just be liable for yourself. Edited by Christy Khamphilay

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wEDNESDAY, AUGUSt 22, 2012

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Wednesday, August 22
whAt: Poster Sale whERE: Kansas Union, Fourth Floor whEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ABoUt: After classes, a Michael Jordan or Al Pacino poster might be in order. whAt: Global Population Growth lecture whERE: Ecumenical Campus Ministries whEN: Noon to 1 p.m. ABoUt: Listen to how we can be leaders on the issue of population growth for the planet.

Thursday, August 23
WHAT: Veggie Lunch whERE: Ecumenical Campus Ministries whEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ABoUt: Im a vegetarian and I aint scared of him. whAt: Tea at Three whERE: Kansas Union whEN: 3 p.m. ABoUt: Crumpets may not be included, but getting involved with Student Union Activities is. whAt: Red Molly concert whERE: Lied Center whEN: 7:30 p.m. ABoUt: Bluegrass and folk music fans will be treated to original music by band Red Molly. Tickets are $25.

Friday, August 24
whAt: Last day to enroll whERE: Strong Hall whEN: All day ABoUt: Friday is the last day to add classes for the fall semester whAt: ECM Welcome Back BBQ whERE: ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave whEN: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. ABoUt: Opportunity to mingle with students, faculty and staff whAt: Campus Movie Series: Men in Black 3 whERE: Kansas Union whEN: 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ABoUt: Kick off the semester with the first movie in the Fall Campus Movie Series. Ticket prices: Free with SSC, $2 Student, $3 General at SUA offices, Level 4 Kansas Union.

Saturday, August 25
whAt: Downtown Hawks whERE: Downtown Lawrence whEN: All day ABoUt: Go downtown to check what services local businesses offer students. Bring your student ID to receive special discounts. whAt: Frosh Frenzy whERE: Eaton Hall whEN: 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. ABoUt: An Amazing Race style competition for School of Engineering freshman provides a great way for new engineering students to meet. whAt: Campus Movie Series: Men in Black 3 whERE: Kansas Union whEN: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ABoUt: A second showing of the Men in Black 3. Ticket prices: Free with SUA Student Saver Cardholders, $2 for student, $3 for general public. Tickets available in the SUA office, Level 4, Kansas Union.

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Fire drills to come

NIKKI wENtLING
nwentling@kansan.com There will be unannounced fire drills for on-campus housing sometime during the first 10 days of the semester, according to a statement from Diana Robertson, student housing director. The drills will be conducted in residence halls, scholarship halls and Jayhawker Towers. Evacuation routes are posted on the back of each students room door, and assembly areas are designated. KU Public Safety and the LawrenceDouglas County Fire and Medical services will give the all clear for students to return to their residences. With an unplanned alarm, vehicles from both agencies are dispatched to the building. The University is performing the drills to comply with regulations from the Kansas State Fire Marshall and the International Fire Code, which requires two fire drills per building per semester. Drills are held to allow residents and staff to practice the evacuation process, reinforce the urgency of following safety procedures and offer an opportunity to test fire safety equipment. -Edited by Luke Ranker

UDK ranks sixth in poll

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icummings@kansan.com The University Daily Kansan is the sixth-best college newspaper in the country, according to this years Princeton Review surveys. The Princeton Review ranks Universities across the country in a wide variety of categories, from academics to the quality of student life. Penn States Daily Collegian topped the list at No.1. Student papers at UNC Chapel Hill, Yale, Brown, and University of Wisconsin-Madison followed. Student papers at major journalism schools like the University of Missouri, Columbia University, and University of Southern California were missing entirely from the list. The University also made the top 20 for its college radio and its sports. KJHK, the Universitys studentrun radio, ranked at No.16, and the University was listed at the No. 12 Jock School, in the country, topping Kansas State, which was listed at No. 14. The Princeton Review lists dont say much about why the schools were chosen, but the Daily Collegian at Penn State was reporting from the center of a huge controversy last year over the firing of former football coach Joe Paterno and the prosecution of former coach Jerry Sandusky for sexual abuse. As for the University Daily Kansan, it unveiled a redesigned website, Kansan.com, this year. -Edited by Luke Ranker

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mensk, just miles north of the border with Mongolia, has been charged with murder. Investigators say the woman was drunk on a July evening when she and her boyfriend called on their 65-year-old neighbor for money to buy drinks. Angry that he refused to lend them money, the woman punched him in the face and tried to strangle him with her hands before taking off her bra and strangling him with it, they said. The woman is now in custody awaiting the end of the inquiry, investigators said. Her name was not released.

Volcanic rock floats to New Zealand coast Woman strangles neighbor with brassiere
WELLINGTON, New Zealand A mass of small volcanic rocks nearly the size of Belgium has been discovered floating off the coast of New Zealand. The stretch of golf ballsized pumice rocks was first spotted this week by a Royal New Zealand Air Force plane about 1,000 kilometers (about 620 miles) northeast of Auckland. The rocks stretch for about 26,000 square kilometers, or about 10,000 square miles. A Navy ship took scientists to the rocks Thursday night. Naval Lt. Tim Oscar said the rocks appeared a brilliant white under a spotlight, like a giant ice shelf. He said its the weirdest thing hes seen in 18 years at sea. Scientists said the rocks likely spewed up in an eruption by an underwater volcano. They dont believe the eruption is connected to the onshore ash eruption this week of another volcano, Mount Tongariro. The New Zealand Defence Force said the mass of rocks stretches 250 nautical miles by 30 nautical miles. MOSCOW (AP) Russian investigators say a woman in eastern Siberia strangled an elderly neighbor to death with her bra. The Investigative Committee in Buryatia said in a statement on Tuesday that the 26-year-old woman from the town of Zaka-

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In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo released by New Zealand Defence Force, pumice rocks are shown at an unidentified location after the rocks were collected from an area of floating pumice southwest of Raoul island, off New Zealands coast. Scientists said the rocks likely spewed up in an eruption by an underwater volcano.

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AfRIcA

Mob locks Egyptian leaders in hospital

CAIRO Villagers briefly locked the Egyptian health minister and a provincial governor inside a hospital room Tuesday after allegedly contaminated water caused hundreds of residents to fall ill, officials said. A hospital in the Nile Delta province of Menoufia, 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Cairo, admitted dozens of people with severe cases of diarrhea, vomiting and high fevers, Health Ministry official Amr Kandil said. Egypts state-run news agency MENA said the number of sick people reached more than 400. During a visit by Health Minister Mohammed Mustafa and Gov. Ashraf Helal to the hospital Tuesday, angry family members held up bottles of brackish-looking water and chanted, drink it. Then they locked the two officials in a room. After an hour, the two were released with police intervention. Mustafa ordered closure of illegal and unlicensed sources of water. Helal suspended government employees responsible for the villages main source of tap water. Kandil said a medical team collected samples of the water the villagers say is polluted in order to determine whether it was the cause of the sickness. Water and food poisoning are common in Egypt, mainly because of poor oversight, deteriorating public services, and mushrooming slums and residential buildings outside government control across the country. QUITO, Ecuador Ecuadorean authorities say 110 families have been evacuated from the vicinity of the Tungurahua volcano, which has been spewing molten rock, ash and lava since the weekend. Spokeswoman Mercedes Taipe of Ecuadors Geophysics Institute says a column of vapor and ash up to 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) high has characterized the moderate-to-strong eruption. She said Tuesday that a halfdozen villages are being showered in ash. She had no immediate estimate on economic damage to local farming.

Ash and steam billow from the Tungurahua volcano, seen from Huambalo, Ecuador, as the sun rises early Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012.

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Villages evacuate near volcanic activity

The 16,480-foot (5,023-meter) volcano 84 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of Quito has been active since 1999. In July and August of 2006, eruptions of Tungurahua killed at least four people, left two missing and forced the evacuation of thousands.

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Auditions beginning for University Theatre

ELLY GRImm
egrimm@kansan.com The University Theatre program will host auditions this week for the Fall 2012 season. Open Call auditions began Aug. 20 and were held in Crafton-Preyer Theater in Murphy Hall. They will continue at 7 p.m. tonight. Callbacks will then be held Wednesday and Thursday with the official cast lists posted Friday. The Theatre Rally, which gave students information about the department and its shows, kicked off auditions week on Aug. 19. More than 80 students attended the rally, said Katherine Pryor, managing director of the theater. The auditions will be for the productions of The 39 Steps, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, Into the Woods and If the Whole Body Dies. Pryor said the University Theatre Committee began mapping out the full 2012-2013 season in May. Some of the faculty directors had already begun thinking about it around mid-March, she said. Pryor said there were criteria for the shows chosen for the upcoming season. The committee considered the research needs of the faculty directors as well as undergraduate and design needs. We also take into account what the audience will enjoy, of course, Pryor said. Auditions are open to undergraduate and graduate students of all majors. People think that because theyre not a theater major they wont get in, but they do quite often. Students associated with the theater department also contributed to the seasons line up of productions. Last season I was a student representative (on the committee) so I actually got to vote, said Thom Browne, a senior from Topeka. Overall I think we put together a fun season. We definitely have the talent to flesh it out so we can expect a lot of talent from them. Browne, now a member of the Tech Crew after acting in past shows, said publicity plays a large role in enticing audience members. We do a lot of publicity for every show to draw students and faculty, as well as the Lawrence community, he said. Also, its the high expectation of quality the audience has from us. Jenny Curatola, a senior from Lansing, said the layout of the season will keep audiences interested. Theyre really covering all the bases this year, she said. We have a lot of new students coming and lots of big casts to fill. Curatola said the theater departments loyal fan base provides for a unique experience. For students, its an escape from the academic world and gives them a chance to support their friends, she said. We have a large theater following to keep the tradition alive. Edited by Allison Kohn

Seth andrew macchi. a senior from Topeka, performs a monologue from the scripts of Steam Bath and The real Inspector Hound before a panel of directors during open call auditions at murphy Hall on monday evening.

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Law

PETA to file lawsuit Lost audio interview of King Jr. surfaces

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WICHITA, Kan. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is threatening a free speech lawsuit against the Kansas State Fair over restrictions on the organizations booth. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri and a Kansas City law firm have agreed to represent PETA in a potential federal suit. Attorneys have given fair officials until Thursday to rescind a demand that PETA shield passersby from any videos or pictures depicting animal slaughter. ACLU legal director Doug Bonney said this is an obvious ACLU case because the state fair is imposing a content-based restriction on PETAs speech that is blatantly unconstitutional.

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Eagle killer confesses

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WICHITA, Kan. A central Kansas man has pleaded guilty to killing a golden eagle while he was hunting coyote near Cedar Bluff Reservoir earlier this year. The U.S. Attorneys office says 35-year-old Chad Irvin, of La Crosse, entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Wichita. He was sentenced to 50 hours of community service and assessed $8,000 in fines and restitution. Eagles are protected under federal law. Irvin admitted firing at the eagle twice after spotting it Jan. 9 in Trego County. The injured bird was recovered and sent to the Great Bend Zoo for veterinary care. Officials said the eagles legs were paralyzed from the shooting, and it had to be euthanized. Irvins sentence also includes three years of probation, during which hes barred from hunting, fishing, trapping and guiding.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Stephon Tull was looking through dusty old boxes in his fathers attic in Chattanooga a few months ago when he stumbled onto something startling: an audio reel labeled, Dr. King interview, Dec. 21, 1960. He wasnt sure what he had found until he borrowed a friends reel-to-reel player and listened to the recording of his father interviewing Martin Luther King Jr. for a book project that never came to fruition. In clear audio, King discusses the importance of the civil rights movement, his definition of nonviolence and how a recent trip of his to Africa informed his views. Tull said the recording had been in the attic for years, and he wasnt sure who other than his father may have heard it. No words can describe. I couldnt believe it, he told The Associated Press this week in a phone interview from his home in Chattanooga. I found ... a lost part of history. Many recordings of King are known to exist among hundreds of thousands of documents related to his life that have been catalogued and archived. But one historian said the newly discovered interview is unusual because audio of King discussing his activities in Africa is rare, while two of Kings contemporaries said its exciting to hear a little-known recording of their friend for the first time. Tull plans to offer the recording at a private sale arranged by a New York broker and collector later this month. Tull said his father, an insur-

In this 1960 file photo, martin Luther King Jr. speaks in atlanta. a 1960 recording of an interview with King never before heard in public is up for sale. ance salesman, had planned to write a book about the racism he encountered both growing up in Chattanooga and later as an adult. He said his dad interviewed King when he visited the city but never completed the book and simply stored the recording with other interviews he had done. Tulls father is now in his early 80s and under hospice care. During part of the 51-year-old interview, King defines nonviolence and justifies its practice. I would ... say that it is a method which seeks to secure a moral end through moral means, he said. And it grows out of the whole concept of love, because if one is truly nonviolent, that person has a loving spirit; he refuses to inflict injury upon the opponent because he loves the opponent. The interview took place four years before the Civil Rights Act became law, three years before Kings famous I Have a Dream speech, and eight years before his assassination. At one point in the interview, King predicts the impact

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of the civil rights movement. I am convinced that when the history books are written in future years, historians will have to record this movement as one of the greatest epics of our heritage, he said. King had visited Africa about a month before the interview, and he discusses with Tulls father how leaders there viewed the racial unrest in the United States. I had the opportunity to talk with most of the major leaders of the new independent countries of Africa, and also leaders in countries that are moving toward independence, he said. And I think all of them agree that in the United States we must solve this problem of racial injustice if we expect to maintain our leadership in the world. Raymond Winbush, director of the Institute for Urban Research at Marylands Morgan State University, said the tape is significant because there are very few recordings of King detailing his time in Africa. Its clear that in this tape when hes talking ... about Africa, he saw this as a global human rights movement that would inspire other organizations, other nations, other groups around the world, said Winbush, who is also a psychologist and historian.

That to me is whats remarkable about the tape. U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Freedom Rider who organized Tennessees first lunch counter sit-in at age 19 in Nashville, said hearing King talk about the sit-ins took him back to the period when more than 100 restaurant counters were desegregated over several months. To ... hear his voice and listen to his words was so moving, so powerful, said Lewis, adding that Kings principles of nonviolence are still relevant today. I wish people all over America, all over the world, can hear this message over and over again, he said. Rev. Joseph Lowery, who worked with King while a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, agreed. I cant think of anything better to try, Lowery said of nonviolence. What were doing now is not working. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Matching violence with violence. Weve got more guns than weve ever had, and more ammunition to go with it. And yet, the situation worsens. A spokeswoman for Kings daughter Bernice, head of The King Center in Atlanta, said she was traveling and couldnt comment on the audio. Tull is working with a New Yorkbased collector and expert on historical artifacts to arrange a sale. The broker, Keya Morgan, said he believes that unpublished reelto-reel audio of King is extremely rare and said hes confident of the authenticity of the recording based on extensive interviews with Tull, his examination of the tape and his knowledge of King. Hes collected many of the civil rights icons letters and photos. I was like, wow! To hear him that crisp and clear, Morgan said. But beyond that, for him to speak of nonviolence, which is what he represented.

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garabedian. The Expendables 2 also pulled in $17.3 million overseas. While the sequel drew smaller crowds than the first movie, distributor Lionsgate noted that business held up better for the new one in its second day. Revenues dipped only 3 percent from Friday to Saturday compared to 11 percent for The Expendables, according to Lionsgate. Thats a sign that more first-night fans may be talking up the sequel, which also earned better reviews than the original. We believe with solid word of mouth and even critical response to the film, that bodes well for the playability, said David Spitz, Lionsgates head of distribution. Its the old, its not a sprint, its a marathon.

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The presidential race is about to heat up, and with it the onslaught of negative attack ads from both sides. It is inevitable that out of the millions of dollars allocated toward the election, the attacks will pour in through advertising and the media. What is also inevitable is we will find it annoying. These attacks are nothing new. Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney unveiled a new

political tactic at a recent rally: the Whiteboard. Romney used it to illustrate the harmful effects that Obamacare will have on Medicare. President Barack Obama has indicated that the plan adopted by Romney and designed by running mate, Paul Ryan, will cut provisions previously left for Medicare. Both men have said that their opponents plan would lead to the end of Medicare as we know it. Both men hope that proving that the others plan is worse will help swing the invaluable vote of the 65 and over population. Politicians and strategists have been concocting ways to get your vote since it became a birthright for some, and for others well before then. Disparaging the opposition is now a time-tested

tradition. The idea that incivility in politics is a modern phenomenon or a sign that we have strayed from what our Founders envisioned is incorrect. The Presidential election of 1796, the first time campaigns were waged by separate parties running for the office, was one of the most slanderous in American history. That is in spite of the race coming down to two of our Founding Fathers. The election pitted John Adams, Federalist, against Thomas Jefferson, DemocraticRepublican. Two men who had such influential roles in the shaping of our politics after gaining independence still found themselves at odds, and were guilty of displaying less civility than could be imaginable today. John Adams

won the election and once he was in office, passed the Alien and Sedition Act, effectively outlawing negative press about the President just five years after the Bill of Rights was ratified. That would probably not fly today. The man who ran against Jefferson within the DemocraticRepublican party, Aaron Burr, later gained fame by (202 years before Dick Cheney) shooting a man as Vice President. The man he shot and killed in a duel, Alexander Hamilton, was a popular Federalist, celebrated Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel under George Washington, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and primary political adversary of Thomas Jefferson. It is fair to say there was some bad blood between

the parties, and all of this from men who were the forbears of our political system, who had just won a war in order to see their ideas realized. We are occasionally guilty of looking at the past through rosecolored lenses. As frustrating as it may be to sit through ad after ad of snarky, dramatized political dialogue, it remains unlikely that Paul Ryan will challenge Nancy Pelosi to a duel (maybe Rick Perry will, though). We can deal with the ads as long as the political jabs stick to issues and never any further. Cosby is a sophomore majoring in economics and political science from Overland Park. follow him on twitter @claycosby.

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nothing says im a freshman more than wearing your senior class shirt on the first day of school. lets just get this out of the way early. We hate frat packs, theres a wale in potter lake, and i saw Withey today. i know im not on staff and yeah, this is crazy. But bring back Jayplay... consider it, maybe? as i go to open my laptop at anschutz i had a quick oh god i hope the last thing i was looking at wasnt porn moment poor college kid complex: eating leftover ribs from a month ago. is it just me or does Wescoe Beach look pretty much the same? not only was that lecture optional, the professor practically forced us to leave. Keep that going! i love dresses. i dont have to put on pants. i dont have to match anything. the top party school list came out today and we didnt even make the top 20. Get your shit together people! trying not to breathe loudly in class after climbing the hill. i really need to workout more... Holy shit i forgot how attractive everyone at this school was. and since im bisexual, its even better. Just overheard some guy say to his (im assuming) girlfriend, send me a selfie later, babe. Guy just walked into my 9:30 class with his dress shirt inside out, but buttoned up. is that a thing now...? can the FFa be counted as a hobby for all these first day of classes questions? editors note: absolutely. i miss White owl. rip tony scott. suicide is not a dirty word. speak out, get help. all the freshmen are fresh dressed like a million bucks. im fresh dressed like i eat ramen every day. i just trained somebody at my job. My job ive had for a three whole shifts. i have an idea: dont print so many coupon books. theres better places to jog than Jayhawk Blvd during class change. also, put a shirt on. You only bring a girl back to the house if shes over an eight or under a two -random frat guy dapper dillons? sounds like the name of a sheltered college freshman.

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The first few weeks during the start of a new school year brings a lot of stress for everyone. It is the time to get a good start to the semester, get organized, and get into a routine. Dont let the stress overtake you and relieve the pressure by sitting down and relaxing. The best way to relax and relieve stress is to laugh a lot and I mean a lot. It will get your mind off of those stress triggers and will improve your mood. So I have a suggestion for you: go watch a funny movie. The Campaign, which is currently showing in theaters starring comedian Will Ferrell, who in my opinion is one of the funniest comedic actors of our time. Ferrell plays the role of a North Carolina congressman Cam Brady. Brady is running opposed to the character Marty Huggins, played by Zach Galifianakis, who most of you all know as Alan from The Hangover. Huggins is not the favorite to win the campaign but as the movie progresses and the plot unfolds the race becomes much more heated and the oddball candidate is right on the tail of

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Cam Brady. Brady and Huggins butt heads during the entire movie making it one of funniest movies Ferrell has done (behind Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, of course). With this duo of comedians, you can almost guarantee that this movie will be worth the outrageous movie theater prices. The gritty comedy will keep you laughing all 85 minutes of the film. Shawn Harwell, who is famous for writing the hit HBO comedy series East Bound & Down, wrote the storyline, and Zach Galifianakis is turning into one of the top-rated comedians. When you combine his dumb guy character with Will Ferrells classic comedy you are guaranteed to get a lot of laughs. If you dont want to go to the theater you can rent or stream

the movie Superbad. This was Jonah Hills first big role, playing a high school kid who wants to go to a party with a friend and get popular before they go off to college. And dont forget this movie features the oh-so-famous McLovin fake ID. Superbad helped jumpstart Jonah Hills acting career and is a must watch if you havent seen it yet. If that movie doesnt seem up to your liking, how about watching a classic comedy like Dumb and Dumber. This movie stars a young Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels. They play the role of two poor guys who travel to Colorado to return a briefcase to Jim Careys love interest, but their stupidity is only slowing things down and getting them into danger along the way. Jim Careys comedies never fail to make me laugh. So before the semester really gets tough and studying time comes, get all that bad stress out of your body and go watch a funny movie. It really will make you feel better. Ben Carroll is a junior majoring in english from salem, Conn. follow him on twitter @BCarroll91.

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same hashtag system as Twitter. You can hashtag any word and once the post is live, you can click it and see any other posts in the world which share the same hashtag. With Twitter, though, hashtags are mostly used for humor (i.e. #drunk, #MizzouBasketball). Overhashtagging on Instagram invites all sorts of weirdos from all over the world to check out your new trashy belly-button ring and give you a like and a follow. Sure, this can make you #Instafamous, but really, being famous on Instagram is no better than being famous on a computer game message board. It sure as hell isnt going to get you laid. If youre a like fiend, this is a sure-fire way to score a lot of likes and comments, especially if youre the kind of jerk who posts this around lunch and dinner. Its worth noting that the only people who give you likes for this are either starving or compulsive binge-eaters. You wouldnt show a delicious, juicy filet mignon to a starving person, would you? I didnt think so. Dont do it on Instagram. STUPID #CRAFTING How cool. You followed a few instructions and made something you found on Pinterest. Now you should go outside and do something with your life. Using your phone to take a picture of your skimpy outfit or huge muscles in the mirror hasnt been cool since Xanga. When I see someone post a selfie, I dont think theyre trying to show off their outfit or fitness dedication. I think one thing: Someone has some self-esteem issues. If thats the image youre trying to convey, go for it. Just know that the only guys/girls who comment and say Ur so hot!! with the Emoji flame symbols next to it have self-esteem issues, too. Nothing says romance like twoway compliment fishing. Barbosa is a junior majoring in journalism from leawood. for more hilarity, follow him on twitter @aJBarBrOsa.

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Every year or so, a new app or online start-up comes along and gives everyone from 13-year-old middle school drama queens to 55-year-old nosy mothers a chance to share every detail of their mundane, regular lives with the rest of the world. The ever-powerful Facebook seems to be slowly losing out to social networking apps that are more readily available on iPhones and Android phones. Case in point: Instagram. Its been around for a while, and unless you still use Photobucket, you have it. Instagrams pretty cool. If your friends have it and youve built a solid base of people to follow and follow you, it can get addictive. Is your buddy face down on the floor at 11 p.m. next to empty bottles of Listerine and Vodka? You better Instagram that shit. Youre sitting at Kauffman Stadium and the sun is setting behind the outfield fountains? Instagram itthat girl from your COMS 130 class who you havent talked to since finals week will probably like it. If that makes you feel better about yourself, Instagram has you covered. Unfortunately, though, its starting to get out of control. Just like every other social network, more users generally means more morons. Once youve made the mistake of following these clowns, your feed will get clogged with their daily idiocy. I like to think Im somewhat of a social media connoisseur, and Im also a natural complainer. There are a lot of ways to piss me off with your Instagram posts, but for the sake of brevity, Ill narrow them down to the three big, universal no-nos when it comes to posting a sub-par picture in Sepia coloring. Technically, Instagram has the

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@uDK_opinion i think its great if we give other, smaller teams a chance. We have awesome supporters who donate plenty.

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@uDK_opinion You can but never over @ KUathletics. KU should be priority. and the other team you cheer for should not be a Big Xii school

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@uDK_opinion its okay if youre a KU grad student but earned your Bachelors degree elsewhere. #gigem

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@uDK_opinion You can support other teams, but never over KU. also, if i see anyone @ KU wearing apparel from Mizzou or UK i will destroy you.

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jdaugherty@kansan.com As the semester begins, students return to campus to attend early morning classes, purchase overpriced textbooks and renew competitive spirit for a new season of intramural sports. The Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center will offer a variety of intramural activities this season, said intramural supervisor Usman Wajid. The list includes basketball, volleyball, indoor soccer, floor hockey, kickball and hard court volleyball. Flag football sign up started Aug. 21 and ends next Tuesday. Sign ups for dodgeball begin Oct. 16.. For many students, intramurals provide both a social and competitive outlet. I played basketball all through out high school and I just love to play, said William Nelson, a senior from Kansas City. So to be able to play in a structured league is great and it gives me an opportunity to showcase my competitive nature. Nelson said he played with a student from New York two years ago who didnt know anyone. By the end of the intramural season, Nelsons teammate was hanging out with several guys from the team outside of games. Noble Stegall-Bey, a senior from Kansas City, has participated in basketball and flag football intramurals. He said his experience offered more than typical recreation center activities. I loved playing in the basketball leagues because the competition level [is higher] than the normal pickup games at the Rec and I like to test my skill against higher level players. Both Nelson and Stegall-Bey said they would like to try some of the different sports available at the recreation center. I would like to try flag football and volleyball, Nelson said. I consider myself a pretty solid volleyball player and I would like to see what the league is like.. He adds, I wouldnt mind trying flag football, either. Intramural season champions receive a T-shirt emblazoned with their teams victory and a team photo on display at the recreation center for a year until the next season. The basketball and football championships are held in Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium respectively. Interested students can sign up on ku.athleague.com. For more information, call 864-0787 or email imsports@mail.ku.edu. Edited by Joanna Hlavacek

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State didnt have much trouble dealing with complacency last season. Just about every week the Wildcats were the underdogs. That wont be the case after a masterful job by coach Bill Snyder resulted in a season that far exceeded expectations 10 regularseason wins, a surprising trip to the Cotton Bowl and the emergence of quarterback Collin Klein as a Heisman Trophy candidate. Now, pundits are expecting No. 22 Kansas State to succeed, and for the first time since Snyder returned to the sideline, complacency could become an issue. The consequences sometimes are pretty astonishing, Snyder said recently. Its kind of a bad habit to get into because its a bad habit to break once you have gotten into it. Theres a lot of trouble. As far as on the football field is concerned, weve got a lot of examples. Start with the 2000 season. Kansas State was coming off an 11-3 season capped by a 35-21 victory over Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl. The Wildcats scuffled to six wins the following season. Or look at the 2004 season. The Wildcats were coming off another 11-win season, which included a stunning upset of heavy favorite Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game. They went 4-7 the next year. The case that might resonate most with this group, however, occurred much more recently last seasons opener against Eastern Kentucky. Its the kind of game scheduled to provide a team with

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nfordyce@kansan.com Unlike the mens cross country team, the women dont have a clear No. 1 runner to lead the pack. This years team has a disadvantage from an elite talent level since they dont have a front runner they can rely for each race. Its clich for our sport that we need a strong front five, but we dont have a clear cut No. 1, assistant coach Michael Whittlesey said. We dont have a standout runner that weve had the last three or four years. Not having a standout No. 1 runner isnt necessarily a bad thing. Whittlesey said it could benefit the team because it forces others to step up each race. When you dont have the clear cut, now everyone is pushing to try to be that No. 1 runner, Whittlesey said. Everyone starts to realize that they have to work together to have a really tight one-two-three. This year, the teams goal is to have a tighter top five who will push one another every day, Whittlesey saidv Senior Tessa Turcotte, from Albuquerque, N.M., leads the group of Jayhawks, who bring back 12 letter winners and five Big 12 scorers from last season . Turcotte said the team can push one another to be a No. 1 runner. It helps us more because there isnt that clear cut and your not settling, Turcotte said. We all want to be in that spot. The womens cross country team has both youth and experience. The four seniors are Kyra Kilwein, Kathleen Thompson, Devin Wiegers and Turcotte. In addition, there are four redshirt freshmen, six true freshmen, three sophomores and one junior. Since the team is young, Whittlesey said he is expecting great leadership from the senior class. Whittlesey said that any of the six true freshmen could make an immediate impact on the team. Everyone has put in a lot of work, Turcotte said. Our freshmen have really stepped up and know what it means to come into a D-1 program. Edited by Lauren Shelly

an easy, confidence-building win, and it would have turned into a brutal, confidence-sapping loss for Kansas State if not for a 33-yard touchdown pass with 1:33 left in the game. We called it taking your performance level for granted, Snyder said, and we did that, as you recall. It was obvious. The Wildcats learned from the scare, putting together a season that left most outside observers scratching their heads. But the Wildcats still have room for improvement. Kansas State was outgained by an average of 106.8 yards in Big 12 play and ranked sixth in the league in pass defense, allowing more than 263 yards through the air. Those are the kinds of numbers that a 10-win team isnt supposed to yield. Most people would look at statistics and say we need to improve against the pass, which we do, Snyder said, before providing a caveat. In this league, statistics throwing the football are going to be significantly higher than they might normally be in most conferences.

Consequently, the reverse effect is you have to be better on pass defense unless you decide you will line up and outscore people, which are not our kids. The Wildcats probably wont be outscoring everyone this season, either, but Kansas State does intend to employ a more diverse offense. Last season it was a steady dose of Klein on the ground, with a few pass plays thrown in to keep defenses off balance. Using a deep stable of running backs should help take the load off Klein, who had more rush attempts than pass attempts last season and nearly as many yards, 1,141 on the ground to 1,918 through the air. And it should also open up the pass, particularly down the field. Last year people really just started tightening down their defense, giving us some very unusual looks because they werent as concerned about our passing, co-offensive coordinator Dana Dimel said. Now were hoping that with the way (Klein) has improved his passing, it will create a lot more problems for people defensively.

The Wildcats return more starters this season than any since 2006, but Snyder is quick to warn that nothing should be taken for granted remember that whole complacency issue? It appears that the veteran team has taken Snyders preaching to heart, too. Just because we finished in some close games doesnt mean were there, Klein said. We were a better team at the end of last season than we were at the beginning, a better team at the end of spring than we were at the beginning of spring, and weve just got to make sure were a better team at the end of camp than we were at the beginning of camp. Still, the Wildcats know that talk is cheap, and it wont be until they play Missouri State in their season opener Sept. 1 that people will start to draw conclusions about the team. We can all talk about it, Snyder said. Its what we do about it that makes a difference.

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Royals owner cheap; inhibits success

As another Major League Baseball regular season winds down, most teams know where they stand as either pretenders, or contenders. For my favorite team, the Kansas City Royals, they have been labeled as a pretender yet again. After coming off an encouraging sweep of the first place Chicago White Sox over the weekend, the Royals are still 11 games out of first place, and looking to cap off yet another losing season, their ninth in a row. So the question is why? Why have the Royals only had one winning season since 1995? Why have people under the age of 26 never seen the Royals in a playoff game? Most importantly, why arent the Royals competitive anymore? The answer is simple. The Royals cant compete because they dont have an owner that is willing to spend money. In 2000, Glass bought the Royals for the minor cost of $96 million. Now the franchises estimated value is around $354 million, according to Forbes magazine. But despite all the money that Glass is sitting on, he refuses to increase payroll and spend money to make his team competitive. No matter how much young talent the Royals may have, you have to have money to keep these players. In the past, the Royals have not been able to keep their star players because they simply dont have the money to pay him. Glass is also distant from Kansas City and the fanbase. With almost no media or fan interaction, he doesnt have to answer as to why the team has been this bad for this long under his watch. In contrast, if you drive thirty minutes west on I-70 from Kaufmann Stadium to Livestrong Sporting Park, you will find Sporting Kansas City, Kansas Citys professional soccer franchise, is making headlines for unprecedented fan support and championship performances. Sporting Kansas City is currently in first place in the Eastern conference, and they have also recently won the Lamar Hunt US Open cup. The Kansas City based OnGoal LLC owns Sporting Kansas City. The ownership group, led by Robb Heineman, has built a world class soccer stadium that has attracted numerous sellout crowds for MLS and USA mens national team matches, and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final. It has also hosted several concert events. Heinemans twitter account is full of fan and player interaction. He cares about the team because his

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aruszczyk@kansan.com Baseball is unlike most other sports in that there is no salary cap. This means that as long as a team is willing to spend money on high quality players, high quality players the team will get. This is why year after year the Royals and their fans are sitting at home watching teams like the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox compete for World Series rings, something the Royals havent achieved since 1985. The main problem is that David Glass, the Royals owner, is cheap.

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company is located right here in the city Sportings fans live in. If he fails, he understands how much it can hurt the fans, unlike Glass, who has no connection to Kansas City other than the Royals. Now I understand that the MLS and MLB are two totally different markets, with the MLB being far more of a cash cow than the MLS. But all I want is an owner who cares enough about the city and the fans to put a competitive product on the field, so that maybe once in my life I can witness the Royals where they use to be as a contender. Edited by Luke Ranker

This week in athletics

Thursday
No Events Scheduled

Wednesday
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Friday
Womens Volleyball
Northwestern State 4:30 p.m. Fayetteville, Ark.

Saturday

Womens Volleyball
Tennessee-Martin 1:30 p.m. Fayetteville, Ark.

Sunday
Womens Soccer
UNLV 1 p.m. Lawrence, Kan.

Monday
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Tuesday
No Events Scheduled

Womens Soccer
Georgia 5 p.m. Lawrence, Kan.

Womens Volleyball
Arkansas 7 p.m. Fayetteville, Ark.

BASEBALL

Hochevar leads Royals to defeat Tampa Bay Rays

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The Big 12 conferences powerhouses return strong
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ferred to Southern Methodist University, while Texas still searches for its answer behind center. 24 sacks and nine forced fumbles during his three years starting at Brenham High School in Texas. Even with 15 four-star ranked prospects this year, Gray and Brown will be intriguing players as the Longhorns look to climb back up the rankings.

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2011 RecoRd:
8-5 (4-5 Big 12)

2011 RecoRd:
10-3 (6-3 Big 12), 16th AP

Key RetuRneRs:
QB David Ash, QB Case McCoy, RB Malcolm Brown, WR Mike Davis, S Kenny Vaccaro, DE Jackson Jeffcoat, CB Quandre Diggs

Key Losses:
RB Fozzy Whittaker, G David Snow, FB Cody Johnson, DT Kheeston Randall, MLB Keenan Robinson, LB Emmanuel Acho, FS Blake Gideon

oVeRVIeW:
After falling to Alabama in the 2010 BCS National Championship, Texas has entered each season with high hopes of another BCS bowl and found itself outside of the final AP Top 25. The biggest issue has been the inability to lock down a solid starting quarterback since the departure of Colt McCoy. Garret Gilbert was a total disappointment (2744 yards, 10 TD, 17 INT) in his only full year at the helm of the Longhorns offense in 2010 as Texas missed a bowl game for the first time since 1997. Gilbert lost his starting job two games into last season and has since trans-

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Texas enters the 2012 season with the No. 2 ranked signing class in the nation according to Rivals.com. This is in large part because of the commitments of two five-stars, one a stopper, the other a speedster. Running back Jonathan Gray clocked a 4.4 second 40-yard dash while defensive tackle Malcolm Brown sports a 6-feet 2-inch 280 pound frame that registered 125 tackles,

When Gilbert was pulled two games into the 2011 season, the spotlight opened up for backup quarterbacks David Ash or Case McCoy to grab, but so far neither has. The duo shared time running Texas offense but didnt put on the spectacular showing Mack Brown was looking for. Ash went 3-3 (1,068 yards, 4 TD, 8 INT), McCoy ended up 3-2 (1034 yards, 7 TD, 4 INT). Brown will continue to split snaps between Ash and McCoy until one solidifies himself as the quarterback Browns team needs to get back on top of the Big 12.

stoRy to Watch:

Key RetuRneRs:
QB Landry Jones, RB Dominique Whaley, WR Kenny Stills, DB Aaron Colvin, LB Corey Nelson, DB Tony Jefferson

passes for 1540 yards and 23 touchdowns. Scout.com named Metoyer the second best wide receiver recruit in the nation, and he could become a favorite target of Landry Jones early on.

stoRy to Watch:
Three weeks after setting the FBS record for receptions (349) in Lawrence last season, Ryan Broyles had his season end in agony when he tore his ACL against Texas A&M. Broyles had been a pillar of Sooner football and his injury jarred the Oklahoma offense. The Sooners went 2-2 over their remaining four games after only losing one in their previous eight. The losses included a 45-38 heartbreak at Baylor and a 44-10 blowout at Oklahoma State in the season finale. Oklahoma will need to be able to competently replace Broyles if they hope to capture a 44th conference title.

oVeRVIeW:
Oklahoma enters the 2012 season ranked fourth by the AP and rightfully so. Aside from Ryan Broyles, who graduated, all of the big guns are returning on offense starting with quarterback Landry Jones and wide receiver Kenny Stills. As the number two wideout, Jones hooked up with Stills for 61 catches, 849 yards and eight touchdowns while Oklahomas offense ranked 10th best in the nation in scoring and fifth in passing. Even with three current conference champions in the Big 12 (TCU, Oklahoma State, West Virginia) the preseason polls opened up with the Sooners grabbing the 2012 title.

Key Losses:
WR Ryan Broyles, TE James Hanna, OL Donald Stephenson, LB Travis Lewis, DE Frank Alexander, DB Jamell Flemming

toP neWcomeRs:
The Sooners put an emphasis on offensive recruits while gathering their 2012 signees. Out of their top ten recruits ranked by Rivals. com only one plays defense four-star linebacker Eric Striker. At the top of the class is wide receiver Trey Metoyer, a five-star recruit out of Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va. In his senior season at Whitehouse High School, Metoyer gobbled 108

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I didnt ask him to have to improve on anything. I asked about ten guys around him to improve.
- Head coach Bob Stoops on if he told quarterback Landry Jones to work on anything this summer

they saId It:

Ive got 37 years that says it will probably happen, one way or the other. And usually the players will choose them for you if not.
- Mack Brown, on if one of his quarterbacks will solidify himself as the starter

Williams is honored as soccer newcomer

Ryan mccaRthy
rmccarthy@kansan.com On Tuesday, freshman soccer player Ashley Williams was named the Big 12 Soccer Newcomer of the Week. This was determined from the Albuquerque natives success in the matches played on Aug. 17 and 19. Williams scored two goals in two starts in the opening games of the season. Those two goals put her tied for the Big 12 distinction entering this weekend. Williams first goal came as the game winner in the 97th minute against University of California, Santa Barbara the Week. Sophomore Ingrid Vidal on Aug. 17. Her second goal came was the last Jayhawk to be named as an equalizer early in the second the conference newcomer of the week on Sept. 6, 2011. half on Aug. 19, tying Kansas soccer hosts the the game. However, KanKansas Invitational this sas gave up a late goal to weekend at the Jayhawk Northwestern University Soccer Complex. Kansas in a 2-1 overtime loss. will face the University Williams came to Kanof Georgia on Friday at 5 sas with various accolades, p.m. and will return to the including New Mexico field on Sunday at 1 p.m. State player of the year Williams against the University of as a high school senior in 2011. This is the sixth time the Nevada, Las Vegas. Jayhawks have had a soccer player Edited by Allison Kohn named as the Big 12 Newcomer of

Jellyfish burn swim record hopes

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KEY WEST, Fla. Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida on Tuesday, her decades-old dream thwarted, more than anything else, by jellyfish. Storms brewing around her and repeated jellyfish stings forced her out of the water at 12:55 a.m., her crew said. She traveled by boat close to a rocky shoreline in Key West on Tuesday afternoon, just over 72 hours after setting out from Cuba. She made a final short swim to a waiting crowd. Ive been dreaming of this crossing for 35 years now and tried it four times. And should I say that theres no disappointment? No, she said. Im not going to get that moment I dreamed of for so long. Nyad turns 63 on Wednesday and, all told, logged 41 hours and 45 minutes of swim time. Her team acknowledged at 8 a.m. that she had to be pulled from the water, but said it had been about 20 minutes earlier, not nearly seven hours earlier as was the case. She also

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Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad waves to her team after swimming a short distance from a support boat to shore in Key West, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 21. spent time out of the water during a stormy Sunday night, though that was not acknowledged until Tuesday afternoon. Under rules set by the World Open Waters Swimming Association, she could emerge from the water and preserve her chance at a record if her life was in danger. All of that was made moot by the fact that she didnt finish. Her lips swollen from jellyfish stings, she appeared weary as she was helped up from the water at her arrival in Key West. Im not a quitter, but the sport and this particular ocean are different than they used to be, she said. These jellyfish are prolific. And, you know what? To me, theres no joy in that.

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Outlook of wide receivers

rmccarthy@kansan.com There are a lot of changes surrounding the Kansas football team. New coaching staff. New approach in practice. New commercials on television motivating people to show up at Memorial Stadium on Saturdays. Its a fresh start for the Jayhawks. But even with all the changes, theres also veteran players who will lead the team, especially in the large group of wide receivers. Kansas is relying on three senior wide receivers to lead the way all with different skill sets. Daymond Patterson desperately wants to make the most out of his senior season after a groin injury sidelined him last fall. Patterson made all kinds of changes in his time in Lawrence. Hes switched from cornerback to receiver, had three different coaches and now he is in his peak physical condition to make an impact. Then theres Kale Pick, a player who came to Kansas hoping to compete for quarterback position. Hes had some injuries, but now he is a senior and one of the more consistent workers at practice. During training camp, coach Charlie Weis said Pick performed the best out of all the players. Pick is never going to wow you, but hes sure-handed and reliable, something that is always needed at the receiver position. The third senior is D.J. Beshears, the man whose speed separates him from the rest of the talented group. Hes mainly known for leading the Big 12 with 1,014 kick return yards, but hes also always a threat to break a play open on the offensive side. Junior Christian Matthews has shown spurts of good play during spring games, but never put together a complete season. Kansas also has sophomore Andrew Turzilli and junior Chris Omigie, who are both tall players that will contend for playing time. These are a handful of the returning players that have an opportunity to make an impact, but there are new faces moving up the ranks as well. Junior Josh Ford, a transfer from Arizona Western Community College, looks to be a down field threat for the Jayhawks. He has speed to stretch the field but must fine-tune the basic skills in order to fight for playing time. Finally theres freshman Tre Parmalee, whos had an impressive spring and now might be vying for snaps on the field. The roster has 13 wide receivers listed on it, but at this point its anyones guess at who will receive the majority of the touches. This could be a problem, but it could also make difference when opponents have to prepare for Kansas. There are so many options that it will be hard for anyone to keep track this year. With the receivers, its a lot like the rest of the Kansas squad: a lot of old and a lot of new, but in the end results are what people will be happy with. Edited by Lauren Shelly

Pierson front runner

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bschuster@kansan.com One by one, the players ran through warm-ups. First Tony Pierson, then Taylor Cox, Brandon Bourbon and James Sims. Sidestepping through agility drills and taking turns pushing a sled 40 yards, each running back looked to outwork the man in front of him. But the warm-ups cant change the playing time, and its being doled out in the aforementioned order. Even though Charlie Weis said Tuesday that most position battles have been settled, the running back core poses a different scenario than most players being juggled on the depth chart. While Tony Pierson has the number one spot locked up until James Sims returns from his three-game suspension and looks to yank it back Bourbon and Cox offer a different breed of running back than Pierson has to offer. I think with Coach Weis being big into personnel groupings, he wants a guy for a certain type of personnel running back coach Reggie Mitchell said at the start of camp. Its fortunate that we have those types of guys in the program. Right now, Tony (Pierson) is the only smaller (back) we have, but thats kind of how (Weis) wants it. Pierson stands 5-foot-10, 170 lbs. and his sled pushing ability in practice Tuesday proves that hes here to be the Jayhawks speedster, not a bruiser. The black-and-blue distinction is being fought over by the 6-foot-1, 218 lbs. Bourbon and 5-foot-11, 210 lbs. Cox while Sims is serving his suspension for violating team rules last April. But even with Sims missing game time, hes still practicing with the team, creating a tricky situation for the coaching staff as the Jayhawks prepare to face South Dakota State, Rice University and Texas Christian University without last seasons leading rusher. So while Bourbon fights to replace Sims, he is doing so with limited practice. The hard thing is we have a bunch of guys who we need to give reps to, Mitchell said. Hes got to make an impact with the five or six carries he gets in practice. And its no different for Cox, who Weis had above Bourbon on the depth chart Tuesday. Hes a smash-mouth football player, starting center Trevor Marrongelli said of Cox. Hes caught on to the offense pretty quickly and that usually takes guys a year to learn. Last season, before he transferred to Kansas, Cox was selected as an All-American after rushing for 1,507 yards with 14 touchdowns for the College of Siskiyous Eagles. However, he should be far from those numbers this season as a back up to Pierson, and eventually Sims. Weis is looking for Pierson to get 10-15 carries a game up from an average around five last season. His partner in the backfield will have to pick up significant plays, most likely in shortyardage situations, and doing so with limited reps in practice. Pierson will be getting the most, followed by Cox, Bourbon and Sims, According to Weis, it wont be changing anytime soon. I see it going that way until (Sims) gets back into the action, but that is not until week four, Weis said. As we go into this week, it will be pretty much the same. All of them will probably get reps, but in that order. Edited by Allison Kohn

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freshman running back tony Pierson runs for a first down against the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday Octo. 15, 2011 in lawrence, KS.

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Versatility necessary in trenches

ethan Padway
epadway@kansan.com In football, every play in practice, scrimmages and games is accompanied by multiple collisions between athletes in great shape on each side of the ball. However, injuries happen even with protection. Hamstrings pull, ACLs tear and bones fracture. No team can avoid injuries, but the Jayhawks prepare their top backup offensive linemen to play multiple positions in case they need to step up later in the season. You dont always have 10 guys you can play a game with at offensive line, coach Charlie Weis said. Sometimes to get the best players, people are going to have to be a swing tackle. Having the offensive linemen know more than just their role on each play not only helps in an emergency but also allows them to work as a unit to protect the quarterback or create a hole for the running back to slip through. You cant be five individuals on the offensive line, offensive line coach Tim Grunhard said. You need to come together and be a fist. And so everyone needs to know the role, the technique, the fundamentals and the assignments of everybody else. tions before moving to his current position. Marrongelli said by learning to pass block either way, he can set up what the offense needs of him. The biggest part is the pass set, Marrongelli said. Its tweaked a little bit, moving from right to left. In Weiss pro-style offense, players need to be able to play multiple positions. For example, each receiver might have a different route, but Weis expects all of his receivers to know each receiving position and step into that role when called upon. When youre rotating, the defense cant key into what youre doing and bracket you and try and double you or know the tendencies of the route you run, senior wide receiver Daymond Patterson said. So it makes it a lot harder for them. This also allows the Jayhawks to get the best 11 healthy players on the field at all times, If one guy goes down, you dont have to actually put the next guy thats behind him in, Patterson said. You can move somebody else from another position over there if the other guy is a better fit to go in. Edited by Christy Khamphilay

fOOtball

Junior cornerback Daymond Patterson runs with the ball on offense during the spring game. Patterson caught four passes for 15 yards Saturday afternoon. Yet, blocking in one position on the offensive line can be different from another position one spot over. Theres obviously some different things you have to do if youre a left tackle and say youve been playing guard, Grunhard said. Theres some different angles and kicks, but the basic fundamentals of getting your hands inside and getting your head back, keeping your feet in good position. You pass block with

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your feet; some people think you pass block with your hands, and obviously you use your hands, but your feet get you in the best position. Senior center Trevor Marrongelli played both guard posi-