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KBOR Student
Senates oppose
new amendment

University participates
in national sexual
assault campaign

MIRANDA DAVIS
@MirandaDavisUDK

MCKENNA HARFORD
@McKennaHarford

This week is the week of

action for the national Its
On Us campaign, which is
a White House campaign to
get students more involved in
preventing sexual assault.
Kathy Rose Mockry, the
director at the Emily Taylor
Center for Woman and
Gender Equity, said they
wont host any events because
of how close to the holidays
it is, but they will engage
students in other ways.
The Emily Taylor Center
is promoting the campaign
with its online presence,
which will include discussion
questions on its Facebook
page and will use information
that it received from the
campaign.
We want to keep the
discussion going through
social media, Mockry said.
The Dole Institute is
hosting an international

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN

spokeswoman and author,
Ludy Green, who will speak
about her domestic violence
issues and her new book,
Ending Domestic Violence
Captivity: A Guide to

After a hearing yesterday,

Chief Judge Robert Fairchild
ruled that the University will
pay for Navid Yeasins lost
tuition from the fall of 2013.
However, Yeasin still awaits
his fate for next semester.
Yeasin, a former student
from Overland Park, was
expelled
shortly
after
midterms in the fall of
2013 due to a violation
of the Universitys sexual
harassment
policy,
the
No Contact directive
and a clarifying letter from
the Office of Institutional
Opportunity and Access,
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson,
director of KU news service,
said in an email.
Yeasin went through a bad
breakup in the summer
of 2013. This led to a nocontact order in Johnson
County in the summer and
a no-contact order through
the office of IOA in the fall of
2013. With frustration that
the issue was brought to the
Universitys attention, Yeasin
published tweets expressing
his anger and dissatisfaction.
The six tweets involved in
this case did not mention
the ex-girlfriend and were
not sent to her directly.
However, IOA said this
was in violation of the nocontact order.
The University expelled
Yeasin under Article 19

Index

of the Student Code of

Conduct
which
reads,
While
on
University
premises or at University
sponsored or supervised
events, or as required by
city, state, or federal law,
students and organizations
are subject to disciplinary
action for violations of
published policies, rules and
regulations of the University
of Regents, and for the
following offenses.
Fairchild also ruled a
stay order on the Court of
Appeals. This means Yeasin
must prepare an order to
reconsider. Once this order
is in place, the University has
a month to appeal Fairchilds
orders.
If the University chooses
to appeal yesterdays ruling,
they have a month to do so.
If this is the case, a decision
will hopefully be made over
the summer, Yeasins lawyer
Terry Leibold said.
If there is no appeal, Yeasin
will enroll for classes for the
spring semester of 2015 and
receive credit for his tuition
in the fall of 2013. Yeasin
was expelled prior to taking
finals that semester; because
of this he will retake these
classes if he is allowed to
enroll.
In the meantime, Yeasin
will continue to live in
Lawrence working part time.

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CROSSWORD 6

Edited by Alex Lamb

CRYPTOQUIPS 6
OPINION 4

Economic Freedom, today

at 3 p.m.
Its incredibly timely, said
Christina Ostmeyer, student
outreach coordinator and
student events coordinator

for the Dole Institute. Its

about domestic violence, but
its still an issue of women
and womens voices and their
place.
Edited by Miranda Davis

This
Wednesday,
the
Kansas Board of Regents
will have the opportunity to
vote on an amendment that
would allow administrations
at regents schools to adjust
fees without a referendum
to consult the student body.
All student governments
of
regents-affiliated
universities have decided
to oppose the amendment
and many have passed
resolutions within their
senates.
The amendment, which
would affect KSA 76-742,
questions the necessity of a
referendum. Currently, any
university administration
that chooses to make a fee
change must consult the
student body and make the
results public and available
to the Board of Regents.
The referendum is nonbinding however, so once
a university conducts the
referendum even if the

students vote against it

the university can change
the fee.
The stakes are high for
those who oppose it. If
the amendment passes,
regents universities could
potentially use student
tuition dollars for new
buildings,
while
only
consulting the student
government leadership.
Two weeks ago, the
University
of
Kansas
Student Senate passed a
resolution to oppose the
resolution
unanimously
within committees, but
also in full senate. Both
Kansas State University and
Wichita State have passed
similar resolutions.
I think that because
Student
Senate
passed
this unanimously in every
committee it went through
and on the full Senate
level, that referendums are
necessary and students

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ARTS & FEATURES

Waiting game
continues for
expelled student
after hearing
@CassidyRitter

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Kansas National Guard to deploy soldiers to West Africa | PAGE 3

ITS ON US

CASSIDY RITTER

FRANK WEIRICH/KANSAN

University graduate Elliot Pees tea brand KANbucha will be available on tap at Merc Cafe starting Thursday. Pees has quadrupled production of the
tea since June.

Graduate brews own kombucha tea

ROCHELLE VALVERDE
@RochelleVerde

A University graduates
brand of kombucha, a
fermented tea, will soon be
available on tap at the Merc
Co-ops newly renovated
Merc
Cafe.
KANbucha,
Lawrence native Elliot Pees
brand, will be offered at the
Merc Cafe, located at 901
Iowa St., starting Thursday,
Nov. 20.
Pees said the first time he
brewed kombucha, it wasnt
good. It took him about a
year of experimenting to
make something he really
liked and he said finally
making a good batch was
satisfying.
Its kind of like when
people play a sport, or like

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Forget

golf or something, and you

get that one awesome hit, or
that one shot where you just
nail it, Pees said. And youre
like, yes, Ive done it.
After Pees sister introduced
him to kombucha in 2009,
they brewed their first batch
together. Pees said the do-ityourself aspect of kombucha
got him interested.
Once we found out you
could make it, we were like,
oh, weve got to try, because
both she and I are kind of
hands-on sort of people,
Pees said.
Pees graduated from the
University with a degree in
music education in 2006. He
left his position as a music
teacher at Southwest Middle
School in June to focus on
his business. Before then,

To cheer on the Jayhawks

tonight against Kentucky.

KANbucha was more of a

side project, but Pees said it
got to a point where he had
to choose.
Basically because teaching
is so demanding and running
a business is so demanding, it
kind of came down to being
one or the other, Pees said.
I thought enough interest
was building in KANbucha
that it was sort of a now-ornever decision.
Since June, Pees has already
quadrupled his production.
To meet the growing
demand, Pees has partnered
with Alchemy Coffee to
share a production facility
on Riverfront Drive in North
Lawrence. The facility will
be complete by the end of
the month. Pees said he
currently brews about 200

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gallons of kombucha per

month, which is about 13
full-sized kegs, and that
with the new facility he
could quadruple production
again and eventually add an
employee.
Pees said hes already
learned several lessons as an
entrepreneur, the first being
that you have to take risks.
I think that theres a lot to
be said for taking a risk and
just trying, even if youre
scared how its going to turn
out, Pees said.
Kombucha starts with a
mixture of green and/or
black tea, fermented with
sugar and cultures. Pees said
fermentation time is typically

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Tuesday, Nov. 18

Wednesday, Nov. 19

What: Idea Cafe

When: Noon to 1 p.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons
About: A free public event featuring
speaker Maximilian Schich

What: GIS Day

When: 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union
About: A nationwide event to promote
awareness of geographic information
systems (GIS) and how society uses
it.

What: Sustainability Film Series

Part II
When: 7-9 p.m.
Where: National History Museum,
Panorama
About: A showing of the documentary Shored Up.

What: Walking Group

When: Noon to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Meet outside Wescoe Hall.
About: A 10 to 20 minute walk
around campus.

What: Great American Smokeout

When: 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Where: Watson Library, Lawn
About: Tobacco cessation information and support.

What: Open Mic Night

When: 7-9 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Alderson
Auditorium
About: Speak into the microphone to
share talents and for a chance to win
prizes.

Thursday, Nov. 20

Friday, Nov. 21
What: Stellar Evolution
When: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Where: Malott Hall, 2001
About: A public event put on by
the Department of Physics and
Astronomy.
What: Saxophone Quartets
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: 130 Murphy Hall
About: A free musical performance.

Mo. governor activates National Guard

DAVID A. LIEB
Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon
declared a state of emergency
Monday and activated the
National Guard ahead of a
grand jury decision about
whether a white police officer
will be charged in the fatal
shooting of a black 18-yearold in the St. Louis suburb of
Ferguson.
Nixon said the National
Guard would assist state and
local police in case the grand
jurys decision leads to a
resurgence of the civil unrest
that occurred in the days
immediately after the Aug. 9
shooting of Michael Brown
by Ferguson police officer
Darren Wilson.
My hope and expectation
is that peace will prevail,
Nixon said. But we have
a responsibility I have a
responsibility to plan for
any contingencies that might
arise.
There is no specific date
for a grand jury decision
to be revealed, and Nixon
gave no indication that an
announcement is imminent.
But St. Louis County
prosecutor Bob McCulloch
has said that he expects the
grand jury to reach a decision
in mid-to-late November.
The
U.S.
Justice
Department,
which
is
conducting
a
separate
investigation,
has
not
said when its work will be
completed.
Before the shooting, Wilson
spotted Brown and a friend
walking in the middle of a
street and told them to stop,
but they did not. According
to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch
report based on sources the
newspaper did not identify,
Wilson has told authorities
he then realized Brown
matched the description of
a suspect in a theft minutes
earlier at a convenience
store. Wilson backed up his
police vehicle and some sort
of confrontation occurred
before Brown was fatally
shot. He was unarmed and
some witnesses have said he

KBOR FROM PAGE 1

strongly believe that, said
Will Admussen, government
relations director and coauthor of the resolution.
The senates opposition to
the amendment stems from
its wording, which would
allow only consultation
with student government
leadership instead of a
referendum of the entire
student body.
Admussen
said
the
word consultation, the
threshold that universities
have to meet, is too unclear
and allows for too much
interpretation.

ROBERT COHEN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

A high school graduation photo of Michael Brown rests on top of a snow-covered memorial on Nov. 17, more than three months after the black teen
was shot and killed nearby by a white policeman in Ferguson, Mo. The shooting sparked weeks of violent protests and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon
declaring a state of emergency today as a grand jury deliberates on whether to charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death.
had his hands up when he
was killed.
Browns shooting stirred
long-simmering
racial
tensions in the St. Louis
suburb, where two-thirds of
the residents are black but the
police force is almost entirely
white. Rioting and looting
a day after the shooting
led police to respond to
subsequent protests with a
heavily armored presence
that was widely criticized
for continuing to escalate
tensions. At times, protesters
lobbed rocks and Molotov
cocktails at police, who fired
tear gas, smoke canisters and
rubber bullets in an attempt
to disperse crowds.
Nixon also declared a state

of emergency in August
and put the Missouri State
Highway Patrol in charge
of a unified local police
command. Eventually, Nixon
activated the National Guard
to provide security around
the command center.

Its open to way too much

interpretation,
especially
down the road when you
maybe get a student body
president that isnt on top
of this, and not just at KU,
but all the KBOR schools,
Admussen said. You could
get an off-year student
body president, or you
get an administration that
really doesnt like Student
Senate and their view of
consultation
extremely
disenfranchises the student
body when youre talking
about student fees.
The
student
body
presidents of all of the
schools learned of the

amendment at the October

regents meeting through
the KBOR Student Advisory
Council. After deciding the
amendment was not in the
best interest of their student
bodies,
the
presidents
moved to oppose it using
resolutions of opposition
from each school.
I think, in general,
students would like to see
a referendum held just to
get the student input and
opinion when using their
tuition dollars, Reagan
Kays, student body president
of Kansas State, said last
week.
When
the
resolution

My hope and expectation is

that peace will prevail.
JAY NIXON
Missouri governor

This time, Nixon said the

St. Louis County Police

Department would be in
charge of a security in
Ferguson and would work
with the Highway Patrol
and St. Louis city police as
part of a unified command
to protect civil rights and
ensure public safety in other
jurisdictions.
The governor did not
indicate how many National
Guard troops would be
mobilized, instead leaving it
to the state adjutant general
to determine. Nixon said
the National Guard would
be available to carry out any
requests made through the
Highway Patrol to protect
life and property and
support local authorities. If
the Guard is able to provide

security at police and fire

stations, then more police
officers may be freed up to
patrol the community, Nixon
said.
St. Louis Mayor Francis
Slay said Monday that he
supports Nixons decision to
activate the Guard. He said
the Guard will be used in
a secondary role and could
potentially be stationed at
places such as shopping
centers and government
buildings.
The way we view this, the
Guard is not going to be
confronting the protesters
and will not be on (the) front
line interacting directly with
demonstrators, Slay said.

passed at KU, it was

then sent to Chancellor
Bernadette
Gray-Little
and Vice Chancellor Tim
Caboni, as well as the Board
of Regents.

More input is always

better when youre talking
about
something
that
every single student pays,
Admussen said.
Edited by Rob Pyatt

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Life sentence conviction in

Chinese students slayings
LINDA DEUTSCH
Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Spec. Jason Dumas, left, helps Spec. David Quichocho with his protective boots during a training session on Oct.
23. The Kansas National Guard will send soldiers to West Africa next spring to help fight Ebola.

Kansas National Guard

to head to West Africa
JAMES LAMB
@thejameslamb

The Kansas National Guard

will be sending approximately 170 soldiers to West Africa
next spring as part of the U.S.
militarys efforts in the area to
fight against Ebola.
According to a press release
from the Kansas Adjutant
Generals Department, soldiers from the 891st Engineer
Battalion will begin training
next month, deploy starting
spring of 2015 and be deployed
between six months and a year.
The 891st was selected because it has the right capabilities to fit the mission requirements, said Maj. Gen.
Lee Tafanelli, Kansas Adjutant-General in a press release.
Our role in this mission is
very critical in the overall fight
against Ebola in West Africa.
Primarily, the 891st Engi-

neer Battalion will be building

medical facilities in the area
when they deploy, having been
authorized to join active duty
forces in Operation United
Assistance by executive order
from President Obama signed
Oct. 16, read the press release.
As with any of our deployments, our highest priority is
our soldiers safety and wellbeing, said Tafanelli. We will
ensure we take all the necessary steps [and] make sure
they have the proper training
to accomplish their mission, as
well as to ensure they have the
correct protective measures in
place.
Will Chuber, an assistant
professor of Military Science at
the University said he believes
these kind of humanitarian
deployments can be a positive
experience, both for those being deployed, and those being
assisted. Chuber was able to

speak from his own experience as he was deployed with

the Kansas National Guard to
Djibouti, Africa from 2011 to
2012.
We worked with not only
different militaries of Africa,
but we also got to work with
the local communities. We
would do English discussion
groups, where the Djiboutian
people, from grade school to
college, who hadnt really had
a chance to talk to Americans,
[got to] practice their English
and ask questions, kind of a
cultural interaction thing,
Chuber said. My unit actually kind of adopted the local
orphanage, so we did things
like take care of the orphans,
and painted and fixed things.
It was a pretty rewarding experience actually.
Edited by Miranda Davis

LOS ANGELES A man

convicted of killing two Chinese graduate students was
sentenced Monday in Los
Angeles to multiple life terms
in prison by a judge who denounced him for showing no
remorse and smiling while a
grief-stricken victims father
spoke in court.
Javier Bolden made no
comment during a lengthy
hearing during which the
mother of one victim sobbed
and the father of another
called him human trash
and a monster.
The killings drew international interest and fueled
concerns in China about the
safety of students abroad.
Bolden, 22, was found guilty
last month of shooting Ming
Qu and Ying Wu as they sat
in a double-parked car about
a mile from the University
of Southern California campus, where both were graduate students. His sentence
includes two consecutive
terms without possibility of
parole.
Superior Court Judge Stephen Marcus said the killings put a stain on the reputation of the university and
on the city of Los Angeles.
Nothing will erase the
pain you have caused, he
told Bolden. This is truly
one of the saddest cases I
have presided over.
Wan Zhi Qu, the father of
Ming Qu, said, Our two
outstanding children are
gone, but the monsters who
took their lives are still alive.
A co-defendant, Bryan
Barnes, who shot into the
locked car where the students sat, pleaded guilty in
February to two counts of
first-degree murder and was

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photos provided by the Los Angeles Police Department show shooting

victims Ming Qu, left, and Ying Wu, two students from China.
also sentenced to life without
parole in a plea deal to avoid
the death penalty.
Authorities said Bolden
told a cellmate that he shot
the engineering students.
The cellmate was a police informant and secretly recorded Bolden discussing how he
and his friend had planned
to steal the couples BMW.
Bolden also was convicted
of attempted murder and assault with a firearm in earlier
shootings that wounded two
men and a woman.
You have committed heinous crimes against our
families and the judgment
you have received is not fair,
said Qu, suggesting the two
convicted killers should have
received death.
This is humiliating to the
people of China, he said.
We have received no comfort or consolation from
the responsible parties. As a
society that is very particular about human rights and
justice, do you think this is
rational and fair?
He asked that the men be
required to apologize to the
families because, he said, until then their dead children
could not rest in peace.
USCs
urban
campus

is within a mile of gangplagued neighborhoods with

historically high crime rates.
Since the 2012 killings the
Los Angeles police department has assigned about 30
more officers to the university community.
The judge paid tribute to
the two 23-year-old graduate
students, who were in love
and planning to be married.
You killed their dreams,
he said, and also noted that
he caused unending grief
for his own family. Boldens
mother was in court for the
sentencing but rushed out
afterward, making no comment.
Marcus held up a newspaper picture of Bolden smiling at his conviction. I even
caught you smiling during
the (fathers) statement today. Mr. Bolden, you just
dont get it. How can you be
gleeful about the grief you
caused?
He noted that in a confession to a jailhouse informant, Bolden was cavalier in
his attitude and said of the
killings, It was boom boom,
and that was it.
He said Bolden sounded
as if he was playing a video
game.

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game Saturday and drunk texted
my dad a novel about my love for
KU. Should I be proud, or should I
reevaluate my life ?
8 AM classes in this weather#goingtobethedeathofme
We could settle once and for all
which majors are the easiest
or most difficult, but only if KU
would stop hoarding secrets
regarding the mean and
standard deviations of each
departments GPA.
The heat in my apartment
stopped working. Is this some
sort of sick joke?!
Its been awhile since Ive texted
the FFA. Its good to be back!
Feminists do NOT HATE MEN.
Do you want women to be equal
to men? Yes? Congratulations,
youre a feminist!
So let me get this straight. Pot
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flavored like root beer or cotton
candy isnt a problem?

Concealed carry on campus is amiss

By Maddy Mikinski
@Miss__Maddy

A few weeks ago I was

taking a nap when I was
awakened by a call from my
mom. She had just gotten a
text message from the University about masked men
who had been arrested on
campus. I checked Twitter to
see what was going on and I

saw a borderline panic.

Reading eyewitness
accounts on social media,
there was a shocking number
of students who said they
believed they were in the
middle of a school shooting.
Their fear was justifiable and,
though the intruders didnt
have guns, the threat was
real.
Thats why I was surprised
when just a short time later,
I read that the University
had completed its security
checks to allow for concealed carry on campus. This
couldnt have come at a more
inappropriate time. Students

were still talking about the

masked men, how threatened
they felt and the discrepancies in the Universitys alert
system.
The alert system received
widespread criticism following the Guy Fawkes incident.
The University didnt alert
students that there were
masked men on campus until
after they had been apprehended.
Im forced to agree with my
peers an alert should have
been sent out informing students of what was going on,
especially when no one knew
if the intruders were armed.

The lack of an informational

alert caused more panic than
was necessary. The Universitys delayed texts should
make it clear: this campus
is not ready for concealed
carry.
Ive never been a fan of
guns, especially concealed
guns. I dont think theyre
cool, fun or a basic human
right. I see no point in carrying a gun with you to the
grocery store or the gym. I
can never think of a reason
to bring a concealed gun to
class.
Maybe, instead of encouraging concealed carry on

Maddy Mikinski is a
sophomore from Linwood
studying journalism

Business should not be Students should

put education
heteronormative field
ahead of jobs
By Madeline Umali
@madelineumali

The media was abuzz earlier

this month when Apple CEO
Tim Cook came out as openly
gay to BusinessWeek. Not
only is he the first openly gay
CEO of a Fortune 500 company, he is also a prime example
of how the heteronormative
world of business is changing.
As the head of one of the
worlds most recognizable
companies, Cooks decision to
announce his sexual orientation was both courageous and
risky. People in other countries took a firm stance on
their beliefs about homosexuality. A number of connected
Russian companies, called
ZEFS, removed the memorial

of Steve Jobs in St. Petersburg

after Cook announced he was
gay. According to The Huffington Post, Vitaly Milonov,
an anti-gay Russian politician, made several offensive
remarks about Cook after the
announcement.
Despite the negative feedback about Cooks sexual
orientation, there has been
a lot of positive feedback as
well. People are ecstatic that
there is an openly gay person
in such an esteemed business role. I predict that more
people in the business world
will soon come out, now that
they have a role model to look
up to. Cook has proven that
a persons sexual orientation shouldnt matter when
pursuing a successful business
career.
It is more common in todays society for gay communities to appear in literature,
entertainment and education.
The world of business seems

to be lacking in its support of

the LGBTQ community, one
reason why Cooks decision to
come out was so controversial.
According to research from
the International Small Business Journal, many people
keep their sexual orientation
a secret for fear of harassment or discrimination they
might face in the business
world. Despite the potential
for harassment, Cook bravely
stepped out of the closet to
both praise and criticism.
Cook is a great role model
for business people and the
LGBTQ community. His
decision to come out is a step
forward for our society. I hope
it becomes the norm for a gay,
lesbian or transgender person
to be as successful as Tim
Cook.

By Molly Smith
@mollmsmith

Many college students

have part-time jobs while
attending school. These jobs
may prepare you for the real
world as well as help you
gain experience for your
future career. However, one
thing I have learned is that
people approach these jobs
in different ways. Some people take their part-time job
way too seriously, when in
reality this job most likely
wont make or break you
one way or the other. Then
there are others who are
relaxed at work and see it as
a fun experience. Better yet,
they think of it as another
gold star on their resume,
and nothing more.
I used to be someone
who would stress over my
part-time job. I would strive
for perfection with every
little thing I did, whether it
was organizing the lipsticks
in the cosmetic section
at Walgreens or trying to
memorize every ingredient
in the meals on the restaurant menu as a waitress. It
was exhausting and it felt
meaningless.
Dont get me wrong I
am a believer in building up
a strong work ethic and giving your best in everything
that you do. However, when
you are in college and have

Madeline Umali is a
sophomore from St. Louis
studying journalism

TRIBUNE CARTOON:

Fleece-lined leggings are the

best things that have ever
happened to me
My half-dried hair froze this
morning the moment I stepped
outside. It literally froze.
Female chauvinism is not
feminism. Its plain old sexism.
Feminism is supporting equal
rights for women.

worked quite a few different

jobs (like retail, customer
service and childcare), you
start to realize how these
jobs are not ones you want
in the future. Not only can
you not survive off of that
kind of income anymore,
but it is a lot of labor for a
small return.
In college I know my No.
1 priority has to be school,
while work comes second. I
need to put the things that
will better my future first,
before Im worrying about
silly things I need to do for
work. Things like internships, shadowing, studying
and aceing all your exams
are what will put you ahead.
So keep working those
jobs and making minimum
wage so you can buy your
mac and cheese and weekly
bottle of wine to keep you
sane, but dont forget that
its just a minimum wage
job and you are doing them
a favor by showing up every
day. Dont let it stress you
out. Focusing on the big
picture is hard sometimes,
but life is short and you
cant let the little, insignificant things keep you from
achieving your goals and
getting where you want to
be.

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I have no pity for girls who

complain about being cold when
they dress to look pretty instead
of dressing warmly.
Saying you support equality but
not feminism is like saying you
love all fruits, but oranges can
go to hell.

@lauwrenorder

It should give me comfort, but with

the recent events on campus, I fear it
may get out of hand...

If Im sniffling and not blowing

my nose, its probably because
I dont have direct access to
something to blow it in. Why is
this a thing that bothers people
so much?

@Timmy_Hewitt

As long as shes human, thats

cool. overheard in the halls of
Murphy.

I feel neither less safe nor more secure.

The issue was more about political points
than safety to begin with. #nra

Being in a hot tub sounds like

heaven right now

Does concealed carry on

campus grounds cause more
fear or does it give a sense
of protection for students?

Just found out Im lactose

intolerant. Saddest moment of
my life. #ILoveCheese
Going to walk in front of how
ever many cars I want when Im
walking on campus in this arctic
tundra. People in their cars can
quit being pissy and wait two
seconds.

campus, we should start

focusing on how to prevent
violence from happening in
the first place.
Concealed carry on campus
is a frightening concept.
Guns wielded by students,
faculty and visitors have no
place on a college campus.
The state legislature and
University administrators
need to focus on preventing
threats on our campus rather
than multiplying them.

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arts & features

HOROSCOPES

Because the stars

know things we dont.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Maintain objectivity in a
partnership. Your discipline is
admirable. Watch out for an
ambush. Give up a relationship
thats disruptive, or take a time
out.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9
Create a practical solution.
Invest for the long term. The
outcome may be different than
expected. A financial shortage
requires a substitution of
ingredients.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 7
In a conflict between career
and your partner, do what you
partner says. It could be possible to have it all... look from a
different perspective. Slow and
easy does it.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is a 7
Dont venture into new territory
before doing the homework.
Choose your words carefully
today and tomorrow. Chances
of breakage are high... watch
your steps.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Make a definite decision and
assume authority. Its not a good
time to gamble. Dont touch your
savings. Provide security now,
as well as love.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Work alone, and do what you
promised. Supervise the changes that are occurring. Consider
a differing opinion. Stand up
for whats right. Dont be hasty.
Restate the rules.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Its important to follow the
protocol. Sorting and filing can
be fun. Check carefully for plan
changes. Heed the voice of
experience.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
Make an important long-distance contact. Its best if you
dont force things to fit. Ponder
the possibilities. Be respectful.
Watch out for hidden expenses.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Conditions seem unsettled. Take
care not to stumble. Stick to
your budget or get a rude awakening. Set long-range goals.
Consider career options.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Maintain practical routines to
succeed at work today. Obey the
rules. Dont give up.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Travel and education hold your
focus. Revise financial arrangements. Costs are higher than
expected... amend the scope and
scale of a project to suit.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
Maintain your strict standards.
Anticipate disagreement... Your
reasoning may get challenged.
Stick to the basic facts. Work out
a deal, and draft the paperwork.
Do the numbers and prepare
contracts.

BLAZED AND
CONFUSED

Several youth-targeted anti-smoking campaigns

contrast musics drug culture

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Rapper Snoop Dogg blows a puff of smoke during Wiz Khalifas Black and Yellow (G-Mix) music video. Anti-smoking ads are becoming more prevalent, while musics drug culture remains.
By Maegan Bull
@Maegan_bull

In todays constantly changing music scene, artists are

able to reach their audiences faster than ever before.
Thanks to the invention of
smart phones and apps such
as Pandora, Spotify and
more, we have nearly unlimited access to music.
In a 2008 report from
JAMA Pediatrics, 279 of
the most popular songs of
2005 according to Billboard
magazine were analyzed. It
was found that of the 279
songs, 93 (33.3 percent)
portrayed substance use, with
an average of 35.2 substance
references per song-hour.
Artists like Wiz Khalifa
currently on his Under
the Influence tourraps
about smoking weed and
being high all the time with
songs such as; So High,
KK and Medicated.
Even Miley Cyrus, a former
Disney sensation, dressed up
in a weed costume for her
concert tour Bangerz earlier
this year. She also sings of
getting high off perp in her
song, 23, which currently
has 344,989,281 views and
counting on YouTube.
While drug references in
music is nothing new, preventative measures targeted
specifically at youths are
becoming more common.
To help combat some of the
pressure we are faced with in
society, the Food and Drug
Administration created a
campaign called The Real
Cost, the first ever youth targeted anti-smoking campaign
focused on adolescents who
use or have used tobacco
before.
These ads have appeared
many sites such as YouTube
and Hulu Plus in the form
of a commercial, perhaps
even playing prior to a music
video for a song that will in
fact inadvertently promoting
smoking or drug use. While
there are many different
scenarios played out in these
ads, one in particular depicts
a young twenty-something

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Singer Miley Cyrus wears a marijuana leaf leotard during a performance in Vancouver, Canada. Cyrus sings about getting high in her song 23.
female having to rip off a
piece of skin on her cheek
in order to come up with
the cost for a new pack of
menthol cigarettes, with the
slogan What are menthols
costing you? spoken at the
end.
Truth TV Spot has also released a video called Unpaid
Tobacco Spokesperson that
portrays pictures of some of
Americas admired public figures such as musicians Chris
Brown, Rihanna and Lady
Gaga, to name a few, and
actors and actresses such as
Kate Moss, Orlando Bloom
and Kristen Stewart and
more, all silently endorsing
big name tobacco companies
by smoking cigarettes. The
video includes a hashtag at
the end of the video, saying
#finishit. By saying Finish
It youre not just only saying
no to cigarettes, youre
helping put an end to the
perpetuation of smoking.
With the FDA estimating
that nearly every day in the
U.S. more than 3,200 people

under the age of 18 smoke

their first cigarette, with more
than 700 of those becoming
daily smokers, its hard not to
want to see a change occur in
these patterns.
Virtually every genre of music is at our fingertips. Music
has become a way to express
our emotions or change our
mood. With more and more
artists referencing drugs in
their work, it is hard not to
feel constantly pressured by
the thought of doing and/or
using drugs in todays society.
The organization DoSomething.org is challenging teens
and college students to stand
up and make a difference.
All across America, students
are taking the initiative and
joining a campaign called I
want you to quit because
where participants are encouraged to write a personal
note to someone who smokes
as a way to step up and take a
stance against smoking.
Current statistics dont show
a sharp decline in drug use,
especially tobacco use among

DID YOU KNOW?

The Surgeon General estimates that teenagers who smoke are
three times more likely to use alcohol, eight times more likely to
smoke marijuana, and 22 times more likely to use cocaine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 9
out of 10 smokers started smoking by age 18.
According to Americans for Nonsmoker Rights, As of October 1,
2014, there are at least 1,477 100 percent smoke-free campuses.
Of these, 975 are 100 percent tobacco-free, and 291 prohibit the
use of e-cigarettes anywhere on campus.
teens and college students. In
fact, University of Michigan
scientists conducted a nationwide study called Monitoring
the Future, in which they
found illicit drug use has
been gradually rising among
American college students
since 2006.
According to a press release
from September from the
University, 34 percent of
students surveyed indicated
they used some illicit drug
in the prior year; that rate
was up to 39 percent by

2013. Will recent campaigns

such as The Real Cost and
Unpaid Tobacco Spokesperson, among others, help
to make a difference in teen
smoking rates and drug use
rates in general? One thing is
for certain, in a culture that
so often perceives its youth as
bait, these campaigns cleverly
target us with the intention to
combating this continuation.

Edited by Miranda Davis

Ensemble partners with KU Dance for opera

LILY GRANT

@lilygrant_UDK
Its crunch time for the Helianthus Contemporary Ensemble as they squeeze in the
last few rehearsals before performing the premiere of The
Nightingale, composed by
Chris D. Burton.
The show will take place on
Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 and 5
p.m. at Robinson Center. The
show will also feature Mahakala, an electronic music
piece composed by Kip Haaheim, associate professor in
the KU School of Music. Admission is free to the public.
The Helianthus Contemporary Ensemble is a group of
singers at the University who
perform new, modern music
on a semesterly basis. This is
the first time the ensemble

has collaborated with the KU

Dance Department.
The opera group, made up
of graduate students, has
been putting the final touches
on its piece this week. Clark
Weyrauch, who is working
on his masters degree at the
University, will make his directing debut with the performance of The Nightingale.
Weyrauch said he is excited
to partner with the KU Dance
Department. He said the department has more dancers,
and they have had to rehearse
at different times because
there is a limited time period
to ensure the show comes together before opening night.
To put all of these parts together is a little nerve-wracking, Weyrauch said. Thats
been really neat, but also really challenging, too.

Weyrauch said the opera

tells the timeless story of a
pompous emperor who demands the ownership of the
nightingale, a rare and beautiful bird, so he sends his
chancellor into the woods to
retrieve it. He is disappointed
upon her return to find that
the nightingale is unwilling
to stay stationed in the palace,
Weyrauch said.
Burton wrote The Nightingale, a story based on a fairy
tale written by Hans Christian Andersen, with his wife
Shelley Burton in mind as the
nightingale.
Shelley Burton said she relates to her character because
she also is a free spirit.
I dont like to be tethered
down, necessarily, Shelley
said. I like to be able to be
free to move. I just like to ex-

perience things and to sing

for fun.
Other characters in the
show, including the emperor,
arent as fluid as the nightingale.
The emperor, played by Caleb Ashby, opts for an obedient, mechanical bird, only to
later find himself bedridden
with soul sickness in disgust
of his own behavior, Weyrauch said.
The singing nightingale returns when the emperor realizes what hes done, but only
under the condition that he
let her fly freely as she wishes.
Ashby, a masters student
in opera performance from
Louisville, Ken., said he has
two goals in mind for Saturday night: to be able to relate
to the story and to have fun
while performing.

The audience can expect to

see and hear a finished product, Ashby said. Theres just
so many elements coming together in the performance.
Shelley said she is enthusiastic about the upcoming performance.
Im just so looking forward
to the whole collaboration
and seeing it all work together, Shelley said. Its going to
be really good, and its really
cool to see modern music that
is accessible and in English,
for opera, and its done by
young people. A lot of people
think opera is just this dying,
archaic art form, but its really relevant and fun for people
today.

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Departing Smithsonian head

says museums more vital
BRETT ZONGKER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON As
Wayne Clough prepares to
leave the Smithsonian Institution after six years at the helm,
the retiring engineer wanted
to know a few more things
about the 138 million objects
at the worlds largest museum
complex.
He wondered: Could any
pieces of the vast collection
have come from his roots in
rural South Georgia? So he
began searching. It turns out
quite a few relics and specimens come from his hometown, from a massive rattlesnake preserved in a jar to
paintings, Native American
pottery and other gems. He
plans to publish a light-hearted book on his findings next
year.
Beyond closing the loop on
his career, Clough said his research shows the potential of
opening up the Smithsonians
collection to a wider public by
continuing to digitize thousands of objects.
It really shows and will
show more clearly in time the
power of digitization and the
power of personalization,
Clough said.

TEA FROM PAGE 1

Clough has been the Smithsonians chief for the digital

age. The former president of
Georgia Tech came to the museum complex in Washington
with a focus on modernizing
its digital outreach and fundraising.
With the major digitization
effort and the Smithsonians
most ambitious fundraising
campaign underway with
$1 billion raised in the past
four years toward a $1.5 billion goal Clough is stepping down at years end. He
will retire to Atlanta and a
new home in the country.
In an interview Monday,
Clough said the Smithsonian
has become a more vital place
thats focused on the public,
delivering K-12 education
programs in all 50 states, offering 2,000 lesson plans online for teachers and forging
new partnerships with universities.
Intellectually weve lifted
our game, Clough told The
Associated Press.
Under his watch, the Smithsonian created a Transcription Center where 4,000
digital volunteers are working to attach information to
images of museum objects to
make them searchable and

seven to 14 days, depending

on the size of the vessel. It
is often flavored with fruit
juice or herbs. The end
product is a slightly fizzy,
sweet and sour beverage
with less than .5 percent
alcohol.
Pees
said
part
of
kombuchas popularity is
that its a probiotic, which
is important for digestive
health. Also touted is the
importance of the bacteria
in our gut, or microbiome,
in fighting off viruses. In
a study published Friday
in the journal Science,
injections of microbiomes
were found to prevent and
cure rotavirus in mice.
Pees started selling various
flavors of KANbucha at the
Lawrence Farmers Market
in 2010. Bottled KANbucha
is already available at several
locations in Lawrence, such
as La Prima Tazza, Alchemy
Coffee and Iwig Family
Dairy. Its also available in a
few locations in Kansas City
and one in Manhattan.
Pees said hes been selling
KANbucha on tap at the
Farmers Market for the past
three seasons, which was the
segue for offering it on tap

at the Merc Cafe. Previously,

the Merc only offered it in
bottles. In addition to the
benefit of being able to offer
different quantities, Pees
said on tap allows for those
reluctant to sample it.
A lot of people have
probably heard about it
or their friend likes it, but
theyve never spent the $4
for a bottle because it is kind
of a unique thing, Pees said.
The Merc Cafe will start
by offering two flavors of
KANbucha on tap, said
Sean Hill, food services
administration assistant at
the Merc Co-op. Hill said
bottled KANbucha has been
a popular product.
From what I see on the
shelves, we can hardly keep
them [bottles of KANbucha]
in stock, so I think thats a
pretty good sign, Hill said.
Pees said the first two
flavors to be offered will be
KanbuChai, his personal
favorite, and Gingerose,
which is the most popular.
Gingerose combines raw
kombucha with ginger juice
and rose water. KanbuChai
is flavored with apple juice
and a masala spice blend.
Pees said he hopes to
start selling KANbucha
on campus and thinks its

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Smithsonian Institution Secretary Wayne Clough speaks during an

interview at the Smithsonian Institution Building, or The Castle, in
Washington Monday. Clough prepares to step down after six years
working to modernize the digital outreach and fundraising capacity of
the worlds largest museum complex.
accessible online. Over time,
a Google search of Teddy
Roosevelt could produce a
trove of museum holdings on
the former president and naturalist.
None of that work in digital and educational outreach
would be possible, though,
without a major infusion of
private money, Clough said.
The Smithsonians taxpayer-funding model has been
changing. The institution
used to rely on Congress for
70 percent of its money, but
that has fallen to 60 percent
and could drop further.

Clough said he inherited an

institution that had never run
a national fundraising campaign and was still processing gifts by hand. He is proud
that has changed with a donor
base that has doubled in size.
Still, finances will be one of
his successors biggest challenges, Clough said, because
the Smithsonian continues to
grow and add new museums
amid flat or declining government support. Federal funding will continue to be critical
to maintain buildings, collections and free admission, he
said.

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Elliot Pees holds a bottle of the kombucha he brews. Pees sister introduced him to Kombucha first back in 2009.
unique taste would be a
good fit because students
are
adventurous
about
trying new things.
Oh yeah, were talking
about an age group that
thats what theyre all about,
taking risks, Pees said.
The renovation of the

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Merc Cafe, in addition to

KANbucha on tap, includes
a new juice, smoothie, and
coffee bar. Its located at the
corner of Ninth and Iowa
(901 Iowa St, Lawrence, KS
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Who would win a matchup between Kentucky and the 76ers?

By Christian Hardy
@HardyNFL

KENTUCKY

or a long time the

hypothetical discussion
of a collegiate team
defeating a professional team
has been deliberated by sports
fans. A few years ago, it was the
Alabama Crimson Tide against
the Jacksonville Jaguars in
football. In 2012, some thought
Kentucky could take down the
Toronto Raptors.
Its always been an outlandish
thought that could be shot
down in seconds. Now, its a
more practical proposition than
ever: No. 1 Kentucky against
the tanking Philadelphia 76ers.
Finally, there is a real argument
to be made for a college team
here.
Well start with the worst team
in the NBA: the 76ers. Never
before has there been a more
definitive and widely accepted
worst team in a league until this
team came along. Before the
season started, sports experts
everywhere knew one thing
about this season the 76ers
are very, very bad.
The teams rotation features

six players who almost certainly

wouldnt be in the NBA if the
76ers werent tanking for a top
pick in 2015: Hollis Thompson,
Henry Sims, Robert Covington, Brandon Davies, Malcolm
Thomas and JaKarr Sampson.
You could pluck almost any six
players off Caliparis current
Kentucky roster that would
outplay those six players.
While you can make the case
that the 76ers have experience
that the Wildcats dont, it
doesnt hold much substance.
The 76ers are the youngest (23.3
years old) and least experienced
(1.9 years of experience) team
in the NBA.
The 76ers are 0-9 and lose
their games by an average of 16
points. They will be considered lucky if they can pull 10
wins out of the 82-game NBA
season.
Caliparis Kentucky team
might be the most loaded team
hes ever had. Kentucky houses
nine McDonalds All-Americans. To put that in perspective,
Kansas currently has four on
the roster. Kentucky hosts the
No. 3, 10, 19, 30, 32, 33, 37, 39
and 43 players in DraftExpress
rankings.
Those are nine prospects who

are bound to be NBA firstround picks. The 76ers have

three first-round picks on their
entire roster the least of any
in the NBA. In fact, only seven
of their 15 players were drafted
at all.
This is a clash of a woeful
NBA team, which could go
down in the record books as
one of the worst teams of all
time against a Kentucky team
that is filled to the brim with
talent, and is heavily favored
to win the National Championship.
Of course, this Kentucky team
wouldnt defeat the 76ers 10
times out of 10, but, for once,
a collegiate team would have a
real shot to upend a professional team. Theres real reason to
believe Kentucky could down
this 76ers team.
Edited by Ben Carroll

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76ERS

entuckys basketball
roster is stacked
from top to bottom.
The No. 1 team in college
basketball has McDonalds
All-Americans bursting at
the seams.
The team has been lauded
as the best John Calipari has
ever coached, predicted to
finish 40-0, and the season is
only a week old.
This seasons Philadelphia
76ers have started out 0-10
and have been predicted
to finish among the worst
teams in NBA history.
Who would win between
one of college basketballs
premier powerhouses and
the current laughing stock
of the NBA?
The level of competition
that the 76ers see is unparalleled at Kentucky. Some
of the phenoms Philadelphia has played against just
10 games into the season
include Chris Bosh, James
Harden, Dirk Nowitzki, Roy
Hibbert, O.J. Mayo, Dwyane

Wade, Dwight Howard, Jimmy Butler, Tony Parker and

Tim Duncan, among others.
Kentucky has played Grand
Canyon and Buffalo so far
this year, not counting exhibition games. The Wildcats
had no problem with the
Antelopes, but Buffalo posed
a tougher challenge.
The pesky Buffalo squad
led Kentucky 38-33 at half
and didnt let off the gas
until the last 10 minutes of
the game.
If Kentucky has a hard
time against Buffalo, a team
who is 175th in points per
game (69.0), 270th in assists
per game (8.0) and 280th in
field-goal percentage (.324),
how could they reasonably
compete with Philadelphia?
Kentucky has been overhyped in the past, most
recently, last year. Around
this time in 2013, Kentucky
was prematurely heralded as
a team that could go undefeated. Shirts were printed
up saying 40-0 two weeks
into the season. Kentucky
lost its following game
against Michigan State and
finished the season 29-11.
The Wildcats advanced to

the National Championship in 2013, losing to the

Connecticut Huskies, 60-54,
but the season did not go
according to hype.
While much of the country
is feeding into the hype,
Calipari isnt going for it.
Now we go (play) Kansas
and its the same thing,
Calipari said after the Buffalo game on Sunday. We
probably need another hit
in the mouth to see where
we are.
The 76ers arent the cream
of the crop statistically, in
Kentuckys defense, but even
so, Kentucky would still get
clobbered.
Its no question that professional athletes have the
upper hand against college
athletes. Philadelphia shooting guard Jason Richardson
has been in the league since
2001. The Kentucky freshmen were in kindergarten
when he was a rookie.
Professionals are professionals for a reason.
Amateurs are amateurs for
a reason.
Edited by Rob Pyatt

Womens Basketball Gameday: Texas Southern University

SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU

KANSAS

Lauren Aldridge, Freshman,

Guard
Aldridge is coming off
a tough shooting performance, but she still managed to come through in the
clutch, going 9-of-10 at the
free throw line in the second
half. Aldridge also led the
Jayhawks in assists against
the South Dakota Coyotes,
and she played 32 minutes,
the second most of anyone
on the team.
Natalie Knight, Senior, Guard
Knight was stellar in the
season opener, scoring 15
points while adding seven
rebounds and five steals.
Knight played a team-high
39 minutes, and she was especially vital for the team
when Chelsea Gardner left
the game due to foul trouble.
Asia Boyd, Senior, Guard
Boyd didnt have the statistical performance of some
of the other Jayhawks in the
opener, but she played a key
defensive role. The senior
guard will be looking to
bounce back against Texas
Southern, which seems likely as Boyd scored 25 points
and grabbed six rebounds
against the Lady Tigers last
season.

Jada Brown, Sophomore,

Forward
Brown got the start in the
first game, although she
didnt spend a whole lot
of time on the court, only
playing 12 minutes. However, Brown was able to crash
the glass, grabbing a couple
of offensive rebounds, while
managing to chip in two
points.
Chelsea Gardner, Senior,
Forward
Gardner faced a double and
triple team against South
Dakota and couldnt be
stopped as the senior went
for 24 points in 24 minutes.
Expect a big game from the
newest member of the Jayhawks 1,000-point club.

TEXAS SOUTHERN

Sarah Williams, Senior, Guard

Williams had a solid season last year, but she had a
dismal performance against
the Oklahoma State Cowgirls in the season opener,
recording two assists and
five turnovers in 13 minutes.
Shell need to play much better against the Jayhawks.
Miracle Davis, Senior, Guard
Davis wasnt especially impressive last season, averaging just 1.6 points, 2.0 assists
and 1.8 rebounds per game.
In the Lady Tigers season

ANNA WENNER/KANSAN

Senior forward Chelsea Gardner pivots around Washburn junior forward Jayna Smith on Nov. 9. Kansas plays Texas Southern tonight at 7 p.m. in Allen
Fieldhouse.
opener, Davis scored just
two points in 20 minutes,
and she failed to be much of
a factor.

er player on the team, and

shell need to be at her best if
the Lady Tigers are going to
defeat the Jayhawks.

Brianna Sidney, Junior, Guard

Sidney chipped in 14 points
on 6-of-8 shooting against
the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, and she also snagged
four rebounds and four
steals. Sidney made more
3-pointers than any oth-

Alexus Johnson, Sophomore,

Forward
One season ago, Alexus
Johnson averaged 9.4 points
and 6 rebounds per game,
which was especially impressive considering that she
played just 20.1 minutes per

game on average. Johnson

was one rebound away from
a double-double against the
Cowgirls, and shell look
to repeat that performance
against the Jayhawks.
Morgan Simmons, Senior,
Forward
Morgan Simmons had a
productive game against
Oklahoma State, scoring
nine points and grabbing

seven rebounds, which was

reminiscent of her season
last year, when she averaged
7.8 points and 8.8 rebounds
per game. The La Marque,
Texas, native will have her
hands full against Kansas, as
shell be one of the two front
court players tasked with
guarding Chelsea Gardner.

Edited by Miranda Davis

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014

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No. 5

@RealBlairSheady

AT A GLANCE
Kansas enters the season as
the No. 5 team in the nation
and the Jayhawks return only
two starters. Kansas didnt
perform well against UC Santa
Barbara, shooting 41 percent
from the field and 20 percent
from three. Kansas hasnt
played a No. 1 team during
nonconference schedule since
2006 when Florida was ranked
No. 1.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Cliff Alexander,
Forward
After scoring 26 points in the
first two exhibition games,
Alexander scored nine points
against UCSB.
Alexander
was the first frontcourt player off the bench and provides
strength and physicality to the
Kansas lineup.

PAGE 9

KANSAS

No. 1

KENTUCKY
(2-0)

(1-0)

STARTERS

STARTERS

Devonte Graham, freshman, guard

After a disappointing performance by sophomore guard
Frank Mason, Graham will make his second start of
the season, but this time, its not against Washburn.
Graham sparked a 9-0 run against UCSB and scored a
game-high 14 points.

Andrew Harrison, sophomore, guard

The Harrison twins are similarly built, but play different
positions. Andrew Harrison is the Kentucky point guard
and he has a better passing ability than his brother
Andrew. Andrew had only one assist against Buffalo.

Brannen Greene, sophomore, guard

Greene started his first game as a Jayhawk against
UCSB and only played for 17 minutes. Many Kansas
players said Greene is the best shooter on a team, but
Greene isnt a good defender, which forces Self to substitute Greene for freshman Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk.

Aaron Harrison, sophomore, guard

The better shooter between the two Harrison twins
is Aaron, who hit both game-winning shots against
Michigan and Wisconsin in the Elite Eight and Final
Four. Aaron was the leading scorer among the starters
against Buffalo with eight points.

Harrison twins?

Both twins are 6-foot-5 and

both can handle the point
guard position. Graham and
sophomore guard Frank Mason will have a difficult time
guarding the Harrison twins
because of the height disadvantage.

Wayne Selden Jr., sophomore, guard

The Jayhawks found their vocal leader in Selden this
season. Selden didnt have a memorable season-opener
against UCSB, scoring 10 points on 2-of-8 shooting.
Seldens aggressiveness makes him a dangerous player,
but when he settles for 3-pointers, Selden can disappear
from the offense.

Alex Poythress, junior, forward

Poythress is the only non-freshman new starter. Poythress was the sixth man last season, playing 18 minutes
per game. During the first two games, Poythress
averaged seven points and five rebounds per game.

BY THE NUMBERS

32

Bill Self wins against ranked

teams

57

The runners-up in the 2014

NCAA National Championship
are returning three starters,
and the Associated Press
ranks the Wildcats number one
in the country. Kentucky was
trailing to Buffalo University
38-33 at half before the Wildcat held Buffalo to outscoring
39-17 in the second half.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Dakari Johnson,
Guard
Johnson is one of five Wildcat
players to average more than
20 minutes per game, but the
top-5 recruit in 2014 didnt
start last season, and he wont
start Tuesday. The 7-footer is
a strong rebounder averaging
13 per game and is Kentuckys
second-leading scorer.

Who will guard Wayne Selden?

Selden plays a guard-forward

hybrid position, and there
arent many players on Kentucky with the same athletic
skill as Selden. Poythress is
big enough to guard Selden,
but hes not quick enough. A
matchup between Selden and
a Harrison twin will likely be a
frequent scene tonight.

287

Karl-Anthony Towns, freshman, forward

This is a different look Kentucky team because the
Wildcats only have one freshman in the starting lineup.
Towns was the No. 5 player in the 2014 recruiting class,
and the No. 2 center. Towns played the least amount
of minutes among starters and scored three points
against Buffalo.

Coach John Calipari has 287

wins since 2005, which is the
most among active coaches

Kentucky has 19 active

players in the NBA

19
58

Last season, Kentucky

recorded its 58th 20-win
season in program history

BABY JAY WILL CHEER IF

Edited by Miranda Davis

AT A GLANCE

Perry Ellis, junior, forward

Coach Bill Self thinks Ellis will be the leading scorer
for Kansas this season. Ellis didnt prove that against
UCSB, getting blocked by the UCSB frontcourt. Ellis
will have a tough task against the Kentucky 7-footers
because length disturbs Ellis game.

Kansas has 18 active players

in the NBA

Kansas shoots over 40 percent from

three. Against UCSB, the Jayhawks
were 2-for-10 from beyond the arc,
and Self said Kansas might fall in
love with the 3-pointers this season.

@RealBlairSheady

BY THE NUMBERS

Kansas leads the NCAA with 57

conference titles

18

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QUESTION MARKS

QUESTION MARKS
How will Kansas contain the

KENTUCKY
TIPOFF

Jamari Traylor, junior, forward

Traylor had a tough task guarding UCSB forward Alan Williams, yet the junior grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds.
Traylor will have another tough matchup against the taller
and more athletic frontcourt than UCSB and hell rely on
his much improve jump shot.

Willie Cauley-Stein, junior, forward

The Olathe native is the leader of this Kentucky team
and the leading rebounder. Cauley-Stein grabbed 10
rebounds in the win against Buffalo, but he only averaged six rebounds last season. Cauley-Stein is known
for having athletic ability for a 7-footer.

Prediction: Kansas 74, Kentucky 85

4

BABY JAY WILL CRY IF

Kentucky outrebounds Kansas.
The Wildcats average 48 team
rebounds through their first two
games while Kansas had 42 team
rebounds against UCSB. Kentucky
wins the height battle with three
7-footers compared to zero 7-footers on Kansas.

Edited by Miranda Davis

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014

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Mundine still in running

for John Mackey Award
DAN HARMSEN
@udk_dan

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN

Junior tailback Aaron Green from Texas Christian University outruns Kansas cornerback Dexter McDonald and
the rest of the Kansas defense. TCU survived an upset scare from Kansas 34-30 on Saturday in Lawrence.

Power Rankings: TCU holds

No. 1 spot after narrow victory
SHANE JACKSON
@jacksonshane3

With 2:38 to go in the third

quarter, the Horned Frogs took
their first lead of the game over
the Jayhawks and never looked
back. Although it was a lot closer
than most expected, TCU survived
to stay atop the Big 12 by virtue of
the other two teams on a bye.
Both one-loss Baylor and twoloss Kansas State remain in the
heat for a chance at the conference
title. But what Saturday proved is
it may be difficult for a one-loss
Big 12 team to crack the four-team
playoff. TCU was sitting in fourth
but will likely be knocked back a
couple spots after Saturdays shaky
performance.
Just three games took place
Saturday as four teams were on
bye. Eight Big 12 teams will play
this week; the conference shakeup
is becoming clearer as the season
begins to wind down.

POWER RANKINGS
1. TCU 9-1 (6-1 Big 12)
Last time out: Won at Kansas
34-30
The Horned Frogs saw their
playoff chances diminish as
they went to the wire against the
Jayhawks. The lone special teams
touchdown in the conference this
week, a 69-yard punt return, was
enough to lift TCU.
TCU stays atop the Big 12 with
just one loss. The team will need
to win its final pair of games
convincingly to get back in the
playoff hunt. Quarterback Trevone
Boykin has the schools single
season record for passing yards
(3,021) and total offense (3,586).
Trending: Same
Next up: Bye week
2. Baylor 8-1 (5-1)
Last time out: Bye
You could practically hear the
cheers from Waco, Texas, as the
Bears were hoping the Jayhawks
could pull off the major upset
Saturday. A loss by the Horned
Frogs would have placed the Bears
alone atop the Big 12.
Instead the Bears will have three
games with Oklahoma State, at
Texas Tech and Kansas State to end
their season. For now, the Bears sit

in second because they did not play

anyone last week.
Trending: Same
Next up: vs. Oklahoma State.
3. Kansas State 7-2 (5-1)
Last time out: Bye
Even in-state rival Kansas State
was hoping Kansas could pull off
the upset, as it would have helped
the Wildcats title hopes. For now
Kansas State has a shot to claim at
least a share of the Big 12 title, but
have just three games remaining.
Kansas State travels to West
Virginia in addition to home games
with Kansas and Baylor.
Trending: Same
Next up: At West Virginia
4. Oklahoma 7-3 (4-3)
Last time out: Won at Texas Tech
42-30
Oklahoma has climbed the
rankings after handling Texas Tech.
Freshman running back Samaje
Perine had a three-touchdown
day on the ground for the third
time this season. He is the first
Oklahoma freshman running back
to rush over 1,000 yards since
Adrian Peterson.
Trending: Up
Next up: vs. Kansas
5. Texas 6-5 (5-3)
Last time out: Won at Oklahoma
State 28-7
The Longhorns are bowl-bound
after their third conference road
win of the season. Texas has won
three of its four road conference
contests. Texas was a seasonbest 11 of 19 (57.9) on third down
conversions while holding the
Cowboys to 2 of 13 (15.4) on third
down. Texas will have the week off
before taking on TCU on Nov. 27.
Trending: Up
Next up: Bye
6. West Virginia 6-4 (4-3)
Last time out: Bye
The Mountaineers will try to pad
their bowl resume with a Thursday
night showdown on senior night
against Kansas State. West
Virginia will have just one game
remaining after this week on the
road against the bottom-feeder
Iowa State Cyclones.
Trending: Up
Next up: vs. Kansas State

7. Oklahoma State 5-5 (3-4)

Last time out: Lost to Texas 28-7
The Cowboys find their way to
the bottom half of the conference
after a loss at home to Texas. The
loss ended the Cowboys 26-game
winning streak against unranked
opponents in Boone Pickens
Stadium, a streak that dated
back to 2009. Oklahoma State has
recorded at least two sacks in 10
of its last 11 games, and will try to
get after Baylor this weekend.
Trending: Down
Next up: at Baylor
8. Texas Tech 3-7 (1-6)
Last time out: Lost to Oklahoma
42-30
Freshman quarterback Patrick
Mahomes had a career day in a
loss to the Sooners. Mahomes
completed 27 of his 50 pass
attempts for 393 yards and four
touchdowns. Tech was able to snap
a 17-game streak of losing the
turnover battle after forcing three
Oklahoma turnovers while not
committing one.
Trending: Same
Next Up: vs. Iowa State
9. Kansas 3-6 (1-5)
Last time out: Lost to TCU 34-30
Kansas nearly did the impossible,
knocking off a then-No. 4 TCU
team. Junior quarterback Michael
Cummings threw a career-high
332 yards, the most by a Kansas
quarterback since Todd Reesings
338 against Duke in 2009.
Kansas opening drive consisted of
17 plays, the longest scoring drive
in the conference this season.
Trending: Same
Next up: at Oklahoma
10. Iowa State 2-7 (0-6)
Last time out: Bye
After a loss to Kansas, Iowa
State may have permanently
placed themselves at the bottom
of the conference. However,
Iowa State will have a favorable
three-game slate to remove itself
away from that title. Aside from
concluding its season with TCU,
Iowa State will have a pair of
home games against Texas Tech
and West Virginia.
Trending: Same
Next up: vs. Texas Tech
Edited by Rob Pyatt

Fresh off one of his best

statistical outings of his Kansas
career, the most receiving
yards by a Jayhawk tight end
since 1974, senior Jimmay
Mundine has been named one
of eight semi-finalists for the
John Mackey Award.
Part of the National College
Football Awards Association,
the John Mackey Award is
given annually to the most
outstanding collegiate tight
end. Mundine becomes the
first Jayhawk in school history
to be named a semi-finalist for
the prestigious honor.
Mundines name is in the hat
for several reasons.
Hes a big guy that can go out
on the perimeter, runs good
routes and has good hands,
Bowen said. Couldnt be more
proud of the effort and what
hes brought to our team.
Those skills havent been
more evident than in the past
five games, especially during
his heyday against No. 4
TCU, during which he made
a career-best seven receptions
for 137 yards and a touchdown.
Mundine has only increased
his production since changes
were made to the head coach
and quarterback positions.
Over the past five games,
under
Bowens
tutelage
and quarterback Michael
Cummings
direction,
Mundine has seen an increase
in receptions, tallying 29
for 412 yards and three
touchdowns, as opposed to 11
receptions for 124 yards and
no touchdowns through the
first five.
Theyre starting to develop
some chemistry, Bowen said

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN

Kansas interim coach Clint Bowen congratulates senior tight end

Jimmay Mundine on the sideline following a touchdown against Texas
Christian University on Saturday.
of the Cummings-Mundine
connection. I believe its a
result of the way we practice,
the way we prepared, and its
starting to show up.
At 6 feet 2 inches and
240 pounds, raw talent has
never been a question for the
Denison, Texas, native.
My size, my athleticism and
ability to really understand
the game as far as whos got
me, what zones they have,
Mundine said. You can
manipulate [the defender].
Blocking and dropped passes
plagued the tight end earlier in
his career.
I was really good at routes
and struggling at blocking,
Mundine said in August.
Over the summer before
his senior year, Mundine
recommitted himself to those
facets, spending extra time in
blocking drills and catching
upwards of 1,000 passes a day
from a JUGS machine.
The blocking is better, the
drops are down and Mundine
is finally flashing his best
attribute.
I always pride myself in not
letting the first guy tackle me,
Mundine said.
That skill was no better

typified than on a 67-yard

rumble against the Horned
Frogs, where he broke two
would-be tacklers.
I wasnt surprised he broke
so many tackles, Cummings
said of Mundines rousing run.
I was surprised he didnt get in
the end zone.
Finalists for the award will be
notified Nov. 24, followed by an
announcement of the recipient
at the end of the season on
Dec. 10. The recipient will also
be presented with the award
live on ESPNU on Dec. 11.
The senior will be competing
with Iowa States E.J. Bibbs,
Ole Miss Evan Engram,
Notre Dames Ben Koyack,
Florida States Nick OLeary,
Massachusetts Jean Sifrin,
Miamis Clive Walford and
Minnesotas Maxx Williams for
the award.
His chances are as good as
any. The senior leads all Big
12 tight ends and ranks fourth
nationally among the position
group with 537 receiving yards
on 40 catches. No Kansas
receiver has been more clutch
this season. Thirty of his 40
catches have resulted in first
downs.
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DOUBLE BONUS

Sports editor Brian Hillix and Nick Gray, a basketball columnist at the Kentucky Kernel student newspaper, talk about
each team heading into the Champions Classic.
BRIAN HILLIX
@DoubleHillix

5 QUESTIONS WITH
THE ENEMY
Kansan: Kentucky has nine
McDonald's All-Americans
on the roster this year. That
is insane. With all the talent
on the team, there's been talk
that John Calipari will implement a platoon system, where
two groups of five players take
turns rotating into the game.
What are your thoughts on
that, and do you see this being permanent throughout the
season?
Gray: I do not see it being
permanent, and I do not think
Calipari does either. It will
work for everyone in the first
month of the season. Players
get playing time while Calipari can evaluate 10 players
in legitimate game action. Before we hit conference play, do
not be surprised if he whittles
the rotation down or at least
gives some players 30 minutes
a game while shortchanging
those who aren't playing particularly hard. The experiment
has gone pretty well so far,
with teams getting worn out
quicker than UK, but guys on
the second platoon will deserve more than 15-20 minutes a game by the time we get
to January.
Kansan: Which returner do
you anticipate making the
biggest impact this season?
Which freshman?
Gray: Returning players are
aplenty on UK's roster, but the
biggest impact will come from
junior forward Willie Cauley-Stein. He can do so many
things on defense, and the
feeling is that the up-tempo offense will help Cauley-Stein's
offensive numbers because of
the increased likelihood of lob
passes and transition plays,
which fits his style. But he is
not the most important returner point guard Andrew
Harrison is more important.
At the beginning of the season, forward Karl-Anthony
Towns looked like the best
freshman. He still may be, but
he is falling into foul trouble
too much and gets lost in the
game when he does not get
feeds into the post. So the best
freshman, and the one will
make the most impact early
on, is forward Trey Lyles. Kansas will see him in the second
platoon, and he will be the
best scorer in the lineup. He's
a 6-foot-10-inch big man who
has already shown he can hit
jump shots off of screen and
curl actions. You do not see
that often.
Kansan: Taking into the consideration the giant disclaimer
that Kentucky hasn't played
real competition yet, what
have you learned about the
team in its limited action this
season? What is the team's
biggest strength (other than
depth), and what is the team's
biggest weakness?
Gray: This team has size everywhere. Their guards are
6-foot-6. The forwards and
centers are legitimately 6-foot10 or taller. NBA teams do
not have the same kind (and
amount) of size that UK has
this season. Good luck out-rebounding them.
UK's weakness is perimeter
shooting. Devin Booker and
Aaron Harrison are above average 3-point shooters, but no
one has proven to be consistent from outside. If UK goes
cold from outside, opponents
might have a chance.
Kansan: Last season, Kentucky was ranked 69th in the
country in points per game
and 81st in points allowed. I'm
guessing both the offense and
the defense will dramatically
improve this season. Do you
see one side being more dom-

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Kentuckys Trey Lyles dunks near teammates Marcus Lee and Devin Booker during the second half of the game against Buffalo on Nov. 16 in Lexington, Ken. Kentucky won 71-52.
inant this year? What is the
team's identity?
Gray: UK does not have to
execute exponentially well. A
bad possession and shot can
be saved by any of the three
big men that will be on the
floor. The team's identity is
strength. UK's first two opponents attempted to play physically, but it is not possible to
out-muscle this team. Opponents will have to be quicker
than UK and will have to make
a lot of shots.
Neither offense nor defense
will be particularly more dominant than the other. UK will
rebound the basketball on
each end better than most of
its opponents, and that will be
what is dominant.
Kansan: Two extremely young
teams with a lot of depth.
What's your prediction?
Gray: Kansas will be a good
basketball team when the calendar changes. Unfortunately,
the Jayhawks will have to play
this game in mid-November.
We do not know much about
either team, but what we do
know is this UK is big, and
the easiest way to score points
is to get around the basket. The
Cats will be better at getting
near the basket and defending
around the basket.
The Jayhawks will stick
around in the first half, but UK
if motivated will stretch
the game out, and the Cats will

win 80-68.

5 QUESTIONS FROM
THE ENEMY
Gray: The Jayhawks lost two
of the three top picks in June's
NBA Draft. They played the
last month or so last season
without Joel Embiid, but now
they will not have Andrew
Wiggins and others. With regards to UK's struggles two
years ago without Anthony
Davis and Michael KiddGilchrist, how is Kansas going
to move on without them?
Kansan: Those two moving
on obviously leaves some
major holes on the team, but
Kansas freshmen and inhouse players should be able
to make up for their departures. Replacing Wiggins at
the 3-spot will primarily be
sophomore Brannen Greene
and freshmen Kelly Oubre and
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk. While
Kansas cant replace Wiggins
athleticism (not many can), all
three of these players are much
better shooters than Wiggins,
especially from 3-point range.
Replacing Embiid will be the
bigger task for the Jayhawks,
as his size and paint presence
helped Kansas on both ends
of the floor, especially on the
defensive side. This year, Kansas doesnt have a player taller
than 6-foot-10, so the team
wont have a 7-foot shot block-

er roaming the basket like in

years past. However, freshman
Cliff Alexander, a top-5 recruit, will bring much-needed physicality and toughness
down low, something Kansas
didnt really have last season,
even with Embiid.
Gray: Kelly Oubre is a name
most UK fans know if they
follow recruiting. He didn't
get much time in the season
opener. Will he see much time
this season? What's his development?
Kansan: Coming into the season, many thought the No.
6-ranked recruit was a lock
for the starting five, but his
spotty minutes in the early
games suggests he is still figuring things out. When asked
why Oubre only played four
minutes in the season opener against UC Santa Barbara,
Kansas coach Bill Self said
he was trying to do what was
best for the team, and that hes
just young. My guess is Oubre
will assume a starting spot by
conference play because of his
athleticism and shooting ability. The only thing that may
hold him back is his defense,
which Self stresses more than
anything.
Gray: Who should UK key on
offensively Tuesday?
Kansan: Like Kentucky, Kansas is extremely deep and balanced. The Jayhawks leading

scorer could be eight different

players on a given night. But
Ill say the most important one
to stop will be junior forward
Perry Ellis. Almost a perfect
contrast to Alexander, Ellis
is a more savvy post player
that will use his quickness to
finish around the basket. He
is also one of the teams best
mid-range shooters. At the
Champions Classic last year
against Duke, he went off for
24 points, 9 rebounds and 3
steals.
Gray: Everything coming out
of Lawrence in the preseason
is centered around Cliff Alexander, the highly regarded freshman forward. What
should the public that have not
seen him play before Tuesday
expect?
Kansan: I touched on this a
bit earlier, but Alexanders
physicality will be important
for a shorter-than-usual Kansas team. Despite being only
6-foot-8, Alexander and his
7-foot-2 wingspan will help
him guard bigger players in
the paint and block shots. Just
looking at him, Alexander is
a physical freak that certainly
doesnt look like a freshman.
The biggest question with him
is foul trouble, something Self
has worried about due to his
aggressiveness. While most of
his points will come close to
the basket, he is also capable of
hitting a 10-foot jumper if the

defense backs off.

Gray: I think people are discounting the strengths of other teams on UK's schedule,
including Kansas. Scanning
the Cats' schedule, what do
you see as the ultimate trip-up
for UK this season? And what
is your prediction on Tuesday
night?
Kansan: Looking at the schedule, Louisville would appear to
be the teams biggest chance
at losing a game this season.
Rick Pitino is one of the best
coaches in the country, and
you know his players will go
all-out for this rivalry game,
especially if Kentucky is undefeated at the time. The fact
that its a home game for the
Cardinals gives them an edge,
too. One game people may be
overlooking is Texas, who has
the size to match Kentucky
down low and one of the best
point guards in the country
in Isaiah Taylor. Arkansas is
a well-coached, experienced
conference team that could
cause Kentucky some problems as well.
For tonight, I either see Kansas winning a close game or
Kentucky pulling away in the
second half for a double-digit
win. I suppose Ill go with the
first option: Kansas, 84-79.
Long-range shooting will be
the difference.

Edited by Rob Pyatt

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WHY KANSAS WINS

BRIAN HILLIX
@DoubleHillix

Looking at Kentuckys
roster and its nine McDonalds All-Americans, youll
see why the Wildcats are
the preseason No. 1 and
whispers of Kentucky going
undefeated are surfacing.
But even with a team full
of future NBA players, that
doesnt guarantee a win,
especially against No. 5 Kansas on a neutral court at the
beginning of the season.
Its something every college
basketball coach will preach,
and its that talent isnt as
important as factors like
team chemistry and work
ethic. Playing Kentucky
at the beginning of the
season, when the talent and
chemistry havent fully fused
yet, is when teams like the
Wildcats are likely to experience some speed bumps.
They experienced a minor
one already, trailing after
the first half against Buffalo
at home on Sunday. Kansas
will be able to capitalize on
any Kentucky lapses.
At the beginning of the
season last year, Kentucky was similarly hyped
to this years team, with
some saying the Wildcats

could go undefeated. The

talent didnt quite mesh as
Kentucky would lose six of
seven games against ranked
teams in the regular season.
The team did advance to
the NCAA Tournament national championship game,
but it went through a lot of
struggles to get there.
On the offensive side for
Kansas, returners Perry
Ellis and Wayne Selden
McDonalds All-Americans
themselves have the
ability to break through
offensively. Ellis should be
able to attack the Kentucky
post with his mid-range
jumper and Selden is an
athletic guard who can score
by driving or shooting from
long-range. Each broke
through in the Champions
Classic last season, combining for 39 points on 14-for23 shooting to go along with
15 rebounds against No. 4
Duke.
Defensively, the Jayhawks
dont have a 7-footer this
year to alter shots in the
paint. However, their
frontcourt is one of the most
athletic groups Bill Self has
coached while at Kansas.
Containing Kentuckys
big men is a tall task for
any team, but the duo of

freshman Cliff Alexander

and junior Jamari Traylor,
in particular, should be able
to disrupt them with their
intangibles. Though each
is only 6-foot-8, their athleticism and energy should
be able to make up for the
height difference.
Like Kentucky, Kansas can
also bring up to five players
off the bench, although Self
doesnt do so in the form of
a platoon. Whether Kansas
needs energy, length, experience or long-range shooting,
Self can turn to someone on
the bench to give the team
the spark it needs.
Self will also look to even
his head-to-head record
against nemesis John
Calipari, and should draft a
game plan that minimizes
Kansas weaknesses. Calipari
is the better recruiter, but I
give Self the slight edge as
the better game manager.
Kentucky is the more
talented team, but especially
this early in the season, that
doesnt always translate to
wins. Behind big games
from Ellis and Selden, the
Jayhawks squeak by the
Wildcats and win, 84-79.
Edited by Ben Carroll

Taking a look back at

Champions Classic Round 1
BEN FELDERSTEIN
@Ben_Felderstein

For the past three years, four

of the top college basketball
programs in the country have
met in the Champions Classic.
This tournament was started in
2011 and the four participants
were meant to exemplify what
it means to be a champion.
Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and
Michigan State signed on for
a three-year rotation in 2011,
and signed another three-year
extension for the tournament
through 2016. The inaugural
Champions Classic took place
in Madison Square Garden
where Kansas played Kentucky and Duke played Michigan State. This year, the same
teams will face off again in Indianapolis.
KANSAS VS. KENTUCKY
NOV. 15, 2011
Facing one of the best college basketball teams in re-

cent memory including the

number one and two overall picks in the NBA draft in
Anthony Davis and Michael
Kidd-Gilchrist Kansas
struggled to compete early.
Juniors Thomas Robinson
and Jeff Withey led Kansas
surge down low. This game
wound up being a preview of
the upcoming national championship game in the NCAA
Tournament. In both games,
Kentucky got off to hot starts,
and Kansas played catch-up
often. In both cases, Kansas
started their surge a tad late
and ran out of time. Kansas fell
75-65 in the inaugural version
of the Champions Classic.

fill in one of his first games

in a Jayhawk uniform. Ellis
seemed to be overwhelmed
at times throughout and did
not have an effective game.
Senior guard Elijah Johnson
led Kansas with 16 points, but
did not shoot the ball well, as
he needed 15 shots to score his
16. Freshman Ben McLemore had an impressive game,
scoring 14 points on 5-for-7
shooting from the field. As
Kansas trailed by three at the
end of regulation, Bill Self ran
his famous chop play to senior Travis Releford. He got
a good look, but missed the
shot as Michigan State went
on to win, 67-64.

KANSAS VS. MICHIGAN STATE

NOV. 13, 2012
Kansas played sloppy in
the second installment of the
Champions Classic. With
the departure of lottery pick
Thomas Robinson, freshman
Perry Ellis had large shoes to

KANSAS VS. DUKE

NOV. 12, 2013
The Jayhawks finally got
their first Champions Classic victory in one of the most
highly anticipated regular season college basketball games
in recent memory. Andrew
Wiggins and Jabari Parker
were the top two ranked recruits of their class and were
facing off for the first time in
Chicago. Wiggins finished the
contest with 22 points and 8
rebounds, while Parker put up
27 points and nine rebounds.
This game truly lived up to the
hype, as Kansas held off Duke
for the 94-83 victory which
is the highest scoring game in
the tournaments history. This
game had a March-like atmosphere in early November, as
both teams were playing like
well-led machines who had
been playing together for
months. Sophomore Perry
Ellis had a strong offensive
game with 24 points on 9-for13 shooting.

FILE PHOTO

Sophomore guard Frank Mason drives past Dukes Andre Dawkins on Nov.
12, 2013. Kansas beat Duke in the 2013 Champions Classic, 94-83.

Edited by Brian Hillix

FILE PHOTO

Kansas guard Elijah Johnson goes for a steal against Kentucky guard Doron Lamb during the Champions Classic game on Nov. 15, 2011. In a preview of the eventual national championship game, the Wildcats won, 75-65.

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WHY KENTUCKY WINS

NICK GRAY

@KYKernelGray
Depth.
Not many teams have it
the way UK does. The Cats
can play and will play
10 guys in a rotation.
The platoon system is real
and it can be dangerous to
opponents. UK coach John
Calipari can bring five bluechip recruits off the bench
to replace the five blue-chip
players on the floor. It's
an astounding luxury to
have, and Calipari is trying
something a little different
to use it.
Want a big point guard
who can get to the basket? The Cats have him in
Andrew Harrison. Want a
small point guard who can
distribute the basketball?
UK has it in Tyler Ulis.
Need shooters with NBA
size? Calipari has Aaron
Harrison and Devin Booker.
Need guys who are 6-foot10 or taller? UK has five
such guys and multiples on
each platoon lineup.
Maybe luxury is not the
correct word for what
Calipari gets to coach this
season. An extravagance of
wealth is more appropriate.
This team is not without

its faults. Sometimes, shots

don't fall. And its easy to
ease into an early-afternoon
tipoff against a less-talented
teams when people around
you tell you how good you
are.
UK is young too. The
Harrison twins, center Dakari Johnson and forward
Marcus Lee are all sophomores. They only have two
upperclassmen, and those
two forwards Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley-Stein
are juniors.
So they can be rattled,
theoretically.
Kansas is an ideal team
when considering who can
rattle the Cats. The Jayhawks are very athletic and
have a quick backcourt. The
Harrison twins struggled
against a quick backcourt in
their freshman years, never
beating Mike Anderson
and Arkansas' full-court
pressure or Billy Donovan
and Florida's hectic style.
Re-watch the National
Championship game last
season and look at UConn
guards Shabazz Napier and
Ryan Boatright wear down
UK's backcourt. Andrew
and Aaron Harrison had
trouble keeping up with
small, quicker guys as

freshmen.
But they've slimmed their
bodies, adding quickness
and retaining their physical
nature.
The Jayhawks are not an
ideal team to play UK due
to the bizarre lack of size
on Bill Self 's roster. My
first thought when watching Kansas' opener against
South Dakota State was to
look around Allen Fieldhouse for the likes of Jeff
Withey and Cole Aldrich.
Even if Kansas had both
Withey and Aldrich, it may
not be enough to match
the waves of UK big men
that will orate in and out
in four-minute stretches.
Kansas should wear down
and UK will outmuscle the
Jayhawks with two teams
worth of talent.
But the good thing is, Kansas always surprises with
its resilience. Somehow,
I don't think it will be as
simple as just outmuscling
the Jayhawks. But I'll take
the team that has everything
over the team that has a lot
of things.
Editors note: Nick Gray is a
sports writer for the Kentucky
Kernel, UKs student
newspaper.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014

SELF VS. CALIPARI

Talented coaches bring history into tonights matchup

BEN FELDERSTEIN
@Ben_Felderstein

This story begins in 2008,

in San Antonio, Texas. With
2:12 left to play in the national championship game, the
Memphis Tigers led the Kansas Jayhawks by nine.
Kansas continued to chip
away at Memphis lead, and
with 2.1 seconds left on the
clock, Mario Chalmers made a
3-pointer that went on to become Marios Miracle to send
the game into overtime.
The Jayhawks cruised to a 7568 victory over the Tigers in
overtime to secure the teams
fifth national title. This game
sparked what has gone on to
become one of the best coaching rivalries in college sports.
Kansas coach Bill Self and
Kentucky coach John Calipari are heavily regarded as two
of the best coaches in college
basketball. The 2008 national
championship game was the
starting point of an intriguing
coaching dual.
Self graduated from Oklahoma State in 1985, where he was
a four-year letterwinner and
was given all Big Eight honors
in 1982. Self began his coaching career at Kansas under
coach Larry Brown.
In 1993, Self was hired as the
head coach at Oral Roberts
University, and in four years
led ORU to its first ever NIT
appearance. From 1998-2000
Self compiled a 74-27 record

at Tulsa University. Self led the

Hurricanes to their first-ever
Elite Eight in 2000.
Following Self s Elite Eight
appearance, he was hired by
Illinois, and spent the next
three years there. Self reached
his second straight Elite Eight
in 2001 and won a share of the
Big Ten title and ended the
season as the No. 4-ranked
team in the nation. In 2002,
Self and Illinois fell to Kansas
in the Sweet 16.
Following the departure of
Roy Williams to North Carolina in 2003, Self s next destination became clear. Self was
hired as the eighth coach in
Kansas basketball history, and
in 11 years has led Kansas to
10 straight Big 12 titles, and a
2008 national title.
John Calipari began his college career at North Carolina, but transferred to Clarion
University of Pennsylvania for
his final two seasons. Calipari
burst onto the coaching scene
in 1982, at Kansas under head
coach Ted Owens.
In 1985, Calipari was hired
as the assistant coach at the
University of Pittsburgh. Three
years later, Calipari landed his
first head-coaching job at the
University of Massachusetts.
Calipari led UMass to five
straight Atlantic 10 titles and
five straight NCAA tournament appearances.
Calipari got the attention of
the NBA and was hired by the
New Jersey Nets in 1996. He

led the Nets to one playoff appearance in three seasons and

returned to the college game at
the University of Memphis. He
won 214 games and led Memphis to seven straight postseason appearances.
In 2009, Calipari left Memphis for his current coaching
job at the University of Kentucky, where he has found
immense success, including a
2012 national championship.
Self and Calipari are two of
the only three NCAA head
coaches to lead three different
teams to Elite Eight appearances, along with Rick Pitino.
In 2012, Self and Calipari met
for the second time on the biggest stage.
Now at Kentucky, Calipari
had a chance to get revenge
against Self and the Jayhawks
for 2008. An Anthony Davis
and Michael Kidd-Gilchristled Kentucky team went on
to beat Thomas Robinson and
the Jayhawks 67-59 in the 2012
ational championship game.
Davis and Kidd-Gilchrist went
on to be the first and second
picks in the NBA Draft.
In national championship
games, Self and Calipari are
tied 1-1. In Champions Classics, Calipari has the edge on
Self 1-0. Self will look to settle
the score tonight and get some
revenge of his own.

John Calipari

Bill Self

Record: 533174 (.754)

Record: 557174 (.762)

Teams coached: Oral Roberts, Tulsa,

Illinois, Kansas

Teams Coached: UMASS, Memphis,

Kentucky

Age: 51

Age: 55

National Championships: 1, 2008

National Championships: 1, 2012

Conference Titles: 16

Conference Titles: 14

Final Fours: 2

Final Fours: 5

Played at: Oklahoma State

Played At: UNC Wilmington, Clarion

Edited by Rob Pyatt

Kansas makes committment to limiting turnovers

KIRSTEN PETERSON
@KeepupwithKP

Kansas has learned how to

protect the basketball. At least,
that is how it looked in the Jayhawks' regular season opener
against South Dakota. In the
first two exhibition games,
the Jayhawks had 43 total
turnovers. In Sundays game,
Kansas only had 11 turnovers.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson
commented on this in Sundays post-game press conference.
From the first two exhibition
games [the turnovers] were
self inflicted - we just threw
it around, Henrickson said.
We just had really bad focus
and attention to detail. [In the
home opener], I thought we
took care of the ball, handled it
[and] didnt try to make plays
that arent there. In offense, its
not the great plays you make;

its the bad plays you dont

make.
With this mindset to take
care of the ball, the Jayhawks
will take on Texas Southern
at 7 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse
tonight.
When the Jayhawks met
with Texas Southern last season, the Tigers now-senior
guard scored 34 points. Kansas now-senior forward Chelsea Gardner had 30 points,
and now-senior guard Asia
Boyd followed closely with 25
points.
Gardner and Boyd will be
expected to do well in this upcoming game; however, they
will be without the senior leadership of Cece Harper at point
guard, who had 11 assists in
last years game against Texas
Southern. Who will help facilitate this team and control the
ball? Well, thats an easy question to answer with true-fresh-

man Lauren Aldridge starting

at point. Aldridge has performed well in Coach Henricksons eyes despite whatever difficulties she faces on the
court.
Shes got poise and composure, Henrickson said. This
kid has been in pressure situations and is a mentally tough
kid."

In offense, its not the great

plays you make; its the bad
plays you dont make.
BONNIE HENRICKSON
Womens basketball coach

Aldridge is likely to bring her

A-game to tonights game to
try to make it two in a row for
the 1-0 Hawks.

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Kansas, Kentucky clash in a battle rooted in history

KYLE PAPPAS
@KylePap

Throughout the entire preseason, No. 5 Kansas versus

No. 1 Kentucky has been highlighted in red on most college
basketball fans calendars.
One of the years early marquee games, the matchups appeal stems as much from the
twos current status as top-5
programs as it does from the
schools unparalleled traditions.
When it comes to winning,
no two schools have done it
better since the turn of the
20th century. The Wildcats sit
atop the list of all-time winningest universities with 2,140
victories. The Jayhawks are

second with 2,126.

[Kentuckys] program is so
tradition-rich, Kansas coach
Bill Self said. Its the bluest
of the blue-bloods and ours is
right there with them.
The two have been no
strangers to each other over
the years. In addition to meeting in the NCAA tournament
on three occasions since 1999,
both are linked through some
of the figures who have helped
build their respective traditions.
Former Kentucky coach
Adolph Rupp, the namesake
of the Wildcats Rupp Arena,
led the program from 1930 to
1972 and collected 876 wins in
his career enough for fifth
all-time.

Prior to moving to Lexington, he served as a reserve

player at Kansas under legendary coach Phog Allen from
1919 to 1923. Rupp also took
classes with another influential
character in Kansas basketball,
according to his son.
He actually took classes with
Dr. [James] Naismith, Adolph
Rupp, Jr. said. He took what
he learned from both of those
men, and then added his own
innovations to it, to come up
with Kentucky-style basketball.
Moreover, current Wildcats
coach John Calipari was an
assistant at Kansas under former coach Larry Brown from
1982 to 1985. When he left to
take the same position at the

University of Massachusetts,
a 23-year-old recent graduate
with no prior coaching experience filled the vacancy. His
name was Bill Self.
While the universities share
bits of their history with each
other, their most common
characteristic has been their
success on the court.
The two are battling each
other at the top of nearly every all-time statistical category. Most NCAA tournament
wins? Kentucky is first with
116, Kansas sits third at 96.
Highest winning percentage?
Kentuckys at the top with .763
clip and Kansas is third at .720.
I definitely [take pride in
Kansas tradition], its a lot of
history in these two programs,

its definitely going to be a

fun matchup, junior forward
Jamari Traylor said. I know
everybodys going to be watching.
Also, as two of the most prestigious basketball schools in
the nation, its not rare that
the Jayhawks have wound up
fighting Kentucky for some of
the nations most-prized recruits. Though Tuesday night
will mark their first matchup on the court since 2012,
the two have been competing
against each other nonstop in
the recruiting circuit.
Weve gone head-to-head
with Kentucky numerous
times, and weve won a couple
and lost a few, but thats always
going to be the nature of the

business, Self said. Theres

a lot of people that well recruit against, but it seems like
theres been more of the Kentucky-Kansas crossover than
maybe there has any other
school, at least with us.
No matter how Tuesday
nights matchup at Bankers
Life Fieldhouse comes out,
fans should savor the opportunity to watch college basketballs winningest programs
square off against each other.
It doesnt happen that often,
Self said. I guess it will happen if we ever play them again,
usually when we play, weve got
a chance to be No. 1 and No. 2
[in all-time wins]. Itll be fun.

Edited by Rob Pyatt

Jayhawks again faced with tough early-season test

KYLE PAPPAS
@KylePap

Kansas coach Bill Self enjoys knowing exactly what

hes working with early in the
season.
Its why hes scheduled
matchups against ranked opponents within the Jayhawks
first two regular season games
in each of the past three years.
Last year, it was No. 4 Duke.
The season prior? No. 21
Michigan State. Back in 2011,
it was No. 2 Kentucky.
That trend continues with
No. 5 Kansas Champions
Classic matchup against No.
1 Kentucky at Bankers Life
Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on
Tuesday night. Tipoff is set for
8 p.m., or 30 minutes after the
conclusion of the Duke-Michigan State game.
Theyre good theyve got
all the pieces to have a great
team obviously, Self said.
Were going to have to be
smart, were going to have to
attack pressure were going
to have to do a lot of things.
Hopefully, well be sound
enough where we can create
some problems for them, too.
Kentucky boasts what former
Jayhawk coach Larry Brown
called the No. 1 and No. 2
teams in the nation last week.
He was referring to the Wild-

cats loaded bench that will

feature at least four McDonalds All-Americans at any given time.
Notorious for producing
several one-and-dones since
coach John Caliparis arrival
in Lexington, this years Kentucky team actually returns
three key starters in addition
to its sixth man from last
season. Its begun the season
2-0, though it looked shaky at
times against a much less talented Buffalo team on Sunday.
Forward Willie Cauley-Stein,
a 7-foot junior from Olathe,
will lead the Wildcats as their
most experienced starter.
He had a productive campaign last year, averaging
6.8 points and 2.9 blocks per
game prior to suffering an
ankle injury midway through
the NCAA tournament. In
two games this season, Cauley-Stein leads Kentucky in
minutes and averages 9 points,
7.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks
per contest.
Also, per usual, the Wildcats secured a handful of the
most highly touted recruits
in the class of 2014. Forward
Karl-Anthony Towns has been
the lone newcomer to crack
the starting lineup thus far, but
all four of Kentuckys first-year
players have seen significant
minutes early on.

a team-high 14 points and appeared more than capable of

running Self s offense.
Guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and forward Cliff Alexander will also be counted on
to provide valuable minutes
off of the bench. While both
have struggled with consistency early, its clear that the two
are special talents with ample
room to grow before reaching
their proverbial ceilings.

Hopefully, well be sound

enough where we can create
some problems for them
(Kentucky), too.
BILL SELF
Kansas coach

GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN

Junior forward Perry Ellis attempts a layup in Friday nights game against
UCSB. Kansas won 69-59, after pulling away in the second half.
Freshman forward Trey Lyles
leads the team in points, averaging 13 off of the bench
through two contests.
John and his staff have done
a great job getting a whole
bunch of guys who are highly touted, that may not be in
school for a long period of

time, to really share the ball

and play unselfishly, too, Self
said.
For Kansas, freshman production will be key, too.
Freshman guard Devonte
Graham had a stellar Jayhawk
debut on Friday night against
UC Santa Barbara. He notched

The Jayhawks will require

contributions from both in
order to hang with the nations
top-ranked squad.
Last year, we took a bunch
of young kids up there too,
Self said. A bunch of young
kids on the big stage for the
first time. Itll be curious to see
how we respond to this, but
certainly there will be a different feel in the building than
what theres been so far.
Theyll also expect a strong

showing from junior forward

Perry Ellis, whom Self anticipates serving as the teams
primary scorer. Ellis recorded
a double-double (13 points, 10
rebounds) against UC Santa
Barbara last time out, collecting two steals in the process.
He is Kansas most consistent
all-around performer and will
provide stability for what may
be an up-and-down team initially.
The in-game matchup to keep
an eye on will be the Jayhawks
speed versus the Wildcats size
and length. The Wildcats have
four players who are 6-foot-10
or taller. Kansas has only two.
Junior forward Jamari Traylor said hes watched Kentucky
this season and has been impressed with how aggressive
its big men are in the paint.
They definitely go after the
glass, Traylor said. They get
a lot of second-chance points
and opportunities and weve
got to limit that.
Currently, Kentucky leads
the all-time series over Kansas, 21-6. The Jayhawks last
win against the Wildcats came
in 2007, when they knocked
them out of the NCAA tournament in the second round,
88-76.

Edited by Rob Pyatt