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University progresses amidst campus-wide sexual assault conversation

ALLISON KITE
@Allie_Kite

MCKENNA HARFORD
@McKennaHarford

ROCHELLE VALVERDE
@RochelleVerde

The Sept. 2 Huffington Post

article about a students mishandled sexual assault case
spurred campus-wide outrage
and semester-long conversations about ineffective policy,
breaking the silence and rape
culture. Since then, changes
have been made, but there is
more to be done in the coming
semesters.
WHERE WE WERE
On July 16 the University was
added to a list of 76 (now 85)
schools under federal investigation by the Office of Civil
Rights regarding the administrations handling of sexual assault cases.
Last semester, former student
body vice president Emma Halling proposed a reform of the
Universitys sexual harassment
training; however, she said she
was ignored by administrators,
including Jane McQueeny,
director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and
Access (IOA). Halling wanted
interactive, mandatory training; McQueeny wanted it to be
voluntary.
I understand that thats a
good aspirational goal, but
youre not going to get there
without a cultural shift, and
those are very difficult, Halling
said.
Hallings suggestions were
brushed aside, but Tim Caboni, vice chancellor for public
affairs, said the University has
been working diligently since
IOA was founded in 2012 to
investigate complaints of sexual
assault.
The creation of that office
predates the visible and heightened conversation weve had
this semester, Caboni said.
The campus-wide conversation among students may be
new, but Kathy Rose-Mockry,
director of the Emily Taylor
Center for Women and Gender
Equity, said the concern isnt
new for administration.
We have a lot of caring, concerned individuals, especially
administratively, Rose-Mock-

ry said. I think there are many

of us that have an ongoing concern.
Some students were talking
about sexual assault last semester, Halling said, but only
those who knew someone who
had gone through or was going
through the complaint reporting process with IOA. At that
point, it was an individualized
issue that wouldnt be understood as something greater until the Huffington Post article.
I think the beginning of the
year was a shift from individual
problems to a systematic problem, Halling said.
A CULTURE SHIFT
Students responded with outrage to the female students experience detailed by the Sept.
2 article, inciting criticism of
the Universitys handling of
sexual assault and demands for
change.
September Siblings, a student
group that formed as a result,
released an anti-recruitment
video on Sept. 9 titled A Great
Place to be Unsafe. The title
alludes to the Universitys slogan A Great Place to Be, but
instead, advised prospective
students to avoid the University
until policies and procedures
improved.
On the same day, The Kansan
published an account of another students disappointment
with how administration mishandled her case. Under particular scrutiny in the account was
how Nick Kehrwald, then-director of student conduct and
community standards, handled
implementing recommended
sanctions for the accused student.
Many students also used social media to express their anger and disappointment with
the University by using the
hashtag #AGreatPlaceToBeUnsafe. The evening of Sept. 9,
September Siblings hosted an
open forum at the Ecumenical Campus Ministries (ECM)
to discuss the issue and give
victims a platform for sharing
their experiences.
Two days later on Sept.
11, Chancellor Bernadette
Gray-Little announced the creation of a task force as a step to
better prevent and respond to
sexual assault. She also held an
open forum on Sept. 18 to answer questions.

GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Emma Halling, former student body vice president, founded the Title IX roundtable last year and has been a part of the
conversation unfolding on campus about sexual assault and related University policies and procedures.

Some of you have shared

heartbreaking stories of your
own sexual assault, while others have made recommendations about actions we can take
to improve our prevention and
response efforts, Gray-Little
wrote in the announcement.
Our university has a responsibility to create an environment
where every member of our
community feels safe.
Gray-Little identified four areas needing improvement for
the task force to address: student policy, the investigation
and resolution process, victim
support and advocacy, and prevention and education.
Alesha Doan, co-chair of the
task force, said since the formation of the task force, she has
been approached by alumni
who see it as a step forward.
Everyones been really supportive, Doan said. Ive also

heard from alumni that have

said, I was sexually assaulted when I was a student and
didnt know what to do and
didnt know where to go. And
this could be from students that
attended literally decades ago.
Halling said the continued
pressure from students is a
driving factor in any change in
policies and procedures.
Its students who have been
made aware of the shortcomings of the system, and KU responded to the Huffington Post
story by saying, We have an
effective system, while student
activists continued to say, We
dont think so, Halling said.
Now, the students are coming
forward and saying, OK, if you
think its such a great system,
then show it to us. Give me the
help that I need.
The task force submitted its
first policy recommendation

Dec. 5: an addition to the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities that would solidify the Universitys jurisdiction
over sexual misconduct occurring off campus. The addition
would clarify the Universitys
authority to investigate and discipline students for sexual harassment, sexual violence or intimate partner violence as long
as the perpetrator was a student
at the time of the offense.
The addition reinforces the
change that Gray-Little approved to the code on Nov. 24.
In a press release, Gray-Little
said the change makes it clear
that the University has jurisdiction for cases of sexual assault
and harassment occurring off
campus.
On Oct. 1, it was made public
that multiple allegations of sexual assault were filed with IOA
after an impromptu party at the

Kappa Sigma fraternity during

the early morning on Sept. 28.
In a statement released Oct.
1, Gray-Little announced the
fraternity would be placed on
interim suspension because of
the allegations, which Gray-Little described as disturbing and
serious.
On Oct. 9, two men, one a
University student, were each
charged with one felony count
of rape of two women incapable of giving consent, according to Capt. James Anguiano
of the KU Public Safety Office.
The alleged rapes also occurred
on Sept. 28 in Hashinger Residence Hall.
Trent McKinley, the Lawrence
Police Department spokesman, said the allegations at
Hashinger Hall and Kappa Sigma are not related.
IOAs investigation of the Kappa Sigma incident is ongoing,
and Kappa Sigma has remained
on interim suspension this semester after several extensions.
In response to the alleged
sexual assaults at Kappa Sigma,
greek community members
formed a greek task force to encourage dialogue about sexual
assault prevention and consent.
The group met throughout the
semester and is reviewing the
Greek Community Standards
to promote a culture that discourages sexual assault, said
Colin Thomas, a senior from
Baldwin City in Beta Theta Pi
fraternity and member of the
Greek Task Force.
Thomas said theyre talking
with University and greek
alumni to create a curriculum
for a values-based education
program for fraternity pledges.
What we really hope to do
is look at men that are really
leaders in their community,
real gentlemen, really demonstrating what it look likes to be
a man and seek their advice so
we can put together the best
program we can, Thomas said.
Within the administration,
the University hired Sarah
Jane Russell as Campus Assistance, Resource, and Education (CARE) coordinator
to assist students through the
IOA investigation process. The
full-time position, as part of
the Emily Taylor Center, began
Oct. 27.

SEE ASSAULT PAGE 3A

Student Senate hosts forum to discuss multicultural needs

MIRANDA DAVIS
@MirandaDavisUDK

A forum about multicultural

and diversity issues was the
focus of the last full Student
Senate meeting of the semester.
The forum was necessary as
student unrest grew on social
media as many students felt
the University wasnt doing
enough to show students it
cared about multicultural issues, like the protests in Ferguson and general issues on
campus. Students voiced concerns starting Sunday night
with the hashtag #RockChalkInvisibleHawk.
Students from many groups

Index

CLASSIFIEDS 3B
CROSSWORD 6A

on campus representing students of color, such as the

Black Student Union, spoke
at the forum, which preceded
typical weekly meeting activities.
Regardless of the frustrations that we have the first
step to rectifying this situation is to have our voices
heard, said Jameelah Jones,
a graduate student in African
American Studies.
Jeffrey Vitter, provost and
vice chancellor, came to the
event and spoke about how he
didnt want students to think
the University is ignoring issues minorities face on the
Universitys campus.
I dont want to be silent,
CRYPTOQUIPS 6A
OPINION 4A

Vitter said. I dont want you

to think were silent.

...weve opened a new door

to all of the responsibilities
we still have for the year.
MORGAN SAID
Student body president

After the forum, a bill that

failed earlier this semester
was reintroduced, creating a
Director of Diversity and Inclusion within Student Senates executive staff .

SPORTS 1B
SUDOKU 6A

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Dont
Forget

The persons sole job would

be tackling issues relating to
all minority groups across
campus. The bill passed nearly unanimously, and Student
Body President Morgan Said
will hire the student next semester.
Its really great to be able
to check off the fact that this
position was created but in
accomplishing the creation of
the position weve opened a
new door to all of the responsibilities we still have for the
year, Said said.
For the full story, including
more student reactions, visit
Kansan.com.
Edited by Amelia Arvesen

This is the last issue of the

Kansan this semester.
Thank you!

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Graduate student Jameelah Jones speaks on the topic of social equity and
diversity at the University. Jones was one of many students and faculty who
took to the podium at the Student Senates forum on Wednesday night.

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School of Social Welfare seeks new dean

JAMES LAMB
@thejameslamb

The School of Social Welfares

search for a new dean is getting
closer to completion now, after
the visit of the second and final
candidate to campus last week.
Rick Ginsberg, Dean of the
School of Education and Chair
of the Search Committee for
the new Social Welfare dean,
said the decision is expected in
the next few weeks.
Harold Briggs, associate
dean at the University of

Georgia in their School of

Social Work, followed the first
candidate Paul Smokowski,
a Foundation Professor in
the School of Social Work at
Arizona State University, who
came in mid-November, and
made a public presentation to
the Search Committee and any
other interested parties.
We work[ed] with an
executive search firm and
put together an extensive
document about the position
that
weve
advertised
nationally, Ginsberg said.

We didnt specifically choose

candidates from outside of
Kansas, you pick the best from
the pool of candidates you do
have.
The position is open after
the previous dean, Mary
Ellen Kondrat, who retired in
March, and stepped down on
June 1, after being in charge
of the School of Social Welfare
for six years. The incoming
dean will be only the sixth in
the schools history, according
to the Universitys Office of
Public Affairs.

According to a School
of Social Welfare release
announcing the dean search,
the appointment to the
position of dean will be for five
years initially starting from
July 1 2015, at the pleasure of
the Provost, with an in-depth
review occurring at the end
of this five-year period to
consider whether or not to
retain whoever is selected.
When asked whether or not
it was expected for the dean
to make any changes to the
school, Ginsberg said it wasnt

an either/or situation.
Theyd each have their own
vision for the school, and I
think that theyd keep some
aspects that were working,
while working to improve in
other areas that do need it,
though how quickly those
changes would occur, I dont
know, Ginsberg said. There
might be a bit more finality to
these kinds of questions in two
or so weeks as we get closer to
a decision.

Edited by Andrew Collins

Student health insurance enrollment open

ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK

Watkins Health Center will

allow students to enroll for
spring and summer coverage
under the Kansas Board of
Regents student health insurance plan from now up
until Jan. 19, 2015.
KBOR recognized several years ago that providing
a source for comprehensive
and affordable health insurance for University students
in Kansas was an important
step in helping students be
successful in their academic
careers, said Diana Malott,
associate director at Watkins.
This plan has been offered
in the past, but last August,
many benefits were added
because of the newfound
unlimited coverage offered

by the federal Patient Protection Affordable Care Act

(Obamacare), opposed to
the ceiling of services that
existed before, Malott said.
Last year, around 4,000 students at the University had
the health insurance plan.
Currently, the plan is underwritten by United Healthcare Student Resources and
is available to students on an
annual or semester basis.
While the plan pays for
most of the services Watkins
has to offer, it can also be
used anywhere in the U.S.
Malott said the plan is
generally priced lower than
most employer-sponsored
plans or what is available
through federal exchanges.
The price for this student
health insurance plan is balanced out through the two
semesters, Mallot said. It

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KU male enrollment follows national trends

ALANA FLINN
@alana_flinn

Statistics from the Office of

Institutional Research and
Planning show male enrollment among many liberal arts
and education majors is drastically low.
The three majors with the
lowest male enrollment rates at
the University are social work
with 12 percent, 7 percent in
dance and elementary education with 5.7 percent.
The low male enrollment
trends per major are also a low
nationwide average. Many people contribute the overall trend
of low male enrollment to gender typecasts.
Theres still a stereotype
that there wouldnt be enough
money to support a family in
elementary education and its
true, Associate Dean of the
School of Education Sally Roberts said. When I say stereotype, the world still thinks the
guys need to be breadwinners
and get a degree in something
that will allow you to make
good money and [doesnt] view

elementary education as a path

to making good money.
For Joseph Hammer, a junior
from Overland Park, the stereotype of elementary education
being a female job has never
stopped him from pursuing the
major.
My ultimate goal is to be an
effective teacher and be a successful educator and eventually to find a job in elementary
school, Hammer said.
Michelle Heffner Hayes, the
chair of the dance department,
said male versus female enrollment in dance is not Kansas
sensitive, because the numbers
are low at a national average.
Theres still a lot of belief
that dance is a feminine pursuit
rather than a masculine one,
Heffner Hayes said.
Heffner Hayes said gender
stereotypes are a large factor of
low male enrollment in dance.
Theres still this idea that
dance is feminine in its character, Heffner Hayes said.
The highest paid occupations
for dance are held by men.
To break in the field as a male
dancer, you are part of a privi-

leged minority.
To improve enrollment numbers, a scholarship is offered
for males pursuing a major in
dance.
We want to improve enrollment, so we have done some
targeted recruiting at dance
studios in the region, Heffner
Hayes said.
The School of Social Welfare
has low male enrollment as
well, especially in social work.
However, they are putting forth
major efforts to combat these
numbers.
The main issue we have
found with social work degrees
in general is theres a misun-

derstanding about the degree

and the profession or a lack of
understanding, said Valerie
Hawley, marketing and communications director for the
School of Social Welfare. Our
marketing plan is based more
around communicating with all
prospective students and continuously communicating with
them once theyre at KU to raise
awareness about the profession
and all the aspects of it.
Dean of the School of Education Rick Ginsberg said many
career fields are becoming less
female dominated, but many of
the stereotypes will continue to
exist for awhile.

We have a number of homes

now a days and the male stays
home and the woman works,
but those kinds of things are
slow to change and were battling societal norms here and
it has nothing to do with KU,
Ginsberg said. Another example: Why are most nurses
female? Most social workers
are female. These are female
dominated occupations that
have traditionally been the case
for generations and its started
to break down a little bit, but
[those are] the challenges were
facing.
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Caboni said the CARE coordinator was an important role
to fill, and the provost allocated resources to get someone
quickly. He said the position is
temporary and will be reevaluated at the end of the year.
One of the things that was
clear is that the investigative
process is confusing and overwhelming and so ensuring that
complainants, victims, respondents, all have someone to assist them with navigating the
process is something that we
heard early on, Caboni said.
However, in a discussion with
task force members, Chrissy
Heikkila, executive director of
GaDuGi SafeCenter, said the
CARE coordinator position
does not meet the definition
of a victim advocate. A policy
states all University employees
are required to report incidents
of sexual harassment, including
sexual violence, to IOA and the
position serves the dual role of
supporting both the victim and
the perpetrator through the investigation process.
The OCR said it strongly encourages that universities have
confidential reporters, but currently, the University has none.
OCR wants students to feel
free to seek their assistance and
therefore interprets Title IX to
give schools the latitude not
to require these individuals to
report incidents of sexual violence in a way that identifies the
student without the students
consent, it said in a Title IX Q
& A on its website.
Doan said addressing prevention and education is a bigger undertaking that will take
more time. She said currently,
prevention and education measures are not centralized, and
there is minimal communication or awareness among different people.
Doan said although national
statistics say one in five women
are sexually assaulted during
their college careers and task
force members have heard
many personal anecdotes from

student victims, that they dont

have statistics specific to the
University or other climate information.
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, a
University spokeswoman, said
in an email that the task force
was given the climate surveys
in October. When they will be
distributed to campus hinges
on [the Office of Institutional
Research and Plannings] capacity to send them out.
Doan said the task force is
reviewing the climate survey
drafted by IOA and developing
recommendations to maximize
the efficacy and validity of it.
Doan said the biggest challenge
for the task force is gathering
and sifting through information and figuring out what recommendations would be most
effective.
Theres a lot to get our arms
around and the challenge is acquiring all of this information,
making sure were talking to
all of the relevant people, and
getting the right information,
Doan said.
WHAT ELSE MUST BE DONE
Since Jan. 1, IOA has received
161 complaints, of which over
75 percent are related to sexual assault, battery, harassment,
stalking and dating and domestic violence. Currently, approximately 41 cases related to Title
IX are open.
Murphy said because of the
increased discussion, more
survivors are coming forward
despite the fear that nothing
will be done.
These women are going forward knowing that nothing
will change, but theyre doing
it because they want there to
be a paper trail and they want
there to be a conversation and
they want to stand up anyway,
Murphy said.
Once a 2014 climate survey
is released to students, information collected will be sent
to groups including the chancellors task force and the Emily Taylor Center. Doan said
the task force will gain insight
about the specifics of sexual
violence on campus from the

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

survey that is a challenge to get
elsewhere.
Rose-Mockry said they will
use the information to direct
programming and create informational resources, like websites and flyers or pamphlets for
students.
Barcomb-Peterson said the
CARE coordinator office will
move to Watkins in early January to provide students more
anonymity and accessibility. In
the spring, the CARE coordinator will be focused on making
the campus more aware of the
position and building a sense
of trust with the campus community.
In order to educate men on
campus and encourage them to
ask for consent, report sexual
assaults and support victims,
IOA was awarded a $25,000
grant in the fall from the Kansas Health Institute. According
to Caboni, the programming is
still being discussed.
I think that that will be an
important on-going effort
during the course of this year
and years to come, Caboni
said.
The task force is drafting a
formal University partnership
for victim support with the GaDuGi SafeCenter and the Willow Domestic Violence Center.
They are also going to make a
recommendation for a clear
consent policy. They hope to
have all of their recommendations to the chancellor by April.
We hope that [the memorandums] being in progress while
we are drafting the official recommendations will contribute
to some of them going into
effect, Murphy said. I dont
foresee all of them going into
effect; theres just not a way for
that to happen. But that doesnt
mean that we cant make recommendations about what
we think is best and point out
where the holes are.
According to Caboni, the Office of General Counsel is drafting a formal partnership with
the Lawrence Police Department so investigations dont
interfere with one another.
We want to make sure that

as we go about doing Title IX

investigations they also do not
get in the way, Caboni said.
We want to make sure that
were all aware of the work that
each entity is doing and doing
it in such a way that complainants and victims are treated
with care.
Kehrwald, who previously
handled the sanctioning of stu-

An adequate solution and

an adequate response...
involves institutional change.
It involves education and
prevention. It involves
cultural changes.
ALESHA DOAN
Co-chair, chancellors task force

dents involved in the reporting

process, has left his position.
According to Barcomb-Peterson, Jane Tuttle, assistant vice
provost of student affairs, and
Joshua Jones, student conduct
coordinator, will be responsible for Kehrwalds work until
a replacement is hired. The
candidates were interviewed
the week of Dec. 1 and Barcomb-Peterson said the position will be filled early next
spring.
The Emily Taylor Center has
plans to bring in several speakers, host events and encourage discussion next semester,
which it will schedule after the
office moves to Wescoe Hall.
The center will also work with
many offices on campus to promote national Sexual Assault
Awareness month in April.
The ongoing conversations
need to keep happening,
Rose-Mockry said. I think we
all need to be creative because
some people will come to conversations specifically about
this topic, but some wont.
So we need to be a little more
creative about how we engage
those students as well.
Student initiatives include the
new member sexual violence
education program that the

Greek Task Force has created.

The program will be part of
new member orientation and
will include sexual violence
education and information on
how each house handles sexual
violence. They plan to pilot the
program in a few chapters next
semester so it can be in place
for the next academic year.
According to Thomas, the
Greek Task Force also hopes
to start a peer-to-peer program
that would involve pairing sororities and fraternities to talk
to each other about sexual
violence and relationships between members.
This is a student-led effort
and I think a student-to-student component like that can
be very, very helpful, Thomas
said. I think as long as it remains student led I think there
will be very few challenges with
implementation.
Kappa Sigma remains on interim suspension after a Nov.
24 hearing to determine the
fraternitys status. The investigation of the Sept. 28 incident
is ongoing because the fraternity is not fully cooperating with
the University, Caboni said.
William Noah McCoy, a University student, and John Jossie,
who were charged with rape on
Oct. 9, have a scheduled hearing through the District Court
on Dec. 16 to move forward
with the case.
The Kansan submitted an
Open Records Act requesting
a tabulation of policies violated and sanctions implemented
from IOA and Student Conduct since IOAs creation in
2012. The Kansan is waiting to
hear back from the records custodian with a clear fee estimate.
Doan said there is no quick
fix and that solutions will have
to address multiple aspects of
the issue of sexual assault in the
University community.
An adequate solution and
an adequate response involves
multiple levels, Doan said. It
involves institutional change.
It involves education and prevention. It involves cultural
changes.
Edited by Paige Lytle

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that if you enroll now for spring
classes, your tuition bill isnt due
until February 15?

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Very happy with the fact Watson is
now open til 3am... Goodbye sleep,
see you again after finals.
I cant get sick... not now!!
Apparently police officers can
decide someone is guilty when they
werent present for the incident. I
have sooo much trust in our public
safety office...
My S/O and I broke up, and Ive
pulled two all-nighters this week.
But I graduate in a week, so Ive
got that going for me.
We should start a petition to have
a stop week like OU does. No
classes the week before finals so
students can study and prepare. I
would support it!
Being a human cuddle burrito is
my favorite part of the day.

KANSAN EDITORIAL:

Small steps for KU, but a long way to go

Sept. 2 is a day that will
live in infamy for students,
faculty, alumni and administrators at the University.
The publication of a Huffington Post article on Sept.
2 described with agonizing
detail a students mishandled sexual assault complaint and finally prompted
the conversation this campus desperately needed.
Its because this student
is one of us. It could have
been any one of us. It was
not an isolated incident.
The outcry on social
media was widespread and
damning, as it should have
been. But over the course of
the semester, the conversation shifted from outrage
to progress. The administration heard us. Campus
leaders heard us. The scrutiny attached to the article
and subsequent coverage
prompted everyone to act.
The Kansan Editorial
Board applauds this action.
However, among the talk
of progress and policy we
hear every day, we see a
lack of enough real, tangible
change on this campus in
terms of policy and procedure.
The Chancellors task force
is a step in the right direction, and its members are
tasked with the difficult goal
of understanding the intricacies of campus culture
and making recommenda-

I have survived my first semester.

Almost there! #Imnotentirelyinsane
Im pretty positive someone in my
class is eating BBQ but I dont
want to turn around and stare
awkwardly...
To the Athletics person who says
their job isnt to piss us off: your
system fails all the time and has
screwed me and my friends over
many times. Im with the first
person on this one.
Hot coffee that gets cold tastes
disgusting... no, its not the same
as iced coffee.

tions to change policies that

have been in place for years.
The chancellor has already
made an clarification to the
Student Code of Rights and
Responsibilities that solidifies its ability to investigate
sexual assaults that occur
off campus.
But the task force should
prioritize quickness and
efficiency. Meeting once
every two or three weeks
for two hours, we believe,
will not yield the results this
campus needs in a timely
manner, especially when
there are students affected
by sexual assault every day
that demand our attention
and swift action. There is
much more to be done.
The Board commends the
students who have joined
the conversation and the
student groups who have
chosen to take an active
role to perpetuate change,
including the Greek Task
Force. However, in order to
maintain progress, members of the Greek community must understand how
serious these issues are.
For change to be effective,
future education, such as
proposed pilot programs
for new members, should
not be taken lightly. Change
starts within the system,
and it is a group effort to
make sure our University
is headed toward the right
direction.

We were initially enthralled with the Universitys quick action in hiring

a victim advocate, but
were dismayed to find that
the coordinator position
is a mandated reporter
that doesnt quite fit the
description of a true victim
advocate. It is our hope that
this position can ultimately
reflect the needs of student
victims to have a safe space
on campus to share their
stories in confidence, while
receiving the support and
care they deserve. We call
on the University to make
this a priority.
The Office of Institutional
Opportunity and Access
(IOA) has seen a dramatic
increase in sexual assault
complaints since September,
and that number continues
to rise. Were hopeful this
is a result of more students feeling comfortable
reporting to the University
and not simply an increase
in the number of sexual
assaults. However, with only
three investigators, IOA is
swamped with investigations. We call on the University to allocate funds to
hire more personnel skilled
in sexual assault investigation on campuses to fit the
increased workload of IOA.
Finally, we have and
always will be advocates
of transparency at our
University. We have filed

and revised several Kansas

Open Records Act requests
to examine the extent of
this issue. While our hope
of seeing the full picture, including internal documents,
is not attainable at this time,
we are expecting to receive
a tabulation next semester
of violated policies and
corresponding sanctions
since IOA opened. We wish
we would have been able
to share that information
with the student body this
semester.

in the past.
We respect the fact that
their schedules are busy,
but we are trusted with
reflecting the student voice,
and we hope a two-way discussion with reporters from
The Kansan will eventually
be considered a priority
for these administrators,
especially when addressing
this incredibly important,
sensitive topic that affects so
many students each day.
What happened on Sept. 2
shook this campus from the

WHAT HAPPENED ON SEPT. 2 SHOOK THIS CAMPUS

FROM THE GROUND UP, AND THE CRACKS ARE JUST
BEGINNING TO BE REPAIRED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING A PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND CHANGE
IN THE COMING MONTHS AS THE STUDENT VOICE OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
We have seen a shift in
University tactics from
open access to administrators to being funneled
through Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, the University
spokeswoman. While we
have been able to on occasion talk to integral players
in this issueTim Caboni
and Chancellor Bernadette
Gray-Little, for example
most of our efforts to reach
administrators for comment
or clarification has been met
with more challenges than

ground up, and the cracks

are just beginning to be
repaired. We look forward
to being a part of the conversations and change in the
coming months as the student voice of the University
of Kansas.
Members of the Editorial
Board are Cecilia Cho, Emma
LeGault, Christina Carreira,
Madison Schultz and
Hannah Barling.

Rec needs to re-evaluate winter break hours

Theres no better feeling than

knowing you rocked the exam you
were stressing out over.
Pharmacy school: where you learn
that pharmacy is going down hill
and your career will suck.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

Anrenee Reasor
@AnreneeR

The holidays are upon us.

This entails Christmas music,
being scolded when we wish
Merry Christmas instead of
Happy Holidays, and New
Years resolutions. I dont
go to the Ambler Student
Recreation Fitness Center as
much as I should, but I know
it will be inundated with
students striving toward their
resolutions in January. As
annoying and cumbersome as
it can be, I think its uplifting
to know so many people
are dedicated to their goals,
even if only through midFebruary. However, it would
be easier if people could just
start their goals over Winter
Break.

I will be in Lawrence for

the better part of winter
break, and I know many
of my peers will be here
intermittently working
various jobs. Although its
difficult for freshmen to
stay over break because of
on-campus housing, many
upperclassmen are here for
some portion of break. This
means there are students here
who can, and do, use the Rec.
I believe the Rec Centers
hours are too limited over
winter break. The hours are
Monday through Friday 8
a.m to 8 p.m. This means if
you want to work out on the
weekend, youre out of luck.
The cold weather makes it
difficult for people to exercise
outside as well. Opening at
8 a.m. excludes those who
work out early, around 5
or 6 a.m. While it might
be hard for us to imagine,
a small population of early
risers exists. They work out,
shower and then go to work

or class. But it also does not

stay open late for people who
are getting off work. Many
people who stay in town are
doing so because they have
to work. If most people work
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., they
only have a small window to
work out.
There are several solutions
to this problem. If the Rec
would like to keep the same
number of hours, they could
shift it to 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
If someone does not have
an 8-5 job, then they are
perhaps sleeping in and not
exercising. Therefore, a later
opening time would make
sense. This allows people who
would like to work out later
to do so. The Rec already
eliminates working out before
a typical 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. job,
so just shift the hours later.
Another solution would be to
extend its hours, and the days
its open, during break.
Being open Saturdays from
noon to 5 p.m. would help.

If cost is an issue, then

maybe funds could be
diverted from a less utilized
area to extend Winter Break
hours. If staff is an issue,
then maybe lesser-used areas
of the Rec could be closed.
For example, the auxiliary
multipurpose courts could
be closed. When I visit the
Rec, the areas I see used most
include the main basketball
courts, the weight room
and the track. Therefore, the
cycling studio, racquetball
courts, and Chalk Rock
climbing wall could be
closed during the break. The
climbing wall also requires a
different staff, so limiting the
rock walls hours would be an
excellent way to trim costs.
The University must save
money over Winter Break.
The libraries dont stay
open for the same hours,
classrooms arent used, and
the Union and Underground
operate on a limited schedule.
Money saved here has already

Two of my classes were optional

on Wednesday and I still went!
#dedication

been factored into budgets.

But can we not pinch a
penny here or there to keep
the Rec open a few more
hours? Or at least shift the
hours? The Rec is open to
various people other than KU
students for weekly, monthly,
semester and annual rates.
For $20.83 a month, faculty,
staff, domestic partners
and spouses can utilize the
Rec. This means by limiting
the hours, not only are
KU students affected, but
it also gives less incentive
for potential users to buy
a month-long pass. I am
graduating this May, so I will
probably not be able to take
advantage of longer Winter
Break rec hours if they are
put in place. Until then, I will
just have to face the cold and
run outside.

Anrenee Reasor is a senior

from Thayer studying economics
and East Asian Languages
and Cultures

@Bennmumford

@KansanOpinion yes yes yes and yes

I want the sun back.

Let it go, let it go, my perfect grade
is gone. Let the finals rage on,
school never bothered me anyway.

@OttoVeatch

Is it just me or are police car lights

becoming dangerously bright?

@KansanOpinion yes! Some of us

still gotta lift!

Walking in this weather is the

ABSOLUTE WORST!! Insta-sick
Even Miley Cyrus cant get me
through these next few days...
#WhatHasTheWorldComeTo?

FFA OF THE DAY

Should the rec center

have longer hours
during break?

Im DONE with school! Well... till

finals week. :/
This weather seems like snowy
weather, minus the snow. It sucks!
If its not snowing, it shouldnt
be cold.

Dear Salvation Army bell ringers, I

cant give to the needy because I am
the needy.
Sincerely, all college students.

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THE KANSAN
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

arts & features

HOROSCOPES

Because the stars

know things we dont.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9
Get estimates or bids before
signing on. Its not a good time
for travel or romance. Things
may not go as planned. Share
the load today and tomorrow,
but hold onto the responsibility.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Theres plenty of work over the
next two days. Finish a task
you and your partner have been
putting off. Avoid arguments
about money. Dont gamble
now. Sexual magnetism could
set off sparks.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 6
Be gracious to a troll. Youll
soon have time to relax. Today
and tomorrow favor fun and
games over seriousness. Beware hassles. Friends feed you
energy. Enjoy loving creature
comforts with family.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is a 7
Listen to objections before
just plowing ahead. Hold your
temper and proceed with
caution. Its time to clean up
a mess. Open a new account
or procedure. Homes the best
place for you tonight.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 9
Someone has valid considerations and suggestions.
Listening can be more powerful
than speaking. Get all the facts.
Study new developments. The
action is behind the scenes. Expensive gifts are unnecessary.
Share something you made.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 9
Finances take top priority. You
can bring more into your coffers
for the next two days. A brilliant
idea pays off. Consider all
options. Make your own choices,
after hearing from the team.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Conditions seem unsettled, so
be careful. Today and tomorrow
youre more assertive. Haste
makes waste. Discuss domestic
issues in private. Take it slow,
and mull it over. Avoid distractions. Watch where you step.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Make more time for contemplation today and tomorrow.
Slow down and think about
where youre going. Postpone
an outing. Watch expenses,
and budget to save. It pays to
advertise ... strategize
to minimize cost.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Circumstances dictate your
actions for the next two days.
Choose from your heart. Let
an expert speak for you in a
controversy or confrontation.
Higher-ups are talking about
you. Associates applaud.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Career matters demand your
attention today and tomorrow.
Hold off on a new idea for now.
Talk it over first. There are
hurdles ahead. You can
make a shrewd deal.
Choose your timing well.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Writing is possible now.
Today and tomorrow are good
for exploration, research and
discovery. Listen to someone
whos been where youre going.
You can find ways around
roadblocks and traffic jams.
Check references.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Its a good time for a significant conversation about money.
Focus on financial strategies.
New rules apply. Dont
take risks. Keep track of
earnings. Discuss changes.
You can work it out.

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Alumni host annual ugly sweater party

MARISSA KAUFMANN
@mariss193

THE STORY

A decade ago, University

alumni Ramsey Mohsen and
Scott Aripoli hosted their
first ugly Christmas sweaterthemed party.
It started at our house, and I
remember we were cleaning up
and there had probably been
100-150 people at our house
and we thought, this is a ton
of people and we can take this
sort of momentum and use this
party as a way to raise money
for a good charity, Aripoli
said.
This year, the steering
committee for the event
decided to do something
epic for its 10th year. After a
long brainstorming session,
they decided upon the goal
of rallying all of Kansas City
to celebrate the fusion of the
holidays, ugly Christmas
sweaters and charity in their
own way, Mohsen said.
Mohsen said the steering
committee
contemplated
several
questions
while
brainstorming, such as, What
does the 10th annual mean to
us? Do we want to raise more
money? Do we want to make
the event bigger? Do we want
to generate more awareness?
You only get the 10th annual
once in your event planning,
Mohsen said.
The committee contacted
Mayor Sly James and without
hesitation, he declared Dec.
12 Ugly Christmas Sweater

Day in Kansas City. Mohsen

said since poverty is not a
new issue to the mayor, he
thought it was a chance to
raise awareness in a creative
way.
In previous years, there
were limited ways to get
involved with the event.
Aripoli said people could
either attend the party, or
businesses could become
sponsors. This year, because
there is an Ugly Christmas
Sweater Day in Kansas City,
there are opportunities for
different kinds of unique
participation, Aripoli said.
All profits are donated
directly
to
a
charity
organization
called
Operation
Breakthrough,
which seeks to help children
and families living in poverty
in the Kansas City area.

THE ORGANIZATION

We have always had this

motto that no dream or no
idea is too big, and nothing
is impossible, Mohsen said.
Every year we sit down and
we dream big and we literally
try to think of things that are
fun [and] exciting, but can also
help with our goal of driving
awareness and funds for
Operation Breakthrough.
Mohsen said Operation
Breakthrough is a nonprofit
charity started by two nuns
who had a vision to provide
opportunities for people who
did not always get started on
the right foot. It helps people
living under the poverty

ANATOMY OF AN UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER

1. SNOWFLAKES APLENTY

Because: winter.

2. VARIOUS FUZZY ANIMALS

What ugly sweater wouldnt be
complete without spreading holiday cheer using fuzzy creatures?

3. RED AND GREEN COLORS

This one is a no-brainer. A
Christmas sweater isnt Christmas-themed without its traditional holiday colors, just like Santa
isnt Father Christmas without his
reindeer squad.

level by providing teachers,

therapists, dental services, a
full library and more than a
typical school offers, Mohsen
said.
He said the committee toured
a few organizations, but they
knew immediately after leaving
Operation Breakthrough that
it was the one they wanted to
become involved with.
You can see it in the eyes
of the people who work here,
you can see it in the eyes of
the children, that something
amazing is going on here, and
we have got to help these guys,
Mohsen said.
The Ugly Christmas Sweater
Party impacts Operation
Breakthrough in three ways:

all proceeds from the event

go directly to the charity, the
party helps collect toys and it
ultimately generates awareness,
Aripoli said.

THE PARTY

The 10th annual Ugly

Christmas Sweater Party will
be at 8:30 p.m. on Friday at
Tower Tavern, 401 E. 31st St.,
in Kansas City, Mo. The party
has come a long way from its
original house party, Aripoli
said. When guests arrive, they
can expect to encounter a
photo booth, a bar lit up with
Christmas lights and a large
dance floor where DJ Ashton
Martin will spin. Guests can
also participate in the silent

auction offered at the event.

There are also different titles
the steering committee awards
to deserving party-goers. Titles
include: most Christmas spirit,
sexiest sweater, most creative
and best sweater, Mohsen said.
It is amazing how far people
go just to have extremely
creative ideas, Aripoli said.
Aripoli said the event also
offers a rent-a-sweater service.
At the end of the night, you
can return the sweater and get
most of your money back.
This is one party where you
cannot show up in your normal
Friday night clothes, you have
to have an ugly Christmas
sweater on, Aripoli said.
Edited by Alyssa Scott

Students celebrate culture during holidays

MARIA SANCHEZ
@MariaSanchezKU

When Emily Wolf was young,

she remembers her father
picking her up so that her
small hands could reach the
candles and watch the dancing
flames. It was her turn to light
another vibrant candle on the
Hanukkah menorah.
Its all of our family, with the
lights turned off and just the
menorah is lit, Wolf said. I
think its really beautiful.
Within another family and
another tradition, junior Chase
Ensz from Prairie Village
remembers a Christmas Eve
filled with Nerf gun darts.
Ensz and his cousins battled
for hours with the gift that his
grandmother gave to all eight
grandchildren, as she does
every year.
Kwanzaa is yet another
tradition
and
holiday
celebrated through the end
of December into the first of
the year. Kwanzaa celebrates
family,
community
and
African culture, as it is a PanAfrican, non-religious holiday,
according to the creator
of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana
Karenga.
However, being born into a
Christian household, the winter

holiday that Ensz has grown

up celebrating is very much
a religious phenomenon. For
him, this holiday holds spiritual
meaning that marks the birth of
Jesus Christ.
The religious side, Ive always
enjoyed because its the time of
the year that Christ was born,
Ensz said. We celebrate that
and we celebrate why he came.
The idea of presents and
spending money during the
Christmas holiday is something
that Ensz said he personally
does not agree with. As gifts
for the family, Enszs mother
donates a certain amount of
money to causes in each of
her childrens names. Ensz
said like his mother, he enjoys
buying gifts for others that are
meaningful.
I think people care too much
about certain things, Ensz said.
I think giving presents is more
of a relationship thing rather
than a gift thing.
On the other hand, Wolf has
never celebrated Christmas
in her life. Although she said
nothing ever felt out of place
when she was young, she was
conscious of the difference.
What I can remember was
being little and knowing I
shouldnt tell the other kids
that Santa wasnt real, Wolf

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Junior Chase Ensz, top left, poses with his family. Ensz is one of many
students who celebrate a variety of religions during the holidays.

said. Ive never thought I was

missing out on anything.
Hanukkah is the winter
holiday Wolf and her family
celebrate, as her parents are
Jewish. Although religion is a
large part of this celebration,
Wolf said its not the religious
aspect of Hanukkah that draws
her to it, but rather the heritage
of it.
Im not a religious person,
but I like the culture and the

tradition learning about

Judaism and the history of it,
Wolf said.
Although Hanukkah is by
no means the biggest Jewish
holiday, Wolf said she thinks
sometimes its forgotten that
Christmas isnt the only holiday
of the season. Growing up
celebrating this holiday, Wolf
said she often hoped for more
recognition for Hanukkah.
I dont really mind it because

for the 19 years of my life, thats

how its been, Wolf said. But I
always wished there was more
Hanukkah related things.
For Wolf, Hanukkah does
not just mean an opportunity
to learn more about her own
culture or history, but it also
means getting to see her family.
Even though theyre not that
far, I dont get to see them a lot,
Wolf said. Im really excited
for this year just because some
of my cousins are off at college,
too, so well get to come back
and have Hanukkah [together].
No matter the religious or
cultural ties within just three of
the winter month holidays, the
comfort of family and warmth
rings through them all.
I really like Christmas Eve
the feeling of Christmas Eve,
Ensz said. Just the idea of its
usually cold Christmas Eve so
you go into a warm house with
a fire burning and you sit down
with your family, talk with
them and enjoy the company.
If you celebrate Kwanzaa
and would like to share your
memories and insight, the
Kansan would love to tell your
story. Tweet at @KansanNews.

Edited by Andrew Collins

Massholes to debut third show this week

RYAN MILLER

@Ryanmiller_UDK
Want to become Mayor of
Lawrence? It might be easier
than you think.
Massholes 3, a Lawrencebased comedy quiz show,
will take place this Friday.
The show is hosted by A
Card Table Production with
Harpoon and will take place at
the Eagles Lodge #309 at 1803
W. 6th Street. The winner of
the show earns the title of
Mayor of Lawrence.
Will Averill, a 2013
University alumnus from
Lawrence, will host the show.
He said the event is a comedy
quiz show that pits Lawrence
comedians against the host as
well as the audience in a fun
comedy event.
Averill also said this is the
third installment of Massholes
and the event has been taking
place every few months since

it began six months ago. For

this installment, Averill said
theyre adding some new
elements. He said this is
the first time they will have
special guests, including
local artists Jason Barr and
Amber Fraley, as well as the
state representative Boog
Highberger who will act as a
judge for one of the rounds.
Averill said the most
challenging aspect about
Massholes is trying to get
special guests from around
Lawrence.
Were trying to get famous
local folk to come in and be
guests, eventually wed like
to try and get Bill Self, so its
something were working on,
said Averill.
Massholes is also pairing
up with the Ballard Center in
Lawrence for the first time to
help them with canned good
donations. The cost to get in
the event is $5, but only $4

if you bring a canned good

donation.
Averill said that the show
is similar to an improv game,
similar to Whose Line is it
Anyway? He said there will
be two panels of three guests
apiece. If the panel doesnt
get the question correct, the
audience can have their turn
at answering the question.
Matthew Gaus, a University
alumnus from Lawrence, is
one of the panelists for the
event. Gaus said he joined up
with Massholes once Averill
approached him about it.
Ive been doing comedy
stuff with him for 15 years at
this point, and he had this big
idea hed been talking about
and I thought it sounded like
fun, Gaus said.
Gaus said hes done a lot of
sketch comedy and stand-up
comedy over the years, and
the most challenging part was
participating in a comedic

event that didnt allow for

any preparation, unlike the
improv style of Massholes.
Its good to flex your
comedic muscles [in ways]
you dont get the chance too
in other circumstances, Gaus
said.

Comedy Quiz Show

When: Friday at 7:30 p.m.
and 9 p.m.
Where: Eagles Lodge #309 at
1803 W. 6th Street
Cost: $5, or $4 with a canned
good donation

Gaus said one of his goals

for this go around with
Massholes is to be elected
Mayor of Lawrence, and that
the host gives you a platform
speech to give to help with the
elections.
From my experience in

college, theres a lot of people

who insulate themselves, but
theres so much cool stuff
going on in this town, and
this is a great way to get your
feet wet if you havent had the
chance to explore around a
bit, he said.
One goal the group has
for the future is to set up
a YouTube channel, and
hopefully get a podcast, or
video broadcast of their shows
online, so people can watch
the shows later or are easily
accessible to people that no
longer live in Lawrence.
Its not only for people who
have been here a long time but
also for people new to town,
so they can learn the strange
and quirky things about
Lawrence, Averill said. We
welcome everyone.
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Sarah Maner, a sophomore

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hours in the cold.
Buffalo Wild Wings held its
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year.

RYAN WRIGHT

The holidays are almost

here. While we look forward
to receiving gifts from our
loved ones, the true essence
of the holidays is giving back
to others. Here are a few local charities in Lawrence and
surrounding areas that are
looking for donations and
volunteers, especially during
the holiday season.
Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots is one of the
most well-known charities
in the country. Its run by the
United States Marine Corps
and it accepts donations of
toys for less fortunate children. However, there is no
Marine Corps Reserve Unit in
Lawrence, so it is coordinated
by a group of volunteers. The
organization is accepting toy
donations for children of all
ages.
There are many drop-off locations throughout Douglas County. Two that are
close to campus are Dunn
Bros. Coffee, 1618 W. 23rd
St., and Checkers, at 23rd
and Louisiana streets. You
can also donate by eating
at Morningstars Pizza on
Mondays during December.
Fifteen percent of sales will
be given to Toys for Tots.

For more information visit

lawrence-ks.toysfortots.org.
Johnson County Christmas
Bureau
The Johnson County Christmas Bureau is a non-profit
organization devoted to providing low-income families
with groceries and products
for personal care and general well-being. The organization has drop-off locations at
Commerce Bank, 11080 Oakmont St. in Overland Park,
and Black Dog Coffeehouse,
at 12815 W. 87th St. in Lenexa.
The Christmas Bureau is
also looking for volunteers for
donation sorting and other
tasks. For more information
about volunteering and other
donation locations, visit jccb.
org.
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
Each year there is an ugly
Christmas sweater party in
Kansas City run by a group
of volunteers. The proceeds of

the party are donated to Operation Breakthrough, an organization dedicated to helping underprivileged children
in Kansas City.
The party will have an open
bar, and food will be provided. The party is this Friday at
Tower Tavern at 401 E. 31st
St. in Kansas City, Mo. Tickets
start at $50 and are still available for online purchase. If
you cant attend the party, you
can donate online at kcsweaterparty.com.
The Salvation Army
Similar to Toys for Tots, the
Salvation Army is another
popular charity. The Salvation
Army aims to provide services and programs for those
in need. Outside of any Dillons, Walgreens and Walmart
you will most likely see a person standing with a red kettle
to collect donations for the
Salvation Army.
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Just Food is the primary
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

WINTER BREAK MOVIE PREVIEW

Check out these films coming

to theaters during Winter Break
ALEX LAMB

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the
Five Armies Dec. 17
The conclusion to The Hobbit
trilogy promises to be the best
and most epic entry, with the
titular battle lasting a whopping 45 minutes and the scale
of the film on par with Lord of
the Rings. This is the blockbuster of the holiday season.
The Imitation Game Dec. 25
This top-notch British period
drama shows the exciting true
story of how mathematician
Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) created the worlds first
computer in order to break the
Nazi Enigma code and help win
WWII. Cumberbatchs sharp performance, like a more sensitive,
heartbreaking version of Sherlock, is a lock in the Best Actor
race.
Into the Woods Dec. 25
This excellent Stephen Sondheim musical subverts the classic fairy tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel
and Jack and the Beanstalk by
playing them out normally then
continuing past the endings we
know, growing dark and realistic as the characters learn to be
careful what they wish for.
The Interview Dec. 25
Seth Rogen and James Franco
team up for another ridiculous
buddy movie guaranteed to
score big laughs, playing celebrity talk show hosts who go to
interview Kim Jong-un in North
Korea. Recruited to assassinate
the dictator, they get hilariously
out of their depth when things
dont go according to plan.

Unbroken Dec. 25
Angelina Jolie directs this inspiring true story of an Olympic
athlete and soldier who was
shot down in WWII, survived for
47 days on a raft at sea, then
stayed strong through several
years of Japanese POW camps
before making it back home.
Though told with heavy-handedness, its a powerful journey
nonetheless.
Selma Jan. 9
In the wake of the Ferguson,
Mo., protests, this potent historical drama about Martin Luther King Jr.s crucial civil rights
marches in Selma, Ala., in 1965
is especially timely, with both a
mighty screen portrayal of MLK
by David Oyelowo and brutal,
gripping depictions of the protests.
Inherent Vice Jan. 9
Paul Thomas Anderson has
crafted some of the most fascinating American dramas of
recent years (There Will Be
Blood, The Master). So his
latest, a comedic crime noir
about a stoner detective (Joaquin Phoenix) in 1970s L.A.
thats comparable to The Big
Lebowski, will be a particularly
strange and special treat.
American Sniper Jan. 16
Clint Eastwood has been losing his directing strength with
his most recent films, but his
new war movie about the career
of the deadliest sniper (Bradley Cooper) in American armed
forces history ensures extreme
intensity on the battlefield if not
much weight outside of that. It
wont quite be on the dramatic
level of The Hurt Locker, but it
sure will exhilarate.
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13 teachers from Vietnam
HANNAH PIERANGELO
@hannahpier

Before coming to the U.S.,

Thuy Nguyen, an English
teacher from the mountainous
province of H Giang, Vietnam,
never imagined using a rubber
band to teach pronunciation to
her students. But after taking a
University language and speaking class and seeing how a rubber band helps visualize where
to put the stress in a word, she
cant wait to show her students
when she returns home.
We learn a lot from the way
teachers here teach international students, especially the
techniques they use in their
lecture, said Nguyen, as she
explained the rubber band
method.
Nguyen is one of 13 high
school English teachers from
underserved and remote areas
of Vietnam enrolled in a yearlong teacher training program
at the University. Though the
University has previously had
groups of teachers from Brazil
and China stay for a training
program, this is the first group
of teachers entirely from Vietnam.
At home, these teachers help
gifted high school students improve their English, but here,
the teachers are polishing their
own ability to speak the language and learning new methods of teaching, like the rubber
band example, to take back
home with them next May.
The idea for the groups stay
sparked when Kellie Smith
Herrod, a language specialist
at the Universitys Applied English Center, traveled to Vietnam last year. During her stay
overseas, Herrod conducted
English language research as a
Fulbright scholar and made important connections at the U.S.

Embassy. Herrod discussed the

idea of connecting the University and Vietnam through a
teacher training program.
One of the biggest things that
I wanted to do was connect the
University of Kansas with a
university in Vietnam or some
kind of exchange, Herrod said.
It didnt matter to me what it
was, or who it was, but that KU
had some kind of connection
with Vietnam.

I think the influence that

these teachers are going to
have on their students will
be just unbelievable because
they have such a long time
that theyre here.
KELLIE SMITH HERROD
Language specialist

The Embassy and the AEC

turned in a proposal eight
weeks later and welcomed the
English teachers to the University in August. The program is
sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs in
Hanoi, Vietnam.
As part of their visit, the
teachers are also involved in
many community activities
to let the group experience as
much American culture as possible. The 10 women and three
men currently live in Naismith
Hall, each sharing a room with
a college student. Though the
teachers ages range from 28
to 40 years old, well above the
average age of a student living
in the dorms, coordinators say
they are doing well in the environment and get to see another
facet of American culture.
[The embassy] wants as
much people-to-people contact

as possible, Herrod said. Not

just with college students, but
with people in the community
and expose them to the diversity of the U.S.
The group attended KU
Homecoming Week and international orientation week,
in addition to a professional
conference on teaching English
hosted in Missouri. They have
gone on a Kaw Valley farm tour,
thrift store shopping and stayed
with an American family for
the Thanksgiving holiday. For
the next two weeks, the group
has a full schedule volunteering
around the community.
Nhung Truong, a teacher
from Yn Bi, a province in
North Vietnam, said the United States is the best place to
practice English.
My dream [was] to go to an
English-speaking country and
see the culture and lifestyle and
enrich my knowledge, Truong
said. When I come back [to
Vietnam], I will have so many
things to tell [my students]
about the world.
Next semester, the teachers
will take more intensive training courses for teaching English. Each teacher will also
spend a day experiencing a
high school class in a local
school next January. When
the 13 teachers return to Vietnam, they will lead workshops
of their own, training other
Vietnamese teachers with the
methods they learned during
their time in Kansas.
I think the influence that
these teachers are going to have
on their students will be just
unbelievable because they have
such a long time that theyre
here, Herrod said. Theyll be
able to share their experiences
for many years.
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JAMES HOYT
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Anschutz Library is expected

to receive around 22,000 visits
from students during finals
week, according to data from
KU Libraries.
In the wake of multiple incidents concerning campus
safety this fall, University Police Captain James Anguiano
said while no policy changes
are currently planned, students
should stay alert as they pack
into campus libraries to study
for final exams.
If you see something, say
something. Nothing is too
unusual for the Public Safety
Office to come out and investigate, Anguiano said.
One of the campus incidents
in question is the Nov. 5 arrest
of an individual who disrupted
classes while wearing a mask
and military garb at the University. Another is the Nov. 25
shooting at Florida State Universitys Strozier Library that
left one dead and three injured.
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FSU graduate named Myron

May, encountered security systems installed at the entrance
of the library, which prevented
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and he turned around and
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ALL EYES ON ZENGER

Athletic director in hot seat after Beaty hire

COMMENTARY

GREENE LIGHT

Three-pointers,
free throws boost
Kansas in win

Greene scores career-high 19 points in victory

BLAIR SHEADE
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By Ben Felderstein
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One of Kansas weak

points coming into the game
against Georgetown was
its three-point shooting.
Before Wednesday night, the
Jayhawks were averaging 32.2
percent from beyond the arc.
Kansas 3-point shooting bailed it out of a tough
situation against Joshua Smith
and the Georgetown Hoyas
on Wednesday night. Led by
sophomore Brannen Greene,
the Jayhawks shot 55.6 percent
from the three, making 10
out of 18 attempts in a 75-70
victory at the Verizon Center
in Washington D.C.
Greene was 5-for-5 from
behind the line, and fellow
sophomore guard Wayne
Selden Jr. added two 3-pointers of his own.
The improved 3-point
shooting came at a good time,
as Kansas couldnt get much
going inside. Smith, a 6-foot10, 350-pound big man helped
Georgetown dominate Kansas
in the paint most of the night.
Smith recorded 20 points on
8-for-13 shooting with five
rebounds and three blocks.
Georgetown was able to
record 10 blocks on Kansas throughout the game,
compared to only four from
the Jayhawks. Georgetowns
Mikael Hopkins helped
anchor their defense down
low, recording five of their 10
blocks.
Junior Perry Ellis had one
of his worst shooting nights
on the season, going 4-for-15
from the field for 13 points.
Ellis has struggled this season against larger opponents,
as he went only 1-for-6 from
the field against Kentucky.
On top of Kansas 3-point
shooting, its shooting from the
free-throw line provided much
needed offense as well.
Kansas has increased its freethrow percentage this season.
The Jayhawks started the season off missing 22 free throws
in their first two games, but
have improved this number as
of late.
The Jayhawks were two free
throws shy of their season high
against Georgetown, sinking
25 shots from the free-throw
line. Sophomore Frank Mason
and freshman Kelly Oubre
Jr. led the way with five free
throws each on six attempts.
Against Florida, Kansas made
a season-high number of
free throws (27) and shot the
highest percentage of the year
(84.4 percent).
Come conference play, if the
Jayhawks cant go toe-to-toe
with big men like Texas freshman Myles Turner, 3-pointers
may not be there to bail them
out. Teams can either live or
die by the three, the numbers
say. At the end of the day, most
teams die by it.
If it werent for 3-pointers
and accurate free-throw
shooting, the Jayhawks may
not have escaped Washington, D.C. with a victory. The
Jayhawks have now defeated
the Hoyas in back-to-back
matchups.
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GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Brannen Greene roars after hitting his third consecutive 3-pointer during
Wednesday nights game against Georgetown in Washington, D.C.

Unlike the Florida game, the

No. 10 Kansas Jayhawks (7-1)
werent down by 18 points at
any time against Georgetown
(5-3). But similar to the Florida game, Kansas made large
runs to keep the lead out of
reach for Georgetown.
Sophomore
Brannen
Greene, who scored a career-high 19 points, led the
Jayhawks on two 7-0 runs in
the second half. The last 7-0
run started by Greene hitting his last two free throws
Greene was 4-for-4 from
the line. It put the game out
of reach in the 75-70 Kansas
victory in Washington D.C.
on Wednesday night.
I felt well since shootaround today, Greene said. I
like the gym, like the arena so
I played within the team.

Greene was able to get hot

in the second half by hitting
four of his five made 3-pointers. The last Greene 3-pointer
was the dagger as it put Kansas up 68-63 with a minute
left in game, and Georgetown
couldnt respond.
Wayne [Selden] drove to
the middle and Landen [Lucas] set a big-time screen, it
wasnt even part of the play,
and I found myself wide open,
I took my time and knocked it
down, Greene said about his
last 3-pointer. I loved that
three honestly, it was a big
three for me.
Kansas started the game hot
by reaching out to a 7-2 run,
and then an 8-0 run a few
Georgetown baskets later to
put Kansas ahead 22-11.
The 8-0 was started by none
other than Greene with his
first 3-pointer, and he said he
was feeling the rhythm. He

said the basket looked extra

wide tonight for him.
I just play my role, Greene
said. It was my night, sometimes you see a big basket and
thats what I saw tonight.
The 11-point lead halfway
through the first half was the
largest lead of the game, but
that didnt stop Georgetown
from making a comeback. In
the last three minutes of the
first half, Georgetown went on
an 11-0 run to give the Hoyas
its first lead of the game. The
Georgetown run was ignited
by a variety of Hoyas.
I think they are good, Self
said. I think they have some
nice pieces and I bet you they
have end up having a nice
year. [Georgetown] is wellcoached and well drilled, and
Im sure Georgetown will be
right in the middle in the Big

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Kansas looks to stay hot against Purdue

KIRSTEN PETERSON
@KeepUpWithKP

The
Kansas
womens
basketball team is coming off
an incredible upset win against
No. 10 California on Sunday at
Allen Fieldhouse, a 62-39 win
that improved Kansas record
to 7-2. The Jayhawks will take
on the Purdue Boilermakers
(3-4) on Thursday at the
Mackey Arena in West
Lafayette, In.
The Boilermakers are hoping
to end their three-game losing
streak against the Jayhawks.
Purdue suffered a close loss

against Dayton, 63-61. Senior

forward Whitney Bays carried
the team and with 19 points,
18 rebounds and 5 steals for
the Boilermakers.
Boilermaker
sophomore
guard Bridget Perry will also be
a key player for the Jayhawks.
Against Dayton, Perry finished
with 15 points, eight rebounds
and three steals.
Purdue seemed to have
trouble from the 3-point
line against Dayton, but had
42 points in the paint. The
Jayhawks will need to capitalize
on that and force 3-point
shots, just like they did in the

win with California, who only

made 2 of 11 attempts from
long range.
Senior guard Asia Boyd is
coming off of an incredible
game, going 5-for-6 from the
field and making all three of
her 3-point attempts. Boyd
stepped up her game against a
nationally ranked team, but the
real question is if she can keep
up her strong offense.
When Kansas played against
Incarnate Word, coach Bonnie
Henrickson, senior forward
Chelsea Gardner and senior
guard Natalie Knight all
admitted that they lacked

focus because they were more

worried about the game against
California than the game they
were playing in.
Kansas will need to learn
from their past and focus on
the game at hand rather than
look two or three games ahead.
The Jayhawks need to watch
out for fouling, because the
Boilermakers can make free
throws. Purdue was 13-for-19
against Dayton.
This game will be a rebound
battle. Both teams have quite
an impressive total in their
last games; Kansas had 45
rebounds and Purdue had 51.

This game could fall into the

hands of whichever team is the
most aggressive and has the
most rebounds.
Kansas continues to have a
turnover problem, and gave
up 21 possessions to California
in their last game. Kansas also
gave up 10 points off turnovers
against California.
To have success against the
Boilermakers, Kansas needs
to force Purdue to shoot threes
and stayed out of foul trouble.

Edited by Jordan Fox

Womens Basketball Gameday: Purdue

SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU

Kansas @ Purdue | Thursday,

Dec. 11 | 6 p.m.
KANSAS (7-2)
Lauren Aldridge, freshman,
guard
Aldridge is coming off
a complete game against
California, where she scored
11 points while adding four
rebounds, five assists and two
steals. The freshman was key as
the Jayhawks took down a top10 opponent for the second year
in a row, and shell continue to
grow as the teams third option
behind Chelsea Gardner and
Natalie Knight.
Natalie Knight, senior, guard
Knight has been on fire from
three-point range, shooting a
ridiculous 17-23 (73.9 percent)
from deep over the last six
games, moving her up to 26th
in the country. For reference,
the current womens college
basketball leader in three-point
percentage is shooting just over
67 percent on the year, which
is more than six percent lower
than Knight in the last six
games. If Knight is hitting her
threes early on in this game, the
Jayhawks become incredibly
tough to beat, as opponents
wont be able to double Chelsea
Gardner inside for fear of
leaving someone open on the
perimeter.

Chayla Cheadle, freshman,

guard
Statistically,
you
could
make the argument that Asia
Boyd should be starting over
Cheadle,
especially
after
Boyds 13 point, six rebound
performance against No. 10
California, but that wouldnt
really tell the whole story.
Cheadle has been one of the
best players for the Jayhawks
on the defensive side of the ball,
as she has been asked to guard
the other teams best player
night after night, and shes
done a pretty good job of that.
However, if Boyd continues to
play at this rate, she might be
inserted back into the starting
five, especially considering that
Boyd is a senior this year.
Jada Brown, sophomore, forward
Brown is having a bit of a
rough stretch, as she hasnt
made more than one field goal
in a game since her 5-of-5
shooting performance against
Alabama on November 21.
Regardless, Brown has done
a good job rebounding the
ball this year, averaging 8.5
rebounds per 40 minutes.
Shes second on the team with
12 offensive rebounds, so her
scoring woes really havent hurt
the team that much.
Chelsea Gardner, senior, forward
Gardner has been one of the
best players in the nation this
season, and it was no surprise
when she was added to the

Naismith Trophy Watch List

this week. Gardner put up
22 points and 8 rebounds in
the Jayhawks upset of No. 10
California, and shes a big part
of why the team received votes
to be ranked in the most recent
AP Poll.
PURDUE (3-4)
Bridget Perry, sophomore, guard
Perry has been hit-or-miss
this season, and her numbers
have certainly reflected that.
In seven appearances this year,
Perry has three games with
10 or more points and at least
five assists or five rebounds,
but shes also had three games
where shes failed to total more
than five points, rebounds or
assists. Perry will need to have
one of her better games of the
year if Purdue is going to beat
Kansas, especially considering
how good the Jayhawks guard
play has been.
Ashley Morrissette, sophomore,
guard
Theres an argument to
be made that much of the
Boilermakers struggles early
this season can be attributed to
Morrissettes shaky play. More
than 51 percent of Morrissettes
shots have been threes this
year, despite the fact that she
is shooting a pedestrian 30
percent from long range (2.3
percent below team average).
Of players who have attempted
at least five shots, Morrissette
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Senior guard Asia Boyd drives to the basket in the second half of Fridays
game against Alabama in Allen Fieldhouse.

field goal percentage, and shell

need to be much more efficient
against the Jayhawks.
April Wilson, junior, guard
Wilson has done a bit of
everything this year, as shes
third on the team in points, first
in assists and third in steals.
Wilson has also been one of
the best free throw shooters
for the Boilermakers, shooting
seven percent above the team
average. That being said,
Wilson did have a rough outing
in the teams last game against
the Dayton Flyers, missing all
six of her field goal attempts,
and shell be looking to bounce
back against Kansas.
Whitney Bays, senior, forward
Bays has gotten off to a
strong start this season, leading
the Boilermakers in points,

rebounds and steals. Bays is

coming off a dominant 19
point, 18 rebound performance
against the Dayton Flyers,
although the effort did occur in
a loss. That being said, the 6-2
West Virginia native will have
her hands full with Chelsea
Gardner.

Liza Clemons, senior, forward

Clemons is typically a good
barometer for how the team is
playing, averaging 9.3 points
per game on 64.7 percent
shooting in victories, while
averaging 6.8 points per game
in losses, shooting a combined
8-of-26 (30.8 percent) in losses.
If the Jayhawks can frustrate
Clemons and force her to miss
early, it could be a long night for
the Boilermakers.
Edited by Jordan Fox

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

COMMENTARY

Zenger now sits in hot seat after Beaty hire

Dan Harmsen
@udk_dan

In baseball, a batter gets

three strikes before hes out.
The same applies to Kansas
athletic director Sheahon
Zenger.
On Friday, Zenger hired his
second football coach since
taking over for Lew Perkins
in 2011, announcing David
Beaty as the schools 38th
coach.
Whether the Beaty hire
pans out or not in the next
five or so years, it will likely
be Zengers last. If things go
according to plan, Beaty will
lead Kansas to several bowl
games and some hardware.
Zenger will only have to
make another football hire
for Kansas in the event Beaty
heads for greener pastures.
But if by year four, Kansas
still slogs its way to two-,
three- and four-win seasons,
a new athletic director will
be in charge of rallying up
a search committee amid
apathy.
Football is by no means
the athletic directors lone
measuring stick. As the face
of athletics, Zengers job is
multifaceted and isnt strictly
score-related.
To date, Zenger has been
exceptional with regard to
academics across all sports,
and on-field performance
in all sports except football. Basketball hums along
as usual, although it may
be able to run itself, and
nonrevenue sports such as
volleyball have excelled to
unprecedented levels.
And these successes did

GET A

not go unnoticed, as Zenger

was appraised in 2013 and
enjoyed a 33 percent raise,
equal to Oklahoma States
athletic director Mike Holder at $600,000 per year.
But for all his good doings,
wins on the football field
are imperative to keep up in
college athletics, and Zenger
has not gained much ground
on this front.
With more than 90 student
athletes on roster, and a
majority of them on full-ride
scholarships, factoring in all
the expenditures for each
player, football is the most
expensive endeavor Kansas
Athletics takes on each year.
Kansas dropped $31 million
on the Anderson Family
Football complex in 2008,
and as recently as this summer, it spent $3.64 million to
remove the track.
Unfortunately, the
high-earning potential of
college football has not been
tapped into during Zengers
reign. Attendance and interest are waning throughout
the program over the worst
five-year stretch in school
history.
Desperate times call for
desperate measures. Like all
athletic directors, Zenger is
in the business of making
tough decisions. Septembers firing of two-year head
coach Charlie Weis his
own hire was a prime
example of that.
The firing marks the first
of many tough decisions
Zenger faced in the past
months. This time around,
he appointed a search
committee with an understanding of Kansas football:
former players, a former Big
12 commissioner, people
who appreciate the challenges KU football presents.
He did learn from his

mistake, but Zenger has to

be right on this decision,
which may ultimately lead
to a tough decision from
Chancellor Bernadette
Gray-Little.
Kansas football does not
become better by virtue of
the fact that old coaches
Turner Gill and Weis are
gone. Neither does everyone
involved in the program get
a free pass.
Strike one was Turner Gill.
Unfortunately, Zenger was
hosed by the umpire in this
instance. He didnt make the
hiring, but oversaw a 2-10
season in 2010.
Strike two was Weis.
Zenger swung for the fences
with a coach that excelled in
various aspects of football,
but never at the college level.
A rash high-risk, high-reward decision that he missed
badly.
Down in the count 0-2,
Zenger needed to learn what
it takes to hang in there and
get a hit when the count is
against him.
With the firing of Weis,
Zenger told fans it was his
mistake. But at the same
time, he may have done himself a favor. If Zenger finds
Beaty to be the right coach,
someone who understands
the challenges of the Kansas
head coaching position, in
recruiting, in its brand, in
a disheartened fanbase. If
Zenger finds a coach who
is meticulous, vivacious,
and is still young enough to
relate to his players and their
challenges, get players to buy
in, win games and not press
conferences, then yes, he will
have done himself a favor.
The hot seat that Weis
vacated is now inherited by
Zenger himself.
For the first two years of
Weis time at Kansas, Gill

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year three, Kansas fans grew
weary of Weis not taking
ownership for the on-field
performance. Weis made
a habit of pointing to how
Kansas hadnt won a conference game, or road game, or
against top-25 competition
in an eternity. In other
words, he flaunted the fact
that he was attempting to
make lemonade out of the
half-sliced, green, cerebrum-looking lemons.
With a 9-39 record and
just two conference victories
under his watch since 2011,
Zenger needed an answer
for his own sake, and with
an offense that averaged 16
points per game while Weis
was here, a new face on the
sideline was necessary.
In dire need of change,
Clint Bowen was named
interim to change the culture
surrounding football and to
salvage a senior-heavy roster.

And he did.
Bowens devotion to Kansas
football emanated from the
podium on a weekly basis.
Its been well-documented
that he coached an Orange
Bowl Champion, but he also
played in bowl games for
the Jayhawks as well. For a
program entrenched in five
years of losing, memories
of better times have become
fuzzy. But there are still people like Bowen around that
remember them vividly.
Add in the fact that hes
also seen the other side of
things: Kansas dropping
seven straight games in
2009 after starting 5-0, and
now this, a program whose
worst enemy is itself, the
44-year-old has been a part
of both winning and losing
Jayhawk cultures. He knows
what works; he knows what
doesnt.
Thats what made Bowens
name so compelling during

this coaching search.

For a program needing a
breath of life, Zenger gave
Bowen the remainder of
2014 to see what he could
do. During that eight-game
stretch, Kansas found an offensive identity with Michael
Cummings, won a conference game by 20 points,
nearly knocked off the No.
4 team in the country, and
sure, it got whipped a few
times talent was sorely
lacking.
Not many people care more
about Kansas football or
have spent more time around
the program than Bowen,
but after his press conference
on Monday, Beaty is nipping
at his heels.
A Beaty/Bowen combo is
one Kansas fans can get behind, could resurrect Kansas
football, and save an athletic
director some embarrassment.
Edited by Drew Parks

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THE MORNING BREW

QUOTE OF THE DAY

This is certainly one of the toughest

decisions the toughest decision in
my coaching career
to tell a player
like him with everything hes done
and what he represents, to tell him
that youre not part of those 23 right
now. I just see some other players
slightly ahead of him.
Jurgen Klinsmann on leaving
Donovan out of the 2014 World Cup
US Soccer

FACT OF THE DAY

Landon Donovan holds the Major

League Soccer scoring record with
137 goals.
MLS Soccer

TRIVIA OF THE DAY

Q: Donovan is one of three male

American players to score in more
than one World Cup. Who are the
other two?
A: Clint Dempsey and Brian
McBride
FIFA

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

Landon Donovan retires from soccer with incredible but incomplete career

nited States soccer legend

Landon Donovan played and
won his last career game in
Sundays Major League Soccer Cup
final with the Los Angeles Galaxy. The
championship was Donovans sixth
MLS Cup and the Galaxys fifth in
franchise history, making the team the
first to win five Major League Soccer
(MLS) Cups.
Donovan is responsible for some
of the most iconic moments in U.S.
soccer. His goal against Algeria in
stoppage time of the United States
final group stage game in the 2010
World Cup was possibly one of the
greatest moments in American sports.
He retired as the highest scorer to ever
wear a U.S. national team shirt and
with the highest scoring and assist
titles in the MLS.
Also, many credit Donovan for the
growing popularity and notoriety of
MLS, although tangible evidence of
that is difficult to point out, to say the
least.
As with anything concerning Don-

Skylar Rolstad
@SkyRolSports

ovans career, things are a lot more

complicated than they seem.
While Donovan has been the face of
MLS since 2003, when he led the San
Jose Earthquakes to an MLS Cup win,
he was on the verge of joining a top
club in Europe before opting to stay in
southern California.
Donovan signed his first professional contract with German club Bayer
Leverkusen. However, he spent most of
his time with Leverkusen back in the
U.S. training with the United States under-17 team. A common theme across
his career was the reluctance to play
in unfamiliar, uncomfortable settings.
He would return to Germany in 2009

with FC Bayern Munich only to make

six appearances under then-coach and
current U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
Between seasons with the Galaxy
(the MLS plays its seasons opposite
from other leagues), Donovan played
for Everton FC in the English Premier
League. He had success with Everton, scoring only two goals but being
named the leagues Player of the Month
in January 2010. In the 2011 MLS offseason, Donovan returned to Everton
and assisted seven goals.
Everton wanted to sign Donovan
to a permanent deal in 2011, but the
Galaxys stingy valuation of $15 million kept Everton or any other Premier
League team from signing him. Any
possibility of Donovan testing himself
at the highest level ended in August
2013, when he signed a long-term deal
with the Galaxy.
His petty, passive-aggressive reaction
toward being left off the 2014 World
Cup roster by Klinsmann, who may
have held a grudge from the Bayern
Munich days, proved a disappointing

end to Donovans national team career.

I think I was one of the better players in camp, Donovan said via goal.
com. If I had gone in and didnt think
I deserved it then I can live with that,
but that is not the case here.
Along the way, Donovan made some
controversial career decisions. First, he
decided to take a few months off from
soccer and miss the first month of the
2013 MLS season. Second, he made
the choice to retire at 32 in a year that
he led MLS with 19 assists. Donovan
could easily have played another year
or two, but the length of his career is,
and always should be, completely up
to him.
What isnt up to Donovan is how
people see his career. For the national
teams leading scorer to never have
played a full season in one of the
worlds top leagues shows that any
comparison with the rest of the countrys Premier League stars, like Clint
Dempsey or Brian McBride, is apples
to oranges.
Edited by Drew Parks

Roster overhaul for next Sporting KC season underway

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@HardyNFL

In the weeks after Sporting

Kansas City was eliminated
from 2014 MLS Cup contention with a 2-1 loss to the New
York Red Bulls in the opening
round of the playoffs, manager Peter Vermes made it clear
that changes to the squad
were imminent.
Those changes came into full
swing this week after Sporting KC surrendered its MLS
crown to the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday.
We need players on all
lines, Vermes said via the
teams official website. We
need players on the defensive
line, we need players in the
midfield and we need players up top. Until any of these
deals get secured, were going
to keep working towards improving the roster.

On Monday during a 12hour trade window, the team

sent center defender Aurelien
Collin to Orlando City SC
one of the two MLS expansion
teams for 26-year-old defender Jalil Anibaba, a thirdround pick in Januarys MLS
SuperDraft, and cash considerations. Collin was hoping
for a new contract with the
club after his current deal
was set to expire in 2014, but
the sides couldnt come to an
agreement.
Ike Opara who Vermes
expects to be ready for the
start of the 2015 season is
a shoe-in for Collins role on
the back-line, while Anibaba
will play a sporadic role as a
reserve.
It wasnt easy, Vermes said.
But I think all of you know
that in the (salary) cap world
of all sports, there are always
going to be challenges trying

to keep your team together. In

this situation, it became a cap
casualty.

Theres a lot of time to build

a team and try to put something together, and were
going to work towards that.
PETER VERMES
Manager

The Collin trade was followed by another trade, which

moved forward C.J. Sapong to
the Philadelphia Union for a
first-round pick in the SuperDraft. In the final deal of the
12-hour window, the team
acquired Bernardo Aor from
the Columbus Crew to shore
up the midfield.
Those trades came after
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KANSAS

34 41 75

UTAH

32 38 70

KANSAS STAT LEADERS

POINTS

REBOUNDS

Greene

Ellis

37

Georgetown rebounds

39

Kansas rebounds

11

Kansas assists

15

Georgetown assists

BY THE NUMBERS
11 - Brannen Greene points during a four-minute stretch in the
second half

39 - Minutes for Perry Ellis, a season-high

32 - Kansas free throw attempts, second-most in a game this
season

GAME TO REMEMBER
Brannen Greene, forward

Greene

GAME TO FORGET
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
Despite starting, the freshman only recorded
five minutes of playing time after one field goal
attempt. All of his playing time was taken up
by Greene and Kelly Oubre Jr., who were both
playing well on Wednesday. Mykhailiuk remains
one of the teams best three-point shooters and
on-ball defenders, so dont expect too many
performances like this moving forward.

Mykhailiuk

Kansas 75

BASKETBALL
REWIND
East.
The second half started similar to the first half Kansas went on a 5-0 run led by
sophomore guard Frank Mason, who was second on the
team with 14 points and led
the team with three assists.
A 7-0 run in the second
half was anchored by Greene
hitting 3-pointers in backto-back possessions. The two
3-pointers came after Georgetown took its first lead of the
second half, and Kansas responded with the run to get
the Jayhawks back on top, 5147, with 10 minutes left.
[Greene] did what he does,
Georgetown coach John
Thompson said. Hes a terrific shooter. I dont think he did
anything different from what
hes been doing. If he gets an
open shot, its going to go in
and we gave him too many
open shots.
Georgetown center Josh
Smith, who had two blocks
and scored a team-high 20
points, caused a lot of problems for Kansas, and was
the reason the Hoyas kept
the game close throughout
the second half. The Kansas
frontcourt couldnt contain
him and struggled to shoot
over him.
That was a big dude we
played against, freshman
Kelly Oubre Jr. said.
Even though the Hoyas
made a 7-0 run late in the second half, Georgetown wasnt
able to recapture the lead. But
the Hoyas did tie the game at
61 with three minutes left in
the game.
The tie didnt last long. On
the next two possessions,
with Smith on the bench,
Kansas went to the paint and
convert on two layups by junior Perry Ellis and freshman
Cliff Alexander. Ellis had his
second double-double of the
season, recording 13 points
and 10 rebounds. Alexander
played a season-high 26 minutes due to junior Landen Lucas' foul trouble.
Thompson put Smith back

GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Sophomore guard Wayne Selden, Jr., sails over Georgetowns Paul White during Wednesday nights game in Washington,
D.C. Selden shot 67 percent from 3-point range against the Hoyas and had seven points.

in, and Smith bullied Alexander down low for a hook

shot to bring the Hoyas with
two. It was the last of Brannen
Greene 3-pointers that put

the Jayhawks up five and out

of reach for Georgetown.
According to [Greene], if I
let him play, he can do it every
night, Self said. He seemed

like he was focused of late.

Hes a talented kid.

Edited by Brian Hillix

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Frank Mason layup (:07 left in first half)

Like he did against Florida on Friday, Mason gave Kansas some momentum going into halftime by making a layup with seven seconds to go, giving
the Jayhawks the halftime lead.

Frank Mason
Mason hit one of the most important shots
in the game in the second half as he made
a 3-pointer to break a 7-0 Georgetown run.
He scored 14 points on 50-percent shooting
and also added three rebounds, three assists,
two steals and a blocked shot. He continues
to play big minutes for coach Bill Self during
crunch time.

Frank Mason 3-pointer (7:44 left in second half)

After seven straight points by Georgetown, Mason hit a key 3-pointer to silence the crowd and help Kansas regain control.
Cliff Alexander free throws (:59 left in second half)

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KEY STATS

The sophomore forward logged a career-high

19 points and made all five of his three-point
field goal attempts. Four of them came in the
second half, helping Kansas hold off a stingy
Georgetown team. He was extremely efficient,
only missing one field goal and making all of his
four free throw attempts. All of this came in 18
minutes of action.

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Up by one point with about a minute to play, Alexander continued his success at the free throw line by sinking two important free throws to extend
the Kansas lead to three. Georgetown would never get closer the rest of the way.

 




 


 
 

 





 

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AT A GLANCE
Kansas didnt have the prettiest game
against Georgetown on Wednesday,
but it was good enough to pull out the
win. After defeating the Hoyas 75-70,
the Jayhawks are on a six-game winning streak and heading into the Utah
game with a lot of confidence. In the
midst of a tough stretch against multiple NCAA Tournament-caliber teams,
Kansas should be battle-tested heading into a clash with No. 13 Utah.

PLAYER TO WATCH

No. 10
(7-1, Big 12)

PROJECTED STARTERS

Wayne Selden Jr., sophomore, guard

Selden is one of three Jayhawks playing major minutes, at least
25 per game. In the first seven games, Selden has scored at
least nine points in five of them. In games in which he doesnt
score many points, he finds other means of contributing
for example, his nine assists against Rider.

Brannen Greene,
guard
One of the most inconsistent players
for Kansas this season, Greene exploded for a team-high 19 points on
5-for-6 shooting. He made all five of
his 3-point attempts and all four of
his free throws. With Kansas trailing,
Greene made three 3-pointers in a
three-minute span to help the Jayhawks regain the lead in the second
half.

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No. 13
(5-2, Big East)

@BCarroll91

AT A GLANCE
The Utah Utes moved way up the
polls this week and now sits at
No. 13 in the AP, just three spots
behind Kansas. Just like the Jayhawks, the Utes have played two
other top-25 teams, winning one
and losing the other. They lost by a
slim margin of four points on the
road against San Diego State, but
overcame Wichita State by one
point in overtime last Wednesday.

PROJECTED STARTERS

Brandon Taylor, junior, guard

Taylor was one of three starters to score in double-digit
figures against Wichita State, scoring a game-high 17
points. He averages 11.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.9
assists per game.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Frank Mason III, sophomore, guard

Mason is another major provider for the Jayhawks this season.
He, too, averages major minutes (31.6), which is nearly double
what he played last year. He is an 87 percent free-throw shooter
and a 50 percent 3-point shooter (7-14).

Delon Wright, senior, guard

Wright is in many 2015 NBA mock drafts and he should be.
He averages major minutes every game (31.1), while scoring 15 points on 75 percent, 4.7 rebounds and 5.1 assists.
He also has eight blocks in seven games and shoots 47
percent from 3-point range.

Dakarai Tucker,
guard
The junior guard has flares of
bright spots in the early season.
He missed the first four games
for the Utes due to injury, but
has been a big-time scorer since
coming back, netting 31 points
in three games. He came off the
bench against Wichita State and
dropped a season-best 13 points,
while adding four rebounds.

QUESTION MARK

QUESTION MARK

Whats going on with rotation?

Freshman Kelly Oubre Jr. and sophomore Brannen Greene received increased minutes against Georgetown,
suggesting the Kansas rotation is
far from being solidified. Sviatoslav
Mykhailiuk, who has started multiple
games, played only five minutes with
one field goal attempt on Wednesday.
Oubre, Greene and Mykhailiuk seem to
be battling for playing time.

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, freshman, guard

Svi is budding into a key addition to this years Kansas team.
He set career highs in minutes played (32) and points scored
(11) against Michigan State. He snags 2.7 rebounds a game
and shoots just under 30 percent from 3-point land.

Kenneth Ogbe, sophomore, guard

Ogbe is from Germany and stands at 6-foot-6. He scores
7.1 points and pulls down 2.7 rebounds per contest. His
best game of the season came against Alabama State. He
shot 50 percent from the field and from behind the 3-point
line while scoring a season-high 19 points.

Will the offense slow down

against 10th-ranked Kansas?

As mentioned before, Utah has

played two top-25 teams and its
offense has dwindled drastically in those two games. When not
playing a ranked team, the Utes
score an average of 89.2 points,
while scoring 59 points when
matching up against ranked
teams.

BY THE NUMBERS

BY THE NUMBERS

59

80.6

3-point field goal percentage.

Brannen Greene misses from 3-point

range (5 attempts) and free throw line (4
attempts).

26

Perry Ellis, junior, forward

Ellis is the third Jayhawk averaging major minutes (28.3) and leads all
other Jayhawks in points per game (14.6) and rebounds (6.7). Ellis has
four of Kansas 16 dunks this year.

Jakob Poeltl, freshman, forward

Poeltl is only a freshman, but he is already a main part to
this Utah team. He averages 12 points and 9.6 rebounds.
He is 7 feet tall, a player the Jayhawks are missing this
year on the roster. He is Utahs best rebounder, grabbing at
least 10 boards in five of Utahs first seven games. He also
blocks three shots a game. He will be a key player Saturday.

The average number of points Utah

scores per game this season. That
number is ranked No. 22 nationally.

.524

Utahs field-goal percentage. It is good

for eighth overall.

Kansas defense held Georgetown guard

DVauntes Smith-Rivera to 20-percent
shooting, 26 percentage points below his
season average.

BABY JAY WILL CHEER IF

Kansas can find ways to stop Utahs
offense from taking control of the
game. With Utah averaging 80.6
points per game and Kansas only
scoring more points than that just
two times this season, the Jayhawks
will need to defend the Utes better
than what other teams have this
season to leave the Sprint Center in
Kansas City, Mo., with a win.

The number of times Utah has scored

at least 90 points in a game this
season.

Landen Lucas, sophomore, forward

Lucas averages 10.7 minutes per game, but he works hard for his
playing time and makes the most out of every play. Against Michigan
State, he only played eight minutes but scored six points, which put
him on pace for a 30-point game if he played the entire 40 minutes. In
just nine minutes against Florida, Lucas seized six rebounds.

Chris Reyes, sophomore, forward

Reyes is not much of a scorer and averages more rebounds
per game. He averages 4.7 points and 4.9 rebounds. His
best game came against No. 16 San Diego State when he
scored eight points and nine rebounds.

Prediction: Kansas 80 Utah 67

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shoots an impressive 74 percent
and has three double-doubles on
the year. He scored 24 points on
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Kansas bench outperforms starters in D.C. win

BEN CARROLL
@bcarroll91

No. 10 Kansas took on the

Georgetown Hoyas at the Verizon Center in Washington,
D.C. The Jayhawks walked
away winners of a 75-70 contest, and the majority of the
scoring came off the bench.
The Jayhawks threw the usual starting five at the Hoyas,
who scored 36 of the 75 total
Kansas points. Theres a reason why that number seems
low for a 75-point game. Its
because the four bench players who saw action Wednesday night outscored the five
starters. The bench tallied 39
points.
Junior forward Perry Ellis
and sophomore guard Frank
Mason III scored a combined
27 points, but Kansas didnt
see much contribution from
the other three starters
Wayne Selden Jr., Sviatoslav
Mykhailiuk and Landen Lucas
only scored a combined nine
points.
Sophomore guard Brannen
Greene carried a full load for
the Kansas bench, scoring a
hefty 19 points. He shot a near
perfect 5-for-6, and in fact,
15 of his points came from
a perfect stroke behind the
three-point line, drilling all
five of his 3-pointers. The other four points came from the
free-throw line where he went
4-for-4. He missed the only
two-point shot he attempted.
Freshman forward Cliff Alexander, who was ESPNs 100
No. 3 recruit, didnt record a
double-double like he did Friday, but he made his presence
felt in other ways. While netting seven points on 50-percent shooting, he added two
clutch free throws in the final
minute to widen the Kansas
gap over Georgetown to three
points. He swatted away two
Hoya shots and pulled down
six rebounds, four on the defensive side of the ball.
Freshman guards Devonte
Graham and Kelly Oubre Jr.,
both played crucial helping
hands to aid the Jayhawks in
leaving the nations capital
with a victory and a six-game
winning streak. Graham connected for six points and three
rebounds, and Oubre linked
up for seven points and five
boards, his best showing in a
Jayhawk jersey.
The bench shot 75 percent
(6-for-8) from 3-point land,
while the starters shot 44 percent (4-for-9).
Edited by Kelsie Jennings

GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
TOP: Junior forward Perry Ellis jumps over Paul White for a basket. Ellis finished the game with a double-double, scoring 13 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. LEFT: Ellis and sophomore guard Frank Mason grapple for a rebound. Mason
played a season-high 35 minutes in the game against Georgetown on Wednesday night. ABOVE: Junior guard Evan
Manning and sophomore guard Tyler Self dance from the sideline during Wednesday nights game against Georgetown
in Washington, D.C. The Jayhawks beat the Bulldogs 75-70.

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THE DAILY DEBATE

Who should be the Royals starting right fielder next season?

By Jacob Clemen
@jclemn9

JUSTIN UPTON

eading into the

offseason, one of the
clear areas of need
for the Kansas City Royals was
an impact right fielder. While
the Royals were able to make
it to the seventh game of the
World Series last season, their
offense was an area of concern
all season.
The expectation was that the
Royals would look to sign a
free agent to replace Nori Aoki
but many of the top free agent
outfielders have already been
swept up off the market.
Nelson Cruz signed with the
Mariners and Torii Hunter
returned to the Minnesota
Twins. Nick Markakis will
replace the recently traded Jason Heyward in Atlanta while
Michael Cuddyer will roam
right field for the Mets.
This leaves pretty slim pickings for the Royals to choose
from. Players like Ichiro
Suzuki, Reed Johnson and
Endy Chavez arent exactly in
the prime of their careers, and
Alex Rios, Michael Morse and
Jonny Gomes have solid track

records, but are not the sort of

impact bats that will elevate
the Royals offense.
There is, however, a player
that could be had via trade that
would immediately change
the projection for the Kansas
City offense: Justin Upton. The
Braves have shown a willingness to listen to offers on their
star outfielders already having
dealt Heyward, Upton is in the
final year of his contract and
Kansas City has some pieces it
could offer to complete a deal.
Now, the Royals would rather
not give up assets in order to
acquire a player but Upton is
the sort of impact bat worth a
gamble. The Royals currently
have a window to contend for
a championship that might
not come around again for a
long time and they cant sit on
their hands waiting for young
players to advance through the
minor leagues and make an
impact in the MLB.
Justin Upton fits in well with
what the Royals have in place
and also fills a need. He is not
an elite defender by any means
but should be solid in right
field, and any shortcomings he
has can be covered by the elite
glove and range of centerfielder Lorenzo Cain.

The Royals hit just 95 home

runs in the regular season last
year and 41 of those came
from Alex Gordon, Mike
Moustakas and Eric Hosmer,
all left-handed batters. Billy
Butler and Salvador Perez provided the power from the right
side and with Butler signing
with Oakland the Royals need
a right-handed power bat.
Over the past three seasons,
Upton posted a .266 average,
.345 slugging percentage and
hit 17, 27 and then 29 homeruns in those seasons. That sort
of production would fit nicely
sandwiched between Hosmer
and Moustakas.
He even has a bit of speed,
though his stolen base numbers went down in his two
years in Atlanta, that Kansas
City would be able to utilize in
the manner that carried it deep
into the postseason.
The Royals would need to
give up some prospects to
reach a deal but it shouldnt
take much more than what
the Cardinals gave up to get
Heyward. It could catapult the
Royals to favorites to repeat as
American League champions.
Edited by Logan Schlossberg

By GJ Melia
@gjmelia

ALEX RIOS AND

JARROD DYSON

oing into MLB winter

meetings, the Kansas
City Royals have multiple
unanswered questions on
the roster. Specifically, the
Royals needs fall in the
rightfielder slot. Outfielder
Nori Aoki filled the spot for
the majority of the year in
2014, but Kansas City did
not re-sign him.
The Royals could look at
the trade market or free
agent pool, which has multiple players to fit the role.
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera is a viable
candidate for the job, but he
will be high in the Royals
price range. In addition, he
will get offers from other
teams. The Blue Jays have
also been making a large
push to lock-up Cabrera for
the next few years.
Another option for Kansas
City is going after Texas
Rangers outfielder Alex
Rios. Many say Rios best
years are behind him, but he
has veteran experience with

13 seasons in the league. He

will also help the Royals previous hitting struggles. Rios
hit a .280 batting average in
one season with Texas, and
has a career average of .278.
Rios would be a cheap, viable option for Kansas City,
but a name with a history of
success. In Rios best season,
he hit .304 with 91 RBIs, 25
home runs and had an on
base percentage of .334.
As far as trading goes, outfielder Justin Upton of the
Atlanta Braves is one of the
best options for Kansas City,
but also one of the most
difficult to acquire. Getting
Upton means the Royals
would likely be forced to
deal a young starting pitcher, such as Danny Duffy or
Yordano Ventura.
The Royals could also go
the route of not picking up
new players and rely on
minor league prospects.
Outfielder Carlos Peguero
made four appearances
for the Royals in 2014, but
spent much of the season
with Kansas Citys Triple A
affiliate, the Omaha Storm
Chasers. In those four appearances, Peguero hit .222
with two hits and one RBI.

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Georgetown players
wear I Cant Breathe
T-shirts
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
Georgetown basketball team is the
latest to stage an I Cant Breathe
protest.
The entire roster emerged for

the final warmups wearing black

short-sleeve T-shirts with the
words I CANT BREATHE in white
before Wednesday nights game
against No. 10 Kansas.
Players wore the T-shirts during
the national anthem and pregame
handshakes, then took them off for
the announcement of the starting
lineups.

Many notable athletes have written the message on their warmups

in recent days, echoing the last
words spoken by Eric Garner as police were attempting to arrest him
in New York in July. A grand jury
decided last week not to indict the
officers involved.
Associated Press

NICK WASS/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Members of the Georgetown basketball team stand for the National Anthem wearing I Cant Breathe t-shirts before
the game against Kansas on Wednesday night in Washington.

Outfielder Paulo Orlando

has also made appearances
with the Storm Chasers, dating back to 2011.
Orlando was brought up to
Kansas Citys 40-man roster
following the 2014 season.
Orlando hit 63 RBIs and had
a .302 batting average with
Omaha this past year
On the roster now, outfielder Jarrod Dyson would
slide into the slot if they
were unable to fill it in the
offseason. Dyson made
appearances throughout
the season and playoffs, including starting three World
Series games.
Dyson is known for his
baserunning, stealing 36
bases in the 2014 regular
season. He became a great
commodity in the postseason, pinch-running in late
game situations.
Rios and Dyson appear to
be the most feasible choices
for the Royals in 2015. Both
are within their price range,
and both will be able to
produce for Kansas City in
the upcoming season.

Edited by Drew Parks