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LIFELINE 911
Medical amnesty bill for underage drinking to be heard in
Kansas House
CONNER MITCHELL
@ConnerMitchell0

bill in the Kansas

Legislature
that
would give minors
immunity from criminal
prosecution for seeking
medical assistance related to underage drinking
is scheduled to be heard
Thursday. The bill passed
the House Judiciary Committee Feb. 1.
Former Student Body
President Morgan Said and
former Kansas State University Student Body President Reagan Kays initially
presented the legislation,
also known as the Lifeline
911 bill, to state senators
in February 2015. Current
Student Body President
Jessie Pringle has picked up
where Said left off with the
legislative process through
her role as chair of the Stu-

dent Advisory Committee,

which reports to the Kansas
Board of Regents.
In an email, Student
Senate
Communications
Director Isaac Bahney said
Pringle and other student
body presidents would push
for legislative support of
the bill at Higher Education
Day in Topeka Wednesday.
"Lifeline 911 has been
an important priority for
the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) to the Kansas
Board of Regents. SAC is
composed of the student
body presidents at all regent
institutions and Washburn,
and Jessie is serving as the
Chair of SAC for the 201516 school year, Bahney
wrote. [Wednesday] for
Higher Education Day, one
of the primary issues that
will be discussed is Lifeline
911 legislation and urging
legislators to support it."

The
committee
passed
the bill by
a vote of
11-9. Rep.
Dennis
Boog
HighbergCAROLINE FISS/Kansan
er (D-Law- The Lifeline 911 bill will give underaged minors immunity from prosecution if they call for
rence), who medical assistance in the case of alcohol poisoning.
is on the
makes it clear to them that the Senate already and they
committhey can contact emergency let it go through to a comtee, said the legislation is
personnel in an emergency mittee hearing, I would
important as it allows for
without fear of prosecu- assume there wont be an
college students to be able
tion.
attempt to block it at this
to receive necessary medHouse Speaker Ray Mer- point, he said. The oppoical attention without fear
rick (R-Stilwell) said the sition to the bill on commitof prosecution.
I think it has happened bill will be placed on the tee came from people who
on a number of occasions House docket Thursday for were afraid that it would
where people havent got- representatives to debate. encourage underage drinkten the medical attention Highberger said he did not ing. Making sure people
they needed either because see a scenario where repre- get the medical attention
they were afraid to call the sentatives would attempt to they need in an emergenpolice or the people with block the legislation at this cy situation without fear of
prosecution is a really good
them were afraid to call stage of the process.
Since this has passed public policy.
the police, he said. This

Sexual abuse victims will have a way to

record evidence through free iTunes app
ALEAH MILLINER
@aleaheileen

n app that provides

a secure place for
sexual abuse victims
to record evidence called
"Ive Been Violated" is now
available for free in the
iTunes App Store.
The app is a part of the
"We Consent" app suite,
created by Michael Lissack,
executive director of the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence.
The Institute was founded in 1999 and in 2015,
ISCE created the Affirmative Consent Division,
according to the ISCE
website. Additionally, the
Affirmative Consent Division was created "as an
experiment in the application of resilient coherence
ideas to a very pressing
social problem. Affirmative
consent is an emergent response to changing social
mores regarding sexual interactions."
The suite of apps is designed to help college students transition to the only
yes means yes standard,
Lissack said.
Lissack said 85 percent

CAROLINE FISS/Kansan
Ive Been Violated is an free app that allows sexual abuse victims to
record their story.

of people who have been

abused are not ready to talk
to police immediately after
the event.
When they delay reporting, police have an
obligation
to
question
the victim. Why did you
wait? Why did your story
change? Lissack said.
The Ive Been Violated
app works by allowing victims to immediately record
a story of the event. The
app asks a few questions,
including what happened,
who the assaulter was and
it allows the victim to photograph any evidence. The

record, which according

to the ISCE website is geocoded and time stamped, is
then encrypted to a storage
database.
As a legal safeguard,
the video record that the
user creates is only available through appropriate
authorities (legal, health,
school) or by court order
and is never directly available to the user, according
to the app description.
Lissack said the victim
must share that the record
exists with the authorities,
giving them information as
to when the video was re-

corded and what phone was

used.
The authorities may
then contact the app and
request the record.
Victims do not have access to their record after it
has been recorded to ensure
the evidence is protected,
Lissack said.
Lissack said the app has
been downloaded thousands of times and more
than 500 videos have been
recorded so far although
the videos recorded may
have only been people trying out the app instead of
actual cases.
Director of the Emily
Taylor Center for Women
and Gender Equity, Kathy
Rose-Mockry, said this app
is a step in the right direction.
I think it is important that we find many avenues for keeping people
safe from sexual assault,
Rose-Mockry said. I think
we have made progress in
thinking about this as a
community problem, not
just a problem for women.
We need to continue working towards that.
The app suite is available
for purchase by universities
and other organizations

for $3 and $5 for individuals. Lissack said around

50 sports teams have purchased the app for their
members.
Alison
Morano,
co-founder of the Affirmative Consent Project,
helped advise Lissack in the
creation of the apps.
Technology is what college students do now. It is
very important to have an
app that you can have in
your hand and you can immediately record your story
and know that it is safe to
do so, Morano said.
Morano says there has
been a huge social shift regarding the discussion of
consent and what it means
in recent years.
Ive seen tremendous
social change in a year,
Morano said. People are
now being taken seriously.
There are more resources
dedicated to making you
feel safe.
The "We Consent" suite
of apps is currently only
available on an iPhone, but
an Android version is coming soon.

University accepted only 242 students in 2014-15 class

who didnt meet admission standards
TANNER HASSELL
@thassell17

A recent Board of Regents admissions report

on the 2014-15 school year
revealed that compared to
other Regents universities,
the University of Kansas
had the second-fewest number of students enrolled who
did not meet the minimum
admittance requirements.
According to the data
presented in the Regents'
Jan. 20 meeting agenda, .5
percent or 68 students of
the Universitys in-state and
two percent or 174 of out-ofstate students accepted for
the 2014-15 academic year
were admitted and did not
meet the minimum standards for admission.
KU has always accepted minimal students in the
exceptions window, Director of Admissions Lisa
Pinamonti Kress said. We
normally take in around one
percent of the 10 percent al-

lowed.
Wichita State University
had the fewest exceptions
with .2 percent or eight
students of the in-state students and one percent or
eight students of the out-ofstate students not meeting
minimum standards.
Fort Hays State University had the largest number with 6.9 percent or 127
students of in-state and 9.7
percent or 53 students of
out-of-state.
According to the agenda, Kansas universities can
admit students who do not
meet minimum admission
standards. These exceptions
can make up as much as 10
percent of incoming classes.
The report also showed that
the number of exceptions
was tallied well below 10
percent at all Kansas universities for the 2014-15 year.
State universities may,
at their discretion, admit
applicants who do not meet
the minimum freshmen ad-

missions criteria, Kansas

Board of Regents Director
of Communications Breeze
Richardson said. Beyond
the 10 percent limit set by
statute, there is nothing in
policy, statute or regulation
encouraging admitting students as exceptions.
Richardson also said
each university reviews individual applications when
the minimum standard is
not met.
Kansas
universities
guaranteed admission for
Kansas high school graduates from 1915 until 1996,
when statute KSA 76-717
was passed, Richardson
said. The statute changed
admissions from open to
the current qualified admissions system. This statute
also established the 10 percent exception window.
Richardson said the exception window has been in
order since KSA 76-717 went
into effect in 2001.

FRESHMEN EXCEPTIONS
NUMBER OF RESIDENT FRESHMEN EXCEPTIONS
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
68
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY
8
FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY
127

NUMBER OF NON-RESIDENT FRESHMEN EXCEPTIONS

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
174
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY
8
FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY
53

Source: Kansas Board of Regents

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Budig Hall and Anschutz

Library bear the names of
distinguished alumni and
great academic contributors to the University. Capitol Federal Hall, School
of Business new home,
earned its name after a $20
million pledge by the Capitol Federal Foundation.
In the past, state revenue
has provided funding for
construction, but that is
starting to change. Now,
private donations make up
the majority of the funding
put toward the new construction, said Joe Monaco,
director of strategic communications for the Office
of Public Affairs.
Michelle Tevis, senior editor of media relations at
KU Endowment, said $70.6

million raised by endowment 38 percent of the

revenue raised last year
was designated for new
construction such as Capitol Federal Hall. The new
building is funded exclusively by private money donations, Tevis said.
Capitol Federal Hall is the
largest academic building
built with private money at
KU, Tevis said.
The $70.6 million of support toward facilities is
high, but it varies based on
the Universitys construction calendar. According to
KU Endowments annual
reports, in 2014 only 17.6
percent of the $124.1 million raised went toward facilities. Endowments facilities report has been above
$20 million only three
times since 2006.
The new business building

is not the only structure on

campus being built with
the help of private funding.
According to its annual report, the KU Endowment
raised money to build Marie S. McCarthy Hall, the
DeBruce Center and to fund
renovations for Jayhawk
Boulevard.

Capitol Federal Hall is

the largest academic
building built with private money at KU
Michelle Tevis,
senior editor of media
relations at KU Endowment

The Far Above Campaign

allowed us to address infra-

structure needs that were

well overdue, Tevis said.
KU has needed a new business school for nearly 20
years.
Hannah Bolton, business
fundraiser for KU Endowment, said the Capitol Federal Project began when
Neeli Bendapudi, dean of
business, presented in front
of the Endowment board
and representatives from
Capitol Federal. The board
approved the naming of
Capitol Federal Hall because of the generous donation from the organization.
Next year, Endowments
facilities fundraising efforts
will decrease because many
of the construction issues
have been addressed, Tevis
said. While the University
uses private funding to help
construct new buildings
and enhance old ones, the

buildings are not privately

owned. According to Tevis,
since the University is built
on state land and is a public institution, the buildings
are still owned by the state.
Monaco said the state still
provides funding for new
facilities on campus, though
less frequently.
Recent examples include
$25 million for the Health
Education Building, Monaco said. And money for
the School of Pharmacy.
With $70.6 million going
toward facilities on campus,
the landscape of Kansas
campus will start to grow
and change.
Donors saw the need for
change this year, Tevis
said. They were energized
to get these needs met.
Edited by Candice Tarver

Higher admission standards will

challenge possible future Jayhawks
TANNER HASSELL
@thassell17

The University will institute new admission standards for the 2016-17 academic year, setting the bar
higher for aspiring future
Jayhawks.
The new requirements
were proposed in 2011 in
response to the Board of
Regents allowing state universities to have different
requirements, Director of
Admissions Lisa Pinamonti
Kress said. With the chancellors goal to have retention rates of 90 percent and
six-year graduation rates of
70 percent by 2022, KU decided it would be necessary
to make changes in admissions requirements.
According to a Universi-

ty news release from 2012,

the new admission standards for 2016 were approved June 20, 2012 at the
request of the Kansas Board
of Regents. The new standards will require students
to complete some form of
college-preparation course
with at least a 2.0 GPA (2.5
for out-of-state) and graduate from high school with
either a 3.0 GPA and ACT
score of 24 (1090 SAT) or a
3.25 GPA and ACT score of
21 (980 SAT).
Prior to the upcoming
changes, the University
had the same admission
requirements as other universities in Kansas, according to the news release.
The prior standards were
an ACT score of at least 21
(980 SAT), rank in top one-

third of class, or a GPA of at

least 2.0 in qualified college
preparation courses.
Both Pinamonti Kress
and Breeze Richardson, director of communications
for the Kansas Board of
Regents, said they felt confident admission rates for
Kansas schools would not
suffer in light of the more
demanding standards.
Theres been a lot of
good work done in communicating the changes
that will occur, Richardson said. The Board is not
overly concerned that the
changes made will negatively impact Kansas universities.
We expect to see the admission rate to be around
the same as previous years
if not higher, Pinamonti

Kress said.
Pinamonti Kress said the
Universitys goal is to enroll
4,000 incoming freshmen
for the 2016-17 academic
year.
We are in the first year
of reviewing applications,
and we are pleased with
our application pool so far,
said Pinamonti Kress.
According to the news
release, students who dont
meet the new admission
standard will have their
applications reviewed by a
committee. This committee
will consider coursework
taken in high school, grade
trends, academic potential,
diversity and family circumstances.
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House hears proposed sexting bill

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House committee chair Rep. John Rubin (RShawnee) questions a testifier in a meeting on Feb. 1.

JAMES HOYT
KU Wire

TOPEKA The House Corrections and Juvenile Justice

Committee heard testimony
Monday on a bill designed
to change penalties for teen
sexting.
HB 2018 would close a gap
in state law regarding the
electronic transmission of
sexually-explicit photos of
minors.
Currently, state law says
minors convicted of retaining and sharing nude photos
can be charged with a felony.

State law also requires those

convicted to register as sex
offenders.
HB 2018 would change
the charge from a felony to
a misdemeanor. The change
would apply to minors who
are 12 to 19 years old and are
less than six years older than
the recipient of texts.
Ed Klumpp, a proponent
of the bill, said the proposed
legislation would allow law
enforcement to better deal
with sexting cases without
resorting to child pornography charges and stigmatization for those involved.
Today the tools that we

have [for enforcement] are a

sledgehammer or nothing,
said Klumpp, who lobbies
for law enforcement associations in Kansas. We dont
think children engaged in
this activity deserved to be a
registered [sex] offender.
In December 2015, CNN reported hundreds of students
exchanging nude photos in
Caon City, Colo., avoided
criminal charges because
Colorado lacks specific laws
regarding sexting. Kansas is
one of 20 other states currently lacking these laws, according to the Cyberbullying
Research Center.

Committee Chair Rep.

John Rubin (RShawnee)
said while felony charges are
too much, doing nothing can
lead to significant emotional harm to those involved, a
point Klumpp also made.
We found instances where
they [the photos] had been
shared throughout multiple
counties and multiple school
districts. And its just devastating to these young people
who have made this stupid
mistake of taking that type
of a photo and sharing it with
people, Klumpp said.
Alex Mathew, a resident
of Kansas City, Kan., and a

chaplain for family courts in

Jackson County, Mo., said he
favors all mercy legislation.
He said he supports the spirit of the bill, but he doesnt
favor a misdemeanor statute
for all convicted offenders.
When its involved in
blackmailing or coercion or
other serious offenses that
are almost evil in nature,
then I believe yes, lets get
the misdemeanor involved
but if its because of stupidity or naiveness or not
understanding boundaries,
there needs to be more of a
diversion program or an education program involved,

Mathew said.
Discussions on the bill will
continue this week. HB 2018
was introduced in 2015, but
legislators said it needed additional work. New amendments drafted by Rep. Blaine
Finch (ROttawa) are meant
to patch holes in the legislation that the committee
found when the bill was discussed previously.
The Senate Corrections and
Juvenile Justice Committee
also introduced a similar bill
Monday.
We want to make sure that
we get this topic addressed
this year, Rubin said.

State universities not likely to see drastic budget cuts

in 2016 fiscal year despite projected budget shortfalls
JOSHUA ROBINSON
KU Wire

TOPEKA The states six

public universities will not
likely see dramatic budget
cuts this year.
Lawmakers plan to take
money from the states gen-

eral fund and allocate it to

a special education fund,
reducing the impact of state
budget shortfalls on higher
education.
On Monday, the House
Education Budget Committee, chaired by Rep. Amanda Grosserode (R-Lenexa),

discussed the financial

welfare of the Board of Regents' schools in fiscal year
2016.
Lawmakers plan to transfer money from the states
General Fund and earmark
it for the Education Building Fund. Usually, building

funds are used for rehabilitation and repair costs, but

Gov. Sam Brownback has
recommended those funds
be spent on information
technology systems at universities.
This process of funding information technology sys-

tems will happen for all six

Board of Regents schools.
The funding also will be
provided to the institutions
satellite campuses, which
include the University of
Kansas Medical Center
and Kansas State University Extension Systems and

Agricultural Research Programs.

The University of Kansas will receive the largest
amount $1.8 million.
The budget plans will go to
Appropriations Committee
on Wednesday.

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Is it better to study in a group or on your own?

Liston: Study groups improve
preparation for large exams
RYAN LISTON
@rliston235

Sitting in Anschutz Library last

semester, I prepared for my
Western Civilization midterm
with a group of my classmates.
Later in the semester, I reconvened with those classmates to
study for the final. I received an A
on both exams and, without those
study sessions, I can only assume
I would have done worse.
Study groups can be an effective
tool for students to prepare for
tough tests. Through discussion
and debate, students can gain
a deeper understanding of the
course material.
Studying in a group can clarify
misunderstandings and answer
questions that members of the
group have. With more people, it
is more likely that someone in the
group understood seemingly confusing content from the lecture.
When studying alone, it is difficult to alleviate this confusion.
Students must set aside time to
form study groups, which ensures that they will actually use
that time for studying. When a
student is studying on their own
time, they can convince themselves that they have more time
to study later. This mindset
leads students to procrastinate
by checking their phones or getting on social media. In effective

group study sessions, students

are less likely to procrastinate because the other group members
will focus on studying and would
get annoyed if anyone distracts
the group.
Studying for long periods of time
can lead to boredom, procrastination and less thoughtful review. In a group, questions can
be answered faster which reduces
the total time spent studying. Additionally, answering questions
faster means the group can move
past information that everyone in
the group understands well and
go into more depth on harder
concepts.
On easier tests or quizzes, study
groups arent always necessary,
but they can be immeasurably
helpful in preparation for larger
exams. By eliminating distractions and increasing productivity,
study groups help students perform better on tests and retain
information past the testing date.
Ryan Liston is a freshman from
Lawrence studying journalism.
Edited by G.J. Melia

Clough: Individual studying most

productive way to achieve success
MATTHEW CLOUGH
@mcloughsofly

Whether you like it or not, one of

the biggest (and most important)
aspects of college is studying. As the
semester gets underway and early
exams begin, the tables at Anschutz
will begin to fill with evening study
groups, and optional study sessions
will be held in preparation for exams in massive lecture hall courses.
Yet these environments simply arent the most conducive to retaining
information.
One of the greatest issues with
group studying is forming the group
itself. College students schedules
are hectic; while studying with just
one friend may not pose much of
a challenge, coordinating a time to
meet with a larger group can prove
to be daunting, if not impossible.
With conflicting schedules, studying for a substantial period of time
may be difficult as well and in many
cases isnt worth the effort.
The next issue becomes one of content what aspects of the material
need to be studied most? Which
lessons will go largely unvisited?
Because students learn in different
ways, group studying exposes imbalances in preparation. Perhaps
youve already extensively studied
one concept while the group as
a whole hasnt. The end result is
largely just you wasting your time

helping others.
And what about the one student
(or several) who invariably doesnt
come prepared the student who
asks to see your notes and copies
down what they should have already gotten in class? Using study
groups as a space to review material
for the first time creates an unproductive environment for everyone
else.
Productivity is also diminished by
the very real threat of distraction.
While studying alone can still lend
itself to time-wasting bouts of social
media scrolling, the risk of interference is much higher in group settings. Were social beings; its only
natural to want to focus on completely unrelated topics when were
with our peers.
The bottom line is the undeniable
importance of peace and quiet.
Studying alone provides a greater opportunity for a sense of focus
than studying with others does if
you can work up the discipline to
budget your time efficiently. By removing yourself from the distractions of others, you can get in the
zone and best prepare yourself for
your upcoming exams.
Matthew Clough is a junior from
Wichita studying English and
journalism.

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HOROSCOPES
WHATS YOUR
SIGN?

Aries (March 21-April

19)
The next two days bring lots
of career action. Prepare
for a test. Find another way
to solve your problem. The
opposition holds out, and it
could get tense. Take a timeout, if necessary.
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Dream big. Plan your vacation today and tomorrow.
Include a creative challenge.
Get into study and research.
Your wanderlust is getting
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and fun are favored. Have a
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Discuss shared finances over
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papers. Create a roadmap
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Take your partner to a new
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Negotiate to refine the plan.
Work with a partner over
the next few days. Work
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Navigate surprises gracefully. Finish and clean up.
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Postpone shopping, and
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MUSIC IN FOCUS
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University student Jared Morris a.k.a. Ricky Roosevelt, said he is still in the development stage as a rapper.

Jared Morris a.k.a Ricky Roosevelt

JARRET ROGERS
@JarretRogers

uring
interviews,
musicians are often
asked when they
started, how they started
and who they started with.
An artists development
is often paired with a humanizing story that many
musicians around the world
have to share. Fans hear
that once upon a time they
were just like them: living
in some small town trying
to make their dreams a reality.
University senior Jarred
Morris is in his own developmental stage as the first
month of 2016 comes to a
close. Morris, a 21-year-old
rapper from Minnesota, is
currently performing under
the moniker Ricky Roosevelt.
Morris said he always
had an understanding of
how music works, although
it wasnt until January 2015
that he started transforming his written rhymes into

songs.
Ive just started to make
real songs; its something
Ive always wanted to do,
Morris said. Ive always
understood music; Ive always been hip-hop heavy.
Like, my whole life its
been a language I spoke.
His sound echoes a time
not too long ago when Odd
Future was putting out
tracks that felt less and less
like hip-hop and more like a
new genre. Morris cites Odd
Future as an influence but
says lately his ear is tuned
into a waning amount of
hip-hop.
When I came to college
I tried to expand my boundaries. Ive been listening to
less and less hip-hop as
time progresses. Im really
huge on Little Dragon. I really love Toro y Moi, Morris said.
Morris music references
one of his passions, comic
books, as well as stories he
takes from real life, often
fantasies, and turns into
song.

MEDIA
REMIX

KU student uses love for

movies to research and create
fan edits of films
CAMERON MCGOUGH
@cammcgough

s a child, Joshua
Wille was always
fascinated
with
movies and how they allowed him a peek into the
lives of the characters onscreen. He would watch
them over and over again,
envisioning himself as an
astronaut, a firefighter and
even a spy.
He soon realized that
a career in movies was the
creative doorway he needed
to pursue. Now, as a doctoral student in film and media
studies at the University,
Wille has honed a passion
for movies into his academic study of fan edits.
Around 2008, he discovered the fan-editing community online, which began to take off at that time.
The Phantom Edit, a fan
edit of Star Wars Episode
I: The Phantom Menace,
brought fan-editing out of
the shadows and garnered
wide publicity for the craft.
Willes essay, Fan Edits and the Legacy of The
Phantom Edit, was included in Transformative Works and Culture, a
peer-reviewed journal that
includes a variety of topics,
including fan fiction, comic
books, television and video
games.
Before coming to Kansas, Wille completed his undergraduate studies at New
York University and his

masters at Northern Illinois University. His studies

at Kansas focus on fan-editing and media revisionism,
and hes taking note of the
relationship between the
fan-editing community and
the mainstream media.
We, as a society, are
starting to move toward a
more transformative understanding of media, film
and television, Wille said.
We are becoming accustomed to the fact that there
are remixes and modified
versions all around us. With
more and more fan editors
willing to tackle different
movies, its breaking out of
the mold.
Watchmen: Midnight,
released in 2012, is Willes
only feature-length fan edit.
With this edit, he said he
wanted to restore the narrative structure and spirit
of the original comic books
that was lost in the theatrical release of the film,
Watchmen.
Andreas Stuhlmann, a
professor at the University of Alberta, met Wille at
the University of Hamburg
in Germany while organizing a symposium on remix
and remediation. The two
have remained in contact
through the years by exchanging a few emails each
year and following each
others work. Stuhlmann
said he has great admiration for Willes work,
namely his interpretation
of Watchmen.

They say art imitates

life and basically Ill just
take something that happened and kind of expand
it into something bigger,
he said, sometimes just to
tell a story or also to tell life
reflecting things and things
that Ive done.
His sound and content
can be all over the place but
he said he hopes to tighten
up the screws and develop a
more identifiable sound.
I feel like even the point
Im at now as an artist, Im
still developing. Its always
development, but I think I
would [like] to try and get,
not a more streamlined
sound, but more of an, Oh
yeah. Thats Ricky Roosevelt. based off the content, Morris said.
Morris
SoundCloud
page is littered with singles but right now he has
no mixtapes that attempt
to achieve a distinct sound
with fluidity. In 2016, Morris plans to change that.
I feel like 2015 was
kind of the building year. I

feel like Im at a place right

now, where [putting out a
mixtape] is going to be the
step I need to take and that,
thats going to be a definitive tape for me, he said.
Morris said the most significant move in his career
has been joining a group of
other musicians, primarily
producers, who call themselves Vivid Zebra. He believes joining the group was
a step forward into a more
serious place in music.
I wouldnt even be
here if it wasnt for them.
I wouldnt be able to make
the music I want to make,
Morris said.
Brian Rogers, a producer and acquaintance of
Morris and Vivid Zebra,
has worked with Morris on
couple of tracks. Rogers
said working with Morris is
a process filled with energy
and speed.
He doesnt like waiting.
He has an idea and he wants
to develop it quickly, Roger said. He always has the
lyrics ready before Im even

ready to start talking about

the track. He is a good, creative individual.
Ive met a lot of different rappers and only
worked with two. So many
people say theyre rappers
because its so accessible to
just sit down and write lyrics, but Jarred is committed and actually releasing
songs. I hear him getting
better with every track,
Rogers continued.
For now, its unlikely
that Morris will be getting
large amounts of attention,
but he said the goal is to
create and keep up his momentum.
I want to get my voice
out as much as possible, he
said. Primarily I just want
to keep creating as much as
possible, get my name out
as much as possible and
perform as much as possible. Just, kind of, keep the
ball rolling this year.
Edited by Sam Davis

We, as a
society, are
starting to move
toward a more
transformative
understanding
of media, film
and television,
Joshua Wille, student

Kelcie Matousek/Kansan
Josh Wille, a graduate student at KU, creates Star Wars fan edits.

What strikes me is the

mixture of creativity and
dedication that he brings
to this [Watchmen: Midnight], Stuhlmann said.
The dedication probably
comes first going to the
source, in this case with
Watchmen, he indicates
that the narrative should be
more in tune with the arc
of the comic. For him, this
is more of a fundamental
critique of the Hollywood
studio system and all that,
so its an important creative
practice. We need these
kinds of people for future
generations of academics.
In addition to Watchmen: Midnight, Willes
other fan-editing work includes an alternate ending
to Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho, implementing the
famed critic Roger Eberts
suggestions for the film.
Ebert believed Hitchcocks
film was nearly perfect, but
the ending was a misstep.
This alternate ending,
titled Psycho: The Roger
Ebert Cut, was originally
done by a different fan editor. Wille said he searched
online for the video, but he
could never find it. With the
vision of Ebert and his own
creative force, Wille con-

structed a unique ending to

the Hitchcock classic.
Wille said he knows just
how hard it can be to get fan
edits out to people. There
are many legal and logistical hurdles the fan-editing
community must overcome.
Fan edits are unfortunately compared to outright
media piracy, and they are
disparaged simply because
they are modified versions
of film because they apparently violate a perceived
sanctity of the filmmakers
version, Wille said. Its
very important to understand that fan editors dont
make fan edits to replace
the original. They make it
as an alternative or a different perspective.
With his time dedicated
to academia, Wille said he
has not had much time to
create any more fan edits of
his own, though he would
love to. Wille said he would
love to implement his passion for fan-editing in his
future career as a film professor.
In my teaching in the
future, I want to bring in
fan-editing, he said. I
think one of the best ways to
learn how a story or a film is
structured is to disassemble

it and put it back together.

Not only can you see if you
can put it back the way it
was before, but you can also
see what you can do to tell
the story a different way using the same material.
Wille is starting to gear
up for his dissertation, and
his education at Kansas
will soon come to a close.
Through the film and media studies department,
he has focused his passion
for fan-editing into something he wants to continue
to share throughout his career. Wille said fan-editing
is progressively becoming
more accepted and that he
hopes more and more artists will resist complacency
and join this expanding art
form.
We are getting to the
point where we realize we
dont have to accept a movie, a song or a television
show, the content of it, for
what it is, he said. We
dont have to sit there and
be passive spectators but
rather active participants.
Fan edits are works of art,
and they should be recognized as works of art.
Edited by G.J. Melia

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lowkey listens
February is going to be a good month for popular music. Leading that new
music is Kanye Wests Waves.Beyond that, Macklemore and Yung Lean are
each set to release new albums. If youre an OVO fan, beyond Drakes album
announcement, Majid Jordan is set for his self-titled release this month as well.

But if youre not into popular music, heres a

few tracks you can listen to instead:

Lontalius Glow
I think 2016 could be
a huge year for Lontalius. His name, beyond
his moniker, is Eddie
Johnston, and hes been
picking up traction on
SoundCloud ahead of
his debut album, Ill
Forget 17, which is set
to release in March. Its
easy to see why Lorde
and Ryan Hemsworth
are fans. The New
Zealander isnt just
making easy-to-listen
alternative; hes making ballads. This track
in particular is about
having harsh feelings

toward an ex, then, in

hindsight, coming to
the realization that the
relationship and that
person is still important. This laid-back,
synth-pop track is easy
to listen to and incredibly introspective; Im
looking forward to his
full debut.
Best line: Its easy
to forget how much you
made me feel / But I
wont tell / But its easy
to forget how much you
wont make it well

Nothing, Nowhere im sorry, im trying

The range Nothing,
Nowhere shows on this
track is quite impressive, from emotional,
smooth pop to a singsongy verse to a full-on
rap verse. The vocals are
tasteful and fit onto the
track like butter.
I couldnt find out a
whole lot about what is
behind the name Nothing, Nowhere. From
what I can tell, its a
23-year-old solo artist from Massachusetts
who just released a six-

track EP with oilcolor.

From track to track, one
thing that stays consistent is the raw emotion
in his voice; thats something that will keep me
coming back in the near
future.

Earl Sweatshirt WIND IN MY SAILS

Sweatshirt released a
trio of tracks last week
on his SoundCloud important_man464, one
of which sampled Kanye
West. However, this
one stood out, as its the
only one with a verse.
Its classic Earl Sweatshirt well-thought
out lyricism, deep beats
and a well-chosen sample. The Alchemist produced the track, which
samples the Captain
Murphy and Madlib
collab, Children of the
Atom.
It was difficult to
choose a best lyric on
this track, as Sweatshirt
jumps from weed to fathers to God to blackness. There seems to be

a bit of a shift with Earl

since I Dont Like Sh*t,
I Dont Go Outside:
less self-depreciation,
more outward and, at
times, even introspective thinking. While I
never see Sweatshirt
coming out of his dark,
thought-provoking style
of rap, it was good to
hear something from
him that didnt make
you concerned for his
health.
Best line: Moses
with a makeshift staff /
Sending ripples through
ya / And through the
land / And the river
been a plan / But when
I go to grab it slither out
my hand

Best line: All of the

things that Ive taken for
granted / Is now everything that I wish hadnt
ended / All that I hated
is now what I miss

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@ByHardy

Brick Grillins BiPolar EP

I found Brick Grillins
while peeking around
the corners of SoundCloud for my last
Lowkey Listens, and
then he popped up again
with his seven-track EP,
and I was not at all disappointed. Grillins has
a way of imposing himself on tracks not only
because of his flow but
because of his unique,
up-and-down voice. No
matter what Grillins
track youre listening
to, itll grab you. Over
these seven tracks, he

bites the strong, bassheavy production from

Gray Jacques. While
the Jacques production
slaps on the first three
tracks, he slows it down
on Selfish, a track
Jacques features on.
In the same way Grillins has a distinct voice,
Jacques has a distinct
style of production, and
its evident throughout
the EP.
Best tracks: Chanel
feat. Teddy, Selfish feat.
Gray Jacques

Stalin Majesty In Da Cut

J.U.
posted
this
trap-infused instrumental on his SoundCloud
about a month ago,
and Stalin Majesty, an
Atlanta-based rapper,
came in and did it justice. While J.U.s production stands front and
center on the three-minute track, Majestys flow
is perfectly executed.

In a world full of badly-executed aggressive

hip-hop, its important
to not only come across
excited in their delivery
but to do it well, and
Majesty does that well
on this track.
Best line: Whats a
pawn to a king / Whats
a king to a god?
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University graduate pursues

passion for acting after false
start in engineering
CAMERON MCGOUGH
@cammcgough

Contributed Photo

Those who pursue acting often take a similar route they

study acting in college or take
acting lessons in conjunction
with a move to Hollywood,
but it isnt unheard of for entertainers to dabble in serious
academics beforehand. For
example, actress Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory
has a Ph.D. in neuroscience,
and actor Ken Jeong of the
Hangover films graduated
from medical school.
Michael J. Claman, a 2013
graduate of the University's
aerospace engineering program, has undergone a major
career shift by making the
move out to Los Angeles to
pursue his passion for acting
writing and directing. His
recently released short film
"Raiders In The Attic" highlights his work in all of these
positions.
Clamans career shift didnt
come from out of the blue,
however he caught the
acting bug years ago, along
with a natural aptitude for
painting. He grew up in a
household where creativity
was highly encouraged. His
father, John Claman, said he
noticed his son had an inher-

ent gift for the arts at a very

young age.
One day he was sick at
home, and my wife went out
and got him one of those Bob
Ross painting sets. He literally watched the video and
faithfully recreated a mountain scene in oil painting,
John Claman said. Then,
once he got into high school,
some of the art classes came
around and it was clear that
he really had a knack for it.
By the time Claman, a Salina
native, began high school, his
artistic endeavors extended
to acting, and he became involved in the theater community. His junior year, he had
a major role in Noises Off,
which was invited to perform
at the state conference and
later an international festival.
That was probably the first
time I seriously considered
that acting might be something Id like to shoot for professionally, Claman said
After graduation, he was set
on attending the University
to major in theater and film
and media studies, but things
changed when he switched
his area of study to engineering.
After my first semester,
I started to have second

thoughts. I was worried that

a creative major would be too
risky, he said. I hoped that
a respectable job like an aerospace engineer would let me
use my mathematical aptitude while providing funding
for my creative interests.
Claman started his first engineering job the day after
graduation. He was only at
the job for three months before he left.
For many people with my
education, it might have been
a perfect job, but for me, I
suddenly saw myself sitting
behind Microsoft Excel for
the next 40 years, he said.
It was paying well, but I was
really stressed out, and by the
time I got home every day, I
was too mentally fatigued to
even think about breaking
out my old oil paints, let alone
auditioning for a local play
or putting together an indie
film.
Claman said he thought of
attending graduate school at
one point, having auditioned
and been accepted at CalArts. Instead, he opted for a
more cost-effective means to
break into the entertainment
industry. Before packing up
his Mazda to make the long
car ride across the country,

Claman formulated a plan for

what he wanted in the next
five to 10 years.
The basics of his plan are
already completed, as he currently has a job as a waiter
and a place to live in Pasadena, California. Now that hes
settled in, Claman intends on
building upon his previous
experience in acting by working in student films and taking acting and improvisation
lessons at Anthony Meindls
Actor Workshop.
Claman is a member of the
Hollywood Hawks, an alumni network of University
students working in the entertainment industry. After
making more connections
and gaining more experience, he said he wants to focus on auditioning for more
high-profile roles.
Id love to be in Star Wars
IX, he jokingly said. Obviously thats not going to happen, but I do think thats the
dream. [...] The realistic goal
is if I could just make a living
as an actor if I could just act
and do nothing else and still
be able to pay my bills, that
would be it.
Edited by Madi Schulz

Musics emotional drama drives orchestra director

MINSEON KIM
@adropofsunny

When David Neely was 13,

he watched the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra performing on television.
He said he felt an instant
connection with and passion
for orchestral conducting.
Later on, his middle school
band director put him on the
podium to lead the rehearsal,
leaving him in charge for 20
minutes. From that point on,
Neely said he knew he wanted to do that for the rest of his
life.
Neely, the director of orchestral activities at the School
of Music, will be conducting
the Orchestral Choir's performance Saturday night at the
Lied Center.
Before coming to the University, Neely received degrees in piano and orchestral conducting at Indiana
University. He also worked
in Germany for 11 years in
various cities such as Coburg,
Stuttgart and Dortmund.
Neely not only works with
University students, he is also
the music director at the Des
Moines Metro Opera.
While teaching, Neely said
he tries to give his students
a feeling of investment by

coaching them.
There is a certain amount
of leadership involved and
yet you want to invest, Neely
said. Your players arent instruments, they are people.
During practices, Neely said
he tries to infuse the background and history of music.
Sometimes he talks in imagery, and asks students to
share the images that come to
their minds when they hear
the music.
Puyin Bai, a Masters student majoring in clarinet,
said Neely tries to capture the
dramatic elements in music.
Its almost like you are
making up a stage for this
music, Bai said. That helps
us as students to perceive
the drama in music because
essentially it is the emotional drama that the composer
wanted to convey.
Bai had no experience in ensemble before he met Neely,
but he said he has grown as a
musician since he met Neely.
Bai said he learned how to
respond to the passion for
music that Neely sends as he
conducts.
He is really passionate about music, Bai said.
Thats something that I really appreciate.
Neely said he can feel the

Kelcie Matousek
David Neely has felt an instant connection to orchestra and conducting since he was a teenager.

connection with both the

musicians and the audience.
After performances are finished, he turns around towards the audience and is
always humbled by the experience.
Its respect and admiration
for what the musicians who
just played have done. Its
really just that, Neely said.

Rogers: The continued

greatness of Vince Staples
JARRET ROGERS
@ JarretRogers

Long Beach rapper

Vince
Staples
put out a critically-acclaimed
album in the
summer of 2015.
Through social
media, touring
and popping up
frequently on gq.com, Staples is
still in the front
of many minds.
On Friday, Australian
producer Flume released a single from his
upcoming LP "Skin,"
titled "Smoke & Retribution," featuring Staples.
The song, which Staples seems to take on as
his own, puts his flow,

lyricism and brutal

honesty on full display.
The MC spits Nah, I
aint scared of six feet/
Cause I aint scared to
be free/All I seen while
on this earth/Know
that hearse cant be too
worse, showing that,
more than anything
else, he is true to himself. He doesnt leave
what he believes to
be true, no matter the
gravity, out of songs.
Staples is more pure
and honest than any
artist going. He refuses
to be anything but the
Vince Staples he knows,
all while having amazing quality control over
what enters the world
with his name on it.
Though the song isnt
his, hes shown through

putting out an album

with 20 songs that all
stand on their own
a track with With You.
and now this collaboration with Flume that
he doesnt hop on anything of poor quality.
In a world where anticipation can stab fans
in the back, its nice to
know where safety is.
Kanye West, Chvrches,
Beach House, Vampire
Weekend, and Pusha T
are a couple of artists
that offer high levels of
confidence for fans. Its
safe to say Vince is entering into the fray and
may soon be the safest
of them all.

I feel grateful that I was able

to be part of what just happened.
While there have been many
memorable
performances
throughout Neelys career, he
said that connection is always
present.
When you feel that your
fellow performers and the
audience members are really

there with you, living what

the music has to say, that is
the pinnacle, Neely said.
Neely said music is about
connecting with other people.
When he first hears a great
piece of music, he becomes
excited to perform it.
"For me, music is the art
form that fills my life, he
said.

Neely and the Symphony

Orchestra will perform alongside both the Wind and Jazz
ensembles on Feb. 6 at the
Lied Center. Tickets are available at the Lied Center's box
office located at 1600 Stewart
Dr. and online at lied.ku.edu.
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Corey Kent White is set to perform a charity concert at the Bottleneck on Feb. 13.

The Voice finalist to play charity show at Bottleneck

JACKSON DODD
@snooopdodd

orey Kent White,

a finalist on last
years season of
NBCs The Voice, will perform in a charity concert for
Folds of Honor at the Bottleneck Feb. 13.
The non-profit organization Folds of Honor
provides financial and educational support to the
spouses and children of fallen and disabled veterans.
Personally, this is ex-

actly what Im supposed

to be doing right now with
my music, White said.
The bigger picture is using
whatever talents you were
given to change lives for the
better.
While
simultaneously being a top-8 finalist on
The Voice last year and a
student at Oklahoma State
University, White, 21, had
a busy 2015. His soulful,
country rock music has had
him touring with some of
countrys biggest names including Blake Shelton, Wil-

lie Nelson and Luke Bryan.

White said Folds of Honor gave him the chance to
do what he loves and also
help out a charitable cause.
The concert means a lot
to Justin Parsons as well,
the associate director of the
Folds of Honor.
For a young, budding
artist to want to give back is
great to see, Parsons said.
I know Lawrence appreciates good music so I expect
to see a great turnout.
Parsons began working
for Folds of Honor in 2014

after graduating from the

University in 2014. The
founder and CEO of the
program, Maj. Dan Rooney,
is also a University alumnus; Parsons said he saw
the opportunity to serve his
country and took it.
This stop on the tour
means even more to us,
Parsons said. Seeing the
sacrifices that our military
families make has had a
tremendous impact on me.
White has also been impacted by the military, as
his grandfather served in

the Army and taught him

about the sacrifices that
those who serve, and their
families, have to make.
[My] family has always
instilled a deep respect for
the military; if it wasnt for
those troops we wouldnt
be able to enjoy things like
play music or have the freedom to do that, White said.
White said hes helping
raise awareness for this
cause and doing what he
loves in the process.
I wanted to raise
$50,000 for FOH and

change lives forever, White

said. Obviously I want
to further my music and
expand my territory and
my music. I want to raise
awareness about my music
and not for selfish gain. I
want to use talents to help
lives.
Tickets for the show are
available at http://thebottlenecklive.com/
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Lawrence artists gallery work

incorporates kitschy materials
SAMANTHA SEXTON
@Sambiscuit

rom the Curiosity

Rover atop a flying
alligator, to a howitzer-headed rooster, the artwork of painter and sculptor
Kris Kuksi is an energetic
mess of controlled chaos. His pieces, made from
hundreds of miniatures
gathered everywhere from
Home Depot to model train
sets, attempt to make statements about militarization,
organized religion and human psychology.
Kuksi spoke last night at
the Lawrence Arts Center about his collection of
work being shown there.
The gallery is intended to
grow over time with a final
piece being commissioned
solely for the Arts Center
presented sometime in early March. Until then, what
few pieces are on display
now amuse and fascinate

onlookers.
Mike Simmon, an electronics technician who attended the talk, said he was
overwhelmed by the art.
I came with a bit of fascination to see what his artwork would look like, incorporating parts of models,
Simmon said. I have to say
that I am absolutely blown
away by this mans work. It
was much finer art than I
could have imagined.
There was standing room
only at the gallery as Kuksi
shared a taste of his process
during his presentation.
Ill find something kitschy
like a lions head thats supposed to hold curtain rods,
and Ill work around that,
Kuksi said.
Ranging anywhere from
four inches to fully lifesized statues, Kuksis work
incorporates
everything
from fingernail-sized model
men to larger-than-average

taxidermy models of baboons.

Ive seen mediums being
used in a way that I could
never have imagined, Simmon said. Im still trying to
work out how he even came
up with the ideas for those
pieces.

I try to show the

psychology behind the
human mind and that can
be seen in the symmetry
of my work..

KRIS KUKSI
Artist

Kuksis other work has

been bought by everyone
from Usher to Steve Aoki
but despite being a name
on the lips of celebrities,

Kuksi has managed to stay

grounded.
I cant take my work too
seriously, Kuksi said. I try
to show the psychology behind the human mind and
that can be seen in the symmetry of my work. The top
shows what we portray to
the world while the bottom
gives homage to that idea of
the underworld and whats
behind the mind, but despite all that, if I didnt have
fun with it, it wouldnt be
worth it.
Looking at Kuksis work,
one may be in awe of what
it actually means, but the
humor can be found in the
titles of the work. A piece
featuring elegant Romanesque soldiers with long
tails, for example, is titled,
Spremadires."
I like to poke fun at the
establishment in art and
religion and governments
are also on the table, Kuksi

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Artist Kris Kuksi makes his pieces out of hundreds of miniatures.

said. Nothing is off-limits.

Kuksis gallery will be at
the Lawrence Art Center
until March 19.

Edited by Sarah Kruger

Lawrence store Foxtrot says its final goodbye

OMAR SANCHEZ
@OhMySanchez

locally owned shoe

shop owned by
Kansas native Caroline Mathias located on
823 Massachusetts Street
remained a bright spot for
the vibrant culture of downtown Lawrence.
Foxtrot, as the shop was
called, closed its doors for
the final time on January
31. The closure of the shop
was announced in November on the stores Facebook
page.
Foxtrot, Ill miss you,
Mathias posted on Foxtrots
Facebook page on Monday.
We had a lot of fun, didnt
we?
It was a sad day for the
loyal local shoppers, as

Foxtrot prided itself with

offering the most impeccable shoe and sock brands
the market had to offer.
Stretching from womens flats by Dr. Scholls to
mens Oxford dress shoes
at more than half-off the
original prices.
Foxtrot also took care
of fans of the store from
across the country, with
one Yelper from Forest
Hills, New York praising Foxtrot for not only
sending out her shoes
flawlessly and in a timely fashion, but also for a
lovely handwritten note
from the owner of the
store herself, Caroline.
For now the community may be saying
goodbye to a Lawrence
staple. It may only be a

matter of time before Foxtrot in one way or another peaks it head out again
and is welcomed back to the
community.
Perhaps Ill be back in
the future, but for the time
being, this is it, Mathias
posted on Facebook in No-

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Ranking the 2016
recruiting class
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@ByHardy

On top of 17 new
signees, Kansas football
coach David Beaty introduced three walk-ons
who will join the team
for spring practices next
month.
With Beaty's help,
I ranked the players
from 1-20. Some such
as Kyle Mayberry and
Maciah Long rose to
the top because of their
ability to play right from
the get-go. Others such
as Isaiah Bean rose because of their potential
and raw ability.
The quotes are from
Beaty's signing day press
conference on Tuesday.
1. Kyle Mayberry
CB, 5-11, 165

Love this kid, love

his mentality, love his
personality. Hell be one
of the leaders from this
group, theres no doubt.
This guy can lock you
down in coverage. It allows you do some things
in man coverage and get
some pressure on some
teams.
2. Maciah Long
ILB, 6-2, 215

This guys probably

underrated. . Im so
impressed with this guy.
This guy could be one
of the great leaders to
help develop our program from this point
forward.
3. Chris Hughes
OT, 6-5, 260

Large, athletic family.

This kids a really, really
good player.
4. Hunter Harris
C, 6-3, 255

Hes one of the hardest

working guys Ive seen
around so far. Hell
probably play some
guard and center for us,
but he is athletic enough
to be able to set the edge
if we need him to play
tackle.
5. Isaiah Bean
DE, 6-5, 210

We had a real need for

pass rush. We lost Ben
Goodman, who was a big
pass rush guy for us, and
were looking for even
more dynamic than that.
Long, good looking athlete with a great frame.
6. Evan Fairs
WR, 6-2, 180

He is a good looking,
big, long guy, who can
separate and run. Gives
us some profile out there
on the edge. Reminds
me a little bit of a guy
named Briscoe that we
had here, in terms of his
length."
7. Tyriek Starks
QB, 6-2, 185

Love this kid . One of

the most impressive
things I liked about this
guy is, we go into his
bedroom, and hes got a
cardboard Coke box that
hes torn off and on his
wall in his bedroom are
his team goals. Nothing
about him, all about his
team.
8. Ian Peterson
S, 5-11, 175

He can do a lot of
things for us. He can
really run, he returned
kicks for [his high
school], hes got some
instincts about him.
9. Isi Holani
DT, 6-3, 300

He is one of those
A-gap guys that weve
been looking for. A nose,
a guy that can really
handle A-gaps for us in
our four-down stuff.
10. Stephan Robinson
CB, 5-11, 175

This guy is a long, good

looking, quick, athletic, change-of-direction
guy. This guy plays both
ways, he plays receiver
and he plays DB. Hes
going to play DB for us
and play corner.
11. Khalil Herbert
RB, 5-10, 195

One of the top players

in Miamis area, and
this guy can play. He
can run, hes got power.
Youre going to have to
tackle this guy.
12. DeeIsaac Davis
DT, 6-3, 290

He is a big dude and

this guy is quick now.
Hes quick off the ball
and he can be disruptive
up the middle and we
really do need that.
13. Antione Frazier
OT, 6-5, 250

Committed to us last
year, had a lot of people coming in on him,
and he stayed with us.
Kind of a raw guy, but
we have high hopes.
This is one of those guys

who have tremendous

upside.

File Photo/Kansan
Kansas Football head coach David Beaty speaks at a press conference. On Wednesday, Beaty addressed the
media for National Signing Day.

Beaty shifts recruiting

strategy for 2016 class
BRIAN MINI

14. Lucas Jacobs

OG, 6-2, 295

He is a guy that can

really do a little bit of
everything. He can play
at center, guard, tackle.
Hes got some upside to
him.
15. Shola Ayinde
DB, 6-0, 175

He comes from a winning program, which is

important for us. We
want to add kids to this
team that understand
and know winning. Hes
a long guy and he has
ability to press and play
press coverage.
16. Julian Chandler
DB, 6-0, 165

This guy is a long, man

coverage guy that can do
a lot of different things
for us. Hes played on
the offensive side before,
but he can be a dynamic
return guy for us in the
punt return game.
17. Cam Durley
OT, 6-6, 295

Big-time basketball
player in high school,
played only one year
of high school football,
really. If youre talking
about tackles, and a guy
that can play basketball as an O-lineman,
usually those guys turn
out working out because
they have good feet.

@daftpunkpop

Charlie Weis was the

Kansas football coach just
two years ago.
The
former
coach
brought a recruiting strategy that leaned heavily on
bringing in players with
junior college experience,
while mixing in the occasional high school player.
This experiment had
mixed results, including a
few awful seasons and the
positive addition of the
2015 Big 12 leading tackler, safety Fish Smithson.
In his second year
with the program, current
coach David Beaty has new
ideas of how to rebrand
the Jayhawks, different
from Weis strategy. Of
the 20 total recruits in the
2016 class, only three are
from junior colleges.
Its about development, Beaty said in his
signing day press conference. Its hard to develop
guys when you only have
them for a year or two.
There were 12 junior
college players in last

years recruiting class.

However, Beaty seems to
be moving away from that
trend starting with this
class.
Were not going to cut
corners and cutting corners is trying to get rich
quick. Were not trying to
do that, Beaty said.
Four-year players have
had success at Kansas in
the past. Players like Ben
Goodman, Ben Heeney
and Bradley McDougald
are a few examples of the
players with successful
four-year careers at Kansas.
Sometimes junior college players enter their
Kansas careers with more
than two years of eligibility
left even though they have
a couple of years left in
their college careers.
For example, 2016
commit Stephan Robinson
spent one year at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M,
which gave him three years
of eligibility at Kansas.
Hes not a true high
school guy but he gives
you more than two years,
Beaty said of Robinson.

This guy plays receiver

and he plays [defensive
back]. Hes going to play
corner for us.
Beaty even shared the
same recruiting attitude
as new Kansas womens
basketball coach Brandon
Schneider.
I love, love, love what
Brandon Schneider said at
his press conference last
year: Were going to recruit the planet, well have
a Kansas identity, to go
find the right ones to hoist
those trophies and see that
confetti drop on us.
Keeping with his trend
of hitting the state of Texas hard, 12 of the 20 commitments for this year are
from Beatys home state.
Only one of the 20 were
from the state of Kansas,
though.
It wasnt for a lack of
trying, Beaty said. We
just got to prove to them
that its worth staying at
your university because
this is their university.
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Jayhawks try to build momentum for

Baylor game after 2 conference losses
DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

In their previous two outings, the Kansas Jayhawks

have had their best chances of winning their first
conference game this year.
That may be an understatement, considering the team
held a double-digit advantage against the Cyclones
going into the half.
However, after they had
a 10-point lead at halftime
versus Iowa State, the Jayhawks were outscored by 20
the rest of the way. Kansas
coach Brandon Schneider
was disappointed the team
came out flat in the second
half, but he said there were

positives.
Its hard to throw out
compliments when you
lose, Schneider said. I
compliment [junior forward] Jada Brown on her
play tonight [Tuesday] and
her stat line.
Things are a bit different
now as many of the teams
the Jayhawks will face the
rest of the way will be familiar opponents. That
familiarity should provide
a boost for a team that,
Schneider said, has continued to keep its collective
head up and practice hard.
"If you come to one of our
practices and you didnt
know anything about what
was going on, I dont think

you would know whether

we are 11-0 or 0-11, Schneider said.
Communication and execution is something Schneider has preached to his
team all season long, although it continues to be an
in-game struggle over the
halfway point of conference
play. Even with a 10-point
lead against Iowa State
Tuesday, Schneider felt like
his team shouldve been
more aggressive coming out
of the locker room, especially as a team who hasn't
won a game since Dec. 13.
You really would think
we would be charged up, focused and hungry, Schneider said. I cant really ex-

plain to you why we came

out of the locker room like
that. We didnt have much
life or energy.
With the team's last win
coming nearly two months
ago, there are a host of
problems that you could
point to. The team has
lacked energy at times, but
there's also the simple matter of making shots, which
is something Kansas has
struggled with in seemingly
every game.
After having four starters shooting 4-of-27 from
the field Saturday against
Texas Tech, Tuesday night
saw Kansas two top scorers on the season shoot a
combined 2-of-18 from the

field.
We dont have a player whos gonna give us 20
[points] like a Brittany
Martin [Oklahoma State
forward] or a Brea Holmes
[West Virginia forward] or
a Seanna Johnson [Iowa
State guard]. We just dont
have that, Schneider said.
However, at the end of
the day, all that matters is
the final result, something
which has not been kind to
the Jayhawks. Things do
not get easier for Schneider
and the young team this
week, as they'll travel to
Waco to play No. 4 Baylor.
I hope my teammates
come ready and prepared to
fight because it is going to

be a huge one, sophomore

guard Chayla Cheadle said.
I definitely think we can go
there and get that win if we
work hard and keep our energy level up.
It's worth noting that Kansas shouldn't be written off.
The team is playing far better as of late, and there's a
bit of history on the team's
side.
Last year, Kansas faced
off against Baylor and almost pulled off the upset.
The team fell short, but the
building blocks are in place.
They just need to make it
happen.
Tip from the Ferrell Center is at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Kansas swimmer awarded for second week in a row

ERIK NELSON
@erikthefan

Kansas freshman Haley

Bishop was honored Tuesday for the second consecutive week as Big 12
Swimmer of the Week by

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In Kansas last two meets,
on Jan. 23 and on Jan. 30,
Bishop won four events
combined. In the quadruple
dual meet against Morningside, Tabor and William
Jewell, she won the 200-

yard butterfly and the 100yard freestyle. Her butterfly

time was 2:04.84, and the
time for her freestyle win
was 53.68.
On Saturday, against Nebraska-Omaha, Bishop won
two individual events the

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EVAN RIGGS
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ansas coach Bill Self

was already in a bad
mood as the clock
was winding down on the
No. 7 Kansas Jayhawks'
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the clock expiring in a game
that was already decided.
"That was totally classless," Self said. "I can guarantee you it will never happen again."
Self apologized to the
Kansas State program in
the postgame press conference, only after referring to
the dunk as a "d--- move"
in his postgame radio inter-

view, which was relayed by

Athletics.
Simply put, the postgame scene wasn't pretty,
but the rest of the game
wasn't much better.
Outside of a few spurts,
the Jayhawks looked sluggish on Wednesday night.
But those spurts were good
enough to beat the Wildcats
77-59, lifting the Jayhawks'
record to 18-4 (6-3) on the
season.
Senior forward Perry Ellis led the way for the Jayhawks with 19 points and
five rebounds. He was one
of two Jayhawks to post
five or more rebounds, as
the Jayhawks were soundly
outrebounded 36-21.
"That's about as soft as
I can remember one of our
teams playing," Self said.
Earlier this week, Self
called the Wildcats as
sound defensively as anybody the team had played,

and they certainly looked

that way to begin the game;
they held Kansas to just
1-of-8 shooting to start the
game.
After four minutes, the
Jayhawks had just one
made basket, which was by
sophomore guard Devonte
Graham. They trailed the
Wildcats 4-3.
They clogged the lane
pretty good and werent allowing me to drive," Ellis
said. "That hurt us a little
bit early on."
The Wildcats took advantage of the slow start by
the Jayhawks, jumping out
to a 16-7 lead. But the Wildcats, who came into the
game shooting just 28 percent from three this season,
made only one of their next
seven from beyond the arc.
Turnovers
ultimately
plagued the Wildcats, preventing them from opening
up a bigger lead. They had

12 turnovers in the first

half, which led to 17 Jayhawk points.
The Jayhawks offense
eventually began to click,
but the spark came from an
unlikely source. Sophomore
guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, who played one minute
in the previous three games,
scored six points, and added one steal and one assist
during the Jayhawks 11-2
run to tie the game at 18.
Mykhailiuk finished with
10 points, marking the first
time hes scored in double-figures since December.
The Wildcats had kept
the Jayhawks within arms
length all half, but it quickly
got away from them in the
last 30 seconds.
After junior guard Frank
Mason III hit a driving
layup, senior forward Jamari Traylor tipped an errant inbounds pass off a
Kansas State player's hand.

That gave the Jayhawks the

last possession of the half,
and they even had some
time to draw up a play, as
Kansas State coach Bruce
Weber called a timeout.
He made his way to the
opposite sideline to holler
at an official before Iwundu and an assistant coach
eventually pulled him away.
The Jayhawks added insult to injury when Greene
converted a four-point
play after being fouled on
a three-pointer, which gave
the Jayhawks a 39-29 halftime lead.
With the momentum the
Jayhawks took into halftime, it felt like they would
deliver the knockout blow
to start the second half.
But the Wildcats hit back,
going on a 14-6 run to start
the half, narrowing the Jayhawks' lead to 45-43, much
to the chagrin of the Allen
Fieldhouse crowd.

Junior guard Wayne

Selden Jr. had just two
points in the first half, but
he delivered for the Jayhawks when things began
to look dicey. He started a 19-4 run by scoring
five straight points, which
seemed to finally energize
the Jayhawks.
Although Selden started
the run, it was the defense
of Mason and Graham, to
go along with the scoring
of Ellis, that carried the
Jayhawks for the rest of the
game.
"That was probably
about as turned up defensively as weve been creating havoc in a long time,"
Self said.
From there, the Wildcats
never threatened again, and
the Jayhawks coasted to an
18-point win.

Athletics confirms new

apartments for 2018

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Anastasiya Rychagova hits the ball.

KU tennis Anastasiya
Rychagova named Big
12 Player of the Week
JOSH MCQUADE
@L0neW0lfMcQuade

Undefeated freshman
Anastasiya Rychagova
was named Big 12 Player
of the Week on Wednesday afternoon.
Rychagova is ranked
45th in singles in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and has helped

lead the Jayhawks to a

4-0 start. Rychagova is
the first Jayhawk to receive Player of the Week
honors for tennis in the
2016 season.
As a freshman, Rychagova has taken down Arkansas junior Shannon
Hudson and Purdues
junior Deborah Suarez.
Hudson was tied for 96th

in the Fall 2015 preseason ITA singles poll. Suarez has posted an 8-16
record through her first
two years.
Next up for Kansas
is a meeting with North
Texas at the Jayhawk
Tennis Center at 1 p.m.
on Saturday.

KELCIE MATOUSEK/Kansan
The Jayhawker Towers have been home to various student athletes at the University of Kansas, but the
athletics department confirmed new housing is scheduled to be built and could, in part, replace them.

BRIAN MINI
@daftpunkpop

Marie S. McCarthy Hall

was just completed this
academic year, but there
are already plans to add
additional housing for students and student athletes
alike.
On Tuesday, Athletics
confirmed to the Kansan
that there are plans to
build a new complex that
will house approximately
200 student athletes and
somewhere in the range of
700-750 students total.
"The apartments will
have about 700 beds, and
Athletics plans to have
about 220 athletes," Diana
Robertson, director of the

Department of Student
Housing said.
Robertson said the
apartments will be located
on 19th street. She said the
University plans to open
them in Fall of 2018, although it's still being decided what they'll look like
visually.
Prior to McCarthy
Halls construction in
2015, student athletes
primarily lived in the Jayhawker Towers. A large
number of athletes still
live there, but rooms in the
Towers are also available
to general students.
Jim Marchiony, Kansas
associate athletics director, added that while there
will be athletes living at

the new planned dorms,

this is not their only choice
of housing.
Marchiony said athletes from all sports are
free to move into the new
dorms if they choose.
Right now, the new
apartments will be the
fifth new on-campus housing option opened since
2014. The other four are
McCarthy Hall, the two
new student dorms Self
and Oswald and another
dorm Robertson said the
University is building on
19th street, which is slated
to be finished in 2017.
This story will be updated as more information
becomes available.