In the first road game of

the season, the Jayhawks

go up against a winless
Toledo team in Ohio.
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Variety show Pastiche from
University Theatre
helps raise funds for cast
to travel to Lithuania.
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By AnnA FAltErmEiEr
Cynthia Fecchia carried a laptop,
textbooks and notebooks in her
backpack Wednesday afternoon.
The Topeka juniors bag weighed
19 pounds, too much according
to the American Chiropractic
Association. Overweight backpacks
can cause major long-term back
problems.
Victoria Houghton, ACA repre-
sentative, said a backpack should
weigh no more than 10 percent of
a persons body weight. For Fecchia,
who weighs 125 pounds, this is 12.5
pounds, 6.5 less than she carried
Wednesday.
Jerriann McNee, chiropractor at
Schroeder Chiropractic, 4621 W.
Sixth St., said she saw students daily
who suffered from back problems
caused by heavy backpacks.
Fecchia said she got tightness in
her shoulders and pain in her neck,
lower back and knees. McNee said
these are some of the main symp-
toms of carrying too much weight
around. McNee also said headaches
and hip pains were possible.
Long-term problems include
fallen arches in the feet, posture
problems, an unlevel pelvis and
rounded shoulders, or what McNee
called the humpback look.
McNee recommends a double-
strap backpack with both straps
worn over the shoulders. She said
rolling backpacks were good if you
occasionally switch off which arm is
pulling the backpack.
She recommends keeping weight
evenly dispersed between the shoul-
ders to keep the bones aligned,
wearing shoes with insoles to reduce
knee pains, and taking 1500 mil-
ligrams of glucosamine each day,
a supplement that lubricates the
cartilage between the joints.
Switching out books during the
day helps to alleviate stress on the
body, McNee said.
Fecchia said sometimes she went
home to the Jayhawker Towers to
unload books that she was done
with for the day so she wouldnt
carry around so much.
It does get to be kind of a hassle
because walking up that hill is no
fun, Fecchia said. I dont do it
more than I have to.
Fecchia goes to a chiropractor
when she can afford it. Her chiro-
practor recommended exercises to
strengthen her back, and she occa-
sionally does yoga stretches.
Jesse Hall, 165-pound Caney
senior, carried a backpack weighing
20.5 pounds. Ten percent of Halls
weight is 16.5 pounds. He doesnt
think his backpack is heavy com-
pared to the 65 to 70 pound ruck-
sack he carried in the army. Hall
is a member of the Army ROTC
on-campus.
Hall said his rucksack usually
contained items like food, water, a
change of clothing and ammunition,
everything youd need to stay out in
the field for long periods of time.
While in the army, Hall did
research about rucksack weight and
carrying techniques for a marathon
march through the New Mexico
desert. He learned several tech-
niques for carrying bags on the
back.
Hall recommends a backpack
with wide straps and a waist belt.
He said the waist belt takes weight
off the shoulders and keeps blood
circulating through the arms. Hes
never considered getting a rolling
backpack.
Theyre too cumbersome, he
said. Sometimes they get up on one
wheel and start wobbling around.
Hall also said if you chose to
carry the rolling backpack on your
back, the metal bar could dig into
your back.
By BEn smitH
Homebrewing can lead picky
beer drinkers to original concoc-
tions they cant find on a menu or
in a store.
If you like a sweeter beer,
you can make one, said Dennis
Sundermeyer, electronic technician
with the Center for Remote Sensing
of Ice Sheets. If you prefer a certain
type of hops, you can tailor your
beer to your tastes.
Sundermeyer has been a home-
brewer for about 14 years and
favors German maebock and helles-
bock beers. He is a member of the
Lawrence Brewers Guild, a group
for brewing enthusiasts that helps
brewers develop their own beers.
Sundermeyer recently began
sharing his hobby with several of
his colleagues. Adam Hock, Wess
Mason and Justin Rohrer began to
learn the fermentation process.
Hock, senior network system
administrator, and Mason, network
specialist, joined the brewers guild
about four months ago. They have
been brewing about five gallons of
beer a week.
Rohrer, doctoral student and
graduate research assistant, just
started accompanying his friends
to meetings.
Its kind of like cooking and
yet a bit like a science experiment,
Rohrer said.
Sundermeyer said the chemis-
try involved in brewing beer was
ancient, yet still contained myster-
ies about the production process.
By CourtnEy HAGEn
The Hispanic American
Leadership Organization will
celebrate its 35th anniversary
this month in conjunction with
Hispanic Heritage Month, which
stretches from Sept. 15 to Oct. 13.
Through the past three decades
the organization has changed
names a few times, but the mes-
sage has remained much the
same: to meet the diverse needs
of the Hispanic population at the
University.
The idea for the current HALO
was started as the Association
of Mexican American Students
in 1971 to reach out to the
Hispanic-American population at
the University. Three years later,
the group changed its name to
Movimiento Estudiatil Chicano de
Atzlan. It became HALO in 1986.
We became HALO in the 80s to
encompass all Latin American cul-
tures, said Chris Munoz, HALO
president and Topeka junior. We
are a support group for Latinos
on campus, a home away from
home.
The Universitys HALO is the
oldest HALO in the state of Kansas
and Munoz estimates that it is also
one of the largest. HALOs from
throughout Kansas will gather on
Sept. 22 and 23 for the HALO
35th anniversary banquet and the
regional meeting at the University
campus.
Juan Izaguirre, HALO advis-
er, said the regional meeting was
started two years ago to serve as a
link between all the organizations
throughout Kansas.
One of our main goals and
mission is to disseminate Latin
culture through events and cre-
ate a family atmosphere, Izaguirre
said.
health
finance
Rising tuition, living costs compel students to spend more time at work
By mArk viErtHAlEr
Each month is a struggle to make
ends meet for Ramsi Lindgren.
After classes, Lindgren, Topeka
junior, has to go to work. At two
places.
Lindgren estimated she works
35 hours a week at both Stone
Creek restaurant and the Office of
Admissions and Scholarships.
I dont have a normal student
life, Lindgren said. To keep up
with school and rent and utilities, I
have to work that hard.
With tuition costs rising and
inflation putting a larger burden on
students, some are forced to hold
down full-time jobs to make basic
payments.
The Council for Community and
Economic Research, an organization
that works to promote excellence in
community and economic research,
reported in 2005 that the cost of
living in Lawrence ranked above
Manhattan, Topeka, Columbia, Mo.,
and other cities of comparable size.
Rent in Manhattan averages $58
a month less than in Lawrence,
according to the councils Cost
of Living comparison calculator.
Apartment rent in Columbia, Mo.,
averages $190 a month less than in
Lawrence.
Lindgren said several of her
friends are able to look to their par-
ents for support. She doesnt have
that luxury, so she relies on her work
ethic and whatever aid the school
can send her way.
Eric Grospitch, executive assis-
tant to the director of student hous-
ing, said on-campus housing is usu-
ally the cheapest option for students
coming into Lawrence.
Undergraduates pay an average
of $5,800 for on-campus living.
Graduate students must pay $8,400
for on-campus living, according to
the Universitys financial aid Web
site. Neither of these figures include
general living expenses.
Grospitch said scholarship halls
are another way of avoiding off-cam-
pus living expenses. Depending on
where a student lives, the scholarship
halls can cost anywhere from $1,700
to $4,200 for one school year.
see income on page 6a
hobbies
organizations
Ryan Mcgeeney/Kansan
dennis sundermeyer, Lawrence, enjoys microbrewed beer at a meeting of the Lawrence Brew-
ers Guild. Sundermeyer has attended guild meetings for two years.
see halo on page 6a
see brew on page 6a
anna Faltermeier/Kansan
overweight backpacks can cause long-termback problems such as fallen arches in the feet, posture problems and an unlevel pelvis. According to the American Chiropractic Association, a backpack
should weigh no more than 10 percent of a persons bodyweight. Signs of carrying too much weight include pain in the knees, lower back, shoulders and hips as well as headaches.
HALO
celebrates
Hispanic
heritage
oveRweight bacKpacKs haRM students
Chiropractors say back,
feet and pelvic problems
caused by heavy bags
Lawrence beer lovers unite
to ferment personal brews
see backpacks on page 6a
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born and ask ourselves if were
really trustworthy custodians of
their heritage. Do we have the
right to tell them that they can
never see a whale?
David R. Brower
The biggest dinosaur that
ever lived was only about
one-fourth the size of the blue
whale. Bonus fact: The African
elephant, the worlds largest
land animal, could stand on the
blue whales tongue.
Source: Utah Education Network
A 22-year-old KU student
was arrested early Thursday
morning for operating a vehicle
while intoxicated. Lawrence
police made the arrest in the
1300 block of Iowa Street.
Today from 1:30 p.m. to 4
p.m., The Hall Center for Hu-
manities will present Confict-
ing Memories of the Holocaust
in the Hall Center conference
hall.
odd news
At 14 pounds, newborn
built like a linebacker
NORWICH, Conn. Oh baby!
Marie Michels ffth child was one
for the record books.
Michels gave birth to a 14-
pound, 13-ounce boy Tuesday at
William W. Backus Hospital.
Backus ofcials said the
newborn Stephon Hendrix
Louis-Jean broke the 18-year
record for the biggest baby ever
born at the hospital by 1 pound,
13 ounces. He was nearly 23 inches
long.
Hes built like a linebacker, said
David Kalla, who delivered the
baby by Caesarean section.
After nine months of carrying
Stephon, 36-year-old Michel said
she was happier about having
fnished giving birth than about
all the attention her baby was
receiving.
I was miserable, Michel said. I
couldnt sleep at night. My 13-year-
old son had to help me get in and
out bed.
The babys size came as no sur-
prise to his mom. Michels oldest
son weighed 9 pounds at birth, her
8-year-old twin sons each weighed
8 1/2 pounds and her youngest
son, age 3, was nearly 12 pounds.
Michels husband, Vijens Louis-
Jean, a truck driver, was coming
from Florida to see his son.
Less than 24 hours old, the
baby was ftting into clothes for a
6-month-old and was too big for
newborn diapers.
I have baby clothes but I dont
think they will be able to ft, Michel
said. I think I will have to return
them.
Father breaks leg after
confdence-building jump
LANTANA, Fla. A father broke
his leg trying to cure his daughters
fear of heights.
Troy Stewart and his 10-year-old
daughter Meagan were on their
daily bike ride Monday evening
when Stewart suggested they
jump of a 15-foot bridge as a way
of curing the girls fear of heights.
Meagan jumped safely into the
Intracoastal Waterway, but her 31-
year-old father broke his leg.
At frst he said, `Do you want
to do it or not? Meagan said. I
thought, `Its kind of high, and then
hes like, `Trust me.
Stewart got out of the water
and waited nearby after Meagan
rode her bike the half mile home
and alerted her mother, who called
authorities.
In his mind, he was playing,
said Mandy Potter, 32, of her
partner of 10 years. But I dont
condone his childs play.
Stewart was not charged with a
crime, but ofcials from the state
Department of Children & Families
planned to interview him.
This is an example of what
not to do as a parent, police Capt.
Andy Rundle said.
Associated Press
Randy Roberts/ASSOCIATED PRESS
John Jackson, center, fromFox Run Manor, competes in the walker race during the Senior Olympics held at The Heritage Estates in Findlay, Ohio, onThursday. Several area nursing homes homes took
part in diferent events for their residents.
Pushing to the fnish
The associaTed press
Roman Catholics in northeast
Kansas have been asked to pray
for Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to
reconsider her long held position
supporting legalized abortion.
The request came from Arch-
bishop Joseph Naumann, of the
Archdiocese of Kansas City in
Kansas, in a Sept. 8 column in the
diocesan newspaper The Leaven,
with a circulation of 52,900.
It is never permissible for a
Catholic to support the legalization
of the killing of innocent lives by
abortion, much less lead the fght
for legal abortion, Naumann wrote.
While questioning Sebelius
record on abortion, he stopped
short of asking Catholics to vote
against her.
Sebelius, who is Catholic, is a
longtime supporter of abortion
rights but has said publicly she
believes abortion is wrong. Church
leaders have raised the matter in
the past, but not all of the Demo-
cratic governors fellow Catholics
are equally troubled.
Dan Watkins, who attends
St. John the Evangelist Catholic
Church in Lawrence, said Catholics
must practice a faithful citizenship,
which includes more than just
respect for life.
The fact that a public ofcial
upholds what is the law of the land,
even if their faith and personal
belief tells them that thats wrong,
that shouldnt disqualify them in
the eyes of other Catholics, said
Watkins, a lawyer and active Demo-
crat.
Watkins said he had not read
Naumanns column but said that
upholding the law difers from
Sebelius advocating for abortion.
Naumann said he wrote the
column in response to several let-
ters he received from people who
disagreed with the governors veto
this year of a bill expanding the
information that abortion provid-
ers must submit to the state about
pregnancies they have terminated.
In her veto message, Sebelius
said she didnt believe the provi-
sions would reduce abortions.
My Catholic faith teaches me
that life is sacred. Personally, I be-
lieve abortion is wrong, she wrote.
As for Naumanns column,
Sebelius spokeswoman, Nicole
Corcoran, said, The governor ap-
preciates her ongoing counsel with
the archbishop, and we believe this
is a matter best left to the privacy
of their discussions.
Naumann issued a joint state-
ment Aug. 15 with the bishops of
the Dodge City, Salina and Wichita
dioceses advising the states more
than 405,000 Catholics they have a
serious moral obligation to exer-
cise their right to vote.
Want to know what people
are talking about? Heres a list
of Thursdays most e-mailed
stories from Kansan.com:
1. Hartz: KU job search is just a
catch-22
2. New club takes students back
in time
3. Certain residence halls pose
more dangers for students
4. Coach Self gives basketball
team update
5. Program for Latinos takes
family approach to education
odd news
State
Catholics asked to pray for Sebelius
Ofcial retaliates after
losing parking spot
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.
A police video apparently
caught the citys ombudsman
scratching the rear of a city
councilmans car with a key
after the councilman took his
parking space.
Police had a camera on
Councilman Bob Kings Nissan
Murano because his car had
been keyed previously. They
released the tape Tuesday in re-
sponse to Freedom of Informa-
tion Act requests.
The tape shows Kings car
parked in city ombudsman
James Bells parking spot,
marked Ombudsman. Bell
can be seen parked beside the
empty car and then walking
behind it, apparently dragging
a key across it.
The tape, made last week,
shows no marks on the back
of the car before Bell arrives,
but shows the scratch after Bell
walks by.
The tape also shows
scratches on the passenger side
of the car that King said were
put there about fve weeks ago
when he parked in Bells spot
while Bell was of duty.
Bell has been charged
with a misdemeanor count of
malicious injury to personal
property.
Bell said he did not know
whose car was parked in his
space but thinks King has a
grudge against him because he
supported Kings opponent in a
previous election.
Bells attorney, Bill Runyon,
said Bell was steadying himself
because he recently underwent
surgery on his knee and thats
how the scratches happened.
King said the key scratches
caused about $1,000 damage
to his car.
Associated Press
news
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friday, september 15, 2006
By Mark vierthaler
A memorial service for Ross
Reagan will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday
at D.W. Newcomers Sons Johnson
County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf
Ave., Overland Park.
Reagan, Spring Hill junior, died
Sept. 12 at his home in Lawrence.
The cause of death has not been
released.
Reagan was born Aug. 4, 1985,
in Wichita. He was a psychology
major and worked at the Overland
Park branch of Foulston and
Siefkin law firm as an IT techni-
cian. He was 21.
Jim Oliver, partner at Foulston
and Siefkin, said Reagan was a
gifted employee who had been
working for the law firm since he
was in high school.
The staff frequently comment-
ed on how polite and courteous
he was, Oliver said. We thought
the world of him. He had a lot of
wit. He was always coming up with
something clever.
Oliver said Reagan enjoyed
snow skiing, as his family had lived
for a short time in Colorado.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway
expressed his sorrow at the loss
of Reagan in an official statement
Wednesday.
My deepest condolences go out
to the family, friends and loved
ones of Ross Reagan, Hemenway
said. The entire KU family is sad-
dened at the loss of this bright
young man.
He is survived by his parents
Doug and Michelle, his brother and
sister-in-law Brendan and Krystle
Reagan, maternal grandmother
Virginia Black and his paternal
grandfather Charles Reagan.
Online sympathies may be left
at http://www.dwnewcomers.com.
kansan staf writer Mark vier-
thaler can be contacted at mvi-
erthaler@kansan.com.
Edited by Erin Wiley
By Courtney hagen
University Theatre at the
University of Kansas wants to per-
form its way to Lithuania by the end
of the year.
The theatre kicks off the 2006-07
season with a fundraising variety
show called Pastiche at 7:30 p.m.
today and Saturday at the Crafton-
Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The show will finance a produc-
tion of The Snow Queen at the
National Drama Theatre in Vilnius,
Lithuania, this December.
Charla Jenkins, director of pub-
lic relations for University Theatre,
said Romas Vikshraitis, director of
the National Drama Theatre, came
to the University to direct a pro-
duction of The Snow Queen last
December.
He was so taken with our com-
pany that he wanted us to come to
Lithuania and put on a production
there, Jenkins said.
Jenkins said the show would be
the first time in many years that
the University Theatre would raise
funds for a project through a pro-
duction. John Staniunas, associate
professor and chair of theater and
film, conceived the show to raise
funds and showcase the talents of
KU students.
The program, co-sponsored by
Headmasters Salon, will feature
instrumental, dance, vocal and
monologue performances from KU
students and staff. The performance
will also incorporate puppetry and
short films for a multimedia ele-
ment.
Stacey Fox, technical and facili-
ties manager of Oldfather Studios
at 1621 W. Ninth St., will open
Pastiche with an ensemble per-
formance, which includes a song
ensemble she composed, called Aye
he aye. The performance will fea-
ture heavy world drumming beats.
Staniunas choreographed dancers to
move to the beat of the drums, and
Fox created a short film of anima-
tion and experimental film clips to
be shown on a screen behind the
performers.
I originally composed the song
we will perform a year and a half
ago, Fox said. We have been using
it when we perform in public, and it
has been a real crowd-pleaser.
All seats for Pastiche cost $10.
kansan staf writer Courtney ha-
gen can be contacted at chagen@
kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
What: pastiche variety show
When: today and saturday at 7:30
p.m.
Where: Crafton-preyer theatre in
murphy Hall
How much: $10 for all seats
Why: to raise money for a pro-
duction of the snow Queen in
Lithuania this december
Some Performances: amor
performed by Joyce Castle, KU
professor and world renowned
opera singer; the Hat and
original monologue by adam bur-
nett, topeka junior; dont Cry for
me, argentina from the musical
evita performed by alicia Gian,
Garden City graduate student;
piano pastiche, performed by
John tibbetts, associate professor
of flm studies; baby boy starring
tyrese and puppets, puppet
performance by spencer Lott,
Lawrence freshman, and the
group baiowolf, of robert schulte,
Lees summit, mo., junior, and
sean Wilson, Lawrence senior.
Source: Charla Jenkins, director of public
relations University Theatre
Pastiche to begin theater season
obituary
Student dies Sept. 12;
cause not released
artS
Variety show to raise theater funds
Vanessa Pearson/KANSAN
The student core ensemble practices the opening number duringThursdays dress rehearsal of Pasticheat the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy
Hall.
21-year-old psychology major
remembered as courteous, witty
assoCiated Press
WASHINGTON A rebel-
lious Senate committee defied
President Bush on Thursday and
approved terror-detainee legislation
he has vowed to block, deepening
Republican conflict over a key issue
in the middle of congressional cam-
paigns.
Sen. John
Warner, R-Va.,
chairman of the
Armed Services
Co mmi t t e e ,
pushed the mea-
sure through
his panel by a
15-9 vote, with
Warner and
three other
GOP lawmak-
ers joining Democrats. The vote
set the stage for a showdown on the
Senate floor as early as next week.
Earlier in the day, Bush had jour-
neyed to the Capitol to try nailing
down support for his own version
of the legislation.
I will resist any bill that does not
enable this program to go forward
with legal clarity, Bush said at the
White House after his meeting with
lawmakers.
The presidents measure would
go further than the Senate package
in allowing classified evidence to be
withheld from defendants in terror
trials, using coerced testimony and
protecting U.S. interrogators against
legal prosecution
for using meth-
ods that vio-
late the Geneva
Conventions.
The internal
GOP struggle
intensified along
other fronts, too,
as Colin Powell,
secretary of state
during Bushs
first administra-
tion, declared his opposition to the
presidents plan.
The world is beginning to doubt
the moral basis of our fight against
terrorism, Powell, a retired general
who is also a former chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote in
a letter.
Powell said that Bushs bill, by
redefining the kind of treatment the
Geneva Conventions allow, would
add to those doubts. Furthermore, it
would put our own troops at risk.
Firing back, White House spokes-
man Tony Snow said Powell was
confused about the White House
plan. Later, Snow said he probably
shouldnt have used that word.
I know that Colin Powell wants
to beat the terrorists too, he said.
Countering Powells letter, the
administration produced one from
the current secretary of state to
Warner. In it, Condoleezza Rice
wrote that narrowing the standards
for detainee treatment as Bush has
proposed would add meaningful
definition and clarification to vague
terms in the treaties.
In his committees vote, Warner
was supported by GOP Sens. John
McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham
of South Carolina and Susan Collins
of Maine. Warner, McCain and
Graham had been the most active
senators opposing Bushs plan, and
the vote by the moderate Collins
underscored that there might be
broad enough GOP support to suc-
cessfully take on Bush on the floor
of the GOP-run Senate.
As the battle mushrooms, it
threatens to undermine campaign
season assertions by the adminis-
tration that it has shown a steady
hand on security matters and that
it should be trusted over Democrats
on the issue.
CoNGrESS
Detainee treatment creates confict in Senate
The world is beginning to
doubt the moral basis of our
fight against terrorism.
Colin powell
Former Secretary of State
iNtErNatioNal
Venezuela pledges support
for Iran in case of invasion
By vanessa arrington
the assoCiated Press
HAVANA Venezuelas presi-
dent pledged Thursday his country
would support Iran if it was invaded
as a result of its nuclear standoff
with the United Nations Security
Council.
The U.N. has demanded Iran
suspend uranium enrichment amid
concerns by some nations that it
could be used for nuclear weapons.
Iran insists the enrichment is aimed
solely at producing electricity.
Iran is under threat; there are
plans to invade Iran, hopefully it
wont happen, but we are with you,
Hugo Chavez told Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a meet-
ing of the Group of 15 develop-
ing nations on the sidelines of a
Nonaligned Movement summit in
Cuba.
Chavez said Venezuela stands
with Iran in this time of crisis, just as
it stood by Cuba, where Fidel Castro
handed over power to his brother
Raul while recovering from intesti-
nal surgery. If they dont defend each
other, no one else will, Chavez said.
Under any scenario, we are with
you just like we are with Cuba,
Chavez said. If the United States
invades Cuba, blood will run... We
will not have our arms crossed while
bombs are falling in Havana or they
carry Raul off in a plane.
Ahmadinejad gave a relatively
mild speech, urging his fellow lead-
ers to work together to help the G-15
nations achieve their full potential.
Then Chavez took over, saying he
didnt want to leave Havana without
a statement reflecting resounding
support for the Iranian, Cuban
and Palestinian people.
It was not clear what Chavez
could actually do to help Iran.
He has vowed in the past to cut
off Venezuelan supplies of oil to
the U.S. in case of an invasion
of Cuba.
The meeting was a milestone
for Cuba the first time Raul
Castro represented his nation at
an international summit as acting
president. But Chavez stole the
show saying Fidel Castro had
given him permission to speak
longer because Raul wouldnt talk
much. Raul Castro seemed to
take the jab in good spirits, giv-
ing Chavez a bear hug after the
meeting.
After visiting Fidel Castro on
Thursday, Chavez said he was
walking and singing and was
almost well enough to play base-
ball.
Trading the green fatigues
usually wears as Cubas defense
minister for a dark suit, Raul
Castro briefly praised Iran and
other developing nations for try-
ing to create a better, more just
world.
Nuclear proliferation and
Middle East violence were the
hot topics as scores of leaders
began showing up in Havana for
the Nonaligned Movement sum-
mit, which now includes two-
thirds of the worlds countries.
Some diplomats said the
developing world must unite
to demand the creation of a
Palestinian state.
Others said containing nuclear
weapons was the key issue.
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Author criticizes fundraising
Republican argues for increased competition, disclosure
By Erin CastanEda
Give the power to the people
because thats what Americas
Founding Fathers intended, said
Rodney Smith, Republican cam-
paign fundraiser.
He addressed the topic of cam-
paign fundraising and how it pre-
vented true competition in the elec-
tion process to an audience of about
55 at the Robert J. Dole Institute of
Politics Thursday night.
Smith is an expert on the topic.
In 30 years, he raised more than a
billion dollars for Republican com-
mittees and candidates. He also
wrote the book Money, Power
and Elections: How Campaign
Finance Reform Subverts American
Democracy, recently published by
Louisiana State University.
His book evaluates the election
process historically. He studied two
control periods, the first, from 1920
to 1976 and the second, from 1976
to 2000.
Since 1976, there has been a 60
percent drop in the number of chal-
lengers to race against incumbents,
he said.
He argued that government
controlled elections with finance
reform laws. He said finance reform
laws increased the chance of incum-
bents being re-elected in the House
and Senate.
He also argued that the right
of free speech was not in fact free
and without money, candidates are
speechless, he said.
The laws have shifted the odds
of winning to the wealthy; the
incumbents and the challenger gets
the crumbs, he said.
In his book and to the audience,
he explained how the Founding
Fathers started democracy and gave
people the power of free speech. He
said there were fewer campaigns
today because there was not enough
financial competition.
He said America needed to do
away with dangerous limitations.
He would rather see full public dis-
closure of a candidates campaign
funds so that the public could see
where the money comes from and
how its used. This, he said, would
allow people to make an informed
decision.
Let the candidates have enough
money to draw attention to their
issues and create more debate, he
said. Debate is what the country
desperately needs.
Smith said candidates had the
choice to raise money on their own
or take government subsidies. He
said in general, whoever raised the
most money won primaries. He
looked to 2008 and speculated that
candidates who raised their own
money would also be more likely to
win elections.
Its a power play, and it brings
instability to the election process,
he said.
After his lecture, he answered
questions from the audience and
signed copies of his book.
Kansan staf writer Erin Castane-
da can be contacted at ecastane-
da@kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
Director still defending work
By darla slipKE
Director and writer Neil LaBute
never let external challenges thwart
his work.
LaButes most recent film, The
Wicker Man, starring Nicolas Cage,
has grossed more than $18 million
in the U.S. LaBute has directed seven
other films and has had numerous
plays produced in London and New
York. However, despite his success,
LaBute is accustomed to overcoming
adversity related to his work.
LaBute did his graduate studies at
the University of Kansas from 1986
to 1989, where he developed a zeal
and an attitude that nothing would
stop him. LaBute said he spent many
hours tucked away deep in the belly
of the library, reading modern British
playwrights.
Ron Willis was director of the
theater and film department when
LaBute attended the University. He
said LaBute was always very commit-
ted and focused.
LaBute said he was hungry to do
work, but there was a limited amount
of facilities in which he could perform.
He formed a free theater group that
performed in unconventional spaces,
such as underneath the stairs at the
Natural History Museum in Dyche
Hall, south of the Kansas Union.
It had this student revolutionary
feel to it, LaBute said.
LaBute remembered performing
All Men are Whores on the steps
of the library during freshman ori-
entation, which he said some of the
administration frowned upon. He
also performed in a storage room of
Hashinger Hall.
Robert Findlay, who was LaButes
playwriting teacher, attended sever-
al of those performances that were
staged at residence halls. He said
LaBute and his work were brilliant.
It was clear that he was going
someplace, Findlay said. He was an
unusual talent.
LaBute developed his persistence
and passion as an undergraduate stu-
dent at Brigham Young University, He
said his plays there were often per-
formed at odd hours, such as 9 a.m.,
and were rarely publicized because
the administration of the Mormon
school was disapproving of his work.
For a long time, LaBute felt that he
was justifying himself and his work
to his classmates, his administrators
and his church. He said the hot air
that came with being young, brash
and in love with what he was doing
helped him to work through that, but
it was difficult. He recently resigned
his membership from the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
which he joined while at BYU.
Critics and viewers have attacked
his work for being brutally violent
and dark. But LaBute said he was only
trying to make his work honest and
faithful to his characters.
That means sometimes the story
ends unhappily or it doesnt work out
for them, he said.
Although his stories sometimes
project a bleak outlook, rays of hope
always shine through the darkness,
LaBute said.
LaBute is rehearsing the play
Racks, which was originally per-
formed in Ireland and will be revived
in New York with Ed Harris.
Kansan staf writer darla slipke
can be contacted at dslipke@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
By saraH El dEEB
assoCiatEd prEss
RAMALLAH, West Bank
The Palestinian Cabinet resigned
Wednesday to clear the way for a new
unity government, and President
Mahmoud Abbas said he plans to
send a delegation to the U.N. to try
to revive a Mideast peace plan.
The mass resignation is the first
step in forming a government that
would include both the Islamic mili-
tant group Hamas and Abbas mod-
erate Fatah faction.
Government spokesman Ghazi
Hamad said the ministers handed
their portfolios to Prime Minister
Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader.
The next step would be Haniyehs
resignation. Abbas would then pick
a candidate to form a new govern-
ment probably Haniyeh.
Abbas said earlier Wednesday
that he would send a delegation to
the U.N. General Assembly next
week to try to revive the long-stalled
road map peace plan.
The plan drafted by the United
States, the United Nations, the
European Union and Russia known
as the Quartet called for confi-
dence builiding steps leading to the
creation of a Palestinian state along-
side Israel by 2005. It was launched
by President Bush with great fan-
fare at a summit in Jordan in June
2003. But neither the Palestinians
nor Israel met their initial obliga-
tions, and the plan never got off the
ground.
We want to revive the road
map at the United Nations, Abbas
said during a televised news con-
ference with Polish President Lech
Kaczynski in Ramallah.
Israel echoed those remarks.
Were all for the restarting of
the road map, Israeli government
spokeswoman Miri Eisin said,
adding that Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert spoke about revitalizing the
peace plan over the weekend with
visiting British Prime Minister Tony
Blair.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
Annan said Wednesday members
of the Quartet would meet next
week on the sidelines of the General
Assembly meeting, calling it a
very critical time for the people in
Palestine.
Annan said he received a call
on Tuesday from Abbas inform-
ing him of the agreement with
Hamas to form a unity government
in which all members must accept
the program and previous agree-
ments entered into by the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
I think this is a very important
development, Annan said of the
unity government.
Western governments froze
aid and halted contacts with the
Palestinian Authority when Hamas
refused to moderate its militant
positions after winning January par-
liamentary elections and forming a
government.
Abbas said Haniyeh would likely
remain in his post.
As for who will be prime minis-
ter, of course the majority in parlia-
ment will be making the decision,
and, without a doubt, the majority
in parliament want Haniyeh, the
president said. But until now we
cant say when he will form a new
government. And as I said in the
beginning of the week, the govern-
ment will be formed soon, God
willing.
Hamas and Fatah hope their
unity government will gain interna-
tional legitimacy and a resumption
of foreign aid.
But Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister
Tzipi Livni sadi Palestinian leaders
cannot assume their proposed unity
government will draw international
acceptance unless they renounce
terrorism and accept Israels right
to exist.
Rice and Livni responded cau-
tiously to Palestinian efforts to
resolve an eight-month political
standoff that has frozen vital foreign
aid.
We will see what the outcome
is here, Rice said of the continuing
efforts by the radical Hamas group
and the moderate Fatah party to
form a coalition Palestinian govern-
ment.
She said Abbas is someone with
whom we can work and with whom
we are working.
But Rice insisted a Palestinian
coalition must adhere to interna-
tionally accepted principles of rec-
ognizing Israel, renouncing vio-
lence and accepting previous agree-
ments between Palestinians and the
Israelis.
Those are the very essential ele-
ments of a solution, she said. Its
hard to have a partner for peace
if you dont accept the right of the
other partner to exist.
Livni, who met Bush on
Wednesday, said Abbas has to
decide whether the Palestinian
Authority will operate on his terms
or on the terrorists terms.
Israel, the United States and
European Union label Hamas
a terror group and insist it must
renounce violence, recognize Israel
and accept previous peace accords.
State Department spokesman Tom
Casey said the U.S. would not resume
aid until the Palestinian government
accepts all the conditions.
Speaking at a party meeting
Wednesday, Olmert included the
Palestinians among the problems
that threaten Israels existence, but
said his country would pursue the
possibility of talks that will pave
the way to serious dialogue that
might lead us many steps forward.
The aid cutoff, and Israels refusal
to transfer taxes it collects on behalf
of the Palestinian Authority, has
led to a severe financial crisis in
Palestinian towns and left the gov-
ernment unable to pay full salaries
to its 165,000 workers the past six
months.
Planning Minister Samir Abu
Eisha, who was also acting as finance
minister, said that if Israel restored
the tax transfers, it would more than
make up the nearly $300 million in
back pay the Palestinian Authority
owes its employees.
international
Palestinian government changes
proFile
KU alumus films, plays continue to spark controversy
Talks will reconvene with U.N. about peace plan
opinion
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or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
alexander: It is time for the University of Kansas
to clean up the air students breathe by investing in
new, environmentally-friendly buses.
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to the female professor who left
the bathroom without washing her
hands: i saw that.
to the kids twirling sticks in
front of Hash: You are not cool.
n
this is steven and i want to let
you know safe ride sucks. i have
been wandering around for over
an hour and no safe ride. safe ride
sucks. safe ride sucks. safe ride
sucks. safe ride sucks. Free for all,
did you get that?
n
ellsworth Hall is for gangstas.
n
Hey speef, this is tony. i made
out with you before it was cool and
i dumped you.
n
anna nicole smith has a baby.
Her 20-year-old son comes to visit
her in the hospital, then dies. she is
anna nicole smith, how is she sup-
posed to deal with all of that?
n
i was just wondering who the
hell speef is.
n
is it cool to eat those pears of
the tree across from the chi-o
fountain? because i just ate four of
them.
Jerry Garcia died in 1995.
couldnt his music have died with
him?
n
if ku has to advertise itself in
Playboy, maybe i should really
rethink where im going to school.
n
did anyone see the Jewish
group handing out condoms and
lube on campus today? i didnt
know Jewish people were so cool.
the only thing christians try to
give you is a bible.
Im writing about Grant Sniders
cartoon in Tuesdays UDK. I
thought that the portrayal of foreign
graduate students was inappropri-
ate, xenophobic and just generally
mean-spirited.
Several other bits of the cartoon
bothered me (does the author really
think he should be able to talk on
his cell phone in the middle of a
class?) but that was the most egre-
gious.
Yes, I am an assistant professor of
mathematics, I know a lot of foreign
graduate students, and I tell my stu-
dents to turn off their cell phones
during class. Nevertheless, I dont
think the UDK does itself any credit
by publishing this kind of material.
Jeremy Martin
Department of Mathematics
I will not go into the insanity
(yet) of posing for Playboy, because
while I think it sad, I do recognize
a persons right to do stupid things
in college.
And I guess by saying that, I
have to admit that Allan Barzegar,
Wichita freshman, has a right to
say stupid things like I think its
pretty cool that theyve got Big 12
girls showing what KU has to offer
(Wednesday, KU makes strong
showing for Big 12, nine women
pose for Playboy spread). Im sure
he meant it in a good way. Right?
Let me ask the women who
posed for this magazine a question.
Is this what you, as a KU student,
are offering? I hope you said no.
And I hope the men of KU dont
think this is what KU has to offer.
I really wish Allan and other
men of like mind would think a
little deeper about the damage that
not only this kind of comment
makes, but also the damage that
buying into the entire pornography
industry inflicts upon our culture
as a whole. But I know men, college
men especially, arent going to hear
it, and least of all from a woman.
So, ladies, let me offer you some
opinion. As fun and titillating (no
pun intended) as it may be to pose
nude in an iconic magazine such
as Playboy, the result, the product
actually is intended to be consumed
by men.
You are offering because this is
how men receive it. And youre not
offering yourself. You are offering
your naked body and someone elses
fantasy of who you are. Maybe you
know this and you think thats great.
But I think its sad and surely not
what you had in mind when that
part of your conscience finally gave
in to you being okay doing this.
Please tell me that little voice said
something more reassuring to you
than, Think of what you will be
offering to men everywhere. Then
next time, or to any other women
who might consider this, stop the
insanity and say to yourself, I have
more to offer and better ways to
offer it.
Angela Rathmel
Staf, KU Libraries
The other day as I was riding my
bike behind a bus along Jayhawk
Boulevard, choking on the fumes as
always, I noticed an advertisement
for a health program, covered in
grime, to help me quit smoking.
The black cloud of smoke that
billowed out when the bus started
moving again quickly brought me
back to the present.
The brownish crud on the
advertisement was the residue
of tiny particles produced by the
engine. The smallest particles, less
than 10 microns across, contrib-
ute to asthma, lung cancer, smog
and acid rain, according to the
Environmental Protection Agency.
Maybe the buses should have signs:
No breathing within 20 feet of
exhaust.
Maybe it wasnt the irony of the
smoking sign covered in what is
essentially diesel ash that made
me smile, maybe it was the nitrous
oxide (laughing gas) also spewing
from the exhaust pipe. According
to research used in formulating the
Kyoto Protocol, nitrous oxide is a
greenhouse gas at least 275 times as
potent as carbon dioxide.
The carbon dioxide doesnt both-
er me much, but the amount is a
little alarming. Each gallon of diesel
burned creates about 22 pounds of
carbon dioxide. The buses use 6,000
to 7,000 gallons every two weeks.
While the amount of these
pollutants put out by buses is cer-
tainly less than would come from
an equivalent number of cars, this is
still a problem. Besides contribut-
ing to global climate change, etc.,
the exhaust just stinks up campus
and can make people sick.
However, all new buses will
have to comply with tough EPA
emissions standards that lessen
particulate pollution and dangerous
sulfurous fuel.
Retrofitted filters could reduce
the particulate pollution, but this
would cost $5,000 to $10,000 per
bus and would still fail to address
other emissions. Tougher restric-
tions on the fuel suppliers are also
stopgap measures.
The KU Transportation Research
Center is working with the
University and the bus company
to introduce a pilot electric bus on
campus.
Thats what the future is going
to be, Bob Honea, the director,
said.
Honea points to Chattanooga,
Tenn., as an example of a city thats
been transformed by electric trans-
port. Previously known as one of
the dirtiest cities in America, its
clean energy initiatives have made
it an example for the rest of the
Tennessee Valley.
The town made a conscious
decision to start cleaning up their
environment, Honea said.
While Lawrence has no air qual-
ity problem like Chattanoogas, a
transition to electric would greatly
increase the air quality in places
like bus stops and, of course, right
behind the bus.
While it takes time and money
to switch, KU on Wheels and the
Lawrence Transit System are open
to the possibility.
There are two public meetings
to solicit input from the commu-
nity this coming week. The first
is Monday, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. in the City Commission Room
of City Hall. The second is Tuesday,
from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the
Kansas Room of the Union.
Cleaning up campus is our
responsibility. Getting rid of the
familiar sight of a black cloud
slowly floating upward will help
everyone on campus.
The University of Kansas needs
to kick that smoking habit.
Alexander is a Lenexa freshman in
journalism.
By BEn ALExAnDER
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
There has been a lot of talk about
women in politics recently. There
is a continuous national debate
about the virtues (or lack thereof)
of Hillary Clinton, there was a
(short-lived) television show about
a woman as president and even the
Universitys own Dole Institute of
Politics got in the game by hosting
the First Woman President Lecture
series last semester.
This media attention shows that
our country is becoming more
and more at ease with the idea
of women in power, but it is not
enough to simply be comfortable
with the idea of women in politics.
We must take the idea and make
it a reality. We will all be better off
with equal gender representation in
politics.
Men and women are different.
There is no question about that.
Men, women and transgender
people have different experiences,
feelings and interpretations of how
best to serve our country. And those
different ideas and opinions are
good for democracy.
Since 1789 only 2 percent of the
members of Congress have been
women, according to the Eagleton
Institute of politics in New Jersey.
Today 15.1 percent of the 109th
Congress is made up of women.
The current 15 percent is a much
better number than the histori-
cal 2 percent, but thats like saying
Mizzou Arena is a better name for
a basketball stadium than Elizabeth
Paige Arena. Neither is something
to be proud of.
Just think of the experiences,
insights and ideas we are missing by
not including more women in poli-
tics. Our current political climate
is stale, partisan and negative. By
increasing the number of women
participating we could help change
that.
It is not as simple as saying we
need more women in politics. We
must foster a society in which gen-
der equality in politics is the rule,
not the exception. We must educate
future generations in such a man-
ner that when they see anything
other than a 50-50 split of men and
women in the Congress, state legis-
latures and city commissions, they
are outraged. And we must work
toward eradicating the ignorance
that allows people to continue to
believe women have nothing to
offer the political and public realm
of society.
As a state, Kansas has a lot to be
proud of: We rank 7th in the nation
for highest percentage of women in
our state legislature (Missouri ranks
26th, just in case you were wonder-
ing). So let us build on the example
of Kansas and work together to
spread gender equality throughout
the United States.
If we can find a balance of gen-
ders in our political system, we can
build a stronger nation.
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Carl Schwerzer, Muscotah freshman, and Travis Miles, Tonganoxie junior, survey a portion of Jayhawk Boulevard onThursday. Two teams of student surveyors were covering the KU campus
fromWescoe Beach to Potters Lake for a course in surveying, using a method known as diferential leveling, a technique for measuring elevation.
Sizing up campus
HALOs Hispanic Heritage Month events
Friday, Sept. 15
Ofcial Kickof
Live DJ, music, crafts and
games
Noon, Kansas Union

HALO Retreat
6 to 10 p.m., Multicultural
Resource Center

Monday, Sept. 18
Salsa 101
Salsa dancing and refresh-
ments hosted by Sigma
Lambda Gamma
7 to 9 p.m., Kansas Room
Kansas Union
Tuesday, Sept. 19
Im not in a Mexican so-
rority, Im in a LATINA sorority
Presentation and informa-
tion booth hosted by Sigma
Lambda Gamma
All day, Wescoe Beach
HALO Movie Night
7:30 to 9 p.m., Multicultural
Resource Center
Wednesday, Sept. 20
Cultural Identity Mono-
logues hosted by Sigma
Lambda Gamma
Noon to 1 p.m., Kansas Union
Thursday, Sept. 21
Latin Cuisine Night hosted
by Sigma Lambda Gamma
Sorority, Inc.
6 p.m., Multicultural Resource
Center
Friday, Sept. 22
HALO 35th Year Anniver-
sary Banquet
Keynote speaker: Pegine Ech-
everria from Team Pegine
$10 for students, $20 for KU
faculty and staf, $25 for the
general public/alumni
7 p.m., Kansas Room Kansas
Union
Saturday, Sept. 23
HALO Regional Meeting
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Burge Union
Wednesday, Sept. 27
Multicultural Resource
Center Brown Bag Series
Psychology of Hope: Hope
for All
Speaker: Dr. Shane Lopez, as-
sociate professor psychology
and research in education
Noon to 1 p.m. Multicultural
Resource Center
Friday, Oct. 6
Joe Rocha Art Exhibit
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kansas
Union Centennial Room
Sunday, Oct. 8
Soccer: KU vs. Texas A&M
1 p.m., Jayhawk Soccer Com-
plex
Tuesday, Oct. 10
HALO Potluck
Speaker: Elias Garcia, director
for Kansas Hispanic and Latino
American Afairs Commission
7 p.m., Multicultural Resource
Center
Friday, Oct. 13
HALO Community Service
6 a.m., Jubilee Caf, First
United Methodist Church
More information on HALO
can be found at http://groups.
ku.edu/~halo/index.htm. For
more information on Hispanic
Heritage month, contact the
Multicultural Resource Center
at (785) 864-4350.
Source: Multicultural Resource
Center
The average cost of tuition for a
Kansas resident, without financial
aid, is estimated at $6,152.50 for
one school year.
A non-resident of Kansas,
without financial aid, can expect
to pay $15,122.50 a year.
An estimated $750 a year is the
average amount spent on books.
Required fees and extra materials
are not included.
Many students also have to pay
for gas, which at more than $2 a
gallon can lead to an average cost
of $30 for a mid-sized sedan.
When Selena Ramirez was a
freshman, she had to work 40
hours a week just to make ends
meet.
Day after day Ramirez, who
now lives in California, dragged
herself in to Kohls Department
Store where she worked, attempt-
ing to make it to the next month
without drowning in bills.
Her sophomore year she began
waiting tables at Stone Creek res-
taurant for $2.16 an hour, plus
tips. She worked there until she
graduated last year.
I lived tip by tip, Ramirez
said. You basically dont get a
paycheck when youre a server. I
literally lived on tips.
Ramirez said paying rent, utili-
ties, car payments, cell phone bills,
tuition and books every month
was a struggle.
The time when parents would
save up and give their children a
full ride through school is long
gone, Ramirez said.
Theyre really making you
work for your education, she
said.
Ramirez said its not an impos-
sible feat, in spite of the financial
strains. She said a person just has
to know where to look for help
within the University. Plenty of
scholarships and loans are avail-
able, she said.
Ramirez said its just one more
step in learning about real life.
It only gets harder after gradu-
ation, she said with a laugh. Life
sucks.
Kansan staf writer Mark Vier-
thaler can be contacted at mvi-
erthaler@kansan.com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
iNCoMe (continued from 1A)
HALO, along with the
Multicultural Resource Center,
Office of Multicultural Affairs, Sigma
Lambda Beta Fraternity, Sigma
Lambda Gamma and the KU Latino
Council, will hold events that cel-
ebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at
the University in the coming weeks.
The month will officially kick-off
with a DJ, games and crafts outside
of the Kansas Union at noon today.
Most events are free and both Munoz
and Izaguirre stressed that they are
open to anyone, regardless of race,
gender or religion.
Events throughout the weeks will
include community service days, a
Latin cuisine night, a movie night
and salsa dancing lessons. Munoz
said the month will also include the
first ever Hispanic-American-based
statewide soccer tournament called
CopaKansas on Sept. 24.
Munoz said he was looking for-
ward to promoting HALO through
Hispanic Heritage month to let the
KU community know about multi-
cultural opportunities through dif-
ferent organizations on campus.
It is important to have the Latino
voice out there; without that we
would lose some of our culture,
Munoz said. And this attracts more
diversity to KU.
Kansan staf writer Courtney Ha-
gen can be contacted at chagen@
kansan.com.
Edited by Catherine Odson
Rachel Punches, Muskegon,
Mich., sophomore, said she thinks
a rolling backpack would be incon-
venient with the crowds of students
walking around.
Punches decided shes not
going to take all her books to class
anymore. Instead, for classes like
Shakespeare, shes going to look up
as many texts as possible in class on
her laptop.
Kansan staf writer Anna Falter-
meier can be contacted at afal-
termeier@kansan.com.
Edited by Erin Wiley
Its a spiritual thing because
you follow the instructions, and
then God or whatever takes over,
and through some mysterious
means we are given a great gift,
he said.
The Lawrence Brewers Guild, a
registered club with the American
Homebrewers Association,
meets every second Thursday of
the month at
the Unitarian
Fellowship of
Lawrence, 1263
N. 1100 Road,
to share infor-
mation about
and offer sam-
ples of beer.
F o u n d e d
in 1995 with a
starting mem-
bership of about
20, the guild
is one of many
in the area that
promotes the legal process of fer-
mentation.
In the state of Kansas, it is legal
for people to ferment wine, cider
or beer for personal consumption,
provided that no distillation is
involved and the person is of legal
drinking age.
Sean Beldon, guild president,
said that for most of the approxi-
mately 60 guild members, home-
brewing is a hobby. For others, its
an obsession, he said.
The Lawrence Brewers Guild
has a Web site, www.lawrencebrew-
ers.org, with information about its
yeast bank, reci-
pes and links to
other brewing
sites, as well as a
list of events.
The upcom-
ing Brewfest
will start at 1
p.m. Sept. 23 at
Bl oomi ng t on
Park by Clinton
Lake.
Kansan staf
writer Ben
Smith can be
contacted at bsmith@kansan.
com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
its a spiritual thing because
you follow the instructions,
and then God or whatever
takes over, and through some
mysterious means we are given
a great gift.
Dennis sunDermeyer
electronic technician
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sports
The Kansas volleyball team con-
tinues a rough stretch of games
as No. 5 Texas comes to
town Saturday.
6B 3B
the Kansas football team heads to
toledo tonight for the first road game
of the season. our Gameday
page will get you ready.
friday, september 15, 2006
www.kansan.com
sports
PAGE 1B
By RyAn SchnEidER
Mark Mangino had no need to
remind his team this week of its
recent history on the road.
They can read, Kansas foot-
ball coach said.
There isnt much good news to
fill them in on anyway.
Entering tonights game at
Toledo, Kansas is just 3-17 on
the road under Mangino, includ-
ing a 1-12 mark in the Big 12
Conference. The Jayhawks last
road victory came in their 2004
season finale in Columbia, Mo.
Thats more than 23 months ago.
Despite the ugly road mark,
Kansas hasnt played as poorly as
history suggests. Four of those 17
losses have come by single digits.
The Jayhawks were in nearly all of
last seasons six road losses enter-
ing the fourth quarter.
The Jayhawks problem hasnt
been that theyve been blown out.
Instead, the problem is that the
team has made just enough mis-
takes to lose the game.
Mangino said the way to change
that trend was a simple change in
attitude.
Youve got to have that mental
edge that youre going to finish
this thing out, he said.
Instead of reminding them of
the programs past road struggles,
players said Mangino focused on
what they must do to change their
fortunes away from Memorial
Stadium.
Coach talks about it every day,
freshman linebacker Brandon
Duncan said. How we have to go
out there and block everything out
and be road dogs.
While Toledos home, The Glass
Bowl, wont be as large or rowdy
as any stadium in the conference
it only seats 26,000 win-
ning there wont be an easy task.
The Rockets have won 34 of their
last 36 games there, dating back
to 1999. Included in that streak
are victories against four Top 25
teams.
On top of Toledos success at
home, several Kansas freshmen
will play their first road game,
including quarterback Kerry Meier,
backup running back Jake Sharp
and safety Olaitan Oguntodu.
Mangino said the first inclina-
tion about this seasons first road
game would be that his younger
players would struggle. Hes con-
vinced they wont.
Some of those kids are so
young they havent been in this
situation, he said. The triumph
of the uncluttered mind.
There has been talk around the
country from so-called experts
that this could be the biggest col-
lege football weekend in the last
10 or 15 years. But its an even
bigger weekend for the Big 12
North.
The top half of the Big 12 map
has been treated with the same
amount of respect that Screech
from Saved by the Bell gets at
Hollywood casting sessions.
Kansas will be on the road to
face the Toledo Rockets as the
team tries to capture that elu-
sive fourth road win in Mark
Manginos four-plus years as
head coach. Kansas State plays
Marshall, and while it is by no
means the same Marshall pro-
gram that was spitting out NFL
talent like Chad Pennington or
Randy Moss, its still a decent
program that beat the Wildcats
in Manhattan just a few years ago.
Iowa State will battle in-state rival
Iowa for supremacy of, well, what-
ever they do or have in Iowa.
Colorado will try to bounce
back against Arizona State after
two bad losses. Missouri will be
looking for revenge against a
New Mexico State team that came
through Columbia and punked
them last year. And finally,
Nebraska travels to Los Angeles
to take on Southern California in
ABCs prime time match-up.
Im not saying the Big 12
North will win all its games this
weekend, but if the teams can
come out and give a good show-
ing while not getting blown out,
that would be a step in the right
direction. It would get the North
some respect and credibility it
sorely lacks at the present time.
Think about the respect the
Big 12 North has now. An unde-
feated but unimpressive Kansas is
an underdog to a winless Toledo
team. Iowa State, the second
best team in the North, is a two-
touchdown underdog to Iowa.
As the alleged best team in the
North, odds makers say Nebraska
shouldnt even make the trip to
Los Angeles.
The Big 12 was formed because
of the money that could be made
from a football-dominant confer-
ence. In the beginning of the Big
12, things were much more bal-
anced, with the South and North
splitting the first six champion-
ships. But the South has now won
three of the last four by a com-
bined score of 148-48.
This might be the perfect
season for a Big 12 North team
to upset Texas, Texas Tech or
Oklahoma. The Longhorns were
defeated handily by the Buckeyes
in Austin, Tech escaped with an
overtime road victory against the
University of Texas-El Paso and
Oklahoma has looked less than
stellar with Paul Thompson at
quarterback.
Im not saying it will happen,
but I do expect the North to show
some resolve and prove that good
Big 12 football does not only
reside in Texas and Oklahoma.
Kansan sportswriter deJuan
Atway can be contacted at dat-
way@kansan.com.
Edited by ErinWiley
the truth football
uGly road record haunts Ku
see soccer on paGe 2B
During the past seven years,
Kansas football has won only six
road games.
No, you didnt misread; that was
only six victories in 42 games, or a
6-36 record.
A team trying to be success-
ful in the Big 12 has to be able to
win on the road. Mark Manginos
record on the road is 3-17, includ-
ing a winless season away from
Memorial Stadium last year. There
is no way that Kansas will have a
successful season this fall unless
it gets over that hump and finds
a way to win on the road, and it
starts with tonights game against
Toledo.
Toledo enters as a five-point
favorite and has been dominant
at home over the past few years.
If Kansas could somehow win the
game, it would set the stage for
a potentially historic season. If
Kansas returns and beats South
Florida, it would travel to face
nationally ranked Nebraska in
Lincoln with a perfect 4-0 record,
and it also would have some much-
needed confidence having finally
won a road game.
Lets not get ahead of ourselves,
though, because tonights game is
going to be a lot harder than people
think. I just cant figure out why it
is so hard for the Jayhawks to win
on the road. Yes, last year they did
have a very tough road schedule,
but the overall 3-17 mark under
Mangino is terrible.
I asked a couple of players at
Tuesdays press conference why the
team has been so bad on the road
but yet so good at home. Not even
the players knew the answer.
I really have no reason or expla-
nation for it, safety Jerome Kemp
said. I dont know why we havent
won on the road. We won all of our
home games last season but lost
all of our road games. Any team is
going to be more comfortable play-
ing at home, so there is always that
factor. But as far as our road games
go, I just dont know.
Offensive lineman David Ochoa
wants to know the answer, because
he knows that they must overcome
that hurdle this season if they want
to be successful.
If anybody knew the answer to
that, wed fix it as soon as we could,
Ochoa said. Its definitely a point
of emphasis that we need to be bet-
ter on the road if were going to be
a quality Big 12 team.
A team must win on the road
if it wants to have a good season
because it cant play all of its games
at home. Conference play, when
the Jayhawks really need victories,
has been even worse for them dur-
ing the past 10 years. They are 3-33
since the start of the 1997 season.
Athletics Director Lew Perkins
may not have been concerned with
Manginos road record when he
signed him to his new contract
extension, but I am. Going 6-36 on
the road is terrible, and I would not
have extended Manginos contract
until he proved that he could over-
come this hurdle.
Hopefully for Jayhawk fans,
this season will be different and
Mangino will find a way for his
young bunch to start winning away
from Memorial Stadium. If he
doesnt, no one will need to include
watching Kansas in a bowl game
when making winter break plans.
Kansan sportswriter B.J. Rains is
a St. Louis junior in journalism.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
when it rains, it pours
By B.J. RAinS
kansan sports columnist
brains@kansan.com
Big 12 Norths
weekend
games crucial
to credibility
To improve,
Kansas must
win on road
By MARK dEnt
Call it a mini celebration.
Soccer fans will be rewarded
with root beer floats for atten-
dance and Kansas soccer players
will rejoice in their first set of
home games in three weeks.
The girls are just excited to
be back home and play in front of
their family and friends, coach
Mark Francis said.
No. 18 Kansas (4-1-0) plays
host to Pepperdine today at 5 p.m.
and takes the field against Central
Florida at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Fans
will receive free root beer floats at
Sundays game.
Unlike their root-beer-float-
drinking fans, the Jayhawks are
not ready to start celebrating
yet. Kansas did defeat Duke and
Alabama last weekend to earn
a No. 18 ranking in the Soccer
American top 25 and a No. 20
ranking spot in the Soccer Times
poll. But the team still wants to
improve.
High ranking fails to sway efort to improve
soccer
Jared Gab/ Kansan
Kate Johnson (left), no. 16 senior midfelder, runs against Holly Gault, No. 8 KU senior defender, and Michelle Rasmussen, No. 22 senior
midfelder, during Kansas victory against Furman in Lawrence on Aug. 25.
Under Mangino, Jayhawks have 3-17 mark away from home
see football on paGe 2B
By dEJuAn AtwAy
kansan sports columnist
datway@kansan.com
Kansan File photo
in last octobers game in Manhattan, senior quarterback adamBarmann prepares to throwas former Kansas State defensive endTearrius George attempts to block him. The Jayhawks
lost this game 12-3, and in the four years Mark Mangino has been coach, the teams Big 12 Conference road record is 1-12.
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Our players say this is just a
beginning for us, Francis said about
the Duke game. We will continue to
build on it.
The victory over the nationally
ranked Blue Devils gave the Jayhawks
their third straight win and came
after they trailed for most of the
game. Freshman forward Shannon
McCabe fired the game winner with
26 seconds left to give Kansas a 4-3
victory.
Francis said his teams four-goal
outburst was its best offensive perfor-
mance of the season. The Jayhawks
outshot the Blue Devils and had
more corner kicks. Kansas has also
dominated opponents all season long
up front. It has outscored opponents
13 to seven throughout the year, and
averaged 14.4 shots per game com-
pared to only 7.2 for its opponents.
We are always working on our
offense, sophomore midfielder
Jessica Bush said, especially on get-
ting into the attack.
The offense has been shining late-
ly, but Francis wants to see his teams
defense glisten just as brightly. The
Jayhawks allowed only one goal in
their first two games of the season
but have allowed six goals in their
last three games.
Defensively you dont like to give
up that many goals, Francis said.
We want to shore it up in the back
more and do a better job defending
set pieces.
Pepperdine (3-1-2) should prove
to be a formidable challenge for
Kansas on both the offensive and
defensive fronts. The Waves have
scored 12 goals this season while
allowing only five. Last season in San
Diego, Calif., the Jayhawks fell to the
Waves 3-2.
Central Florida (3-2-1) finished
in first place in Conference USA last
season and returns seven starters.
The Jayhawks beat the Knights in
both of their two previous meetings.
Neither team is currently ranked,
but Kansas is expecting a test just as
tough as it faced the last couple of
weeks against top competition.
Pepperdine was ranked early
this year and Central Florida was
almost in the tournament last sea-
son, Francis said. These are very
tough teams.
Kansan sportswriter Mark Dent
can be contacted at mdent@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
And that situation is nothing new
for Mangino. Its the same one he
and his team have faced every time
theyve traveled on the road. Once
again Kansas will be the underdog,
since Toledo is favored by nearly a
touchdown. But Kansas hopes that
trend, along with its six-game road
losing streak, ends tonight.
It would be great to win on
Friday, senior safety Jerome Kemp
said. It would start our march to
being road dogs.
Kansan senior sportswriter Ryan
Schneider can be contacted at
rschneider@kansan.com.
Edited by Erin Wiley
By Kyle CaRteR
The KU Hockey Club starts its
season with a home game against
Missouri State this weekend. The
teams play at 8 p.m. Friday and
again at 3 p.m. Saturday at Ice
Midwest in Overland Park, which is
the teams home.
New coach Geoff Knight will
direct the clubs fourth season as a
member of the American Collegiate
Hockey Association, or ACHA.
Though this is Knights first season
as coach, he and assistant coach
Timon Veach have been involved in
the program for the past five years.
Other home games this season
include Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas
and Missouri. The two toughest
games of the year will take place on
the road at Colorado and Colorado
State. Both finished last season
ranked in the ACHAs top 10. The
team will also have a chance to com-
pete for a league title in the first Big
12 Classic Hockey Tournament.
Several key contributors return
from last seasons team. Senior Adam
Paulitsch anchors a trio of goalten-
ders, and seniors David Knight and
Adam Crohn as well as junior Nick
Hantge lead the offense.
Most of us spent the summer
working hockey camps and hitting
the weights on our own, Hantge
said. We have a much stronger
team this year.
Crohn and Hantge said early
March games against Missouri
could be the biggest of the season.
The Tigers took two close games
from Kansas last season, and Crohn
said the team wanted to avenge
those losses.
That was our low point last
year, he said. Its fiery when we
play them. We definitely dont like
each other.
Hantge agreed.
The whole team took those
losses personally, he said, adding
that offseason trash talking from
Missouri and other Big 12 teams
had goaded them to work harder.
The Jayhawks finished last sea-
son with a record of 11-17-2. For
their complete schedule, go to www.
kuhockey.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
By evan KafaRaKiS
Colby Wissel is only the third
Jayhawk in Big 12 Conference his-
tory to be named runner of the
week.
Joining the likes of three-time
winner Benson Chesang and for-
mer Jayhawk Brian Jensen, the con-
ference awarded Wissel with the
honor Wednesday after his perfor-
mance at the K-State invitational
on Sept. 8.
Wissels goal was to break 15
minutes at Memorial Park in
Manhattan, and he did so with a
winning time of 14:57.20.
He also competed in the Bob
Timmons Invitational, held in
Lawrence earlier in the month,
where he placed second behind
teammate Paul Hefferon.
Competing well this early in the
season isnt new to the Elm Creek,
Neb., junior.
Wissel won both the Manhattan
and Lawrence tournaments last
year going into the Roy Griak
Invitational, held in Minneapolis,
Minn., where he placed 22nd.
The Griak, which will be run
Sept. 23, kicks off the real season as
far as Wissel is concerned.
These first two meets are kind
of like the preseason, Wissel said
after his victory in Manhattan. We
need to come out and run well.
The mens team has performed
well together thus far this season
and is being recognized with a Top
25 ranking from the U.S. Track
and Field Cross Country Coaches
Association.
The teams ranking of 10th is
impressive since it was given with-
out two-time Big 12 champion
Benson Chesang running a race
because of coach Stanley Redwines
decision.
Its a great place to start and
our goal is to finish there or better,
coach Redwine said in a statement,
However, the season is long, so the
rankings dont mean as much to us
as the actual competition. It brings
notoriety, but we have to live up to
that reputation.
Kansan sportswriter evan Kafara-
kis can be contacted at ekafara-
kis@kansan.com.
Edited by Erin Wiley
soccer (continued from 1B)
football
(continued from 1B)
athletics calendar
toDaY
nsoccer vs. Pepperdine, 5 p.m.,
Jayhawk Soccer Complex
nfootball at Toledo, 7 p.m., Toledo,
Ohio, ESPN2
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watch: Sopho-
more cornerback
Aqib Talib returns
for the Jayhawks
tonight against
Toledo after sit-
ting out the frst
two games of the season.
satUrDaY
nVolleyball vs. Texas, 7 p.m., Horejsi
Family Athletics Center
sUNDaY
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Soccer Complex
By alan ROBinSOn
the aSSOCiateD PReSS
FARMINGTON, Pa. The
course was too long, the competi-
tion too good. Michelle Wie has
an exceptional golf game for a 16-
year-old, except when shes playing
against the men.
Heavy rain softened up the third-
longest course on the PGA Tour
and created ideal scoring conditions
Thursday at the 84 Lumber Classic,
but not for Wie. Her sixth attempt to
became the first woman in 61 years
to make a cut in a tour event looks
to be unsuccessful, much like the
other five.
Wie, playing in her third and
last U.S. mens tournament this year,
shot a 5-over 77 on a day when there
were 25 scores in the 60s on the
large Mystic Rock course. She has
almost no chance to make a cut that
was at even par a year ago.
I dont feel any extra pressure
because Im a girl out there, said
Wie. I had six or seven putts that
looked like they were going to go
in the hole and didnt. And that was
really frustrating.
She was in a five-player tie for
125th, with the top 70 and ties after
the second round advancing to
weekend play.
Nicholas Thompson, a 2005
qualifying school graduate who is
181st on the money list, took advan-
tage of an early starting time on a
course soaked by 1 1/2 inches of
overnight rain for an 8-under 64. It
was the tournaments lowest round
since Vijay Singhs opening-round
64 in 2004. Thompson hopes to fol-
low Singh and 2005 champion Jason
Gore by turning at least a share of
the first-round lead into a title.
Had it not rained and the scores
had been this low, I would have been
surprised, Thompson said. Due to
the rain, it softened up the greens
and allowed golfers to aggressively
go for greens they knew would hold
their approach shots.
Thompson, a former U.S. Walker
Cup team member, had a two-shot
lead over a crowded group of six
at 66 that included Rory Sabbatini
and Reno-Tahoe champion Will
MacKenzie. Six more were at 67.
Sabbatini, a speedy player, was
paired with Ben Crane for the first
time since becoming so upset with
Cranes overly deliberate play in the
2005 Booz Allen Classic that he
intentionally played out of order to
show his unhappiness. Crane had
a 73.
Wie also played slowly, and not all
that well. She got off to an encourag-
ing start with three consecutive pars
after starting at No. 10, potentially
calming her nerves on a course the
Hawaii high school student knows
well. But her round began getting
away when she missed a short par
putt on the par-4 13th, starting a
stretch of three consecutive bogeys.
Playing in the last group of the
day, she never had a chance after that
despite being repeatedly encouraged
by a large gallery that chanted her
name on No. 17.
Her best chance for the birdie she
didnt get came on the par-4 No. 4,
but she missed a 6-footer.
Talib
club sPorts
cross-country
Kansas prepares to take on Missouri State
before Big 12 Classic Hockey Tournament
PGA
16-year-old female golfer loses to men in sixth try at tournament
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Michelle Wie watches her tee shot on the 15th hole at Mystic Rock Golf Club in Farmington, Pa.,
during the frst round of the 84 Lumber Classic golf tournament yesterday.
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The numbers dont lie.
Although unbeaten Kansas faces
winless Toledo tonight with the bet-
ter record and the advantage in
the all-time series (2-0), a deeper
look into each teams recent histo-
ries justifies the four-point spread
in Toledos favor.
Under coach Tom Amstutz,
Toledo has been dominant at home
with a 26-2 record. The Rockets
also have yet to lose a home opener
under Amstutz, and tonight is their
2006 home opener.
Toledo will trust its upperclass-
men to protect its home field advan-
tage especially those on offense.
They started their season 0-
2, but that does not tell the story
about their ball club, coach Mark
Mangino said. Offensively, they
have a lot of weapons.
The Rockets boast 10 starting
upperclassmen on offense with the
only outcast being sophomore quar-
terback Clint Cochran. Nevertheless,
Cochran has proven capable of lead-
ing the Toledo offense.
Cochran struggled somewhat
last week against Western Michigan,
throwing for 218 yards, no touch-
down and two interceptions.
However, Cochran flourished in his
season debut against Iowa State,
passing for 367 yards and three
touchdowns. Based on the perfor-
mance by Kansas pass defense last
weekend, Cochran could be poised
for another stellar performance
against a Big 12 opponent.
Mangino said he was not only
impressed with Cochran, but also
with his receiving targets, particu-
larly senior tight end Chris Hopkins.
Hopkins leads the Rockets in recep-
tions, yards and touchdowns.
Senior wide receiver Steve Odom is
Cochrans most reliable option, hav-
ing caught at least one pass in all 39
games of his college career.
Although Toledo passes nearly 60
percent of the time, junior running
back Jalen Parmele is a threat out of
the backfield. Parmele is averaging
5.2 yard-per-carry and 107 yards of
offense per game.
Toledo features eight starting
upperclassmen in its 3-4 defensive
scheme, but its inability to keep
opponents out of the end zone and
lack of turnovers has led to its 0-2
record.
Toledo allowed Iowa State to
score a touchdown in the first three
quarters of the game and in all
three overtimes, plus the deciding
two-point conversion in the third
overtime. Last weekend was no dif-
ferent as Western Michigan scored
touchdowns in every quarter but
the second.
The Rockets also have a -4 turn-
over margin, owed in part to their
zero forced turnovers after two
games.
The key for Toledo will be scoring
first, which it didnt do in its first two
games. If Toledo can get the early
lead on Kansas, then Kansas will be
forced to trust freshman quarter-
back Kerry Meier to erase the defi-
cit. The Rockets have been decent in
their pass defense, allowing just 332
passing yards in two games.
Under Mangino, Kansas is 3-17
on the road and has won only one
of its last 13 road games. Kansas was
more competitive on the road last
year, but overall, the Jayhawks have
been outscored 665-388 on the road
under Mangino.
You have to have that mental
edge that you are going to finish it
out, Mangino said. The better you
get as a team, the better the chances
are of winning on the road. And
were getting better and better.
Tonights game will be the first
road game for as many as 14 start-
ers. If Kansas road woes are to
end tonight, it will be up to these
younger players, like sophomore
linebacker Mike Rivera.
It wont be a big difference to us;
itll just be another game, Rivera
said.
Kansan sportswriter shawn
shroyer can be contacted at
sshroyer@kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
Past record favors Toledo
football
Rockets possess strong offense, upperclassmen in arsenal
MLB
Cubs rally past Dodgers
with 6-5 victory at home
CHICAGO Aramis Ramirez
hit a three-run homer of reliever
Brett Tomko in the seventh in-
ning Thursday and the Chicago
Cubs rallied for a 6-5 victory that
reduced the Los Angeles Dodgers
lead in the NL West to one-half
game.
The Dodgers headed home
after losing two of three at Wrig-
ley Field to the Cubs, who are 29
games under .500. Los Angeles
begins a key four-game series Fri-
day with second-place San Diego,
which beat the Reds 4-2 Thursday.
J.D. Drews three-run homer of
Carlos Marmol gave the Dodgers
a 5-2 lead in the sixth and put
Hong-Chih Kuo in position to win
his second straight start.
But Tomko (8-7) was roughed
up. Ronny Cedenos single, a bunt
single by Juan Pierre and a two-
out RBI single by Ryan Theriot
made it 5-3. Ramirez followed
with his 33rd homer to left, giving
him 100 RBIs for the season.
Scott Eyre (1-2) got the win
with 1 2/3 innings of hitless relief.
Bob Howry pitched a perfect
ninth for his ffth save in nine
chances.
Kuo, in his second major league
start after beating the Mets six
days ago, gave up seven hits and
two runs in six innings with no
walks and six strikeouts.
Chicagos Wade Miller, who
spent most of the season on the
disabled list, allowed just one hit
in fve innings a two-run homer
of the right feld foul pole by
Marlon Anderson in the second.
He left with the game tied at 2-2.
Los Angeles immediately
reached Marmol for three straight
hits, including Drews 16th homer
into the seats in left center.
Associated Press
By Drew Davison
The Jayhawks will try to snap out
of their two-game losing skid at 7
p.m. Saturday at the Horejsi Family
Athletics Center when they face the
Texas Longhorns.
After being swept at Nebraska
to open Big 12 Conference play,
Kansas (7-3, 0-1 Big 12) has another
opportunity to pick up its first con-
ference victory of the season against
No. 5 Texas (6-2, 1-0). But it wont
be easy.
Well see a team that is very simi-
lar to Nebraska from an athletic stand
point and a physical stand point, so
it will be another great challenge for
us, coach Ray Bechard said.
Texas is coming off a sweep of
Texas Tech on Wednesday night.
The Longhorns had four players
named to the preseason all-confer-
ence team, and Ashley Engle was
named preseason Big 12 Freshman
of the Year.
Texas is led by Dariam Acevedo,
senior outside hitter, who ranks
third in the Big 12 in kills, averaging
4.55 a game.
Bechard said that it is tough to
judge his team when it opened con-
ference play against two national-
championship-caliber teams: No. 1
Nebraska and No. 5 Texas.
He said playing a team like
Nebraska helped prepare them for
Saturdays match.
We cant expose them to that
type of physicality in practice, so,
obviously, we have an opportunity to
learn from that experience, he said.
It helps them understand how fast
the ball is moving and from what
angles its moving.
Jana Correa, senior outside hitter,
said the team has a great chance to
beat Texas.
We just keep improving, and
eventually were going to beat some
good teams, she said.
Correa said Kansas serving
improved against Nebraska, when
the team committed just eight ser-
vice errors.
The Jayhawks are 2-1 at home
this season. Last year, Kansas went
4-6 at Horejsi against conference
opponents.
Were excited about Texas because
its at home, Jamie Mathewson,
senior libero, said. We think we
can protect our house more than
anything.
Last season, Texas beat Kansas
both times the teams met. Texas
leads the all-time series record 19-4.
Admission is free for students
with a valid KUID and fans in atten-
dance will receive a Jayhawk rally
towel.
Kansan staf writer Drew Davison
can be contacted at ddavison@
kansan.com
Edited by Elyse Weidner
Losses help prepare Jayhawks
Volleyball
High-level competition continues against Texas
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Emily Brown, junior opposite hitter and setter, spikes the ball during Saturdays fnal game
in the Jayhawk Invitational at Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Kansas lost to Arkansas, 2-3.
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SAN FRANCISCO Matt Cain
has dominated every opponent and
inspired comparisons to baseballs
greats during an incredible one-
month stretch for the San Francisco
Giants.
The precocious right-hander is
more interested in keeping his club
in the playoff race until his 22nd
birthday which happens to be
the last day of the regular season.
Cain allowed two hits in eight
superb innings to win his fourth
straight start, and the Giants gained
ground in the NL West race with
a 5-0 victory over the Colorado
Rockies on Thursday.
Omar Vizquel scored the games
first run in the sixth inning on
Moises Alous double-play ground-
er, and the Giants rallied for four
more in the seventh to win for the
eighth time in 11 games.
Cain (13-9) made it easy with
another standout performance.
The baby-faced rookie retired 10 of
Colorados first 11 hitters, then set
down 13 straight after escaping a
bases-loaded jam in the fourth.
Some kind of pitcher, huh?
Giants manager Felipe Alou said,
later likening Cain to a young Tom
Seaver. Thats what you call con-
trolling the game. That curveball,
hes throwing it where they have to
swing at it. In my mind, hes as good
as anybody.
Cain had seven strikeouts and
never tired in a 118-pitch outing.
Vinnie Chulk completed the two-
hitter, pitching a perfect ninth.
Im just getting ahead of guys
and trying to get to them early,
Cain said. I feel a little calmer in
the second half. ... We had a good
battle going on early, and we finally
got to Aaron (Cook).
Cain, whose 13 wins lead all
NL rookies, has been nearly unhit-
table for a month now. Hes 5-0
in six starts since Aug. 12 with a
0.21 ERA, allowing just one earned
run in 42 innings _ and he hasnt
allowed an earned run in his last 30
2-3 innings.
We were completely shut
down, said Colorado manager
Clint Hurdle, whose club has lost
to Cain three times this season.
Cain took care of us. He was very
good. ... He has definitely made
some strides forward. Hes a pretty
solid candidate for NL Rookie of
the Year.
Every game counts now, Cain
said. Everybody is really watching
the scoreboard.
Giants pitcher brings team
to victory against Rockies
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Host embraces new stage
By FRAZIER MOORE
ThE AssOcIATEd PREss
NEW YORK She got the itch
at David Lettermans desk.
Megan Mullally, long an audi-
ence fave on Will & Grace, had
already moonlighted once or twice
as a guest host on other talk shows.
But subbing for a laid-up Dave in
March 2003 and feeling com-
fortable, relaxed and in her element
Mullally had a revelation, right
there on Late Show.
It had never occurred to me
that hosting a talk show was a job
that you could actually have, she
says, chuckling that such a truth
could somehow have eluded her.
It had seemed like a very far-
fetched profession. Like being an
astronaut.
Now shes about to blast off
with her own weekday talk-variety
hour, The Megan Mullally Show,
premiering Monday at 10 a.m. on
KMBC Channel 9. Her first guest:
Will Ferrell, which is not a bad get.
But the show will be more than
star chat. Mullally also promises
comedy and music. And, as a singer
who starred on Broadway in the
musicals Grease and How to
Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying and who fronts her own
band, Supreme Music Program, she
will occasionally favor viewers with
a song.
Were gonna get away from the
celebrity culture a little bit, she
adds, explaining that regular folks
will be an important part of the
guest mix. We want to remind
people that everybodys special and
has a story to tell.
Launching in tandem with the
show will be a Web site where view-
ers are invited to upload short films
and other self-expression that could
possibly appear on the air.
We want to encourage people to
explore their creativity, she says.
Monday will mark the end of a
lengthy process for Mullally that
began with pondering what to do
with her life once Will & Grace
(and her dream collaboration with
co-stars Eric McCormack, Debra
Messing and Sean Hayes) had run
its course.
A spin-off sitcom for her char-
acter the riotously fabu Karen
Walker was explored.
But doing `Will & Grace for
all that time was so satisfying, I
dont have that much to prove to
myself in that regard anymore, she
says. Besides, she had the talk-show
itch.
Then NBC Universal got it, too,
signing Mullally for a seamless
transition from the eighth and final
Will & Grace season to her new
L.A.-based venture.
Easier said than done. It entailed
getting one thing up and running
while she weathered emotionally
wrenching months to bring the
other to a close.
January to April, I was going
through the whole process of end-
ing `Will & Grace and grieving
that, while working full, full, full
time on this talk show, she says
which did offer solace in the
sense that I knew what I was gonna
be doing next, and that I had a
purpose.
Her immediate purpose:
Weighing in on countless decisions,
from the concept of the new show
to the look of the set down to the
logos design (You have to see it
on the side of the building and
on every piece of paper for who-
knows-how-long!).
Being boss is a departure for
Mullally, who notes, I never even
had an office before. And Im 47!
But the only decision she
acknowledges losing was what the
show would be called. She cant say
exactly what she might have pre-
ferred, but having her own name
claimed for the title unnerved her
at first.
People answer our phones with
my name! It took me a while to
disassociate myself from it, to tell
myself they were saying some-
thing like `Heinz Ketchup instead.
Otherwise, she laughs warily, its
just too weird.
If Mullally seems to have a streak
of becoming modesty, maybe she
does. Raised in Oklahoma City
and reaching Los Angeles via the
Chicago theater scene, she seems
pleasantly untouched by Hollywood
hauteur. She radiates a serene but
amused take on the world around
her.
And for this recent interview
she is turned out smart but casual
in jeans and a fuchsia silk jacket, a
reflection of the personal style she
describes as very average-Joe.
Unlike, say, the character with
whom she became so identified
(winning a second Emmy only last
month for her portrayal).
I loved playing Karen, Mullally
declares in a voice that seems sev-
eral octaves below Karens helium
squeak, and I definitely would
have done `Will & Grace for like
40 more seasons.
Its a character that clearly con-
nected with viewers.
Ive had so many people come
up to me over the years and say,
`Honey, youre so real. And I think:
How do you get `real from Karen
Walker, a super-wealthy, alcoholic,
pill-popping, inappropriate bee-
atch?!
But behind Mullallys outrageous
performance, viewers could detect
something authentic: The actress
herself, savoring Karen right along
with them.
Now Mullally is about to let the
audience meet her with no one in
between.
She likens the sensation of
appearing as herself to an out-of-
body experience where she can
keep tabs on herself to keep it real.
It starts even before she goes on
camera.
I lock myself in my dressing
room and just look at my knee,
or a spot on the wall, she con-
fides. You have to get out of every-
thing for a minute, and just be
an organism functioning on the
globe. Otherwise, youre this enter-
tainment robot in a dog-and-pony
show and you dont have anything
to offer of yourself.
Thats not the itch shes looking
to scratch.
By JOhN ROGERs
ThE AssOcIATEd PREss
LOS ANGELES The tumultu-
ous marriage of Whitney Houston
and Bobby Brown which with-
stood drug addiction, Browns
numerous arrests, the decline of
Houstons once-sparkling image
and domestic abuse allegations
is coming to an end.
The Grammy-winning, super-
star singer filed papers in Orange
County Superior Court on Friday
requesting a legal separation from
her husband of 14 years. The rea-
son given was irreconcilable dif-
ferences.
It is a legal separation. It is not
a divorce or a divorce petition,
Phaedra Parks, an entertainment
lawyer in Atlanta who represents
Brown, told The Associated Press.
Houstons publicist, Nancy
Seltzer, said the singer would have
no comment on the action.
Asked about speaking with
Brown, Parks said, Bobbys not
speaking with anyone at this time.
Houston and Brown, who had
a home in Alpharetta, Ga., have
one child, a 13-year-old daughter,
Bobbi Kristina.
According to the court docu-
ments, mother and daughter now
reside in Laguna Hills, Calif.
Houston asked that she be
granted custody of the girl and that
Brown be allowed visitation rights.
She asked that property rights be
determined later.
When the couple wed in 1992
the union seemed to outsiders to
be a mismatch. Houston one of
the best-selling singers in history
was a glamorous, pop superstar
with a super-clean, princess-like
persona, whereas Brown, who rose
to fame as a member of the boy
band New Edition before striking
out on his own, was a sometimes
coarse R&B singer with a more
street-wise image.
But as the years wore on, it
would become hard to determine
which one was more troubled.
Brown best known for hits like
My Prerogative and Every Little
Step would be arrested numer-
ous times for drugs and alcohol,
and once for hitting his wife, while
Houstons own battles with sub-
stance abuse sullied her image.
Together, the two were a tabloid
editors dream. When Brown was
released from a stretch in jail a
few years ago, an ecstatic Houston
greeted him by jumping into his
arms and throwing her arms and
legs around him before a throng of
fans and media.
And in a 2002 ABC interview
with Diane Sawyer, an errat-
ic-sounding and wan-looking
Houston, with a profusely sweating
Brown by her
side, admit-
ted dabbling
in drugs but
denied using
crack, then
uttered the now
famous phrase:
Crack is wack.
H o u s t o n
checked into a
drug rehabilita-
tion program in
2004 and again
in 2005, announcing the second
time that she was also using prayer
to help overcome her drug prob-
lems. Brown said at the time he was
doing what he could to help her.
It takes two to make things
work, so I have to be there for her
just like she was there for me when
I went through my rehab stint, he
told Access Hollywood.
The couple did separate for a
time a few years ago, but their mar-
riage endured, despite rumors and
speculation. Their life was put on
display last year with Browns real-
ity series, Being Bobby Brown
on Bravo. The show actually made
Brown look like a stable influence,
while a jittery Houston was on
display; the couple often crudely
talked about their marriage and
love life.
But earlier this year, the specu-
lation of a possible split intensi-
fied. Browns sister made headlines
when she alleged in a National
Enquirer interview that Houston
was addicted to crack. She also sup-
plied photos of what she said was
Houstons bathroom, littered with
garbage and evidence of drug use.
Recently, Houston has made
attempts to clean up her public
image. On Tuesday night, she
attended a public event with cousin
Dionne Warwick and mogul and
mentor Clive Davis in Beverly Hills.
And she is working on an album of
new material; she hasnt released a
record since 2002.
Houston, 43, won multiple
Grammys in
the 1980s and
1990s, includ-
ing two for the
megahit I Will
Always Love
You, from the
1992 film The
Bodyguard, in
which she also
starred oppo-
site Kevin
Costner.
I Will
Always Love You, won Grammys
for record of the year and best
female pop vocal, and The
Bodyguard soundtrack won album
of the year.
Houston also won Grammys in
1985 and 1987 for best female pop
vocal for Saving All my Love for
You and I Want to Dance With
Somebody (Who Loves Me). She
won a Grammy for best female
R&B vocal in 1999 for Its Not
Right But Its Okay.
Her musician husband recent-
ly reunited with New Edition for
a show at Julys Essence Musical
Festival. The show got mixed
reviews from the audience when
Brown jumped suggestively around
the stage and made vulgar remarks
about his sex life with Houston.
EntErtainmEnt
High-profle marriage ends
Former Will & Grace star launches talk show Monday
Houston and Brown to separate after 14 years together
When the couple wed in 1992,
the union seemed to outsiders
to be a mismatch. But as the
years wore on, it would become
hard to determine which one
was more troubled.
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5B
friday, september 15, 2006
horoscope
squirrel
damaGed circus
parenthesis
Wes Benson/Kansan
Greg Griesenauer/Kansan
Chris Dickinson/Kansan
To get the advantage, check the days
rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
Passions are hot, and this is not
necessarily a good thing. Referee, if
requested to do so, but otherwise
stay out of it.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Youre smart, but you should remem-
ber to be cautious, too. Dont show
of new skills until youve had a little
more practice.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
You can make some extra money
now, but its spoken for. Fight of the
family members who want to blow it
on toys and games. And dont you do
that, either.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
People are a little nervous now, and
you can help them calm down. Doing
this will have a similar efect on you,
which is a very good thing.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Be a skeptic. Instead of making your
decision based on rumors, do the
homework. You may end up being an
expert on the matter.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 7
You care what others think of you,
but that doesnt have to mean you
let them talk you into doing wildly
impractical things. That would be
ridiculous.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
You have a lot of things youd like to
tell to authority fgures. Dont do it
right now, however. Wait until theyre
in a better mood.
sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Youre a person who likes to know
where youre going, and how youre
going to get there. Make up a rough
draft, and leave a little room for
miracles.
sAGiTTArius (nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
Youre in a practical, pragmatic phase,
so make the most of it. Figure out
how much youve got. You could be
pleasantly surprised.
CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Negotiations are delicate. Get some-
body with a gentle touch to help you
coerce, er, convince the opposition
to comply. Be all smiles, and deadly
serious.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Make lists and check them often, so
you dont forget anything. Put of
your errands until another time. If you
need something, have it delivered.
pisCes (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 9
There are a few tense moments,
but dont lose track of your overall
objective. If youre looking out for the
others, theyll look out for you.
MOSCOW Madonna will not
be sent into space, despite a law-
makers proposal to book a seat for
the pop star on a Russian fight to
the international space station.
State Duma member Alexei Mi-
trofanov, referring to Madonnas
reported desire to become a space
tourist, proposed that the lower
house of parliament send a formal
inquiry to the Russian space agency
about organizing a space trip for
her in 2008.
Because of the television possi-
bilities, it would be a pretty serious
event in the year of elections in the
United States and Russia, he was
quoted as saying by the RIA-Novos-
ti news agency.
The Duma turned down the pro-
posal, agencies reported Wednes-
day, without specifying the vote
tally.
Later, space agency spokesman
Igor Panarin was quoted by RIA-
Novosti as saying no seats on the
Soyuz spacecraft would be avail-
able until 2009.
Three private individuals have
paid a reported $20 million each to
be launched on 10-day trips to the
international space station.
Associated Press
EntErtainmEnt
Madonnas space tourist
dreams denied in Russia
Fighting history
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No. 11 Michigan at No. 2 Notre Dame,
Saturday 2:30 p.m. on NBC
These rivals havent met while being ranked in the top 12 since the
1994 season, when No. 6 Michigan beat No. 3 Notre Dame 26-24 at Notre Dame
Stadium. Michigan leads the all-time series 18-14-1, but Notre Dame has the
better 2006 resume, having beaten a dangerous Georgia Tech team and a
ranked Penn State squad compared to Michigans victories against Vanderbilt
and Central Michigan.
Having to play lesser opponents before Notre Dame, Michigan has
so far run a conservative ofense, ranking 48th in the nation in yards per game.
Nevertheless, the Wolverines are averaging 34 points a game and are 10th in
the nation with 249 rushing yards a game.
Notre Dame, on the other hand, hasnt had the luxury of holding any-
thing back on ofense. Heisman hopeful, senior quarterback Brady Quinn has
completed 48 of 74 passes this season for 533 yards and three touchdowns.
No. 6 LSU at No. 3 Auburn,
Saturday 2:30 p.m. on CBS
This game could ultimately decide which team wins the SEC title.
In fve of the last six seasons, the winner of this game has reached the SEC
Championship game. LSU leads the all-time series 21-18-1, but Auburn leads
the series 8-5 when playing at home. These Tiger teams have more in common
than their mascots their ofensive numbers are very similar.
LSU is averaging 26.5 more yards per game and eight more points
a game than Auburn thanks to its aerial assault. Junior quarterback JaMarcus
Russell has completed 70.3 percent of his passes for 449 yards and fve touch-
downs.
Auburn junior quarterback Brandon Coxs stats arent quite as good
as Russells with a 64.4 completion percentage, 440 passing yards and three
touchdowns, but senior Kenny Irons has proven himself as one of the top run-
ning backs in the nation.
No. 19 Nebraska at No. 4 USC,
7 p.m. on ABC
Saturday will mark just the third meeting between these two storied
programs and the frst visit Nebraska has paid Southern California since 1970.
USC won the frst meeting in 1969, 31-21, in Lincoln and the schools tied 21-21
the next year in Los Angeles.
Nebraska comes into the game ranked second in the nation in scor-
ing average 52 points a game and third in the nation in total ofense 541
yards a game. Unlike past years, the Cornhuskers are producing yards and
points through the air, but like the days of old, the Cornhuskers are still run-
ning over defenses with their rushing attack.
USC has taken the feld just once this season, but was dominant, de-
feating Arkansas on the road 50-14. The Trojans posted nearly 200 more yards
of total ofense than the Razorbacks and forced fve turnovers while having
none of their own.
Kansas enters its frst road game
of the season after surviving a seri-
ous scare against Louisiana-Mon-
roe. If this team hopes to get back
to a bowl game, it must fnd a way
to win games away from Memorial
Stadium. The good news for Mark
Mangino is that his team played
fairly well on the road last sea-
son, but made a few mistakes that
cost games. The key on the road is
staying focused in a hostile envi-
ronment and limiting mistakes. If
Kansas can do that, it has a good
shot against an experienced Toledo
team.
3 number of road wins in four
seasons under Mark Mangino.
7 number of total touchdowns,
passing and throwing, by Kerry
Meier this season.
11 number of games, out of
the last 14, that Kansas has held an
opponent under 100 yards rushing.
12 ranking of Kansas pass de-
fense among other Big 12 teams.
160.5 average number of all-
purpose yards by Jon Cornish per
game this season.
Senior run-
ning back Jon
Cornish set a goal
of at least 1,000
yards this season,
and hes certainly
well on his way.
Through the frst
two games, Cornish has nearly 250
yards, putting him one-quarter of
the way there. When most of the
ofense struggled at times against
ULM, Cornish was one of the lone
bright spots. With an experienced
ofensive line and Cornishs ability
to make plays, expect the senior
running back to have another big
game against the Rockets.
Secondary Kansas second-
ary now ranks last in the Big 12,
after giving up nearly 400 yards
passing against ULM last week.
Suspended cornerback Aqib Talib
should be available to play tonight,
but Mangino said hes yet to reach
a fnal decision. With Talib back,
Kansas regains its starting second-
ary and can begin to work building
the chemistry that made last years
defense among the nations best.
Without Talib, Toledos pass-happy
ofense could have a big night.
Kerry Meier The freshman
quarterback had difculty at times
fnding open receivers in last weeks
victory against ULM. When he did
fnd them, Meier often stared them
down, tipping of defenders. No
question, Meier has steadily im-
proved during his frst two games.
However, last Saturdays game
showed indications this ofense will
rise or fall on Meiers right arm.
Ofense
While struggling at times against Louisiana-Mon-
roe, Kansas ofense has steadily improved during the
frst two games at home. Tonight, quarterback Kerry
Meier and the ofense look to continue that progres-
sion and ruin Toledos nationally-televised home
opener. For Kansas to come out with the victory, Mei-
er must remain poised and in control, as hes shown
in the frst two home games. If Toledos fans can get
in his head and start to rattle the usually confdent
Meier, this ofense could revert back to last seasons
form.
Defense
While Kansassecondary has struggled through-
out much of the frst two games, its rush-
ing defense has picked up where it
left of last season. Despite losing a
combined six linebackers and de-
fensive linemen from last seasons
rush defense, the Jayhawks have
held both opponents this sea-
son under 65 yards. If Talib is
back in the secondary for
Kansas it should go a
long way towards
stopping Toledos
passing attack,
which completes
nearly 75 percent
of its passes. To-
night should be a
good indication of
how much the sec-
ondary learned
from last week.
Momentum
Despite owning the Big
12s second longest winning
streak, Kansas players feel like
they have something to prove
tonight. After narrowly avoid-
ing an upset at home last week,
the Jayhawks are out to prove that
last weeks close call wont start a
trend this season. The good news
for Mangino is that his team has
played fairly well on the road in the
past, but made enough mistakes
to cost them the victory. Winning
on the road has been a point of
emphasis by players and coaches
throughout the summer and train-
ing. Whether that added focus pays
of will be seen tonight.
Kansas fans might be familiar
with 0-2 Toledo teams, because
the last time Toledo started a sea-
son 0-2 was in 2004 after falling to
Kansas 63-14. History is on Toledos
side, though. The Rockets havent
lost a home opener under coach
Tom Amstutz and tonights game
is their 2006 home opener. De-
spite the Rockets record, its hard
to blame the ofense, which has
outgained its opponents the frst
two weeks. Turnovers paralyzed
Toledo last week in a 31-10 loss to
Western Michigan. Trailing 14-10,
but driving down the feld, sopho-
more quarterback Clint Cochran
threw an interception that was re-
turned 92 yards for a touchdown.
The Rockets had four turnovers in
the game and didnt force any of
their own.
0 Victories Toledo has against
Kansas after two tries. Toledo lost
63-14 in Lawrence in 2004 and 30-
7 at home in 1991
2 Home losses under coach Tom
Amstutz
39 Senior wide receiver Steve
Odom has caught at least one pass
in all 39 games of his career.
9-4 Toledos record in 2004,
which was the last season the
Rockets started 0-2. Toledo won
the MAC Championship that sea-
son.
1988 The last year Toledo start-
ed a season 0-3
Sophomore
qua r t e r ba c k
Clint Cochran,
who is averaging
just less than 300
passing yards a
game, must be
salivating at the
thought of facing a Kansas pass-
ing defense that allowed another
sophomore quarterback to pass
for 377 passing yards last week.
Cochran had 49 passing attempts
in Toledos frst game and 30 in
its second; his attempts tonight
should fall somewhere in between
those two numbers. To take advan-
tage of a shaky Kansas secondary,
he will have to be more accurate
than he was last week when he
completed 60 percent of his passes
and threw two interceptions.
Turnovers Toledo had just one
turnover against Iowa State and
gave the Cyclones a run for their
money in Ames, Iowa. Four Toledo
turnovers last week allowed West-
ern Michigan to walk away with a
31-10 upset. At the same time, the
Toledo defense has yet to force a
turnover this season.
Ofense:
Through its frst two games, Toledo has shown
it can move the ball through the air and on the ground.
Against Iowa State, sophomore quarterback Clint Co-
chran passed for 367 yards and three touchdowns. Co-
chran threw for about 150 fewer yards against Western
Michigan, so junior running back Jalen Parmele picked
up the slack, rushing for 113 yards while sophomore run-
ning back Richard Davis reached the end zone for the
Rockets only touchdown of the game. Cochran should
fnd success against a Kansas pass defense that has al-
lowed 594 passing yards in two games. The Toledo ofen-
sive line will have its work cut out for it, trying to make
holes for its running backs. Although Parmele is averag-
ing 91.5 yards a game, the Kansas defense has allowed
just 113 rushing yards in two games.
Defense
The Toledo defense is strong where the Kansas
ofense is weak, but weak where the Kansas ofense is
strong. Despite giving up 45 points to Iowa State, Toledo
gave up only 234 passing yards. Western
Michigan managed just 98 passing yards
against Toledo last week. However,
Toledo has yielded 322 total rushing
yards this season. Fresh-
man cornerback Barry
Church leads the
team with 20 tack-
les, but someone
in the front seven
will need to lead
Toledo in tackles
tonight, because
Kansas is going
to run the ball. If
the cornerbacks
and safeties are
making the
tackles, that
means Kansas
is making
frst downs.
The Toledo
defense must
also help
itself out by
causing some turnovers,
because it has yet to force
one this season.
Momentum
Outside of the Vegas odds, not much is in Tole-
dos favor heading into tonights game. The Rockets
are 0-2 to start a season for the second time in three
years and are 0-2 all-time against the Jayhawks. How-
ever, theres no reason for Toledo to panic just yet. The
Rockets havent lost a home opener since 1999 and
havent started a season 0-3 in nearly 20 years. They
are also 26-2 at home under coach Tom Amstutz. To-
ledo should also be encouraged by its performance in
week one when it took Iowa State, which was picked to
fnish second in the Big 12 North, to triple overtime on
the road. Now Toledo will get to play host to Kansas,
which was selected to fnish fourth in the Big 12 North.
By SHAwN SHrOyer
Cochran
Cornish