2007-11-27

BY SARAH NEFF
sneff@kansan.com
Lawrence Freenet has offered to donate
$750,000 to create a wireless network that
would allow free Internet access to University
of Kansas students.
Joshua Montgomery,
founding member of
Lawrence Freenet, said
the organization had
been talking about ways
to provide coverage at
the University since
Freenet was founded.
He said if the idea was
approved, the University
could use the money to
expand the Jayhawk
wireless network.
It would take KU from
a university thats three to
four years behind in cover-
age and turn it into one of
the first universities in the nation to provide
coverage to its students anywhere in the city,
Montgomery said.
Montgomery said students would be
able to use their KU Online ID and pass-
word anywhere in town to access the
Internet, eliminating the need for students
to subscribe to monthly Internet services
that cost anywhere from $15 to $50 a
month. He said there would be a small
fee to the University to cover the cost
of service technicians
and customer service
operators.
Lawrence Freenet
of fers resi dent i al
wi rel ess Internet
for $19.98 a month.
Mont gomer y sai d
Freenets goal as a
non-profit organiza-
tion was to create
universal Internet
access, rather than
trying to restrict it
by charging as much
as possi bl e. He
said that each pay-
ing customer helped to cover the cost
for low-income families. He said the
deal with the University would enable
Lawrence Freenet to provide service to
1,000 to 2,000 low-income customers.
James Heaney, Topeka senior, founded
the KU Wi-Fi Club to build student support
for Freenets proposal.
I think there would be a huge demand,
Heaney said. I dont know who wouldnt
want free Internet.
Montgomery set up a Web site that will
soon have a petition for students to sign
to show support for Freenets proposal at
groups.ku.edu/~wifi.
Bill Myers, director of assessment
and outreach for the Office of the Vice
Provost for Information Services, said the
University was working on building an
independent wireless network on campus
with a $2.6 million initiative in collabo-
ration with Student Senate. Myers said
Lawrence Freenet had not submitted a for-
mal proposal to the University yet, but that
Information Services was in the process of
researching whether Freenets offer would
work.
The goal of providing wireless access
to the Internet for KU
students from any-
where in Lawrence
is admirable, Myers
said. KUs Information
Services is exploring
the viability of doing
so in the manner sug-
gested by Lawrence
Freenet, but no deter-
mination has been
made and nothing for-
mal is being consid-
ered at this point.
Paul Knorr, general manager for
Sunflower Broadband, said wireless
Internet connections were less stable
than wire line services. He said that if
the University found a need for wireless
access, Sunflower Broadband would sub-
mit a bid for the contract.
Michael Wade Smith, Goodland fresh-
man student senator,
said he welcomed the
help from Lawrence
Freenet. He said most
campuses offered wire-
less access in dorms,
classrooms and public
places across.
I think ResNet is
rather expensive and
kind of foolish if we
have to have a wired sig-
nal, Smith said. It is
a disservice to our stu-
dents to not offer this service in one form
or another, and Lawrence Freenet is giving
us an opportunity that I think we would be
bull-headed to pass up.
Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
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Why do Sherron Collins and Darrell
Arthur have ratings of only 77?
Thats one question EA Sports March
Madness 2008 creator Sean OBrien hears
often. OBrien may not have a real answer
other than that player ratings are a con-
stant point of contention, but he does
have a solution. Gamers can rate their
own players in the new edition of the
popular college basketball game.
Other features of the game include
improved control of post players and the
addition of ESPN sideline reporter Erin
Andrews.
assOCIaTED PREss
HomeGrown
TaLenT
lawrence freenet proposes free Wi-fi for students
campus
The goal of providing wire-
less access to the Internet for
KU students from anywhere in
Lawrence is admirable.
Bill meyers
KU information services
It would take KU from a uni-
versity thats three to four years
behind in coverage and turn it
into one of the frst universities
in the nation to provide cover-
age to its students anywhere in
the city.
JoshUa montgomery
lawrence Freenet
What courses do you teach?
This is my first semester. I teach
Introduction to International
Politics, Russian Foreign Policy
and Eurasian Security, and I will be
teaching Introduction to Human
Rights.
Where did you go to college? Im
originally from Russia and already
had a university education for
undergraduate studies, but I went to
Purdue University in Indiana for my
masters and doctoral degrees.
What inspired you to teach? I
think that its the awareness of the
fact of making a difference in the
way a student interprets political
events international and domestic
having this self-power that can be
used positively is inspiring.
What clubs or organiza-
tions were you involved in? I was
involved in the Purdue Student
Government. I was also president
of the Political Science Graduate
Student Association and president
of Purdues Salsa Dancing Club.
What is your craziest moment
from college? Purdue has these two
beautiful big fountains. When its
warm out, we would run through
them.
What is your funniest teaching
moment? Id say grading students
papers because of the way they spell.
They spell it the way they think its
pronounced.
Do you have a favorite sport to
watch? I dont watch sports, but I
love to play sports.
Whats your prediction for KU
football? Ive been trying to follow
the team, and I think theyll have
great success.
What is the worst job youve
ever had? Ive actually been blessed
in that Ive enjoyed every organiza-
tion that Ive worked at.
Did you have a favorite cartoon
growing up? I grew up in Russia,
and there was this cartoon which
translates as Wow Lets See What
Happens. It was a cartoon about
a wolf and a hare. The wolf was
constantly chasing the hare. The car-
toon had some valuable lessons in
it, but at the same time it was very
hilarious.
What is your favorite candy? I
like Belgium milk chocolate.
Where have you traveled to? Ive
been to Singapore, Malaysia, Egypt,
Estonia and Georgia.
Whats currently in your CD
player? Salsa, 99 percent of the
time.
What is your ideal weekend?
Working hard, producing a lot of
things and going out at night.
What is your favorite restau-
rant? I like any authentic Chinese
Restaurants, and I like Ethiopian
too.
What is your favorite color? I
have many favorites from red and
blue to black and white.
Do you have a favorite KU tra-
dition? Im looking forward to the
graduation ceremony. I think its
interesting and unique.
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LONDON The woman
behind the gentle, even voice
which warns Londons subway
commuters to Mind the gap
was fred after telling a news-
paper she thought the transit
network was dreadful.
Emma Clarke has been re-
cording messages for Londons
sprawling subway network,
popularly known as the Tube,
since 1999. In addition to warn-
ing passengers to watch their
step in walking between sub-
way cars and the platform, she
also reads the trains stops, tells
Londoners how long they have
to wait until their next ride, and
delivers service updates.
Transport for London, the
body responsible for running the
subway, said Monday that Clarke,
36, was fred for telling The Mail
on Sunday she avoided using the
subway whenever possible.
She said using the service
every day had been dreadful.
The paper also featured
Clarkes Web site, which hosts a
series of spoof Tube announce-
ments, including one warning
a passenger not to stare at a
womans chest and another tell-
ing American tourists, You are
almost certainly talking too loud.
Transport for London noted
that some of the spoof an-
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but spokesman Dan Hodges
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those services, Hodges said.
Clarkes voice will continue to
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Filipinos 5.7 ton Israeli
fag is worlds largest
MASADA, Israel The record
for the worlds largest fag now
belongs to an Israeli banner
produced by a Filipino evangeli-
cal Christian.
The huge blue and white
fag, measuring 2,165 feet long
and 330 feet wide and weighing
5.7 tons, breaks the record for
the worlds largest, according to
the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.
The fag was unfurled Sun-
day beneath the ancient Jewish
desert fortress of Masada.
Representatives of the Guinness
Book of Records measured the
fag and later confrmed the
record.
Filipino entrepreneur Grace
Galindez-Gupana said she
decided two years ago to
produce a giant Israeli fag as a
testament to her love for Israel
and the Jewish people and
as a celebration of 50 years of
diplomatic relations between
the Philippines and Israel.
God spoke to me in thunder
and lightning, Galindez-Gupa-
na said. The Lord said, Make
the fag of Israel, the standard of
my people.
This is a tall order, she said,
breaking down in tears.
The Israeli fag was accompa-
nied by a giant Philippines fag
huge, but not quite as big. It
weighed about 4.2 tons.
Large stones anchored both
fags as they billowed in the
desert winds.
There are about 31,000 Filipi-
nos in Israel, most of whom are
foreign workers, said Gilberto
Asuque, consul general of the
Philippine Embassy in Israel.
This fag expresses the
friendship between the Philip-
pines and the state of Israel, and
also the friendship between
Jewish and Christian com-
munities, said Shaul Zemach,
director of the Israeli Ministry of
Tourism.
British pigeon racers
push for sport status
LONDON Pigeon racers
are petitioning Queen Elizabeth
II to have their activity ofcially
classifed as a sport.
The Belford Racing Pigeon
Club hopes the British monarch,
the patron of the Royal Pigeon
Racing Association, will inter-
vene in a dispute that could see
them pay millions of dollars in
taxes, chairman Eric Sim said.
Racers, known as pigeon
fanciers, house their birds in
sheds buildings the British
government now wants to tax,
beginning in April. Sports clubs
can get tax relief, but pigeon
racing is not classifed as a
sport, which would leave racers
footing a hefty tax bill.
Even if its not ofcially clas-
sifed a sport, pigeon racing
has been recognized as a sport
for well over 100 years and this
latest turn of events will cause
many clubs to struggle to make
ends meet, Sim said.
Local representative Geof
OConnell said he wanted to
raise the matter with British tax
authorities.
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BY THOR NYSTROM
tnystrom@kansan.com
Sean OBrien is laughing not
because the reporters question is
funny, but because the question is
asked so often, most of the time
by an incredulous fan. OBrien, the
creator of EA Sports NCAA March
Madness 2008, was asked during
an interview last week why Kansas
Darrell Arthur and Sherron Collins
were rated only 77 in the new game.
After stifling his laughter, OBrien
said, People are always ticked off
with that. It is probably the most
judged thing that we do every year.
Such is life for the creator of one of
the EA Sports video games, the best-
selling sports titles in the country.
For the record, OBrien said an
edit player feature was designed for
gamers whose biggest qualm with the
game was the slight of their favorite
athletes. So, in the case of Arthur, a
gamer can bump up his rebounding
skill and low post moves.
OBrien said his team of develop-
ers worked on the March Madness
game year-round. The 08 game was
finished Nov. 5 and is scheduled to
ship Dec. 11 after an approval stage to
be sure the software works properly.
The new game will have a couple
of big additions: improved play-
er control in the post, including
offensive and defensive positioning,
and the inclusion of ESPN sideline
reporter Erin Andrews.
Andrews, who said she had want-
ed to be a part of the game for years,
said integrating herself into the game
was a fun experience.
It was a lot harder than I thought
it was going to be, Andrews said.
When I cover a game, I go to morn-
ing shootaround, I sit down with the
coaching staff, I do a week worth of
research. You have to keep it really
generic when you are working with
the game because you dont have that
week to work with. The story lines
could be anything.
A graduate of the University of
Florida, which won the NCAA foot-
ball and basketball trophies last year,
Andrews said she could see Kansas
as the next big national dual-threat
program. She called Allen Fieldhouse
the loudest place I have ever been
to, and said her last experience at
the fieldhouse was difficult.
I love reporting from Allen
Fieldhouse, Andrews said. Last year
against Texas A&M, I had laryngi-
tis before the game. ESPN had no
time to change reporters. They were
pumping me with hot water. It was so
loud that you couldnt hear anything.
It was bad. I was getting text messages
from friends and family saying they
have to turn up their microphones.
OBrien made sure the Allen
Fieldhouse experience was as realis-
tic as possible in the game.
Kansas has been a school that
has been very good to us. We rely
on the schools to provide us with
assets, OBrien said. When we built
Allen Fieldhouse, they provided us
with schematics. Weve done work
with Bill Self, who has given us
scouting reports on Big 12 schools.
That gives us offensive and defensive
sets realistic for other schools.
OBrien said he and his staff had
been to games in the fieldhouse to
help make additions to the game. The
Rock Chalk chant, for instance, has
been a game staple for a few years.
EA Sports also has added intricacies
of the student section, such as spe-
cific distraction tactics KU students
use during free throws. The game
also has realistic mascots, players,
cheerleaders, courts and band mem-
bers with 3-D instruments.
We want a Kansas experience,
because that is our consumer,
OBrien said. It is the guy or girl
that lives in Lawrence, Kan., and
goes to the game. The people that
know the Kansas experience. We
want to nail that experience.
EA Sports creates games in a stu-
dio in Vancouver. OBrien said 1,600
to 1,700 people worked in the studio,
but about 45 people worked on con-
structing NCAA March Madness.
OBrien said the environment was
highly competitive because other
titles, such as Madden NFL, NCAA
Football, NBA Live, were construct-
ed in the same building.
As for the oft-repeated questions
about player ratings, OBrien said
the ratings were derived from a for-
mula based on stats, minutes played
and the strength of the athletic con-
ference. OBrien said one employee
made the ratings each year, and the
game also employed ESPNs Doug
Gottlieb to give us a good insight
into incoming freshmen.
It is somewhat subjective, and
it can change throughout the year
pretty quickly, OBrien said of the
ratings. If you disagree, or God for-
bid we screwed up, we give you the
opportunity to change it.
Not that it will stop fans from
asking.
Edited by Tara Smith
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March Madness game rates Arthur, Collins poorly
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EA Sports staff captures Allen Fieldhouse experience, but upsets fans with low scores for star players
Gore, Bush reunited at White House for Nobel Prize winner photo op
BY BEN FELLER
ASSOciATEd PRESS
WASHINGTON Talk about an
inconvenient truth. Al Gore finally
won his place in the Oval Office on
Monday, right next to George W. Bush.
Forever linked by the closest and
craziest presidential race in history,
the two men were reunited by, of all
things, White House tradition. Gore
was among the 2007 Nobel Prize win-
ners who were invited in for a photo
and some chatter with the President;
Gore got the recognition for his work
on global warming.
The two men stood next to other,
sharing uncomfortable grins for pho-
tographers and reporters, who were
quickly ushered in and out.
Familiar faces, the former vice
president said of the media. Bush, still
smiling, added nothing.
The two also had a 40-minute
meeting in the Oval Office, part of
Bushs effort to show some outreach
to his longtime rival.
Bush aides said it was private and
would not comment on it. Gore,
trailed by the press as he left the
White House, allowed that he and
Bush spent the whole time talking
about global warming.
He was very gracious in setting
up the meeting and it was a very
good and substantive conversation,
Gore said. And thats all I want to say
about it.
The two have not met privately
since then-President-elect Bush paid
a visit short, and not that sweet
to Gores residence in December
2000. Since then, Gore has not shied
away from criticizing Bush; His latest
book, The Assault on Reason, is a
relentless attack against the admin-
istration. And the White Houses
response when Gore won the Nobel
Prize was less than giddy. The White
House tried to make clear that Bush
was hosting Gore not out of obliga-
tion but genuine interest. Gore said
he didnt want to comment. But with
the media waiting for him, Gore and
his wife, Tipper, walked out along
Pennsylvania Avenue and up 17th
Street, toward his nearby office
even though the White House is
adept at helping people slip away
unnoticed, if they want to.
NATION
ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Bush, right, poses for a photo with former Vice President Al Gore on Monday in the Oval Ofce of the White House. Gore was visiting the
White House with other 2007 Nobel Prize recipients. He said he and the President talked about global warming in a private 40 minute meeting.
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kirsTen hudson
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here have all the
capital letters gone?
I cant fnd them,
and I think they may have taken
proper punctuation and spelling
with them.
I am of the computer genera-
tion. I e-mail, text message or
IM more than I call. I also
type infnitely faster than I
can write, even when using a
my tiny phone keypad. When
typing a message to my friend,
I often omit vowels from
words and rarely bother with
capital letters. Most notably,
I use def. instead of def-
nitely because I can never
remember how to spell it cor-
rectlythat last e is ridicu-
lously out of place! I am also a
fan of ellipses, littering them
through my messages in places
they have no business being.
However, I also know when the
above are appropriate and when
they are not. I am sad to say that
many people, inside and outside
of my age group, do not under-
stand these same boundaries of
propriety.
I was unpleasantly surprised
when I got an e-mail from my
new 40-something volunteer
coordinator and I noticed that
she had not bothered to use
any capital letters. Not one, not
even at the beginning, not even
for her name. This e-mail had
gone out to about 15 new vol-
unteers, none of whom had met
her before. I sent an e-mail back
regarding my interview time,
and I received the following re-
ply: See u then! thx, k.
Everything I have ever learned
about social customs or the Eng-
lish language says that this is
not okay. You cant purposefully
misspell words, and you cer-
tainly cant shorten your name
to one consonant when speak-
ing to a person youve never
met before. However, someone
somewhere decided that e-mails
could have different rules. And
that someone was wrong. As
e-mails increasingly become a
signifcant form of communica-
tion among colleagues and po-
tential employers, the rules must
change as well.
E-mails should be thought
of just like a letter. They can
be formal or informal, but the
same rules dont apply to both.
You wouldnt send a letter to
someone you dont know start-
ing Hey there! In the same
way, you shouldnt send an e-
mail to a professor youve never
had starting that way either. Ive
talked to professors who say
that the language of the e-mails
they receive often infuences
their decisions regarding the
requests. Why would they let
someone into their class or write
a letter of recommendation for a
student if that student cant even
be bothered to run spell check?
Also, do not take liberties in an
e-mail that you would not feel
comfortable doing in person;
if you dont call your professor
James to his face, dont open
an e-mail so informally.
Students and adults alike
must reform their e-mail hab-
its. Im not saying you have to
drag out the old Websters, but
at least hit the spell check but-
ton before you send it off into
online oblivion. And if you have
forgotten how to type a capi-
tal letter, there is a friendly key
on your keyboard that I fondly
call Shift. It can help you out
immensely. If it looks like a cat
walked across your computer
wat r u doin?dont send it
to someone if you want them to
think youre intelligent.
Gentry is a Kansas City ju-
nior in English and pre-medi-
cine.
Twins share bond
beyond appearances
Intuitiveness, unspoken understanding
is the foundation of twins relationship
MAX RINKEL
dear Free for All, i promise ive
been good all year. Can i please
have todd reesing for Christmas?
i forgot to set my alarm clock,
and i missed my frst class after
break. now i get breakfast!
Finally! You love me again Free
for All!
this is why the student ghetto
is such a fantastic place. i can walk
to school in under 10 minutes.
id like to state that dane Cook
was orgasmic in more ways than
one. too bad i went to the show
with my boyfriend. Otherwise, i
wouldve shown dane a thing or
two.
Free for All, can i have your
pickle?
i will say that i am pretty upset
with the football game last night,
but the basketball team totally
made up for it this evening.
i wrote a letter to santa, and i
told him the only thing i want for
Christmas is to have White Owl as
my date to my sororitys
semi-formal. Please make this
happen Free for All!
so, i ofcially hate Ku
basketball. How can the police
just shut down half of campus for
a silly game? All i wanted to do
was go the the rec center, but no.
Bitchy, rude and insulting police
ofcers stopped me in my tracks!
You only think todd reesings
hot because hes a jock. if he was
any other, normal guy, you could
care less. drop football already.
its over.
uh, todd reesing would be hot
even if he never touched a foot-
ball in his life. Have you seen him?
so youre saying home feld
advantage has nothing to do
with the outcome? Have you ever
heard of a thing called
momentum?
i would like to say Welcome
to the basketball team. We missed
you.
Why Ku lost to Mizzou: the
curse of the sports illustrated
cover.
i just want to personally thank
Lew Perkins for taking our home
game away from us and
moving it to Arrowhead where
there were more Mu fans than
Ku fans. We would have won
that game at Memorial stadium;
thanks for ruining our national
title chance!
i would like to know why our
ofense only decided to start play-
ing in the fourth quarter?
seriously, seven points in the
frst three, and 21 in the last.
Football team, way to show
heart until the very end. next year,
just come out swinging.
i shouldnt have come back to
school yet. All the people are still
in pissy moods.
the video before basketball
games gives me goosebumps!
i think reesing will become an
even better player after this game.
Hes young, hes got a lot ahead of
him and hes way attractive.
Quit complaining about the
game. You should still be proud. it
just makes you look like horrible
sports because you keep whining
about it.
todd reesing, ill still have your
babies. At least our children wont
pick their noses.
My nose has been running
slimy green substances for two
days straight now, Free for All.
Please HeLP!
(Editors Note: Ew.)
Well, hopefully our bowl game
is in a warm place, because
Jayhawks apparently dont do
well in cold climates.
Got to admit that was no home
feld advantagealmost more
Mu people there and no student
section. But i love you guys!
no more wine for me!
Man, i was really hoping to
go undefeated this year. But
i guess you cant really ask
for more than 11-1, huh?
Look at it this way:
Were still undefeated
in basketball, right?
O
n the frst day of at
least one class ev-
ery semester you get
the teacher that wants to get to
know you. The one that makes
you tell four things: Name, year,
major and one interesting thing
about yourself. The last ques-
tion always seems to be the
trickiest part. Yet my answer is
easy; its the same every time. I
am a twin.
Upon learning this informa-
tion, the class as a whole usually
gives the same response. Every
pair of eyes in the classroom
bore into my face. Collectively
thinking, I suppose, that if you
stare hard enough you might
fnd some tell-tale sign showing
my twin-liness. Usually it just
makes me feel like I have an ex-
tra ear.
The staring Im used to. Its
not uncommon when my sister
and I meet someone new for
them to stare for a good two
minutes, eyes constantly shifting
between our faces, then inform
us that, Your right eyebrow is
higher than hers. The only part
that usually bothers me is the
inevitable question, So, are you
identical or fraternal?

The question mostly bothers
me because I just dont know;
we were never told offcially
whether we were identical or
fraternal. Unlike what is com-
monly thought, identical doesnt
simply mean looking exactly
alike and fraternal doesnt just
mean looking different. I will
explain.
According to Dr. Gerard M.
DiLeo of babyzone.com, the
primary difference is that
identical twins come from the
splitting of only one fertilized
egg, while fraternal twins are
two babies from two ovula-
tions and two fertilizations.
You can only tell that twins
are identical if there is one
sac, but they can still be iden-
tical twins if there is two sacs
and two placentas. Fraternal
twins must have two separate
sacs and two placentas. Thus
only identical twins have the
same DNA and therefore usu-
ally look more alike.
So there you have it, identi-
cal twins come from one egg,
fraternal from two. If you really
want to ask me the details of
what went on in the womb well,
go for it, but if not just ask if we
look alike. Its more polite.
The other reason this ques-
tion bothers me is because the
looking alike doesnt matter. It
isnt looking like her that makes
me feel like a twin. Our physical
similarities dont matter when it
comes to knowing there is some
weird connection between us.
What makes me feel like a
twin is a look passed between us
that communicates, Wow that
girl with the sweatpants capris,
Ugg boots and plaid winter coat
looks ridiculous. Do you want
to go get coffee after Spanish?
Its playing Cranium and
knowing that her drawing of
three lines and a squiggly mark
is supposed to be a penguin. Its
seeing who can get the words
out frst because we both know
were thinking the exact same
thing. Being a twin is knowing
that no matter what else chang-
es in my life, she will always be
constant. Not the fact that we
look alike.
But if you must know, shes
an inch taller and has a freckle
on her right cheek.
Hudson is a Wichita junior
in journalism and business.
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AssoCIAtEd PrEss
PASCAGOULA, Miss.
Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott
announced Monday he would leave a
35-year career in Congress in which
he epitomized the Republicans polit-
ical takeover of the South after the
civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
Lott said he wanted to leave on
a positive note after winning re-
election last year to a leadership post
and fostering legislation for rebuild-
ing the Gulf Coast after Hurricane
Katrina. He was first elected to
Congress on the coattails of Richard
Nixons re-election landslide in 1972
with 78 percent of the vote in
Mississippi. He won election to the
Senate in 1988, succeeding veteran
Democrat John Stennis upon his
retirement.
His decision to retire by years
end occurred five years after he was
bounced as the leader of his party
in the Senate over remarks praising
a Senate colleague that were inter-
preted as endorsing segregation.
Lott, 66, rebounded a year ago,
winning re-election to a fourth term
in the Senate and narrowly defeating
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander for
the partys No. 2 post lining up and
counting votes as GOP whip behind
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
of Kentucky.
He becomes the sixth Senate
Republican this year to announce
retirement. Democrats effec-
tively hold a 51-49 majority in the
chamber, including two indepen-
dents who align themselves with
Democrats. Lotts retirement means
that Republicans will have to defend
23 seats in next years election, while
Democrats will defend only 12.
Lott said he wants to spend more
time with his family and to pur-
sue other job opportunities, pos-
sibly teaching. He ruled out any
health concerns, but he said its time
for a younger voice to represent
Mississippi in the Senate.
I dont know what the future
holds for us, he said on behalf of
himself and his wife, Tricia. A lot of
options, hopefully, will be available.
Republican Gov. Haley Barbour
will name someone to temporarily
replace Lott. Barbour announced a
special election for Nov. 4, 2008.
Barbour won a second term this
month, and said he will not name
himself as Lotts replacement and
will not run for the Senate.
Lott said he had not planned to
run for re-election in 2006, but he
changed his mind after Hurricane
Katrina devastated Mississippis Gulf
Coast and demolished his beach-
front home in Pascagoula.
They didnt quit, so I couldnt
quit, he said of his neighbors.
More than two years later, howev-
er, Lott said Congress had completed
most of the work it needs to do to
help the Gulf Coast recover.
By sAdAQAt JAN
AssoCIAtEd PrEss WrItErs
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pervez
Musharraf will retire as chief of
Pakistans army at midweek, his aides
announced Monday. The embattled
leader has grappled with a politi-
cal scene roiled by the return of an
exiled former prime minister.
Nawaz Sharif, who was ousted by
the 1999 coup that put Musharraf in
power, quickly registered Monday to
run in the January election although
he didnt drop his call for a boycott
that could undermine the ballots
legitimacy.
Sharif appealed for support from
Pakistanis unhappy with Musharraf s
U.S. alliance, portraying himself as a
politician who kept himself at arms
length from Washington in contrast
to the U.S.-friendly stance of the
president and the other key opposi-
tion leader, Benazir Bhutto.
Even before Sharif s return
Sunday, Musharraf was under pres-
sure from opposition forces and the
U.S. to end the emergency rule he
imposed three weeks ago in this
nuclear-armed nation of 160 mil-
lion people beset by strengthening
Islamic militants.
America and its allies want
Musharraf to lift his suspension of
the constitution to ensure a fair elec-
tion, which they hope will produce
a moderate government willing and
capable of standing up to religious
extremists with ties to al-Qaida and
the Taliban.
Musharraf has eased the crack-
down on dissent that saw police
detain thousands of opponents and
take independent TV news off air,
and his aides announced Monday
that he was now ready to take the
long-promised step of quitting his
powerful army post and ending
direct military rule.
Spokesman Rashid Qureshi said
Musharraf would make farewell
visits to his troops before ending a
military career that began in 1964.
Musharraf planned to promote his
anointed successor, Gen. Ashfaq
Kayani, to the military chief s post
Wednesday, the aide said.
The following day, he will take
oath of office as president of Pakistan
as a civilian, Qureshi said.
Musharraf suspended the consti-
tution Nov. 3, saying he needed to
stop the Supreme Court from creat-
ing political chaos and hampering
the effort against militants.
The crackdown caused a break
in relations between Musharraf and
Bhutto, leader of the countrys big-
gest opposition party, who was twice
put under house arrest to stop her
from leading mass rallies against the
unpopular general.
Bhutto and Musharraf have since
eased their public feuding, and
she filed her candidacy papers in
her home district of Larkana on
Monday.
She contended the election
is stacked in favor of Musharraf s
ruling party, but said she wouldnt
participate in a boycott of the vote
unless all opposition groups did a
tall order given the fractious rela-
tions among Pakistans many politi-
cal blocs.
Bhuttos spokesman, Farhatullah
Babar, said Musharraf would be tak-
ing a major step forward by shed-
ding his uniform, and if he made
significant further concessions then
the window for negotiations can be
reopened.
Sharif s return has given
Musharraf a new headache because
of the bad blood between them and
the political threat Sharif poses in
Punjab province, Pakistans political
heartland.
Sharif flew in Sunday with the
apparent blessing of Saudi Arabia, an
influential ally of Pakistan that had
previously supported Musharraf s
efforts to keep Sharif in exile there.
The former premier immediately
repeated his call for a boycott of
the election, but on Monday hedged
his bets by filing nomination papers
to contest a parliament seat in his
hometown of Lahore.
Addressing supporters, Sharif
sought to distinguish himself from
Musharraf, who is criticized by many
Pakistanis as a stooge of the Bush
administration. Sharif said that as
premier he ignored U.S. advice not
to conduct the nuclear test explo-
sions that made Pakistan a nuclear
power in 1998.
I never took dictation and made
the country a nuclear power, but
they (Musharraf s government) take
dictation on every issue, Sharif said
from the top of a truck carrying him
in a triumphant procession from
Lahore airport.
Such nationalist posturing could
entice some voters away from
Bhutto, who has wooed America,
Pakistans biggest sponsor, by sug-
gesting she might let U.S. troops
strike at Osama bin Laden if he is
located on Pakistani territory.
Sharif is also a threat to the rul-
ing party, most of whose leading
figures broke away from his Pakistan
Muslim League after Musharraf s
1999 coup. However, there was no
immediate mass defection back to
the Sharif fold and he has little time
to organize a strong slate of candi-
dates.
Asked about Sharif s return,
State Department spokesman Sean
McCormack said, Pakistan wont be
on the right road till its back on the
road of constitutional, democratic
rule.
He praised Musharraf s plan to
step down as army chief. But he
urged that the state of emergency
be lifted before the election to give
voters confidence that their will has
been legitimately expressed in the
ballot box and the results will reflect
their views.
Even if Musharraf, 64, can mollify
his critics and avoid a boycott of the
vote, he will have to build bridges
with the government that emerges as
well as come to terms with a dimin-
ished role as president.
Musharraf appears to retain the
support of his fellow generals in the
army, which has dominated Pakistan
for most of its 60-year history. As
president, he retains the constitu-
tional power to fire the government
and dissolve Parliament.
However, Zaffar Abbas, an edi-
tor of the respected newspaper
Dawn, said Musharraf s authority
in the military will inevitably ebb as
Kayani, who is expected to continue
pro-Western policies, settles into the
top job.
Sharif said he would not serve
again as prime minister while
Musharraf remained president. He
also could risk disqualification from
the election because of a convic-
tion handed down in the wake of
Musharraf s coup.
POLITICS
Musharraf yields military power, stays in presidential race
PAKISTAN
Sen. Trent Lott announces retirement after 35 years in Congress
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) the Senates No. 2 Republican, announces that he is going to retire
from the Senate before January, ending a 35-year career in Congress, Monday in Pascagoula, Miss.
Mississippi will hold a special election to replace Lott in 2008.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vice Chief of the Pakistan Army Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, left rear, and President Gen.
Pervez Musharraf, foreground, attend a ceremony at National Command Authority in Islam-
abad, Pakistan, on Aug. 2. An aide to Musharraf said Kayani would be promoted to the militarys
chief post on Wednesday, after Musharraf resigns from the post. Kayani owes his rise to Musharraf
but was once a confdante and senior aide to his archrival, Benazir Bhutto. He is well-known in
Washington, having met with senior ofcials at the CIA, the Department of State and elsewhere.
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battle of
the birDS
PAGE 6B
BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
Sometimes during pickup games at prac-
tice, Matt Kleinmann cant contain his excite-
ment when he looks at the other four guys on
his team: Tyrel Reed, Conner Teahan, Brady
Morningstar and Brennan Bechard.
All of them are from Kansas.
Well be like, Its the natives versus the
out-of-towners, Kleinmann said.
And the natives are taking over. This years
team has seven players who are either from
Kansas or the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Junior guard Brandon Rush hails from Kansas
City, Mo., while six native Kansans stretch
across the eastern part of the state from as far
north as Leawood (Conner Teahan) to as far
south as Humboldt (Brad Witherspoon).
A few years ago, Kansas basketball belonged
almost entirely to the out-of-towners. Former
Kansas coach Roy Williams best teams were
overrun with Californians. Nineteen players
came from the Golden State while Williams
was here, from blue chips such as Adonis
Jordan, Paul Pierce and Drew Gooden to walk-
ons such as Joel Branstrom. Before Williams,
just six Californians had played for Kansas, and
only one has since he left in 2003.
For whatever reason, Williams didnt mine
the local talent. Only two locals played on the
1991 Final Four team, and the 1993 Final Four
team had only three. Thats the same number of
local players that the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998
teams had. Those teams are generally regarded
as the two best in the Williams era.
Its not like Kansas or the Kansas City
area was devoid of talent during this time.
Matt Freije, JaRon Rush, Kareem Rush,
Maurice Evans, Earl Watson, Tyronn Lue
and Korleone Young are just a few highly
touted players whom Kansas didnt recruit
or lost to other schools in the 1990s and
early 2000s.
More local players arrived toward the end
of Williams stay at Kansas. Five of them
played for the Jayhawks in the 2001-2002
season, the most from 1990 until this year.
Kansas coach Bill Self said he had recruited
several local players because they could all
play good basketball.
I dont look at it that way, that we have to
get an in-state guy, Self said. I look at it as
we have to get the best guys. And if you have
a player in state thats one of the best guys,
you have to get him.
Of course, an abundance of local tal-
ent on the team isnt a bad thing. One
local player can influence several more local
players to come. Teahan and Reed, both
freshman guards, played on the same AAU
team as Kansas City area native and future
Jayhawk guard Travis Releford. Teahan said
that relationship probably helped Kansas
sign Releford for next season.
I think it would because he played with
Tyrel and me so I could see him making a
decision because he feels more comfortable
around us, Teahan said. Its good to have
those connections.
The local players also benefit by playing for
their area college. If they ever get homesick
or want to go home for a holiday, family is a
short car ride away. Witherspoon lives the far-
thest away of any of the locals, and his home-
town of Humboldt is less than two hours from
Lawrence. The short distance also means
that players families can watch their loved
one play. Former Jayhawk and Leavenworth-
native Wayne Simiens parents came to nearly
every home game and most road games.
Simien had been a fan of Kansas basketball
all his life. Except for Rush, who said he only
started following KU basketball when Self
became coach, all the local players have been
watching the Jayhawks since they were younger
and playing for Kansas is the ultimate benefit.
They adored Kansas basketball players when
they were younger and wanted to be like them.
Getting the opportunity to play for Kansas and
carry on the tradition means something extra
to the seven local players on the team.
Thats the reason I chose KU, Teahan said.
Just because I love the tradition. I love every-
thing around it. I was in awe every time I came
to the games so I made my decision to come
here pretty much strictly on from being around
here and seeing how special KU basketball is.
Homegrown
Local talent infuences Kansas lineup
KANSAS
MISSOURI
Brandon Rush
Kansas City, Mo.
Matt Kleinmann
Overland Park
Brady Morningstar
Lawrence
Brad Witherspoon
Humboldt
Brennan Bechard
Lawrence
Conner Teahan
Leawood
Tyrel Reed
Burlington
Danny manning, Lawrence,
1985-1988 Manning led an
average team to a national cham-
pionship. He is not only the best
local player, but the best player not
named Wilt Chamberlain in Kansas
history.
B.H. Born, medicine Lodge,
1951-1954 Born fnished third
in career points after he fnished
his career and was named Most
Outstanding Player of the 1952
NCAA Tournament. Kansas won the
national championship that year.
wayne Simien, Leavenworth,
2001-2005 Kansas coach Bill Self
called Simien the best player hes
ever coached. Unfortunately, his
career was marred by injuries.
Darnell Valentine, wichita,
1978-81 Valentine was named to
the All-Time Big Eight second team.
He fnished his Kansas career as
the all-time leader in games, starts,
minutes, assists and steals.
Brandon rush, Kansas City, mo.,
2005-present Rush needs to
lead the Jayhawks to a national
championship if he wants to be
remembered as fondly as some of
the other players on this list.
HonoraBLe mention
Dean Smith, topeka, 1951-1953
and adolph rupp, Halstead,
1920-1923 Well, they werent
great players, but they ended up
pretty good at coaching.
Bob Billings, russell, 1957-1959
A street is named after him. Not
too many people can claim that.
Forrest Phogallen, indepen-
dence, mo., 1905-1907 He was
James Naismiths star pupil on the
court as a player and star learner of
of it as a coach.
Some of these players just didnt want
to play for Kansas. Others didnt get
recruited. For whatever reason, here are
a few of the best local players Kansas
missed out on.
Lucius allen, Kansas City, Kan. Al-
len spurned his home state for John
Woodens UCLA Bruins in the 1960s.
After college, he was drafted No. 3
overall and played in the NBA for 10
seasons.
mauriceevans, wichitaEvans was
heavily recruitedby Kansas but chose
Wichita State in1997. He was supposed
tobringthe Shockers back topromi-
nence but transferredafter twoseasons
toTexas. After not gettingdrafted, Evans
is playinginhis fourthNBAseasonand
was recently tradedtothe OrlandoMagic.
earlwatson, KansasCity, Kan.Roy
Williamsmajor target for point guardin
1997wasBaronDavis, astudpoint guard
fromCalifornia. Hewaslukewarmabout
recruitingWatson, andWatsoncommitted
toUCLAwhileWilliamswaitedfor Davis
decision. Intheend, DavispickedUCLA
too. Watsonstartedeverygamefor hisfour
yearsasaBruinandnowplaysintheNBA
for theSeattleSupersonics.
tyronn Lue, raytown, mo. Lue
didnt have the grades or test scores
necessary for a Division I program so
most big-time programs backed of.
Nebraska was the only one that stuck
around and picked up Lue, who played
for three seasons before entering the
NBA Draft. Lues biggest claim to fame
throughout his nine-year NBA career
was guarding Allen Iverson for the Los
Angeles Lakers in the 2001 NBA Finals.
matt Freije, overlandParkWilliams
heavilyrecruitedWayneSimienout of
LeavenworthHighSchool in2001, but he
forgot about Matt Freije, Simiens confer-
encerival fromShawneeMissionWest the
year before. Freijewent ontoVanderbilt
whereheledtheCommodores toaSweet
16appearance. Heplayedin19games
withtheAtlantaHawks last year.
the best local players the ones who got away
Self stays close to home when recruiting, fills roster with seven skilled area natives
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sports 2B TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007

Last Week Total
Thor Nystrom 8-2 91-29
Erica Johnson 6-4 82-38
Eric Jorgensen 8-2 81-39
Rustin Dodd 6-4 74-46
Matt Erickson 6-4 74-46
Ashlee Kieler 6-4 74-46
Emily Muskin 3-7 73-47
Travis Robinett 4-6 72-48
Pat Teft 4-6 72-48
Kelly Breckunitch 7-3 72-48
Mark Dent 2-8 71-49
Case Keefer 2-8 71-49
Scott Toland 4-6 71-49
Taylor Bern 5-5 70-50
Erick R. Schmidt 3-7 69-51
Tyler Passmore 4-6 69-51
Asher Fusco 6-4 69-51
Bryan Wheeler 3-7 68-52
Bill Walberg 7-3 68-42*
Mark Stevens 4-6 67-43*
Drew Bergman 3-7 66-44*
Shawn Shroyer 5-5 64-56
*Did not pick for week 1
Kicked the Kansan: No one tied or beat Thor Nystrom and Eric
Jorgensens 8-2 records.
Best of the rest: Several entries were tied with a 6-4 record, but
Andrew Spitzfaden, St. Louis senior, was the only one to pick Mis-
souri to win the tie-breaking game.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll, with
frst-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 25, total points
based on 25 points for a frst-place vote through one point for a 25th-
place vote and previous ranking:
Team Record Pts Pvs
1. North Carolina (28) 5-0 1,736 1
2. UCLA (25) 6-0 1,727 2
3. Memphis (18) 5-0 1,689 3
4. Kansas 5-0 1,577 4
5. Georgetown (1) 3-0 1,536 5
6. Washington St. 6-0 1,360 9
7. Duke 6-0 1,353 13
8. Texas 5-0 1,240 15
9. Texas A&M 6-0 1,163 16
10. Michigan St. 4-1 1,015 10
11. Tennessee 5-1 973 7
12. Louisville 4-1 964 6
13. Marquette 4-1 950 11
14. Pittsburgh 5-0 871 17
15. Indiana 4-1 766 8
16. Butler 6-0 742 22
17. Oregon 5-1 511 12
18. Clemson 5-0 495 24
19. Gonzaga 5-1 454 14
20. Wisconsin 5-0 234
21. BYU 5-1 225
22. Southern Cal 5-1 217
23. Xavier 4-1 199
24. N.C. State 4-1 173
25. Kansas St. 5-1 163 18
Others receiving votes: Villanova 162, Vanderbilt 109, Syracuse 90, Ari-
zona 85, S. Illinois 80, Miami 68, Arkansas 64, Virginia 62, Seton Hall 54,
Ohio St. 53, Saint Marys, Calif. 50, Connecticut 34, George Mason 34,
Stanford 27, Boston College 18, Missouri 18, West Virginia 17, Florida
12, New Orleans 9, Baylor 5, Illinois 4, Kentucky 4, Miami (Ohio) 3,
Ohio 2, George Washington 1, New Mexico 1, Texas Tech 1.
I thought it was going to go in.
I was praying that it was just going
to drop.
Kansas junior guard Brandon Rush on his
near-miss from50 feet at the end of regulation
against Arizona on Sunday
Q: What is the closest game
Kansas and Arizona have
played?
A: Although Sundays four-
point contest was the frst to
go into overtime, Kansas and
Arizona have come within three
points of each other in four of
the 10 games in the series.
KU basketball media guide
With Kansas overtime victory
against Arizona on Sunday, Kansas
moves to 7-3 against the Wildcats
all-time.
KU basketball media guide
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By MICHAEL ASTOR
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil A
stadium collapse that killed seven
people highlighted the crumbling
state of Brazils soccer arenas less
than a month after the country was
chosen to host the 2014 World Cup,
architects said Monday.
The victims fell 49 feet through a
10-foot wide hole that opened in the
concrete stands of the Fonte Nova
stadium in Salvador, a coastal city of
Bahia state. At least 40 people were
injured in the accident Sunday night.
Unhappily, a lot of stadiums have
problems, some are in better condi-
tions than others, but I think we
could see another collapse like this if
something isnt done, said Eduardo
de Castro Mello, an architect who
helped conduct a survey of soccer
stadiums for the national associa-
tion of engineering and architecture
companies.
The survey released Nov. 1 found
that Fonte Nova, built in 1951, was
the worst of 29 major soccer stadi-
ums around the country. It featured
pictures of crumbling support beams
under the stands and deemed Fonte
Nova in a pitiful state.
The survey was conducted to give
authorities an idea of the condition of
Brazils major sports stadiums ahead
of the 2014 World Cup. It said sev-
eral other stadiums were of particular
concern.
Nilton Vasconcelos, Bahias secre-
tary of sports, said he feared the acci-
dent would hurt the states chances of
hosting the World Cup.
Federal Sports Minister Orlando
Silva de Jesus Jr. visited the stadium
Monday and said it would likely have
to be demolished.
Fonte Nova was a symbol of
Brazilian soccer, Silva de Jesus said.
Salvador a major Brazilian
tourism destination would almost
certainly get some of the games of
the 2014 tournament. But Brazil did
not include Fonte Nova as a possible
venue in its preliminary list of 18
stadiums submitted to FIFA, soccers
governing body.
Instead, Brazil proposed build-
ing a new stadium for Salvador in a
different location by 2011. Officials
insisted Brazil would have no prob-
lem playing host to the World Cup
because the government planned to
build new stadiums and extensively
renovate existing ones.
Mello said all but 20 percent of the
Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia,
the nations capital, would have to be
demolished and rebuilt.
Brazil, which has won a record
five World Cups, hosted the com-
petition once before, in 1950.
DISASTER
Seven people die in collapse of
Brazilian soccer stadium Sunday
CRIME
Redskins player shot at home
Sean Taylor left in critical condition after burglary attempt
By MATT SEdENSKy
ASSOCIATEd PRESS
PALMETTO BAY, Fla.
Washington Redskins star safety
Sean Taylor was in critical condition
Monday after he was shot during
what police were investigating as a
possible armed robbery at his home.
The 24-year-old player was in the
intensive care unit following several
hours of surgery at Jackson Memorial
Hospital, said family friend Richard
Sharpstein, his former lawyer. He
remained unconscious early Monday
evening.
Taylor lost a significant amount
of blood because the bullet damaged
his femoral artery, and doctors were
worried about blood flow to the
brain, added Sharpstein, who was at
the hospital with the players family
and friends.
The shooting came eight days
after another invasion was reported
at his home. According to police
records, someone pried open a front
window, rifled through drawers and
left a kitchen knife on a bed.
Officers were sent to Taylors
home at about 1:45 a.m. Monday
after Taylors girlfriend called 911
and said he was shot in his lower
body, Miami-Dade Police Lt. Nancy
Perez said. Taylor had missed the last
two games because of a knee injury
and was at home recuperating. He
was airlifted to the hospital.
Investigators were still interview-
ing the girlfriend and other relatives
in the home, Perez said. No arrests
have been made.
It could have been a possible
burglary; it could have been a pos-
sible robbery, Perez said. It has not
been confirmed as yet.
Sharpstein said Taylors girlfriend
told him the couple was awakened
by loud noises, and Taylor grabbed
a machete he keeps in the bedroom
for protection. Someone then broke
through the bedroom door and fired
two shots, one missing and one hit-
ting Taylor, the lawyer said.
The shooting happened at the
house Taylor bought two years ago
in the Miami suburb of Palmetto
Bay. Taylor is in his fourth season
with the Redskins. He was an All-
American in 2003 for the University
of Miami. Despite his injury, he is
tied for the NFC lead for intercep-
tions.
Redskins owner Dan Snyder
arrived in Miami on his private plane
with running back Clinton Portis,
vice president of football operations
Vinny Cerrato and trainer Bubba
Tyer.
A group of Taylors fans planned a
two-hour vigil Monday evening out-
side Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va.
This is not just a member of the
Washington Redskins, said Redskins
safety Pierson Prioleau. But were
talking about a dad, a brother, a
friend of ours, and thats where were
at with this right now.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor was shot at his Florida home, according to a state-
ment released Monday by the team. Taylor is in critical condition in a Miami hospital after losing a
signifcantamount of blood.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A hole in a section of stands shows the ground belowthe Fonte Nova soccer stadiumin Salvador, northeastern Brazil, on Sunday. Seven people
died after a section of stands gave way as fans cheered at the end of a game, police said.
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5B Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The University of Kansas Chapter of
PHI KAPPA PHI
All-academic honor society is proud to announce
new member initiates
5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27, Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Memorial Union
(initiates should assemble at 5 p.m. in the Big 12 Room)
Featuring special guest
Distinguished Professor and Vice Provost Don Steeples
Congratulations to KUs Best,
the 2007 Phi Kappa Phi initiates!
FACULTY
Brian S. J. Blagg
Medicinal Chemistry
James M. Mayo
Urban Planning
Karen L. Miller
Allied Health
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL
ARTS & SCIENCES
Rachel Ashworth
Jessica R. Baker
Blake Georgepaul Barrett
Lisa Ann Bartels
Karen Lynn Barnwell
Jacquelyn Bowin
Earl Holmes Brooks
David J. Burchfield
Alison Cain
Brent Thomas Carpenter
Michaela Catlin
Molly A. Easley
Michael M. Enriquez
Cristina Avelina Fernandez
Patrick J. Ford
Melissa M. Fuller
Morgan Leigh Fulmer
William Cooper Gilbert
Robert Joel Gordy
Ahram Han
Ananthnarayan Hariharan
Jennifer Harness
Bryan Hay
Serina Gabrielle Heikes
Sarah Clarice Alexander
Hemme
Kathryn Louise Hill
Stephanie A. Hill
Candace M. Hogue
Kristen R. Holdman-Ross
Aaron J. Keller
Hilary Jane Kelman
Tiffany Knearem
Jacob Reed Longaker
Bethany Gayle Lucas
Heather Dawn McDougall
Kathryn Lee McGinness
Logan McRae
Leah M. Meier
Andrew Meyers
Brandon T. Minster
Rebecca Moore
Anne Marie Morgan
Katie Ann Morgan
Maggie Murphy
Michael B. Nelson
Kendra Louise Price
Sara E. Robison
Rebekah Paige Romm
Caitlin Rose
David W. Sanders
Katharine Sangha
Jason R. Sellers
Rachel Seymour
Kyle D. Shernuk
Michael Christian Sorensen
Kelli Stout
Ashley Marie Talley
Kareem Ossama Tawfik
Thornton Thompson
Ryan A. Townley
Meredith Joy Van Natta
W. Kyle Wamser
Rachel Telise Weihe
Grant Denton Wille
Andrew H. Winetroub
Phillip Wrigley
Gabriella Yates
Lynne Yengulalp
Amelia G.Yowell-Mayes
SCHOOL OF
ALLIED HEALTH
Sarah Beth Bracciano
Rebecca L. McConville
Angela M. Rialti
Kayla Schippers
SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE &
URBAN PLANNING
Joshua Jacob Bender
Jesse Brubacher
Hugo A. Cabrera
Benjamin G. Chapman
Belinda D. Crum-Cano
Daniel Paul Nelson
Blake Aaron Perkins
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Miguel I. Aguirre-Urreta
Whitney Beaver
Carlie Bittel
Brett Andrew Boyle
Brian J. Carmitcheal
Sarah Elizabeth Conklin
Todd Christopher Crawford
Wen Fei Easton
Charles Matthew Erhart
Michael Gu
Jennifer Ashley Haynes
Kalem Keith Kopf
Safiye K. Manguoglu
Jake G. Messersmith
Hitomi Nakamura
Lisa Christine Randel
Dustin Brent Redger
Ross William Reichenberger
Meredith Seibel
Kirk Christopher Smith
William D. Steinke
Marina Sulastri Sutrisno
Mary Anne Van Allen
Beilei Wang
Haoqing Wang-Ullmann
Nicole M. Witt
James William Zoeller, III
SCHOOL OF
EDUCATION
Marcela Quintana-Lara
SCHOOL OF
ENGINEERING
Carl J. Amerine
Joel Angelone
Matthew T. Becker
Scott Edward Cravens
Ryan J. Ellis
Elizabeth Kane
John Kenny
Matthew R. LeGresley
Kevin Matlage
Louis James McKown, II
Thomas Cooper OBrien
William Pflug
Emily M. Reimer
Philip William Rich
Adam J. Rogers
Sam Thompson
Nicholas Edward Tobaben
SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
Carol Ann Bradbury
Lauren Cunningham
Bailey Harberg
Jeffrey Robert McGee
Erin Michelle Mulligan
Shannon Madonna Rogers
Melissa A. Shallberg
Martha Summa-Chadwick
SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISM & MASS
COMMUNICATION
Katlin A. Brosious
Angie Dasbach
Dustin Dye
Joseph Erba
Madison E. Ford
Megan Marie Hirt
Nicole Kirby
Katherine Loeck
Vince Meserko
Adam Mowder
Sasha Roe
Amelia H. Roudebush
Nickolas Samuel Skelton
Amanda Kay Steinle
Trevor A.Van Norman
John Philip Witt
SCHOOL OF LAW
Christina Dawn Elmore
Jeremy Graber
Cullin Bren Hughes
Andrew Mullin
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Goldie Benz
Jamie Leigh Easum
Jennifer Gross
Erin Kern
Megan Marie Kirby
Todd Kenneth McAllister
Ian Miller
Jamie S. Myers
Heidi Pastor
Heather Michelle Sambol
Nanette A. Shaver
Stacey Erin Shields
Anita Spanos
Allison Christine Taylor
Mary Catherine Tee
David Anton Thomas
Rachel Trible
Audra Louise Walter
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
Heidi Williams
SCHOOL OF
SOCIAL WELFARE
Mary Beth R. Blackwell
Nichole K. Duck
Pamela L. Garvin
Sur Ah Hahn
Jennifer M. Holtaway
Valeska A. Reynolds
Colleen K. Riley
Amber Lucille Thomas
Kristin R.Vernon
Learn more about Phi Kappa Phi at http://groups.ku.edu/~pkp/
Bowl possiBilities
Kansas fnished its regular
season last weekend, but it will
not fnd out its bowl destination
until Sunday evening. The bowl
pairings and fnal BCS Standings
will be announced at 7 p.m. on FOX
(Sunfower Broadband channel 4).
If Missouri defeats Oklahoma in
Saturdays Big 12 Championship,
Kansas most likely will appear in
the Fiesta Bowl Jan. 2 in Glendale,
Ariz. If Oklahoma wins, Kansas
could miss out on the BCS bowls
completely and fall to the Cot-
ton Bowl, which is Jan. 1 in Dallas.
Oklahoma is currently a three-
point favorite going into Saturdays
game.
More McAnderson,
less shArp
Sophomore running back Jake
Sharp, whose role had decreased
substantially in the past few weeks,
carried the ball only once and
gained no yardage against Missouri.
Sharp carried much of the load early
in the season, gaining 788 rushing
yards on 138 carries and scoring
seven rushing touchdowns. Sharp
also caught 17 passes in the regular
season. In Sharps absence, senior
running back Brandon McAnderson
established himself as the Jayhawks
feature back. McAnderson fnished
the regular season with 1,050 rush-
ing yards and 16 rushing touch-
downs.
A needed rest
It will be at least a month before
the Jayhawks play their next game.
The lengthy layof could beneft a
squad that coach Mark Mangino said
could use some rest. Junior ofensive
tackle Anthony Collins struggled
through the Missouri game after sit-
ting out against Iowa State one week
earlier. Junior cornerback Kendrick
Harper did not start against Missouri
but played several snaps from scrim-
mage. Junior safety Patrick Resby,
who was injured several weeks ago
in practice, played only on special
teams Saturday. Sophomore safety
Justin Thornton replaced Resby in the
starting lineup.
Asher Fusco
6:13 p.m. Sunday The grum-
blings from a group of students
sitting in the front row of Allen
Fieldhouse said it best. This is
embarrassing, a student in a white
Mario Chalmers jersey said. This
is Kansas versus Arizona live on
ESPN and theres nobody here.
The biggest travesty of the
Thanksgiving weekend wasnt
Kansas first-half performance against
Missouri. It wasnt Kansas Athletics
decision to rob Kansas of a home
game against Missouri, either. It wasnt
even my moms decision not to make
pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner.
No, the most unforgivable sin of the
weekend was the KU students atten-
dance on Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Ever felt like head-butting the Jayhawk
statue in front of Strong Hall? You
might have if you were there.
6:37 p.m. Sunday Heres a
riddle for you, Kansan basketball
beat writer Mark Dent said while gaz-
ing up at the deserted student section
of Allen Fieldhouse. If Kansas plays a
basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse,
and no students are around to see it,
does it make a sound?
The thing is, Sunday nights lack of
student attendance made about as much
sense as Christmas music in August.
This wasnt Kansas versus Tahiti Tech.
This was Ari-FREAKIN-zona. Here
you had a matchup of two programs
with a combined 16 Final Fours and a
colorful rivalry. You had three future
NBA first-round picks in Kansas Darrell
Arthur and Brandon Rush, and Arizonas
Chase Budinger. The game was good
enough for the handful of NBA scouts
in attendance. Former Jayhawks Greg
Ostertag and Milt Newton showed up.
So did ESPN analyst Jay Bilas. You know
that warm, tingly feeling you get when
Bilas or another ESPN talking head
gushes over how great Allen Fieldhouse
fans are? Well, guess what? When Bilas
turned his head to the right last night,
he saw somewhere between 500-1,000
empty seats.
7:27 p.m. Sunday Midway
through the first half on Sunday, the
student section of Allen Fieldhouse
was finally occupied by a few stragglers
taking advantage of the extra leg room.
I could only imagine Kansas radio
broadcaster Bob Davis announcing, If
youre driving around Lawrence and
youve got nothing better to do, the
No. 4 team in the country is playing in
the most hallowed basketball venue in
the country and there are still plenty of
good seats available.
A myriad of excuses can be
offered for Sundays attendance
debacle. But dont buy them.
It shouldnt matter that it was the
Sunday of Thanksgiving break. It
shouldnt matter that fans might have
been burnt out after Armageddon at
Arrowhead. It shouldnt matter that
the use of electronic student tickets
made it harder to give away basketball
tickets to friends. Allen Fieldhouse
should be packed to the rafters for
every Kansas basketball game. Period.
8:27 p.m. Sunday Maybe
people got on the phone to friends
about the abundance of open seats,
or maybe some people just spread
out a little bit to cover up the sec-
tion of empty seats. Whatever it was,
the student section was modestly
filled late in the second half to watch
Kansas pull off a frustrating but
thrilling victory against Arizona.
And the students who were at
the game were lively, energetic and
loud. They deserve to be lauded.
Too bad there werent 500 more just
like them.
My colleague at The Kansan, Shawn
Shroyer, was critical of Kansas Athletics
Director Lew Perkins in yesterdays
Kansan. Shroyer like many ques-
tioned Perkins decision to sacrifice a
Memorial Stadium home-field advan-
tage for the million-dollar payday at
Arrowhead Stadium. He could be right.
Maybe the Jayhawks would have fared
better in the Border War if they had
played at Memorial Stadium. But for
everyone who criticized Lew Perkins
decision, heres a question: Were you at
Allen Fieldhouse on Sunday night? He
was keeping a seat warm for you.
Edited by Rachel Bock
By TIM DAHLBERG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
T
he Bowl Championship
Series computer thinks
Missouri is the best college
football team in the country. So,
too, do a group of pollsters who are
charged with the weekly task of rat-
ing teams.
Down on the Las Vegas Strip,
though, the Tigers arent even rated
the best team in their next game,
against No. 9 Oklahoma.
For decades, people who follow
college football have tried to figure
out surefire ways to crown legitimate
national champions, with varying
degrees of success. In recent years
the BCS has taken over with a sys-
tem that forgoes a playoff in favor of
computers and polls.
There are, of course, better ways.
Heres one: Why not just turn it
over to the oddsmakers, who rate
with their wallets instead of a ballot?
We do it for a living. If we send
out bad numbers were going to
lose clients, said Mike Seba, senior
oddsmaker at Las Vegas Sports
Consultants, which sets much of the
Vegas line. We have to be right.
Being right in this case means
Oklahoma is a 3-point favorite
against Missouri in a game the
Tigers must win to get in the BCS
championship. Bettors seem to be in
agreement with it if the wagers so far
are any indication.
But dont stop there. Southern
Cal is ranked No. 8 in the BCS and
doesnt have a shot at the national
title game after two midseason
losses.
Put the Trojans on a neutral field
with Missouri right now, and USC
would be at least a 3-point favorite
and possibly more to beat the No. 1
team in the country. The same goes
for once-beaten Ohio State.
The polls are just a measur-
ing stick for popularity, said Jay
Kornegay, who runs the sports book
at the Las Vegas Hilton. Its like vot-
ing for prom queen.
The polls sometimes give you
great matchups, like Texas-USC
two years ago. But this years pos-
sible title game likely will have little
interest outside of two awfully small
media markets in Missouri and West
Virginia.
But network executives say no
matter the matchup, the game likely
will draw about 30 million viewers
and dominate that nights schedule.
FOX is paying $80 million this
year for four of the five BCS games,
including the Jan. 7 national title
game in New Orleans. Last year,
it got a premier matchup between
Florida and Ohio State for its money.
Of course, everything about the
championship game could change
next weekend.
If Oklahoma beats Missouri
and West Virginia is upset by rival
Pittsburgh, the third- and fourth-
place teams in the BCS standings
should move into the title game.
One is Ohio State, but the other is
Georgia, a team that didnt even get
into its own conference title game.
That would probably be the
nightmare scenario, said Charles
Davis, who will be in the FOX booth
as an analyst for the BCS title game.
Davis thinks USC is probably the
best team in the country right now,
but the way the BCS system is set
up it is almost impossible for a team
with two losses to make the title
game. That has purists screaming for
a playoff system that would clearly
identify the best two teams the way it
is done in college basketball.
Davis said the current system
works to the extent that people are at
least talking about possible matchups
this week.
If someone earns their way in,
whats the downside? he asked.
BYU won it all in 1984, and the
earth did not spin off its axis.
BYU won its championship doing
the same thing Hawaii is doing this
year beating everyone else, some-
thing that has gotten Hawaii only
a No. 12 ranking in the BCS. The
Cougars didnt even play in a major
bowl, winning the Holiday Bowl,
but were voted in The Associated
Press final poll as the top team in the
country.
Hawaii is the only undefeated
major college team this year but
didnt move up in the rankings
because of a weak schedule. There
are four teams with just one loss, and
the main criteria about where they
are ranked seems to be that the ear-
lier the loss the better the ranking.
This seasons Rose Bowl could
end up being the most intriguing
of the bowls, assuming USC beats
UCLA this weekend and Ohio State
doesnt move into the BCS title
game. The Rose Bowl traditionally
gets the highest ratings of any of the
bowl games except the BCS cham-
pionship game, which will be played
six days later in prime time and have
the entire college audience to itself.
Because of that, television sports
consultant Neal Pilson said, FOX
probably isnt too worried about a
matchup with two teams lacking star
power.
A game with Ohio State would
probably get a better rating, but
FOX isnt in the game for a one
and out, said Pilson, who formerly
headed CBS Sports. The BCS game
is approaching the Super Bowl as a
stand-alone game where the match-
ups dont matter as much. I dont
think FOX is too concerned. I think
theyre excited by the twists and
turns and drama this year.
By RuSTIn DODD
kaNsaN columNisT
rdodd@kansan.com
football notes
GUest coMMentArY
Low student attendance adds
to weekend disappointments
Mizzou isnt No. 1 in Vegas
Oddsmakers dont depend on rankings to pick favorites
coMMentArY
Senior forward Sara Cain
Cain averages 9.4 points and
fve rebounds in only 18 min-
utes per game. The 6-1 senior
forward also shoots an impres-
sive 40 percent from behind
the arc. Kansas has been able to
slow down other perimeter-ori-
ented post players using Sade
Morris as a defensive stopper.
If Kansas can keep Cain from
replicating last seasons MVC
Tournament performance, she
averaged 15.7 points, it should
be able to outscore Creighton.
Can Creighton stop Danielle
McCray and Sade Morris?
Kansas relies on the sopho-
more guards dribble penetra-
tion to spread the foor and
create easy points. Creightons
guards must keep McCray and
Morris in front of them to mini-
mize foul trouble in the post
and force Kansas to take con-
tested jump shots. The Bluejays
will most likely rotate a number
of players on the two and may
use zone defenses to slow down
the imposing duo.

OFFENSE
Creighton doesnt rely on one player to carry the ofense. In fact, no
player averages more than 10 points per game and 10 players see more
than 14 minutes of playing time per contest. However, scoring balance
hasnt hindered the Bluejays as they average 69.8 points per game by vir-
tue of accurate three-point and free-throw shooting. Creighton returned
four of last seasons top fve scorers in seniors Sara Cain and Ally Thrall and
sophomores Megan Neuvirth and Sam Schuett. That frepower has driven
the team to a 4-1 start with the only loss coming at then-No. 6 Rutgers.
DEFENSE
The Bluejays are outscoring opponents by nearly 13 points per game, de-
spite a 19 point setback at Rutgers. Creighton doesnt block shots or record
many steals but solid team defense, as well as constant substitutions, has al-
lowed the team to improve on last seasons disappointing defensive perfor-
mance. By keeping opponents of the ofensive glass, the
Bluejays are able to limit second-chance points
while defensive pressure forces poor shoot-
ing percentages from three-point range.
Kansas will need strong performances
from senior forward Taylor McIntosh
and sophomore forward Porscha Wed-
dington on the glass.
COACHING
Jim Flanery is in the midst of his sixth season as
head coach and his 16th as a member of the Creigh-
ton coaching staf. In his time in charge, the team
has been a part of three WNIT Final Fours and was
champion in 2004. Last season the Bluejays made
a surprise run to the Missouri Valley Conference
Tournament Championship game after fn-
ishing sixth in regular season play. De-
spite losing to Drake, Flanery seems
to be moving the team in the
right direction as young players
like Megan Neuvirth and Sam
Schuett should develop into
standout players during their
time in Omaha.
Sophomore LaChelda
Jacobs
She led Kansas in points with
15 in its 69-64 victory against
Drake thanks to an impressive
7-of-7 shooting performance.
She poured in another 12 in the
SMU loss, showing that she can
provide a great spark of the
bench. But those two games
were played in Dallas, a 40-min-
ute drive from Jacobs home-
town, Mansfeld, Texas. It will be
interesting to see whether she
can continue to play that well
without as many old friends and
family members in the stands.
How will Kansas rebound
from its frst loss of the sea-
son?
The Jayhawks have nearly
found themselves on the wrong
side of the scoreboard a few
times, but SMU handed them
their frst loss of the year and
it wasnt all that close (68-56).
How will this team respond
from its frst real disappoint-
ment? The one thing coach
Henrickson cant aford is a
hangover from her team that
results in another loss.
OFFENSE
Kansas won only one of its two holiday break games, but coach Bonnie
Henrickson had to come away feeling even better about her ofense than
she did going in. Coming into the year, sophomores Danielle McCray
and Sade Morris were expected to lead the team in scoring. Theyve
both played well, and in her frst game, freshman Nicollette Smith also
showed an ability to pour in the points. Now a fourth scoring threat has
emerged in sophomore LaChelda Jacobs, who averaged 13.5 points in the
Jayhawks two games last weekend. Kansas has had little trouble getting
points from its guards, and if freshman Krysten Boogaard or senior Taylor
McIntosh can establish some consistency on the block, it will be a well-
balanced machine.
DEFENSE
Its still early in the year, so there is time for improve-
ment, but the Kansas defense has not looked
good for an entire game once this season. The
Jayhawks have let teams come back from double
digit leads to nearly win, and they allowed one
player to take over a game and prevent them
from winning. Against Drake they had a 14-point
lead with less than 15 minutes left but the
Bulldogs continued to get ofensive rebounds,
which led to 17 second-chance points that kept
them in the game. Kansas played a good frst
half against SMU, going into the break tied at 25.
In the second half, however, 6-foot-3 forward Jan-
ielle Dodds took over, fnishing with 29 points and
11 rebounds. Right now Oklahoma All-American Courtney
Paris is dreaming about this defense.
COACHING
Henrickson needs to work on a really stellar halftime speech
that helps her team keep up its intensity. Kansas has either led or
been tied at the break every game, and every game the Jayhawks
have nearly lost the lead and in one case lost the game. They tend
to come out fat in the second half, which Henrickson could do some-
thing about. She has a plethora of options ofensively, and the defense
will hopefully get better. The main thing Henrickson needs to teach her
players right now is how to keep that fre after halftime and fnish an
opponent. In its three victories, Kansas has had a signifcant lead at some
point in the second half but nearly lost. SMU showed the Jayhawks what
will happen when they dont play well late and dont have a double-digit
lead to depend on.
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Steelers (8-3) manage feld goal,
slip past Dolphins (0-11) on wet feld
By ALAN ROBINSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH Trudging
through the quagmire of Heinz Field,
the Dolphins and Steelers nearly
went all night without scoring.
Instead, what they ended up with
was the lowest scoring game in 14
years when Jeff Reeds 24-yard field
goal with 17 seconds left gave the
Steelers a 3-0 victory Monday night
against winless Miami (0-11).
It was the first 3-0 game in the
NFL since the Jets beat visiting
Washington on Dec. 11, 1993.
The only scoring drive started
on the Dolphins 42 after Miami
punted out of its end zone. Ben
Roethlisberger drove the Steelers
into field goal range with comple-
tions of 21, 11 and 6 yards to Hines
Ward.
Reed, who had missed badly
from 45 yards earlier on a rain-
drenched field, came through after
Roethlisberger was sacked on third
down.
The field conditions created
the absence of offense. After five
high school and college games were
played at Heinz Field last weekend,
crews hurriedly put down a new
layer of sod atop the chewed-up turf
for Monday nights game.
The field was covered during the
daylong rain, but so much water
found its way under the protec-
tive tarps and there were numerous
puddles and mushy spots once the
covering was removed. Wide receiv-
ers slipped on several pass plays, and
running backs repeatedly lost their
footing before tacklers arrived.
Late in the third quarter, Brandon
Fields punt from near the Miami
goal line came straight down and
plugged in the drenched turf like an
arrow, burying itself several inches
deep.
A few minutes later, Pittsburgh
kicker Jeff Reeds 45-yard field goal
attempt into a swirling wind and
rain fell far short. Reed had missed
only once previously in 19 tries this
season, a 60-yarder in Denver.

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