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a brief history of bird flu
Bird Flu originated in southeast Asia
Bird Flu has spread to the Middle
East, Europe and Africa during the past
decade.
Human infections of Bird Flu usu-
ally occur in southeast Asia, the Middle
East and northern Africa, where people
regularly handle poultry on farms or in
markets.
The World Health Organization has
recorded a 68 percent mortality rate in
human cases of Bird Flu infection.
Source: World Health Organization
HealtH
university receives
Bird flu grant
$100,000 helps research spread of disease in North America
BY MARY SORRICK
msorrick@kansan.com
A University of Kansas researcher warned
that a Bird Flu pandemic could be on its way
to North America.
Townsend Peterson, senior curator at
Universitys Natural History Museum and
Biodiversity Research Center, received a
$100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to study the possible spread of the
Bird Flu virus to America.
Peterson will use the grant to assemble a
team of researchers to map areas of the con-
tinent that are at a potentially high risk from
Bird Flu.
The USDA offered Peterson the grant
based on his conclusion that the govern-
ment had not properly monitored the pos-
sible spread and evolution of Bird Flu on this
continent.
If you look back at the last century, flu
in general is of concern, Peterson said. Flu
viruses are continually evolving and every so
often you get one on the nasty side.
The strain of Bird Flu Peterson will study,
called H5N1, is not very transmissible among
humans, but it is highly pathogenic.
According to the World Health
Organization, of the nearly 348 known
human cases of H5N1 infection, 62 percent
were fatal.
Although the probability of a human
catching Bird Flu is currently low, Peterson
said it was not worth the risk to neglect fully
researching the virus.
Were more likely to develop a highly
pathogenic, highly transmissible variant if
theres more of the virus out there, Peterson
said. This is certainly an important moment
in flu history.
To determine how common H5N1 is in dif-
ferent bird populations, a team of University
researchers and graduate students traveled to
countries such as the Philippines, Solomon
Islands, China and Ghana.
Mark Robbins, collections manager at
the Natural History Museum, completed the
fieldwork in Ghana in November.
Robbins said one focus of the trip was to
establish which method of testing birds for
H5N1, swabbing or testing brain, heart or
liver tissues, was most effective.
Peterson said work like this helped deter-
mine the prevalence of the virus, which
is an important aspect of the USDA grant
research.
Peterson invited about 20 experts, includ-
ing virologists, epidemiologists and ornithol-
ogists, to join the USDA-funded Bird Flu
research.
The emphasis will be on thinking outside
of the box, Peterson said.
Peterson said one example of that creative
thinking would be to measure the prevalence
of H5N1 in land birds. He said land birds
were largely ignored by researchers who stuck
to the traditional idea that H5N1 migrated
almost exclusively with water birds such as
ducks and gulls.
Asian land birds provide a possible avenue
for Bird Flu to spread to North America when
they migrate for the summer, Peterson said.
Southeast Asian birds fly north to Siberia,
he said. But they could easily mistake west-
ern Alaska for eastern Siberia.
He said the Bering Strait would not be a
barrier for the Asian land birds, which KU
fieldworkers in China showed to carry H5N1
at a rate of 3 percent.
If introduced to North American bird
populations, Peterson said the virus could
spread and possibly mutate to create a worst-
case scenario Bird Flu pandemic.
Pandemics in history have taken mil-
lions of lives, Peterson said. The best time
to learn about them is when were not in an
emergency situation.
Peterson said he would begin work with
the USDA-funded research team this spring.
Edited by Jared Duncan
BY MARY SORRICK
msorrick@kansan.com
Students looking to get involved in the
environmental movement found an oppor-
tunity at the Biodiesel Initiative.
Susan Williams, associate professor of
chemical engineering, recruited student
volunteers to the Biodiesel Initiative since
its foundation last year. The project, devel-
oped with Ilya Tabakh, a doctoral student in
environmental engineering, converts used
cooking oil from Mrs.
Es into a fuel that can
power almost any diesel
vehicle.
Students working on
the project run 40 gal-
lons of cooking oil per
week through a reactor
in Burt Hall to make the
biodiesel.
Williams said student
involvement was an
important aspect of the
project.
Were always looking for volunteers,
she said. If youve got a block of time to
come in, we can train you.
Neil Steiner, Tulsa, Okla. junior, was one
of the projects first trained volunteers last
semester. He said an interest in sustain-
able living based on minimizing negative
environmental impacts drove his decision
to volunteer.
Steiners responsibilities in the lab
involved heating the used cooking oil to
remove any particulates or impurities. He
then converted the cooking oil into biodie-
sel in the labs reactor by mixing it with
methanol and potassium hydroxide.
Steiner said the resulting biodiesel ran
clearer and produced fewer harmful emis-
sions than petroleum-based diesel fuels.
Kyle Owens, Wichita senior, is another
Biodiesel Initiatives student volunteers.
Owens said the project interested him
partly because he wanted to understand
the process of converting vegetable oil into
biodiesel.
I not only learn the chemistry behind
making biodiesel, but I am also a part of
something that will ultimately benefit the
environment, Owens said.
Biodiesels potential as an alternative
source of energy attracted Oliver Meade, a
graduate student in architectural engineer-
ing, to the project.
The big advantage is
that you can get the veg-
etable oil from home,
Meade said. You arent
involving yourself in
foreign politics and for-
eign oil.
Williams said the
project produced over
400 gallons of biodiesel,
much of which was used
to fuel the snow removal
and landscaping tractors
on campus.
Weve shown theres an outlet for it,
Williams said. And wed like to scale the
operation up.
Ultimately, Williams and Tabakh said
they would like to see every diesel vehicle
on campus, including buses, run at least
partially on biodiesel.
To reach this goal, the project needs a
steady stream of motivated student volun-
teers.
It doesnt matter where youre from,
Wiliams said. If you have time to help,
were happy to have you.
Students can apply for a volunteer posi-
tion by contacting Susan Williams or Ilya
Tabakh at swilliams@ku.edu and ilya@
ku.edu.
Edited by Samuel Lamb
community service
Volunteers take environmental initiative
Marla Keown/KANSAN
Oliver Meade, Chicago graduate student, pumps excess oil fromMrs. Es into a heating-seperation barrel. It cleans
the oil and gets the food chunks out,Meade said. The three-day process turns 40 gallons of used oil into biodiesel that
buses can run of of.
Were always looking for
volunteers. If youve got a block
of time to come in, we can train
you.
SuSAn WilliAMS
Associate professor of chemical
engineering
Institute welcomes interested students
tecHnology
Major
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baseball
Former pitcher
works way to
Major Leagues
full story on page 1B
As a high school senior, not one Big 12
Conference school offered Mike Zagurski
a scholarship to play college baseball. But
last summer, the former Kansas baseball
player made his Major League debut with
the Philadephia Phillies.
U.S. tightens border
security, but little delay
results on frst day
ElEction
Clinton, Obama face of
in Democratic debates
LOS ANGELES Democrats
Barack Obama and Hillary
Rodham Clinton sparred, for
the most part cordially, over
immigration, health care and
the war in Iraq in their frst one-
on-one debate on Thursday as
they faced high-stakes Super
Tuesday primaries and cau-
cuses that could go a long way
toward determining the partys
presidential nominee.
Clinton emphasized that
the nation needed a presi-
dent ready to go to work on
Day One. Obama responded:
Senator Clinton, I think fairly,
has claimed that shes got the
experience on Day One. And
part of the argument that Im
making in this campaign is that
it is important to be right on
Day One.
Just fve days before Super
Tuesday, the two alternated
between addressing each other
with civility and pointed swipes,
underscoring the importance of
the upcoming contests. The de-
bate came on the day Obamas
campaign reported raising a
staggering $32 million in Janu-
ary, cash aplenty to advertise all
through the nearly two dozen
upcoming races from coast to
coast and contests beyond.
Clintons campaign reported
raising $26.8 million from
October through December,
the most recent period that she
reported.
Romney likens McCain
to President Nixon
LONG BEACH, Calif. Re-
publican presidential candidate
Mitt Romney on Thursday
accused his rival John McCain
of adopting underhanded
tactics from Richard Nixon, the
GOP president who resigned in
disgrace.
I dont think I want to see
our party go back to that kind
of campaigning, Romney said
in his most pointed rebuttal yet
to front-runner McCains claim
that the former Massachu-
setts governor favors a timetable
for withdrawing troops from
Iraq. Romney denies this charge
and most media analyses have
concluded that Romney wasnt
using timetable in the same way
Democratic candidates have.
McCains decision to level the
timetable charge this week with-
out leaving Romney time to rebut
it before Florida Republicans voted
in their primary was reminiscent
of the Nixon era, Romney said. Mc-
Cain ended up winning the Florida
contest Tuesday.
Despite the incendiary reference
to Nixon, Romney said of McCain:
I think hes a man of character. But
he added: I think he took a sharp
detour of the Straight Talk Ex-
press, the name of the Arizona
senators campaign bus.
McCain adviser Steve Schmidt
responded that Romney is lashing
out because hes unable to defend
his comments about a timeline,
albeit a secret one ... . John McCain
has simply pointed out a funda-
mental diference between them
at the time when John McCain was
advocating a strategy for victory.
Economy
Unemployment numbers
highest since Katrina
WASHINGTON Bufeted by
soaring fuel prices and tighter
credit, consumers increased their
spending at the weakest pace in six
months. In other signs of trouble,
applications for unemployment
benefts last week soared by the
largest number since Hurricane
Katrina.
The Commerce Department
reported Thursday that consumer
spending edged up just 0.2 per-
cent in December the years
peak shopping season. That was
down sharply from a 1 percent
gain in November. It was the weak-
est performance in this area since
a similar 0.2 percent rise in June of
last year.
Meanwhile, the Labor Depart-
ment reported that the number
of laid-of workers fling applica-
tions for unemployment benefts
increased by 69,000 to 375,000 last
week. That was the highest level
for jobless claims since the week
of Oct. 8, 2005, when the economy
was dealing with the disruptions
caused by Hurricane Katrina and
other Gulf Coast hurricanes.
The increase in jobless claims
was more than triple what
economists had been expecting,
although part of the increase was
blamed on technical difculties
in adjusting the fgures around
the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Analysts said the greater concern
was the slowdown in consumer
spending, which they predicted
would continue in the current
quarter, the period many believe
will be the maximum danger point
for a recession.
tErrorism
U.S. missile kills top
al-Qaida commander
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan A
missile from a U.S. Predator drone
struck a suspected terrorist safe-
house in Pakistan and killed a top
al-Qaida commander believed
responsible for a brazen bomb at-
tack during a visit last year by Vice
President Dick Cheney to Afghani-
stan, a U.S. ofcial said Thursday.
The strike that killed Abu Laith
al-Libi was conducted Monday
night or early Tuesday against a fa-
cility in Pakistans north Waziristan
region, the lawless tribal area
bordering Afghanistan, the ofcial
said on condition of anonymity
because he is not authorized to
discuss the strike publicly.
Associated Press
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The 12th Annual Tribal Law
& Government Conference will
begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Court-
side Room 305 of the Burge
Union.
KU Libraries Instructional
Services will present the work-
shop Ofce 2007: Making the
Switch at 9 a.m. in the Anschutz
Library Instruction Center.
PowerPoint: Power Hour
will be presented by KU Librar-
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will begin at 11 a.m. in the
Budig Hall PC Lab.
The workshop Lunch &
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Endnote II in 60 Minutes
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be presented by KU Libraries
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in the Anschutz Library Instruc-
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Peter Schiferle will pres-
ent the seminar Peace, War &
Global Change at 3:30 p.m. in
the Hall Center Seminar Room.
Shannon Ryan, Laura
Murphy, Jack Russell and Nick
Kessler will present the lecture
Explorations in Archaeology:
The Odyssey Archaeological Re-
search Program: Updates from
the 2007 Summer Field Session
at 4 p.m. in Parlor ABC in the
Kansas Union.
The camp SWE Weekend of
Engineering will begin at 5:30
p.m. in Eaton Hall.
Visiting Artist Roberta Gray,
Organist, will preform at 7:30
p.m. in the Bales Organ Recital
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Cosmic Bowling will be
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The article Greening It in
Thursdays Jayplay said that
Sen. Obama (D-Ill.) had received
an endorsement from the
League of Conservation Voters.
Obama claimed that the League
endorsed him, according to his
interview with www.grist.org.
The League has not endorsed
any presidential candidate.
Lawrence police are looking
for a man who held up the clerk
outside the Shell Oil station on
Massachusetts Street. The man
pointed a gun and demanded
money then proceeded to
assault the clerk with the gun.
The victim tried to re-enter the
station and the suspect fred
one round from his gun. The
suspect is a 5-foot-7 black male.
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as a member of St. Lawrence
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books as the second longest
winning streak ever on a confer-
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are second only to the iconic UCLA
teams of the John Wooden era,
who won at Cal for just a few years
longer.
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BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE
csommerville@kansan.com
Benjamin Franklin once said the
only two certain things in life were
death and taxes.
But as college students know, he
left out tuition, books and housing
fees.
Going to college can be rather
expensive, but
students do
have an option
when it comes
to where to live.
Living on and off
campus can be
expensive, and
there are many
factors to con-
sider.
The Universitys tuition Web site
estimates, with the new four-year
tuition contract, an in-state fresh-
man taking 15 credit hours was
expected to pay about $17,946 for
the 2007-2008 school year.
This figure includes $6,390 for
tuition under the four-year con-
tract, which provides a fixed tuition
rate for four years.
The figure also includes $756
for required campus fees, $6,230
for housing, $750 for books and
supplies, $1,638 for transportation,
and $2,182 for unspecified personal
expenses.
The housing costs can differ,
however. The $6,230 figure is an
average and includes both a resi-
dence hall charge and a meal plan
charge.
Residence halls can range from
$3,224 to $4,564. Jayhawker Towers
go down to $2,574 for a four-person
apartment.
Meal plans at Mrs. Es or Oliver
Dining Center cost anywhere from
$2,020 to $3,290.
Scholarship halls cost from
$4,288 to $4,504 per year, which
includes meals.
Scholarship halls are the cheap-
est option to live on campus.
If a student lives on campus, they
might also want to purchase a park-
ing pass, which costs $160. A Park
and Ride permit costs $205.
If a student
decides to pur-
chase a bus
pass, it will cost
$140 for a year.
But students
also have the
option to live
off campus.
Erin Hurlock,
a leasing agent
at Meadowbrook Apartments on
Bob Billings Parkway, said that
the one-bedroom apartment costs
between $545 and $580 per month.
Cable, trash, sewer, and water bills
are paid for by Meadowbrook.
The one-bedroom apartment
is Meadowbrooks most common
apartment.
Those figures come out to
between $6,540 and $6,960 per year.
This does not include food.
If other necessities like gas and
groceries are added to this cost, it
ends up being far more expensive
than living on campus.
But that is not without its pluses.
Hurlock, who is not a KU student,
said that if she were, she would
much rather live off campus.
I like quietness, Hurlock said.
Liliya Aznaurova, University of
Kansas Medical Center student,
lived in Meadowbrook last year and
said she loved it. She preferred the
quiet atmosphere and not having a
roommate.
I loved living off campus
and having my own place, said
Aznaurova in an e-mail.
Kristen Cartmill, Overland Park
sophomore, said living on campus
was OK. She lives in Templin Hall,
but shes moving off campus next
year.
I want more space, Cartmill
said.
She does like the fact that the
bus and food is right across the
street, and thinks living off campus
is more expensive.
There are also opportunity
costs, or things you cant really put
a price on. For instance, if a student
lives off-campus, the opportunity to
eat on campus is lost. The opportu-
nity to walk to class and save money
on gas is lost. The opportunity to
be a part of the unique social atmo-
sphere is lost.
So, while it may end up being
cheaper in the long run to live on
campus, its ultimately up to the
student.
Or to the parents.
Edited by Jared Duncan
Students pay big on, of campus
cost of living
The yearly costs of
living on or of campus:
Residence halls: $3,224
to $4,564
Jayhawker Towers:
$2,574 to $4,508
Scholarship halls: $4,288
to $4,504
Meadowbrook
Apartments: $6,540 to
$6,960 (for a one-bedroom)
Source: tuition.ku.edu
BY JESSICA WICKS
jwicks@kansan.com
The next U.S. president is going
to inherit a big pile of... well, you
decide.
The International Law Society met
yesterday to discuss the international
implications of the 2008 elections.
T h o m a s
Heilke, associ-
ate vice provost
of international
programs, said
current econom-
ic and domestic
situations were
only small signs
of international
turmoil.
Basically, if I
ran my home the
way the U.S. gov-
ernment runs this country, Heilke
said, I would have been thrown in
jail a long time ago.
Heilke said the next president was
going to start the term with a war, a
recession and a world that despised
his or her country.
Will a new president make a dif-
ference? Heilke asked.
Heilke said the only way the next
president could win the world back
was with soft power: a concept the
current administration rejected.
Soft power is persuading the rest
of the world to the United States side
by good will, making it want what the
United States wants through respect.
The United States uses hard power,
Heilke said - violence.
It is all about who has the biggest
stick, Heilke said. And the big stick
is expensive.
But the rest of the world hates
us, Heilke said, and in the midst of
the recession, we are losing its trust
as well.
America is not seen as being will-
ing to play along in the [international]
sandbox, Heilke said.
America has a reputation of avoid-
ing international
treaties, and its
homeland secu-
rity policies make
it difficult for
international stu-
dents to get visas,
he said.
Additionally,
the United States
willingness to take
out more loans to
make temporary
fixes to long-term problems has made
it less popular every day, he said.
Raj Bhala, international trade law
professor, said the future of Americas
place in the world was contingent on
issues such as the free trade theory,
global governance and the role of
multilateral institutions.
Bhala said students should look
at whether the candidate looks at
globalization as an opportunity with
few risks or as a threat for job and
trade loss.
Bhala suggested every student
voter should try to get a general edu-
cation in economics, because who-
ever wins will personally affect their
financial future.
Phil Schrodt, political science pro-
fessor, said students needed to get a
well-based understanding in the real-
ity of the war.
Schrodt said to focus on the war
not in terms of timetables, but in
terms of safety.
We have been lucky so far,
Schrodt said. The number of pos-
sible targets in America is huge.
He said while homeland security
was doing well at hurting the worlds
view of America, homeland security
was in no way prepared to deal with a
major attack. He said he thought the
clock was ticking.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
Professors discuss foreign afairs
America is not seen as being
willing to play along in the
[international] sandbox.
ThoMAS heilke
Associate vice provost of
international programs
BY DAVID RUNK
ASSOCIAtED PRESS
DETROIT Tougher iden-
tification rules went into effect
Thursday along the nations bor-
ders, but there appeared to be little
added delay as travelers unpre-
pared for the change were in many
cases allowed to cross with a warn-
ing.
Rather than seeing a bottleneck
over the Ambassador Bridge into
Detroit, truck driver Paul Kraus
said, Its actually slow today. The
42-year-old regularly crosses the
bridge from Windsor, Ontario,
and said he always carries required
documents.
U.S. and Canadian citizens
entering the country are no longer
allowed to simply declare to immi-
gration officers at border crossings
that they are citizens. Instead, those
19 and older must show proof of
citizenship, such as a passport or
a trusted traveler card issued to
frequent border crossers. Drivers
licenses must be accompanied by
proof of citizenship, such as a birth
certificate.
Orville McFarlane of San Diego
had just his drivers license as he
returned from a sports betting par-
lor in Tijuana, Mexico, but was
still allowed past San Diegos main
border crossing.
I was taken aback a little bit
about being asked for a birth cer-
tificate, the 36-year-old pharmacy
technician said. I said I didnt have
it. He gave me a reminder slip.
Customs officials said that delays
were minimal across the country
and that most motorists had the
documentation they needed.
Its been a very smooth tran-
sition, said Thomas Winkowski,
assistant commissioner of the
Office of Field Operations,
Customs and Border Protection.
There have been no issues with
wait times.
Officers at the ports had latitude
to admit people who are unaware
of the changes once their identities
were confirmed, and many points
were offering a grace period and
handing out fliers explaining the
changes.
On the U.S. side of the border
in Progreso, Texas, those return-
ing from a trip to Nuevo Progreso,
Mexico, across the Rio Grande car-
ried bags of prescription drugs,
cigarettes, liquor and crafts. Bobby
and Genice Bogard of Greers Ferry,
Ark., crossed so Genice could get a
tooth capped.
The Bogards, who winter in
Mission, Texas, knew the require-
ments were coming but thought
they took effect in June. So even
though they have U.S. passports,
they had left them at home.
He allowed us to pass with
a drivers license, Bobby Bogard
said of a border agent.
But next time he said he
wouldnt, added Genice Bogard.
Others were ready for the new
rules, or say theyve grown accus-
tomed to carrying citizenship doc-
uments since security tightened
following the Sept. 11 attacks. At
the Peace Bridge, officials said
most travelers entering Buffalo,
N.Y., from Fort Erie, Ontario, had
proper documentation.
I always come across with
my passport, said Fred Goetz of
Burlington, Ontario.
Smooth travel was reported at
many crossings along the northern
and southern borders.
The rules eventually will get
even tougher for U.S. citizens
entering the country from Canada,
Mexico and the Caribbean because
of the Western Hemisphere
Travel Initiative, which Congress
approved in 2004.
The drivers license-birth cer-
tificate combination will not be
allowed when the law is fully
implemented, but that has been
delayed at land and sea crossings
until June 2009.
Mexican citizens will continue
to have to present valid passports
and visas. Canadian citizens previ-
ously were not required to show
a passport but will need one after
next year.
Critics, particularly in north-
ern border states, have assailed
Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff over
the changes. Some businesses and
lawmakers worry that the new
rules and the costs of getting
a passport would discourage
some people from making the trip.
U.S. tightens border security
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Maggie Flores, left, of El Paso presents her U.S. passport to Henry Martinez, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection ofcer upon re-entering the
country at the Bridge of the Americas onThursday in El Paso, Texas. Americans found little to no delay crossing into Texas fromMexico on the frst day
of more restrictive federal identifcation requirements, even when they didnt have all the proper documents. However, some businesses and lawmak-
ers have criticized the Department of Homeland Security for the more restrictive requirements because of worries that the changes will discourage
people frommaking the trip into the United States.
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Charlie Hoogner
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
today is an 8
Upcoming changes create
room for you closer to the top.
Friends can help you make
the connections youll need to
improve your situation.
taurus (April 20-May 20)
today is a 6
Financial caution is advised. Its
not a good day to shop. Youll
feel like you deserve something
you may not even want. Keep-
ing up with fashion and neigh-
bors is no way to budget.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
today is an 8
Youre being pushed to take
action, an uncomfortable
position. Youve recently also
been given an important clue.
You know which way to go. Get
moving.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
today is a 5
Making sure all the bills are
paid requires your full atten-
tion. Let someone else do the
other chores, without a twinge
of guilt. Youre doing your share.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
today is an 8
Your workload remains im-
mense, and it gets worse
before it gets better. You have
an opportunity, however, for a
frivolous moment. Dont draw
too much attention.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
today is a 6
Business matters and house-
hold chores vie for your atten-
tion. Dont let the one distract
you so much that you make a
mistake on the other. Be pres-
ent with what youre doing.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
today is an 8
Maintain objectivity as you
listen to others opinions. Just
because theyre passionate
doesnt mean theyre correct.
Check the facts yourself.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-nov. 21)
today is a 6
Get what you need, its a better
investment now than your sav-
ings account. Do shop for the
best deal, obviously. You could
find a doozy.
Sagittarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21)
today is an 8
As you very well know, its
important to do the homework.
There will be a quiz from a
fierce interrogator. Know your
stuff.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
today is a 6
The work is fast and furious.
Take care not to make mistakes.
Also, watch out for changes in
your orders or requirements.
Pay attention.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
today is an 8
Friends look to you for guidance
and inspiration. Dont get stuck
with them, however, or youll be
late for a date with your family.
Thats not a good idea.
pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
today is a 5
You hesitate to ask for help, but
youre always willing to give it.
Your friends are waiting for a
word from you so they can pay
back their social debts.
nuCLeAr FOreheAD
Jacob Burghart
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Nick McMullen
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Chris Dickinson
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ET declines to air Heath Ledger footage
hOLLywOOD
By DAVID BAUDER
AssocIAtED PREss
NEW YORK It was a striking
example of Hollywood protecting
its own: After an aggressive lobby
from powerful film industry figures,
Entertainment Tonight decided
against airing a video that shows the
late Heath Ledger hanging out at a
party where drugs were being taken.
The show said it pulled the story
out of respect for Heath Ledgers
family. But dont discount the
effect of a lightning-fast campaign
launched by a public relations firm
that represents many of the stars
Entertainment Tonight depends
upon for stories.
Even some celebrities themselves
Natalie Portman and Sarah Jessica
Parker, to name a couple called to
urge ET to pull the plug.
Ledger, 28, died in his Manhattan
apartment Jan. 22. Authorities sus-
pect a possible drug overdose, but
the cause of his death is still pending
the outcome of toxicology tests.
Entertainment Tonight is hardly
the lone news organization to broach
the topic of potential drug abuse by
the star. But the video it acquired,
reportedly taken two years ago at
a party at the Chateau Marmont
Hotel, drew the fiercest attention.
The syndicated magazines sis-
ter show, The Insider, aired a
preview of the story that it had
planned to run Thursday that actu-
ally showed several segments of the
video. Following the protest, The
Insider yanked the segment from
the West Coast version of its tele-
cast.
Ledger is seen standing in the
doorway of a room where the party
was taking place, swigging from a
beer bottle. The actor is heard say-
ing that he was going to get serious
(word bleeped) from my girlfriend
for being at the party.
The show made clear that there
was nothing on the video show-
ing Ledger taking any drug. At one
point, however, the then-26-year-old
said he used to smoke five joints
a day.
But a person who has seen the
entire video, who asked not to be
identified because of its sensitive
nature, said Ledger then points to
his tattoo of M (for his daughter,
Matilda Rose) and says, this is to
remind me never to smoke weed
again. That part of the quote was
not used in Wednesdays preview.
Later, with Ledger in the back-
ground, an unidentified man, his
face blurred, seems to snort cocaine
from a table.
After seeing a promotion for the
show Wednesday, a publicist at ID,
Ledgers public relations firm, called
Entertainment Tonight and asked
that the segment be pulled. The
request was refused.
ID then composed a three-para-
graph protest letter that it distribut-
ed to some 30 other public relations
firms around Hollywood, asking
them to tell their clients about what
was about to happen.
The letter said ET had paid a
large sum of money for the video
to stir up an exploitive story about
Ledger.
For the sake of his grieving fam-
ily and friends, his child and com-
mon decency, we hope to pressure
Entertainment Tonight and The
Insider to do the right thing and pull
the spot, the letter said. This is not
journalism, it is sensationalism. It is
a shameful exploitation of the lowest
kind, to a talented and gentle soul,
undeserving of such treatment.
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We live in a time when talk about
sex education is more in-vogue than
getting educated, because doing so
means talking in detail about what
it means to be sexually active. Sex
education is a topic that is debated
among many demographics, and we
have all received in one manner
or another the wrap it up talk.
But as it comes time to apply this
knowledge as sex becomes part of
our lives, we are left to figure out the
details on our own.
An enormous deterrent in effec-
tively educating about sex is the gen-
der double standard regarding the
social acceptability of being openly
sexual. The most striking example of
this double standard is in commer-
cials that we so easily dismiss.
An oral contraceptive commercial
for Yaz stars three beautiful women
at a cocktail party name-dropping
chemical compounds, one of whom
was able to attend because of the
effects of Yaz. They are relieved that
Yaz can control menstruation and
reduce the effects of Premenstrual
Dysphoric Disorder (a mood disor-
der related to the menstrual cycle).
Many women take the pill for
these reasons, but contraception is
still a touchy subject in the realm
of commercial advertisement. As a
result, many men and women are
missing the point of birth control
and are only receiving a portion of
the bigger picture. Men and women
need to be honest and learned about
the purpose of birth control, because
the drug that so many women take
for various reasons is about some-
thing bigger than our own bodies.
Birth control was first approved
for use in 1960 for the purpose of
contraception. The number one pur-
pose of the drug is in the name, and
by ignoring its intended purpose, we
are ignoring the fact that, although
many women take birth control for
health issues such as acne, muscle
cramps and heavy cycles, birth con-
trol was created to allow for sexual
freedom.
The Yaz commercial brought this
idea to the front of my mind, so I
went to Viagras Web site to hunt
down a commercial relating to mens
sexual activity. A video of a group
of men who seem to have set up a
secret jam session in a decrepit barn
start to play music as the site appears.
They grin and croon a bluesy coun-
try ditty about being crazy for their
women, and the commercial ends
with the chorus; Viva Viagra.
The point of this commercial is
sex, blatantly. Its simple and honest
from the old acoustic guitars they
play to the grins on their faces as
they shake hands before going home
to the fiery women they sing about.
The idea that men can be openly
sexual while women are still talking
about their means of sexual freedom
(birth control) in terms of their peri-
ods is shocking. Although birth con-
trol is a totally legitimate and widely
used drug amongst women who
want to be more in control of their
menstrual cycle and its other effects,
these reasons are simply afflictions
alleviated by the side-effects of a
drug intended to prevent pregnancy.
If we want to educate our genera-
tion and those after us about being
sexually active, it must be without
this double standard. This means
being ingenuous about you and me
being sexual creatures, even if you
are not currently sexually active.
Tradition holds strong in the
media and general public that
women cannot be open about sex.
We must address this double stan-
dard critically to realize the effects it
could produce for our bodies and in
our lives. No progress will be made
as long as women are advertised as
virginal, and not given the oppor-
tunity to express their own sexual-
ity. Protect yourself, respect yourself,
have fun and talk about it.
Ryan is a Salina junior in art
history.
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Commentary
Viagras message dilutes female sexuality
Commentary
08 election ofers voters
a chance for change
Max Rinkel
Annie simmermon
JordAn ryAn
Ive posited a theory which I
think carries with it a substantial
amount of logic, especially for
those who reside in the residence
halls, resting at the feet of Daisy
Hill and Mount Oread. This the-
ory can also apply to the residents
of Naismith Hall. Heck, anyone
who treks up Mount Oread, or
the Hill, from the south side can
empathize, Im sure.
The theory is that, during the
bleakest of winter months, one
can measure his or her ambu-
lant progression upward into
the North wind that bears down
upon him or her from the top
of Mount Oread without having
to rely on conventional meth-
ods of mapping a journey such
as counting ones steps or using
visually recognizable landmarks
to gauge where one is.
How? you might inquire.
Quite simply, I say. The distance
traveled up the Hill is proportion-
al to the amount and length of
teardrops that have frozen alight
your temple as a result of the
sheerest of North winds cutting
across your pupils as you squint
defiantly toward your destina-
tion. I quickly learned this trick
during the month of January in
2004, the commencement of my
first semester at KU. Using this
theory, traversing the south face
of the Hill was a breeze, pun
intended. I could reach Spencer
Art Museum from Oliver Hall,
ambling into the fiercest of North
winds, in a personal record 11
minutes and 33 seconds without
breaking into a jog.
This semester, I embark upon
the final voyage of my under-
graduate collegiate career. This is
the final turn of the longest lap.
Since that cold January of
2004, I have walked a lot, learned
a lot, socialized a lot and matured
a lot. My eyes have faced the
nastiest North winds, my mind
has encountered the most daunt-
ing of doubts, and my heart has
weathered the harshest of heart-
breaks. The broadest spectrum
of emotions has run its course
through my veins during the past
four years. My weathered face no
longer bears the burden of North
winds like it once did those four
years ago. Sometimes now, I find
myself looking northward and
smiling as nature relishes the rare
opportunity to punish my eyes
once more.
But I say unto you, it is worth
all the while and all the while it
is worth it. Last week, I began
the paperwork to complete my
application for graduation. I shall
graduate in May with two degrees,
a feat accomplished in only four
and a half of the shortest, longest
years of my life. Before I end
this collegiate soliloquy, I feel it
necessary to impart some short
words of wisdom: Dont buy a
bus pass. Those frozen teardrops
you acquire on your walk will
melt once you get inside, and
for that they will be the sweetest
emblem of victory you will ever
taste should you decide embrace
your potential to its fullest and
reach the summit of this Hill in
the most unforgiving of winters.
Ryan Schwarzenberger is an
Overland Park senior in po-
litical science and sociology.
A frozen theory
of graduation
GUest ColUmn
Growing up, I thought it would be
cool to be involved in a revolution,
to fight for a cause and to seize the
day. Sort of that V for Vendetta feel,
I wanted to reinvent myself for the
better, yet life was always too good
for a revolution in my youth, Things
were never so bad that the people
were in an uproar.
I feel that times have changed.
Finally people in this country are
beginning to wake up and real-
ize that the safe proud vision of
America we used to know has all
but disappeared. Its up to us as
a people to unite
behind one candi-
date who has the
ability to bring
about that change:
Barack Obama.
Super Tuesday
is an exciting
day for voters in
Kansas. Being
affiliated with the
Democrats, it is
the one election
where I feel like
my vote counts
for something. As
students we have
a duty to represent ourselves and
our future, and how we vote directly
affects everything in our lives as
we become self-sufficient adults.
Whether its how much we pay for
taxes or how we come by health care
for ourselves and our future families.
This election matters for us, and I
am not going to sit back and let the
rest of the country decide my future
for me.
What I am looking for in a can-
didate is someone with a good heart
who will lead this country power-
fully but honestly. I have researched
Barack Obama. I have read his
speeches, followed his progress,
watched him very carefully and I
have come to believe in him and his
ideals. Hes original and charismatic
and smart. Imagine getting ready
for a presidential speech and being
hopeful and excited rather than anx-
ious and worried that the leader of
our country is going to misinterpret
a word or make one up. As for the
people who say that he is too young
to and inexperienced to lead, sup-
pose all the young people of the past
who had made a difference in this
world were silenced. What kind of
world would we live in without the
revolutionary
influences of
Martin Luther
King, Jr., John
F. Kennedy,
T h o m a s
E d i s o n ,
I m m a n u e l
Kant or even
Jesus for that
matter.
In the spirit
of equality,
change and for-
ward-thinking,
envision with
me a president who hasnt been
sculpted by the robotic hands of
Washington, a president who truly
wants to see this country be the
ideal country it used to be. To regain
respect from the other countries and
peoples of the world, to be at peace
and not a slave to big corporations
and oil-grubbing tycoons. Perhaps
the revolution needed now is a dif-
ferent, modern kind of revolution.
Maybe all we need is a revolution of
thought within ourselves, to see the
path has been laid for us, right our
wrongs and better this fine country.
Simmermon is a Leawood
senior in journalism.
In the spirit of equality, change
and forward progress, envision
with me a president who hasnt
been sculpted by the robotic
hands of Washington.

Obama Supporters:
A Petition for
Congressman
Dennis Moore to
Endorse Obama
When?
Monday, February 4
at noon.
Why?
If you would like
Congressman Moore
to endorse Barack
Obama.
Where? how?
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Its funny how high school-
ish some of you act. If you hate
KSU, then you need to get a
freaking hobby boss. It was a
game. Just a game.
n n n
Is this really what its going
to be? Basketball whining for
the next two days?
n n n
Go State. You chumps lost,
and you are just mad. Go use
your dads money and buy
yourself a new car. Besides, it
was a basketball game.
n n n
Isnt it just a basketball
game? Who gives a shit? Now,
if it were a duel to the death,
then lets all take notice and cry
about it.
n n n
I hear that the University
of Kansas is more classy than
Kansas State University.
n n n
I am reading through these
posts and I hear a bunch of rich
Johnson County kids that are
crying because you got beat
fair and square. Suck it up.
n n n
Since when has KSU been
our main rival? Last time I
checked, Mizzou was the one
we hate the most, and K-State
is like the annoying, spiteful
younger brother.
n n n
ahhhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhh-
hhhhhhh
n n n
I have to say, I am proud
of my Kansas State friends. I
rubbed it in their face when we
beat them at their stadium for
football, but I have yet to have
last night rubbed in my face.
Props to them.
n n n
Now who got a cigarette for
Doctor Roxo?!?
n n n
2:22 I cant sleep. Cuddle
buddy?
n n n
Free For All, tonight Im go-
ing to cry myself to sleep after
the game.
n n n
Im not gonna lie, im not be-
ing classy about this at all. This
is a rivalry.
n n n
What a bitch move Beasley:
Dancing on the table? Thanks
for reminding me why I go to
KU, where the classy people
are.
Ryan SchwaRzenbeRgeR
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
Cody Kennedy knows he is
not the biggest, the fastest or the
strongest, but tomorrow the Olathe
senior travels to Austin, Texas
to try out for NBCs American
Gladiators.
Kennedy, who is 6-foot and 190
pounds, said some of the gladiators
and contestants on the show out-
weighed him by 80 to 90 pounds,
but Kennedy said he was not wor-
ried.
If I start worrying about other
people, Im only going to stress
myself out, Kennedy said. Im
going to view it as Im my only
competition. I believe Ive got a
chance, as small a chance as it
might be. If I turn it on, I might be
able to turn some heads.
Kennedy said he used to watch
the original version of American
Gladiators, which aired from 1989
to 1996, as a child with his father.
He said he saw an advertisement
for the new American Gladiators
on NBCs Web site a year ago,
but casting calls were only a week
away. He said he decided he would
try out for the second season and
trained ever since. Kennedy said
he never had the desire to be on a
reality TV show, but he thought the
show would be a good opportunity
to make a new start. He said when
he first told people he was trying
out for the show, they thought he
was joking. Now, he said, they were
extremely supportive.
Kennedy said he knew he would
be tested on strength, conditioning
and agility at the tryout, but he did
not know how he would be tested
because the show has been very
secretive about the tryouts. He said
he ran and lifted in preparation
and pushed himself harder than he
ever had before.
Part of this is just about prov-
ing to myself that I can do some-
thing on short notice, Kennedy
said. I guess that is what is kind
of exciting about it. Ive never been
one to just do this on a whim.
Kennedy said he and three of his
friends would drive to Austin for
the tryout. He said there were also
tryouts in Chicago and Denver
on the same date, but he chose
Austin because the weather there
was more favorable than in the
other two cities.
Kennedy said he and his friends
would take turns driving, but that
they hoped to arrive at 3 a.m., so
he would have several hours to
rest before he waited in line for
the competition. He said the com-
petition would begin at 10 a.m.
and end at 4 p.m. He also said
he expected at least 1,000 people
to be at the tryout, so it would
be important for him to arrive in
Austin early.
Kennedy said he was unsure
how many contestants the show
would take from Austin because it
had one more tryout in New York
the following Saturday. He said
contestants could also try out via
video, but that he thought he had a
better chance of making the show
if he participated in a live tryout.
In the past, contestants on the
show broke bones and tore liga-
ments, but Kennedy said he was
not worried about being harmed.
He is only nervous about his per-
formance.
I know Im going to have but-
terflies, Kennedy said. When I go
to the gym and stuff like that, that
is all I think about it. But I think
when I get down there and my
name is called, I think Im going to
be able to push all that aside, and
really turn it on.
Kennedy is not worried about
his safety, but he said his mother
was.
When I told her I was going to
Austin in two weeks, she was like,
Youve got to be kidding, he said.
Shes starting to come around and
kind of go for it more. My dad just
thinks Im a kook.
Kennedys friends said they were
excited about Kennedys tryout as
well. Ryan Colston, a former KU
student and Olathe resident who
was friends with Kennedy since
junior high school, said Kennedy
told him to use the opportunity to
sightsee, but that sightseeing was
out of the question.
He said numerous times, You
can just take my keys and do what-
ever you want, but that is not why I
am going, Colston said. Im going
down to support my friend and
that is what Im going to do.
Colston said he would wait in line
with Kennedy, but he was not yet
sure whether he would be allowed
to watch the tryout. Colston said
Kennedy was not very muscular in
high school, but Kennedy buffed
up quickly after he and Colston
became security guards at Verizon
Wireless Amphitheater in Bonner
Springs.
People called us the bash
brothers, Colston said. We went
through a span of two concerts
where we put two people in the
hospital. That was when the
bash brothers came out.
Colsons girlfriend, Spenser
Kultala, a former KU student
and Kansas City, Kan., resi-
dent, said she thought Kennedy
would be selected because he
put his entire heart into prepar-
ing for the tryout.
Hes bulked up a lot since
I first met him and hes really
training hard, and hes got his
mind focused on it, Kultala
said. What more could he ask
for?
Kultala, who has known
Kennedy for more than two
years, will also travel with
Kennedy to Austin. She said
she hoped he made the show
because she never knew anyone
who was selected to be on a
reality television show.
Kennedy said he thought it
would be funny if he made the
show, because when he is 50, he
would be able to tell his grand-
children he was on American
Gladiators when he was young
and dumb.
The old one is on ESPN Classic.
I remember as a kid I watched it
and said, I wanna do that! I wanna
do that! Kennedy said. I would
have never once thought as I kid I
would have the opportunity to do
that, and now I do. So it has kind
of come full circle.
Kennedy said he had not put
much thought into what he would
do about finishing school if he
was selected as a contestant for
the show. He said he was presently
completing an internship for cred-
it, so he did not think it would be
hard to obtain permission to take
time off to tape the show.
He said he did not know when
he would find out if he was select-
ed, but that the show would begin
taping in late April or early May in
Los Angeles.
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Campus
Student to try out for
NBCs American Gladiators
BY ANDY GREENHAW
agreenhaw@kansan.com
For students trying to decide
between the Blu-ray and HD-DVD
formats, the decision just got easier.
Warner Brothers announced ear-
lier this month that it would dump
its HD-DVD collection and exclu-
sively sell Blu-ray formatted DVDs.
It became the sixth major
American film studio to venture
down this path, following Disney,
Fox, Lionsgate, MGM and Sony
Pictures.
Blu-ray Disc Association con-
trols two-thirds of the DVD market,
giving it a substantial edge over
the Toshiba-backed HD-DVD for-
mat, which continues to be sup-
ported by Paramount, Universal and
DreamWorks.
Warner Brothers cited strong
consumer preference as the main
reason for its decision.
According to Home Media
Research, Blu-ray Disc movie titles
outsold HD-DVD nearly 2-1 in the
United States and Europe. Of all
high-definition titles sold in 2007,
Blu-ray discs made up 67 percent of
those sales.
Miranda Smith, assistant man-
ager of Hastings on 23rd and Iowa
streets, said she recently noticed
consumer trends reacting to the new
monopoly.
Weve had a lot of people sell
their HD-DVDs back, Smith said.
Within about six months we should
be getting a lot more Blu-ray for-
matted discs in.
Erika Schmidt, assistant manager
of Blockbuster on 23rd Street, said
her store hopped on the trend a lot
sooner.
Weve had Blu-ray discs since
they first came out, she said. After
Warner switched to Blu-ray, though,
we started getting a lot more titles.
Blockbuster received more than
25 DVD titles since Warner Brothers
made its decision, Schmidt said.
Not all businesses are welcoming
the new technology.
Doug Redding, manager of
Liberty Hall, said the new monopoly
was just another example of corpo-
rate bullying.
I think a lot of people dont want
to buy a bunch of new crap to sup-
port this new technology, Redding
said. Were going to hold off on
Blu-ray as long as possible.
Edited by Jared Duncan
teChnology
Warner Bros. switches to Blu-ray
Blu-ray vs.
HD-DVD
Blu-ray
-Capacity: 25 gigabytes per
layer
-Frequency: 405 nm
-Transfer rate: 36 Mbps
-Supported by: seven major
movie studios

hD-DVD
-Capacity 15 gigabytes per
layer
-Frequency: 405 nm
-Transfer Rate: 36 Mbps
-Supported by: three major
movie studios
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BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
Mike Zagurski walked into the visting club-
house at Turner Field in Atlanta on May 25,
2007, and found his way to his locker. The
stitching on back of the Philadelphia Phillies
jersey spelled a familiar name. Z-A-G-U-R-S-
K-I. Thats when the realization set in for the
former Kansas baseball player. Zagurski was
now a Major League Baseball player.
Theres a sense of accomplishment when
you see that name on your jersey, Zagurski
said. You know that you did finally make it.
Zagurski, a 2003 to 2005 Kansas left-handed
pitcher, was one of two former Kansas baseball
players to make Major League Baseball debuts
during the 2007 baseball season. The other,
Travis Metcalf, a 2005 graduate, made his
debut with the Texas Rangers.
Zagurski made his first Major League
appearance on the day he was called up to
the Philadelphia Phillies. Zagurski pitched a
scoreless inning against the Atlanta Braves on
May 25, 2007, in front of family and friends.
But Zagurski was never a cinch to pitch at the
Major League level. No Major League organi-
zations drafted Zagurski out of high school and
no Big 12 schools recruited him.
So after graduating from Millard North
High School in Omaha, Neb., Zagurski
continued his playing career at Hutchinson
Community College. Zagurski spent two years
in Hutchinson and earned All-Conference
honors in the Jayhawk Conference. He then
transferred to the University before the 2003-
04 school year. Zagurski still has a special fond-
ness for Lawrence.
I love Lawrence, there is no other place
like it. Its a place I like to call home, Zagurski
said.
Zagurski pitched well during his first year at
BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
Bill Self s message to the players after
Wednesdays loss to K-State was short and
simple.
He just told us to keep our heads up,
junior guard Brandon Rush said, and not
make it two.
Self probably wont have to worry about
that. For one, Kansas next game, Saturday at
2:30 p.m., is against Colorado. The Buffaloes,
at 1-5 in conference play, arent exactly the
team to beat in the Big 12. But thats not the
only reason. Losses have usually brought
out the best in the Jayhawks since Self has
been coach.
Look no further than this years 20-game
winning streak to start the season. It came
after a crushing loss to UCLA in the Elite
Eight last year. That loss to UCLA? It was
the first one since Kansas lost to Texas A&M
nearly two months earlier. During that time,
the Jayhawks won 14 straight games and
clinched a Big 12 regular season and tourna-
ment championship.
During the 2005-2006 season, Kansas
also put together a remarkable streak. The
Jayhawks started Big 12 play 1-2 and lost
consecutive games to their rivals that year.
They responded by winning 10 straight and
15 of 16 games.
Could this loss to a rival cause a similar
spark?
Maybe, but Kansas needs to learn from
its mistakes. The Jayhawks looked like the
inferior team for the entire 40 minutes
against the Wildcats. They got outhustled,
outrebounded and overall outplayed.
The bus ride home on I-70 across the
plains back to Lawrence Wednesday night
may have felt like the mens basketball teams
longest of the season. There was a certain
feeling in the air, one very unfamiliar to this
years Jayhawks: defeat.
It was a feeling that the returning play-
ers from last years Elite Eight finish and
coach Bill Self can relate to after their 55-68
loss to UCLA. There wasnt a group of fans
waiting in Lawrence to greet the team upon
returning to Lawrence, but it was the closest
this years Jayhawks can relate to last years
tournament loss.
Wednesdays 75-84 loss to Kansas State
snapped Kansas fourth-longest winning
streak in its storied history and the longest
winning streak of the Bill Self era. This loss
was not about the winning streak but some-
thing much more.
It didnt sting because of the (winning)
streak. It stings because its our rival, Self
said after the game Wednesday. I could care
less about the streak, but I do care about
beating our rivals.
During the regular season, losing to a
rival is the closest thing to losing in the
NCAA tournament. Kansas loss to Kansas
State re-established a rivalry that lay dor-
mant. Since Self began coaching at Kansas,
the Jayhawks were 10-2 overall against
the Wildcats. Kansas State hadnt won in
Manhattan since 1983 and defeated Kansas
just twice since the 1990s.
Though the rivalry hasnt been a factor
for many years, this years Wildcat team is
different because of two freshmen phenom-
enons, Michael Beasley and Bill Walker. Both
players guaranteed victories against Kansas
before the season even started, which is
quite a tall order against a Jayhawk team that
was ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press
preseason poll.
Im not scared to say it, Bill Walker told
reporters on Big 12 Media Day. Im saying
well beat them.
Before Michael Beasley had even played
a game for Kansas State, and perhaps even
looked at the schedule of where the Wildcats
were going to play Kansas, he confidently
boasted his team.
Were going to beat KU at home. Were
going to beat em in their house. Were
going to beat em in Africa, Beasley said.
Wherever we play, were going to beat em.
Wednesday night, the Wildcats lived up to
the first part of Beasleys guarantee. Beasley
and Walker combined for 47 points and 11
BY BRYAN WhEElER
bwheeler@kansan.com
BASEBALL in thE proS
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Mike Zagurski, a Kansas pitcher from2003 to 2005, made his way up to the Major Leagues and is nowplaying for the Philadelphia Phillies. Zagurski was injured on aug. 18, 2007,
but hopes to get healthy for this years season.
Major League play
BY ShAWN ShROYER
shroyer@kansan.com
This time a year ago, the Kansas baseball
team was nearly 4,000 miles away, soaking
up some sun, preparing for its season opener
against Hawaii-Hilo. Today, however, three
weeks stand in the way of Kansas perennial
season-opening series on the Big Island.
What gives? The NCAA, of course as
in the NCAA giveth and the NCAA taketh
away.
This season, the NCAA implemented
new rules in college baseball, regulating
when teams can begin practicing in the
spring, when teams can begin regular season
play, and how often teams can practice in the
fall. Under the new rules, teams cant begin
spring practice until Feb. 1 and cant open
their season until the end of the third full
week of February. So, whereas the Jayhawks
had weeks of practice under their belt at this
point last year, today marks their first prac-
tice as a team since the fall a change the
team is neither accustomed to, nor fond of.
Its weird, junior first baseman Preston
Land said. My first year I was back like
Jan. 4, my second year I was back like Jan.
7 and wed been practicing four times a day
until school started. I think its a little bit of
a disadvantage.
Junior outfielder Nick Faunce shared
Lands sentiments.
I think its a disadvantage, Faunce said.
Normally we would have come back two
weeks before we started school and started
doing multiple practices per day, which you
get a feel for your team in that sense and you
get strengthened.
According to the NCAA Baseball Issues
Committees final report on the rule chang-
es, the uniform start dates would be more
reflective of baseball as a truly national
sport. While this may prove to be the case,
the new rules have put Kansas coach Ritch
Price in a bind.
NCAA rules also prohibit teams from
missing more than 10 days of class for
games. In the past, Kansas was able to utilize
weekends for road trips to the West Coast to
minimize class days missed. Now, with three
fewer weeks to play the maximum 56 games,
Kansas had to shift many non-conference
games to the midweek, making it harder to
stay within the class-days-missed limit.
I do think it will level the playing field
as far as the difference between the warm-
weather states and the cold-weather states
being able to get outside, Price said. The
drawback is were geographically challenged.
Its three hours to Wichita, and its three
hours to Creighton, which are our noncon-
ference opponents. Were not in Dallas or
Miami or Los Angeles, where you can go to
school, drive across town and play different
schools. Its impossible for us to do with our
10-day miss class time.
To stay within the class-days-missed limit
this season, Price had to cancel a series
at Clemson, which is known around the
country as one of the best college baseball
venues.
It was unfortunate because that was my
favorite place to play since Ive been in col-
lege, Land said.
Not counting spring break, the Jayhawks
have 14 midweek games this season. Price
is concerned that playing five games a week
throughout the season will be counterpro-
ductive for college players.
Thats going to be difficult on our pitch-
ing staff, Price said. The second thing its
going to do is it wont allow us to practice
enough to keep improving our players.
So why dont teams schedule fewer
games? Well, if the NCAA gets its way, thats
probably where this is headed.
Theyre talking about reducing games,
which thats one of the things they told us,
when the coaches agreed to have a national
start date, was they wouldnt reduce games,
Price said. Now the first thing they want to
do is reduce the number of games.
Considering how college football has
added games to its regular season in recent
years not to mention the games it will add
if and when a playoff system is put into place
and that college softball teams have been
practicing for weeks and will begin regular
season play next weekend, its hard to deny
New rules reduce
teams practices, games
mEnS BASkEtBALL
Jayhawks look forward
self tells players to keep their heads up
former Jayhawk pitcher goes professional for Philadelphia Phillies
Loss to K-State revitalizes rivalry
CommEntAry
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Kansas baseball played its 2006-2007 season opener on feb. 1, 2007. under newnCaa regulations the Jayhawks
were unable to begin spring practice until today, and cant open their season until the third week of february.
nCaa rules nuisance in spring, benefit in fall
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By EDDIE PELLS
ASSocIAtED PrESS
PHOENIX So, you were one of
the lucky ones who got chosen to buy
a Super Bowl ticket.
Congratulations, thatll be $700.
Thats just the beginning. You
might want to start shoring up that
bank account, maybe put the rest of
your 2008 vacation plans on hold.
This journey to the center of the sports
universe will take its toll in cold, hard
cash (and credit cards, too).
About 24,000 of the 73,000 tick-
ets at University of Phoenix Stadium
were awarded to average fans through
the lotteries the Giants and Patriots
held among their pool of season-ticket
holders.
They all had a chance to sell those
tickets to brokers for around $4,000 a
pop kind of like winning the real
lottery but those who want to see
the Super Bowl in person might be
keeping an eye on their credit scores
as they watch the scoreboard.
The total cost: $5,033.
The breakdown:
Airfare, $775. That was the
price Jan. 22 for a round-trip ticket
from Kennedy airport in New York to
Phoenix. On Monday, that same ticket
was going for $1,123.
Airfares from Boston were similar.
The Patriots are in their fourth Super
Bowl in the last seven years and there
are some stories circulating about fans
who made their plans weeks, if not
months ago, betting the Patriots would
make it to Phoenix. They bet right and
may have saved about $500.
Hotel, $1,100. It could be worse.
Because of a deal the NFL cuts with
Super Bowl host cities, there are caps
on the prices hotels can charge and
still be affiliated with the Super Bowl
experience.
Rental car and parking, $510. No
use in bothering with cabs. An inter-
mediate-sized rental car at Enterprise
was running $90 a day. If you were
lucky enough to get a parking pass for
the game at $60, youre set. If not, drive
to downtown Glendale and park, then
take a $5 shuttle ride to the stadium.
Food, $700. Phoenix is a great
place for Mexican food, which is usu-
ally relatively cheap. So dinner at the
Tee Pee on 42nd Street and Indian
School might run about $40 for eats
and a couple of margaritas. Youll
probably do lunch on the run, or at
the golf course ($15 a day), and spend
about $5 a day at Starbucks trying to
fight those hangovers.
Golf, $225. It would be expen-
sive this time of year, Super Bowl or
no. At the Phoenician Resort, on the
morning of Super Bowl Sunday, there
were a few tee times available. If you
get one, youll have to hustle from the
18th green to the game. But if you
wait until the last minute to make golf
plans, youll be driving a long way to a
course on the outskirts of town or
watching golf instead of playing.
FBR Open golf tournament,
$100. General admission tickets for the
PGA Tours regular stop in Phoenix
are surprisingly cheap. Its only $25 to
be one of the 150,000 at the course on
any given day. But at this event, its not
so much about the golf. The beer stand
is never too far away. Also budget for
souvenirs, beers and the cab ride back
to the hotel.
Other entertainment, $617. Lets
say you blow $100 at one of the areas
casinos, $400 for a ticket to Snoop
Doggs Friday-night Super Bowl party
at Axis, $17.50 for a ticket into the
NFL Experience street party and find
something else to do after the game for
another $100.
Souvenirs, $206. Only cheap if
you wait until the day after the game.
But why take the risk of not finding
what you want and coming home
empty-handed? So ... Cute ladies T-
shirt with the SB XLII logo: $21. Two
small footballs with logos: $40. Game
program: $20. And that golf pullover
for yourself: $85.
Miscellaneous, $100. Thats for
tipping valets, filling up the gas tank,
sunscreen, aspirin, a couple bottles of
water and Diet Cokes.
This will be a once-in-a-lifetime
experience, but expensive more
than double what it would cost to
come to Phoenix a week later.
But the Super Bowl will be packed
up and gone by then. You could be
paying credit card bills on this for
months, but consider yourself lucky.
Had you not won the lottery, and been
forced to buy a ticket from a broker,
the price could have easily reached
five figures.
sports 2B friday, february 1, 2008
sports fact of the day
sports trivia
sports quote
Q: Where did New England
Patriots linebacker Tedy Brus-
chi attend college?
A: The University of Arizona,
which is a mere two hours
away from University of Phoe-
nix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
where he will play in his fourth
Super Bowl Sunday.
patriots.com
Bruschi tied the NCAA
record for sacks in his college
career with 52. He shared the
record with Alabama All-
American linebacker Derrick
Thomas, who spent 12 seasons
in the NFL with the Kansas City
Chiefs.
patriots.com
Like I said after the post-
game last year, Im 34 years
old. Im in my 12th year. After
every season I sort of reassess
things. I look at people who
put it of to this ofseason al-
ready like coaches Tony Dungy
and Mike Holmgren.
Tedy Bruschi on the possibility of
retiring after the Super Bowl.
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Big 12 basketball standings
TODAY
Track & Field, Husker
Invitational, All day,
Lincoln, Neb.
TOMORROW
Womens Tennis vs.
Arkansas, 1 p.m., Fayette-
ville, Ark.
Mens Basketball vs.
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Boulder, Colo.
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vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m.,
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MANHATTAN, Kan. Kansas
State associate mens basketball
coach Dalonte Hill was arrest-
ed early Thursday on suspicion
of driving under the influence,
Pottawatomie County Sherriff
Greg Riat said.
The arrest came just hours
after Kansas State had upset No. 2
Kansas 84-75 in Manhattan.
Riat said a deputy stopped Hills
vehicle for a traffic violation and
took him into custody after find-
ing probable cause that Hill was
under the influence. Hill was later
released after posting $500 bond.
Pottawatomie County Attorney
Sherri Schuck said late Thursday
afternoon that she had not yet
reviewed the case so no charges
had been filed.
The Kansas State Athletic
Department did not immediately
return a call Thursday.
K-State
coach
receives
DUI
Sporting costs take toll on fans
ASSocIAtED PrESS
MURFREESBORO, Tenn.
Adam Pacman Jones is busy
clearing away the legal problems
that led to his suspension from
the NFL.
His biggest challenge, howev-
er, may be proving he can control
himself.
Suspended for the 2007 sea-
son, the NFL will review Jones
status after the Pro Bowl.
A Tennessee judge dismissed
two misdemeanor charges
Thursday from an incident Aug.
25, 2006, leaving only one crimi-
nal charge still pending against
Jones in Georgia.
An attorney who asked that
Jones be arrested for allegedly
punching her withdrew her
request Jan. 16. Atlanta police
said Thursday they will not inves-
tigate Jones without the victims
help.
Pacman
Jones
under
control
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Conference Record Record
Kansas State 5-0 15-4
kansas 5-1 20-1
Baylor 4-1 16-3
Texas 3-2 16-4
Oklahoma 3-2 15-5
Texas A&M 3-3 17-4
Iowa State 3-3 13-8
Texas Tech 2-3 11-8
Missouri 2-4 12-9
Nebraska 1-4 12-6
Oklahoma State 1-5 10-10
Colorado 1-5 9-11
Big 12 womens basketball standings
Conference Record Record
Baylor 7-0 19-1
Kansas State 7-0 15-5
Oklahoma State 4-2 16-3
Oklahoma 4-2 14-4
Nebraska 4-3 15-6
Texas 3-4 15-6
Texas A&M 3-4 15-6
Texas Tech 2-4 14-6
Iowa State 2-4 13-6
Colorado 2-5 13-7
kansas 1-6 12-8
Missouri 1-6 8-12
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ASSOciATed PReSS
ST. LOUIS Music has long
been a part of Scott Spiezios life.
Now its part of his therapy.
The St. Louis Cardinals utility
player missed more than a month
last season while receiving treatment
for substance abuse. He poured the
emotions from his ordeal and his
teams doomed followup to a World
Series title into the latest CD for the
hard rock band, Sandfrog, that he
fronts in his spare time.
The title, Offseason, speaks
to Spiezios off-field issues, Josh
Hancocks drunk-driving death and
the teams myriad injuries. Hancocks
death was particularly devastating
for Spiezio.
The emotions and the lyrics are
very deep, Spiezio said. Theres
a lot of songs about dealing with
friends and family with problems
and overcoming them and seeing
that light at the end of the tunnel.
Whether its the loss of a teammate,
guys getting injured, our team not
doing well. Anything. We addressed
that a lot in the CD.
Just as 35-year-old Spiezio con-
tinues to address the nature of his
substance abuse in vague, big-pic-
ture terms, the lyrics dont overtly
address the topics that tortured him
in 2006. Theyre definitely the inspi-
ration for a player who disclosed last
fall that hed been struggling with
substance abuse for more than six
months.
The as-yet unnamed song about
Hancock deals more with the fallout
for Spiezio, who was too distraught
to play for days after the fatal acci-
dent in late April.
Its not necessarily about him,
but its about kind of what I was feel-
ing, the emotions and stuff like that,
Spiezio said.
Spiezio is Sandfrogs lead singer
and the principal writer of a five-
member group from his hometown
of Morris, Ill. The groups name is a
combination of the last names of the
four original members Spiezio,
Anderson, Froilan and Garry. Its
heavy metal sound, packed with
throaty vocals and power chords,
has been described as modern Black
Sabbath or new metal.
There are no plans on touring.
Id like to keep my day job. Its
much more easily-controlled when
youre around these guys, Spiezio
said, referring to his teammates. I
have a lot more help than it would be
with four rockers on the road.
Theres been plenty of actual ther-
apy, too, helping Spiezio keep on
track and preparing him to better
deal with any curveballs that life
throws.
Youve got to put yourself in the
right situations, sometimes change
friends or go out to breakfast with
a friend and not to a place where
you can start making bad decisions,
Spiezio said. Ive got to be in a frame
of mind where I cant lose focus in
any way.
Manager Tony La Russa was
strongly in Spiezios corner through-
out his absence last year, expressing
that confidence when Spiezio started
at third base the day he was rein-
stated from the restricted list in mid-
September. Healthy and in the right
frame of mind, Spiezio gives the
Cardinals versatility in the field with
his ability to play five positions along
with a knack for the timely hit.
He batted .272 in 119 games with
13 homers and 52 RBIs in 2006,
although last year he appeared in
only 82 games due to injuries, illness
and treatment and managed only
four homers, 31 RBIs and a .269
average.
Hes now the oldest player on the
team by nearly two years.
sports 4B friday, february 1, 2008

Losing the second leading
scorer and leading rebounder,
Nicky Wieben, against Texas was a
severe blow to Iowa States hopes
for success in the Big 12. Without
Wieben, the Cyclones are last in
the conference in points allowed,
and the Jayhawks freshman center
Krysten Boogaard and senior for-
ward Taylor McIntosh could pose
problems in the paint. Then again,
Iowa State beat Colorado by 20 on
Wednesday night, a team Kansas
lost to by 18.
Can Kansas keep the game
from becoming a three-point
shooting contest?
If Iowa State shoots the way it
did against Colorado, Kansas may
be in for a long night. During the
course of their 65-45 victory, the
Cyclones made 10-23 three-point
attempts and out-rebounded the
Bufaloes by 16. Kansas was already
vulnerable on the ofensive glass,
but if any of the guards pinch
down to help, it could leave a lot of
room for Iowa States long-range
bombers.
As far as turnovers go, it doesnt
get much worse than the 25
Kansas had at Oklahoma Wednes-
day night. Playing at home should
cure some of that and lining up
against an equally struggling Iowa
St. squad is just what the doctor
ordered. Boogaard has looked bet-
ter in every Big 12 contest, and the
report building up between the
guards and her should mean even
more touches in the post. If coach
Bonnie Henrickson can fnd a
consistent presence at point guard
then her team should be able to
get into a groove and maybe grab
some of those conference wins
they all covet.
Will Chakeitha Weldon play
over 15 minutes?
The freshman hasnt seen much
playing time this year because she
plays too aggressive. But point
guard Ivana Catic hasnt played
well in conference. With that in
mind, Henrickson decided to give
Weldon a shot in the second half at
Oklahoma. Weldon led Kansas on a
14-4 run. Jayhawks will her energy
again on Saturday.
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Kansas vs. Iowa state 7 p.m. Saturday, Allen fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Krysten Boogaard, 6-foot-5 freshman center
8.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg
After a rough start to the Big 12 season seven
points and nine rebounds in the frst three games
Boogaard has come into her own at the post posi-
tion. In the last four games the freshman averaged
9.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per
contest. Her timing on the defensive end has
improved by leaps and bounds and her ofen-
sive repertoire grows with every game.
Danielle McCray, 5-foot-11
sophomore guard
14.6 ppg, 7.4 rpg
McCray turned in another solid
night of 13 points and seven rebounds, but
led the team with six turnovers. The sopho-
more hasnt shot 50 percent or better from
the feld in any of the Jayhawks Big 12 games.
With a few pump fakes, McCray could get
some better looks to improve that average and
again reach the 20-point plateau.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Kelsey Bolte 6-1 freshman guard
10.7 ppg, 48% 3PT
Dont let her overall numbers
fool you. Through six conference
games, her 19.3 points and 5.8
rebounds are the
result of her 54 per-
cent three-point shooting
and increased dedication on the
boards.
Alison Lacy 6-0
sophomore guard
13.5 ppg, 4.4 apg
Bolte may lead the
confer-
ence in
three-point
shooting
percent-
age, but Lacys 46
percent clip is good
enough for second.
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rebounds. Their talent combined
with the intensity of the rivalry will
be the toughest test for Kansas dur-
ing the regular season.
Wherever the Wildcats play the
Jayhawks again this season, they will
continue to be waiting and ready to
seek their first season sweep over
Kansas since 1983. After checking
the schedule, it is confirmed for
Beasley that there will be no game
in Africa, but there is a good chance
the two teams will face each other
two more times this season with the
last game coming during the Big 12
Tournament.
When Kansas State comes to
Lawrence on March 1, the Jayhawks
should remember the long bus ride
back to Lawrence and the perfor-
mance of this years Kansas State
team. The Jayhawks loss Wednesday
needs to serve as a reminder of how
tough teams will be in the NCAA
tournament.
Edited by Patrick De Oliveira
friday, february 1, 2008 sports 5B
Wheeler (continued from 1b)
We werent as physical as we
shouldve been, sophomore guard
Sherron Collins said. We didnt do
a good job of cleaning up and going
after loose rebounds. We didnt
block out enough.
Kansas State made its fair share
of important shots, but Kansas
made plenty of mistakes, too. The
Jayhawks had 16 turnovers and only
stole the ball from the Wildcats
three times. Fouls were also a prob-
lem. Senior center Sasha Kaun and
sophomore forward Darrell Arthur
had to sit out for a major portion of
the first half because of foul trouble.
Their absence forced Kansas to play
small and gave the Kansas State a
decisive edge on the offensive glass.
Its like a wake up, Collins said.
Its something we needed. We
needed a game like this. I dont
think this loss will hurt. We just
have to stay positive and go on
another good run here.
A good run is far from a guar-
antee, though. Although losses have
sparked winning streaks lately, that
hasnt always been the case. In 2005,
a Wayne Simien-led Kansas team
suffered a crushing loss to Texas
Tech on the road and was never
the same afterwards. The Jayhawks
followed that game by losing two
more, to Iowa State and Oklahoma.
As fans will likely remember for-
ever, Kansas ended the season with
a loss to Bucknell in the first round
of the NCAA Tournament.
That team was laden with vet-
erans, just like this years. Those
upperclassmen faded after their
struggles. Will it happen again?
The remaining schedule is tough.
The Jayhawks play Baylor at home
Feb.9, at Texas on Feb. 11, at home
against Kansas State on March 1 and
at Texas A&M on March 8.
While a late season letdown is
certainly possible, its unlikely, given
Kansas previous Big 12 dominance.
Before K-State, the Jayhawks were
beating teams by more than 20
points per game in conference play.
Those statistics show that Collins
could be right about another qual-
ity stretch of play coming up for
the Jayhawks. And if they do finish
strong, a Big 12 Championship and
a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the NCAA
tournament are strong possibilities.
Thats good enough for Arthur.
He wont care about a January loss
to a rival if the Jayhawks can still
compete for bigger prizes.
We werent trying to go unde-
feated, Arthur said. Were trying
to win championships. We can go
get back in the gym and start back
from scratch.
Editedby PatrickDe Oliveira
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brandon rush attempts a steal inWednesdays 84-75 loss to Kansas State. Referring to coach Bill Selfs postgame speech, Rush said, He just
told us to keep our heads up and not make it two.Kansas will face Colorado on the road on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in an attempt to keep pace
with the Big 12 leader Kansas State.
a double standard when it comes to
baseball.
Were adding football games and
were adding basketball tournaments
into exempt status and were the only
sport theyre looking to cut games,
Price said. Its been a tough year for
baseball at the NCAA level.
The one positive result Price has
seen from the Issues Committees rule
changes is the new fall practice guide-
lines. Under the new rules, teams are
allowed to hold 32 practices within a
45-day window. In the past, Kansas
usually held only 14-20 practices dur-
ing the fall. As a result, the coaches
were able to work extensively with the
players and Price was able to give the
team fall break off for the first time.
For now, Price is content to let the
season play itself out. While hes curi-
ous to see how other coaches react to
the rule changes at seasons end, win-
ning games is his first priority.
I love the rule change in the fall,
Price said. I still dont like the rule
change in the spring. Id rather be
indoors preparing my team to play
than just sitting here doing nothing.
I wish they could have extended the
fall like they did and left the spring
the way it was.
The best thing Ive learned in my
30 years in the game is to only worry
about the things you can control. My
whole focus is just to get us to over-
achieve. We know were an underdog
in the conference we play in. I try not
to let those distractions affect the way
we go about our preparation.
EditedbyRussell Davies
baseball
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opening day
Kansas previous season-
opener game dates during
Prices tenure:
2003 - January 24
2004 - January 16
2005 - February 5
2006 - February 1
2007 - February 1
2008 - February 22
something.
I saw his velocity improve dramati-
cally between his junior and senior sea-
son, Price said.
With Zagurskis fastball reaching
94 to 95 miles per hour, Price said he
thought Zagurski might have a bright
future in the Minor Leagues.
But Minor League Baseball isnt the
glamorous lifestyle that some might
expect. And Zagurski soon figured that
out after the Philadelphia Phillies orga-
nization drafted him in the 12th round
in 2005.
You make 1,100 dollars a month,
he said. Youre paying rent in one
place, youre spending half your time
in another place. Youre eating a lot of
McDonalds, because youre getting 20
bucks a day for food.
Zagurskis fortunes changed in
2007. He began the 2007 season with
the Clearwater Threshers the Phillies
High-A affiliate. In early May, Zagurski
was promoted to Double-A. Pitching for
the Reading Phillies, He began to won-
der if he was close to realizing his Major
League dream.
They say when youre in Double-
A, youre just one call away from the
Majors.
On May 24, 2007, Zagurskis Double-
A manager pulled him aside. He was
needed in Atlanta. The Phillies were
playing the Braves the next night.
The first person I called was my
dad, Zagurski said. Next, was his girl-
friend, and then his brother.
Theres a lot of people who have
been there for a long time. And when
I wasnt doing very good they always
inspired me to keep going.
Two weeks after being called up to the
Major Leagues, Zagurski was in Kansas
City, Mo. On June 8, 2007, Zagurski
pitched an inning against the Kansas
City Royals in front of his family, friends
and former teammates.
It was kind of nice homecoming, I
wouldnt have traded it for the world.
Zagurski said.
Zagurskis season ended abruptly. On
Aug. 18, 2007, he attempted to field a
batted ball and tore his hamstring off his
pelvic bone. Zagurski sat on his couch
in a cast and thought: Could my Major
League career be over after 25 games?
Those thoughts didnt last long.
Every year when a guy goes out
there he has a chance to lose his job,
Zagurski said. Im hoping to come back
pretty healthy.
Coach Price doesnt doubt he can
do it. One thing about Mike Zagurski,
Price said. his make-up is just off the
charts.
Zagurski has spent the last four
months in rehab. He had planned to live
in Lawrence this offseason. The injury
changed that.
I definitely miss Lawrence. Ive lived
there every offseason since I finished
there, he said.
Zagurski is now focused on getting
healthy. Hell report to Clearwater, Fla.,
on Feb. 13 for the start of spring training.
He has experienced major league base-
ball, and hes not taking it for granted.
If youre not doing your job theyre
going to give it to somebody else who is,
Zagurski said.
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Coach Jef Bzdelik has tried
to cultivate a winning culture
in his frst season at Colorado.
The result? Theyve been a
work in progress. Colorado is
9-11 overall, 1-5 in the Big 12,
and comes to Saturdays game
losers of four straight games.
The Bufaloes looked listless at a
57-41 loss against Iowa State on
Tuesday.
Colorado is led by senior
guard Richard Robys 16.5 aver-
age points per game. History
hasnt been kind to Colorado.
Kansas has won 36 of its last 37
games against Colorado. The
only Bufalo victory came in
2003, when Colorado slipped by
Kansas 60-59.
Richard Roby, 6-foot-6
senior guard
Roby has put up solid
numbers on
bad teams for
almost four
years. Roby
Colorados
fourth all-time
leading
scorer is
averaging
19 points and 7.6 rebounds in
his last 11 games. Roby and
K-States Bill Walker are similar
players with similar abilities,
but unlike Walker, who can play
inside and outside, Roby plays
primarily on the perimeter.
Will Colorado fans outnum-
ber Kansas supporters?
The Kansas game has
traditionally been the only
sellout of the year at the Coors
Events Center in Boulder, Colo.
But most of those fans have
usually been Kansas fans from
western Kansas who traveled
to Boulder for a chance to see
the Jayhawks live. To prevent a
pro-Jayhawk crowd, Colorado
implemented a ticket policy
where prospective single-game
ticket buyers had to buy tickets
to other Colorado games in
addition to the Kansas game.
Robys good but hes not
as good as he used to be. His
freshman season he was really
good.
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Richard Roby
This game should be good
hangover medicine for the
Jayhawks. Perhaps other than
Nebraska, Colorado is the best
team to play after a big loss
when youre looking for a vic-
tory. It will be interesting to see
how Kansas reacts in its frst
game after its frst loss. Odds
are the players will be moti-
vated and should build a big
lead early against the hapless
Bufaloes.

Brandon Rush
In the frst game between
Kansas and Colorado last
season, Rush went for 21 points
and eight
rebounds. He
was upstaged
by Richard
Roby, who
scored 30
with just 15
feld goal
attempts. The
two of them
are going to go at it, and Rush
should be motivated to have
a big game after not being a
factor for his team in the second
half against Kansas State.
Does anybody remember
the Harrisons?
D.J. and David Harrison used
to drive Kansas fans mad with
their aggressive, sometimes
over-aggressive, play. D.J. was
a guard and was two years
older than David, a big man. He
sometimes scowled at the Allen
Fieldhouse crowd, but David
really secured a place in nega-
tive KU lore when he got into
squabbles with Drew Gooden,
Nick Collison and Jayhawks
fans. David is now in his fourth
year with the Indiana Pacers
and averaged 5.2 points a game
for his career.

We have a really nice team,
and we do a lot of good things.
We werent going to run the
table as much as I wish we
could, the players knew that
wasnt going to happen. The
chances of that happening
were certainly remote.
Kansas coach Bill Self

You go on the road and if
you score 70 points and you
have good enough defensive
rebounding, you should have a
chance to win, but their guards
played very well.
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Russell Robinson, 6-foot-1 senior guard
Jayhawk guards did a good job ofensively against
the Wildcats on Wednesday, making 16 of 30 feld
goals, but they didnt defend well. Robinson didnt
pressure Clent Stewart and Jacob Pullen as much as
he should have.

Mario Chalmers, 6-foot-1 junior guard
Same thing for Chalmers. He was excellent on the
ofensive side of the ball, making jump shots, layups
and free throws, but he didnt pressure his man.
Kansas needs to pick up plenty of steals against a bad
Colorado team.

Brandon Rush, 6-foot-6 junior guard
Rush said he wasnt aggressive enough in the sec-
ond half on Wednesday. He only scored three points
after scoring 12 in the frst half. Expect Rush to
have a big game going against Richard Roby.
He and Roby played together occasionally in
high school and enjoy matching up against
one another.
Darnell Jackson, 6-foot-8
senior forward
Jackson only attempted two
feld goals against Kansas State.
Part of the blame has to fall to
the guards for not getting him
the ball, but he must be more
of an ofensive option against
quality competition. He
should do fne against a
weak frontline Saturday.
Darrell Arthur,
6-foot-9 sopho-
more forward
Arthur rebounded,
scored, blockedshots and
didnt turntheball over inKansaslast game.
Toobadheonlyplayed17minutes because
of foul trouble. Somepart of Arthurs game
always seems tobemissing.

Sherron Collins, 5-foot-11
sophomore guard
Collins came of the bench and
quietly had a good game against
the Wildcats. He scored 12 points
and was not afraid to drive to the
hoop. Collins can make it three
straight games with double-fgure
scoring if he gets 10 or more against
the Bufaloes.
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Everything goes according to plan for Kansas. This game should
be nothing. The Jayhawks are superior to the Bufaloes at every po-
sition and have a deeper bench. Kansas needs a big victory to gets
its confdence back up, and that probably wont be to hard to do.
Expect all the starters and Sherron Collins to score in double fgures.

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Coach Jef Bzdelik has some crazy scheme that fools the
Jayhawks and makes this a close game. Bzdelik, the frst-year man
for the Bufaloes, is a great coach. In the past, Bzdelik coached the
Denver Nuggets. After that, he transformed Air Force into an NCAA
Tournament-caliber team before taking a job with Colorado. His
teams usually run a Princeton-style ofense with lots of motion,
screens and backdoor cuts. The system could give Kansas fts for a
while.
87-51 Kansas
The Jayhawks will receive a big victory to help ease the pain somewhat
from Wednesday nights loss. This Colorado game is just a pit stop before
another rivalry game with Mizzou on Monday.
Richard Roby, 6-foot-6 senior guard
Robys scoring average is down 17.3 points per
game to 16.5 but his feld goal percentage is up
38.3 percent to 49.6 percent.
Marcus Hall, 6-foot-2 senior guard
Hall gives Colorado a second scoring option with
12.6 points per game. The Austin, Texas, native also is
averaging 3.8 assists per game.
Cory Higgins, 6-foot-5 freshman guard
Higgins is playing an average of 31.8 minutes per
game in his freshman campaign. His father, Rod, is the
general manager of the NBAs Charlotte Bobcats.
Xavier Silas, 6-foot-5 sophomore guard
Silas is third on the team in scoring an
average of 10.2 points per game this
season. Hes hit just 18-of-58 from
beyond the three-point line.
Marcus King-Stockton,
6-foot-9 junior forward
The Bufaloes
dont have much
front-court
depth. King-
Stockton is the
only Bufalo
over 6-foot-7
who plays major
minutes.
Jermyl Jackson-
Wilson, 6-foot-6 junior
forward
Jackson-Wilson started
his career at Ohio State, and
averaged 8.0 points per game
last season as a sophomore. His
numbers are down this year hes
playing an average of 19 min-
utes and scoring 4.5
points per game.
Player MPg Fg-FgA 3Fg-3FgA RPg PPg
00 Arthur, Darrell 23.1 119-223 2-10 5.9 13.5
32 Jackson, Darnell 24.5 106-160 2-4 7.2 12.5
15 Chalmers, Mario 29.0 81-151 36-75 2.8 12.3
25 Rush,Brandon 26.9 80-184 38-87 5.1 12.2
04 Collins, Sherron 22.8 53-118 20-55 1.9 9.2
24 Kaun, Sasha 17.5 57-86 0-0 3.9 7.2
03 Robinson, Russell 26.8 43-105 21-64 2.5 7.2
05 Stewart, Rodrick 14.6 32-62 3-13 2.8 4.0
02 Teahan, Conner 3.7 15-25 11-18 0.6 3.1
45 Aldrich, Cole 8.9 24-47 0-0 3.3 3.0
14 Reed, Tyrel 7.6 15-30 9-21 0.5 2.4
10 Case, Jeremy 5.7 12-35 6-20 0.4 1.7
11 Bechard, Brennan 1.8 4-8 2-5 0.3 1.2
54 Kleinmann, Matt 2.4 2-6 0-0 0.7 0.4
22 Buford, Chase 1.8 1-9 0-6 0.5 0.2
40 Witherspoon, Brad 1.7 0-3 0-2 0.2 0.0
Player MPg Fg-FgA 3Fg-3FgA RPg PPg
23 Roby, Richard 33.6 117-236 27-69 6.5 16.5
01 Hall, Marcus 36.3 92-206 32-87 4.2 12.6
13 Silas, Xavier 31.2 62-158 18-58 3.2 10.2
11 Higgins, Cory 31.8 59-128 18-52 4.1 8.1
24 Knutson, Levi 18.1 33-76 18-50 1.5 5.0
31 Jackson-Wilson, Jermyl 19.0 39-84 0-2 1.5 4.5
12 Thorne II, Dwight 13.5 18-42 4-18 1.4 3.0
32 King-Stockton, Marcus 15.3 17-33 0-2 3.3 2.6
21 Patterson, Caleb 9.0 6-23 1-8 1.6 1.8
25 Zehnder, Andrew 2.8 2-3 1-1 0.0 1.3
44 Beckley, Trent 2.6 0-0 0-0 0.4 0.4
14 Coney, Javon 3.0 1-2 0-1 0.2 0.4
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