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BY MEGAN HEACOCK
mheacock@kansan.com
Karianne Howard was 14 when
she told her parents she was bisex-
ual.
She told her mother first they
were really close. Her dad was less
predictable. Howard said she didnt
really know how he felt about any-
thing because he was quiet man
who didnt share his views. She had
her mom there for support when
she finally told him.
When I told him and he saw
that I was really worried about
telling him, he just cheered up and
said Well, Im really glad that you
told me. Youre still the same per-
son and I love you all the same.
Because of the support from her
parents, Howard considers herself
lucky. Growing up in Tucson, Ariz.,
her coming out process was rela-
tively painless. Except for a few of
her religious friends, she found that
most people were accepting.
As she grew older, Howard faced
struggles of a different kind. Being
bisexual had its consequences, and
not just from the straight commu-
nity but from some gay men and
lesbians, as well. As Howard was
exposed to more people in the gay
and lesbian community, she began
to see there was a negative connota-
tion to bisexuality that was separate
from being gay or lesbian.
Rachel Gadd-Nelson, Kansas
City, Kan. junior and educational
outreach coordinator for Queers
and Allies, said the stigma about
bisexuality was born out of igno-
rance and a general lack of under-
standing from both gay and straight
communities.
A lot of people can understand
gay and lesbian a lot better than
they can wrap their mind around
bisexuality, she said. Even in
the gay and lesbian community,
theres still a lot of misconception,
and maybe even stereotyping, for
bisexual people and for transgen-
der people.
College ACCeptAnCe
Howard came to the University
for academics, without any regard
for its level of acceptance of her
sexual identity. For the most part,
her first impression was positive.
She was introduced to many gay
and lesbian people on campus and
became involved with Queers and
Allies, an organization for lesbi-
an, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) people and supporters.
The stigma, however, still had an
effect on some of her relationships.
After one lesbian friend learned
Howard was bisexual, Howard
never heard from her again.
I was definitely surprised,
Howard said. Especially within the
gay community, if you can sense
the fact that youre a minority, you
feel like you should be helping or
be supportive of other people in
the minority.
BY BRANDON SAYERS
AND AlEx GARRiSON
bsayers@kansan.com,
agarrison@kansan.com
Four victims of alleged sexual
assault went to Lawrence Memorial
Hospital on Sept. 19 looking for
treatment. They also went to have
evidence of their attacks collected.
Though all four were treated for
injuries, the short-staffed hospital
told two of the victims, both KU
students, that they would have to
travel elsewhere for the evidence
collection that is necessary to pros-
ecute an attacker.
Douglas County District Attorney
Charles Branson criticized the hos-
pital for this act in a letter sent to
the hospital and members of local
government last week.
It takes great courage for a survi-
vor to come forward, Branson said
in the letter. For them to suffer yet
another indignity at being turned
away from the emergency room is
unconscionable.
The victims turned away, includ-
ing the student who reported she
was raped in her Oliver Hall room,
were told after several hours of treat-
ment and waiting that they would
have to go to a hospital in Topeka
to have doctors collect the evidence
needed to prosecute a suspect.
Chelsea Mertz, Topeka senior, is
a trained volunteer advocate with
the GaDuGi SafeCenter, 2518 Ridge
Ct. Suite 208, a Lawrence advocacy
organization for victims of sexual
assault.
Advocates are called in cases of
rape or sexual assault to provide
support to victims throughout the
examination process.
Mertz said that she had been
present on several occasions when
a victim she was working with was
turned away because of staff short-
ages.
We have had several cases where
victims cant drive themselves or
police officers were unavailable and
they have gone unexamined, Mertz
said.
Janice Early-Weas, director of
Perkins addresses incidents before game
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Lori Messinger, associate professor at KUs School of Social Welfare, recently published an article on howactivists in a number of universities changed discriminatory policies for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Messinger said many people misunderstand what it means to be bisexual.
Students struggle for acceptance in LGBT groups
SeArChing for underStAnding
iS Queer derogAtory?
The cool thing about the word queer is that you can really
use that word however the heck you want. You can identify your-
self as queer and your defnition of queer is completely diferent
than how your next-door neighbor identifes as queer. I like the
word because its a reclaimed word and has more of a political
sense to it.
Rachel Gadd-Nelson, Kansas City, Kan., junior,
educational outreach coordinator for Queers and Allies
Queer, fag, dyke those words are all being reclaimed be-
cause they were all derogatory and I feel like people are taking
it and turning it around and making it something powerful for
themselves. If you can use it for yourself, then it takes away the
negative power to it.
Karianne Howard, Tuscon, Ariz., senior, member of Queers and Allies
Bisexuals face additional challenges
Rape
victims
turned
away
AthletiCS
hoSpitAl
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
In an impromptu press confer-
ence before Kansas game against
Southern Mississippi on Saturday
morning, Athletic Director Lew
Perkins publicly addressed the inci-
dents between members of the foot-
ball and basketball team.
In his 20-minute exchange with
members of the media, Perkins
called the incidents a black eye for
the University and said he was em-
barrassed and hurt by the events
that transpired during the week.
Ive heard from a lot of people
who say, Boys will be boys, Perkins
said. But let me tell you, this is not
boys will be boys. Tis is much more
serious and much more complicated
than boys will be boys.
Perkins said that he had received
hundreds of e-mails and text mes-
sages from people regarding the
situation. And he said that each
message had contained a slightly
diferent opinion on how to handle
the incidents.
Tis might be the most compli-
cated thing that Ive ever dealt with,
Perkins said. Tere are all kinds of
diferent issues involved, all kinds of
diferent people involved, and every
time I think we kind of get where we
are, another thing pops up.
Tuesday night, sophomore guard
Tyshawn Taylor dislocated his
thumb in a fght between members
of the team.
On his Facebook page, Taylor
revealed that the injury occurred
when he threw a punch, while also
adding much-publicized statuses
that he later said were song lyrics.
Perkins said he has had multiple
speakers talk about social media
sites and that the athletic adminis-
tration will continue to increase ath-
letes accountability and behavior in
some manner in the near future.
He said there was a culture gap
between himself, the coaches and
the student athletes.
You can recruit from a small
little farm town the kid could have
diferent kinds of problems and dif-
ferent cultural problems, Perkins
said. We have 600-plus kids here.
I can honestly look everyone in the
eye and say if we have 600-plus kids,
600 of our kids are awesome kids.
And then we have some kids that
are probably not as awesome. Dont
take that as a
statement that
just because a
kid got in trou-
ble hes not an
awesome kid.
My only clich
is this: Teres
a reason people
put erasers on
pencils because
people make mistakes.
Ten, on Wednesday morning,
members of the football and bas-
ketball teams started another alter-
cation between Wescoe and Budig
Halls. Te police were called and
Perkins said all parties were still
working and cooperating to uncov-
er the specifcs.
At this time, no players have been
suspended.
Ive always had a policy that Ive
allowed our coaches to handle the
discipline the way they want to with
their teams, Perkins said.
He added, though, that he or
the University have the option at
stepping in at any time.
Wednesday afernoon, Perkins
assembled each player from both
teams in the Anderson Family Foot-
ball Complex.
While he wouldnt discuss the
specifcs of what he said during the
meeting, he did say his point was
very well-understood.
Ill say this: Tere was no mis-
taking what I said in there, Perkins
said. Tere was no mistaking where
I was coming from. Im 64 years old
and Ive been doing this for 40 years,
I can honestly say thats as mad as
Ive been in a long time. And I was
embarrassed.
Multiple times during the
20-minute conversation with the
media, Perkins discussed the future,
noting that the damage is done and
now the steps must be taken to pre-
vent anything similar from happen-
ing again.
Perkins said that hes always been
a cup half-full person, and thats
Perkins
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at Chase Court apartments, a
University student reported
an attempted aggravated
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the Stoufer Place apartments
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charged with minor in
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University student reported
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international
1. Iraq, U.S. arrest person
suspected of killing team
BAGHDAD Iraqi com-
mandos and U.S. forces have
arrested a suspect in the 2006
kidnapping and murder of an
Iraqi taekwondo team whose
highway ambush became one of
the symbols of Iraqs lawlessness
during its worse years of sectar-
ian violence.
The U.S. military announced
the arrest in a statement Sun-
day, but did not say when it took
place or identify the suspect.
The Iraqi military did not im-
mediately respond to a request
for comment.
Athletes and sports ofcials
were frequent targets of threats,
kidnappings and assassination
attempts at the height of the
civil strife in 2006 and 2007.
Sportsmen were targeted for
ransom or as victims of the
sectarian violence.
2. Flood in Philippines
leaves 80 people dead
MANILA, Philippines Many
Filipino villagers managed to
save only the clothes on their
backs but began to rebuild Sun-
day as the food waters receded
from a tropical storm that set of
the worst fooding in the Philip-
pine capital in 42 years and left
about 80 dead.
Army troops, police and civil-
ian volunteers plucked dead
bodies from muddy food waters
and rescued drenched survivors
from rooftops after Tropical
Storm Ketsana tore through the
northern Philippines a day ear-
lier, leaving at least 106 people
dead and missing.
3. Iran trumpets success
in short-fre missile tests
TEHRAN Irans powerful
Revolutionary Guard said it suc-
cessfully test-fred short-range
missiles Sunday in drills meant
to show Tehran is prepared to
crush any military threat from
another country.
The display of force comes
days after the U.S. and its al-
lies warned Iran over a newly
revealed nuclear facility it was
secretly constructing.
Gen. Hossein Salami, head
of the Revolutionary Guard Air
Force, said Iran had perfected
its short range missiles to make
them more accurate in tactical
battlefeld situations and defend
the country from any attacks.
We are going to respond to
any military action in a crushing
manner and it doesnt make any
diference which country or re-
gime has launched the aggres-
sion, state media quoted Salami
as saying. He said the missiles
successfully hit their targets.
national
4. S.C. candidate begins
campaign with a bang
GREENVILLE, S.C. A candi-
date to be South Carolinas next
National Guard leader skipped
the fery speeches for frepower,
launching his campaign with
what he called a machine-gun
social.
The Greenville News reports
some 500 people came out to
a shooting range Saturday for
Republican Dean Allens politi-
cal rally. He wants to be the next
adjutant general, the person who
leads the states National Guard.
Attendees paid $25 for bar-
becue, a clip of bullets for target
practice and the chance to win a
semiautomatic AK-47.
5. Man severely burned
after fght, hospitalized
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Of-
fcials say a man was airlifted
to a central Florida hospital for
treatment after he was severely
burned during a fght over beer,
cigarettes and money.
Ambulance company spokes-
man Mark OKeefe says 47-year-
old Dean Allen Fultz sufered seri-
ous burns.Daytona Beach police
Chief Mike Chitwood told the
Daytona Beach News-Journal that
Fultz was drinking in a homes
backyard when the fght broke
out Saturday afternoon.
Chitwood said that during the
scufe, 42-year-old John Harper
dragged Fultz into a wooded
area, poured gasoline on his face
and lit a fre. Chitwood said a by-
stander helped put out the fame.
Harper was jailed on $100,000
bond. He faces charges of at-
tempted felony murder. It is
unclear if he has an attorney.
6. William Safre, writer
on politics, dead at 79
NEW YORK Pulitzer Prize-
winning conservative columnist,
language expert and former
White House speechwriter Wil-
liam Safre has died. He was 79.
His assistant Rosemary Shields
says Safre died Sunday morning
at a Maryland hospice. She said
he had been diagnosed with
cancer.
Safre spent more than 30 years
writing on the Op-Ed page of The
New York Times. In his On Lan-
guagecolumn in The New York
Times Magazine and 15 books,
Safre traced the origins of words
and everyday phrases such as
straw-man,under the busand
the proof is in the pudding.
As a speechwriter in the Nixon
White House, Safre penned Vice
President Spiro Agnews famous
phrase, nattering nabobs of
negativism,a tongue-in-cheek
alliteration that Safre claimed
was directed not at the press but
Vietnam defeatists.
Associated Press
In 1896, KUs football team
frst donned uniforms of
crimson and blue. Prior to
that year, the schools ofcial
colors were sky blue and maize
yellow.
What do you think?
by KirSten KWon
CASEY BEAR
Baldwin City freshman
I think they can be harmful if
you succumb to not studying and
stay on Facebook all the time. But
theyre good for reaching people
in your classes. Its a blessing but
a curse.
JAY KOMBRINK
Mission Hills junior
Social networks are good be-
cause you can chat with friends
across the U.S.
STEPHANIE IRWIN
Cofeyville senior
Its harmful because it turns nor-
mal people into creepers, and Im
not talking about myself.
JOEY FINKELSTEIN
Minnetonka, Minn. senior
Theyre good because they allow
me to speak my mind through my
Facebook statuses.
Do you think social networks like Facebook
and Twitter do more harm than good?
news 3A Monday, SepteMber 28, 2009
KLEIN SEXUAL ORIENTATION GRID
Each of the 21 boxes should contain a value from 1 to 7, categorizing the individuals answers to the questions. For variables A to E the
possible answers are: 1=Other sex only, 2=Other sex mostly, 3=Other sex somewhat more, 4=Both sexes, 5=Same sex somewhat more,
6=Same sex mostly, and 7=Same sex only. For variables F and G these range from 1=Heterosexual only to 7=Homosexual only.
Past Present Ideal
(entire life up until a year ago) (last 12 months) (what would you like?)
a - Sexual Attraction: To whom are you sexu-
ally attracted?
B - Sexual Behaviour: With whom have you
actually had sex?
C - Sexual Fantasies: About whom are your
sexual fantasies?
d - Emotional preference: Who do you feel
more drawn to or close to emotionally?
e - Social preference: Which gender do you
socialize with?
F - Lifestyle preference: In which community
do you like to spend your time? In which do
you feel most comfortable?
G - Self-identifcation: How do you label or
identify yourself?
Dennis Dailey, professor emeri-
tus in social welfare, taught human
sexuality courses at the University
for more than 25 years before his
retirement. He said the bisexuality
stigma had a political undertone.
Theres politics in that, for
example, bisexuality complicates
the political agenda of gays and
lesbians, and bisexuality pollutes
the political intention of those who
think heterosexuality is the only
thing on the planet, Dailey said.
Lori Messinger, associate profes-
sor at the school of social welfare,
recently published an article about
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen-
dered people on university campus-
es. She said much of the negativity
came from some peoples assump-
tion that bisexuals were gay cop-
outs.
Messinger said older gay or les-
bian people she knew were insecure
dating bisexual people. Because
being gay or lesbian was difficult,
they were often fearful of their
bisexual partners leaving them to
be in a heterosexual relationship,
a considerably easier path to take,
she said.
Godd-Nelson said this suspicion
was prevalent in younger gay and
lesbian people, as well.
Its seen as youre not willing to
come all the way out of the closet.
Youre just putting your foot out,
she said.
Great GrouP In the
mIddle
Monica Soto, Kansas City, Kan.,
senior and public relations man-
ager for Queers and Allies, said
disapproval for bisexuality often
stemmed from it being viewed as
a choice that didnt really exist as
a sexual orientation. Soto said she
disagreed with this idea because
though she and other lesbians had
used bisexuality as a transition, oth-
ers had stayed consistent with their
bisexuality over time.
Some bisexuals show a prefer-
ence in one of the genders, but most
of the time, at least from what Ive
seen, they still stand firm in their
bisexuality regardless of a prefer-
ence, she said. They arent choos-
ing bisexuality, Soto said. Its how
they are.
Howard has encountered a num-
ber of myths about bisexuality, one
being that a bisexual individual will
date a guy and a girl at the same
time out of need or desire for both.
Howard said she did date both gen-
ders, but never at the same time.
Infidelity was infidelity, she said, no
matter the sexual orientation.
Messinger said she thought
bisexuality had a broader definition,
overall. She said that younger girls
tended to be extremely affectionate
with each other braiding hair,
touching and leaning on each other,
for example. She said although this
was not necessarily a lesbian thing,
it showed that women had found a
way to be close to each other while,
perhaps, still having a sexual con-
nection to men.
Sexuality is really this multi-fac-
eted thing that has to do with your
emotions, intimacy, sexuality and
friendship, and all of these things
are connected, she said. I think
were all a little more bisexual than
we think we are. But we think its
all about sex and not these other
aspects of it. If
we could think
more broadly, we
wouldnt be so
hung up about it.
Dailey referred
to bisexuality as
the great group
in the middle. He
said society didnt
have an under-
standing of sexual
orientation in general, including
bisexuality.
What we know is that how
human beings are in the world erot-
ically is an extraordinarily complex
and an extraordinarily fluid issue,
and it doesnt always conform to
the political, social, religious expec-
tations of the culture in which it
exists, he said.
Approximately 2 percent of the
population, or 6.1 million people, is
known to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual
in the United States, according to
the National Health and Social Life
survey. Some other recent studies
have tried to shed light on the topic.
In January 2008, the American
Psychological Association pub-
lished a study that suggested bisexu-
ality was a distinct sexual orienta-
tion for women, instead of just a
transitional phase. Lisa Diamond,
an associate professor of psychol-
ogy at the University of Utah, con-
ducted the study with 79 women
during a 10-year period. Though
this study focused on women, it was
in reaction to a study published in
Psychological Science in 2007 that
claimed men do not have bisexual
attraction.
Dailey said the
findings of this study
were true only to an
extent. Diamonds
conclusion that there
was a larger group of
bisexual women than
bisexual men was
missing an important
element that would
influence these
results: the social
pressure on men to be straight.
Dailey said he thought society had
sexist tendencies and held men to a
different standard than women.
What women do, who they sleep
with, its basically like whatever,
Dailey said. What men do, how
they name themselves in the world,
what choices they make these are
extremely important to everybody.
So men who do things that are
more feminine are going to get in
trouble.
Dailey said working in tradition-
ally female occupations, having sex
with other men and not being mas-
culine enough were examples of
abnormal male behavior by societal
standards.
Messinger said she thought
women had more sexual freedom
than men.
I think a lot of it is about our
society. Theyre told that its bad
and gross and dirty, she said of men
having sex with men. For women,
its sometimes seen as gross, but
then it can sometimes be seen as
sort of titillating and exciting.
ChallenGInG
IGnoranCe
Howard said education and
general discourse would be most
important for dispelling the myths,
assumptions and stigmas about
bisexuality.
Both Messinger and Dailey
agreed that societys acceptance of
LGBT communities had improved,
but Dailey said the change was rela-
tively small. He said, we delude
ourselves if we think theres been
a dramatic change. He acknowl-
edged that changed attitudes of cer-
tain churches and comprehensive
sexuality education in some public
schools were a step forward but
were still achievements of a small
scale.
For the time being, Howard must
deal with the concerns of her moth-
er, who, after reading about the
legislation of gay rights and learning
of the struggles faced by the LGBT
community, is expressing her own
opinion on the matter.
She gets more and more worried
about me and my safety and happi-
ness, and so there have been some
comments where, if I break up with
a girl, shes like: You should date
guys now. You should be normal,
Daily said.
No, thats not how it works, she
said she tells her mother. Ill date
who I want.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
BISEXUAL (continued from 1A)
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Queers and Allies, in conjunction with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
(LGBT) Recource Center at KU, display a booth outside Wescoe Hall Thursday morning. The
two groups came together to celebrate Visibility Day--a call for family, friends and allies of the
LGBT community to recognize, celebrate and raise awareness of its lifestyles.
Its seen as youre not
willing to come all the
way out of the closet.
Youre just putting your
foot out.
RAcHEL GOdd-nELSOn
Kansas city, Kan. junior
how he said he viewed the current
situation.
Its done; its over with, Perkins
said. We cant correct that part of
it. We have to make sure it doesnt
happen again. We have to make
it into the cups half-full, not the
cups half-empty.
Teres a problem. Im not go-
ing to sit here and say theres no
problem. Im not dismissing that.
But I want to focus on what were
doing here to make sure it be-
comes a learning experience.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
pERKINS (continued from 1A)
BY FRED MANN
Associated Press
WICHITA He saw a squir-
rel the other day in his new back
yard in Derby and chased it up
a tree.
First time hed ever done that.
He hadnt seen squirrels, or trees,
in Afghanistan.
It was a big moment for
ETTy, a black and white mutt
that was adopted in Afghanistan
in December by 1st Lt. Chris
Corman of Derby and some of
his Marine buddies
Corman, 28, was stationed
with about 20 other Marines
in Mehtar
Lam, halfway
between Kabul
and Jalalabad.
For nine
months, they
served as an
e m b e d d e d
training team
with a unit of
the Afghan
National Army.
So they named the mutt ETTy,
for Embedded Training Team
puppy. They raised him on
chow-hall food and care pack-
ages from home.
When their families learned
they had a dog, Corman said,
All of our care packages quickly
turned from being magazines
and anything we wanted to being
dog food.
They thought about leav-
ing him for the next team, but
changed their minds.
He got to be such a member
of the group, we didnt want to
leave him, Corman said.
When plans fell through for
another Marine to take him,
Corman stepped up.
Back home in Derby, Cormans
parents, Dan and Peggy Corman,
raised $4,000 to have ETTy flown
to stay with them.
Dans co-workers at Citizens
Bank of Kansas pitched in, and
Peggy, who retired as a teacher
at Wineteer Elementary School,
tapped her teaching friends.
A volunteer animal rescue
group in Afghanistan called
Tigger House arranged the trip.
It didnt go smoothly. ETTy
became ill with respiratory
problems in Kabul, delaying
his departure for a month. An
American vet gave him a 50-50
chance to live.
But antibiotics
worked, and ETTy
flew to Islamabad,
Pakistan, where he
was bumped from
connecting flights
to New York for
animals that were
flying with passen-
gers.
He eventually
reached New York, then flew
to Kansas City, Mo., arriving a
week ago.
Dan and Peggy picked him
up there. They had one of Chris
shirts with them to give him a
familiar scent.
Chris Corman flew into
Wichita from Okinawa late
Friday. He will report for a new
assignment in Virginia on Oct.
1. He plans to take ETTy along
once he finds housing.
His parents brought ETTy to
Mid-Continent Airport when
Chris arrived, but the reunion
was subdued because Chris and
ETTy were exhausted.
Peggy Corman said the real
reunion happened after they
Pet
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fromserving in Afghanistan, had the dog shipped home after his unit took in the puppy
while serving.
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with dog in tow
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had adopted the animal in Afghanistan
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quickly turned from
being magazines and
anything we wanted
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NEWS 4A Monday, SepteMber 28, 2009
BY MEGAN HEACOCK
mheacock@kansan.com
A new sub-committee of
Student Senate will focus on
combating alcohol abuse at the
University. At the first meeting
on Thursday, the sub-committee,
part of Student Rights Standing
Committee, discussed students
constitutional rights and potential
plans for action.
The sub-committee, headed by
Chairwoman Emily Williams and
Vice-Chairman Chris Kaufman,
will meet six times during the
semester to submit a report to the
Student Rights Committee.
This report will include recom-
mendations for policy changes and
the prevention of alcohol abuse on
and off campus.
What were
here to do is try
and find some
creative, innova-
tive, very posi-
tive and success-
ful ways to work
on alcohol abuse
at KU, Williams
said. And also, if
we need to rec-
ommend any pol-
icy adjustments,
that weve taken
into account student rights.
The sub-committee will focus
on preventing alcohol abuse with-
in student housing: a specific area
where the University has struggled
to combat alcohol abuse.
Williams said the University
implemented current alcohol
policies after the alcohol-related
deaths of two students last year
and further said that students did
have rights that are protected from
certain regulation.
We are very fortunate at KU to
have the same constitutional rights
as a private citizen, Williams said.
We do not lose any constitutional
rights by joining the University
of Kansas as a stu-
dent. However, that
does give housing
some problems in a
lot of ways. By giv-
ing us that freedom,
we have to be more
responsible with what
we, as students, do
with that freedom.
Williams said that
student accountabil-
ity would be encour-
aged.
Kaufman said that
the sub-committee was not aiming
to eliminate drinking altogether
or to drastically change lifestyles
of students.
Drinking in general is not real-
ly the issue because there is a safe
way to drink alcohol and consume
it, he said. But then theres the
unsafe way, which is the problem
that were approaching.
Vice Provost of Student Success
Marlesa Roney who attended the
meeting, agreed with Kaufman
that the goal was not to prevent
students from drinking at all, but
to have moderation.
Its not about abstinence at
all, she said. Its about creating a
healthy environment.
Roney is expected to speak at
future meetings about the statistics
of alcohol abuse at the University
in previous years.
Williams said any person cur-
rently enrolled at the University
was eligible for membership in
the group.
She said members could earn
voting rights after attending two
consecutive meetings, which
ensures students are involved and
informed on the subject before
casting their votes.
The completed report will be
submitted to the Student Rights
Committee no later than Nov. 13.
Edited by Brenna M.T. Daldorph
Student Senate
Sub-committee meeting timeS and PlaceS
6:30 p.m., Oct. 1, 2009, Pine Room, Kansas Union
6:30 p.m., Oct. 8, 2009, 308 McCook, Burge Union
8:15 p.m., Oct. 22, 2009, Alderson, Kansas Union
7 p.m., Nov. 5, 2009, Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union
8 p.m., Nov. 12, 2009, Big 12 Room, Kansas Union
Committee talks alcohol
rights and responsibilities
What were here
to do is try and fnd
some creative,
innovative, very
positive and success-
ful ways to work on
alcohol abuse at KU.
EMily WilliAMs
Committee chair
MEAD GRUVER
Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. After
working out at a gym, Amy
Mahaffy dropped off a half-dozen
glass jars in a city recycling con-
tainer before heading home.
The containers however wont
end up being recycled any time
soon. Their destination: A mound
of glass at the city landfill, an
ever-growing monument to the
difficulty many communities
across the country face in finding
a market for a commodity thats
too cheap for its own good.
We are stockpiling it in a des-
perate search for a market, land-
fill foreman Monty Landers said.
Cheyenne hasnt recycled the
glass it collects 9 tons a week
for years. Instead, the city has
been putting it in the landfill,
using it to surround the concrete-
walled wells that pump toxic flu-
ids out of the dump.
Told where the glass bottles
and jars that she diligently rinses
out end up, Mahaffy seemed dis-
mayed. I dont think thats what
they should be doing with it,
she said. I think they should be
recycling it.
The economics of glass recy-
cling have been marginal for
some time.
Nationwide, only about 25
percent of glass containers are
recycled. Thats compared to 31
percent of plastic containers, 45
percent of aluminum cans and 63
percent of steel cans, according
to the Environmental Protection
Agency.
In northern Idaho, Kootenai
County gave up collecting glass
last year. In Oregon, which was the
first of 11 states to adopt a bottle
deposit law in 1971, Deschutes
County stockpiled 1,000 tons of
glass at its landfill before finally
finding a use for it a couple years
ago as fill beneath an area for
collecting compost.
Glass also has piled up at the
landfill serving Albuquerque,
N.M., where officials this year
announced that a manufacturer
of water-absorbing horticultural
stones would eventually use up
their stockpiles. New York City
gave up glass recycling from 2002
to 2004 because officials decided
it was too costly.
environment
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monty Lander looks over discarded glass containers at the Cheyenne, Wyo., landfll on Sept. 15. Glass has been piling up at the Cheyenne
landfll while the city struggles to fnd a market for the jars and bottles it collects for recycling.
Lacking use for recycled material,
glass piles up in Cheyenne, Wyo.
ACCiDENt
Burlington Northern train
with coal goes of tracks
GillETTE, Wyo. A Burl-
ington Northern santa Fe train
hauling coal in Wyoming has
derailed, marking the second
time within 24 hours that trains
belonging to the railway com-
pany went of the tracks.
spokesman Gus Melonas says
investigators at the derailments
in Wyoming and Montana have
ruled out sabotage but have not
determined an exact cause.
The sunday morning derail-
ment on a side connection near
Gillette involved 21 coal cars.
Melonas says all the cars
remained upright with no spillage.
Crews are working to put the cars
back on the track.
On saturday afternoon, 13
freight cars on the Montana
Hi-line derailed 57 miles east of
Glasgow. Melonas says the car re-
mained intact, but is of the track
and its contents will be transferred
to another car.
Associated Press
news 5A Monday, septeMber 28, 2009
By VICKI SMITH
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH Merchants
and motorists reclaimed their city
Saturday as a vast police presence
dissolved, barricades vanished and
traffic started flowing after a gath-
ering of world leaders that had
turned the downtown area into a
well-protected fortress.
Just hours after the Group of 20
summit at the David L. Lawrence
Convention Center ended Friday
and the world leaders departed
with their entourages, the army of
officers from around the country
began to disband. By early evening,
public works crews had begun
clearing and cleaning streets that
had been shut down for two days.
I dont know what they actu-
ally accomplished, but Im glad its
over, said Jeffrey Bauer, a U.S.
Postal Service worker who has
delivered a downtown route for
three years.
During the two-day summit,
mail carriers drove with color-
coded sheets in their windows to
get through security checkpoints.
They also traveled in pairs to pre-
vent vandalism of their vehicles
by anarchists who were among the
thousands of G-20 protesters in
town.
Everywhere we went, we saw
National Guard and state police on
the corners, officers walking down
the street two by two, Bauer said.
It reminded me of a movie, like
The Day the Earth Stood Still or
some kind of science fiction movie
where the towns empty. It seemed
to me there were more police than
citizens.
Many downtown businesses
closed voluntarily, some of the
smaller ones boarding their win-
dows with plywood.
Bill Martinko, owner of Galardis
30-Minute Cleaners, now wonders
if he should have bothered.
I thought it would have been
really bad, but nothing happened
downtown at all, he said. I wasted
all that money boarding up.
Martinko estimates closing on
his two busiest days, Thursday and
Friday, cost him at least $1,500.
But he has had some extra busi-
ness in recent weeks from Secret
Service agents, who preferred his
lower rates to those of the hotels,
and he expects to make up his
losses soon, with the weather turn-
ing cooler and people breaking out
their autumn attire.
Cardamones Hair Salon started
getting cancellations Wednesday
afternoon when security began to
intensify, and receptionist Andrea
Ryan estimates it lost thousands
of dollars of income. Ryan was
relieved no downtown businesses
were damaged by protesters and
marveled at the police presence.
Ive never seen anything like
that, even with everything else
that goes on down here Steelers
parades, Penguins parades, she
said. We get hundreds of thousand
of people in crowds and there are
no problems.
Tensions flared up at times, but
police quickly contained the unrest
and minimized property damage.
Thousands of peaceful protesters
marched through the city legally
Friday with what appeared to be
an equal number of stone-faced
riot police monitoring their every
move from sidewalks and intersec-
tions. Later, however, hundreds of
protesters clashed with police in
the citys Oakland section, near the
University of Pittsburgh.
Police said Saturday that 110
people were arrested Friday night
after the summit, mostly for dis-
orderly conduct and failure to dis-
perse, bringing the arrest total to
193.
It was the second night of con-
flict: An unpermitted afternoon
march in the citys Lawrenceville
section was halted Thursday almost
as soon as it began, and police
spent hours trying to disperse the
protesters with earsplitting sirens,
smoke and pepper spray. Riot offi-
cers pushed the crowd back several
blocks until it eventually broke up,
but the protesters reformed their
ranks later that night in Oakland,
where dozens were arrested.
By GEIR MOULSON aNd
MELISSa Eddy
Associated Press
BERLIN German Chancellor
Angela Merkel on Sunday won the
center-right majority that eluded
her four years ago nudging
Europes biggest economic power
to the right as it claws its way out
of a deep recession.
Voters sent the nations main left-
wing party, the Social Democrats
of Foreign Minister Frank-Walter
Steinmeier, into opposition after 11
years as part of the government. It
was the partys worst parliamentary
election result since World War II.
There is no talking around it:
this is a bitter defeat, a subdued
Steinmeier said, vowing to lead a
strong opposition.
The conservative Merkel man-
aged to end her four-year grand
coalition with the Social Democrats
thanks to a very strong showing by
her new coalition partner, the pro-
business Free Democrats. Her own
Christian Democrats produced an
underwhelming showing.
Tonight we can really celebrate,
said a beaming Merkel, greeted
by chants of Angie! Angie! from
supporters. (But) there are many
problems in our country to be
solved.
Projections by the nations public
broadcasters, based on partial vote
counts, put support for Merkels
Christian Democrats at up to 33.8
percent of the vote and for the
Social Democrats at about 23 per-
cent. The Free Democrats captured
nearly 15 percent, the Left Party
had 12 percent or more and the
Greens above 10 percent.
Both ARD and ZDF television
channels said that would produce a
stable center-right majority in par-
liament. It was a major shift from
the 2005 election, in which Merkels
conservatives just squeaked by the
Social Democrats.
The White House said President
Barack Obama called Merkel to
congratulate her and looks for-
ward to continued close coopera-
tion with her. French President
Nicolas Sarkozy also congratulated
her.
Merkels second four-year term
will be markedly different from her
first, in which she presided over
a middle-of-the-road government
that was fractious but enjoyed a
huge parliamentary majority.
Heather Conley, director of
the Washington-based Center for
Strategic and International Studies
Europe Program, said the new gov-
ernment is going to place much
more burden on Chancellor Merkel
to forge an agenda and implement
it.
Merkels popularity has been
fueled by her consensual approach.
She will now lead a narrower coali-
tion with a stronger opposition and
a self-confident new partner, but
suggested that she will stick to her
own style.
My understanding was, and my
understanding is, that I want to
be the chancellor of all Germans,
she told supporters, adding that
protecting and creating jobs will
be my highest aim.
Guido Westerwelle, the leader
of the Free Democrats, is expected
to be the next foreign minister. His
party is returning to government
after an 11-year absence.
We are pleased with this excep-
tional result but we know that
above all else, this means responsi-
bility, he said.
Merkel vowed swift and deci-
sive coalition talks, likely to be
shorter than the two months of
haggling that produced the grand
coalition in 2005.
Merkel and Westerwelle will
now have to figure out how to
deliver on pledges of tax relief
promises that Steinmeier had said
were unrealistic as the government
is running up huge debts to tackle
the countrys economic crisis.
NatioNal
Summit causes stir in city
Group of 20 meet in Pittsburgh, bringing additional security along
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A maintenance worker sweeps debris fromthe sidewalk Saturday in downtown Pittsburgh.
The G-20 convention brought a vast amount of security and protestors to the area this week.
Chancellor Merkel wins majority in election
GermaNy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union Party, CDU, waves after the German general elec-
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By AUDREy McAVOy
Associated Press
HONOLULU The federal
government is considering tak-
ing the humpback whale off the
endangered species list in response
to data showing the population of
the massive marine mammal has
been steadily growing in recent
decades.
Known for their acrobatic leaps
from the sea and complex singing
patterns, humpback whales were
nearly hunted to extinction for
their oil and meat by industrial-
sized whaling ships well through
the middle of the 20th century. But
the species has been bouncing back
since an international ban on their
commercial whaling in 1966.
Humpbacks by and large are
an example of a species that in
most places seems to be doing
very well, despite our earlier efforts
to exterminate them, said Phillip
Clapham, a senior whale biolo-
gist with the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA).
The government is required by
law to review the endangered spe-
cies status of an animal or plant if
it receives significant new infor-
mation. The National Marine
Fisheries Service, a NOAA agency,
received results last year from an
extensive study showing that the
North Pacific humpback popula-
tion has been growing 4 to 7 per-
cent a year in recent decades.
Public comment is being accept-
ed until Oct. 13 on the upcoming
review, which is expected to take
less than a year. Its the first review
for humpbacks since 1999.
A panel of scientists will then
study the data and produce a scien-
tific report on their analysis in late
spring or early summer. Its unclear
what the decision on delisting the
humpback will be.
I dont know where the hump-
back people are going to come
out, said David Cottingham, who
heads the marine mammal and
sea turtle conservation division at
the Fisheries Service. It would be
premature to talk about it.
Some environmental groups are
already opposing the possibility of
a delisting.
Miyoko Sakashita, the ocean
programs director at the Center
for Biological Diversity, said that
ongoing climate change and ocean
acidification are emerging threats
that may hurt humpback whales.
Ocean conditions are chang-
ing so rapidly right now that it
would probably be hasty to delist
the humpbacks, Sakashita said.
Ralph Reeves, who chairs
the cetacean specialist group at
the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature, said the
U.S. should remove humpbacks
from the list if populations have
sufficiently recovered.
He said conservationists must
be prepared and willing to embrace
success if theyre to maintain what
he called a meaningful endan-
gered species program.
The whole process, the cred-
ibility of it, depends on telling peo-
ple that things are really bad when
theyre really bad and tell people
that they arent so bad when they
arent so bad, Reeves said.
There are now an estimated
18,000 to 20,000 humpbacks in the
North Pacific, up from just 1,400 in
the mid-1960s.
An early 1990s survey of hump-
backs in the North Atlantic showed
the population there was some
10,600. The results of a follow-up
to that study, expected by the end
of the year, are likely to show this
population has grown, too.
The global humpback popula-
tion is estimated to be about 60,000,
according to the Swiss-based
Conservation of Nature union.
Helping the humpbacks is that
they reproduce once every two to
three years, as opposed to every
three to five years for other whale
species. They also have a diverse
diet, including krill and herring,
capelin and other fish.
They feed on a lot of different
kinds of things, so theyre adapt-
able, Clapham said. They seem to
be a resilient species generally with
a lot of options.
There are some subpopulations
of humpbacks, however, that arent
as robust. A South Pacific group
that feeds in the Antarctic and then
migrates to the warm waters off
New Caledonia, Samoa and Tonga
to breed and calve isnt doing as
well.
By TIM TALLEy
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY Long-
secret security tapes showing
the chaos immediately after the
1995 bombing of the Oklahoma
City federal building are blank in
the minutes before the blast and
appear to have been edited, an
attorney who obtained the record-
ings said Sunday.
The real story is whats miss-
ing, said Jesse Trentadue, a Salt
Lake City attorney who obtained
the recordings through the federal
Freedom of Information Act as
part of an unofficial inquiry he is
conducting into the April 19, 1995,
bombing that killed 168 people
and injured hundreds more.
Trentadue gave copies of the
tapes to The Oklahoman newspa-
per, which posted them online and
provided copies to The Associated
Press.
The tapes turned over by the
FBI came from security cameras
various companies had mounted
outside office buildings near the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
They are blank at points before
9:02 a.m., when a truck bomb
carrying a 4,000 pound fertilizer-
and-fuel-oil bomb detonated in
front of the building, Trentadue
said.
Four cameras in four different
locations going blank at basically
the same time on the morning of
April 19, 1995. There aint no such
thing as a coincidence, Trentadue
said.
He said government officials
claim the security cameras did
not record the minutes before the
bombing because they had run
out of tape or the tape was being
replaced.
The interesting thing is they
spring back on after 9:02, he said.
The absence of footage from
these crucial time intervals is
evidence that there is something
there that the FBI doesnt want
anybody to see.
A spokesman for the FBI in
Oklahoma City, Gary Johnson,
declined to comment and referred
inquiries about the tapes to FBI
officials in Washington, who were
not immediately available for
comment Sunday.
The soundless recordings
show people rushing from nearby
buildings after the bomb went off.
Some show people fleeing through
corridors cluttered with debris.
None show the actual explosion
that ripped through the federal
building.
FBI agents did not report find-
ing any security tapes from the
federal building itself.
The FBI in the past refused to
release the security camera record-
ings, leading Trentadue and others
to contend the government.
By JOHN HANNA
Associated Press
TOPEKA Budget problems
are likely to linger for state govern-
ment well after Kansas economy
starts to recover.
Democratic Gov. Mark
Parkinson and the Republican-
controlled Legislature are waiting
to see whether revenues are strong
enough in the next few months to
avoid additional cuts later this year
and next year. But they also must
consider how the state will cope if
federal stimulus dollars disappear,
as expected, after 2011.
Even when healthy revenue
growth returns, the state will face
vexing budget issues. They include
a pension system for teachers and
government workers with serious
long-term funding issues and a
potential lawsuit over education
funding.
The sense of scarcity and
the tough choices going with it
probably will remain into the next
governors term, with Parkinson
planning to step aside in January
2011.
I think for at least the next
three to four years, we are going to
find ourselves under a lot of pres-
sure, said Senate Ways and Means
Committee Chairman Jay Emler,
a Lindsborg
Republican. It
will last for mul-
tiple years.
R e c e n t l y ,
state officials
have focused on
month-to-month
revenue figures
for signs the econ-
omy will stabilize.
Parkinson has
hopes revenues will meet projec-
tions closely enough to prevent
cuts in the current budget.
The state has seen four rounds
of adjustments this year to keep
the budget balanced, the last one
in July.
Many Republicans are skepti-
cal the current budget will remain
balanced. GOP leaders also believe
the state could face $500 million or
more worth of adjustments to pre-
vent a deficit in fiscal 2011, which
begins July 1, 2010.
If theyre wrong
and Parkinsons opti-
mism is vindicated,
the state still faces
replacing stimulus
dollars in fiscal 2012.
Stimulus dollars cover
almost $400 million
worth of spending in
the current budget.
And, even if the
stimulus werent an issue, pres-
sure on the states finances would
build anyway, as events last week
showed.
One source of pressure is the
Kansas Public
E m p l o y e e s
R e t i r e m e n t
System. At the
end of last year,
the gap between
projected income
and expenses over
the next 25 years
was $8.3 billion.
A University
of Kansas report
declared KPERS bankrupt.
Many state officials think
thats overstating the case, and
an improved economy is likely to
shrink the gap as KPERS invest-
ment earnings recover. But a multi-
billion-dollar shortfall is likely to
remain unless the state acts.
The report suggested moving
toward 401(k)-style plans for gov-
ernment workers, and away from
plans that guarantee benefits up
front, regardless of the pension
systems ultimate abil-
ity to pay.
Without funda-
mental reform, the
report said, the state
is doomed to pour
ever-greater amounts
of tax dollars into
KPERS and prob-
ably to raising taxes.
But State Treasurer
Dennis McKinney,
a Democrat who serves on the
KPERS Board of Trustees, said new
pension plans will require startup
funds. And, he said, the state still
will be required to fund the old
plans because employees cant be
forced by law to give them up.
But if McKinney and other crit-
ics of the University of Kansas
report dont see the need to over-
haul KPERS, they do see a need for
the state to deal with the long-term
funding gap.
We still have to make up for
that lack of funding that wasnt put
in there in the past, said Dennis
Phillips, a retired Topeka fire chief
who is now chairman of a retirees
coalition.
Meanwhile, rumblings about
school finance last week came
from a meeting Dodge City and
Liberal school officials had with
Wichita attorney Alan Rupe and
fellow attorneys whove sued the
state successfully before.
The previous lawsuit was filed in
1999, and Kansas Supreme Court
orders in 2005 and 2006 forced
dramatic increases in aid to public
schools.
With its budget problems this
year, the state backtracked and cut
base aid to schools almost 5 per-
cent.
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lot of pressure.
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community relations for Lawrence
Memorial Hospital, said only one
certified nurse was on hand that
day and the victims were sent
to other locations where service
could be more effectively provid-
ed.
We believe that to ensure the
legal case and to provide the best
care, these nurses need to be
trained proper-
ly, Early-Weas
said. When one
of the trained
nurses is not
available, we
send people to
someone who
is.
Branson said
a Sexual Assault
Nurse Examiner,
or a SANE, was
preferred for the collection of
sexual assault evidence. SANEs
undergo a 40-hour training ses-
sion and period of observation.
Early-Weas said the hospital
currently had five certified SANEs
on staff.
On Sept. 19, only one SANE
was available to collect evidence.
The other four certified nurses
were out of town or unavailable
for reasons unknown to Early-
Weas.
The SANE available on that day
had already completed one rape
examination that lasted more than
five hours. She was completing
another examination when the
two other victims arrived for treat-
ment. They waited several hours
before being turned away. Mertz
said this was often the case.
If the SANE person is off-call,
they must be called in, she said. It
is very often a lengthy process.
Early-Weas said the hospital
never wanted to send patients to
other locations, but that this trans-
fer was recommended because it
was in the best interest of the
victim.
Early-Weas reported that 35
victims came to the hospital for
collection of sexual assault evi-
dence in 2008. Of these, six were
transferred to other locations for
better service.
Through August of this year, 39
victims of sexual assaults came to
the hospital for collection of evi-
dence. Four of these victims were
transferred to other locations for
better service.
In his letter to hospital leaders,
Branson said the hospital should
take precautions to ensure that
victims of sexual assaults were not
further humiliated during treat-
ment and rape examinations.
I do not believe transferring
a patient to another hospital is
ideal, Branson said. There can
be additional trauma to the victim
when they report to the hospital
and then must go to yet another
facility.
Branson also said a delay in
examining the victim can result in
a loss of evidence.
Branson said the hospital may
transfer victims of sexual assaults
to other locations if their inju-
ries were exceptionally traumatic
or if the hospital thought service
could be provided best
elsewhere. The hospi-
tal refers any victims
who are younger than
14 to Childrens Mercy
Hospital in Kansas
City, Mo. Occasionally,
local police will provide
transportation, but it
is on a case-by-case
basis. Mertz said that
one victim was trans-
ported by University
police while the other was trans-
ported by a family member.
Branson and Gene Meyer,
president of Lawrence Memorial
Hospital, met Thursday to discuss
the district attorneys concerns.
The hospital acknowledged
they do not have full coverage for
these issues, Branson said. We
agreed to work together to address
the problem.
Early-Weas said the hospital
was working to ensure that more
nurses were available who are
qualified to collect sexual assault
evidence and that an additional
SANE would be available in about
two weeks. Other nurses in the
hospital had volunteered to under-
go the training necessary for this
type of certification.
Were going to step up our
efforts, Early-Weas said.
In his letter to hospital lead-
ers, Branson said it would even
be preferred that nurses without
SANE certification conduct rape
examinations if SANEs are not
available.
Elise Higgins,
Topeka senior
and president of
the Universitys
C o m m i s s i o n
on the Status of
Women, said the
group first heard
about the issue a
few days ago and
was happy to hear
a public official
took action to
make improvements.
I think that it is unacceptable
that rape victims are turned away,
especially when that situation is so
time sensitive, Higgins said.
Higgins also said she thought
these incidents showed a lack of
compassion for victims of sexual
assaults.
For a woman that has just
been sexually assaulted, nothing
could be more detrimental to
her physical and emotional well
being, Higgins said.
Higgins said she thought the
hospital generally provided
exceptional care, but she said she
thought they could improve the
way they handled the treatment of
rape victims. She said she thought
victims would be less likely to
seek care at another
location if they had
already been turned
away from one hos-
pital.
Early-Weas said
she hoped that the
recent news of these
issues would not dis-
courage women from
pursuing treatment
at the hospital.
Kathy Guth, regis-
tered nurse with Watkins Memorial
Health Center, said resources were
available on campus for victims,
who often struggled with knowing
what to do and where to get help
after such a traumatic experience.
Women dont know where to
go, but students should know we
are available, said Guth, who is
SANE certified.
Watkins provides evidence
collection and refers sexual
assault victims to other campus
services such as the KU Public
Safety Office, Counseling and
Psychological Services and Student
Legal Services but only during
regular business hours.
Guth said she applauded
Bransons letter to the hospital and
community officers taking the ini-
tiative to address gaps in services
to sexual assault victims.
Its a topic thats just not talked
about, Guth said.
One in four college-aged
women will be the victim of an
attempted or completed rape in
her lifetime, according to national
statistics cited by Kathy Rose-
Mockery, director of the Emily
Taylor Womens Resource Center,
1301 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm 400.
Sarah Jane Russell, executive
director of GaDuGi SafeCenter,
said Bransons accusations were an
opportunity for the community to
ask the hospital and the commu-
nity as a whole, Are we doing the
best job we can do to help sexual
assault victims?
Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph
For them to sufer
yet another indignity
at being turned from
the emergency room
is unconscionable.
Charles branson
Kansas district attorney
The frst entry of the Kansas
Victims bill of rights, K.s.a.
74-7333, reads
1. Victims should be treated
with courtesy, compassion
and respect for their dignity
and privacy and should sufer
the minimum of necessary
inconvenience from their
involvement with the criminal
justice system.
here are some resources
that can help victims of sexual
assaults reduce inconvenienc-
es when reporting these types
of crimes:
If you are the victim of a
sexual assault and you have an
emergency, always dial 911.
here are the non-emergen-
cy phone numbers for local
police agencies:
University Public Safety
Ofce (non-emergency)-
(785) 864-5900
Lawrence Police Dept
(non-emergency)- (785)
832-7509
Lawrence Memorial
Hospital- (785) 749-6162- Pro-
vides medical treatment and
rape examinations around the
clock. For more information
go to www.lmh.org
Watkins Memorial Health
Center- (785) 864-9500- Pro-
vides rape examinations and
a variety of health and mental
counseling services during
regular operating hours. For
more information go to www.
studenthealth.ku.edu
GaDuGi 24 hour support-
(785) 841-2345- Provides
around the clock support for
victims of sexual violence and
their families/loved ones. ask
for a rape Victim-survivor
service (rVss) advocate.
Victims can fle anonymous
reports of sexual assaults with
the group if they chose not
to report through police. For
more information go to www.
gadugisafecenter.org
Emily Taylor Womens
Resource Center- (785) 864-
3552- Provides informational
services regarding issues on
sexual violence. For more
information go to www.etwrc.
ku.edu
The Universitys annual
security report and informa-
tion on other safety services
for students can be found at
www.ku.edu/safety
news 7A Monday, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
Numbers to know: Support services for victims
When one of the
trained nurses is not
available , we send
people to someone
who is.
JanICe early-Weas
lawrence
Memorial hospital
Fire
authorities fnd body
of man in burning home
arCaDIa authorities
responding to a domestic dispute
have found a mans body in a
burning southeast Kansas home.
The cause of death for 29-year-
old Justin schmitz of arcadia
was not immediately known. The
Crawford County sherifs Depart-
ment said in a news release that
he also had sustained a gunshot
wound.
his wife, amber, told authori-
ties she called her mother and
asked for a ride after arguing with
her husband. she was leaving
the home early sunday when he
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striking the vehicle three times.
neither mother nor daughter
were injured.
Deputies noticed smoke com-
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up a perimeter. after making
repeated and unsuccessful at-
tempts to contact Justin schmitz,
they entered the home and found
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Wichita police arrest
alleged gang member
TUlsa, okla. Federal
ofcials say an alleged gang
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accused in a slaying has been
arrested in Wichita, Kan.
lawrence ballard has been
listed by authorities as a
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charge.
ballard is charged with
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shooting death of Colby harris.
The U.s. Marshals announced
the arrest in a news release.
Investigators say that ballard
had fought with harris about
money shortly before the
shooting.
earlier this month, ballard
was named to the Justice
Departments national list of
most-wanted gang suspects.
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By KATHy MATHeSON
associated Press
PHILADELPHIA If Bryant
Simon owned a coffee shop,
it would not have conversa-
tion-killing Wi-Fi. It probably
wouldnt offer to-go cups. But
it would have a big, round table
strewn with newspapers to stim-
ulate discussion.
That sense of community is
whats missing from Starbucks, a
conclusion Simon reached after
visiting about 425 of its coffee
shops in nine countries. And yet
millions of people patronize the
outlets each day.
Simon, a history profes-
sor at Temple University in
Philadelphia, has spent the past
few years figuring out why. His
new book, Everything but the
Coffee: Learning about America
from Starbucks, is meant to
be part of a public debate about
what our purchases mean ...
(and) how consumption shapes
our lives even when we dont
intend it to, Simon said.
Seattle-based Starbucks had
nearly $10.4 billion in revenue in
2008. Simon, however, argues the
true cost of macchiatos and frap-
puccinos is much greater that
Starbucks, a private corporation,
has enriched itself in part by
taking advantage of Americans
impoverished civic life.
Simon writes that while people
once were able to find meaning-
ful conversation and debate at
libraries, recreation centers and
parks, those public spaces have
become less available and
less desirable since municipal
resources are focused elsewhere.
Starbucks has filled that void,
according to Simon. Or has it?
After spending up to 15 hours a
week in various Starbucks over
the past few years, Simon said
he witnessed very few spontane-
ous discussions or interactions.
The couches, plush chairs and
tables all seemed to be used for
planned meetings or solo work
on laptops.
Rarely ... do these different
people doing different things
actually talk and exchange ideas,
but talk and ideas are crucial to
the making of community, he
writes.
Simons observations are
already being debated in col-
lege classrooms. David Grazian,
a sociology professor at the
University of Pennsylvania, is
using the book in a class on
media and popular culture.
Given that we seem so reli-
ant on Starbucks as part of the
urban infrastructure and sub-
urban infrastructure, Grazian
said, we should be interested
in thinking about what it means
when so much of our public
sphere is taken over by a private
enterprise.
Still, its clear that Starbucks
is giving people what they want,
Simon said. Customers line up
for lattes for any number of
reasons: to treat themselves; to
carry a status symbol; to support
coffee growers in underdevel-
oped nations; to relax in a safe
haven; or to taste a bit of comfort
far away from home, he writes.
But he questions whether
Starbucks keeps people from
doing the hard work necessary
to build better communities.
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Professor makes study
of cofee shop chain
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MIRZAPUR, India Young
boys climbed trees and villagers
crowded roofops in a tiny dusty
village in northern India Sunday to
catch a glimpse of Academy Award
winner Julia Roberts shooting her
new flm, Eat, Pray, Love.
Scores of policemen, armed
with bamboo sticks, private guards
and plainclothes security guards
kept curious visitors at bay as the
Pretty Woman star walked about
the sets created at Mirzapur village,
40 miles south of the Indian capi-
tal, New Delhi. Huge black screens
protected the sets from television
crews and photographers.
Roberts was dressed in a tur-
quoise blue tunic and loose paja-
mas, the traditional clothes worn
by millions of Indian women. In
the flm, she plays the part of an
American woman who leaves be-
hind a troubled marriage and sets
out on a journey of self-discovery.
Newspapers and television sta-
tions in India have been covering
Roberts every move since she ar-
rived in India accompanied by her
three children nearly 10 days ago.
Security has been tight with
about 50 local policemen and se-
curity ofcers guarding the star in
the village and in the nearby small
town of Pataudi, where Roberts is
staying at a former palace convert-
ed into a heritage hotel.
BY MICHAEL CIDONI
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES As dozens
of buoyant Michael Jackson fans
queued up in the Nokia Plaza to be
among the first to see their idols
last performance, others watching
the scene expressed mixed emo-
tions.
Tim Leiweke, president of AEG,
which bankrolled Jacksons This is
It tour and is a key player in the
film, recalled the moment he got
the news of Jacksons death. Well,
at first it lets all the air out of you,
and you sit here and youre stunned
at how quickly it happened and
occurred. Youre in denial. You cant
believe it. Youre looking around,
saying, What happened?
Zip ahead some three months,
to Thursday afternoon about
an hour before the opening of the
nearly two-and-a-half day waiting
line for advance tickets to Michael
Jacksons This is It concert docu-
mentary. Leiweke reunited with
musicians, singers and dancers
from the tour in a press confer-
ence held in the plaza, which is just
directly across the street from the
Staples Center, the site of Jacksons
rehearsals, the last of which taking
place just hours before his death
June 25.
Its mixed feelings, first of all,
to see these guys again, and to
be in this space, noted singer
Darryl Phinnessee. You know, we
finished rehearsing at quarter to
midnight the night before Michael
died, and he was energetic and up
and doing his thing, as youll see in
the movie.
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Students, team react to fights.
Looks like the Kansas PR
machine is hard at work. What
a weak attempt by the Athletics
Department to fabricate
statements by popular athletes in
hopes of winning back lost respect.
Suspensions better happen!
If these athletes didnt make so
much money for the University,
heads would be rolling. Lets just
say it was the golf team duking it
out with the tennis team. Im sure
the Athletics Department would
act swiftly in following the code
of conduct policies on campus
without flinching.
Eugene2010
If bad choices dont have
consequences, people will
continue to make bad choices.
Its Parenting 101. Sometimes you
have to do things you dont like in
order to get people to change their
behavior. Of course, with absentee
parenting, this generation will
never understand that concept,
and probably never grow up.
joedirt92
I dont believe the players know
that their actions do not just
directly affect the current students
who reside on the campus and in
Lawrence. They need to realize,
and I think it takes graduating
and moving away to understand
it, that Jayhawk Nation is
EVERYWHERE. There is not one
supporter, alumnus or fan that did
not feel ashamed or embarrassed
due to the actions of the players,
and I believe if those responsible
could just realize that what they
are representing is far bigger than
they will ever become, then things
like this would never happen.
mojayhawks1234
So disappointing. Evidently
these student-athletes dont take
much pride in being part of
this great institution. Im really
bummed and dont know what to
think.
beauj
Im a student here at the
University of Kansas and you do
not fully understand what your
actions have done to us the
supporters or you college athletics.
We love watching you guys play
every Saturday or weekday.
However, you guys just dont
understand how important to us
you mean. Respect the students
and the fans when you do an act
that can reflect the University. Just
think of all of the KU fans you have
hurt. Think about the hundreds of
thousands of supporters behind
you before you decide to do this.
KS
Its very nice for the leaders
to accept responsibility for the
actions of the team and to express
embarrassment. However, all
of the children involved need
to pay a price that needs to
be very public, very visible
community work, helping with
grounds keeping, being held out
of the next game, riding the bench
instead of starting for a while
something to demonstrate that
they are getting the message. The
message they need to have drilled
into their thick skulls is Under
no circumstances will this sort of
behavior be tolerated.
tumbleweed
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Climate change:
A history of fear
Tanning is a choice,
but cancer is not
Te University of Kansas has
many students and faculty mem-
bers who have been afected by
breast cancer, whether it be a
friend, family member or their own
personal battle. As we approach
October (Breast Cancer Awareness
Month) it is important to continue
to raise awareness across campus.
In a recent editorial, Salon Hawk
was ridiculed for doing just that.
Owner Emily Willis is holding a
fundraiser in which proceeds to go
the Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Breast Center. Salon Hawk was
not ridiculed for simply holding
this fundraiser, but for somehow
contradicting it by providing tan-
ning beds that could lead to skin
cancer.
Lying in that tanning bed is a
choice. Developing breast cancer
is not. Furthermore, the Univer-
sity does not own Salon Hawk.
If the University is to be in-
cluded in this ridicule, we should
acknowledge the fact that smoking
is allowed across campus, exposing
thousands of students to cancer-
causing chemicals without consent.
Raising awareness of breast cancer
and promoting early detection are
two of the most crucial things we
can do for prevention there is
no cure.
Among cancer related deaths,
breast cancer is the No. 2leading
cause in women. While I agree
that every form of cancer is worthy
of being brought to our attention,
according to the American Cancer
Society, 1 in 8 women will be di-
agnosed with breast cancer in her
lifetime. Only 1 in 58 will be diag-
nosed with skin cancer.
Survival rates are on the rise, and
its because of people such as Willis
who hold fundraisers to help raise
awareness of the cause. Early de-
tection screenings helped my great-
grandmother win her fght against
breast cancer. Salon Hawk is doing
a wonderful thing for our commu-
nity. Not only will I be wearing my
pink ribbon next month, I will also
have a pink streak.
Amanda Easley is a sophomore
fromJunction City.
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ewsweek Magazine
reports, There are omi-
nous signs that the Earths
weather patterns have begun to
change dramatically and that these
changes may portend a drastic
decline in food production with
serious political implications for
just about every nation on Earth.
The New York Times reads,
The facts of the present climate
change are such that the most opti-
mistic experts would assign near
certainty to major crop failure in
a decade.
And according to Time
Magazine, As they review the
bizarre and unpredictable weather
pattern of the past several years, a
growing number of scientists are
beginning to suspect that many
seemingly contradictory meteo-
rological fluctuations are actually
part of a global climatic upheaval.
Scared? Dont be. These are all
articles taken from 1974 and 1975
and they arent warning of glob-
al warming; they are fears of an
imminent global cooling.
Scientists and journalists have
been warning us of impending
climate disasters for more than
100 years. Many of todays global
warming believers probably dont
even realize their claims are not
original. In the 1930s the media
was in a global warming fervor
over shrinking Arctic ice.
This global warming movement
came on the heels of the great
global cooling scare of the 1900s.
During that movement, the Los
Angeles Times warned the entire
human race that it will have to
fight for its existence against cold.
From cooling in the 1900s to
warming in the 1930s, back to
cooling in the 1970s and back
again to warming starting in the
1980s, only one thing has remained
constant humans are doomed
unless government can save us.
The trendy global warming
scare of today originated from
government reports and is now
responsible for millions of govern-
ment jobs and the expenditure of
billions of taxpayer dollars.
It has been a largely successful
campaign, but the so-called con-
sensus is now in a free fall. This is
devastating to the alarmists cause,
which has been forced away from
scientific facts and centered itself
on a consensus of scientists as its
main modus operandi.
Youll never hear this in the
media, but more than 700 inter-
national scientists are now voicing
their dissent of man-made global
warming claims. This is com-
pared to the consensus of 52
scientists that signed the media-
hyped and government published
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change report to policy
makers in 2007.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus
called the United Nations climate
change meeting held in New York
last week propagandistic and
undignified.
The dying consensus and the
fact that the earth has been cool-
ing during the last decade makes
it about time to make the case for
global cooling again. It goes some-
thing like this: Our planet is grow-
ing colder because of evil man and
if government doesnt take drastic
steps to curb our activities then
our sinful ways will bring rising
oceans, drowning cities and count-
less other plagues upon us.
To believe that our actions are
changing the climate is remarkably
conceited. The planet is about 4.5
billion years old. Humans have
occupied the earth for around
200,000 years (0.00004 percent of
Earths existence). The planet will
be just fine. Its the people we need
to worry about. Thats the right
idea.
Compton is a Wichita senior
in political science.
Chet Compton
The RiGhT
iDea
n n n
Sometimes I prefer using my
vibrator instead of having sex
with my boyfriend.
n n n
Is it a problem that my
roommate watches porn
constantly? I think it is.
n n n
I just want to say thanks to
athletes who got in a fght. I
just transferred from K-State
and my friends are making
even more fun of me now.
n n n
Hey FFA: Whats with all of
the fghting between all of the
football and basketball play-
ers? We all know who runs this
campus: the debate team.
n n n
Game Day is the best day.
I love my Jayhawks, my beer
and my overly obnoxious
friends.
n n n
My computer area smells
like feet.
n n n
My yogurt-covered Chee-
rios are stale. I can already tell
today is going to be unpro-
ductive. Damn you, Cheerios.
n n n
Anyone else think we
should go back to the 1941
logo?
n n n
You know maybe Ill just
drop out of college and be-
come an escort.
n n n
My horoscope just told me,
Your cat is your best friend.
n n n
I watched this movie to-
night where the main charac-
ter looked identical to my ex.
Thanks for the reminder that I
still miss that piece of shit.
n n n
Why the hell am I still a
Chiefs fan?
n n n
Dont ever lie and say you
love someone when you dont.
n n n
I want to apologize. I think I
had swine fu, but I wasnt sure
and never got it checked out
and kept on going to class.
n n n
To whoever said they were
playing Pokmon on Friday: I
challenge you
n n n
Youre getting impatient
with me not stepping up,
arent you? That ends this
week. Hell, maybe even today.
n n n
Funfetti cookies!
n n n
True fans stay until both
sides of their face are burned.
n n n
Take advantage of local produce
I
magine for a moment that
the nearest grocery store is 50
miles away. Staying local is
an option, but a single apple costs
$5. Not to worry. The go-to pizza
chain still offers extra-large, extra-
filling and extra-nutrient-depleted
slices for a low price.
This may seem a little dramatic,
but food deserts like this are all
too familiar for many Americans.
Food deserts were first recognized
in the 1990s as regions where fresh
food is difficult to find. Because of
the growing popularity of super-
stores on outskirts of town, food
deserts have boomed.
With the competition of mega-
markets, mom-and-pop grocery
stores that once populated the
corners of city blocks have gone
the way of record shops and roller-
skating rinks.
What is left behind are con-
venience stores and cheap fast-
food joints, where the only fresh
ingredients are found somewhere
between a bun. For people facing
this reality, healthy eating is virtu-
ally not an option.
Michelle Obama has recently
brought attention to the challenges
of food desert residents by leading
healthy eating initiatives. She cre-
ated a garden on the White House
lawn, talked with school children
about the significance of healthy
eating and marked the opening of
a new farmers market by stocking
up on a variety of foods.
The message Mrs. Obama is
sending is significant: One of the
best ways to approach healthy eat-
ing is by using fresh, local and sea-
sonal ingredients. To the citizens
of Lawrence this concept shouldnt
be too revolutionary.
Lawrencians have been privy
to the benefits of local eating for
many years. Three days a week
downtown is home to Kansas old-
est continually operating farm-
ers markets, where vendors from
around the state offer an assort-
ment of vegetables, fruits, baked
goods and much more.
At the market, unlike the gam-
ble with freshness that is com-
mon with pre-packaged items,
the goods are guaranteed to be
straight from the vine, orchard or
oven. If any hesitation remains,
simply move onto the next vendor
the good-spirited competitive
atmosphere ensures the best prod-
ucts at the lowest prices.
Even for the most gifted of
farmers, Kansass winters are not
very bountiful. As a result, the
market only runs from April to
mid-November. Fortunately, even
in the off-season many natural
food options are to be found in
Lawrence. Some stores specialize
purely in natural goods and many
large grocery stores have created
specialty food sections, where nat-
ural products can be bought in the
same trip as laundry detergent.
Simply put: Lawrence is not a
food desert and should not be
treated as such. While grabbing
a sandwich from a fast-food res-
taurant does have its role in the
world (convenience is not to be
underestimated in the life of a col-
lege student), its important to take
advantage of the great opportuni-
ties for healthful eating that our
community offers.
Need extra incentive? The
farmers market has baked goods.
Hello, fresh-made muffin! At least
its a step in the right direction.
McCoy is a Lincoln, Neb.,
sophomore in journalism.
emILY mCCoY
PURSUiT OF
heaLThFULNeSS
NEWS 10A Monday, SepteMber 28, 2009
Making a splash
Amanda Kistner/KANSAN
Members of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity mud fght at their annual Watermelon Fest. Participants ate watermelon, participated in tug-of-war contests and watermelon baseball. Many sorori-
ties and fraternities attended the philanthropy event to help raise money.
odd news
92-year-old celebrates
her birthday by skydiving
KEENE, N.H. A 92-year-old
New Hampshire woman has
celebrated her birthday by sky-
diving from a plane at 13,000
feet.
Swanzey resident Jane Bock-
struck tells The Keene Sentinel
newspaper she doesnt know
what overcame her when she
decided to take the parachute
jump.
With a group of friends and
relatives watching, Bockstruck
leaped Sept. 19 at the Jumptown
sky-diving club in Orange, Mass.,
west of Boston. She says she
doesnt remember jumping from
the plane.
But tandem partner and jump
instructor Paul Peckham Jr. says
she had perfect form and landed
without a hitch.
He says shes the oldest
person hes taken on a jump. The
second-oldest was 78.
Bockstruck says shes been
married seven times, has trav-
eled the world and has had jobs
ranging from hotel desk clerk to
seamstress for the John Wayne
movie True Grit.
Pope Benedict XVI swats
spider during interview
PRAGUE President Barack
Obama had his fy. Now Pope
Benedict XVI has his spider.
A large arachnid appeared
on the popes white robes as
he addressed politicians and
diplomats in Prague on Satur-
day afternoon. The pope didnt
seem to notice at frst but
journalists following the speech
on a large screen finched as the
spider inched toward Benedicts
neck.
It disappeared from view for a
moment, but then could be seen
crawling up the right side of the
82-year-old pontifs face.
When it reached his ear,
Benedict gave it a swat. But it
didnt go away it reappeared
on the popes left shoulder and
scampered down his robe.
As the pope left the medieval
Prague Castles ornate Spanish
Hall, the spider could be seen
hanging from a piece of web.
In June, Obama now famously
swatted and killed a fy that in-
truded on an interview for CNBC
at the White House.
Associated Press
AssociAted press
PLAINS, Ga. The small
southwestern Georgia town of
Plains has two famous exports:
peanuts and peanut farmer-
turned-president Jimmy Carter.
Both were feted Saturday with
a parade and a celebration of the
legume whose reputation strug-
gled after a salmonella outbreak
earlier this year.
The outbreak, linked to a plant
in nearby Blakely, forced state leg-
islators to adopt new food safety
regulations after it sickened hun-
dreds and may have caused the
deaths of as many as nine people.
But the peanut is bouncing
back, boosters say: Sales are up
about 15 percent last month after
plunging 20 percent in the wake
of the salmonella scare.
Its a miracle, said Tyron
Spearman, executive director
of the National Peanut Buying
Points Association. It has come
back at an unbelievable pace.
The outbreak sent shudders
throughout Georgias peanut
industry, which employs more
than 50,000 people and packs an
estimated economic impact of
$2.5 billion.
For Plains, the crop is a way of
life even if there are fewer farmers
than there used to be.
Weve always depended on
peanuts here, said Carter, who
has been involved in peanut pro-
duction since he was a 5-year-old
on his family farm. Its still a
great factor in my life. Peanut
growers, peanut producers we
all feel like a giant family and
were celebrating one of the great-
est products here.
Saturdays festival featured fried
peanut butter sandwiches, peanut
butter ice cream, peanut brittle,
boiled peanuts, roasted peanuts
and enough peanut candies to
supply Halloween treats for the
whole town of more than 600
people. Peanut sculptures, toys
and antiques were on sale.
Peanut princesses and farmers
driving antique tractors snaked
along the parade route, turning to
acknowledge the 39th president
as he stood on the balcony of the
Plains Historic Inn.
The president, who turns 85 on
Thursday, said he always goes out
of his way to clear his schedule
so he can preside over the annual
parade.
Besides, Spearman quipped, it
wouldnt be much of a celebra-
tion without him. The festivals
motto is: Plains, peanuts and a
president.
CElEbration
Georgian town has
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By Stephen MonteMayor
smontemayor@kansan.com
By anDreW poSCh
aposch@kansan.com
Three days and three unde-
feated players later, Kansas tennis
coach Amy Hall-Holt said she is
still excited about her teams will
to win.
Three underclassmen fresh-
man Sara Lazarevic and sopho-
mores Kate Morozova and Erin
Wilbert did not lose any of their
singles or doubles matches this
weekend in the Jayhawks tourna-
ment at First Serve in Lawrence.
Together, the three posted a 9-0
singles record in the tournament
that included opponents from
UMKC, Saint Louis University
and Illinois State University.
Its a great feeling, Hall-Holt
said, speaking about the early-
season wins by the young players.
Lazarevic started out in the
top singles bracket with victo-
ries against Illinois States Ariane
Maack and Saint Louis Sarah
Septien and Casey Miller.
Morozova also defeated oppo-
nents from Illinois State and Saint
Louis in the first two rounds,
but in the semi-
final round, she
was matched up
against her team-
mate, junior
Maria Martinez.
Morozova pre-
vailed in the
J a y h a w k - v s . -
Jayhawk matchup,
winning 6-1, 7-5.
Martinezs only
singles loss came from
the match against Morozova.
Teammates Lazarevic and
Morozova were scheduled against
each other in the finals, but Hall-
Holt decided that the two would
not play in order to avoid poten-
tial injuries.
Lazarevic and Morozova said
they were not disappointed with
the unresolved outcome.
It really doesnt matter, said
Morozova, who said
she was happy to
share the top spot
with her teammate.
In the second
bracket, Wilbert
began with a bye and
faced only Illinois
State players after
that. She defeated
Hannah Esker and
Carmen Peters with-
out too much trou-
ble, but then needed three sets to
win Sundays final match against
Illinois States Franzi Steinhardt.
After losing the first set 4-6,
Wilbert came back to win 6-3, 6-2
in the last two sets.
Freshman Vika Khanevskaya,
sophomore Alie Dzuba and junior
Kate Goff also competed in the
same bracket. Khanevskaya and
Dzuba picked up three victories
apiece.
The Jayhawks were also suc-
cessful in doubles competition
and finished with a 7-2 team
record. The duos of Lazarevic
and Morozova and Wilbert and
Khanevskaya went undefeated in
the three days.
This really showed us that our
hard work will pay off, Lazarevic
said.
Lazarevic and Morozova said
they were proud of their perfor-
mance together and said they hope
to qualify for the ITA Regional
Oct. 22 in Norman, Okla.
Hall-Holt said she is also opti-
mistic about the coming matches.
Were hoping to continue
building a lot of self-esteem, Hall-
Holt said. We have a lot of good
things ahead of us.
Edited by Nick Gerik
We're hoping to
continue building a
lot of self-esteem.
We have a lot of good
things ahead of us.
AMY HALL-HOLT
Kansas tennis coach
Weston White/KANSAN
Sophomore Ekaterina Morozova returns a serve froman opponent Friday afternoon during
the Jayhawk Invitational tournament. Morozova recorded a perfect 4-0 singles record. Kansas was
19-9 overall in singles.
Hard work helps underclassmen fnish tournament undefeated
tennIS
A
t least publicly, the Kansas
Athletics Department is
putting last weeks alterca-
tions between the mens basketball
and football teams to bed.
For now, we can do the same.
Just keep a nightlight on. Make a
deal with athletics that well let it
clean up its mess unimpeded but
demand full disclosure if another
incident occurs on campus.
It would be foolish to think that
chatter on campus, in neighboring
cities and on rival teams message
boards regarding the quarrels will
cease. Its also foolish to assume all
is suddenly and completely well
between the two programs. There
will be a fringe few lacking the
wherewithal and maturity to mend
those fences.
Athletics Director Lew Perkins
spoke for about 20 minutes with
media before Saturdays football
game against Southern Miss. It
was a conversation that was can-
did, honest and necessary.
Ive been doing college athletic
administration for over 40 years,
Perkins said. Ive never experi-
enced anything like this.
Its easy to take those statements
for granted. Dont.
Perkins, football coach Mark
Mangino, men's basketball coach
Bill Self and all those affiliated
with the department are dealing
with a situation of greater magni-
tude than anything theyve faced
in all their experiences.
Perkins said the fights were
much more serious and compli-
cated than boys will be boys. He
even called it the most compli-
cated thing Ive ever dealt with my
whole life.
What is clear is the frustration
and bewilderment Perkins exhib-
By JaySon JenKS
jjenks@kansan.com

The defense gathered once
more before taking the field late in
the fourth quarter a simple, but
decisive message bouncing around
the huddle.
We have to make a stop. We have
to win this game for us. Its on us
now, D.
With 1:53 left in the game
and with Kansas clinging to a
35-28 lead Southern Mississippi
took control of the ball at its own
33-yard line. The Golden Eagles
had moved with relative ease
throughout the first three quar-
ters.
They had picked apart the sec-
ondary, completely limited the
pass rush and, most importantly,
stirred images of Kansas defense
from a year ago a unit that
simply struggled to coerce stops
against high-scoring offenses.
On Saturday, in need of such a
stop, the Jayhawks rallied to sack
quarterback Austin Davis for a
10-yard loss on third down, effec-
tively sealing the victory.
It was Kansas only sack of the
game.
Thats a big gut check, junior
corner back Chris Harris said. Its
going to tell the tale of whats
going to happen the rest of the
season. That was big to show that
we had the mental toughness to
get that stop.
Sure, Kansas late stop to pre-
serve the victory was a critical
moment in the game. But it also
bucked the norm
of the 2008
defense.
St at i st i cal l y,
the Jayhawks
werent a good
defensive team
last season.
Compoundi ng
the problem was
that the unit
tended to buckle when facing
upper-level teams.
Last season, Kansas couldnt
generate stops in losses at Nebraska
or South Florida, and the defense
surely offered little resistance to
Oklahoma and Texas Tech.
Thats why Saturdays final
stand, and the entire fourth-
quarter defensive performance for
that matter, signaled progress.
The defense didnt play well for
three quarters, but in the most
crucial moments, the Jayhawks
made enough plays to hang on.
Last year, it seems like we didnt
make those plays, Harris said.
But were very tough this year.
Added junior linebacker Drew
Dudley: It shows that this defense
has character. When we really need
a stop, this defense
can get it done.
After senior quar-
terback Todd Reesing
gave Kansas the lead
by completing a
12-yard touchdown
pass to senior wide
receiver Kerry Meier
less than a minute
into the fourth quar-
ter, the defense responded.
Southern Miss moved the ball
near midfield in an attempt to
re-tie the game. But sophomore
Steven Fosters pressure forced
Davis to release the ball early,
resulting in an interception by
sophomore defensive back Ryan
Murphy.
The whole defense, we took it
upon our shoulders that we had
to stop them, junior defensive
end Jake Laptad said. Stop them:
That was really the only choice
we had.
Southern Miss entered the game
3-0, and plenty of national pundits
selected the Golden Eagles as a
trendy team to pull off an early-
season upset.
For three quarters, Southern
Miss went yard-for-yard with a
Kansas team that never appeared
to develop a rhythm during the
game. The Jayhawks commit-
ted 10 penalties, including two
intentional groundings and an
unsportsmanlike conduct penalty
on Reesing.
We knew coming in that that
was a very good team, Reesing
said. But looking back, were kind
of surprised at how good they
were.
Reesing, who threw for 331
yards and three touchdowns, led a
Kansas offense that played well in
the first half and sporadically after
halftime.
The Jayhawks failed to score on
their final three drives, something
that would have put the game out
of reach.
Instead, the game fell into the
hands of Kansas defense, a group
maligned for their inability to
come through in similar situations
last season.
After the game, Mangino talk-
ed about the development of the
defense and how the unit was
expected to be a work-in-progress
throughout the early portion of
the season.
He said the defense took a big
step forward with a lockdown
performance that allowed Kansas
to avoid being upset by a feisty
Southern Miss team.
And then he returned to the
clich used countless times during
Manginos tenure.
They kept sawing wood. They
really did, Mangino said. They
got beat on plays, they never got
discouraged and never got down.
Turned out, they played a phe-
nomenal fourth quarter.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
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Junior linebacker Justin Springer dives on a fumble forced by senior safety Darrell Stuckey Saturday against Southern Mississippi. Kansas won 35-28 after a tough defensive stand.
On the ball, in the clutch
Defense steps up its performance late in the game to seal the victory
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When we really need
a stop, this defense
can get it done.
Drew DuDLeY
Junior linebacker
AssociAted Press
DENVER The pungent
aroma wafting through the St.
Louis Cardinals clubhouse was
hard to ignore Sunday.
Not that the players minded
the leftover fumes from their fer-
vent celebration the night before.
Stale champagne is good,
Mark DeRosa said.
The Cardinals
clinched the NL
Central crown
Saturday night
with a win over the
Colorado Rockies,
dousing each other
with cans of beer
and sparkling wine
brought in from a
winery in Missouri.
The edge is off,
said DeRosa, a typical infielder
put in the lineup in right field on
Sunday against Colorado. But its
only off for a 24-hour span.
Thats because theres still plen-
ty of work to do. The Cardinals
are in the midst of the race for the
best record in the NL, trailing the
Los Angeles Dodgers by percent-
age points.
Plus, the team doesnt want to
become complacent this close to
the playoffs.
The last thing you want to
do is hit cruise control, infielder
Brendan Ryan said. We want to
still stay hungry and play with a
purpose.
The Cardinals were a loose
bunch Sunday morning. Ryan
paraded around the clubhouse in
a Brian Westbrook jersey, check-
ing on his fantasy football team.
Albert Pujols sat in a corner
signing baseballs, while manager
Tony La Russa organized a sea-
sons worth of lineup cards in his
office. Those lineup cards will
be signed by players and then
auctioned off for his charity, the
Animal Rescue Foundation in
the Bay area.
He pulled one out of the stack
and glanced at it June 2, a 5-2
win over Cincinnati.
Must have been a hell of a
game because everyone signed
it, La Russa said.
On Sunday,
La Russa kept
catcher Yadier
Molina (sore
knee) and out-
fielder Matt
Holliday (sick-
ness) out of the
starting lineup
for precaution-
ary reasons.
Thats going
to be his approach the rest of
the way rest players only if
necessary.
Its common sense if
youre tired, you get a rest. If
youre hurt, you get a rest, La
Russa said. Baseball is a game
of timing.
And the Cardinals dont want
to lose that. Since acquiring
Holliday on July 24, theyre an
NL-best 38-19. They want to keep
that momentum rolling.
We want to still stay hungry
and play with a purpose, Ryan
said. Were working toward get-
ting home-field advantage.
With the playoffs around the
corner, La Russa is lining up his
rotation as well.
Will Chris Carpenter start
Game 1?
I dont want to get fired, La
Russa said, joking.
He has another worthy can-
didate in Adam Wainwright,
whos in the running for the Cy
Young award after winning his
NL-leading 19th game Saturday
night. Wainwright escaped a
sticky situation in the eighth
inning Saturday, striking out Clint
Barmes and pinch-hitter Jason
Giambi, both looking, to strand
runners on first and second.
He might have won the (Cy
Young) award in the eighth
inning, La Russa said after the
game.
Not starting a Cy Young win-
ner in Game 1 wouldnt new ter-
ritory for La Russa. He went with
Dave Stewart over 27-game win-
ner Bob Welch in 1990 while
managing the Oakland As.
La Russa also is trying to figure
out the back end of his rotation.
Decisions, decisions.
One things for sure La Russa
likes the makeup of this club.
Before, we were a pretty good
club that was gutsy, La Russa
said. Now were a good club
thats got great guts.
D
ont look now, but the
Kansas Jayhawks are
sneaking up the rankings.
Granted, this latest climb wasnt
so much a product of a dominat-
ing performance by Kansas
actually, if the pass defense forgets
to show up in conference play like
it did this week, this column will
be quickly rendered obsolete
but rather a second consecutive
weekend of uninspiring perfor-
mances from the teams at the top.
My dark horse candidate for the
title, No. 6 Cal, took a 42-3 beating
at the hands of the Oregon Ducks,
and they were just one of many.
Of the teams ranked Nos. 4, 5, 6,
9 and 18 all above the Jayhawks
that lost last week, only No. 9
Miami was to a ranked opponent.
But back to the effects this will
have on the Jayhawks. For one,
if they start to defend the pass,
they have a legitimate shot at run-
ning the table only Texas and
Oklahoma are ranked above the
Jayhawks and left on the schedule.
Kansas has the Sooners at
home, where the Jayhawks are
tough to beat on their bad days.
Even if Sam Bradford returns to
form which at this point seems
unlikely Kansas has a real shot
to knock off the Sooners. This is
especially true considering the
Sooners early season collapse
against BYU, and though excuses
can legitimately be made about
Bradfords being out, the Cougars
have never, to me at least, seemed
to have the makings of a top-15
team.
The biggest challenge will likely
be the Longhorns, which Kansas
hasnt beat since 1938, and never
in Austin. Neither is a good trend
if youre a Kansas fan. But Kansas,
despite everything Mark Mangino
will say to the contrary, is looking
more and more like the team that
won the Orange Bowl a couple of
seasons back.
The emergence of running
back Toben Opurum, who sports
editor Stephen Montemayor was
so impressed with Saturday that
Monty started calling him Adrian
Peterson Lite, gives the offense
a dimension it sorely missed last
season. Todd Reesing is still Todd
Reesing, and now has the best
receiver corps in the nation to
help him in the aerial attack. The
Jayhawks are top-20 in both rush-
ing and passing offense and are
averaging more than 40 points a
game.
The defense on the other hand,
is stout against the run, but sus-
ceptible through the air. If the
Jayhawks look to make a prophet
of me which, come on, should
totally be the focus of their season
Darrell Stuckey and Co. will
have to step up their coverage.
But for the moment, the
Jayhawks are undefeated. And
thats all that matters for now.
GreetinGs from
Bristol
Allow me a moment of self-
indulgence. Ive been working two
weeks now as an intern for ESPN,
as a production assistant. This
means that, five nights a week,
I watch a game, decide what the
highlight is going to be and make
it happen. Dream job! So Ive
decided to take a little time each
week to tell the masses what its
like working for the Worldwide
Leader in Sports (kinda cool.)
Todays story comes from
this Saturday. I was watching the
Athletics-Angels game and the
Vitali Klitschko-Cris Arreola
heavyweight title bout, but, for
obvious reasons, all eyes turned
to the Florida game when Tim
Tebow went down with an injury.
In the room I work in, several
shows are filmed, one of them
being College Football Live, where
analysts Todd McShay and Robert
Smith provide coverage of the
days games. Ive never felt like I
was getting inside scoops quicker
than when I was close enough
to McShay, who seems to scoop
every story, to give him a high five.
Sure enough, the wire story
concerning Tebows injury comes
in, I open and read it, and ESPNs
broadcasters announce, after Ive
read the story, that Florida coaches
are saying Tebow just got his bell
rung.
Good times were had by all.
Edited by Alicia Banister
sports 2B
toDAY
mens Golf:
Kansas
Invitational, All
Day, Lawrence
Womens Golf:
Marilyn Smith
Sunfower
Invitational, All
Day, Manhattan
tuesDAY
mens Golf:
Kansas
Invitational, All
Day, Lawrence
Womens Golf:
Marilyn Smith
Sunfower
Invitational, All
Day, Manhattan

WeDnesDAY
Womens
Volleyball: vs.
Colorado, 6:30
p.m.
thursDAY
No events scheduled.
friDAY
Womens soccer:
at Texas A&M, 7
p.m.
sAturDAY
Cross Country:
OSU Cowboy
Jamboree, 9 a.m.,
Stillwater, Okla.
Womens
Volleyball: at
Texas A&M, 2 p.m.
softball: vs.
Emporia State, 2
p.m.
softball: vs.
Central Missouri
St, 4 p.m.
Womens tennis:
All-Americans, All
Day, Los Angeles.
Womens
rowing: Boot of
the Oklahoma, All
Day, Oklahoma
City, Okla.
sunDAY
Womens soccer:
at Texas, 1 p.m.
softball: vs.
Emporia State, 4
p.m.
Womens tennis:
All-Americans, All
Day, Los Angeles
this Week
in kAnsAs
AthletiCs
Quote of the DAY
Show me a good loser, and
Ill show you a loser.
Vince Lombardi
Upsets help team climb ranks
morninG BreW
By tim dwyer
tdwyer@kansan.com
fACt of the DAY
Kansas seven-point margin
of victory Saturday was its
closest home game since the
Jayhawks defeated Colorado
by fve points in 2006.
Kansas Athletics
triViA of the DAY
Q: What was Kansas average
margin of victory in 2008?
A: 19.5 points.
Kansas Athletics
monday, september 28, 2009
mlB
Cardinals snag the NL Central Crown Saturday
Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals Chris Carpenter, left, hugs relief pitcher Ryan Franklin after he retired
the Colorado Rockies in the ninth inning of the Cardinals 6-3 victory in Denver on Saturday. The
Cardinals celebrated winning the NL Central Crown.
St. Louis team celebrates by taking a moment to rest before playoffs begin in October
We want to still stay
hungry and play with
a purpose.
BrENDAN ryAN
Cardinals infelder
soccer
Wizards keeper records
seventh shutout of year
KANSAS CITy Preston Bur-
po recorded his frst shutout in
more than a year, helping the
Colorado rapids secure a road
point with a scoreless draw
against the Kansas City Wizards
on Saturday night.
Colorado moved into third
in the Western Conference with
39 points and is ffth overall.
Burpo, a veteran backup fll-
ing in for the injured Matt Pick-
ens (right knee sprain), made
three saves for his shutout
since a 2-0 home victory over
Chicago on Sept. 14, 2008.
Burpo got some clutch help
from defender Kosuke Kimura,
who cleared Zoltan Herceg-
falvis shot after a corner kick in
the 80th minute.
Kansas Citys Kevin Hartman
had three saves for his seventh
shutout of the year.
Colorado (10-8-9) tied for
the third straight time and is
winless in its last four matches.
Kansas City (8-11-7) has lost
just once in its last fve.
Each team had plenty of
chances, but neither could
fnish. The Wizards outshot the
rapids 18-12, with a 4-3 advan-
tage in shots on goal.
Associated Press
NFL
Saints shut out T.O. for
frst time in 13 years
OrCHArD PArK, N.y.
Turns out Drew Brees doesnt
have to throw a touchdown
pass or put up 45 points
to secure a victory.
The New Orleans Saints
overlooked defense proved
pretty stout.
Will Smith had a sack and
an interception to lead a
Saints defense that held Terrell
Owens without a catch for
the frst time since his rookie
season in 1996 on the way to
New Orleans 27-7 win over the
Bufalo Bills on Sunday.
running back Pierre Thomas
sealed the win by scoring two
touchdowns in the fnal 10
minutes and fnished with a
career-high 126 yards rushing
all in the second half.
Brees fnished 16 of 20 for
172 yards, ending an NFL-lead-
ing 22-game streak of throw-
ing for 200 yards or more.
Our defense played out-
standing, Brees said. Every
time they stepped on the feld,
they just felt like the were go-
ing to shut them down.
New Orleans generated four
sacks and prevented Bufalo
(1-2) from registering a frst
down in its fnal fve posses-
sions.
Bengals end Steelers
streak in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI Sam Cooks
song A Change is Gonna
Come played on a continuous
loop in the Cincinnati Bengals
locker room, providing the
musical score for a ground-
breaking win.
In fve frenetic minutes,
the Bengals earned some
legitimacy and won back their
town.
Carson Palmers 4-yard
touchdown pass to Andre
Caldwell with 14 seconds left
provided a 23-20 win Sunday
that ended the Pittsburgh
Steelers nearly decade-long
domination in Cincinnati, one
that appeared set to go on in-
defnitely until the fnal drive.
Priceless, ofensive lineman
Bobbie Williams said. The past
is the past. This is a new team
and a new day.
For once, it was their day.

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sports 3b MOnday, SepteMber 28, 2009
By ZACH GETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
Te Kansas volleyball team con-
tinued its troubles on the road, be-
ing swept by No. 24 Baylor this Sat-
urday. Kansas fell to 8-4 (1-2) while
Baylor continued its hot streak im-
proving to 14-1 (3-1).
It is much more difcult to play
on the road, coach Ray Bechard
said. But if you are going to be an
NCAA team, or an upper level Big
12 team, then you have to fnd a way
to win.
Kansas didnt value every point
and take care of the ball, which may
be why Kansas
was unable to put
Baylor away in the
second set, sopho-
more outside hitter
Allison Mayfeld
said.
In the end
game, we shouldve
stepped on the gas,
Mayfeld said. We
may have gotten a
little too lax in end.
Mayfeld led the team with 14
kills and was the only player on the
Kansas team with double-digit kills.
Kansas may also have been hurt-
ing with junior outside hitter Karina
Garlington being out for the game
with an undisclosed injury. Garling-
ton leads the team with 164 kills for
the season and is averaging 4 kills
per set.
Bechard said he thought Kan-
sas did not sufer much without
Garlington as junior outside hitter
Jenna Kaiser played for her.
I thought Jenna Kaiser stepped
into today and did very well,
Bechard said. Im very proud of
her, and she stepped in and took
some heavy swings.
Kaiser said it felt good to help the
team, but thought the
team was never able to
get into a rhythm.
We just didnt exe-
cute very well, Kaiser
said. Our communi-
cations levels dropped
a little bit and hurt us.
We had errors that
were not common to
this team.
Kansas hung
around for most of the frst set,
but afer tying the set 16-16, Bay-
lor scored six of the next seven and
Kansas ultimately lost the set 19-25.
Te second set Kansas came out
strong, leading most of the set, but
afer Kansas was up, 19-15 Baylor
went on another run, scoring 10 of
the next 13 points and Kansas lost
the set 22-25. Te third set Kansas
was fat, making 10 errors and lost
the set 17-25 without much of a
fght.
Mayfeld said that although Bay-
lor was a good team, Kansas had a
chance to be in match, but mistakes
ultimately hurt Kansas.
Tey didnt do too much to beat
us, Mayfeld said. We did a lot of
that ourselves.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
Kansas vs. Baylor
Kansas 19 | 22 | 17
Baylor 25 | 25 | 25
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volleyBall
Kansas succumbs to Baylor
in game flled with errors
In the end game, we
shouldve stepped on
the gas. We may have
gotten a little too lax
in the end.
Allison MAyField
outside hitter
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Sophomore outside hitter Allison Mayfeld dives for a dig against Oklahoma. Mayfeld led the teamwith 14 kills against Baylor Saturday.
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Zack
Greinke worked out of several
jams in seven innings to bolster his
AL Cy Young Award chances and
Yuniesky Betancourt hit a three-
run homer, helping the Kansas
City Royals win their home finale
4-1 over the Minnesota Twins on
Sunday.
Greinke (16-8) worked out of
a bases-loaded jam with no outs
in the third inning and escaped
two other tight spots to drop his
baseball-best ERA to 2.06.
Joakim Soria got the final six
outs, inducing a groundout by Joe
Mauer with two on in the ninth for
his 29th save in 32 chances.
Minnesota had a chance to
move within a game of the AL
Central lead after Detroit lost to
the White Sox.
The Twins just couldnt over-
come Francisco Lirianos short-
lived return to the rotation nor
solve Greinke when it mattered,
going 1 for 12 with runners in
scoring position against him.
Orlando Cabrera had three hits
for Minnesota, which now faces
its biggest series of the season:
four games in Detroit, starting
Monday.
Dominant all season but par-
ticularly over the past month,
Greinke had to fight through some
tough spots.
He opened the third by walk-
ing Matt Tolbert, a .228 hitter,
then gave up two soft singles to
Nick Punto and Denard Span. The
right-hander worked out of that
with a forceout at home and con-
secutive strikeouts of Mauer and
Jason Kubel, who slammed his
helmet to the ground in frustra-
tion.
After whizzing through a five-
pitch fourth inning, Greinke ran
into more trouble in the sixth, giv-
ing up his first run in 40 2-3 innings
on Michael
C u d d y e r s
groundout that
made it 4-1.
The Twins had
two on with no
outs in each of the
next two innings
against him, fail-
ing to score both
times.
Greinke allowed one run and
seven hits to beat Minnesota for
the first time in seven starts. Hes
5-0 with a 0.73 ERA over his last
seven outings and has allowed one
run or less in 17 of 32 starts this
season.
Liriano (5-13) didnt get the
same kind of leeway.
With the Twins trying to catch
the Tigers in the Central, manager
Ron Gardenhire didnt have a lot
of patience for the left-hander in
his first start since Aug. 17.
Try 45 pitches worth.
Liriano made it through the
first inning, stranding Willie
Bloomquist at third. In the sec-
ond, he gave up a leadoff double
to Alberto Callaspo and walked
Miguel Olivo.
Both runners moved up on a
sacrifice before Betancourt hit a
1-2 pitch out to left for his sixth
homer.
A four-pitch walk to Luis
Hernandez a .169 hitter
another walk to Mitch Maier, and
Gardenhire came to the mound.
Liriano was done
after five outs.
Betancourt also
doubled to lead off
the fourth and scored
on Jeff Manships wild
pitch.
Royals trainer
Nick Swartz, whos
retiring after 33 sea-
sons with the organi-
zation, threw out the ceremonial
first pitch.
The entire roster joined him
on the mound. Mauer is 25 for 55
against the Royals this season after
going 2 for 5. The Royals drew
nearly 1.8 million fans this season,
their most since 1993.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas City Royals Josh Anderson, center, celebrates with Alex Gordon, left, andYuniesky Betancourt after hitting a three-run home run
against the Detroit Tigers in the sixth inning of a baseball game Sept. 17 in Detroit. The Royals defeated the Twins on Sunday, winning their season
home fnale.
MlB
Royals take down Twins,
win season home fnale
Minnesota struggles
as Greinke shuts
down major plays
Zack Greinkes
performance in the
game helped drop
the Royals pitchers
earned run average
to 2.06.
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BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
MISSOURI 31,
NEVADA 21
Sophomore
q u a r t e r b a c k
Blaine Gabbert
threw for 414
yards and three touchdowns to
lead undefeated Missouri (4-0) past
Nevada in Reno, Nev.
Quite often, his target was senior
Danario Alexander, who finished
with nine catches, 170 yards and
two long touchdown receptions.
Nevada (0-3) took a 13-12 lead
early in the second half on a touch-
down run by junior quarterback
Colin Kaepernick, but Gabbert
responded with a 74-yard touch-
down pass to Alexander just 37
seconds later.
A Nevada turnover in the
Missouri redzone effectively ended
Nevadas chance for a comeback.
Missouri has this weekend off,
but takes on Nebraska to open up
Big 12 play on October 8.
TEXAS 64,
UTEP 7
Senior quar-
terback Colt
McCoy avoided
the first half struggles that have
plagued him all season long, throw-
ing three touchdown passes in lead-
ing Texas (4-0) to a 40-point lead at
halftime.
They cruised from there to the 57
point victory.
Texas put up 639 total yards and
only allowed UTEP (1-3) to pick up
53 total yards and convert one of 12
third down conversions.
It was only the second time in
Texas history that they picked up
more than 300 yards both through
the air and on the ground.
KANSAS
STATE 49,
TENNESSEE
TECH 7
At just 150 pounds, Kansas State
senior wide receiver Brandon Banks
isnt going to bowl over any defend-
ers.
He didnt need to Saturday,
using good blocking in returning
two kickoffs for touchdowns in the
Wildcat victory. He is just the 12th
man in NCAA history to bring back
two kickoffs for touchdowns in the
same game.
Junior quarterback Carson
Coffman only needed nine pass-
ing attempts to pick up 131 yards
through the air.
IOWA STATE
31, ARMY 10
Junior running
back Alexander
Robinson scored
three touchdowns
to lead Iowa State (3-1) to an easy
victory against Army (2-2).
Army got on the board first with
a 32-yard field goal, but Iowa State
scored 17 unanswered points to
gain the lead. They scored two
touchdowns in the second half
and shut out the Black Knights to
make the final score.
The Cyclones defense has
improved from last year, holding
three of their four opponents to
less than 17 points. They gave up
35.8 pointers per game in 2008.
NEBRASKA 55,
LOUISANA-
LAFAYETTE 0
Sporting throw-
back jerseys in cel-
ebration of their 300th consecutive
sellout, the Cornhuskers shut out
the Ragin Cajuns in dominating
fashion.
Nebraska (3-1) scored on its first
five possessions to take a 34-0 lead
at halftime. Louisiana-Lafayette
(2-2) only moved the ball past the
Nebraska 20-yard line once.
It was the Cornhuskers first
shutout since they beat Troy 56-0
in 2006.
OKLAHOMA
STATE 56,
GRAMBLING
STATE 6
The Cowboys (3-1) piled up
587 yards of total offense with out
All-American wide receiver Dez
Bryant and all-Big 12 running back
Kendall Hunter.
Senior running back Keith
Toston ran for 84 yards on seven
carries and picked up three first-
half touchdowns against Grambling
State (2-2), a non-FBS program.
It was Oklahoma States most
lopsided win under head coach
Mike Gundy.
BAYLOR 68,
NORTHWEST-
ERN STATE 13
S o p h o m o r e
quarterback Robert Griffin threw
for 226 yards and three touchdowns
in the first half to lead Baylor (2-1)
to its highest-scoring game in 67
years.
Baylor also had two touchdowns
on interception returns in the third
quarter.
The Bears could have scored
even more, but after reaching the
Northwestern State (0-4) 4-yard line
in the fourth quarter, they took
three consecutive knees.
TEXAS A&M
56, UAB 19
Junior quarter-
back Jerrod Johnson
got it done through
the air and on the ground Saturday
night against UAB (1-3).
He rushed for three touchdowns
and threw for three touchdowns to
keep the Aggies undefeated at 3-0.
Johnson attacked the Blazers
118th-ranked pass defense time and
time again, finishing with 290 yards
through the air.
HOUSTON 29,
TEXAS TECH 28
Houston quarter-
back Case Keenum
finished a 95-yard touchdown drive
with a 4-yard touchdown run to
sneak by Texas Tech (2-2) Saturday
night.
Keenums passing numbers were
straight from a video game: 38 for
58, 435 yards and a touchdown
and he kept his team undefeated
at 3-0.
Texas Techs quarterback Taylor
Potts had a pretty good game him-
self, throwing for 321 yards in the
loss.
Colorado and Oklahoma
Universities had by weeks.
Information gathered from
Associated Press reports.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
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Big 12 teams take all
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Missouris Alexander Danario outruns the Nevada defense into the end zone Friday in Reno, Nevada. Missouri won the game 31-21.
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PHILADELPHIA The
Philadelphia Eagles didnt need
much from Michael Vick to beat
the Kansas City Chiefs. They didnt
need anything from Donovan
McNabb or Brian Westbrook.
Getting significant contribu-
tions from their youngsters and
backups, the Eagles routed the
Chiefs 34-14 in Vicks return to
the NFL on Sunday.
Kevin Kolb threw for 327 yards
and two touchdowns, LeSean
McCoy had 84 yards rushing and
one TD, and DeSean Jackson and
Brent Celek each had 100-plus
yards receiving and one score for
Philadelphia (2-1).
McNabb missed his second
straight game with a broken rib.
Westbrook sat out with a sore
ankle. It was no problem against
the Chiefs (0-3). Kolb, a third-
year pro making his second career
start, and McCoy, a rookie second-
round pick, filled in nicely.
Meanwhile, Vick was mostly a
decoy.
Playing his first regular-season
game since Dec. 31, 2006 1,001
days ago Vick ran once for 7
yards and threw two incomplete
passes.
Vick, who served 18 months in
prison on a federal dogfighting
charge, didnt have to wait long
to get on the field. He entered to
a semi-standing ovation
for the second play from
scrimmage, was split
wide as receiver and
came around for a fake
reverse.
Overall, Vick got in
for 11 plays. He lined
up at receiver once, took
the snap in shotgun for-
mation nine times and
was directly under cen-
ter once. Kolb was on the sideline
for the 10 plays Vick was in at
QB.
Vick was expected to run
Philadelphias version of the wild-
cat offense, but McCoy took most
of those snaps.
With Vick on the field, the
Eagles gained a net total of 30
yards. They got 390 without him.
Or McNabb. Or Westbrook.
Matt Cassel threw for 90 yards
and two TDs for Kansas City.
Jackson finished with a career-
high 149 yards receiving, includ-
ing a 64-yard TD. Celek had 104
yards on eight catches.
The normally pass-happy Eagles
were more balanced during their
first two scoring drives. After Kolb
connected with
Jason Avant
for a 10-yard
gain on third-
and-6, three
straight run-
ning plays
moved the ball
to the Chiefs
5.
Then Vick,
who had a
7-yard run on his second snap,
fired a pass out of bounds under
heavy pressure and took a hard
hit. McCoy took the next snap
in the wildcat and ran in for his
first career TD to give the Eagles
a 7-0 lead.
Kolb hit Jackson for 43 yards on
the next possession to move the
Eagles into Kansas City territory.
Vick handed off to McCoy for
an 11-yard run on his only play
during the series. Kolb sneaked
in from the 1 to put Philadelphia
ahead 14-0.
The Chiefs took advantage of
good field position after the Eagles
failed to convert a fourth-and-1 at
Kansas Citys 44. With Vick watch-
ing from the sideline, Kolb rolled
out and his pass was knocked
down by Mike Vrabel.
Cassels 13-yard TD pass to
Mark Bradley cut it to 14-7.
But the Eagles answered on
their first play after the kickoff.
Jackson turned Kolbs short pass
over the middle into a 64-yard TD
to make it 21-7. The Jackson dove
into the end zone and appeared
to land awkwardly on his gimpy
groin, but stayed in.
Kolb zipped a 35-yard TD pass
to Celek midway through the
fourth quarter to put the game
way out of reach.
Kolb threw for 391 yards, two
TDs and three interceptions in
a 48-22 loss to New Orleans last
week. Kolb completed 24 of 34
passes and had a QB rating of
120.6 against the Chiefs.
NFL
Philadelphia defeats Kansas City in Vicks frst regular-season game
Vick, who served 18
months in prison on
a federal dogfghting
charge, didnt have
to wait long to get on
the feld.
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is tackled by Kansas City Chiefs cornerback
Brandon Flowers in the frst quarter of Sundays game. The Eagles defeated the Chiefs 34-14.
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Kansas 35, southern Miss 28 7B monday, september 28, 2009 Kansas 35, southern Miss 28
6B monday, september 28, 2009
14 | 7 | 7 | 7 35 Kansas
7 | 7 | 14 | 0 28 SouthernMiss
Kansas Passing
Kansas Rushing
Player C/ATT Yards Avg TD Int
Todd Reesing 30/41 331 8.1 3 1
Totals 30/41 331 8.1 3 1
kansas football REWInD
Schedule
Date Opponent Result/Time
9/5 Northern Colorado W, 49-3
09/12 at UTEP W, 34-7
09/19 vs. Duke W, 44-16
09/26 vs. Southern Miss W, 35-28
10/10 vs. Iowa State TBA
10/17 at Colorado TBA
10/24 vs. Oklahoma TBA
10/31 at Texas Tech TBA
11/07 at Kansas State TBA
11/14 vs. Nebraska TBA
11/21 at Texas TBA
11/28 vs. Missouri TBA
12/05 Big 12 Championship TBA
Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Rushing Passing Receiving
Kerry Meier
141 yds
Todd Reesing
331 yds
Toben Opurum
109 yds
Quote of the Game
Game Balls
Delay of Games
Play of the Game
Game Notes
Player CAR Yards Avg TD Lg
Toben Opurum 28 109 3.9 1 11
Dezmon Briscoe 1 20 20.0 1 20
Todd Reesing 13 -26 18.0 0 11
Totals 45 102 2.3 2 20
Kansas Receiving
Kansas Kick Returns
Player REC Yards Avg TD Lg
Kerry Meier 10 141 14.1 2 62
Bradley McDougald 7 46 6.6 0 13
Jonathan Wilson 5 52 10.4 0 18
Dezmon Briscoe 4 60 15 0 26
Toben Opurum 2 21 10.5 1 12
Tim Biere 1 13 13.0 0 13
Rell Lewis 1 -2 -2 0 -2
Totals 28 331 12.1 3 62
Player No. Yards Avg TD
Bradley McDougald 2 64 32 0
Darrell Stuckey 1 50 50 0
Dezmon Briscoe 2 41 20.5 0
Team 5 155 31 0
Kansas Punt Returns
Player NO YDS AVG LG
Daymond Patterson 1 0 0 0
Team 1 0 0 0
Kansas Kicking
Player FG PCT XP PTS
Jacob Branstetter 0/0 0.0 5/5 5
Team 0/0 0.0 5/5 5
Kansas Punting
Player TOT YDS TB -20 LG
Alonso Rojas 5 199 0 2 52
Team 5 199 0 2 52
Southern Miss Rushing
CAR Yards Avg TD LG
Team 26 64 2.5 1 16
Southern Miss Receiving
REC Yards Avg TD Lg
Team 28 331 11.8 3 49
Southern Miss Passing
C/ATT Yards Avg TD Int
Team 28/42 331 7.9 3 1
Southern Miss Kick Returns
NO Yards Avg Lg
Team 5 137 27.4 36
Southern Miss Punt Returns
NO Yards Avg Lg
Team 2 53 26.5 50
Southern Miss Kicking
FG PCT Long XP Pts
Team 0/0 0.0 0 4/4 4
Southern Miss Punting
Tot Yards TB -20 LG
Team 5 228 1 1 62
ited at the end of a weighty week. In
trying to find an answer for the root
cause of the fights, Perkins resisted
withholding emotion.
Its absolute bullshit, he said.
Mangino and his players knew
they would face questions follow-
ing their 35-28 victory. They knew
questions of the fights and the meet-
ing staged last Wednesday would
be peppered between questions of
pass defense, Jake Sharps health and
Todd Reesings temper.
For the most part, the message
fromMangino and Reesing was
consistent with Self s none of your
business take on how punishments
will be handled and the conversa-
tions between the two sides.
Its over with; its done, Reesing
said. I dont think we need to talk
about it any more.
Added junior cornerback Chris
Harris, who was one of two football
players questioned by police last
Wednesday: Were college students,
were young people, were all going
to make mistakes. Everybodys cool,
everythings done.
For the most part, theyre right.
When someone you are responsible
for does something wrong, its your
business to respond accordingly.
But when that something occurs on
campus and among fellow students
walking between classes, it becomes
a public matter. Should such an
offense be repeated, the public
deserves to be kept abreast of what
is known by athletics and be given
the option of reading or hearing a
transcript on what was said at this
hypothetical meeting.
An in-house offense is your busi-
ness an offense that could affect
student safety is ours.
Perkins, Mangino, Self and the
two teams deserve credit for the
honesty and accountability dem-
onstrated in the wake of last weeks
ordeal. There is little evidence that
these offenses are being mishandled.
Imsure the players are well aware of
the consequences of a rematch.
In not allowing the weeks off-
field distractions to carry over into
Saturdays game, the Jayhawks are
now 4-0, have ascended to 18th on
the Associated Press Top 25 and
prevented us writers fromhaving an
unnecessary and counterproductive
story angle.
Instead we can write about an ath-
letics department presently sporting
a black eye but wearing one capable
of being healed by increased aware-
ness and further education of the
dynamics behind how this conflict
came to be.
Should that black eye again creep
onto campus, however, it becomes
our business.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
OnthirddowninsidetheSouthern
Miss redzone, senior quarterback
Todd Reesing handed to freshman
running back Toben Opurum, who
bowled ahead for seven yards and a
first down.
The next play, Opurum fell for-
ward for two yards.
On second down,
he was stopped for
no gain. Finally,
after three con-
secutive carries
between the tack-
les, he cashed in
with a two-yard
touchdown.
The drive was
a microcosm of
Opurums day in Kansas victory
against Southern Miss Saturday. He
carried 28 times for 109 yards despite
a long rush of just 11 yards. He
also scored on his aforementioned
touchdown plunge and a 12-yard
touchdown reception in the second
quarter.
Despite starting at running back
for three years at Plano East High
School in Texas, Opurum said he
thought he had never had as many
carries as he did in Kansas 35-28
victory against Southern Miss.
It was pretty ridicu-
lous, he said.
After 28 carries, two
receptions and a few
bone-crushing hits,
Opurum admitted he
would be a little sore in
the morning, but said
that he appreciated the
fact that the coaches
were confident in him.
It shows that they
believe in the abilities I have, and Im
going to show up for them like they
show up for me every day, Opurum
said.
He also showed up a couple of
Southern Miss defenders with jar-
ring hits not often seen from a run-
ning back.
Peoplemistakethat about offense,
that we get hit all the time, Opurum
said. You got to deliver a blow too.
The opportunity for Opurum to
bruise a few more bodies came only
with senior running back Jake Sharp
relegated to the bench with an inju-
ry. Coach Mark Mangino said the
trainer told him that he could use
Sharp if needed, but there was risk
involved.
I dont want to do that to Jake
here in his senior year, Mangino
said. Hes meant too much to this
program.
So Mangino looked to Opurum
early and often. He said he thought
Opurum did a marvelous job
despite increased pressure to run
well. However, he said that Sharp
was the No. 1 tailback and there
would be no competition at the
position.
Reesing said that nothing really
changed with only Opurum avail-
able in the backfield, but admitted
that he and Sharp offered different
skill sets: Opurum can bruise in
short-yardage situations, but Sharp
brings speed on the outside.
With Jake Sharp set to return for
Kansas game against Iowa State,
Reesing said he thought Opurums
experience would only help the team
down the road.
We have two solid backs,
Reesing said. Get the thunder and
lightning back again, which were
going to like.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
Opurum turns in solid performance
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senior quarterback todd Reesing (5) celebrates with freshman running back Toben Opurumafter Opurumscored a touchdown in the frst half. The Jayhawks won the game 35-28, improv-
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People mistake
that about ofense,
that we get hit all
the time. You got to
deliver a blow too.
TOBEN OPURUM
Freshman running back
ColUMn
(continued from 1B)
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senior receiver kerry Meier hauls in a 62 yard touchdown pass fromquarterback Todd Reesing Saturday against Southern Missis-
sippi. Meier led Kansas with 141 receiving yards with two touchdowns in the Jayhawks' 35-28 victory.
Game Notes
KANSAS MOVES uP
IN ThE POLLS
After its 35-28 victory against
Southern Miss., Kansas moved
up in the national polls that were
released on Sunday.
The Jayhawks moved from 19th
to 16th in the USA Today/Coaches
Poll and from 20th to 18 in the
Associated Press listings. The
Jayhawks were also ranked 16th in
the frst Harris Interactive College
Football Poll, which along with the
USA Today poll, is part of the BCS
formula.
WITh ShARP OuT,
OPuRuM STEPS uP
Senior running back Jake Sharp
carried the ball just fve times last
week after sufering an undis-
closed injury during practice. With
the same injury still bothering
him, Sharp dressed but did not
play against Southern Miss. on
Saturday.
It was not in Jakes best interest
to play today, coach Mark Mang-
ino said. The trainer told me that
if we needed him, we could play
him. But he told me there was risk
involved. I dont want to do that to
Jake in his senior year.
Freshman running back Toben
Opurum, who played as Sharps
backup in the frst two games,
stepped into Sharp's place.
Opurum rushed for 109 yards
on 28 carries. He had two total
touchdowns. Mangino said Opu-
rums only slipup occurred in the
fourth quarter when he fumbled
the ball, but Mangino said it
didnt overshadow the freshmans
performance.
A lot of pressure onToben
today,Mangino said. We down-
played it with himall week. He had
to go in there and start as a true
freshman. Its difcult duty, and he
did a marvelous job.
INCIDENTS NOT
A DISTRACTION
After his teams 35-28 victory,
Mangino and his players said
Kansas wasnt distracted by the
incidents between members of
the football and basketball teams
that dominated headlines in the
week leading up to the game.
They work 12 months a year
for just 12 games, Mangino said.
Those 12 games on the schedule
are just so precious for those guys.
And although there are certainly
things we arent pleased about, it
did not afect us in any way.
You cant go out and get over
400 yards of ofense and 35 points
and play stellar defense in the
fourth quarter if youre not into it.
REESING IMPRESSED BY
SOuThERN MISS.
Before the game, senior defen-
sive back Justin Thornton said that
coaches told players that South-
ern Miss. would be a top-three
team in the Big 12 North.
The Jayhawks didnt appear
to change that thought after the
game.
I wouldnt be surprised if
they were contending for their
conference championship, senior
quarterback Todd Reesing said.
FIELDPOSITIONBATTLE
Against Southern Miss., Kansas
ofense was consistently aided by
the play of its special teams, espe-
cially the kickof return unit.
Freshman wide receiver Bradley
McDougald returned a kickof 49
yards, and senior safety Darrell
Stuckey had a 50-yard return.
Getting out of your backyard,
you dont have as much pressure,
McDougald said. When your
ofense has such a short feld,
your ofense gets encouraged
and people have a little bounce in
their step.
Jayson Jenks
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Junior cornerback Chris
Harris stretches to
make a tackle. Harris re-
corded 15 tackles against
Southern Mississippi, a
career-high.
QuOTE OF ThE GAME
Quarterback Todd Reesing on being called for un-
sportsmanlike conduct in the second quarter: That
was a fantastic call. Apparently, after you get tackled
and you jump up, youre not allowed to drop the ball
on the ground. I guess fromnowon whenever I get
tackled Imgoing to make sure I hand the ball to the
referee so I dont get any unsportsmanlike penalties.
3. Jake Laptad. Laptad wasnt a huge factor in Saturdays game, but
he did turn in the defenses biggest play. With Southern Miss facing
a third and seven fromits own 36, Laptad sacked quarterback Austin
Davis for a 10-yard loss that efectively ended the game.
2. Toben Opurum. Without senior running back Jake Sharp, who
didnt play because of an undisclosed injury, Opurumshouldered the
majority of Kansas run game. He carried the ball 28 times for 109 yards
and a touchdown.
1. Kerry Meier. On the fourth play of the game, Meier hauled in a
pass fromsenior quarterback Todd Reesing and outran a defender for
a 62-yard touchdown. Meier had nine catches, including two touch-
downs, and fnished with a career-high 140 yards receiving.
3. Penalties. Kansas fnished with 10 penalties that totaled 62 yards
in losses. It didnt hurt the Jayhawks this game, but those mistakes can
be costly in Big 12 play.
2. Ofensive line. Reesing was sacked fve times and the ofense
struggled to run the ball in the fourth quarter. Thats the time of a
game when an ofensive line must take over.
1. Pass rush. Kansas fnished with just one sack and struggled to
create a pass rush for three quarters. In turn, Southern Miss ofense
looked fuid for much of the game.
With Southern Miss attempting to tie the game in the fnal two min-
utes, junior Jake Laptad worked his way around the ofensive line before
dropping quarterback Austin Davis for a devastating 10-yard loss. Sure,
the defensive line didnt creature much pressure. But at least the unit
has good timing.
ThE GLASS IS hALF FuLL
The Jayhawks left Memorial Stadiumwith a victory, plain and simple.
Southern Miss, especially ofensively, is a very capable team. Many
experts selected Southern Miss as an upset special before the game
and for good reason. Kansas should be pleased with the victory,
regardless if it was close.

ThE GLASS IS hALF EMPTY
For the frst three quarters, the defense was shaky. The Jayhawks
allowed too many big plays while not creating enough pressure for
much of the game. Those same tendencies led to lopsided losses last
year against Texas andTexas Tech. The defense has to be more consis-
tent throughout the game.

D-LINE DOING ITS JOB?
Not really. Laptad made a timely and game-altering sack in the fnal
two minutes. But other than that, the defensive line wasnt a factor in
slowing Southern Miss pass attack. They made plays when it mattered
most, but need to be more consistent.

BIGGEST ANSWER
Toben Opurumis well worth the hype. In his frst three games, Opu-
rumwas an efective piece of Kansas ofense. Against Southern Miss,
though, Opurumcarried the Jayhawks run game, displaying the ability
that led big-name programs to recruit himin high school.

STILL QuESTIONING
The unsportsmanlike conduct penalty called on senior quarterback
Todd Reesing. Reesing appeared to slightly bump a Southern Miss
defender after a play, but it didnt appear to be anything worthy of a
15-yard penalty. After the game, Reesing hinted that he didnt fully
understand the reasoning behind the call either.

LOOKING AhEAD
Kansas has a bye next week. In his frst collegiate start, Opurumwas
a more than adequate replacement for senior running back Jake Sharp,
who didnt play because of an undisclosed injury. Still, Sharp is Kansas
featured back and the week without a game should allowhimto fully
recover.

GOOD, BAD OR JuST PLAIN STuPID?
Original Prediction: Kansas 38, Southern Miss 24. Actual score:
Kansas 35, Southern Mississippi 28. The Golden Eagles were even more
talented than expected, especially on the ofensive side of the ball. This
prediction has mediocre written all over it.

FINAL ThOuGhT
The Jayhawks only won by seven points, but they never seemed
to not be in control of the game. Kansas never trailed and did exactly
what it needed to do in order to defeat a talented and capable
Southern Mississippi team.
Jayson Jenks
Reesing
sports 8B monday, september 28, 2009
By JOEL PETTERSON
jpetterson@kansan.com
Kansas campaign to win the
Big 12 title started on a sour note
Friday with a loss to Oklahoma
State, but the team rebounded to
gain its eighth victory of the season
against Oral Roberts University on
Sunday.
Kansas (8-2-1) began Big 12 play
with a 3-0 loss against defending
champions Oklahoma State (7-4-0).
The Jayhawks desperately wanted
revenge for a bitter overtime loss
last year, but the Cowgirls proved to
be too much for them once again.
Oklahoma State scored first
when senior Bridget Miller beat
two Kansas defenders and put the
ball in off the post. The first half
ended with a slight edge for the
Cowgirls in shots as they tallied six
to the Jayhawks five. It was the first
time this season that Kansas had
given up the first goal in a game.
We were ready to play, but we
just didnt really show it, said fresh-
man midfielder Shelby Williamson.
It took us awhile to get going.
In the second half, several defen-
sive miscues contributed to two
more goals against the Jayhawks.
Oklahoma State added its second
goal eight minutes into the second
half. The Kansas defense misplayed
a free kick from midfield and the
ball fell to Oklahoma States Kelsey
Langdon, who finished an easy
goal.
The Cowgirls completed their
scoring in the 76th minute, when
Katie Richardson retrieved a goal
kick from her own end and slot-
ted the ball into the near side of
the goal.
We made those two mistakes
and obviously we got punished for
them, coach Mark Francis said.
Kansas upped the pressure in the
second half, putting up 10 shots
to finish the game leading 15-13
in shots. But no matter what they
did, they couldnt beat the stiff
Oklahoma State defense.
I dont think we created tons
of really clear-cut opportunities,
Francis said. A lot of the shots
that we took were from a long way
out; it wasnt like we got a whole
lot in-range that gave us a chance
to finish.
It was a harsh beginning to con-
ference play for a team that had
previously suffered only one nar-
row loss.
We hadnt had a loss like that
this season, so it was kind of a shock
for all of us, said Williamson. We
didnt play as well as we should
have.
However, Francis downplayed
the importance of the disappoint-
ing result.
It was just the first game; weve
got nine conference games left,
he said. I think our loss doesnt
affect us badly as far as still having
an opportunity to win the confer-
ence.
The Jayhawks completed their
road trip to Oklahoma with a high-
scoring victory against Oral Roberts
University (3-5-0).
Sophomore Emily Cressy scored
her sixth goal of the season just 21
seconds into the game, breaking the
team record for quickest goal set
last week by junior Rachel Morris
with her 23-second goal.
Kansas scored again in the 17th
minute when Williamson scored her
third goal of the season off a cross
from senior Monica Dolinsky.
The Golden Eagles responded in
the 31st minute with a goal from
senior Natalya Manyan, but Kansas
finished the half with one more
goal from Williamson in the 45th
minute to give the Jayhawks a 3-1
advantage at the break. Williamson
played all 90 minutes in both games
this weekend and had a breakout
game on Sunday with her two
goals.
Shelby had a really good week-
end, Francis said. Its good to
see her getting involved with the
attack.
In the second half, Dolinsky and
freshman Sarah Robbins added two
more points in the 67th and 90th
minutes, while Oral Roberts scored
two of their own goals, both on
penalty kicks. Dolinsky received
a red card and was ejected from
the game in the 74th minute after
she received two yellow cards for a
harsh tackle and her reaction after
the play.
The red card means Dolinsky, a
captain and senior leader, will not
be able to play in Kansas game next
Friday against No. 10 Texas A&M.
Shell be out, but that just means
therell be an opportunity for some-
one else to step up, said Francis.
Weve had kids do that all year
with injuries, so Im sure someone
else will step into that spot and do
well on Friday.
Edited by Alicia Banister
Swimming in the wheat
Jayhawks lose one but bounce back
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touchdown. The swimming and diving team, along with potential recruits, took the front rowof the student section and paintedGo Kansas Jayhawks!, on themselves.
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Senior forward Monica Dolinsky tries to dribble the ball past a South Dakota defender.
Dolinsky received a red card before being ejected fromthe game on Sunday.
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Yankees clinch AL East
title by beating Red Sox
NEW YORK Andy Pettitte
and the New York Yankees
wrapped up the AL East title
and home-feld advantage
throughout the postseason
with a neat bow, beating the
Boston Red Sox 4-2 Sunday for
their 100th win of the season.
Hideki Matsuis go-ahead
single in the sixth inning
energized the damp fans and
put them on notice that a
party was coming. The frst real
celebration at the new Yankee
Stadium began with a most
familiar scene Mariano Ri-
vera on the mound, closing out
another clinching victory.
Catcher Jose Molina leaped
up from behind the plate
even before Rivera had felded
Jacoby Ellsburys soft come-
backer for the fnal out. The
Yankees swarmed Rivera on the
frst-base side of the mound
while players in the bullpen
streamed in.
Nick Swisher wasted no time
putting on an AL East Champi-
ons hat. The crowd responded
with a standing ovation as the
Yankees began walking of the
feld, with captain Derek Jeter
at the front and several team-
mates pulling on gray champi-
onship T-shirts.
The Yankees won their frst
division title since 2006 and,
after missing the playofs
last year, let loose with wild
champagne sprays in the locker
room. Several players wore
goggles to protect against the
sting.
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Center. There are many diferent intramural sports that enrolled students may join throughout the school year.
League depends on interest
intramurals
BY KRISTINA POLLARD
kpollard@kansan.com
The University offers three dif-
ferent levels of intramural sports:
open, recreational and competi-
tive. The open and recreational
skill levels have both mens and
womens teams. The competitive
skill level, however, offers only
flag football and has 223 male
wcompetitors.
According to Matt Beck,
Intramurals Coordinator, there
is a struggle to get female teams
for any of the leagues offered.
Because there is already a short-
age of womens teams, breaking
up the teams into divisions would
make intramurals seasons and
playoffs extremely short with very
few teams involved.
Madeline Curry, Spring Hill
freshman, plays intramurals sand
volleyball. She said she would be
interested in joining a more com-
petitive level, depending on the
sports offered.
I think it would be a good
thing for women at KU to have,
Curry said. She also said she
thought part of the reason there is
no womens competitive skill level
was because men tend to always
come first in sports.
I think it just dates back from
when women werent allowed to
do all of what men were allowed
to do, said Curry. I dont know
why, but I definitely think that
should change. I think the matter
should be looked into. And if any
girls want to be on a competitive
team, then I highly encourage
them to push for that.
Beck said there has really not
been a cry for a female competi-
tive division, but if there ever was
they would definitely look into
putting it into play.
Samantha Grinsfelder, Dallas
sophomore, said she was sur-
prised the University did not offer
a womens competitive skill level.
There should be for at least
womens or co-ed flag football if
they are going to offer that for the
men, she said.
In the end, the creation of a
womens competitive division
relies on the number of women
who take the initiative to sign
up for it. The more women that
sign up, the more likely it is that
a competitive skill level will be
introduced.
But for those men who are
involved in the competitive skill
level, competition has nothing to
do with gender. Dallas Mildfelt,
Chanute junior, plays in the flag
football competitive league and
he said its for men who had a
good time playing football in high
school and look for the competi-
tive edge in sports.
I wouldnt say it has much to do
with the skill level, said Mildfelt.
I just think its more about theres
not many girls who play football,
and if they do they would prob-
ably rather play against girls and
not a bunch of guys.
Edited by Abbey Strusz

Go for the goal
University says it would offer competition if women signed up
ASSOcIATeD PReSS
NEW YORK After a week-
end in which four top-10 teams
lost, The Associated Press col-
lege football poll received a major
makeover.
No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Texas and
No. 3 Alabama held their places
in the media poll released Sunday,
but 15 teams moved up or down
at least three spots.
LSU is up to No. 4 after barely
avoiding an upset at Mississippi
State on Saturday. No. 5 Boise
State is in the top five for the first
time in the regular season.
No. 6 Virginia Tech, No. 7
Southern California and No. 9
Ohio State are back in the top 10.
Cincinnati moved up four spots
to No. 10, the best ranking in
school history.
No. 13 Iowa and No. 16 Oregon
both jumped back into the rank-
ings after beating top-10 teams.
Georgia Tech also moved back
into the rankings. Falling out were
Florida State, North Carolina and
Washington, which followed its
upset of USC with a 34-14 loss at
Stanford on Saturday.
Florida (4-0) had no problem
beating Kentucky, but lost quar-
terback Tim Tebow to a concus-
sion late in the third quarter of
its 41-7 victory. Florida is off this
week before playing at LSU on
Oct. 10. Florida received 55 first-
place votes.
For the second consecutive
week the Southeastern Conference
has three of the top four teams in
the country, with LSU replacing
Mississippi. The last conference
to have three of the top four in the
AP poll was the Big Eight in 1971,
when Nebraska, Oklahoma and
Colorado were Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
Texas received one first-place
vote and 1,420 points. Alabama
had four first-place votes, one
more than last week, and 1,400
points.
The Gators, Longhorns and
Crimson Tide are the only pre-
season top-10 teams that have not
lost a game. Six times already this
season a team ranked in the top
10 has lost to an unranked team.
A volatile weekend for highly
ranked teams began Thursday
night in South Carolina, when the
unranked Gamecocks beat then-
No. 4 Mississippi. Ole Miss fell 17
spots to No. 21.
And that was only the second-
largest drop by a ranked team
this week.
After California was routed
42-3 by Oregon on Saturday,
the Bears fell 18 spots from No.
6 to No. 24. Cal hosts USC on
Saturday.
ncaa football
Weekend of upset games
changes college rankings
ASSOcIATeD PReSS
DENVER While the top
teams in the Western Conference
bolstered their rosters by adding
big name free agents, the Denver
Nuggets largely stayed the course.
Thats because they think the
nucleus of a championship squad is
already in place.
Were good, Kenyon Martin
said Friday. I think other teams
made moves after looking at where
we were.
The Nuggets went on quite a
journey last season as their band
of misfits bonded together to reach
the conference championships for
the first time since 1985. They
nearly made their first NBA Finals
appearance before bowing out to
Los Angeles in six games.
However, the memory of the
series loss to the Lakers, not the
playoff run, propelled Chauncey
Billups & Co. in the offseason.
I know the reality of it is we had
a good year, Billups said. But I
think about the loss and losing to
a team that was a great team, but
a team like I felt we had a great
chance to beat. I dont think we
fought to the end like we should
have.
And thats serving as motiva-
tion.
Nuggets coach George Karl sees
a different mentality with his team
as they enter training camp this
weekend. Theyre not satisfied.
Going into camp, we might have
talked about winning a champion-
ship, Karl said. I believe this team
can win a championship.
The road through the West,
though, definitely got more diffi-
cult. Some of the elite teams added
big pieces to their roster.
Theres a lot of teams that got
better, Billups said.
So, where do the Nuggets stack
up?
Right up at the top, Billups
said.
Over the offseason, the Nuggets
lost defensive stalwart Dahntay
Jones through free agency and
long-range shooter Linas Kleiza,
who took his game to Europe.
The team added Arron Afflalo
to fill in for Jones and drafted Ty
Lawson to help spell Billups in the
backcourt.
However, Karl thinks the biggest
reason his team will be a power in
the West is the window of improve-
ment open to players like Nene,
Chris Birdman Andersen, J.R.
Smith and Carmelo Anthony.
nba
Nuggets plan a comeback season
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NEW YORK Andy Pettitte
and the New York Yankees
wrapped up the AL East title
and home-field advantage
throughout the postseason with
a neat bow, beating the Boston
Red Sox 4-2 Sunday for their
100th win of the season.
Hideki Matsuis go-ahead
single in the sixth inning ener-
gized the damp fans and put
them on notice that a party was
coming. The first real celebra-
tion at the new Yankee Stadium
began with a most familiar
scene Mariano Rivera on
the mound, closing out another
clinching victory.
Catcher Jose Molina leaped
up from behind the plate even
before Rivera had fielded
Jacoby Ellsburys soft come-
backer for the final out. The
Yankees swarmed Rivera on the
first-base side of the mound
while players in the bullpen
streamed in.
Nick Swisher wasted no
time putting on an AL East
Champions hat. The crowd
responded with a standing ova-
tion as the Yankees began walk-
ing off the field, with captain
Derek Jeter at the front a nd
several teammates pulling on
gray championship T-shirts.
The Yankees won their first
division title since 2006 and,
after missing the playoffs last
year, let loose with wild cham-
pagne sprays in the locker
room. Several players wore
goggles to protect against the
sting.
Plastic sheets covered the
high-tech clubhouse, outfit-
ted with computer screens at
every stall and flat-screen tele-
visions overhead. Asked before
the game how his team might
celebrate, manager Joe Girardi
said: I think our guys will be
respectful of their home.
All alone in first place since
July 21, the team with the best
record in the majors can now
spend the final week resting
its players and setting up the
playoff rotation.
Still to be determined is who
New York will meet in the best-
of-five opening round, and
when. Theyll most likely face
the AL Central winner, either
Detroit or Minnesota.
Yankees win, earn playof spot
Three grand kicks
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Players celebrate 100th victory of season, first division title since 2006
PGA
Mickelson rallies past Tiger,
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ATLANTA Phil Mickelson had
the smaller check and felt like the
biggest winner. Tiger Woods was
congratulated after he fnished
second in the Tour Championship.
Sunday was the ninth time that
golfs two biggest stars fnished
1-2 in a tournament.
Never have they shared the
spotlight, each going home with a
trophy that was meaningful in its
own way.
Mickelson capped of a tu-
multuous summer at home with
a spectacular rally at East Lake,
closing with a 5-under 65 to go
from four shots behind to a three-
shot victory, his frst since his wife
and mother were diagnosed with
breast cancer in the spring.
Woods made two late birdies,
not enough to put any heat on
Mickelson, but to secure the FedEx
Cup and its $10 million bonus. It
fnished a season in which he won
six times and was no worse than
second in nine of his 17 tourna-
ments.
I like the way today went,
Mickelson said. I was two back of
him, I beat him by three. He gets
the $10 million check, and I get $1
million. Ive got no problem with
that. I just love holding this fnally.
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