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BY JESSE RANGEL
jrangel@kansan.com
In a Nov. 10 speech to academic com-
mittees, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little
said that she had received a long letter
from a faculty member at the University
of Kansas Medical Center telling her
that top high school students werent
interested in coming to the med center.
She also said an engineering graduate
and teacher from Garden City told her
how Kansas State had out-recruited the
University. She said these stories represented
a common perception that the University did a
poor job of recruitment.
Now, Gray-Little is traveling the state, looking
at ways to improve recruiting at the University
at all levels.
Somehow or another, in spite of all of our
efforts, we are not projecting the image of
welcome that we want to project in our recruit-
ment, Gray-Little said during the same speech.
So the question is how do we get the students to
apply that we want to apply that we think would
be successful? How do we raise our expecta-
tions about what is required, and then once we
identify stu-
dents we think
would be success-
ful, how do we enhance our recruitment efforts
to make sure that they come here?
ITS THAT EASY TO GET IN?
A committee within the University is look-
ing at changing admissions standards. If these
standards are changed, the recruiting process
might also change.
Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student
success, said the University had a tiered recruit-
ment policy. She said students who met the
Universitys admissions standards received
recruitment material through e-mail, phone
calls, letters and postcards. But Roney said a
student who was a leader in the community and
had special academic talent was recruited much
more heavily.
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
rsegebrecht@kansan.com
Katie Houtz didnt have an agen-
da as she started moseying down
Massachusetts Street with her room-
mate Saturday afternoon. But as Houtz,
Ozawkie freshman, browsed by stores
with holiday stock already on display
in every window, she said she couldnt
help but consider ideas for the seasonal
gifts she would soon select.
I just sort of go by and go through
everything until I find what Id like to
buy, Houtz said. In the first or sec-
ond week of December, Houtz said,
she would return to make her final
choices.
This two-week span, running from
the end of Thanksgiving weekend until
Stop Day, is the most popular time
of the year for downtown businesses
to draw student shoppers, said Jane
Pennington, director of Downtown
Lawrence Inc.
Out-of-town students often only
have this time to shop for the holi-
days because they leave town at
Thanksgiving and, from the last day of
classes to the last Friday of finals week,
their schedules are usually too busy to
shop, said Joe Flannery, president of
Weavers, 901 Massachusetts St.
Pennington said businesses down-
town were working to encourage early
holiday shopping so students pick up
their presents before traveling home
over winter break.
Pennington said although many of
the stores had already begun market-
ing their holiday merchandise, a series
of downtown events this Friday would
formally kick off the holiday shopping
season.
She said the ceremony would start at
4 p.m. with Christmas carolers singing
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT
jleverett@kansan.com
Music and eclectic art crossed
paths Saturday evening when an
art show called Take Two and
Call Me in the Morning opened
in Love Garden, a local record
store. It was the first art show to
open in Love Gardens new loca-
tion, 822 Massachusetts St.
The show, which will remain
on display until Dec. 18, features
local artists Kenneth Kupfer,
Clint Ricketts
and a street art-
ist known only
as b. d. eek. For
Love Garden,
which relocated
in August and
will celebrate its
20th anniver-
sary in January,
the show was an
opportunity to
familiarize people with its new
location.
I feel like this is the begin-
ning, so were just testing it out
and were going to see how it
goes, said Alicia Kelly, Sapulpa,
Okla., senior art student and
curator of the exhibit. This
new space is kind of like a new
project; theyre growing up.
She said the show was unique
not only because it was the first
show in Love Gardens new
location, but also because it was
a showcase for the work of the
mysterious street artist b. d. eek.
The artist, who sneakily posts
his work in public places, is
vigilant about remaining anon-
ymous even Kelly doesnt
know eeks identity. She said she
had only communicated with
eek through e-mail, and was not
even certain whether eek was a
man or a woman.
He has someone bring his
work and pick it up, so I dont
know who he or she, who this
person is, she said. I think,
being a street artist, he or she
wants to remain anonymous.
The shows organizers said
eek could very well have attend-
ed the show, but they wouldnt
have known because none of
them could identify him or her.
Love Garden, which opened
in 1990, was formerly located at
936 Massachusetts St. above
the Toy Store. It was only acces-
sible through a small staircase
opening onto the street. Owners
said the new location was more
visible and accessible.
Aaron Marable, Love Garden
employee, was in charge of
organizing art shows in the
old location. He said it would
take time for the
record stores fans
to appreciate the
new location.
A lot of people
are really attached
to the old space,
so nostalgia
weighs in heavy in
peoples response,
he said. Like
anybody whos
human, were all resistant to
change, especially when its a
good thing that youre leaving.
But Kenneth Kupfer, one of
the artists featured in the show,
said events like this helped him
become more accustomed to the
change.
I was afraid to come to the
new Love Garden for a while
because I didnt want to think
that they moved, he said. But
I think theyve already fit in
perfect. The Love Gardens more
than just a building, man.
The show features art with
figures doing weird positions
and doing weird things, Kelly
said. All the artwork was on
paper, and most was done in
pencil or marker.
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Love Garden fuses
sweet sounds, art
Downtown events kick of holiday shopping
CuLTurE
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
Stores like The Ect. Shop put out holiday decor to attract shoppers.
Events will be held beginning Friday to drawshoppers downtown.
Artwork on display
at local record shop
I feel like this is the
beginning, so were
just testing it out and
were going to see
how it goes.
AliciA Kelly
curator
SEE downtown ON PAgE 3A
SEE recruitment ON PAgE 3A
The following events will launch
the downtown holiday shopping
season:
Friday
4:30 p.m. caroling and other
performances on a stage at Ninth
and Massachusetts streets.
6 p.m. A ceremony starting
the Salvation Army bell-ringing
holiday fundraiser.
6:10 p.m. A countdown to
the frst lighting of all the down-
town holiday lights.
6:15 p.m. Santa claus is
discovered with his sleigh on top
of Weavers and by a fre truck and
ladder.
Dec. 5
Shoppers who buy at least $5
of merchandise in fve diferent
downtown stores can submit their
receipts for a $25 downtown gift
certifcate.
From Friday through Dec. 24
most stores will have extended
hours until 8, 9, or 10 at night.
Source: Jane Pen-
nington, director of
Downtown Lawrence,
Inc.
SCHEduLE OF dOwNTOwN FESTIvITIES
BuSINESS
SEArCHING FOr THE BEST
KU
wANTS
YOU
Committee examines
recruitment and
admission policies
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About 5 a.m. Thursday near
the Smissman Research Lab,
someone reported a burglary
and the theft of a glass fask, at
an unspecifed loss.
About noon Thursday near
9th and Michigan streets, a
University student reported a
criminal threat.
About 4 p.m. Thursday
near the Wilna Crawford
Community Center, someone
reported criminal damage to
his or her vehicles window, at
a loss of $100.
About midnight Friday
near 10th and Massachusetts
streets, a University student
reported a disorderly conduct.
ON CAMPUS
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p.m. in Liberty Hall.
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NEWS NEAR & FAR
international
1. Nun from Palestine
moves closer to sainthood
NAZARETH, Israel A Pales-
tinian nun who co-founded a
charity dedicated to educating
Arab girls on Sunday took an im-
portant step toward sainthood.
Thousands of worshippers
gathered in the biblical town of
Nazareth to attend the beati-
fcation of the late Sister Maria
Alfonsina Danil Ghattas.
Ghattas helped found the
Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary
of Jerusalem in the 1880s. The
order, highly regarded in Pales-
tinian communities, continues to
run schools for Palestinian girls
in Israel, the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip.
2. Storms in England lead
experts to check bridges
LONDON Police and army
experts say theyre urgently
checking the safety of about
1,800 bridges in northern
England amid some of the worst
storms ever recorded in Britain.
Heavy rainfall has ravaged Eng-
lands popular Lake District, with
more than 1,000 homes fooded
and several river crossings
destroyed. Police said Sunday
that concerns over the safety of
bridges have crippled the regions
road network.
A police ofcer was swept to
his death Friday when a major
bridge collapsed close to Cocker-
mouth, the hardest-hit town.
Britains Met Ofce said a
record 12.3 inches (314.4 mil-
limeters) of rain had fallen near
Cockermouth in 24 hours. Military
helicopters were scrambled Friday
to winch people from rooftops,
while debris foated down the
towns fooded main street.
3. Space-ship designer
from Russia dies at 83
MOSCOW Russian spaceship
designer Konstantin Feoktistov,
the only non-Communist space
traveler in the history of the
Soviet space program, has died at
the age of 83.
The Russian Space Agency said
in a statement Sunday that Feok-
tistov died of unspecifed causes
late Saturday in Moscow.
In 1964, he traveled aboard the
Voskhod spaceship as part of the
frst group space fight in history.
Feoktistov played key role in
the development of the Voskhod.
Approval of his fight met re-
sistance from the Politburo since
Feoktistov was not a Communist
Party member at the time.
Until 1990, Feoktistov helped
design Soviet space ships and
stations such as Soyuz, Progress
and Mir.
national
4. Proposed health bill
splits Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON Moderate
Senate Democrats threatened
Sunday to scuttle health-care
legislation if their demands arent
met, while more liberal members
warned their party leaders not
to bend.
The dispute among Demo-
crats foretells of a rowdy foor
debate next month on legislation
that would extend health care
coverage to roughly 31 million
Americans. Republicans have
already made clear they arent
supporting the bill.
Final passage is in jeopardy,
even after the chambers historic
60-39 vote Saturday night to
begin debate.
5. Airport bottlenecks
may pose problems in NYC
NEW YORK Fewer people
are expected to fy this holiday
season, but travelers shouldnt
expect a full reprieve from the
horrid fight delays of Thanksgiv-
ings past, especially if they need
to land anywhere near New York
City.
Despite some recent improve-
ments, the Big Apples three
major airports continue to be
the countrys worst air travel
bottleneck.
Through the frst nine months
of the year, they ranked frst,
second and third worst in on-
time arrivals among the 31 major
U.S. air hubs, according to federal
statistics.
The problem doesnt afect
just New Yorkers. Because such a
large percentage of the nations
fights pass through the city
sometime during any given day,
delays there have a tendency to
ripple elsewhere.
6. Earthquake, aftershock
rock Southern California
LOS ANGELES A magni-
tude 3.7 earthquake has rattled
Southern Californias Big Bear
Lake area, followed by a sharp
aftershock.
The U.S. Geological Survey says
the frst quake struck at 7:55 a.m.
Sunday, about seven miles north
of Big Bear City.
The same area was rocked by
a 2.4 magnitude aftershock two-
and-a-half minutes later.
A San Bernardino County
Sherifs dispatcher says there
have been no reports of damage
or injury.
Big Bear Lake is in the San
Bernardino National Forest about
80 miles east of downtown Los
Angeles.
Associated Press
Enjoy your Thanksgiving
break, everyone. There will
certainly be lots of Jayhawks
on the highway this week,
since almost exactly one-third
of the KU student population is
from out-of-state.
What do you think?
BY raCHel SCHWartZ
CARLY ADAMS
Sedgwick freshman
I cant wait to go sledding down
Daisy Hill.
LILL WOOD
Leawood sophomore
I like to drink hot chocolate and
have Disney movie marathons.
LIbbY bASH
Overland Park freshman
I like to play in the snow and then
after, I like to go inside and get really
warm with a lot of blankets and make
apple cider and soup.
What are your favorite activities
to do on snowy days?
reliGion
Communion withheld
from Patrick Kennedy
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I.
The Roman Catholic bishop
of Rhode Island said he asked
Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop
receiving Holy Communion in
2007 because of the lawmak-
ers support for abortion rights.
That revelation Sunday
proved an ugly climax to a sim-
mering feud between Kennedy
and his staunch critic, Bishop
Thomas Tobin.
Kennedy told The Provi-
dence Journal in a story
published Sunday that Tobin
instructed him not to receive
Communion because of his
abortion rights stance.
Associated Press
news 3A Monday, noveMber 23, 2009
She said there was an easy
comparison with how coaches
recruited athletes.
If you think of what Bill Self
might do, when there is a blue-
chip player out there, hes going
all out to recruit that player,
Roney said.
Roney is the chairwoman of
the chancellors committee that
will look at changing admissions
standards. She said that right
now some students viewed the
University, which admitted 91.8
percent of applicants in the fall of
2008, as a backup plan for college.
She said that because some stu-
dents thought they wouldnt have
to work as hard to get into the
University, they werent prepared
for the rigors of college.
Theres not much in the way
of bragging rights to say you
got admitted to KU because you
would have been admitted to any
institution in the state, Roney
said.
Roney said a change in admis-
sions standards would redefine
who the University targeted with
its recruitment to focus on stu-
dents who had a better academic
profile. Higher admissions stan-
dards would also differentiate the
University from other institutions
across Kansas.
She said some of the recruit-
ment events for honors students
have focused on admissions stan-
dards and recruiters received a
negative reaction after these pre-
sentations.
You could just kind of see them
disconnect with us. Kind of like,
Its that easy to get in? Roney
said. So we actually changed the
program. Instead we talk about
undergraduate research oppor-
tunities and the honors program
and the co-curricular and help
them understand the academic
excellence that exists even though
the admissions standards dont
really reflect that.
Roney said by changing the
focus of recruitment techniques
to the opportunities available
at the University, University
officials hoped to change the
attitudes of potential students as
well. She referenced the School
of Engineering and its freshman
admission program, which has
tougher standards.
When you compare opportu-
nity at KU to opportunity at any
research institution in the coun-
try, we are very, very competitive
then, Roney said.
ENGINEERING
RECRUITMENT
Alexis McKinley Jones, direc-
tor of recruitment for the School
of Engineering, said recruiters
spoke at high-level math and
science classes in high schools.
They also launched engineer-
ing competitions to engage high
school students. One of these
programs, a competition called
FIRST Robotics, challenges teams
of high school students to build
robots that can complete a cer-
tain task. McKinley Jones said
the engineering program was also
holding a Future City event in
January, which would challenge
seventh- and eighth-grade stu-
dents and potential Kansas
engineers to come up with
their vision of a city.
She said it was important for
the School of Engineering to
reach students at a young age.
Students are starting to form
some pretty solid decisions about
what theyre interested in and
what they want to do early on, so
targeting some of those younger
students is a direction we want to
go in, she said.
McKinley Jones said the school
didnt hire its first recruitment
coordinator until 2003. It hired a
second last year.
Thats really atypical of what
youd find for a professional pro-
gram, McKinley Jones said. Its
unique that we have two.
Jill Hummels, engineering
public relations director, said
the engineering program had
always had a targeted approach
to recruiting students because
it dealt in a highly competitive
market for students of high abil-
ity.
We let general recruiting hap-
pen at the Office of Admissions
level, but ours is always highly
pinpointed, Hummels said.
Craig Bell, Olathe junior, said
he made sure the University and
the School of Engineering noticed
his ACT scores. He said K-State
also recruited him, but in the
end it came down to scholarship
money. He picked the University.
It made sense economically,
Bell said.
Even the little things, such
as mailers, are important to the
school. Hummels, who handles
printed communications for the
school, eliminated the multi-page
engineering brochure for students
a couple of years ago and instead
brought in one sheet with infor-
mation about the school on both
sides. Its a quicker read, she said.
We want to speak with those
prospective students, Hummels
said. We also want to speak with
their parents, too. We want them
to find the information that they
find valuable.
Jeremy Wall, Kansas City, Mo.,
sophomore, said he spent half
as much in tuition by studying
engineering at the University as
opposed to Missouri. But he said
the mailers made little difference
in his decision.
They go into my junk pile,
Wall said.
WHAT IT TAKES
The Chancellors task forces
are expected to present proposals
for goals such as retention and
improved graduation rates in the
spring. But recruiting is just one
piece of that puzzle.
We ought to be really clear
about what it takes to succeed
and try to encourage students
to meet that goal so that we do
have a much higher success rate,
Gray-Little said.

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on the sidewalks and other enter-
tainers performing on stage in front
of the U.S. Bank at the corner of
Ninth and Massachusetts streets. At
6 p.m., she said, the Salvation Army
bell ringing holiday fundraiser
would begin and a countdown cer-
emony, at roughly 6:10 p.m., for the
first lighting of all the downtown
Christmas lights would follow.
Flannery said after the holiday
lights were illuminated, the crowd
would discover Santa Claus stuck
with his sleigh on top of Weavers.
A local fire truck would come to
rescue him with a ladder.
The idea is he lands up there
from the North Pole and the fire
department brings him down to
Massachusetts Street so he can min-
gle with all the kids and families
and kick off the holiday season,
Flannery said.
Pennington said once the family-
oriented activities ended, the city
had a new event she hoped would
draw students downtown. On Dec.
5, the day of the holiday parade,
anyone who spends at least $5 at
five different stores and submits
their receipts will receive a $25
downtown gift certificate.
Pennington said he hoped these
activities would encourage students
to do their shopping in downtown
Lawrence.
We have such unique shops
that they could get things here that
theyre not able to get anywhere
else, Pennington said. If theyre
looking for something unusual
and not just the run-of-the-mill
Walmart or Target sweater, down-
town Lawrence is a great place to
shop.
Jeanette Spencer, sales represen-
tative, said unique products such as
Jayhawk-themed jewelry, doorbells
and wineglass charms had been the
most popular present choices at the
Etc. Shop, 928 Massachusetts St.
She said she had already noticed the
earliest droves of students arriving
to pick out their gifts.
Were absolutely having students
coming in, Spencer said. We just
had a girl come in looking for a
Jayhawk charm to go on her moth-
ers bracelet for the holidays. Its
amazing how early it is this year.
Flannery said he was hopeful stu-
dents would show the same enthu-
siasm for downtown holiday shop-
ping he expected from Lawrence
families this Friday.
We love the students, Flannery
said. Lawrence wouldnt be the
community it is without KU and its
students.
Follow Ray Segebrecht at twit-
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downtown (continued from 1A)
recruitment (continued from 1A)
By SUE LINDSEy
Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Va. Virginia
Military Institute is defending itself
against a lengthy investigation into
accusations that the schools poli-
cies are sexist and hostile toward
female cadets, a dozen years after
women won the right to enroll.
The federal Department of
Educations Office for Civil Rights
has an ongoing investigation of a
sex discrimination complaint at
the small, state-supported school
that so far has taken nearly a year
and a half three times longer
than usual.
Defenders say VMI has worked
hard to recruit women and make
them comfortable since the U.S.
Supreme Court ordered co-educa-
tion in 1997, but women remain a
small minority. Of the 1,500 cadets
on the Shenandoah Valley campus
this fall, 126 are women.
The language and terminol-
ogy that is used and considered
acceptable by VMI in the bar-
racks reflects a climate and cul-
ture that is derogatory and dis-
criminatory toward the women
that are required as cadets to live
in the barracks, according to the
Education Departments June 2008
complaint.
Details of the federal complaint
were first reported by The Roanoke
Times.
Federal authorities are also
investigating whether sexism is
prevalent in VMIs tenure and pro-
motion policies; the handling of
student and employee complaints;
and the schools marriage and par-
enthood policy, which requires
cadets resign once they marry or
conceive a child.
The list of specific policies
authorities were asked to investi-
gate was among large portions of
the complaint that were redacted
in the copy given to The Associated
Press, as was any information
about the complainant.
Department of Education
spokesman Jim Bradshaw said
90 percent of investigations are
completed within six months, but
had no estimate of when the VMI
probe might conclude. It is still
ongoing after 16 months.
No similar complaint has
been filed against The Citadel in
Charleston, S.C., the nations only
other four-year state college with
an all-military undergraduate pro-
gram.
The complaint against VMI
doesnt include accusations of sex-
ual assault or other criminal acts,
although a cadet was dismissed
last spring after being charged with
rape and sodomy of a female class-
mate. Stephen J. Lloyd of Mason
Neck was convicted in October of
a lesser charge, sexual battery.
The school has had seven sexu-
al-offense complaints since women
started enrolling in 1997, spokes-
man Stewart MacInnis said, but
Lloyds was the first that resulted
in a criminal charge.
Women are more likely to
encounter discrimination
including degrading comments
and lack of advancement opportu-
nities if they comprise less than
25 percent of a group, said Nancy
Duff Campbell, co-president of the
National Womens Law Center in
Washington.
They dont necessarily want to
rock the boat by complaining,
she said. Its not necessarily fear.
Its just I want to go along to get
along.
The Virginia military college
founded in 1839 fought co-edu-
cation, but since the court ruling
has tried to recruit and welcome
women, MacInnis said.
In June, VMI won a top award
for its recruitment efforts from
the Council for the Advancement
and Support of Education, a
Washington-based association of
educational institutions.
Female cadets hold special ses-
sions at open houses for prospec-
tive students, and the school has
dedicated an admissions counselor
to recruiting women.
More women are looking at
VMI as an option applications
by women nearly doubled from
87 in 2003 to 169 for the current
year. Of those, 50 women came to
campus this semester.
Still, the school has had only 159
female graduates since it began
awarding degrees to women in
2001. During that time, 2,349 men
have graduated. And far more
women drop out after their first
year: 29 percent in the class of
2011 did so, compared with 11
percent of men.
The experience has been similar
at The Citadel, which went coed a
year before VMI and has had 205
female graduates.
associated press
amber Blain waves to friends and family as she makes her way to the stage to get her diploma during graduation ceremonies at Virginia Military
Institute May 16, 2006, in Lexington, Va. The federal Department of Educations Ofce for Civil Rights has an ongoing investigation of a sex discrimi-
nation complaint at VMI.
LEGAL
Discrimination investigation
continues at military institute
@Avila.edu
contact
JoAnna Grifn at
816-501-3601
for more information
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BERKELEY, Calif. Dozens
of demonstrators who barricaded
themselves inside a campus build-
ing at the University of California,
Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes
and budget cuts were removed
late Friday, bringing the daylong
occupation to an end, university
officials said.
The occupation of a campus
building at the University of
California, Santa Cruz meanwhile
continued.
Forty-one people inside UC
Berkeleys Wheeler Hall were
arrested on suspicion of trespass-
ing around 5 p.m. Friday, said
Claire Holmes, a spokeswoman for
the university. The group, which
included university students, was
cited and released around 7:30
p.m to cheers from supporters
outside.
Our whole goal was to make
sure this was safe, Holmes said.
The demonstrators had occu-
pied the building 14 hours earlier
to protest a 32 percent increase in
student fees and job and program
cuts.
A group of students also rallied
outside the building.
The demonstrators were
NEWS 4A Monday, noveMber 23, 2009
LEGAL
Nidal Hasan to be confned until trial
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT WORTH, Texas The
Army psychiatrist charged with
killing 13 people at Fort Hood will
be confined until his military trial,
initially staying in a hospital where
he is recovering from gunshot
wounds, his attor-
ney said Saturday.
During a hear-
ing at Maj. Nidal
Hasans hos-
pital room in
San Antonio on
Saturday, a mag-
istrate ruled that
there was prob-
able cause that
Hasan commit-
ted the Nov. 5
shooting spree at Fort
Hood, said his civilian attorney,
John Galligan. Hasan has been at
Brooke Army Medical Center since
the shooting, and his attorney said
Hasan has been told he has perma-
nent paralysis.
Galligan told The Associated
Press in a telephone interview that
the judge also ordered Hasan to
pretrial confinement, which usually
means jail, until his court-martial.
The military justice system does
not have bail for defendants.
The magistrate ruled that Hasan
will initially remain in the hospi-
tal, where he is in intensive care,
Galligan said.
Saturdays hearing was closed to
the media. Officials at Fort Hood,
about 150 miles southwest of Fort
Worth, declined to comment.
Galligan said Hasan has no feel-
ing from the chest down and has
limited movement in his arms.
Hasan was shot by civilian
members of Fort Hoods police
force after the shooting spree in
a crowded building
where soldiers must
go before they are
deployed to finalize
wills, update vac-
cinations and get
vision and dental
screenings.
Hasan has been
under guard at the
hospital, Galligan
said, and military
officials have not
told him how the
pretrial confinement status will
change anything.
I dont know what rights and
privileges he had that will now
be changed, such as visitors or if
theyll open his mail, Galligan
said. There are still many issues
that havent been addressed. I feel
like I just wasted a day.
Hasan has been charged with
13 counts of premeditated murder.
Authorities have not said whether
they will seek the death penalty,
his attorney said.
Galligan said he is concerned
about where Hasan will be moved
once hes released from the hospi-
tal, but he does not know when that
will happen.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bags sit on the foor inside the apartment of Maj. Nidal Hasan Nov. 11 in Killeen, Texas. Hasan,
an Army psychiatrist, is accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens more Nov. 5 at the
Fort Hood military base. Authorities continue to refer to Hasan, 39, as the only suspect in the
shootings.
I dont know what
rights and privileges
he had that will now
be changed, such as
visitors or if theyll
open his mail.
John GalliGan
Defense attorney
CRIME
Gunman in Saipan
kills four, wounds six
during shooting spree
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana
Islands The gunman who
carried out Saipans most violent
attack in recent memory ended
his life on the same rocky cliffs
where numerous Japanese leapt
to their deaths to avoid capture
by U.S. troops during World
War II.
Police and witnesses say that
after the attacker went on a
shooting rampage Friday that
left four dead, he parked his van
and walked to edge of Banzai
Cliff. But instead of jumping, the
gunman shot himself.
Six people were also wounded
in the violence that left this usu-
ally tranquil tourist island reel-
ing and shaken.
The commonwealth has
never experienced a tragic situ-
ation like this, and we are sad-
dened by the appalling action
of a single individual that has
caused so much harm to our
peaceful island community,
Gov. Benigno R. Fitial said.
F i t i a l
stressed the
tourist haven
was still a safe
place and said
pr e c a ut i ons
would be taken
to prevent sim-
ilar attacks.
Meanwhile,
church and
c o mmu n i t y
groups organized a candlelight
vigil, set for Sunday evening at
Saipans American Memorial
Park, for the victims of the
shootings.
Besides the gunman, the vio-
lence claimed the lives of two
men, a 4-year-old boy and a
2-year-old girl, all residents of
the U.S. commonwealth, Public
Safety spokesman Jason Tarkong
said. The wounded included a
4-year-old local girl and five
South Korean tourists, includ-
ing a boy and a girl.
The most seriously injured
South Korean, a 39-year-old
man with a gunshot wound to
his back, was flown by a U.S.
Air Force plane to Seoul for
treatment.
Police said the attack began
Friday at a shooting range in
the community of Kannat Tabla,
where two men in their early 20s
and the two children were fatally
shot. The 4-year-old girl was
critically injured with a gunshot
wound to the chest.
Shortly after the first attack,
the suspect drove several miles
and began firing a rifle from a
white van at a group of South
Koreans visiting a World War
II attraction in nearby Marpi,
wounding five.
Roxanne Diaz told the Pacific
Daily News about 60 people
were in the area taking photos,
just like a regular tourist day.
And next thing you know,
they hear something that sound-
ed like fireworks, followed by
the bloody chaos, Diaz said.
The suspect was last spotted
driving toward Banzai Cliff, the
site where numerous Japanese
jumped to their deaths to avoid
capture in 1944 after the Battle
of Saipan.
When officers arrived in the
area, they discovered the van
and found three rifles inside.
The gunmans body was found
along the edge off the cliff with a
.22-caliber rifle strapped around
his shoulder.
Police have not said if they
know of a motive, but they do
not believe the shooter was tar-
geting tourists. Tarkong termed
the violence as a random drive-
by shooting.
Authorities said the suspected
shooter was a contract worker
in his 30s or 40s from China.
His name was withheld pending
notification of family, which was
expected sometime Saturday.
Several residents said the man
was known as Mr. Lee.
The Pacific
News Center iden-
tified him as Lee
Zhong Ren, an
employee at the
shooting range.
The news station
also reported that
Lee left behind a
suicide note that
spoke of a business
deal gone bad.
The telephone at the shooting
range has been disconnected.
Saipan is the main island
of the U.S. Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands,
which has about 60,000 residents
and is about 3,800 miles south-
west of Hawaii. Saipan is a pop-
ular tourist destination among
South Koreans, with more than
111,000 South Koreans visiting
the island in 2008, according to
the Marianas Visitors Authority.
Saipan officials feared the
violence would lead to a drop
in tourism, which has already
suffered because of the sagging
global economy.
The South Korean tour-
ists were sightseeing in an area
known as the Last Command
Post, a World War II spot fea-
turing remnants of American
tanks. A memorial in the area
is dedicated to Koreans who
fought in the war.
Among those injured, a
39-year-old man was critically
hurt with a wound to his back. A
5-year-old girl and an 8-year-old
boy were treated and released
from the Commonwealth Health
Center.
Lt. Gov. Eloy Inos called it a
sad day for the commonwealth.
This is an unfortunate but
isolated incident, he said. It
happened for reasons unbe-
knownst to us, but we can han-
dle this type of situation.
ACTIVISM
Student protesters in California
removed from occupied building
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Demonstrators struggle with police with a barricade in front of a closed-of building on the
University of California, Berkeley on the Berkeley, Calif., campus Friday during a demonstration
against university fee hikes and layofs.
The commonwealth
has never experi-
enced a tragic situa-
tion like this, and we
are saddened ...
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Crime
Charges dropped in case
following investigation
Charges were dismissed against
a man accused in a robbery on
campus last week because the
crime actually happened outside
of city limits, according to KU Pub-
lic Safety Captain Schuyler Bailey.
Police said the 19-year-old who
reported the crime, who doesnt
attend the University, said he
was walking to his vehicle parked
in the southwest corner of the
parking lot near the tennis courts
when he was approached by two
unknown white males.
The man said one of his at-
tackers held him down while the
other punched him in the face. He
said the attackers took his wallet
and told him not to call police
before leaving the area in a white
Cadillac. The man said the stolen
wallet contained a credit card and
drivers license.
Through an investigation, the
KU Public Safety Ofce deter-
mined that the crime did not
take place on campus, or even
in Lawrence for that matter. The
21-year-old Perry man accused in
the crime was released Wednes-
day when the charges against him
were dropped.
Bailey said the results of the
investigation had been forwarded
to the Douglas County Sherifs
Ofce to determine the charges.
Student released on bond
after over a month in jail
A student who police say was
involved in the robberies of two
local delivery drivers will have a
jury trial next April, according to
the judge in the case.
At an arraignment hearing
on Friday, District Court Judge
Robert Fairchild said a jury trial
in the case would begin April
26 at 9 a.m. Billy Kernizant is
accused on four charges; two for
aggravated robbery and two for
conspiracy to commit aggra-
vated robbery.
Kernizant appeared alongside
his lawyer, who asked that his
bail be reduced. At the sugges-
tion of prosecutors, Fairchild
ordered that Kernizants bail
be reduced from $70,000 to
$40,000 on the condition that he
wear a GPS monitoring device at
all times.
Kernizant posted bond and
was released at 10:07 a.m.
Friday. Kernizant had been in
police custody since he was ar-
rested on Oct. 5
Brandon Sayers
legal
Military nurse acquitted in killing
crime
Men accused in 9/11 attacks to plead not guilty
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khalid Sheik Mohammed, above, is the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Mohammeds lawyer said he would plead not guilty to the charges against him.
AssoCiAted Press
NEW YORK The five men
facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks
will plead not guilty so that they
can air their criticisms of U.S. for-
eign policy, the lawyer for one of
the defendants said Sunday.
Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer
for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-
Aziz Ali, said the men would not
deny their role in the 2001 attacks
but would explain what happened
and why they did it.
The U.S. Justice Department
announced earlier this month that
Ali and four other men accused
of murdering nearly 3,000 people
in the deadliest terrorist attack in
the U.S. will face a civilian federal
trial just blocks from the site of the
destroyed World Trade Center.
Ali, also known as Ammar al-
Baluchi, is a nephew of professed
9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed.
Mohammed, Ali and the oth-
ers will explain their assess-
ment of American foreign policy,
Fenstermaker said.
Their assessment is negative,
he said.
Fenstermaker met with Ali
last week at the U.S. prison at
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He has
not spoken with the others but said
the men have discussed the trial
among themselves.
Fenstermaker was first quoted in
The New York Times in Sundays
editions.
Critics of Attorney General Eric
Holders decision to try the men
in a New York City civilian court-
house have warned that the trial
would provide the defendants with
a propaganda platform.
Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the
Department of Justice, said Sunday
that while the men may attempt
to use the trial to express their
views, we have full confidence
in the ability of the courts and in
particular the federal judge who
may preside over the trial to ensure
that the proceeding is conducted
appropriately and with minimal
disruption, as federal courts have
done in the past.
Last week, the Senate Judiciary
Committee questioned Holder for
hours about his decision to send
the five 9/11 suspects to New York
for trial.
Critics of Holders decision
mostly Republicans argued the
trial will give Mohammed and his
co-defendants a world stage to
spout hateful rhetoric.
AssoCiAted Press
SAN ANTONIO A court-
martial acquitted a former mili-
tary nurse of
murder Saturday
after he was
accused of giv-
ing lethal doses
of painkillers to
hasten the deaths
of three termi-
nally ill patients
at the Air Forces
largest hospital.
Capt. Michael
Fontana, wearing his Air Force
uniform, showed no emotion as
a military judge cleared him of
three counts of murder, then col-
lapsed into the arms of weeping
family members inside a Lackland
Air Force Base courtroom.
Military prosecutors had paint-
ed Fontana as a rogue and arro-
gant nurse who pumped patients
full of fentanyl and morphine
when they were not dying quick
enough. After the ruling, Fontana
said he never second-guessed his
treatment or dosages.
My intention the
whole time was to
take care of dying
patients, Fontana
said.
Fontana, 36, said
he wants to return to
nursing.
Seeing the ver-
dict as a validation,
Fontana said he
hoped the ruling would serve as
a lesson for others tasked with
making sure the terminally sick
are comfortable. One doctor tes-
tified in the court-martial that he
worried the case would chill the
use of painkillers on the gravely
ill.
Elizabeth Higginbotham,
Fontanas attorney, said during
closing arguments that a guilty
verdict would open the flood-
gates for lawsuits against nurses
when a dying patient finally goes.
Col. William Burd, the military
judge, also acquitted Fontana on
one count of conduct unbecom-
ing an officer for altering medical
records.
We have
great confidence
in our military
justice system
and we believe
a fair verdict
was reached
today, the 59th
Medical Wing
said in a state-
ment.
The hospital
said Fontana will now undergo a
clinical competency evaluation to
determine whether he can return
to being an Air Force nurse at
the Wilford Hall Medical Center.
He continued working at Wilford
Hall while awaiting trial, though
was stationed in the library.
During the weeklong trial,
Air Force prosecutors accused
Fontana of changing hospital
records, trying to cover-up his
tracks and chastising other nurses
for not being aggressive enough
in treating the end-
of-life patients. They
argued that Fontana
knew the lethal effect
of the dosages he was
giving.
Fontana has been
in the Air Force since
2006 and served a
tour in Iraq in 2007.
He worked as an
intensive care nurse
at Wilford Hall, which primar-
ily serves military personnel and
retirees but provides emergency
and trauma care to some civil-
ians.
Man who used tentanyl and morphine on patients says he never second-guessed treatment
My intention the
whole time was to
take care of dying
patients.
MiCHAeL FOnTAnA
Military nurse
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was reached today.
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
Horoscopes
tHe next panel
Nicholas Sambaluk
sketcHbook
fisH bowl
cHicken strip
Drew Stearns
Joe Ratterman
Charlie Hoogner
aries (March 21-april 19)
today is a 7
A dream provides you with a
passionate message. Deliver it
to your partner early, and take
advantage of the response.
taurus (april 20-May 20)
today is a 7
Provide sweets for your
sweetie. This could involve
food, atmosphere or action.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
today is a 6
You start the day on an
emotional footing. Listen to a
female associate. Apply imagi-
nation liberally.
cancer (June 22-July 22)
today is a 7
Work expands to fll the avail-
able time and space. Youll get
more done if you set priorities.
leo (July 23-aug. 22)
today is a 5
Youve been pushing yourself
a bit too hard. Lighten up. Take
time to work out the kinks with
a massage.
VirGo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
today is a 7
You probably hear far more
than you want to about your
own business. Others choose
to tell you what to do today.
libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
today is a 7
Just because you love some-
one, you dont have to accept
everything they say. Check the
facts.
scorpio (oct. 23--nov. 21)
today is a 7
Not everything goes as
planned. When you bump
into a problem, dont struggle.
Instead, give in on small details.
saGittarius(nov. 22-Dec. 21)
today is a 6
Let the ladies help you put the
fnishing touches on holiday
plans. As you do your shop-
ping, shrink to ft.
capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
today is a 6
The more energy you put into
planning, the more satisfying
the result. Try something new.
Youll like it.
aquarius (Jan. 20-feb. 18)
today is a 7
Females take over the plan-
ning. Dont try to get your way
on everything. Hold out for the
priority items.
pisces (feb. 19-March 20)
today is a 6
A female tells you the plan, and
you have to run with it. Take a
good look before you leave the
starting gate.
LEGAL
Jacksons physician linked
to purchase of propofol
LAS VEGAS Court docu-
ments show police linked a drug
blamed in Michael Jacksons
death to the pop singers per-
sonal physician who bought it at
a Las Vegas pharmacy.
Search warrant records re-
leased Friday show that authori-
ties raiding Applied Pharmacy
Services on Aug. 11 sought pa-
perwork showing it was the place
Dr. Conrad Murray bought several
vials of the powerful sedative
propofol.
Records show a receipt
obtained in a July 28 search of
Murrays Las Vegas medical ofce
showed he bought propofol May
12 and administered doses from
that purchase to Jackson in the
hours before the singer died June
25.
CULTURE
Leonardo da Vinci exhibit
to open in New York City
NEW YORK An interactive
exhibit featuring life-size models
of Leonardo da Vincis 500-year-
old inventions and machines is
opening in New York Citys Times
Square.
Although best known for
painting the masterpiece Mona
Lisa, da Vinci also designed a
fantastical array of futuristic fy-
ing machines, robots, weapons
and mechanical devices.
Highlights of the exhibit
opening Friday include the
Great Kite fying machine, a
working prototype of his Self-
Propelled Cart, and physical
models of his mechanical bat
and lion.
Visitors also can use touch
screens to turn the artists
sketches into three-dimensional
models.
LEGAL
Interior designer fakes
disability for benefts
LOS ANGELES California tax
ofcials say an interior designers
false disability claim was uncov-
ered when he was spotted on a
home improvement television
show.
Fifty-six-year-old Ronald Hunt
of Los Angeles was sentenced
Tuesday to 200 hours of commu-
nity service and ordered to pay
more than $180,000 in restitu-
tion, unpaid taxes and fnes. He
pleaded guilty to two felony
counts of fraud.
The states Franchise Tax
Board says Hunt falsely claimed
he was disabled for three years
and collected almost $150,000
in benefts, while earning about
$400,000 in income as an interior
designer.
An employee of the insurance
company that was paying Hunts
benefts saw Hunt on a Home and
Garden Television program and
reported him to the state Depart-
ment of Insurance.
HoLidAy
Letters to Santa will still
be answered by his elves
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Wide-
eyed children around the world
will be hearing from Santas
elves at the North Pole after all.
During Christmas seasons for
decades, these dedicated elves
responded to thousands of let-
ters addressed to Santa Claus,
North Pole.
All that was ending with a
U.S. Postal Service decision to
discontinue the program based
in the small Alaskan town amid
privacy concerns.
The elves from Santas Mailbag
vowed to fght the decision,
while North Pole residents
voiced outrage.
A reversal of the Postal Service
move was announced Friday.
We never wanted to spoil
peoples Christmas, said agency
spokesman Ernie Swanson. It
was just a decision we had to
make based on privacy con-
cerns, and it is labor-intensive.
But its still nice that were able
to resume this and still make
peoples holiday.
The letters will now be an-
swered under tightened privacy
rules implemented nationwide
by the Postal Service in response
to security concerns that arose
in a similar program in Maryland
last year.
CRimE
Bank robbery suspect
eats piece of evidence
STREETSBORO, Ohio Police
say a bank robbery suspect in
Ohio may have eaten evidence
when he gobbled a piece of
paper while handcufed and
lying across the hood of a police
cruiser.
A police video camera
captured the 35-year-old John
Ford of Cleveland grabbing the
paper with his mouth as police
emptied his pockets.
Ford was arrested following
a report of a bank robbery in
Streetsboro just south of Cleve-
land on Thursday.
Police say a man walked into
the bank and handed a teller a
note that demanded money.
Police say they found money
in a bag in Fords car, which ft
the description of the bank rob-
bers vehicle, along with a bank
dye pack that had exploded.
Ford was being held in the
Portage County Jail on Saturday
where his fle did not indicate he
had a lawyer.
Associated Press
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law that would ban
panhandling is not the
solution for an increased
homeless presence in the down-
town area. Rather than kicking
these people off the streets, city
commissioners should focus on
solving the housing problem
as opposed to the possibility of
infringing on First Amendment
rights.
The act of panhandling, which
means asking pedestrians for
money, is currently
legal in Lawrence.
City Commissioner
Aaron Cromwell
recently sought to
pursue a ban on pan-
handling, citing that the problem
has been getting worse. However,
there is already an ordinance
against aggressive panhandling,
which is touching a person while
begging or repeatedly asking
someone for a donation.
The law on aggressive panhan-
dling should be enforced to help
maintain a family friendly atmo-
sphere downtown.
Everyone is very interested in
trying to do something about the
problem, Cromwell said. But
we dont want to do anything
that would be illegal and non-
enforceable.
Cromwell did not think that
a ban on panhandling would be
unconstitutional, saying he had a
hard time seeing this as anything
other than commerce.
However, according to consti-
tutional law professor Richard E.
Levy, It will certainly raise (First
Amendment) concerns. Whether
it will violate the amendment will
depend on exactly on how its
written.
Another University consti-
tutional law professor, Stephen
R. McAllister, said. There is
a strong potential for a First
Amendment claim.
They would have to show
there is not another way to
address the problem than limiting
speech, Levy said.
City commission-
ers should work on
enforcing the current
ordinance against
aggressive pan-
handling as well as
researching the reasons as to why
the increase is occurring. With
the current economy and unem-
ployment rate, an increase in the
homeless population should not
be a surprise. The city should
address the problem with these
solutions instead of trying to take
away the rights of their citizens.
Recently there was a vote
against pushing forward plans
to build a new homeless shelter
away from the downtown area.
If commissioners are concerned
with the homeless population,
then making it harder for a new
shelter to be built is counterpro-
ductive. Taking the easy way out
by banning them from asking for
money is a political cop-out.
In addition to the effects on
the homeless, a ban on panhan-
dling would make it harder for
street performers, musicians and
non-profit organizations to work
downtown. Cromwell touched
upon starting a possible licensing
program for these agencies that
are not a part of the homeless
population to be able to legally
panhandle.
The intention is that it would
be very inexpensive to free,
Cromwell said. We do want to
keep the ambience of downtown,
and we wouldnt want to outlaw
any legitimate street performers.
You should not need a license
to play an acoustic guitar on the
corner of Massachusetts Street.
Legitimately organized charity
groups should not be required
to waste their time in getting
licensed when they could be
spending the time raising money
for other groups that need it.
A ban on panhandling could
not only be an abuse of the basic
rights of individuals, but it also
brings the wrong focus to a dis-
cussion that needs to be solved in
a different manner. The homeless
population that isnt aggressive
and the street performers of
Lawrence deserve better treat-
ment than to be forced off the
streets.
Rather than taking a step
backward, city commissioners
should come together and take an
important step forward in work-
ing toward an end to homeless-
ness.
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eep in last Thursdays
edition of The University
Daily Kansan was a wire
story from the Associated Press:
Students protest huge tuition
hike at University of California.
The day before, Californias
Board of Regents met to discuss a
32 percent increase in undergrad-
uate fees essentially tuition
equivalent to $2,500 by next year.
This was in response to the mas-
sive revenue shortfalls California,
and to a smaller degree the other
49 states, have been experiencing
for more than a year.
About 1,000 people demon-
strated in protest at UC-Berkeley
on Wednesday and 14 protesters
were arrested at UCLA, where
the Board of Regents meeting was
held, according to the article.
On Thursday, as the plan was
voted on and approved by the
Regents, simultaneous protests
took place on the campuses of
UC- Los Angeles, Davis, Santa
Cruz and Berkeley.
This response reminded me of
the late 1960s anti-war movement
and subsequently, of Mark Rudd,
one-time leader of the dissident
group Students for a Democratic
Society and co-founder of its
violent offspring, The Weather
Underground. Rudd attended
a number of events around
town and campus two weeks
ago promoting his new book,
Underground.
Rudd said that he thought
violent action, in the context of
some of the nonviolent move-
ments of the 20th century, was
unacceptable and that only
through the organization of mass
political movements could real
change occur.
While visiting Jonathan
Earles Conspiracy Theories and
Paranoia in American History
class, Rudd charged students with
submitting to an entertainment
culture that shied away from the
political action that should, he
argued, be the central focus of
their lives.
Perhaps the economic climate
will force students to speak
louder on the national stage. I
think students should do this
regardless.
Not that I dont like music,
television or sports. I do. But the
current economic crisis and way
the government deals with it
placing greater burdens either
on the present or on the future
will have an enormous impact
on the way our generation will
do business and interact on the
global stage.
State institutions, including the
University, continue to increase
costs at rates of 5 to 6 percent a
year. The national debt recently
passed an unfathomable $12 tril-
lion. And the promise of oppor-
tunity, as national unemployment
soars past 10 percent, remains
unfulfilled. Those are all issues
for students: issues that students
should organize and vote on, so
as to ensure their presence in rep-
resentatives platforms.
Forty-one students at
UC-Berkeley were peacefully
arrested after a day-long occupa-
tion of a classroom building on
Friday.
The precedent of nonviolent
means of protest and dialogue
with elected representatives is
vital, and the call to action by the
enormous fee hike must be heard.
I hope students future actions
reflect that. And many thanks to
the students in Californias public
university system for doing so
already. Its about time we all
joined the national discourse.
Holmes is a Overland Park
sophomore in political science.
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MATTER WITH
KANSAS?
Tis years hottest careers
HuMOr
A
s the time approaches for
seniors to begin their job
searches, many students
have already started planning their
careers. Even more lay catatonic
under the bedsheets with fear,
praying to whatever god, idol or
Godfather character they pray to
that such a thing as a job still exists
by the time the economy completes
its death plummet.
I cant really empathize. Im
afraid. I fully expect the current
upsurge in popularity of post-post-
punk funk music to provide for me
and any family I might sire, espe-
cially once my children reach their
funky years. (At the end of the day,
incorporating your family into your
band is the whole point of funk
music not to mention the point
of having a family.)
But unfortunately, not every-
body has the post-post-punk funk
in them. Some must find a way
to squeeze an income from the
hemorrhaging shambles of the
American labor market.
To do this, you must look to
the future in order to determine
what fields will be relevant after
you graduate. This process requires
time, research and introspection.
Once they have stared into the piti-
less black void of the future and
can see with devastating clarity
how ultimately unresponsive it is
to our choices and desires, most
students base their career decision
on a coin flip.
I can help with the research part
of your career planning.
A Bureau of Labor statistician
is one of the hottest careers right
now. Do you think all these unem-
ployment numbers collect and
report themselves? They used to,
until a bloody confrontation with
the Statisticians Guild of America.
(Do not mess with the Statisticians
Guild. They know where Hoffa
went.)
No, the numbers dont report
themselves, meaning every day
clipboard-wielding statisticians are
out there depressing the hell out of
representative samples of American
households with their questions,
and depressing the hell out of
everybody else with the answers.
Blogging is also a profession on
the rise. Bloggers jobs are perhaps
the most secure of any across the
economy since anyone can do it
and nobody can lose it. Do you
have reactions to things, either
positive or negative? Type them up
in Impact or Bookman Old Style
font and post them to your blog.
Make sure to occasionally type
an opinion in a form diametrically
opposite to how you literally mean
it. This is whats commonly referred
to as irony and it signals to your
readers you have a sense of humor.
If you have trouble, dont sweat it.
There are software programs that
can help you.
Portion de-incrementators
have also seen high job growth as
a result of the current recession.
Portion de-incrementators are
highly specialized production engi-
neers tasked with slowly decreasing
product sizes below the threshold
of consumer awareness, or, failing
that, above consumer-being-able-
to-do-shit-about it levels.
De-incrementators are the folks
slowly removing ounces from
cereal boxes. They also reduced the
cycle in the coin dryer of my apart-
ment building by 12 minutes. They
are why my T-shirts are always
either wrinkled or damp, so please
disregard the rumors youve heard.
Unglesbee is an Overland Park
senior in creative writing and
economics.
Ben unglesBee
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buying sustainable
For many people, including
my boyfriend, Austin, and his
roommates, the only thing
standing between them and
sustainable eating is money,
money and more money.
Janie, we drink about four
gallons of milk a week, Austin
tells me. Yeah, local milk tastes
a whole lot better and I would
get that instead of regular milk.
But paying $3.50 for a gallon is
too expensive for us. It just isnt
worth it.
I agree, buying sustainable
foods can be difficult for those
on a budget but it doesnt have
to be.
Recently, I visited the
Community Mercantile, a co-op
natural foods store here in
Lawrence. I sat down with Nancy
OConner, the nutrition educator
and outreach coordinator, to find
out how those on a budget can
satisfy their desire to eat more
sustainably without emptying
their wallets.
The Merc isnt just a grocery
store, but a community center
as well. In addition to providing
groceries and other products,
it benefits the local community
by supporting local farmers,
encouraging nutritional
education in our schools and
fostering relationships between
consumers and producers by
offering co-op memberships.
So how do we shop at stores at
the Merc without breaking our
budgets?
In short, focus on what you
care most about. Is it organic
produce or free-range meat? Is
it local milk or free-trade coffee?
Eating sustainably doesnt mean
changing your entire grocery list.
Start with certain foods that are
most important to you.
Incorporating sustainable
foods by starting with one or two
items is what eco-psychologists
call the foot in the door
technique. By committing
to something small at first, it
becomes easier to commit to
something bigger later.
For example, my family used
to only recycle paper it was
easy to collect and easy to recycle.
Then we started using curbside
recycling and recycled cans,
plastic and cardboard in addition
to paper. Now, we recycle glass as
well, even though that requires
driving to a recycling center.
Many people think small
changes wont make a big
difference. What they forget is
that small changes dont stay
small for long.
Janie Chen is ajunior fromOlathe.
Her sustainability blogcanbe readat
www.greenmyguy.wordpress.com.
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If I see another status about
Modern Warfare, I am going
to kill you.
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There is a KU bus broken
down on the side of the road
on I-435 in front of Worlds of
Fun: Bus #319. I just wanted
people to know that I think it
got a little off campus.
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My friend Levi came over from
Kansas State this weekend and
he could not believe that we
had hot girls at this university.
It is something that he was
not accustomed to seeing.
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A guy named black that turns
into a canine? Only Sirius
matters. Go team Harry Potter!
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Ive seen New Moon four
times since it came out. Is this
bad?
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Why does Scully always have
to be so disapproving of
Mulder? Chillax woman!
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83. (Editors note: Yes, there
were 83 messages from a
woman who calls in asking
people to not approach her
and offer help.)
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I just watched a grown man
cry and fight over a broken
piece of glass. What is this
world coming to?
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I hate that hearing running
water makes me have to pee.
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Nothing takes the wind out
of your sails like meeting your
crushs significant other.
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I suspect that Mrs. Es doesnt
serve breakfast on weekends
just to torture me.
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Im so glad I didnt watch the
KU game.
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Drunk post.
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I have lost control over every
single aspect of my life.
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I was going to climb the Bailey
Hall fire escape, but then I
wussed out. I guess I missed
social skills and balls in the
sixth grade.
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So yeah, KU lost in football.
But my roommate and I
discovered that Madden
makes a good drinking game.
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better record than
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toilet paper is cut in those tiny
squares. Who ever uses one
square at a time?
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ediTOriAL cArTOOn
NEWS 8A monday, novmeber 23, 2009
By DORIE TURNER
Associated Press
ATLANTA When Liz
Fitzgerald realized her son and
daughter were forced to read
books in math class while the
other children caught up, she had
them moved into gifted classes at
their suburban Atlanta elementary
school.
Just 100 miles down the road in
Taliaferro County, that wouldnt
have been an option. All the gifted
classes were canceled because of
budget cuts.
If they didnt have it, they would
get bored and distracted easily,
said Fitzgerald, whose children are
14 and 12. It just wouldnt be chal-
lenging.
Such disparities exist in every
state, according to a new report
by the National Association for
Gifted Children that blames low
federal funding and a focus on low-
performing students.
The report, State of the States
in Gifted Education, hits at a basic
element of the federal governments
focus on education: Most of its
money and effort goes into helping
low-performing, poor and minor-
ity kids achieve basic proficiency.
It largely ignores the idea of help-
ing gifted kids reach their highest
potential, leaving those tasks to
states and local school districts.
In the age of Sputnik, we put
money into math and science,
and we ended up on
the moon, said Del
Siegle, a University
of Connecticut
researcher who wrote
the report. We really
need to consider that
again. We cannot
afford as a country to
ignore talent.
The federal gov-
ernment spent just
$7.5 million last year
on research and grants for the esti-
mated 3 million gifted children
in the U.S. Both the Bush and
Obama administrations have tried
to eliminate that money entirely,
but Congress put it back into the
budget each year.
Gifted programs are typical-
ly paid for by local districts or
states and vary dramatically. In
some states, its as stark as one
county with multiple gifted pro-
grams magnet schools, honors
courses and separate classrooms
for advanced learners next to a
county with nothing.
The quality of gifted services
is dependent on geography, and it
shouldnt be, said Laura Carriere,
president of the Maryland Coalition
for Gifted and Talented Education
and the mother of two gifted chil-
dren.
Just six states pick up the whole
tab for gifted programs, and 13
dont put a single dollar toward
such curriculum, according to the
study. That means
poor urban and
rural school sys-
tems are often
have no money
left for their high-
est achievers,
according to the
Nov. 12 report.
There is a
markedly insuf-
ficient national
commitment to
gifted and talented children, which,
if left unchecked, will ultimately
leave our nation ill-prepared to
field the next generation of innova-
tors and to compete in the global
economy.
For Bellevue, Wash., mother
Julie Plaut Warwick, a gifted pro-
gram was the only option for her
now 16-year-old son, who is in a
magnet high school in the Seattle
suburb.
He would be very bored and
would have gotten in trouble, she
said. If youre in a regular class-
room and you repeat things two
or three times, he gets incredibly
bored and frustrated.
The federal No Child Left Behind
Law, which was passed in 2003,
forced states to focus on bringing
struggling children up to grade
level inadvertently exaggerating
the problem even more, Siegle said.
A Fordham Institute study released
last month showed gifted students
are still improving their standard-
ized test scores, but not as quickly
as low-performing children.
As the economy has tanked,
some states are shifting money
away from gifted programs to help
balance their budgets. The report
shows that 13 states more than
half of the 23 that actually fund
gifted education made such cuts
in 2008-09.
In the Oxnard School District
just north of Los Angeles, that
means Martha Flournoy, who ran
the districts gifted program for a
decade, is back in the classroom.
She said the students who are
suffering the most are bright chil-
dren from poor families.
If Im middle class and my kids
are gifted and talented, Im going
to find a charter school or go to a
neighboring district or find a pri-
vate school, Flournoy said. That
does not happen with all kids.
Some oppose having separate
classes for gifted kids. Mara Sapon-
Shevin of Syracuse University
argues that gifted programs cre-
ate haves and the have nots. She
prefers grouping students together
and then tailoring the curriculum
to each child. Sapon-Shevin kept
her own daughter out of a second-
grade gifted program in the 1980s.
In the unit on birds, the gifted
children would learn myths about
birds, go bird watching, build
bird houses, learn bird calls, do
bird identification, she said. The
problem came when I raised my
hand and asked what the other
second-graders were doing. They
said work sheets.
But for educators like Sally
Walker, gifted programs help bright
children reach their highest poten-
tial, putting future doctors, scien-
tists and engineers in classrooms
where they dont feel embarrassed
for being smart.
Walker recalls the day she was
testing a particularly bright 5-year-
old boy in her gifted program in a
Rockford, Ill., elementary school
in the 1980s. She asked him what
color coal is and gave him three
options: black, purple and gray.
The boy marked all three answers
and told Walker that coal was black
indoors, purple in the sunshine
and gray if it burns.
These are students who are
ignored because of the myth that
they will make it on their own
or succeed without help, said
Walker, now executive director of
the Illinois Association for Gifted
Children. They get frustrated
because they feel they are not being
understood.
EDUCATION
Funding for gifted programs comes under scrutiny
A new report by a national organization details wide disparities between states regarding efforts geared toward top students
If Im middle class
and my kids are gifted
and talented, Im
going to fnd a charter
school or ... fnd a
private school.
MArthA FLournoy
Former gifted instructor
LAW
Biden calls health-care vote a victory
By MIKE GLOVER
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa Vice
President Joe Biden told Iowa
Democrats on Saturday that the
Senate handed the president a big
victory with its decision to move
forward with debate on sweeping
legislation to overhaul the nations
health care system.
Tonight we have more momen-
tum than weve ever had in the
history of health care discussions,
Biden told about 1,000 Democrats
in Des Moines.
Bidens comments at the Iowa
Democratic Partys largest fund-
raiser, the Jefferson Jackson Dinner,
came shortly after the 60-39 vote
in the Senate that cleared the way
for a full-scale debate on the health
care bill. Biden said his speech was
delayed as he worked the phone to
lobby swing lawmakers.
I see the special interests raising
tens of millions of dollars, hundreds
of millions of dollars to defeat our
agenda, Biden said. Weve never
thought change would be easy. You
all knew change would be hard. Its
hard to change the direction of a
nation thats been adrift for at least
eight years.
He pointed to the Senates vote as
the latest sign of progress.
Those who voted for reform will
be rewarded and those who voted
against it will be held accountable,
Biden said.
Republicans have cast the health
care bill as a costly government
takeover, built on budget gimmicks.
The 39 senators who voted
against moving forward with debate
were all Republicans, and the House
approved its version of the bill ear-
lier this month on a near party line
vote.
Obama easily won Iowa in last
years election, and Democrats
hold the governors office as well as
majorities in both legislative cham-
bers.
In recent months, however, there
have been signs the party may not
fare as well next year. Polls have
shown Gov. Chet Culver, running
for re-election in 2010, badly trail-
ing the leading Republican candi-
dates. And a poll published by The
Des Moines Register on Saturday
shows Obamas approval rating has
fallen to 49 percent in the state,
down four percentage points from
September and 19 from January.
Biden argued that as issues such
as health care begin to take shape,
Democrats will reap political gain.
He dismissed those he called noisy
critics, such as those who shouted at
lawmakers at health care forums
throughout the country earlier this
year.
Progress in this country has
never been produced by yelling and
saying no, Biden said. For those of
you who stood with Barack Obama
from the beginning, you have heard
the doubters. When Barack and I
talked about change we meant it.
Vice president applauds the Senates move to begin debating the legislation
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AUSTIN, Texas Traditionally,
in the moments after games
in media gatherings after
victories or losses coach
Mark Mangino sticks to the
no-nonsense approach.
His mood doesnt seem to swivel
with a lopsided victory or disap-
pointing loss. Generally, he keeps
his public temperament level, and
he has always preached that is his
style while at the University.
Yet after Kansas 51-20 defeat in
the heart of Texas, something felt
different about his interview. There
was a personable tone mixed with
his characteristic professionalism.
Mangino smiled and laughed. He
engaged in playful banters with
reporters.
And he even offered a
life perspective.
I have a player, D.J. Marshall,
who is in Tulsa, Okla., at a can-
cer center, Mangino said. He
just started his chemotherapy this
week.
He paused and lowered his voice
before continuing.
Thats called a bad week. Ive
had a great week.
The change in response-style
may be a result of what hasnt actu-
ally appeared to be a great week
for Mangino or his players. In the
days leading up to Saturday nights
game against Texas, they answered
never-ending questions about the
internal investigation launched by
the Athletics Department against
Mangino and about the state of the
program.
Faced with a relentless line of
investigation-based questioning,
the Jayhawks attempted to main-
tain a sliver of hope: Regardless
of anything else, Kansas still had a
game to play against Texas.
In front of a record-setting crowd
on Saturday, Texas crushed that
optimism, delivering the Jayhawks
their sixth-consecutive loss.
After the game after a result
that most people expected ques-
tions returned to the investigation
surrounding the football program
and Manginos job.
Its been a distraction for all of
us, senior defensive back Justin
Thornton said. Not just the play-
ers and the coaches but the whole
community and school. Thats all
that anyone wants to talk about. Its
frustrating.
After the game, in a small room
tucked away inside Darrell K. Royal
Stadium, Mangino sat at a desk and
Kansas 20, Texas 51
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Kansas coach Mark Mangino stands along the sideline watchingTexas drive down the feld for a touchdown during the fourth quarter Saturday night in Austin, Texas. Kansas lost 20-51 for its sixth-straight Big 12 loss and nowmoves to a
season record of 5-6.
Loss wraps up long week
Sixth consecutive
loss follows days
of investigation
Kansas'
coach is
on his
way out
Morris leads undefeated Jayhawks to victory
By StEphEN MONtEMAyOr
smontemayor@kansan.com
commenTary
women's basKeTball
W
ere it not for contract
provisions, coach Mark
Mangino may well have
been canned at halftime or even
a few days before Saturday nights
foregone conclusion in Austin,
Texas.
The allegedly foul man stands
opposite Athletics Director Lew
Perkins on a bridge that burns
wilder each day.
The investigation of Mangino
and his football program the
Athletics Department launched last
week stems from allegations that
he poked senior linebacker Arist
Wright during practice and has
been further stoked by parents and
former players coming forth with
accounts of a coach who breaks
down and bullies his players.
But dont think thats all. Lori
Williams, associate athletics direc-
tor for risk management, is lead-
ing an investigation to determine
whether a check with enough
room for seven digits is needed
or if theres enough dirt to sever
ties with cause. Im willing to bet
Mangino will not be Kansas coach
in 2010.
Per Manginos contract, the
coach has 21 days upon being
fired to file a written appeal to
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little
or Perkins. If Mangino is found to
have been fired without cause or
if he is simply fired without cause
he will be owed $6.6 million.
Thats $2 million for three years
plus an additional $600,000 buyout.
The reason Mangino wasnt
fired last week or upon returning
to Lawrence after his teams sixth-
straight defeat can be summed up
using a familiar and ironic axiom:
dollar signs.
That Kansas was KOed 51-20
on prime-time national television
was a mere formality. The only
difference between this game and
the teams previous five losses was
that it simply got beat rather than
SEE football ON pAgE 5B
SEE column ON pAgE 5B
By MAX rOthMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
When the opposition scraps
Kansas game plan, Sade Morris
will still be there to mitigate the
problem.
The senior with the salvaging
jump shot also serves as the teams
lockdown defender. She is the sta-
bilizing force to the No. 19 basket-
ball team.
So when Kansas usual tran-
sition-based offense was forced
into a half-court set by Michigans
speed and attentiveness, coach
Bonnie Henrickson put the game
in the hands of the stabilizer.
Somebody had to score,
Morris said.
Kansas defeated Michigan 77-66
and moved to 3-0 on the season as
Morris scored a career-high 26
points, passing 1,000 career points
in a Kansas uniform.
I had no clue, Morris said of
the milestone. I just came ready
to play.
Junior guard Veronica Hicks
led the motion-centric Wolverine
offense with 20 points. The
Chicago native possessed a street-
ball-ish swagger with a knock
down jump shot. She was the pri-
mary reason for keeping the game
as close as it was.
They brought
the house early,
Henrickson said.
Junior center
Krysten Boogaard
established her
low-post pres-
ence early on
and seemed to
be on her way
to an impressive
stat line. She was also attacking
Michigans high picks and work-
ing as a force all over the floor.
However, the foul bug bit
Boogaard and she was held to just
three minutes of frst-half play.
Her dormancy set the stage for
another freshman,
besides guards Angel
Goodrich or Monica
Engelman, to see the
foor. Forward Caro-
lyn Davis checked
in for sophomore
Aishah Sutherland
11 minutes into the
game, giving her the
frst-half minutes she
had yet to see up to
this point.
But the Houston native looked
sluggish on the pick-and-roll and
stagnant on the offensive end as
she was manipulated by senior
center Krista Phillips. On the last
play of the first half, Henrickson
drew up a Goodrich and Davis
pick-and-roll, but Davis youth
showed as she drew the foul but
missed both free throws. But
Davis was happy enough to get
some early action.
Of course at first I was ner-
vous, Davis said. I just cleared my
head and went out and played.
Hicks and the rest of the
Wolverines rattled Goodrich and
the usually fast-paced Kansas
offense. Goodrich often tried
to force the ball to senior guard
Danielle McCray, straying from
her other options and the usual
five-sided gameplan that had been
so effective in the past. Operating
out of a half-court set for much
of the game, Goodrich could not
speed past defenders and instead
had to be more creative in call-
ing plays. She tallied seven points
and assists, but also surrendered
seven turnovers.
We just werent getting out
fast enough, Goodrich said. We
werent all connected as a team.
But it was Morris stabilizing
effect that solidified the half-court
set in a grinding victory. Whether
its drawing a foul, nailing a late
three or stealing a critical pass,
Morris has proved herself a steady
force.
Scoring never matters to me,
Morris said. I just care about
winning.
Edited by Amanda Thompson
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Senior guard Sade Morris fghts past Michigan guard Jenny Ryan during Sunday's game.
Morris passed the 1,000 point mark in Kansas' 77-66 victory against Michigan.
See more women's
basketball coverage
on page 3B.
Scoring never
matters to me. I just
care about winning.
Sade morriS
Senior guard
monday, november 23, 2009 www.kansan.com PaGe 1b
T
hierry Henry, one of
the best soccer play-
ers in Frances history,
became the most hated man in
the Republic of Ireland last week.
Most of the sports world isnt too
happy with him, either.
After two playoff matches to
decide who would earn a spot in
the 2010 World Cup, France and
Ireland had to go to overtime
to settle a 1-1 deadlock. In that
overtime, Henry blatantly played
the ball with his left hand to set
up a goal that sent France to the
biggest sporting event in the
world and gave the entire nation
of Ireland a kick in the collective
gut.
In Henrys defense, it was an
intense situation and he made a
split-second instinctive reaction
to a ball bouncing in front of
him. Probably 95 percent of ath-
letes in his situation would have
done the same thing. But handing
the ball is a pretty big no-no in
soccer, and this one was obvious.
It seemed like everyone besides
the four referees could see it.
Henry openly admitted his
offense after the game. He knew it
was unfair. Ireland certainly knew
it was unfair. I knew it was unfair.
My French friend, Jean, told me
in broken English that it was
unfair. However, despite Irelands
appeals to FIFA for a replay of the
match (which Henry himself sup-
ported), the result stood.
Sports is one part of our lives
where we demand fairness. Its the
one arena where we can control
fairness, at least on the field. Its
why we have referees, rulebooks
and video replay to make sure
every touchdown, goal, three-
pointer or fumble is earned.
Thats the most frustrating
thing about Henrys play. It was
caught on at least half a dozen
camera angles and replayed over
and over. But FIFA refuses to
use instant replay to help offici-
ate soccer games. It has said that
replay would disrupt the flow
of the game and even ruin the
tradition of controversial calls
in soccer, according to a 2002
Associated Press story.
I can almost agree. Like most
sports fans, Ive been on either
side of botched officiating jobs.
During the 2008 NFL season, my
favorite team (I wont mention its
name for fear of extreme preju-
dice, but it rhymes with Glenver
Shmoncos) was on the fortunate
end of referee Ed Hochulis most
famous screw-up. His premature
whistle on an obvious fumble
by the Shmoncos gave them an
undeserved victory over the San
Diego Chargers. I knew it wasnt
fair, but it still felt good.
But I also know what it feels
like to be on the Irish side.
During the 2002 World Cup, I
remember staying up all night
to watch the United States fight
for what would have been one
of the greatest upsets in World
Cup history against Germany
in South Korea. In the second
half, Torsten Frings of Germany
stopped a shot on the goal line
with his left hand, and Germany
went on to win 1-0.
That game felt wrong, like
someone had stolen all our
Christmas presents and given
them to a little German boy who
already had three Christmas trees
overflowing with presents. There
was no vindication in the tradi-
tion of experiencing a horrible
call.
Henry may have committed
the handball in the first place, but
FIFA is responsible for robbing
Ireland of a chance at the worlds
biggest tournament. Hopefully an
entire island full of Irish rage will
inspire FIFA to actually back up
its slogan: My Game is Fair Play.
Edited by Alicia Banister
sports 2B
MONDAY
Cross Country:
NCAA
Championships,
noon, Terre Haute,
Ind.
TUESDAY
Volleyball:
vs. Texas Tech,
6:30 pm.
WEDNESDAY
Mens
Basketball:
vs. Oakland,
7 p.m.
THURSDAY
Womens
Basketball:
vs. Xavier, 3:30
p.m., Grand
Bahama Island
FRiDAY
Mens
Basketball:
vs. Tennessee
Tech, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Volleyball:
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6:30 p.m.
Womens
Basketball:
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2:30 p.m.,
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ATHlETiCS
QUOTE OF THE DAY
The will to win is important,
but the will to prepare is vital.
Joe Paterno
FIFA refusing replay on bad call
MORNiNg BREW
By JOEL PETTERSON
jpetterson@kansan.com
FACT OF THE DAY
Senior Sade Morris became
the 21st player in Kansas
womens basketball history to
score 1,000 points.
Kansas Athletics
TRiViA OF THE DAY
Q: Which two players sit atop
womens basketballs list of
all-time point-scorers having
scored more than 3,000 and
2,000 points respectively.
A: Lynette Woodard (3,649)
and Adrian Mitchell (2,124)
no other players have scored
more than 2,000 points.
Kansas Athletics
monday, november 23, 2009
NFl
Chiefs pull of upset against Steelers
By DOUG TUCKER
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. When
the last player drafted in 2009
trotted onto the field, the best
team of 2008 was doomed.
A few minutes after Ben
Roethlisberger wobbled off the
field Sunday with a possible con-
cussion, Ryan Succop kicked a
22-yard field goal with 8:28 left
in overtime and the Kansas City
Chiefs snapped a team-record
10-game home losing streak with
a 27-24 victory over the stunned
Pittsburgh Steelers.
Chris Chambers 61-yard catch-
and-run set up Succop, and Mr.
Irrelevant booted through the
game-winner for the Chiefs (3-7),
whose stadium
was crammed with
tens of thousands
of towel-waving
fans of the Steelers
(6-4).
Roethlisberger
had thrown for 398
yards and three
touchdowns when
he apparently took
a knee to the hel-
met while being sacked by Derrick
Johnson and gave way to Charlie
Batch. Coach Mike Tomlin said
he was not certain how severe the
injury might be.
He took a blow, needless to
say, it was a concussion-oriented
thing so I doubt he was going to
come back into the football game,
Tomlin said. I dont have a lot of
information in terms of where he
is or his level of availability. We
will have more information as we
proceed.
Just before Chambers big play,
Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor
dropped a possible interception.
This job is not for the faint of
heart, said a beaming Todd Haley,
the Chiefs rookie coach.
Matt Cassel had a horrendous
first half, passing for only 35 yards
on four completions. But he came
through in the final two quarters
and overtime, finishing with 248
yards and two touchdowns.
Ive got to hand it to (Cassel),
the kids a fighter, said Haley,
who grew up accompanying his
father to Steelers training camp,
where the elder Haley worked
as a personnel executive. Haley
lost to Pittsburgh
in last years Super
Bowl when he was
Arizonas offensive
coordinator.
Its nice to get a
little reward against
a team like that. I
thought the guys
really showed heart
and guts, he said.
The Chiefs faced
third down when Cassel con-
nected with Chambers, who was
signed three weeks ago off waiv-
ers from San Diego. He went 61
yards before he was pushed out of
bounds at the 4.
Succop, the final player drafted
in April, came in and clinched the
Chiefs first home victory in more
than a year. Succop also had a
27-yarder that tied it 17-all in the
final seconds of the third quarter.
It was the second loss in a row
for the Steelers, who have fallen
twice to division rival Cincinnati
and were without injured Pro Bowl
safety Troy Polamalu. Defensive
end Chris Kemoeatu also went out
with a knee injury.
In regulation, the Steelers
(6-4) had the ball for almost 19
minutes longer than the Chiefs
(3-7) and outgained them 463-
206. The Chiefs stayed in it with
Jamaal Charles 97-yard return
of the opening kickoff and Andy
Studebakers 94-yard return of an
interception.
I think we lost the momen-
tum in the third quarter with all
the turnovers and stuff like that,
said Steelers wide receiver Hines
Ward, who had 10 catches for 128
yards, including an 8-yard touch-
down. When you let a team hang
around like that, you give them
a chance. When you give them
hope, they thrive off the crowd
noise. They took it into overtime
and did what they had to do.
Studebaker, making his first NFL
start, picked off Roethlisbergers
pass 2 yards deep in the end zone
in the third quarter and motored
to the Steelers 8 before running
back Rashard Mendenhall dragged
him down.
Once I picked it off, 100 yards
looked like a long way, he said. It
was a fun play.
But Cassel was sacked twice
in the next three plays, and the
Chiefs had to settle for Succops
27-yarder.
Roethlisbergers 8-yard touch-
down pass to Mendenhall gave the
Steelers a 24-17 lead a few minutes
later after the Steelers recovered
Cassels turnover at the 27.
But back came KC, playing
without suspended wide receiver
Dwayne Bowe. Cassel hit Lance
Long for 30 yards and Chambers
for 47 to set up a 2-yard TD pass
to Charles that tied it 24-all with a
little under 5 minutes left.
Cassel also had a 21-yard TD
pass to Leonard Pope early in the
third quarter.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop (6) celebrates with tight end Sean Ryan (89)
after kicking a 22-yard feld goal to win an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers
in overtime Sunday. The Chiefs won the game 27-24 in overtime.
Its nice to get a
little reward against
a team like that. I
thought the guys re-
ally showed heart...
TOdd HALEy
Chiefs coach
COLLEGE BaSKETBaLL
First-half blunders dont
ruin chances for Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Becky
Burke scored 16 points and No.
23 Louisville overcame a sloppy
frst half to beat Tennessee Tech
84-54 on Sunday.
Chauntise Wright added 15
points and deseree Byrd had
12 points, eight rebounds and
three assists for the Cardinals
(2-1), who bounced back from
a 62-50 loss at Hartford on
Tuesday.
Tacarra Hayes led Tennessee
Tech (1-3) with 20 points and
six rebounds but the Golden
Eagles shot just 28 percent
from the foor and turned it
over 20 times.
Louisville led 28-24 at the
half before pouring it on over
the fnal 20 minutes. Wright,
coming of knee surgery that
forced her to sit out last year,
keyed a second-half surge as
the Cardinals wore down the
Golden Eagles.
COLLEGE BaSKETBaLL
A young Baylor team
defeats California, 69-49
BERKELEy, Calif. Brittney
Griner had her chance to dunk
in the waning minutes and
missed again. It didnt matter
much.
Baylors 6-foot-8 freshman
sensation did enough work to
alter shots on the defensive
end in the eighth-ranked Lady
Bears 69-49 rout of No. 17
California on Sunday, a highly
anticipated matchup pitting
two of the countrys top young
teams.
Griner had 15 points, seven
rebounds and fve blocked
shots.
Associated Press
COLLEGE BaSKETBaLL
Texas A&Ms defense helps
team defeat Auburn, 79-59
AUBURN, Ala. danielle
Adams scored 22 points and No.
15 Texas A&M shot 53 percent in a
79-59 win over Auburn on Sunday.
The Aggies (3-0) played stifing
defense against the Tigers (2-2),
holding the defending Southeast-
ern Conference champions to 38
percent shooting and forcing 23
turnovers.
Tanisha Smith had 14 points,
four assists and six of Texas A&Ms
15 steals. Adaora Elonu added 13
points on 6-of-8 shooting.
Alli Smalley led Auburn with
18 points, but also committed six
turnovers. Keke Carrier added nine
points and eight rebounds.
COLLEGE BaSKETBaLL
Missouri player Kim English
takes career high in victory
COLUMBIA, Mo. Missouri
coach Mike Anderson thought
struggling guard Kim English
needed to take the pressure of of
himself. So he made English a re-
serve Sunday, hoping to kick-start
Englishs game.
It worked. English scored a ca-
reer-high 25 points of the bench
on 9 of 12 shooting, including 5 of
6 from 3-point range, as Missouri
rolled to a 100-44 victory.
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By ANDREW TAyLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
Senior guard Danielle McCray,
who was recently put on the
Naismith Award watch list, some-
times gets nicknamed Batman,
while fellow senior guard Sade
Morris often finds herself relegat-
ed to the role of Robin, Batmans
sidekick.
During Kansas 77-66 victory
against Michigan, though, as
McCray struggled to find any sort
of rhythm, Robin stepped out
of the shadows and into the spot-
light.
We refer to Danielle and Sade
all the time as Batman and Robin,
coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
Well, Robin was pretty good
today.
Morris had a career game as she
torched the Wolverines defense
for a career-high 26 points.
That total boosted her career
total to 1,002 points.
I didnt know anything about
breaking the 1,000 point record,
I just came ready to play, Morris
said.
As Morris shined in Kansas
third game of the season, McCray,
the other half of the dynamic duo
and only other current Kansas
womens basketball player to reach
the career pinnacle of 1,000 points,
failed to steadily produce.
Everyone is going to struggle
at some point, but a good team
finds another way, McCray said.
Someone else will step up.
McCray had an especially rough
first half against the Wolverines.
In 19 minutes of play, McCray
only mustered six points while
turning the ball over five times.
I kind of got a little antsy in the
beginning and my shots werent
falling, McCray said.
McCray didnt fare much bet-
ter in the second half as she only
improved her point total to 11
on 5-of-20 shooting throughout
the game. She did cut back on her
turnovers, though, only giving the
ball away once in the closing half.
I knew she was
struggling, so I just
did my best to kind
of penetrate and get
some fouls, Morris
said. I thought she
did a great job going
in and rebounding.
The way the two
interacted Morris
stepping up to fill
the void in light of
McCrays struggles was remi-
niscent of the way the two players
worked together in the Jayhawks
run to the WNIT championship
game last year.
When Danielle struggled at
the end of last year, not that she
struggled much, Sade was good,
Henrickson said. I thought thats
what she looked like a lot today.
In the stretch of five games
that made up the WNIT for the
Jayhawks, McCray averaged 29.4
points per game. Morris quietly
scored 17 points per game.
There was
such a spotlight
on Danielle, and
rightfully so, but I
think a lot of peo-
ple really lost track
of how good Sade
was in that run,
Henrickson said.
In the Jayhawks
next game against
the No. 9 Xavier
Musketeers, Kansas will benefit
from Morris and McCray working
together as they did throughout
last years postseason run.
I think we both need to be on
the same page, McCray said. Its
great to have another player step
up like she did tonight.
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womens BasketBall
Morris transcends role as sidekick
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Sade Morris keeps one step ahead of a Wolverine in Sundays game in Allen Fieldhouse. Morris
scored a career-high 26 points and reached a career total of 1,002. She is only the 21st player in
Kansas Womens Basketball history to join the 1,000 point club.
Game Ball:
sade morris
The senior guard racked up
a career high 26 points and
passed 1,000 career points in a
Kansas uniform. She stepped up
when teammate senior guard
Danielle McCray was ice cold
from the feld and was her usual
self as a defensive force on the
other end.
Quote
Im not gonna
put money on it,
but I feel certain
that that teams
not going to
fnish last in the
Big Ten.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson said of an
improved Michigan team.
stat: 1,000
Congratulations to Sade Mor-
ris, perhaps the most consistent
player on the team. She became
the 21st player in Kansas
womens basketball history to
join the 1,000 point club.
reason to hope:
improved Bench play
The Kansas Jayhawks saw a
marked improvement in the
production of players com-
ing of the bench against the
Michigan Wolverines. After the
group collectively scored only
three points against the Iowa
Hawkeyes last Thursday, they
provided 13 points Sunday in
their relief of the starters. Fresh-
man guard Monica Engelman
and junior forward Nicollette
Smith both played extremely
well in their minutes of the
bench, scoring four and nine
points respectively.
reason to mope:
Poor play in the opening
minutes of the second half
In almost every single game
the Jayhawks have played this
year, the team has come out
sluggish in the second half.
That was no diferent yesterday
against Michigan as Kansas
allowed the visitors to score 17
points before the frst media
time out of the second half.
That permitted the Wolverines
to crawl within six with less
than 15 minutes to play. The
Jayhawks need to develop a
killer instinct coming out of the
locker room, or theyll con-
tinue to let teams get back into
games.
who to watch out
for:
aishah sutherland
Sophomore forward Aishah
Sutherland earned a double
double with 12 points and 11
rebounds against Michigan.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson,
though, insisted that Sutherland
did not look like herself in her
29 minutes of playing time. If
Sutherland can produce that
well on an of day, then she
should be able to put up mas-
sive numbers when shes on top
of her game.
Max Rothman and Andrew Taylor
We refer to Danielle
and Sade all the time
as Batman and Robin.
Well, Robin was
pretty good today.
BoNNIE HENrICKSoN
womens basketball coach
Coach praises senior guard Sade Morris skill, teamwork as she joins 1,000 point club
BAskETBALL
McCray makes Naismith
Trophy Preseason List
Senior guard Danielle McCray
was named as one of the 50
players to the Naismith Trophy
Preseason Watch List. The list
was released last Wednesday
and featured
fve other
players from
the Big 12:
Baylor fresh-
man Brittney
Griner, Ne-
braska senior
Kelsey Grifn,
oklahoma
State senior Andrea riley, okla-
homa junior Danielle robinson
and Kansas State senior
Ashley Sweat.
McCray has led No. 19 Kansas
to a 3-0 regular season record,
averaging 23.5 points per game
and 9 rebounds per game. Below
are some other preseason ac-
colades that McCray has earned
for the 2009-2010 season.
n Preseason Big 12 Player of the
Year
n All Big 12 First Team Member
n Preseason Second Team All-
American
n Lowes Senior CLASS Award
n Preseason Wooden Award
Nominee
n No.3 small forward in the na-
tion (ESPN.com)
Max Rothman
Henrickson
nfl
Gradkowskis throwing powers Raiders to a victory
By JOsH DUBOW
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. Bruce
Gradkowski provided more than
a spark for the struggling Oakland
Raiders. He delivered a much-
needed comeback victory that the
Cincinnati Bengals handed over to
Oakland.
Gradkowski threw a 29-yard
game-tying touchdown pass to
Louis Murphy with 33 seconds left
and Sebastian Janikowski kicked
a 33-yard field goal after Andre
Caldwell fumbled the ensuing
kickoff, giving the Raiders a 20-17
victory Sunday.
The Bengals (7-3) have lost all
10 games in Oakland, including
one playoff game. But this had
to be one of the most painful.
Cincinnati maintained its one-
game lead over Pittsburgh in the
AFC North after the Steelers lost
in overtime at Kansas City, yet this
loss could prove critical to seed-
ings or even a playoff berth down
the stretch.
Oakland (3-7) rallied from
an early 14-point deficit and
trailed 17-10 with 2:06 left when
Gradkowski took over at the 20-yard
line. Gradkowski, who took the
starting job from JaMarcus Russell
this week, threw a 19-yard pass to
Zach Miller, then a 16-yarder to
Chaz Schilens on fourth-and-10.
After a spike, Gradkowski found
Murphy near the goal line. Murphy
got loose from Morgan Trent and
dived across the goal line for the
tying score.
Just when it seemed the game
was headed to overtime, Caldwell
was stripped by Brandon Myers on
the kickoff, giving the Raiders the
ball at the 17. After three kneel-
downs, Janikowski delivered the
winning kick, setting off a cel-
ebration among the few fans who
showed up. Nnamdi Asomugha
intercepted a last-ditch pass from
Carson Palmer to seal the victory.
The Bengals scored touchdowns
on two of their first three drives,
but managed only three more
points the rest of the way. They
were done in by three lost fumbles,
eight penalties and a missed field
goal.
The biggest fumbles were by
fullback Jeremi Johnson at the
Oakland 15 and poised to add on
to a 17-10 lead and the one by
Caldwell. Shayne Graham also
missed a 37-yard field goal in the
third quarter.
Palmer completed 14 of 22 pass-
es for 207 yards and became the
first Bengals quarterback to run for
two touchdowns in a game since
Jack Thompson in 1979. Rookie
Bernard Scott ran for a season-
high 119 yards in place of the
injured Cedric Benson, and new-
comer Larry Johnson had two car-
ries for 5 yards.
Gradkowski replaced Russell in
two of the past three games, but
was unable to lead a single scoring
drive. He did plenty with an entire
week to prepare, giving the Raiders
their first two-touchdown game
since the opener.
He connected on a 10-yarder to
Miller in the second quarter and
then the tying TD to Murphy. He
finished 17 for 34 for 183 yards,
with one interception and a lost
fumble, and won for the first time
since his rookie year in 2006 with
Tampa Bay.
McCray
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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 W, 41-36
10/17 at Colorado L, 30-34
10/24 vs. Oklahoma L, 13-35
10/31 at Texas Tech L, 21-42
11/07 at Kansas State L, 10-17
11/14 vs. Nebraska L, 17-31
11/21 at Texas L, 20-51
11/28 vs. Missouri 2:30 p.m. on ABC
Quote of the Game
Game Balls
Delay of Games
Play of the Game
Notes
Thornton
Senior defensive back JustinThornton on
whether everyone on Kansas teamis pulling in the
same direction: I honestly think I can speak for the
majority of our guys are going out there and giving
everything theyve got. But there are a fewon our
teamthat probably think diferently.
Todd Reesing. In his return to his hometown, Reesing played his
best game since the conference opener against Iowa State Oct. 10. He
passed for 256 yards, completed 64 percent of his passes and connect-
ed on a handful of big plays down the feld. It was refreshing to see.
Dezmon Briscoe. There werent many Kansas players that appeared
evenly matched withTexas. But Briscoe certainly was one of them. He
caught fve passes for 101 yards and returned a kickof 98 yards for a
touchdown.
JefWheeler. Wheeler turned in one of the fewbright spots for a
Kansas defense that surrendered 51 points and 532 total yards. With
the game still close in the frst quarter, Wheeler sacked quarterback
Colt McCoy and knocked the ball loose. Kansas recovered and kicked a
feld goal on the ensuing drive.
Phillip Strozier. Strozier played at safety more Saturday than he had
all season. Yet he wasnt necessarily efective, allowingTexas talented
wide receivers to fnd openings for big plays down the feld.
Anthony Davis. Davis entered Kansas playing rotation two weeks
ago against Kansas State, and he seemed to be doing an adequate job
at cornerback. But Davis was beat for a couple of big plays, including a
deep touchdown. He was replaced by Calvin Rubles.
Jacob Branstetter. Branstetter did connect on two feld goals, but
he also botched a couple of other chances. On one occasion, he missed
a feld goal. More importantly, though, he failed to kick the ball the
required 10 yards on a surprise onside kick.
With the game out of hand, junior wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe
hauled in a kickof in the fourth quarter, darted throughTexas cover-
age unit and sprinted 98 yards untouched for a touchdown. It was one
of the fewhighlights fromthe loss.
The GlASS iS hAlf full
At least Kansas doesnt have to play Texas, the Big 12s best team,
again this season. Not much has gone as expected for Kansas this sea-
son and that trend persisted Saturday. The Longhorns didnt struggle
too much with the Jayhawks, putting the game away before halftime.
The GlASS iS hAlf emPTy
Kansas sufered a lopsided loss on primetime national television.
Not many people expected the Jayhawks to seriously contend with the
Longhorns. Still, the game was never competitive in the second half.
Thats not the type of exposure Kansas needs.

SecONDARy STRuGGleS
Kansas defense has been a rather patchwork unit all season. Perhaps
no unit on that defense has experienced as much turnover as the
secondary as players have been shufed in and out of the lineup all
year. Against Texas, the secondary showed giant weaknesses against
talented receivers. And the turnover continued: junior cornerback
Calvin Rubles played signifcantly for the frst time all season.
BiGGeST ANSWeR
Kansas secondary just isnt that good. Its really that simple. Coach
Mark Mangino has attempted to shufe defensive backs in and out of
the lineup all season. Yet the unit struggled for the second consecutive
game, routinely allowing too much roomfor Texas talented receivers.
STill QueSTiONiNG
What the future holds for Kansas. There are still plenty of storylines
to play out in the days following the Jayhawks lopsided loss Saturday.
In the smaller picture: Will Kansas rally to earn a victory and bowl
eligibility against Missouri? In the larger picture: What will happen
with the internal investigation and, subsequently, Mangino?
lOOkiNG AheAD
Kansas aspirations of becoming bowl eligible rest on the Border
Showdown this Saturday against Missouri. The Tigers enter the game
7-4, including back-to-back victories against Big 12 North opponents.
Kansas, meanwhile, enters with a six-game losing streak.
GOOD, BAD OR JuST PlAiN STuPiD?
Original prediction: Texas 52, Kansas 10. Actual score: Texas 51, Kan-
sas 20. The Jayhawks moved the ball with more ease than expected.
Still, the actual score stacks up pretty nicely with the original predic-
tion.
fiNAl ThOuGhT
There certainly wasnt much surprise in this result. Not many people
gave Kansas a chance in this game and for good reason. Texas is one
of the nations elite teams and the Longhorns will likely play in the
national championship game. The Jayhawks, meanwhile, are scraping
for a bowl game.
Jayson Jenks
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
AUSTIN, Texas Seniors Justin
Thornton and Todd Reesing both said
they thought Saturday was the first time
they had been flat-out beaten this sea-
son.
Coach Mark Mangino
told the team after its
51-20 loss to Texas to
shift its focus to this
weeks game against
Missouri even quick-
er than most weeks.
Mangino said his focus
would shift as soon as
he walked out of the
postgame press confer-
ence.
Thornton said the team wouldnt dwell
on the loss.
Were not going to really spend too
much time on this game at all, Thornton
said. Were going to go straight to
Missouri because thats our biggest task
and most important thing we have going
right now.
Former Kansas coach Don Fambrough,
known for his riveting pre-
game speeches given before
the Missouri game every
year, was pacing the side-
lines all last week during
practice.
Mangino even asked
Equipment Manager Jeff
Himes whether Fambrough
knew that the team was
playing Texas on Saturday
and not Missouri.
He has his Missouri game face on a
week early, Mangino said. And you can
tell when youre getting ready to play
Missouri. Hes got his hands behind his
back and he walks around the field about
90 miles an hour. When he talks, he talks
so fast, you dont know what the heck
hes saying.
Thornton said that the team could
salvage some of its season with a victory
against its border rival.
This is a lot more than a regular Big
12 season game; its bigger than a regular
conference game for us, Thornton said.
Right now, its the most important game
of our season. Every week up to this has
been the most important game, but this
is our last chance to pick up a win and
become bowl eligible.
Reesing said that people would bring
up last years thrilling comeback victory
but that the team wouldnt reminisce too
much.
For us, its a chance to end the streak
weve been on and get bowl eligible,
Reesing said. Wed like nothing better
than to beat Missouri.
Both Thornton and Reesing noted
that getting bowl eligible didnt neces-
sarily guarantee Kansas a bowl berth.
Thornton said he thought the team
needed to win convincingly to get the
attention of bowl selection committees.
The pregame work started yester-
day and will continue until Fambrough
delivers his speech in Arrowhead
Stadium Saturday. Mangino said one of
Fambroughs past speeches had leaked
on the Internet and he didnt want that
to happen again.
Were going to make him do it on the
field so nobody can hear his speech but
the players and coaches, Mangino said.
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clark_goble.
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briscoekickreturntouchdown
frst intwoyears
Junior receiver Dezmon Briscoes
98-yard kickof return touchdown
was Kansas frst since Marcus Herford
returned a kickof for a touchdown
against Baylor in 2007.
It was the ffth-longest return for
touchdown in Kansas history.
biggest crowd in texas
history
The announced attendance of
101,357 was the largest crowd in the
University of Texas history. Kansas
has never played in front of a larger
crowd.
blue pants back again
Kansas wore blue pants for the sec-
ond time this season. They also wore
themagainst Texas Tech. The last time
Kansas had worn blue pants before
this season was in 2004.
Clark Goble
beat itself. That said, it was equally
tough to watch.
Last week, more than a dozen
seniors played their final game in
Memorial Stadiumin a 31-17 loss
to Big 12 North champ Nebraska.
The mood and the pitch of the
postgame press conference was
funereal. And that was before the
investigation was initiated.
All thats left football-wise
is a Saturday trip to Arrowhead
Stadiumto play Missouri. Two
seasons removed froma No. 1 vs.
No. 2 showdown and one year after
one of the programs finest perfor-
mances, Kansas could well watch
its wounds expand. Or hell, it could
again put on another classic
thats the nature of the rivalry and a
topic for another day.
But does anyone want to see
Kansas in a mid-to-late December
bowl game? A deserving TCU
getting screwed out of the BCS
championship game may provide
fodder for playoff proponents, but
being subjected to a Kansas-Idaho
Humanitarian Bowl as ESPNs
Bruce Feldman recently projected
would do just as much to get
the BCS to join health care in
Congressional deliberations.
Ill be interested to see how this
teamnamely seniors such as
Darrell Stuckey, Todd Reesing and
Kerry Meier salvage a season
long since lost and spiraling further
fromcontrol.
As far as Mangino is concerned,
it is in his best interest that he no
longer coaches at Kansas be it
effective immediately or after this
season. Hes unhealthy physically
and, should there be truth to the
wealth of accounts brought forth,
spiritually.
Mangino indeed could benefit
froma break. He has the financial
means and could gain exponen-
tially fromchanging his perspective
and lifestyle.
An effective coach leads with
conviction, enforces values and
expectations and perhaps most
important of all maintains the
respect of his subjects.
These attributes should find
themselves on the list of criteria
being considered should Kansas
look for a new man to lead it into a
new decade.
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twitter.com/smontemayor.
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calmly answered each question thrown
his way by reporters.
In light of everything that went on
this week, was it hard for you and your
teamto stay focused?
Distracted? Nah, Mangino said. Let
me tell you what was on my mind: foot-
ball. This week it was Texas. As soon as I
walk out of this room, its Missouri.
Are there are any concerns that you
wont be on the sideline next Saturday
against Missouri?
None whatsoever, Mangino said.
Im ready to go. Our players are ready
to go. But you asked the wrong person
the question.
And so on.
Continued questions about the inves-
tigation came hand in hand with hard-
to-answer questions about on-the-field
play.
That Kansas suffered a lopsided loss
to Texas isnt shocking. In fact, that
tended to be the consensus heading into
the game.
Still, the game represented another
point of disappointment in a season that
never fully materialized.
Kansas entered the season with its
eyes targeting a Big 12 North title, and
that goal remained intact until a 17-10
loss at Kansas State two weeks ago.
Now the Jayhawks are stuck in an
extended losing streak with controversy
and coaching uncertainty surrounding
the program.
Its been hard on all of us, Thornton
said. Not just Mangino and the coach-
ing staff. Its been hard on all of our
players to stay focused.
And for the first time all season,
Kansas was simply outmatched.
The Jayhawks showed flashes against
the Longhorns they connected on
a couple of big pass plays and made a
handful of defensive stops but they
never posed a serious challenge.
Senior quarterback Todd Reesing
looked more comfortable. Junior wide
receiver Dezmon Briscoe returned
a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown.
And senior defensive end Jeff Wheeler
stripped Texas quarterback Colt
McCoy.
But, really, the game ended in the
final minutes of the first half when
Texas built a 27-6 lead that sealed and
stamped Kansas loss.
Every other game, except for this
one, we had opportunities to win the
game. And really we beat ourselves in
those games, Reesing said. This is
the first time we really played a better
team.
It was a point Mangino reiterated
after the game, noting that the better
teamwon the game.
Briscoe providedone of the fewbright
spots for Kansas, catching five passes for
101 yards.
Yet his performance represented a
larger theme from Saturday: Briscoe
played well but the Jayhawks dont have
enough top-caliber athletes to compete
against Texas.
Theres morethanjust Dez,Mangino
said. Theres not enough more-than-
just-Dezs.
The night was a glowing final home
game for a handful of Texas seniors,
including quarterback Colt McCoy,
whose four touchdowns and 396 pass-
ing yards might have placed him as the
front-runner for the Heisman Trophy.
For Kansas, the loss places even more
importance on the season finale against
Missouri, the teamthe Jayhawks need to
defeat to become bowl eligible.
In the next few days, the team will
probably tire of reporters and fans pos-
ing the ultimate question: Will Mangino
still be coaching the Jayhawks against
the Tigers?
I think he should stick around for
the last season, Thornton said. I dont
think theres any sense in stirring up all
the commotion and stuff right now. I
honestly wish none of this would have
come up in the middle of the season.
I think its something that could have
waited until we were done.
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JaysonJenks.
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Weston White/kansan
senior cornerback Justin thornton gets a hand in to break up a pass in the end zone. Thornton recovered a fumble and tallied eight tackles in addition to the breakup in a 51-20 loss. Kansas moved to 5-6 on the season and 1-6 in
Big 12 play after dropping its sixth-straight game to the Longhorns.
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texas receiver James kirkendoll takes hold of a pass fromquarterback Colt McCoy after burning past Kansas cornerback Anthony Davis for a touchdown. The
Jayhawks gave up 532 yards to the Longhorns in Saturday nights 51-20 loss in Austin.
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Junior receiver John chiles makes a cut in the open feld Saturday against Kansas at
Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas' ofense pulled in 396 yards in the air in a 51-20 victory
against Kansas.
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senior running back Jake sharp looks to break through a gap. Sharp had nine carries for just 25 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's 51-20 loss to Texas in Austin.
Notes
border showdown becomes team's focus
We're not going to
really spend too much
time on this game
at all.
JUSTIN THORNTON
Senior cornerback
0 | 6 | 7 | 7 20 kansas
7 | 20 | 7 | 17 51 Texas
Jayhawk Stat leaders
Rushing Passing Receiving
DezmonBriscoe
101 yds
Todd Reesing
256 yds
Rell lewis
43 yds
kansas Passing
kansas Rushing
kansas Receiving
kansas kick Returns
kansas Punt Returns
kansas kicking
kansas Punting
Texas Receiving
Texas Passing
Texas kick Returns
Texas Punt Returns
Texas kicking
Texas Punting
Texas Rushing
Player c/ATT yards Avg TD int
Todd Reesing 25/39 256 6.6 0 1
Team 25/39 256 6.6 0 1
Player cAR yards Avg TD lg
Rell Lewis 5 43 8.6 0 15
Jake Sharp 9 22 2.4 1 9
Toben Opurum 2 13 6.5 0 12
Kerry Meier 1 -8 -8.0 0 0
Todd Reesing 9 -23 -2.6 0 6
Team 26 47 1.8 1 15
Player Rec yards Avg TD lg
Dezmon Briscoe 5 101 20.2 0 39
Johnathan Wilson 3 64 21.3 0 47
Kerry Meier 9 46 5.1 0 11
BradleyMcDougald 3 22 7.3 0 17
Tim Biere 3 17 5.7 0 7
Team 25 256 10.2 0 47
Player No. yards Avg TD
Darrell Stuckey 5 109 21.8 0
Dezmon Briscoe 3 144 48.0 1
Justin Springer 2 20 10.0 0
Team 10 273 27.3 1
NO yDS AVG lG
Team 1 32 32.0 32
Player fG PcT XP PTS
Jacob Branstetter 2/3 66.7 2/2 8
Team 2/3 66.7 2/2 8
Player TOT yDS TB -20 lG
Alonso Rojas 3 116 0 0 40
Team 5 195 0 0 43
cAR yards Avg TD lG
Team 40 136 3.4 2 19
Rec yards Avg TD lg
Team 32 396 12.4 4 68
c/ATT yards Avg TD int
Team 32/42 396 9.4 4 0
NO yards Avg lg
Team 4 94 23.5 27
NO yards Avg lg
Team 2 53 26.5 50
fG PcT long XP Pts
Team 3/3 100.0 49 6/6 15
Tot yards TB -20 lG
Team 2 61 0 1 37
sports 6b MONday, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
By SAMANTHA ANDERSON
sanderson@kansan.com
When senior Lauren Bonds takes
the course today at the NCAA Cross
Country Championships, she will
be the first Kansas womens runner
to compete in the event since 1994.
Bonds will be going up against the
top woman runners in the nation
at LaVern Gibson Championship
Course in Terre Haute, Ind. Bonds
has been one of the top runners
on Kansas team since her fresh-
man year and said that reaching the
Championships has always been a
goal.
Over the years Ive gotten stron-
ger and really just improved a lot,
Bonds said. You just kind of have to
figure out what exactly it takes to be
able to make it to Nationals.
Now that shes at Nationals, Bonds
said she has a new goal.
Now that Ive overcome the
first step I really just want to focus
on earning All-American honors,
Bonds said.
To do that, she will have to place
in the top 40 of 200 runners at the
event.
I think shes capable of doing
that if she executes her race like
shes done all year, coach Stanley
Redwine said.
At this point in the season,
Redwine said, most of the runners
are in top physical shape. He said
the race was usually much more of
a mental game.
She is very competitive and shes
really mentally tough, Redwine
said, and I think shes going to be
able to achieve.
Bonds said she was just trying to
keep her head clear and not let the
nerves of such a large-scale event
get to her.
Im definitely just treating it as
another race and I dont really feel
like I need to go out there and
do anything that differently, Bonds
said. Im just trying to focus and
pretend that its any other race Ive
ever run.
Redwine said he thought that
Bonds appearance on the national
stage was a sign of accomplish-
ment.
Any time that you are doing
things that havent been done in a
while at the University, its always
uplifting. For her, I think its a great
deal, and for us, a step of confi-
dence. And hopefully shes doing
things in the right way.
Edited by Nick Gerik
CROSS COUNTRY
Senior ready to compete
at national championships
Senior Lauren Bonds
leads the womens cross
country teamon a run
Sept. 30. Bonds will
race in the NCAA Cross
Country Championships
today.
NFL
Chargers halt Broncos ofense, earning a 32-3 victory
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. It
didnt matter which quarterback the
Denver Broncos had under center
Sunday. The San Diego Chargers
bottled up both the rusty Chris
Simms and the hobbled Kyle Orton.
Philip Rivers and a dominant
defense led the Chargers into sole
possession of first place in the AFC
West with a 32-3 drubbing of the
Denver Broncos, who couldnt
move the ball effectively behind
either QB.
The Chargers (7-3) have won five
straight and the Broncos (6-4) have
dropped four in a row, turning the
division race upside-down. Just five
weeks ago, the Chargers trailed the
Broncos by 3 games.
The balance of power in the AFC
West couldnt have shifted in a more
dramatic fashion.
Rivers was a crisp 17 for 22 and
he led San Diego to scores on seven
of 10 drives. Nate Kaeding kicked
four field goals and the Chargers
also recorded three sacks and forced
three turnovers.
The Broncos? They were flagged
nine times to San Diegos one. And
Marcus Thomas blocked an extra
point in the final minute.
Otherwise, all San Diego.
Simms first start since nearly
being killed in a game three years
ago didnt last long. After getting
sacked twice and losing a fumble, he
was replaced by Orton, who didnt
take a single snap in practice last
week because of a sprained ankle.
Simms was just 2 for 4 for 10
yards with two sacks over three
series. He handed the ball off the
first half dozen times he took the
snap but when he dropped back
for his first pass at the Chargers 17,
he was sacked by linebacker Shaun
Phillips, who raked the ball out of
Simms left hand.
Safety Steve Gregory recovered,
and the Chargers drove downfield
for a touchdown and never looked
back.
On Denvers next possession,
the Broncos were flagged twice and
Simms was sacked again. .
Legedu Naanees 2-yard TD catch
from Rivers and field goals of 28 and
47 yards by Kaeding made it 13-0
and Denver coach Josh McDaniels
summoned Orton from the side-
line.
Orton entered to a standing ova-
tion that only grew louder when he
quickly drove the Broncos 60 yards
on three completions. But on first-
and-goal at the 4, rookie running
back Knowshon Moreno fumbled
away the ball and the game at
the goal line.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
VCU upsets Oklahoma
as former coach returns
RICHMOND, Va. Jay Gavin
scored 20 points, Larry Sanders
17 and Virginia Common-
wealth never trailed in an 82-
69 upset of No. 17 Oklahoma
Saturday night.
The victory spoiled the
return of Oklahoma coach Jef
Capel, who used to coach the
Rams.
Leading by one early on, the
Rams (2-1) used a 20-8 spurt
to take control of the game.
VCU hit six straight 3-pointers
during the run, including two
by Gavin.
Oklahoma cut its defcit to
31-22 with 8:08 left before go-
ing without a feld goal for just
over 6 minutes.
The Sooners (1-2) cut the
lead to 10 at the half, but could
get no closer in the second half.
Crocker led the Sooners
with 19 points and Tiny Gallon
added 15.
It marked the frst ranked
team to play in the Siegel Cen-
ter, which opened in 1999.
Associated Press
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By Ben Ward
bward@kansan.com
Te arrival of winter marks a
period of change for the rowing
team.
While the fall can essentially be
characterized as the teams exhibi-
tion season, the spring season car-
ries big-time implications. Events
in the spring have a direct efect
on Big 12 conference rankings, and
even NCAA championship qualif-
cation.
Tus, while a majority of the
team saw action in the fall, the in-
creased competition in the spring
will mean fewer boats on the water.
Te primary boats that will com-
pete in the spring are the frst and
second varsity eights and the var-
sity four, leaving coach Rob Catloth
with some personnel decisions to
make.
Te main focus there is trying
to fnd your best eight, your best
second eight, and your best four,
Catloth said. Tose are the boats
that are competing for the NCAA
championship.
Te movement toward spring
also represents a shif
in the style of races.
In the fall, the team
primarily competes
in head races, usually
about four to fve ki-
lometers in length. In
the spring, however,
the team focuses on
sprint races, which
are only two kilome-
ters.
Not only are they shorter, but
sprint races have a decidedly more
race-like feel to them. As opposed
to head races, where the competing
boats are staggered one afer the
other to start, sprint races begin
with the boats lined up right along-
side one another providing an
added boost in competition.
From the start you know exactly
where you are against other boats,
senior Stacy Rachow said. Its a lot
more intense.
Because the rig-
ors of the spring
demand a heavy
of-season work
load, the team has
continued to focus
on polishing up its
technique.
We need to
place more fo-
cus on all of the
technical stuf,
Rachow said. All the little things
really make a diference when each
stroke counts.
Tough the teams practice rou-
tine hasnt varied much, the venue
certainly has.
Gone are the outdoor practices
and the actual time spent on the
water. Te team is relegated to
working indoors until the spring,
improving strength with weight
training and building endurance
on indoor rowing machines.
With the only visible sign of
progress being digits on machines,
the indoor practices can ofen be
frustrating. But Catloth said he
hoped his team could continue to
work hard and view its eforts dur-
ing the winter as a means to an
end.
One of our biggest focuses this
year is to be really strong in the Big
12, Catloth said. Hopefully every-
body sees it as part of the process to
help achieve their goals.
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Edited by Amanda Thompson
Ofseason doesnt mean time of for Kansas rowers
Nebraska victory ends Kansas States postseason hopes
By Clark GoBle
cgoble@kansan.com
NEBRASKA 17,
KANSAS STATE 3
A lot was on the line for the
Wildcats.
A victory would have put them
in the Big 12 championship game
and made them bowl eligible. In-
stead, a loss to the Cornhuskers
ended their season.
Nebraska will represent the
North in the Big 12 championship
game, but it will play Colorado
next week in its fnal game of the
regular season. Te Cornhuskers
have won four games in a row.
Coach Bo Pelini installed an I-
formation in his ofense and gave
junior Roy Helu Jr. 26 carries to
help Nebraska move the ball down
the feld.
Te Wildcats failed to score a
touchdown for the second-con-
secutive game.
TEXAS TECH 41,
OKLAHOMA 13
A nightmare season for the
Sooners got worse on Saturday.
Texas Techs Baron Batch rushed
for 136 yards and two touchdowns
to help the Red Raiders give the
Sooners their most losses in a sea-
son since 1999.
Last season, Oklahoma routed
Texas Tech 65-21. Te Sooners
havent had a loss this bad since
2005 when they lost 45-12 to Tex-
as.
With the victory, Texas Tech
head coach Mike Leach became
the winningest coach in Texas
Tech history.
Texas Tech quarterback Taylor
Potts wore the name Nick on
the back of his jersey instead of
Potts. Leach said afer the game
that the name change was a tribute
to former Kansas linebacker Nick
Reid, whom he admired.
MISSOURI 34,
IOWA STATE 24
In his last three games, Missouri
receiver Danario Alexander has put
up numbers that could be consid-
ered pretty solid for an entire season.
His 173-yard performance against
Iowa State gave him 578 yards in the
three games.
Iowa State quarterback Austen
Arnaud threw a touchdown pass to
put his team up 17-10 at halfime,
but Missouri scored on two long
touchdown passes in the second
half to retake the lead.
Te victory broke Missouris three-
game losing streak at home. Te
Tigers havent lost more than three
home games in a row since 1993.
Missouri running back Derrick
Washington lef the game in the
second quarter with an apparent
concussion. Blaine Gabbert helped
the Missouri ground game out by
rushing for 51 yards.
TEXAS A&M 38,
BAYLOR 3
Te Aggies secured bowl eligi-
bility with a dominant rushing at-
tack against the Bears.
Two running backs, Christine
Michael and Cyrus Gray, each
rushed for more than 100 yards on
less than 14 carries. It was the sec-
ond time this season the duo have
rushed for more than 100 yards in
the same game.
Te loss guaranteed Baylor its
14th-consecutive losing season.
Te teams combined for 25 pen-
alties for 238 yards.
Note: Information compiled
from Associated Press reports
Edited by Nick Gerik
ROWINg
BIg 12 FOOTBALL
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Rowers speed toward the fnish in the 2009 Big 12 Rowing Championship. Coach Rob Catloth
said he hoped to use the time between the fall and spring seasons to build on strength and
endurance to be a big presence in the Big 12.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nebraska players dump a cooler on coach Bo Pelini Saturday after beating Kansas State 17-3 in
Lincoln, Neb. The Cornhuskers won the Big 12 North championship and will play Texas in the Big
12 title game.
Oklahoma, Baylor continue to slide; Missouri receiver dominates against Iowa State
All the little things
really make a dif-
ference when each
stroke counts.
stacy rachow
senior rower
COLLEgE BASKETBALL
No. 6 Tennessee defeats No. 12 Virginia, 77-63
Jayhawks uses the break between fall and spring seasons to build strength and endurance to prepare for shorter, faster-paced races
By Hank kUrZ Jr.
associated Press
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
Angie Bjorklund scored 24
points and hit the big shots when
Tennessee needed them as the No.
6 Lady Vols beat No. 12 Virginia
77-63 on Sunday.
Tennessee (3-0), playing for only
the second time in Charlottesville,
led 40-33 at halftime and pulled
away after the Cavaliers (3-1)
closed to 42-39. The rally riled up
the crowd of 11,895 fans, a record
for a womens basketball game at
Virginia.
But Bjorklund stopped the
surge with a four-point play, and
when Taber Spani followed with a
3-pointer, the Lady Vols lead was
back to 10. Virginia got no closer
than seven again.
Shekinna Stricklen added 20
points and Glory Johnson 14 for
Tennessee, which has beaten the
Cavaliers in 12 of 14 meetings,
but lost to Virginia at home last
season, 83-82.
Pre-season All-American
Monica Wright led Virginia with
21 points, but Chelsea Shine,
coming off a 27-point effort in
a victory against South Carolina
Upstate, had her first shot blocked
by Kelley Cain and never seemed
to recover. She scored three on
1-for-6 shooting.
Ariana Moorer scored 12 for
the Cavaliers and Simone Egwu
had 10.
The Lady Vols used an early
24-9 run to open a 26-15 lead.
Stricklen had eight points in the
spurt, and 6-foot-6 Cain blocked
three shots and altered several
others.
Tennessee built its lead as high
as 13 on several ocassions, but
Wright and Moorer hit 3-point-
ers and Whitny Edwards had a
jumper in an 8-2 run for Virginia
to end the half.
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swimming and diving
Proehl sets the pace for
her team at invitational
Given the circumstances, div-
ing coach Eric Elliott said, he was
pleased with his teams efort in
Houston.
The Jayhawks competed in the
Houston Invitational, a three-day
event with the same format as
the Big 12 meet Kansas will face
later in the season. Megan Proehl,
senior and team captain, set the
pace for the team, taking ffth
place in the three-meter compe-
tition and third in the one-meter
dive. Elliott said he noticed a
diference in Proehls approach to
this competition.
She did great yesterday, she
was defnitely nervous about it,
but she did well, he said. We had
our ups and downs this weekend
but thats just part of training and
getting experience.
Freshmen Christy Cash and
Taylor Ilten and senior Allison
Ho placed 11th, 12th and 13th,
respectively, in the one-meter
quarterfnals.
It was a good travel trip for us,
Elliott said. We ended up doing
pretty well.
Christian Lucero
COLLEgE BasKETBaLL
No. 5 Villanova beats
Mississippi to win tip-of
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico
Scottie Reynolds scored 21
points, Corey Stokes added 18
and No. 5 Villanova beat Missis-
sippi 79-67 on Sunday to win the
Puerto Rico Tip-Of.
Antonio Pena added 17 points
and 16 rebounds for the Wildcats
(5-0), who did nothing to dimin-
ish their status as favorites in the
Big East during their trip to the
Caribbean.
Villanova used an 8-0 run in
the opening minutes Sunday
night and led 27-23 at halftime,
holding the Rebels (4-1) to only
29.6 percent shooting from the
feld.
COLLEgE BasKETBaLL
Wildcats defeat Dayton
to take third in tip-of
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico
Kansas State coach Frank Martin
understands that physical play
can sometimes lead to plenty
of fouls. Its a delicate balancing
act for a team that plays in the
rugged Big 12.
The Wildcats bullied their way
to an 83-75 victory over No. 18
Dayton on Sunday in the third-
place game of the Puerto Rico
Tip-Of, but Martin lamented
sending the Flyers to the foul
line 27 times even if most of
the fouls were competitive ones.
Weve got to stop fouling,
Martin said, but thats what we
do. Thats the identity of our
basketball team.
Dont think that the whistle
was being blown in only one
direction, though. The Wildcats
went to the foul line 44 times
28 of them occurring in the
second half.
Junior guard Jacob Pullen
scored 26 points, including 12
of 14 free throws, while fellow
backcourt mate Denis Clem-
ente made four 3-pointers and
fnished with 21 points.
The Wildcats turned a 44-32
advantage on the glass into
15 second-chance points, and
although their speedy guard
tandem lit up the scoreboard,
they also had a 38-24 advan-
tage scoring in the paint. Jamar
Samuels led the way with 12
points and seven boards.
nFL
Arizona wins against Rams
21-13 in game at St. Louis
ST. LOUIS Kurt Warner
wasnt the only quarterback who
got rocked by a hard, high hit
in the Cardinals-Rams game. St.
Louis quarterback Marc Bulger
said he also took a blow to the
head late in Arizonas 21-13 vic-
tory on Sunday.
Bulger was injured on the
teams fnal possession, appar-
ently on a sack by Darnell Dock-
ett, and will undergo evaluation
on Monday. Warner was held out
in the second half as a precau-
tion after experiencing concus-
sion-related symptoms following
a hit by Rams safety O.J. Atogwe
that drove the quarterbacks
head into the turf.
Rams coach Steve Spag-
nuolo said Bulger got a little
bit dinged in the head. He took
some whacks there at the end.
Like Warner, Bulger said his
head had cleared after the game.
Bulger said he also had ham-
string and groin injuries.
Associated Press
Jayhawks fall 3-0
against third-straight
ranked opponent
ZaCh gETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
Kansas will have to wait until
next season to take another shot
at getting its first victory against
Nebraska. Kansas was swept 3-0 by
Nebraska Saturday, and now has a
0-84-1 all-time record against the
team.
Coach Ray
Bechard said
that Nebraska
could possibly
make it to the
NCAA Volleyball
To u r n a m e n t
Final Four again
and that when
a team as good
as Nebraska pushes, you need to
push back.
Their serving took us out of
anything we wanted to get going,
Bechard said. When you dont
get the opportunity to create some
offensive opportunities for your-
self, a match like that begins to
deteriorate really quickly, and that
is what we saw.
Kansas was unable to disrupt
Nebraskas tempo, which was one
of its game plans, Bechard said.
We didnt control some little
things that we obviously talked
about, Bechard said. When
youre serving the ball and pass-
ing the ball, you have complete
control over that, and
we werent effective
enough in those two
phases to have suc-
cess today.
Nebraska had an
impressive .433 hit-
ting percentage while
Kansas percent-
age was just .082.
Nebraska almost
doubled Kansas kills,
earning 50 compared with Kansas
26. Sophomore outside hitter
Allison Mayfield led Kansas with
10 kills while senior libero Melissa
Grieb led the team with six digs.
Senior middle blocker Paige
Mazour, Nebraska native, said she
wanted the victory badly for her-
self and for her teammates.
It wouldve meant the world to
me, Mazour said. And not just
for myself, but for the team. This
wouldve been a big ranked-team
win. Everything about it was the
perfect situation for us right now.
Kansas post-season hopes are
cloudier now with only two games
left. A victory against Nebraska
wouldve gone a long way in
helping Kansas make the NCAA
Volleyball Tournament, Grieb
said.
The situation that we put our-
selves in with winning Baylor
last week if we wouldve won
this game, it probably wouldve
extended our season, she said.
Kansas kept the first set close
and Nebraska could never build
a comfortable lead until Nebraska
went on an 11-2 run to finish it.
Kansas tallied only six kills in the
set and had seven errors, leading
to a negative hitting percentage
for the set, which it lost 25-15.
Nebraska quickly came out and
took a 10-2 lead in the second set.
Things didnt get much better as
Nebraska routed Kansas 25-12.
Kansas again had seven errors for
the set to go along with its seven
kills, leading to a .000 hitting per-
centage.
Kansas and Nebraska went back
and forth through the beginning
of the third set, tying it up nine
times throughout. After Kansas
was up 14-12, Nebraska went on
a 9-1 run to take a strong lead
and Nebraska eventually won
the set 25-18.
Kansas fell to 15-13, 7-11 in
conference play, while Nebraska
improved to 21-6, 14-4 in confer-
ence play. Kansas plays its last
home game Tuesday against Texas
Tech and finishes the season at
No. 2 Texas.
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Kansas unable to pull of frst-ever victory against Nebraska
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Sophomore outside hitter Allison Mayfeld goes for a spike against two Nebraska defenders
Saturday afternoon at the Horseji Family Athletics Center. Mayfeld scored 10 points in Kansas 3-0
loss against Nebraska.
volleyball
ScoreS by Set
Kansas 15 12 18
Nebraska 25 25 25
Up Next: Texas Tech at
Kansas
WheN: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Horejsi Family
Athletics Center
This wouldve been a
big ranked-team win.
Everything about it
was the perfect situa-
tion for us right now.
PAIGE MAzOUR
Senior middle blocker
bIG 12 play
No. 2 texas(3) vs. No. 24
baylor(0)
Texas went to Baylor looking
for a victory and at least a share
of the Big 12 title. The team
made fast work of the Bears as it
won the match in three sets (25-
18, 25-18, 25-23). Senior Setter
Ashley Engle led Texas with
a double-double with a .409
attack percentage, 20 assists
and ten kills. Texas next plays at
Oklahoma Wednesday. Baylor
next will travel to play Missouri
on Wednesday.
No. 8 Iowa State(3) vs. Mis-
souri(0)
Iowa State went into Co-
lumbia, Mo., and took care of
Missouri in straight sets (25-14,
30-28, 25-20). Senior Setter
Kaylee Manns led Iowa State
with 44 assists for the game.
Iowa State plays host to Okla-
homa next Saturday. Missouri
next plays Baylor in Columbia
on Wednesday.
colorado(0) vs. Kansas
State(3)
Kansas State brought Colo-
rado into Manhattan over the
weekend and won the match in
three sets (25-21, 25-15, 25-16).
Senior setter Soriana Pacheco
led Kansas State with 36 assists
for the game. Colorado next
plays Texas A&M in Boulder on
Wednesday. Kansas State next
plays Nebraska in Manhattan on
Wednesday.

Information fromBig 12 report was used in
this story.
COLLEgE FOOTBaLL
Mississippi, North Carolina
and Calif. reenter AP Top 25
NEW YORK Mississippi, Cali-
fornia and North Carolina, teams
that started the season with lofty
expectations before stumbling,
have surged back into the AP Top
25 college football poll.
There was little change,
however, at the top of The As-
sociated Press rankings Sunday
after a weekend when most of
the highly ranked teams had easy
victories or time of.
No. 1 Florida was followed by
fellow unbeatens Alabama, Texas,
TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State.
Also holding their places were
No. 7 Georgia Tech, No. 8 Pitts-
burgh and No. 9 Ohio State.
The Gators received 36 frst-
place votes, Alabama had 13 and
Texas 11.
The only change in the top 10
came at No. 10. Oregon moved
up a spot after LSU slipped seven
places to No. 17 following a 25-23
loss at Ole Miss.
The top seven in the BCS
standings released Sunday were
the same as the AP Top 25.
Associated Press
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