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Spiritual journeyS
questions
BY JESSE BROWN
jbrown@kansan.com
Janel Wietharn considered herself a cradle Catholic while growing up in St. Marys.
The sophomore was raised in a strict Catholic family. She was bap- tized as an infant and regularly attend- ed religious education classes. It was a solid birthright her family placed on her and there were to be no discus- sions about it.
However, beginning her senior year of high school and continuing into her freshman year at the University, she had a crisis of faith.
I have been so forced into it and seeing that other people just had so many different options, Wietharn said. Why was there all these options and Ive just been told theres this one?
Thad Holcombe, campus min- ister for the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, said he often saw this trend with KU students. He said he defined faith as making sense out of the world.
When students have a crisis of faith, they are just trying to make sense out of their world. A crisis of faith is when the sense of their world has been chal- lenged, and students are seeking a way to again find balance.
In traditional-aged freshman stu- dents that come in, there is an unset- tling, a crisis, or whatever, Holcombe said. As a matter of fact, I am a little concerned if there isnt some.
Most students come from a con- ventional upbringing where their peers influence nearly every decision, Holcombe said. But when they come to a university, things change.
When they get into the university culture, the university culture says you know you need to really critique the world around you and your culture because were going to ask you ques- tions in sociology and psychology and history and even in engineering, Holcombe said. Youre going to look at the world a different way.
From the controlled environment of their family home to the bigger stage at a university, students find their faith to be tested or reinforced by the chal- lenges of an education. Their faith may wane at times, but some find that these challenges eventually make their faith stronger through understanding and acceptance.
Students re-evaluate
their religious beliefs
during college years
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big
Lifes
theater
health
Distracted play addresses
issues of modern technology
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT
jleverett@kansan.com
Distracted is the final KU
Theatre production of the semes-
ter. The shows final performances
run tonight and Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. at the Inge Theater in
Murphy Hall.
Elizabeth Elliot, Houston, Tex.
senior, plays an unnamed mother.
She does not exit the stage once
through the length of the two-
hour play, which leaves the actress
no time to rest except for the ten-
minute intermission. Surrounded
on stage by arguing actors, Elliot
is herself genuinely overwhelmed
by the end of the play.
I literally am exhausted, she
said. I am ready for this to be
over, the play and the struggle.
In the play, Elliots characters
son Jesse, played by Lawrence
eighth-grader Hunter Alexander,
is diagnosed with attention deficit
disorder. Because of his trouble
with school and making friends,
his parents struggle with the idea
of prescribing him a medication
such as Ritalin or Adderall.
Jeff List, Bowling Green, Ohio,
doctoral student, directed the
play. He said the goal of the play
was to depict a modern world that
is supersaturated with technology
and media. He said Elliots exhaus-
tion after the play was appropri-
ate for the state of mind of her
character.
One thing thats striking is that
shed tell me, Im getting really
overwhelmed out there. And Id
say, Okay, go ahead and use that,
he said.
List said he also used unconven-
tional techniques to communicate
the narrative of the play. In some
cases, the actors break character to
discuss what is happening in the
play with the audience.
Not only that, but the produc-
ers use a projector to flood the
back wall of the stage with words
and media in an attempt to set the
scene. In one scene, actors speak
out a heated argument conducted
via instant message as the text of
their argument is projected onto
the wall behind them.
Jake Smith, Council Grove
junior, plays Jesses father. He said
his biggest challenge in the play
was to teach himself to think like
a parent. He said his character was
unable to solve the problem of his
sons disorder, and had to learn
simply accept it.
I think you just have to find
what solution works for you. You
have to agree what works mor-
ally and what you agree on as a
What: Distracted
When: Tonight and
Wednesday night at 7:30
Where: William Inge
Theater, Murphy Hall
tiCKetS: $15 for public,
$10 for students,
$14 for senior citizens, KU
faculty and staf
Tis the season to beware depression
BY ANNA ARCHIBALD
aarchibald@kansan.com
The end of the fall semester
is finally within sight. Not only
can finals put an extra dose of
stress on students, but for some,
the winter blues can also take a
serious toll on mood and energy
levels.
Stephen Ilardi, associate pro-
fessor of clinical psychology, said
there was a relationship between
stress and the form of depres-
sion known as Seasonal Affective
Disorder because, neurologically,
depression is triggered by a stress
response.
The Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders clas-
sifies SAD as a major depressive
episode with a seasonal onset pat-
tern. Ilardi, who has had years
of experience working with vari-
ous types of depression and pub-
lished a book, The Depression
Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat
Depression without Drugs, said
SAD was not a formal diagnosis
but a form of clinical depression
that typically came about in the
winter.
It only strikes a person during
the short, gloomy phase of win-
ter between October and March,
Ilardi said.
Ilardi said about 30 percent of
American adults reported having
winter blues, which means lower
energy and mood levels, sleeping
more and craving sweets and
starchy foods.
For some people, such as Brena
Bessa, Manaus, Brazil senior,
these symptoms escalate with the
stress of finals week. Although
she said she did not have a case of
SAD, Bessa said the cold, dreary
weather still bothered her because
she was used to a much warmer
photo Illustration by Adam Buhler/KANSAN
Seasonal Afective Disorder, a depressive episode that occurs in the winter, can afect
students mood and sleeping habits. Stephen Ilardi, associate professor of clinical psychology
said almost 30 percent of adults sufer fromthese winter blues.
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can bring on Seasonal
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ON THE RECORD
About 6 p.m. Thursday near
6th and Massachusetts streets,
a KU student reported the
theft of a cellphone, at a loss
of $500.
About 10 a.m. Saturday
at Watson Library, someone
reported criminal damage to a
window, at a loss of $300.
About 5 p.m. Saturday near
Allen Fieldhouse, someone re-
ported the theft of a wallet and
contents, at a loss of $60.
About 9 p.m. Sunday near
the Daisy Hill Residence Halls,
someone reported an auto
burglary, criminal damage
and the theft of a purse and
contents, at a loss of $327.
ON CAMPUS
The Last Seasonal Flu Clinic
will begin at 11 a.m. in Watkins
Memorial Health Center.
The KU Open Access Policy
meeting will begin at 11:30
a.m. in Alcove A in the Kansas
Union.
The KU Edwards Cam-
pus Community Events will
begin at 7 p.m. in Regnier Hall
Auditorium on the Edwards
Campus.
Distracted will begin at
7:30 p.m. in William Inge Me-
morial Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The KU School of Music Sym-
phonic Band and University
Band concert will begin at 7:30
p.m. in the Lied Center.
NEWS NEAR & FAR
international
1. Prime minister to move
location of G-20 summit
TORONTO Canadian Prime
Minister Stephen Harper said
Monday a G-20 summit planned
for an Ontario resort town in June
will be moved to Toronto instead.
Harper made the announce-
ment while on an ofcial visit to
South Korea, which will host a
November G-20 summit in Seoul.
The Canadian G-20 venue was
changed from the Huntsville area
to Toronto, Canadas largest city,
after concerns surfaced that the
smaller town and surrounding
area could not provide all the
resources needed for such a the
huge event. The summit is June
26-27.
However, the cottage coun-
try town, about 135 miles (220
kilometers) from Toronto, will
play host to the smaller G-8 June
25-26.
2. Man facing charges
surrenders to authorities
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico A
man turned himself in after being
charged with threatening federal
ofcials, allegedly making several
threatening calls against the chief
U.S. prosecutor and a judge in
Puerto Rico, the FBI said Monday.
Hector Luis Colon is accused of
calling a federal ofce to say there
was a $15,000 contract to kill U.S.
Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez
and calling 911 a day later to
report a car bomb targeting
Rodriguez.
3. President of Haiti weds
in private home ceremony
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Haiti
has a new frst lady.
President Rene Preval and
Elisabeth Debrosse Delatour mar-
ried in a private ceremony at her
house above Port-au-Prince on
Sunday morning.
The frst lady is Prevals eco-
nomic adviser. She previously
worked for an electrical utility
and a road contractor, and is the
widow of former central bank
chief Leslie Delatour.
Preval, 66 and twice divorced,
also got married during his
frst term. He has two adult
daughters.
national
4. Kmart employees fnd
can flled with $10,380
DES MOINES, Iowa When
employees of a Des Moines Kmart
fnally opened a red tin can that
had been sitting on the customer
service counter for four days, they
got a $10,000 surprise. The can
contained $10,380 in assorted
bills. Employees called police after
opening the can Friday.
Police said the money was
counted by a manager, placed in
envelopes according to denomi-
nation and then turned over to
ofcers. No note was found.
5. Former mayor denies
threats against prosecutor
DETROIT Ex-Detroit Mayor
Kwame Kilpatrick denied in court
Monday that he made threats to
a prosecutor during a jailhouse
telephone call to his wife while
he was serving time following a
text-messaging sex scandal that
led to his resignation.
Two 15-minute conversations
were played Monday afternoon
in Wayne County Circuit Court
during Kilpatricks hearing about
restitution payments.
When we get the loot, were
going to take her all the way
out, Kilpatrick told his wife,
Carlita.
Kilpatrick admitted the her
was Kym Worthy, head of the
prosecutors ofce and a former
judge.
6. Third suspect accused
of stealing from dead man
PHILADELPHIA A third
suspect has been accused of
stealing a watch from a man who
died while waiting for care at a
Philadelphia emergency room.
Police announced Monday
that 21-year-old Jannira Walker
of Philadelphia has been charged
with criminal conspiracy, robbery
and other ofenses.
Police have already charged
two men in the crime against
63-year-old Joaquin Rivera, a
respected musician and school
counselor.
Rivera sought treatment for
chest pain at Aria Healths Frank-
ford Campus Nov. 28.
Associated Press
Whos
Who
KU
at
Joel Mlaki
BY SaBrina lieDtKe
sliedtke@kansan.com
Coming to the University from
out of state can prove challenging
for some students. Coming to the
University from a different country,
however, adds even more challeng-
es to the transition process.
Joel Mlaki, a 21-year-old fresh-
man from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
came to the University to experi-
ence a different style of education
and living. He said adjusting to life
in the U.S. had been more challeng-
ing than he originally anticipated.
Mlakis first language is Swahili,
and he said he often found it dif-
ficult to have fluid conversations
with native English speakers.
Its the way I talk, Mlaki said.
Most people need me to repeat
everything. Very few people get
what Im saying. When I talk they
have to ask me, What? Excuse
me? It gets very annoying.
Another thing Mlaki said he had
to get used to was the popularity of
sports among students. Mlaki said
most people in Tanzania focused
much more on studying than on
playing sports.
People see their studies as
their means of leaving, Mlaki
said. When they study, then they
graduate and get a job. Its different
here. People may have an option of
getting into a sport where they can
make money.
Despite cultural differences
between the U.S. and Tanzania,
Mlaki said the overall routine of
hanging out with friends in both
countries was very similar.
Its really not that different,
Mlaki said. But I guess we differ
in our ideas.
One of the biggest differences
Mlaki said he saw was the way
people paid only for themselves
when they went out to bars or
clubs.
When we go out back home,
I can buy something for all of
my friends and maybe some other
guy in our group can buy some-
thing for the whole group, but here
everyone pays for themselves and
is self centered, Mlaki said. Back
home, were more group centered.
We usually dont care that much
about selfness.
Though the transition from east
Africa to the Midwest hasnt been
completely seamless, Mlaki said
he is happy and proud to be a
Jayhawk.
Coming here to college is my
most proud accomplishment,
Mlaki said.
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Institute receives grant
to fnance flm festival
The Confucius Institute
at the University of Kansas
received a grant for more
than $5,000 from the Kansas
Humanities Council. Kevin
Liu, associate director of
the institute, said the grant
would help pay for the 2010
Kansas City Chinese Film
Festival.
Liu said the institutes mis-
sion was to promote under-
standing of Chinese language
and culture. Liu also said that
at the University, the institute
ofered community programs
and language classes on
several levels to illustrate
that Chinese was a critical
language and provided op-
portunities to succeed.
Cinema and flms are ac-
cessible to many people, he
said. You dont have to speak
the language to understand
the flm.
The grant, which is for
$5,615, will help pay for dis-
tribution and screening rights
for the flms, promotional ma-
terials, and venue costs. Liu
said this was the third annual
flm festival the Confucius
Institute had put on. The fes-
tival runs on fve Saturdays,
from Feb. 27 to March 27,
and will screen flms from all
diferent genres.
Beth Beavers
CORRECTION
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University Daily Kansan, the
graphic accompanying the
story Long-term efects of
alcohol abuse may begin now
with binge drinking incorrect-
ly labeled the hippocampus as
the prefrontal cortex and the
prefrontal cortex as the hip-
pocampus.
crime
Former House Speaker
changed in assault case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. For-
mer Missouri House Speaker
Rod Jetton was charged with
second-degree assault Mon-
day stemming from a womans
claim that he hit her in the face
several times and choked her.
The 42-year-old Republican
was named in a complaint fled
Monday in Scott County Circuit
Court in southeastern Missouri.
The complaint alleges that on
Nov. 15, Jetton caused serious
physical injuryby hitting
the woman on the head and
choking her, which resulted
in unconsciousness and the
loss of function for part of her
body.
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Brazilian climate.
When it starts to get really
cold, it makes it really hard for me
to get up, Bessa said. I dont miss
any classes in the beginning of the
semester, but once it gets colder I
miss a lot of classes.
Ilardi said the body was sup-
posed to respond to stress within
a matter of minutes or hours, but
when stress lasts for weeks and
months at a time, as it can toward
the end of a semester, the body
shuts down as if its physically ill.
Anytime a student is dealing
with depression, it can negatively
impact their ability to study and
deal with these situations, said
Pam Botts, associate director of
Counseling and Psychological
Services at Watkins Health Center.
It can affect their ability to moti-
vate themselves and to get things
done.
Ilardi said 20 percent of all
cases of clinical depression were
caused by this seasonal onset pat-
tern. He said light and a vitamin
D deficiency were two of the main
causes of SAD.
He said no matter how much
time someone spends outside
during the winter, there will not
be sufficient vitamin D intake
because light on a summer day is
50 to 100 times brighter.
Ilardi also said people who had
a genetic history of depression
were more susceptible to SAD.
The climate ones ancestors came
from could also have an effect, he
said.
On one side
of the family
Im from Italy,
Ilardi said. And
on the other side
Im Irish and
Scottish. I love
warm weather,
so its pretty
evident which
one is the most
prevalent.
As far as treat-
ment for SAD is concerned, Ilardi
said he thought light therapy,
exposure to wavelengths of light
from a small light box, was the
best option.
We need light to synthesize
the vitamin D in our skin, he
said. The light sensors in the
back of the eye that only respond
to very bright light are stimulated
by the light box and it triggers a
big release of dopamine to makes
us feel more perky and energetic.
Botts, however, said CAPS
didnt offer light therapy because
of the side effects it can have such
as sleep interference and anxious-
ness. She said anti-depressants had
close to the same success rate for
treatment and suggested spending
time outside and tak-
ing walks, even if its
not as bright out as it
is during summer.
Despite options
that could make the
dreary weather more
bearable, Bessa said
she was just going
to ignore the cold as
long as possible.
I dont ever feel
like doing anything
because its so shitty
outside, Bessa said. Im getting
a little more used to it, but I still
dont like it.
For more information about the
symptoms and treatment options
for SAD, call Student Counseling
and Psychological Services at
Watkins Health Center at (785)
864-2277.
Edited by Nick Gerik
DISORDER (continued from 1A)
thEatER (continued from 1A)
couple, he said.
Raylene Gutierrez, Topeka
sophomore, saw the show on
Sunday. She said she thought
the shows goal was to spark
discussion about the fast pace
of todays society. She said that
people get so wrapped up in
projects that they forget about
simple pleasures.
The end lesson is pay atten-
tion to your kid, she said. But
in this day and age, everyones
too focused on getting things
done and moving from one proj-
ect to the next.
The final two performances
of Distracted are tonight and
Wednesday night at 7:30. Tickets
are $15 for the public, $10 for
students and $14 for senior citi-
zens and KU faculty and staff.
They are on sale at ticket offices
in the University Theatre and
the Lied Center, and online at
kutheatre.com.
Edited by Abby Olcese
activism
aSSOCIatED PRESS
a helicopter pilot rounds up wild horses fromthe Fox & Lake Herd Management Area inWashoe County, Nev. Dozens of wild horse advocates
plan to go before a federal advisory panel Monday to try to persuade public land managers to change their plan to relocate thousands of free-
roaming mustangs fromthe West to preserves elsewhere.
mustang advocates voice concern
over government roundup plan
BY MARTIN GRIFFITH
Associated Press
SPARKS, Nev. One of most
stirring symbols of the American
West mustangs thundering free-
ly across the range could be
heading east.
The government wants to carry
out what is believed to be the big-
gest-ever roundup of wild horses
on federal land, moving as many as
25,000 mustangs and burros to pas-
tures in the Midwest and East out of
fear their fast-multiplying numbers
will lead to mass starvation.
The plan is facing heated oppo-
sition from advocates, including
celebrities Sheryl Crow, Bill Maher
and Ed Harris, who contend the
proposal is itself inhumane and
unnecessary. They say the situation
is not as dire as the government has
painted it.
The Obama administration
must craft a new policy that pro-
tects these animals and upholds the
will of Congress and the publics
desire to preserve this important
part of our national heritage, said
William Spriggs, lawyer for the
group In Defense of Animals.
He and other advocates spoke
out Monday at a hearing on the
proposal, held by a federal advi-
sory panel at a hotel-casino near
Reno. The panel took no immedi-
ate action.
The government argues that the
mustang population in 10 Western
states is growing so rapidly that the
horses are quickly running out of
food, in part because of drought
ravaging the region.
The federal Bureau of Land
Management says the number of
wild horses and burros on public
lands in the West stands at near-
ly 37,000, about half of them in
Nevada. An additional 32,000 wild
horses already live away from the
range in federal-run corrals and
pastures, and those are nearly full.
We are concerned about the
numbers, Robin Lohse, chairwom-
an of the National Wild Horse and
Burro Advisory
Board, said dur-
ing the hearing.
Time is not on
our side.
The BLM said
last year it would
have to consider
destroying wild
horses because
of their escalat-
ing numbers and
the costs of caring
for them. But ear-
lier this year, Interior Secretary Ken
Salazar said the BLM, a part of the
Interior Department, would instead
ship 11,500 to 25,000 horses from
the range to pastures and corrals in
the Midwest and East.
The exact destinations have not
been decided, but Salazar believes
Plains states would make the most
sense in terms of water and forage,
said Don Glenn, chief of the BLMs
Wild Horse and Burro Program. He
said Salazar also wants at least one
site in the East.
The relocation plan is part of a
long-running feud over wild horses
in the West, where mustangs have
roamed ever since they arrived with
Spanish settlers centuries ago.
Ranchers view wild horses as a
menace to their grazing land and
were allowed to kill them until 1971,
when the practice was banned. The
government has made numerous
efforts of its own over the years to
control the population, including
using a contraceptive vaccine. But
capturing and injecting mares with
the vaccine one at a time has proved
costly and time-consuming.
In recent years, the government
has rounded up and relocated wild
horses to other lands in the West.
Helicopters are used to drive the
mustangs toward
cowboys with lassos.
The cowboys then
put the horses onto
trucks.
The latest proposed
roundup, however,
would take the horses
outside the West alto-
gether.
The California-
based Defense of
Animals strongly
opposes roundups,
arguing that the horses are an inte-
gral part of the ecosystem and that
using helicopters can traumatize,
injure or kill the animals.
The BLM spent about $50 mil-
lion this year to feed, corral and
otherwise manage the nations wild
horses, up from $36 million last
year. Without contraception or
other such measures, mustang herds
can double in size about every four
years, authorities say.
One of the most vocal wild-horse
advocates is Grammy-winning
singer Sheryl Crow, who has adopt-
ed a mustang herself and took her
concerns directly to Salazar in a
recent telephone call.
One of the first things he said
was something must be done
because the horses are starving.
We dont believe it, Crow said in
an interview with The Associated
Press.
One of the frst
things he said was
something must be
done because the
horses are starving.
We dont believe it.
Sheryl crow
Musician
international
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Tieves steal almost $6 million in heist
BY ALAN CLENDENNING
Associated Press
SAO PAULO Thieves who
spent months tunneling from a
rented house to an armored car
companys safe made off with
nearly $6 million over the week-
end, making their getaway as
season-ending football match-
es virtually shut down Brazil,
authorities said Monday.
The heist was discovered
Sunday night hours after the
games ended. Officers followed
the tunnel from the companys
safe some 110 yards under-
ground to a house, Sao Paulo
police said in a statement.
Police said the home, aban-
doned when they arrived, had
been occupied for about four
months. Its former occupants
were considered suspects, but
there were no immediate arrests.
Officials with the armored
car company Transnacional
Transporte de Valores e
Seguranca Patrimonial Ltda
told officers that $5.9 million
were missing, according to the
statement.
Globo TVs G1 Web site
reported that electricity was cut
off to the companys office and
some security cameras were not
on when the theft happened, but
authorities did not immediately
confirm that.
The heist occurred on the last
weekend of the football season,
when the league championship
and relegation matches had peo-
ple nationwide glued to their
televisions.
A security guard at the build-
ing heard a loud noise about 5
p.m. Sunday as the most impor-
tant game was under way, but
figured it was from fireworks
that sports fans had been setting
off throughout the afternoon,
the newspaper O Estado de S.
Paulo reported.
Firefighters who inspected the
tunnel Monday said it was about
a yard high and a yard wide,
G1 reported.
Snowstorm hits Western states
BY FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. A large
and powerful storm howled across
the West with snow and strong
winds Monday, snarling traffic,
closing schools and threatening to
spawn mudslides in wildfire-dev-
astated Southern California.
Virtually the entire region was
suffering from subzero wind
chills in Washington state to heavy
snow that closed schools and
government offices in Reno, Nev.,
and left big rigs jackknifed across
highways in several states. Blizzard
warnings were in effect for northern
Arizona and parts of Colorado,
with forecasters predicting up to 2
feet of snow around Flagstaff.
The National Weather Service
said the upper elevations of the
Sierra mountains could get up to 3
feet of snow, with up to 4 feet fore-
cast for the mountains of southern
Utah. Even the hills east of San
Francisco Bay received a rare dust-
ing overnight, and snow was pre-
dicted for Fresno and other com-
munities in Californias Central
Valley.
Bad weather stretched far to the
east as well. The first snow of the
season for much of Indiana tangled
traffic and delayed schools. Crashes
left one person dead.
Reno schools closed, and many
state government workers were told
to stay home. Chains or snow tires
were required across the region.
Several flights into and out of
Reno-Tahoe International Airport
were delayed or canceled.
Motorists are going to have to
chain up, Trooper Chuck Allen
with the Nevada Highway Patrol
said. Otherwise, we end up with a
parking lot.
The storm was blamed for doz-
ens of accidents and road closures
in the Flagstaff area, including a
small stretch of Interstate 17 near a
scenic overlook where a UPS truck
lost its trailer and slammed into a
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night reserved for porn stars
BY JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press
BURBANK, Calif. Even the
most ardent fans of porn star Julie
Meadows are unlikely, it seems
safe to say, to have ever seen her
like this.
But there she is, the star of
Alice in Fetishland and more
than 200 other hardcore sex
films, standing on a stage, dressed
demurely in jeans, matching vest
and white top, her blonde hair
piled up under a fetching white
watchmans cap, belting out an
enthusiastic but entirely PG-rated
version of that old garage-band
rock classic Wild Thing.
Wild Thing I think I love you
BUT I WANT TO KNOW FOR
SURE! Meadows growls, as fel-
low porn star Nicki Hunter, in a
white mini-dress, leaps on stage to
harmonize. A moment later, when
Meadows breaks into some impres-
sive air-guitar moves, the crowd
howls its approval.
Dont get the wrong idea. This
isnt the opening scene for a porn
video. Its simply Porn Star Karaoke
Night at Sardos Grill & Lounge,
a friendly little hole-in-the-wall
place that six nights out of the week
is just another karaoke pub.
The club, in fact, offers Family
Fridays when parents can bring
their children. On Mondays, peo-
ple play Rock Band 2 while they
sing. On Wednesdays there are
trivia games.
But on Tuesday nights, when
just about everybody else is getting
ready for bed in this quiet suburb
on the edge of Los Angeles, Sardos
becomes the place to be for any-
one who has ever been, or who
wants to be, connected with the
porn business.
Between beery versions of
popular songs, this is where the
deals that lead to films like Video
Voyeur often get made.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adult entertainer and hostess Nicki Hunter, right, sings Journeys Dont Stop Believin
with audience member Devin Duran, 22, of Van Nuys, Calif., second right, at Porn Star Karaoke at
Sardos Grill and Lounge in Burbank, Calif. Nov. 17.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIENNA Austrian art-
ist Alfred Hrdlicka, whose con-
troversial works in metal, paint
and pencil alienated as much as
attracted the public died Saturday,
Austrian media reported. He was
81.
The Austria Press Agency cited
gallery owner Ernst Hilger as
announcing Hrdlickas death in
the daily Die Presse. Telephone
calls late Saturday to Hilgers
private number as well to his
downtown Vienna gallery, which
frequently exhibited Hrdlickas
works, were not returned.
Hrdlickas sculptures, drawings
and paintings are known as much
for their artistic subtlety as their
controversial themes. His reli-
gious works, in particular, drew
protest from believers who con-
sidered them blasphemous.
Among his better-known works
are his cast iron sculpture of a
prostrate figure covered by barbed
wire in downtown Vienna.
The starkly disturbing
Memorial Against War and
Fascism has been occasionally
defaced since it was unveiled
in 1991.
Known to have been deeply
influenced by his studies of the
mentally ill during the late 1960s,
Hrdlicka turned to a figurative
expressive style meant to pro-
voke his audience to confront the
worlds anguish, pain and misery.
For him, art was agitprop and he
understood his life as an artist as
a mission to educate the public to
oppose war and violence.
An atheist who espoused com-
munist beliefs, he married reli-
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of his last exhibitions Religion,
Flesh and Power was exhibit-
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Viennas St. Stephens Cathedral.
A central work based on the Last
Supper was removed on orders
of Viennas Cardinal Cristoph
Schoenborn after protests that it
depicted Jesus and his apostles as
homosexuals at an orgy.
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her proposed goals, voice and
visibility, she must make it a
priority next semester to take the
action necessary to accomplish
these goals.
From the beginning, Gray-Little
has made one of her priorities
to place a special emphasis on
students and academics, paying
particular attention to increasing
the graduation rate and improving
the Universitys research profile,
according to a June 10 article in
The Kansan.
Additionally, she has extensively
been traveling both inside and
outside of the state,
meeting with donors,
benefactors and
community members
of 13 towns and cities
in Kansas.
People all over the state see
KU as an institution in the state,
and wherever Ive gone theres
been a wish to have a connection
with KU and to see KU in their
communities, Gray-Little said in a
Nov. 27 Kansan article.
More recently, budgetary
concerns have gripped both the
state and the University. Gray-
Little will need to be even more
efficient when it comes to the
budget and its relations to her
three initiatives.
Gray-Littles ongoing
commitment to students is evident
in her three initial priorities: a
higher level of scholarly research,
an increased amount of private
funds and improved
graduation and
retention rates. She
has implemented three
task forces to look into
these three priorities.
These task forces should make the
most of their time to be prepared
to report publicly on their plans
next semester.
Her first semester with the
University has also been marred
with the issues attached to the
football program, which have
been nothing but distractions to
the chancellor and her goals for
the University as a whole. Gray-
Little has handled the situation
admirably, and did the right thing
by releasing concise, thorough
statements to the public.
I certainly wish we would
have headlines with athletics that
would be more positive than the
ones we have, Gray-Little said. I
would prefer that whatever gets
into the national media about the
University would be more positive,
whether it would be academics or
athletics.
It is evident that Gray-Little is
off to a productive start. However,
reaching her goals will be a
challenge, especially after Gov.
Mark Parkinson announced a $2
million cut from the Board of
Regents budget last month. Next
semester, the task forces and the
chancellor will be critiqued closely
to see how their efforts live up to
their powerful words.
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n n n
Cole Aldrichs missing tooth
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The Kansas City Chiefs are a
Missouri team. What the hell is
wrong with you people?
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To the asshole who left the
note on my car:
I AM handicapped.
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All I want for Christmas is the
next KU football coach to have
good end-game coaching.
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Tonight I got so high that I
poured jelly straight into the
peanut butter jar.
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Guess who got arrested for
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T
he holiday season is upon
us, and we all know what
that means: holiday-themed
commercials. Every year, a barrage
of excessively festive attempts to get
us to spend our hard-earned cash
on allegedly snazzy products take
over the airwaves. The ads can be
so annoying and ubiquitous that it
becomes disheartening.
Now, dont take this as yet
another screed against the crass
commercialization of Christmas.
I honestly have no problem with
that. After all, its a tradition as old
as the holiday itself. Many people
dont know this, but the reason
the inn was too full for Mary and
Joseph was their irresistibly low
holiday rate. You gotta book those
Christmas trips ahead of time,
guys!
No, what I take umbrage with
are the commercials themselves.
Theyre so chock full of fake smiles,
crappy carols and mandatory joy
that they make me want to skip
buying gifts altogether.
The worst offender this year
is the Gap. I dont think Ive ever
seen a company actively try to
make people dislike them with
an ad campaign. Its as if theyre
trying to use reverse psychology.
By purposefully making me hate
them, theyll make me think that
they dont want my money. So to
spite them, I go down to the Gap
and buy every pair of khakis in the
joint. Meanwhile, Gaps corporate
fatcats sit in a dark, smoky room,
laughing and counting their dirty
money.
In case youve been lucky
enough to miss out on these
commercials, heres the gist: A
ragtag bunch of super-attractive
models join forces in a vicious
maelstrom of charisma, spreading
holiday cheer by cheering about
holidays. Get it? Like cheerleading.
Isnt that great? Overelaborate
choreography combines with
brain-burrowing chants to create
something so irritating, it inspires
seething rage rather than the cheer
they profess to be spreading.
The commercials make an
admirable-if-misguided attempt to
include every possible holiday and
observance in the fun. Christmas,
of course. Hannukah, sure. Even
Kwanzaa because nothing says
Happy Kwanzaa like a trendy
reversible fleece.
But I draw the line at trying to
commercialize Winter Solstice.
Seriously, they chant, Go Solstice!
as if its totally natural. I get that
youre trying to tap into that
valuable pagan market, Gap, but
trying to profit off the position of
the Earths axial tilt relative to the
sun just seems wrong.
I look forward to them trying to
incorporate Boxing Day, Finnish
Independence Day and Pearl
Harbor Day into future ads. GO
INFAMY!
Its not all bad this holiday
season, though. Maria Bamford,
one of the best stand-up comedians
working today, stars in Targets
inspired holiday campaign as
two sisters with very different
personalities. The ads simply
showcase her talent for character
work, essentially just letting her do
her material in the aisles of a Target
store. Its funny and eminently
watchable, and it makes me far
more cheerful than a gang of
bescarved joybots ever could.
If more companies could take
Targets lead, maybe the viewing
public would be a little less eager to
fast forward during the commercial
breaks this time of year.
Nichols is a Stilwell junior
in creative writing.
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The thankful eater
Im scared of pie.
Thats right, you read that
correctly. I am scared of its soft,
sweet center and its crunchy
crust. Eating too much pie on
Thanksgiving weekend left my
boyfriend, Austin, and I wincing
at the idea of food in general.
Throwing away the pie is not an
option. Not only do Austin and I
hate the idea of wasting food, but
wouldnt it be horribly ironic to
throw away food from a holiday
thats all about being thankful for
food?
At a time when the global food
market is still highly unstable
and many Americans are turning
to food banks for help, we must
appreciate the fact that unlike
many others, we still have the
luxury of eating when we are
hungry.
Unfortunately, food banks and
community shelters only take
non-perishable food items, not
half-eaten pies. At a time when
some have so much and others so
little, what can we do to minimize
that gap? And how do we do it
without putting further strain on
our natural resources?
Some may say to donate food
and money to those in need, but
I think thats just a short-term fix.
Simply giving food to the starving
doesnt provide a lasting solution.
Others say the problem lies in
the government, the industrial
food system, overpopulation or a
culmination of all three. One issue
only seems to lead to another and
everything only seems to get more
and more complicated. I wish I
could say I have a solution, that
while sitting here at my computer
in Kansas, I came up with a way to
solve world hunger.
Rather, what I want to say is
this: Thanksgiving comes but
once a year to remind us to be
thankful for what we have, from
family and friends to food and
football. Just because the leftovers
now sit in stacks of Tupperware
does not mean that the feeling of
thanks must also be stored away
until the next year.
Giving thanks for every meal,
not just the important ones, does
two things. First, it reminds us
of how lucky we are. Second, it
changes our mindset from one
that perceives food as packages,
brand names and calories to one
that appreciates it for what it does:
satiating our hunger, helping us
grow and giving us something to
enjoy.
Janie Chen is ajunior fromOlathe.
Her sustainability blogcanbe readat
www.greenmyguy.wordpress.com.
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religion (continued from 1a)
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Thad Holcombe, campus minister for ecumenical Christian Ministries, said he often sees students question
their faith in college. Holcombe said its important for people to question and growin their faith.
AN EducAtioN
Richard Botkin, senior lecturer of
humanities and Western Civilization,
teaches classes that introduce students
to religions and outlooks different than
their own. In his Western Civilization
class, a few of the readings Botkin assigns
are selected readings from the Bible, the
Torah and the Koran.
I warn my students, usually the first
day, that this is not Sunday school, that
theres nothing wrong with Sunday school,
Botkin said. This is a secular university
and I am given the charge of teaching the
material in Western Civilization whether
its considered sacred or not.
Botkin uses these readings to portray
a cultural viewpoint of the past but he
encourages critical thinking.
Were going to look at
this material with a criti-
cal eye, putting it in its
historic context and with
a skeptical eye at times,
Botkin said.
Botkin emphasizes
critical thinking because,
as he explains, a students
ability to learn can be
seen as a gift from God.
Botkin said it would be a
waste of Gods gift if a student didnt use
his or her brain.
The responses Botkin receives, either
in e-mails or face-to-face conversations,
were always from students who were
angry or just wanting to discuss the topic
further.
Botkin said he thought passion was
a good trait to see in a student and he
encouraged any student to discuss the
religion, its history and its messages. The
response Botkin doesnt like to see is
indifference.
In general, most of them really dont
care one way or the other. That to me
is the worst possible situation, he said.
Passion, one way or the other, is good.
Paul Mirecki, associate professor of
religious studies, has the opportunity to
see students willingly question religion.
We dont ask the question What does
God want me to do, but rather Why
do humans behave this way? Mirecki
said. Its more of an
anthropological than a
theological question. So
were not looking for the
answer that a religion
might provide. Were
looking more toward why
humans construct reality
in this way. In a Muslim
way, in a Catholic way, a
Southern Baptist way, in
a pagan way, whatever
the religion might be.
Mirecki said most stu-
dents in religious studies had a personal
interest in studying religion academically.
My experience is that the students
reactions are Oh this makes sense,
Mirecki said. That religion itself can be
analyzed like any other phenomenon.
There are 41 religious student organi-
zations registered on campus this school
year. Most of the organizations are based
in Christianity with a few Muslim and
Jewish groups. One organization that
stands out is KU Cauldron, the student
pagan group.
KU Cauldron is a student organization
with 11 members that practices pagan reli-
gions, such as Wicca and Neo-Druidism.
A pagan religion is loosely defined as
believing in polytheism, a belief in more
than one god, or not pertaining to the
beliefs in Christianity, Judaism or Islam.
One group doesnt appear in the listing
of religious student organizations because
it doesnt advocate belief in religion or
God.
According to the Universitys Web site,
the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and
Agnostics, or SOMA, is a student organi-
zation with 55 members that advocates
reason above faith as well as the complete
separation of church and state.
JANEls JourNEy
When Janel Wietharn had her crisis of
faith, she said she explored a few options
but nothing too polarizing to Christianity.
She said she looked into Lutheran and
Presbyterian churches but noticing the
differences from her childhood church,
she did not feel comfortable. She then
began to reevaluate her faith and to better
understand it.
It was a journey Janels mother, Mary
Wietharn, couldnt completely under-
stand. She said she couldnt
understand why Janel would
abandon the religious sup-
port she and her father built
for her.
I felt with what we
brought her up with, how
can this come about? Mary
said. We done everything
we needed to get her strong
in her religious life.
Mary said she started to
question what emotional
inflictions could cause Janels doubt.
Is it the world thats doing this to you?
Is it just being out on your own? Mary
said. It was just, I guess, a little disheart-
ening knowing that I felt she was where
she needed to be when she left and then
all of the sudden, she wandered.
Janels journey of re-discovering her
faith was coming full circle when she and
her mother began to seriously discuss why
her faith was important not only to the
family, but to Janel herself.
I sat down and talked to her about
what I was thinking, what I was feeling
and she just told me you know that this is
why we raised you Catholic, this is why we
believe, Janel said. It was finally nice to
hear that because you grow up with it and
you never discuss it.
Janel said she was thankful of the re-
discovery of her faith because it brought
her closer to her mother. She said she was
also thankful of her journey because it
rounded her out as a person.
I wanted to kind of explore
those options and take a step
back, Janel said. But just
realizing that there was noth-
ing wrong with knowing that
you were raised with one and
that there can be others and
that mine is not necessarily
wrong compared to theirs or
that theirs isnt wrong either.
Mary said the aspects of
living a Catholic life such as
attending mass and being
kind to one another, were
important to her family val-
ues and its those values she wanted to
instill in Janel.
These things I think show through in
our Catholic faith and maybe we dont
know all the answers but we stand strong
and are good to one another, Mary said.
Janel is now a devout Catholic who
attends St. Lawrence Catholic Campus
Center, 1631 Crescent Rd.
Minister Holcombe said religion should
not simply provide answers just to relieve
anxiety. He said he had seen churches
and religions manipulate by providing
answers. But he said other churches and
religions just took people in to listen to
their troubles and support them.
Its more about the questions,
Holcombe said. Finding places where
they could raise those big questions and
talk about and maybe get some tentative
answers. Questions about, am I loved by
something? What am I going to do in the
future in terms of a partner? What is my
sexuality? What do I want to put at stake
in my life? What are my priorities?
Holcombe said it was the big questions
that are in their hearts and that its not
wrong asking them.
If they come out of the Christian tradi-
tion, the Bible in itself is not a reservoir of
answers entirely, Holcombe said. Its also
a reservoir of questions.
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GErrEtt fuGAtE
Gerrett Fugate, St. Louis senior, was raised as a Christian but converted to
Islam when he came to the University. At a young age, he said he never felt
he was religious, but that it was more of a cultural aspect. His mother is Greek
Orthodox so he was raised as a strict Catholic. But in high school, he started
to re-evaluate his faith.
When Fugate came to the University, he said, he was introduced to several
religions and wanted to explore them.
Around that time, I was re-evaluating my faith in Christianity because I had a
lot of doubts about the existence of God,Fugate said.
Fugate said being on his own at the University and away from his family
helped shaped his identity.
Freshman year, youre kind of by yourself,he said. Youre making friends
and everything and youre kind of reevaluating your identity too. You know,
who you are, what your beliefs are, what are your morals and values, things
like that.
One of his friends, a Muslim student, lent him the Koran. Fugate soon found
that Islam was his faith. It reafrmed his belief in the existence of God. He felt
a Muslim life was an exclusive devotion to a life of God.
MichAEl kopit
Michael Kopit, Overland Park law student, was raised as a conservative Jew.
He said he and his family generally attend temple on high holy days such as
Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.
As a Jewish student, Kopit said he never saw a Jew, including himself, have a
crisis of faith at the University.
You know one of the good things about KU is they have all the diferent
religions here and I know the Jewish religion here is really big,Kopit said.
Theres Hillel House, theres a couple temples, theres the Jewish Community
Center here in Lawrence. So everyone was pretty welcoming here.
According to the American Jewish Committee, in 2007, .7 percent of Kansas
population was identifed as Jewish. Kopit said that with Jews being a
minority in Kansas, going to the University with other Jewish college
students who were in similar situations made it easier to connect with one
another.
Its really easy to fnd a common ground with other Jewish kids,Kopit said.
However, Kopit said it was hard to fnd the time to attend temple with his
rigorous schedule as a law student.
kAshif NAsEEM
Kashif Naseem, Karachi, Pakistan junior, is an engineering student who
tries to be a practicing Muslim on campus. He said he frequently visited the
Islamic Center in Lawrence, 1917 Naismith Dr.
Naseem said with Islam, one doesnt boast about how virtuous one can be.
I try to be as good as possible and Im sure everybody else tries to be as
good, Naseem said.
In Pakistan, Naseem asked questions about his faith when he was 15 and 16
years old.
With his moderate parents and the liberal media thats growing in Pakistan,
Naseem said he had dealt with an environment that was not afraid to ask
questions, no matter how unpopular.
So when I came here, it wasnt something that the environment forced me
to question my beliefs because I had already done that, Naseem said.
But when he did question those beliefs, Naseem said it only made his faith
stronger as a young adult. As Naseem took a step back to view his heritage,
he grew more attracted to the religion because he saw it as a complete
devotion to God.
JErEMy AdkisoN
As Jeremy Adkison, Leavenworth sophomore,
likes to put it, paganism is practicing a dead
religions reconstruction.
Adkison, the president of KU Cauldron, is
part Wiccan and part Buddhist, and he likes
the open-minded aspect to pagan religions.
He said he admired pagan religions because
they played a part for his moral and spiritual
progression.
Adkison, who was raised Catholic, said the
religion never truly captured him. He said
that at a young age, the Catholic religion just
amounted to boring services that he was
forced to attend.
Maybe if I had been introduced to that a
little later on when I was a little more mature
and kind of understand those concepts, it would be one thing, Adkison said. But as a 7- or 8-year-old, I was just like this
means nothing to me.
Throughout his spiritual journey, he questioned biblical teachings and the existence of God in a Christian sense. When
Adkison was 13 years old, he started to look up meditations on the Web and grew interested in Wicca. Wicca strongly
believes in a god and goddess and Buddhism has strong ties with meditations.
Coming to the University didnt change Adkisons belief in Wicca or Buddhism, but instead reinforced it.
I suppose being here with all these people at the KU college, its kind of enhanced my beliefs and my education and Ive
learned new things and kind of understood diferent things better I didnt quite had a grasp on before, Adkison said.
JoEy rAlph
Joey Ralph, Hutchinson junior, is president of SOMA, and his journey to atheism
was a slow one that progressed as he aged.
I was 12 when I frst fgured out that I was probably not really feeling the vibe
of religion,Ralph said. It wasnt until high school that I pronounced myself as
agnostic and it wasnt until college that I became atheist.
Ralph said that he was born Protestant but that his upbringing wasnt very
conventional. He said if his family attended Mass, it would be for a holiday such as
Christmas or Easter.
My dad was a pretty religious guy but my mom, she was more open-minded and
she actually claims to be an agnostic,Ralph said.
Ralph said his atheism was a problem at home because he had to guard his
opinions. But here at the University, he felt more welcomed.
It was difcult. Especially with my father and especially dealing with parents of
my friends who are religious and when I attended high school, our mascot was the
Crusader,Ralph said. But I think the environment here at college defnitely helped
just because people tend to be a lot more open-minded because here you get
thrown into a more diverse community.
Passion, one way or
the other, is good.
RICHARD BOTKIN
Senior lecturer,
Humanities and
Western Civiilization
...the Bible itself
is not a reservoir of
answers entirely. Its
also a reservoir of
questions.
THAD HOLCOMBE
Campus Minister
Ecumenical Christian
Ministries
Photos by Adam Buhler/KAnSAn
Check Kansan.com for a video
interview with Janel Wietharn.
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Five Rock Chalk Revue performance groups chosen
BY JESSE RANGEL
jrangel@kansan.com
For the five groups selected for
this springs Rock Chalk Revue, the
annual student-produced variety
show, now is the time to take a deep
breath, celebrate getting picked and
continue the development of the
show.
In the fall, sorority and frater-
nity chapters pair up to determine
a story idea, and proceeds from
ticket sales for the show, which hap-
pens in March, are donated to the
United Way.
Nick Templin, Maize senior and
an organizer for Ripe, said his
group had scheduled tryouts for this
week. He said work on rehearsing
the show would begin in earnest
after winter break. But for now,
Templin said, the anxiety of not
knowing whether they were in or
out was behind them.
Its definitely a load of pressure
off right now, Templin said. You
just put so much time into it prior to
the getting-in or getting-out date.
The five groups were selected Nov
23. To get to that point, Templin
said prospective groups had to
put together a notebook for the
Rock Chalk Revue advisory board
describing the show, script and
characters. They also had to pitch
the show to the advisory board and
perform about a five-minute por-
tion of the show.
Jon Goscha, Salina junior and an
organizer for Prepare for a Scare,
said being chosen validated a whole
semesters worth of work. He said
each week his group had to meet
deadlines such as completing char-
acter descriptions, costume designs
or music. He said the groups story
idea, Prepare for a Scare, was its
third choice, but the first two had
been done before.
Goscha said practices would
begin the first day of classes next
semester, and his group would be
casting before break.
We had two workshops on
Friday for people in the houses so
they could learn a short dance and
part of a song, Goscha said.
Patrick Peterson, Wheaton, Ill.
junior and co-executive director of
Rock Chalk Revue, said the groups
would tally about 40 hours of prac-
tices each next semester.
Its a year-long process, Peterson
said. We work with the groups all
year to create these performances.
Peterson said the advisory com-
mittee wanted to increase the
amount of money it was able to
donate to its beneficiary, the United
Way, from $60,000 last year. He said
Rock Chalk Revue held events to
raise money year round, such as
group trips to Kansas City Royals
games or gift wrapping last week at
a faculty and staff appreciation sale
at KU Bookstore.
Editedby Abby Olcese
shows scheduled to perForm
Ripe! Kappa Delta sorority and Theta Chi fraternity
Where in the World? Gamma Phi Beta sorority and Phi
Gamma Delta fraternity
Meet Me In Candy Land. Sigma Kappa sorority and Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity
Flying Solo: A SuperMusical. Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity
Prepare for a Scare. Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Sigma Nu
fraternity
The groups will perform their shows from March 4-6 at the
Lied Center.
Survivors of Pearl Harbor gather for 68th anniversary
BY AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii
Dozens of survivors of Pearl Harbor
on Monday solemnly remembered
those who died in the Japanese
aerial assault 68 years ago as a
top Navy commander said their
bravery laid the foundation for the
subsequent U.S. victory in World
War II.
About 2,000 servicemen and
women and members of the gen-
eral public joined the survivors.
The crowd looked out on the spot
where the USS Arizona sank in the
first minutes of the attack, killing
1,177 people. Almost 1,000 people
are still entombed on the battle-
ship.
To some, the service has taken
on great poignancy given the fact
that U.S. troops are risking their
lives in the more recent conflicts of
Iraq and Afghanistan. Last week,
President Barack Obama issued
orders to send another 30,000
troops to Afghanistan.
Its the same thing all over
again, said 89-year-old Richard
Laubert, of Phoenix, Ore., who was
a pharmacist mate at the Naval
hospital at the time of the attack. I
just thought when we were doing
the war that would be it for the rest
of time. But it seems like we just
never solve anything.
Sterling Cale, 88, said chills ran
down his back as he remembered
picking up wounded sailors and
bodies from the water when he was
a Navy corpsman 68 years ago.
I was in the water there and
picked up 46 people in four hours,
Cale said. He recalled having to
swim mostly underwater because
diesel fuel leaking from the ships
caught fire.
John Hughes, who was a Marine
serving at Ewa Field, a West Oahu
air station on Dec. 7, 1941, choked
up when he was asked what was
going through his mind.
You think back about what hap-
pened, said Hughes, as a tear trick-
led down his cheek. The 90-year-
old flew to Hawaii from Santa Ana,
Calif. for the ceremony.
Adm. Patrick Walsh, U.S. Pacific
Fleet commander, said the valor
and selfless sacrifice of that morn-
ing defined the Navy. The way Navy
recovered from the attack charted
a path for a wounded nation, he
added.
Its important to remember
what those who serve experience
in the hours that follow tragedy,
Walsh said. Its their biography
that inspires us and gives us the
strength, the commitment, the
character and the resilience for the
fights that we have ahead of us.
The youngest survivors are now
about 85 years old, and their num-
bers are dwindling.
Laubert said he hopes to return
for the 69th anniversary next
year. The Pearl Harbor Survivors
Association says the 2010 obser-
vance may mark their last gathering
given the age of their members.
When you get to 90, your
chances are thinning out, Laubert
said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pearl Harbor survivor Arthur G. Herriford, left, salutes while U.S. Navy Lt. Ben Abney looks on during the ceremony marking the 68th an-
niversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7 at Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Honolulu. Herriford served aboard the USS Detroit during the surprise
attack in 1941.
Laid-of professionals look for temporary holiday work
BY cHRISTOPHER LEONARD
AND MAE ANDERSON
Associated Press
Mara Proctor used to design
limestone hearths and columns for
luxury homes near Kansas City,
drawing on her college education
and six years of training.
These days, shes leading cus-
tomers around a store that sells
sculptured snowmen and Santa
figurines.
It isnt by choice. Until a few
weeks ago, Proctor was among
the record 5.9 million Americans
who have been jobless for at least
six months. Now she belongs to
a subset of that group: Out-of-
work professionals and managers,
engineers and teachers who have
turned, in desperation, to holiday-
season jobs as sales clerks.
Retailers report a surge in appli-
cations this year from profession-
als who had never applied for such
jobs before.
Youll find Wall Street stock
brokers and small business own-
ers trying to find temporary retail
jobs during the holidays, said
Ellen Davis, vice president of the
National Retail Federation.
The pay is low, the jobs tempo-
rary. And the work is hardly equal
to their experience
or expertise. Yet
the nations unem-
ployment crisis
left these people
jobless so much
longer than theyd
expected that
many count them-
selves fortunate to
have anything.
Laid off eight
months ago, Proctor said she fig-
ured, OK, Ill do the unemploy-
ment thing for a couple of weeks
and get a new job.
In a bleak labor market, holi-
day-season hiring has meant at
least a respite for many long-term
unemployed. Not that its easy to
land even these jobs. Most retail-
ers have cut back. And overall in
the economy, six applicants, on
average, are competing for each
opening compared with just
1.7 workers per opening when
the recession began in December
2007.
For the stores, though, the avail-
ability of clerks with experience
managing or working effectively
with co-workers is
a luxury. Theyve
been able to cull
the excellent from
the merely quali-
fied.
It enables us to
be somewhat more
selective and hire
a higher-caliber
clerk, said Glenn
Album, vice presi-
dent of human resources at Toys R
Us. Album said the company this
year has hired, among others, for-
mer teachers and an accountant.
Whats great with the higher-
caliber team members is there is
much, much better service in the
store, he said.
On a cold morning before
Thanksgiving, Proctor jangled
a set of keys and opened the
Sticks boutique for business at
the Country Club Plaza shopping
district in Kansas City. When she
was laid off in March, the notion
of a retail job didnt even cross her
mind.
At 32, she had
spent six years hop-
ping easily from job
to job in the home-
design business,
seeking out higher
r e s p ons i bi l i t i e s
and pay with each
move. Last year, she
worked for a con-
tractor, using com-
puter drafting programs to draw
floor plans.
After her layoff, she thought
shed be marketable. But the mar-
ket had collapsed. By late summer,
Proctor had burned through much
of her personal savings.
She leapt at the chance to work
temporarily as manager of a Sticks
location, selling handmade wood-
en sculptures. Still, the job lasts
only until Jan. 6. After that, shell
be unemployed again.
Retailers pay their sales clerks
an average of about $13 an hour,
the government estimates. Proctor
declined to say how much shes
paid, beyond saying its well below
what she earned as a designer.
But its more than
the $400 a week
shed been collecting
in unemployment
benefits.
At Hoffmans
Chocolates in West
Palm Beach, Fla.,
the lavish holiday
display of Christmas
lights, toy trains
and a robotic Santa
Claus draws onlookers each year.
But finding skilled workers for the
holiday rush used to be difficult,
said CEO Fred Meltzer.
Until this year. When it posted
45 jobs in its chocolate factory
and on the sales floor, Hoffmans
received 550 applications. Some
came from people laid off by the
circulation department of the
Palm Beach Post. Others had
worked for law firms. Another
was Lisa Pagan, a former depart-
ment store manager.
Once she heard Hoffmans was
hiring, Pagan said she put on her
best job-interview outfit just
to drop off her resume. She land-
ed a position that pays less than
half what she made last year as a
department-store manager.
But after a year of unem-
ployment, Pagan, a 38-year-old
divorced mother of two, isnt
complaining.
Its very scary out there right
now, she said. You get 101 excus-
es why they cant hire you. You get
into panic mode.
The trend illustrates the despair
of unemployed people with pro-
fessional backgrounds who
face a pitiless job market, said
John Lonski, chief economist of
Moodys Capital Markets Research
Group. Even though the economy
has begun growing again, employ-
ers arent confident enough in the
recovery or their own businesses
to step up hiring.
Companies are still capable of
meeting customer demands with
their now often downsized staffs,
Lonski said.
Competition is especially fierce
for retail jobs, in part because the
industry has cut 1 million jobs
since January 2008, said Davis
of the National Retail Federation.
Many retailers, fearing another
weak holiday season, are trying to
manage with leaner staffs.
Not only are there fewer posi-
tions, but more people are apply-
ing, Davis said.
That helps explain why shop-
pers who phone customer ser-
vice at online retailer Moosejaw
Mountaineering get Scott Beebe,
a trained engineer with two post-
graduate degrees and eight years
of experience in product develop-
ment for General Motors.
Beebe, 33, took a buyout from
GM in September, feeling the
future was bleak at the shrinking
automaker. With experience at a
development lab where he earned
about $75,000, Beebe has since
been seeking engineering or man-
agement work. No luck.
So in the meantime, hes taken
a temporary job at Moosejaws call
center in suburban Detroit. Hes
making $8 an hour.
Its a good distraction from
searching day in and day out, he
said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mara Proctor arranges merchandise at Sticks boutique in Kansas City, Mo. Proctor is among the legions of workers fnding temporary relief from
unemployment with a seasonal job.
Its very scary out
there right now. You
get 101 excuses why
they cant hire you.
LISA PAGAN
Former department
store manager
It enables us to be
somewhat more
selective and hire a
higher-caliber clerk.
GLENN ALBuM
Vice President of Human
Resources, Toys R us
SportS 8A Tuesday, december 8, 2009
basketball
Henry earns recognition
for rookie performance
Xavier Henry became the
frst freshman to win the Big 12
Rookie of the Week award in the
2009-2010 season. He averaged
17 points and four rebounds
while shooting more than 50
percent from three-point range
in clinching the award in its
fourth week.
Henry tallied 16 points and
fve rebounds while providing
a spark in the Jayhawks 73-61
victory against UCLA, knock-
ing down a trio of threes in the
second half. Earlier in the week,
Henry lit up Alcorn State for 18
points on fve threes and was a
defensive nuisance, picking up
four steals on the game.
Henry, a 6-foot-6 swingman,
is the top freshman scorer in the
Big 12 and second among fresh-
men nationally, averaging 16.9
points per game.
TimDwyer
by DOUG tUCkeR
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Matt
Cassel will be right back under
center when the reeling Kansas
City Chiefs host Buffalo on Sunday.
But what effect will getting benched
during a blowout loss to Denver
have on the young quarterback?
A positive one, coach Todd Haley
insists. Haley also said Monday hes
not worried that the leadership he
counts on Cassel to provide will be
affected by teammates seeing him
jerked out of the game.
No, not in my opinion, Haley
said. Others may have different
opinions, but not in my opinion. I
think thats a head coachs decision
to make, of where the games at
and circumstances surrounding it.
Yesterday at that time I thought the
best thing for us as a team was to
put Brodie in the game and let him
play a little bit.
Near the end of a disastrous
third quarter of a 44-13 loss to the
Broncos, Haley replaced Cassel
with backup Brodie Croyle. Cassel
spent the rest of Sundays game
watching Croyle.
Cassel, who signed a lucrative
contract last summer that guar-
antees him about $28 million, had
been struggling along with every-
one else on the offense. He was
10 for 29 for 84 yards, with two
interceptions and two sacks and
a horrendous quarterback rating
of 14.6.
Croyle, who was the starter last
year under Herm Edwards until
he was shelved for the season by a
knee injury, did not fare much bet-
ter, hitting six of 14 for 134 yards
as the Chiefs (3-9) suffered their
second lopsided loss in a row.
It was also Cassels second
straight poor performance. In his
defense, several of his receivers
dropped passes. But he also made
some poor throws.
I thought Matt did some really
good things that should have had
us in a better position than we
were in, said Haley. I thought
thats how he had played in the
first half. He avoided a couple
of sacks and made positive plays
out of it.
In the third quarter ... our team
as a whole unraveled more offen-
sively. And Matts his own worst
critic. Hes disappointed with a
couple of plays he made in that
stretch, as are the other guys on
the offense.
Getting benched during the
game might actually be good for
Cassel, Haley said.
In my opinion, the experience
he had to go through in coming
out of the game and watching his
backup play is more important
than actually being in there for
that last quarter.
Without any reliable receivers
and working behind an offensive
line thats never been consistent,
Cassel has had a rough first year
with the Chiefs. Hes 188 for 349
with 13 touchdowns and nine
interceptions.
The 37 sacks do not count the
number of times Cassels been hit
after unloading the ball. But game
after game, hes jumped right back
up.
Cassel's leadership solid after loss
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle is knocked down and his pass goes incomplete as hes hit by Denver Broncos defensive tackle
Ronald Fields (91) and Denver Broncos linebacker Mario Haggan (57) in the second half of Sunday's game in Kansas City, Mo.
Kings' goalie carries
team against Flames
by GReG beaCHaM
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES Scott Parse
and Jarret Stoll scored early goals,
and the Los Angeles Kings beat
the road-weary Calgary Flames
2-1 Monday night for their fifth
victory in seven games.
Jonathan Quick made 26 saves,
carrying the Kings with a series
of outstanding stops during the
scoreless final 35 minutes. Los
Angeles again struggled offen-
sively, yet still handed the NHLs
best road team just its third regu-
lation defeat away from Calgary.
Curtis Glencross scored and
Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 15
shots for the Flames, who finished
a successful six-game road trip
with their second visit in 16 days
to the Staples Center. Calgary
lost its Northwest Division lead
to Colorado, which beat St. Louis
earlier, but the Flames have three
games in hand on the Avalanche.
The Kings snapped a three-
game home losing streak to the
Flames with just their second
win in 13 meetings. Kiprusoff
has lost to Los Angeles just once
in his previous 11 outings against
the Kings.
Calgary beat NHL-leading San
Jose 2-1 at the Shark Tank on
Saturday night in the highlight of
a difficult stretch featuring nine
road games in their last 10 out-
ings. The Flames still were com-
petitive in Los Angeles despite
playing without key defensemen
Cory Sarich and Robyn Regehr,
out with undisclosed injuries.
The Kings are finding other
ways to score with top-line for-
ward Ryan Smyth sidelined by
a long-term upper-body injury.
Although former NHL scoring
leader Anze Kopitar hasnt scored
a goal in 13 games and captain
Dustin Brown hasnt found the
net in 14 games, Los Angeles
has stayed among the Western
Conferences top teams.
Los Angeles opened the scor-
ing midway through the first
period when Parse turned the
corner on defenseman Adam
Pardy, kept the puck away from
Kiprusoff and scored while fall-
ing to the ice. Glencross evened
it late in the period with a back-
hand from the slot, splitting two
defenders for his seventh goal on
a slick pass from Craig Conroy.
Stoll put the Kings back ahead
in the second with a redirection
of Justin Williams pass in front
of Kiprusoff during a power play.
Neither team scored again, but
the Flames repeatedly put pres-
sure on Quick. The goalie swat-
ted a rebound out of midair and
off the post for his most dramatic
save in the third period.
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BY JIM VERTUNO
Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas Freshman
Avery Bradley scored 17 points,
leading six Texas players in double
figures, and the No. 2 Longhorns
routed Long Beach State 107-74 on
Monday night.
After two games of some offen-
sive struggles, Texas (7-0) scored a
season high, shot 59 percent and
had 33 points off 23 turnovers by
Long Beach State.
Point guard Dogus Balbay, mak-
ing just his second start of the sea-
son, had a career-high 11 assists.
Stephan Gilling scored 19 points
to lead Long Beach State (4-4).
Texas got its best production of
the season out of a freshman class
considered by many the top group
in the country. Among them,
Bradley was ranked the top recruit
in the class. Jordan Hamilton fin-
ished with 13 points and JCovan
Brown scored 13, making three
3-pointers.
Hamilton scored 11 and Bradley
scored 10 as Texas shot 61 percent
in the first half. Balbay, a junior,
provided the early spark with four
assists in the first five minutes.
The freshmen hooked up nicely
when Hamilton started a fast break
with a steal and passed to Brown,
who then fired the ball to Bradley
in the corner for a 3-pointer and a
44-27 lead.
Brown ended the first half with
a 3-pointer with 34 seconds left,
then a spinning layup at the buzzer
to give Texas a 52-37 lead at the
break.
Balbay opened the second half
by finding Bradley for another
3-pointer, then blocked a 3-point
attempt by Larry Anderson.
Senior Damion James, who
came in leading Texas in scor-
ing and rebounding this season
hes averaging a double-double
picked up his third foul less
than two minutes into the second
and went to the bench. He fin-
ished with 14 points but the Texas
offense managed just fine without
him on this night.
Balbay kept finding creases for
nifty passes on assists. Hamilton
came back in and immediately
forced another turnover, then set
up Brown for another 3-pointer
and a 62-43 lead.
COllEGE baskEtball
Texas wins 107-74
against Long Beach
State after struggles
cOllEgE BaskETBall
Charleston keeps streak
with Mondays victory
GREENSBORO, N.C. Andrew
Goudelock scored 28 points,
helping College of Charleston
stay undefeated in conference
play with a 67-64 win over North
Carolina-Greensboro on Monday
night.
The Cougars (4-3, 3-0 South-
ern Conference) led by as many
as 10 points after Goudelocks 3
with 5:27 left to play put them up
62-52.
But the Spartans (2-5, 1-1)
went on a 10-2 run from that
juncture, pulling within 64-62
on Kyle Randalls layup with 1:33
remaining. Casaan Breeden hit
a 3 for Charlestons fnal points
after a UNC-Greensboro timeout,
though, and the Spartans missed
on two 3-point attempts in the
fnal 13 seconds.
Breeden fnished with 14 points
and Jeremy Simmons added 10
for the Cougars. Goudelock hit
four 3-pointers and Breeden sank
three more for the Cougars, who
connected on 10 3s in the win.
Associated Press
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Green Bay Packers Donald Driver reacts with Greg Jennings (85) after Driver caught a touchdown pass during the frst half of a game against the Baltimore Ravens Dec. 7 in Green Bay, Wis.
The Packers defeated the Ravens 27-14.
Despite victory, Packers still need help
BY cHRIs JENkINs
Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. The
standings say the Green Bay
Packers are in good shape for the
playoffs. But Monday nights vic-
tory against the Baltimore Ravens
showed they still have some work
to do to be taken seriously once
they get there.
Aaron Rodgers threw three
touchdown passes, including two
to tight end Jermichael Finley, and
the Packers beat the Ravens 27-14
in a penalty-filled game Monday
night.
It was the fourth straight win
for the Packers (8-4), solidifying
their spot in the NFC wild-card
race. But it certainly wasnt pretty.
The teams committed 23 pen-
alties for 310 yards, tying for the
second-highest yardage total in an
NFL game.
The Ravens (6-6) struggled in
coverage without star safety Ed
Reed, who sat out with hip and
ankle injuries.
Baltimore was called for five
pass interference penalties, the
most by a team in a single game
since the New York Giants in
2001. The Packers were flagged
four times for pass interference.
Rodgers was 26 of 40 for 263
yards with two interceptions, only
his sixth and seventh of the sea-
son.
While Reeds replacement, Tom
Zbikowski, came up with one
of the interceptions, the Ravens
struggled in coverage.
Baltimores Joe Flacco was 15
of 36 for 137 yards with a touch-
down and three interceptions. The
Packers sacked him three times.
The win is a continuation of
a significant momentum swing
for the Packers, who were 4-4
after looking bad in back-to-back
losses to Minnesota and Tampa
Bay in early November but havent
lost since.
Theyve worked out some of
their pass protection problems
Rodgers was sacked only
once Monday night and their
defense appears to be getting more
comfortable in the 3-4 scheme
installed by defensive coordinator
Dom Capers in the offseason.
Leading 17-0 at halftime and
seemingly cruising, the Packers
suddenly found themselves scram-
bling after a pair of turnovers,
both involving Donald Driver,
allowed Baltimore to get back in
the game.
The Packers were driving on
their first possession of the second
half when Driver caught a pass in
Ravens territory and fumbled as
he turned to run upfield. Former
Packers defensive back Frank
Walker recovered, giving the ball
back to the Ravens at their own
29.
Flacco drove the Ravens to the
Green Bay 12, where he faced
third-and-7. Given a free play
after defensive lineman Johnny
Jolly jumped offside, Flacco found
Kelley Washington in the cor-
ner of the end zone for a touch-
down. Washington tried to do a
Lambeau leap, but fans pushed
him out of the stands.
NEWS 10A Tuesday, december 8, 2009
football
Eventful season didnt meet expectations
By Jayson Jenks
jjenks@kansan.com
offensive MvP
Senior quarterback Todd
Reesing. Turnovers and inaccurate
passing plagued Reesing at times
this season, but similar struggles
cost every player on Kansas offense.
Reesing tossed 22 touchdowns,
passed for 3,616 and completed 63
percent of his passes. As personal
statistics go, Reesings year might
not have been so bad after all.
Defensive MvP
Senior safety Darrell Stuckey.
Stuckey certainly didnt perform to
the caliber many expected entering
the season, and he didnt have as
many game-changing plays this
season. Still, he led Kansas with 93
tackles and was the best player in a
sometimes skeptical defense.
Play of the year
Against Southern Mississippi
Sept. 26, Reesing faked an inside
handoff to freshman running back
Toben Opurum, darted outside in
what appeared to be an option with
senior wide receiver Kerry Meier
and flipped to junior wide receiver
Dezmon Briscoe for a reverse.
Briscoe plunged into the end zone
for a 20-yard touchdown run. It was
easily Kansas most well-executed
offensive play of the season.
GaMe of the year
Well, there arent many candidates
for this award. But easily the most
entertaining game of the season
happened in Arrowhead Stadium
as rivals Kansas and Missouri
battled until the final seconds.
Sure, the Jayhawks lost and ended
a disappointing season, but it was
easily the offenses best performance
and the most thrilling game of the
year.
MoMentuM-chanGinG
MoMent
In the final seconds of Kansas
game at Colorado, junior wide
receiver Dezmon Briscoe had a
chance to haul in a game-winning
pass in the end zone. But Briscoe
had the ball knocked out of his
hands at the last second and the
Jayhawks lost 34-30. It started
Kansas seven-game losing skid.
What to Make
of it all
The actual football season seems
as though it happened months
ago. And the Jayhawks 5-0 start?
That seems like years ago. Maybe
the Jayhawks werent as good as
preseason expectations dictated.
Still, Kansas season was a complete
disappointment in every phase: The
Jayhawks didnt make a bowl game,
didnt compete for the North title
and simply didnt play very well for
much of the season.
next year coulD be
fun because
Everything will be new. The
Jayhawks will be playing a new
quarterback with a new coach and
possibly with new schemes and
philosophies. At the very least, it
will be entertaining to watch the
new coachs first season unfold.
Plus, it doesnt hurt that Kansas
doesnt play Texas or Oklahoma.
next year coulD be a
struGGle because
Everything will be new. Gone
are coach Mark Mangino, Briscoe,
Reesing, Stuckey and receiver
Kerry Meier. With them departs an
experienced and proven core group
of players. The defense will still be a
liability and the Jayhawks still face a
tough slate of games.
key returners
CB Chris Harris Led the
team with nine pass breakups and
finished third in tackles.
LT Tanner Hawkinson A
converted tight end, Hawkinson was
more than impressive protecting
Reesings blindside this season.
RB Toben Opurum Though
he may need to make more players
miss, Opurums bruising running
style will keep the pressure off
Kansas new starting quarterback.
WR Johnathan Wilson Drops
hurt his productivity in 2009, but he
will be the most experienced player
on the offensive side of the ball.
key losses
QB Todd Reesing His ability to
make big plays and control Kansas
offense will be missed.
WR Kerry Meier Except for
some drops, Meier was as reliable as
they come at wide receiver.
WR Dezmon Briscoe With
Briscoe and Meier roaming the
field, opposing defenses could only
hope to contain the Kansas passing
attack.
SS Darrell Stuckey Teams
threw away from Stuckey just so
he couldnt make a game-changing
play.
key quotes
The fact that its over and it
happened so fast, you know it
sucks, man. I hope the legacy is
still positive, though, because we
have done a lot. Weve had a lot
of players do things that people
said they couldnt do, Reesing said
after a 41-39 loss to Missouri ended
Kansas season.
I was real close actually. I had
the ball, came down and the guys
helmet hit it. He was in the right
position. They came to play; we
didnt, Briscoe said after nearly
completing a furious comeback
against Colorado.
Distracted? Nah. Let me tell you
what was on my mind: football.
This week it was Texas. As soon as I
walk out of this room, its Missouri,
former coach Mark Mangino said
about the distractions of the internal
investigation after a loss in Austin.
key stats
7: Number of interceptions by
Kansas defense
1-7: Kansas conference record
121.5: Receiving yards per game
by Briscoe
189.2: Rushing yards per game in
Kansas victories
57: Rushing yards per game in
Kansas losses
Editedby Abby Olcese
Mlb
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog talks at a news conference to announce
his selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame Monday in St. Louis. Herzog was just one vote shy of
making it to the Hall his previous try.
By Ben WaLkeR
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS Whitey
Herzog spent a good, long time
stewing about a blown call in the
1985 World Series. So in a strange
way, perhaps this fits: Hes going
into the Hall of Fame, standing next
to an umpire.
Herzog and prominent crew chief
Doug Harvey got the call Monday,
elected to the Hall by the Veterans
Committee.
Herzog was
a single vote
short in his pre-
vious try, and
mightve made
it sooner with
another crown
on his resume.
But he was for-
ever linked to
Don Denkinger
after the umps
infamous miss in
Game 6 so long
ago cost the St. Louis Cardinals a
chance to clinch.
No, Im not bitter at Denkinger,
Herzog said at Busch Stadium. Hes
a good guy, he knows he made a
mistake, and hes a human being. It
happened at an inopportune time
but I do think they ought to have
instant replay in the playoffs and
World Series.
Herzog and Denkinger made
their peace over the years.
We didnt always see eye-to-eye.
Thats pretty obvious. Enough has
been printed about what happened,
Denkinger told The Associated
Press in a telephone interview.
It didnt deter from how I feel
about Whitey. He deserves to be in
the Hall. I have the utmost respect
for him, he said.
The long-ago play that rankled
Herzog came leading off the bot-
tom of the ninth with St. Louis
leading the Royals 1-0. Pinch-hitter
Jorge Orta was called safe at first,
even though replays showed first
baseman Jack Clarks toss to pitcher
Todd Worrell was in
time. A missed popup
helped Kansas City
rally for two runs to
win Game 6.
How could he miss
that call? Herzog
shouted that night,
mixing in an expletive
as he stormed down
a runway tunnel. The
next night, the Royals
romped 11-0 in Game
7.
As for Harvey, Herzog joshed: I
dont know why he should get in.
Doug kicked me out of more games
than any other umpire.
Like Herzog, Harvey fell one vote
shy in the last election. This time,
they both easily drew enough sup-
port to reach Cooperstown.
I dont think I wouldve had my
heart broken if Id missed by another
vote or two. But Im damn happy its
over, Herzog said. It was just in the
last few years when I was only miss-
ing by a few votes that I thought,
maybe I do deserve it.
I dont think I
wouldve had my heart
broken if Id missed by
another vote or two.
But Im damn happy its
over.
Whitey herzog
Former St. Louis
Cardinals manager
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior wide receiver Kerry Meier hugs senior quarterback Todd Reesing after the conclusion of Kansas game against Missouri at Arrowhead Stadium. The Jayhawks lost 41-39 on a last-second
feld goal. The two likely played in their fnal collegiate game, as Kansas fell to 5-7 on the season.
Whitey Herzog to join Baseball Hall of Fame
footBaLL
Stuckey named fnalist
for Lowes CLASS Award
Senior safety Darrell Stuckey
led Kansas defense with 93
tackles this season. he is also
Kansas only
fnalist for
the Lowes
Senior CLASS
Award.
Stuckey
is one of
10 fnalists
from teams
around the
country selected as a fnalist.
to be eligible for the award,
a student-athlete must be
classifed as an NCAA Division i
senior in the Football Bowl
Subdivision and have notable
achievements in four areas
of excellence classroom,
character, community and
competition.
the winner will be
announced in early January.
Jayson Jenks
Although fan voting
ended Dec. 6, visit
Kansan.com for a graphic
detailing each fnalist for
the award.
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I know youre busy
right now, what with
the head coaching search and
all. So given that youre time is
undoubtedly valuable right now,
I wont waste it. Im writing to
inform you that there is a prime
candidate to you need to be made
aware of in regards to the afore-
mentioned search: Me.
Before you dismiss the idea as
narcissistic drivel, let me justify
my recommendation.
You undoubtedly want a head
coach who brings enthusiasm and
passion to the position. Kansas is
not a football program that sells
itself, so any head coach needs
those things in order to be suc-
cessful. As someone who stayed
for entire games during the Terry
Allen era, my devotion to Kansas
football is beyond reproach. And
if you doubt my ability to trans-
late that enthusiasm into results,
I should point out my third-place
state debate trophy.
Of course, you probably want a
head coach with some experience.
Ive got that in spades as well.
Going back to junior high, Ive
built Kansas in to a national pow-
erhouse year in, and year out. The
fact that this occurred in the vir-
tual world notwithstanding, thats
pretty impressive. My potent
combination of option offense
and hyper-aggressive defense
dominated the opposition, thus
solidifying my credentials on
both sides of the ball. Im pretty
much Paul Johnson crossed with
Nick Saban.
In order to win on that level, a
coach will have to recruit Texas.
Having been there on two sepa-
rate occasions, Im practically an
expert on the state. Add in the
fact that Ive got an aunt and
uncle in Houston, and I think its
pretty clear Id have no trouble
making recruiting inroads.
Given the circumstances under
which Mark Mangino, ahem,
resigned, the character of a
potential head coach is of the
utmost importance. Let me assure
you that I would never, under any
condition, physically or verbally
abuse my players. First of all, Im
a genuinely nice guy. Just ask
my parents. Secondly, Im 150
pounds soaking wet, and possess
a crippling fear of confrontation.
Ive also paid every single park-
ing ticket Ive ever received with
minimal griping.
Also important in todays
college game, is the ability of
coaches to relate to their players
and the media. As a 21-year-old,
Ive got my finger on the pulse
of Americas youth. I guess you
could say Im down, or what
are the kids saying now days?
ballin? Yeah, thats it. And who
understands the media better
than the media?
Of course, youre undoubt-
edly swayed by my arguments at
this point. Again, third place
state debate. But before you offer
me the job, theres the matter of
money to discuss. I understand
that Manginos buyout wasnt
cheap, and that the economy has
been rough on everyone. Given
that and the fact that Im used
to living on about eight dollars an
hour I would be willing to set-
tle for a cool million every year.
Cash, check, Swiss bank account:
Whatever works.
Ill start tie shopping now.
That press conference cant be
more than a few days off.
Edited by Megan Morriss
QUOTE OF THE DAY
How old would you be if you
didnt know how old you are?
Satchel Paige
New choice for coach submitted
MOrning brEw
By Alex Beecher
abeecher@kansan.com
FACT OF THE DAY
Freshman Xavier Henry
becoming Phillips 66 Big 12
Rookie of the Week marked
the 18th time a Kansas player
has earned the distinction.
Kansas Athletics
TriViA OF THE DAY
Q:Who earned league rookie
of the week honors last season
and how many times?

A: Tyshawn Taylor, now a
sophomore, four times.
Kansas football media guide
TODAY
No events scheduled
wEDnEsDAY
Mens
basketball:
vs. Radford,
7 p.m.
THUrsDAY
womens
basketball:
vs. UMKC, 7 p.m.
FriDAY
No events scheduled
sATUrDAY
Mens
basketball:
La Salle, 1 p.m.,
Sprint Center,
Kansas City, Mo.
sUnDAY
womens
basketball:
vs. Creighton,
2 p.m.
THis wEEk
in kAnsAs
ATHlETiCs
soccer
Players awarded honors
for season performance
Senior defender Estelle
Johnson, senior midfelder
Monica Dolinsky and sopho-
more forward Emily Cressy
were named All-Central
Region by the National Soc-
cer Coaches Association of
America.
Johnson and Dolinsky
earned second-team honors,
and Cressy was named to the
third team.
Cressy
led the
Jayhawks
with 12
goals and
27 points
this season,
including
six points
in the last
seven
games. Her 12 goals tied for
the second spot on the teams
all-time scoring list.
Dolinsky
provided
the focal
point for
Kansas
ofense this
season,
leading the
team with a
career-high
10 assists.
Her 30 career assists are the
most in Kansas history and
17th in Big 12 history.
Johnson is tied for the most
games
started in
her career
and ranks
fourth in
games
played.
She ranks
frst on
the teams
single-season list for most
minutes played with 2,110 in
2008, and her 1,987 minutes
this year rank 4th on the list.
She also scored three goals
this season from her central
defender position.
This is the second all-region
selection for Dolinsky and
Johnson and the frst for
Cressy. Three all-region honors
are the most by a Kansas team
since 2004, when fve players
were selected.
The Central region is one
of eight NSCAA Division I
regions.
Joel Petterson
Johnson
Dolinsky
Cressy
cAmpus
Athletics records to be
released after settlement
The Kansan fled a request
Monday under the Kansas Open
Records Act for access to records
of the settlement between Mark
Mangino and Kansas Athletics.
Associate Athletics Director
Jim Marchiony said the settle-
ment agreement was not yet
complete but that he expected it
to be so sooner rather than later.
When it is completed, we will
comply with open records laws
when we know how those laws
comply to the fnalized docu-
ment, Marchiony said.
Specifcally, The Kansan
requested access to all contracts,
drafts, memoranda, staf memo-
randa and correspondence, as
well as any other papers detailing
the fnancial and other aspects
of Manginos compensation
package.
It is public policy of the state
of Kansas that public records
shall be open for inspection by
any person unless otherwise
provided by this act, and this act
shall be liberally constructed and
applied to promote such policy.
StephenMontemayor
Toboggans away
Canadas Lyndon Rush, Chris Le Bihan, Dan Humphries and Lascelles Brown compete in a BobsledWorld Cup race in Cesana Pariol, Italy, Sunday. The teamis in third place in the competition.
NFl
Bills add new tight end,
release defensive tackle
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. The
Bills have shufed their roster
by re-signing tight end Joe
Klopfenstein and releasing
defensive tackle Corey Mace.
Klopfenstein rejoined the
Bills on Monday, two weeks
after he was released by
the team. A fourth-year NFL
player, he originally signed with
Bufalo on Nov. 18, but was
inactive for the teams game
at Jacksonville the following
weekend.
His addition provides the
Bills three healthy tight ends as
Bufalo (4-8) prepares to play at
Kansas City this weekend.
Mace appeared in two
games for the Bills this season,
and had an interception in
a 31-14 win over Miami two
weeks ago.
AssociatedPress
By ArNIe sTApleToN
Associated Press
DENVER Carmelo Anthonys
lawsuit that accused his former busi-
ness manager of misappropriating
more than $2 million of his assets
has been provisionally dismissed
by a federal judge in Sacramento,
Calif., so the NBA stars lawyers can
amend the complaint.
Judge William B. Shubb ruled
the lawsuit (did) not plead facts
that plausibly suggest each defen-
dant is liable for the claims in the
complaint.
Shubb gave Anthonys attorneys
until Dec. 25 to file an amended
complaint that would meet stricter
pleading standards set forth in a
Supreme Court case decided three
months before Anthonys original
lawsuit was filed on Aug. 17.
Plaintiffs, however, are admon-
ished to thoroughly and carefully
set forth their allegations in any
subsequent amended complaint, as
both judicial resources and fairness
to defendants preclude unlimited
opportunities to amend the plead-
ings, the judge warned.
The lawsuit alleges that
Anthonys former business manag-
er, Larry W. Harmon, and employ-
ees of Larry Harmon & Associates
P.A., breached their fiduciary
duties by misappropriating mil-
lions of Anthonys money.
Harmon, founder of Harmon-
Castillo, LLP, of Roseville, Calif.,
said Monday his firm was substan-
tially harmed by the lawsuit.
While we are pleased with the
judges order, we come away from it
with a damaged reputation, a sub-
stantial loss in earnings and harm
to something upon which we can-
not place a price: our good name,
Harmon said in a statement to the
AP. Our job was to guide Carmelo
and advise him when we thought
his money was being unwisely
spent. We looked out for him in
the way we do all of our clients and
the result was his anger and this
lawsuit.
Robert W. Hirsh, told the AP
he would refile the complaint as
requested and called the ruling
purely a procedural issue.
Harmon referred the AP to
his lawyer, James J. Banks, for a
response. Banks told the AP: It
isnt disingenuous at all. The order
speaks for itself. Mr. Harmon
believes the litigation has harmed
his reputation and his business.
Anthony is in the fourth year of
a five-year, $80 million contract
extension he signed in 2006. He
is the leagues leading scorer this
season.
Judge throws out
Denver stars suit
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Bufalo gives Perkins
permission to meet Gill
University at Bufalo
Associate Athletic Director
Paul Vecchio confrmed in an
email
that
Bufalo
granted
Kansas
Athletic
Direc-
tor Lew
Perkins
request
to meet
with Bufalo head coach
Turner Gill.
Vecchio also confrmed
that Bufalo does not know if
that meeting has taken place.
The Bufalo News reported
that Gill met with Perkins on
Sunday.
Clark Goble
Ole Miss coach rumored
to be interested in KU
Ole Miss coach Houston
Nutt is interested in the
vacant coaching position
at Kansas and he has talked
with Athletic Director Lew
Perkins about the position,
according to a report by The
Kansas City Star.
At 52, Nutt carries with
him the reputation as a
winner. In 10 seasons eight
at Arkansas and two at Ole
Miss Nutt has 92-56 record,
including a 51-45 mark in the
ever-tough SEC.
Nut is a three-time recipi-
ent of the SEC Coach of the
Year
award.
Last
season,
Nutts
name was
connected
with the
vacant
Auburn
position.
But Nutt remained at Ole
Miss and received a salary
increase. Nutt currently is
due to make $2.5 million this
season.
Sticking to the Ath-
letic Departments policy
of no-commenting rumors,
Associate Athletic Director
Jim Marchiony declined to
comment on the situation.
In an emailed response to
the Kansan, though, Ole Miss
sports information direc-
tor Kyle Campbell said, At
this time, Ole Miss has not
received a request seeking
permission to contact Coach
Nutt.
Jayson Jenks
Johnson's, Robinson's
erratic play lands duo
on bench against UCLA
By Corey ThiBodeaux
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
A few key faces were missing in
the Jayhawks victory against the
Bruins Sunday.
Against Alcorn State, freshman
guard Elijah Johnson and freshman
forward Thomas Robinson were
stars, but against
UCLA, the two
played a total of
five minutes.
Kansas coach
Bill Self said his
players were not
great in adjusting
to the gameplay
on the road, which
is one reason why
Self essentially
used a seven-man
rotation.
Aside from the five minutes from
Johnson and Robinson, Self only
used his starters and junior guard
Tyrel Reed and sophomore forward
Markieff Morris, who played sig-
nificant roles off the bench.
Guys werent playing well, Self
said. I was going to play the guys I
felt would give us the best chance to
win the game.
Self said the slow pace of the
game held most of his young players
out of the game. He also said that
Johnson had not learned to slow
the game down yet. His erratic
play limited him to two fouls in
four minutes.
As a guard, Johnson said he
didnt care what he did offensively
passing is his passion but
he said he appreciated how Self
was grooming him as a true point
guard early in his career, not as a
shooter.
At the next level, I would defi-
nitely have to be a point guard,
and with my mentality, Johnson
said, I think thats what I enjoy
most about the game.
Robinson, on the other hand,
made Self upset when he tried
to dunk the ball with one hand
instead of two. The ball slipped
out of Robinsons hands and he
only played one minute just one
game after his first career dou-
ble-double in his breakout game
against Alcorn State.
There are still things I need
work on coach showed me,
Robinson said. There are still a
couple things but Ill get better.
Thomas said one of his biggest
weaknesses is his perimeter play.
As athletic as I am,
I need to learn how
to do that, Robinson
said.
The young players
also played poorly
in this seasons only
other game away from
Allen Fieldhouse, the
Nov. 17 game against
Memphis in St. Louis.
Against Memphis,
freshman guard
Xavier Henry only shot 3-for-11,
Robinson played just two min-
utes and Johnson committed three
turnovers in seven minutes.
Against UCLA, Henry admitted
he only looked good during the
game because he didnt have a lot
of contested shots.
Even though he had four
3-pointers, he had four turnovers
in the game and most of those
threes were wide open.
I was fortunate Sherron found
me open a couple times and Cole
found me open, Henry said. I
just had to knock shots down.
Henry is laid back when it
comes to his play and said all he
did was help the team win. He said
that he didnt focus on the No. 1
ranking, and that he didnt mind
being a highly-touted freshman.
Its just like an AAU tourna-
ment you go to, Henry said. Its
not a big adjustment.
Follow Corey Thibodeaux at
twitter.com/c_thibodeaux.
Edited by Nick Gerik
By JaySoN JeNKS
jjenks@kansan.com
For the final time in his career,
senior quarterback Todd Reesing
stood in front of reporters and
answered questions after a game.
Moments before, Kansas suffered
its seventh loss of the season also
its seventh consecutive loss when
rival Missouri kicked a last-second
field goal, leaving Arrowhead
Stadium with a 41-39 victory.
In some aspects, the ending
seemed to be appropriate for a sea-
son that failed to materialize into
the success preseason expectations
predicted.
The Jayhawks opened the sea-
son with five consecutive victories,
generally rolling through a non-
conference slate filled with lesser
opponents.
Then Big 12 started and Kansas
never found its footing in the con-
ference, sneaking away with a close
victory against Iowa State in the
opener before losing seven straight.
In between, plenty of story lines
grabbed the attention of followers.
Against Texas Tech, Reesing was
benched in the fourth quarter. In
some games, the offenses turn-
overs resulted in a loss. In other
games, the defense couldnt produce
stops in the crucial, make-or-break
stretches of games.
Of course, the season ended
with Athletic Director Lew Perkins
announcement of an internal inves-
tigation of former coach Mark
Mangino. That, in turn, led to an
intense spotlight from national
media regarding Manginos future
with the team.
Late last week, on a cold Thursday
night, Manginos departure from
Kansas was finalized.
To say it was an eventful season
would certainly be an understate-
ment.
However, after Kansas defeat at
the hands of Missouri, Reesing pro-
vided what was perhaps the perfect
summation of a season that many
struggled to define.
Things didnt work out for us so
well this season and nothing went
our way, Reesing said. Sometimes
thats how things go.
In the interest of reflection,
the Kansan looks back on the key
moments and players from the
Jayhawks 5-7 season.
Follow Jayson Jenks at
twitter.com/JaysonJenks
Editedby Abby Olcese
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Senior quarterback Todd Reesing is brought down while trying to complete a pass. Reesing
was whistled for intentional grounding on the throwand left Kansas with a feld goal attempt on
fourth-and-21.
A look back at a season of
surprises, disappointments
Gill
Nutt
F
rom Vince Lombardi
to Boise States annual
argument to play in the
national championship game,
football has been a stable and
important part of American
culture.
And just like the quality of
the TVs fans watch the games
on, the game is evolving but
its losing the grittiness and the
toughness it once had.
Watching the NFL has
become a headache for any
fan of good defense. There are
penalties for hitting a quarter-
back low and there are penalties
for hitting a quarterback high.
There are some new rules that
NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell has put in place that
make perfect sense: Players
need to be careful with concus-
sions and not lie to team doc-
tors. On the other hand, there
are new rules that are obviously
just put in place to protect the
most popular players of the
game the quarterbacks.
After the Chiefs ruined the
Patriots quarterback Tom
Bradys season a year ago,
Goodell implemented a rule
that said defenders could not hit
a quarterback below the knee.
But football became popular
because of its roughness. People
respect these players because
of their heroics on the field in
sacrificing their bodies every
play. The game is going to lose
some of its luster if players
have to restrain themselves on
tackles that arent dirty. Kansas
Citys Bernard Pollard did not
mean to injure Tom Brady on
that season-ending play. He was
simply doing anything he could
to get to the quarterback.
But football isnt just chang-
ing on Sundays. The college
football world is changing, too,
and Kansas students have seen
that in the last month. The
investigation of former coach
Mark Mangino has not only
hurt the reputation of Mangino,
but it has hurt how some coach-
es will try to motivate their
teams in the future.
All of the one-time football
players know that there was a
certain amount of fear you had
for the head football coach. If
you did something wrong, you
felt his wrath. But it was good
for you because you learned.
Granted, the means by which
a coach inspires his players
cannot go so far as what was
alleged against Mangino, but
coaches cannot be afraid to put
their hands on players at all.
If every coach gets scared
that old players might call in
and report that they were mis-
treated by being grabbed by the
face mask, coaches could lose
that fear factor. Players must be
willing to accept discipline if
they want to get better.
We can only hope that foot-
ball will not progress into an
elaborate form of flag football
and that players will accept the
coaching methods of respect-
able coaches. There are going to
be injuries, there are going to be
hurt feelings but thats why
we dont watch chess tourna-
ments on Monday nights.
Follow Nick Roesler at
twitter.com/nroesler8.
Editedby AmandaThompson
The game
shouldn't
lose its grit
By NiColaS roeSler
nroesler@kansan.com
RoaD WoES
Errors limit minutes for freshmen
Weston White/KANSAN
UCLA sophomore guard MalcolmLee passes around freshman Elijah Johnson in Kansas' 73-61 victory Sunday in Los Angeles, Calif. Johnson and
fellowfreshmanThomas Robinson played only a total of fve minutes against the Bruins.
CommENTaRy
"I was going to play
the guys I felt would
give us the best
chance to win the
game.
BILL SELF
Kansas coach
moRE iNSiDE
Jayson Jenks' review of
the 2009 football season
continues on page 10a.