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Trista Taulu studies the feminine image she sees refected in the mirror of her hotel room in
Tailand, the hazel eyes and the waist-length hair. For most of her life, she felt like a woman.
For three years, shes lived as a woman, dressed as a woman, looked like a woman.
During this sleepless night four years ago, 9,000 miles from home, she still occupies the body
of a man. But by the next afernoon, her penis and testicles will be gone, transformed through
sexual reassignment surgery to a functional vagina.
For Trista, 28, a KU senior from Emporia and one of the 40,000 transgendered people in
the United States who have undergone sexual reassignment surgery, the journey from male
to female featured difcult stops along the way: donning dresses as a boy in Gurnee, Ill.;
fueling her mothers ire by cross-dressing as a teenager in Emporia; being taunted and spit
upon by high school classmates; sufering beatings in the barracks while serving the National
Guard before being discharged afer showing up for drill in a white dress; and at her lowest
point, slashing her wrists in her apartment bathtub. Ironically, only two years afer those cuts
healed, she says a surgeons scalpel made the cuts that, for the frst time, made her body match
the woman inside.
the
kindest
cut
One womans journey through sexual reassignment surgery
By DArlA sliPkE
Andrew Shirk designed a collec-
tion of outfits that represented his
perception of the twisted underly-
ing theme of the fairy tale Alice in
Wonderland.
The notion we are all mad here,
that was expressed in the fable by
a cat, was Shirks inspiration for
his designs. The outfits, each repre-
senting characters from the tale, as
well as Shirks memories and liberal
views, were modeled in a fashion
show Saturday night in the ballroom
at the Kansas Union.
Shirk, Wichita senior, said he was
disappointed when he grew up and
discovered that Alice in Wonderland
wasnt what he thought it was as a
child.
People are crazy when you go in
depth, he said.
Shirk spent 10 months making
the outfits, which he hand-dyed and
embellished with embroidery. He
used the colors black, blue, green
and purple in his designs.
Shirk played with size and vol-
ume on his outfits to represent Alice
shrinking and getting bigger, which
he said was important.
We played on that to give peo-
ple the illusion that theyre in this
total other world where everythings
bizarre, Shirk said.
A 7-year-old girl, who represent-
ed the shrunken Alice, wore a dress
with over-sized puff sleeves that
were bigger than bowling balls.
By MAtt ElDEr
Beta Theta Pi is making every-
day items unique this holiday
season. The fraternity is finishing
up its Beta Basics philanthropy,
collecting $4,500 worth of dona-
tions this semester to send to
American troops overseas.
The soldiers over in Iraq
and Afghanistan already get care
packages, Jacob Wittler, Wichita
sophomore and Beta Basics phi-
lanthropy co-chairman, said. But
a lot of them lack the necessities
they really need that can be easily
overlooked.
The chapter is sending an
assortment of toiletries, maga-
zines, calling cards and gift cards
to 14 army battalions. Each care
package contains about 20 of
each item and will be distrib-
uted among battalions averaging
between 50 and 100 people. A
Beta Theta Pi alumnus and cur-
rent U.S. Air Force Academy offi-
cer suggested the philanthropy
to the KU chapter earlier this
semester.
Wittler said that the Beta
Theta Pi chapter, 1425 Tennessee
St., has been working on the proj-
ect for the past month, and that
students, alumni and businesses
all contributed to the $4,500 of
donations. The Hawk, 1340 Ohio
St., donated $800 to the project,
in addition to donations from
several other local businesses.
greek life
Fraternity
assembles
holiday
care packs
arts
Crowd gets
into act at
Vespers
performance
Ryan McGeeney/KaNSaN
trista taulu, Emporia senior, is one of about 40,000 transgendered people in the United States who have undergone sexual reassignment surgery. Born male, Trista dressed and lived as a woman for three years before undergoing the transformative
surgery in 2002 in Phuket, Thailand.
Profile
by mark ViertHaler
I remember I felt
like I was a girl
with a growth
between my
legs. A really,
really disgusting
growth.
trista taulu
Some of them
called her an
abomination
to God. But we
made an active
decision to try
and get over it.
John thomas,
tristas uncle SEE taulu oN paGE 7a
SEE philanthropy oN paGE 4a
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SarahSchmidt, Marysvillesenior, models adesignby AndrewShirk, Wichitasenior, onSaturday.
arts
Alice in
Wonderland
inspires designs
SEE fashion oN paGE 4a
Fashion takes a fairy tale twist
By BEn sMith
The orchestra started softly
with plucking stings slowly grow-
ing to a crescendo, as it played
Johann Strauss Kaiser-Walzer,
op. 437 (Emperor Waltz) to a
nearly packed auditorium Sunday
night at the Lied Center.
After the waltz and an a
cappella Heleluyan, John Paul
Johnson took the stage to wel-
come everyone to the 82nd annu-
al Holiday Vespers, presented by
the University of Kansas depart-
ment of music and dance.
The event, themed Joy to
All the World, featured the
Universitys Symphonic Choir
singing a mixture of tradi-
tional holiday songs and world
music accompanied by the KU
Symphony Orchestra and occa-
sionally audience members
themselves.
Johnson, director of choral
activities, took the stage early
in the performance and asked
the audience to take out sheets
of music they had been handed
along with their programs.
Im going to ask you to first
stand up, Johnson said.
SEE vespers oN paGE 4a
ODD NEWS
Teen charged for nude
drive-through prank
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. A teen
accused of ordering from at least
three fast food drive-throughs
nude faces an indecent exposure
charge.
David Gatton, 18, of Columbia
City, was found in the parking lot of
a McDonalds by a sherifs deputy
after police received a call that
the teen had been nude when he
ordered from his car at the Arbys
drive-through, police said.
Maybe it was a way to enjoy the
last of the warm weather, joked
Capt. Brian Anspach of the Colum-
bia City Police Department.
Sgt. Mike Engle of the Whitley
County Sherifs Department
passed the car Tuesday night in
Columbia City, 20 miles west of
Fort Wayne. Engle said he turned
around to stop the car and saw
that Gatton had driven into the
McDonalds lot.
When Engle got to the car,
Gatton was putting his clothes
back on. Police said Gatton had a
clothed male passenger in the car
and the pair had been making the
stops as part of a joke. Gatton faces
a misdemeanor charge.
No telephone listing was avail-
able for Gatton in Columbia City.
Electric company demands
payment, cuts city power
GEORGETOWN, Guyana Most
businesses and local government
of ces in this Caribbean capital
were left in the dark after the
power company shut down part
of the service because the city has
not paid its bill, of cials said.
The cash-strapped City Council
owes at least $1 million to the
Guyana Power and Light Company,
which is demanding immediate
payment.
The lights were not turned back
on late Friday.
Incompetence on the part of
some senior of cials was partially
responsible for our inability to
honor a previous agreement with
GPL, thus plunging us into this
crisis, and our city into near total
darkness, Mayor Hamilton Green
said in a statement.
Local Government Minister
Khellawan Lall sent a mediator to
help GPL and the Georgetown City
Council reach a compromise. The
city has not been able to gener-
ate enough from taxes to pay the
company.
Meanwhile, a few dozen people
who work for the City Council
protested in front of City Hall to
demand their November pay.
Inmates give chase in
failed escape attempt
LAUREL, Miss. Jones County
authorities are crediting two
inmates with thwarting the escape
attempt of a third.
Sherif Larry Dykes said a trusty
at the jail, Danny Lamar Odom, 47,
bolted Thursday from a work crew
toward a feld behind the jail.
Dykes said Odom had been
working in the kitchen and was
helping unload food boxes from a
delivery truck when the attempted
escape occurred.
Dykes said two younger trusties,
Reginald Ducksworth and Jacob
Lambert, also were helping unload
the truck. They chased down
Odom and brought him back to
the jail.
Ive never heard of anything
like this before and probably never
will again, Dykes said.
Ducksworth and Lambert nor-
mally wash cars for police, Highway
Patrol and sherifs department
patrol units, Dykes said. As trusties,
they do chores in and around the
jail in south Mississippi.
Lambert told the Laurel Leader-
Call that Odom just took of and
started running.
I turned to the duty of cer and
asked him if we should go after
him and he said, Go get him,
Lambert said.
Odom ran about 150 yards
before Ducksworth and Lambert
caught him just inside the feld.
Odom was serving time for pos-
session of a frearm by an ex-felon.
Dykes said felony feeing is being
added to his list of ofenses, and
the newest charge likely would
add about fve more years to his
sentence.
Hes tried to escape before,
years ago when he was being held
here, Dykes said. I guess hes got-
ten older than he thought he was.
News agency misspells
Chinese presidents name
BEIJING Red-faced editors
from the of cial Xinhua News
Agency have been given warnings
for accidentally sending out a story
with a wrong character for part of
Chinese President Hu Jintaos name
The mistake in the headline
of a Xinhua News Agency report
from New Delhi gave the Chinese
presidents name as Hu Jinzhu in-
stead of Hu Jintao, an of cial at the
agency said Wednesday. The zhu
and tao characters are similar.
At 3 a.m. on Nov. 22 the edi-
tors made a technical mistake by
wrongly inputting the character
zhu instead of tao of the name
of Hu Jintao into the headline, said
a woman in the Foreign Afairs
Bureau of Xinhua who gave her
surname as Wang.
She said the mistake was discov-
ered and a correction was sent 20
minutes later, adding the respon-
sible editors were given a warning
for their mistake.
She did not say how many edi-
tors were involved.
Tao can be translated as large
wave, while zhu means cast, as in
to cast metal.
Hu was in India on an of cial
visit when the report with the
wrong character was sent.
Associated Press
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1. Self signs fve-year con-
tract extension
2. Med Center, international
company to work together on
detecting cancer earlier
3. Kansas draws brother and
sister
4. Kansas State fan bus driver
improperly licensed at time of
crash
5. University copes with
weather
Lawrence police arrested a
20-year-old KU student Dec.
1 on charges of operating a
vehicle under the infuence of
alcohol and for unlawful use of a
drivers license. The student was
released the same day on $600
bond.
A University employee
reported an auto burglary and
the theft of a parking permit
from a vehicle parked near the
2500 block of Iowa street. The
incident occurred Nov. 28 and
the total loss is $5.
A 21-year-old KU student
reported criminal damage to a
vehicle parked near the 4100
block of West 24th Place. Some-
one slashed the drivers side
front tire. The incident occurred
between Nov. 21 and Nov. 22
and damage is estimated at $80.
A 28-year-old KU student
reported criminal damage to a
Chevrolet Lumina parked near
the 2400 block of Redbud Lane.
Someone broke a passengers
side window and snapped of
a passenger door handle. The
incident occurred Nov. 27 and
damage is estimated at $250.
An article in Fridays The Uni-
versity Daily Kansan contained
an error. Mike Devers name
was incorrectly spelled as Mike
Denver.
Many a mans reputation
would not know his character if
they met on the street.
writer Elbert Hubbard
on campus
The University Band will per-
form Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Lied Center.
The Student Chamber
Ensemble Vocal & Instrumental
Collegium Musicum will perform
on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Bales
Organ Recital Hall.
The University Theatre com-
pany will present Hay Fever
by Noel Coward on Thursday at
7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer
Theatre.
Winter wonderland
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Baiyli Boyd,11, top, throws a snowball down as her younger sister Blaike Boy, 10, slides down a mound of shoveled snowin a mall parking lot Friday,
Dec. 1, 2006, inWichita,Kan. Thursdays snowand ice were starting to clear up and melt due to warmer temperatures.
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 7
9 PM - MIDNIGHT
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Gingerbread House Building Contest
Free Massages by Bodyworks
Paraffin Wax Hand Dip
Pancakes by Chris Cakes
(starting at 11 PM)
FILM:
A Christmas Story
9 PM
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006
BY DAVID LINHARDT
Last weeks storm and contin-
ued sub-freezing temperatures
during the weekend can be a good
thing for businesses in Lawrence,
said Weavers Department Store
president Joe
Flannery.
D e s p i t e
a couple of
days of slick
roads and the
extra layers
of clothing
needed to be
outside, shop-
pers turn out
in increasing-
ly greater numbers as Christmas
nears, Flannery said.
Cold weather helps retailers
just because people buy more
things to help them stay warm
and generate more of a Christmas
spirit, Flannery said. All those
things add up to more people
coming downtown to shop.
In fact, as the weather stays
cold and finals end at the
University of Kansas, Flannery
expects healthy revenue from this
seasons Christmas shoppers.
Retail sales overall have been
helped by consumer electron-
ics purchases, such as Sonys
Playstation 3 game system and
Nintendos Wii system.
The temperature was only 16
degrees, but it wasnt a problem
for about 30 diehard fans of the
new Wii system as they waited for
SuperTarget, 3201 Iowa, to open
Sunday at 8 a.m. Some arrived as
early as 6 a.m., said store manager
Andrea Smith.
Today we are so busy, Smith
said. A lot of our electronics have
been in overdrive the last couple
of days. The cold weather has not
stopped anyone at all.
Smith handed out numbers
one to 24,
for the 24
Nintendo sys-
tems available,
to the early-
birds when the
stores doors
opened.
Everyone
who got a
number will
get a Wii,
Smith told questioning shoppers
who arrived right at 8 a.m., too
late to get in line.
For more than just shopping
purposes, on Saturday, Lawrence
residents and people from across
the Midwest crowded onto
Massachusetts street for the 14th
annual Lawrence Old-Fashioned
Christmas parade.
More than 200 horses prom-
enaded down Massachusetts
drawing vintage carriages behind
them.
Temperatures hovered in the
lower 30s in the middle of the
afternoon after an overnight low
of 22 degrees.
Kansan staf writer David Lin-
hardt can be contacted at dlin-
hardt@kansan.com.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
BY SAM CARLSON
A group of students and profes-
sors at the University of Kansas is
inching closer to creating a vaccine
that could prevent dysentery and
other severe intestinal illnesses.
The National Institutes of Health
recently approved funds that will
help the team reach its goal. Some
members of the team have been
working since 1995 to find a vac-
cine that could prevent high death
rates in developing countries, where
the infection is most prevalent.
Dysentery, a severe form of bloody
diarrhea, can be fatal. According
to the World Health Organizations
Web site, of the 164.7 million cases
of shigellosis, an infection that
causes dysentery, 163.2 million are
in developing countries. Each year,
an estimated 1.1 million people die
from the infection.
It certainly could save a lot of
lives and it certainly could save a
lot of misery for people traveling to
other countries or people living in
other countries where these organ-
isms are really common, said Bill
Picking, associate professor of bio-
logical sciences and project leader.
Picking and his group, consist-
ing of three graduate students,
three undergraduate students and a
research assistant, spend time each
day in their lab in Haworth Hall,
trying to understand the workings
of the bacteria Shigella, the cause of
shigellosis.
The World Health Organization
has set a number of goals to target
its eradication in the next 10 to 15
years. Were hoping that with this
vaccine we can actually get that done
and eliminate it as a problem, said
Aaron Markham, a graduate student
in pharmaceutical chemistry.
According to the U.S. Food and
Drug Administrations Web site,
Shigella bacteria cause abdominal
pain, cramps, diarrhea, fever, vomit-
ing and bloody stools. Water or food
contaminated with feces containing
Shigella is a major cause of illness,
usually brought about by unsani-
tary food handling. Approximately
300,000 cases of Shigella-related ill-
nesses occur in the United States
each year. That number is much
higher in developing countries.
The goal of the lab is to under-
stand the mechanism ultimately so
we can either create a drug that will
help, but preferentially a vaccine,
Picking said.
Kansan correspondent Sam Carl-
son can be contacted at editor@
kansan.com.
Edited by Kate Shipley
The cold weather has not
stopped anyone at all.
ANDREA SMITH
SuperTarget store manager
BUSINESS
Stores beneft
from cooler
temperatures
HEALTH
KU group works on dysentery vaccine
Tonight at 6:30
Smith Hall Room 100
C.R.E.A.T.E.
Volunteer for C.R.E.A.T.E.
Community Resources Engaging in the Arts
Through Education!
Do art with kids!
Tuesdays, 10 - 11:30am
Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:00pm
To volunteer and obtain location and project
specics, please email create@ku.edu or call
the CCO . Ofce at 864-4073.
M.I.L.K.
Mentors in the Lives of Kids (MILK)
Childrens Holiday Party!
This Wednesday, 2-5pm
Kansas Union Ballroom, 5th oor
Come volunteer Wednesday night anytime from
12-7pm. We will need help with:
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Please email milk@ku.edu if youd like to help!
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006
The model who dressed as the
Queen of Hearts was 7 feet tall,
providing a striking contrast. The
skeletal system for the queens
dress was made from 180 feet of
material, and the actual dress was
made with 120 feet of fabric. Shirk
said the dress was made to look
very big and over-the-top.
Julie Toplikar, Lawrence sopho-
more, who was dressed as a mod-
ern-day Alice. She wore a light blue
metallic dress. She said Shirk was
creative with his work.
He expresses everything so
artistically rather than just fash-
ionably, she said. Its about using
your imagination
with the clothes
rather than just
putting outfits
together.
Erin Kulset,
New London,
Minn., senior,
represented the
Cheshire Cat.
She wore a strap-
less dress with
the phrase we
are all mad here,
hand-stitched down the front. She
said Shirks work was edgy.
He takes risks, she said. Hes
not afraid to be out there and be
different.
Shirk said he tried to represent
a diversity of views in his designs.
Two girls wearing complementary
outfits walked down the runway
holding hands to represent homo-
sexuality. The Queen of Hearts was
a drag queen.
During part of the show, a video
presentation projected on a large
screen at the head of the runway,
showed juxtaposed images of Shirk
on the amusement park ride the
Mad Hatter during his first trip
to Disney World as a child, and
the models putting gloves and a
crown on the queen. Shirk whirled
around on the spinning tea cups
ride as the queen ascended the
throne, and the words time goes
by so slowly played repeatedly.
Shirk said that part of the film
s i g n i f i e d
his fam-
ily and his
c hi l dhood
growing up,
which he
tried to rep-
resent in his
designs that
were made
with a gaudy,
90s look.
That was
where I was,
and this is where I am, he said.
Shirk plans to move to New York
City after he graduates in May.
Kansan staf writer Darla Slipke
can be contacted at dslipke@
kansan.com.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
FASHION (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Its about using your
imagination with the clothes
rather than just putting outfts
together.
JULIE TOPLIKAR
Lawrence sophomore
VESPERS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Second, Im going to ask you to
sing along with us.
The audience sang such songs
as O Come All Ye Faithful, Let It
Snow and Frosty the Snowman,
while the choir and orchestra per-
formed Franz Biebls Ave Maria and
David Fanshawes African Sanctus.
David Beals, Lawrence junior,
said he had been a regular at the
performances since he was a child.
A bunch of friends of mine are
in it tonight, Beals said. But Im
from Lawrence, and Ive been to the
last 13 holiday shows in a row. Its
something I did as a kid that Ive just
associated with Christmas.
Dressed in tuxedos and black eve-
ning gowns the 275-person choir
flipped pages in unison as the lights
changed color, signifying the transi-
tions between pieces.
Ryan Bogner, Leavenworth senior,
and member of the Chamber Choir
said this was his third Vespers per-
formance and that it was one of the
most energetic hed experienced.
It went really well, Bogner said.
Its a very cool event because its the
largest crowd we ever sing for. Its
kind of invigorating. You just sort
of feed off the audience and theres
200 people in the choir, so youre
not alone.
The concert is the largest of
22 choral performances of the fall
semester and among the last, with
only four others scheduled before
the end of 2006.
Kansan staf writer Ben Smith
can be contacted at bsmith@
kansan.com.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
Brian Reynolds, Topeka junior
and Beta Basics philanthropy
co-chairman, said that an over-
whelming majority of businesses
the KU chapter contacted were
eager to contribute to the project.
The Lawrence community has
been very receptive and warm in
how theyve provided donations,
Reynolds said.
The program is expecting to
receive a shipment of greeting
cards from Hallmark sometime
early this week. The cards will be
included in the care packages for
troops to send letters to family
and loved ones for the holidays.
Other large businesses such as
Wal-Mart and Target also donated
gift certificates and items to the
program.
The Beta Basics chairmen have
been working with the Fort Riley
U.S. Army post in northeastern
Kansas throughout the project.
Because of military regulations,
soldiers will only be allowed to
take $20 worth of items once the
packages arrive overseas, but will
be given the choice of which items
to accept.
We felt with all the opinions
surrounding the war right now
that it was still important to sup-
port our troops, Reynolds said,
regardless of our political affili-
ations.
Kansan staf writer Matt Elder
can be contacted at melder@
kansan.com.
Edited by Catherine Odson
PHILANTHROPY
(CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
Members of the KU Symphonic Choir performin the 82nd Holiday Vespers Joy to All the Worldconcert. The choir, in conjunction with the KU
Symphony Orchestra, performed a mix of traditional holiday carols and ethnic carols fromaround the world.
ENTERTAINMENT
Happy Feet stays at No. 1
for third straight weekend
LOS ANGELES A dancing pen-
guin and the worlds deadliest spy
have settled in for a long stay at the
top of the box of ce.
The animated penguin tale
Happy Feet was the No. 1 movie
for the third straight weekend,
posting ticket sales of $17 million,
according to studio estimates
Sunday. Also for the third straight
weekend, the James Bond adven-
ture Casino Royale ran a close
second, taking in $15.1 million.
With a fairly open market for
family crowds through Christmas,
Happy Feet is expected to top out
at $185 million or more, said Jef
Goldstein, general sales manager
for Warner Bros.
Topping $300 million world-
wide, Casino Royale is on the way
to surpassing the $432 million total
of Die Another Day to become
the top-grossing Bond movie, said
Rory Bruer, head of distribution at
Sony.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK Its the kind of
holiday mail that might have been
tossed aside, discarded like any other
piece of junk mail: a special offer for
a facial at a local spa.
Only the address on the letter no
longer exists. And the woman the
letter is addressed to died more than
five years ago in the terrorist attack
on the World Trade Center.
Hundreds of pieces of mail des-
tined for the former trade center still
arrive every day at a post office fac-
ing ground zero the relics of the
unfinished lives of Sept. 11 victims.
Telephone bills, insurance state-
ments, wine club announcements,
college alumni newsletters, even gov-
ernment checks populate the bundles
of mail. Each bears the ZIP code once
reserved exclusively for the twin tow-
ers: 10048.
I guess sooner or later theyll
realize the towers arent back up, said
letter carrier Seprina Jones-Sims,
who handles the trade center mail. I
dont know when.
Some of the nations most rec-
ognizable companies and organiza-
tions, from retailers to research hos-
pitals, are among those sending the
mail. Much of it seems to result from
businesses not updating their bulk
mailing lists, said U.S. Postal Service
spokeswoman Pat McGovern.
The postal service declined to
identify the senders and recipients
of the letters according to policy.
Several companies formerly housed
in the towers also declined com-
ment.
The trade center mail meets var-
ied fates once it arrives at the Church
Street station.
A handful of companies pay for a
service that forces the post office to
hold the mail until a messenger picks
it up. The rest of the mail travels vari-
ous routes. Some will be returned to
the sender, some will be forwarded
to the companys current address and
some will be sent to a Brooklyn recy-
cling firm to be destroyed.
BY BEN FELLER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON While
President Bush acknowledges the
need for major changes in Iraq, he
will not use this weeks Iraq Study
Group report as political cover for
bringing troops home, his national
security adviser said Sunday.
We have not failed in Iraq,
Stephen Hadley said as he made
the talk show rounds. We will fail
in Iraq if we pull out our troops
before were in a position to help
the Iraqis succeed.
But he added: The president
understands that we need to have
a way forward in Iraq that is more
successful.
The White House readied for
an important week in the debate
over Iraq: Bush planned a meet-
ing Monday with Abdul-Aziz al-
Hakim, the Shiite leader of the
largest bloc in Iraqs parliament,
and awaited the recommendations
Wednesday from the bipartisan
commission.
Yet his administration, hoping
to find a new way ahead in Iraq,
found itself on the defensive from
the second recent leak of an insid-
ers memo on Iraq in a week.
The latest, first reported in
Sundays New York Times, showed
that Donald H. Rumsfeld called
for a major adjustment in U.S.
tactics on Nov. 6 the day before
an election that cost Republicans
the Congress and Rumsfeld his job
as defense secretary.
Hadley played down the memo
as simply a laundry list of ideas
rather than a call for a new course
of action.
He said that Bush just before
a pivotal election was not por-
traying a different sense of the
war to the public than his own
defense secretary was giving him
in private.
The president has said publicly
what Rumsfeld said, that things are
not proceeding well enough or fast
enough in Iraq, Hadley said.
Democrats did not buy that.
The Rumsfeld memo makes it
quite clear that one of the great-
est concerns is the political fall-
out from changing course here
in the United States, said Sen.
Joseph Biden, D-Del., the incom-
ing chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. The bottom
line is there is no one, including
the former secretary, who thought
the policy the president continues
to pursue makes any sense.
Bush has nominated Robert
Gates to replace Rumsfeld. His
confirmation hearing before the
Senate Armed Services Committee
is on Tuesday.
As pressure builds for a new
strategy, the report from the
Iraq Study Group increasingly is
viewed as perhaps clearing the way
for a U.S. exit strategy in Iraq.
Hadley, though, said the review
will be just one factor the White
House considers, along with views
of congressional leaders, U.S. mili-
tary commanders and the Iraqi
government.
BY LIBBY QUAID
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON If you buy
salmon with an organic label, do not
assume it is truly organic.
The round, green USDA
Organic seal is not allowed on sea-
food. At least not yet.
If the label says organic, the fish
are not from the United States.
Rather, they come from countries
where chemicals and antibiotics
might be used to keep fish healthy.
Youre paying more for some-
thing that is not any different and
not any better for you, and certain-
ly not better for the environment,
says Andrea Kavanagh, who heads
the Pure Salmon Campaign for the
National Environmental Trust.
Those who sell organic fish say
the fish have been raised as naturally
as possible and certified in other
countries that recognize the organic
designation.
In the United States, an organic
label has very specific meanings,
depending on the product:
Food animals cannot be given
antibiotics or growth hormones.
No pesticides, synthetic fer-
tilizers or genetic engineering are
allowed.
Farms must be certified by a
government-approved agent.
In other countries, the rules are
not always so strict. For example,
Europe allows antibiotics if an ani-
mal is sick. Also, organic salmon
farmers can use a pesticide to con-
trol a vermin called sea lice.
Seafood raised under these rules
are sold in American supermar-
kets and restaurants, often with an
organic label. The U.S. government
says that is OK, even if chemicals or
antibiotics are present.
We dont have a standard for
organic fish, says Barbara Robinson,
head of the Agriculture Departments
National Organic Program, which
provides the USDA Organic seal.
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BY ANITA SNOW
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAVANA Fidel Castro was a
no-show Saturday at a major mili-
tary parade that doubled as his 80th
birthday celebration, raising ques-
tions about whether the ailing leader
will ever return to power as his pub-
lic absence begins taking on a tone of
permanence.
Many Cubans had hoped for
at least a glimpse of Castro before
dozens of olive-camouflaged tanks
rumbled through the Plaza of the
Revolution and jet fighters soared
above the capital to mark the 50th
anniversary of the formation of
Cubas Revolutionary Armed Forces.
Castro hasnt been seen in public
since July 26, before he underwent
secretive intestinal surgery and tem-
porarily ceded power to his younger
brother, Raul. He delayed his 80th
birthday celebration from Aug. 13
to this week in order to give himself
time to recover, and speculation had
been rife whether he would appear.
The military event, which lasted
about two hours, culminated five
days of events to celebrate Castros
birthday none of which he attend-
ed.
Instead, it was Raul Castro, the
islands defense minister, who stood
at the mahogany lectern reviewing
the troops during Saturdays parade.
The parades most obvious pur-
pose was to warn the U.S. against
taking advantage of Fidel Castros
illness to attack the island. In the
last 15 years the Cuban military has
taken on a purely defensive role, and
is trained to repel invaders.
In a speech that lacked his broth-
ers rhetorical flourishes, Raul Castro
reached out to the U.S. government,
which has a decades-old trade and
travel embargo against the commu-
nist-run island. He did not explain
the absence of his brother.
We take this opportunity to once
again state that we are willing to
resolve at the negotiating table the
long-standing dispute between the
United States and Cuba, as long as
the U.S. respects Cubas sovereignty,
said Raul Castro, who turned 75 in
June.
After almost half a century, we
are willing to wait patiently until the
moment when common sense pre-
vails in Washington power circles,
he added.
U.S. State Department spokes-
woman Janelle Hironimus said
Saturday that the dialogue that
needs to take place is one between
the Cuban regime and the Cuban
people about the democratic future
of the island.
Any deepening of our engage-
ment with Cuba depends on that
dialogue and the Cuban regimes
willingness to take concrete steps
toward a political opening and a
transition to democracy, she added.
Raul Castro used the event to
underscore cohesion among the
Cuban people, the armed forces and
the Communist Party a recur-
ring theme among officials in recent
days.
This unity is our main strategic
weapon, which has made it possible
for this small island to resist and
overcome so many aggressions from
imperialism and its allies, he said.
Cuban officials insist Fidel Castro
is recovering, but U.S. officials say
they believe he suffers from some
kind of inoperable cancer and will
not live through the end of 2007. He
has appeared thin and pale in pho-
tographs and videos released by the
government in recent months.
BY EDUARDO GALLARDO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTIAGO, Chile Gen.
Augusto Pinochet, whose 17-year
dictatorship carried out thousands
of political killings and widespread
torture, was fighting for his life in
a Chilean hospital Sunday after suf-
fering a heart attack. But doctors
said his condition was improving
after an emergency procedure to
restore blood flow to his heart.
Doctors initially said they
planned bypass surgery Sunday on
the 91-year-old former strongman
but they later ruled it out. Dr. Juan
Ignacio Vergara, a member of the
team treating Pinochet, said the sur-
gery was not needed after an angio-
plasty performed in the morning
to clear a heart artery obstruction
allowed improvement in his condi-
tion.
No bypass has been performed
and we expect no open heart surgery
will be necessary, Vergara said on
Sunday afternoon, explaining that
such surgery was extremely risky for
someone of Pinochets age.
There is a trend toward improve-
ment, he said. He is conscious, he
communicates with us and with his
family.
But Vergara made clear Pinochets
condition continues to be serious
and the next 24 to 48 hours will be
critical to see whether other compli-
cations appear.
WORLD
Castros absence at celebration perpetuates rumors
WORLD
Gen. Pinochet clings to life in Chile
1984
Trista is a 6 year old in Gurnee, Ill.
Shes not Trista quite yet, but rather
Tom. As a little boy, she continually
sneaks across the street to play with
a neighbors little girl. Te two play
dress up, each of them pretending to
be fashion models and beauty queens.
Gazing raptly at her own refection,
Trista marvels at how beautiful she
is in dresses and costume jewelry. A
shout from behind startles her. She
turns to see her mother standing there,
apoplectic with rage.
Trista is dragged home in tears,
wondering what she was doing that
was so wrong.
As I child I wanted to do two
things, Trista says. I either wanted to
build circuit boards or be a showgirl.
Tristas grandmother saw nothing
wrong with her grandsons interest in
womens clothing and bought a dress
for not-quite Trista. Tis behavior
drove a wedge between Tristas moth-
er and her grandma.
Her uncle, John Tomas, remem-
bered her then as a shy little boy with
a shock of red hair who tended to get
picked on at school.
Tere are times you wonder if
there was ever a defning moment
in childhood, Tomas said. But she
really was just an unassuming little
kid.
Still, what that little kid wondered
was why she was built like a he.
I remember I felt like I was a
girl with a growth between my legs,
Trista said, A really, really disgusting
growth.
Trista said she never experienced
the stereotypical trapped in a mans
body feeling. Rather, she looked at
her body and just knew something
along the way had gone drastically
wrong.
1994
Trista is a junior at Emporia High
School. Little has changed from her
conficts as a child. In her mothers
mind, Trista is defying traditional
Christian beliefs. Shes still dressing as
a woman and its getting harder to hide
from the public. By this point, quarrels
within the family occur almost daily
and rumors have begun to seep into
the town that theres something wrong
with that Taulu kid. Classmates
brand her as a freak.
By the time she was 14, Trista re-
alized her female personality was in-
nate, beyond her control. It wasnt just
the unending desire to look that way.
She felt like a girl every step of the
way. She hated her penis and loathed
the fact that her body resembled a
young man. She regarded herself as a
modern-day Quasimodo whose ugly
body contradicted her inner beauti-
ful self.
A lean teenager, Trista walked the
halls of Emporia High School, as she
heard the whispers behind her back.
Tey picked up on something,
she said. It would have been suicide
to be an admitted transgender. I kept
to myself. I didnt tell anyone. But still,
its a small town and people talk.
She recalls hearing a quick snort
and a sudden splash of warm spittle
on the back of her neck as she passes a
group of boys. She reacts by becoming
a 16-year-old hermit.
Trista is no stranger to the random
elbow in the hallway at school or the
quick kick in the back of her legs. But
things are about to get worse.
One afernoon, she stays late at
school in an efort to escape from the
tempest in her personal life.
As shes walking home, three boys
from school see her and block her path.
One screws up his face in disgust. Te
other two leer at her and shove her
back as she attempts to get by.
Te three have Trista surrounded
and shes pinballed back and forth. A
quick jab to the nose, she hears a pop
and a rivulet of blood streams down
her face. An arching swing from a
heavy book bag connects and she can
feel something rupture in her lower
back.
As she lies on the ground, the three
continue to kick her ribs, each shot of
pain punctuated with shouts of Fag-
got.
For 30 minutes, she lies in a pool
of her own blood, squinting at the
sun until a friend happened by and
rushed her to the emergency room.
She was released from the hospital
several days later. By signing the re-
lease papers Trista, she took her frst
public step toward being a woman.
Tat same year, she fnally learns
she wasnt quite so isolated when her
mother signed up for Internet service
for the home computer. For the frst
time, she was connected to a trans-
gendered community.
If youre gay, lesbian, transgender
or whatever in a small town, theres
nothing, Trista said. But I learned I
wasnt alone. Tere were other people
just like me.
Afer graduating from high school,
Trista led a nomadic life, moving
around Kansas until she eventually
joined the National Guard and was
stationed at Fort Riley.
1995
Its basic training and Tristas in
close quarters with her fellow soldiers
who dont know what to make of Tom.
Much like high school, it leaks out that
shes diferent. Te assumption is that
shes gay.
One night during basic training,
she said she was treated to a barracks
blanket party. Her fellow soldiers
surround her bunk and throw a blan-
ket over her head. One by one, within
the claustrophobic confnes of the
blanket, she felt soap bars wrapped in
socks thud against her chest, legs and
whatever she couldnt defend. It was a
scene straight out of the movie Full
Metal Jacket, she recalled.
Four years later, she began what
she called self-detonation. She was
late for drill and showed up wearing a
white dress. She was quickly ushered
away from her troop and put on sick
leave. Several weeks later, word came
down from the top: she had been giv-
en an honorable discharge. Its 1999
and her breakdown was beginning.
1999
One night not long afer her dis-
charge, she fnds herself in the bathtub
with her wrists slit. She still cant re-
member what happened in the three
days before that. She slowly bleeds
out, reliving blurry memories of phone
calls, arguments and disconnections.
Trough her tears she sees her room-
mates wife enter the bathroom.
I honestly owe her my life, Trista
says. If it werent for her I wouldnt be
standing here.
2000
Trista began working at Detroit
Diesel Works in Emporia and start-
ed saving money for her surgery. By
2002, she had close to $35,000 in her
bank account specifcally for her sur-
gery.
Tensions at work were high when-
ever Trista attempted to be her true
self. When her employer urged her
to dress nicer for her job, she arrived
in dresses. Her job was in constant
jeopardy. Kansas has no laws protect-
ing gays or transgenders. She wasnt
speaking with her family.
One night she and two friends
spent nearly 24 hours surfng the
web, drinking, researching trans-
genderism and sexual reassignment
surgery and seeking answers for her
psychological make-up. In the past,
psychological tests her mother had
her take revealed her to be a hetero-
sexual woman.
David Holmes, KU professor of
psychology, said many scientists be-
lieve that the main reason for trans-
genderism is exposure to cross-hor-
mones while the fetus is in the womb.
Tis can lead to male genitalia with
the mental and chemical make-up of
a female, or vice-versa.
Trista learned how the current
surgeries work and how theyve
developed from crude castrations
among ancient North American
tribes to the advanced procedures
used today. While the procedure in
the 1950s meant psychological relief
for the patient, it was at the sacrifce
of a sex life. By completely removing
the penis and testicles, doctors elimi-
nated close to all of the genital tissue.
Te vagina produced by a skin-graf
procedure meant no sensation.
She learned that the modern pro-
cedure requires patients to begin tak-
ing female hormones and living as a
woman at least one year prior to the
surgery.
With the help of her friends, she
found the doctor she wanted to per-
form her surgery. Everyone seemed
to love his bedside manner. He was
compassionate and friendly, people
said. Te problem: He works out of
Phuket, Tailand.
She began her hormone treat-
ments, contacted Sanguan Kunaporn
and began to plan her trip.
2002
Using built-up sick and vacation
days, Trista took her leave of work
and boarded a plane to Phuket. She
made an announcement to her fam-
ily before her fight and Tomas, her
uncle, said the family was split down
the middle. But at least Tristas moth-
er was speaking with her again.
Some of them called her an
abomination to God, Tomas re-
called. Te rest of us were naturally
uncomfortable. But we made an ac-
tive decision to try and get over it
and stand by her.
Te night before surgery, Tristas
wired. She cant sleep. All she can do
is pace around her hotel room waiting
for morning. Shes alone in a foreign
country, but this is something she says
she has to do alone.
Te next morning, shes sitting
in the crowded waiting room of Ku-
naporns clinic in downtown Phuket.
She trades stories and nervous jokes
with other patients. It is a rare oppor-
tunity to be with people who are going
through the same thing she is. Shes
so enthusiastic about the procedure
that when they bring her into the prep
room she asks the nurses to do the sur-
gery without anesthetic. Tey politely
deny her request.
I still remember her personality
even though I cannot recall her face,
Kunaporn says from his clinic in Tai-
land. She was quite a freball.
Tey put her under around 10 a.m.
Kunaporn begins by making an inci-
sion along Tristas scrotum, removing
the testicles and severing the spermat-
ic cords. Te base of her penis is sliced
upwards along the bottom side of the
shaf. Kunaporn fashions a vaginal
canal and clitoris from the remaining
skin and genital tissue from her penis
and scrotum.
Halfway through the surgery,
Trista was awakened. Although the
anesthetic was still working and she
could not feel below her waist, she
witnessed part of her surgery as she
requested. With a curious eye she re-
garded the methodical recession of
tissue into her abdominal cavity. A
urethra opening was created before
her very eyes and the vaginal cavity
was formed with a stent. She drifed
back of into the fog of semi-con-
sciousness as breast implants were
placed in her chest.
Only four hours later, she was
fully conscious and eating lunch, de-
spite the doctors suggestion that she
wait a few hours. Two days later, she
was released from the hospital. Trista
couldnt quite place the feeling she
had right then. All she knew was that
despite soreness from the surgery, it
was the best shed felt since she was
little. Te plane back to the United
States had a brand new person com-
ing home a woman.
2002 Present
When she returned, Trista was
called into the administrators of ce
at work and told she was being let go.
No reason was given and when she
attempted to pursue legal action, her
attorney informed her that Kansas
law doesnt provide any recourse.
She enrolled at the University of
Kansas as an economics major in
2003, quickly excelled at her major
and began to teach herself Spanish
and Greek. She will graduate in May
2007.

She speaks to her mother several
times a month. Although its still a
tense relationship, Trista says its nice
to be able to speak with her mother.
We meet, we scream, we cry, we
hug, Trista says, laughing. Ten we
repeat.
Since her surgery, shes spoken with
her father only three times in four
years. Tese three phone calls are mile-
stones nonetheless, she says.
Im proud of him that hes gotten to
the point he can speak with me again,
Trista says. My stepbrother tells me he
still doesnt refer to me by name, new
or old.
Emporia resident Tony Wagner,
who has known Trista for 15 years,
said Trista is now a completely dif-
ferent person from the one he re-
members. In middle school, Wagner
recalled she was a quiet but very easy-
going boy. When she told him she was
a transgender, he remembered with a
chuckle that the announcement was
cinematic.
Te two went for a drive in the
pouring rain. Between awkward
pauses, Trista eventually choked out
she was a woman in mens clothing.
An admittedly sheltered kid, Wagner
said it took several weeks to come
to terms with his friends announce-
ment.
Fifeen years later, Wagner said
the shy guy he knew in high school is
now a frebrand redheaded woman.
Shes outspoken, shes sociable and
shes gained a confdence Warner had
never seen in his old friend, he said.
In some ways, Im not surprised
shes been successful, Wagner said.
From what Trista told me, a lot of
transgenders ended their own lives
for one reason or another. But theres
been some part of me that always told
me shed pull through.
Despite her new life, Trista deals
with the same day-to-day speed
bumps as any other college student.
Shes trying to keep up with home-
work while searching for a job afer
graduation. She juggles a personal life
with homework. Each of the three re-
lationships shes had since her surgery
have ended with the men becoming
uncomfortable and leaving her.
Every time it ends with them not
being able to handle my past, Trista
said.
Still, she goes out, firts and isnt
afraid to pursue men she may be in-
terested in. Shes a woman and theres
nothing that will stop her from living
like one.
I dont have to be apologetic
about who I am, Trista said. I went
through the whole self-pity thing
and Im past that. I come as I am and
whatever people make of me, thats
their problem.
Kansan staf writer Mark Vierthaler
can be contacted at mvierthaler@
kansan.com.
Edited by Jacky Carter
famous transgenders
CAROLINE COSSEY
Bond girl actress in For Your
Eyes Only
KIM COCO IWAMOTO
Transgendered woman elected
to the Hawaii Board of
Education
VLADIMIR LUXURIA
Communist member of Italian
parliament
SIOBHAN MEOW
Member of the Howard Stern
Wack Pack
ANGELA MORLEY
Emmy-winning composer and
conductor
TERRI OCONNELL
Former NASCAR drive, author
of Dangerous Curves
STEPHEN WHITTLE
Female to male transgender,
professor of Equalities Law
at Manchester Metropolitan
University
BEN BARNES
Neurobiologist and professor at
Stanford University
LYNN CONWAY
Computer scientist who helped
reinvent how hard drives
processed data while employed
at IBM
Source: wikipedia.org
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Trista Taulu, Emporia senior, will graduate in the spring of 2007 with a bachelors degree in eco-
nomics. In 2002, after a lifetime of feeling out of place in the body she was born in, Trista underwent
sexual reassignment surgery in order to become a woman.
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Today is a 9
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 5
Youre generally good with
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GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
Knowing the right answer doesnt
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CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
Dont let the attention go to your
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
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Today is a 5
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tient; this will take planning. Chill.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 9
Youve been very busy but now
you can see ways to distribute
the load more evenly, give more
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them do more work.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 5
Assume anything that can go
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Colbert County content
with television coverage
TUSCUMBIA, Ala. Heres the
truth, and not just the truthiness:
Colbert County is pretty happy
with the way it came across on
Comedy Centrals hit show The
Colbert Report.
The faux news program aired
a three-part segment this week
in which Stephen Colbert sent an
assistant to his namesake county
in Alabama to open the Stephen
Colbert Museum and Gift Shop.
Never mind that the TV guy says
his name with the French pronun-
ciation Col-bear while the county
is pronounced Col-bert.
Sue Pilkilton, a Colbert resident
who took the brunt of some of the
shows jokes, said she enjoyed the
episodes.
I think it really came out in a
positive manner for us, Pilkilton
said Friday.
And no, Colbert County isnt
named for an actor. Ninon Parker
of the county tourism of ce said
its named for Chief George Col-
bert, whose father was a Scottish
trader and whose mother was
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NATION
Oscar-winning actor
develops civics curriculum
NEW YORK Richard Dreyfuss
wants to show Americans how to
be better citizens.
The teaching of civics pres-
ently in the United States is dismal
and startling, the Oscar-winning
actor said on ABCs This Week on
Sunday.
Dreyfuss is launching a cam-
paign to develop a civics curricu-
lum for the nations schools.
When he was a child, Dreyfuss
said, civics classes taught not only
the checks and balances in govern-
ment but also the reasons behind
the creation of the Constitution
and the Bill of Rights.
We want to defne the necessity
of civics, he said. What is it, and is
it necessary? If its necessary, is it
urgent? And if its urgent, what
do we do? And then to proceed
to literally design classes.
It is time that we revive the
notion that we can learn how to
run the country and learn, not,
you know, for Republicans and
not for Democrats, but learn how
to run the Constitution, he said.
Associated Press
WORLD
Grammy-winning artist
works to rebuild Haiti
JACMEL, Haiti Wyclef Jean
called on his Haitian countrymen
to reject violence and work for a
stable future during a free concert
aimed at promoting development
in the impoverished nation.
Its time to build a new Haiti,
the Grammy-winning artist told
more than 20,000 cheering fans
Friday night. It was his frst concert
in Haiti in eight years.
The concert capped of a week-
long flm and culture festival orga-
nized by Jeans Yele Haiti charity,
which promotes music and the arts
as a way to reduce poverty, create
jobs and improve Haitis image.
Haiti is the poorest country in
the Western Hemisphere and most
of its 8 million people live on less
than $2 per day. The Caribbean
country is struggling to recover
from a bloody 2004 revolt.
Jean, a Haitian citizen who lives
in the United States, condemned
the ongoing street violence that
has followed the revolt, especially
a wave of kidnappings for ransom
that have plagued the capital, Port-
au-Prince.
If we dont stop kidnappings,
the country cant develop, Jean
said.
Jean was born in Haiti but left
for the United States with his fam-
ily at age 9. He later achieved world
fame through his hip-hop band,
The Fugees.
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Tankard, Dave Ruigh, Steve Lynn, McKay Stangler and Louis
Mora
A majority of students on
Thursday had to do a triple sal-
chow or a lutz just to get to class.
As a sheet of ice covered campus
roads and sidewalks, little was
done to ensure the safety of stu-
dents, faculty and staff. With no
apparent treatment to the side-
walks, students were forced to
walk though campus at a snails
pace to ensure not falling on
their rear ends.
The Universitys priority when
inclement weather hits is to treat
the roads to make sure buses
can make their stops on cam-
pus. While the roads were fine,
administrators needed to evalu-
ate whether the sidewalks were
clear enough for students to safe-
ly make their way to class.
A student slipped and broke
her leg outside the Kansas Union
and many other students com-
plained about the slick condi-
tions. While the day many not
have warranted a cancellation,
more could have been done to
provide clear sidewalks for stu-
dents.
By 9 a.m. Thursday the side-
walks near Murphy Hall were
still untreated. No ice melt or
sand had been poured and shov-
eling had not started. The stairs
behind Fraser Hall were still cov-
ered with ice. Certainly Facilities
Operations had its hands full,
but when the University expects
students to walk around in these
conditions, it must make sure all
walkways are clear.
The next time weather forces
students to bring ice skates to get
around campus, the University
needs to consider shutting down
shop until it can ensure that stu-
dents wont break a leg walking
to class.
Louis Mora for the editorial
board
Traitors. Twits. Fools. Saddams
Angels.
Theyve been called that and a lot
worse during the past three years.
But the Dixie Chicks prevailed.
On Oct. 27, the Chicks and
directors Barbara Kopple and
Cecilia Peck released the movie
Shut Up & Sing. It documents
the lives of Natalie Maines, Martie
Maguire and Emily Robison right
before and, for three years, after the
notorious declaration Maines made
during a concert in London. What
did Maines say?
Just so you know, were ashamed
the president of the United States is
from Texas.
Immediately after, the top-selling
female band of all time found its
records smashed, its music boycot-
ted and its No. 1 song, Travelin
Soldier, dropped from the record
charts.
Americans had turned their
backs on the band. When the
Chicks offered to donate $1 million
to the American Red Cross, the
organization turned them down.
Apparently the good-will charity
was only willing to help out the
needy when the giver supported its
beliefs.
One of Americans most trea-
sured rights, the right established
in1791 by the First Amendment
and printed at the top of this page,
is the right to free speech. The right
is given to all American citizens. It
is a right for which we fight other
countries wars.
However, the people of this
country took it upon themselves
to punish three women for tak-
ing advantage of that right. In the
movie, a woman and her husband
supported the countrys actions by
telling the Chicks, Keep playing,
keep making music, and keep your
mouth shut.
If someone else had made
that remark, would the country
have reacted so strongly to it? As
Maguire points out, who would
have thought the all-American girls
would say something like that?
A Web site called Rock Stars
Against Bush lists musicians who
have shown opposition to the
war in Iraq and President Bush.
According to its list, only one other
band has received a similar reaction
by speaking out. Jethro Tull, a rock
band from England that started in
the 60s, was banned by a num-
ber of U.S. radio stations after the
bands lead singer was quoted say-
ing, I hate to see the American flag
hanging out of every bloody station
wagon. Its easy to confuse patrio-
tism with nationalism. Flag-waving
aint gonna do it.
No other Bush-lambasting art-
ist has endured as much criticism
and controversy in the media
as the Dixie Chicks. Not Bruce
Springsteen, Moby, Bono, REM,
Merle Haggard, Kanye West or Sean
P. Diddy Combs.
Why did Americans react so
harshly to the Dixie Chicks? Was it
because they were a female band?
Did they have so much power, with
their top-selling CDs and chart-top-
ping songs, that Americans thought
their opinion would wield too much
influence over the nation?
If your neighbor, aunt, best
friend or city mayor had said those
same words, would you have called
that person a traitor? Would you
have said he or she was foolish and
deserved to be slapped around?
Or would you have just shrugged
your shoulders and said to each his
own opinion?
In the beginning, the group tried
to explain Maines comment. It was
a joke said between songs. They
dont rehearse their monologues
between songs. They were just try-
ing to get a rise out of the London
audience.
But as time progressed, they
didnt see a need to defend what
Maines had said. Instead, they chose
to leave their fate in the hands of
those who turned their backs on
them. Robison says, It is up to
them to do the right thing. We have
done nothing wrong.
Throughout the slurs, doubts and
industry hoopla, life went on for the
Chicks. The sisters, Maguire and
Robison, went through in vitro fer-
tilization to get pregnant. Both now
have twin girls.
Moments of shared joy with
their families showed how simi-
lar they were to other people. For
Halloween, each of the girls and
their families dressed up in rocker
gear.
While Robison was in the hos-
pital waiting to have her twins,
Maines called to ask Maguire (who
was in the hospital room with
Robison), Does she have the US
Weekly with Brad and Angelina (on
the cover)? In the next shot of the
documentary we see the three of
them sitting in the hospital room,
magazines in hand, gossiping like
teenagers.
As the backlash against the
Chicks grew, the strength and sup-
port the girls had for one another
grew, too. They didnt back down
from the fight. They stood together
through the uproar and, as they
said, it was the best thing that ever
happened to their careers. It lit a
fire under them that has yet to be
extinguished.
That is truly American.
Jodi Ann Holopirek is an Otis grad-
uate student in journalism. She is
a Kansan copy chief.
This fall in Kansas City five men
were charged with coercing eight
Russian students into forced labor.
Forced labor is essentially slavery,
and the eight students were alleg-
edly forced to drive ice cream trucks
around the city for less than a dollar
a day.
The students were allegedly
threatened and psychologically and
financially pressured to keep work-
ing for the company, according
to the Office of the United States
Attorney for the Western District
of Missouri. They were allegedly
required to fulfill selling quotas and
if they didnt, the students would
owe their bosses money.
You may be asking yourself,
why didnt the students run away?
According to the U.S. Attorneys
office, the men in charge of the
operation told the students they had
global tracking devices on the vans
so they would know if the students
went off their designated path. The
students also knew no English, were
first-time travelers to the United
States and many were in debt to the
company holding them capture,
according the office.
All these things could have com-
bined to present a situation where
escape did not seem feasible, and
possibly even deadly.
This story may sound far-
fetched, but unfortunately it is not.
Slavery still exists in the United
States and throughout the world.
There are as many as 27 million
slaves in the world today, according
to a Congressional finding. They
are forced to work in the sex indus-
try, in agriculture, and hotel and
restaurant work. The FBI estimates
that slavery generates more than $9
billion every year and that slavery is
one of the fastest growing interna-
tional crimes.
Despite these staggering figures,
not many know about modern-day
slavery and what the United States
government is doing to combat it.
In August new slavery legisla-
tion was introduced to Congress
to help establish a commission to
address the slavery issue. The pro-
posed commission would evaluate
programs dealing with slavery, work
on slavery prevention and educate
high-risk populations. Not since the
13th Amendment has there been
such extensive slavery legislation.
While it may be easy to write off
modern-day slavery as a problem
in other countries, it is happen-
ing right in our backyard. Contact
your senators and representatives
and tell them to vote yes on the
Congressional Commission on the
Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery
Act (S. 3787).
The only way the government
will know how important this issue
is to the country is if we tell them.
Have your voice be heard and help
eliminate this global injustice.
Erin Obermeier
Graduate student
Regarding McKay Stanglers
Nov. 28 editorial on the late Milton
Friedman, there is a middle ground
between drug prohibition and free
market legalization. Switzerlands
heroin maintenance program has
been shown to reduce disease, death
and crime among chronic users.
Providing addicts with standard-
ized doses in a clinical setting elimi-
nates many of the problems associ-
ated with heroin use. Heroin main-
tenance pilot projects are underway
in Canada, Germany, Spain and the
Netherlands.
If expanded, prescription heroin
maintenance would deprive orga-
nized crime of a core client base.
This would render illegal heroin
trafficking unprofitable and spare
future generations addiction.
Marijuana should be taxed and
regulated like alcohol, only without
the ubiquitous advertising.
Separating the hard and soft drug
markets is critical. As long as mari-
juana distribution remains in the
hands of organized crime, consum-
ers of the most popular illicit drug
will continue to come into contact
with sellers of methamphetamine.
Given that marijuana is arguably
safer than legal alcohol the plant
has never been shown to cause an
overdose death it makes no sense
to waste scarce resources on failed
policies that finance organized
crime and facilitate the use of hard
drugs. Students who want to help
reform harmful drug laws should
contact Students for Sensible Drug
Policy at www.ssdp.org.
Robert Sharpe
Policy Analyst
Common Sense for Drug Policy
Washington, D.C.
Grant Snider/KANSAN
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Kansan editors reserve the right to
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scene statements will not be printed.
Phone numbers of all incoming calls
are recorded.
If you have a God is your co-pi-
lot license plate, dont cut people
of.

Hey, KU: If you are going to

make us walk to class after an ice
storm, at least salt the sidewalks.

There is an old saying: If you

dont like the Kansas weather, all
you have to do is wait fve minutes.

To the girls that were mud

wrestling behind Ellsworth: Please
come back.

Seriously, Al Gore is full of crap.

Global warming does not exist, but
I wish it did because it is cold out.

A quick memo to the ice that

is falling: If you stop and we have
class tomorrow, there will be a
beat down.

Chancellor Hemenway: My
ears are cold, my toes are cold, Im
grumpy, the wind is making my
nose red and Im really angry that
you didnt cancel class today.

Happy frst snow, or sleet, or

rain. What is this weather?

The person who was on my rear

driving through the sleet today: Go
drive of of a clif.

I just got out of my class and it is

snowing. You win, Mother Nature.
You win.

John and Corey: Stop getting

with psycho girls.

Why doesnt anyone ever say

anything about the other basket-
ball players? Rodrick Stewart, I love
you.
Regulate marijuana industry
to reduce use of harder drugs
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Icy sidewalk conditions
unsafe, unacceptable
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WINTER BREAK GUIDE
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006
BY GINA SOUDERS
Students are packing their
bags to leave Lawrence and go home
during the holiday break, but not all
of them.
Some are spending the holidays
in Lawrence. And for those who are
staying in the area, there are some
local events to keep them busy.
To escape the classic carols,
people can go to one of the radio
stations holiday concerts dur-
ing break. On Dec. 12, the All-
American Rejects will play at the
Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway
St., in Kansas City, Mo., for Mix
93.3s Jingle Jam. Three Days Grace
will play at the Uptown Theater
Dec. 15 for 98.9 the Rocks Twisted
Xmas, and Angels and Airwaves
will play at 96.5 The Buzzs The
Night the Buzz Stole Christmas on
Dec. 16.
Tickets are between $27 to $28.
For a more romantic atmosphere,
the Trans-Siberian Orchestra will
perform at Kemper Arena, 1800
Genessee St. in Kansas City, Mo.,
on Dec. 26. The rock orchestra is
most widely known for its remakes
of classic Christmas music.
Ive seen them twice already,
Jeff Seger, St. Peters, Mo., sopho-
more said. The rock twist they put
on holiday music is fun and they are
excellent live. Their light shows are
amazing and you really get a good
value for your money for how long
of a performance they give you.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets
range from $30 to $40.
Those not into rock concerts
can try some men in tights. The
Nutcracker, a classic ballet about a
little girl and her beloved Christmas
gift, will play at the Topeka Civic
Theater, 3028 S.W. Eighth Ave. in
Topeka, the Kansas City Music Hall,
301 W. 13th St. in Kansas City,
Mo., and the Folly Theater, 300 W.
12th St.
I was a candy cane dancer when
I was a little girl and continued to
perform in it through high school,
Leandra Monreal, Topeka junior,
said. Im going to see it again over
break at my old dance studio. Its a
Christmas tradition for me.
Tickets to see the Nutcracker
vary from $14 to $75.
For another date idea, people can
drive down to the Country Club
Plaza and watch the lights. Carriage
rides and sleigh rides through the
plaza shopping center are offered
for that touch of Christmas spirit.
The carriage rides cost about $50 for
two and the sleigh rides cost $10 per
person for groups. Helicopter rides
above the Plaza are also offered for
about $99 per person.
Until Dec. 17, Lawrence will hold
its annual Festival of Nativities,
with festival lights on Saturdays and
Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. About
300 Nativity sets representing a
variety of cultures will be displayed
at the corner of Fourth and Elm
streets. The event is free.
Kansan correspondent Gina
Souders can be contacted at edi-
tor@kansan.com.
Edited by Catherine Odson
With the last day of classes this week, students could be looking for more to do. The Kansas City area ofers a variety of options.
Kansas City ofers winter fun
alternative breaks
BY JASON BAKER
Alternative Breaks is taking
students to several locations
during winter break from Jan.
6 to 13. Here are descriptions of
the programs:

Aids Foundation
Houston
AIDS Foundation Houston
works in collaboration with
other organizations to reduce
the incidence of HIV/AIDS
and to support those living
with HIV/AIDS. Participants
will be involved in many of the
foundations support programs,
including a soup kitchen and an
educational outreach program,
in which participants walk the
streets handing out safe sex
packets.
Give Kids The World
Give Kids The World is a
non-profit resort that creates
memories for children with life-
threatening illnesses and their
families. Volunteers will work
in the Give the Kids the World
Village and Resort in Orlando,
Fla., in a range of capacities,
such as operating rides, plan-
ning family activities and help-
ing at concession stands.
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy
Center in Tulepo, Miss., is an
ongoing effort to protect swamp
habitats for plants and animals
as well. Participants help envi-
ronmental restoration of the area
by planting trees and removing
non-native species. The effects
of Hurricane Katrina are still
seen in this area, and partici-
pants will help repair some of
the ecological damage.
Teach for America
Participants will assist
first- and second-year teach-
ers, who have dedicated two
years to teaching in urban and
rural underresourced schools.
Participants will have the
opportunity to observe class-
room dynamics and help with
classroom, extra-curricular and
community activities. The pro-
gram is located in Chicago, Ill.
United Cerebral
Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy of
Metropolitan Dallas seeks to
improve the independence, pro-
ductivity and full citizenship of
people with cerebral palsy and
other disabilities. The center
works with people of all ages
and backgrounds. Participants
will have the opportunity to
personally interact with chil-
dren and adults, assisting them
with everyday activities and
providing them with emotional
support.
Source: Steve Nichols, co-director of public
relations. More information is available on
their Web site, www.ku.edu/~albreaks/in-
dex.html.
Concerts, lights highlight December
activities, events around the area
sports
Student ticket pickup begins today for the games played between Jan. 10 and Jan. 27. The games are
against Oklahoma State, Missouri and Colorado. Tickets can be picked up between now and Wednesday at
the Allen Fieldhouse ticket office or online at kuathletics.com. There is a $1 charge for online pickup.
Monday, deceMber 4, 2006
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By shAwn shroyEr
ROSEMONT, Ill. If No. 5
Kansas needed any reminder that
it was playing its first road game
of the season, chants of overrat-
ed from DePaul faithful certainly
drilled the point home.
Furthermore, if the Jayhawks
thought they could coast from game
to game without practicing well,
perhaps a 64-57 loss to the Blue
Demons cemented the point that
coach Bill Self had been driving
into his team all season it must
practice better.
Kansas last two victories gave
the appearance that the Jayhawks
were running on all cylinders, but
a second loss to a team they should
have beaten brought their behind-
the-scenes issues to the forefront.
You can have great moments
and not be a great practice team,
but over time you usually end up
playing like you practice a majority
of the time, Self said. Were not a
practice team like we should be.
But at the 14:08 mark in the
second half, things couldnt have
been going much better for Kansas.
The Jayhawks were in the midst
of a 9-2 run. Sophomore forward
and Chicago native Julian Wright
had just slammed home a dunk to
put Kansas up by 14. The Jayhawks
looked like they were finally going
to bury the Blue Demons.
But rather than roll over, DePauls
leading scorer, forward Wilson
Chandler, responded by sinking a
three-pointer and jumpstarting a
slow, yet steady comeback for the
Blue Demons.
By the 8:36 mark, Kansas lead
was trimmed to just four after a pair
of Chandler free throws. Just before
the three-minute mark, DePauls
most lethal weapon of the after-
noon, guard Sammy Mejia, knotted
the game 53-53. A second straight
Mejia three-pointer was all but a
dagger in the Jayhawks heart.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. This
season could have turned ugly for
the Oklahoma Sooners.
Their starting quarterback,
Rhett Bomar, was dismissed in
August for NCAA rules violations.
Star running back Adrian
Peterson broke his collarbone just
five games into the season.
At best, coach Bob Stoops
and Oklahoma could have been
staring down a trip to the lowly
Independence Bowl. Not quite
what Sooner fans were used to
after qualifying for four Bowl
Championship Series games in six
seasons.
Yet, somehow, Stoops rallied
his team of backups and sopho-
mores to the Big 12 Championship
game on Saturday, defeating
Nebraska 21-7 for another BCS
bowl game.
Hes certainly deserving of
the Big 12 Coach of the Year
award he won earlier this season.
Considering all thats gone on this
season, Stoops should receive the
national award as well.
Stoops has had better, more
talented teams his squads in
2000, 2004 and 2005 played for the
National Championship but he
calls this his hungriest.
Super competitive. Resilient.
Just has a great will and deter-
mination to them, all of those,
Stoops said after his teams
Saturdays victory.
By ryAn schnEidEr
As expected, Kansas was not
selected for a postseason bowl
game.
The Jayhawks at-large chances
were ended late Saturday night
when the Motor City Bowl selected
Middle Tennessee State. Kansas
Big 12-affiliated bowl possibilities,
which were slim to begin with,
were finished when 6-6 Oklahoma
State was selected ahead of the
Jayhawks.
Kansas ends the season at 6-6,
after a 3-1 start. The team lost four
in a row to start Big 12 play, blow-
ing late leads in every game.
Obviously, we are all disap-
pointed that we did not receive a
bowl bid, coach Mark Mangino
said in a release. However, we had
12 opportunities on the field this
season to leave no doubt, and we
did not get that accomplished.
The Jayhawks won three in a row
against Colorado, Iowa State and
Kansas State to become bowl eli-
gible for the second-straight season.
The team was defeated by Missouri
to end the season.
Edited by Kate Shipley
By c.J. MoorE
Andrew Stewart used to have
to mediate when his twin sons
Rodrick and Lodrick Stewart
played one-on-one in the drive-
way.
Theres been a couple occasions
where me and brother got into
little scuffles playing one-on-one,
Rodrick, KU junior guard, said.
Andrew will have to watch from
the bleachers sporting a half
Kansas, half Southern California
T-shirt and let the officials keep
an eye on the Stewart twins, as they
play against each other tonight in
an actual game for the first time in
their lives.
Lodrick, a senior, starts at guard
for USC, where Rodrick started
17 of 27 games his freshman sea-
son. The Stewart twins chose USC
together because theyve always
made decisions together.
Its just weird being a twin,
Rodrick said. Its somebody youre
with every day. In high school, we
never went anywhere without each
other. Even if he had a girlfriend,
Id be the third wheel and hed do
the same with me.
When they started at USC, the
Stewarts were still attached at the
hip, taking the same classes and
going everywhere together. So
when Rodrick decided he needed
a change of scenery, it was the first
time the two would separate for an
extended period of time.
It was weird coming down and
making a decision for yourself and
not the both of us, Rodrick said.
I think he took it way worse than
I did because at first he felt like I
left him down there. I could have
just stayed. When you look at the
big picture, he knew it was the best
thing for me.
Lodrick continued to be a
fixture in the Trojan lineup. He
averaged 8.7 points per game his
freshman season and the smooth-
shooting lefty has averaged double
figures the last three seasons. This
year Lodrick is the second-leading
scorer for the Trojans at 14.7 points
per game.
Rodrick, who was Washingtons
3A State Player of the Year his
senior year at Rainier Beach High
School, averaged only 4.4 points
per game his freshman season.
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depauls sammy Mejia and Karron clarke celebrate their teams 64-57 victory as Kansas Brandon Rush, Darrell Arthur and JulianWright walk of the court Saturday in Rosemont, Ill. Kansas led 26-17 at halftime.
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dePaul 64 Kansas 57
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Practice makes imperfect as Kansas loses lead at DePaul
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BCS Bowls
By ryAn schnEidEr
kansan sports columnist
rschneider@kansan.com
KU guard
to face
twin in
feldhouse
ohio state will take on
Florida for the national cham-
pionship on Jan. 8. These teams
were also selected to Bcs bowl
games:
sugar bowl: notre Dame vs.
LsU, Jan. 3
orange bowl: Louisville vs.
wake Forest, Jan. 2
fiesta bowl: Boise st. vs.
oklahoma, Jan. 1
rose bowl: Usc vs. michi-
gan, Jan. 1
Associated Press
Stoops deserves coach of the year award
see schNeIder oN pAGe 3B
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Mangino disappointed
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Molly Brammer breaks
record at Nike Cup in Ohio
Kansas fnished a two-and-a-
half day meet at the Nike Cup in
third place. The meet was held in
Gambier, Ohio.
Sophomore Molly Brammer set
a new pool record in the 500-yard
freestyle with a time of 5:01.05.
Sophomore Ashley Leidigh also
set a pool record, fnishing the
100-yard butterfy in 57.29.
Our wheels fell of a little
bit due to the sheet amount of
racing we have done the last
two-and-a-half days, coach Clark
Campbell said in a press release.
It was a great way to fnish up
the fall season.
The Jayhawks have the next
fve weeks of and will head to
Mexico for their annual winter
training trip at the start of Janu-
ary.
Kansan staf reports
calendar
TODAY
Mens basketball vs. USC,
8 p.m, Allen Fieldhouse
WEDNESDAY
Womens basketball vs.
South Dakota State, 7 p.m.,
Allen Fieldhouse
SATURDAY
Mens basketball vs.
Toledo, noon, Kemper Arena,
Kansas City, Mo.
Track & Field at K-State All
Corners, all day, Manhattan
SUNDAY
Womens basketball
vs. California, 2 p.m., Allen
Fieldhouse
Since transferring to Kansas and
becoming eligible midway through
last season, he has struggled to
crack the KU lineup. He played only
45 minutes in 14 games last season.
This season Rodrick is finally
finding his niche for the Jayhawks.
Hes been the second guard off the
bench behind freshman Sherron
Collins, and had the best game of
his KU career last week with an
eight-point performance against
Dartmouth.
I think Rod played well against
Florida and the other night, so
hopefully hes on an incline, moving
forward, and shows that he needs
to be out there some more, coach
Bill Self said Thursday at his weekly
press conference.
However, in the KU loss Saturday
at DePaul, Rodrick did not see the
floor for the first time all season.
Self played only eight players and
Collins was the only guard to come
off the bench.
If Self chooses to keep Rodrick
on the bench tonight, the decision
would disappoint the contingent of
Stewarts from the Northwest.
Weve been talking about this
for the whole year, Rodrick said.
Its just something my dad always
hoped for, the chance to come to a
game where he can see both of us
playing at the same time. Because
its been a while since he saw both of
us on the court at the same time.
Rodrick said he wanted to be
matched up against his brother if
the two find themselves together
on the court tonight, just like their
many of one-on-one battles.
He was saying, dont try to come
down and dunk on me. Im not hav-
ing it. You already know Im not
having it, Rodrick said. He said
hes going to try his best not to let
me get a shot off and Im for sure
going to do the same with him.
Kansan staf writer C.J. Moore can
be contacted at cjmoore@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Catherine Odson
TWINS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
BY TOM WITHERS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND By his 10th
birthday, Derek Anderson wore size
17 shoes. On Sunday, those gigantic
feet ran the Cleveland Browns to an
improbable win.
Anderson threw two touchdown
passes to Steve Heiden in the final
8:55 of regulation and then scrambled
33 yards in overtime to set up Phil
Dawsons 33-yard field goal, giving
the Browns a 31-28 victory over the
stunned Kansas City Chiefs.
Before coming in for the injured
Charlie Frye, Anderson had never
thrown an NFL pass and had taken
only one snap. However, the 23-
year-old calmly rallied the Browns
(4-8), who capped another dysfunc-
tional week with only their second
December win at home since 1999.
Anderson was growing so fast as
a kid in Oregon that his parents had
to order his sneakers from the NBAs
Portland Trail Blazers, who sent
the family ones belonging to center
Arvydas Sabonis.
Not only did he fill those, but he
stepped smoothly into Fryes, too.
I knew he could play like that,
Browns running back Jason Wright
said. I believe in him. I wasnt sur-
prised, but Im sure a lot of people
are.
Especially the Chiefs.
Trent Green threw four TD passes
two to Tony Gonzalez for Kansas
City, which had its AFC playoff hopes
severely damaged. The Chiefs (7-5)
led 28-14 with 8:55 to play in regu-
lation after Green hooked up with
Gonzalez on a 23-yard strike.
But Anderson, Clevelands third-
string quarterback a year ago, brought
the Browns back to cap a bizarre
week.
The season isnt over, but we just
made it a lot tougher, said Gonzalez,
who had nine catches for 105 yards.
We played well, we just didnt finish.
We let one slip away.
Green, making his third start after
missing eight games with a concus-
sion, was 24-of-32 for 297 yards. The
Chiefs fell three games behind San
Diego in the AFC West.
Now we need other teams to help
us out, Green said. Thats why this
one is so disappointing.
Tony Dejak/ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Simon Fraser (75) and linebackers Andra Davis (54) and DQwell
Jackson in the third quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006, in Cleveland. Johnson ran
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. So what
if its a week earlier than Oklahoma
had hoped for?
The eighth-ranked Sooners will
still finish their season in Glendale,
Ariz., and thats good enough for
coach Bob Stoops.
The Sooners 21-7 victory over
No. 19 Nebraska in the Big 12 title
game Saturday night earned them
a berth in the Fiesta Bowl on New
Years Day.
But combined with UCLAs 13-9
upset of No. 2 Southern California
earlier Saturday, Oklahomas win
also raised questions of what might
have been had a blown onside kick
call not led to a 34-33 loss at
Oregon on Sept. 16.
The BCS title game is Jan. 8,
also in Glendale.
Stoops was in no mood to play
what-if, though, after his team
won its fourth Big 12 title.
You know what? We cant do
anything about it, Stoops said.
For us to sit here and make an
issue of it is not going to come off
the right way.
You guys call it what you want,
he said. Were going to get ready
to play the next game.
Stoops had no problem, though,
talking about Paul Thompsons
performance in leading the longest
scoring drive in Big 12 champion-
ship history: 99 yards on 11 plays,
capped by Thompsons second TD
pass to Malcolm Kelly for a 21-7
lead late in the third quarter.
That was the drive of the year,
without question, Stoops said. It
was huge. Paul threw some great
balls on that series, and we exe-
cuted well and pounded it in. That
was a big blow to them.
Kellys 142 yards receiving on
10 catches broke the previous title
game record of 140 yards, set by
Kansas States Darnell McDonald
in 1998.
It was just a good week of
preparation, Kelly said. There
wasnt much else to it. We just took
whatever they gave us.
The Sooners (11-2) forced five
turnovers, another championship
game record. Strong safety Reggie
Smith had two of Oklahomas
takeaways, including a fumble
recovery that set up the Sooners
first score.
Sure, quarterback-turned-wide
receiver-turned quarterback Paul
Thompson and backup running
back Allen Patrick arent the
most threatening Sooner duo, but
theyve been effective.
Thats a credit to Stoops for
trusting those inexperienced play-
ers and finding ways to put them
in a position to win.
Theres not a better example of
that than Stoops electing to run
a dangerous passing play when
faced with a third down and 10 at
his own 1-yard line. The Sooners
only led by a touchdown and the
Cornhuskers were poised to steal
the momentum.
The gamble paid off.
Thompsons pass went for 35 yards
and Oklahoma scored a touch-
down a few plays later.
Best drive of the year, without
question, Stoops said. It was
huge.
Although he wont talk about
it, Stoops still has to be privately
fuming about an officiating mis-
take that cost his team a victory
against Oregon earlier in the
season.
Take away that game and
Oklahoma would be sitting at 12-1
and would likely be on the short
list of teams, along with Florida
and Michigan, with an opportu-
nity to play Ohio State in the BCS
National Championship game.
You know what? We cant do
anything about it, Stoops said.
For us to sit here and make an
issue of it is not going to come off
the right way. So you guys call it
what you want and were going
to get ourselves ready to play the
next game and well have some
great bowl practices.
Instead of playing for its fourth
national championship in seven
years, the Sooners will be heading
to the Fiesta Bowl to play Boise
State.
That trip to Arizona in January
will mean Stoops has coached in
every BCS game Rose, Sugar,
Orange, Fiesta in just eight
seasons. No other coach in the
country has done that.
Its just another reason why
Stoops has done the best coaching
job in America this season.
Schneider is a Lawrence senior in
journalism.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
SCHNEIDER (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is showered with water after Oklahoma defeats Nebraska to win the Big 12 championship. Fans at Oklahoma are
used to winning, but Stoops has proved worthy of the Coach of the Year honor by overcoming the loss of his quarterback and running back.
Sooners defeat Huskers
in Big 12 Championship
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
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Kansas State chosen to go
to Texas Bowl in Houston
Kansas States frst postseason
trip in three years will match the
Wildcats against an opponent that
came within a whisker of making
the Bowl Championship Series.
Kansas State accepted a bid on
Sunday to the Texas Bowl, where
the Wildcats (7-5) will meet No. 16
Rutgers.
The game is set for Dec. 28 in
Houston.
The Scarlet Knights (10-2)
could have earned the Big Easts
automatic BCS berth by defeating
West Virginia on Saturday, but fell
41-39 to the Mountaineers in triple
overtime.
Theyre a national caliber team,
for sure, frst-year Kansas State
coach Ron Prince said. But weve
played a couple of those this year,
and were ready to go compete.
Rutgers situation should be
familiar to Kansas State fans who
remember the Wildcats 1998
season.
The Wildcats, for years the most
miserable program in college
football, were ranked No. 2 and on
the verge of playing for a national
championship in before they blew
a 15-point fourth-quarter lead to
Texas A&M and lost the Big 12 title
game in double-overtime.
Associated Press
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By shawn shroyer
ROSEMONT, Ill. Saturday was
supposed to be a cheery homecom-
ing for Julian Wright and Sherron
Collins.
They were supposed to return
from their old stomping grounds
with a sixth-straight W under their
belt.
But the fans
parading onto
the court after
the game werent
c o n g r a t u l a t -
ing Wright or
Collins. They
were celebrating
DePauls 64-57
upset of No. 5
Kansas.
As cool as it
was to come home, I wanted to
leave here with a win, Wright said.
Wright and Collins, Kansas
sophomore forward and freshman
guard, wanted to win so badly in
front of the hometown crowd that
coach Bill Self noticed they were
uptight at the beginning of the
game.
Although Wright, who attended
Homewood-Flossmoor High in
Chicago Heights, Ill., and Collins,
who attended Crane High in
Chicago, didnt post the kind of stats
they had been so far this season,
many of their highlights came when
they were in the lineup together.
It was probably too soon for
Sherron, but pretty good timing for
Julian, Self said.
For a six-minute stretch in the
first half and about four minutes in
the second half,
C h i c a g o a n s
got to see their
native sons
on the court
together as
Jayhawks.
N e i t h e r
found much
success on
offense in the
first half, but
they did help
contain the DePaul offense. Wright
had two blocks and Collins had
three defensive rebounds while
playing together in the first half.
In the second half, their offen-
sive production picked up and put
Kansas in position to pull away.
Wrights dunk six minutes into
the second half gave Kansas a 14-
point lead, its largest of the game.
The last three minutes they were in
the lineup together, they combined
for five points. Collins three-point
shot put Kansas up by nine, and
two Wright free throws stretched
Kansas lead to 10, but that was the
furthest it would go in the final 10
minutes.
For the game, Wright and Collins
combined for 17 points, which is
three below their combined season
average, but what Kansas missed
most was Wrights rebounding.
Collins, the shortest player on
the Kansas roster, had five rebounds
to match Wright, who had been
averaging nine per game. Without
Wright dominating the boards,
Kansas was out-rebounded for the
first time all season, 35-30.
The game was also a homecom-
ing of sorts for Self, who coached
in Illinois for three years at the
University of Illinois, but he viewed
the game as an opportunity to let
his players return home.
We want to recruit here, and if
you are fortunate enough to get a
good player from the area, you want
to at least give them an opportunity
to go home, Self said.
Kansansportswriter shawnshroy-
er can be contacted at sshroyer@
kansan.com.
Edited by Kate Shipley
Home bittersweet home
Chicago natives Wright, Collins perform below average
Brandon Rush
lacks leadership
on, of court
When NBA scouts watch a
game, they usually focus on a small
handful of players to watch. For
Kansas, one of those players is
always Brandon Rush.
During Saturdays 64-57 loss,
Rush was easy to miss, even if you
were looking for him. The sopho-
more guard had a disappointing
game, sure. But he also had a
disappointing leadership perfor-
mance.
Much is expected of Rush. He
was a highly touted recruit who
clearly has aspirations of play-
ing at the next level. He has more
athletic ability than anybody else
on the Kansas team. He can hit
clutch shots and defend anybody in
America, but he has often proved
unwilling to take the team on his
shoulders.
Saturday he finished a disap-
pointing 1-for-7 shooting.
He had numerous opportuni-
ties to, he just couldnt get anything
good to happen, coach Bill Self
said. He missed an uncontested
layup to start the second half, and
if you just get one of those to go
down, maybe he could get a little
confidence.
Rush shouldnt just be getting
confidence for himself, he needs
to be projecting it to the team.
He cant count on showing up in
March and taking the leadership
role.
After Kansas struggled against
Ball State, the Jayhawks had a play-
ers-only meeting at their hotel. All
the players attended, but junior
guard Russell Robinson and sopho-
more forward Julian Wright led the
meeting. If Rush doesnt lead the
team off the court, he cant lead the
team on the court.
Come crunch time on Saturday,
it was Wright fighting to the basket
and Robinson taking the key three-
point shots. Its no surprise that the
coaches would draw up the plays
for those two, because the other
players respect them.
Rush took only one shot in the
final five minutes. It was a free
throw, and it didnt go in.
The Jayhawks can win without
Rush, and thats something that
Self needs to let him know. If he
continues to flounder both in
shooting percentage and leadership
he should be sent to the bench
and used as a sixth man.
Leadership isnt something that
comes naturally, and Rush has
always had problems being asser-
tive and taking shots. In practice,
he has to run on a treadmill every
time he passes up a good shot.
After Saturdays game, he said
that he missed a couple layups and
a lot of wide open shots. He can
overcome his shooting woes; thats
something even the best shooters
go through. But if he wants to be a
star in the NBA, hes going to have
to learn how to be a leader.
Its not on the stat sheets, but the
scouts are still keeping score.
Phillips is a wichita senior in jour-
nalism.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
By MIChaeL PhILLIPs
kansan sPoRTs EdIToR
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Junior guard Russell Robinson and Will Walker collide as they chase a loose ball during the
frst half of Saturdays game against DePaul in Rosemont, Ill.
JefRoberson/Associated Press
Sammy Mejia hits a two-point shot as sophomore guard Brandon Rush and junior guard Russell Robinson defend himSaturday in Rosemont, Ill. Mejia hit the game-tying and go-ahead 3-point shots in the fnal three
minutes to lead DePaul to a 64-57 win against No. 5 Kansas.
JefRoberson/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sammy Mejia gets a pat on the back fromassistant coach Gary DeCesare while looking up at sophomore guard Brandon Rush after hitting a two-point shot late in
the second half. Mejia scored 23 points to lead DePaul to a 64-57 upset victory against No. 5 Kansas.
Kansas struggled
against a mid-tier
opponent again on
Saturday, which has
to make the fans at
USC happy. Will the
Jayhawks rebound
tonight, or will the
Trojans keep them
down?
First of all, nothing
will make the USC fans
happy after their foot-
ball showing against
UCLA. As for the game tonight,
while theres no good explana-
tion for the Jayhawks inconsis-
tent play, they should have more
than enough talent to beat USC
at home. However, recent history
shows that what the Jayhawks
should do isnt always what ends
up happening.
Jack Connor
Kansas loss at
DePaul clearly had
more to do with a lack
of concentration on
the Jayhawks part than a stellar
performance by the opposition.
The disappointing loss can be
attributed to defensive lapses in
the second half and an unchar-
acteristically poor shooting
performance fromsophomore
guard Brandon Rush. Chances
are coach Bill Self will have a few
choice words for his players in
the next several days. More than
likely, Kansas will be extremely
prepared to defeat a decent but
unspectacular USC squad.
Asher Fusco
Without the pres-
ence of a dominant
go-to player when
in need of a bucket,
the Jayhawks displayed obvious
problems despite the unlimited
talent they possess. The team
should win against USC tonight,
but needs to learn to get better
every game in order to correct
its problems. The season did not
end after the Florida game.
Daniel C. Weixeldorfer
This Jayhawk team
seems to struggle to
fnd motivation, and a poor per-
formance should be able to give
themat least one games worth.
A solid home crowd should be
able to propel the Jayhawks to
a victory against a mediocre op-
ponent.
Kayvon Sarraf
So far this season,
the Jayhawks have
proven that they
are both incred-
ibly talented and frustratingly
inconsistent. Kansas especially
needs more quality minutes out
of junior forward Darnell Jackson
and junior center Sasha Kaun. It
may be ugly, but KU will be too
fred up after a disappointing loss
to drop two in a row.
Kyle Carter
uP oR DoWN

from press row...

It was over when
DePaul guard Sammy Mejia
tied the game 53-53 with 3:01
remaining in regulation. At that
point, the Blue Demons over-
came their greatest obstacle a
14-point defcit. NowKansas was
on its heels while DePaul was
in attack mode. It came as no
surprise that the Blue Demons
outscored Kansas 11-4 after that
basket.
Game ball Goes to
Almost by default, the game
ball goes to sophomore guard
Mario Chalmers. He was one of
the fewJayhawks who didnt lose
composure, and his 15 points
led the team. He was the only
Jayhawk starter to shoot better
than 50 percent fromthe feld,
including 3-for-5 fromthree-
point range.
Game to forGet
Kansas prior winning streak
masked the poor shooting of
sophomore guard Brandon Rush.
The Jayhawks needed the All-
American to step up on Saturday
and he responded by shooting
1-for-7 fromthe feld and missed
his only free throwattempt. In
his last four games, he has shot
31.7 percent fromthe feld, 26.3
percent fromthree-point land
and 35.7 percent fromthe free-
throwline.
stat of the Game
The swing in shooting per-
centages for each teamis mind-
boggling, especially for DePaul.
The Blue Demons shot 26.1
percent fromthe feld in the frst
half, but that number jumped to
54.2 percent in the second half.
Kansas was limited to 20 shots
in the frst half and made half of
them. It took 11 more shots in
the second half, but its percent-
age dropped to 35.5 percent.
Shawn Shroyer
JefRoberson/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Draelon Burns looks to pass around Kansas freshman forward Darrell Arthur. Burns fnished the game with nine points.
DePaul 64, No. 5 Kansas 57
Kansas 26 31 57
DePaul 17 47 64
Kansas
Arthur 5-11 0-0 10
Wright 4-9 4-6 12
Robinson 2-7 3-5 8
Chalmers 5-8 2-2 15
Rush 1-7 0-1 3
Collins 2-6 0-0 5
Case 0-0 0-0 0
Kaun 2-3 0-0 4
Jackson 0-0 0-0 0
Witherspoon 0-0 0-0 0
totals 21-51 9-14 57.
DePaUl
Currie 1-1 0-2 2
Mejia 8-16 4-6 23
Clinkscales 0-0 0-0 0
Heard 1-3 3-4 5
Chandler 4-11 2-2 12
Burns 2-4 4-5 9
Walker 2-3 0-0 5
Thompson 0-1 0-0 0
Green 0-5 2-2 2
Butler 0-1 0-0 0
Clarke 1-2 4-5 6
totals 19-47 19-26 64.
recorDs
Kansas 6-2, DePaul 3-4.
notebook...
Kansas record dropped
to 6-2 and DePauls improved to
3-4. It was DePauls frst victory
against a top-fve teamsince
1999 and its frst victory against
Kansas in the series history.
DePaul coach Jerry Wain-
wright improved his all-time
record against Kansas to 2-0. He
was coach of the Richmond Spi-
ders during the 2003-04 season
when they defeated Kansas.
This was the second
straight game that Kansas held
an opponent to 26 percent
shooting in the frst half. The
Jayhawks have surrendered just
30 total frst half points the last
two games.
Kansas 26 points at the
half were its fewest at the break
this season. Its 57 total points
were also a season low.
JefRoberson/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Russell Robinson, Darrell Arthur, Brandon Rush and Julian Wright walk back onto the court after a timeout with just more than a minute left in
the game against DePaul Saturday. Kansas lost 64-57.
BASKETBALL
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Kansas didnt help itself any.
Sophomore guard Brandon Rush
and junior guard Russell Robinson
each missed the front ends of one-
and-one free throw opportunities,
costing the Jayhawks as many as
four points without having to run
the clock.
We gave this one away, Rush
said.
The most disappointing thing
for Self and his players was that
they shouldnt have been clawing
for points at the end of the game.
It should have been decided long
before that point.
We really didnt capitalize on
them not playing well, Self said.
Then when they started playing
well, they certainly took advantage
of us playing very poorly.
DePaul shot just 26.1 percent
from the floor in the first half while
Kansas was shooting 50 percent,
resulting in a 26-17 lead for the
Jayhawks at the break. All Kansas
had to do to bust the game wide
open in the second half was continue
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mistakes on offense.
Instead, Kansas played flawed
basketball on both ends of the court
while DePaul improved as the game
progressed. This didnt come as a
shock to Kansas.
We told our guys, Hey, this has
been a second half team, Self said.
We knew that they could come
back.
But just because the Jayhawks
were aware of it, didnt mean they
could stop the Blue Demons.
DePaul shot 54.2 percent in the
second half, led by Mejia. Mejia was
8-for-16 from the field, including
3-for-5 fromthree-point range, scor-
ing 18 of his 23 points in the second
half. Chandler and guard Draelon
Burns added nine points apiece after
halftime.
We actually did an average job
on Chandler, but did a bad, bad job
on Mejia, Self said. Sammy really
controlled the second half.
At the same time, nobody came
close to controlling the game for
Kansas. For the fourth straight
game, Rush failed to assert himself
on offense, being held scoreless after
sinking a three-pointer at the 17:12
mark in the first half, his only three
points of the game.
Really good players have to fig-
ure out a way a little bit and hes got
to do a better job of that, Self said
of Rush.
Sophomore guard Mario
Chalmers was the only Jayhawk with
a consistently hot hand Saturday.
His 15 points led the teamin scoring
and he was 3-for-3 from three-point
range until the last 20 seconds when
he chucked two prayers up from
beyond the arc.
After the game, Wright was
noticeably dejected, partially because
he left his hometown without a vic-
tory and partially because Kansas
had reverted back to the apprehen-
sive style of play itd been trying to
avoid.
We just came out too timid,
Wright said. We didnt attack. We
just waited.
Kansansportswriter shawnshroy-
er can be contacted at sshroyer@
kansan.com.
Edited by Catherine Odson
JefRoberson/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Draelon Burns and teammates celebrate with fans in the student section after upsetting No. 5 Kansas 64-57 on Saturday.
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During the first half of Sundays
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story.
After trading baskets with the
Badgers for much of the first half,
the Jayhawks struggled through poor
second-half performance on the way
to a 68-41 loss.
Kansas shot just 30 percent from
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Hardheaded defense and scrappy play
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Things turned ugly for the
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Wisconsin scored five points in just
over a minute to begin what would
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six minutes of the period.
The Badgers dominated the sec-
ond half in nearly every facet of
the game. Wisconsin both outscored
and out-rebounded Kansas by wide
margins thanks in part to an efficient
nine-point, four-rebound perfor-
mance off the bench from freshman
Teah Gant.
Junior Jolene Anderson helped
protect the Wisconsin lead with
15 points, nine rebounds and four
steals.
No Kansas player enjoyed a strong
individual performance, although
senior guard Sharita Smith brought
some much-needed defensive energy
to the court in her 12 minutes of
play.
Freshman forward Sade Morris
led Kansas with 10 points on 4-
for-8 shooting. Morris was the lone
Jayhawk to score in double figures
on Sunday.
After the disappointing trip to
Wisconsin, the young Jayhawks have
the luxury of three straight home
games and the added experience that
can sometimes come from a deflat-
ing loss.
Well learn a lot from this,
Henrickson said. This will help us
toughen up.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco
can be contacted at afusco@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Kate Shipley
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Wisconsin guard Rae Lin DAlie drives past Jayhawk freshman guard Lindsay Ballweg during
Sundays game in Madison. Ballweg struggled, scoring no points during the game and attempting
only one shot. The rest of the teamdid not fare much better, as the Badgers easily defeated the
Jayhawks. It was only the second loss of the season for Kansas.
Poor second-half play leads to loss
Kansas cant catch up to Wisconsin
Wisconsin 68, Kansas 41
Wisconsin 29 39 68
Kansas 21 20 41
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Large older homes near campus (16th &
Tenn.). Remodeled w/ CA, upgraded heat-
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front porch; off-street parking; no smok-
ing/pets; lease runs 8/1/07 ~ 8/1/08.
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7B
Monday, deceMber 4, 2006
USC of the Pac-10 will enter
Allen Fieldhouse on a fve-
game winning streak. After los-
ing its season opener and frst
game on its new home court
in the Galen Center, to South
Carolina, USC defeated its next
fve opponents by an average
of 16 points. The Trojans de-
feated Loyola Marymount 67-50
on Saturday.
4 The number of return-
ing starters from last seasons
17-13 team
2 Head coach Tim Floyds
number of years at the helm of
the USC program
17 Scout.coms rank of
USCs recruiting class that
includes seven freshmen
5 The number of seasons
coach Floyd spend in the NBA
coaching the Chicago Bulls and
the New Orleans Hornets
10,258 USCs new home
stadium, The Galen Center,
holds this many spectators
Senior guard Lodrick
Stewart will be playing against
his twin brother Rodrick, whom
he calls his biggest sports hero,
tonight.
Lodrick has
956 career
points, which
is the most
for an active
player in the
Pac-10. So far
this season,
Lodrick is averaging nearly 15
points a game. He has led the
Trojans twice with 19 against
Saint Marys and 21 against
Loyola Marymount.
Will USC be able to domi-
nate the Jayhawks on the
boards?
So far this season the Trojans
are outrebounding their oppo-
nents 41.8 to 37.5. The Jay-
hawks have also outrebounded
their foes 40.6 to 31.8, but if the
Trojans can get to the boards
ofensively and get second
and third chances at shots, this
could cause problems for the
home team.
GAMEDAY
8B
monday, december 4, 2006
Oklahoma State (9-0) vs. No. 14 Syracuse (7-1)
Tuesday, 6 p.m., ESPN
Syracuse continues its tradition of not playing non-conference games
outside the state of New York, playing Oklahoma State Tuesday in the Jim-
my V Classic in New York City. The Cowboys, under frst year coach Sean
Sutton, are undefeated after playing a weak schedule to start the season.
The Cowboys should continue to improve as the season goes along. By
the time Big 12 Conference play rolls around, Oklahoma State should be
one of the conferences top teams.
The Orange is coming of a home loss to Wichita State Saturday night.
Considering Oklahoma States weak schedule so far, expect Syracuse to get
the victory.
No. 8 Texas A&M (7-0) at No. 12 LSU (4-1)
Tuesday, 8 p.m.
This is clearly the game of the day on Tuesday. Both teams should be
seriously considered as possibilities to advance to the Final Four in Atlanta.
Texas A&M is a legitimate threat to challenge Kansas for the Big 12 title.
LSU was shocked at home last weekend by Wichita State. Despite fea-
turing Glenn Davis in the paint, the Tigers have clearly missed guard Tyrus
Thomas, who jumped to the NBA.
Look for Gillespie and the Aggies to come out of Baton Rouge with the
victory. The Aggies are clearly the hottest team in the Big 12 right now.
No. 16 Arizona (5-1) vs. Louisville (2-1)
Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Nearly a month into the season, the Louisville Cardinals have played just
three games. That cant bode well against a talented Arizona team.
Former Jayhawk David Padgett has struggled since leaving Lawrence
three years ago. Padgett is averaging just eight points and four rebounds a
game. Its not exactly the post presence that coach Rick Pitino expected to
get out the transfer.
Expect Arizona to roll easily in the second game of the Jimmy V Classic at
Madison Square Garden in New York City.
NATIONAL GAMES OF INTEREST by Ryan SchneideR
Kansas is 6-2 this season
and is averaging 78 points per
game. The Jayhawks fell 21
points short of that average
on Saturday. For the season,
Kansas is 1-2 when scoring 71
points or less. Coach Bill Self
has never coached against
Southern California, but Kansas
should be familiar with Trojans
coach Tim Floyd. Floyds last
collegiate coaching job was at
Iowa State, where he went 3-8
overall against Kansas and 0-4
in Allen Fieldhouse.
1 The number of times Kansas
has lost back-to-back noncon-
ference games under coach Bill
Self
4 The number of minutes
after his brother, Lodrick, that
Rodrick Stewart was born
9 The number of points
sophomore guard Brandon
Rush is averaging during the
last four games
13/15 The number of assists
to turnovers Kansas had its last
game
26 The number of points
Kansas scored in the frst half
against DePaul and the fewest
it has scored in a frst half this
season
Kansas junior guard Ro-
drick Stewart certainly had this
game circled on his calendar
when the season started.
Tonight, Stewarts identical twin
brother Lo-
drick Stewart
will be in
the starting
lineup for
Southern
California. Ro-
drick is only
averaging
7.7 minutes
per game this season and didnt
play in the DePaul game, but
depending on how tonights
game goes, he could fnd him-
self guarding his brother.
Which Kansas will show up
tonight?
The Jayhawks have a bad
habit this season of playing
great basketball one game and
letting down the next. If DePaul
can expose a lackluster Kansas
performance, then Southern
California is certainly capable of
doing the same.
BACK TO BASICS
Kansas vs. UsC 8 p.m., Monday, Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, ESPN2
After loss to DePaul, rebounding will be key
KU
tip-off
at a glanCe
5 quick faCts
player to watCh
qUestion mark
Stewart
USC
tip-off
at a glanCe
5 quick faCts
player to watCh
qUestion mark
Stewart
Ofense
Just when everything seemed to be going fne, the wheels fell
of the Kansas ofense during the weekend. Against DePaul, Kan-
sas starters combined for 11 of the teams 15 turnovers. As a result,
Kansas never found a fow on ofense and it showed, especially in
the second half. The Jayhawks made just three of 12 three-point
attempts after halftime, but what was more disheartening was
that the team missed shots near the basket that it usually makes.
Its shooting percentage dropped from 50 to 35 percent from
the frst to the second half. Kansas will have something to prove
tonight against Southern California. The Trojans are holding op-
ponents to just 31 percent shooting from the feld. Perhaps no
Jayhawk will have as much to prove as sophomore guard Bran-
don Rush. He is averaging just nine points per game his last four
outings. USC could give Kansas some matchup problems. Unlike
most of the teams Kansas has played, the Trojans are a big team
from top to bottom. Kansas might be able to counteract that size
with the quickness of players such as junior guard Russell Rob-
inson, freshman guard Sherron Collins and sophomore forward
Julian Wright.
Defense
Defense wasnt to blame for Kansas second loss of the season.
For the second-straight game the Jayhawks held an opponent in
the teens in the frst half and limited their opponent to 26 percent
shooting in the frst half. Kansas problem on defense so far this
season appears to be its inability to stop a players when they get
hot. Oral Roberts had Marchello Vealy and Caleb Green. DePaul
had Sammy Mejia and Wilson Chandler. Kansas should have its
hands full with Southern California guards Nick Young and Lo-
drick Stewart and forward Taj Gibson. All three are averaging
double fgures. Young and Gibson are both shooting better than
50 percent from the feld and Stewart is USCs best three-point
shooter. The defensive responsibilities for guarding these three
players will likely fall on Robinson, Wright and sophomore
guard Mario Chalmers.
Kansas UsC
Ofense
The Trojans are scoring 71 points per game so far this season.
Junior guard and forward Nick Young is pacing the Trojans with
16.5 points per game and Lodrick Stewart is second on the team
with almost 15. From three-point land the Trojans were of and
on against Loyola Marymount, fnishing with an impressive 50
percent from behind the arc.. It wasnt a team efort, though.
Stewart was one of only two Trojans to score a three-point shot.
He went 6-for-9 from the feld, while freshman Daniel Hack-
ett made one of two. Theyll have their work cut out for them
against a tough Kansas defense, but the task isnt an impossible
one. DePaul was shut down in the frst half, but was able to fnd a
way to put up points in the second half.
Defense
USC has one of the better feld goal percentage defenses in
the nation at 31.3 percent. Freshman Taj Gibson is pacing the
Trojans in rebounding with an average of 9.8 and blocked shots
with 11. Lodrick Stewart has eight steals, which is best on the
team. Their last time out the Trojans had 27 defensive rebounds,
fve blocks and held the Lions to 27.8 percent shooting on the
game. Theyll look to control the boards tonight against Kansas,
which was able to shut down Floridas Joakim Noah, but had
problems pulling down rebounds against DePaul. If the Trojans
can deny the Jayhawks second and third chances, they will give
their ofense the opportunity to win the game.
Momentum
Even though the Jayhawks have
defeated the Trojans the last three
times they have met, including
Kansas 107-78 pounding of
USC in 1998 in Allen Field-
house, this time around
the Trojans have all the
momentum. While the
Jayhawks were stum-
bling against DePaul,
the Trojans defeated
Loyola Marymount 67-
50. The Trojans know
that the Jayhawks
have dropped two
games, one at home,
to two teams that arent
ranked. The momentum arrow
points to the Trojans. In addition,
Lodrick Stewart will get the op-
portunity to play in front of friends
and family, and possibly upstage his
brother on national TV.
Erin Wiley
Momentum
Whatever momen-
tum Kansas had
on its former fve-
game winning
streak is gone
after Saturdays
loss. However, the
Jayhawks should
be plenty motivated
after having to listen to De- Paul fans
chant overrated as the Blue Demons came
away with a 64-57 upset. The fact that Kansas
could end Southern Californias fve-game
winning streak should provide more motiva-
tion to the Jayhawks. And if that isnt enough,
coming back to the friendly confnes of Allen
Fieldhouse should give Kansas a boost. The
Jayhawks have won three straight against the
Trojans. The last meeting came in 1998 when
Kansas won 107-78 at home.
Shawn Shroyer
Russell Robinson