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By AnnA FAltErmEiEr
Planned Parenthood Clinics
nationwide distributed free
Emergency Contraception Plan B
Wednesday to mark the once pre-
scription-only medications move to
over-the-counter.
Christi Campbell, who works at
Planned Parenthood, 2108 W. 27th
St, said women 18 and older were
able to get a free dose of Plan B by
showing a valid ID. Women under
18 were required to have a consul-
tation with a Planned Parenthood
physician before getting the medi-
cation.
Campbell said the goal of giving
away Plan B was to let people know
the medication was available over-
the-counter.
Mandy del Valle, manager of
Planned Parenthood, said several
patients were hesitant to come in to
get prescription-only Plan B because
they had to see a doctor to get it.
Now patients dont have to say
why they need it or even who they
need it for, del Valle said.
Not everyone is happy about
Plan Bs move to over the counter.
KU Students for Life held a silent
protest Wednesday on Wescoe
Beach from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Nicole Habashy, co-president
of KU Students for Life, organized
the protest.
Habashy said the protest wasnt
meant to be a response to Planned
Parenthoods free over-the-counter
Plan B. She said the group wanted
to spread the word that there was a
pro-life group on campus.
We wanted anyone who wants
to talk about the facts or effects
of abortion to know they can
come to us and well help them,
Habashy said.
administration
board of regents
By CourtnEy FArr
Beak Em Bucks, a debit card fea-
ture on KUIDs, may violate Kansas
law because the University of Kansas
makes no attempt to return money
in inactive accounts to former stu-
dents, nor does it surrender aban-
doned accounts to the Kansas State
Treasurer.
KU officials said they didnt know
how much of the almost $300,000 in
Beak Em Bucks accounts is aban-
doned or even which accounts are
active.
The University maintains account
information in its databases,
but KU officials denied a Kansas
Open Records Act request by The
University Daily Kansan for informa-
tion about abandoned accounts. Jane
Rosenthal, KU privacy officer and
records custodian, said the request
was denied because the develop-
ment of special programming would
be required to produce this informa-
tion.
Mike Wellems, chairman of
Student Senates finance committee,
said he thought the University would
want to get the information to better
understand any problems with the
system.
Peggy Hanna, deputy assistant
to the Kansas State Treasurer, said
the Kansas Unclaimed Property Act
required state agencies, including
the University, to report abandoned
funds to her office.
But Lindy Eakin, vice provost for
administration and finance, said the
University did not report to the trea-
surers office.
Were just trying to stay under
the radar, Eakin said.
It just introduces so much
KU refuses to disclose unspent KUId funds
see Bucks on page 6a
By JACk WEinstEin
OVERLAND PARK Groups
in Wichita and Overland Park
learned Wednesday that buildings
of the six state universities required
$729 million in repairs.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway,
Kansas State President Jon
Wefald and Board of Regents
Chairman Nelson Galle addressed
the Johnson County Business
Leadership Council, a segment of
the Greater Kansas City Chamber
of Commerce, Wednesday night.
Wednesday morning, joined by
Wichita State President Donald
Beggs, alumni from all three
schools and local leaders were
addressed.
The purpose of the meetings
was not to solicit money, but to
solicit support from the people
who can influence Governor
Kathleen Sebelius and the Kansas
Legislature, Galle said.
The cost of the repairs, called
deferred maintenance by the Board
of Regents, was released to the
public in November at a back-
logged total of $727 million. An
additional $84 million annually
would be required to maintain
those repairs.
The cost of repairs covers 567
academic and administrative build-
ings. Covered by other fees are resi-
dence halls, student unions, athletic
facilities and parking garages.
The figure includes nearly $209
million for repairs to the KU cam-
pus and more than $75 million to
the KU Medical Center.
health
ashley Tillberg is busy preparing for her three fnals.
The newton junior, like many ku students, will have fnals
next week. she has developed some strategies that help her
to study, such as snacking on cereal and studying for her
earliest fnal frst.
Finals occur the week of Dec. 11. The schedule and regu-
lations are available online at www.registrar.ku.edu/exams/
069fnals.shtml. Final grades can be viewed through enroll
and Pay after they are posted.
what do you think?
academics
The end
iS near
photo illustration by Jared gab/Kansan
Students, KU staff offer tips to prepare test-takers for this semesters finals
fnals study tips
Plan ahead to allow
enough time to prepare
make sure you know
where the fnal is
Develop a study plan
Give yourself a short
break
Return to lawrence a
day before the frst fnal
Be early to the exam
so you can relax and get
prepared
work on problems
you know, and then go
back to ones you dont
know
If the questions are
multiple choice, try to
predict the answer before
looking at the options
Develop an outline
for essays before writing
them
Source: Kristin Scott, Assistant Di-
rector of the Academic Achievement
and Access Center
eating tips
eat foods high in
protein
Try not to consume
too much cafeine
eat at regular intervals
Be sure to get enough
sleep because lack of sleep
leads to overeating
Be sure to drink plenty
of fuids because thirst is
sometimes mistaken for
hunger
Take exercise breaks
because it will help focus
If you are a stress
eater, take snacks, but
study at the library
Find ways to soothe
stress besides eating such
as a bubble bath
It doesnt matter what
time you eat, but rather
how much you eat
Source: Ann Chapman, dietitian at
Watkins Memorial Health Center
taylor miller
colby junior
once they are over, forget everything because
thats what I do and it works.
whaT advice woUld yoU give To
STUdenTS STUdying for finalS?
dan schwaller
omaha, neb., senior
study hard, but dont stress yourself out.
rebekah scaperlanda
norman, okla., junior
wear comfortable clothing.
tim hoffman
atchinson junior
Group study and study guides.
By kim lynCh
Planned Parenthood
gives away free Plan B
see plan B on page 4a
see maintenance on page 4a
School ofcials
solicit support
for maintenance
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SHOULD RESTAURANTS BE BANNED FROM
SERVING FOOD WITH TRANS FATS?
what do you think?
I dont think so. People
can choose not to get food
that has trans fat in it.
Christina ORiley,
Hopkins, Mo., junior
Yeah, they probably
should, because America
does have a pretty bad
obesity problem. Itd be
pretty good if they cut
down on that, at least.
Paul Godfrey, Shawnee
junior
I dont think so. Being
banned is too strict a mea-
sure. What they should do
is make a menu where they
show you which foods have
trans fat and which ones
do not.
Sanjibani Banerjee,
Calcutta, India, graduate
student
I think it should be put in
the menu in clear view which
things have trans fat in them.
Forrest Willson, Tulsa fresh-
man
I dont think they should
be banned from serving them.
People should be able to
choose.
Patrick Toomey, Wichita
senior
BY MATT ERICKSON
If I were two-faced, would I
be wearing this one?
AbrahamLincoln
A condom can hold about
four quarts of milk. Bonus Fact:
18th Century condoms were
made from sheep, lamb and
goat intestines, and sometimes
fsh skin.
Source: MichiganState University OlinHealth
Center
Want to know what people
are talking about? Here is a list
of Wednesdays most e-mailed
stories from Kansan.com.
1. Perkins a coach-friendly
director
2. Student charged with
involuntary manslaughter for
alleged hit-and-run
3. Davis: Coaches millions
unjust
4. Letter to the editor: Peter-
mann
5. Letter to the editor: Green
A University employee
reported a theft from a vehicle
parked near the 1400 block of
Apple lane. Someone took the
licence tag from the vehicle. The
incident occurred Dec. 5.
A 19-year-old KU student
reported an aggravated rob-
bery at the 1200 block of Ohio.
Someone took $100 in cash and
a set of diamond earrings. The
incident occurred Dec. 3 and
the total loss was $600.
CAMPUS
Whistle to remain broken
until valve arrives
For the second consecutive
day, the steam whistle that sig-
nals the end of class on campus
was not working Wednesday.
George Cone, assistant direc-
tor for central heating, said the
whistle had a broken valve that
prevented it from operating.
He said a new valve had been
ordered, but was not sure how
long it would take before the
part arrived and the whistle was
working again.
It shouldnt be that long,
Cone said.
Danny Luppino
Construction to pause
during fnals at Wescoe
The construction at Wescoe
Hall will be put on hold during
fnals week, the University
reported Wednesday.
This could delay the comple-
tion date for the project.
Frank Tankard
CRIME
Father arrested with
suspicion in sons death
LEAVENWORTH A 24-year-
old Leavenworth man has been
arrested on suspicion of trying
to sufocate and strangle his 4-
month-old son, police said.
Authorities also were looking
into whether the man could be
responsible for another infants
death, which of cials had attrib-
uted earlier this year to Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome.
The man, whose identity
was not released, was arrested
Tuesday after the babys mother
reported that he had wrapped
a blanket around the infants
head and had the baby in a
stranglehold, said Maj. Patrick
Kitchens, spokesman for the
Leavenworth Police Depart-
ment.
The baby was not injured.
Police investigating the inci-
dent recalled responding Jan.
30 to another location where
the man and woman were
living. A 5-month-old boy was
unresponsive, and authorities
attempts to revive him were
unsuccessful.
The death was attributed to
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,
but police are now re-examin-
ing that death.
Associated Press
ODD NEWS
Bar owner told to remove
discriminating sign
MASON, Ohio A bar owner
who faced a discrimination
complaint over a message in his
window has removed a sign that
read For Service Speak English
and replaced it with one reading
Here We Speak English.
If someone doesnt like it,
have them call me,Tom Ullum,
owner of the Pleasure Inn in this
city northeast of Cincinnati, said
Tuesday.
Housing Opportunities Made
Equal, an area agency that
handles fair-housing issues, fled
a complaint with the state in July
2005 over the original sign. The
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
later ruled that it was discrimina-
tory.
Ullum, 64, removed the For
Service Speak English sign in
November as part of a settle-
ment agreement.
The housing agency will not
take issue with the new sign,
executive director Elizabeth
Brown said.
There is a diference between
signs that express political
opinions and those who deny
service, he said. The settlement
said he would not put up any
sign that would limit service. I do
not see that (new) sign as limit-
ing service.
Ullum never intended to dis-
criminate against anyone, post-
ing the sign to show support for
English becoming the national
language, said K.C. McAlpin,
executive director of ProEnglish
language advocates in Arlington,
Va., which represented Ullum
before the state civil rights com-
mission.
The new sign still gets his
point across, McAlpin said.
Santa accused of making
inappropriate comments
OREM, Utah Its described
as she-said, Santa-said. No mat-
ter whos right, the Santa at Uni-
versity Mall has been replaced.
A woman accused the malls
Santa Claus of making an inap-
propriate comment to her teen-
age daughter last week.
Mall of cials found that the
claims of the mother ... difered
considerably from those of Santa
and the witnesses there, general
manager Rob Callas said.
But to avoid any problems,
the mall sent Santa packing and
called in a replacement.
Santa is always in the com-
pany of two other people when
he greets children, Callas said.
Salesman passes million
mile mark on car
MILWAUKEE As a traveling
salesman, Peter Gilbert has put a
few miles on his car 1,001,385
miles, to be precise.
It took the Glendale man 17
years to cross the million mile
mark with his 1989 Saab 900
SPG. He recently donated the
durable vehicle to the Wisconsin
Automotive Museum after Saab
verifed the mileage.
The transmission was rebuilt
at 200,000 miles and the hood
and a few other parts replaced
after eight deer collisions, but
otherwise it has original equip-
ment.
Gilbert bought the Saab for
$29,000. It was his treat after a
divorce, and he took meticulous
care of it. He used premium, syn-
thetic oil in oil changes, changed
the tires every 45,000 miles and
strictly followed the mainte-
nance schedule.
He drove the car seven days
a week, racking up the miles as
his work took him through rural
Wisconsin.
When I hit 600,000 miles, the
car still wasnt burning oil, Gil-
bert said. Thats when I thought
it could go a million miles.
But Wisconsins harsh winters
took a toll on the car. Its sporty
exterior still looks good, but road
salt has rusted its frame. Gilbert
realized it might no longer be
safe if he hit another deer or had
a serious accident.
There was no point in driv-
ing the car any longer, he said.
Even though it might have gone
another million miles.
He had it detailed and parked
it at the Hartford museum,
which houses a number of rare
vehicles.
Then Gilbert bought another
Saab with fewer miles.
Parking spot party guests
not prosecuted in crime
CHARLESTON, S.C. Charles-
ton will not prosecute a group
that recently fed a parking meter
in the historic district, set up a
table in the space and then ate
pizza and drank nonalcoholic
beer.
The organizer of the party,
Vince Graham, was ticketed for
obstructing public ways, and
had hoped a subsequent trial of
the century could lead to more
outdoor dining.
Graham and others plan to
meet with Mayor Joseph P. Riley
Jr. next month to talk about ways
of making the city more friendly
for pedestrians.
The party was inspired by
similar events on the West Coast
where people took over parking
spaces, turning them into parks.
I think it would be great for
city life if we had more outdoor
dining experiences, Graham
said.
Associated Press
STATE
Kansas could see
shortage in hay crops
EMPORIA A decrease in
hay production and an increase
in prices may lead to a shortage
of the crop for Kansas cattle, hay
producers say.
Much of the hay that has
already been cut is being
shipped to Oklahoma, Texas and
Colorado, and some hay barns
in Kansas could be empty when
haying season resumes.
Its going to be too close for
comfort for producers,said Brian
Schemer of Schemer Farms, east
of Emporia. These barns are go-
ing to be empty. A lot of this hay
is being trucked out of here.
Schemer, who hays about 600
acres, said while he harvested
only a third of a ton from one
meadow where he usually aver-
ages a ton and a quarter.
Associated Press
NEWS
3A
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
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S t u d e n t S e n a t e
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
Two KU architecture studio
classes recently gained national
recognition for their project for the
Seventh Ward of New Orleans.
The 301 studio, taught by Rob
Corser, assistant professor of archi-
tecture, and the 401 studio, taught
by Nils Gore, associate professor
of architecture, designed and built
a garden shed and shade structure
for the Seventh Ward community.
The area, the second-largest Ward
in New Orleans at 28 square blocks,
was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina.
The ward is represented by The
Porch Cultural Organization, which
formed to help people rebuild their
homes while preserving their cul-
tural heritage.
It helps repair the social fabric
of the neighborhood, Corser said.
They need places and events to
gather. The community garden is
a good place to restitch the social
fabric.
The Seventh Ward suffered
more wind damage from Katrina
than flood damage, Gore said.
Their designs are built to withstand
strong winds.
The 401 studio constructed the
shed, and the 301 studio installed
the shade structure. The shade
structure is an open-air meeting
place with benches.
The structures were designed
and built by students here, then
broken down and sent to New
Orleans. Students traveled to the
city to assemble the structures last
spring.
Corser said it was important to
keep the designs consistent with
the Creole culture important to the
Seventh Ward.
Lauren Keefer, Wichita graduate
student, worked in Corsers studio
last spring. She said that when she
and her classmates traveled to the
7th Ward last spring the area was
devastated. But she saw a transfor-
mation after moving the structures
there. She said when the group
returned in September, a lot of
work had been done.
The goal was to encourage a self-
sustaining community. The garden
lies between the garden tool shed
and the large shade structure, and
tending it allows people to come
and work together, Gore said.
The community started an herb
garden, and will sell the herbs to
restaurants, Gore said.
In January, Corsers 301 stu-
dio will construct another shade
structure that will be the center
of an exhibit in the Smithsonians
Cooper-Hewitt National Design
Museum from May until September.
After the exhibit the structure will
be shipped to New Orleans. The
Kansas City, Mo., chapter of the
American Institute of Architects
also recognized the classes work.
Corser said the AIA award recog-
nized good design and good teach-
ing, all while helping to improve a
community.
John Gaunt, dean of architec-
ture, said the awards were well
deserved.
This is a two-year effort, Gaunt
said. The students have worked
very hard, and what they have been
doing is really appreciated by the
people in New Orleans.
Corser and Gore plan to contin-
ue projects to add to the site in the
7th ward in the next few years.
The experience also helped
spawn a new group formed last
spring called Architecture Students
for Social Action. The group invites
any students to join them and work
on projects outside of the class-
room for local communities.
Kansan staf writer Erin Castane-
da can be contacted at ecastane-
da@kansan.com.
Edited by Natalie Johnson
BY BEN SMITH
Mark Halperin of ABC News
discussed the potential candidates
and the brewing political landscape
for the 2008 elections with students
and community members in the
Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
Wednesday evening.
Halperin, ABC News politi-
cal director and co-author of the
book The Way to Win: Taking the
White House in 2008, called him-
self a political junkie. He shared
his views of the Democratic and
Republican parties and a few stories
from his days covering the Clinton
campaign and administration as
well as a the current Bush admin-
istration.
Halperin discussed a few of the
prospective nominees from both
parties. He said Hillary Clinton
would be a strong contender for the
Democratic nomination. Halperin
discussed the various strategies
and obstacles he said he and John
Harris, his co-author, thought exist-
ed in the contemporary political
environment, which he called the
freak show.
Halperin said the two main
political parties shared a great deal
of similarities, but large disparities
existed between the two. He said
Clinton-brand politics worked
for consensus but failed to achieve
large changes, and Bush-brand
politics fought for any majority that
would allow them to bring about
big changes. Halperin said John
McCain had employed many of the
same campaign tactics as Bush.
Bill Lacy, director of the Dole
Institute, introduced Haleprin by
joking that since the mid-term
elections were a little more than a
month in the past, what could be
more fitting than discussing the
next election?
Lacy said that Halperin is highly
regarded in Washington D.C. as
one of the key commentators on the
political arena and that he thought
the talk was a perfect lead up to
the political conference scheduled
to take place at the Institute this
weekend.
Its kind of like giving people
a preview of coming attractions,
Lacy said.
Travis Morstorf, Meriden
sophomore, said that while he felt
Halperin spent a great deal of time
trying to sell his book, there were
a few points that intrigued him.
It was good learning some stuff
about some of the candidates who
might run, Morstorf said. I also
think the freak show is an interest-
ing aspect of campaigns.
The Dole Institute sponsored the
event as a simple forum for discus-
sion, and Halperin signed copies of
his book after the speech and gave a
brief question-and-answer period.
Kansan staf writer Ben Smith can
be contacted at bsmith@kansan.
com.
Edited by Derek Korte
Marla Keown/KANSAN
Mark Halperin, ABC NewPolitical Director
and co-author of The Way to Win: Taking
the White House in 2008, spoke Wednesday
evening at Dole Institute of Politics. Halperin
answered questions after discussing politics and
the 2008 elections.
SPEAKER
Pundit discusses 2008 election
HURRICANE KATRINA
New Orleans aided
by architecture project
SCIENCE
Weather could delay
space shuttles liftof
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
Clouds of concern gathered
for Thursday nights liftof of the
space shuttle Discovery as NASA
downgraded launch chances to
40 percent because of weather.
The forecast has trended for
the worse right now, said Kathy
Winters, shuttle weather of cer.
An expected cloud ceiling
at 3,000 feet was the biggest
obstacle for getting Discovery of
the ground at 9:35 p.m. EST Thurs-
day. NASA wont launch with low
clouds because of cials want to
track it visually and allow enough
visibility in case the astronauts
need to make a dif cult emergen-
cy landing at the Kennedy Space
Centers runway.
Its a signifcant problem for
us,Winters said.
The weather wasnt expected
to cooperate at the shuttles emer-
gency landing sites in Spain and
France, either.
The forecast only gets worse
for the following two days.
Expected crosswinds and isolated
showers at Kennedy Space Center
reduced the chances of launch
to 30 percent on Friday and 40
percent Saturday. The weather
was expected to improve at the
beginning of next week.
Associated Press
NEWS 4A
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
MAINTENANCE (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
PLAN B (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
BY MATT ELDER
With the football season offi-
cially at an end, many KU students
who live near Memorial Stadium
have encountered spring cleaning
early after this semesters tailgat-
ing.
The Stadium View Apartment
complex, 1040 Mississippi St., was
often students second choice for
tailgating after Campanile hill dur-
ing game days.
The complexs parking lot
was often overflowing with stu-
dents because of its proximity to
Memorial Stadium, but it was the
complexs residents who were left
to clean up the mess of hundreds
of Jayhawks fans.
Jarred Kolar, Libertyville, Ill.,
junior, lives on the second floor
at Stadium View. With no home
games remaining, Kolar will have
to invest both his time and money
to return his apartment to the way
it was when he initially moved in,
despite taking several precautions.
It came to the point where we
were putting down plastic lining
on the carpets and leaving it there,
Kolar said. We bought 200 yards
of the stuff and covered every inch
of our living room and still had to
have it steam-cleaned.
Kolar and his three roommates
recently began patching holes in
their apartments walls from the
fists and chairs of disgruntled KU
fans. Kolar has had to pay to patch
the holes and for local hardware
stores to match the paint on the
walls. But they continued to host
parties because people expected
them too, Matt Green, St. Louis
junior, said.
There were a lot of people you
dont see every day but that you
expect to see every weekend theres
a game, Green said.
Greens apartment is on the
complexs first floor, adjacent to
the parking lot. While both Green
and Kolar tried to limit their guests
to close friends and acquaintances,
strangers still managed to work
their ways inside the apartments.
Since we were on the first floor
we got most of the traffic, Green
said. Strangers would check scores
and use our bathroom just because
we were closest, just adding to the
mess we had outside.
Anthony Defilippo, St. Louis
senior, has a house at 1024
Mississippi St. with three room-
mates.
Defilippo had Saturday morn-
ing class this semester and often
returned to a crowded and dirty
house on gamedays. On one
Saturday morning, Defilippo
returned home to find his garage
door spray painted with a large
smiley face. Like much of the mess
from past tailgates, the face is still
there.
Were not always good about
getting things cleaned up, Defilippo
said. But hopefully the spray paint
is going to come off okay.
Stadium Views management
will send people to inspect the
apartments for damages sometime
this week, Green said. He, like
Kolar, had to invest in the repair of
his apartments walls and carpets
so he wouldnt be charged large fees
by the complexs management.
Kansan staf writer Matt Elder can
be contacted at melder@kansan.
com.
Edited by Derek Korte
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Jarred Kolar, Libertyville, Ill. junior, repairs a hole caused in his apartments kitchen wall during the previous week. Kolar estimated he had repaired 10 to 15 doorknob-, spoon-, and fst-sized holes
in the same apartment during the course of the semester. Sometimes its an accident,said Kolar. Sometimes its somebody just being an idiot and punching the wall.
HOUSING
Seasons mess awaits students
Apartment residents near Memorial Stadium repair holes, clean carpets
Hemenway indicated the
problem was the result of lack of
state funding for the past 10 to
12 years. And during a decade of
neglect, not only have the number
of repairs risen, but inflation has
caused the cost to rise. Hemenway
said the good thing about this
issue was everyone understood it.
He described a farmer needing to
repair a building and a homeown-
ers leaky ceiling to illustrate that
general maintenance was a part
of life.
Were talking to you because
we need your support, Hemenway
said. Many of you see the governor
more than we do. The governor has
to know that this is an issue from
people other than us.
Wefald was emphatic when
describing the issue calling it an
extraordinary monumental crisis.
He and Hemenway discussed
the historic value of the state uni-
versity campuses and how that his-
tory needed to be preserved, not
only for the intrinsic value, but so
the universities could continue to
provide the level of education stu-
dents expected.
The six university presidents
will meet with Governor Sebelius
before Christmas to ask her to urge
the legislature to make a 25 percent
down payment on the deferred
maintenance when she meets with
it in Janurary.
Galle said, We need to get the
down payment and at the same
time develop a plan as to how well
move the rest of the way.
Kansan staf writer Jack Wein-
stein can be contacted at jwein-
stein@kansan.com.
Edited by Travis Robinett
Habashy said she was concerned
about Plan Bs over-the-counter
availability. She said she didnt
understand how Plan B could be
available over the counter when the
FDA hadnt approved regular birth
control pills over the counter.
A woman whos frantic about
possibly being pregnant is not in
the right state of mind to look up
the health risks of Plan B on her
own, she said.
The Food and Drug
Administration approved Plan
B for over-the-counter sale in
August.
Cathy Thrasher, Watkins
Memorial Health Center chief
pharmacist, said Plan B needed
new packaging specific to over-
the-counter sale before it could be
sold that way.
Thrasher said Watkins had car-
ried the medication over the coun-
ter for about three weeks. It costs
$24.09 with tax at Watkins.
Planned Parenthood will sell
Plan B over the counter for $25
starting today.

Kansan staf writer Anna Falter-
meier can be contacted at afal-
termeier@kansan.com.
Edited by Travis Robinett
HEALTH
POLITICS
BY JIM ABRAMS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON In the final
hours of Republican rule, the
Senate on Wednesday put forward
an all-purpose bill covering every-
thing from normalized trade with
Vietnam and tax breaks for mil-
lions of taxpayers to an expansion
of offshore oil drilling.
The House, meanwhile, gave
conservatives perhaps their last
chance for a while to vote on an
abortion bill. It was defeated.
As of late Wednesday, negotia-
tors from the two chambers were
still struggling to come up with
a common approach to a tax and
trade package that could bring the
109th session to a close. House
Majority Leader John Boehner
informed lawmakers that they
wouldnt be able to adjourn on
Thursday as earlier planned.
With talks on a compromise
plan making little headway, Senate
Finance Committee leaders intro-
duced their own 500-page bill that
would renew expired or expiring
tax breaks for businesses and mid-
dle income individuals and trade
items affecting economic relations
with Vietnam, Haiti, Africa and
Andean nations.
The tax portion, said commit-
tee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-
Iowa, gives continued tax relief
to families paying college, teach-
ers buying classroom supplies and
producers of clean energy from
sources such as wind.
The package would also open
up 8 million acres off the Gulf of
Mexico to oil and gas drilling, post-
pone a planned cut in Medicare
reimbursements to physicians and
extend an abandoned coal mine
reclamation program.
It remained uncertain whether
the House and Senate could come
together on a package that would
not be so laden with expensive pro-
grams that it becomes unpassable.
The fix on Medicare payments
is estimated to cost more than $10
billion over a one-year period. The
abandoned mine bill could cost $5
billion over 10 years.
Among the tax breaks, a research
and development deduction exten-
sion through 2006 and 2007 would
cost $16.5 billion. Extending
tuition deductions through the end
of 2007 would cost $3.3 billion.
Another provision allowing tax-
payers in states without income
taxes to deduct state and local sales
taxes would cost $5.5 billion.
House Ways and Means
Committee Chairman Bill Thomas,
R-Calif., said they were working to
keep Medicare payments within
budgetary limits.
BY BETH DEFALCO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J.
Taco Bell ordered scallions removed
from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants
Wednesday after tests suggested they
may be responsible for the E. coli
outbreak that has sickened at least
three dozen people in three states.
The fast-food chain said prelimi-
nary testing by an independent lab
found three samples of green onions
appeared to have a dangerous strain
of the bacterium.
In an abundance of caution, weve
decided to pull all green onions from
our restaurants until we know con-
clusively whether they are the cause
of the E. coli outbreak, said Greg
Creed, president of Irvine, Calif.-
based Taco Bell.
The company would not imme-
diately identify the supplier of the
scallions, so it was unclear whether
contaminated green onions reached
other restaurants or supermarkets.
Tainted green onions from Mexico
were blamed for a 2003 outbreak of
hepatitis A in western Pennsylvania
that was also traced to a Mexican
restaurant. Four people died and
more than 600 people were sick-
ened after eating the green onions
at a Chi-Chis.
California is the nations largest
supplier of green onions. But by
December, as winter sets in, the
vegetable is often imported from
Mexico.
At least 46 confirmed cases of
E. coli sickness linked to Taco Bell
have been reported in New Jersey,
New York and Pennsylvania.
All 15 Taco Bell restaurants in
Philadelphia voluntarily closed
Wednesday.
Outbreak of E. coli from scallions shuts down Taco Bells
Republicans push
for bills in last hours
NEWS
5A
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
BY MATT ELDER
Following the deaths of two fra-
ternity members at nearby universi-
ties, the KU greek community is
making fire prevention a priority.
Within the past three weeks, two
students living in fraternity houses at
the University of Missouri-St. Louis
and Nebraska Wesleyan University
have been killed by fire. Closer to
home, the University of Kansas
greek community continues its pre-
cautionary programs to manage
potential fire risks that accompany
large fraternity and sorority houses.
All chapters on campus have to
be careful about living together, said
Susan Schwarz, Memphis, Tenn.,
junior, and Panhellenic Association
vice president of risk management.
Being in a communal living space is
very difficult and prone to any type
of accident.
Panhellenic requires the
Universitys sorority chapters to
have fire drills and inspections
by Lawrence Douglas County
Fire Medical units each semester.
During the drills, members of the
fire department check each house
to make sure fire codes and require-
ments are met.
According to the U.S. Fire
Administration, cooking accidents
are the largest cause of fire injuries
on college campuses. In addition, 50
percent of adult fire fatalities involve
people under the influence of alco-
hol.
Erin Gregory, Leawood junior
and Panhellenic president, said the
fire drills typically happen dur-
ing the early hours of the morning
to add realism. Gregory said the
department monitored both how
long it took for each member to exit
their house and inspected the prop-
erty for fire risks. If the house fails
either the fire drill or inspection, the
department returns to do the same
routine two weeks later. Gregory said
Panhellenic was thankful for its close
relationship with the department
and Panhellenics decision to oversee
each individual chapter.
They understand the necessity
of passing the drills, Gregory said.
They take them very seriously and
have the best interest of the chapters
members at heart.
The KU Interfraternity Council
also continues to ensure each mem-
ber chapters safety as well. The
IFC worked closely with the fire
department to begin its Greek Fire
Academy last year.
Ian Lang, Wichita senior and
IFC president, said each house was
required to send their house presi-
dent, manager and vice president of
risk management to the fire depart-
ments training center where the
leaders of individual chapters learn
about fire safety, proper fire extin-
guisher usage and sprinkler systems.
Its a priority, Lang said. We
focus a lot on alcohol and hazing
prevention, but if a fire happened it
could obviously affect many more
people.
Lang said KU fraternity chapters
regulated and mandated fire safety
on an individual basis, unlike the
Panhellenic.
Members from each KU chapter
of the Panhellenic and IFC gather for
a seminar each spring to review fire
safety tips and other risk manage-
ment issues.
Kansan staf writer Matt Elder can
be contacted at melder@kansan.
com.
Editedby Derek Korte
Fire Safety Tips
Do not overload electrical
circuits and be sure that
extension chords are used
properly.
Maintain and regularly test
smoke alarm and fre alarm
systems. Replace smoke alarm
batteries every semester.
Regularly inspect rooms and
building for fre hazards. Ask
your local fre department for
assistance.
Conduct fre drills and
practice escape routes and
evacuation plans. Urge fellow
students to take each alarm
seriously.
Source: United States Fire Administration
GREEK LIFE
Fatal fres spark prevention efort
Fraternity, sorority organizations monitor fire hazards in greek housing
Robert Gates claims office with 95-2 vote
Defense Secretary
approved by Senate
BY ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON The Senate
voted overwhelmingly Wednesday
to confirm Robert Gates as defense
secretary, with Democrats and
Republicans portraying him as
the man who will help overhaul
President Bushs Iraq policies.
The 95-2 vote was a victory
for Bush, who named Gates to
replace Donald H. Rumsfeld at the
Pentagon on Nov. 8, a day after
voters gave Democrats control of
Congress for next year.
Even so, much of Gates sup-
port stemmed from his pledges
to consider new options in Iraq.
The vote coincided with the release
of an independent study lambast-
ing Bushs approach to the war,
increasing pressure on the White
House to change course.
Sens. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and
Jim Bunning, R-Ky., voted against
Gates.
Gates said at his confirmation
hearing this week he does not
think the U.S. is winning the war
and that all options for changing
the administrations approach must
remain on the table.
It seems to me that the United
States is going to have to have some
kind of presence in Iraq for a long
time ... but it could be with a dra-
matically smaller number of U.S.
forces than are there today, Gates
told the Senate Armed Services
Committee.
The committee voted 24-
0 to support Gates to succeed
Rumsfeld, who became a symbol
of the unpopular war and often
sparred with Democrats.
Committee Democrats said
they decided to endorse Gates
because of his frank assessment
of the Iraq war and his openness
to change. Many of them said they
saw the Iraq Study Groups report
and the change in leadership at
the Defense Department as the
necessary impetus for a different
approach to Iraq.
POLITICS
BY KIM GAMEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq Ten U.S.
troops were killed in Iraq on
Wednesday, a major blow on the
same day a high-level panel in
Washington recommended gradu-
ally shifting U.S. forces from a com-
bat to a training role.
The bipartisan Iraq Study Group
released recommendations for
changing course in the country,
saying President Bushs policy in
Iraq is not working. The Iraqi
government said
the U.S. report
did not come as
a surprise, and it
agreed that Iraq
must take the
lead in its own
security.
The situ-
ation is grave,
very grave in
fact, and can-
not be tolerated,
Deputy Prime
Minister Barham
Saleh said on the
pan-Arab satellite TV channel Al-
Arabiya. Absolute dependence on
foreign troops is not possible. The
focus must be on boosting the Iraqi
security forces.
The U.S. military said in a state-
ment that 10 Americans had died
in four separate incidents but gave
no further details, pending notifica-
tion of relatives. In addition to the
10 casualties, the U.S. command
said two U.S. soldiers were killed
Sunday in Baghdad and a Navy
sailor were killed in Anbar province
on Monday.
The latest deaths raised to at least
30 the number of U.S. troops who
have died this month. At least 69
troops were killed in November and
105 soldiers were killed in October
the highest amount for a month
since January 2005.
At least 2,918 service members
have been killed since the war
started in 2003, according to an
Associated Press count.
In other
v i o l e n c e
We d n e s d a y,
two mortar
rounds landed
and exploded in
a secondhand
goods mar-
ket in a mixed
Shi i t e- Sunni
area in cen-
tral Baghdad,
killing at least
eight people
and wound-
ing dozens,
said police officers Ali Mutab and
Mohammed Khayoun, who provid-
ed the casualty totals.
About 25 minutes later, a sui-
cide bomber on a bus in Sadr City
detonated explosives hidden in his
clothing, killing two people and
wounding 15, police 1st Lt. Thaer
Mahmoud said.
It appeared to be the first attack
by suspected Sunni Arab insurgents
on the large slum since Nov. 23,
when a bombing and mortar attack
killed 215 people in the deadli-
est single attack since the Iraq war
began more than three years ago.
A total of at least 75 people were
killed or found dead across Iraq
on Wednesday, including 48 whose
bullet-riddled bodies were found in
different parts of the capital.
The latest eruptions of Iraqs
unrelenting sectarian violence came
hours before the release of a study by
the Iraq Study Group, a blue-ribbon
panel headed by former Secretary of
State James A. Baker III and former
Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind.
The situation in Iraq is grave
and deteriorating, the commission
warned in the report.
It recommended the U.S. reduce
political, military or economic sup-
port for Iraq if the government in
Baghdad cannot make substantial
progress toward providing for its
own security.
On the highly emotional issue of
troop withdrawals, the commission
warned against either a precipitous
pullback or an open-ended com-
mitment to a large deployment.
Military priorities must change,
the report said, toward a goal of
training, equipping and advising
Iraqi forces. We should seek to
complete the training and equip-
ping mission by the end of the first
quarter of 2008.
Saleh, the deputy prime minister,
said the government agreed with
the broad recommendations of the
panel but acknowledged there may
be some details on which we differ.
He did not elaborate.
The recommendations, at least
principle, are in agreement with
the national Iraqi vision that calls
for reinforcing Iraqi capabilities,
the handover of
the security file
to Iraqis and
the respect of
the Iraqi will,
he told Al-
Arabiya.
He also
warned that
i m p r o v i n g
the battlefield
capabilities of
the Iraqi armed
forces would
not be the
magic wand that brings a solution
in one day.
Some Iraqis, while critical of U.S.
strategy in Iraq, said they feared any
new policy would lead to more suf-
fering for their country.
They (U.S officials) are defeated
in Iraq. So they are trying to seek
for an outlet to get out of their
plight in Iraq. And I think the out-
let will be at the expense of the
Iraqi people, Maan al-Obeidi, a
professor and political analyst at
al-Nahrain University in Baghdad,
told AP Television News.
Elsewhere in Iraq, gunmen broke
into a school in western Baghdad at
noon, killing its Sunni headmaster
in his office, then instructing teach-
ers not to return, an Iraqi army
officer said, speaking on condition
of anonymity due to security con-
cerns.
The attack came a day after Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki urged
university professors and students
to ignore a Sunni Arab insurgent
groups warn-
ings to avoid
class, calling
them desperate
attempts.
The group
had sent e-mails
to students and
posted signs
at schools and
mosques saying
students should
stay away while
it cleanses the
campuses of
Shiite death squads, according to
a statement from al-Malikis office
late Tuesday.
The government also announced
the capture of a senior aide to Abu
Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as
Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who took
over as leader of al-Qaida in Iraq
after his predecessor Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. air-
strike in June.
Mouwafak al-Rubaie, the gov-
ernments national security adviser,
said U.S. and Iraqi forces captured
the aide, though he did not specify
where or when. He said 60 percent
of al-Qaida in Iraqs leadership has
now been captured or killed.
Coalition forces have also
detained several leaders of Ansar al-
Sunnah, an insurgent group allied
with al-Qaida in Iraq, al-Rubaie
added.
The noose is tightening around
Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and I can say
with all confidence that al-Qaida
in Iraq is undergoing a very real
leadership crisis, al-Rubaie said at a
news conference.
U.S. ground and air forces also
conducted a raid targeting foreign
insurgents near the Iranian border,
killing a militant who opened fire on
an aircraft, the U.S. command said.
The early morning raid took
place near Khanaqin, a remote
desert area 85 miles northeast of
Baghdad where U.S. forces have
helped Iraqi soldiers set up outposts
designed to stop foreign insurgents
and their weapons from crossing
into Iraq.
A coalition aircraft left the raid
when it took small arms fire from
a vehicle below; it returned fire,
destroying the vehicle killing its
armed insurgent, the command
said. One suspected militant was
detained in the raid, which resulted
in no U.S. casualties, the statement
said.
WAR IN IRAQ
Report suggests changes as violence increases
The situation is grave, very
grave in fact, and cannot be
tolerated.
BARHAM SALEH
Deputy Prime Minister
Military priorities must change.
We should seek to complete the
training and equipping mission
by the end of the frst quarter of
2008.
IRAQ STUDY GROUP

NEWS 6A
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bureaucratic complexity, he said
of the Unclaimed Property Act. Its
one of those things where we know
who the students are and we know
whats in their account. Its easy for
us to get them their money.
Beak Em Bucks
by the numbers
Beak Em Bucks allows students
and staff to make purchases on and
off campus using their KUID cards.
Its part of the process to produce
a one-card system for multiple
functions. The card is used for on-
campus meal plans, library services,
Beak Em Bucks, as a photo ID and
can be linked to a Commerce Bank
checking account.
As of late October, almost
$300,000 sat in the Commerce Bank
account that stored Beak Em Bucks
funds. The University manages and
tracks the individual accounts. That
figure also includes $10,000 in inter-
est accumulated since the program
began. The University keeps earned
interest. While some of the balance
belongs to current students who
are spending that money each day,
account activity during the two-
year period from July 2004 to June
2006 showed a $200,000 difference
between deposits and spending.
During that time, more than $1.3
million was deposited while only
$1.1 million was spent. Accounts
that have not had deposits or with-
drawals for 12 months are consid-
ered inactive by the University.
When the University expanded
the program to off-campus busi-
nesses, deposits nearly doubled from
the 2004-05 school year to the 2005-
06 year. The program now includes
25 off-campus merchants, with
several being added this semester.
Matt Bogner, a spokesman for Off-
Campus Advantage which handles
off-campus transactions and expan-
sion for Beak Em Bucks, said the
program had already exceeded the
average of 20 off-campus locations
for a program like this.
The Unclaimed
Property Act
The Kansas Unclaimed Property
Act requires businesses or govern-
ment agencies to surrender aban-
doned property to the Kansas State
treasurers office. That office then
holds the property so owners or
heirs can claim what is rightfully
theirs. Property can include cash,
bank accounts, stocks, bonds, roy-
alties, the contents of safe deposit
boxes and other personal holdings.
The state treasurers office maintains
a searchable, online database people
can use to find forgotten or lost
money. Currently, the University
doesnt report any funds from Beak
Em Bucks to the state treasurer.
According to the law, property
held by the government is consid-
ered abandoned after one year of
inactivity or lack of contact from
the rightful owner. Beak Em Bucks
started in 2003.
Eakin said the program did not
fall under the Unclaimed Property
Act because the system was like a
prepaid service. He compared it to
campus meal plans where students
pay for a certain number of meals
at the beginning of the year even if
they dont eat that many meals dur-
ing the year.
However, Beak Em Bucks can
now be used at more than two
dozen locations off campus, includ-
ing restaurants, gas stations, a tan-
ning salon and a textbook store.
Hanna, the deputy assistant trea-
surer, said inactive cash accounts
were not similar to prepaid services
and should be reported.
This is the students money;
they just access it through a card,
she said in an e-mail interview.
The University is splitting hairs at
the expense of the students.
Eakins said the University did
not want to look or act like a bank.
That opens up a whole Pandoras
box of regulation and oversight that
we dont want to get into, he said.
As the program grows, Eakin
said the University should look at
ways to contact students about their
accounts. He noted that bringing
a bookstore into the system had
increased the likelihood of stu-
dents putting larger sums into their
accounts.
Wellems said it sounded like a
bank account.
You can deposit money, you
can spend money, you can request a
refund, he said. Youre not paying
for a service; youre putting your
money in a convenient form.
Nancy Miles, director of the KU
Card Center, said the University
made no attempt to contact stu-
dents who may have money in inac-
tive accounts and had no plans to
do so in the future. Students can
check their balances and transac-
tion histories through the online
student portal, she said.
Hanna said letting the accounts
sit with no activity after 12 months
was unacceptable according to the
law.
David Kidd, manager of the card
center at Wichita State University,
said in his 10 years working in
this area, he couldnt remember
anyone ever bringing up the issue
of unclaimed property laws, either
inside his school or from other
institutions.
WSU uses a system that links
student cards to Commerce Bank
accounts in students names. Hanna
said when cards linked directly to a
bank account in the students name,
compliance with the Unclaimed
Property Act would fall on the bank,
not the university. The University
of Kansas also allows students to
link their cards to Commerce Bank
accounts, though that function
is separate from Beak Em Bucks
accounts.
Who owes whom?
The University may not know
how much money sits in abandoned
accounts, but it does know how
much money students owe to the
University and can use Beak Em
Bucks accounts to get that money.
To close a Beak Em Bucks
account, the University charges a
$15 fee to receive a refund. It then
subtracts any tuition or fees owed
to the University from any refund,
according to terms listed on the KU
Card Centers Web site. Refunds
may be requested only in the spring
semester or when students are leav-
ing school.
The card center had processed
119 refund requests since the begin-
ning of the program.
The system also can disable the
card and the Beak Em Bucks
account of any student who is
not enrolled at the University. Only
active students and staff can access
their Beak Em Bucks account. Miles
said this was an automated process
within the Universitys databases
and could not be used to identify
inactive accounts.
The terms also allow the
University to charge a $10 main-
tenance fee to accounts after they
have been inactive for one year,
although Miles said that fee wasnt
yet being charged. The database sys-
tem that maintains all the accounts
doesnt have the ability to assess the
fee yet, but the University plans to
update the system to charge the
fee, she said. Once it has the ability
to charge the maintenance fee, the
University should be able to also
identify inactive accounts, she said.
Jude Braun, Chicago freshman,
said that she liked the convenience
of Beak Em Bucks, but that the fees
sounded like another way to nickel
and dime students.
I think we pay enough in every
single other way, she said.
Revenues and costs
The University also knows how
much money it earns from the card
system.
The largest revenue comes from
Commerce Bank. As part of the con-
tract that allows checking accounts
to be linked to KU cards, Commerce
guarantees a revenue stream to the
school. That revenue comes from
a plan that involves bank accounts
held by faculty, staff and students.
For accounts created at the on-
campus Commerce branch and
accounts through a benefits pack-
age offered by Commerce to KU
staff, the University gets 0.2 per-
cent of purchases made with debit
cards linked to those accounts. The
University also collects 0.08 per-
cent of debit card purchases made
through KU Checking accounts,
free student checking accounts
that are maintained off campus.
Since the inception of the
program, the University has col-
lected more than $130,000 from
this revenue sharing. Commerce
also made an up-front payment
of $105,000 to the University and
included $50,000 worth of blank
identification cards.
Off-Campus Advantage, which
handles off-campus transactions,
also pays a kind of revenue shar-
ing to the University. OCA charg-
es a transaction fee to businesses
that take Beak Em Bucks. Bogner
declined to give the amount of
the average transaction fee. The
University collects 70 percent of
that fee while OCA keeps 30 per-
cent. Since Beak Em Bucks went off
campus in November 2005, students
have spent more than $114,000 off
campus and the University has col-
lected just more than $6,000 from
those transactions as of August of
this year. Those figures include
revenue from Dominoes Pizza,
which has a direct contract with the
University to take Beak Em Bucks
for on-campus pizza delivery.
The program has collected more
than $250,000.
Eakin said Beak Em Bucks
hadnt paid for itself yet. He said
judging from other universities
experiences, as the program grew
it should be able to do a little
better than break even, allowing
the University to offer the service
without having to pay for it.
The one-card program has cost
at least $700,000 to start and main-
tain. That includes the original
equipment costs, card readers,
fees, training and software.
Kansan correspondent Courtney
Farr can be contacted at editor@
kansan.com.
Edited by Patrick Ross
BUCKS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
July 2004 to June 2005
Deposits $451,394.61
Spending $381,966.73
Diference $69,427.88
July 2005 to June 2006
Deposits $883,016.76
Spending $749,211.09
Diference $133,805.67
details
UNITED NATIONS
BY EDITH M. LEDERER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNITED NATIONS The
U.N. Security Council on
Wednesday authorized an African
force to protect Somalias gov-
ernment against an increasingly
powerful Islamic militia, hoping
to avert a broader regional con-
flict that could draw in neighbor-
ing countries.
It also lifted an arms embargo
against the country to allow the
force to be equipped.
The U.S.-sponsored resolution
urges the Islamic movement that
has taken control of the capital
and most of southern Somalia in
recent months to stop any further
military expansion and join the
government in peace talks.
It also threatens Security
Council action against those who
block peace efforts or attempt to
overthrow the government. No
measures were mentioned, but
they could include sanctions.
The arms embargo against
Somalia was imposed in 1992,
a year after warlords overthrew
dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and
then turned on one another.
A government was formed two
years ago with the help of the
U.N., but it has struggled to assert
its authority against the Islamic
militants.
Critics of the resolution,
including some non-govern-
mental organizations, accuse the
Security Council of taking sides
in the dispute between the gov-
ernment and the Islamic move-
ment, which the U.S. has accused
of harboring wal-Qaida suspects.
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton
said the United States, like many
other countries, is concerned
about the deteriorating security
situation in Somalia and the pos-
sibility of a wider regional con-
flict. He said the regional force
would be a key element in pre-
venting conflict.
There are fears that Somalia
could become a proxy battle-
ground for Ethiopia and Eritrea,
which fought a border war in
1998-2000.
A confidential U.N. report
obtained recently by the AP said
6,000 to 8,000 Ethiopian troops
were in Somalia or along the bor-
der, supporting the transitional
government.
It also said 2,000 soldiers from
Eritrea were inside Somalia,
supporting the Islamic militia.
Eritrea denies having any troops
in Somalia, while Ethiopia insists
it has sent only a few hundred
advisers.
The resolution authorizes a
seven-nation East African group
known as the Intergovernmental
Authority on Development, or
IGAD.
Somalia
gets force
protection
in confict
WINTER BREAK GUIDE
7A
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
oddly unique.
BY CALEB T. SOMMERVILLE
Although its hard to tell from all
the decorations in Target and the
Kansas Union, the American ver-
sion of Christmas does not have a
holiday monopoly at the University
of Kansas. Some students celebrate
Hanukkah, some New Years and
some nothing at all.
Hillel, the Universitys Jewish stu-
dent group, celebrates Hanukkah
despite the Christmas emphasis.
Jewish people grow up knowing
that its a Christian world, mostly,
said Liz Cohen, president of Hillel
and Leawood junior. Were just used
to it by now.
Hillel, which has weekly Shabbat
meetings for the Jewish Sabbath and
social events throughut the year, cel-
ebrated Hanukkah early.
Latkepalooza, held Dec. 6, fea-
tured traditional games like dreidel
and traditional foods such as latkes
(potato pancakes) and sufganiyots
(jelly-filled doughnuts).
Even though there were several
Christmas-themed events at the same
time, Cohen said Hillel didnt have
any problems attracting participants.
Hanukkah, which begins
December 15 at sunset, means dedi-
cation in the original Hebrew. It
celebrates the Miracle of the Oil dur-
ing the rededication of the Temple
after the Maccabees rebelled against
and defeated the Seleucid (Assyrian)
Empire in 167 B.C.
The Talmud states that after the
Temple was retaken, there was only
enough oil to burn for one day, and it
took eight days to fully prepare new
oil. Miraculously, the flame burned
for eight days.
These days, the long-lasting oil
is remembered as a metaphor for
the three-thousand-year history of
Judaism and the suffering of its peo-
ple. Jews remember the Miracle of the
Oil during Hanukkah by the lighting
of the menorah for eight days as well
as eating anything fried in oil.
Some groups are celebrating New
Years Day, including the Wisdom
of Peace & Buddhism group. Rie
Motonaga, president of the group,
and said that the group was going
to a celebration in Kansas City,
Mo., at the Kansas City Community
Center. I dont really celebrate any
winter holidays, unless you count
Thanksgiving as one, Neda Ahmad,
a Wichita State University alumna,
said. And if the month of Ramadan
happens to fall during the winter
months, then that would be some-
thing that is observed.
She also said that Eid-al-Fitr,
the holiday celebrated at the end of
Ramadan, is the big celebration day
for Muslims.
And if none of these holidays suit
you, make up your own like George
Costanzas father in Seinfeld, who
created Festivus the holiday for
the rest of us.
Kansan correspondent Caleb T.
Sommerville can be contacted at
editor@kansan.com.
Editedby Natalie Johnson
Campus full
of difering
celebrations
Winter traditions represented
by various groups, events
Amanda Sellers
The eight candles of a menorah are
lit during the eight days of Hanukkah. The
fames recall a story in the Talmud about
the rededication of the Temple in 167 B.C.,
when one days worth of oil miraculously
lasted eight days.
religious groups
Hillel is a student-run orga-
nization. See www.kuhillel.
org, or call (785) 749-5397 for
more information.
Wisdom of Peace & Buddhism
is a student-run group that
studies Buddhism and pro-
motes a better understand-
ing of Buddhism on campus.
Learn more by e-mailing
them at ku_sgi@yahoo.com
Muslim Student Association
is a student-run group that
promotes unity, understand-
ing, and brotherhood among
Muslims, as well as friendly re-
lations between Muslims and
non-Muslims. Check them
out at www.msaku.com.

BY JAYMES SONG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii
This will be their last visit to
this watery grave to share stories,
exchange smiles, find peace and
salute their fallen friends.
This, they say, will be their final
farewell.
With their number quickly dwin-
dling, survivors of Pearl Harbor will
gather Thursday one last time to
honor those killed by the Japanese
65 years ago, and to mark a day that
lives in infamy.
This will be one to remem-
ber, said Mal Middlesworth, presi-
dent of the Pearl Harbor Survivors
Association. Its going to be some-
thing that well cherish forever.
The survivors have met here
every five years for four decades, but
theyre now in their 80s or 90s and
are not counting on a 70th reunion.
They have made every effort to
report for one final roll call.
Were like the dodo bird. Were
almost extinct, said Middlesworth,
now an 83-year-old retiree from
Upland, Calif., but then on Dec.
7, 1941 an 18-year-old Marine
on the USS San Francisco.
Nearly 500 survivors from
across the nation were expected to
make the trip to Hawaii, bringing
with them 1,300 family members,
numerous wheelchairs and too
many haunting memories.
Memories of a shocking, two-
hour aerial raid that destroyed or
heavily damaged 21 ships and 320
aircraft, that killed 2,390 people and
wounded 1,178 others, that plunged
the United States into World War II
and set in motion the events that led
to atomic bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.
I suspect not many people
have thought about this, but were
witnessing history, said Daniel
Martinez, chief historian at the USS
Arizona Memorial. We are seeing
the passing of a generation.
The attack may have occurred 65
years ago, but survivors say they can
still hear the explosions, smell the
burning flesh, taste the sea water
and hear the cries.
The younger ones were cry-
ing, Mom! Mom! Mom! said
Edward Chun, who witnessed the
attack from the Ten-Ten dock, just
a couple hundred yards away from
Battleship Row.
Chun, 83, had just begun his
workday as a civilian pipe fitter
when he was thrust into assisting in
everything from spraying water on
the ships to aiding casualties.
From the time the first bomb
dropped and for the next 15 min-
utes, it was complete chaos, he said.
Nobody knew what was going on.
Everybody was running around like
a chicken with their head cut off.
Chun saw the Oklahoma
and West Virginia torpedoed by
Japanese aircraft. He heard the tap-
ping of sailors trapped in the hulls
of sunken ships. He escaped death
when Ten-Ten was strafed, leaving
behind dead and wounded.
How I never got hit, I dont
know, said Chun, who was later
drafted and served in the Korean
and Vietnam wars. Ill tell you a
secret: When your number comes
up, youre going to go. Well, every
morning I get up, I change my num-
ber.
Everett Hyland doesnt know
how he stayed alive when almost
everyone around him didnt. He was
radioman aboard the Pennsylvania,
which was in Dry Dock No. 1,
and was helping transport ammuni-
tion to the anti-aircraft gun when a
bomb exploded.
Badly burned, Hyland regained
consciousness 18 days later, on
Christmas night. During that time,
his older brother visited.
The only way he knew it was me
was the tag on my toe, Hyland said.
He (later) told me we looked like
roast turkeys lined up.
Today, scar tissue covers most of
his arms and legs.
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FORT LEAVENWORTH
Army officials say a new counter-
insurgency doctrine should make
soldiers and Marines better pre-
pared to fight an atypical enemy
but shouldnt be viewed as a road-
map for getting out of Iraq.
Two years in the making, it is
the militarys first major effort to
combine chapters on low-inten-
sity conflict, guerrilla warfare and
counterinsurgencies contained in
numerous documents from the
past quarter century.
Written for battalion and divi-
sion commanders, the manual
discusses the tone and scope of
counterinsurgencies, emphasizing
a need to see operations as fight-
ing a three-block war. Additional
documents outlining tactics, tech-
niques and procedures will be pro-
duced.
This isnt the silver bullet, said
Lt. Col. Steve Boylan, spokesman
for the Combined Arms Center
at Fort Leavenworth, where the
manual is being produced.
Conrad Crane, director of
the U.S. Army Military History
Institute at the Army War College
in Carlisle, Pa., said the new man-
ual has more of a bite to it, with
some focus on Iraq and al-Qaida.
There are some people out
there that you have to kill or
capture, he said. Theres been a
reinforcement that there are some
people who you arent going win
over.
The manual is to be published
by mid-December, though a draft
has been widely circulated since
June and is being used by the
Army and Marines, which are
writing it together.
NATION
Pearl Harbor survivors visit site one last time
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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structure, upper center. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burningWest Virginia. Japanese Imperial Navy navigator Maeda guided his Kate bomber to Pearl Harbor and fred a torpedo that
helped sink the USS West Virginia. This week, Takeshi Maeda and John Rauschkolb a crewman aboard the West Virginia at the time of the attack. met face-to-face for the frst time and shook hands.
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soldiers for
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WASHINGTON The gov-
ernment is squandering tens of
millions of dollars in Hurricane
Katrina disaster aid, in some cases
doling out housing payments to
people living rent-free, investiga-
tors said Wednesday.
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency has recouped
less than 1 percent of the $1 billion
that investigators contend it squan-
dered on fraudulent assistance,
according to the Government
Accountability Office. Its report
shows the disaster relief agencys
struggles, one year after the deadly
storm, to rush aid to those in need
while also preventing abuse.
Last week, a federal judge
ordered the Bush administration
to resume housing payments for
thousands displaced by Katrina.
The ruling, which FEMA is appeal-
ing, cited a convoluted process for
applying for help.
Our work shows for individual
assistance payments, at least tens
of thousands of individuals took
the opportunity to commit fraud,
said Gregory Kutz, who works for
Congress investigative arm. He
said his previous $1 billion esti-
mate of wasted aid was now likely
understated.
I hope FEMA has learned
the costly lesson and will make
reforms for future disasters, Kutz
said at a Senate hearing.
In its latest report, the GAO
found that numerous applicants
received duplicate rental aid. In
one case, FEMA gave free apart-
ments to 10 people in Plano, Texas,
while sending them $46,000 for
out-of-pocket housing expenses.
BY MARK LAVIE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM In their first
comment about the fate of two
soldiers whose capture triggered a
monthlong war between Israel and
Hezbollah guerrillas last summer,
Israeli officials said Wednesday the
two were seriously wounded rais-
ing the prospect they may no longer
be alive.
The Israeli military censor
allowed publication of the exis-
tence of the report on Wednesday,
and local media broadcast sketchy
details. Military officials told The
Associated Press the report deter-
mined that one of the soldiers was
critically wounded and the other
seriously wounded when they were
captured, without giving further
details. They spoke on condition of
anonymity under military rules.
If they did not receive immedi-
ate medical treatment, there is grave
concern for their lives, Israel TV
military correspondent Yoav Limor
said on the nightly TV newscast.
After Hezbollah guerrillas
crossed the Lebanon-Israel border
in July and attacked an Israeli patrol,
killing three soldiers and capturing
the two, Israel sent regular forces
into Lebanon, first to look for the
soldiers and then to try to beat
Hezbollah into submission.
Both missions failed, and the
war ended inconclusively after
Hezbollah fired almost 4,000 rock-
ets at northern Israel despite a mas-
sive Israeli ground and air assault
on Lebanon.
The outcome of the war cut deep-
ly into popular support for Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and it
continues to haunt him. This week,
he caused an uproar with a com-
ment about the captured soldiers,
if they (are alive), and we hope
they are alive, saying it would have
been improper to extend the war to
try to win their freedom. Families of
the soldiers objected to his implica-
tion that the two might be dead.
Wednesdays disclosure of the
soldiers serious wounds indicated
that Olmert was referring to a real
possibility that the soldiers might
not have survived. This would have
implications on negotiations with
Hezbollah. The U.N. is trying to
mediate, but there are no reports of
progress or of actual contacts.
Hezbollah has not released any
details on the conditions of the
soldiers, Eldad Regev and Ehud
Goldwasser, or provided any signs
that they are still alive.
A senior Hezbollah official, Sheik
Hassan Ezzeddine, said he knows
nothing about their conditions.
Only Sayyed Nasrallah knows, he
told the AP, referring to Hezbollah
leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah.
Olmert has demanded that
Hezbollah provide signs of life
before he will consider a deal.
In a statement Wednesday, the
military would say only that a
report about the circumstances of
the abduction has been given to the
defense minister, army commander
and families of the soldiers.
The working assumption of
the army was and remains that
the abducted soldiers are alive and
according to that assumption the
army continues its efforts to bring
the soldiers home, the statement
said.
BY RACHEL ZOLL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK Conservative
Jewish scholars eased their ban
Wednesday on ordaining gays,
upending thousands of years of
precedent while stopping short of
fully accepting gay clergy.
The Committee on Jewish Law
and Standards, which interprets reli-
gious law for the movement, adopted
three starkly conflicting policies that
nonetheless gave gays the chance to
serve as clergy.
One upholds the prohibition
against gay rabbis. Another, billed as
a compromise, permits gay ordina-
tion while continuing to ban male
sodomy. The third upholds the ban
on gay sexual relationships in Jewish
law and mentions the option for gays
to undergo therapy aimed at chang-
ing their sexual orientation.
That leaves seminaries and syna-
gogues to decide on their own which
approach to follow.
It will also test what Conservative
Jewish leaders call their big tent
allowing diverse practices by the
movements more than 1,000 rab-
bis and 750 North American syna-
gogues.
The 25-member panel made its
decision in a two-day closed meet-
ing in an Upper East Side synagogue.
Students from a gay advocacy group
at the Jewish Theological Seminary,
the flagship school of Conservative
Judaism, stood vigil nearby while the
results were announced.
Conservative leaders are strug-
gling to hold the shrinking middle
ground of American Judaism, losing
members to both the liberal Reform
and the traditional Orthodox
branches.
Reform Jews, as well as the smaller
Reconstructionist branch, allow gays
to become rabbis; the Orthodox bar
gays and women from ordination.
The last major Law Committee
vote on gay relationships came in
1992, when the panel voted 19-3,
with one abstention, that Jewish law
barred openly gay students from
seminaries and prohibited the more
than 1,000 rabbis in the movement
from officiating at gay union cer-
emonies.
The debate focuses on Leviticus
18:22, which states, Do not lie with
a male as one lies with a woman
echoing the fight in mainline
Protestant groups about the Bible
and sexuality.
Its unclear whether any congre-
gations in the United Synagogue
of Conservative Judaism, the syna-
gogue arm of the movement, will
break away over the gay issue.
A handful of Canadian congrega-
tions, which tend to be more tradi-
tional than their U.S. counterparts,
have said they would consider the
idea.
However, leaders believe its more
likely that individuals who object to
the change will leave to worship in
Orthodox synagogues.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The condition of two captured soldiers was announcedWednesday as being seriously wounded. Hezbollah guerrillas crossed the Lebanon-Israel
border in July, killing three soldiers and capturing two.
MIDDLE EAST HURRICANE KATRINA
GAO: Relief services
misused aid money
Hostages in critical condition
Capture of two soldiers sparks war between Israel, Hezbollah
RELIGION
Panel of Jewish scholars shows support for gay clergy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Afairs Committee held a hearing on
waste, fraud and abuse in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and RitaWednesday. Investigations
may showthe government squandered tens of millions of dollars in disaster aid.
ENTERTAINMENT 10A
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
LIZARD BOY
SAM HEMPHILL
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
Get some exercise, but while youre
out there, do some thinking. Take
a really long hike or climb a moun-
tain. Gain confdence to make your
next career move
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
You can be the referee for some-
body elses fght. Stay out of arms
reach, and wait until they ask for
your opinion.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
Youre too busy to get much
studying in this weekend, much to
your dismay. No need to be cranky
about it. Sometimes the job comes
frst.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Your loved ones havent had much
of your attention for the past few
days. Make up for that now by
focusing fully in whatever times
you have.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Anticipate controversy as you get
into the job. Everybodys an art
critic. Hold fast to your initial idea,
and ask them to be patient.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Your ability to concentrate is en-
hanced by the current conditions.
Interestingly, what youre learning
doesnt match what you were
taught. Do your own research.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Conditions are good for selling
today, and making lots of money.
This looks more like a self-employ-
ment gig than the other kind.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Of course, it is important to play
by the rules, and do exactly what
youre told. If you dont plan to do
that, resist the urge to tell anybody.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
Dont travel much this weekend,
except to get to a private place.
Give yourself time to understand
your own greater purpose.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Others ofer helping hands, which
youre eager to accept. Be careful,
however _ this help could turn out
to be quite expensive.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 5
Controversy breaks out but its
nothing to worry about. Calm the
other peoples fears, and youll get
more converts.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Put your chores aside long enough
to get a change of scene. Might as
well get some exercise, too, while
youre out there.
HOROSCOPE
BOY EATS WORLD
BRIAN HOLLAND
SAL & ACE
CALEB GOELLNER
Difcult Dialogues
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Humanities and the Biodiversity Institute.
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Knowledge:
Faith
&
Reason
All events are free and open to the public.
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Michael Behe
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The Argument for Intelligent Design
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Panel Discussion
DECEMBER 7
3:305:00 pm Hall Center Conference Hall
Panelists:
Sue Gamble ............ Kansas State Board of Education
Scott Jones ............. Bishop of the United Methodist Church, Kansas Area
Richard Lariviere... Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost
Derek Schmidt ....... Simons Public Humanities Fellow & Majority Leader of
the Kansas State Senate
Edward O. Wiley..... Professor/Senior Curator, Ecology & Evolutionary
Biology
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NEW YORK Representatives
for Jennifer Aniston and Vince
Vaughn have confrmed that the
Hollywood couple have called it
quits, People magazine reported
on its Web site.
Jennifer and Vince mutually
agreed to end their relationship
but continue to be good friends to-
day, said representatives Stephen
Huvane and John Pisani, according
to People.com, in a story posted
Tuesday.
Their representatives said the
former co-stars decided to end
their romance after Aniston visited
Vaughn in London in October.
Aniston, 37, and Vaughn, 36,
spent much of the last year and a
half battling rumors about their
relationship _ frst that it was
starting, then that it was headed
toward marriage, and most re-
cently that it was sputtering.
The actors met while flming
The Break-Up in 2005. Reports
of a romance quickly swirled, but
the two initially said they were
simply friends.
Associated Press
ENTERTAINMENT
Another comedian faces
backlash of using n-word
LOS ANGELES Andy Dick has
apologized for using the same
racial slur that got ex-Seinfeld star
Michael Richards in trouble last
month.
Dick, a former co-star of the
90s sitcom NewsRadio, jumped
onstage during a routine by Ian
Bagg at the Improv on Saturday
night and used the n-word in an
apparent attempt to joke about
Richards, the celebrity Web site
TMZ.com reported.
The 40-year-old actor-comedian
issued an apology through his
publicist Tuesday.
I chose to make a joke about a
subject that is not funny, said the
statement, which was provided
to the Los Angeles Times. In an
attempt to make light of a serious
subject, I have ofended a lot of
people, and I am sorry for my
insensitivity. I wish to apologize
to Ian, to the club and its patrons
and to anyone who was hurt or
ofended by my remark.
According to TMZ, Dick had
been heckling Bagg from the audi-
ence, and then joined him when
the two discussed Richards. When
Dick exited the stage, he suddenly
grabbed the microphone and
shouted at the crowd, Youre all a
bunch of ... using the n-word.
An Improv manager wouldnt
comment about the incident when
reached by the newspaper.
Associated Press
OPINION
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or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
GUEST: Sixty-five years ago American forces were
attacked at Pearl Harbor. Today, take the time to
remember all our veterans, past and present.
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Tankard, Dave Ruigh, Steve Lynn, McKay Stangler and Louis
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First Amendment protects students sign
COMMENTARY
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To the girl in the McCollum
parking lot who just hit two cars:
Nice driving. You just made my
day.

I would just like to say the new

soap in the Kansas Union is quite
an upgrade.

Wichita State is No. 10 and

KU is No. 12. Im going to have a
coronary.

Reading Free for All used to be

my reward for going to class, and
now I realize they have it on the
Internet.

To the fat kid who said Brandon

Rush is overrated: Transfer now.

We should substitute in Baby

Jay.

To the people who live above

me: There are better things to do
at midnight than vacuum.

As the Jayhawks ripped the

Trojans Monday evening, a stu-
dents right to free speech was
abrogated when he used a differ-
ent double entendre in the stu-
dent section of Allen Fieldhouse.
An usher seized a students sign
that read Cream the Trojans at
the Kansas-USC mens basketball
game. That student and oth-
ers who care to freely express
themselves in public should
know that the usher violated the
students right to free speech.
Legal experts say that the
First Amendment protects ones
right to hold these types of signs
at sporting events. Howard M.
Wasserman, assistant professor
of law at Florida International
University, writes on firsta-
mendmentcenter.org that uni-
versities continually attempt to
limit profanity and other forms
of offensive expression at sport-
ing events to protect civility and
personal sensitivity. Courts con-
tinue to strike down these poli-
cies because they violate the First
Amendment, he writes.
The court precedent allow-
ing this type of speech comes
from the 1971 landmark case
Cohen v. California. Paul Cohen
wore a jacket bearing the words
Fuck the Draft in a Los Angeles
courthouse and was convicted
of violating a California law that
prohibited disturbing the peace
or quiet of any neighborhood
or person by offensive
conduct. The Court of Appeals
posited that offensive conduct
meant behavior which has a
tendency to provoke others to
acts of violence or to in turn dis-
turb the peace.
The Supreme Court struck
down the Court of Appeals rul-
ing. Writing for the courts major-
ity, Justice John Marshall Harlan
argued that the state had denied
Cohens right of free speech. The
state could not prosecute unless
that its use is inherently likely to
cause violent reaction.
Harlan famously wrote that
the Constitution leaves matters
of taste and style to the indi-
vidual.
For, while the particular four-
letter word being litigated here
is perhaps more distasteful than
most others of its genre, it is
nevertheless often true that one
mans vulgarity is anothers lyric,
he wrote.
The Cream the Trojans sign
may have contributed to low
morale among USC players, but
it did not have the potential to
incite violence among students.
As a public institution, the
University of Kansas must com-
ply with the First Amendment.
Someone at KU Athletics should
tell its ushers that though they
may find students signs vulgar
and offensive, they cannot cen-
sor our clever, lyrical wit.
Steve Lynn for the editorial
board.
Isnt it interesting that yesterdays
letter to the editor berating Angel
Tree, a charity on campus for needy
children, (Christian decoration
inappropriate at Rec Center)
was placed opposite from McKay
Stanglers editorial on Americas
obligation to help the poor in
the midst of holiday shopping?
(Holidays time to help others)
The writer was offended when
he saw paper angels hanging from
a Christmas tree in the Rec Center
because he says they were flirt-
ing with the appearance of a state
endorsement of a particular reli-
gion.
Although angels and Christmas
trees are rooted in certain religious
fundamentals, no one can argue
against the fact that, along with
snowmen and jingle bells, they are
symbols of this wintry season in
America. Most people do not cor-
relate an angel with Gabriel or a
decorated Christmas tree with the
birth of Jesus. The Angel Trees on
campus are not meant to encourage
certain religions, theyre meant to
help the less fortunate.
The fact is, that, in America,
December is a month full of shop-
ping and gift-giving. If people
take their own time and money to
donate gifts to families who cant
afford them otherwise, why fight it
on the grounds that symbols of the
season offend you? It is voluntary,
after all. The Rec Center isnt asking
you to pick up an angel.
Instead of focusing on this para-
noia of religious infiltration across
campus, think about the joy this
program provides to hundreds of
families in the area. It shouldnt
matter why its given if it is in the
spirit of making a child happy.
Kelly Heavey
Manhattan junior
December 7, 1941, was a calm
Sunday morning as the sun rose
over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. With the
rising sun came a horrific day of
carnage: The Japanese Navy attacked
the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor with a
vengeance, killing 2,403 American
servicemen and women.
Several years ago, I was honored
to talk with my grandfather, Bill
Moreing, about that day. He was a
Marine stationed at Pearl Harbor that
awful morning and helped sound the
alarm as kamikaze planes filled the
sky, engulfed the base with gunfire,
destroyed the Navy fleet, and killed
many American troops defend-
ing their country. My grandfather
miraculously survived by jumping
from a battleship tower during the
attack, but his good friend from the
service was not so fortunate.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
called Pearl Harbor a day that will
live in infamy forever, as the United
States entered World War II and the
free peoples of the world faced down
Nazi Germany and the Axis for the
future of civilization. These men
and women courageously fought for
America and earned the title the
greatest generation as they stood
shoulder-to-shoulder with the Allies
to save the world. For them, failure
was not an option as they fought for
freedoms future. Our grandparents
generation did not flinch in the face
of unspeakable evil they saved
the world for freedom and fought
and died so we could enjoy our lives
today. Winston Churchill called the
greatest generations World War II
triumph their finest hour.
This holiday season, remember
the greatest generations finest hour
and thank our troops, past and pres-
ent, for their valiant sacrifices that
keep America the land of the free
and the home of the brave. As the
Marines proudly say, Semper Fi
always faithful.
Stephen M. Johnson
Overland Park law student
COMMENTARY
I want to tell you a story about
a friend of mine named Jos. Jos
came to America illegally to find the
American Dream. Now he works
90 hours per week and makes mini-
mum wage, which is nowhere near
high enough to support his family.
In addition, as Al Gore might point
out, he has no health insurance and
must sometimes choose between
paying his rent and treating his
leprosy. Yesterday, Jos was arrested
for selling drugs to feed his family,
and now hes going to prison. And
through it all, hes remained so opti-
mistic and hopeful!
Every day, I read another one
of these stories in any number of
different publications. Now Im
supposed to support opening the
borders, raising the minimum wage,
enacting universal health insurance
and legalizing drugs.
Its important to think critically
about these stories. Bad luck befalls
everyone. Sometimes its self-inflict-
ed, sometimes its random chance,
and sometimes it has to do with
Americas social or legal structures.
We cant possibly enact laws to
keep everyone free of bad luck, nor
should we make an attempt.
Lets also not forget that most
major changes the government
attempts lead to unintended con-
sequences, and theyre often worse
than the problems the government
is trying to solve in the first place.
Open the borders? Despite
the obvious terrorism concerns,
Americas welfare system would col-
lapse. The tax increases needed to
support the millions of immigrants
who might qualify for welfare would
make life for everyone else miser-
able and probably drive business (to
which America owes its prosperity)
to other parts of the world. Not only
that, but wages would plummet
because of the increase in the size of
the work force. To open the borders
would be to economically crush our
country. Not a good idea.
A universal health care system
is another road towards disaster.
When the demand for health care
skyrockets, prices will do the same.
The only way the government can
afford to provide health care in that
situation is if it puts a price cap on
health care. And, as youll learn in
any introductory economics class,
price caps create shortages. This
is why, in countries with social-
ized health care, people must wait
months for surgery. In Canadas
socialized health care system, there
is a limit on how much money doc-
tors can make. The incentives to be
successful, or to treat more patients
(mitigating the shortage), or to
give better care, go out the window
when income is capped, leading to a
decline in the quality of health care.
One sad consequence of social-
ized health care (there are many)
is the creation of a black market
health care industry. Patients tired
of waiting for care or wanting
higher quality of care will find doc-
tors who wants to make some extra
income, and a private health care
market is created. In Canada this
is illegal because allowing a private
health care market would take doc-
tors away from those waiting for
care in the government queue, not
to mention creating the inequality
in health care that the socialized
system was designed to prevent in
the first place. So the private health
care market becomes illegal, which
means that doctors can be arrested
for giving assistance to patients.
Sounds like a small step towards
totalitarianism to me.
But this is where the Jos sto-
ries lead us. Facts, consequences,
economics and common sense fly
out the window in favor of emo-
tion-fueled reform. American
society isnt perfect, but its much
better than the vast majority of the
alternatives we dream up. We need
to stop fretting so much about how
to make one person feel better and
instead appreciate that our current
system created the prosperity we
enjoy today.
Myers is an Olathe junior in eco-
nomics.
BY VINCE MYERS
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PAGE 1B
By DrEw DAvison
Sitting in a spacious office on the sec-
ond floor of the Wagnon Center, just west of
Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas Athletics Director
Lew Perkins has what many students would
consider a dream job.
With a flat screen TV and numerous ath-
letic awards displayed, Perkins sat in his office
three years ago ready to begin his term as
Kansas Director of Athletics.
Before his first day was over, interim
Athletics Director Drue Jennings came in with
bad news.
Lew, I think we have some NCAA viola-
tions, he said.
But when Perkins took the job, he was told
that everything was fine.
Then when I looked at the financial situa-
tion here and I saw how poorly we were doing,
I said, Whoa, the whole infrastructure of the
athletics department is a disaster. I mean not
good, not bad, I mean a disaster, Perkins said.
KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway realized
the athletics department was digging itself a
hole and knew he needed to make a change.
Lew likes challenges, Hemenway said,
and there were a lot of challenges here that
were worthy of a person like Lew, who is one of
the best athletics directors in the country.
Since becoming AD in June 2003, Perkins
has increased fundraising, created a five-year
strategic plan and experienced on-the-field
success. Perkins speaks in-depth about the
NCAA violations, his fundraising tactics, Mark
Mangino, being an athletic director and his life
away from the job. The people who work for
Perkins like him as he puts them on the fast
track for success, but some of his decisions
came with controversy. Perkins is OK without
being loved, as long as, when it is all said and
done, he gets respect.
Perkins said he once thought he would stay
at UConn for the rest of his career, where he
worked for 13 years before coming to Kansas.
Only a few universities could tempt him to
leave, he said. Other than Kansas, his alma
mater Iowa and South Carolina the birth-
place of his two daughters and where he has a
home would have interested him.
He said he liked Kansas because it gave
him an opportunity to mold another ath-
letic program. He was also impressed with
Hemenway.
Perkins said the Athletics Department had
been poorly managed for 10 years before he
arrived, and it did not handle the move from
the Big Eight to the Big 12 very well.
In his short three-year tenure, Kansas has
succeeded both on and off the field. Consistent
success was something only the mens basket-
ball team experienced before Perkins arrived.
The baseball and softball teams won Big 12
tournament championships last season. Since
Perkins arrival, the volleyball team has made
three consecutive NCAA tournaments for the
first time ever.
Volleyball coach Ray Bechard said, Hes
our good luck charm. I dont think there is
any coincidence because he has made our job
easier by the support he has given us.
The football team has made two bowl
appearances and earned bowl eligibility one
additional time under Perkins. Perkins said
he was pleased with the job by football coach
Mark Mangino, who signed a five-year deal
before this season for a yearly salary of $1.5
million. By increasing coaches salaries, Perkins
has avoided dealing with agents.
I dont deal with agents myself. I deal with
the coaches, Perkins said, who earns $520,000
with a possible $25,000 incentive bonus. He
said Mangino represented by Cleveland-
based NC Sports and he personally negoti-
ated a deal.
Perkins said Manginos weight was not an
issue to him.
First of all, I think that is such a personal
issue, he said. The only concern I have for the
weight issue is health. That is a personal thing
and I dont get involved with that at all. I look at
him as a football coach and as a nice guy.
On the field, Mangino has built a competi-
tive program after the losing years under Terry
Allen. Perkins thinks, outside of basketball, the
athletic teams suffered because Kansas moved
from the Big Eight to the Big 12 with no busi-
ness or strategic plan.
They were just doing it by the seam of their
pants, Perkins said, and thats not the way you
run an athletic program.
Perkins faced a similar situation when he
was hired at Connecticut. UConn joined the
Big East four years prior to Perkins arrival, and
similar to Kansas, it was not well prepared to
make the jump.
I had to change the whole mentality of the
department, Perkins said. We sat down and
developed a strategic plan.
He blamed the lack of planning for the
NCAA violations that he found and reported
when he arrived.
All of that stuff happened before I came
here, and I recognized that right away, he said.
We have this policy now, Ask before you do
anything. And, to me, it is education, educa-
tion, education, education, education.
Perkins said he could not guarantee all of
KUs athletic problems would go away, but he
would make sure his staff understood the dif-
ference between right and wrong.
Are we perfect, make every decision right?
Perkins asked. No, but I think our percentages
are pretty high.
Perkins said he hoped to put the swagger
back in Kansas, creating a five-year strategic
plan during his first year titled Unparalled
Excellence that aims at a top-25 ranking in
The Directors Cup, a poll compiled by the
National Association of Collegiate Directors
of Athletics.
The Cup is awarded to the top universities
that are competitive in both mens and womens
sports. Every Division I school has an opportu-
nity to earn points based on how its respective
teams do in their sports.
In order to attain these lofty goals, Perkins
needed to increase fundraising. Perkins admits
Kansas will never have the athletic budgets
of Texas, Oklahoma or Nebraska, but he said
Kansas could be competitive. While some of
his decisions have been controversial, he has
nearly doubled the athletic budget from $27.2
million in his first year to nearly $50 million
this year.
The first fundraising tactic was a priority
seating plan for Allen Fieldhouse that bumped
some long-time fans out of the best seats in
favor of big-time boosters.
I think a lot of people who thought it was
controversial, most of them were sitting in
seats and not paying anything for those seats,
he said.
Priority seating plans are commonplace
nowadays. In the growing world of collegiate
athletics, it is necessary to finance competitive
teams, Perkins said.
It was controversial at UConn too, but
if you ask people in Connecticut today, they
would think it was the best thing that could
have happened, Perkins said.
Because decisions he makes cant please
every KU fan, Perkins has a little saying: I
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from$27.2 million in his frst year to almost $50 million this year.
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wOmens basketbaLL
Freshman stars cant eke out victory
Stellar second half isnt enough for victory
Anna Faltermeier/KANsAN
Lachelda Jacobs, freshman guard, runs down the court for a layup after stealing the ball in the frst half of the
game against South Dakota State Wednesday. The Jayhawks lost 53-48.
By CAsE KEEfEr
Down 20 points at halftime, it seemed
things couldnt get much worse for Kansas.
There was almost a comeback victory, how-
ever, in Wednesdays 53-48 loss to the South
Dakota State Jackrabbits, thanks to sensation-
al play in the second half by freshman guards
Kelly Kohn and LaChelda Jacobs.
Not that there are many dark alleys in
Lawrence, but Id take these two with me if I
got stuck in one, coach Bonnie Henrickson
said.
Kohn and Jacobs scored 33 of the teams 48
points and had nine of the teams 14 steals.
In what is becoming common practice,
Kohn stepped up to provide the much-needed
offensive spark in the second half. In the first
five minutes, she scored seven points.
Thats just always been my mentality,
she said, Im going to do whatever the team
needs me to do.
wOmens basketbaLL
see basketball oN pAGe 5B
By AshEr fusCo
In the first few weeks of the season coach
Bonnie Henricksons message to her team
was clear. She wanted to see more con-
sistent production on the offensive end.
Presumably, Kansas abysmal offensive per-
formance on Wednesday night was not what
she had in mind.
Kansas shot only 36 percent in the 53-
48 loss, its worst offensive performance of
the season. The Kansas offense was espe-
cially ineffective during the first half. The
Jayhawks trailed by 20 after a first half in
which they shot only 26 percent.
If the Jayhawks discouraging perfor-
mance can be attributed to one thing, it
would be the lack of a reliable post presence.
Sophomore Marija Zinic was often out-
hustled by opponents and she finished with
only six points on 2-for-6 shooting. Junior
Taylor McIntosh avoided foul trouble but
also avoided the basket, scoring only four
points in 29 minutes of action.
The entire first half we just lacked inten-
sity, Henrickson said.
In total, the starting Kansas frontcourt
was outscored 11 to 21 by its opponents from
South Dakota State. During an ugly first half,
rebounds were routinely ripped from Zinics
hands and passes intended for McIntosh fre-
quently bounced harmlessly out of bounds.
We had no presence in the post, said
Henrickson. We werent missing three-
pointers, we were missing our shots in the
paint.
The Kansas guards did all they could
do to make up for their taller teammates
shortcomings. Freshmen LaChelda Jacobs
and Kelly Kohn provided a spark for the
Jayhawks, spurring a 28-8 run that lasted for
much of the second half.
Kohn and Jacobs were relentless on
defense and very assertive on offense. The
two guards combined for nine steals and
nearly two-thirds of the teams points.
In the first half it seemed like we were
laying down, said Jacobs. We came out in
the second half and just kept fighting.
Kansas gave up on feeding the ball to
its ineffective post players during the sec-
ond half, instead relying on Kohns heroics
from beyond the three-point arc and Jacobs
intense pressure on the defensive end to pull
to a 45-45 tie with 2:53 remaining.
The best efforts of Kohn and Jacobs were
not enough to push Kansas to victory. The
Jackrabbits star, senior Megan Vogel, over-
came a three-inch height disadvantage to
grab 12 rebounds, four more than McIntosh
and Zinic accumulated combined.
As the season progresses and conference
play begins, Kansas will be faced with big-
ger and stronger opponents. If the Jayhawks
cant learn to control the paint, they may find
victories hard to come by.
Kansan sportswriter Asher fusco can be
contacted at afusco@kansan.com.
Edited by Patrick Ross
SPORTS 2B
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
BY SHAWN SHROYER
Cindy Cunningham sits silently
at her workbench, manipulating a
thread and needle, a soft-rock radio
station barely audible in her shop.
After 20 years in the business, she
no longer notices the odor of soggy
leather and raw meat left out too
long.
Some days a student mimics her
every movement, hoping that in time
his hands will work with the same dex-
terity. Today, however, Cunninghams
furry audience sits motionless, their
glass eyes staring vacantly.
Cunningham owns a taxidermy
shop and school near Bonner Springs.
With no commercial taxidermy shops
in Lawrence and Cunninghams a
mere half-hour jaunt down I-70, she
says about 15 to 20 percent of her
business comes from Lawrence.
For Cunningham, becoming a
taxidermist in a male-dominated
profession wasnt easy. But after 20
years in the business, shes learned to
mount deer, birds and fish. Novelty
animals shes mounted include a tiger,
a cougar, an iguana and snakes. Shes
even expanded her business to freeze-
drying cats and dogs for pet owners.
Two of her mounts have appeared in
movies, but her most bizarre job was
freeze-drying a girls pinky finger,
severed in a bowling accident.
Although its nearly impossible to
pinpoint how many women are taxi-
dermists, Cunningham knows shes
in the minority.
I would say I could count on my
hands the amount of women who are
in it, Cunningham said. I only know
of only four or five and myself.
What is taxidermy?
Taxidermy is the art of preparing
and preserving the skins of animals
and of stuffing and mounting them
in lifelike form. A good taxidermy
job takes hours of preparation and
detail. When its completed, theres no
guarantee the final product will look
realistic.
For mammals, such as deer and
elk, Cunningham must remove all of
the meat from the inside and tan the
skin into leather to prevent it from
rotting.
After she tans the skin, more
flesh must be shaved off to prevent
the skin from shrinking. To do this,
Cunningham uses a bench saw-like
device to shave off thin layers of
flesh. Once the skin is thin enough,
it is glued to a manikin mold of the
animal and the toughest part of the
process begins.
The key to a lifelike mount is in the
small details, like adding antlers, eyes
and noses, sewing up openings in the
skin and brushing the animals hair.
Theres a lot of taxidermy out there
that looks like crap, Cunningham
said. They look like theyve been hit
by a car.
With fish, the process is much
different because the scaly skin is
very difficult to preserve. Birds are
also difficult because their skins are
so thin and artificial heads may not
look realistic.
While most taxidermists focus on
mammals, fish or birds, Cunningham
has no limit to what shell mount.
Once people find out you do this,
they come out of the woodwork,
Cunningham said.
Unlikely start to
unexpected success
Cunningham first discovered her
interest in taxidermy after having
some birds mounted that her hus-
band had shot. Soon, she was taking
lessons from the taxidermist.
I went to my dad for some advice
and said, Dad, I think I can make a
living doing this, Cunningham said.
He said, Cindy, aint no woman
going to make a living doing taxi-
dermy.
That was all the motivation she
needed.
Once I make up my mind to learn
something, Im not going to let it go,
Cunningham said. The guys were
saying, That girl cant do that, so
that drive was in me to prove them
wrong.
Cunningham read taxidermy
magazines, watched instructional
videos and attended taxidermy shows
and hands-on seminars. In time, she
was ready to open her own shop.
Aside from her fathers initial skep-
ticism, Cunningham said that her
family was supportive and that her
father even choose the name Second
Creation for her business.
Actually dad was being kind
of smart-aleck when he named it,
Cunningham said. We are Christians
and dad named it Second Creation
because, of course, God is first cre-
ation.
To promote her shop, she brought
displays to sports shows accompa-
nied by her husband, Chuck, and her
assistant, Shawn Howard.
When a customer approached
her booth, instead of talking to her,
they often addressed her husband
or Howard. The men would point to
Cunningham and tell the customer to
talk to the boss.
Sometimes they would go on and
ask me, but more times than you can
count, they would just walk away,
Cunningham said.
Kansas City resident Dale Burns
is one customer who wasnt both-
ered by a female taxidermist. About
10 years ago, he had Cunningham
mount a fish for him. The fish is still
in good condition and Burns liked
Cunninghams work so much that he
brought a deer head in this fall for
Cunningham to mount.
Its real good, real nice and life-
like, Burns said. I cant put a bad
word on it. She definitely puts a lot of
effort into it.
Burns spoke so highly of
Cunningham that he said he con-
vinced some of his friends who
were originally skeptical because
Cunningham was a woman to
take their kills to her.
Finding business is no longer a
problem for Cunningham. Now she
mounts about 100 deer heads, 75
birds and 50 miscellaneous mam-
mals and fish each season. Her weird-
est requests in recent years have come
from pet owners wishing to hold on
to their deceased pets. To meet this
demand, Cunningham began freeze-
drying in her shop.
She said the hardest part of freeze-
drying cats and dogs was freezing
them in a realistic pose. Cunningham
said if it were her pet, she would just
bury it.
Thats a little freaky for me, but if
they pay, Ill do it, she said.
Cunningham received one request
that was more bizarre than preserv-
ing any animal. One mother hound-
ed Cunningham to freeze dry her
daughters pinky finger that had been
pinched off in a bowling accident to
make it into a paperweight.
I wouldnt do it because I just
thought that was gross, Cunningham
said. They had kept it frozen all this
time and finally they just wore me
down.
Cunningham eventually agreed to
freeze-dry the finger, but only after
charging the mother an extremely
outrageous price. Cunningham also
refused to touch the finger. She had
the mother bring the finger in a cup
and place it in the freeze-dryer her-
self.
Being a taxidermist has also gotten
Cunningham or at least her animals
into the movie business.
For the 2003 movie The Missy
Files, which was filmed in Emporia,
instead of using a live cougar for a
scene, the director used a cougar that
Cunningham had mounted. Several
weeks ago, Cunningham had to take a
full-size deer mount to a horse ranch
in Kansas City for the Peter Coyote
movie, Shadows of Atticus.
Cindy the teacher
Lawrence resident Jared Ackerman
learned taxidermy from Cunningham
about two years ago and now does it
in his spare time.
He stumbled across Cunninghams
school on the Internet and did some
research to see if it would be worth
attending. When he found out a
woman would be teaching him, he
had second thoughts. However, in
the end, he realized that her work
was the best around and decided to
go to her.
After graduating from
Cunninghams school, Ackerman
discovered that competing with her
would be difficult, but that having
learned from her had its advantages.
I had a hard time getting my
name out in Lawrence because peo-
ple were going up to Bonner Springs
to her, Ackerman said. When I
said that I learned from her, thats
when I started getting some of my
own work.
Students like Ackerman are
the reason Cunningham wants to
become a full-time taxidermy teach-
er. She moved into a new taxidermy
shop last month, located in her back-
yard. In her new shop, she hopes to
do less commercial work and more
teaching.
Its time to slow down,
Cunningham, 48, said.
Her passion for taxidermy hasnt
diminished, but she no longer wants
to put up with the deadline pressures
that come with commercial taxider-
my. Now she gets more enjoyment
out of the more relaxed schedule of
teaching the craft.
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroy-
er can be contacted at sshroyer@
kansan.com.
Edited by Patrick Ross
Taxidermist overcomes sexism, stigma
HUNTING & FISHING
Jared Gabb/KANSAN
(Clockwise fromtop) Cindy Cunningham, wildlife artist, demonstrates the splitting of the
eyes, ears, lips and nose on a deer hood to her taxidermy student Mike Bonton. The process involves
removing the heavy meat fromthe hide in order for the tanner to better penetrate.
Cunninghammounts about 100 deer heads each season, but has since decided to cut back on her
professional work and begin teaching her craft more often.
The fantasy football playoffs are
either here or within spitting dis-
tance in most leagues. For those of
you who didnt make the cut, I have
a public service announcement: do
not drop all of your players.
There are those of you out there
who have too much pride to admit
that you lost in something you actu-
ally cared about. So, instead of tak-
ing it like a man, they say Hey, so
what if I took ninth place? I didnt
even care. I hardly even checked
my lineup. Look! I just dropped all
my players, thats how much I dont
care. Its comparable to the stu-
dent in everybodys class who, after
receiving a D on his test, spends the
rest of the class explaining how he
only studied for three minutes the
night before, after he took 32 Patron
shots at Quintons.
For those of you who did make
the playoffs, you still may need that
one player to give you the upper
hand in your match-up. Here are a
few potential difference-makers:
1) Jeff Garcia, quarterback,
Philadelphia Eagles. Listed at 61,
hes actually barely 511, making
him a poor mans Doug Flutie and
nominating him for the token Little
Guy Who Announcers Constantly
Claim is a Great Competitor along
with Flutie, Allen Iverson, and
David Eckstein. Better known for
being Punkd by Dax Shepard on
MTV and for being called gay by a
certain receiver whose initials hap-
pen to be T.O., he could be known
as a pro bowl-caliber quarterback
again like he was in San Francisco
if he can duplicate his three-touch-
down performance against Carolina
on Monday. An added bonus: Garcia
holds extra value in Midget-Only
leagues.
2) St. Louis Defense. You might
ask me why Id recommend picking
up the 23rd-ranked defense in the
NFL. My answer would be: because
they play Chicago and Oakland
in the next two weeks. So, to put
things in perspective, in weeks 14
and 15 they play a team that has
turned the ball over 24 times in the
last seven games (Chicago), and a
team that has offensive efficiency
similar to the inmates in the first
half of The Longest Yard and
is easily ranked last in the league
(Oakland). Something tells me St.
Louis D should be just fine the next
couple weeks.
3) Ciatrick Fason, running back,
Minnesota Vikings. This former
Florida Gator had a nice game last
week with 11 carries for 75 yards
and a touchdown against an tough
Bears defense. This week, hes up
against a weak Detroit rushing
defense thats without Shaun Rogers
(their best player). If the nicked-up
Chester Taylor is forced to sit this
week, Fason could have a very big
day.
4) Terrance Copper, wide receiv-
er, New Orleans Saints. No, I had
never heard of him until a few
weeks ago either. Hell be a little
hit-or-miss, but in weeks 10-12 he
had 13 catches for 237 yards and
three touchdowns, so the hits are
worth the risk. Keep an eye on the
health of Joe Horn and Marques
Colston. If either of them sit out
with their nagging injuries, Copper
and Devery Henderson could put
up enormous numbers. As weve
learned this year, in this offense,
Drew Brees could turn Dakota
Fanning into a star wide receiver.
5) Cedric Houston, running back,
New York Jets. Yeah, I know, another
Jets running back. Between Kevan
Barlow, Derrick Blaylock, Leon
Washington, and Houston, fantasy
owners of gone through Jets run-
ning backs like Whitney Houston
through rehab clinics. Looking on
the bright side, Houston did have
129 total yards and a touchdown
last week, so he might be worth a
shot. Plus, if you want an all-Cedric
backfield, Cedric Benson has been
playing well the last three weeks for
Chicago.
Evan Hengel is an Overland Park
senior in fnance.
Edited by Natalie Johnson
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Herm
Edwards, who has been criticized
for faulty
clock manage-
ment going all
the way back
to his days in
New York, isnt
sitting still for
this one.
K a n s a s
Citys first-
year coach
has drawn fire
from some
fans and broadcasters for not using
at least one of his three timeouts
while Cleveland was driving late in
the fourth quarter Sunday for the
game-tying touchdown.
Why not stop the clock and give
yourself more precious seconds
to get downfield and maybe kick
a game-winning field goal if the
Browns do get the game tied?
But Edwards kept his timeouts
in his pocket and the Chiefs had
less than a minute to work with
after Cleveland scored the tying
touchdown in a game the Browns
eventually won 31-28 in overtime.
They have to make a decision
in 30 seconds, and Im not going to
stop the clock so they can regroup
and think about what they want
to do, he said. Theyve got to
score. Were winning the game.
Were not losing the game. They
have to score a touchdown. So for
me, Im sitting there going, `OK, if
they do score, Im going to have 30
seconds left, and Ive got all three
timeouts.
Its a strategy, Edwards point-
ed out, that worked beautifully
in a 17-13 victory over Oakland
on Nov. 19. The Raiders drove
inside the 10 in the final seconds,
but safety Jarrad Page intercepted
Oaklands pass in the end zone to
preserve the win.
Similarly in a 30-27 victory Oct.
22 over San Diego, Lawrence Tynes
kicked a game-
winner with 6
seconds left
after the Chiefs
used timeouts
while driving
down the field
to put him in
position.
We didnt
make a good
pl ay (i n
C l e v e l a n d )
when we got the ball back. That
hurt us, Edwards said.
Different situations dic-
tate maybe you use (timeouts). I
thought we managed it well, he
said. I wasnt raising the white flag
thinking they were going to score
a touchdown. I thought we were
going to stop them. Im not going
to start calling timeouts under 2
minutes, and our defense looks
at me and says, `What are you
doing?
If Im going to do that, Im
just going to let
them score. Just
let them run the
ball and score a
touchdown, get
it over with.
You dont do
that. Youve
got to play the
game.
The loss left
the Chiefs (7-5)
in a five-way tie
for the two AFC
wild-card spots, and also with a
sour taste in their mouth. The
defense, which had played well for
a month, failed to get the win even
though tight end Tony Gonzalez
had more than 100 yards receiv-
ing, running back Larry Johnson
had over 100 yards rushing and
Trent Green threw four touch-
down passes.
In this way, the entire scene
seemed disturbingly reminiscent
of past seasons when the Chiefs
would lead the league in offense
but fail even to reach the playoffs
because of their sorry defense.
It was also another late-season
failure on the road, something else
that has haunted Kansas City for
six years.
Why that is, I dont have any
idea, Edwards said. I really dont.
Its certain players. I guess they just
dont play as well on the road as
they do at home, and theyve got to
find a way to do that. I wish I could
give them a medicine, or a pill. But
I cant do that. Theyve got to play
better, and they know it.
Its not like they intentionally
dont play well on the road. They
want to play well. But for some
reason, certain guys dont. Its not
a whole team. You can look at this
game and say, `Well, your defense
didnt play well on the road, but
your offense did.
But what difference does that
make? So
the offense
ate different
food than the
defense? Their
beds were bet-
ter than the
defense? No,
I dont know
that. There
were some
d e f e n s i v e
players who
played half-
way decent. And there were some
offensive players who should have
played a little bit better, but didnt.
I dont know. You drive your-
self crazy trying to worry about
that stuff.
Evan Hengels
FANTASY FOOTBALL THURSDAY
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Chiefs coach questioned
Clock-management strategy may have led to a loss
They have to score a touchdown.
So for me, Im sitting there going,
OK, if they do score, Im going to
have 30 seconds left.
HERM EDWARDS
Kansas City Chiefs coach
I wish I could give them a
medicine, or a pill. But I cant do
that. Theyve got to play better,
and they know it.
HERM EDWARDS
Kansas City Chiefs coach
SPORTS 4B
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
By the time students come back
to campus for the spring semester,
we will have a much better idea
about whether Kansas basketball is
going to contend for the national
championship in March.
At that point Kansas will have
played on the road against South
Carolina and Iowa State and had a
home contest with Boston College
and Oklahoma State. Those games
should show whether Kansas has
the mental toughness and the
game to make a run. Those are not
exactly national title contenders,
but road games in difficult envi-
ronments like Columbia, S.C., and
Ames, Iowa, will test this team,
especially because it showed little
heart during its first road game
against DePaul.
Before the season began, nearly
every media outlet chose Kansas
to be one of the top-five teams in
the country. After the first month
of the season, it is difficult to say
whether Kansas will be a top-five
team at the end. Losses to lowly
Oral Roberts and DePaul have
shown Kansas weaknesses, while a
victory against Florida showed how
good this team can be when it plays
to its potential.
So far this season, Kansas has
probably been the most inconsis-
tent team in America. One day they
can look like they are destined to
win the national championship
like they did against Florida and
another day they can look like they
are going to lose in the first round
again, like they did against Oral
Roberts or DePaul.
Self said this team was still
young and
still learning.
I dont buy it.
The only play-
ers who should
still be learning
are freshmen
Darrell Arthur
and Sherron
Collins. They
have to learn
the system. The
other players
have been here.
Kansas returned all five starters
and that should make this team an
experienced team.
You cant take a day off in the
NCAA tournament. Otherwise
youre going to be defeated. Kansas
coach Bill Self cannot allow that
to happen. We have already read
this season about players-only
meetings, halftime rants and other
motivational things that Self has
attempted with his players this sea-
son. Apparently, those only work
some of the time, and have not led
to consistent play.
That is a problem.
If these things become regular,
the players
are not going
to respond to
them when Self
needs them too.
Kansas needs to
start getting up
for every game,
not just games
against the
reigning nation-
al champion.
By the time
the spring
semester starts, well have a better
idea if Brandon Rush is really an
All-American. We will know if he
has gotten out of this slump that he
has been in for the past five games.
Rush will need to do that if he
hopes to play in the NBA next sea-
son. Otherwise, he will be back for
his junior campaign, something he
never would have envisioned when
he decided to play at Kansas.
We will know whether Sasha
Kaun will be able to play significant
minutes like he did last season after
his knee injury. Against USC, when
he was forced into significant min-
utes during the first half because of
Darrell Arthurs foul trouble, Kaun
looked tired by the end of the half.
It will take time to get back into his
rhythm, especially because he has
played sparingly this summer since
he returned home to Russia.
Darnell Jackson has played well
thus far this season, but Kansas will
need Kaun to spell Arthur, espe-
cially when Big 12 season arrives
and Jacksons lack of size becomes
a liability.
For now we can only wait. Wait
until the eight games pass, and then
we will know how good this team
will really be.
Kansan sportswriter Ryan Colai-
anni can be contacted at rcolai-
anni@kansan.com.
Edited by Patrick Ross
THE RANT
BY RYAN COLAIANNI
KANSAN SPORTS COLUMNIST
RCOLAIANNI@KANSAN.COM
Winter break games will reveal Jayhawks identity
You cannot take a day of in the
NCAA tournament. Otherwise
you are going tobe defeated.
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dont want anybody to love me. I want
people to respect me. People might not
like what I do or how Ive done it, but
I think theyll respect how Ive done it
and what Ive done.
When it comes down to tough deci-
sions, Perkins number one priority is
students.
My first concern is the students,
he said. We feel they have really good
seats. I also try to explain to them, if we
were a private university getting a lot of
money from the university, itd be easy
for people to get on midcourt.
He mentioned Duke as a private
school that gives students courtside
seats. Kansas receives $3 million from
the state to run its athletic program
out of a budget of $50 million, which
means Perkins and his staff must raise
$47 million to run the department.
On top of generating money through
the priority seating plan, Perkins struck
a new $26.67 million apparel deal with
adidas in 2005. Previously, Kansas was
affiliated with Nike, but had one of the
worst contracts in the country accord-
ing to Perkins.
Baseball coach Ritch Price said
before Lew was here, the team was
paying for all of its equipment and
apparel.
Lew is big-time, Price said.
The baseball team won the Big 12
Tournament Championship last season
and finished ranked 22nd in the polls.
Price gives Perkins credit for the teams
success.
In my 29 years, he is the most
impressive AD I have been around,
Price said. Hes provided us resources
KU wasnt providing before.
Max Urick, former athletics director
at Kansas State and Iowa State, said that
Perkins has done a great job adapting
to changing role of athletics directors
across the country.
There is no doubt expectations
have risen all around and its because of
the money involved, said Urick, who is
now retired and living in Manhattan.
Perkins agrees athletics directors
face more pressure today than when he
took his first job as athletics director at
the University of South Carolina-Aiken
in 1969.
Theres less tolerance for imperfec-
tion, Urick said.
Perkins, however, does not feel the
pressure.
Im too old for that, Perkins, who
turns 62 in March, said smiling. I look
at it as, if I felt there was pressure, I
would get out of it. Younger ADs have
a lot more pressure.
Outside the games, Perkins said he
loved his job because of the relation-
ships he has made. When the Seattle
Sonics and Chicago Bulls played an
exhibition game at Allen Fieldhouse
earlier this year, Perkins met up
with two of his former athletes from
Connecticut: the Sonics Ray Allen and
the Bulls Ben Gordon.
Perkins said he talks frequently with
both Husky basketball coaches, Jim
Calhoun and Gene Auriemma.
You dont lose those types of rela-
tionships, he said.
While the job is demanding, Perkins
said he made his family his number-
one priority. In February, he and his
wife will celebrate a 39th anniversary.
When Im at home, it is all qual-
ity time, Perkins said. Ill come in an
hour early or Ill stay an extra hour, but
when Im home, I truly go home.
Perkins even hired his son-in-law
Brandon Macneill as associate athlet-
ics director for administration. Perkins
said having a business and personal
relationship with Macneill was not a
problem.
It probably puts more pressure on
him than it does me, he said. If you
ask the majority of the people in the
department, they wouldnt even know
he is my son-in-law because he has
done such a great job.
Perkins said that his two married
daughters live in Lawrence and that
he enjoyed spending time with his two
grandchildren.
During the rest of his free time,
Perkins enjoys golfing, long walks with
his wife and their dog, Benson, and
smoking cigars.
A good family is not the only thing
Perkins has going for him, as he has
built a notable staff at Kansas.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics
director for external affairs, worked
17 years for the NCAA before join-
ing Perkins staff at Connecticut. Larry
Keating, senior associate athletics
director, was AD at Seton Hall. Sean
Lester, associate athletics director for
internal affairs, has been with Perkins
a long time.
I went out and got a great balance of
experienced people, Perkins said.
Perkins has a track record of hir-
ing distinguished people to work for
him. He has tutored nearly 30 athletics
directors and conference commission-
ers during his career.
Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg
worked under Perkins for almost seven
full years. When Perkins was AD at
Wichita State, Weiberg was sports
information director.
It was a lot of fun working for Lew,
Weiberg said. He is an outstanding
AD because he hires good people with
good track records. He also has a track
record of hiring good coaches as well.
While Perkins sits at the top of
the Athletic Departments pyramid,
he still has one person above him:
Hemenway.
Hemenway said he and Perkins
meet once a week at length, but have a
mutual treaty.
No surprises, Hemenway said. I
let him know if there is anything going
on at the University that might affect
athletics, and he lets me know if there
is anything going on in athletics that is
going to affect the University.
Hemenway said Kansas has had
some very good athletics directors, but
Perkins would go down as one of the
best if not the best the University
has ever had.
Perkins said he has never thought
about what he wanted people to
remember him for. But he said, At the
end, whenever that is, I want people to
say that during Lew Perkins time, he
and his staff did a great job. They made
some tough decisions, but they really
improved matters at the University.
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davison
can be contacted at ddavison@kan-
san.com.
EditedbyTravis Robinett
PERKINS
(CONTINUED FROM 1B) athletics
calendar
TODAY
Womens basketball
vs. South Dakota State, 7
p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
SATURDAY
Mens basketball vs. To-
ledo, noon, Kemper Arena,
Kansas City, Mo.
Track & Field at K-State
All Corners, all day, Man-
hattan
Runner
to watch:
Senior
Janiece
Gatson
will be
compet-
ing in the
600 yard
run Saturday in Manhat-
tan. Last season, Gatson
placed seventh at the Big
12 Championship meet,
second at the Husker
Invitational and third at the
K-State All Corners meet.
SUNDAY
Womens basketball
vs. California, 2 p.m., Allen
Fieldhouse
Gatson
Last year, the athletic depart-
ment made a deal with Enter-
coms 610 Sports in Kansas City
to broadcast all Jayhawk football
and mens and womens basket-
ball games. The other radio sta-
tion, WHB 810, owned by Union
Broadcasting, was also in the mix
to potentially get the contract to
carry Kansas athletics.
We looked at 810, but 610
was a better ft, Perkins said. We
felt that they were more into col-
lege sports.
WHB president, Chad Boeger,
said his station prided itself in
college athletics.
I disagree with Lew, Boeger
said. Ten years ago when we
started our station, we prided
ourselves in the amount of talk
about college sports. The station
is owned by local Kansas Citians
who attended colleges and high
schools in our area.
Boeger, a KU graduate, said he
was surprised that Perkins would
make such a comment.
Obviously, we would love
having the opportunity to carry
KU, he said. It was a tough deci-
sion that we had to make, but we
decided to move in a diferent
direction.
Perkins said one of the factors
was at night in Lawrence, people
could not get WHBs signal.
One of the big things was
the amount of stations carrying
Kansas games, Boeger said. If
you live on the Kansas side of
the state line in Kansas City, the
majority of the people already
listen to the Lazer.
Regardless, Perkins said that
he was pleased with 610 and
that they had really expanded
our ability to get across.
Boeger, on the other hand,
does not worry that his listeners
will switch from 810 to 610.
We are not tied to one
particular college, he said. We
cover all colleges, we try to break
stories and give insightful talk.
Drew Davison
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Kohn scored 14 of her 16 total
points in the second half and made
three three-pointers, a season high
for Kansas. Jacobs added a team-high
17 points.
The two didnt only contribute
offensively. The Jayhawks held the
Jackrabbits to only three field goals
in the second half. It was the play of
Kohn and Jacobs that stopped SDSUs
biggest scoring threat, point guard
Andrea Verdegan and forced fifteen
turnovers.
We dug ourselves in a hole and
coming out in the second half, we had
to fight, Jacobs said.
The first half was the worst 20
minutes of basketball the Jayhawks
had played all year. As a team, they
shot 26 percent and turned the ball
over 14 times.
The game started with a 9-0 run by
the Jackrabbits with the lead of senior
forward Megan Vogel, who scored
the teams first five points.
Capitalizing off of SDSU mistakes,
Kansas was initially able to keep it
close. Jacobs had three steals off of
lazy passes from Verdegan and eight
points that cut the lead to as low as
18-13 with nine minutes remaining.
The Jackrabbits then finished the
half on a 15-4 run to put the score
at 37-17. Verdegan hit three three-
pointers in the first half and led SDSU
with 11 points. As the Jayhawks trot-
ted off the court down 20 points,
there seemed to be no hope of a
potential comeback.
At that point, we were just try-
ing to not get embarrassed at home,
Henrickson said.
There was one adjustment
Henrickson made, however, that
helped the Jayhawks start the second-
half with a 21-5 run. To match the
fast pace set by SDSU, Kansas started
the half with three guards: Kohn,
Jacobs and senior Shaquina Mosley.
The three forced four turnovers early
in the half.
Mosley only played six min-
utes in the game but according to
Henrickson, the minimal time doesnt
mean much.
It wasnt anything Shaq did
wrong, she said, We just got the
right group in and that rotation was
pretty good.
Kohn hit a three to tie the game
at 45 with 2:53 remaining but Vogel
responded for SDSU with a three-
pointer on its next possesion.
With 32 seconds to go, the score
was 48-46. Jacobs got a shot off from
inside the paint but it was blocked
by Jackrabbit sophomore forward
Jennifer Warkenthien.
The Jayhawks were then forced to
foul the next two times the Jackrabbits
touched the ball. Verdegan hit all four
of her free-throws to clinch the SDSU
victory.
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer
can be contacted at ckeefer@kan-
san.com.
Editedby Natalie Johnson
BASKETBALL
(CONTINUED FROM 1B)
SPORTS 6B
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
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BY BEN GOULDSMITH
DAILY NEBRASKAN
LINCOLN, Neb. Two days
after losing the Big 12 Conference
Championship game, Cornhusker
players were ready to move on.
Its not like they have much of
a choice.
With Saturdays 21-7 loss to
Oklahoma still fresh on their
minds, the No. 22 Huskers now
must focus on preparations for No.
10 Auburn in the Cotton Bowl on
Jan. 1 in Dallas.
You cant have the Big 12
Championship back, said Nebraska
senior quarterback Zac Taylor.
Obviously we want it back, but
its not going to come. You can still
salvage the season with a big win
against a great team like Auburn.
The Tigers own a 10-2 record,
with their only losses coming
at home against Southeastern
Conference opponents Arkansas
on Oct. 7 and Georgia on Nov.
11. Auburn has wins over No. 2
Florida and No. 4 LSU.
NU Coach Bill Callahan said
during Mondays Big 12 coaches
teleconference that he was excited
about the opportunity to play a
marquee team in the bowl game.
If I had my druthers, I would
play No. 1 through 10 if I could,
Callahan said. I would schedule
them all, and thats because of the
expectations at Nebraska. If you
want to be great, youve got to play
them all.
Because the bowl game is nearly
a month away and because final
exams begin next week, the Huskers
will get a bit of a break from the
regular practice routine this week
and work on conditioning.
NU junior tight end J.B. Phillips,
who grew up about 30 minutes from
the Cotton Bowl in Colleyville,
Texas, said the month before bowl
practices is almost like another fall
camp.
You can work on some of the
younger guys and develop them,
Phillips said, but you can also get
in there and really get some work
done and work on the fundamen-
tals.
An extra month of practice is
also beneficial because it can help
returning players get ready for next
season.
NU players this year have cred-
ited their preparations before their
win over Michigan in last years
Alamo Bowl at a time during
which they were able to improve,
especially since the team only gets
15 days of practice in the spring.
It think its a great bonus,
Callahan said of the extra practice
time. Here in bowl practice, you
can go crazy, and you can practice
every day.
A win in the Cotton Bowl would
be a confidence boost for returning
players, said NU senior defensive
end Adam Carriker.
Theres still plenty to play for,
Carriker said.
That doesnt mean the Huskers
have forgotten the sting of
Saturdays loss, Carriker said.
But the next month should give
players an opportunity to watch
film and work on deficiencies in
their technique before Jan. 1.
This month also allows
Nebraskas coaches plenty of time
to put together a strong game plan
for the Cotton Bowl.
Saturdays loss prevented the
Huskers from earning a BCS bid
to the Fiesta Bowl, but Taylor said
the Huskers shouldnt be lacking
motivation going to Dallas.
Its not going to put a ring
on your finger, Taylor said, but
going out with a win against
Auburn would give this team a
lot of momentum going into next
season.
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Nebraska prepares
for Cotton Bowl
BY LOUIS ANASTASIS
FLORIDA ALLIGATOR
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Bernie
Machen hates the BCS.
Despite the fact that the No. 2
Gators are on their way to the national
championship game, the University
of Floridas president wont rest easy
until a playoff system replaces the
Bowl Championship Series.
We have to convince other
schools that a new system can be just
as lucrative and maybe more lucrative
and fair and that it can work, Machen
said after Saturdays Southeastern
Conference Championship. I think
theres so many people that think
that way that its just a matter of get-
ting it done. In the end, I think well
do it. Its about the money.
UF will play No. 1 Ohio State in
the Jan. 8 BCS Championship game.
But the Gators were one-hundredth
of a point from watching Michigan
take that honor away.
Without playoffs, two teams get
a one-time crack at the champion-
ship, even if a handful of others also
appear deserving.
Its not fair. We should be talk-
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were talking about style points and
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ences other schools. So the presi-
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PITTSBURGH The condi-
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game.
Heinz Field is more dirt than
grass this time of the year. The
game-time temperature Thursday
night is expected to be in the low
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parts, the very definition of football
weather.
The fans figure to be loud and
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the pregame verbal exchanges prom-
ise to be nastier and more pointed
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ing.
Browns-Steelers games were
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kind of conditions only not this
Browns-Steelers game. All thats
missing from the NFLs version
of the Hatfields vs. the McCoys
this time around is any significant
meaning. The game matches up
teams with a combined nine victo-
ries in 24 games.
The NFL gambled by giving
Cleveland (4-8) a primetime TV
date in early December, even one
against its most familiar and dis-
liked opponent.
What the league wouldnt have
guessed is Pittsburgh (5-7) would
have a nearly as bad record one sea-
son after winning the Super Bowl.
With four games remaining,
the Steelers 26-6 the previous
two seasons remain only on the
mathematical fringes of the AFC
playoff race after playing for con-
ference or league championships
in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The
Browns are playing merely to avoid
what seems inevitable, a fourth con-
secutive losing season.
After last weeks Ravens-Bengals
matchup highlighted a new
Thursday night TV package that
remains widely unavailable to cable
subscribers, including Time Warner
customers in Kansas City, think
there might be a drop-off in log-ins
to the I Want the NFL Network
Web site?
Steelers stars Hines Ward and
Troy Polamalu wont play because
of knee injuries and Browns quar-
terback Charlie Frye (bruised wrist)
may not go, either.
That means non-fans of the two
clubs may have to entertain them-
selves watching Derek Anderson
throw passes, Nate Washington
catch them and Anthony Smith
defend them.
A lot of guys are sore. A lot of
guys are beat up, Steelers quarter-
back Ben Roethlisberger said. Its
tough.
The Browns have lost 12 of their
last 13 to the Steelers, and felt they
had them beat when they led 20-10
in the fourth quarter Nov. 19 in
Cleveland.
But the Steelers rallied for 14
points in the final four minutes-
plus to win 24-20, as disappointing
a loss as the Browns have had in a
season filled with defeat.
Im sure they want some
redemption, Steelers guard Alan
Faneca said. Ahead 14, but to wind
up losing the game in the fourth
quarter, that would definitely give
me some motivation.
The Browns are optimistic they
can win this time, even if second-
year QB Andersons first NFL start
may be against the Steelers oft-con-
fusing, blitz-filled defense.
Anderson, who had never thrown
an NFL pass, replaced an injured
Frye in the second half to throw
two touchdown passes and rally the
Browns from a 21-14 deficit to a
31-28 overtime victory Sunday over
Kansas City.
He came in and dominated the
game, tight end Kellen Winslow
said. Were proud of him. He came
in upbeat and we didnt lose a step
at all. Hes going to be fine.
The Browns shut down the
Steelers running game 2 1/2 weeks
ago, limiting Willie Parker to 46
yards on 16 carries. That forced
Roethlisberger to try to beat them
by throwing out of a no-huddle
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more difficult to do with starting
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Parker didnt do much Sunday
in a 20-3 victory against the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers in which much of
the Steelers offense came off of the
Buccaneers four turnovers.
Staying away from similar mis-
takes will be one of Andersons pri-
mary goals, if he gets the start on
Sunday.
Roethlisberger joked the Steelers
didnt need to draw up a new game
plan because they used the no-hud-
dle look so often in Cleveland, the
Browns never did see their planned
scheme.
All we did was the two-minute
drill, he said.
The question is whether that will
be enough to compel fans outside
the two cities to tune in for 180
minutes or so.
For us, its like a Monday night
game, Winslow said. This is a
rivalry. Were going to get up for it.
Cold weather enhances Steelers-Browns game
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.
Barry Bonds showed up at the
baseball winter meetings Wednesday,
arriving for what his agent said would
be a busy day as the slugger looks for
work.
Many people who have been
around Bonds couldnt remember the
last time he showed up for this annual
event, perhaps as far back as 1993
when he joined the San Francisco
Giants.
The Boston Red Sox were the busi-
est team on the second day of base-
balls winter meetings, adding right
fielder J.D. Drew and shortstop Julio
Lugo to their starting lineup.
The San Diego Padres also made
a splash Tuesday by putting Greg
Maddux in their rotation.
But while a few free agents final-
ly got snapped up, the first trade
at the meetings wasnt announced
until Wednesday morning, when the
New York Mets shipped pitcher Brian
Bannister to Kansas City for young
reliever Ambiorix Burgos.
I do believe the free-agent market
is kind of holding off a little bit the
trade front, because there are so many
free agents still available, Mets gen-
eral manager Omar Minaya said.
In another possible swap, the
Chicago Cubs appeared to be discuss-
ing deals involving outfielder Jacque
Jones.
Bostons attempts to deal Manny
Ramirez appeared to be slowing. But
the Red Sox did reach preliminary
agreements on a $70 million, five-
year contract with Drew and a $36
million, four-year deal with Lugo.
If healthy, Drew would bat behind
David Ortiz and Ramirez in the mid-
dle of the order.
With David and Manny, if they
want to walk those guys, we want
them to pay a steep price, Red Sox
manager Terry Francona said.
Ramirez at times has said he wants
to leave Boston, which annually
explores trades for him. Giants gener-
al manager Brian Sabean joked about
a possible Ramirez trade, saying it
might be a four-way. He hinted that
hed been in the suite of Red Sox GM
Theo Epstein.
Boston has vats of Starbucks cof-
fee, cafeteria vats, Sabean said.
Maddux and the Padres, mean-
while, closed in on a $10 million,
one-year contract, a deal that would
contain a player option for 2008.
Agent Scott Boras, without indicating
a team, said Madduxs deal was mov-
ing positively ... but not done yet.
Details on Madduxs potential
contract with the Padres were dis-
closed by two people familiar with
the talks who spoke on condition of
anonymity because no deal had been
completed.
Southern California was always
a place Greg wanted to play. He was
very happy in L.A. last year, Boras
said. San Diego also has an environ-
ment for his family. His decisions are
based primarily on his family.
Boras said Barry Zito, another cli-
ent, was geographically free. Zito,
the top available free-agent pitcher,
could wind up with a contract of six
or seven years, a length that might
eliminate several suitors. The Giants
apparently were inquiring about Zito
as well.
In the marketplace there have
been three-year deals given for guys
that have had substantial injury his-
tories, Boras said. Last year, we got
a five-(year) deal for Kevin Millwood.
Zito has pristine durability. Hes never
missed a start. So definitely hes going
to be someone thats in that range.
San Francisco and Borris talked
for the second straight day about a
deal to keep the left fielder with the
Giants and then Bonds showed at
the meetings Wednesday.
We do have a lot of dialogue with
them, Borris said. Im not frus-
trated. Its a business. ... His status is
a healthy, 42-year-old unemployed
baseball player. He is looking for work
on a team with a chance to make the
postseason, as a left fielder, DH or a
combination of both.
Oakland was hoping to reach an
agreement with Mike Piazza, also rep-
resented by Borris agency, to become
its designated hitter. That deal could
be struck Wednesday.
In Tuesdays only announced free-
agent agreement, reliever LaTroy
Hawkins and the Colorado Rockies
completed a $3.5 million, one-
year contract. On Wednesday, the
Cleveland Indians completed a $4.25
million, one-year deal with potential
closer Joe Borowski and an $11.5
million, three-year contract with out-
fielder David Dellucci. Borowskis
agreement includes a club option for
2008.
In an overheated market, espe-
cially for pitchers, Ted Lilly was likely
to get a four-year contract, with the
Chicago Cubs the most likely destina-
tion. Mark Mulder was getting multi-
year offers even though he had rotator
cuff surgery in September. Houston
manager Phil Garner was hoping
Andy Pettitte would choose pitch-
ing over retirement and decide to
stay with his hometown Astros rather
than return to the Yankees.
I certainly am tainted by my
biased feeling that he wants to be in
Houston. He needs to be in Houston
and we want him to be in Houston,
Garner said. And his family is dying
for him to be in Houston. His kids are
pining every day at school wonder-
ing, Oh, Daddy, please dont go any-
where else. Stay in Houston. I could
hear it all over the city.
Boras said reliever Eric Gagne,
coming off elbow surgery in April
and back surgery in July, had many
suitors. The former All-Star closer
was born in Montreal, leading to
speculation Toronto might be inter-
ested.
SPORTS 8B
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Bonds a hot topic at meetings
Phelan M. Ebenhack/ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Francisco Giants free-agent Barry Bonds rushes to an elevator with his entourage during
the Major League Baseball winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., onWednesday. Bonds has not
shown up for the meeting since 1993.
Royals trade
The Kansas City Royals
acquired Brian Bannister, a
right-handed starter, from the
New York Mets Wednesday for
underperforming right-hander
Ambiorix Burgos.
Determined to shore up their
pitching and avoid a fourth
straight 100-loss season, the
Royals will hope that Bannister
has fully recovered from an in-
jury that put him on the 60-day
DL his rookie season.
Acquiring Brian Bannister
fts in with our plan for long-
term success, general man-
ager Dayton Moore said. Were
excited to be acquiring such a
young, talented pitcher with
such exceptional makeup.
Bannister, 25, is the son of
former major league pitcher
Floyd Bannister, who spent
two of his 15 years with Kansas
City. He made his major league
debut last season and was 2-1
with a 4.26 ERA in eight appear-
ances for the Mets.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pounder
allowed 18 earned runs, 34 hits
and 22 walks while striking out
19. In six starts, he was 2-1 with
a 3.44 ERA in 34 innings.
He was 2-0 with a 2.89
ERA after fve starts when he
strained his hamstring on April
26 and was placed on the 60-
day disabled list.
His minor league record is
29-19.
The Royals are unloading
one of their biggest disappoint-
ments of recent years. Tried
in both the rotation and the
bullpen, Burgos was 4-5 with
a 5.52. He blew 12 of 30 save
opportunities as the Royals lost
100 games for the fourth time
in fve years.
Bannister, 26, is expected
to join a rotation made up of
Odalis Perez, Luke Hudson and
Jorge De La Rosa.
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Yet another favorite is the
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namental tower turned by a
fan that catches rising warm
air from candles.
In Frankfurt, the market
covers the expanse of the re-
built Old Town and counts
thousands upon thousands of
visitors daily until Dec. 24.
Others, such as Rudesheim
and Michelstadt, are more in-
timate affairs, off the beaten
path and open only week-
ends.
Erfurts Christmas mar-
ket, the biggest in the state of
Thuringia in former East Ger-
many, is one of the most beau-
tiful, with 200 stalls lining the
citys Domplatz, or Cathedral
Square.
Lights from the 80-foot
high Christmas tree softly illu-
minate people slowly sipping
gluehwein warm, spiced
wine and eating Thuringian
sausages.
Food choices include brat-
wurst sausage, gluehwein,
deep-fried potato cakes, and
chunks of goose or turkey
fried in batter and smothered
with creamy garlic sauce.
Lebkuchen, or ginger-
bread, ranges from thin cook-
ies enjoyed with a cup of hot
chocolate to larger cakes,
sometimes heart-shaped and
iced with sentimental holiday
messages an edible Christ-
mas card.
In Koblenz, one teenager
wore hers around her neck,
with I love my boyfriend in
strawberry icing.
BY CHELSEA J. CARTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES There are
two things single people can
count on during the holidays:
They will give more presents
than they receive, and they will
likely spend more money than a
family will spend on them.
Call it the curse of the single
a story as old as time that has
been played out at birthday par-
ties, wedding receptions and, of
course, at Christmas parties.
Its an accepted fate for the
unmarried, who feel obligated
to give their married friends
with families gifts: One for mom,
one for dad, one for junior or
some similar combination.
Maybe Hallmark should in-
vent a Me Day? joked Sarah
Weidman, author of Gifted:
1001 Gift Ideas for Everyone in
Your Life.
Until that happens, though,
she and other etiquette gurus
say singles have to nd away an-
other way to deal with it.
If youre beginning to feel
resentful about it as the single
person, its time to get into a dif-
ferent pattern, said Cindy Post
Senning of the Emily Post Insti-
tute.
Senning, the granddaughter
of etiquette goddess Emily Post,
said singles should begin by fol-
lowing the three etiquette rules:
respect, consideration and hon-
esty.
This is really one where the
honesty comes into play. What
if you decided to either cut back
or change your pattern or stop
giving, and you dont talk to
your friends about what is the
issue? They are going to wonder
whats wrong, she said.
Its a step that Suzanne Go-
mez, 33, of Burbank took when
her married friends started hav-
ing children.
Once they have kids, I tell
them the presents only go to the
kids, she said.
With her other friends and
family, Gomez participates in
Secret Santa -- where a person
draws a name and then shops
for a gift below a certain price
for that person.
With Secret Santa, you get
one person in your big family or
friend group and you can focus
on the gift, she said.
Senning said families dont
intentionally cultivate gifting
inequity.
I think families dont think
about it that way. They probably
dont even realize it.
Weidman said it is under-
standable a single person might
be a little more sensitive to gift-
ing inequity during the holi-
days.
But she pointed out families
sometimes are as nancially
strapped as a single person
around the holidays because of
the number of gifts they have to
purchase.
Families have a lot to pay for
too, she said.
When giving gifts to friends
and their children, Senning said
there were two things to take
into consideration:
Relationship. If youre re-
ally close to this little kid, then
you are not going to feel that in-
equity of gift-giving.
Affordability. What can
your budget stand?
If money is a bit tight, Sen-
ning and Weidman suggested
buying one gift for the family.
What is it they enjoy to do
together? Senning said. If a
family likes wafes, buy them a
wafe iron and the wafe mix.
They all benet from the gift,
she said.
Weidman said putting thought
into the gift was important.
You know families, just like
singles, are busy. They get into
the grind and sometimes they
forget to do things for them-
selves, she said. Think of
something that they wouldnt
think of doing for themselves.
For example, she recom-
mended a membership to a mu-
seum.
It lasts a year, its something
the whole family can do togeth-
er and you get a tax deduction,
she said.
She also suggested a portrait
session at a photography studio
or a membership to an of-the-
month club, such as video rent-
als or fruit.
In the end, Weidman and
Senning said gifts are expres-
sions of friendship.
BY BETH J. HARPAZ
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK Dreidel,
dreidel, dreidel, I made you out
of clay. So goes a well-known
childrens song from the Jewish
holiday of Hanukkah.
A dreidel is a four-sided spin-
ning top, and these days, toy
dreidels are more likely to be
made from plastic than clay. But
there are also collectible dreidels,
designed to be displayed rather
than spun, that are crafted from
wood, metal, porcelain, silver
and even ceramic.
The one thing all these
dreidels have in common is
that each side bears a different
Hebrew letter. Each of the let-
ters nun, gimel, hay and shin
stands for a Hebrew word in
the sentence, Nes gadol haya
sham, which means, A great
miracle happened there.
The miracle took place in the
second century B.C., when Jews
survived an attempt by the As-
syrian Army to wipe them out. To
celebrate, the Jews rededicated
their temple and lit a candelabra
there with enough oil to last for
one day. The oil burned for eight
days. The holiday of Hanukkah,
which begins Dec. 15 this year,
is celebrated by lighting candles
for eight nights.
The Jewish Museum in New
York City sells dreidels in its gift
shop http://shop.thejewish-
museum.org/museum from
25-cent toys and fabric dreidels
for babies, to miniature works
of art.
Germany celebrates
holidays in big way
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Santa Claus, alias former lieutenant Ulf Ingo van Bruinehsen, waves to children as he arrives aboard a German Navy submarineU 15at the navy
base in Eckernfoerde, northern Germany, onWednesday. He was part of the huge Christmas celebration that takes place in Germany every year.
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have been a part of Germanys
Yuletide celebration for hun-
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thursday, december 7, 2006
IN THEATRES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8
By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL
ASSoCIATEd PRESS
NEW YORK In an age when
the word is grossly overused, they
remain, incontrovertibly, icons:
elegance embodied, high fashion at
the dawn of the television era, with
charmed lives and striking beauty.
Celebrities fuel fashion that
comes as no surprise. But the
women with the most influence
over todays tastemakers arent the
ones on the covers of all those
celebrity magazines.
Instead, its Audrey Hepburn,
Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis who continue to set the
standard. Their names are short-
hand for the looks that are at the
root of modern style many years
after their respective deaths.
The patrician style of Main Line
Philadelphia is defined by Grace.
One of the worlds most coveted
handbags the Hermes Kelly bag
is named after her, and that two-
handles satchel has become a sym-
bol of understated, ladylike luxury.
When Jackie was a Kennedy, she
popularized the pillbox hat and skirt
suits. When she was an Onassis, it
was the glamorous oversized dark
sunglasses worn with yacht-appro-
priate attire. The pearls and black
dress that so many women use as
their cocktail party uniform, thats
all Audrey.
The Givenchy black dress that
she wore in Breakfast at Tiffanys, a
simple-yet-elegant sleeveless sheath,
was sold Tuesday to a telephone bid-
der at Christies in London, fetching
a shocking $807,000, almost six
times the highest pre-sale estimate.
Proceeds will go to the Indian relief
charity City of Joy Aid.
The film series Grand Classics,
in conjunction with American
Express RED, polled fashion
designers earlier this year about
the most influential fashion movies,
and Breakfast at Tiffanys was the
No. 1 choice. My Fair Lady, also
starring Audrey, was in the top 10.
(It was in Breakfast at Tiffanys
that Hepburn also wore the black
plastic Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglass-
es, ushering in a new look of eye-
wear that had largely relied on thin
metallic frames until then.)
Audrey had a timeless quality,
said Avril Graham, executive fash-
ion editor at Harpers Bazaar, which
recreated Audreys look pearls
and all on young actress Natalie
Portman for a recent cover. Anyone
could wear that black dress now. It
doesnt seem to be dated in any
way.
Timeless is the word that comes
up again and again with designers,
editors and fashion watchers when
they talk about these women. And
they do talk about them a lot.
By MICHAEL LIEdTKE
ASSoCIATEd PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo Inc.
is tackling its most difficult chal-
lenge since the dot-com bust with
sweeping organizational changes
aimed at cleaning up a mess of the
Internet icons own making.
The overhaul, announced
Tuesday night, represents Yahoos
mea culpa for meandering aim-
lessly during the past year, to
the chagrin of investors and the
delight of competitors like Google
Inc. that lured away online traffic
and advertisers.
Yahoo has fallen out of favor on
Wall Street largely because Google
the Internets search leader
has done a far better job of figur-
ing out which ads are most likely
to elicit clicks. That action gener-
ates more profits for Google and
its partners while keeping adver-
tisers happy with a steady stream
of prospective customers.
To compound its misery, Yahoo
has been introducing a mishmash
of products with no clear strat-
egy on how they blend into the
rest of the mix on its Web site.
The scattershot approach appears
to have aggravated and confused
many consumers who are gravi-
tating to new Internet hot spots
such as News Corp.s MySpace.com
and YouTube, which Google just
bought for $1.76 billion.
Sunnyvale-based Yahoo believes
it can get back on track by con-
solidating its operations into three
groups focused on its audience,
advertising network and behind-
the-scenes technology.
The shake-up will reshuffle top
management, entrusting Chief
Financial Officer Susan Decker to
fix the problems bedeviling Yahoos
advertising system and opening
a job for an executive who will
be hired to guide efforts to make
Yahoos Web site more useful and
relevant.
At least two top executives wont
be part of Yahoos new agenda.
Lloyd Braun, a former televi-
sion executive hired two years ago
to run Yahoos media division in
Southern California, has already
left the company. Dan Rosensweig,
Yahoos chief operating officer
since 2002, will step down in
March once the reorganization is
complete.
Yahoo Chairman Terry Semel
remains chief executive, although
his job security and legacy at the
company may be riding on how
well this makeover pans out.
Once revered on Wall Street
for reviving Yahoo after the dot-
com meltdown, Semel has come
under fire this year amid slowing
profit growth that has battered the
companys stock price.
Semels fix-it strategy didnt
impress investors Wednesday.
Yahoo shares fell 57 cents to close
at $26.86 on the Nasdaq Stock
Market. Yahoos stock price has
plunged by more than 30 percent
so far this year, to wipe out nearly
$20 billion in shareholder wealth.
The fallout might include pink
slips for some of its 11,000 employ-
ees. Banc of America Securities
analyst Brian Pitz predicted in
a Wednesday research note that
Yahoo will consider pruning its
payrolls next year as part of an
effort to boost its profits.
Standard & Poors analyst Scott
Kessler also thinks Yahoo might
clean house in its media division
now that Braun is gone. You
have to wonder about the long-
term future there, Kessler said.
You could see some paring down
there.
Yahoo spokeswoman Kelly
Delaney declined to comment
about the chances of future layoffs,
but Semel downplayed the possi-
bility in a statement posted on the
companys Web site. Let me stress
that were organizing the company
for growth and are continuing to
hire great talent, he wrote.
Brad Garlinghouse, a Yahoo
senior vice president in charge of
the companys communications
products, made a case for 1,500 to
2,000 layoffs in a recent memo that
was leaked to the media.
For far too many employees,
there is another person with dra-
matically similar and overlapping
responsibilities, Garlinghouse
wrote. This slows us down and
burdens the company with unnec-
essary costs.
That memo, which likened
Yahoos business recipe to peanut
butter spread too thinly over toast,
foreshadowed some of the actions
taken in Tuesdays shake-up.
But in his Web posting, Semel
indicated that the reorganiza-
tion began to take shape before
Garlinghouse wrote his memo.
In an attempt to address it most
pressing problem, Yahoo has been
working on a series of improve-
ments to its advertising formula.
After promising to unveil the
advertising change by the crucial
holiday shopping season, Yahoo
encountered unexpected hiccups
that delayed any financial gains
until next year.
Decker, a former Wall Street
analyst who has been Yahoos CFO
for six years, is being entrusted to
make sure the advertising upgrades
pay off.
The decision to put her in such
a crucial job makes her a prime
candidate to succeed the 63-year-
old Semel.
Its obvious Sue Decker is now
the heir apparent, Kessler said. I
think (the board) may want to see
how she does in an operational
capacity before letting her move
in as CEO.
Classic idols still defne trend standards
Fashion
Its not todays modern celebrities who are influencing designers styles
BUsiness
Yahoos eforts confuse users
In hopes of getting more hits, Web site adds new product features
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Thursday, december 7, 2006
GOING TO KANSAS CITY
Jayhawks look to defeat a mid-major team
Kansas vs. Toledo Noon saturday, Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Mo., esPN2
Toledo Kansas
KU
TiP-off
TOledO
TiP-off
Shawn Shroyer
game day 12B
thursday, december 7, 2006
NATIONAl games of INTereST
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no. 10 wichita State at wyoming
4:35 p.m., Saturday
Compared to two of the road victories against LSU and
Syracuse that Wichita State has won so far this season, Satur-
days game at Wyoming could be an easy victory on the way
to making the Shockers 9-0 on the season. Currently, Wyo-
ming is riding a three-game win streak and holds a record
of 8-1. Wyomings only loss is coming from UAB, which they
lost 92-71. If the Shockers can pull of a road victory and
other Top 10 teams lose, they may be able to break into the
Top 10 next week.
no. 6 Texas A&M at no. 1 UClA
1:30 p.m., Saturday on CbS
No. 6 Texas A&M will need to rebound from Tuesday
nights loss to No. 9 LSU in order to have a chance against
the No. 1 UCLA in Anaheim.
UCLA, on the other hand, is sitting at an undefeated 9-0.
Their schedule hasnt been as tough as A&Ms. The only big
name teams that UCLA has played so far is Kentucky and
Georgia Tech. A&M could hold the advantage.
no. 24 Oklahoma State at ball State
6 p.m. Saturday
After breaking into the Top 25 last week for this frst time
this season, OSU will face a team that gave Kansas some
trouble earlier in the season.
Ball State was Kansas frst opponent in Las Vegas during
the Las Vegas Invitaional. The team stuck with Kansas for
most of the game until KU fnally pulled of a victory.
If JamesOn Curry, Byron Eaton and Mario Bogan can head
into a road game with confdence The Cowboys should be
able to follow in Kansas footsteps with a win.
Although 2-4, Toledo
came into the season with
high expectations. The Rock-
ets were picked to fnish
frst in their division of the
Mid-American Conference
and had the second-most
points of any MAC team in
the voting. However, Toledo
has even more to play for
this season than conference
standings. On Oct. 9, center
Haris Charalambous died
after collapsing at a morning
workout.
2 The number of
double-doubles Florentino
Valencia has in his past two
games
13 The number of
rebounds Valencia had in
Toledos past game; the most
by a Rocket since 2001
20 The largest defcit
Toledo has overcome this
season and gone on to win
32 The season-high
point totals for Toledos
Keonta Howell and Justin
Ingram, which is tops in the
Mid-American Conference
34 The number of votes
Toledo received in the MAC
media preseason poll; only
Akron received more
Forward Keonta Howell
is Toledos do-it-all player.
He leads the team in scor-
ing, averaging 19.8 points
per contest and, even at 6-5,
is second on the team in
rebounding with 5.3 boards
per game. Howell is listed as
a forward, but he is a threat
to shoot threes, having
made 23 of 50 three-point
attempts this season.
Can Toledo overcome
its size disadvantage? The
tallest Rocket who plays sig-
nifcant minutes is forward
Jarrah Young, who is listed at
6-7, but is averaging only 0.5
points and 1.2 rebounds per
game. Toledo will have to
fnd a way to compete with
Kansas deep frontcourt.
Shawn Shroyer
Kansas is 7-2 this sea-
son and defeated Southern
California 72-62 its previous
time out. Saturday will mark
the Jayhawks 104th game in
Kemper Arena and its 16th
regular-season game there
in the past 18 games. A vic-
tory would start up another
winning streak for Kansas
and help the Jayhawks climb
back up the rankings. The
Jayhawks fell to No. 12 in the
Associated Press poll after
losing to DePaul last week-
end.
0 The number of times
Kansas and Toledo have
played before
8.9 The per-game re-
bound margin in favor of
Kansas this season, which
leads the Big 12
18 The number of
points Kansas is outscoring
opponents by on average
80 The number of vic-
tories Self would have with a
win on Saturday
103 The number of
games Kansas has played in
Kemper Arena
Sophomore guard Bran-
don Rush will be back in his
hometown of Kansas City,
Mo., and that might be just
what he needs to break out
of his recent funk. During
his past fve games, hes av-
eraging only 9.8 points and
shooting 29 percent from
the feld, 26.9 percent from
three-point range and 50
percent from the free-throw
line. He played well in Kem-
per Arena last season, scor-
ing 12 points, grabbing
seven rebounds and dishing
three assists.
How will Kansas play
against another lesser-
known opponent outside
the Allen Fieldhouse? Kansas
won an ugly game against
Ball State in Vegas and lost
an uglier game to DePaul in
Chicago. Luckily, Kansas City
will likely be a second home
for the Jayhawks.
Shawn Shroyer
Ofense
Kansas got the shots it wanted its last time out, but they just didnt
fall. The Jayhawks took 17 more shots than the Trojans, but made only
four more en route to a 38.1 shooting percentage on the night. Still,
Kansas scored 72 points, improving its record to 6-0 when scoring at
least 72 points this season. Five Jayhawks reached double fg-
ures against the Trojans. Sophomore guards Mario Chalm-
ers and Brandon Rush led the team with 13 points each.
On Saturday, however, Kansas frontcourt should get
a chance to light up the scoreboard. Toledos tallest
starter is 6-foot-6 and tallest key reserve is 6-7. But
Jayhawks big men should enter Saturdays game
plenty motivated, anyway. Freshman forward Dar-
rell Arthur played just 15 minutes against Southern
California because of foul trouble and sophomore
forward Julian Wright had an of night, scor-
ing 10 points. Junior forward Darnell
Jackson gave Kansas a lift, scoring
11 points of the bench. Kansas
is averaging 77.3 points per
game and Toledo is allowing
just 73.3 points per game, so
Kansas might have to grind it
out on ofense for the third
straight game.
Defense
If Kansas struggles
on ofense, it can count
on its defense to give it
some breathing room. The
Jayhawks defense is allow-
ing just 59.3 points per game
and the Rockets are scoring only
68.5 points per game. Toledo has
cracked the 70-point barrier only twice in six
games and both games went into overtime.
After swiping 15 steals in its fnal game, Kansas
is averaging 9.1 steals per game, which ranks in
the top 50 in the nation. Chalmers and junior guard
Russell Robinson are Kansas top thieves with 21 and 18,
respectively, this season. Kansas is also in the top 15 in
the country in blocks per game with 6.78 per game. Arthur
and Wright lead Kansas with 19 and 17, respectively.
Without a doubt, Kansas will have to key on Toledo
guard Justin Ingram and forwards Keonta How-
ell and Florentino Valencia, who are averaging a
combined 50.8 points per game.
Momentum
Kansas is back on the winning track and heading
to its home away from home: Kemper Arena. Since the
1997 season, Kansas is 25-4 at Kemper. Overall, the Jay-
hawks are 79-24 in that arena. Kansas previous regular season
loss in Kemper Arena came in the 1982-83 season when it lost
64-61 to Ohio State. Kansas has never played Toledo and coach
Bill Self has never faced the Rockets, but this will be the sec-
ond time the Jayhawks have faced a Mid-American Conference
team this season on a neutral court. Kansas beat Ball State last
month, 64-46, in the Las Vegas Invitational. The Jayhawks are
2-0 this season on neutral courts. While Kansas looks to begin a new
winning streak, Toledo is on a two-game losing skid and will be at a
major size disadvantage against the Jayhawks.
Ofense
As a team, Toledos ofense is average. It has scored more than
75 points only once this season, in a 98-93 overtime loss to Van-
derbilt. The Rockets have three players, though, who are very
dangerous. Guard Justin Ingram and forward Keonta Howell are
averaging 17.2 and 19.8 points per game, respectively. Both have
gone of for 32-point performances this season, which are tops
in the Mid-American Conference. Forward Florentino Valencia is
the only other Rockets player who is averaging double digits at
13.8 points per game. Guard Kashif Payne is Toledos best pass-
er, averaging 4.5 assists per game. Guard Jonathan Amos is the
teams top scorer of the bench, scoring six points per outing.
Points will be hard to come by for Toledo on Saturday because
seven of the eight players who play regularly are shorter than
6-foot-7. The Rockets might be able to outrun some opponents,
but outrunning the swift Jayhawks will be a tough task.
Defense
Stopping the Kansas ofense looks
to be a daunting obstacle, but Toledo
has played solid defense all season.
The Rockets
have al-
l owed
only one op-
ponent to score more than
80 points: Vanderbilt. As undersized
as Toledo will be, the team will have
to fnd a way to contain Kansas big
men. Kansas freshman forward Dar-
rell Arthur is leading the Jayhawks
in scoring with 14.3 points per
game and sophomore forward Ju-
lian Wright is averaging 12.4. If the
Rockets can force the Jayhawks
to take bad shots, they may have
a chance. Kansas got good looks
against Southern California and still
shot just 38.1 percent from the foor.
If the Jayhawks are of target again,
the Rockets must prevent them from
getting second chances, but thats
easier said than done. Kansas has yet
to be out-rebounded this season and
Toledo hasnt been out-rebounded yet
this season. Valencia will be Toledos best
hope. Standing a mere 6-6, hes averaging 7.3
boards per game.
Momentum
Toledo comes to Kansas City riding a two-game losing streak
and is 2-4 on the season. However, the teams two victories
came at a neutral site in the Paradise Jam tournament. During
their four losses, the Rockets are losing by an average of just
nine points. The frst two were by 13 points and the last two
have been by fve points. A victory on Saturday for coach Stan
Joplin would put him 200 victories behind Toledos all-time win-
ningest coach, Bob Nichols. Joplin is currently the second win-
ningest coach in Toledo
history.
Russel Robinson