By Tyler harBerT

Nancy Kassebaum Baker downplayed

her role as the first female U.S. Senator
and said that because women continued
to undertake new political roles, her own
achievement was just a first step.
The Topeka native began her term
in the Senate in 1978 and served for 19
years. She spoke as the honored guest of
the Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad
Womens Leadership Lecture at the
Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics Tuesday
night and said that the women in leader-
ship roles had always held onto their
foundations in community and care.
Nancy Pelosi didnt get to be the
Speaker of the House by batting her
eyes, she said.
She said women have continued to
gain new roles in the last 15 years by
becoming the Speaker of the House, the
Secretary of State and a front-runner in
the upcoming presidential election.
The good thing is, its no longer a
big deal, Kassebaum Baker said.
She said her mother was the big-
gest influence on her decision to enter
into a life of politics, even though her
father, Alfred Alf Landon, was a
former Kansas governor.
It was mother who encouraged
me, who really didnt even care for
politics, she said.
Before her lecture, Kassebaum
Baker ate dinner with guests,
including some representatives of
the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, of
which she had been a member while
at the University of Kansas.
Laurel Proulx, Kappa Alpha Theta
president, said she met Kassebaum
Baker for the first time Tuesday, but
it felt like she was sitting at a table
with an old friend.
She is a down-to-earth, open-
minded woman who has done so
much, Proulx said.
Kassebaum Baker also said Kansas
women always had a pioneering
spirit, from the women who helped
with work on farms to Carry Nation,
a Kansan who destroyed taverns in
the early 1900s to protest against the
sale of alcohol.
Kassebaum Baker said it was
important today that politics become
more balanced and that politicians
regain the trust of the nation.
Although more than 50 years
removed from her own time in college,
Kassebaum Baker said she continued to
care about younger generations and she
hoped to help young women realize the
opportunities they had open for them.
Proulx, Liberty, Mo., sophomore, said
Kassebaum Baker spoke with her about
her future after college and gave her
insight into what she could become.
Im pleased to know that there are
leaders of her capacity who are still
down to their roots, Proulx said.

Kansan staf writer Tyler harbert
can be contacted at tharbert@
kansan.com.
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By joe hunT
Speeding on the Kansas Turnpike
could result in higher tolls in the
future.
Sen. David Haley (D-Kansas
City) proposed a bill to the Senate
that would give turnpike officials the
authority to charge drivers based on
their average speed. Haley wrote the
bill after Gov. Kathleen Sebelius pro-
posed a plan to raise turnpike fees
during the next seven years to help
fund repairs at state universities.
Im opposed, completely opposed,
to any further increase in turnpike
tolls, Haley said. Before the Kansas
Turnpike Authority raises tolls on all
of us who drive on the turnpike, I
would hope this bill would allow rais-
ing tolls on only some of us.
The system would record the time
and location drivers entered and
exited the turnpike. If drivers went
from one point to another in a time
span that would be impossible while
driving the speed limit, they would
be charged extra money.
The bill does not specify or sug-
gest how much tolls would increase
for those who speed, but Haley said
he thought drivers should only be
charged 15 or 20 cents more for
every five mph above 70.
Haley said that critics of the bill
have pointed out that drivers could
just stop off at one of the gas sta-
tions or restaurants on the turnpike
and wait until their average speed
dropped to legal limits.
People speed to get from one
point to another as fast as possible,
Haley said. This would not take the
place of law enforcement.
Dana Maher, Omaha senior, said
that he didnt like the idea, but it was
better than the alternative.
Honestly, Id rather see it done for
speeders than everyone, Maher said.
Tommy Towle, Topeka sopho-
more, didnt agree.
I think its unrealistic, Towle
said. Just having a standard cost
would make things run smoother.
Haley said that opinions of the
bill in the Senate were split.
Ive heard pros and cons on it,
Haley said. Its a novel idea, an
innovation.
Kansan staf writer joe hunt can
be contacted at jhunt@kansan.
com.
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By danae deshazer
Representatives from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
will be asking student donors at
the KU Blood Drive to participate
in a mumps study in light of the
mumps exposure on campus in
Spring 2006.
Students will be given the oppor-
tunity to allow the CDC to test
small blood samples of their dona-
tion for levels of mumps antibody
concentrations, which can make
a student more susceptible to the
infection, or can protect a student
from infection.
Its a unique outbreak that
we havent seen in decades, said
Margaret Cortese, CDC medical
epidemiologist. We are trying to
better understand why it occurred.
We dont have all the answers, but
by talking to these students, it can
help us answer the remaining ques-
tions.
In addition to the blood test,
students will answer a question-
naire about their living situation,
exposure to the mumps and pos-
sible development of mumps symp-
toms. Students must also give CDC
permission to look at their Mumps,
Measles and Rubella vaccine immu-
nization records and other medical
charts since January 2006.
Cortese said the University of
Kansas had required two doses of
the MMR vaccine since 1993. She
said about 95 percent of students
had received the vaccine before the
outbreak.
In a roommate study conducted
by a CDC representative on campus
last year, only one of 93 participat-
ing students who were roommates
with someone infected with mumps
ended up contracting the disease
themselves.
That means the vaccine is work-
ing, Cortese said. The other 99
percent of the roommates were pro-
tected.
Albert Barskey, epidemiologist
and CDC representative at the KU
Blood Drive, said that as of Monday,
40 returning donors were partici-
pating in the study.
So far, the study is going well,
Barskey said. Students are very
interested and enthusiastic.
Barskey said that it was regular
procedure for blood banks to keep
small samples of blood donations
to use for blood-type testing. The
CDC will use whatever is left from
the blood banks tests for its anti-
body testing.
Alyssa Aude, Green Bay, Wis.,
freshman, said she donated last fall
and was approached by CDC repre-
sentatives after donating Tuesday to
participate in the study.
I dont mind helping out, Aude
said. Once they figure out what
happened last year, they might be
able to prevent problems in the
future.
Kansan staf writer danae de-
shazer can be contacted at
ddeshazer@kansan.com.
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Roles continue to grow
by rachel burchfield
Did you know that the Bulldog was
originally the Universitys mascot, not
the Jayhawk? Or that there are 31 lost
and found sites on campus?
Kris Morford knows all of this
and more as a student assistant at the
KU Info booth, located on the fourth
floor in the Kansas Union.
I love my job, Morford said.
KU Info is the coolest job in the
world. I learn something new and
interesting every week.
Morford, a Hutchinson senior in
biology, has worked at KU Info since
it returned to the Kansas Union
in March 2006. He logs 10 hours
per week at the booth, where he
handles walk-ups, phone calls and e-
mails about anything and everything
University related. Morford said KU
Info dealt with roughly 200 ques-
tions per day.
Theres never a dull moment,
and Im always meeting someone
new, he said.
Morford said he got about five
random calls per day, where callers
typically asked for drink specials at
bars or, if it was a cold day, whether
class had been canceled. More often,
Morford is asked to transfer callers
to other University departments or
local Lawrence businesses.
Morford also occasionally
received calls from alumni, who still
remember KU Infos phone num-
ber 864-3506 which hasnt
changed since KU Infos creation in
the 1970s.
Alumni still call a lot, he said.
Its not as popular with our genera-
tion, but it is held very highly with
the alumni. It has a deep history. Its
nice to be a part of the KU Info staff
in that regard.
Though KU Info has fundamen-
tally the same purpose as it did
many years ago, as technology has
changed, so has the program. KU
Info now offers a daily tip in The
University Daily Kansan. Daily tips
can also be e-mailed to students.
They can sign up for this feature at
the Kyou Portal.
Morford himself has benefited
from the services of KU Info. If it
werent for the program, he said, he
might not know all of the deadlines
that he needed to meet before gradu-
ating in May. Before Morford was
a staff member, he called KU Info
himself to get answers to questions.
My favorite part of the job is
helping people get through their col-
lege experience, he said. Its nice
to give people a helping hand and
help them along the way. I like to
provide people with what they need
while at the same time learning new
things about campus that I normally
wouldnt know if it werent for KU
Info.
Students can seek answers to
their questions by visiting, calling
or e-mailing KU Info every weekday
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Barry Bonds
Alex Popov, who caught
Barry Bonds record-setting 73rd
home run in 2001, sold the ball
for $225,000. However, he spent
$473,530 on legal fees to claim
ownership of it, meaning he lost
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Takao Shibato, Consul-Gen-
eral of Japan, will present a
Diplomats Forum lecture at
noon at 104 Green Hall.
Former football coach Don
Fambrough, author of The
Three Little Jayhawks, will be in
Oread Books from 2 to 4 p.m. in
the Kansas Union.
Carolyn Johnson, physician
at Watkins Memorial Health
Center, will present an HPV pre-
sentation at 7 p.m. at the Kansas
Room in the Kansas Union.
Graduate students will
debate Should the State Fund
Stem Cell Research?at 7:30 p.m.
in the Dole Institute of Politics.
daily KU info
Daylight-saving time is this
Sunday, almost a month earlier
than usual. The change comes
from the Energy Policy Act of
2005, in an attempt to decrease
energy costs by taking advan-
tage of early-evening sunshine.
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By JASON BAKER
What would be your ideal study abroad session?
Grant noble
olathe sophomore
I would go to Japan to ride the
worlds largest roller coaster and
teach English.
nick lalim
bloomington, minn., freshman
Italy, because I like the culture
and the food. And I always wanted
to go there; itd be a cool place to
study.
rachel ryan
Shawnee freshman
I really would want to do the busi-
ness program in Italy.
katie Weber
humboldt sophomore
I would want to go to Tahiti to
study Tahitian dance.
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at
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Low blood sugar leads
to students dizzy spells
A KU Public Safety ofcer
was called to the fourth foor of
the Dole Human Development
Center, south of Watson Library,
at 11 Tuesday morning because
a female student was having
dizzy spells. The student told
the ofcer that her blood sugar
had dropped and was exam-
ined by medical rescue units.
The student declined further
treatment and was released.
Erick R. Schmidt
Construction workers
trigger fre alarm
Fire patrol units responded
to an alarm at the Art and
Design Building, west of Budig
Hall, Tuesday morning. Alarms
began sounding at 9:55 and
units arrived at 10:05. Capt.
James King said the alarm was
a result of construction work-
ers using heat directly under
a detector. The alarm was the
third reported incident on
campus in the past five days.
Erick R. Schmidt
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Alex Vargas, trainer for the ringling Bros. and Barnum&Bailey Circus, gets the elephants ready for their half-mile march fromCarlstadt, N.J., to
the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., onTuesday. The circus opens at the arena today.
correction
Downtown construction
to begin in April
Construction on new
waterlines along Massachu-
setts Street should begin in
April after the Lawrence City
Commission set a date Tuesday
night to begin taking bids from
construction contractors.
The city will begin taking bids
March 27. The project will cost
about $2 million, according to
an estimate by BG Consultants.
After construction begins
in April, it will take a break for
the Universitys commence-
ment ceremony May 20 before
continuing through early
September.
During the summer stage
of construction, Massachu-
setts Street from Ninth to 11th
streets will become one-way,
and parking will be eliminated
along one side of the street.
Matt Erickson
Tuesdays The University Daily
Kansan contained an error. In
the article University, shop to
contest T-shirts,the quote, We
believe that KU is misusing the
trademark law in an attempt
to monopolize the right to use
these ideas,should have been
attributed to Larry Sinks attor-
ney, Bill Skepnek.
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By LAUREN FRAyER
AssociAtEd PREss
BAGHDAD, Iraq Two sui-
cide bombers blew themselves up
Tuesday in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims
streaming toward the holy city of
Karbala, killing as many as 90 people
in one of several attacks targeting the
faithful ahead of a weekend holiday.
The attack came a day after U.S.
forces suffered their deadliest day in
nearly a month nine American
soldiers were killed in explosions
north of Baghdad, the military said
Tuesday.
The coordinated attack Tuesday
happened on a main street in Hillah,
about 60 miles south of Baghdad,
said Capt. Muthana Khalid. He said
up to 90 people were killed and more
than 150 wounded.
An Associated Press cameraman
at the scene said the bombers struck
a crowd of pilgrims filing into a
pedestrian area. Ambulances and
Iraqi police were swarming the area
and there was no immediate sign of
U.S. forces.
U.S. forces continued their push
Tuesday into Sadr City, home to 2.5
million of the citys poorest resi-
dents as well as fighters loyal to
anti-American cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr. Some 600 American soldiers
searched the neighborhoods north-
west quadrant, knocking on doors
and searching homes, according to
an Associated Press reporter travel-
ing with them.
The U.S. forces are seeking a
reconciliatory approach to avoid
a backlash on the streets, said Col.
Richard Kim. One group of soldiers
were met Tuesday by Iraqi children,
offering them ice cream bars.
Six American soldiers died when
a bomb exploded Monday near their
vehicles during a combat operation
in Salahuddin province, the military
said. Three others were wounded in
the blast. Another three soldiers died
the same day in a roadside bomb
attack in Diyala province northeast
of Baghdad.
Both provinces are Sunni-domi-
nated and have seen a rise in vio-
lence since additional U.S. forces
surged into Baghdad as part of a
security crackdown three weeks ago.
Monday was a very traumatic
day for U.S. troops in Iraq, said Lt.
Col. Michael Donnelly, a spokesman
for U.S. forces in northern Iraq.
Our hearts and prayers are with
the families right now in their time
of loss, and our resolve is stronger
to accomplish our mission here,
Donnelly said.
It was the deadliest day for
Americans in Iraq since Feb. 7, when
11 troops were killed seven when
their helicopter was shot down north
of Fallujah and four others in com-
bat operations.
The highest daily U.S. death toll
since the Iraq war began was Jan.
26, 2005, when 37 Americans died
in attacks.
U.S. officials say as violence has
fallen in Baghdad, where the joint
U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown was in
its third week, insurgents have fled
the capital for outlying areas, such as
those where the soldiers were killed
Monday.
Saddam Husseins clan hails from
Salahuddin, and the late al-Qaida in
Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
was hiding out in Diyala when he
was killed by a U.S. airstrike there
last summer. Direct attacks on U.S.
forces in Diyala are up 70 percent
since last July, according to figures
provided by the U.S. military.
A suicide car bomber shattered
the capitals relative calm Monday,
striking a famous book market in
the citys oldest quarter and killing at
least 38 shoppers.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-
Maliki called the bombing a new
message to the world that the ter-
rorists oppose humanity and knowl-
edge.
The bombing was seen as an
effort by Sunni insurgents to bring
major bloodshed back into the capi-
tal and into the lap of its Shiite-dom-
inated government. The provocation
could also erase Washingtons plans
for stability during a surge of more
than 20,000 additional troops into
Baghdad.
Meanwhile, Iraqi army units were
preparing to deploy along major
routes to ensure pilgrims safety,
according to a Defense Ministry
statement issued Tuesday.
The Defense Ministry hopes that
the citizens will continue the rituals
of the pilgrimage safely under effi-
cient security protection, the state-
ment said.
The nine U.S. deaths Monday
brought to 20 the number of
Americans killed in Iraq this month.
At least 3,184 members of the U.S.
military have died since the begin-
ning of the Iraq war in March 2003.
Burglaries prompt reminder
campus crime
By J.W. ELPHiNstoNE
AssociAtEd PREss
NEW YORK Oil prices lost
more than $1 a barrel Monday on
continued concerns about stock
market declines and an indication
by an OPEC official that the cartel
wont cut production at its next
meeting.
Light, sweet crude for April
delivery tumbled $1.57 to settle at
$60.07 a barrel on the New York
Mercantile Exchange. Earlier, the
contract dropped as low as $59.55
a barrel, dipping below $60 for the
first time since Feb. 28.
Brent crude for April also fell
$1.54 to settle at $60.54 a barrel
on the ICE Futures exchange in
London.
Theres a general sort of recoil
from risk in the market, said Tobin
Gorey, a commodity strategist
with the Commonwealth Bank of
Australia in Sydney. There are still
ongoing ramifications from Chinas
drop last Tuesday. It was a jolt to the
global economy.
Last Tuesday, the benchmark
Shanghai Composite Index plunged
9 percent, triggering huge losses
on Wall Street and other markets.
The oil market still closed at a two-
month high on Thursday on the
news of tightening gasoline sup-
plies, but afterward followed the
stock markets downward pull.
On Monday, the Shanghai
Composite Index fell 1.6 percent,
while the Dow Jones industrials
dropped 63.69 points to close at
12,050.41.
Comments from an oil official
that the Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries is unlikely
to call for another round of pro-
duction cuts at its March meeting
also undermined prices. Qatars
Oil Minister Abdullah bin Hamad
al-Attiyah said the cartel wont
decrease production if crude oil
stays near its current basket price of
$58.34 a barrel, according to Dow
Jones Newswires.
Oppenheimer & Co. Analyst
Fadel Gheit said that OPEC aims to
keep oil within $55 and $65 a bar-
rel. Now at $60 a barrel is the sweet
spot, Gheit said. It will not kill
demand growth for oil. It will slow
it, but we wont see people running
to conserve energy. People will get
used to it.
Escalating tensions between Iran
and the United States have buoyed
prices lately, but reports on Monday
that Iran may participate Saturday
in an international conference on
Iraq with the United States in atten-
dance also may have alleviated
some of the political premium in
the price, of oil, Gheit said.
If both countries attend, it would
be the first public U.S.-Iranian
meeting in nearly three years.
Washington is pushing for tough-
er U.N. sanctions on Tehran over its
failure to comply with demands to
halt its uranium enrichment pro-
gram. Although the United States
has said it has no plans for a mili-
tary strike, the option has not been
ruled out.
Underlying fundamentals for
crude oil remain supportive, ana-
lysts said.
Last weeks U.S. inventories
report showed stockpiles of gaso-
line and distillates, which include
heating oil and diesel fuel, dropped
by a larger amount than analysts
had forecast. Meanwhile, demand
for products during the last four-
week period rose by 7.5 percent
from the same period last year.
By ERick R. scHmidt
The KU Public Safety Office is
investigating a series of car bur-
glaries on campus.
Between 3:30 a.m. Saturday and
2:30 p.m. Sunday, four vehicles
were reportedly broken into in two
separate parking lots. Two vehi-
cles were broken into in Lot 114,
which is at Stouffer Place. One
vehicle had a CD player stolen and
damage done to the dashboard,
totaling $207. The second vehicles
glove box was disheveled, but no
items were taken. In Lot 105 at
McCollum Hall, one vehicle had
the faceplate of a CD player stolen.
The damage was listed at $100.
A car stereo was stolen from the
other vehicle with a value of $300,
plus $100 worth of damage done to
the dashboard.
Capt. Schuyler Bailey of the
KU Public Safety Office said no
connection had been established
between the burglaries, but that
the possibility was being investi-
gated because of the time span.
He said the Public Safety Office
was following up on the reports
by checking used-goods stores for
the items.
Bailey reminded students to
take necessary precautions when
choosing parking spots.
Park in well-lit areas, with
nothing of value in plain sight,
Bailey said, and remove faceplates
from stereo systems.
Anyone with information can
contact the Public Safety Office at
864-5900 or remain anonymous
by calling KU Crime Stoppers at
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kansan staf writer Erick R.
schmidt can be contacted at es-
chmidt@kansan.com.
Edited by Ryan Schneider
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Mohammed Salman, who lost his brother in Mondays car bomb blast, grieves at the scene
of the explosion in central Baghdad, Iraq, onTuesday. A suicide car bomber turned a venerable book
market into a deadly inferno Monday, killing at least 38 people.
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Wine magnate Ernest Gallo speaks to delegates at the 73rd general assembly of International Ofce of the Vine and Wine on Aug. 30, 1993, in San
Francisco. Gallo died Tuesday at his home in Modesto, Calif. He was 97.
California mogul dies at 97
By MICHELLE LOCKE
AssOCIAtEd PrEss
BERKELEY, Calif. Ernest
Gallo, who parlayed $5,900 and a
wine recipe from a public library
into the worlds largest winemaking
empire, died Tuesday at his home in
Modesto. He was 97.
He passed away peacefully this
afternoon surrounded by his family,
said Susan Hensley, vice president
of public relations for E.&J. Gallo
Winery.
Gallo, who would have been 98 on
March 18, was born near Modesto, a
then-sleepy San Joaquin Valley town
about 80 miles east of San Francisco.
He and his late brother and business
partner, Julio, grew up working in
the vineyard owned by their immi-
grant father who came to America
from Italys famed winemaking
region of Piedmont.
They founded the E.&J. Gallo
Winery in 1933, at the end of
Prohibition, when they were still
mourning the murder-suicide deaths
of their parents. Ernest and Julio
rented a ramshackle building, and
everybody in the family pitched in
to make ordinary wine for 50 cents
a gallon half the going price. The
Gallos made $30,000 the first year.
It grew to become the worlds larg-
est wine company by volume, a title
since taken by Constellation Brands
of New York. But Gallo remains sec-
ond, selling an estimated 75 million
cases under more than 40 labels.
My brother Julio and I worked
to improve the quality of wines from
California and to put fine wine on
American dinner tables at a price
people could afford, Mr. Gallo told
The Modesto Bee on his 90th birth-
day. We also worked to improve the
reputation of California wines here
and overseas.
Ernest directed sales, devised
marketing strategies and kept a short
leash on distribution. Julio, who died
in 1993, made the wine.
Gallo was no less tough on the
people who worked for him as on
those he battled for business. He
also demanded total loyalty from his
employees. In 1986, when he learned
that two longtime Gallo executives
were secretly planning to buy a win-
ery of their own, he fired them on
the spot.
Gallo was a courtly man who
affected Old World manners. But in
business he was tenacious, shrewd,
aggressive and secretive. He shunned
publicity. The reason for the secre-
tiveness, many of their former asso-
ciates said, was the way his parents
had died.
Fresno County records say their
father, Joseph, shot their mother,
Susie, to death in June 1933, then
killed himself. That was two months
before the founding of the winery.
Off the shelves
ReNu faces second
lens solution recall
AssOCIAtEd PrEss
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Bausch &
Lomb Inc., already humbled by a
worldwide recall of its ReNu with
MoistureLoc contact lens solution,
said Tuesday it was recalling about
1.5 million bottles of ReNu MultiPlus
because trace amounts of iron could
cause the cleaner to lose effective-
ness earlier than normal.
The optical products maker
also reported a modest drop in
fourth-quarter and full-year sales in
2006, citing sluggish contact lens
sales amid a slower-than-expected
recovery from last springs recall of
MoistureLoc, which was blamed for
an outbreak of severe fungal eye
infections.
The company said it had carried
out a limited voluntary recall of 12
lots of its ReNu MultiPlus solution
after getting three customer reports
of discolored solution.
No one was reported hurt, and
the company believes that virtually
all of the solution, made about a
year ago at its plant in Greenville,
S.C., has already been used by lens
wearers.
About a million bottles of the
popular brand were distributed in the
United States and another 500,000 in
Canada, Korea, Taiwan and Latin
America. The company has notified
the Food and Drug Administration
and regulators in the other affected
countries of the recall.
I want to emphasize that this is
completely unrelated to and differ-
ent from the MoistureLoc recall,
company spokeswoman Barbara
Kelley said.
There have been no serious
adverse events associated with this
occurrence, and the possibility of a
serious adverse event is remote.
Bausch & Lomb determined the
discoloration was caused by trace
amounts of iron found in a single
batch of raw material from an out-
side supplier. As a result, it said, the
affected lots could have a shorter
shelf life than the two-year expira-
tion date.
From what theyre describing,
the event that occurred was relative-
ly minor, said Penny Asbell, a pro-
fessor of ophthalmology at Mount
Sinai School of Medicine in New
York. Its definitely a different story
from MoistureLoc. We now under-
stand that certain conditions led that
solution to be a very poor disinfec-
tant. And it seems obvious now but
quite honestly it wasnt obvious at
the time.
The take-home message from
this event is most people do very
well with contact lenses, but there
are some risks and they can cut
down those risks by following the
manufacturers recommendations.
Because Bausch & Lomb has yet
to close its accounting process for
the year, it cannot estimate earnings
per share, but it expects U.S. opera-
tions to be unprofitable because of
the recall.
Ernest Gallo leaves behind second largest wine company
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Abdul Khaleq/ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Afghan police ofcer, right, checks one of the passengers, as they enter Lashkar Gah City, the provincial capital of Helmand province Tuesday
NATO-led troops launched an ofensive against Taliban militants in a volatile southern Afghan province where hundreds of militant fghters have amassed.
The operation, which will eventually involve 4,500 NATO troops and 1,000 Afghan soldiers, was launched Monday at the request of the Afghan govern
ment and will focus on the northern region of Helmand province, Col. TomCollins, the spokesman for NATOs International Security Assistance Force, said
Tuesday.
By FISNIK ABRASHI
ASSocIAted PReSS
KABUL, Afghanistan NATO-led
troops launched their biggest offensive
yet in Afghanistan, advancing toward
the Taliban in a southern stronghold
for drug traffickers where hundreds of
fighters have massed in recent months.
One NATO soldier and four suspected
militants were killed Tuesday in com-
bat in the south.
The operation, which will eventually
involve 4,500 NATO troops and 1,000
Afghan soldiers, was launched Monday
at the request of the Afghan government
and will focus on the northern part of
Helmand province, Col. Tom Collins,
the spokesman for NATOs International
Security Assistance Force, said Tuesday.
NATO hopes it can earn the trust
of a population long supportive of
the Taliban, setting conditions for
President Hamid Karzais government
to establish control in the worlds big-
gest opium producing area, which has
drawn hundreds of militants, including
those from Central Asia, the Middle
East and North Africa, Collins said.
The offensive is focused on improv-
ing security in areas where Taliban
extremists, narco-traffickers and for-
eign terrorists are currently operating,
Collins said. Once the security situation
is improved, we will begin short- and
long-term reconstruction projects.
Collins said NATO was working
closely with the government to prevent
civilian casualties, which have dogged
military operations here and caused an
outcry by Karzai and other Afghans. Up
to 20 civilian deaths in three incidents
Sunday and Monday can be contrib-
uted to U.S. or NATO military action,
Afghan officials and witnesses say.
Dubbed Operation Achilles, the
offensive is NATOs largest-ever in the
country. But it will involve only half
the number of soldiers that fought in
a U.S. offensive in the same region just
nine months ago, when some 11,000
U.S.-led troops attacked fighters dur-
ing Operation Mountain Thrust.
Collins said that although thou-
sands of British, American, Canadian
and Dutch troops were returning to
the same region, the situation was
fundamentally different this year.
He said NATO had a much better
opportunity to establish a perma-
nent presence because more troops
were in the country. Some 1,500 U.S.
troops will take part in Achilles.
The government has little control
in many parts of northern Helmand,
and the British troops stationed there
battle almost daily with militants. U.S.
intelligence officials say there are now
more fighters in the province than
anywhere else in the country. British
troops have also been battling mili-
tants in the nearby district of Kajaki
to enable repairs on a hydroelectric
dam, which supplies close to 2 mil-
lion Afghans with electricity.
An ISAF statement said one soldier
died Tuesday in the south during com-
bat operations, but it gave no further
details. Collins said he did not know
if the fallen soldier was involved in the
new operation. Gen. Mohammad Zahir
Azimi, the spokesman for the Afghan
Defense Ministry, said four suspected
militants were killed and two captured
at the outset of the operation.
AfghAnistAn
NATO advances on Taliban
Art museum
New Louvre looks to open in Persian Gulf
By JIM KRANe
ASSocIAted PReSS
ABU DHABI, United Arab
Emirates Frances storied Louvre
museum said Tuesday it will open
a new Louvre in this Persian Gulf
boomtown, prompting outcries from
some who accuse the museum of
shilling Frances patrimony for $1.3
billion in oil money.
The 30-year agreement, signed
by French Culture Minister Renaud
Donnedieu de Vabres and the head
of Abu Dhabis tourism author-
ity, Sheik Sultan bin Tahnoon Al
Nahyan, opens the way for the
Louvre Abu Dhabi to display thou-
sands of works from some of Frances
best museums, such as the Louvre,
the Georges Pompidou Center, the
Musee dOrsay and Versailles.
The museum, designed by French
architect Jean Nouvel, will be erected
on the Abu Dhabi waterfront, open-
ing sometime after 2012.
Donnedieu de Vabres promised
that the Paris Louvre would not sell
any of its 35,000-piece collection,
nor would the deal weaken Frances
cultural policy or its museums.
But prominent figures in the
French art world have accused
their government of exploiting art
for trade and diplomacy and said
lending art will overburden French
museums. Led by the art historian
Didier Rykner, opponents of the Abu
Dhabi scheme collected 4,700 signa-
tures to protest it.
The ruling sheiks of Abu Dhabi
have agreed to spend a staggering
sum to bring the Louvre to this fast-
developing Arab capital. France will
receive $525 million for the use of
the Louvre brand alone, plus a gift
of $33 million to renovate a wing of
the Paris Louvre. The price of build-
ing Nouvels museum design and is
likely to add hundreds of millions of
dollars to the cost, pushing the over-
all project close to $2 billion.
The Louvre Abu Dhabi can expect
a loan of about 300 French works
during its first year, which would
shrink as the museum acquires its
own collection, organizers said.
France has solid reasons for bring-
ing a Louvre branch to Abu Dhabi,
Donnedieu de Vabres said. He said
the museum will help reinvigorate
Frances postcolonial stature in the
Arab world.
The Louvre Abu Dhabi will have
to breach significant cultural barri-
ers before it opens because represen-
tations of the human figure even
when clothed can be a religious
taboo in the Muslim world.
Kamran Jebreili/ ASSOCIATED PRESS
French Minister for Culture and Communications Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, left, listens
to French architect, Jean Nouvel, second right, as he explains his design of Abu Dhabi Louvre museum
at the Emirates palace hotel after the signing ceremony between the government of Abu Dhabi and
France for a 30-year cultural accord which will see the Louvre Abu Dhabi museumcreated within the
Cultural district of Saadiat Island in Abu Dhani, United Arab Emirates.
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AssoCIAted PRess
TOPEKA Hispanics are
Kansas fastest-growing ethnic
group, but legislators continue to
pursue immigration policies leading
some of them to believe theyre not
really welcome.
While critics see that message
in proposals before the Republican-
controlled Legislature, backers say
theyre responding to demands from
constituents to do something about
illegal immigration.
Lawmakers are considering des-
ignating English the states official
language and cracking down on
voter fraud. Theres talk about deny-
ing government services to illegal
immigrants, while efforts to impose
tougher penalties on employers who
hire illegal immigrants have proven
problematic.
Meanwhile, theres little doubt
about demographic trends. The
states Hispanic population doubled
between 1990 and 2000, and accord-
ing to the nonpartisan, Washington-
based Pew Hispanic Center, it grew
an additional 19 percent between
2000 and 2005, to about 218,000 in a
population of 2.7 million.
All of the bills send a message of
a preoccupation of immigration. Its
not based on anything rational, said
Melinda Lewis, policy and research
director for El Centro, Inc., an advo-
cacy group in the Kansas City area.
A decade ago, immigration was
an issue for a half-dozen states, but
it now spans the nation.
Last year, 84 proposals in 32 states
became law, and 570 bills were intro-
duced, according to the National
Conference of State Legislatures This
year has seen similar activity on
issues like education, employment,
public benefits and human traffick-
ing.
There are immigrants in every
state, and states are trying to figure
out what to do because the federal
government hasnt acted, said Sheri
Steisel, who follows immigration
issues for the NCSL.
The Pew Center estimates that
up to 70,000 illegal immigrants are
living in Kansas. Lewis said most are
from Latin America.
House Majority Leader Ray
Merrick said Kansans are frustrated
and worry that illegal immigrants
consume resources and burden the
health care system. He said when
he surveys his district, Its the No.
1 issue.
The English bill has received the
most comment so far. The idea still
faces criticism even though House
members added a provision aimed at
bolstering adult language education
programs before approving it two
weeks ago.
Its a type of racism, said Rodrigo
Bonilla, of Salina, state director of
the League of United Latin American
Citizens. Some people are uncom-
fortable to hear people speaking
other languages.
But Rep. Don Myers, the bills
main sponsor, said Bonilla and other
critics are flat wrong. The bill is
about helping non-English speakers
assimilate into society, so they can
fill some of the 3,000 to 5,000 new
jobs the state will create over the
next three years, he said.
You have to be able to commu-
nicate in a common language to get
these jobs, Myers said.
Denying benefits like welfare and
unemployment to illegal immigrants
is being pushed by Rep. Lance Kinzer,
though his bill wouldnt include edu-
cation and emergency medical care
because of federal law.
The Legislature should take a
strong stand that public benefits
only are going to those who lawfully
should receive them, said Kinzer,
R-Olathe.
His bill also repeals a 2004 law
allowing illegal immigrants to pay
lower, in-state tuition at state uni-
versities if theyve graduated from a
Kansas high school and are seeking
U.S. citizenship.
Its the worst decision they could
make, said Cindy Perez, a Pittsburg
State University student from Olathe,
who attended an annual Hispanic
Day event at the Statehouse last
week. A lot of students are depen-
dent on that. If they are forced to
pay out-of-state tuition, there will be
fewer students.
Meanwhile, a Senate-passed bill
requires people to prove American
citizenship when registering to vote
by showing either a birth certificate
or U.S. passport.
legislature
Bill could hurt immigrants benefts
Anthony S. Bush/ Associated Press
Ballet Folklorico de Topeka dancers, Adrianna Cortez, 16, left, and John Alfrey, 15, performfor the people in line for lunch March 2 at the
Statehouse inTopeka. The dance troop was performing as part of the activities during Hispanic Day on the Hill. Hispanics are Kansas fastest-growing
ethnic group, but legislators continue to pursue immigration policies leading some of themto believe theyre not welcome.
Development
City looks to move wetlands
AssoCIAted PRess
KANSAS CITY, Kan. With
the clock ticking toward a March
31 deadline, officials with the
University of Kansas Hospital
said negotiations on a new affili-
ation pact with the University
of Kansas Medical Center are
stalled.
Irene Cumming, the hospitals
president and chief executive,
told state lawmakers in Topeka
on Monday that the medical cen-
ter has refused a long-term agree-
ment that would provide $400
million in funding. The agree-
ment would also require that the
hospital remain the lead teaching
hospital for the medical center.
Medical center spokeswoman
Amy Jordan Wooden said offi-
cials there havent rejected the
hospitals offer but they arent
likely to approve conditions that
could be considered an exclu-
sivity clause. She also said the
medical center believes it can
still reach an agreement with the
hospital.
Kansas City-area leaders are
pushing to realign the medical
center, the university hospital
and St. Lukes Health System in
Kansas City, Mo., to provide new
teaching and research relation-
ships. But Kansas lawmakers and
medical officials have criticized
the plan, saying they were left out
of negotiations and that it could
siphon new doctors away from
Kansas.
AssoCIAted PRess
WICHITA Wichita is con-
sidering a plan to relocate a major
wetland in Sedgwick County to
allow for private development and
help reduce flooding in residential
neighborhoods.
The proposal calls for the city
to spend $1.7 million to relocate
the 18.5 acres of federally pro-
tected wetlands. A commercial
developer would then be allowed
to fill in part of Cadillac Lake,
which was once known for its
bird-watching.
Developers NewMarket V LLC
and Eastside Development LLC
will contribute more than $1 mil-
lion to the wetlands project, which
hinges on approval from the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. They
hope to create a $31 million com-
mercial development on the land,
which would add about 1,500 new
jobs and generate about $10.5 mil-
lion in sales tax.
The plan would also allevi-
ate a flooding problem in several
Wichita neighborhoods brought
on by previous development in the
area surrounding Cadillac Lake.
Under the proposal, the city and
developers would share the $2.9
million cost of designing and dig-
ging new wetlands.
university of kansas meDical center
Negotiations for pact stall
transportation
Indonesian 747 crashes, catches fre
Sumaryanto Bronto/ Associated Press
Rescuers examine the wreckage of a Garuda jetliner after it caught fre upon landing at Adisucipto airport inYogyakarta, Indonesia, onWednesday. A
commercial jetliner carrying more than 130 people board burst into fames as it landed at an airport on Indonesias Java island onWednesday, an airline
ofcial and witnesses said. At least 8 people were killed, an airport ofcial said.
By CHRIs BRUMMItt
AssoCIAted PRess
JAKARTA, Indonesia A jetliner
carrying more than 130 passengers
and crew caught fire Wednesday as
it landed on Indonesias Java island,
trapping a number of people inside
the burning plane, the airline and
witnesses said. Officials reported at
least eight deaths.
Some passengers escaped and res-
cuers battled flames to reach those
still on the Boeing 737-400, said
Capt. Ari Sapari, operations director
of national carrier Garuda.
Fire fighters put out the blaze
after two hours. Sapari did not say
how many people were trapped or
provide a number on survivors.
I saw at least eight corpses piled
up at the front of the plane, said Capt.
Yos Biantoro, who witnessed the fire at
Yogyakarta airport in central Java.
Several passengers told local media
that there were many survivors. Metro
TV reported that a nearby hospital
was treating around 60 injured.
It caught alight when it landed,
said Sapari. He didnt provide any other
details. The cause of the accident was
unclear, but at least one passenger said
the jetliner had overshot the runway.
BBC World television carried
footage of raging flames poking
through several windows of the pas-
senger compartment. Witnesses said
the aircraft had been gutted.
Metro TV said that 133 people
were listed on the planes manifest.
Among the passengers were
Australian journalists and diplo-
matic staff who were in Indonesia in
connection with a visit by Australian
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer,
said Australian Treasurer Peter
Costello in Canberra. The foreign
minister was not on the plane.
There appears to have been a signifi-
cant loss of life, said Australian Prime
Minister John Howard. There were up
to 10 Australians on board and not all of
those have been accounted for.
One passenger who survived told
local TV station RCTI TV that before
landing I felt the plane shake strongly.
We overshot the runway, then
I heard the sound of an explosion
and ran through an emergency exit,
continued passenger Muhammad
Dimyati. I believe many passengers
remained trapped on board.
Another passenger described
smoke in the passenger compartment.
Suddenly there was smoke inside
the fuselage, said Dien Syamsudin,
a local Islamic leader. It hit the
runway and then it landed in a rice
field. ... I saw a foreigner. His clothes
were on fire and I jumped from the
emergency exit.
Indonesia has been hit by a string
of transportation disasters in recent
months. In late December, a passen-
ger ferry sank in a storm in the Java
Sea, killing more than 400 people.
Days later, a passenger plane oper-
ated by the budget airline Adam
Air crashed into the ocean, killing
all 102 people on board. A ship that
sank near the capitals port left at
least 50 dead.
The government responded by
saying it would ban local commer-
cial airlines from operating planes
more than 10 years old, though most
experts say maintenance and the
number of takeoffs and landings are
the most important factors in pre-
venting accidents.
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
ASSoCIAtEd PrESS
WASHINGTON Vice
President Dick Cheneys former
chief of staff, I. Lewis Scooter
Libby, was convicted Tuesday of
lying and obstructing a leak investi-
gation that reached into the highest
levels of the Bush administration.
The case brought new attention
to the Bush administrations much-
criticized handling of weapons of
mass destruction intelligence in the
run-up to the Iraq war.
The verdict culminated a nearly
four-year investigation into how
CIA official Valerie Plames name
was leaked to reporters in 2003. The
trial revealed how top members of
the administration were eager to
discredit Plames husband, former
Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who
accused the administration of doc-
toring prewar intelligence on Iraq.
Libby, who was once Cheneys
most trusted adviser and an assis-
tant to President Bush, was expres-
sionless as the jury verdict was
announced on the 10th day of delib-
erations. He faces up to 30 years in
prison when he is sentenced June 5
but under federal sentencing guide-
lines is likely to face far less. Defense
attorneys immediately promised to
ask for a new trial or appeal the
conviction.
We have every confidence Mr.
Libby ultimately will be vindicated,
defense attorney Theodore Wells
told a throng of reporters.
Special Prosecutor Patrick
Fitzgerald, who has led the leak
investigation, said no additional
charges would be filed. That means
nobody will be charged with the
leak and Libby, who was not the
source for the original column out-
ing Plame, will be the only one to
face trial.
White House deputy press secre-
tary Dana Perino said Bush respect-
ed the jurys verdict but was sad-
dened for Scooter Libby and his
family.
Perino said I would not agree
with any characterization of the ver-
dict as embarrassing for the White
House.
I think that any administration
that has to go through a prolonged
news story that is unpleasant and
one that is difficult when youre
under the constraints and the policy
of not commenting on an ongoing
criminal matter that can be very
frustrating, she said.
Libby was convicted of one count
of obstruction, two counts of perju-
ry and one count of lying to the FBI
about how he learned Plames iden-
tity and whom he told. Prosecutors
said he learned about Plame from
Cheney and others, discussed her
name with reporters and, fearing
prosecution, made up a story to
make those discussions seem innoc-
uous.
Libby said he told investigators
his honest recollections and blamed
any misstatements on a faulty mem-
ory. He was acquitted of one count
of lying to the FBI about his conver-
sation with Time magazine reporter
Matthew Cooper.
One juror who spoke to reporters
outside court said the jury had 34
poster-size pages filled with infor-
mation they distilled from the trial
testimony.
Even if he forgot that someone
told him about Mrs. Wilson, who
had told him, it seemed very unlike-
ly he would not have remembered
about Mrs. Wilson, the juror, Denis
Collins, said.
Collins, a former Washington
Post reporter, said jurors wanted
to hear from others involved in the
case, including Bush political advis-
er Karl Rove, who was one of two
sources for the original leak.
I will say there was a tremendous
amount of sympathy for Mr. Libby
on the jury. It was said a number of
times, What are we doing with this
guy here? Wheres Rove? Where are
these other guys? Collins said.
Reaction to the conviction
on Capitol Hill was swift. Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid wel-
comed the jurys verdict and called
on Bush to pledge not to pardon
Libby. Before the trial began, the
Justice Department had said that it
had no pardon file active for Libby.
Its about time someone in the
Bush Administration has been held
accountable for the campaign to
manipulate intelligence and discred-
it war critics, Reid said.
Wilson and Plame have sued
Libby, Cheney and several other
administration officials in fed-
eral court. Attorneys at the lib-
eral watchdog group Citizens for
Responsibility and Ethics, which
brought the lawsuit, praised the con-
viction and Fitzgeralds team.
By toM dAVIES
ASSoCIAtEd PrESS
BEDFORD, Ind. Eric Johnson
told his ex-wife, Youre not going
to get her, shortly before the
small plane he was piloting with
his 8-year-old daughter crashed
into his former mother-in-laws
house, killing them both.
The mother-in-law, Vivian
Pace, wasnt injured and told
reporters outside her damaged
home Tuesday about the phone
call.
She said her daughter, Beth
Johnson, was worried after young
Emily didnt show up for school
after a weekend vacation with her
father. She finally reached Eric
Johnson by cell phone shortly
before the crash.
Ive got her, and youre not
going to get her, he told her,
according to Pace.
Johnson, a student pilot who
had soloed before, had taken off
in a leased, single-engine Cessna
from a southern Indiana airport
near Bloomington on Monday
morning. Less than two hours
later, officials said, the plane
smashed into a wall of Paces
home.
Andrew Todd Fox of the
National Transportation Safety
Board declined to say if Johnson,
47, said anything through the
planes radio before the crash. The
airport has no controller on duty,
so no recording was available of
any communication, he said.
Pace believes the crash was
deliberate.
That was the only way he
could hurt Beth. That was the
only way he could get to her, she
said.
State and Bedford police were
treating the case as a suicide and
homicide, State Police 1st Sgt.
Dave Bursten said. He said they
had yet to find any notes indicat-
ing Johnsons intentions with the
flight, but the fact that the house
was his ex-wifes mothers home
raised serious questions.
All of those things together
lead us in the direction that this
was done intentionally, Bursten
said Tuesday.
The couple had divorced in
November after 12 years of mar-
riage, Pace said.
Beth Johnson went to the
Bedford Police Department the
morning of the crash to file a
missing person report, police Maj.
Dennis Parsley said Tuesday.
She gave officers no indica-
tion of any threats against Emily,
Parsley said, and told police that
her ex-husband, a property man-
ager for the state Department of
Natural Resources, had recently
taken the girl to Cancun for a few
days of vacation.
(Emily) was to spend the
weekend with dad, and dad was
supposed to bring her to school
Monday morning, Parsley said.
At Parkview Primary School in
Bedford, where Emily was a first-
grader, counselors were called in
to help the students, Principal
Sari Wood said Tuesday.
Were all grieving over this,
Wood said. She just was one of
those really friendly, really open
little kids,
Susan Walsh/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former White House aide I. Lewis Scooter Libby, left, and his wife Harriet Grant, leave federal court Tuesday after the jury reached its verdict
in his perjury trial. Libby was convicted of lying and obstructing a leak investigation.
Darron Cummings/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vivian Pace talks about the plane that crashed into her home in Bedford, Ind. Eric Johnson crashed a rented Cessna into his former mother-in-laws
southern Indiana home Monday, killing himself and his 8-year-old daughter, Emily Johnson, Paces granddaughter.
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challenging
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
It does look like somebody else
can get farther more quickly
than you can, for a while. Be a
team player and provide sup-
port. Youll get your glory later.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Develop a routine that you can
teach to someone else. You dont
have to do everything to insure
that it all gets done.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
By now you should be able to tell
which direction you should be
going. Youve fgured out where
the treasure is buried. Next, you
get to start digging.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Try out an idea youve been
thinking about to simplify paper-
work. The odds are good itll save
time, which you can spend in
more pleasurable pursuits.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
The main way you increase your
fortunes now is by keeping
them safely hidden. Just think
how much youll save when you
pay cash for your next major
purchase.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Your objective should be home
and family. Youre doing it all for
them. Let this be known. The
support you receive gives you
the energy to carry on.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Keep asking questions, and odds
are good you will discover the
truth. Its too late to worry about
whether or not you want to
know what it is.
sCorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Dont even try to explain what
youre doing. The people who
are in agreement will trust you
already; the others already dont.
sAGiTTArius (nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
Your friends think the world of
you and with good reason. You
make them think and you make
them laugh. You are fulflling
your mission.
CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
An amazing thing will happen as
you fnish a tedious task. You will
discover a treasure you didnt
know was in there.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Your recent adventures increase
your self-confdence. You also
realize youve assumed new
responsibilities. Get used to it.
Thats the burden of being a
leader.
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Today is an 8
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spend it on a little treat now;
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or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
EDiToRiAL: University etitquette dinners
should better address the equal role of women
in the professional world.
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Dinners should
empower women
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i just saw santa at iowa and 19th.
n
but seriously, santa, youre the
shit. i love you.
n
what? al Gores big houses cost
a lot of money and power to run
and heat? Global warming must
not be true.
n
wiener.
n
How do people have time to run?
although, come to think of it, we
have time to go get ice cream.
n
it really pisses me of when peo-
ple wont eat an m&m of the foor,
but theyll give their boyfriend a
blow job.
n
i got bored while i was pooping,
so i decided to call. Youre not
very entertaining, either.
n
coke is way better than Pepsi. i
dont care what anybody says.
n
i came to the conclusion that the
Free-for-all is the devil, because
i skipped two straight days of
classes trying to say something
clever enough to be in. dude, i
suck.
n
Free-for-all, i take that back. You
dont suck. i would have skipped
regardless if i was calling to be in
the Free-for-all.
n
Free-for-all, you should try a new
deodorant.
n
Julian, do you want to win? How
about you make your free throws,
buddy? in case you dont under-
stand, missing free throws doesnt
win games. dont you want to
win? You dont want to win.
Free-for-all, how do i tell my girl-
friend that i dont think she wants
to win? i mean, how do i tell her
to get her head in the game?
could you help me out with that?
n
this is to the person who lost their
keys by the campanile: i turned
them in at the union Hawk shop
lost and found. also, croatia
doesnt exist.
n
march madness, baby! catch the
fever.
n
to whoever found my phone
in the street and returned it to
oliver: i owe you a beer.
n
i just went to sonic and got a
cherry limeade and no cherry. i
guess thats fve dollars down the
drain.
n
i hat nascar.
n
a girl just farted and tried to
cover it up with a cough.
n
brandon rush just paid for
iHoP with a hundred dollar bill.
FREE FOR ALL
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cOmmentary
The University Career Center
hosts routine etiquette dinners
to teach students to dine with
strangers in business situations.
In these dinners students can
learn to butter their bread prop-
erly and to appropriately pass the
salt and pepper shakers. They
can also learn manners that are
archaically prim and sexist.
At the last dinner on Feb. 27,
several of the gendered instruc-
tions needed a 21st Century
revision. For instance, its true
that most business executives are
men. Its not in the least bit nec-
essary to make quips about gen-
der discrepancy in the business
world while teaching students
how to behave in front of hes
as though it is unlikely that this
trend will ever change.
Nor is it appropriate to teach
gendered mannerisms that ren-
der women dainty creatures to
be cared for. Students at the
etiquette dinner were told that
when a woman gets up from
the table, all the men need to
stand up as she leaves and again
when she returns. In theory, this
custom is respectful. However,
because the practice is extremely
rare in recent American his-
tory, it is more likely to make
a woman in a business setting
uncomfortably aware of her
gender than it is to make her
feel confident of her capabilities.
The considerate woman unused
to this trend may even forgo a
trip out of her seat just to avoid
making her male acquaintances
stand twice.
Students at the etiquette din-
ner were also instructed that,
before dining, men must pull out
ladies chairs before the ladies
sit down. As the dinner direc-
tor stated, this is a matter of
common, traditional courtesy:
Ladies must be ladies. The
director also quipped that kin-
dergarteners who she teaches do
not always understand this rule.
She reported that some young
boys ask something like, Why
do we have to do that stuff even
after the womens suffrage move-
ment?
Indeed, why do we? Tradition
is not a sufficient enough
explanation. For many college
women, it is not only awkward
if a man pulls out their chair
during a business interview, it
is patronizing and offensive. If a
woman cant freely sit in her own
chair without a man coming to
her aid, how is she supposed to
apply for a professional leader-
ship position? Ladies should be
polite, not submissive.
Kindergarteners comprehend
this, and so should we. Its one
thing to encourage men to act
gentlemanly on a date; it is quite
another thing to teach men that
they are required to escort
women to their seats when din-
ing in business environments.
Such old-fashioned mannerisms
may seem harmless but nonethe-
less reinforce ever-prevalent ste-
reotypes of womens inferiority.
Motivated female students
already know they face an
uphill battle to rise to the top
in professional careers, and its
unhelpful and inappropriate for
our university to reinforce ste-
reotypes detrimental to womens
success in the business world. In
a persistently male-run society,
women at our university need
a little more help learning to
politely kick butt.
Alison Kieler for the edi-
torial board.
Education should be Congress priority
Every election year, one of the
hottest buzz-words is educa-
tion. It needs to be changed, it
needs more funding, schools arent
good enough, teachers arent paid
enough, etc. Unfortunately, once
the polls close, the subject is conve-
niently forgotten. At the collegiate
level, we are supposed to be prepar-
ing to enter the real world, but the
people in charge of that world have
a bad habit of ignoring our needs.
If our society is going to insist that
college education is truly signifi-
cant, then it must be prepared to
accommodate us.
College is supposed to be our
transition from the nave world of
high school to real life. Its where we
get to test the waters of society, see if
we can actually fit in with our plans
of being rocket scientists, history
teachers or trial lawyers, then even-
tually decide to join the Peace Corps
for a few years instead. So why must
some people make it so much more
complicated than
it needs to be? I
dont mean hard
classes or seem-
ingly unusual
credit require-
ments. Even the
most successful
marine biologist
could stand being
rounded out by an
art history course
or two.
The problem is
that a lot of people
do not seem to
consider the actual
importance of
higher education.
Im fully aware that
it wasnt considered
the norm for people
to attend college
until sometime
around the 1960s,
but that doesnt
change what soci-
ety expects from
students today,
which is a degree.
Most good careers,
jobs at marketing
firms, newspa-
pers or medical
facilities require a
college education.
Unfortunately,
the government
treats education
like something
to look at when
they are bored
of arguing about
funding bridges to
nowhere, or what
to do with women
who are not going
to come out of
comas.
We just came
out of an election
year, where educa-
tion was the buzz word it always is
among the candidates. But it took a
massive petitioning campaign from
student governments across the
state of Kansas to get Kansas Gov.
Kathleen Sebelius and the state leg-
islature to pay attention to the fact
that school facilities need as much
maintenance as government office
buildings. It doesnt take a spiffy,
state of the art building to keep us
on pace in our educations, but it
helps if they arent visibly crumbling.
All of this begs the question: Is
there something wrong with our
collegiate system? If so, why is its
importance so stressed to us in our
teenage years? Education needs
to be recognized as something
more than a buzz-word for aspiring
Congressmen, or all of the time we
spent worrying about applications
and degrees will have been wasted.
Cohen is a Topeka sophomore
in pre-journalism.
By BEn CohEn
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
College is supposed to be our
transition from the naiive world
of high school to real life. Its
where we get to test the waters
of society, see if we can actually
ft in with our plans of being
rocket scientists, history teachers
or trial lawyers, then eventually
decide to join the Peace Corps
for a few years instead.
Grant Snider/KAnSAn
Remove the stigma of ideas of tolerance
In my tenure at The University
of Kansas Ive witnessed all varieties
of opinions, protests, and outlooks.
Whether its a war protest, advocat-
ing a lifestyle, or calling to end some
injustice; the apparent, overarching
goal is that of the so called tolerance
movement. Some call it being polit-
ically correct while others label it as
liberal. No matter its name, a trend
to promote tolerance and inclusion
as a virtue does exist. The tolerance
movement provides so much lip ser-
vice to acceptance and respect of
other ideas and people, but its time
that it actually took its own advice.
Im referring in part, to the pho-
bias and other terms that are becom-
ing more commonplace to label peo-
ple. Homophobic, Islamaphobic,
bigot, racist, intolerant, old-
fashioned and others are used to
apply a stigma to anyone not agree-
ing with the goal of accepting every-
one. The problem with these terms
is that they go against what should
be the true ideals of the tolerance
movement.
Examples of the tolerance move-
ment as socially liberal ideas doubling
as anti-Christian abound. Printing
cartoons of Muhammed? Insensitive
and Islamaphobic. Putting a crucifix
in a jar of urine? Good enough to
earn art grants. Protesting homosex-
uality as sinful? Homophobic. Having
a drag queen fair on campus? Thats
fun and entertaining. Asking people
to return to traditional families and
lifestyles on campus? Intolerant and
homophobic. Promoting abortion
and open sexuality with whomever
you please? Still accepted. Protesting
a blood drive because the Red Cross
understands the statistical likeli-
hood of AIDS among homosexu-
als? Almost reason enough to not
give blood. Flushing a Koran down
a toilet is also bad, but getting angry
about the people who hand out New
Testaments on campus is acceptable.
The Council on American-Islamic
Relations, the North American Man/
Boy Love Association, the LGBT
community, pro-abortion groups,
and other socially liberal organi-
zations promote tolerance and
inclusion as their goals and moti-
vations. However, their actions speak
against them.
What I ask is that inclusion and
tolerance apply to everyone. If people
in the LGBT community want to be
tolerated and included, I would hope
that theyd be tolerant and inclusive
of the people who disagree with their
behavior. Similarly, those who say
the TV show 24 is bad because it
portrays Muslims as terrorists seem
to have no issue with entertainment
that mocks the Catholic Church. If
this is the meaning of tolerance, its
far from ideal.
Ultimately, people should under-
stand that not everyone will agree
with them. There will be people
who think homosexuality is sinful,
or people who practice Wicca and
there will always be someone who
doesnt think as you do. The best is
to not segregate and outcast certain
views in the name of tolerance. Just
come out and say it. If you dont like
it, thats fine. Labeling tolerance as
something its not is just hypocriti-
cal. If you dont agree that just makes
you intolerant of my beliefs.
James Arruda
Pittsburg senior
NEWS 10A Wednesday, March 7, 2007
By LARRy McSHANE
ASSociAtEd PRESS
NEW YORK Ask Grandmaster
Flash about hip-hop stars deserving
of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
and hes quick with a list of rap
icons.
Afrika Bambaataa. Run-DMC.
KRS-One, he says, barely pausing
for a breath. Big Daddy Kane. LL
Cool J. Eric B and Rakim. Tribe
Called Quest. The list goes on and
on.
Flash left himself out, with good
reason: The DJ and partners the
Furious Five enter the Hall on
Monday as its initial rap induct-
ees. The Bronx hip-hop pioneers
are part of an otherwise traditional
class: R.E.M., Van Halen and a pair
of fellow New York City performers,
Patti Smith and the Ronettes.
As the first citizens of hip-hop
nation in the Rock Hall, the arriv-
al of Grandmaster Flash and the
Furious Five signals a new age at the
Cleveland attraction: Smith likely
marks the end of the 70s punk
inductees, and the time of hip-hop
is upon us.
This announces the beginning
of the rap era for the Hall, said
Bill Adler, a hip-hop historian
currently editing the Eyejammie
Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop and
member of the Halls nominating
committee. Flash and the Furious
Five are going to open the flood-
gates.
Adler, a publicist for the hugely
influential Def Jam Records in the
mid-1980s, offered his own list of
rappers destined for induction:
The Beastie Boys, very quickly.
Run-DMC and LL Cool J will get in
pretty quickly. Slick Rick.
Grandmaster Flash and the
Furious Five enter 25 years after
their groundbreaking single, The
Message, about hard times in their
native borough during the Reagan
Administration. It was the first pop-
ular rap song with a social theme
Its like a jungle sometimes, it
makes me wonder how I keep from
going under, went the hypnotic
chorus.
One of the pivotal points in hip-
hop history, said Furious Five rap-
per Melle Mel, who acknowledged
his group initially wanted to pass
on the song.
The group, which also featured
Kid Creole, Cowboy, Mr. Ness and
Raheim before an acrimonious
1983 split between Flash and Mel,
had missed induction on two previ-
ous occasions.
So when word arrived of the
honor this year, Flash said he was
initially skeptical.
When it sank in that we were in,
it was a good feeling for hip-hop,
Flash said. I think its bigger than
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious
Five. To get that kind of respect is
good for hip-hop.
Melle Mel recalled lying in bed
I usually sleep with the TV
on when he heard the news
that R.E.M. and Van Halen were
in. Before he could roll over, the
announcer added the name of
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious
Five.
The fact that were in the Hall of
Fame speaks volumes, said Melle
Mel. People try to separate hip-hop
music like it stands alone, but it
really doesnt. Were in with all the
great groups in the history of music.
It further legitimizes hip-hop.
By ZAKKi HAKiM
ASSociAtEd PRESS
SOLOK, Indonesia A pow-
erful earthquake jolted western
Indonesia on Tuesday, killing at
least 70 people and injuring hun-
dreds as they fled shaking hotels,
homes and hospitals. Two children
were crushed by debris on a play-
ground.
The 6.3-magnitude quake struck
Sumatra island just before 11 a.m.
and was felt as far away as neighbor-
ing Malaysia and Singapore, where
some tall buildings were evacuated.
Several aftershocks followed, the
strongest measuring 6.1, adding to
fears of people already too nervous
to return indoors.
Many said they would sleep in
front of their homes or in the hills
Tuesday night.
Women were crying out in ter-
ror. We all just fled as quickly as we
could, said Alpion, a welder who
joined thousands of others running
to higher ground, fearing a tsunami
that never came.
Indonesia straddles one of the
worlds most seismically active
zones and has been hit by a string of
natural disasters in recent years, the
most deadly being the 2004 Asian
tsunami that killed 160,000 people
on Sumatras northern tip.
At least 70 people were killed
by Tuesdays quake, which hit the
islands western coast, Cabinet
Secretary Sudi Silalahi told report-
ers in the capital, Jakarta.
The hardest-hit area appeared to
be Solok, a bustling town close to the
epicenter, where two children were
killed when a two-story building
collapsed on the school playground,
said police spokesman Supriadi,
who like many Indonesians uses
only one name. In addition, three
members of one family were burned
alive when their collapsed home
burst into flames.
Dozens of buildings were
destroyed and hundreds of others
were damaged, according to local
police chief Lt. Col. Budi Sarwono.
TV footage showed a flattened
three-story home and wide cracks
in the road.
My house is on the brink of
collapse, said Imelda Kusmawati,
as she prepared to spend the night
in an army tent with her two chil-
dren and six other families. I am
still traumatized and worried about
aftershocks.
Patients poured into hospitals
in Solok, many with broken bones
and cuts, but most were treated
outside because of fears of more
quakes. Scores were laid out on cots
on a soccer field, where they were
attached to intravenous drips and
given emergency care.
So far we have recovered 19
bodies and hundreds of injured
people, Sarwono said of the toll in
Solok. The two hospitals are over-
whelmed.
At one hospital in the nearby sea-
side town of Padang, panicked doc-
tors and nurses fled into the street,
startled patients limping behind,
according to Metro TV. Electricity
remained cut in parts of the town
as darkness fell.
A witness in the town of
Payahkumbuh said several shops in
the main street had collapsed and
police and soldiers were digging for
survivors.
Government spokesman Hasrul
Piliang said the number of dead
would likely rise because tallies
from remote areas were still being
collected and there were reports of
other people trapped under debris.
The U.S. Geological Survey said
the tremor struck 20 miles below
Solok. It was felt in Singapore, 265
miles away, forcing the evacuation
of several older office buildings. In
Malaysias southern coastal city of
Johor, citizens fled offices, build-
ings and shopping centers, witness-
es said.
U.S. earthquake expert Kerry
Sieh was in Padang on a research
trip when the quake struck. He
fled his fourth-story hotel room
like other guests, stopping only to
unplug his laptop.
I was pretty scared, he said,
adding that the fault that spawned
the quake was known as the Great
Sumatran, which last ruptured in
1945. I now know why people have
a hard time remembering how long
earthquakes last.
Indonesia, the worlds largest
archipelago, is prone to seismic
upheaval because of its location on
the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire,
an arc of volcanos and fault lines
encircling the Pacific Basin.
In addition to the 2004 tsunami,
an earthquake killed nearly 5,000
on Java island last year.
Tuesdays quake was about 660
miles west of the Jakarta.
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First hip-hop artists inducted
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DJ Grandmaster Flash speaks at a news conference at the Smithsonians National Museumof American History in NewYork on Feb. 28. As the frst
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Bronx hip-hop pioneers are part of an otherwise traditional class: R.E.M., Van Halen and a pair of fellowNewYork City performers, Patti Smith and the
Ronettes, entering the Rock Hall on Monday.
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Indonesian residents take shelter inside a tent onTuesday in Solok, West Sumatra, Indonesia. A
powerful earthquake crumpled houses across a large swath of western Indonesia, killing at least 70
people and injuring hundreds, authorities said.
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Woodland records third victory of season
Senior golfer Gary Woodland won the Louisiana Classics Golf Tournament on Tuesday, shooting a
fnal -round score of 70. The victory was his third of the season and second in a row.
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kansas 71, oklahoma state 62
Late Kansas rally fuels upset
by MichAEl PhilliPs
With the NCAA tournament
less than 10 days away, Kansas is
fine-tuning its game to withstand
the pressure of an intense March
showdown. Coach Bill Self and his
staff have singled out two areas in
particular that the team will focus on
this week: free-throw shooting and
rebounding.
On Saturday, the Jayhawks went
just 7-for-16 from the free-throw
line in the second half worse than
they shot from the field.
Our free-throw shooting was
atrocious down the stretch, junior
guard Russell Robinson said. As well
as we played against Texas, weve still
got to finish games better.
During practice, players shoot 25
free throws after running to simulate
a game situation. The goal is to make
21, which the players say they usu-
ally do. Thats why few are worried.
When it comes down to crunch
time, I think were going to make the
big free throws at the end, sopho-
more guard Brandon Rush said.
The other focus is on rebounding,
where the Jayhawks have had mixed
results throughout the season. Self
attributed that to the players not
blocking out very well but still fight-
ing hard for loose balls.
If we could combine those two
a little bit better, we could become
a very good rebounding team, he
said.
Junior center Sasha Kaun
acknowledged the problem, say-
ing that solution is in changing his
mindset under the basket.
nBa speculation
As the season winds down, elite
players begin to face questions on
whether theyll turn pro after the
season ends.
Three players at Kansas are receiv-
ing attention. Sophomore forward
Brandon Rush began the year as a
preseason first-team All-American,
but had an inconsistent year and has
by MArk DEnt
ESPN bracketologist Joe
Lunardi better not show up at the
Big 12 Conference Tournament in
Oklahoma City this weekend.
Big 12 coaches are fed up at
the lack of NCAA Tournament
respect their league is getting from
Lundardi and other college basket-
ball analysts.
Im really disappointed in the
way people are perceiving our
league, Texas A&M coach Billy
Gillispie said during Mondays Big
12 Coaches Teleconference. Were
talking about a team in our league
that needs to
win a game
in our confer-
ence tourna-
ment and they
already have 10
wins. Give me a
break.
That team
Gillispie is
talking about is
Kansas State.
ESPN.com, CBSSportsline.com
and SportsIllustrated.com do not
project the Wildcats (21-10, 10-6)
to be in the NCAA Tournament.
Even Blair Kerkhoff, Big 12 writer
for The Kansas City Star, had K-
State out of the tournament.
The Wildcats are being held out
of the NCAA largely because of
their soft non-conference sched-
ule. Kansas States non-conference
schedule is ranked 225, and the
Wildcats still struggled. K-State lost
to California by 30, New Mexico
by 24 and to Colorado State by
one. The Wildcats have made their
NCAA tournament case in the
conference. They won at Texas, a
feat no other team can claim and
finished fourth.
The fifth team that has a chance
to make it Kansas, Texas A&M
and Texas are regarded as locks
is Texas Tech. The Red Raiders
(20-11, 9-7) dont have a spar-
kling record, but they defeated
the Aggies twice and the Jayhawks
once. ESPN.com, CBSSportsline.
com and SportsIllustrated.com all
have Tech in the dance.
But Big 12 coaches dont think
four teams is enough when the
Atlantic Coast
Conf e r e nc e
has a chance to
get nine teams.
The Big East
Conference is
projected to
have seven,
the Pacific-10
Co n f e r e nc e
six and the
Southeastern
Conference five.
Arkansas, which is fourth in
the SEC West Division, illustrates
the Big 12s unfair treatment. The
Razorbacks (18-12, 7-9) are in the
tournament according to Sports
Illustrated. This despite having
a worse record than K-State and
Tech and going 0-3 against the Big
12, including a 22-point loss to
Missouri.
No one plays better ball than
us from one through 12, Gillispie
said. I get tired of hearing about
mens BasketBall
Focus turns to problem areas
BIG 12 BasketBall
Conference lacks
national respect
Three teams slated to make tournament
Im really disappointed in the
way people are perceiving our
league.
Billy Gillispie
Texas a&m coach
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Freshman pitcher Wally Marciel pitches during the game against Tabor College Tuesday evening. The Jayhawks defeated the Bluejays 18-2, capturing their third victory at home.
Big inning leads to blowout victory
by AlissA bAuEr
When Kansas lost at Oral Roberts
a week ago, junior shortstop Erik
Morrison said the big innings his
team gave up that day would hap-
pen. He added that his team needed
to work towards finding big innings
of its own.
Kansas found some Tuesday night.
The Jayhawks (10-5) took their third
victory at home in as many days
with an 18-2 victory against Tabor
College (6-7).
Thats kind of like the motto
of this team to work for the
big inning, to do whatever it takes.
Morrison said.
Despite the lopsided final score,
the Bluejays hung with the Jayhawks
more than half of the game. In fact,
Tabors batters sparked first in the
first. Freshman lefty Wally Marciel
hit Bluejay sophomore designated
hitter Alfred Wilson to lead off the
game. Two batters later, Wilson
scored to put the Bluejays up 1-0.
The Jayhawks let the lead stand
through their half of the first inning,
but by the second, Kansas was ready
to take over.
With this game you need to be
greedy, you need to go up there and
want to get five hits, Morrison said.
Its not going to happen, granted,
but when you play a team like this
thats not at your caliber of play, you
should get on them early and you
shouldnt let up.
Junior second baseman Ryne
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by cAsE kEEfEr
OKLAHOMA CITY To upset
No. 6-seed Oklahoma State in the
Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday
night, No. 11-seed Kansas had to put
together its best game.
The Jayhawks did just that to
defeat the Cowgirls 71-62.
I have great respect for these kids
that they did not cash it in, coach
Bonnie Henrickson said, They did
not call it quits, great energy, great
enthusiasm and great pride in get-
ting better.
With the victory, Kansas advanced
to play third-seed Baylor at 8:30
tonight in the second round of the
tournament. The game will be tele-
vised on FSN.
In front of a crowd compromised
almost entirely of Cowgirl fans, the
Jayhawks played with an unmatched
intensity even in the face of adver-
sity.
They showed great resiliency and
great fortitude. Henrickson said.
The small contingent of Jayhawk
fans at the Cox Convention Center
held their breath when junior for-
ward Taylor McIntosh stumbled
off the court after taking an elbow
with 16:28 left in the game. When
McIntosh returned wearing a ban-
dage on her face, she brought a
determined demeanor.
McIntosh was physical under the
basket and scored on each of her first
two possessions back in the game
to give the Jayhawks their first lead
of the second half at 47-45. She fin-
ished the game with her first double-
double of the season, 19 points and
13 rebounds.
I feel more confident and it all
started in practice, McIntosh said,
Ever since I got tired of losing like
everyone else on the team, I stepped
up to become more available.
It was easy to see who the leaders
were for each of the teams in the
final first-round game of the tour-
nament. For Kansas, once again it
was senior guard Shaquina Mosley.
For Oklahoma State, it was guard
Danielle Green, someone who
Mosley knew well.
Two years ago, Green and Mosley
teamed up and won a junior college
national championship at Central
Arizona. The game turned into a
battle between the ex-teammates.
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Freshman
forward Danielle
McCray drives to
the basket Tuesday
night against Okla-
homa State. The
Jayhawks defeated
the Cowgirls 71-62
in the frst round of
the Big 12 Tourna-
ment in Oklahoma
City.
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M
arch Madness is the
best time of the year.
I would rather it
be tournament season in college
basketball than my own birthday. I
love trying to predict tournament
fields, figuring out what teams
are hot and ultimately filling out
brackets.
As a side note, I consider
myself a sports freak, and I hate it
when I lose an NCAA tournament
pool to the people who picked
their Final Fours by basing their
picks on the coolest mascots.
For now, I wanted to share
some research I did on the rela-
tionship between a teams finish in
the Big 12 Tournament compared
to that teams NCAA tournament
finish.
The charts to the right show
the Big 12 and NCAA tourna-
ments finishes of both Kansas
and the conference tournament
champion.
Let me say this: Theres no
clear-cut way of determining
how a team will do in the NCAA
tournament based on its Big 12
Tournament result. In fact, theres
absolutely no consistency between
Big 12 tournament success and
NCAA tournament success. This
just adds to the March Madness
phenomenon, and thats why I
love it!
A few teams have found suc-
cess in both tournaments, notably
Oklahoma in 2002 and Oklahoma
State in 2004. Both won the Big
12 Tournament and advanced to
Final Four.
Two teams, Kansas, last season,
and Oklahoma, in 2001, were the
Big 12 Tournament champions
but lost in the first round of the
NCAA tournament.
So, who is going to win the Big
12 tournament? Its hard to say.
Kansas, Texas and Texas
A&M are the obvious picks.
Some of the conferences bubble
teams namely Kansas State,
Oklahoma State or Texas Tech
trying to make a statement
could very well knock off any of
the top three. But even an early
loss in Oklahoma City wouldnt
be all bad for Texas, Texas A&M
or Kansas. A few extra days of
rest and practice before an NCAA
first-round game would certainly
be beneficial.
In any case, the games will
be fun to watch. The Big 12
Tournament has seen many excit-
ing finishes, buzzer-beaters and
Cinderella stories. Just sit back,
watch, enjoy and soak up the best
time of the year.
Jorgensen is a Baldwin City se-
nior in journalism.
Edited by Ryan Schneider
I
ts championship week, and that
means its time for the little guy
to shine. In the shadows of the
big boys all year, the best mid-major
teams have a chance to show the
nation what they can do in their
do-or-die conference tournaments,
which are played with enough
intensity to make them as entertain-
ing as NCAA tournament games.
While the major conference tour-
naments are dull due to the teams
knowing they will receive at-large
bids, most mid-majors are forced
to win their conference tournament
to receive a tournament bid. And as
George Mason, Wichita State and
Bradley showed us last year, these
teams can go toe-to-toe with the
big boys. Lets take a look at who is
capable of being this years George
Mason and turning your bracket
into as much of a red mess as your
last English paper.
Winthrop (28-4) Big South
Conference The Eagles return
five starters from a team that lost
to two-seed Tennessee on a buzzer-
beater in the first round of last
years NCAA tournament. Their
only losses this season have come
at Texas A&M, at Wisconsin in
overtime, at Maryland and at North
Carolina in a game they led in the
second half. The Eagles are athletic
and can shoot the three, as evi-
denced by a 14-for-27 performance
behind the arc in an impressive
double-digit victory at Missouri
State. Currently projected as a No.
11 seed by ESPN.com, Winthrop
could be the team to make a deep
run similar to George Mason a sea-
son ago.
Virginia Commonwealth (27-6)
Colonial Athletic Association
The team, which was assembled
by current Oklahoma coach Jeff
Capel, won the CAA with a 14-2
record and the conference tour-
nament with a victory against
George Mason. That loss denied
the Patriots a chance to repeat their
magical run of a season ago. The
Rams, led by the talented backcourt
of B.A. Walker and Eric Maynor,
have a history of putting a scare into
high seeds, losing by one point to a
Chris Paul-led Wake Forest squad
as a 13 seed three seasons ago.
Drexel (23-8)/Old Dominion
(24-8) CAA Only one of these
CAA squads is likely to receive an
at-large bid, but both have impres-
sive non-conference rsums.
Drexel, 13-5 in the league, posted
victories at Villanova, Syracuse
and Temple and a victory at
Missouri Valley Conference tour-
nament champion Creighton. Old
Dominion claimed a 10-point vic-
tory at then-No. 8 Georgetown and
won 12 straight before a conference
tourney loss to George Mason. Both
teams would be a dangerous 12 or
13 seed.
Any Missouri Valley team
Bradley and Wichita State proved
last season that the league is deep
and talented, and nobody wants
to see Creighton, Southern Illinois
or Missouri State in its bracket.
Creighton and SIU should both be
seeded seven or better and should
not sneak up on anyone. The Salukis,
whose top non-conference victories
come against Virginia Tech and at
then-No. 12 Butler, play a stifling
defense, giving up only 56 points
per game, that will give it a chance
to win any game. The Bluejays have
the size to neutralize a major confer-
ence teams big men, plus they have
the spirit of the Phog with them in
guard Nick Bahe, who is shooting 42
percent from the three-point line in
15 minutes per game.
Gonzaga (23-10) West Coast
Conference With nine straight
tournament appearances, the Zags
are not really a mid-major any-
more. Despite losing leading scorer
and rebounder Josh Heytvelt to a
psychedelic mushroom suspen-
sion, Gonzaga is starting to come
together, having won five games in
a row. Everybodys favorite former
Jayhawk Micah Downs somehow
managed to stop pouting long
enough to average 16 points per
game in that span.
Sarraf is a Lawrence senior in jour-
nalism.
Edited by James Pinick
Year - Big 12 Tournament result
NCAA Tournament Result
1996-97 champion
Lost in Sweet Sixteen to Arizona
1997-98 champion
Lost insecondroundtoRhode Island
1998-99 champion
Lost in second round to Kentucky
1999-00 Lost in second round
Lost in second round to Duke
2000-01 Lost in semifnal
Lost in Sweet Sixteen to Illinois
2001-02 Lost in championship
Lost in Final Four to Maryland
2002-03 Lost in semifnal
Lost in championship to Syracuse
2003-04 Lost in semifnal
Lost in Elite Eight to Georgia Tech
2004-05 Lost in semifnal
Lost in frst round to Bucknell
2005-06 champion
Lost in frst round to Bradley
1996-97 Kansas
Lost in Sweet Sixteen to Arizona
1997-98 Kansas
Lost insecondroundtoRhode Island
1998-99 Kansas
Lost in second round to Kentucky
1999-00 Iowa state
Lost in Elite Eight to Michigan State
2000-01 Oklahoma
Lost in frst round to Indiana State
2001-02 Oklahoma
Lost in Final Four to Indiana
2002-03 Oklahoma
Lost in Elite Eight to Syracuse
2003-04 Oklahoma state
Lost in Final Four to Georgia Tech
2004-05 Oklahoma state
Lost in Sweet Sixteen to Arizona
2005-06 Kansas
Lost in frst round to Bradley
Heres a look at how the Big 12 Tournament
champions fared in the NCAA tournament.
Heres a look at how Kansas has done in the
Big 12 and NCAA tournaments.
BY EriC JorgEnSEn
Kansan spOrTs cOLumnIsT
EjoRGENSEN@KANSAN.CoM
No relationship between tourneys
Second round or buSt
TodAy
n baseball vs. Baker, 5 p.m.
Hoglund Ballpark
n Womens basketball vs. Bay-
lor, 8:30 p.m. Oklahoma City
ThursdAy
n Swimming and diving at
ncaa championships, all day,
minneapolis, minn.
FridAy
n track and Field at ncaa In-
door championships, all day,
Fayetteville, ark.
n Swimming and diving at
ncaa championships, all day,
minneapolis, minn.
n Mens basketball vs. TBa,
11:30 a.m. Oklahoma city
nSoftball vs. drake, 2 p.m.
arrocha Ballpark
nbaseball vs. arkansas,
2:05 p.m. Fayetteville, ark.
n Softball vs. north dakota
state, 4:15 p.m. arrocha Ballpark
sATurdAy
ntrack and Field at ncaa
Indoor championships, all day,
Fayetteville, ark.
n Swimming and diving at
ncaa championships, all day,
minneapolis, minn.
n tennis vs. nebraska, 11 a.m.
First serve Tennis center
nSoftball vs. new mexico, 11:45
a.m. arrocha Ballpark
n baseball vs. arkansas, 12:05
p.m. Fayetteville, ark.
suNdAy
n tennis vs. Louisville, 11 a.m.
First serve Tennis center
nbaseball vs. arkansas,
1:05 p.m. Fayetteville, ark.
nSoftball vs. TBa, TBa,
arrocha Ballpark
BY kaYvon Sarraf
Kansan spOrTs cOLumnIsT
KSARRAF@KANSAN.CoM
coMMentArY
Mid-major teams
can make impact
BY JiM vErTUno
aSSoCiaTED PrESS
AUSTIN, Texas The way
Kevin Durant tore through the Big
12 and nearly carried the Texas
Longhorns to a share of the league
title, it was easy to forget the task
coach Rick Barnes faced when the
season began.
Durant was just one of four
freshmen starters on a team whose
top returning scorer, sophomore
A.J. Abrams, was a slightly built
shooting guard who averaged 6.4
points last season.
The Longhorns lost all five
starters from a 2005-06 squad that
won a school-record 30 games and
nearly made it to the Final Four.
Three of them last seasons Big
12 player of the year P.J. Tucker,
LaMarcus Aldridge and Daniel
Gibson left school early for the
NBA, leaving Barnes with little to
no experience to put on the court.
On Tuesday, Barnes was named
The Associated Press Big 12 coach
of the year for turning this young
and sometimes wild lineup into a
squad that came within one game
of sharing the league title with
Kansas.
It is the first time Barnes has
won the honor since 1999, when
he guided the Longhorns to the
league crown in his first season
at Texas.
This team has no ego, Barnes
said. Weve shown some resiliency.
We dont play as well as we think.
But we do play; we do compete.
The first two months of the sea-
son were exciting and sometimes
frustrating. Durant and freshmen
D.J. Augustin and Damion James
were in the starting lineup in the
season opener. Barnes added Justin
Mason to the mix by game No. 2.
They got an early victory against
LSU the team that knocked
the Longhorns out of the NCAA
tournament last season and
stumbled with a blowout loss to
Gonzaga.
Durant was already creating
a buzz with his big games, but
Barnes warned his team the Big 12
was a different league: tough and
physical and a two-month grind.
Theyll find out, Barnes said.
Durant went on a scoring spree,
scoring more than 30 points five
times as the Longhorns went 6-2
through the first half of the league
schedule before slowing down in the
for four games in the second half..
By midseason, Barnes also took
on the role of Durants protector
against a constant barrage of ques-
tions about Durants future.
Durant hasnt said publicly
what hell do and Barnes chas-
tised reporters for not allowing his
18-year-old prodigy to enjoy the
moment.
Texas coach garners AP conference honors
big 12 bASketbAll
AssociAted Press
texas coach rick Barnes leads a teamthat starts four freshman and a sophomore into this weeks
Big 12 Tournament. Barnes was namedThe Associated Press Big 12 coach of the year.
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Huggins has built-in excuses for snub
By Jeffrey rake
kansas state Collegian
MANHATTAN Former
Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy once
was asked if his teams Super Bowl
game against the Dallas Cowboys
was a must-win. After all, his team
already had lost the previous three
Super Bowls from 1990-92.
Levy famously responded, World
War II was a must-win. Then his
team got creamed, 30-13.
Kansas State coach Bob Huggins
was asked the same question Saturday
about his teams first game in the
Big 12 Conference Tournament.
Conventional wisdom suggests the
Wildcats need at least one more
win to make the 65-team NCAA
Tournament field.
Im not asking them to go down
and win a game; Im asking them
to win three games, Huggins said.
Three games you get an automatic
bid, and you dont have to worry
about that stuff.
If that sounds like the perfect
response, its because it was. Huggins
doesnt play for second place, and he
wants to win the Big 12 title.
Problem is, Huggins undermined
that win-em-all mentality with what
hes said repeatedly over the past two
weeks. Hes been telling anybody
who will listen about the formula.
With 20 wins overall and 10 league
wins, Huggins believes his team is a
lock for the NCAA tournament.
Since 1999, 169 teams, out of 169,
from the six major conferences have
followed that same formula to the
NCAA tournament. By that logic,
Kansas State (21-10, 10-6) should
be in.
Deep down inside, though, I dont
think Huggins believes his team has
done enough to earn a spot and I
think his players do. That could spell
trouble in the Big 12 Tournament.
Make no mistake about it,
Huggins has done a masterful job of
campaigning the formula. It made
a pair of national TV appearances
over the weekend and has been in
newspapers all across the Midwest.
The formula has been brought
up so many times youve got to
believe Huggins smirks every time
its mentioned. Its free publicity for
Kansas State and its tournament
resume which, in reality, is far from
finished.
Aside from a road win against
Texas, Kansas States 10 conference
victories arent impressive. The
Wildcats beat Colorado, Iowa State
and Missouri twice. They won home
games against Baylor, Nebraska
and Oklahoma. All of those teams
finished with losing conference
records.
Thats where the formula comes
into play. Its a cover-up for what has
been a down year in the Big 12.
Huggins is no dummy. He does
everything for a reason. He knows
the added mentions and exposure
Kansas State is getting will help his
team when the NCAA tournament
committee begins its deliberations
this week. By planting the formula
and getting it out in the open, hes
trying to help the committee make
its decision.
He wants it to appear that holding
Kansas State out of the tournament,
in the face of the almighty formula,
would be criminal.
Still, to me the formula is more
of a built-in excuse than anything.
Its Huggins way of saying, Look,
if we dont make it, its not because
we didnt do our job. Its because the
committee broke a trend.
Huggins players will have an
out, and theyll have something to
fall back on in case things dont go
their way in the Big 12 Tournament.
Theyre well aware of the fact that
history is on their side and a first-
round loss doesnt necessarily mean
theyll have no chance of getting into
the Big Dance. Theyve been led to
believe theyre in no matter what.
Suddenly, the game isnt consid-
ered a must-win. It wasnt for Levy
and the Bills, either.
big 12 basketball commentary
Fieldhouse perfect
for stand-out game
By eriC ransom
Daily texan
LAWRENCE It was the per-
fect setting for one of those rare
individual performances.
The Kansas students camped all
week for tickets. Two hours before
the game, the wind numbed the
faces of fans waiting to get inside.
By pregame introductions,
16,300 fans were jammed together
on benches in an old-school gym
straight out of Hoosiers. At Allen
Fieldhouse, there are no club seats.
The pregame hoopla was lim-
ited to a video of Kansas basketball
history. Images of James Naismith,
Phog Allen and top Jayhawk
m o m e n t s
played to the
chorus of U2s
Where the
Streets Have
No Name. It
sounds cheesy,
but it wasnt
all the retired
numbers on
the wall that
made this
place seem like the Elysian Fields
of basketball.
And Texas Kevin Durant
answered the bell from the open-
ing tip. Early in the first half, I
got the feeling we were watch-
ing something like Michael Jordan
scoring 63 on the Celtics in 1986.
He hit five three-pointers, five field
goals and totaled 25 points in the
first half without a trip to the free-
throw line.
The Longhorns also saw excel-
lent performances from D.J.
Augustin and A.J. Abrams. Though
down by 12 at the half, Kansas ral-
lied as the game turned into an up-
and-down, top-speed contest that
showed off two talented teams. In
the end, Durant struggled with an
ankle injury, and the Jayhawks cut
down the nets as undisputed Big 12
champions.
Questions after the game cen-
tered on whether Kansas deserved
to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA
tournament.
I dont know, Kansas coach
Bill Self said. But were close.
The Jayhawks need a few victo-
ries in the Big 12 tournament but
stand a good chance at taking a top
seed this Sunday.
So, where does that leave
Texas?
Like Kansas, the Longhorns still
have the Big 12 tournament to
get through. But its possible they
could wind up anywhere from a
fourth to a sixth seed.
The Longhorns fortunes in
the NCAA tournament ride
with Durant first followed by
Augustin and Abrams.
As Syracuse and Carmelo
A n t h o n y
showed years
ago, a team
with a tran-
scendent talent
can win the big
dance.
So, is Kevin
Durant a tran-
scendent tal-
ent?
His 25-point,
first-half effort certainly seemed
like indisputable proof. But like all
high-profile players, we want to
compare him to someone else.
At the fieldhouse, there were the
retired jerseys of Wilt Chamberlain,
Danny Manning and Paul Pierce.
Self tried to compare Durant to
someone hes coached against, and
the best he came up with was Dukes
Mike Dunleavy.
Texas fans would love to think
the answer is Kevin Garnett, or
even Tracy McGrady. Self also
threw out a comparison to Larry
Bird because of his lankiness and
sweet shooting touch.
But whomever Durant reminds
you of, know that his reputation as a
college player rests on the postsea-
son. As it goes for the Longhorns as
well, great performances come in
great settings. And Texas is about
to enter the best setting of its sport
March Madness.
Great performances come in
great settings. And Texas is
about to enter the best setting
of its sport March Madness.

other leagues having seven or eight
teams then theyre talking about
us having a must-win in the first
round.
Coaches also said that the con-
ferences best teams were getting
raw deals. Kansas is only now being
considered a No. 1 seed after mul-
tiple losses by Florida and North
Carolina. Texas A&M (25-5, 13-3)
isnt even in the discussion for a No.
1, even though the Aggies defeated
Kansas at Allen
Fieldhouse and
played a tough
non-conference
schedule that
included UCLA.
I kind of
wondered that
when we have
two teams
that are No. 1
seeds, Kansas
State coach Bob
Huggins said
about the perceived lack of respect.
Kansas, they are a No. 1 seed.
Whoever doesnt think that I dont
know what theyve been watching.
The conferences problems could
be because not enough people are
watching. Gillispie blamed a lack
of marketing for why the Big 12
was getting slighted. He said the
conference wasnt doing enough to
promote itself. Self also mentioned
weak non-conference schedules
and the Midwest location of Big 12
schools as problems. Self wasnt as
adamant as Gillispie about blam-
ing the conferences marketing, but
he saw some areas that could have
brought the Big 12 more publicity.
Bobby Knight set the all-time
wins record this year, he said.
Youve got Bob Huggins who has
K-State rolling. Youve got maybe
the best college player since 1980.
Youve got maybe the best clutch
player in recent memory and
maybe as balanced a team as theres
been in recent memory. Youve got
so many things you can sell as a
league. And now all of a sudden its
Is our league
that good?
Neither Self
nor Gillispie
had a perfect
way to solve the
conf erences
problems. Self
suggested that
the coaches
and conference
leaders need-
ed to devise
a strategy
together that might include sched-
uling tougher non-conference
games. Both agreed that something
needs to be done.
I dont know what the answer
is, but I know some other leagues
have it figured out, Gillispie said.
I dont know how much were
following the plans they are using.
There has to be a better solution
than what we have.
kansan sportswriter mark Dent
can be contacted at mdent@
kansan.com.
Edited by James Pinick
fallen off most draft boards.
Freshman forward Darrell Arthur
is being projected as a mid-first
round pick by ESPN analyst Chad
Ford but would likely become a top
pick in 2008 with a strong sopho-
more season.
That leaves sophomore forward
Julian Wright, who is on top-five
lists across the league. Scouts love his
versatility and size, and draft-projec-
tion site nbadraft.net has him rated
as the fourth-best player eligible for
this years draft.
However, Wright said at the begin-
ning of the season that he wanted to
stay and finish his degree next year
and wont talk about his future plans
until the season ends.
At the beginning of February,
ESPN analyst Jay Bilas said that he
didnt think any of the Jayhawks
were ready to make the leap, adding
that he held early-jumpers to a high
standard.
When I think of NBA-ready, Im
thinking they are ready to make
an impact, he said. Its just like if
you asked how many high school
juniors are ready to make an impact
in college basketball. Probably not
many. But whereas theres 300 col-
lege teams, theres only about 30
NBA teams, and that makes a big
difference.
Praise for coach self
The Associated Press Big 12 coach
of the year award went to Texas
coach Rick Barnes. Self won the
award in 2006. Though he didnt win
this year, the Kansas players gave Self
high marks for dealing with a dif-
ferent kind of challenge. On a team
with eight legitimate starters, Kansas
has gone the entire season without
any of the players complaining or
demanding more time in the lineup.
Everybody wants to see every-
body else do well, and Coach is
probably the biggest reason for that,
Robinson said. Individuals really
sacrifice their own egos for the sake
of the team. Its won us some games
this year, and its going to win us
some more.
rPi problems
One of the criteria that the NCAA
tournament selection committee
looks at is RPI, which judges a team
not just on its performance but also
on the strength of its opponents.
The Big 12 Conference struggled
this year in this statistic. According
to realtimeRPI.com, the conference
ranks sixth nationally. The site uses a
formula that mimics the one used by
the NCAA, which does not publicly
reveal its numbers.
Kansas is the highest-rated team
in the conference but is only No.
15 nationally. Texas A&M is right
behind at No. 16. The problem may
be a lack of quality victories early in
the season for Big 12 teams.
We should look at it and study
it from a coachs perspective and a
scheduling perspective, Self said.
If the RPI is the golden rule, then
we need to do something to help
ourselves with the RPI.
kansan senior sportswriter mi-
chael Phillips can be contacted at
mphillips@kansan.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
basketball (conTinued froM 1B) coacHes (conTinued froM 1B)
no one plays better ball than us
from one through 12. i get tired
of hearing about other leagues
having seven or eight teams.
Billy Gillispie
Texas A&M coach
sports 4B wednesday, march 7, 2007
Tony Dejak/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houston Rockets Yao Ming, fromChina, tries to get past Cleveland Cavaliers AndersonVarejao
fromBrazil, in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game on Monday in Cleveland. The Cavaliers
won 91-85.
NBA
Houston center returns to action
AssociAted Press
Yao Ming was back in the Houston
Rockets lineup. Too bad he didnt
feel like a pro.
Yao struggled in his first game
after missing more than two months
with a leg injury. LeBron James had
32 points, 12 rebounds and eight
assists to lead the Cavaliers past
Yao and the Houston Rockets 91-85
Monday night.
The Chinese centers numbers
paled in comparison: 16 points, 11
rebounds, two blocks and five turn-
overs. The 7-foot-6 Yao had just
one practice since recovering from
a broken bone under his knee and
it showed.
In the second quarter, third
quarter, I was almost like a high
school player, Yao said. Sometimes,
Cleveland would just steal the ball
from my hand.
Wearing a black brace on his right
knee, Yao looked slow and out of
synch on offense, letting a crisp pass
tip off his hands and missing open
shots.
Uneven, which is to be expect-
ed, Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy
said. But hes got to cut down on his
turnovers. We cant play well if he
goes right back to what he was doing
before he got hurt, which is being a
high turnover guy. Its impossible to
have offensive rhythm.
Clevelands rhythm was just fine,
especially James performance. He
scored more than 30 points for the
fourth straight game. The Cavaliers
have won three of those four.
In other games Monday night,
it was: Miami 88, Atlanta 81; San
Antonio 88, the Los Angeles Clippers
74; Utah 120, Charlotte 95; Golden
State 111, Detroit 93; and Orlando
99, Milwaukee 81.
James got help from Larry
Hughes, who had been struggling
until recently. Hughes had 22 points,
seven assists and six rebounds and
said this is the most comfortable hes
felt since joining the Cavaliers as a
free agent before last season.
With rookie Daniel Gibson out
with a sprained toe, Hughes played
some point guard, which he said hed
like to do more often.
Im able to create, he said. Im
able to get everybody involved, feel
the flow of the game, know what
plays we can run.
James wouldnt mind seeing that
as well.
The Rockets, who have lost four
of five, cut it to 84-82 on Tracy
McGradys jumper with 1:34 left. But
Zydrunas Ilgauskas put back James
missed jumper on the next posses-
sion to protect the lead.
Ilgauskas then stole ball from
Yao, who fell to the floor in a heap.
Hughes tossed an alley-oop to James
on the other end and he slammed in
it for an 88-82 lead.
Yao, who said he fell on his elbow
to avoid landing on his right knee,
got up with help from a trainer, hob-
bled off, but returned to the game.
Heat 88, Hawks 81
At Miami, the Heat (30-29) got
above .500 for the first time in nearly
four months. Eddie Jones had 14 of
his season-high 21 points in the final
quarter and Shaquille ONeal added
14 points and nine rebounds on the
eve of his 35th birthday.
Gary Payton had 11 points and
seven rebounds and James Posey
added 10 points for Miami, which
got promising news earlier in the
day from star guard Dwyane Wade.
Wade announced he will not have
immediate surgery to repair his dis-
located left shoulder and will attempt
to return by the end of the season.
Josh Smith and Anthony Johnson
each had 16 points for Atlanta, which
dropped its sixth straight.
Warriors 111, Pistons 93
Jason Richardson scored a sea-
son-high 29 points to help the
Warriors end a six-game losing
streak. The win also ended Golden
States seven-game road slide,
and gave the Warriors a lopsided
sweep of the season series. They
beat Detroit 111-79 at home on
Nov. 11.
The Warriors had lost 11 straight
at the Palace.
Detroit was missing Rasheed
Wallace (left foot) for the third
game in a row, but the Warriors got
Stephen Jackson (turf toe) back after
four games.
Lindsey Hunter scored 20 points
for Detroit.
Magic 99, Bucks 81
Hedo Turkoglu had a season-high
25 points and Trevor Ariza added 20
for the host Magic. Dwight Howard
had 10 points and nine rebounds as
Orlando ended a three-game skid.
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Mosley speeds with poise
Junior forward Taylor McIntosh
played 38 minutes and recorded
a double-
double with 19
points and 13
rebounds.
Senior guard Shaquina Mosley
continued to lead the Jayhawks
both of-
fensively and
defensively.
mosley scored
18 points and
had three
steals in 40
minutes of
play.
Freshman forward Danielle
McCray shot 100 percent from
beyond the
three-point
line, going
4-for-4, and
fnishing with
a total of 16
points.
MacIntosh
Mosley
McCray
By ASher FuSCo
OKLAHOMA CITY As a
rule, Kansas Shaquina Mosley is
the quickest player on the court.
Tuesday night, Oklahoma States
Andrea Riley was an exception to
the rule.
Both under 5-foot-7, the two
small guards engaged in a fast-paced,
back-and-forth battle in the first
round of the Big 12 Tournament.
Riley, the Big 12 Freshman of the
Year, is a carbon-copy of Mosley:
slight-of-build but effectively reck-
less on her way to the hoop. Both
guards showcase impressive foot
speed and coordination coupled
with relentless competitive fire.
In the past, she might have played
above her speed limit, Kansas coach
Bonnie Henrickson said. She has
gotten so much more poised.
Riley utilized her quickness and
ball handling to exploit the zone
defense Kansas used to neutralize
her ability to penetrate.
Riley scored 15 points, but her
most important contributions were
intangible. The mere threat she pre-
sented forced Kansas to overcom-
pensate and leave other Cowgirls
wide open.
Granted several easy opportuni-
ties, senior forward Rashidat Sadiq
buried three three-pointers and tal-
lied 13 points in the opening half
alone. Junior guard Danielle Green
capitalized on her opportunities by
scoring 19 points and making five
trips to the free-throw line.
Riley affected the game on the
defensive end as well. With just more
than seven minutes remaining in
the game, she intercepted a pass and
darted down the court with the ball
for an uncontested layup. The bas-
ket gave the Cowgirls a 55-52 lead
and seemingly put them in control,
but the Jayhawks prevailed because
of Mosleys clutch shooting and
junior forward Taylor McIntoshs
tough rebounding. Kansas received
little respite from Rileys energetic
onslaught, as she played the entire
game.
I knew she was quick, so I
couldnt step away from her, Mosley
said. I just wanted to contain her.
Another factor working against
the underdog Jayhawks was the
decidedly pro-Cowgirl crowd at the
Cox Convention Center. Riley only
made matters worse for Kansas,
repeatedly pumping up the crowd
and high-fiving the Oklahoma State
cheerleaders.
Mosley tried her best to coun-
ter Rileys efforts, adding another
impressive game to her senior sea-
son. Mosley scored 18 points and
grabbed seven rebounds. However,
Riley matched Mosley steal-for-steal
and basket-for-basket throughout
the close game.
The opening-round matchup may
not have looked like anything more
than a contest to determine who
would receive the privilege of fac-
ing Baylor in the second round, but
it meant more than that. Tuesday
nights action showed that a torch
is being passed. Whenever Kansas
run through the Big 12 Tournament
ends, Mosley will have to reluctantly
hand the title of most exciting player
in the conference to Riley.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco
can be contacted at afusco@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
Kansas 36 35 71
Oklahoma State 41 21 62
Kansas Kohn 3-5 8-10 14; Mor-
ris 2-4 0-0 4; McCray 6-11 0-0 16;
Mosley 8-20 1-1 18; McIntosh 6-
11 7-8 19; Smith 0-1 0-0 0; Zinic
0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-53 16-19 71.
Oklahoma State Silva 0-0 0-0
0; Green 5-8 8-10 19; Smith 0-2
0-0 0; Hood 3-8 3-5 9; Hardeman
0-7 2-2 2; Sadiq 4-15 2-2 13; Riley
6-17 1-2 15; Cordero 1-2 0-0 2;
Chism 1-3 0-2 2. Totals 20-62 16-
23 62.
Records Kansas 11-19, Okla-
homa State 20-10.
Green finished the with 19 points
and Mosley with 18.
Danielle is a talented kid, shes
great on and off the court, Mosley
said, I knew it was going to be a
tough matchup with her because I
used to guard her in practice.
Kansas focus was to limit penetra-
tion from guards Andrea Riley and
Green. But Oklahoma State found
other ways to score. By doubling
Riley, Cowgirl forward Rashidat
Sadiq was often left open on the
perimeter. Sadiq made the Jayhawks
pay and scored 11 points in the
opening half, including three wide-
open three-pointers.
Freshman forward Danielle
McCray kept the Jayhawks in the
game by exploiting the Cowgirls 2-3
zone defense and shot a perfect 3-
for-3 from three-point range.
McCray had 13 points in the first
half, but disappeared for most of the
second. That was until the Jayhawks
needed her the most.
With 2:55 remaining she hit a
three-pointer from the left corner to
give Kansas its biggest lead at 61-55.
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer
can be contacted at ckeefer@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Ryan Schneider
Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
Senior guard Shaquina Mosley puts up one of the 20 shots she attempted in Tuesday nights game. Mosley fnished with 18 points.
victory (continued from 1B)
Kansas 71, oklahoma State 62
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Pitcher prepares to fll closer role
associated press
JUPITER, Fla. St. Louis
Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen
struggled to throw strikes Tuesday
in his first live batting practice of the
spring as he continues to come back
from hip surgery
that sidelined
him during the
2006 postseason.
Isringhausen
threw on a
back field at
Roger Dean
Stadium while
the Cardinals
traveled to play
the Orioles. He
looked sharp and
threw strikes while warming up.
But facing non-roster outfielders
Rick Ankiel and Ryan Ludwig, only
a few of Isringhausens 25 pitches
were strikes. The two hitters put
four balls in play. On the bright side,
Isringhausen was throwing hard
both hitters broke bats hitting his
fastballs.
His location obviously wasnt
there, but its the first time in a while
hes thrown, catcher Gary Bennett
said.
Isringhausen had surgery in
September on his hip, which had
bothered him for some time. He
struggled through the pain most of
the season, going 4-8 with a 3.55
ERA and 33 saves, but a career-high
10 blown saves.
Pitching coach Dave Duncan was
pleased with
Isri nghausens
effort.
He threw
the ball good,
Duncan said. He
wasnt real happy
with his com-
mand. Im look-
ing at his stuff
and his delivery
and I thought he
kept his delivery
together good and his location will
come as time goes on.
The Cardinals need Isringhausen
to return to the closer role so Adam
Wainwright can join the rotation.
Wainwright didnt give up an earned
run in the postseason, and his
strikeouts ended both the NLCS and
World Series.
In six innings in two spring starts,
Wainwright has yet to give up a hit.
Isringhausen has a franchise-
record 173 saves in five seasons in
St. Louis and 249 for his career.
associated press
Lou Piniella wont stand for
sloppiness even in spring train-
ing.
It took only four exhibition
games (all losses) for the Chicago
Cubs new manager to call a team
meeting Monday morning and
demand improvement from his
players.
We got into it a bit, Piniella
said.
Then, oft-injured pitcher Mark
Prior got hit hard in his 2007
debut. But Kerry Wood and Ted
Lilly pitched well in a 6-5 victory
against the Seattle Mariners.
Weve got some work to do.
This is not some push-button
operation, Piniella said, chuckling.
Im starting to figure that out.
(The meeting) was positive
but we want some things done
here. We want to see things done
the right way, so we can get ready,
said Piniella, who replaced Dusty
Baker on the bench.
Prior, who missed most of 2006
during a third consecutive season
of injuries, started for the first time
since August. He allowed three
earned runs and got just four outs
in Peoria, Ariz.
I just wasnt finishing my pitch-
es, Prior said. The most impor-
tant thing for me is this is the first
time in almost 2 1/2 years I wasnt
more worried about my arm than
facing batters.
Throwing 95 mph fastballs and
sharp sliders, Wood retired the
Mariners in order in the fifth.
After I saw him throw the first
five or six pitches I said, I had a
good day already, Piniella said,
smiling.
Lilly, Chicagos $40 million
free-agent acquisition, pitched two
scoreless innings.
Kind of hit-and-miss, he said.
I got away with a couple of pitch-
es.
At Fort Myers, Fla., Boston left-
hander Jon Lester retired the three
batters he faced on eight pitches
in the first inning of a B game
against the Minnesota Twins. He
threw six fastballs for strikes in the
88-90 mph range. He also threw
two curve balls in the dirt for
balls.
Lester missed the final month
last season with anaplastic large
cell lymphoma, a type of cancer
in the bodys lymph system, but is
now cancer-free.
I was trying to throw as hard
as I could, Lester said. I was
trying to make it as game-like as
possible and get that adrenaline
going again.
James A. Finley/ASSOCIATED PRESS
St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Jason Isringhausen pitches to batters for the frst time during
baseball spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., on Tuesday. Isringhausen is recovering
from of-season surgery.
Cardinals welcome back Isringhausen
His location obviously wasnt
there, but its the frst time in a
while hes thrown.
gary bennett
Catcher
suBstance aBuse
Couple pleads not guilty to illegal steroid sales
Mike Groll/ ASSOCIATED PRESS
Steven Lampert, left, and his wife, Karen, leave Albany County Court in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday.
The two pleaded not guilty to charges of submitting forged prescriptions to a pharmacy for people
without a medical need in a nationwide investigation involving the illegal distribution of steroids.
By MicHaeL HiLL
associated press
ALBANY, N.Y. Two more peo-
ple linked to a nationwide investiga-
tion into the illegal sale of steroids
were arraigned Tuesday on drug-
related charges as published reports
implicated more athletes, includ-
ing former star relief pitcher John
Rocker.
Steven and Karen Lampert of
Anti-Aging Centers in Nanuet plead-
ed not guilty in an Albany County,
N.Y., courtroom and were released
without bail.
They are charged with submitting
prescriptions to a Florida pharmacy
some obviously forged, accord-
ing to the district attorney for
drugs totaling more than $50,000 for
people without a medical need.
Steven Lampert is charged with
20 counts, his wife with two.
It seems as though our clients
have much less involvement than the
others, said Jay Golland, a lawyer for
Karen Lampert.
Prosecutors describe the Lamperts
as criminal associates of Signature
Pharmacy in Orlando, Fla. Albany
County District Attorney David
Soares said Signature was at the cen-
ter of a web of businesses and doc-
tors that illegally wrote prescriptions
for steroids.
The arraignments come a day
after not guilty pleas were entered
in Albany by 11 other defendants,
including four Signature Pharmacy
officials.
Also Tuesday, SI.com reported
Rocker, 1996 Olympic wrestling
gold-medalist Kurt Angle and for-
mer major leaguer David Bell all
showed up on a client list of Applied
Pharmacy, a Mobile, Ala., company
raided in connection with the inves-
tigation.
Through his spokeswoman,
Rocker, who pitched for the Atlanta
Braves, Cleveland Indians, Texas
Rangers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays,
denied any knowledge of the pre-
scription and denied ever receiving a
banned substance, SI.com reported.
Bell told SI.com he received
the shipment of human chorion-
ic gonadotropin (HCG) last April
but said the drug was prescribed
for a medical condition, which he
declined to disclose.
mLB
Manager already
angry with Cubs
Ncaa BasKetBaLL
Injured Duquesne player
set to return to court
PIttSbUrgH If the slump-
ing Duquesne Dukes need a
motivational lift going into the
atlantic 10 tournament, perhaps
Sam ashaolu will provide it.
ashaolus basketball future, and
his life, were very much in doubt
only a few months ago, but he is
expected to rejoin the Dukes on
the court in a few weeks.
ashaolu, who nearly died Sept.
17 after being one of fve Dukes
players shot following an on-
campus party, has been cleared to
resume on-court activity despite
still having the fragments of two
bullets in his head.
Once the Dukes informal of-
season workouts begin, ashaolu
is planning to scrimmage. He also
expects to resume taking classes
this summer, another milestone
that wasnt expected nearly so
soon, if it all. He needs an nCaa
medical waiver to work out with
the Dukes until he is re-enrolled,
but that is not expected to be a
problem.
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By DAVE SKRETTA
ASSociATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Speculation that quarterback
Trent Green might not be back in
Kansas City next season increased
Tuesday, when the Chiefs and
Greens agent said the former Pro
Bowler would begin exploring
trade options.
Agent Jim Steiner said the team
is seeking to restructure Greens
contract, which will pay him $7.2
million next season. The Chiefs
are also entertaining offers for
Green, who missed eight games
last season with a severe concus-
sion.
Were going to look and see
what his options are, Steiner
said. Were going to do that.
Steiner said several teams have
shown interest in Green, who
will be 37 by the start of train-
ing camp. But Steiner declined to
name the teams.
Well take care of that in the
next few days, Steiner said.
A statement issued by the
Chiefs on Tuesday said conver-
sations with Green continue to
be amicable and productive.
General manager Carl Peterson
met with Green on Monday, but
the sides declined to discuss what
changes to his contract the Chiefs
sought.
Green, who is signed through
2009, is scheduled to make $7.7
million and $9.2 million in the
final two years of his contract.
Before any decisions are final-
ized, the Chiefs have agreed to
Trents request to allow him to
explore other potential opportu-
nities, the statement said. We
will continue to work in unison
toward a resolution that will be
acceptable to all parties.
Green, who played in two Pro
Bowls and made 80 straight starts
before getting knocked uncon-
scious in the 2006 season-open-
er, became one of most popular
Chiefs among fans while direct-
ing a high-flying offense under
former coach Dick Vermeil.
When Herm Edwards took
over last season, he never wavered
in his support of Green, even
as journeyman backup Damon
Huard led Kansas City into play-
off contention.
Once Green was cleared to play,
Edwards benched Huard and the
Chiefs struggled down the stretch.
Green never looked comfortable
in the pocket, throwing seven
touchdowns and nine intercep-
tions, and Kansas City went 2-3
over its final five games.
His 74.1 passer rating was his
lowest since 2001, his first year
with the Chiefs.
A series of improbable upsets
on the final day of the regu-
lar season allowed Kansas City
to slip into the playoffs, where
Green threw for 107 yards and
was picked off twice in a 23-8
first-round loss at Indianapolis.
Huard, who would have been
an unrestricted free agent this
offseason, signed a three-year
deal with Kansas City last month
that will pay him $7.5 million, a
strong indication the team has
chosen Huard to compete with
third-round draft pick Brodie
Croyle for the starting spot.
Huard went 5-3 as a starter,
throwing for 1,878 yards with 11
touchdowns and one intercep-
tion. He appeared more com-
fortable than Green in Edwards
ground-based offense, earning
high praise from veteran team-
mates.
ASSociATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The
Kansas City Chiefs signed line-
backer Napoleon Harris to a six-
year contract Tuesday. Terms were
not disclosed.
An unrestricted free agent,
Harris started 14 games for
Minnesota last season. He finished
third on the team with 96 tackles,
had three interceptions and 2.5
sacks.
Harris was acquired by the
Vikings in the trade that sent
Randy Moss to Oakland in 2005. In
two seasons in Minnesota, Harris
played in 29 games and recorded
116 tackles.
The Chiefs considered him as
a first-round draft choice in 2002,
general manager Carl Peterson said
in a written statement.
Instead, the Raiders chose
Harris with the 23rd overall pick.
He started 55 games for Oakland,
including three playoff games and
at middle linebacker in Super Bowl
XXXVII against Tampa Bay.
The Chiefs expect Harris to
replace unrestricted free agent
Kawika Mitchell at middle line-
backer.
Keith Srakocic/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Minnesota Vikings linebacker Napoleon Harris signed a six-year contract Tuesday with the Kansas City Chiefs. Harris went fromOakland to
Minnesota in the Randy Moss trade.
Chiefs sign linebacker Harris
NFL
Former Viking expected to replace free agent Mitchell
Green to explore trade options
Quarterback could leave K.C. after team re-signs Huard
PGA tour
Golfers loosely defne choke
By DoUG FERGUSoN
ASSociATED PRESS
PALM HARBOR, Fla. One
player missed a 4-foot putt to win
and it was a shocker. Another
player missed a 3-foot putt to win
and it was considered a choke. The
perception of the two misses is as
different as the names Tiger Woods
and Boo Weekley.
Theres no telling how long
the word choke has been part
of the golf vernacular, or when it
first came into vogue. Perhaps the
most famous use came at the 1989
Masters, and then only because
Scott Hochs last name rhymes with
spoke, or something like that.
A year later, Johnny Miller was
in the broadcast tower for NBC
Sports, watching Peter Jacobsen
stand over a 225-yard approach
from a downhill lie over water to
the 18th green at the Bob Hope
Classic.
This is absolutely the easiest
shot to choke Ive ever seen in my
life, Miller said that day.
Jacobsen pulled off the shot and
won the tournament, and Miller
was vilified for daring to mention
what everyone thinks.
Youd think Id exposed warts
on Miss America, he wrote in his
book.
It happens.
And maybe Miller himself has
become sensitive about the C
word, because he didnt utter it
Sunday at the Honda Classic when
Weekley three-putted from 30 feet
on the 18th hole, missing a 3-footer
that would have brought him his
first PGA Tour title.
Nor did he use it a week ear-
lier at the Accenture Match Play
Championship when Woods missed
a 4-foot birdie putt on the first extra
hole that would have won his third-
round match against Nick OHern.
And that leads to a question that
is hard to answer.
When does a miss become a
choke?
Paul Goydos was asked Tuesday
to define choke and his response
showed how touchy this subject is
around golfers.
Food lodged in the throat, he
said.
Miller defines it as stress mani-
festing itself mentally and physi-
cally. If thats the case, it happens
every week.
If youre out there and you dont
feel pressure, youre not into what
youre doing, Curtis Strange said.
The two-time U.S. Open cham-
pion has felt both sides of emotion.
He saved par from a bunker on the
final hole of the 1988 U.S. Open
to force a playoff with Nick Faldo,
beating him the next day. Seven
years later, Strange missed a 6-foot
par putt on the last hole to lose a
crucial match to Faldo in the Ryder
Cup.
Anybody who has played this
game has done both, Strange said.
It can beat you up if you let it. NCAA BASKEtBALL
George Mason misses tournament
By HANK KURZ JR.
ASSociATED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va. George
Mason was right on schedule after
three victories in three nights and
hoping to make another run for
glory in the NCAA tournament.
For 38 minutes, the Patriots
seemed on their way in the Colonial
Athletic Association tournament
championship Monday night,
too, playing their stout defense
and running an efficient offense.
Then Eric Maynor and Virginia
Commonwealth took the title away
from them.
Maynor made two big steals in a
row and scored nine straight points
in the final 2 minutes as the top-
seeded Rams erased a five-point
deficit and earned a spot in the
NCAA tournament with a 65-59
victory against last years favorite
underdogs.
So its the Rams (27-6) who will
carry the banner for the CAA this
year, careful not to measure them-
selves against what the Patriots
did when they went from at-large
entry to the Final Four, beating
traditional powers Michigan State,
North Carolina and Connecticut
before losing to eventual national
champion Florida in the semifi-
nals.
What Mason did last year was
special, said first-year Rams coach
Anthony Grant, a member of Billy
Donovans staff at Florida last sea-
son. I dont think anybody on our
team right now is trying to dupli-
cate or be what George Mason
was.
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Freshman infelder Robby Price gets tagged out at third during the game against Tabor Tuesday. Price hit 3-for-3 in the Jayhawks 18-2 victory.
Price blasted a solo shot to right
field to tie the game. Fellow junior
outfielder Brock Simpson singled
through the right side of the infield
just in time for senior designated
hitter Ross Kelling to collect the
second home run of the inning, and
a 3-1 lead.
Another three-spot in the bottom
of the third gave Kansas a comfort-
able 6-1 lead, and showed that the
team putting hits together at the
right time.
I think thats just a result of
us getting the chance to be outside
for three straight days, coach Ritch
Price said. I like this team poten-
tially offensively. I think we can be as
good as we were a year ago once we
get everybody playing.
However, in the following pair
of innings, Kansas failed to score
and left five base runners on in the
fourth and fifth innings alone.
Each team broke its short scoring
drought in the sixth.
Tabor knocked in another run off
the bat of infielder J.D. Poplin.
On the other hand, Kansas
exploded.
Although Kansas maintained a
four-run lead into the bottom of the
sixth, the Jayhawks booked insur-
ance with an 11-run inning.
Sixteen Jayhawks stepped to the
plate in the bottom of the sixth,
kicked off by a lead-off walk to
freshman third baseman Robby
Price, who would also reach base
later in the inning after being hit. He
scored each time.
I didnt even realize I scored
twice, Robby Price said. That was
a pretty interesting inning. We just
put a few hits together and scored a
few runs.
Junior left fielder John Allman
also scored twice in the longest half
inning of the season, highlighted by
seven of the 20 hits Kansas racked up
on Tuesday.
When the dust cleared, the
Jayhawks had a commanding 17-2
lead and would score once more
before the game was finished.
Six Jayhawks had multi-hit games
en route to collecting 20 on the day.
Kansas also walked six times and
was hit by a pitch six times to round
off the blowout.
Maricel (2-1) picked up the vic-
tory, after tossing just 4 2/3 innings
in the start. He was followed by four
relievers, who surrendered one run
combined.
I thought we played better defen-
sively and I thought some guys did
some great things on the mound,
coach Price said. It was a good
team win.
Kansas will play host to Baker
University (5-3) today at 5 p.m.
Kansan sportswriter Alissa Bauer
can be contacted at abauer@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
By shAwn shroyer
For the past couple seasons,
Kansas fans have enjoyed seeing two
Price brothers in the same lineup.
Tuesday evening, the new Price
combination put together its first
impressive joint outing in front of
the Jayhawk faithful.
The new duo consists of junior
second baseman Ryne Price and
freshman third baseman Robby Price
and, in an 18-2 drubbing of Tabor,
they set the tone for the Kansas
offense.
It builds confidence, especially
going to Arkansas, said Robby, of
his 3-for-3 day at the plate. Its good
to get a few knocks and get a little
confidence before the weekend.
Robby recorded Kansas first hit
of the game in the bottom of the
first inning with a single. He wasnt
on first for long, though, as he stole
second base, his second in the last
two games.
His aggressiveness got him into
trouble later in the inning when he
was thrown out attempting to steal
third base for the final out in the
inning.
Robby, who came into the game
batting .245, singled in his next two
at-bats, boosting his batting aver-
age to .288. In addition to his three
singles, he walked and was hit by a
pitch, improving his on-base per-
centage from .327 to .415.
Although Robby went through a
stretch earlier in the season where he
went 3-for-18, his father, coach Ritch
Price, knew it would only be a mat-
ter of time before Robbys numbers
picked up.
Robbys been one of the best
players every place hes played his
whole life, Ritch said. He got off to
a little bit of a slow start, but I have
no doubt when the seasons over,
hell be over .300. He may lead our
team in hitting.
As Robby gained confidence with
each at bat, brother Ryne continued
to rake the ball everywhere on the
field.
Rynes first turn to bat came in
the second inning and before Tabor
pitcher Philip Unruh knew what hit
him, the game was tied, 1-1, as Rynes
third home run of the season sailed
over the right center-field fence.
Three innings later, Ryne added
another extra base hit to his total
with a double to right field. For the
game, Ryne was 2-for-3 with an RBI,
two runs and a walk. Although Ryne
has put together a strong first month
of the season with a .294 batting
average and a .588 slugging percent-
age, this season has been a relief for
him. After missing 40 games last
season, Ryne has started all 15 of
Kansas games this season.
Its a lot better than sitting on the
bench, Ryne said. Being able to con-
tribute and help our team win, thats
what I came here to do and it sucked
last year not being able to do it.
Of course, if anyone is happier
to have Rynes stick in the lineup, it
would have to be his coach.
Rynos one of those guys whos
really physical with the bat, Ritch
said. In one swing, he can impact
the game.
Game notes
In addition to Ryne and Robby, a
couple other Free State High School
products got into Tuesdays game.
Junior Matt Lane and freshman Max
Ellenbecker entered the game from
the bullpen. Lane threw 1 1/3 per-
fect innings, striking out one, while
Ellenbecker gave up one hit and
struck out one in one inning. Junior
infielder Matt Berner came off the
bench and went 1-for-2 at the plate
with an RBI.
The 20 hits Kansas collected in
Tuesdays game were the most since
May 20, 2005, against Oklahoma
State. The Jayhawks defeated the
Cowboys, 17-3.
Kansan senior sportswriter shawn
shroyer can be contacted at
sshroyer@kansan.com.
Edited by James Pinick
Price brothers
power victory
bASebAll (continued from 1B)
mens golf
Woodland wins third
tournament of year
Jayhawk senior golfer Gary
Woodland won his third golf
tournament of the season Tues-
day at the Louisiana Classics Golf
Tournament held at Oakbourne
Country Club in Fayetteville, La.
Woodland shot a three-round
total of 205, including a fnal
round score of 70. Woodland also
won the Kansas Invitational and
All-American Golf Classic earlier
this season.
Outside of Woodlands per-
formance, the rest of the team
struggled, fnishing 10th in the
15-team feld. Coach Ross Randall
said in a release that he was dis-
appointed the team didnt play
well after winning the All-Ameri-
can last week.
Kansas will next travel to Santa
Cruz, Calif., to compete in the
Western Intercollegiate.
Drew Davison
MLB
Red Sox prospect shows early promise
AssociAted Press
JUPITER, FLA. Daisuke
Matsuzaka had an easy time in his
first spring training outing against
major leaguers.
Dice-K allowed two hits in three
scoreless innings and struck out
three Tuesday for the Boston Red
Sox in a 14-6 rout of the Florida
Marlins at Jupiter, Fla.
My readiness for the season is
difficult to judge from the outside,
Matsuzaka said through a transla-
tor. Im probably 40 to 50 percent
there.
Before a sellout crowd of 8,044,
including some who began lining
up for tickets at 5 a.m., Matsuzaka
threw a fastball that topped out at
a brisk 151 thats kilometers per
hour, as measured by Japanese TV. It
translates to 94 mph.
Hes definitely got the ability to
be a dominant pitcher, Floridas Dan
Uggla said. Hes got the stuff, hes
got the command. He has done it
in Japan, and theres no reason he
couldnt do it here.
Florida learned right-hander Josh
Johnson has an irritated ulnar nerve
that will likely force him to miss at
least the first two months of the sea-
son. Johnson said his arm first hurt
while he was lobbing a ball Jan. 19.
If it was real bad, Id probably be
out for four months, he said. Its
good to know exactly what it is.
At Bradenton, Fla., NL batting
champion Freddy Sanchez sprained
a ligament in his right knee and
left the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-10,
10-inning loss to the Philadelphia
Phillies.
Sanchez was injured when the
Phillies Rod Barajas slid into his
knee as he was turning a double play
at second base in the fourth inning.
A test showed a mild sprain of the
medial collateral ligament.
As of right now, it just feels like
a bruise or something like that,
Sanchez said. Its nothing big.
Sanchez, who hit .344 last season,
is day-to-day. He didnt complain
about the slide. Barajas thought
Sanchez did not do enough to get
out of his way.
Im taught to go hard to second
to break up two, and thats what I
did, Barajas said. I didnt come up
high, and my spikes werent up. I
slid the way Ive always been taught.
Unfortunately, he didnt get out of
the way.
At Phoenix, Oaklands Mike
Piazza was hit just above his left
elbow by a pitch from Kansas Citys
Brian Bannister, and the designated
hitter came out of the Athletics 3-2
loss in 10 innings.
Piazza has a bruised left triceps.
Impressions from the seams of the
baseball were visible on his elbow in
the clubhouse after the game. Piazza
doubled earlier to raise his spring
training average to .444, third-best
among As regulars.
He got it pretty good, said
Piazza, who initially put a thick bag
of ice on his elbow. Im just going to
ice it again, see how it feels and go
from there. If everythings all right,
Im sure it will calm down in a day
or two.
In Tucson, Ariz., pitcher Javier
Vazquez and the Chicago White Sox
agreed to a $34.5 million, three-year
contract extension through 2010.
Vazquez will get $12.5 million this
season, the final year of his current
contract, and $11.5 million in each
of the following three seasons.
Vazquez gave up four runs and
six hits in three innings of a 6-3 loss
to the Colorado Rockies, who got
a long, two-run homer from Brad
Hawpe.
Kansas 18, tabor 2
Tabor 100 001 000 2 7 2
Kansas 033 00(11) 10x 18 20 0
Unruh, Villalovos (5), Yoder (6),
Blackwell (7) and Huston; Marciel,
Lane (5), Hayakawa (7), Garcia (8),
Ellenbecker (9). W Marciel, 2-1.
L Unruh. 2B Tabor: Bailey,
Poplin, Dick; KU Land, Ellrich,
Morrison, Ry. Price, Southers, Ser-
vais. HR Ry. Price, Kelling.
Records Kansas 10-5, Tabor 7-
7.
sports 10B wednesday, march 7, 2007
AssociAted Press
Joey Porter wasnt unemployed
for long.
The trash-talking linebacker, cut
last week by Pittsburgh to save sal-
ary-cap room, agreed to a five-year,
$32 million contract with Miami,
giving the Dolphins a potentially
devastating pass rushing tandem
with Jason Taylor, the defensive
player of the year.
Porter is guaranteed $20 million
in the deal, which was agreed to late
Monday, according to a person with
knowledge of the discussion who
requested anonymity because Porter
has not yet passed his physical and
the contract may not be signed until
Wednesday or Thursday.
Porters 60 sacks rank fourth in
Steelers history. His addition is part
of whats becoming a major roster
overhaul by the Dolphins, who were
6-10 last season, and new coach
Cam Cameron. Already, Miami has
either released or traded seven play-
ers who started at least one game on
offense in 2006 along with defen-
sive linemen Kevin Carter and Dan
Wilkinson.
And Trent Green was seeking a
trade that could lead to the end of his
career in Kansas City.
Were going to look and see
what his options are, his agent, Jim
Steiner, said Tuesday. Were going
to do that.
A statement issued by the Chiefs
said conversations with Green con-
tinue to be amicable and produc-
tive. General manager Carl Peterson
met with the 37-year-old Green on
Monday.
Green, who is signed through
2009, is scheduled to make $7.7
million and $9.2 million in the
final two years of his contract.
Damon Huard, who filled in when
Green was hurt last season, recent-
ly signed a three-year deal with
the Chiefs last month rather than
become a free agent.
Kansas City also has Brodie
Croyle, last years third-round draft
pick, to compete with Huard for
the job.
In other moves Tuesday:
Tampa Bay signed offensive
tackle Luke Petitgout, released by the
New York Giants after starting 106
games for them since being chosen
in the first round in 1999.
Kansas City signed linebacker
Napoleon Harris, who played two
years in Minnesota after being trad-
ed there by Oakland in the deal for
Randy Moss.
The Chicago Bears and New
York Jets finalized their trade for
running back Thomas Jones. He joins
the Jets and gives Cedric Benson a
clear shot at Chicagos starting job.
San Francisco signed for-
mer New England linebacker Tully
Banta-Cain, the fifth free agent it
has signed since the signing period
began last Friday.
NHL
Governor tries to bar move
AssociAted Press
PITTSBURGH Gov. Ed
Rendell said he would turn to the
National Hockey League to prevent
the Pittsburgh Penguins from mov-
ing, one day after the team said it
had reached an impasse in nego-
tiations with state, county and local
officials to finance a new arena.
The governor believes we have
put an exceptionally attractive offer
on the table, according to a state-
ment released by Rendells office.
Later in the day, Rendell told
reporters, If they dont take it, were
going to be up in New York asking
the NHL to bar the Penguins from
moving.
On Monday, the Penguins said
they will actively pursue relocation
and blamed government officials for
failing to cut a new arena deal.
Owners Mario Lemieux and Ron
Burkle said the team has agreed
to pay $120 million throughout 30
years toward a new $290 million
arena and to cover any cost over-
runs.
The Penguins lease at 46-year-old
Mellon Arena, the smallest and old-
est arena in the league, expires June
30. The Penguins have repeatedly
said they may move the team, or sell
it to someone who would move it, if
no deal for a new arena is in place
by then.
Officials in Kansas City have
offered the Penguins free rent and
half of all revenues if they agree to
play in the soon-to-be-completed
$262 million Sprint Center.
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl
said he believes it is in the teams best
interest to stay in Pittsburgh and said
a deal can be reached despite the
teams frustration with negotiations
so far.
Penguins relocation could be stopped by leagues actions
NFL
Dolphins welcome linebacker
Mary Altafer/ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Pittsburgh Penguins might be moving
to another city after they reached an impasse
in negotiations with the state of Pittsburgh.
The governor said he would ask the NHL to stop
the move.
WorLd cross couNtry cHampioNsHips
U.S. warns of possible terror threat
By MALKHAdir M.
MUHUMed
AssociAted Press
NAIROBI, Kenya The U.S.
Embassy said Tuesday it has been
alerted to a possible terrorist
attack against this months world
cross country championships in
Kenya.
The embassy released a state-
ment saying the threat was coming
from alleged extremist elements
and that the races may be the
target of an unspecified terror-
ist attack. Last month, the U.S.
Embassy issued another strong
warning to Americans consider-
ing a visit to Kenya, saying vio-
lent crime was increasing and that
Kenyan authorities have limited
capacity to prevent it.
The U.S. Embassy is also aware
of public statements by leaders of
Kenyas Coastal Muslim commu-
nity threatening to disrupt, through
unspecified means, the World Cross
Country Championship if the gov-
ernment of Kenya does not satisfy
various demands, the latest state-
ment said.
The IAAF World Cross Country
Championships are scheduled for
March 24 in the coastal city of
Mombasa. Athletes from 66 coun-
tries are expected to compete in
the races, which are being held in
Kenya for the first time.
The International Association
of Athletics Federations said in a
statement that Kenyan authorities
assured the group Tuesday that a
specific security plan, involving all
branches of the countrys military
and police authorities, is already
in place to protect all athletes and
participants during their stay in
Kenya.
Embassy spokeswoman Jennifer
Barnes declined further comment
on the warning.
Muslim leaders in Mombasa in
recent weeks have threatened to
disrupt the international cham-
pionships unless the government
releases Kenyans held on suspicion
of engaging in terrorism and those
detained in Somalia and Ethiopia.
The protests were led by Sheik
Mohamed Dor, secretary-gener-
al of the Council of Imams and
Preachers of Kenya.
Dor said his group will disrupt
the races unless the detainees are
released, but that there will be no
violence.
We are going to have a very,
very big demonstration to disrupt
the cross country, he told The
Associated Press Tuesday. Every
international media would be in
Mombasa, so we want to show the
world that Kenyan Muslims are
marginalized.