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Mayor Sue
Hack lays out
her priorities
for the 2007
term.
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Student
fees play
crucial role
on ballot
sTUdenT senaTe
By AshlEE KiElEr
Student Senate elections begin
today and students have the opportu-
nity to voice their opinions on fees.
Three referendums would appear on
the ballot. Two referendums ask for stu-
dent support for SafeBus and homecom-
ing. The other referendum asks for the
reallocation of fees to support a renew-
able energy and sustainability fund.
This semester Senate increased stu-
dent fees $54.75 per semester, which
included the costs of purchasing newer
buses after a University-wide election
failed. The Safebus referendum and
the homecoming referendum ask stu-
dents to support an additional $6 in
fees, totaling an increase of $60.75.
One referendum on the ballot
asks for a $4 increase to the SafeRide
fee to support a SafeBus program.
SafeBus would provided bus routes
to and from downtown Lawrence
during weekend evenings.
SafeBus will make the ability
to go out and get home easier for
students, said Tom Cox, Shawnee
junior and the bills author.
The Lawrence Bus Company
determined the bus routes for the
program. Buses would travel on
Kentucky and Tennessee streets, by
Campus Court at Naismith, 1301 W.
24th St.; Meadowbrook, 2601 Dover
Square; Daisy Hill; GSP-Corbin Hall;
and many sororities and fraternities.
The buses would also loop around
Massachusetts Street.
Cox said that if the referendum
passed, the next step was to put the
bus contracts out for bid to find a
service provider.
We could see this implemented
by the fall semester, Cox said.
A second referendum creates a
$2 homecoming fee to sponsor new
events during Homecoming Week.
Homecoming is a week to pro-
mote school spirit, said Rachel Barnes,
Hutchinson junior and sponsorship
chair for the homecoming committee.
Its not just about the football game.
Barnes couldnt specify what new
events would be created, but she said
some money would go to sponsor
Stuff the Bus, a food drive event.
Adding more events gives us
the chance to get more students
involved, Barnes said.
The final referendum does not
increase student fees, rather it gives
students the opportunity to decide
what their fees go to.
The referendum asks students if
they think the University should make
efforts to ensure that it be reliant on
renewable energy for 20 percent of its
power supply by the year 2020.
The referendum also asks stu-
dents to support the reallocation of
$1.50 from student fees to create a
renewable energy and sustainability
fund. The fund would make it pos-
sible to meet the 20 percent goal.
This isnt only the opportunity to
distancing the University from fossil
fuels but also to secure the next gen-
erations energy resources, said Studie
Red Corn, Shawnee junior and First
Nations Student Association senator.
Each referendum appears on the
ballot beginning today. Voting can be
done online or at polling booths at
Wescoe Beach and Mrs. Es. Online
voting starts today at 6 a.m. and goes to
10 p.m., and continues Thursday from
6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Voting at the polling
sites run from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. today
and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Kansan staf writer Ashlee Kieler
can be contacted at akieler@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
By AshlEE KiElEr
Delta Force, Students Rights and
United Students will vie for top
spots in the Student Senate elec-
tions, but how realistic are their
campaign goals?
Each coalition created plat-
forms that it thinks can change the
University of Kansas. The presidential
and vice presidential nominees were
asked to present what they felt was
their most important platform issue.
BlUe liGHTs
Delta Force focused its platforms
on safety. The most important plat-
form issue involves the expansion of
the Blue Light System on campus.
We will expand the Blue Light
system to several off-campus loca-
tions including the neighborhoods
between Ninth and 13th Street and
Iowa and Massachusetts, said John
Cross, Kansas City, Mo., junior and
presidential candidate.
Cross cited Lawrence police sta-
tistics as having 15 rapes and sexual
assaults, 359 combined assaults, 18
robberies, three kidnappings, and
one murder in these neighborhoods
during 2006.
Cross said the platform was real-
istic because the money used for
the Blue Light System was allocated
from Senate.
It is our responsibility to
improve student life at KU, and
now one of the greatest detriments
to student life is crime, Cross said.
TeXTBOOK renTal
The creation of a textbook rental
program is Students Rights goal
when reaching office.
Students Rights most impor-
tant platform affects all students
at the University, said Johnathan
Wilson, Paola sophomore and pres-
idential candidate.
Their plan, modeled after
Northwest Missouri State
Universitys rental program, allows
students to pay a flat fee each semes-
ter for their books. The textbooks
are returned to the University at the
end of each semester.
Tim Norris, KU Memorial
Union bookstore director, said the
idea of a textbook rental program
would be interesting to investigate.
He said a lot of issues would need
to be discussed, like start-up costs
and academic freedom issues for
teachers.
It would obviously work better
in lower-level courses, but high-
er-level courses, the teachers like
to specify the books used, Norris
said.
Wilson said the benefits of the
program were endless most
importantly, bringing money back
to students.
Top campaign issues face critics
sTUdenT senaTe
pOeTry slam
Students
recite
original
material
Michiko takei/KanSan
Shawn Bowers, Overland Park junior,
reads his original poetry at a Poetry
Slam held by Student Union activities
tuesday evening at the Hawks nest in
the Kansas Union. Bowers won frst prize
out of fve contestants.
Student Union Activities ofers spotlight for personal prose
By BEthAny Bunch
Five KU students read their
poetry to a small crowd and for
a chance to win a $50 gift cer-
tificate to Massachusetts Street on
Tuesday night at the Hawks Nest
in the Kansas Union. Although
the theme of the night was publi-
cized to be love, poets exhausted
a range of topics, which included
ninja school.
Shawn Bowers, Overland Park
junior, read two lengthy poems with
great expression and with a sense of
comfort and ease. One poem was
entitled Secret Ninja School.
Bowers read Secret Ninja
School before moving onto his
second poem, I Hate You Ronald
McDonald. His fictional ninja
poem was about an ad he saw in a
newspaper for a ninja school. Once
enrolling, he found he was being
tricked into learning subjects like
English and science because the
teachers were ninjas. The Ronald
McDonald poem was about a crazed
McDonalds customer set out to kill
Ronald McDonald because he was a
scary clown.
It wasnt Bowers first time read-
ing his poetry at an open forum.
I like the sound of my own
voice, Bowers said. I talk to myself
a lot and eventually it makes it on
the page.
The audience cast ballots of their
top three choices. Bowers came out
on top.
This is just a good forum to try
out new material, Bowers said.
sTUdenT senaTe
Delta Force files complaint
By AshlEE KiElEr
Politics dont just get dirty in
national and city elections; it hap-
pens on university campuses as
well.
An elections code violation com-
plaint filed against United Students
for defamation will be heard on
Monday.
The complaint, filed by Jack
Connor, Overland Park junior and
member of Delta Force, claimed
that United Students defamed John
Cross, Kansas City, Mo., junior and
Delta Force presidential candidate,
by providing false information to
student groups and organizations
while campaigning.
Connor said
that he attended
three student
or gani z at i on
meetings where
United Students
coalition mem-
bers stated that
Hannah Love,
Dodge City junior and presiden-
tial nominee for United Students,
and running mate Ray Wittlinger,
Olathe junior, had authored and
passed a combined 29 bills while
in the Student Senate Executive
Committee. The members also said
that Cross had authored one bill.
The infor-
mation also
appeared on the
United Students
Web site.
Cayla Witty,
Wa k e f i e l d
senior and elec-
tions commis-
sioner, said Love and Wittlinger
wrote and passed 18 bills combined.
She said Cross had authored and
passed four bills.
The elections commission hear-
ing board met Tuesday night to
discuss the issue. The commis-
sion postponed the hearing until
Monday to allow for more time to
investigate the allegations.
The election commission code
in question defines defamation as
false and defamatory words com-
municated with the specific intent
to injure a third person, actually
resulting in the harm to the reputa-
tion of the person defamed.
Witty said the commission
would make a decision Monday on
the case.
If they are found to be com-
An elections code violation
complaint fled against United
Students for defamation will be
heard next Monday.
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see POetry on page 9a
see viOlatiOnS on page 9a
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Ainehi Edoro and Jennifer
Farwell will present the Ujamaa
Brown Bag lecture Conversa-
tion with the African Womens
Student Organization at KU at
11:30 a.m. at Alcove G in the
Kansas Union.
Elif Andac will present the
public University Forum Diver-
sity and Political Stability: Un-
derstanding the History Behind
Nation Building in the Middle
East at noon at the Ecumenical
Christian Ministries building.
Alina Israeli, of American Uni-
versity, will present the lecture
Repetitions (Reduplications
and Tautologies) in Russian at
2:30 p.m. at 2131 Wescoe Hall.
Marc Galanter will present
the lecture Learning from
Lawyer Jokes at 3:30 p.m. at the
Conference Hall in Hall Center.
Robert Bindschadler, NASA,
will present the lecture Ice
Sheets on the Edge: A Golden
Age for Glaciology at 3:30 p.m.
at Spahr Auditorium in Eaton
Hall.
Max Mayfeld, former direc-
tor of the National Hurricane
Center, will present the seminar
The Politics of Disaster at 4
p.m. in the Dole Institute of
Politics.
The Student Chamber
Ensemble Jazz combos will
perform a concert at 7:30 p.m.
in the Lawrence Arts Center.
The play Keely & Du by Jane
Martin will be performed at 7:30
p.m. at William Inge Memorial
Theatre in Murphy Hall.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will
present a lecture at 7:30 p.m. in
the Lied Center.
The Graduate Honors recital
concert will be held at 7:30 p.m.
at Swarthout Recital Hall in
Murphy Hall.
Before this year, only four
KU mens basketball players left
school early for the pros. All four
players left after their junior
year: Wilt Chamberlain in 1958,
Norm Cook in 1976, Paul Pierce
in 1998 and Drew Gooden in
2002.
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By Rachel BuRchfield
AfterKoriGreengraduatedfrom
the University of Kansas in 2000
withadegreeinwomensstudies,she
went to work for both the Douglas
County and Sedgwick County dis-
trictattorneysofficesandhadplans
of eventually going to law school.
Rather than amass a large amount
ofdebtpursuingacareerthatsheno
longer had the same enthusiasm
for, Green enrolled again at the
Universityin2004topursueunder-
graduate degrees in history and
secondary history and government
education.
I realized that you dont have to
remainunhappy,shesaid.Youcan
gobacktoschool.Youhavechoices,
andyouhavethepowertochange.
Though University life has been
different for Green, a Wichita
senior, as she pursues her second
degree,onepieceofherfirstunder-
graduate experience has become
part of the second. In 1999 Green
served as a peer adviser and did so
againin2000,evenaftershegradu-
ated that May with her womens
studies degree. After she returned
to the University, Green served as
anorientationassistantin2005and
asapeeradviseragainin2006.This
summerwillbeGreensfourthsum-
mer as a peer adviser, and she said
that she had learned much from
herjob.
It gives me an insight into the
inner workings of the University,
especially the administration and
student success, she said. It has
been a great experience and it has
openedupsomanypossibilities.
Greenandthe19othermembers
of the peer adviser team work 10 to
15 hours per week during the sum-
mer. They see more than 5,000 stu-
dents come through the orientation
process,saidShandaHurla,assistant
directoroftheFreshmanSophomore
Advising Center and Greens boss.
Hurla estimated that peer advisers
work with about 20 to 30 students
every day one-on-one. Those con-
versations have proven to be one of
Greensfavoritepartsofherjob.
The contact with students and
the one-on-one time has been ben-
eficialtome,shesaid.Weareareal
face that they can connect with, a
studentwhohasbeenthererecently
in the trenches. I hope they leave
withareallypositiveimpression,an
Icandothistypefeeling.
The team is composed of many
different types of students, and
Green said the hope was that every
studentthatwentthroughtheorien-
tationprocesscouldconnectwithat
leastoneofthepeeradvisers.
We work really hard to get a
diverse and representative group,
Greensaid.Wewantagroupwhere
just about any student can find
someonetoidentifywith.
One of Greens favorite experi-
enceswithbeinganadviseriswhen
sherunsintostudentsthatsheprevi-
ouslyhelped.
Students do remember you,
Green said. They see you as some-
onetheyknow,someonethatknows
whats going on. Its nice to be that
person.
Edited by James Pinick
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Aurom mAhobiAn
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Cold Stone Creamery, because
it has the buy-one-get-one-free on
Wednesdays.
LAurent Lewis
Lawrence freshman
Sylas and Maddys on Mass Street.
I like the chunks of strawberries in
the strawberry ice cream, because
strawberries are the natural candy.
ALex cArrerA
Allen, texas, sophomore
JAmie PArker
Los Alamos, n.m., junior
Tads. Its not really an ice cream
store, but its delicious.
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kansas puBlic Radio
Membership drive raises
more than $220,000
Kansas Public Radio raised
$220,190 in pledges during this
springs membership drive. The
drive, which lasted eight days,
earned more money for the radio
station faster than any other drive
in the past 10 years.
Phil Wilke, KPR media manager,
said the total included pledge calls
made to the station and money
received in a direct-mail campaign.
He said he expected to raise about
$30,000 through delayed contri-
butions from listeners and from
grants promised by individuals and
businesses.
We have some very generous
and dedicated listeners,Wilke said.
He said about one-third of
KPRs yearly budget came from its
biyearly membership drives. He
said the money would be used to
pay for airtime on satellite radio,
membership to news associations,
music and programming.
KPR broadcasts on KANU 91.5
FM in Lawrence, KANH 89.7 FM in
Emporia, KANV 91.3 FM in Olsburg-
Junction City and K210CR 89.9 FM
in Atchison.
Nathan Gill
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Military deaths continue
to rise in Middle East
As of Tuesday, at least 3,290
members of the U.S. military
have died since the beginning
of the Iraq war in March 2003,
according to an Associated
Press count. The fgure includes
seven military civilians. At
least 2,666 died as a result of
hostile action, according to the
militarys numbers.
The AP count is 11 higher
than the Defense Departments
tally, last updated Tuesday at
11 a.m.
Since the start of U.S. military
operations in Iraq, 24,645 U.S.
service members have been
wounded in hostile action,
according to the Defense
Departments weekly tally.
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KU Independent Study
By NathaN gill
Two University of Kansas grad-
uate programs hung on to No.1
spots and four moved up in the
annual U.S. News & World Report
rankings released March 30.
The report, Americas Best
Graduate Schools, surveyed more
than 1,200 schools and rated pro-
grams using indicators such as opin-
ions from academic experts and pro-
gram statistics.
Cynthia Powell, U.S. News
public relations director, said the
reports purpose was to provide
graduate students with informa-
tion about academic programs,
and that the report could be used
instead of a universitys marketing
literature.
The decision of what graduate
school to go to is one of the biggest
financial decisions a person has in
his or her lifetime, Powell said.
The Universitys graduate pro-
grams in education, petroleum
engineering, biological sciences
and law moved up since last years
rankings, and the special educa-
tion, city management and urban
policy programs held steady at
number one.
Twenty-four KU programs were
rated in the top 25 among public uni-
versities, several
in the College
of Liberal Arts
and Sciences.
Biological sci-
ences at the
U n i v e r s i t y
ranked 30th this
year, up from
56th a year ago.
J o s e p h
S t e i n m e t z ,
College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences dean and
professor of biology, said the college
was trying to get as many programs
as possible into the rankings because
it heightened the value of a KU
degree.
This is quite an accomplish-
ment, Steinmetz
said, referring to
the Universitys
biology rating.
It shows were
certainly getting
better in the eyes
of those who are
doing the rank-
ings.
S t e i n me t z
said the college
had been work-
ing to expand its biology depart-
ment for several years. He said that
money from the Universitys Tuition
Enhancement Program had helped
hire faculty for both KU biology
departments, which are currently
searching to fill eight new faculty
positions.
Prema Sundaram, Chennai, India,
doctoral student in molecular biol-
ogy, said KU biology was strong and
hired faculty who brought cutting-
edge research and research grants to
the University.
I am definitely glad to be here,
Sundaram said.
Kansan staf writer Nathan gill
can be contacted at ngill@kansan.
com.
Top 25 graduate program rankings
KU programs ranked in
the top 25 among public
universities
1. City management and
urban policy (master)
1. Special education
(master/doctorate)
2. Community health
(master/doctorate), tied
3. Paleontology (doctorate)
4. Public management ad-
ministration (master)
4. Occupational therapy
5. Audiology (master/doc-
torate)
5. Public afairs (master), tied
6. Speech-language-pathol-
ogy (master)
7. Petroleum engineering
8. Social work (master), tied
10. Physical therapy
12. Nursing-midwifery
(master/doctorate)
12. Music (master), tied
12. School of Education
(doctorate)
14. Nursing-anesthesia
(master), tied
16. Pharmacy (PharmD), tied
17. Public fnance and
budgeting, (master)
17. Secondary education,
(doctoral), tied
18. Health services adminis-
tration (master), tied
19. Clinical child psychology
(doctorate), tied
23. Clinical psychology
(doctorate), tied
23. Drama/theatre (master),
tied
24. History (doctorate), tied
Source: University Relations
NatioNal recogNitioN
University retains rankings
Two graduate programs keep No. 1 spot in U.S. News report
The decision of what graduate
school to go to is one of the big-
gest fnancial decisions a person
has in his or her lifetime.
CyNtHiA POwEll
U.S. News public relations director
FiNaNcial aid
Loan investigation deepens
By MaRK JOhNSON
aSSOciated PReSS
ALBANY, N.Y. Cozy arrange-
ments between colleges and the
companies that lend their students
billions of dollars are far more wide-
spread than anticipated, New York
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
told The Associated Press Tuesday,
just as two more college financial
aid officers were suspended amid a
probe into the $85 billion industry.
Cuomo would not divulge where
the burgeoning investigation is
headed next, including whether
more subpoenas are on the way. But
he said the investigation could lead
to criminal charges against high-
ranking officials at both lending
companies and universities.
This is like peeling an onion,
Cuomo said. It seems to be getting
worse the more we uncover. Its
more widespread than we originally
thought ... More schools and more
lenders at the top end.
We have demonstrated this is
not just the exception, he said.
This is the rule.
Cuomo is investigating alleged
kickbacks to school officials who
steered students to certain lenders.
His investigators said they found
numerous arrangements that ben-
efited schools, financial aid offi-
cers and lenders at the expense of
students.
Investigators found that many
colleges had established preferred
lender lists and entered into rev-
enue sharing and other financial
arrangements with those lenders.
Some colleges have exclusive pre-
ferred lender agreements with the
companies.
So far, six schools, including
the University of Pennsylvania and
New York University, have agreed
to reimburse students a total of
$3.27 million for inflated loan
prices caused by revenue-sharing
agreements, Cuomo said.
On Monday, a loan company at
the center of the investigation, CIT
Group Inc., placed three top execu-
tives at its Student Loan Xpress
division on paid leave following
allegations of stock transactions
with a high-level U.S. Department
of Education official and college
financial aid officers.
The Department of Education
official who oversaw parts of
the student loan industry was
also placed on leave after it was
reported that in 2003 he owned
at least $100,000 worth of stock
in Education Lending Group Inc.,
the former parent of Student Loan
Xpress. The company was acquired
by CIT in 2005.
Name:
Raymond Wittlinger
Coalition:
United Students
Seat:
Vice-president
Hometown: Olathe
Year: junior
Major: political science
Favorite KU tradi-
tion or memory:
Singing the Alma
Mater
Favorite Lawrence
place:
Campanile Hill
Political role model:
Robert F. Kennedy
STUDENT SENATE ELECTION 4A
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007
Name:
Liz Stuewe
Coalition:
Delta Force
Seat:
Vice-president
Hometown:
Lawrence
Year: junior
Major: American
studies and political
science
Favorite KU tradi-
tion or memory:
The walk down the
hill at graduation.
Favorite Lawrence
place: Getting pizza
and beer at Papa
Kenos and sitting
outside on a sunny
day.
Winona LaDuke.
2007: Student Senate elections
United Students
Name: Hannah Love
Coalition:
United Students
Seat:
President
Hometown:
Dodge City
Year: junior
Major: sociology
Favorite KU tradi-
tion or memory:
Swimming in the Chi
Omega Fountain and
giving high-fvesto
the cars that passed by.
Favorite Lawrence
place: The levy by the
river.
N/A
Presidential and Vice-presidential candidates
Students Rights
Name:
Johnathan Wilson
Coalition:
Students Rights
Seat:
President
Hometown: Paola
Year: sophomore
Major: political sci-
ence
Favorite KU tradi-
tion or memory:
Winning the last-min-
ute basketball game
against Texas this
year... good stuf!
Favorite Lawrence
place: Defnitely
campus
Ronald Reagan
Name: Caitlin Ballard
Coalition:
Student Rights
Seat:
Vice-president
Hometown:
Overland Park
Year: junior
Major: political sci-
ence
Favorite KU tradi-
tion or memory:
Singing the Rock
Chalk Chant in Allen
Fieldhouse.
Favorite Lawrence
place: Free State
Brewery and Allen
Fieldhouse
Madeline Albright
Cross
Delta Force
Name:
John Cross
Coalition:
Delta Force
Seat:
President
Hometown: Kansas
City, Mo.
Year: junior
Major: English and
French
Favorite KU tradi-
tion or memory:
SUAs Day on the Hill.
Last year I got to talk
to Sharon Jones after
her concert and give
her a hug.
Favorite Lawrence
place:
The Mirth Caf
Mahatma Gandhi
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Architecture
Name:
Ricky Thrash
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Year: ffth year
Major: architec-
ture
Favorite KU tra-
dition or memory: The 2003 mens
basketball team making the fnals
Favorite Lawrence place: New york
and Cordley Elementary Schools
Political role model: I make my
paths with originality
Thrash
Name: Nicholas G. Squier
Coalition: United Students
Hometown: Lawrence
Year: junior
Major: accounting
Favorite KU tradition or memory:
The Rock Chalk chant after winning
basketball games.
Favorite Lawrence place:
anything on Massachusetts Street.
Political role model: My dad.
Name:
Julie Strick
Coalition:
United Students
Seat: Business
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
Year: Senior
Major: account-
ing and marketing
The NCaa mens basketball tourna-
ment this year in Chicago and
Kansas basketball in general.
Favorite Lawrence place: Clinton
Lake
Political role model: David Palmer,
the President of the United States
on 24.
Strick
business
Name:
Katharine Coble
Penning
Coalition:
Delta Force
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
Year: freshman
Major:
architecture
Waving of the Wheat.
Favorite Lawrence place: Jimmy
Johns
Who is your political role model?
N/a
Coble
Name: Kayla Lee
Coalition:
Delta Force
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
Year: freshman
Major:
architecture
Favorite KU
tradition or
memory: The frst time I hung out
with Josh, because it was the start to
great friendship.
Favorite Lawrence place: In the
company of Jon Jenkins.
Political role model: Queen ami-
dala and Jesus, but more so Jesus.
Lee
Name: Brian
Giebink
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Rolla, Mo.
Year:
sophomore
Major: architec-
ture
Wavin the Wheat!
Favorite Lawrence place: any
place that serves food
Political role model: David Palmer,
the President of the United States
on 24.
Giebink
Zurovsky
Name:
Sarah Zurovsky
Coalition:
Delta Force
Hometown:
Overland Park
Year: junior
Major:
accounting
Basketball
Favorite Lawrence place: Campus
Political role model: Golda Meir
educAtion
Name: Jill Diederich
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
Year: senior
Major: elementary education
I always get goosebumps hearing
the Rock Chalk chant those last two
minutes of the game.
Favorite Lawrence place: Mas-
sachusetts Street. you get a little bit
of everything there...and Im a sucker
for Wa sushi!
Political role model: N/a
Krell
Name:
Keaton Krell
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Lyndon
Year: senior
Major: English
education
Going to the Fort Worth Bowl
Favorite Lawrence place: Sandbar
Political role model: Harrison Ford
as the President of the United States
in air Force One
Name: Laura albert
Coalition: Delta Force
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
Year: junior
Major: elementary education
Freshman year, when my camping
group was No. 1 from the Mizzou
game!
Favorite Lawrence place:
Massachusetts Street
Arther
Name:
Laura arther
Coalition:
Delta Force
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: junior
Major: second-
ary English
education
The Rock Chalk Chant, or the hatch-
ing of Baby Jay during the 1971
Homecoming football game.
Favorite Lawrence place: allen
Fieldhouse during an exciting Kan-
sas basketball game
Political role model: George Wash-
ington, he gave up his power so our
country could continue to be free.
engineering
Name: Chad Kozicki
Coalition: Students Rights
Hometown: Wichita
Year: N/a
Major: chemical engineering
Basketball games
Favorite Lawrence place: Massa-
chusetts Street
Name:
David Green
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Lawrence
Year: freshman
Major:
architectural
engineering
Going to basketball games with my
dad when I was younger
Fieldhouse
Political role model: Bob Dole
Green
Full name:
Kyle West
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Ellsworth
Year: sophomore
Major: computer
science
Singing the alma mater before every
home basketball game
Fieldhouse
Political role model: Josh Svaty
(local representative in Kansas
legislature)
West
Name:
Kodi Caster
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Riley
Year: sophomore
Major: aerospace
engineering
Singing the alma Mater at basket-
ball and football games
chusetts Street
Political role model: Harry S. Truman
Caster
Name: amanda Wages
Hometown: Lawrence
Year: junior
Major: civil engineering
Ill never forget the all night cram
sessions with my friends, then the
celebrations when the tests are
fnally over.
Favorite Lawrence place: any-
where downtown.
Political role model: I dont have
a particular person, I look towards
people who stand their ground and
follow through on their promises.
Name: aurom Mahobian
Hometown: Overland Park
Year: Junior
Major: mechanical engineering
Favorite KU memory or tradition:
N/a
Who is your political role model?:
Jesus
Name: Emily
Robbins
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Overbrook
Year: Sopho-
more
Major: civil and
environmental engineering
Living in Oliver Hall and having a
good time freshman year before the
engineering classes set in.
Favorite Lawrence place: Down-
town and Massachusetts Street
Political role model: Jimmy Carter
Robbins
fine Arts
Name: Katherine Goron
Hometown: Joliet, Ill.
Year: Sophomore
Major: metalsmithing and jewelry
design
I got to play the cymbals of the KU
pep band on a Friday night. It was
the most intense experience ever.
chusetts Street in general. I love the
atmosphere.
Hannah Love
Name:
Bill Walberg
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Sunnyvale, Calif.
Year: sophomore
Major: journal-
ism and political
science
The Kansas v. Oklahoma basketball
game in 2006. We were down by 16
with less than 10 minutes to go and
won by one point.
Favorite Lawrence place: The
Wheel (downstairs pizza)
Political role model: Ronald
Reagan
Walberg
Name:
David Green
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Lawrence
Year: freshman
Major:
architectural
engineering
Going to basketball games with my
dad when I was younger
Fieldhouse
Hoogstraten
Name: Sam
Schlageck
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Manhattan
Year: junior
Major: industrial
design
Storming the feld after we beat
Missouri.
bridge next to Potters Lake
Schlageck
Name:
amanda Faletra
Coalition:
Delta Force
Hometown:
Lawrence
Year: junior
Major: music
education
Running through the tunnels and
onto the football feld with the
Marching Jayhawks on game day.
The adrenaline rush is simply unex-
plainable.
Favorite Lawrence place: Down-
town: parks, shops, music, food and
friends.
Political role model: Madeleine
albright
Faletra
journAlism
Name:
Nicholas Jay
Benedict
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Roseland
Year: sophomore
Major: journal-
ism: strategic communications
Following the band around on the
nights before football games and
playing the cymbals.
Wheel for its Wang Burgers.
Political role model: Colin Powell
Benedict
Full name:
Jack Connor
Coalition:
Delta Force
Seat:
journalism
Hometown:
Overland Park
Year: junior
Major: journalism: strategic com-
munications
Beating Mizzou in everything
Lake
Political role model: alistair Leslie
Graham (ali G)
Connor
Name:
Bill Walberg
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Sunnyvale, Calif.
Year: sopho-
more
Major: journal-
ism and political
science
The Kansas v. Oklahoma basketball
game in 2006. We were down by 16
with less than 10 minutes to go and
won by one point.
Wheel (downstairs pizza)
Morgenstern
lAw
Name: Chris Scott
Coalition:
Delta Force
Hometown: Topeka
Year: Second year
Jogging through campus on a
sunny summer or spring day.
Favorite Lawrence place: Quin-
tons, The Hawk, or Massachusetts
Street in general.
Name: Eric Foss
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Name: Brian Hardouin
grAduAte
Name: Mark Pacey
Coalition: Independent
Hometown: Manhattan
Year: First year graduate
Major: mechanical engineering
The Kansas v. Georgia Tech game on
New years Day 2005
Favorite Lawrence place: El Mezcal
Name:
Stacy Elmer
Hometown:
Topeka
Year: graduate
student
Major:
philosophy
Favorite KU
tradition or memory: The frst
basketball game I attended as a
graduate student
Favorite Lawrence place: Biggs
Barbeque
Political role model: Governor
Kathleen Sebelius
Elmer
Name: Tyler young
Name:
Phillip Murphy, II
Coalition:
Delta Force
Hometown:
Kansas City, Mo.
Year: second-
year law student
Favorite KU
tradition or memory: Football and
basketball games with all my law
school friends and hitting the bars
with my boys.
Cadillac Ranch
Political role model: Harry Truman.
Hes my hometown boy.
Murphy
sociAl welfAre
Name:
Rebecca Holmes
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Topeka
Year: junior
Major: social
welfare
Kansas Basketball
Favorite Lawrence place: Munch-
ers Bakery
Political role model: Colin Powell
Holmes
Name:
Maggie Kelly
Coaliton:
United Students
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: junior
Major: social
welfare
Moms Day and Dads Day
Favorite Lawrence place: Zen Zero
Political role model: Mother Teresa
Kelly
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students
Name: Steve Peyton
Name: andrew
Kong
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Lawrence
Year: sophomore
Major: percus-
sion performance
Throwing newspaper during player
introductions at a Kansas basketball
game
Favorite Lawrence place: Free
State Brewery
Political role model: California Gov-
ernor arnold Schwarzenegger
Kong
Name: Mason
Heilman
Coalition: United
Students
Hometown:
Lawrence
Year: freshman
Major: political
science and sec-
ondary education
Riding my bike through campus
during the summers of my youth.
Favorite Lawrence place: all of
downtown
and Barbara Ballard
Heilman
ONeill
Name: Jennifer
ONeill
Coalition: United
Students
Hometown:
Orlando, Fla.
Year: senior
Major: ameri-
can studies and
sociology
Favorite KU tradition or memory: I
love hearing the Rock Chalk chant in
allen Fieldhouse. Theres absolutely
nothing else like it.
Favorite Lawrence place: Love
Garden
Political role model: I admire
anyone who stands up for what she
or he believes in; anyone who is will-
ing to work with those who may not
have the same viewpoint in order to
create a brighter future for all.
Jacobs
Name: aaron
Jacobs
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: junior
Major: political
science
Bring Justin Home, the efort by
Student Senate to raise money for
individuals and families who were
victims of the Sept. 11 attack.
Replay Lounge
Political role model: Jon Stewart
cAmpus housing
residents
Name: Zachary
Jones
Coalition: United
Students
Hometown:
Haysville
Year: junior
Major: economics
and communica-
tions
Kansas basketball, I love everything
about it.
Favorite Lawrence place: Allen
Fieldhouse
Political role model: Rudy Giuliani
Jones
Name: Emmy Ray
Hometown: Colleyville, Texas
Year: senior
Major: journalism and international
studies
My sophomore year during fnals
time it was snowing heavily outside
and my roommate and I had been
studying all day. At midnight we de-
cided to take a walk down Jayhawk
Boulevard and the dusting of the
snow on the top of the buildings
and vegetation was breathtaking.
Favorite Lawrence place: Wheat-
felds
Political role model: Kathleen
Sebelius
Sanchez
Name: Raul San-
chez
Coalition: United
Students
Hometown: Kansas
City, Kan.
Year: junior
Major: psychology
Favorite KU tradi-
tion or memory: Being at Leader-
shape, especially family cluster time.
Favorite place in Lawrence: The
University of Kansas, its like a sec-
ond home to me, being here is like
being home away from home.
Political role model: Abraham
Lincoln

Barnes
Name: Brad Cardonell
Hometown: Tribune
Year: Junior
Major: Neurobiology
Pre-game basketball video
Favorite Lawrence place: On the
hill tailgating
Political role model: Raymond F.
Wittlinger
Name: Rachel
Barnes
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Hutchinson
Year: junior
Major: history
Favorite KU tra-
dition or memory: Kansas beating
Florida at the Las Vegas Invitational.
Favorite Lawrence place: Club
Anschutz
Political role model: Mahatma
Gandhi
Kenyon
Name: Jake
Kenyon
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Atchison
Year: senior
Major: biology
Favorite KU
tradition or memory: Tearing
the goalposts down after beating
Mizzou my freshman year and then
sitting in the emergency room be-
cause it landed on my friends chest.
Favorite Lawrence place: The Hill
on game day
Political role model: John McCain
Name: Lennea Carty
Year: senior
Major: history and English
Jumping in the Chi Omega fountain
on my birthday.
willow trees by Potters Lake in the
spring, especially at sunrise.
Political role model: Benjamin
Franklin
Name: Ellen Stolle
Van Allen
Name: Annie Van
Allen
Coalition: United
Students
Hometown:
Clearwater, Fla.
Year: junior
Major: N/A
The Rock Chalk chant
Favorite Lawrence place: Potters
Lake
Political role model: Winston
Churchill
Name: Katie Loyd
Name: Wendy Yung
Coalition: Student Rights
Hometown: Hong Kong
Year: junior
Major: applied behavioral science
Late Night
Lake
Political role model: Martin Luther
King Jr.
college of
liberal arts
and sciences
junior/
senior
Name: Kelly
Jenkins
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Dublin, Ohio
Year: sophomore
Major: English
Favorite KU
tradition or memory: Rock Chalk
chant.
Wheel pizza
Political role model: Mahatma
Gandhi
Jenkins
Martin
Name: Jade
Martin
Coalition: Delta
Force
Name: Tom Cox
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Shawnee
Year: junior
Major: history
and political sci-
ence
Political role model: Alexander
Hamilton.
Cox
Name: Zac Coon
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Winfeld
Year: freshman
Major: linguistics
Favorite KU
tradition or
memory: KU beating KSU in football
Favorite Lawrence place: Lebanese
Hookah House
Political role model: Jens Stolten-
berg, the Prime Minister of Norway
Coon
Name: Nancy
Gonzalez Hoch
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
San Miguel de
Allende
Year: sophomore
Major: political
science
Favorite Lawrence place: Tellers
brunch
Gonzalez Hoch
Name: Katie
Young
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Derby
Year: sophomore
Major: market-
ing
The Rock Chalk chants gives me
chills every time. I love being a
Jayhawk.
Favorite Lawrence place: Hanging
out on Massachusetts St., including
lunch at Quintons and shopping in
the unique boutiques.
Political role model: My grand-
father, who is a political science
professor at Wichita State University.
Young
Name: Allison Owens
Name: Jason
Oruch
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Dallas
Year: sophomore
Major: American
studies
Beating Nebraska last year in foot-
ball, but watching us win the Big 12
Championship stole my heart.
Favorite Lawrence place: Jefer-
sons
Political role model: Barack Obama
Oruch
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Name: Scott
Paradise
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Shawnee
Year: sophomore
Major: business
marketing
2005 football victory against Ne-
braska.
Wheel
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WEDNESDay, aPRIL 11, 2007
Shannon
Name: Sara Shan-
non
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown: Ot-
tawa
Year: sophomore
Major: flm and
political science
Early my freshman year, when
friends and I went swimming in
the Chi Omega fountain. In our
underwear.
hearts and minds of all students.
Luiz Lula da Silva of Brazil. Im always
a fan of overthrowing corrupt mili-
tary regimes.
Full name: Rod-
erick Patton
Coalition: United
Students
Hometown:
Olathe
Year in school:
Freshman
Major: Pre-busi-
ness
Kansas Basketball
Wheel
Political role model: John ashcroft
Patton
Name: aly Rodee
Coalition: United
Students
Hometown:
Wichita
Year: sophomore
Major: journalism
Favorite KU tradi-
tion or memory:
The Rock Chalk Chant and the his-
tory behind it.
Favorite Lawrence place: Potters
Lake
Political role model: Nelson
Mandela
Rodee
McGonigle
Name: adam
McGonigle
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Wichita
Year: freshman
Major: journal-
ism
Waving the Wheat
Favorite Lawrence place: Sylas and
Maddys
Sebelius
Name: Brian Frankian
Year: freshman
Major: political science
This years football game against
K-State.
Favorite Lawrence place: This cam-
pus and this school otherwise
I wouldnt be running for Student
Senate.
Political role model: John Edwards
Porte
Name: alex
Porte
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Great Falls, Va.
Year: freshman
Major: political
science
Beating K-State at football.
sons. Who doesnt love Peace, Love
and Burgers?
Name: Tim
Bartlett
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Topeka
Year: sopho-
more
Major: political
science
Beating K-State and Delta Force.
Favorite Lawrence place: Jade
Garden
Political role model: City Commis-
sioners Dennis Boog Highberger
and Sue Hack
Bartlett
Higgins
Name: Elise Hig-
gins
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Topeka
Year: freshman
Major: English
and womens studies
Joes Run
Favorite Lawrence place: aimees
Cofeehouse
Political role model: Madeleine
albright
Name: Jonathan
Simon
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Lenexa
Year: sophomore
Major: philoso-
phy
Favorite KU
tradition or memory: Can I just say
basketball, or is that too obvious?
Favorite Lawrence place: Generally
someplace with a view. Treetops is
a safe bet.
Political role model: George
Washington.
Simon
Name: Matthew Z. Hudson
Name: Kristen
Dayton
Coalition: Delta
Force
Name: Ben
Cohen
Coalition: Delta
Force
Cohen
Name: Bryant Williams
Name: Luke Rosebraugh
Copple
Name: Vans
Copple
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown: Salt
Lake City
Year: Freshman
Major: art history
and classics
Tabling on Wescoe Beach.
Dusty Bookshelf
Political role model: Bill Clinton
Name: Matt En-
riquez
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Topeka
Year: freshman
Major: sociology
Embarrassing K-State in football two
of the last three years.
Favorite Lawrence place: Most
awesome food establishments on
Massachusetts Street, especially
Papa Kenos and Jefersons.
VanBuskirk
Name: Colleen
VanBuskirk
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: sophomore
Major: English
and political
science
Doing KU theatre last year. I was in
a Congress of Women and part
was very out of character for me. I
was forced to do things that I would
never usually do in public.
Favorite Lawrence place: Wescoe
Beach.
Political role model: John Lennon.
Name: anne Slaughter
Hometown: Kansas City, Kan.
Year: freshman
Major: journalism and French
Jumping in the Chi Omega fountain
on your birthday
Favorite Lawrence place: The Bour-
geois Pig
Political role model: Condoleezza
Rice
Name: Elise Rock
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Lawrence
Year: freshmen
Major: elemen-
tary education
Favorite KU tra-
dition or memory: Homecoming
Favorite Lawrence place: Home
Sebelius
Rock
Shaw
Name: Matthew
Shaw
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown: Im
a military kid,
so I cant claim
anywhere, but I
moved to Law-
rence from Heidelberg, Germany
Year: Freshman
Major: German and political science
Camping for the basketball games
Mountain Dewds house
King Jr.
Treaster
Name: Grant
Treaster
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Shawnee
Year: freshman
Major: social
welfare and
political science
Wilt Chamberlain come coming
back to allen Fieldhouse to speak
and retire his jersey.
Favorite Lawrence place: Sun-
fower Bike Shop
French
Name: Tom
French
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
Year: sophomore
Major: business
fnance
The Jayhawks 40-15 victory against
Nebraska or the wins against Texas
and Kevin Durant to win the Big XII
Conference and Tournament titles.
Fieldhouse.
Name: George Lewis
Hometown: Prairie Village
Year: sophomore
Major: history and political science
Last years microburst when we won
the Big 12 and didnt have school
the following Monday.
Favorite Lawrence place: Bullwin-
kles
Political role model: Hannah Love
Name: David
Wilcox
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Manhattan
Year: freshman
Major: unde-
cided
My frst Kansas basketball game
this years opener against North-
ern arizona.
Favorite Lawrence place: Mass. St.
Political role model: Bill Clinton
Wilcox
Name: May Davis
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown: Clay
Center
Year: freshman
Major: philoso-
phy
Favorite KU
tradition or memory: Calling the
Free for all way too much
gorgeous neighborhoods around
campus, especially on beautiful
spring days!
Political role model: Lyndon B.
Johnson
Davis
Name: Kimberly
Redlin
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Minneapolis,
Minn.
Year: Sophomore
Major: exercise
science
Tailgating and possibly making it to
the football games.
Hawk or the Wheel.
Reagan
Redlin
Name: Mitch
Knopp
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Manhattan
Year: freshman
Major: pre-busi-
Knopp
ness
Streaking to the Chi Omega foun-
tain.
Favorite Lawrence place: On the
patio at the Chipotle on Massachu-
setts Street
Name: Jackie Wittlinger
Guhl
Name: abby
Guhl
Coalition: Stu-
dents Rights
Hometown:
Haven
Year: Freshman
Major: Human
biology
Going to the Chi Omega fountain in
the middle of the night in Novem-
ber to take pictures.
Favorite Lawrence place: Bufalo
Wild Wings
Sebelius
Name: abdulaziz almudarra
Name: Keyon Sharifan
Name: austin young
Name: David Mills
Full name:
Michael Gray
Coalition: Stu-
dents Rights
Hometown:
Buhler
Year: freshman
Major: biochem-
istry
Favorite KU or memory: The Rock
Chalk chant in allen Fieldhouse
Favorite Lawrence place: Henrys
Political role model: Lt. Gov. Mark
Parkinson.
Gray
Dayton
Name: Jean Menager
Name: Ronald yu
Hometown: Hong Kong
Year: Sophomore
Major: speech-language and hear-
ing
Favorite Lawrence place: Rec
center
Name: andrew J. Schreiner
Name: Scott Toland
Coalition: independent
Name: Bob Scalise
Coalition: independent
Year: freshman
Hometown: Olathe
Basketball games
Favorite place in Lawrence: Mas-
sachusetts Street
Reagan
College of
liberal arts and
sCienCes,
freshman/
sophomore
Name: Liz Cohen
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: Junior
Major: human
biology
Throwing newspaper confetti at
basketball games especially
when I go home and fnd it in places
I didnt know existed
Favorite Lawrence place: Sylas and
Maddys
Political role model: Eleanor
Roosevelt
Cohen
Name: Nate Totten
Hometown: Bloomington, Minn.
Year: junior
Major: advertising
Heckling opposing teams at Ho-
glund Ballpark.
Favorite Lawrence place: Tads
Tropical Sno
Political role model: Harrison Ford
as the president in air Force One
or Jesse The BodyVentura, former
Minnesota governor
Name: Claire
Elizabeth Stiefel
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown: Prai-
rie Village
Year: junior
Major: political
science, humani-
ties and Western civilization
spending days, not just hours, at
allen Fieldhouse with great friends
and great basketball
Favorite Lawrence place: Eighth
Street. Its a good street.
Political role model: The people
who make a diference, one person
at a time, by caring about their com-
munities.
Stiefel
Name: Whitney Eriksen
Hometown: Hutchinson
Year: junior
Major: journalism and English
The Rock Chalk chant at basketball
games
Favorite Lawrence place: Henrys
Upstairs or South Park
King, Jr.
Name: Gina Gay
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: junior
Major: commu-
nications
Favorite KU
tradition or memory: Basketball
games and Traditions Night.
sons
Political role model: Nancy Pelosi
Gay
Name: Kristen
Cowan
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Wichita
Year: junior
Major: anthropol-
ogy and sociology
Move-in day at Watkins Scholarship
Hall because I was ecstatic to wel-
come a new class of Wild Watkins
Women.
Favorite Lawrence place: The gor-
geous view of the Kaw River Valley
from the top of Mt. Oread
Political role model: Queen Eliza-
beth
Cowan
Name: Max
Stettner
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Overland Park
Year: junior
Major: american
studies
Placing my arms around my neigh-
bors shoulders and singing the
alma Mater before KU basketball
games as the whole arena is con-
joined as one.
Lake
Political role model: yitzhak Rabin,
Former Israeli Prime Minister
Stettner
Name: Whitney
Gudgel
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: junior
Major: womens
studies and social
welfare
The pre-game inspirational video
they play at the mens basketball
games. Watching Julian dunk that
basketball with the Rock Chalk chant
in the background gives me the
chills and chokes me up every time.
Favorite Lawrence place: Johnnys
Tavern
Political role model: any woman
who has fought to make a difer-
ence in her community and the
world.
Gudgel
Name: Quinton
Cheney
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown: Fort
Scott
Year: junior
Major: econom-
ics and math-
ematics
Playing a concert in Michael Haines
basement.
Favorite Lawrence place: Either
K.K. amini Scholarship Hall, The
Jackpot or Lonestar Lake
Political role model: Jon Stewart,
Plato
Cheney
Name: Christo-
pher Verbeck
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Platte City, Mo.
Year: junior
Major: political
science
any of my memories involving
togas.
Favorite Lawrence place: Half-Price
Books
Political role model: Pericles
Verbeck
Name: aude
Negrete
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Lenexa
Year: Junior
Major: political
science and in-
ternational studies
Favorite KU tradition or memory: I
love graduation, I go for at least one
of my friends every year and its a
very exciting time
Favorite Lawrence place: Henrys,
because doing homework there is
the best.
Political role model: Tenzin Gyatso
and the Dalai Lama.
Negrete
Name: Bridey Maidhof
Year: junior
Major: american studies
One of KU Hillels major events dur-
ing the year is Rock Chalk Shabbat.
Jewish students and their families
come from all over to have one,
huge Shabbat dinner together. This
years was beautiful, fawless, and is
easily my favorite memory of a KU
tradition.
Favorite Lawrence place: I love
the grassy, tree-flled area by Potters
Lake. Good for sunny days.
Political role model: Nelson
Mandela.
Name: Sara Med-
nansky
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Wichita
Year: junior
Major: biochem-
istry and political
science
Beating Missouri at last years home-
coming game.
Favorite Lawrence place: Papa
Kenos
Political role model: alice Paul
Mednansky
Name: Katherine
Wiley
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Leawood
Year: sophomore
Major: chemistry
Favorite KU
tradition or memory: Stop day
Favorite Lawrence place: Pita Pit
Political role model: Of history,
Margaret Thatcher. Now, probably
Sen. Tom Coburn
Wiley
Buckley
Name: Rhett
Buckley
Coalition: Delta
Force
Hometown:
Overland Park
Year: junior
Major: political
science
Tailgating before football games.
Favorite Lawrence place: Liberty
Hall
Name: Jacque-
line Thomas
Coalition:
United Students
Hometown:
Meade
Year: junior
Major: human
biology
any spontaneous excursion with my
friends
Favorite Lawrence place: My
kitchen at 6:30 on a spring evening
with the patio door open and my
wok sizzling.
Political role model: Its a toss-
up between Bob Dylan and Jack
Kerouac.
Thomas
By Matt erickson
Sales tax increase, job creation,
and improved transportation Sue
Hack, newly elected mayor, named
these as some of her priorities as she
began her one-year term Tuesday
night.
In the address she gave upon
becoming mayor, Hack also pro-
posed a 1-cent sales tax increase
that would help fund a new public
library, new recreational facilities,
infrastructure improvements and
economic development.
Hack said she preferred a sales tax
increase to a property tax increase
because it would allow the city
to tax people who spend money
in Lawrence but live elsewhere.
However, she said she understood
the controversy surrounding any tax
increase.
Commissioners do not get elect-
ed by promising to raise taxes, she
said.
A sales tax increase would be sub-
ject to a public vote.
Hack, a retired teacher who now
works part-time for the Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce, also said
that Lawrence needed to change its
image so businesses might view the
city as more development-friendly.
She said the city needs to look at
ways to improve traffic in the area
near 15th and Iowa streets, where
she said many people tend to drive
through residential neighborhoods
on their way to campus.
Hack said the Lawrence City
Commission would also soon tackle
the issues of a domestic partner reg-
istry, expanded rental registration
and downtown safety.
State Attorney General Paul
Morrison told the city last week that
a domestic partner registry, which
would allow same-sex couples to
document their relationships with
the city, would not violate the state
constitution.
She said the expanding of rental
registration, which would require all
rental property in the city to obtain a
license and submit to periodic safety
inspections, would require more
study, but it might be necessary.
I want to make sure that we use
all the tools we have available before
we put on another layer of regula-
tions on rental properties, she said.
The commission chose Hack as
mayor in accordance with tradition.
Because Hack received the second-
most votes in the 2005 commis-
sion election, she became mayor two
years later after serving one year as
vice mayor.
The commission chose newly
elected commissioner Mike Dever as
the new vice mayor because he was
the top vote getter in last weeks elec-
tion. If the commission continues to
follow tradition, Dever will become
mayor in 2008.
The mayor of Lawrence leads
city commission meetings, helps set
the commissions agenda, appoints
members to various advisory boards
and interacts with the public in dif-
ferent ways.
Commissioner Mike Amyx
handed over his mayors gavel to
Hack Tuesday night after serving as
mayor for a year. He said the position
required a great deal of tireless work
and cooperation with many different
people.
Its as full-time-plus as any job
you could ever imagine, Amyx said.
Hack served as mayor once
before, from 2002-2003. She said the
job overwhelmed her at first.
Ive laughed with my friends that
I just wanted to hit myself with the
gavel my first year, she said, but
now I feel a little bit more in control
of the job.
kansan staf writer Matt erickson
can be contacted at merickson@
kansan.com.
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politics
By tyler harBert
As an 18-year-old undergraduate
at Ohio State University in 1970, John
R. Kasich was invited to spend five
minutes alone with President Richard
Nixon in the Oval Office. The meet-
ing lasted almost 20 minutes, and
Kasich said he didnt get that much
time alone with a president during his
18 years serving in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
Kasich, a former Congressman
and a best-selling author and busi-
nessman, talked for an hour Tuesday
night at the Lied Center about the
need for America to regain its values.
Dont ever let anybody deny you
anything, Kasich said.
The two-time best selling author
of Stand for Something: The Battle
for Americas Soul, and Courage is
Contagious gave credit to God and
to his parents.
My mother and father gave
me a value system that served me
throughout my life, he said.
He said he hoped students would
embrace his same values such as hones-
ty, integrity and personal responsibility.
He also said the greatest challenge
the U.S. faces was holding onto its
values and not shedding them, if
the going gets tough.
Kasich said the country needed to
focus less on outside threats like al-
Qaida and worry more about inter-
nal issues.
One of the biggest internal threats,
he said, was the corruption of youth
through popular culture, music,
sports and the actions of celebrities
such as Britney Spears .
He said drugs and violence could
have a trickle-down effect on chil-
dren who imitate celebrities.
But he said there have been other
well-known people who used their
celebrity to spread positive messages,
like Bono, the Rev. Billy Graham and
Pat Tillman, who Kasich said believed
in standing up and doing whats right.
So who do you want to hang with,
Britney or Bono? Kasich asked.
Marina Sulastri, Jember,
Indonesia, senior, said her favorite
part of Kasichs lecture was when
he advised young people to choose
their celebrity influences wisely.
They should like a person based
on their values, Sulastri said.
Keane Crowder, Lawrence senior,
said Kasich was a nice change from
typical politicians and their rhetoric.
Kasich is currently a Wall Street
investment banker.
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can be contacted at tharbert@
kansan.com.
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By joE hunt
Two Kansas cities voted to
expand liquor laws last week and
one chose not to.
Mulvane will allow liquor sales
for the first time, Andover will
allow liquor sales on Sundays
pending city council approval and
Sedgwick will continue to prohibit
Sunday liquor sales.
Laws restricting alcohol sales
across Kansas were overruled in
2005 with Senate Bill 298, which
called for uniform liquor control
laws. Cities would have to pass
new laws to further limit the sale
of liquor.
Mulvane had never had a liquor
store, yet had no laws against selling
liquor until someone tried to open
a store in 1981. Kent Hixson, city
administrator, said that the attempt
spurred the citizens to vote against
the sale of all but 3.2 percent beer
and wine.
Last Tuesday two-thirds of
Mulvane voted in favor of selling
liquor, although Sunday sales will
still be prohibited.
Andover city administrator
Jeff Bridges expects the council to
approve Sunday sales by the first
week in May. Andover will join 59
other cities that allow the sale of
liquor on Sunday.
In Sedgwick there has been con-
troversy about Sunday liquor sales.
Jaci Reimer, city administrator, said
a local store owner felt she was
losing money by not operating on
Sundays. She petitioned to the city
council, which passed an ordinance
allowing Sunday sales, despite dis-
agreement from the mayor. Local
citizens were so upset they peti-
tioned to vote on the ordinance, and
the ordinance was voted down.
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be contacted at jhunt@kansan.
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Senate bill changes city laws
Liquor saLes
Dennis Mersmann, Lawrence
senior, reads poetry in public forums
often. He won second place and a
$25 gift certificate Tuesday night for
his comedic poems about a kid in
his residence hall who doesnt wear
a shirt and another poem entitled
Great Communicator, which sat-
ires a lack of communication with
an ex-girlfriend. He said he won the
first poetry reading competition he
entered last year and was hooked.
Mersmann has since entered every
Student Union Activities Poetry
Slam and reads periodically at the
Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
Were here to entertain not to
think about metaphor or rhyme
structure, Mersmann said.
But some audience members were
there to think about such things.
Justin Litt, Minneapolis, Minn.,
sophomore, was encouraged to
attend the event by his poetry writ-
ing professor. Litt said he could
hear many of the poetic techniques
he had learned about in class.
I thought the material was
more funny, Litt said, but I saw
a lot of metaphors, euphony and
heard good flow.
While poets like Bowers read elo-
quently, other poets laughed and stum-
bled their way awkwardly through
material. This was the third and final
SUA Poetry Slam of the semester.
Kansan staf writer Bethany
Bunch can be contacted at
bbunch@kansan.com.
shirt Boy
by Dennis Mersmann
In the dorm where I work
there is a resident who
I have never seen with a
shirt on.
This is good because
a shirt would cover his
sweaty chest
and if I cant see him sweat
how will I know how hard he
works out?
Thank God he goes topless
so the position of his nipples
isnt something I have to
guess at.
pletely malicious in the statements,
the commission could impose a large
fine, Witty said.
If United Students wins the elec-
tion and is found guilty of defama-
tion with a malicious intent, it could
be disqualified, Witty said.
The decision is totally up to the
commission, Witty said.
Connor said he filed the violation
complaint because United Students
had made it a
point to lie about
its accomplish-
ments and thats
not how to win
an election.
I called
Wittlinger and
asked him about
the statements,
Connor said.
When I heard
it again the next
week, I filed the
complaint.
Wittlinger said United Students
had stood and practiced integrity
throughout the campaign.
Every year Delta Force attempts
to distract from the campaign
because they cant stand on their
own ideas and make frivolous claims
to the election commission and
try to get negative stories written
about their opponents in the papers,
Wittlinger said.
Witty said the only other com-
plaint she had seen similar to this
was two years ago.
This is indicative of the hos-
tile environment surrounding the
coalitions, Witty said. The hostil-
ity they have toward each other is
unfortunate.
Connor said it was up to the com-
mission to decide what to do, but he
was confident about the case.
It could definitely play a role
in voting if that information is
what people base their opinions
on. Connor
said.
Wi t t l i ng e r
said that the
student body
was smarter
and better than
these allega-
tions.
The results
of the election
can be contested
before the com-
missions deci-
sion on Monday.
Witty said that if the commission
found the case to be feasible, a new
election could take place.
Voting between Delta Force,
Students Rights and United
Students begin today and end at 4
p.m. Thursday.
san.com.
aCaDeMiC FreeDoM
United Students most important
platform issue deals with academic
freedom.
The platform calls for the institu-
tion of a dead week before finals and
an A guarantee for credit/no credit.
The idea of a dead week would
guarantee that students would not
have a test the week before finals.
Currently a student can have a
test on Thursday and a final on
Monday, said Ray Wittlinger, Olathe
junior and vice presidential candi-
date.
Todd Cohen, director of
University Relations, said students
would have to make a case to the
faculty governance for why this
should happen. The governance is
open to hear any changes to the
policy, Cohen said.
An A guarantee for students opt-
ing to take credit/no credit means a
student who earns an A keeps the
grade.
By allowing them to receive
the A they are being rewarded,
Wittlinger said.
Rich Hale, associate profes-
sor of aerospace engineering and
University Senate president, said for
this to be a reality, students would
have to draft a recommendation for
policy change to University Senate.
It would be interesting to see
what the rest of the student body
thinks, Hale said.
san.com.
platforms (continued from 1A)
violations (continued from 1A)
if they are found to be com-
pletely malicious in the state-
ments, the commission could
impose a large fne.
cayla wITTy
Elections commissioner on the
allegations against United Students
poEtrY (continued from 1A)
hijAcKing in turKEy
suspect apprehended,
no explosives found
aNKaRa, Turkey a man who
allegedly commandeered a Turk-
ish jetliner Tuesday by threatening
to set of a bomb was detained
after the plane landed in ankara,
but no explosives were found,
authorities said.
Transport Minister Binali
yildirim said a passenger an-
nounced he had a bomb after the
Pegasus airline Boeing 737 took
of from Diyarbakir, the largest
city in Turkeys southeast.
The man, identifed as Mehmet
Goksin Gol, 39, initially said he
wanted the plane diverted to
the capital, ankara, but changed
his mind and demanded it fy to
Tehran, Iran, yildirim said. But the
pilots landed at ankara and the
man gave himself up about 40
minutes later.
yildirim said the man did not
make any political demands and
the reason for the hijacking was
unknown.
No injuries were reported.
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ASSOcIATEd PrESS
MEXICO CITY Rising glob-
al temperatures could melt Latin
Americas glaciers within 15 years,
cause food shortages affecting 130
million people across Asia by 2050
and wipe out Africas wheat crop,
according to a U.N. report released
Tuesday.
The report, written and reviewed
by hundreds of scientists, outlined
dramatic effects of climate change
including rising sea levels, the disap-
pearance of species and intensifying
natural disasters. It said 30 percent
of the worlds coastlines could be
lost by 2080.
Scientists with the Intergovern-
mental Panel on Climate Change
outlined details of the report in
news conferences around the world
Tuesday, four days after they released
a written summary of their findings.
The report is the second of three
being issued this year; the first dealt
with the physical science of climate
change and the third will deal with
responses to it.
In Mexico City, scientists pre-
dicted that global warming could
cost the Brazilian rain forest up to 30
percent of its species and turn large
swaths into savannah.
They said ocean levels are pro-
jected to rise 4.3 feet by 2080 and
flood low-lying cities including Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, and Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Polar ice caps will likely melt,
opening a waterway at the North
Pole and threatening to make the
Panama Canal obsolete, IPCC mem-
ber Edmundo de Alba said. Warmer
waters will spawn bigger and more
dangerous hurricanes that will
threaten coastlines not traditionally
affected by them.
Latin Americas diverse eco-
systems will struggle with intense
droughts and flooding and as many
as 70 million people in the region
will be left without enough water,
according to the report.
Whats clear is places suffering
from drought are going to become
drier, and places with a large amount
of precipitation are going to see an
increase in precipitation, de Alba
said.
Many Latin American farmers
will have to abandon traditional
crops such as corn, rice, wheat and
sugar as their soil becomes increas-
ingly saline, and ranchers will have
to find new ways to feed their live-
stock, scientists said.
They warned that governments
are doing too little to prepare for the
changes.
We dont have medium- or
long-term plans in Latin America.
Governments look the other way,
IPCC member Osvaldo Canziani
said in Buenos Aires.
The report said Africa is most
vulnerable to the effects of climate
change. The fallout from a swiftly
warming planet extreme weath-
er, flooding, outbreaks of disease
will only exacerbate troubles in
the worlds poorest continent, said
Anthony Nyong, one of the lead
authors.
Wheat, a staple in Africa, may
disappear from the continent by the
2080s, the report said.
Africa has the least responsibility
for climate change and yet it is per-
versely the continent with the most
at risk if greenhouse gases are not
cut, said Achim Steiner, executive
director of the U.N. Environment
Program.
But Nyong said African govern-
ments cannot rely on outside aid to
fix problems from climate change.
In Asia, nearly 100 million people
will face the risk of floods from seas
that are expected to rise between
0.04 inches to 0.12 inches annu-
ally, slightly higher than the global
average.
The report suggests that a 3.6-
degree increase in average air tem-
perature could decrease rain-fed rice
yields by 5 percent to 12 percent
in China. In Bangladesh, rice pro-
duction may fall by just under 10
percent and wheat by a third by the
year 2050.
The drops in yields combined
with rising populations could put
close to 50 million extra people at
risk of hunger by 2020, 132 million
by 2050 and 266 million by 2080, the
report said.
It is absolutely vital that interna-
tional action is taken now to avoid
dangerous climate change, Steiner
said. Otherwise the consequences
for food and water security in Asia,
as for many other parts of the world
are too alarming to contemplate.
Global warminG
Latin America unprepared
U.N. report details projected effects of climate change
AssociAted Press
tourists try to protect themselves after a strong wave hit the resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, on Monday. The unusual waves could be the result of swells
just reaching some Pacifc coasts froma powerful stormthat occurred last week of the western coast of South America, thousands of miles to the south.
north Korea
Disarmament deadline nears
By FOSTEr KLUG
ASSOcIATEd PrESS
PYONGYANG, North Korea A
U.S. nuclear negotiator expressed
hope Tuesday that North Korea
could still meet a weekend deadline
for taking initial steps toward dis-
mantling its nuclear program as a
Bush administration official warned
that time was running out.
The optimism from Assistant
Secretary of State Christopher
Hill comes after the U.S. Treasury
Department said authorities in the
Chinese-administered region of
Macau are prepared to unblock the
frozen funds that North Korea says
are the reason it has refused to imple-
ment a disarmament agreement.
State Department spokesman
Sean McCormack told reporters
Tuesday that Macau authorities have
made the funds available for with-
drawal, citing remarks by a spokes-
woman for the Monetary Authority
of Macau.
A call to a spokesman of Banco
Delta Asia, where the funds are being
held, was not immediately returned
Tuesday. The bank had been black-
listed by Washington for allegedly
helping the North launder money
and its North Korean accounts were
frozen. The bank has denied any
wrongdoing.
Its obviously a big step that I
think should clear the way for the
(North) to step up the process of
dealing with its obligations with-
in the 60-day period, Hill said in
Seoul, referring to a Saturday dead-
line under a February agreement
where North Korea pledged to shut
down its main atomic reactor in
exchange for energy aid and political
concessions.
South Korean nuclear envoy Chun
Young-woo, speaking with Hill, said
all North Korean accounts at Banco
Delta Asia had been unblocked.
This means North Korean
account holders can withdraw the
money in all of the accounts, Chun
said.
He added later that the hold on the
accounts would be lifted Wednesday
morning.
The Macau monetary author-
ity spokeswoman, Wendy Au, told
Kyodo News that the funds had been
unblocked.
The account holders or autho-
rized parties can go to the bank and
withdraw or deal with their depos-
its, Au said.
Later, McCormack referred to the
Kyodo report and said: We dont
have any doubts that this is, in fact,
what they have done.
After meeting in Seoul with
Chinas nuclear envoy, Chun said
China also believed the move would
help advance the disarmament pro-
cess.
If North Korea follows through
with its promises, it would be the
first moves the communist state
has made to scale back its nuclear
development since it kicked out
international inspectors and in 2003
restarted its sole operating nuclear
reactor.
The hard-won agreement, was
reached four months after North
Korea rattled the world by testing a
nuclear device.
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ive decided to wear black for the
rest of the week to mourn the loss
of Julian wright.
n
Hey Julian, great job in college.
Good luck in the nba.
n
all i have to say is brandon rush
better not leave, too.
n
i hate the nba, its such a home-
wrecker. we love you, Julian.
n
Julian, im going to tell your mom
what youre doing.
n
Yes, Julian, it is about the money.
i just wanted to call and ask all
the guys out there how many
piercings is too many piercings for
a girl, and which ones are hot and
which ones are not?
n
do these ugg boots make me look
fat?
n
burrito king for student senate!
wee!
n
i heard darnell Jackson is going to
go to the nba, too.
n
Free for all, i can guarantee that
there are at least three sexual
deviants in delta Force. dont vote
for them.
n
i really should go to bed soon.
especially since i have to get up at
the butt crack of dawn.
n
i just did really good on a chemis-
try test, but Julian is leaving. im in
a glass case of emotion!
n
molly, just because spring break is
over doesnt mean you get to stop
taking your top of.
n
i love raymond.
congratulations Julian, you lied to
you mother.
n
its been a month since daylight
savings time started. cant some-
body fgure out how to make the
computers at anschutz display the
right time?
n
i guess chris was in the wrong, but
he didnt deserve to be fred. and
what sort of consequences are
you talking about, asshole? bring
it on!
n
Hey guys, i just had this awesome
idea. im going to treat the Free
for all like its a person el-oh-el.
n
i love you, dad!
n
the best part about student
senate elections is knowing that
the next day, all that chalk and
crap is going to be gone from the
sidewalks.
n
i just want to thank my Gta for
throwing up at the end of class
today. it probably made my day.
n
Hey Free for all, drink this. itll
make you grow hair on your
ovaries, but careful. theyre inside
you, so its real bad.
i will die before i disavow my loy-
alty to chris. You guys are twats.
n
oh man, i just walked in on my
roommate having sex. i guess hes
not a virgin anymore.
n
the only reason im enjoying the
rain right now is because its eras-
ing all the political nonsense.
n
i am totally all about the point-
less campus propaganda being
washed away by the rain. You go,
rain. You rock.
n
to whoever found my keys down
on mass street on april 10th
around lunch time. thank you so
much, you are a life saver.
n
these shoes suck.
n
Julian wright is dynamite! we will
miss you. Play well.
n
who cares who makes the
skyline? its a car. nobody really
cares.
FREE FOR ALL
call 864-0500
Those who serve in Student
Senate stand as tribunes for the
masses, voices for those whose
wishes are often lost in the clamor
of everyday campus life. Ideally,
those voices work to advance the
causes of the greatest number of
students while maintaining an
efficient, streamlined student gov-
ernment. Too often, it seems, that
advancement and representation
gets lost in the bustle of inter-
coalition competition, rsum-
padding and the comparatively
trivial squabbles of the next cam-
paign.
As the time draws nigh for the
Editorial Board to endorse a coali-
tion ticket for todays elections, we
find our deliberations again tinged
with disappointment. Each coali-
tion is encouraging in its own right,
and any of the six candidates for
highest office would no doubt per-
form capably, decently and fairly.
Our unavoidable air of melancholy
comes not with the quality of the
people, but with the staleness of the
campaign ideas.
Too many of each coalitions
platform proposals stand merely
as platitudes and appeasements.
We find the same ideas perenni-
ally resurrected, trotted out with
renewed vigor and determination
by the latest in a long line of ambi-
tious would-be senators. They
crowd Wescoe Beach, inundating
the passersby with leaflets and but-
tons, crowing about the change that
will finally come to campus. Their
glowing promises are enticing to
the ears of young students, those
fed up with the system and deter-
mined to finally do something.
Old ideas are given new names
and retread proposals are repack-
aged as practical solutions. Each
coalition claims in turn to have
polled the most students and to
have the unspoken support of the
administration, each pledging that
here, at long last, are ideas that
work!
But semesters pass, the gradu-
ates proceed down the hill and
through the Campanile, and few
things ever change. Textbooks still
break our bank accounts, parking
spots remain as elusive as ever,
and crime still occasionally per-
meates our idyllic campus. In the
next campaign season, only one
thing is guaranteed: a new round
of candidates, a few renamed
coalitions, each promising to
lower textbook prices, create new
parking lots and eliminate unsafe
campus elements.
Its our sincere hope that this
years candidates and winners view
Student Senate as more than some-
thing you do for experience, a body
whose importance goes beyond a
line on a future cover letter. You
are the chosen representatives
of thousands, and your election
carries an intrinsic responsibility
that is not easily ignored. Work
to benefit the campus community
and you will be rewarded. Abdicate
your charge and you will join the
depressingly long ranks of those
before you.
With that said, we endorse the
United Students ticket for todays
election. Though we appreciate
the candid enthusiasm of Students
Rights and the earnest dedication of
Delta Force, United Students seems
to operate with a machine-like
efficiency that would make Tweed
and Pendergast proud. We caution,
however, that United Students often
sounds like a timely repackaging
of coalitions past. We urge them
to take a potential victory with the
utmost seriousness and responsibil-
ity. Student Senate is not a rsum
accoutrement it is an elected
body with significant tasks. Please
treat it as such.
Tasha Riggins and McKay
Stangler for the editorial
board.
Grant Snider/KanSan
Speaker, columnist have right to expression
Third-world countries need real attention
We have all seen movies, info-
mercials or Bono talking about
sending aid to some God-forsaken
country where children live in the
streets; most people dont have
access to clean water, let alone
medical care; and the number one
cause of death for children under
the age of five is dehydration, often
due to diarrhea. Normally we feel
bad for about 20 seconds and then
move on when we think about how
privileged we are and how many
people have it so rough.
How is it that we are able to
move on when we are reminded on
a weekly basis about the suffering
that goes on in other countries? We
either convince ourselves that we
cannot do anything, or on some
level we convince ourselves that it
isnt real. How else would we be able
to spend $20 at the Hawk when we
know that same $20 would feed a
family of four for a month in several
other countries?
The simple answer is that we
couldnt. The reality of the suffering
of other human beings in this world
is something weve become com-
fortable with ignoring. The reality
is 20,000 people die every day due
to extreme poverty. It doesnt have
to be that way, but while the world
has the resources to help its poor-
est citizens it lacks the will. Part of
this is because the problem seems
so large that we all end up asking
ourselves What can I do?
There are several great orga-
nizations to get involved with to
help. Everything from joining the
Peace Corps, to micro financing
entrepreneurs with loans in third
world countries at www.kiva.org.
It is worth noting that in countries
where many people subsist on a few
dollars a day, giving only $20, $50
or $100 can really make an impact
in a community.
Next time you see someone rais-
ing awareness about problems in
the Third World remember that
they are very real and you can do
something about it, but only if you
choose to.
Conor McCartney
Madison, Wisc. junior
letter to the editor
An article by Francesca
Chambers recently published
in The University Daily Kansan
accused the Federalist Society of
inviting a blatant racist to speak
at its monthly meeting. As presi-
dent of the Federalist Society and
the person responsible for inviting
speakers, I feel I should respond to
this accusation.
The Federalist Society is a non-
partisan national organization of
conservative and libertarian law
students, law professors and legal
practitioners who are dedicated to
fostering balanced and open debate
among students, academics, legal
practitioners and public policy
experts. The society was founded
by a group of students who were
dissatisfied with the orthodox lib-
eral ideology and radicalism found
in most of their classes and wanted
to create a forum for debate on a
wider range of legal viewpoints.
We continue to work towards these
goals. Professor Amy Wax was
invited in an effort to achieve such
ends. The Federalist Society does
not necessarily support or endorse
the viewpoint she or any other
speaker we host advocates. We
merely sought to create debate on
an important societal issue. As evi-
denced by Ms. Chambers article,
we achieved this goal.
Ms. Chambers charge of rac-
ism is unfair, but I believe she has
a right to express her opinion. Our
country was founded on the prin-
ciples of freedom of speech and Ms.
Chambers is welcome to express
her opinion about the event.
However, I ask her to afford this
same opportunity to Wax. We live
in a diverse society with an abun-
dance of diverging views and there
are always going to be individuals
with viewpoints we find offensive.
Regardless of the fact that we find
someones view offensive is no justi-
fication to prevent that person from
expressing it.
My last point of contention is
the accusation that Wax didnt
present a solution. Its unfair to
say Wax is not concerned about
these problems because she didnt
offer a concrete resolution. If we
silenced all discussion that failed
to offer concrete solutions, our
nation would be in a troublesome
state especially because solutions
are often discovered through dia-
logue such as this. Furthermore, I
think Chambers missed the point
of Waxs presentation, which is that
welfare and government interven-
tion have not been effective in
combating the nations poverty and
single-motherhood epidemic. The
government has failed and in some
ways made the problem worse,
which is why Wax argued change is
going to have to come from people,
not government.
I must disagree with the sub-
stance of Chambers article, but I
appreciate it in so far as it furthers
debate on this issue.
Beth Dorsey
Emporia second year law
student
KULTURE 12A WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007
Frank faith
By Andrew Bredeson
For most University of Kansas students,
Friday nights mean deciding which party or
bar to hit first and what kind of beer to buy.
For the members of the Campus Christians,
Friday nights mean five to six hours of
spreading the ideals that govern their lives.
One way they share their faith is by standing
outside their house at 1320 Ohio St., giving
hot dogs to anyone that wants them.
I love this place, Ive never felt judged
said Stephanie Bonson, Minneapolis, Minn.,
sophomore. Bonson said that they could be
found giving away free hot dogs on even the
coldest Fridays.
The group gives out between 400 and 450
hot dogs on a typical Friday night, and they
are out in all types of weather. The funding
for the hot dog distribution comes from
donations from local churches and commu-
nity members.
Standing less than a block from The
Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., and in the middle of
an action-packed student neighborhood, the
Campus Christians find that the vast major-
ity of hot dog eaters stop by on their way to or
from a night of partying. Martin Hamilton,
St. Louis freshman, said that the location
allowed them to reach a lot of people.
Its really good outreach, Hamilton said.
From people driving the wrong direction
on a one-way street to fights, the Campus
Christians have seen it all. Weve even had
somebody throw up in our house, said
Tony Bedora, the groups director and a reli-
gious adviser in the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center.
Tyler McKee, Holton sophomore, said that
the house was there to be a place for people
to come and relax.
The hot dog giveaway lasts from 9:30 p.m.
until 2:30 or 3 a.m. Visitors have stayed until
as late as 4:30 a.m. talking about spirituality,
among other things. If people need some-
one to talk to, were here, McKee said.
Most students who visit the house appre-
ciate the goodwill.
Theyre very hospitable, said Bonnie
OMalley, Evanston, Ill., freshman.
Their motivation is simple.
I love God, Gods people and Gods
world, and we wanted to find a practical way
to reach out, Bedora said.
When many students think of interacting
with religious groups, they picture group
members standing on street corners hand-
ing out flyers that are likely to be thrown
away. The Campus Christians are different.
They encounter hundreds of students every
Friday and hope to enhance each passerbys
evening.
Bedora said that another goal they had
was to break stereotypes.
They want to show students that Christians
do not judge others based on the decision to
drink and party and that not all Christians
push others to change their beliefs. They
simply wish to spread the love and generosity
that is fundamental to their faith.
Campus Christians ofer late-night hot dogs,
spiritual conversation to partying students
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Above: Two KU students laugh on the porch at the Campus Christians house, 1320 Ohio St., as they head home from a night
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Mark turgeon Joins Big 12
The former Wichita State coach and Kansas alumnus was announced as the new Texas A&M
coach Tuesday. Turgeon took over for Billy Gillispie who took the vacant Kentucky coaching job.
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W
hile some Kansas fans
may look at Julian
Wrights early entry to
the NBA draft as disappointing, they
need to realize that early departures
are a sign of a successful program.
In college basketball, players like
Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison do
not exist anymore. Rarely will we see a
player stay four years, earn his degree
and leave a lottery pick in the draft.
Nobody understands this better
than Bill Self.
This is a moment that I knew
would come, Self said. With this
team, I knew it would come. Its
not a happy day or a sad day, just a
day that if you coach at a place like
Kansas, youre going to have to deal
with from time to time.
With the NBAs new age limit of
19, freshmen are going to impact
teams like never before, as we saw this
season with Greg Oden and Kevin
Durant. As a result, if a team does
not have elite young NBA talent, it is
unlikely that it is going to contend for
a national championship. Florida was
fortunate to get a third year out of its
talented group of juniors. Georgetown
is likely to lose Jeff Green and Roy
Hibbert to the draft, as is UCLA with
Arron Afflalo, Darren Collison and
possibly Josh Shipp.
Here is the cycle we will begin
to see with talented players: they
come in as freshmen and, barring an
Oden- or Durant-like performance,
show flashes of brilliance and yet
struggle at times. Then, as sopho-
mores, they take their game to the
next level and show that they can be
all-conference performers and lead
a team to the Final Four. After their
sophomore year, they leave for the
draft and the next batch of players
arrive.
Fortunately for Kansas, more of
these types of players are going to come.
Players want to go to schools that place
players in the NBA. Players like Wright
are only going to help Kansas bring in
similar talent in the future.
Its not a totally bad thing
because its been my experience that
when you have guys experience suc-
cess and move on, thats also very
attractive to some other guys out
By kAyvon sArrAf
kansan sports columnist
ksarraf@kansan.com
Wrights
exit good
sign for
program
By EvAn kAfArAkis
Trying to get back in the swing
of things, the Kansas softball team
will face off against Missouri at 6
tonight.
The Jayhawks are traveling to
Columbia, Mo., after coming off a
series against Texas this past week-
end, where they won one (2-0) and
lost one (3-2) against the No. 11
Longhorns.
Senior pitcher Kassie
Humphreys performed up to
her potential in the Longhorns
series by pitching 10 2/3 innings
allowing four hits and striking
out 13. Eleven strikeouts came in
the Jayhawks game one victory
against Texas.
Humphreys is tied for sixth in
the Big 12 Conference with 13 vic-
tories.
The Glendale, Ariz., native also
came up big for the Jayhawks in
the batters box going 3-for-5 and
scoring a run.
Missouri is 5-0 in the Big 12 as
the Tigers are riding a seven-game
winning streak heading into their
game against the Jayhawks.
The Tigers win with an offense
ranking third in the Big 12 in team
batting average (.300), second in
runs scored (276) and first in dou-
bles (75).
The pitching has been trouble-
some for the Tigers on the season
as they rank last in the Big 12 with
a 3.89 team ERA.
Kansas is 2-5 in its past seven
games, but keeping the series close
with the Longhorns was a good
sign for the Jayhawks.
The Jayhawks have won the past
two games against the Tigers, win-
ning 5-1 and 2-0 last spring.
kansan sportswriter Evan kafara-
kis can be contacted at ekafara-
kis@kansan.com.
kansan FiLe pHoto
the kansas Jayhawks hope to take advantage of the Missouri Tigers struggling pitching staf at 6
tonight in Columbia, Mo. The Jayhawks have won the last two games against the Tigers.
Winning Tigers pose tough challenge
By AshEr fusco
For every player on the Kansas
football team, spring practices serve
as auditions. Those who catch the
attention of the coaching staff will be
first in line to see more playing time
come September.
Competition for playing time in
the spring is fairly routine, but when
the quarterback position is involved,
the position battle holds a bit more
intrigue.
Between now and the season
opener on Sept. 1, coach Mark
Mangino has a decision to make con-
cerning the situation at quarterback.
I havent picked anybody,
Mangino said last week. Someone
will have to win the job.
Mangino spoke little of the quar-
terback dilemma at last Wednesdays
open practice, suggesting that sopho-
mores Kerry Meier and Todd Reesing
are on equal footing as spring prac-
tices wind down.
Meier, who was thrust into the role
of starter as a freshman last season,
fits the mold of the typical Big 12
Conference quarterback: tall and pow-
erful, with the ability to tuck the ball
away and pick up a few yards on the
ground. Meier looked great at times
in 2006 but was hampered by injuries
and freshman
inconsistencies.
He missed four
games with an
injury and fin-
ished the season
ranked just ninth
in the Big 12 in
passing efficiency.
Kerry is the
i n c u mb e n t ,
Mangino said. But
itd be an oversight
to say thats how its going to be.
The other option is the speedy
Reesing. In three games of action
last season,
Reesing showed
some of the cre-
ativity the rest
of the offense
lacked. On sev-
eral occasions,
Reesing was
able to scurry
away from
defensive pres-
sure to either
run for a first
down or find a receiver downfield
for a big gain. Though the coach-
ing staff was impressed with the
improvements Reesing made in
the weight room during the winter
months, he may be too short to see
over the defensive line and too small
to take to take a beating over the
course of an entire season.
The quarterback that wins the
job could be the one who makes the
most seamless transition to the teams
adjusted offensive system. New offen-
sive coordinator Ed Warinner has
brought a fresh play-calling scheme
kansan FiLe pHoto
the kansas football teamwill play its spring scrimmage at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday at Memorial Stadium. Coach Mark Mangino will put sophomores Todd Reesing andTodd Meier to the test in order to decide the starting quarterback for the 2007 season.
Quarterback job up for grabs
I havent picked anybody.
Someone will have to win the
job.
mark mangino
Football coach
commentary
Football
soFtball
kansas may not get the op-
portunity to avenge its early
season loss at the hands of oral
roberts.
The second of the two-game
series scheduled for Tuesday in
Lawrence was canceled due to
inclement weather. as of Tues-
day afternoon, no makeup date
had been announced.
all four games that the
Jayhawks (18-20, 4-8) have can-
celed due to inclement weather
have been replaced with an-
other opponent to ensure a full
schedule is played. according to
the athletics Department, kan-
sas is looking to reschedule with
oral roberts (16-14) rather than
play an alternate opponent.
The Jayhawks will test the
weather again this weekend
when they play host to the Bay-
lor Bears (19-15, 4-8) in a three-
game series starting Friday.
Alissa Bauer
Inclement weather
forces rescheduling
baseball mens basketball
Banquet honors players, coaches accomplishments
amanda sellers/kansan
Coach Bill self speaks to an audience of fans, players and coaches at the annual postseason banquet
Tuesday night. The Danny ManningMr. Jayhawkaward was given to junior guard Russell Robinson.
By MichAEL PhiLLiPs
This years postseason awards
banquet was missing one important
thing: awards.
The event, which recognizes the
mens basketball team at the end of
the season, was instead a tribute to the
team. Coach Bill Self said that it would
be unfair to give individual awards
because the team was successful this
season because of its teamwork.
All these guys could have scored
more points than they did, and all
these guys could have played more
minutes than they did, he said. But
they didnt, because that gave us the
best chance to go 33-5.
Only one award was handed out.
The team votes each year to recog-
nize one player as Mr. Jayhawk
because of his overall contributions
to the team. This year it was given to
junior guard Russell Robinson. On
a team with no seniors, Robinson
assumed the leadership role and
helped develop the younger players.
After the team was recognized,
Self addressed one of his players. He
turned to sophomore guard Brandon
Rush, who is debating whether to
enter the NBA draft.
Whatever you decide, Im cool with
see football on page 3B
see sarraf on page 3B
see basketball on page 3B
9B
sports 2B wednesday, april 11, 2007
SECOND FLOOR
Tennis
Injuries, losses annoy Kansas
All this talk about NBA talent
and players has had me thinking
over the last day or two. I started
reminiscing about all the best play-
ers I have seen during my time
as a student at the University of
Kansas.
I thought it would be fun to
recapture those memories and rank
the best sports players/athletes Ive
seen since I enrolled in Fall 2003.
It should be noted that I never saw
Oklahomas Adrian Peterson play
or two-time Olympic gold medalist
Jeremy Wariner run for Baylor.
As I started compiling my list,
I got a little depressed as I real-
ized the sheer number of Texas
Longhorns on this list. But, here it
is, the top ten athletes Ive seen.
Vince Young, Texas, quarter-
back: The Longhorns gave the
Jayhawks a chance to actually beat
these giants on our turf in 2004.
With a few minutes left in the game
and Kansas with the lead, I was
perched on the rail in the front row,
waiting for the final horn to blow.
What ensued is now historic.
Charles Gordon was called for the
ever elusive offensive pass interfer-
ence and Young did what he is now
famous for: he drove the length of
the field in less than two minutes
and won the game.
He torched the Jayhawks the
entire game and then finished them
off by tearing their hearts out in the
last minute. It was the only time I
gave an opponent a standing ova-
tion as he walked off the court or
field. He is hands down the best
athlete I have seen while in college.
Kevin Durant, Texas, forward:
Although he is the youngest player
I list, he is already one of the most
accomplished. He won all six of the
mens college basketball Player of
the Year awards and is the best bas-
ketball player in Longhorn history.
He makes everything, rebounds
well, blocks shots and can handle
the ball like a guard. No matter how
well the defense plays, hes going to
get 20, if not 30, points and be the
leading rebounder in the game. I
have him pegged for next years
Rookie of the Year in the NBA.
Cat Osterman, Texas, pitcher:
One week, Osterman was pitch-
ing for Texas and the next she
was pitching for the U.S. Womens
Olympic Softball Team. She didnt
have a buffer-time where Team
USA nursed her to a starting posi-
tion; she jumped straight into it.
Its a rare moment when a col-
lege player is one of the best in
not only college, but arguably the
world.
Derrick Johnson, Texas, line-
backer: I remember watching in
the stands and discussing with my
friends how this former Longhorn
linebacker was around the ball on
every tackle.
Knowing how bad the Kansas
City Chiefs defense was at the time,
I yelled, Derrick, let the Chiefs
draft you, over and over again as
he exited the field. He looked over
at me, gave me a hook em and
smiled. Six months later he was
drafted by the Chiefs. Ive been
smiling ever since.
Wayne Simien, Kansas, for-
ward: Simien is the best Jayhawk
basketball player Ive seen in my
four years. Everyone could count
on him to make his shots and grab
the hard rebounds. He always left
his heart on the court and always
gave the fans a show. Hes my all-
time favorite Kansas basketball
player.
Cedric Benson, Texas, running
back: He is the third player from
the 2004 Texas-Kansas football
game to make this list. He is one
of the best running backs in Texas
history and is now starting for the
Chicago Bears.
Courtney Paris, Texas, center:
Like Durant, Paris is young and her
talent ceiling is high. There is no
one in NCAA womens basketball
who can stop her.
Nick Fazekas, Nevada, center:
He has flown under the radar dur-
ing his time at Nevada, but there
was no missing him when he came
to Allen Fieldhouse two years ago.
No one could stop him as he led
the Wolfpack past the Jayhawks
and made me boycott the state of
Nevada ever since.
Don Czyz, Kansas, pitcher:
There have been some amazing
baseball players who have made
their way through Hoglund
Ballpark in the last four years, but
Czyz was the only one who stood
out to me. In 2006 he won the
Stopper of the Year award as the
best closer in college baseball and
was a first team All-American.
Acie Law, Texas A&M, guard:
Law was a Kevin Durant away from
Big 12 Player of the Year this year
and maybe one of the National
Player of the Year awards. Ill always
remember him as the best clutch
shooter I have ever seen.
Honorable Mentions: Charles
Gordon (Kansas cornerback/wide
receiver), Bill Whittemore (Kansas
quarterback), Jon Cornish (Kansas
running back), Julian Wright
(Kansas forward), Brandon Rush
(Kansas guard), Keith Langford
(Kansas guard), Joey Graham
(Oklahoma State forward), Jared
Dudley (Boston College forward),
LaMarcus Aldridge (Texas for-
ward), Randolph Morris (Kentucky
center), Jarrett Jack (Georgia Tech
guard).
Jorgensen is a Baldwin senior in
journalism.
athletics calendar
TODAY
nTennis vs. Kansas state, 2 p.m.
robinson Center courts
nsoftball vs. Missouri, 6 p.m.
Columbia, Mo.
nVolleyball vs. UMKC, TBa,
Horesji Center
FRiDAY
nBaseball vs. Baylor, 7 p.m.
Hoglund Ballpark
nTrack at sooner invitational, all
day, norman, Okla.
sATURDAY
nsoftball vs. Texas a&M, 2 p.m.
arrocha Ballpark
Hoglund Ballpark
nTrack at sooner invitational, all
day, norman, Okla.
nRowing at Knecht Cup, all day,
Camden, n.J.
nVolleyball vs. TBa, TBa, Chicago
sUnDAY
nTennis vs. Colorado, 11 a.m.
robinson Center courts
nsoftball vs. Texas a&M, noon,
arrocha Ballpark
Hoglund Ballpark
nRowing at Knecht Cup, all day,
Camden, n.J.
By Rustin DoDD
The Kansas tennis team may have
perfected the recipe for an agonizing
season injuries, close losses and
blowout losses.
First, No. 1 singles player sopho-
more Ksenia Bukina was sidelined
for good on Jan. 27 after battling a
continual injury. Juniors Stephanie
Smith and Lauren Hommell joined
Bukina on the injured list by missing
some time this season.
Second, the oh-so-close losses
against rival Missouri and Syracuse,
and the blowout losses to power-
houses Baylor and Texas. To say this
has been a frustrating season on the
tennis court might be an understate-
ment.
But coach Amy Hall-Holt doesnt
want to word it that way.
I wouldnt say frustration, Hall-
Holt said, But its tough when we
only have six players, and girls in
the lineup are playing and battling
injuries.
The Jayhawks will match up with
a team that may be able to relate to
their struggles. Kansas plays host
to in-state rival Kansas State at 2
p.m. today at the Robinson Center
courts.
But while Kansas has dropped four
straight dual matches to drop to 4-12
and 2-5 in the Big 12 Conference, K-
State has won two straight and sits at
4-11 and 2-4 in conference play.
As always, doubles will play a
crucial role in deciding which team
grabs a victory Kansas is 0-12
when losing the doubles point-and
both team possess a potent doubles
team. Olga Klimova and Katerina
Kudlackova have a 5-1 record play-
ing primarily at the No. 2 doubles
position for K-State, while junior
Elizaveta Avdeeva and sophomore
Edina Horvath lead the Big 12 with
six victories at the No. 1 doubles for
Kansas.
Kansas leads the all-time series
37-7, but has lost the last two years,
including a 6-1 defeat last year in
Manhattan.
Although records are thrown out
whenever these two schools meet up,
junior Stephanie Smith said the team
had a desire to finish strong.
Everyone left on the schedule is
beatable, Smith said. Yeah, there is
a sense of frustration on the team,
but everyone is just trying to support
each other because of the injuries.
This is not what Hall-Holt antici-
pated after a 14-11 record a year ago,
but despite the long list of setbacks,
Hall-Holt has constantly voiced
pride in her group of players.
We have stuck together as a
team, Hall-Holt said. The prob-
lems havent disrupted the team and
our ability to go out and compete.
Todays match will be played at the
Robinson courts, weather permit-
ting. Otherwise, the match will be
moved to First Serve Tennis Center,
5200 Clinton Parkway.
Kansan sportswriter Rustin Dodd
can be contacted at rdodd@kan-
san.com.
gO ROYAls?
Four years of playmakers
By eRic JoRgensen
Kansan spOrTs COlUMnisT
ejorgensen@kansan.com
Missing players, close defeats complicate season
national league
Dodgers give up early lead,
commit errors in 4-2 loss
CHICAGO Chris Sampson
pitched fve shutout innings, and
the Houston Astros beat the Cubs
4-2 on Tuesday in a game that
included three errors by Chicago
shortstop Cesar Izturis.
Sampson (1-0) allowed three
singles in his fourth major league
start, his frst this season.
Izturis, who won a Gold Glove
in 2004 with the Dodgers, made
back-to-back errors in the fourth
and fumbled a leadof grounder
to start the ffth.
Houston bunched four straight
hits in the frst inning to take a 3-0
lead against Jason Marquis (0-1),
who allowed four runs on four hits
and four walks in fve innings.
Morgan Ensberg doubled with
one out, Lance Berkman singled,
Carlos Lee hit an RBI single and
Luke Scott followed with a two-
run double that went over Alfonso
Soriano in center.
Associated Press
ameRican league
Red Sox rock Mariners
in home opener 14-3
BOSTON The Red Sox pelted
World Series star Jef Weaver with
seven runs in the frst two innings
and celebrated their home opener
with a 14-3 victory on Tuesday.
Jason Varitek and Kevin Youkilis
each had three of Bostons 14 hits,
and J.D. Drew homered in his frst
ofcial Red Sox at-bat at Fenway
Park. Josh Beckett (2-0) pitched
seven innings of two-hit ball. He
had eight strikeouts and gave up
one run.
Weaver (0-1) was dismal in his
frst outing since pitching eight
innings of four-hit ball in the fnal
game of the St. Louis Cardinals
World Series victory over Detroit.
He allowed seven runs, seven
hits and two walks, throwing
70 pitches in two innings in the
Seattle Mariners frst game since a
blizzard snowed them out of four
straight in Cleveland.
Associated Press
Star college athletes leave lasting impressions on sports fans
and added some new wrinkles to
the Jayhawk offense this spring.
The new system helps with
learning, Mangino said. It should
take some of the pressure off of the
quarterback.
With just several spring practices
open to media and fans, the struggle
between Meier and Reesing has not
been obvious up to this point. But
fans will get the chance to watch
the quarterbacks make their cases
at the spring game this Sunday. The
game will be played at 3:30 p.m.
at Memorial Stadium. Parking and
admission to the scrimmage is free.
Kansan sportswriter Asher Fusco
can be contacted at afusco@kan-
san.com.
Editedby Stacey Couch
sports
3B wednesday, april 11, 2007
there that want to experience the
same kind of success and do some
things similar to what Julian did,
Self said.
In other words, expect Self to
sign a few lottery picks in the class
of 2008.
The last team to win a national
championship without an early
entry lottery pick was Michigan
State in 2000, led by seniors
Mateen Cleaves and Morris
Peterson. Kansas nearly pulled off
the feat in 2003 with Hinrich and
Collison. If a player stays in col-
lege for four years, he likely is not
good enough to lead a team to a
national championship.
For example, take a look at
the outstanding senior class for
Kansas in 2005. Wayne Simien,
Aaron Miles, Keith Langford and
Michael Lee were all great rep-
resentatives for Kansas but they
were not good enough to bring in
a title.
As Self said, Monday was not
a sad day for Kansas basketball
fans. It was a day that signaled the
strength of the program. If the
program hopes to maintain this
strength, expect several similar
news conferences in the next few
years.
Sarraf is a Lawrence senior in
journalism.
it, Self said. But if you come back, Ill
line up and play against anybody, any-
where. Because were going to be good.
Aside from the lack of individual
awards, the event was different in
another way as well. It was held at the
Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald
Drive, where a meal was served in the
large banquet room. In previous years,
the event was held in an auditorium
and did not include food.
Self said he enjoyed the new format
because it provided an intimate environ-
ment for fans and players to mingle.
The master of ceremonies for
the evening was broadcaster Dave
Armstrong, who began by saluting
former broadcaster Max Falkenstien,
who turned 83 years old on Tuesday.
When Self took the microphone, he
first recognized the assistant coaches. Tim
Jankovich was not on hand, as he was
preparing for his new job at Southern
Illinois, a job for which Self said the for-
mer assistant coach was well-suited.
I want all my guys to become
head coaches, Self said.
An especially loud ovation went
to the man who will take Jankovichs
place, former Jayhawk great Danny
Manning. Self said that a lot of NBA
greats wouldnt do the dirty work
that Manning did on a daily basis
when he worked with the team.
Instead of beginning the awards,
Self made his announcement that
none would be given.
He cited several examples of awards
that would have to be split between sev-
eral players. He said that an academic
award would have to be split between
Sasha Kaun, a computer science major,
and Matt Kleinmann, an architecture
major. Both are on pace to graduate a
semester early and are maintaining a
grade point average well above 3.0.
A free-throw award would go to soph-
omore guard Mario Chalmers, but fresh-
man guard Sherron Collins finished just
one free-throw away from tying.
Self said that if a most valuable
player award was given, it would
be shared among sophomores Rush,
Chalmers and Julian Wright.
The evening ended with fans and
boosters being cleared out of the room,
giving the players the opportunity to
enjoy each others company for the
remainder of the evening. It was some-
thing Self was looking forward to.
I dont think Ive ever enjoyed being
around a group of guys and a staff more
than I have this year, he said.
Kansan senior sportswriter Mi-
chael Phillips can be contacted at
mphillips@kansan.com.
basketball (continued from 1b)
sarraf (continued from 1b)
football (continued from 1b)
ASSociAted PreSS
TORONTO Alex Gordon
showed his power for the first time,
and Zack Greinke was the benefi-
ciary.
Gordon hit his first career home
run, helping the Kansas City Royals
beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3
Tuesday night to stop a three-game
losing streak.
Gordon was hitless in 13 at bats
and 1-for-24 this season when the
rookie hit a two-run homer in the
sixth against Josh Towers (0-1)
that boosted Kansas Citys lead
to 4-1.
Greinke (1-1), who pitched in
just three games last season because
of depression and social anxiety,
allowed one run and six hits in six
innings, struck out five and walked
none. Joakim Soria pitched two
perfect innings for his first career
save, ending Torontos three-game
winning streak.
Towers allowed six runs three
earned and 10 hits in 5 2/3
innings, struck out six and walked
none. Last year, he lost his first nine
decisions and finished 2-10 with an
8.42 ERA.
One night after a sellout crowd
of 50,125 watched Torontos home
opener, the game drew 22,106 to
Rogers Centre.
Mike Sweeneys sacrifice fly
put Kansas City ahead in the first.
Greinke escaped trouble in the
bottom half after Alex Rios led
off with a double and moved to
third on a Lyle Overbays grounder,
with Vernon Wells flying out and
Frank Thomas taking a called third
strike.
David DeJesus tripled in the third
and scored on Mark Grudzialaneks
single, but Alex Rios had a two-out
RBI single in the fifth.
Gordon homered after Mike
Sweeney reached on a throwing
error by third baseman Troy Glaus,
and Tony Pena Jr. hit a run-scoring
triple that chased Towers. DeJesus,
who had three hits, add an RBI
single.
Gregg Zaun hit a two-run pinch-
hit homer in the seventh off Joel
Peralta.
Kansas City topples Toronto 6-3
aaron Harris/ assoCIateD Press
kansas City royals second baseman Mark Grudzielanek, left, bobbles the ball as Toronto Blue Jays Aaron Hill slides safely into second base
during seventh inning baseball action inToronto onTuesday. The Royals beat the Blue Jays 6-3.
Royals put end
to early season
three-game
losing streak
By ALAN roBiNSoN
ASSociAted PreSS
PITTSBURGH Gary Bennett
successfully gambled by running on
a short fly ball to score the winning
run in the 12th inning, and the St.
Louis Cardinals rallied from two
runs down in the ninth to beat the
Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Tuesday
night.
Bennett singled and Aaron Miles
doubled with one out in the 12th
against John Wasdin (0-1), the fifth
Pirates pitcher. Yadier Molina was
intentionally walked to load the
bases and set up the double-play
opportunity. But Skip Schumaker
lifted a fly ball to left fielder Jason
Bay, whose throw to the plate beat
Bennett only to have catcher Ronny
Paulino drop the ball.
Schumaker was credited with a
sacrifice fly, even though it appeared
Bennett would have been out if
Paulino held onto the ball.
Brad Thompson (1-0) pitched
two scoreless innings for the victory
before Jason Isringhausen came on
for his third save in as many oppor-
tunities and second in as many days
in Pittsburgh.
The Cardinals did nothing against
Tom Gorzelanny, who pitched seven
shutout innings in his second effec-
tive start in a row, or reliever Matt
Capps in the eighth. But the Pirates
couldnt hold a 2-0 lead in the ninth
as Salomon Torres blew his first save
opportunity in five chances.
After David Eckstein singled and
Chris Duncan walked, Albert Pujols
missed a home run by several feet
on a long fly ball that Bay tracked
down several feet from the wall.
The drive was deep enough that
both runners tagged up, allowing
last-minute lineup replacement
Scott Spiezio to tie it with a two-
run single to right.
The left-handed Gorzelanny
struck out five, walked none and
retired 12 of the final 13 batters he
faced. Gorzelanny had to be sharp
against Cardinals replacement start-
er Scott Keisler, who limited the
Pirates to two runs in six innings in
his first major league start since 2005
with Cincinnati.
Keisler couldnt have been much
better in replacing the injured Chris
Carpenter until Jose Bautista hit a
one-out homer in the fifth for the
games first run.
The Cardinals have had trouble
scoring runs they have been held
to three runs or fewer in all but
two of their eight games but
have made up for it with produc-
tive starting pitching. Their starters
had thrown 21 consecutive score-
less innings until Bautista drove a
1-1 pitch by Keisler over the center
field wall.
NatioNal league
Cardinals rally,
best Pirates in 12th
americaN league
NFL
League increases stakes for of-field behavior
By DAVE GOLDBERG
AssOciAtED PREss
NEW YORK Roger Goodell
cracked down Tuesday on the play-
er misconduct
thats plagued
his first seven
months as NFL
commissioner.
He suspended
Te n n e s s e e s
Adam Pacman
Jones for the
2007 season
and Cincinnatis
Chris Henry for
eight games.
It is a privi-
lege to represent
the NFL, not a
right, Goodell
said in a state-
ment announc-
ing the suspensions. These players
and all members of our league have
to make the right choices and deci-
sions in their conduct on a consis-
tent basis.
Jones off-field conduct has
included 10 instances in which
he was interviewed by police. The
most recent took place during the
NBA All-Star weekend in Las Vegas.
Police there recommended felony
and misde-
meanor charges
against Jones
after a fight and
shooting at a
strip club para-
lyzed one man.
His suspen-
sion coul d
be longer or
shorter depend-
ing on develop-
ments in that
case, an official
with knowledge
of the details
of the suspen-
sion said. He
requested ano-
nymity because the Las Vegas case
is still pending.
The NFL suspension could be as
short as 10 games, if Jones meets
the conditions set by the NFL and is
cleared in a pending case in Georgia,
as well as the Las Vegas case, in
which he has yet to be charged.
Henry was arrested four times
in a 14-month span, which resulted
in two benchings by coach Marvin
Lewis and a two-game league
suspension. He was one of nine
Bengals arrested in nine months.
Goodell handed down the sus-
pensions under the NFLs existing
conduct policy and also announced
a new broader policy that will
allow longer fines and suspensions
for players and potential penalties
against teams.
The Titans and Bengals said
they supported the suspensions.
While we regret the circumstanc-
es that called for it, its good for both
Chris and the Bengals to have the
matter resolved, Lewis said. Our
team will move forward, and now it is
up to Chris to acquire a more mature
understanding of his responsibilities
as a player for the Bengals and a rep-
resentative of the NFL.
Jones attorney, Manny Arora,
was in a meeting and did not
immediately return a message left
by the Associated Press.
Reached at her Georgia home,
Jones mother, Deborah Jones,
said: I just pray that this can be
changed. This is not fair for him.
Its just not fair.
G o o d e l l ,
who replaced
the retired Paul
Tagliabue last
September, has
spent much of
his first sea-
son answering
questions about
the arrests of
players. Last
December, he
called Mike
Brown, presi-
dent of the
C i n c i n n a t i
team, and asked
if he could do
anything to help.
Goodell and Gene Upshaw, exec-
utive director of the NFL Players
Association, met with a group of
players in February and again last
week and agreed the league needed
a stronger disciplinary policy.
It is important that the NFL be
represented consistently by out-
standing people as well as great
football players, coaches and staff,
Goodell said in
the new policy
announcement,
which had the
strong support
of Upshaw and
the union.
P l a y e r s
agreed.
You would
think its neces-
sary just because
of the negative
publicity the NFL
is beginning to
receive because
of whats happen-
ing, said Henrys
teammate, T.J.
Houshmandzadeh, one of the play-
ers at the February meeting. It was
going on for an extended period of
time. Each day, each week, something
was happening.
Jones, the sixth overall pick in
the 2005 draft, starred on the field
but had nothing but trouble off
it during two seasons with the
Titans. He had four touchdowns
last season, three on punt returns
and one from one of four intercep-
tions.
He could be reinstated before
seasons end if he adheres to condi-
tions set by the NFL that include
no further involvement with law
enforcement; counseling, education
and treatment under league and
court-ordered programs; follows
restrictions on his activities agreed
to with the Titans; and a commu-
nity-service program submitted to
the league for review and approval.
We appreciate the
Commissioners thoughtful deci-
sion today and the discipline plan
imposed on Adam Jones, Titans
owner Bud Adams said. We respect
this decision and are confident this
is in the best interest of the league
and the team. We are hopeful that it
will achieve the goals of disciplining
the player and eventually enabling
him to return to the field of play.
Our goals for Jones are consistent
with the leagues in that regard.
Henry
Jones
NCAA WomeNs bAsketbALL
Rutgers denounces radio host, agrees to meet
By REBEccA sANtANA
AssOciAtED PREss
PISCATAWAY, N.J. The
Rutgers administration and womens
basketball team blasted Don Imus
despicable remarks Tuesday, but
stopped short of saying he should
be fired and agreed to meet with the
embattled radio host.
Starting Monday, Imus will be
suspended for two weeks for calling
the Rutgers players nappy-headed
hos.
Rutgers athletic director, Robert
E. Mulcahey III, thought a meeting
with Imus offered the teams players
a chance to listen to him and hear
what he has to say. Several players
said they wanted to ask the host why
he would make such thoughtless
statements.
We all agreed the meeting with
Mr. Imus will help, Essence Carson,
a member of the team that lost the
NCAA womens championship game
to Tennessee last week, said. We do
hope to get something accomplished
during this meeting.
Coach C. Vivian Stringer said her
players are the best this nation has
to offer, and we are so very fortunate
to have them at Rutgers University.
They are young ladies of class, dis-
tinction. They are articulate, they are
gifted. They are Gods representa-
tives in every sense of the word.
She said its not about the players
as black or nappy-headed. Its about
us as a people. When there is not
equality for all, or when there has
been denied equality for one, there
has been denied equality for all.
She further said: While they
worked hard in the classroom and
accomplished so much and used
their gifts and talents, you know, to
bring the smiles and the pride within
this state in so many people, we
had to experience racist and sexist
remarks that are deplorable, despi-
cable, and abominable and uncon-
scionable. It hurts me.
Imus started the firestorm after the
Rutgers team, which includes eight
African-American women, lost the
championship game. He was speak-
ing with producer Bernard McGuirk
and said thats some rough girls from
Rutgers. Man, they got tattoos
Some hardcore hos, McGuirk
said.
Thats some nappy-headed hos
there, Im going to tell you that,
Imus said.
Imus comments about the
Rutgers players struck a chord, in
part, because it was aimed at a group
of young women enjoying athletic
success.
It also came in a different public
atmosphere following the Michael
Richards and Mel Gibson incidents,
said Eric Deggans, columnist for the
St. Petersburg Times and chairman
of the media monitoring committee
of the National Association of Black
Journalists. The NABJs governing
board, which
doesnt include
Deggans, wants
Imus canned.
What I did
was make a stu-
pid, idiotic mis-
take in a comedy
context, Imus
said on his show
Tuesday morn-
ing, the final
week before his
suspension starts.
Asked by NBC Today host Matt
Lauer if he could clean up his act as he
promised on Monday, he said, Well,
perhaps I cant. But he added, I have
a history of keeping my word.
Of the two-week suspension by
MSNBC and CBS Radio, he said: I
think its appropriate, and I am going
to try to serve it with some dignity.
The Rev. Al Sharpton also
appeared on Today and called the
suspension not nearly enough. I
think it is too little, too late. He said
presidential candidates and other
politicians should refrain from going
on Imus show in the future.
Comic Bill Maher, CBS News
political analyst Jeff Greenfield and
former Carter administration offi-
cial Hamilton Jordan all appeared on
Imus show Tuesday.
Imus, who appeared on Sharptons
syndicated radio program for two
hours Monday, accused the minister
of lacking courage for refusing an
invitation to appear on Imus in the
Morning. Sharpton said he couldnt
tell people not to watch the show
and then appear
on it. Its not
about courage,
he said.
M S N B C ,
which tele-
casts the radio
show, said Imus
e x p r e s s i o n s
of regret and
embarrassment,
coupled with his
stated dedication
to changing the shows discourse,
made it believe suspension was the
appropriate response.
Our future relationship with
Imus is contingent on his ability to
live up to his word, the network said
late Monday.
Imus, who has made a career of
cranky insults in the morning, was
fighting for his job after the joke that
by his own admission went way
too far. He continued through the
day Monday, both on his show and
Sharptons.
Imus isnt the most popular radio
talk-show host the trade publi-
cation Talkers ranks him the 14th-
most influential but his audience is
heavy on the political and media elite
that advertisers pay a premium to
reach. Authors, journalists and politi-
cians are frequent guests and tar-
gets for insults. He has urged critics to
recognize that his show is a comedy
that spreads insults broadly.
We had to experience racist and
sexist remarks that are deplor-
able, despicable, and abominable
and unconscionable.
c. vivian stringer
rutgers womens basketball coach
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sports
5b wednesday, april 11, 2007
mlb
Microfbers replace wool
Baseball hats receive overdue upgrade, high-tech fabric
By JOSH L. DICKEy
ASSOCIAtED PrESS
Pity the wool baseball cap.
It didnt stand a chance, utterly
alone as it was, with vanquished
woolen sportswear littering the
playing fields all around it: football
jerseys, hockey
sweaters, ski
jackets, golf
pants and the
like.
Each had long
ago succumbed
to a tide of man-
made textiles
boasting super-
lative stretchi-
ness, stain resis-
tance, insulation,
water repellence
innovations that spawned revo-
lutions in sports fashion and fabric
terminology alike. (Doubtful that
Honus Wagner ever pondered the
breatheability and wicking abil-
ities of his famously rumpled lid.)
This was never a fair fight, really.
How could simple old wool com-
pete with fabric named Gore-Tex or
Lyrca, Coolmax or Kevlar?
So it shouldnt have surprised
anyone this winter when Major
League Baseball quietly announced
it was tossing the wool cap for good.
New Era Cap Co., the Buffalo, N.Y.-
based manufacturer of baseballs
signature vestment for decades,
declared that a new polyester-blend
model would debut on opening
day.
Still, wool and baseball were
interwoven some 150-odd years,
from the day the New York
Knickerbockers switched from
straw to merino until last Oct. 27,
when a summers toil could be
traced in the salt-stained caps of
the St. Louis Cardinals as they cel-
ebrated winning the World Series.
But with stain-resistant polyester,
those saline smudges will besmirch
baseball no longer.
The switch went off with nothing
close to the griping that accompa-
nied the NBAs ill-fated introduc-
tion of a microfiber basketball this
season.
Perhaps thats because New Era
put its product through a two-
year, off-field testing period that
included input from dozens of play-
ers. In fact, the cap was conceived,
designed and implemented with
a sole purpose
to perform
better on the
diamond, said
John DeWaal,
vice president
of brand com-
munications for
New Era.
It was
something we
determined a
while ago: that
we needed to keep up with what
was going on in the sports apparel
world, DeWaal said. We needed
that kind of moisture management
and performance in our caps.
New Era and MLB argue that the
new caps do a better job of wicking
sweat from the brim and distribut-
ing it to the crown, where surface-
area exposure
evaporates it
more quickly.
The caps dont
shrink or stretch
like wool, retain
their color and
shape, resist
stains and odor,
and ultimately
last longer or
so the thinking
goes.
Considering the authentic base-
ball caps work day role in the uni-
form of the modern American man
as a fashion statement, declara-
tion of territorial loyalty, baldness
camouflage, bad hair day remedy,
and occasional grooming substitute
its remarkable how little resis-
tance New Era met when announc-
ing what amounted to a sartorial
sea change.
While New Era will continue to
make some of its fashion caps out
of wool, the better part of its busi-
ness springs from fans desire to
don the exact same model stitch
for stitch as their heroes on the
diamond. From a business perspec-
tive, the immediate impact of the
change may only be felt by New
Eras wool suppliers; the larger con-
sequence for wool producers comes
in the form of perception.
Its significant in the visibility
that its had, said Rita Samuelson,
marketing director for the American
Wool Council, a nonprofit associa-
tion representing U.S. sheep ranch-
ers.
It was one of the last places in
sports where wool was used, and so
many people are now hearing that
wool is being replaced by high-per-
formance fiber.
Samuelson knows of at least one
wool producer in Canada that may
have to shutter its mill with the
decreased demand. And the change
has done little to help wools repu-
tation as a scratchy, old-fashioned
fiber thats ill suited for our daily
duds.
Its a shame, she says, because
no matter how advanced manmade
fibers become,
there are still
things wool
fibers can do
that plastic can-
not, such as the
ability to shrink
and stretch to fit
conditions.
The new caps
have switched
from a white
band and light
gray underbill to black in both plac-
es. And the price has gone up, from
$29 suggested retail to $32.
But DeWaal quickly dispels any
notion that the switch had to do
with the bottom line.
The way we make the new cap
is no less expensive by any means,
he said.
Its more expensive, between
the sweatband, the visorboard and
all parts of the system that have
changed and become performance-
enhanced.
It was something we deter-
mined a while ago: that we
needed to keep up with what
was going on in the sports
apparel world.
John Dewaal
new era VP of brand communications
It was one of the last places in
sports where wool was used.
Rita SamuelSon
marketingdirector, americanwool Council
Steroid HearingS
Bonds former trainer testifes
By PAUL ELIAS
ASSOCIAtED PrESS
SAN FRANCISCO A former
San Francisco Giants trainer testi-
fied before the federal grand jury
looking into steroid use in sports, a
sign the investigation of Barry Bonds
was not derailed by the firing of the
investigations top prosecutor.
Mark Letendre told The
Associated Press on Tuesday he tes-
tified for about an hour Feb. 14 and
was asked about Bonds size and
confirmed the slugger hurt his elbow
in 1999.
It was all pretty vanilla, Letendre
said. Im pretty far removed from
it.
Bonds former girlfriend Kimberly
Bell has told an earlier grand jury
that Bonds blamed the 1999 elbow
injury on steroid use. Bonds missed
seven weeks that season after under-
going surgery to remove a bone spur
and repair a damaged tendon in his
left arm.
The 50-year-old Letendre of
Scottsdale, Ariz., served as the teams
head trainer until after the 1999 sea-
son, when he was appointed director
of Major League Baseballs umpire
medical services.
Since U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan
was fired in December, specula-
tion has mounted that the Justice
Department would quietly extin-
guish the long-running investigation
into Bonds.
There is absolutely no doubt
that the U.S. attorney is still run-
ning a grand jury and still taking
evidence that involves Bonds, said
Michael Rains, the lawyer for Bonds.
There is still an active effort to
indict Barry.
Letendres testimony came the
day before Ryans final day on the
job, but a temporary successor had
already been named in court docu-
ments.
U.S. Attorney Scott Schools
refused to comment Tuesday on
Letendres remarks.
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Apply at 1801 Massachusetts street. EOE
PT person needed at small apt. complex
near campus. Need a reliable multi-tasker
to do leasing & misc. Approx. 15 hrs/wk.
Briarstone Apts. 749-7744
Wait staff position for independent living
dining services. Day hours. Experience
required. Drug testing required. Apply
in person at Presbyterian Manor 1429
Kasold
Account Service Reps needed to start
full-time on or before June 1, at Security
Beneft, Topeka, KS. All degree pro-
grams welcome. After comprehensive
training, ASRs provide information and
service (no selling or solicitation) relating
to fnancial products. Competitive salary
and benefts package for this entry-level
career position in our dynamic technology-
based business, se2. Apply via our online
application at www.securitybeneft.com. or
phone 785.438.3288. EOE.
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JOBS FOR RENT
Accepting applications for broiler cooks
and dishwashers. No late hours. Apply at
Dons Steakhouse.
INTERNSHIPS at a fun non-proft on
campus! Audio-Reader taking applicants
now, call 864-5336 for more info.
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Teacher aids needed for summer and or
fall. 7-2 or 1-6 . Please apply at Childrens
Learning Center 205 N Michigan.
1 & 2 BR apts avail. for August.
Great location near campus. Walk or ride
bus. Quiet area. Balcony or patio, W/D
hookups, DW, CA, walk-in closet, minib-
linds, ceiling fan. No pets. Briarstone Apts.
1000 Emery Rd. 749-7744.
2 BR. June. 1335 Connecticut. $650.
4 BR. June. 617 Maine. $1200.
4 BR. August. 613 Maine. $1200.
7 BR. August. 1536 Tennessee. $2800.
Call 550-6414.
3 BRs for rent in a house near Lawrence
High school. Rooms available May 19th
through July 31st. $400/mo includes utili-
ties. If interested call Travis @ 760-3325
4BR 3 1/2BA house for rent. Fenced
backyard. W/D. Central heat and air. Very
spacious. Close to campus. $1300/mo.
Please Call Chris 913-205-8774
California Apartments: Studios, 1, 2, 3
Bedrooms from $425/month. W/D hook-
ups or included, D/W, C/A. 785-841-4935
Country Club Apartments: Upscale 2 BR/2
BA, w/d included, D/W, C/A! Dont miss
out! 785/841-4935
Studio apt. at 945 Mo. St. Avail. Now! New
hrdwd frs in kitchen, renovated BA, Bay
window, off-street parking. $390/mo gas &
water pd. Please call 749-0166
1 bedroom apt. available for summer sub-
lease at Hawker apartment, 1011 Missouri
St. 612-702-4073 if interested.
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1 bedroom open in 3 bedroom duplex
very close to campus $325 + 1/3 utilities
high spd internet & new appliances
913 449 9995 hawkchalk.com/1756
1BR 1BA avail in 4BR apt. female only.
June/July. lots of privacy, w/d, pool, work-
out facilities, high speed internet. 500/mo
w/ utils included. call 785-393-5115
hawkchalk.com/1799
3 BR apt. Highpointe. Lease starts june 1.
Next to pool, ku bus stop & clubhouse.
Well kept. New appliances!! $320/mo./BR
hawkchalk.com/1772
3BR duplex for rent Jun07-Aug08 3726
HartfordAve by Alvamar links.Major
appliances + 2 car garage Central air +
24/7 maintenance. 350month Freddie@
ku.edu/7852186005 hawkchalk.com/1791
Female grad student seeks 1-2 room-
mates to share a 3BR, 2Bath townhouse
in Lawrence. Move in as early as July.
E-mail suzannea@ku.edu if interested.
hawkchalk.com/1780
Live at the Reserve over the Summer.
1BR avail. in 4BR 2Bath apartment.
315/m + electric. Call Sean (913) 314-
8988 Pool, hottub, workout,+ tan bed.
hawkchalk.com/1794
2BR avail in 4BR 2BA for sublease, MAY-
JUL On KU Bus route + Rec & gameroom.
$223/mo+Util. 913-638-3553, talk to
Michael. hawkchalk.com/178
Male roommate needed for 3BR 2 bath
town home with garage; to move in July
or beginning of August 2007. $280/mo.
plus utilities. For info call Daniel at 785-
979-2066 hawkchalk.com/1784
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Baldwin Highschool and Baldwin Allstars
14 and under need head and assistant
coaches. Needing coaches with experi-
ence in stunting, tumbling and dance.
Email summary of experience to
plenning@usd348.com
CAREGIVERS & companions for our
clients in their homes. Set your hours, we
train. Home Helpers. 785-424-3880.
DCCCA, a diversifed provider of human
services, has a FT substance abuse
counselor position available. Hrs include
some evenings. Duties incl. court eval;
group therapy w/ adolescents & adults.
Requirements incl AAPS certifcation or
certifcation eligible; successful
completion of background checks.
Masters degree preferred. Send resume
to Dave Ruhlen 1739 E. 23rd Lawrence,
KS 66046; fax 785-830-8246
email druhlen@dccca.org. EOE
Group Home Support Staff with good work
ethic & communication skills. Bachelors
degree and Behavioral knowledge pre-
ferred. $10-14hr or more based on exp.
Resume fax 816-777-1305
tmcdonald@behavioralmilestones.com.
Seeking certifed Special Education
Teacher for position in private ABA school
serving ages 5-21. Fax resume to 816-
777-0626 dmatthews@behavioralmile-
stones.com
Seeking PT babysitter for mornings for 3
kids. Mon-Fri 6:45 am-7:30 am. Sun
7:00 am-10:00 am. May split time
between 2 people, if needed. $12/hour.
Please call 842-8104 for interview.
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Hundreds of jobs available!
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Summer Nanny for two children in SW
Topeka. Responsible and caring. Includes
light chores. Must have transportation and
references. Contact Mike 785-250-8226
Sublease available in May: 2BR, 2 ?
Baths, Garage, plus washer and dryer.
Rent $975 + $30 for cable--willing to ne-
gotiate on price. 785-727-0207. Hawk-
chalk.com/1809.
Advertising & Marketing Manager
Responsible for the creation of print
materials & all forms of advertisement for
property management team. Including
updates to website and tracking of leads.
Requires excellent written and verbal
communication skills. Submit resume &
salary requirements to:
jobs@frstmanagementinc.com or
P.O. 1797 Lawrence, KS 66044.
Do you speak Spanish, like peanut
butter and dont mind getting sand in
your shoes? Raintree Montessori School
is looking for a toddler assistant who loves
working with very short people. 10:30 AM
- 5:30 PM Mon-Fri. $11/hr.
Call 785-843-6800
Looking for fun, outgoing, motivated
people to work in-store promotional sales.
$10/hr (Weekends Only!) Email for more
info: instoredemos@yahoo.com
$1200/mo. 2 BR 2 BA 2 walk-in closets
near FB stadium W/D avail & parking
June 1st to July 31st email
rnadolna@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/1848
$325/mo + ? utilities for bigger BR at
Highpointe. W/D and D/W. Free breakfast,
pool, weight room, on KU bus route. Call
Joe today 860-268-2877.
hawkchalk.com/1822
1 Room for summer rent
19th & Alabama. 350 a month + Utility
Nice Large Room. aippel@ku.edu
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1700 & 1716 Kentucky St.
4 bedroom, 2 bath, w/d, $1100
call 979.2597 hawkchalk.com/1827
1BR/1BATH in 3BR/3BATH Apt. for the
summer. Great location, pool, workout
center, on bus route. Rent is negotiable at
a reduced price. Call (847)571-7149
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2 BR (or 1 BR) apt, 2 BA. Mid-May to end
of July. $825 for 2-beds;$400 for 1-bed.
W/D & furnished. 5 min to campus.
On bus route. Email: kafkapo@gmail.com
hawkchalk.com/1841
22-yr-old senior looking for roommate(s)
for the summer & fall semester 07. I am a
normal, laid back guy, no pets, non- smok-
er, athletic, agreeable/responsible.
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3 BR avail. in 4 BR 2 BA townhome.
Females only. $400/mo.+ 1/4 util. 1 mile
west of KU. Nice community. Call 816-
746-5746 or Rachel @785-979-4740.
For June & July: 1 Bdrm. Apt. near 17th
& Ohio: wood fooring, balcony, laundry in
building. $460/month +gas/electric con-
tact: (785) 221-8858 or shh785@ku.edu
hawkchalk.com/1815
Need up to 3 Roommates for 4 BR, 3 BA
nice house, W/D. May rent 1-room, or
entire house is available. $250-300 each
+ util, frst month reduced. 913-207-6519.
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Roomate wanted for nice place off
Naismith. 3 BR 1 BA, W/D, wi-f, etc.
Please come and check it out.
Call Dan @ 785.979.8286
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SPACIOUS TOWNHOME for rent Aug.
1. 4 BR, 3 BA, freplace, wet bar, 2 car
garage, dishwasher, full basement, near
golf course and KU bus line. 15th and
Lawrence Ave, $1200/mo + utilities.
Application and deposit. 749-7207 or
766-6662.
Very nice 3 BR house close to campus.
Washer and dryer provided. No smoking,
no pets. $1100/mo. Call 979-6453.
Student Cooperative near campus featur-
ing laundry, kitchen space, pool table,
cable TV, private rooms and much more.
Rent ranges from $250-350/mo. including
utilities. Call 785-749-0871.
1 bedroom basement apartment avail-
able August 1, 13th and Vermont, $379,
DW, off street parking, window AC, cats
ok, call Jim and Lois 785-841-1074
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Jacksonville Apartments: 1 & 2 Bedrooms
on the West Side from $460/month. Laun-
dry on-site, D/W & C/A. OPEN HOUSES
ON WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS-700
Monterey Way Apt. N2 785-841-4935
1 and 2 BR Apt. Avail June and August.
Between campus and downtown. Close to
gsp/corbin. No pets. 785-550-5012
1 BR & studio. 1530 Tennessee.
Remodeled. Quiet. $460 and $390.
Water paid. 785-393-6443.
For rent in Summer: 4 BR/2BA house at
23rd and Tennesse. Good location, close
to campus. Call 913-530-7211.
Houses for Rent Near Campus
including 3/5/6/7 BR Avail in Aug.
Great Landlord!
842-6618 rainbowworks1@yahoo.com
River City Homes
Well maintained town homes in west
Lawrence. All appliances and lawn care
furnished. Visit our website for addresses
and current prices. www.rivercity4rent.
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785-749-4010
1326 Massachusetts 4BR 1BA. Large
house w/ wood foors. Walking distance
to campus & downtown. All amenities incl.
$1500/mo. Avail. Aug. Call 760-840-0487.
For Rent 1BR Duplex 400 blk of E 19th
kitchen w/ eating area. Full BA. AC. W/D
Hookups. Hrdwd Flrs. Avail. 6/1 No smok-
ing/pets call 842-3175 or 979-6211
Awesome location 4-plex at 922 Tennes-
see. Close to campus and downtown.
3 BR 2 full BA. W/D. Available Aug. 1.
$850/mo. Call 785-393-1138.
4 BR 2 BA house. 1 car garage, yard
on quiet col-de-sak. 608 Saratoga. Rent
Aug. 1. 785-842-6779 or 785-760- 2896.
4 BR 2 BA townhome 2 car GA. Avail
Aug. Over 1500 sq. ft. Large rooms,
$1240/mo ($310/person). 785-766-6302.
Large master bedroom in 3 BR duplex,
cable, internet, garage, washer/dryer, 3 mi
from campus. quite neighborhood. 350/
month + 3rd utilities. e-mail: kmingold@
ku.edu. Hawkchalk.com/1803
1317 Valley Lane. 1, 2, 3 BR apts.
$610-$940/mo. Washer dryer hookup,
dishwasher and garage. Close to campus.
749-6084.
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Great Locations!
Great Prices!
Great Customer Service!
Call 838-3377 or 841-3339
www.tuckawaymgmt.com
3 BR 2BA 1 garage. W/D hookup. No
pets or smkr. On KU bus route. 806 New
Jersey. $900/mo. Aug. 1. 550-4148.
Unfurnished. 1 - 2 Blocks from campus.
Newer construction. 3 & 4 Bedrooms
Please call 785-841-5444
Very close to campus, spacious 1BR apt
in Victorian house at 1100 Louisiana. No
Pets, No smokers Aug 1st $500/mo/water
paid 766-0476
Small 3 bedroom apartments in renovat-
ed older houses, walk to Ku or downtown,
$780 per mo which is $260 per person,
cats ok, wood foors, and DW call Jim and
Lois 785-841-1074
Small Studio apartments in renovated
older house, wood foors, antique tubs,
window AC, Avail Aug. $399, cats ok call
Jim and Lois 785-841-1074
Parkway Commons 1, 2 & 3 BR. Util.
packages. $99 deposit. 842-3280. 3601
Clinton Pkwy.
Seniors and grads:1&2 BR apts or
duplexes close to KU&downtown. Upstairs
or down, tile, carpet, or hrdwd, $395-760/
mo+util. No smoking/pets. Avail. 5/15 and
8/1. Call Big Blue Property 785-979-6211.
Renovated house at 9th and Missis-
sippi has 1 BR apartments available
for August $469 to $499 all have wood
foors, off st parking, and DW. Cats ok,
90% effcient furnace, call Jim and Lois at
785-841-1074.
2 BR open in a 3 BR house. Brand new,
3 bath, freplace, near 15th & Wakarusa.
Rent is $475 and that includes all utilities.
Call Rachel at 816-550-8437.
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Now leasing for fall.
Highpointe Apts.
1,2&3 BR. 785-841-8468.
Now Leasing for 2007! Chase Court Apts.
Free DVD library & Free Breakfast. $99
deposit per BR. Call for details. 843-8220.
Holiday Apts.Now Leasing 1, 2, 3 & 4 BR
apts. for Summer & Fall, nice quiet set-
ting, great foor plans, laundry, pool, DW,
large closets, on KU bus route. Cats
welcome. Call 843-0011
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Excellent Locations 1341 Ohio and 1104
Tennessee 2BR CA DW W/D Hookups
$510/mo and $500/mo No Pets
Call 785-842-4242
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Spacious 1, 2, & 3 BRs
Canyon Court Apts.
700 Comet Ln.
785-832-8805
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Great location 1801 Mississippi. 3BR apt.
Hardwood foors, CA, $660/mo. Aug 1. No
pets. 842-4242.
3 BR 2.5 BA townhome in NW Lawrence,
gas log freplace, W/D hookups, all appls.,
2 car garage w/opener. $850-$950/mo.
Avail. now! 785-423-2525
Hawthorn / Parkway Townhomes.
2 & 3 BR avail. Some with attached ga-
rage & private courtyard. 842-3280.
Hawthorn Houses. 2 & 3 BR avail.
w/ 2-car garage. Burning freplace.
Large living area. 842-3280.
Cute 2 BR apart. in renovated older
house, 1300 block Vermont, wood foors,
DW, cats ok, sm offce, private deck, off
st parking, and 90% effcient furnace,
available August. $780 ($390 each) Call
Jim and Lois 785-841-1074
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Cardinals pitcher bides his time
By R.B. FALLSTROM
ASSOciATed PReSS
ST. LOUIS In the St. Louis
Cardinals first three victories this
season, Ryan Franklin was respon-
sible for eight of the nine outs in
the eighth inning.
That was supposed to be Josh
Kinneys job. Instead, hes at the
start of a long rehab trail after
undergoing reconstructive elbow
surgery during spring training.
The staying sane part, thats the
key right there, Kinney said. The
physical part doesnt scare me. Its
not playing baseball for a year.
The timing is devastating.
Kinney, 28, traveled the back roads
to the major leagues, beginning his
career with the River City Rascals
of the Independent League in the
distant St. Louis suburbs.
He finally made it to the major
leagues in July 2006, prompt-
ly allowing a home run ball on
the first pitch he threw to Ryan
Langerhans of the Atlanta Braves,
and after 10 games he was sent
back to Triple-A Memphis. But by
the end of the season he had fully
earned the teams trust.
Kinney had
a 3.24 ERA in
24 regular-sea-
son games, and
didnt allow a
run in seven
p o s t s e a s o n
games covering
6 1/3 innings
while holding
the opposition
to three hits
in 20 at-bats, a
.150 average. He earned the vic-
tory in Game 2 of the NLCS with a
scoreless eighth, escaping when he
induced the Mets Carlos Beltran
to ground into an inning-ending
double play with two men on.
He was a very important part
of our bullpen, manager Tony La
Russa said.
When the right-hander strug-
gled early in spring training before
the injury was diagnosed, giving
up six earned runs in one inning
over two games for a 27.00 ERA,
his spot was not in danger.
Suddenly, hes yesterdays news,
and without a major league deci-
sion for his baseball card.
Thats when
this game can
be really cruel,
La Russa said.
He really hasnt
made any money
yet.
On opening
day in St. Louis,
while teammates
were on the field
getting ready for
a big day of fes-
tivities, Kinney sat in street clothes
at his locker stall. He wore a large
brace on his right arm and awaited
an appointment with team medical
personnel.
The surgery on March 13
revealed the ligament had torn off
the bone. The cast was removed
four days before the season opener
from an operation that had no
complications.
The procedure went great,
Kinney said. Everything went
real smooth, pretty fast, with no
troubles.
Next spring training, he wants
to be back in the mix.
Ive called all my old friends
and everybody I havent talked to
in years, he said. Ive made the
best of it.
Its going to be a good oppor-
tunity to speak with some other
people about this type of thing.
Kinney said hell do anything to
make it back. At times patience is
required.
The brace is designed to prevent
Kinney from fully straightening
his arm.
At this stage of the game you
have to let that new ligament tight-
en up and let everything settle back
down to normal, get the inflamma-
tion out, he said. You can see its
getting better every day.
For now hes like the fans that
pack Busch Stadium, just an
observer.
As far as baseball, you can still
watch, he said. The beauty of it is
that I can sit and observe now, try
and keep my mind sharp.
Tom Gannam/AssoCiATed Press
st. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Josh Kinney wont play this year. Kinney, who looked to be a key
fgure in the 2007 Cardinals bullpen, is out for the season after undergoing reconstructive elbow
surgery during baseball spring training.
The beauty of it is that I can sit
and observe now, try and keep
my mind sharp.
Josh Kinney
st. Louis Cardinals pitcher
pga TOUR
Masters boasts highest scores in 50 years
By dOUG FeRGUSON
ASSOciATed PReSS
AUGUSTA, Ga. Tiger Woods
called it the hardest Masters he had
ever seen, and the numbers back
him up.
There were twice as many bogeys
as birdies, and that doesnt account
for the 230 double bogeys or worse.
There were only 34 rounds under
par all week. Perhaps the most sur-
real sight at Augusta National was
the large leaderboard behind the
18th hole awash in green numbers,
which represent over par.
Zach Johnson finished at 289,
matching the Masters record for the
highest winning score.
And were only getting started.
Johnsons score was the highest
to win a major since Paul Lawrie
shot 290 and won a playoff in the
99 British Open at Carnoustie, long
considered the toughest links in the
world, known in British tabloids as
Car-nasty.
Thats where these guys are head-
ed this summer.
In between is a trip to Oakmont.
The last time the U.S. Open went
there, Ernie Els shot 74 in a playoff
and still won.
By the time they get to the PGA
Championship, Southern Hills might
seem like Indian Wells.
Majors are supposed to be hard.
And yes, that includes Augusta
National.
Along with being the highest-
scoring Masters in more than 50
years, it also was one of the most
quiet Masters in recent memory.
The sound at Augusta National
is as inherent as the sights. It was
muted for much of the week as the
worlds best players hung on for dear
life on a bone-dry course, in swirling
wind, in weather more suited for
a Green Bay Packers game in late
October and on greens so firm it
was difficult to get the ball close for
birdie, much less par.
The degree of difficulty was
indicative not only by the scores, but
by the starting times Sunday. The
last group teed off at 2:15 p.m., 45
minutes earlier than usual because it
was taking so long to putt out.
Does all this mean the Masters
was a disaster?
Hardly.
Augusta National is known for
its explosive nature, particularly on
the back nine on Sunday. It was a
double eagle by Gene Sarazen on
the 15th hole in 1935 that put this
tournament on the map. It was a 30
on the back nine by Jack Nicklaus in
1986 that for many remains the most
famous Sunday in Masters history.
Phil Mickelson won his first Masters
with five birdies over the final seven
holes.
Sometimes, conditions dont allow
for such fireworks.
That alone doesnt make the
Masters any less memorable.
An hour before the final round,
Jim Nantz and CBS Sports showed
a colorized broadcast of the 1960
Masters won by Arnold Palmer.
The winning score was 282. Palmer
didnt birdie either of the par 5s on
the back nine, but rallied to win with
a 30-foot birdie on the 17th and a
6-iron to about 6 feet for birdie on
the 18th.
What makes the Masters so special
among the four majors is returning
year after year to Augusta National. It
might be longer. Sometimes its slop-
py after a week of rain. Sometimes
the dogwoods and azaleas blaze a
little brighter.
Its still the Masters.
Golf fans know every hole on the
back nine at Augusta National, and
since TV coverage was expanded in
2002, they are starting to know every
hole on the front. Some years it will
be easier to make birdie, some years
it will be tough to make par.
This was the latter.
It would be easy to suggest that
Augusta National ruined its major
by adding nearly a quarter-mile of
length since 2001, but that would be
measuring the Masters based only
on this year.
The last time no one broke par
at the Masters was in 1966, when
Nicklaus, Tommy Jacobs and Gay
Brewer finished at even-par 288.
Nicklaus won the next day in an 18-
hole playoff, and he wrote about the
conditions in his autobiography.
He said a cold, dry winter had
left the fairways sparse. The club
decided not to mow too short, which
led to flier lies from the fairway.
sports
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big 12 basketball
Turgeon accepts A&M job
By JORDAN ROBERTSON
ASSOciATED PRESS
SAN JOSE, Calif.
Authorities are investigating
a womans claim that she was
sexually assaulted in December
by community college baseball
players at a house where police
said a 17-year-old girl was raped
during a party in March.
Sgt. Ed Wise, spokesman for
the Santa Clara County Sheriff s
Office, confirmed the new claim.
He also said investigators took
DNA samples from an unspeci-
fied number of partygoers in
March, including some De Anza
College players, but he declined
further comment.
Authorities began investi-
gating the athletes and some
other students at the commu-
nity college
in Cupertino,
a quiet San
Jose suburb,
after the teen-
ager claimed
she was raped
last month at a
players birth-
day party.
No one has
been charged in either case, and
prosecutors have declined to
comment.
Eight players were suspend-
ed from the team for violations
of the athletics department eth-
ics code, school spokeswoman
Marisa Spatafore said. She would
not identify them.
The team
canceled three
games after the
teens allega-
tions surfaced
last month but
has resumed
playing.
One witness
told KNTV
that at least
10 people watched and cheered
while two players had sex with the
17-year-old girl in a side room,
and that members of De Anza
womens soccer team took the girl
to the hospital.
By KRiSTiE RiEKEN
ASSOciATED PRESS
COLLEGE STATION, Texas
Mark Turgeon was introduced
as Texas A&Ms basketball coach
Tuesday, just five days after Billy
Gillispie left for Kentucky.
Turgeon comes to Texas A&M
from Wichita State, where he led the
Shockers in 2007 to a 17-14 record
overall and 8-10 in the Missouri
Valley Conference.
He was introduced at a news con-
ference in a conference room above
Reed Arena before being welcomed
by about 2,000 A&M fans at a pep
rally style event in the arena. The
band played and fans whooped and
hollered and some displayed signs
that said things such as Howdy
and Welcome Turge, Gig Em.
Texas A&M athletic director Bill
Byrne presented Turgeon with a
maroon jacket before raving about
his new coach.
When we lost Billy last week
we were very disappointed because
he had worked so hard to take us
to places weve never been at Texas
A&M, Byrne said. When he left,
our goal was to get somebody to
continue to lead us there and take us
beyond that. Thats why we started
looking at Mark.
He takes over a team that Gillispie
took from an 0-16 Big 12 record to
its first trip to the NCAA tourna-
ment round of 16 since 1980 in three
seasons. Texas A&M finished with a
school-record 27 victories and was
ranked in the top 10 for most of the
season.
Turgeon and Byrne have known
each other since 1990. Turgeon said
the athletic director was key in his
decision to take the job.
I felt like it was a great opportu-
nity for me, Turgeon said. I was at
a special place and a place that was
very good to me and it was going
to take a special place and a special
man and a place where I knew we
could be successful to leave. Ive had
opportunities to leave before and
nothing excited me the way A&M
excited me.
Turgeon was 128-90 in seven sea-
sons at Wichita State. He led the
Shockers to three consecutive 20-
plus win seasons from 2004-2006,
culminating with a trip to the round
of 16 in the 2006 NCAA tourna-
ment.
Turgeon met with players at
Wichita State on Monday night
after taking the Aggies job, and he
became emotional when discussing
that meeting.
Its hard and Im here today
because of those players and I told
them that, he said, choking back
tears. I hope theyre not as mad at
me as they were last night.
Turgeon said he would be con-
tacting the Aggie recruits Tuesday
afternoon and will work to keep
them committed to the school.
Pat Sullivan/ ASSociATed PreSS
Mark Turgeon takes the stage as Texas A&Ms newbasketball coach onTuesday in College Station, Texas, replacing coach Billy Gillispie fve days after
Gillispie left for Kentucky. Turgeon comes fromWichita State, where he led the Shockers to a 17-14 record in the Missouri Valley Conference in 2007.
Former Wichita State coach joins Big 12 Conference Tuesday
Authorities investigate claim
seXUal assaUlt
Eight California community college players suspended
Eight players were suspended
from the team for violations of
the athletics department ethics
code.
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ASSOcIAtEd PrESS
PENSACOLA, Fla. The found-
er of the Girls Gone Wild video
empire was taken into custody by
federal marshals early Tuesday to
face a contempt of court citation
after initially
defying a federal
judge.
Joe Francis was
booked into the
Bay County Jail,
said Ruth Sasser,
a spokeswoman
for the sheriff s
office. His attor-
neys continue to work toward a set-
tlement, Ronn Torossian, a Francis
spokesman, said in a statement e-
mailed to The Associated Press.
Francis, 34, makes an estimated
$29 million a year from videos of
young women baring their breasts
and posing in other sexually pro-
vocative situations.
He drew the contempt citation
during negotiations in a civil lawsuit
brought by seven women who were
underage when they were filmed by
his company on Panama City Beach
during spring break in 2003.
Lawyers for the women told U.S.
District Judge Richard Smoak that
Francis became enraged during the
settlement talks, shouting obsceni-
ties at the lawyers and threatening to
bury them. Smoak ordered Francis
to settle the case or go to jail for
his behavior. Negotiations contin-
ued with the help of a mediator, but
broke down Thursday, and Smoak
issued a contempt of court warrant.
Francis initially refused to sur-
render and called Smoak a judge
gone wild.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals in Atlanta refused to
let him remain free pending an
appeal. Torossian told the AP that
Francis surrendered on his own
100 percent. But U.S. Marshals
spokesman Dominic Guadagnoli
said marshals were monitoring the
airport and were tipped to Francis
arrival.
We were not aware that he would
be flying in the morning. He stepped
off the jet, and he was immediately
arrested, he said. If he was coming
to Panama City to turn himself in, he
was a day late and a dollar short.
Francis had said Thursday he
would settle the case to avoid jail
time.
ASSOcIAtEd PrESS
NEW YORK Sheryl Crow, rid-
ing on a bus that uses biodiesel fuel,
is on an 11-stop college tour to raise
awareness about global warming.
Accompanying the Grammy-
winning singer is Laurie David, who
produced the film on climate change,
An Inconvenient Truth, which won
the Oscar for best documentary ear-
lier this year.
Each stop on the tour will include
remarks by David, a short perfor-
mance by Crow, clips from An
Inconvenient Truth and a dialogue
with students, according to Crows
Web site.
The more I learn about global
warming, the more I know that we
all have to do something to be a
part of the solution, Crow, 45, said
in a statement. I am thrilled Laurie
and I have the opportunity to go on
the road and combine our efforts to
educate the next generation on how
they can make a difference.
The Stop Global Warming
College Tour opened Monday at
Southern Methodist University in
Dallas. It ends April 22, which is
Earth Day, at George Washington
University in Washington.
Other stops: Texas A&M in College
Station; Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge; Loyola University
in New Orleans; the University
of Alabama at Birmingham; the
University of Florida in Gainesville;
Middle Tennessee State University in
Murfreesboro; Vanderbilt University
in Nashville, Tenn.; the University of
Virginia in Charlottesville; and the
University of Maryland in College
Park.
Crow going green on campus tour
gLOBAL WARMINg AWARENESS
By JESSIcA rOBErtSON
ASSOcIAtEd PrESS
NASSAU, Bahamas Larry
Birkhead is the father of Anna
Nicole Smiths baby, according to
DNA tests, and the late reality TV
stars former boyfriend emerged
from a court hearing Tuesday to
proclaim that his daughter would
soon be home.
I told you so! Birkhead said as
he jubilantly announced the DNA
results after the closed hearing.
Then he hugged his rival, Howard
K. Stern. Smiths lawyer-turned-
companion has been caring for
baby Dannielynn since her sudden
death in February.
The hearing left unresolved
who will have custody of the girl.
Another custody hearing was
scheduled for Friday.
Stern said he would not fight for
custody.
Im obviously very disappointed
but my feelings toward Dannielynn
have not changed, Stern said,
adding Birkhead can come to his
Bahamas home to visit Dannielynn
at any time.
A joyous
Birkhead said,
My babys
going to be
coming home
pretty soon.
Even Smiths
mother, Virgie
Arthur, who
had also
sought cus-
tody, seemed
appeased by
the DNA results. Im happy that
Dannielynn will know who her real
father is, she said outside court.
An expert in genetic evidence
said DNA analysis proved Birkhead
is Dannielynns father. Michael
Baird, who analyzed the results of a
March 21 DNA test, announced the
results outside court. Essentially,
hes the biological father, Baird
said.
Birkhead, a Los Angeles pho-
tographer, began
seeking custody
before Smith,
39, collapsed and
died in a Florida
hotel Feb. 8.
The baby
was born five
months before
her mothers
death. She could
inherit millions
from the estate
of Smiths late husband, J. Howard
Marshall II. The former model had
been fighting the Texas oil tycoons
family about his estimated $500
million fortune since his death in
1995.
Matt Sayles/ASSociAted PreSS
Singer Sheryl crowperforms at an Elle magazine party on April 5 in Los Angeles. Crow, riding aboard a bus that uses biodiesel fuel, is on a 11-stop
college tour to raise awareness about global warming. The tour opened Monday at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. It ends April 22, which is Earth
Day, at George Washington University inWashington, D.C.
dNA test reveals babys father
Im obviously very disappointed
but my feelings toward
Dannielynn have not changed.
howard K. stern
smiths lawyer and boyfriend
Jessica robertson/ASSociAted PreSS
Larry Birkhead, left, and Howard K. Stern shake hands in front of the court after a paternity hearingTuesday in Nassau, Bahamas. DNA analysis
released during the hearing has proven that Anna Nicole Smiths former boyfriend Larry Birkhead is the father of her infant daughter, an expert in
genetic evidence saidTuesday.
ANNA NIcOLE SMIth
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Texas forward Kevin Durant ofcially announced Tuesday that he would enter the NBA draft. Durant was selected Friday as The Associated Press
college basketball player of the year, the frst freshman to receive the honor.
Durant leaves Longhorns
Player of the Year puts college behind him for pro career
By JIM VERTUNO
AssOcIATEd PREss
AUSTIN, Texas Kevin Durant
is done with college.
Durant, an 18-year-old Texas
freshman and The Associated Press
Player of the Year, said Tuesday he
was leaving the Longhorns to enter
the NBA draft.
I enjoyed my year here at Texas,
Durant said in a statement released
before his news conference. All
the fans and everyone here at Texas
made me feel right at home, consid-
ering I was so far from home. I will
always be a Longhorn and never
forget what the people of Texas have
done for me.
After an All-American season in
which he swept the major player
of the year awards, few expected
Durant to play another season in
college.
Now the question is whether hell
be the first pick of the June 28 draft.
Durant and Ohio States freshman
center Greg Oden who has not yet
said if hell leave college are con-
sidered the likely first two picks.
Hes made history, Texas coach
Rick Barnes said Monday night at
the team banquet. No ones done
what he did this year. He swept
every major award as a freshman. Its
a year we may not ever see again by
anybody. Its remarkable.
Players have until April 29 to
declare for the June 28 draft in New
York.
Durant, the Big 12 player and
freshman of the year, shot 47 per-
cent from the field, 40 percent from
three-point range and 82 percent
from the foul line. He averaged 36
minutes and also led the Longhorns
in steals and blocks. He had 20 dou-
ble-doubles and scored at least 30
points a Big 12-record 11 times.
He averaged 25.8 points and 11.1
rebounds one of three players in
the country to average more than 20
points and 10 rebounds.
He led Texas, which started four
freshmen, to a third-place finish in
the Big 12 and to the second round
of the NCAA tournament, where
the Longhorns lost to Southern
California. The Longhorns finished
25-10.
Durant is the fourth Longhorn in
two years to leave early. P.J. Tucker,
LaMarcus Aldridge and Daniel
Gibson all entered the 2006 draft
after leading Texas within a game of
the Final Four.
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