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rsalyer@kansan.com Crime reported on the Universitys Lawrence campus decreased last year, according to the 2011 criminal offense report released by the KU Office of Public Safety Thursday. The report showed that 660 crimes were reported on campus in 2011, down 4.6 percent from the 692 crimes reported in 2010. Major Chris Keary of the KU Office of Public Safety said he was pleased to see violent crime decrease for the second year in a row, which includes robbery,
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Junior forward thomas robinson and coach Bill self will hold a press conference today at 11:30 a.m. at allen fieldhouse. Check kansan.com for more coverage.
Institutional Research and Planning report of 25,448 students in Fall 2011, the crime rate per 1,000 students is 25.9, a number Danny Murdoch, a freshman from Liberty, Mo. feels comfortable with. Obviously I know crime occurs, but I think its a good sign if I dont see or hear about anything happening, Murdoch said. I think its definitely a reassuring feeling that theres not a lot of it, and the University does a good job handling it. Edited by Caroline Kraft
Larceny / Theft
Criminal Damage
2010 2011
692 660
31 17
67 60
199 122
134 101
60 80
55 41
131 85
Source: KU Office of Public Safety
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ELECTION WEEK:
april 9: Active Tabling begins Student Senate and presidential candidates can approach students to campaign Write-in candidate filing deadline 5 p.m. file with the election commission to become an official write-in candidate Campaign activity and expense reports due 5 p.m. coalitions and candidates must present financials and activities for public view april 11: elections 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. through ku.edu april 12: elections 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. through ku.edu Write-in candidate activity and expense reports due write-in candidates must present financials and activities for public view
sports 12 sudoku 4
Index
Classifieds 11 Crossword 4
Cryptoquips 4 opinion 5
All contents, unless stated otherwise, 2012 The University Daily Kansan
Dont forget
Dont forget to get some help polishing up your resume at the resume workshop today at 10 a.m. in Summerfield Hall, room 122.
Todays Weather
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Monday, April 9
what: Workshop: Resumes wheRe: Room 122, Summerfield Hall wheN: 10 a.m. aBOUt: Amp up your resume before you start applying for summer jobs. what: Concert: Eve 6 wheRe: The Granada wheN: 7 p.m. aBOUt: Miss the 90s? Dont worry, Eve 6 will help bring them back; tickets cost $17 in advance or $19 at the door. what: Karaoke Costume Night wheRe: Jazzhaus wheN: 10 p.m. aBOUt: A night for you to strut your stuff in costume; Mondays theme is Ducks and Bunnies.
HI: 64 LO: 40
Wednesday
HI: 60 LO: 45
Mostly sunny. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
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Tuesday, April 10
what: Workshop: Collaborative Leadership wheRe: Walnut Room, Kansas Union wheN: 12 p.m. aBOUt: The Student Involvement and Leadership Center tells students how to be a community leader to bring about change. what: Compagnia TPO FARFALLE wheRe: Lied Center wheN: 7 p.m. aBOUt: A visual theater group from Italy invite audiences of all stages on stage to participate in a multimedia performance; tickets cost $12 for students. what: Concert: KU Choirs wheRe: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall wheN: 7:30 p.m. aBOUt: The KU School of Music presents the Womens Chorale and Oread Consort singing groups.
Wednesday, April 11
what: Wellness Fair wheRe: Stauffer-Flint Lawn wheN: 11 a.m. aBOUt: Student Health Services tells students how best to stay healthy this spring season. what: Spring Into Action wheRe: Spencer Museum of Art wheN: 5:30 p.m. aBOUt: The Spencer presents its annual spring opening reception. what: Lecture: Citizen Journalism and Arab Spring wheRe: Dole Institute of Politics wheN: 7:30 p.m. aBOUt: NPR journalist Andy Carvin will speak to students about how social media affected the Arab Spring movements over the past year.
Thursday, April 12
what: Prospective Student Information Session wheRe: Edwards Campus, Overland Park wheN: 6:30 p.m. aBOUt: Looking to take classes at the Edwards Campus? Learn what student services and programs are available. what: Concert: KU Saxophone Quartets wheRe: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall wheN: 7:30 p.m. aBOUt: The KU School of Music presents various saxophone performers. what: Campus Movie: Man on a Ledge wheRe: Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union wheN: 8 p.m. aBOUt: SUA presents a crime thriller featuring Sam Worthington of Avatar fame; tickets cost $2 for students.
POLITICS
Malcolm Gibson
CORRECTION
In the Dont forget section, Fridays Kansan said active table campaigning started on Friday. Active tabling did not start on Friday, it starts today. Bond was set at $1,500. She was released.
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POLICE REPORTS
Information based on the Douglas County Sheriffs Office booking recap
A 20-year-old male University student was arrested Sunday at 2:19 a.m. on the 1300 block of Jayhawk Boulevard on suspicion of operating under the influence. Bond was set at $500. He was released.
A 21-year-old Topeka man was arrested Sunday at 1:23 a.m. at milemarker three on the K-10 Highway on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $2,250. He was
A 27-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday at 12:34 a.m. on the 900 block of Massachusetts Street on suspicion of driving with a suspended, revoked or cancelled drivers license, no insurance and disorderly conduct. Bond was set at $300. A 24-year-old male University student was arrested Saturday at 2:02 a.m. on the 100 block of US 59 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and no proof of liability insurance. Bond was set at $500. He was released. An 18-year-old Topeka woman was arrested Friday at 4:40 p.m. on the 3600 block of east 25th Street on suspicion of obstructing the legal process.
A 39-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday at 2:50 p.m. on the 3600 block of east 25th Street on suspicion of aggravated burglary, theft of property or services less than $1,000 and forgery. Bond was set at $2,500. An 18-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday at 8:30 a.m. on the 3600 block of east 25th Street on suspicion of trafficking contraband in a correctional institution or care and treatment facility, two counts of theft by deception and failure to appear in municipal court. Bond was not set.
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nuclear and missile activity. North Korea maintains that the launch is a scientific achievement intended to improve the nations faltering economy by providing detailed surveys of the countryside. No matter what others say, we are doing this for peaceful purposes, said Jang Myong Jin, general manager of the launch facility. Experts say the Unha-3 rocket slated for liftoff between April 12 and 16 could also test long-range missile technology that might be used to strike the U.S. and other targets. On Sunday, reporters were taken by train past desolate fields and sleepy farming hamlets to North Koreas new launch pad in Tongchangri in North Phyongan province, about 35 miles south of the border town
North Koreas Unha-3 rocket, slated for liftoff between April 12-16, stands at Sohae Satellite Station.
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of Sinuiju along North Koreas west coast. All three stages of the 91-ton rocket, emblazoned with the North Korean flag and Unha-3, were visibly in position at the towering launch pad, and fueling will begin soon, Jang said.
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nearby All Nations Christian Assembly Church and the ECWA Good News Church as churchgoers worshipped at an Easter service, the possible target of the bomber. Witnesses said it appeared the explosive-laden car attempted to go into the compound of that church before it detonated, but ASSOcIAtED PRESS was blocked by barriers in the street and was turned away by a security People gather at the site of a bomb explosion at a road in Kaduna, Nigeria guard as police approached. While no one immediately claimed on Sunday, April 8, 2012. responsibility for the attack, suspicion immediately fell on a radical At least 38 people were killed in the Islamist sect blamed for hundreds of blast, said Abubakar Zakari Adamu, killings in the oil-rich nation this year a spokesman for the Kaduna state alone. And some fear the attack could Emergency Management Agency. Othfurther inflame tensions around Ka- ers suffered serious injuries and were duna, a region on the dividing line be- receiving treatment at local hospitals, tween Nigerias largely Christian south Adamu said. and Muslim north.
NATIONAL SECURITy
John Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations, presented the 43rd annual Vickers lecture on Threats to American Security: A Closer Look at the Worlds Trouble Spots Wednesday night at the Lied Center.
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Can you name the Kansas Governors, both Democrat and Republican, who were KU Fraternity men and sorority women?
(BONUS QUESTION)
Can you name at least 3 different KU Fraternities that produced such governors?
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Because the stars know things we dont.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 6 Expanding into adventure? Intriguing. Youre gaining respect. Gather with family. Theres a promise of more money coming in. Keep communication channels open. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7 Assemble the team. You have no trouble getting the message across, and the group contributes. Do the numbers. Authorities may need persuasion. Ask for what you need. gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7 For the next two days, partnership is the name of the game. Hold off on travel. Impulsiveness causes accidents. Accept more responsibilities. Choose privacy over publicity. Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is an 7 Its getting busy, and your creative juices are flowing. Get productive, and dont be afraid to be unorthodox. Price your materials. Include your team. Save time and money. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7 Theres another opportunity for income. Let your conscience be your guide. Avoid big promises. Leave time to play like a child (or with one). Your friends are your inspiration. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is an 7 Make household decisions for the next two days. Clean up a mess, figuratively or literally. Consult a partner on a decision. Follow a dream to a mysterious destination. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7 Get a financial deal in writing. Learn from friends at a seminar or class. Youve got the study advantage with your extra ability to focus. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 7 The people around you are more respectful. Its a good time to ask for money. It could get spent easily. Keep track. Entering a two-day domestic phase. Express your sentiment artistically. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21) Today is a 6 Your confidence can make a big difference, like a sense of ease and space. With new freedom comes a new responsibility and satisfaction. Enjoy the growth, and keep expanding. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 5 Renew yourself through private examination, perhaps in the shape of an artistic project. Dont worry about the money. Conserve resources out of habit. Create beauty. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 5 See how you can use your connections to generate new income. Youd rather play than work now, but what if you could combine both? Choose romance. And fun. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 5 Your community participation and creative mind for problemsolving makes you quite attractive. Listen to someone who loves you. Its guaranteed to be better than internal radio.
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CHICAGO Mike OBrien is 35 and single, lives in New York and works as a staff writer for Saturday Night Live. He is earnest and polite, comes from a long line of South Side Chicago Irish and has the gentle features of a choirboy. Now that you know a bit about this fine young man ... well, it may seem forward but he would like to make out. With you. Mike OBrien would like to make out with you. No, no: Please, hear him out. He has this Web series, 7 Minutes in Heaven With Mike OBrien. Its becoming kind of a big deal, Internet-wise. Its also wonderful, revealing, uncomfortable, funny, sweet and exactly what youd imagine: OBrien stands inside a closet with someone, engages in awkward small talk for a few minutes, then makes a move. Oh, wait are you famous? Mike OBrien isnt shallow and stuck up like some people! If he likes the person hes in the closet with, they dont have to be a household name to be considered for my lips, he said. Still, come on: OBrien likes kissing famous
HISToRY
Titanic resurfaces in its extraordinary way over this week with TV specials timed to the 100th anniversary of its sinking this month. Deep-sea explorer Bob Ballard, who in 1985 found the luxury liners dismembered corpse strewn across acres of the North Atlantics floor, brings one of the best for those intrigued by the disaster in Save the Titanic (10 p.m. Monday, National Geographic Channel). Ballard is perhaps the foremost advocate for protecting the wreck, which has become a target for salvors and even deep-sea tourists. On his first expedition to the wreck 27 years ago, he found the ships crows nest from which lookout Frederick Fleet first sighted the outline of doom and shrieked to the bridge, Iceberg right ahead! still high above the deck. Now mysteriously missing, the crows nest was knocked off into a cargo hold, he believes, by a rogue Russian submarine that visits the ships grave with passengers who pay $60,000 for the trip. As more deep-sea vehicles
are developed, the ship will be increasingly looted, he believes. Ballard has been vocal about preserving the wreck as a memorial to those who built the ship and died with it, a stance that has put him at odds with groups like RMS Titanic, which exhibits artifacts it plucked from the bottom in a Las Vegas casino. From a submarine, Ballard once placed a memorial plaque on the deck of the Titanic. Its gone now. A salvage crew picked it up and dropped it into an exposed toilet on the wreck, Ballard says. That tells you who youre dealing with. He says he got the information from someone connected to that dive. Not everyone thought that was cool. He also visits Belfast, Northern
Ireland, where the ship was built and examines the original plans for the liner, the pinnacle of luxury and technology for its time. He interviews descendants of the Guarantee Group nine men who helped construct Titanic and who were picked to represent Belfasts shipbuilders on the maiden voyage. All perished, still revered by their descendants. I thought I knew everything there was to know about the Titanic, then I learned about the Guarantee Group, Ballard said in an interview. They never found their bodies. Their families have been silent for 100 years. It was an honor to tell their stories.
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To my gay best friend: I wasnt angry because you borrowed my favorite pair of skinny jeans, it was because you looked better in them. Sports Illustrated ranked Kansas as 17th for next preseason. Bill Self: Challenge accepted! Ive noticed my roommates ramen intake has increased this week. There must be a chem exam coming up. Yes, I know what sport is played at Hoglund, and yes, I have been to a game there. Its amazing. At the end of the month I bring home all of the UDK newspapers to my family and read the FFA aloud. Today, I finally got the guts to text this cute girl in my psych class. I started sending flirtatious texts, only to find out the hard way that shed given me her boyfriends number. A student ambassador just described Watson as Hogwarts-y. That will win all the high schoolers over. Dear doctored peanut butter smoothie guy in The Underground: You are my hero. You were so cute, and then you started smoking. Just watched a lady leave her little kids in the Union alone while she went to class real quick. This is not a daycare. Allow me to verbalize my facial expression: Im tired and very uninterested in what youre saying. Stop talking. I hate waking up, getting ready, and walking to class only to find out that it is cancelled. I have been calling someone the wrong name all semester and now that I know, it is awkward. Just read an article about the air guitar championship in Lawrence. Why does this exist? Tell me why, when I hear the steam whistle, I instinctively check the time on my phone. Has anyone actually received a lemon from life? To the guy watching golf during the calc lecture: Youre supposed to distract yourself with things more interesting than the lecture. Do feminists hate Dan the bus driver? He greets every girl with hot stuff, girlfriend, or girl. personally, I think its hilarious. That awkward moment when you think you see the Easter bunny, but it is just a squirrel. Witnessed a crucifixion. Just another day on Wescoe Beach. I just sat down on a toilet seat and it was warm.
ast December, the editorial board wrote about the Hertz on Demand rental car service that was to become available for use in January. The rental car service was seen as a way to combat drunk driving; friends without cars would be able to rent a car to pick up a friend who was out drinking. The online rental service was expected to make renting a car convenient and equally available for all students. Since January 12th, the
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Sensational view of the U.S. Friendships with is more fanatic than realistic partners parents may cross the line O
nce a week, I teach a one hour English lesson to a group of Italian speaking 11-year-olds at a public school in Bologna, Italy. My job is to get them excited about speaking English. Their job is to listen to me ever-soattentively and take vigorous notes. After the first couple of days, I realized I had complete control of the classroom. Like most things are run in Italy, I was given no instructions or specifications. Literally, the teacher would walk out and leave me in there alone with them. This is where it gets fun. One of my first lessons, I brought in a giant map of the U.S. to talk about all the different states. I ask them what places do you know about in the U.S.? They say New York! California! Las Vegas! Texas was also popular. Italian kids love talking about cowboys and the West. There is an Italian film called Un Americano a Roma where the famous Italian comedian Alberto Sordi runs around Rome pretending to be a cowboy from Kansas City. Almost everyone here has seen this film, so when I say Im from Kansas, the first thing they think of isnt Il Mago di Oz (The Wizard of Oz) but this Western-style Italian comedy. For them, I am a cowgirl from a farm living in the West. Ive been slowly trying to convince them that theyre thinking of Texas. For some crazy reason during our cowboy discussion I decided to bring up the Alamo. Of course Italians dont know what the Alamo is, and I dont really either so who knows why
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I mentioned it, but I couldnt just leave it unexplained. Well the Alamo is a fort... in Texas. And during this one battle.... 100 Texans were in the fort. And they had to hold out against.... 1000 Mexicans! And they all died! Yes, I actually told this completely inaccurate story. I threw in the numbers just for effect, and I really could not remember who was fighting who or what the whole story was. It escalated from there when we got to the middle of the U.S. What in the world can you say about those states that 11-year-old Italian kids will care about? I just completely skipped Nebraska and told them that you can only find buffalo in North Dakota. After this U.S. geography lecture, I spent a day talking about Thanksgiving. Its virtually impossible to explain the politically correct story to a group of non-English speaking children. So, instead the Indians (who they described as redskinned and as always wearing headdresses) are best friends with the white man and we always eat dinner together every November. I eventually gave up on actual academic topics because they werent really into it. Instead, I switched to pop culture. We spent an entire class period on the lyrics to Lady Gagas Born This Way. They seemed to like this lecture a little more than my usual lies so the next week I decided to do something a little more interactive.
What is the one song that they play at every middle school mixer? And everyone knows the dance to? The Cha Cha Slide! I explained to them the gravity of the situation. If they even wanted to understand kids their age in the states, if they ever wanted to be cool, they would have to learn this dance. Face it, it was a big deal in middle school. First, we went over the key words. Stomp. Clap. Reverse. Charlie brown. Very integral English words. Then I played the song for them once through. They were silent. Ok, this time everyone has to stand up and dance! They got up grumbling. I knew what this meant, I wouldnt be able to just sit down and watch them stomp out the steps, I was going to have to Cha Cha as well. Despite the now 10 years since Ive been to a middleschool mixer, I still had the moves. They loved me! Maybe they were just secretly laughing at me rather than at how much fun they were having. All I can say is that when the song finished they asked for it again. So we Cha-Cha-ed one more time! At the end of the lesson, I received my very first standing ovation. My plan is working. Ill be coming home to America with a small army of brainwashed Italian children.
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s we transition in college from high school to real life, we often become more serious about the relationships we share with our partners. If our significant others are close to their parents, it By Rachel Keith may be necessary that we are rkeith@kansan.com too. A solid relationship with partners something, we probyour significant others family is ably shouldnt tell their parents. important, but there is a point It can create tension between of being too close for comfort. us and their folks, so we should This Friday I turn 22. When save it for the person were my boyfriend asked me what I actually dating. wanted from him for my birthBesides that, the bonding day, I said that Id like his mom that happens between us and to come to town to celebrate. our partners parents can conWe always have a good time tribute to a healthy relationship together, and Id like that again with their children. on my birthday weekend. The downside to having A few months ago I was sitsuch a relationship is that upon ting in a bar back home catcha breakup, tension may burn ing up with Michelle, a friend the bridge between us and our who moved back to Wichita. exes parents. However, this isnt The topic of my boyfriends necessarily going to be the fate mom came up. I told her that of every relationship. While a I like spending time with my romantic connection lasting boyfriends mom, and she forever is a long shot, a solid seemed surprised. bond with a partners parents as Michelle said shed feel weird long as he/she is on good terms spending that much time with with them too does every relaher then-boyfriends mom, and tionship good. it made me wonder if my relaFinally, my friends may find tionship with his mom is weird. my relationship with my boyIs it weird that Ive once friends mom a little unusual, spent a Saturday with my boybut Im happy to have it, and so friends mom making a Joan is my boyfriend. It makes my Rivers sex joke over too-strong relationship with her son stronmartinis then stumbling around ger, and because I want to make the Plaza this one last, together? I hope and Is it weird I love spending time with expect that my that I could her, but there is such thing as relationship spend three being too close to your signifiwith both of hours watching cant others parents. his parents TLC with her will become RACHEL KEITH and I wouldnt even more relationship writer feel like I wastsolid. ed my time? The success My relationof a relationship with my own mother is ship doesnt necessarily depend good, but I revel in having a on a buddy-buddy friendship good one with my boyfriends with our significant others mom too. parents. However, its good to But there is a line. I love make some kind of effort, even spending time with her, but if it seems a little forced at first. there is such thing as being too With time it should evolve close to your significant others into something genuine as we parents. discover mutual interests, like A relationship with our partvodka martinis and Say Yes to ners parents is too close when the Dress, ultimately forming we discuss our dating woes with an actual connection. them before we discuss them If were in serious relationwith their own kids. This isnt ships that hope to sustain, havto say that I discourage seeking ing this kind of relationship advice in them. However, we with our significant others shouldnt consider them a refparents might be crucial, and uge from issues in our relationthis birthday weekend, Id like ships with their children. to raise a martini glass to mine. This is problematic because it suggests that theres a break Rachel Keith is a graduate student in communication between from Wichita in education. our partners and us, which can break the whole relationship. If we arent willing to tell our
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Members of The Kansan Editorial Board are Ian Cummings, Lisa Curran, Jon Samp, Angela Hawkins and Ryan Schlesener.
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Sara Stern, a budding entrepreneur and photographer, volunteers with the organization Fundacion Paraguay and works with local womens groups in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Paraguay.
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Carl Spaeth, a doctorate student of musical arts in saxophone, performs Sonata for Eb Alto Saxophone, op. 19, accompanied by Holly Beneventi Page on piano during a student recital at Swarthout Recital Hall Saturday evening. The piece is composed of three different movements: With Vigor, With Tranquility, With Gaiety.
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energy production will make us a leading energy producing state. But with horizontal drilling still in its infancy here, all those economic impacts have yet to be fully felt. Locals, who have seen other oil booms come and go, remain wary. We are excited about it and we are hopeful, said Ed Cross, president of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association. We just want to be cautious looking at the potential. We dont want to overstate it. The potential production from the Mississippian Lime Play and its impact on domestic energy supplies remains uncertain. But the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to unlock energy supplies previously unavailable in the United States is now in play in places like Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. We believe this is a game changer, said Shell spokesman Scott Scheffler. And we hope the Mississippian will be one piece of that. Just ask Kevin White, senior vice president of business development at Oklahoma-based SandRidge Energy Inc. His company has already spent $350 million to acquire nearly 2 million acres of mineral rights in Kansas and Oklahoma with a majority of those leased acres located across a vast swath of central Kansas. Kansas as a percentage of what we are doing will just get bigger and bigger every year because it has got the most undrilled acreage left that we need to go drill, White said.
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sophomore James Wilson is calm during the mens 3,000 meter run during Januarys Jayhawk classic. Wilson placed second with a time of 8:37.09. race that came just .12 of a second from an Emporia State Relay record. The day ended with the mens 4x400-meter relay and freshman Michael Stigler running the final leg. His Kansas team fell behind the leading Johnson County team. By the time it was his turn, he avoided the loss by running a very fast 400-meter. We were in shooting range for first I just knew I had to get out, just stayed relaxed and did everything coach Brewer told me to do and it
paid off right here tonight. Michael Stigler said after the race about what he was thinking when the baton was passed to him. Even coach Redwine was impressed by the final leg of the freshman sprinter. I thought it was awesome. He ran 46.5 seconds, thats probably his first time running 46.5, he did a phenomenal job and competed exceptionally well. Edited by Pat Strathman
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senior doug Quinones takes a chip shot just off the green Monday morning during the kansas invitational. during junior college, Quinones played every meet in the number one position.
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This approach is especially important with two freshman, Dylan McClure and David Auer, in the lineup. We need two guys to put it together in the same week, and two more to play decent, Grove said. We have two guys play poorly everyday, and even in the tournaments where our scores were typically better, we were still counting four, five and six-over for one man. That takes away from the work, hopefully your first three have done. Junior Alex Gutesha is familiar with Talking Stick Golf Club. He played there last season and a few times on his own over the summer. Gutesha said he is working on his consistency on the course. He said he is focusing on putting and improving
his scoring over the past week of practice. Gutesha works with a mental coach once a week to help prepare for the mental element of golf. You cant let shots affect you, Gutesha said. Whatever happens, happens. You cant control it. You dont focus at all on outcome goals like your score or what place you want to get. While your playing, you just focus on that shot, and hitting the best shot possible. The Jayhawks will play two rounds Monday and the Final round Tuesday. After the Cowboy Classic, the Jayhawks head to the Western Intercollegiate April 14-15. Edited by Max Lush
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los angeles Galaxy defender Tommy Meyer and sporting Kc forward c.J. sapong battle each other for control of the ball at livestrong sporting Park in Kansas city, Kan., on saturday. sporting Kc won, 1-0.
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Baseball
vs. wichita state 6p.m. lawrence
Wednesday
Baseball
vs. wichita state 6:30p.m. wichita
Thursday
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Friday
Baseball
vs.Texas 5p.m. lawrence
Saturday
Softball
vs. Texas 2p.m. lawrence
Sunday
Softball
vs. Texas 12p.m. lawrence
Womens golf
Knights and Prates Invitational Melbourne, Fla. all Day
Mens golf
cowboy classic scottsdale, ariz. all Day
Softball
vs. wichita state 5p.m. lawrence
Tennis
vs. Missouri 5p.m. columbia, Mo.
Baseball
vs. Texas a&M6 6p.m. lawrence
Mens baseball
vs. Texas a&M6 1p.m. lawrence
Womens golf
Knights and Prates Invitational Melbourne, Fla. all Day
Softball
vs. wichita state 7p.m. lawrence
Baseball
vs. Texas a&M 6p.m. columbia, Mo.
Mens golf
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Hes not Superman. Hes just a great player. Thomas Robinson on Anthony Davis espn.com
teams are lacking inside presence. Robinson has a chance to do very well in the league by being a strong inside presence.
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really shines. The double-double machine led the Jayhawks in scoring with 17.7 points per game and rebounding with 11.9 rebounds per game. Robinson passed Drew Gooden for most double-doubles in a single season with 27. The downside to Kansas shining star is his scoring ability. Robinson can make the highlight dunk, but some question his ability to score with different post moves. Still, Robinson is projected to be selected in the top five of the NBA draft. Athletic big men are huge assets to many teams and some of the worst
Unlike Robinson, Taylor wont be going in the first round, but that shouldnt stop him. Taylor has a great chance to get selected. Taylor has many attributes that can help an NBA team. Taylor is a tall, lengthy point guard at 6-foot-3. Lengthy point guards can cause matchup problems and Taylor fits that role. As a third team All-American, Taylor can also make plays. There are few guards in college basketball that can attack the basket like he can. His quickness and ability to finish through contact really make him a lethal scorer. Although getting to the rim is a positive, Taylor will have to bury jump shots to succeed. He did have five 20-point efforts in the last 11 games, but he still can be inconsistent with his jumpshot.
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In the NBA, organizations draft based on potential. If the player has an athletic body, but doesnt have all the tools to be a star, most teams will select that player and develop him as a player. Robinson fits that role. Robinson is 6-foot-10 and weighs 237 pounds. His frame alone puts Robinson near the top with National Player of the Year Anthony Davis of Kentucky. Add his statistics and Robinson
Dont forget about the three-point arc being pushed back in the NBA compared to the NCAA. Taylor was 1-21 from behind the arc in the NCAA Tournament. Taylor will be a nice asset for teams that rely on solid point guards and are looking for a backup. Fourteen players from Kansas currently play in the NBA and after the NBA draft, two more players will most likely join them. edited by Tanvi nimkar
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ave Campo, Kansas new defensive coordinator, may have the toughest job in college football. His task, in a nutshell: Revitalize a defense that was very likely the worst in BCS conferences last season. Just six starters return, none of whom started regularly before last year. Two of the three best defensive players seniors Toben Opurum and Bradley McDougald came to Lawrence to play offense. In 2011, the Jayhawks gave up more yards per play and yards per game than any other FBS team. Only 1-11 New Mexico gave up more touchdowns. Kansas was one of seven teams in the country to average less than one sack per game and one of six teams to allow opponents to convert more than 50 percent of third downs. Finding positives is like finding a winning Mega Millions ticket. Campo has a relatively clean slate, though, and his job is to make this unit acceptable. It wont be easy, but he has the right mindset. In a press conference Thursday, Campo made it clear that he realizes just how much work his defense needs to do to start being competitive. They werent very good defensively last year, so to think that were just going to walk out there and dominate everybody defensively, its just not going to happen, Campo said, according to KU Athletics. What we are going to do is make everybody accountable; the guys that we count on are the ones that will play four quarters of football. The defense needs a leader or two. Campo said one has yet to emerge. A leader can be a lot of things, but usually its a pretty good football player that everybody has a lot of respect for, Campo said. At this point, your guys Toben and Greg Brown that have played some have more people looking at them, but I dont think anybody feels like they can step up right now because theyre fighting for their own lives. None of what Campo said Thursday is all that encouraging on the surface. No player is a lock to start, which means that there arent any players with superior talent. Campo talked about players needing to treat spring practices like a tryout. Most teams in the Big 12 are looking to fill a couple holes in spring practices, not rebuild an entire unit from the top down. But what Campo is really saying is definitely encouraging. He knows he doesnt have a ton of talent, so his players must improve on a daily basis. No starting jobs are guaranteed, so you can bet every player will be gunning to play on Saturdays. If Campo can remain zeroed in on his task making the defense somewhat tolerable and able to keep Kansas in ballgames the Jayhawk faithful will reap the rewards in a couple of years. Dont grade Campo on the defenses successes or failures in 2012. Any kind of improvement on last year would be an accomplishment. Edited by Max Lush
The Kansas baseball team fell victim to a series sweep at Oklahoma State, dropping the final game of a three-game set 4-2 on Sunday. The loss drops Kansas to a 2-7 record in the Big 12 and 12-19 overall. A strong showing against Oklahoma State would have given Kansas a spot in the top half of the Big 12 standings, but the Jayhawks failed to take advantage of the opportunity in Stillwater after losing the first two games 7-6 and 11-1. Kansas currently sits last in the Big 12 standings, and the next conference series begins Friday in Lawrence against top10 ranked Texas A&M. Junior pitcher Thomas Taylor took the mound on Sunday, but his bid to salvage the series final game got off to a rough start. Taylor allowed two runs in the first on three hits, but he settled in until the sixth and seventh innings. Taylor allowed four runs on seven hits in 6.1 innings. The loss dropped Taylors record to 3-4 on the AShleigh lee/kAnSAn season despite the quality start. freshman pitcher Drew Morovick pitches the ball to his opponent during tuesday evenings game against Creighton at the tD ameritrade Park in omaha Neb. the Jayhawks Although Kansas never lost 3-7. trailed by more than two runs on Sunday, the Jayhawks were coming on a double in the sixth controversy as senior third base- shoved Elgie, and Elgie shoved Wichita State comes to Lawrence unable to draw even as they struggled with the pitch variety inning. The heavy dosage of off- man Zac Elgie and Oklahoma him back. Itll be a one-game sus- on Tuesday for a home-and-home. Oklahoma State pitcher Vince speed pitches gave the KU hitters State center fielder Jarrett Higgins pension for both players, and had Stanfield said that the team has to were both ejected after a scuffle they thrown punches, it would put the weekend behind them and Wheeland cruised for 6.2 innings. trouble all weekend. To their credit, they did a in the seventh inning. Elgie will have been a four-game suspen- come ready to play against a rival. They did a really good job of Were ready to get back going bearing the breaking ball, coach good job with their off-speed receive an automatic one-game sion. Oklahoma State was leading again, Stanfield said. Wichita Ritch Price said. Their pitchers pitches, Stanfield said. They suspension, but Price said that had been really solid all weekend. were throwing curveballs and Elgie was fortunate the incident 3-2 at the time, and the Cowboys State has always been a rivalry for tacked on a run right after the us, and we should be more comThe Jayhawks cut the lead to sliders for strikes early, and they did not escalate. The guy tried to steal third, incident to make it the eventual fortable playing at home. 2-1 with an RBI groundout from would throw fastballs on off-speed senior catcher James Stanfield, and counts. It was very difficult to pick and I guess he thought Zac was final score of 4-2. Edited by Nadia Imafidon The Jayhawks focus now too hard on the tag with the glove, he supplied Kansas with one of up on. Sundays loss had its share of Price said. Higgins stood up and shifts to this week as in-state rival two extra-base hit of the game,
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sophomore infielder ashley Newman celebrates with her teammates after rounding the bases on thursday evenings game against the Butler Wildcats. over the course of the game the Jayhawks sent seven hitters over the home-base plate. It really sets the tone, Pille said. It shows that we are here to play and shows everyone we werent there to get swept. The Kansas lineup also featured freshman infielder Maddie Stein batting in the third spot for the first time this season. Stein started all three games throughout the weekend after earning her first start of the season last week. Smith admired the poise and calmness of both Stein and Naudin and expects both freshmen to continue to bat toward the top of the lineup. Theyre both clutch hitters, Smith said. Theyre very calm, they come through, and theyre really good at working hard and making adjustments. Saturdays victory came after a disappointing doubleheader opened the series on Friday. Kansas scored just one run in the two-game set, losing the second game 6-1. In both games, Baylor scored a lot of runs late in the game that Kansas could not overcome. Despite pitching well through-