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ets start with the obvi-
ous: student loan debt
is a problem. Debt from
student loans is now a bigger
source of consumer borrowing
than credit cardsthings notori-
ous for leading ordinary people
into bankruptcy and financial
struggle. Whats more alarming
is that student loan debt default
is on the rise, meaning that more
and more people are not fulfill-
ing their obligations of repay-
ment and leaving lenders, mainly
the government, on the hook for
money that was lent out.
According to CollegeCalc.
org, here at the University, about
45 percent of undergraduates
take out a federal student loan
to help finance their education.
According to FICO via Forbes
Magazine, the average amount
of student loan debt among col-
lege graduates is $27,253, and
according to advisorperspectives.
com half as much as the 2011
median annual income for 25-34
year olds.
For some more perspective,
the inflation rate of college costs
is over 500 percent since 1982
according to Steve Odland at
Forbes and inflationdata.com.
Finally, according to CNN, the
median yearly income for a fam-
ily of four in the US for 2011 was
just over $50,000 (from US cen-
sus data), and the average yearly
tuition at a four-year public
institution is over $8,000. So its
no wonder people need student
loans to finance their educa-
tion; without them, thousands
of deserving students at the
University and millions through-
out the country simply wouldnt
be able to go to college.
There are dozens of reasons
for the explosions of college
costs, but according to the New
York Times, funding cuts from
states as one of the top reasons
for the increase, while Steve
Odland said that it has to do
with inflated salaries and lack
of cost control from within the
institutions. Of course, there are
hundreds of others, but I only get
so much room to write.
This might seem at first glance
like a personal financial issue
instead of a political or policy
issue, and to a certain extent,
thats correct. Just like with credit
cards, student loans should be
used prudently and not reckless-
ly, to finance an education and
not a lifestyle. Still, why so much
debt? And how do we solve the
student debt problem while still
preserving the opportunity for
every deserving student to pur-
sue a college education?
Some have posed an idea
that scares the living crap out
of a lot of people: According to
Huffington Post, college might
not be necessary, or even worse,
Fox News said that its a harm-
ful scam. This is, of course,
mostly bunk. According to Los
Angeles Times, graduates with
a four-year degree still make 84
percent more throughout their
lives than people without one.
Nevertheless, a degree, like all
things in life, shouldnt be taken
as a guarantee of anything.
But even with such huge
amounts of student debt, its
important to remember that
this problem has a common
root with most other press-
ing problems in America right
now: the gargantuan, nearly
unprecedented recession weve
been trying to claw back from
for the past five years. Students
have borrowed more because
they need the money to live on
while in school, because they or
their parents dont have money
to pay out of pocket, or because
scholarship and grant funds have
dried up in the wake of the reces-
sion and widespread budget cuts.
This isnt to say when and if the
economy fully recovers that the
student loan problem will magi-
cally resolve itself. Its going to
take a lot more than that, but it is
a big piece of the pie.
Of course, there are immedi-
ate steps every student should
support to make sure an entire
generation of borrowers doesnt
spend a huge portion of their
adult lives chained to a debt they
had little choice in taking on,
unless of course they postponed
or forfeited college altogether.
These include keeping interest
rates for loans reasonably low,
allowing graduates to work
off part of their debt by taking
jobs in the public or non-profit
center, and expanding funds
even in a recession to grant and
scholarship programs knowing
that a more educated work force
is going to be worth the invest-
ment. What we might ultimately
need is a change in the way we
think about collegean updated
syllabus, if you will. But thats a
topic for another column.
Schumacher is a senior majoring in
political science and English from
Topeka.
W
ith spring break on
the horizon and
many students pre-
paring to leave for exotic islands
and cruise ships, there is a murky
cloud of uneasiness that contin-
ues to hang over the school right
up until Friday afternoon. This
cloud is known as midterms.
We all know and appreciate
midterms for what they are
teachers basically making sure
that students are keeping up with
the course load while using it as
a chance to add a bulk of points
to the overall grade. However, its
the timeliness, or really the lack
thereof, that makes getting to
this ever-important weekend of
freedom a trudging task.
What is it about having to
really dig in and study hard for
a week straight (proud procras-
tinator here) that makes each
midterm you take such a nerve-
wracking experience? Sure, all
the resources are there for you,
but all of a sudden, we are thrust
into a time crunch that has us
worrying about personal vaca-
tion plans and important aca-
demic examinations at the exact
same time. It can be very dif-
ficult for students to stay focused
on the right priorities this time
of year, and midterms stand right
there in the path to hold you
accountable.
Now in my senior year, Ive
grown to despise everything
about the timing of midterm
exams. I know Im definitely
not in the majority on this, but
Im also not alone either. Why
not have midterms a few weeks
before spring break? It keeps
students on their toes during
the semester while also giving
them a week of preparation for
whatever spring break plans that
may lie ahead. For teachers, the
spring break week can be used
as personal time in full without
having to worry about grad-
ing the midterm examinations.
Simply grade the midterms dur-
ing the final week before spring
break.
The ironic twist to this story
is that I personally do not have
any elaborate spring break plans
this year. I suppose my sisters
wedding next Saturday falls
under the category of plans, but
for all intents and purposes, its
the timing of the examinations
more than anything that really
irks me. Consider this a per-
sonal farewell to midterm exami-
nations from a disgruntled senior
its been real, I definitely wont
miss you, and I loathe you for
what you will do to future gener-
ations of students wanting a little
breathing room the week before
spring break.
Roque is a senior majoring in jour-
nalism from Overland Park. Follow
him on Twitter @stephaneroque4.
W
e have a nasty habit of
victim-blaming when
it comes to sexual vio-
lence in our culture. When some-
one is raped, or sexually harassed,
we tend to throw out questions
like Well, what was she wear-
ing? Was she drinking? Did
she flirt with the dude all night?
We tell women to protect
themselves from violence, to not
wear their hair in ponytails, to
carry pepper spray or mace, to
never walk alone at night. Even
in the language we use, we order
the attention on the victim: vio-
lence against women, battered
womentheres even an increas-
ing trend in newsprint to call the
victim in a case of rape not the
victim, but the accuser.
We question the victims
motives, and seek to find a flaw
within the victim instead of look-
ing at the source of the problem
in the first place. The perpetrator.
The harasser. The rapist. The one
who enacted the violence.
And, as the statistics tell us,
these enactors of sexual violence
against women are overwhelm-
ingly men.
Now, please dont think Im
proclaiming All men are rapists!
That would assume that men
have some biological predisposi-
tion to be unthinking, violent,
aggressive creatures, which is
obviously messed up. Thats kind
of the point of my article today.
Men are in no way inherently
rape-machines, and this type of
thinking, that rape and sexual
violence is an unquestionable
reality in our society that will
never go away is an insult to men.
Men can totally not rape. Tons
of men never rape. I know quite
a few of them, and I can testify
that it is completely possible for
a bro to go through the entirety
of his life without ever com-
mitting sexual violence against
another person. But we do have
to acknowledge that we live in a
culture that encourages violence
toward women, and that it is nur-
ture, not nature, that makes a rap-
ist. Which is whybros, you got
to call out your bros before they
commit sexual violence against
another person.
Personally, I think everybody
needs to call out individuals who
do or say sexist things (or racist
things, or homophobic things, or
transphobic things really, all
the ignorant things). But especial-
ly when it comes to sexual vio-
lence against women, the impor-
tance of men talking to other
men about being a decent human
being is super vital. Men pos-
sess privilege in comparison to
women in our society, and men
who have been raised in a culture
that values mens voices over
womens respond better to a bro
saying Dude, knock it off, than
say, me, going Youre behaving in
a way that is contributing to rape
culture and is highly problematic
and misogynistic.
This isnt to say mens voices
actually have more value than
womens. But in order to stop
the cycle of violence men enact
toward women, you have to stop
the problem at the source i.e.
instead of telling women not to
get raped, tell men not to rape.
And when bros communicate
that message to their bros, it car-
ries a certain weight.
So, to my bros who dont like
sexual violence (which I assume
is the vast majority of you), heres
what you can do. When youre
partying during Spring Break on
the beach, and your bro has his
eyes on the woman who is on the
verge of black-out drunk, tell him
if the girl is unconscious, its not
consent. When you go out to a
bar, and your bro gets upset that
the woman he grinded with all
evening doesnt want to go home
with him, tell him she doesnt
owe him anything just because
you danced. When your bro calls
women derogatory names, tell
him you dont want to hear that,
because you have a girlfriend/
mother/sister/friend you like,
and he should treat woman like
human beings.
Tell your bros to act like men.
And that the only requirement
to being a man is to be a person
who treats other people like peo-
ple worthy of dignity and value.
Gwynn is a sophomore majoring in
English and Women, Gender, and
Sexuality from Olathe. Follow her on
Twitter @AllidoisGwynn
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@udK_Opinion school work, k-state
fans, and snow. not in that order.
#springbreak
you know its hell week when you get
out of class early and youre excited
because you have more time to study.
Remember the time when your level
of skill was measured by how quickly you
could run up a slide?
Good call on not being in love with the
drummer. its a long line and a brutal
competition for that one. To all those
interested: escape while you can!
Dont judge me! im from costa Rica
and we say chao.
FaLSe! Wescoe was supposed to be a
laser tag arena and an on-campus bar.
Grunting was the frst language used
by man. Followed shortly thereafter by
emoticons.
ill call the Sprint center allen
feldhouse east if i want to call it that.
it will be full of Ku fans, so why not?
your Kirby is inferior to my Zoidberg
(V)(;,,;)(V)
canned oranges are one of the tasti-
est things ever!
aint nobody got time for fnals.
Editors note: Well they are two
months away, sooooooooo...
i cant wait for the tulips to bloom on
campus!
Does no one realize were the little
brother and K-State is just the screw up
big brother?
im offcially voting for whatever stu-
dent group will spend less of my student
fees on sidewalk chalk.
Sweatpants dont determine your
future.
i think im addicted to netfix...
Dear Kansas union, please repair the
Jayhawk whose head you brutally sliced
open. Signed, Baby Jay.
To the person who wants to know who
would eat oranges out of a can: Someone
who wants to save 30 cents. Thats who.
Basketball players get full tuition
paid for, thats not enough compensa-
tion?
you know youre a student when an
hour ends at the 50th minute rather than
the 60th.
im proud to say ive slapped the
basketball band drummer.
i cried tears of happiness when i saw
Tyshawn in the paper.
id really appreciate it if midterms
didnt kill me.
apparently K-Staters hate the little
brother joke. Trololol.
is there going to be a good Ku football
punter next year? Because im a soccer
player, and i think i could deliver!
<(.^)<( . )>(^.)> Kirby dance
party!
Tell your roommate, if im going
nowhere, at least im getting there
quickly.
@Kaydubbed
@udK_Opinion ill be stuck working,
but hey, cant complain gettin paid,
right?
@thathawkwardGuy
@udK_Opinion im excited to get
away from not sleeping! #Seriously
#naptimeovereverything
@hannahwv92
@udK_Opinion blackboard mobile...
im such a nerd....
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aries (March 21-april 19)
Today is a 9
the next two days are good for
making money, more than you think
possible. Focus on doing the things
that youre passionate about, and
it will be easier. Handle chores,
too.
Taurus (april 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Nothing can stop you now. the
more problems you solve, the more
empowered you feel. theres so
much to accomplish with this new
confidence! take actions where
youve been stopped before.
gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is an 8
its time to complete the project
youve been avoiding. spend time
in private to replenish your ideas,
but dont get too much into your
head. youll be glad when its over.
Just do it.
cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is an 8
its getting fun. Hold off on making
an important decision until youre
rested and have thought it over.
its easier with some help from your
friends. they add just the right
amount of humor.
Leo (July 23-aug. 22)
Today is a 9
the upcoming days may bring lots
of career movement. Get ready:
its easier to take on a leadership
position now. Making mistakes is
part of the equation. Find support
nearby.
Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is an 8
your luck is shifting for the better
again. travel conditions improve.
you can take new ground. New
opportunities will open soon, but
there are still barriers. rebellions
flare up. rest up.
Libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Be strategic rather than impulsive
now. you receive a call to action in
a transformative cycle. you provide
the imagination. do financial plan-
ning, and study your money.
scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 9
youll have more help. Accept
anothers suggestion. spend more
time with someone beloved, as
vivid feelings and expressions
arise. dont hold them in. share
love.
sagittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21)
Today is an 8
Get practical tasks done. the pace
is picking up, and things dont
always work as planned; at least,
not the first time out. discover
glamour right around the corner.
After work comes play.
capricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
pamper yourself, as you enter a
luxuriously lovely phase. Bring
someone along to help you make
decisions and have fun. theres
more time for love, which is always
a comfort when moneys tight.
aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Make your home more comfortable.
its where you want to be, anyway.
Authorize improvements. Clean
house. Lounge around with friends,
good food and a movie (after
homeworks done).
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 9
youll learn quickly, so pay at-
tention. Get ready to take action.
study new developments. put what
you learn to profit; focus on the
marketing. Apply your business
and commerce ideas.
Spring break should be spent
in beautiful weather, on a beach,
drink in hand. (And of course, the
perfect wardrobe to go along with
it). The sad reality is that most
of us wont be doing anything
half as exciting. For example, Ill
be at home, dog sitting while
my parents jet off to Australia
and New Zealand for two weeks.
Good times.
Though I may not be on a
beach, Ill most certainly be wear-
ing perfect spring break attire. As
long as youre in warm weather,
dressing the part for a wild week
is all about keeping it simple.
The key to spring break cloth-
ing success is to stick to the basics
and keep it comfortable. Believe it
or not, it is possible to do this in a
trendy manner.
For starters, choose a bath-
ing suit that will never go out of
style. Try sticking to solid colors
in classic cuts. Crazy patterns and
unusual styles can be unflattering
and outdated in a year or two.
Whatever it is, make sure that
you feel the most comfortable in
your choice. Try as many styles
as possible to see what feels best
for you.
As for covering up, dresses are
your best friend. For daytime, you
cant go wrong in a flowing, black
cover up. Again, keep it simple.
Be sure to wear something that
can take you from the beach or
pool to a restaurant or other out-
ing.
For evenings out, dresses are
still your best friend. Go for a
maxi dress in tropical or floral
prints. Keep it fun; you are on
spring break after all.
When it comes to accesso-
ries, now is the time to get your
hands on the perfect beach bag.
Designers left and right have been
coming out with endless amounts
of straw totes. Sandals are getting
a facelift this season as well. Small
heels have been added to many
spring and summer shoes, but
no one will blame you for keep-
ing yours flat. Gladiators are the
way to go.
Sun protection is a must. Yes,
Im advocating sunscreen. Not
only is a pale complexion in style,
but theres nothing more unat-
tractive than a bright red (or
orange) body. Youll thank me
20 years from now if you take the
couple minutes to spare your
skin and lather on some SPF. If
you really hate putting on sun-
screen, Im sure you can find a
spring break love interest who
will lend a helping hand.
This is also where hats and
sunglasses come in. Go for a
straw, wide-brim fedora and a
pair of aviators. Not only will
these accessories hide your tired
hungover eyes, but theyre also
perfect for hiding beach-washed
hair. Definitely do not bring your
designer shades for your wild
spring break trip. Youll be kissing
your pricey piece goodbye in no
time. Before your trip, purchase
a cheap version that you wont
mind losing or breaking.
If youre really wanting to pull
out all the stops for your beach
vacay, channel your inner celeb-
rity and go for some body jew-
elry. Stars such as Beyonce and
Rihanna dont step foot on the
beach without it.
Whatever you wear next week,
be sure its something youll feel
comfortable enough to have fun
in. Spring break is all about fun,
and whatever you wear should
reflect that. Remember to keep
it simple and to have the right
accessories. If your trip goes awry,
at least youll be looking stylish.
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McLEAN, Va. Te people
who bring you Te Greatest Show
on Earth will be taking Spider-
Man, the Hulk, Tor and the X-
Men on a worldwide road show.
Feld Entertainment Inc., which
produces the Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey circus, along
with a host of other live shows such
as Disney on Ice, is announced
a partnership Wednesday with
Marvel Entertainment to produce
a live arena show featuring the
Marvel universe of characters.
Exact fnancial terms of the
deal were not disclosed. But Ken-
neth Feld, CEO of Vienna, Va.-
based Feld Entertainment, said he
expects the show to open in July
2014, and tour arenas domesti-
cally and internationally, as the
companys other shows do. Pro-
duction costs will likely exceed
$10 million, Feld told Te As-
sociated Press in announcing the
partnership.
Feld Entertainment has ex-
panded in recent years to acquire
several motor sports and monster
truck shows aimed at expanding
its appeal beyond the young chil-
dren who go to the circus and girls
who fock to the Disney shows.
Feld expects the Marvel shows to
appeal to older boys, comic book
fans and family audiences.
Marvels chief creative of-
cer, Joe Quesada, said dozens of
people have approached Marvel
about doing a live show of some
sort over the years. Te partner-
ship with Feld Entertainment was
the frst with which he felt com-
fortable.
You always have those ques-
tionshow are you going to keep
it from being goofy, or silly, or un-
believable? Quesada said. But the
level of showmanship in Feld En-
tertainments other shows made
an impression.
Teyre already doing feats that
are superhuman to begin with,
Quesada said of the performers
that Feld Entertainment recruits
for its circus and other shows.
Feld said his companys long-
standing partnership with Bur-
bank, Calif.-based Te Walt Dis-
ney Co., which acquired Marvel
in 2009, helped establish a level of
trust between Feld and the Marvel
executives.
Te show is in the early stages
of development in a new training
center that Feld runs in Ellenton,
Fla. Feld and Marvel said there is
close collaboration to ensure the
characters act in ways consistent
with fans understanding. Que-
sada said the directorveteran
choreographer Shanda Sawyer,
who has directed various itera-
tions of the Ringling circus and
won Emmy awards for her televi-
sion work, took a deep dive into
Marvel mythology that took him
aback.
We had to pull her back,
Quesada said. I told her, I think
youre even geeking me out.
Trying to bring superhuman
characters to life in a live show
can be daunting and even danger-
ous, as evidence by the difculties
sufered in launching the Broad-
way musical Spider-Man: Turn
Of the Dark. Several perform-
ers sufered injuries ranging from
concussions to fractured skulls in
what became the most expensive
show in Broadway history. Te $75
million show has since become
one of Broadways top earners.
Te Marvel universe has thou-
sands of characterssome house-
hold names and others known
only to the most devoted fans.
Feld said a live show provides an
opportunity to present a wide
variety of Marvel characters in a
way that will appeal to even casual
fans.
Dr. Dres Beats headphones
revolutionized the way people lis-
ten to music, and now Beats Elec-
tronics is at it again with a new
streaming service that will change
the way people access their music.
Te servicefounded by Dr. Dre
and producer Jimmy Iovinejust
received a $60 million investment
from Len Blavatnik, owner of
Warner Music Group.
Te Internet music streaming
service, Daisy, will rival com-
petitors like Pandora and Spo-
tify. Daisy will allow listeners to
choose their own playlists, and ac-
cording to Te Guardian, Beats
has a possible partnership with
iTunes in the works to help in
this process.
Blavatnik feels that, Beats
has the vision, the brand, the man-
agement team, and now the inves-
tor group to efectively change the
expectations and experiences of
a music subscription service, ac-
cording to the article.
Blavatnik has predicted that
the digital revolution will lead to
the revival of the music indus-
try, which explains why he is so
strongly supporting the business
model of streaming music.
Anna Travis, a freshman from
Libertyville, Ill., is an avid user of
Pandora.
I like Pandora because Im not
good with song names. Pandora
makes it so that I can type in a
genre and easily listen to songs
that I like, without having to
know what they are, she said. I
would consider trying Daisy if its
similar and has the same general
concept.
Listeners like Travis are whom
the new service hopes to help.
Services like Pandora and Spo-
tify have eliminated the aspect of
choice in music listening, and that
is exactly what Daisy will strive
to bring back when it launches in
late 2013.
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s much as I enjoy the sleek,
freeze-dried theatrics of
David Finchers 2011 ver-
sion of Te Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo, Ill always prefer Niels
Arden Oplevs leaner, meaner
Swedish-language version, which
was released to comparatively
little fanfare in the spring of 2009.
Noomi Rapace, now most famous
for giving birth to an intergalac-
tic Squidward in Prometheus,
was the living, breathing, daddy-
roasting embodiment of Lisbeth
Salander, the rapacious hacker sa-
vant whose cold fury was tempered
by the subtlest stirrings of a soul
in traction. So my expectations
were understandably high when
it was announced that Rapace and
Oplev would be reuniting for their
frst stateside collaboration, a self-
described neo-noir.
Te result of their reunion,
Dead Man Down, is a meat-and-
potatoes revenge thriller elevated
by Oplevs impeccable visual eye
and committed performances from
Rapace, again convincingly por-
traying an emotional cripple, and
Colin Farrell, an actor who tends
to work best in colorful support-
ing roles. It tells the story of Vic-
tor (Farrell), a Hungarian engineer
whose wife and daughter were
killed as part of an intimidation
game between a crew of Albanian
thugs and Alphonse (Terrence
Howard), a suave, sof-spoken
Brooklyn crime lord.
Afer being shot and lef to die by
the Albanians, Victor goes under-
ground, fashioning himself a new
identity as a slick gun-for-hire, and
spends the next two years infltrat-
ing Alphonses criminal empire, pa-
tiently waiting for the right time to
avenge his loved ones. His absurdly
drawn-out vendetta is interrupted
by the arrival of his new neighbor
Beatrice (Rapace), a mentally and
physically scarred ex-beautician
whose face was mangled afer a col-
lision with a drunk driver.
Halfway through an awkward
dinner date, Beatrice reveals that
she once saw Victor murder one
of Alphonses underlings in his
apartment. She threatens to go to
the police unless he agrees to kill
the man who deformed her. Victor
reluctantly agrees, unaware that his
enterprising criminal buddy Darcy
(Dominic Cooper) is also danger-
ously close to discovering the truth
about his past.
Ofen silly but never less than
wholly engaging, this strained pulp
saga of violence and redemption
is bookended by two efective ac-
tion scenes, including a climactic
shootout in Alphonses mansion
that borrows liberally from the frst
Die Hard movie in terms of emo-
tional stakes and spatial dynamics.
One shot involving Victors gravity-
defying Dodge Ram is especially
well done.
Alternately vindictive and in-
tensely sympathetic, Rapaces per-
formance takes its cues from the
grand dames of flm noir, especially
Ann Savages hard-bitten turn in
1945s blackmail drama Detour.
Farrells portrayal is understated,
even anesthetized by comparison,
establishing Victor as a man hol-
lowed out by two long years of rage
and grief. Howard, whose career
has been on the skids since his
forced departure from the Iron
Man franchise, adds little to the
proceedings as Alphonse, who
seems more interested in replen-
ishing his wardrobe than in catch-
ing the rat in his crew.
Te flm benefts from a strong
supporting turn from Dominic
Cooper, a gifed dramatic actor
who makes a living moonlighting
in genre fare like last years Abra-
ham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and
Captain America. Heres a capable,
compelling performer whos practi-
cally begging to ascend to leading-
man status. He was fantastic in the
dual role of Uday Hussein and his
conficted lookalike in 2011s Te
Devils Double, and Id love to see
him embrace larger, more challeng-
ing parts in the future.
All in all, Dead Man Down is
a wickedly entertaining mid-March
surprise, a pedestrian premise given
stylistic wings by a gifed European
director and his favorite femme fa-
tale. I hope the spirit of collabora-
tion never leaves them. Afer all, as
they say in Sweden, to separate is to
die a little.
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Volume 125 Issue 89 kansan.com Thursday, March 14, 2013
COMMENTARY
By Ben Ashworth
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Big 12 Brackets
Momentum needed for
Big 12 Tournament
Kansas starts play in the Big 12 Tournament
March Madness
PAGE 7B
Baseball Rewind
Jayhawks big inning
beats Jackson State
ryan Mccarthy
rmccarthy@kansan.com
geoffrey calvert
gcalvert@kansan.com
PAGE 2B
Kansas plays
Texas Tech
I
n a strange season where top-
25 teams have been dropping
like footballs thrown at Kansas
City Chiefs receivers, teams are
looking for anything to set them
apart from their competition.
For the Jayhawks, one thing that
could set them apart is momentum.
However, that momentum cur-
rently does not exist. This is why
this Big 12 tournament is one
of the most important in recent
memory.
The Jayhawks have many of the
pieces to win a national champi-
onship. They have a go-to player
in Ben McLemore, an outstand-
ing perimeter defender in Travis
Releford, and an outstanding post
defender in Jeff Withey, who is now
developing a turn-around jump
shot.
They are also missing several
pieces. They are inconsistent, turn
the ball over too often, and struggle
against teams whose offense pri-
marily consists of the 3-point shot.
However, this year, these weak-
nesses will not prevent Kansas
from cutting down the nets. The
Jayhawks just need a little boost.
That boost could come from win-
ning a winnable Big 12 tourna-
ment.
Any loss in the Big 12 tourna-
ment is a bad loss. In previous
years, Kansas would lose in the
Big 12 tournament, but it wouldnt
be a concern because that was its
wake-up call. This year, Kansas
has already had its wake-up call.
The Oklahoma State loss was the
birds chirping outside, the TCU
loss was the alarm blaring, and
the Oklahoma loss was the entire
Kansas marching band breaking
into your bedroom with its rendi-
tion of the Beastie Boys Sabotage.
The Jayhawks thought they had
righted the ship completely, but
then the Baylor debacle showed
that there was still work to be done.
Kansas had learned its lesson
with its four previous Big 12 losses.
A loss in the Big 12 tournament
does not have the same silver lining
it has had in years past. Self could
try to parlay it into yet another
learning experience, but maybe
a loss would simply mean the
Jayhawks just arent championship
material.
This tournament is Kansas
for the taking. Texas is suffering
from a bad case of Rick Barnes,
and all other teams seem to have
fatal flaws. Kansas is playing in the
nearby Sprint Center with superior
talent and a coach who has won
nine straight regular season titles.
Not winning would be inex-
cusable. Meanwhile, winning
would give the team much needed
momentum and confidence going
into a tournament that is seemingly
a crapshoot. Kansas could use any
intangible it can get to separate
itself.
Thats not to say Kansas should
underestimate the Big 12 field.
To do so would be a worse deci-
sion than that time you decided
to reheat your leftover Taco Bell.
Instead of underestimating the
field, Kansas should underestimate
itself. It should come out with the
notion that if it doesnt have its foot
on the accelerator at all times, it
could lose.
However, Kansas could also win
the national championship.
It just needs a step in the right
direction.
Edited by Tyler Conover
Kansas JayhawKs
The Jayhawks clinched their ninth straight Big
12 regular season championship on saturday,
despite losing to Baylor. Kansas has an ncaa-
best 56 conference regular season crowns and
has won 13 of the last 17 league titles since en-
tering the Big 12.
Kansas leads the ncaa division I in feld goal
percentage defense at 35.8 percent and is third
nationally in blocked shots at 6.7 per game.
Kansas has a 17-4 record in the sprint center
including 2008, 2010 and 2011 Big 12 confer-
ence tournament championships.
Baylor BEars
Pierre Jackson is averaging 23.5 points and
7.7 assists in his last Big 12 contests.
cory Jefferson played one of his better games
of the season against Kansas on saturday mak-
ing 11-of-13 shots and tallying up 25 points. he
now has 40 games this season.
For the sixth straight season, Baylor recorded
at least 18 victories. The Bears also have victo-
ries over aP top 25 teams in each of the last six
seasons.
oKlahoma soonErs
For the 27th time in school history, Oklahoma
posted a 20-win season, which it hadnt done
since 2008-2009.
In the last six games, the sooners averaged
83 points, surpassing the 80-point mark in fve
of their last six games.
senior forward romero Osby is averaging
22.0 points and 58.3 percent shooting in the
past seven contests. In his last four outings,
Osby has scored 98 points. hes shot 50 percent
in 19 of the last 23 games.
TCU hornEd Frogs
The horned Frogs shot 50 percent or better in
each of its last two contests, including 51.9 per-
cent beyond the arc.
sophomore guard Kyan anderson has scored
in double fgures in nine straight games, the lon-
gest streak by a TcU player since 2009-2010. In
three of the last four games, hes shot 50 percent
or better.
senior forward Garlon Green is one of 20 play-
ers in school history with at least 1,000 points
and 400 rebounds. hes played in 128 career
games for TcU, including 109 straight games.
TExas TECh rEd raidErs
Texas Tech has committed less than 15 turn-
overs in each of its last eight contests.
In nine of the last 13 games, sophomore Jor-
dan Tolbert scored in double fgures. he is the
only red raider averaging double-digits in con-
ference play with 10.4 points per game.
Freshman guard Josh Gray has dished out fve
or more assists in his last seven outings. he is
third among all Big 12 freshman with 92 assists
while ranking second in steals with 57.
iowa sTaTE
The cyclones lost seven games in conference
play, but three of those losses were in overtime
and two more were by fewer than fve points in
regulation.
Iowa state averages 80.1 points per game,
which is fourth nationally.
Five players average in double fgures scor-
ing.
Kansas sTaTE
By clinching a share of the Big 12 title, the
Wildcats earned their frst conference title since
1977.
Kansas state ended the regular season by
winning six of its fnal seven games.
The Wildcats allow only 60.5 points per game,
tops in the Big 12.
oKlahoma sTaTE
Marcus smarts 2.97 steals per game lead
the conference by a full steal. Texas Techs Josh
Gray is second with 1.97 steals per game.
smart is also one of only three players to be
Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the
Year in the same season. he joins Tony allen and
James anderson as cowboys who earned the Big
12 Player of the Year award.
Oklahoma state will fnish the season ranked
for the frst time since 2005.
TExas longhorns
The Longhorns lead the Big 12 in 3-point feld
goal percentage defense at .288.
Texas played six overtime games, going 3-3.
all three wins came in the last month of Big 12
play.
after serving a 23-game suspension, sopho-
more Myck Kabongo led Texas with 15.8 points
per game in the fnal eight games of the season.
wEsT Virginia
In its inaugural season in the Big 12, West
Virginia endured its frst losing season since
2002-2003.
The Mountaineers dont have anyone who
averages in double fgures scoring, but they do
have six players who average at least 7.5 points
per game.
West Virginia is the leagues best offensive
rebounding team at 13.52 offensive rebounds
per game.
Kansas
TExas TECh
TCU
wEsT Virginia
TExas
winnEr gamE 1
TExas TECh
iowa sTaTE
winnEr gamE 2
Kansas sTaTE
winnEr gamE 2
winnEr gamE 3
oKlahoma sTaTE
Baylor
winnEr gamE 2
winnEr gamE 2
winnEr gamE 3
Champion
oKlahoma
1
2
7
10
3
6
8
9
5
4
Jaye Crockett, Forward
C r o c k e t t
may come off
the bench, but
he leads Tech
in scoring with
nearly 12 points
per game and
averages nearly
seven rebounds.
Hes the Red
Raiders proverbial X factor and plays
about 25 minutes per game. If Tech
pulls off the upset, Crockett will be a
large reason why.
Texas Tech
(11-19, 3-15)
sTarTers
Dusty HannaHs, GuarD
Kansas has not brought out the best in Han-
nahs. In two game versus the Jayhawks this sea-
son the freshman has scored just 10 points and
dished out one assist. His game is still develop-
ing, but hes not likely to take over a game for the
Red Raiders anytime soon.
KaNsas
(26-5, 14-4)
sTarTers
ben mclemore, GuarD
Although coach Bill Self said he was most im-
pressed by freshman forward Perry Ellis Saturday
against Baylor, McLemore scored fve seconds
into the game and never disappeared offensively,
fnishing with 16 shot attempts and 23 points,
something he hasnt done on the road often. He
is averaging 24 points per game in the past three
games.
eliJaH JoHnson, GuarD
The seniors much-improved play during the
fnal month of the season showed how differently
Kansas plays when Johnson plays to his capability.
During Kansas frst 10 conference games John-
son struggled at point guard and Kansas scored
more than 70 points only twice. In the fnal eight
games, the Jayhawks scored more than 70 points
six times, and Johnson scored in double fgures
fve times.
TTu
Tipoff
No. 1 KaNsas Vs. No. 9 Texas Tech
2 p.m., spriNT ceNTer, KaNsas ciTy, mo.
KaNsas
Tipoff
mcLemore
Wreck the raiders
Jayhawks play Texas Tech near home
couNTDoWN To Tipoff
GAME
DAY
ryan mccarthy and Geoffrey calvert
preDicTioN:
Kansas 84, Texas Tech 57
aT a GLaNce
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crockett
After playing West Virginia down to the
wire in both games this season (77-61,
66-64) only to come up empty, the Red
Raiders fnally got passed the Mountain-
eers in Kansas City during round one of
the Big 12 tournament. Yet Kansas had
its way with Texas Tech this season and
will need to stop an early surge by the
Jayhawks to stay in the game.
Will Tech be able to defend
the alley-oop?
The last time Texas Tech played
Kansas, Lawrence became Lob City. The
Jayhawks were playing high above the
rim, and all but one Kansas starter had
two dunks. Can the Red Raiders make
the adjustments to not allow the easy
bucket?
aT a GLaNce
pLayer To WaTch
QuesTioN marK
biG Jay WiLL cheer if...
baby Jay WiLL Weep if...
Numbers
Numbers
In 17 years of the Big 12 Tournament,
Kansas is the top seed for the tenth time.
The Jayhawks have reached the champi-
onship game nine times and won eight
of them, including fve under Bill Self.
Overall, Kansas has won 80 percent of
its Big 12 Tournament games. Baylor
knocked Kansas out of the tournament
in the semifnals last season.
Jeff Withey, center
Baylor proved
that taking
Withey out of the
game, as they did
on Saturday, ren-
ders Kansas post
presence almost
non-existent.
Senior forward
Kevin Young thrives as a complementary
post scorer, but he cant take over the
post the way Withey can. Freshman for-
ward Perry Ellis was the Jayhawks best
big man Saturday, but like Young, he
cant be asked to provide Witheys nearly
14 points and nine rebounds per game,
especially in postseason play.
Which McLemore shows up?
One of the few bright spots from the
regular season fnale was freshman
guard Ben McLemores aggressiveness
on the offensive end, where he at-
tempted 16 shots and scored 23 points.
Statistically, it was his best road game
of the season, and it rivals the 22 points
he scored at Ohio State in December. Mc-
Lemores main criticism is his tendency
to play passive offense on the road. From
here on out, all games will be at neutral
sites, but some of those could be closer
to road games, especially if Kansas pro-
gresses in the NCAA Tournament.
Kansas enters its third season in
style. Self considers the conference
season to be Kansas second season,
and the postseason is the third season.
Withey said on Monday the Jayhawks
already forgot about the Baylor loss. If
so, Kansas shouldnt have much trouble
Thursday, as they dominated most of the
fnal month of the regular season and
looked to be playing its best basketball.
Kansas fnds itself in a dogfght. The
Jayhawks should beat the Red Raiders
handily (again), but if it comes in the
same fashion as Kansas 60-46 victory
in Lubbock it wont be a fun Friday. Sav-
ing energy could be the key to a Big 12
tournament championship.
82 Bill Self has won 82 percent of
his games in the Big 12 Tournament with
an 18-4 record. Its the highest winning
percentage for a coach in tournament
history.
15-1 The Jayhawks have won 15
of their opening games in the conference
tournament. Baylor handed them their
only opening loss in the 2009 quarter-
fnals.
32-8 In 16 years of the Big 12
Tournament, Kansas has a 32-8 record,
which is 11 more wins than Texas and
Oklahoma have.
42.1 Texas Tech feld goal per-
centage
27.8 Texas Tech 3-point percent-
age (last in the Big 12)
8.14 Texas Tech steals per game
(leads the Big 12)
Withey
Johnson
releford
young
Withey
hannahs
Gray
Williams Jr.
Tolbert
Kravic
ashLeiGh Lee/KaNsaN
Senior center Jeff Withey goes over
his opponents reach and gets the
ball to the basket during the game
against Texas Tech on March 4 in
Allen Fieldhouse where the Jay-
hawks defeated the Red Raiders
79-42 on Senior Night. Withey led
the team, scoring with 22 points.
ThursDay, march 14, 2013 paGe 2b The uNiVersiTy DaiLy KaNsaN
hear ye hear ye
I want to get this W. Im not letting
anybody in that gym, stadium, state,
anything stop me.
junior forward thomas robinson
hear ye hear ye
Theres no question we want to con-
tinue to play Kansas.
missouri coach Frank Haith
biG Jay Will cHeer iF...
Withey and Robinson use their size
to dominate and create shots for team-
mates.
baby Jay Will Weep iF...
Missouris fast break is in full effect,
wearing Kansas out with its slew of
quick guards.
Syracuses last Big East
tournament begins with
victory over Seton Hall
NEW YORK Jim Boeheim couldnt
help but think of the last three-plus
decades as he entered Madison Square
Garden on Wednesday for a big game
for Syracuse.
The Orange managed a 75-63
victory over Seton Hall to advance
to the quarterfnals of the Big East
tournament Syracuses last Big East
tournament as it heads for the Atlantic
Coast Conference next season.
I was thinking about all the times
coming here, Boeheim said after his
48th Big East tournament win, 13
more than the second-place coach. I
frst came to the Garden when I was
a sophomore in collegethe old, old
Garden. Seems like about 50 years ago.
Oh, it was 50 years ago.
I was thinking in the locker room
before the game, about some of the
games, and some of the highlights.
Things have kind of been two years
coming, but now that its here, your
whole life has been spent in this
league, and the last 31 years coming to
this building, thats a lot. Thats a lot of
memories, a lot of time.
James Southerland hit fve 3-point-
ers in the frst half to keep No. 19
Syracuse in the game and Brandon
Triche keyed a big second-half run for
the Orange.
Syracuse, which had lost four of its
last fve games, looked more like the
team that was second in the league in
scoring (72.3). The Orange looked noth-
ing like the team that managed just 39
points in a 22-point loss to Georgetown
to close the regular season.
Southerland scored all but three of
his 20 points in the frst half, which
fnished in a 34-34 tie. Triche fnished
with 17 points and seven of those were
consecutive points he scored in the
19-2 run that turned a 46-all tie into a
65-48 Syracuse lead with 4:41 to play.
Michael Carter-Williams, who is
fourth in the NCAA at 7.58 assists per
game, had 14, including two impres-
sive alley-oop passes for dunks.
Our offensive movement was
the best its been probably all year,
Boeheim said. Mike played, I think, his
best game of the year. James kept us
in it when we werent playing well. And
then Brandon and C.J. (Fair) got going
the second half.
For us to be effective, Mike has
to make plays, and Brandon and C.J.
and James have to score. Thats what
happened in this game.
THurSday, MarcH 14, 2013 PaGE 3B THE uNIVErSITy daILy KaNSaN
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Senior frst baseman Alex DeLe-
on set the ofensive tone early with
a frst inning home run to straight
away lef-center feld in the Jay-
hawks 11-0 victory over Jackson
State on Wednesday.
DeLeons two-run home run
snuck over the wall, bewildering
fans and umpires alike afer Jackson
State centerfelder Charles Tillery
made the jump and attempted the
steal at the wall. Tillery returned to
the turf of Hoglund Ballpark with a
wrist injury appearing to have the
ball in hand.
I hit it well, DeLeon said.
Honestly, we were all confused.
Te umpire didnt know what to
call, I didnt know what happened
and coach was
just yelling at
me to stay on
second. Finally
they called it a
home run. Tat
felt great at that
point.
Te frst in-
ning freworks
werent fnished
afer DeLeons
home run. Sophomore outfelder
Michael Suiter reached base on a
two-out double to extend his recent
hitting-streak to 11 games. Te Big
12 conference named Suiter its
Phillips 66 Player of the Week last
week afer he batted .571 and stole
seven bases in the Niagara series
last week.
Suiter is currently leading the
team with a .462 batting average,
a .517 on-base percentage and is
second on the team, behind senior
Jordan Dreilings nine, with eight
stolen bases.
Every time he hits a fair some-
where, its falling, coach Ritch
Price said. He gets three seeing
eye base hits again today, so I guess
when youre hot, youre hot. Im
thrilled with Suiters development
as a player.
Suiters ofensive game has come
a long way since his freshmen year.
Suiter went through a stretch of his
Freshman season going 0-for-30 at
the plate.
He really turned his season
around in the month of May last
year, Price said. You could see the
development taking place, and its
carried over to this year. Hes play-
ing at a really high
level.
Suiter fnished
the day 3-for-4 at
the plate scoring
one run with 2
RBIs.
DeLeon and the
Jayhawks never
looked back afer
the quick start,
DeLeon batted in a
third run in the third inning on an
RBI-single that scored senior third
baseman Jordan Dreiling.
Solid pitching held the score at
3-0 until Kansas ofense found a
new level of plate discipline putting
together their biggest inning of the
season in the ffh. Te Jayhawks
scored eight runs on four walks and
three hits against the struggling
Jackson State pitching staf.
It just shows how huge momen-
tum is in this game, Suiter said.
Once you get rolling and seeing
teammates hitting the ball well, you
just get rolling.
Kansas pitchers felt managed to
get on much the same roll, pitch-
ing the fourth shutout of the sea-
son and tying their total number of
shutouts from last season.
It was great to see Poppe back
out there throwing well, DeLeon
said. We have three great starters
on the weekend. Tanner hasnt been
pitching in the midweek games, but
its great to see him back in this ro-
tation.
Senior Tanner Poppe pitched
four shutout innings, giving up
three hits with two strikouts and
one walk.
Afer missing two straight starts
with a sore shoulder, to look up
there and see him hitting the ra-
dar gun at 91-93, I felt really good
about his performance, Price said.
Obviously, it showed that hes
completely healthy and over the in-
fammation.
Te Jayhawks bullpen kept the
shutout intact in the remaining in-
nings, moving the Jayhawks to 11-5
this year.
Kansas travels to Fort Worth,
Texas to take on Texas Christian
University in a three game series
starting March 15 at Lupton Sta-
dium.
Edited by Kyle Crane
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Kansas senior qualifes
for fnals at Zone D
Diving championship
Senior Christy Cash earned 12th
place in the platform event at the Zone
D Diving Championship to fnish her
diving career as a Jayhawk. The top 12
divers out of the 31 who competed in
the fve-dive preliminary rounds quali-
fed for the fnals. Cash earned the last
qualifcation spot with her 12th place
standing.
With three divers left in the ffth
round of the preliminaries, Cash stood
in 12th place. The only diver left with a
chance to knock Cash out of a quali-
fying position was University of Hous-
ton senior Julia Lonnegren. Lonnegren
stood in 13th place and needed at least
47.95 points in her last dive to overtake
Cash, but came up short with 45.9
points. Cash advanced with a total of
232.30 points.
In the fnals, Cash was in ninth place
after her second dive, before eventually
settling into 12th place. Cash scored
442.10 points in total.
Junior Alyssa Golden and freshman
Meredith Brownell fnished in 28th
place and 30th place respectively in
the preliminary rounds.
Stella Liang
NOME, Alaska A 53-year-old
former champion won the Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race to become the
oldest winner of Alaskas grueling
test of endurance.
Mitch Seavey and 10 dogs crossed
the Nome fnish line to cheering
crowds at 10:39 p.m. Alaska time
Tuesday.
Tis is for all of the gentlemen
of a certain age, he said on a live
stream posted to the Iditarod web-
site afer completing the race in
temperatures just above zero. His
race time in the 1,000-mile race
was nine days, 7 hours and 39 min-
utes.
Seaveys victory came afer a du-
eling sprint against Aliy Zirkle, last
years runner-up, along the frozen,
wind-whipped Bering Sea coast.
Zirkle crossed the fnish line 24
minutes afer her rival, who later
greeted her.
You did a good job, Seavey
told Zirkle as a camera crew flmed
them. Youre going to win this
thing, probably more than once.
At a news conference afer the
race, Zirkle gave credit to her rivals
strategy.
Mitch has this ability to sit on
the sidelines and refuel because he
knows he needs to refuel, while ev-
eryone else is zooming by, she said.
Its smart, and thats probably why
you won.
For reaching Nome frst, Seavey
wins $50,400 and a 2013 pickup
truck. Te rest of the $600,000
purse will be split among the next
29 mushers to cross the fnish line
under the famed burled arch on
Front Street, a block from the sea.
At the fnish, both mushers
rushed to pet their dogs, with
Seavey singling out his main leader,
6-year-old Tanner. He posed for
photos with the dog and another
leader, Taurus, wearing yellow gar-
lands.
Zirkles dogs wagged their tails
as she praised them.
My dog team is my heart, she
said.
Te pair jostled for the lead, with
Zirkle never more than a few miles
behind in the fnal stretch.
I just now stopped looking over
my shoulder, Seavey said afer
crossing the fnish line.
Also trailing by a dozen or so
miles was four-time champion Jef
King, who was followed by a cluster
of contenders, including Seaveys
son, Dallas. Last year at age 25, he
became the youngest Iditarod win-
ner, beating Zirkle to the fnish line
by one hour.
Mitch Seavey frst won the Idi-
tarod in 2004. Before Seaveys win
on Tuesday, King had been the old-
est Iditarod champion, winning his
fourth race at 50 in 2006.
Te oldies were still stellar per-
formers in a race that ended last
year with a top feld featuring many
fnishers in their 30s, said Iditarod
race spokeswoman Erin McLar-
non.
Last year, we saw a lot of those
youngsters in the top 10, McLarnon
said. Some of those 45-plussers are
taking back the lead this year. Tey
are showing the young uns what
they can really do out there on that
trail.
Zirkle, 43, had hoped to be only
the third woman to win the race
and the frst since Susan Butcher
won her fourth Iditarod in 1990.
Before this years race, Zirkle noted
the long time since a woman won.
Tis is my 13th year, and Ive
wanted to win every year, she
said before the race, which began
March 2 with 66 teams at a cere-
monial start in Anchorage.
Te competitive part of the race
began the following day in Willow
50 miles to the north. Ten the
race changed leaders several times.
Tose at the front of the feld in-
cluded four-time champions Lance
Mackey and Martin Buser, who
later fell behind.
En route to Nome, the race
turned into an aggressively con-
tested run among veterans along
an ofen punishing trail.
Conditions on the Yukon River
required dogs to go through deep
snow and navigate glare ice. Above-
freezing temperatures also led to
overfow along the trail, a potential-
ly dangerous situation where water
has pushed up through the ice and
refrozen, creating a weak top layer
of ice that teams and mushers can
break through.
53-year-old is oldest winner
of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race