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Students given notable
engineering scholarship
eMily donoVan
edonovan@kansan.com
Two Jayhawks have been
awarded one of the nations most
prestigious merit-based, under-
graduate scholarships in the sci-
ences. Qi Chen, a junior study-
ing chemical engineering from
Overland Park, and Lianna Dang,
a junior studying chemistry from
Shawnee, have both received the
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
after a rigorous application pro-
cess and intense national com-
petition.
This scholarship is mostly to
encourage people to go to grad
school and pursue a research
career, Chen said.
One of his freshman orienta-
tion seminars was led by Dr. Kyle
Camarda, an associate professor
and associate dean at the School
of Engineering, who mentioned
Chens computational chemical
engineering research at the end
of the presentation. The project
started when Chen walked up to
Camarda and asked if he had any
open space in his lab.
The project Im working
on right now is quantum level
descriptors and computational
molecular design, Chen said. I
look at a molecule, look at what
other charges are on a molecule
and, from that, compare it with
other molecules to figure out
how well theyll play together
what kind of interactions theyll
have.
Based on those interactions,
Chens research can determine
how a molecule will react in a
chemical reaction or in a mix-
ture, allowing specific molecules
to be designed to act in a specific
way.
The first year, I would show
up to group meetings and every-
thing would fly over my head,
Chen said. But after you go to a
few meetings, you start catching
on to things.
After spending last summer
in Denmark collaborating on
the project, Chen presented the
research at this years American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
annual meeting in Pittsburgh.
Outside of the research lab, Chen
organized this years Engineering
Expo, is involved with the Self
Engineering Leadership Fellows
(SELF) Program and plans to
spend this summer working as
an intern with ExxonMobil.
The biggest part of the appli-
cation was talking about your
experience in research and why
you are a scientist, Dang said.
Dang sent out emails, attend-
ed meetings and entered the
research lab in her sophomore
year after Chen persuaded her
to get involved with on-cam-
pus research. Having started off
making nanoparticles, she now
works to make industrial cata-
lysts, which convert the leftovers
from plant feedstock like corn
husks or vegetable oil into sell-
able byproducts.
A big focus of my research
is renewable and sustainable
energy, Dang said. Were mak-
ing the biodiesel process more
sustainable and more energy-
efficient by using the byproducts
to make valuable chemicals.
The Journal of the American
Chemical Society published an
article covering Dangs catalysts
earlier this year. Dang is also the
treasurer of her scholarship halls
executive board and involved
with the Chemistry Club, taking
chemistry demonstrations out to
elementary schools to get kids
excited about slime and things
that blow up or are gross to
touch.
The two have been dating
since meeting up to take a walk
around campus on move-in day
their freshman year. A mutual
friend, sophomore Mike Marcus,
hassled Dang into approach-
ing Chen after he had met her
through the Science Olympiad
at Shawnee Mission Northwest
High School, and knew Chen
through collaboration with
Shawnee Mission East High
Schools Robotics Cvlub.
Liannas mom still owes me a
home-cooked Chinese gourmet
meal because shes so happy that
I set the two of them up, Marcus
said. I consider that the most
successful relationship that Ive
ever been involved with.
The scholarship will be applied
to Chen and Dangs senior years.
Edited by Elise Reuter
Te Lawrence City Commis-
sion election was held on Tuesday,
and 10 percent of registered voters
in Lawrence turned up at the polls
to vote. Te three open seats were
captured by Mike Amyx, Jeremy
Farmer and Terry Riordan.
Amyx and Farmer cruised to
victory with 7,019 votes and 5,271
votes, respectively. Tey will each
serve four-year terms. Riordan,
on the other hand, barely inched
ahead of Leslie Soden, beating
her by 94 votes for the third avail-
able seat. He will serve a two-year
term.
Te 56-year-old Amyx has been
actively involved in government
since 1983 when he was frst elect-
ed Lawrence City Commissioner.
He has been elected to the post a
total of fve times. He has also been
a Douglas County Commissioner,
Chairman of the Douglas County
Commission and Mayor of Law-
rence. Amyx voted against the $25
million recreation center in north-
west Lawrence, making him the
only commissioner to do so.
Farmer is the executive director
of Just Food, an organization that
provides food for those in need
in Lawrence. He has worked for
nonproft organizations for over
a decade and was the director of
community awareness at Project
Hope Food Bank in Hot Springs,
Arkansas before returning to his
hometown, Lawrence. He plans to
push for a stronger emphasis on
technical education and be an ad-
vocate for threatened populations
in Lawrence. Tis will be his frst
government job.
Riordan, a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Kansas Medical School,
is a pediatrician who was chair-
man of the Douglas County Plan-
ning Commission in 2005 and
2006. He was also the president
of the Oread Neighborhood As-
sociation from 2003 to 2004 and
a board member for the Douglas
County Health Department. He
committed $18,000 of his own
money to his campaign.
Editedby Elise Reuter
MaTThew Johnson
mjohnson@kansan.com
Three elected Tuesday
to City Commission
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PAGE 3A thE UNIVERSItY DAILY KANSAN thURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013
Today is the 25th anniversary of KUs
83-79 win over Oklahoma for the NCAA
championship. It was the 50th year
of the tournament, and the score at
halftime was 50-50.
pOlICe repOrTS
Te Sigma Phi Epsilon fra-
ternity is currently involved in a
lawsuit regarding an incident that
occurred in March 2011.
Andrew Johnson, a junior from
Salina, is suing the fraternity, the
national Sigma Phi Epsilon or-
ganization, the Gamma chapters
alumni board, and two members,
Rashid Franklin Scooter Me-
barek and one identifed as John
Doe #1.
Johnson is suing on the counts
of negligence against the frater-
nity and the alumni board for fail-
ing to prevent underage drinking,
enforce underage drinking laws,
provide supervision and maintain
related fraternity and state policy
and laws, among other related
reasons. He is suing the two indi-
viduals for negligence that caused
an injury.
According to the Douglas
County Court records, Johnson
claims that on March 11 at the
function hosted by the fraternity
known as Heaven and Hell, he
and other underage members
were allowed access to alcohol
without supervision.
In the records, Johnson said that
upon returning to the house, he
went to bed, but was awakened by
the two members messing with
him while he slept. Johnson then
states he was placed in a headlock
and his head rammed against a
concrete wall. He sufered a mas-
sive closed head injury and was
transported to Lawrence Memo-
rial Hospital and Life Flighted to
Kansas University Hospital.
Te court records state that
Johnson permanently lost his
sense of smell and continues to
sufer cognitive defcits.
Meberek, the KU Interfrater-
nity Coucil and representatives
from the Sigma Epsilon chapter
and national headquarters were
unavailable to comment at the
time the Kansan went to press.
Johnson, his family and the
Ofce of Greek Life declined to
comment.
Edited by Elise Reuter
EmmA LEGAULt
elegault@kansan.com
Member injured,
sues fraternity
lAwSUIT NATIONAl
KU Police expand force,
crime rates increase
efforts by police at the University to
curb the use of fake IDs is attributed to
an increase in criminal offenses report-
ed to the KU public Safety Offce, ac-
cording to a press release wednesday.
The offce said it processed 818 of-
fenses in 2012, including two robberies
and one sex offense, up from 732 pro-
cessed in 2011.
The release cited the offces partici-
pation in a multi-agency, grant-fund-
ed fake ID awareness and enforcement
initiative as well as its counting of
drunk-driving cases as criminal of-
fenses, not included in previous years,
as reasons for the increase.
providing a safe environment for
the KU community is our primary goal,
said University police Chief ralph Oli-
ver in the release. we are assisted by
proactive efforts like the Fake ID Task
Force and by University support of the
increased use of closed-circuit cam-
eras on campus.
Marshall Schmidt
CrIMe
HELENA, Mont. A Montana
federal judge will retire following
an investigation into an email he
forwarded that included a racist
joke involving President Barack
Obama.
U.S. District Judge Richard
Cebull had previously announced
he would step down as chief cir-
cuit judge and take a reduced
caseload, but he informed the 9th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that
he now intends to fully retire May
3.
The appellate court posted a
statement by Chief Judge Alex
Kozinski on its website Tuesday
announcing Cebull had submitted
the retirement letter.
The March 29 letter comes
after the appellate courts Judicial
Council issued a March 15 order
on the investigation into the
February 2012 email, but appellate
court spokesman David Madden
could not say whether Cebull
resigned because of the order.
The misconduct process
is confidential. I am not privy
to what the order said nor do I
know what Judge Cebulls moti-
vations were, Madden said in a
Wednesday email.
The councils order will remain
confidential during an appeal
period, which concludes May 17,
Madden said. The council will
make an announcement after
Cebulls retirement takes effect,
he said, but added that he was
unable to answer when the order
or the letter will be released to the
public.
A Cebull aide directed calls for
comment to Clerk of Court Tyler
Gilman, who said Wednesday that
Cebull would not have any com-
ment other than the courts state-
ment.
He declined to release the res-
ignation letter or describe what
it said.
Cebull wrote a letter of apology
to Obama and filed a complaint
against himself after The Great
Falls Tribune published the con-
tents of the email, which included
a joke about bestiality and the
presidents mother.
The Billings judge forwarded
the email from his chambers to six
other people on Feb. 20, 2012, the
newspaper reported.
Two other groups also demand-
ed an investigation, with one, the
Montana Human Rights Network,
starting an online petition calling
for Cebulls resignation.
Kim Abbott, the networks co-
director, said Wednesday she was
pleased with the announcement
but hopes to see the results of the
investigation.
The email really called into
question his ability to treat
women and people of color fairly,
so were happy Montanans will get
to appear before a different judge,
Abbott said.
The complaints were referred
to a special committee appointed
by the appellate court to investi-
gate whether Cebulls email con-
stituted misconduct.
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Before we get started, lets take
a moment to appreciate how
ridiculous this all truly is: how
ridiculous it is that I am writing
a farewell column for a fake
Twitter account, how ridiculous
it is that the Kansan agreed to
let me do this, and most of all,
how ridiculous it is that you are
still reading. Tere is something
very abnormal about it all. But
that is what this experience has
taught me. Te rules that apply
everywhere else are diferent here
at the University.
I decided to reveal myself in
the paper today not because I
think this is going to make me
some kind of celebrity and not
because I think it will impress
girls or get me in free at the bars.
Im revealing myself because I
wanted to thank you all, and I
believe that thank yous carry
a little more weight when you
know who is giving them.
My name is Ty Gardner. I
graduated from the University
last spring with a degree in politi-
cal science. And I bleed crimson
and blue.
I created @FakeJefWithey
with the idea that it would be a
fun way to make jokes and brag
about the school I love at the
same time. Maybe if I was lucky,
I thought, it might catch on and
there would be a few hundred
people that enjoyed it. Needless
to say, things exceeded my origi-
nal expectations pretty quickly.
Tis all became so much
bigger than I could have ever
imagined, and there was a reason
for that. It was because of you.
Before I started this account, I al-
ways bragged about how Kansas
fans are unlike any others in the
country. I knew this to be true
despite the fact that I had only
experienced the culture from a
fans perspective.
Ten I created the account,
and you started laughing at my
jokes. I found out that you hated
Kansas State as much as I did.
And you even sent in pictures of
you and your friends #Witheying
(I still cant believe that caught
on). Before long, I started to feel
like I had a small role to play in
the Kansas basketball commu-
nity.
Knowing that I was a part of
the game day experience for so
many of you humbled me. As
silly as it is given the context,
it made me want to be better. I
wanted to give you more polished
punchlines, wittier catchphrases
and new ways to make fun of
the entire state of Missouri. Why
did I want to do this? Because I
learned that the only thing better
than being a Kansas fan is being
cheered on by Kansas fans.
Tis doesnt happen at other
places in the country. Fans of
other schools dont camp for
days just to be in the building for
tip-of. Tey dont pack the stands
each and every night regardless
of the opponent. Tey dont know
what its like to live and die by
the result of the game like Kansas
fans do.
And at other schools, they
dont do this. A regular student
with no connections to the athlet-
ic department doesnt get to feel
like he had a role in something
as big as Kansas basketball just
because a few people laugh at his
jokes. He doesnt have a chance
to experience the support of the
greatest fans in the country. He
certainly doesnt get the opportu-
nity to use the school newspaper
as an outlet to thank those fans.
But this is Kansas. We do
things diferently.
Just as we all reach a point
where we must move on from
the University, the time has
come for me to step away from
the @FakeJefWithey
Twitter account. As much as Id
love to tweet from the account
next year, holding a Withey Block
Party without the Withey just
doesnt seem right.
Now, I move my Jayhawk
jokes to my personal ac-
count, @TyGardner. In
doing so, Ill be leaving behind
the halfime locker room updates
and postgame catchphrases.
Luckily, Ive talked Tyler Self into
putting his NBA dreams on hold
for one more year so that I still
have some familiar material to
work with.
So this is the fnal farewell for
@FakeJefWithey. It may have just
been a fake Twitter account, but
Id be completely lying if I said
that it hasnt provided me with a
ton of good times. Tis experi-
ence has brought so many great
memories that I will enjoy for
the rest of my life, and it wouldnt
have been possible without you.
Tank you for the support. Tank
you for the love. And thank you
for making this university unlike
any other in the country.
Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
Edited by Megan Hinman
Kansas senior shortstop Kevin
Kuntz lead the Jayhawks to a 3-0
victory over the Saint Mary Spires
scoring two runs on a 3-for-3
night at the plate.
Te three-hit performance is
Kuntz fourth on the season with
three of these coming in the two
weeks since his return from an an-
kle injury that kept him out of the
Jayhawk lineup for three weeks.
Im not trying to overdo
things, Kuntz said. Im just try-
ing to keep it as simple as I can. I
dont try to go out and get say two
multi-hit games. Its just one of
those things where you stick with
your approach and not get caught
up with what happens afer you
hit the ball.
Te senior scored the Jayhawks
frst run on an RBI double from
senior frstbaseman Alex DeLeon
in the bottom of the third. Te
frstbaseman led the Jayhawks
with two doubles and batted in all
three Jayhawk runs on the night.
Kuntz scored the second run
of the game as well afer another
DeLeon RBI double scored both
Kuntz and junior outfelder Mi-
chael Suiter to give the Jayhawks
their eventual winning tally in the
bottom of the ffh.
Te two balls Alex hit to day
were huge, coach Ritch Price
said. Hes the only physical guy
we have in our lineup so its really
important that hes a run produc-
er, and its nice to see him clutch
them.
Te Jayhawks faced six Spires
pitchers in last nights game, mak-
ing it difcult to fnd a rhythm at
the plate.
Its not easy facing a new guy
every at bat, especially when youre
starting the inning of as the frst
guy to face him, Kuntz said. You
just try to study him in the dug
out or when youre on deck and go
up there and stay aggressive.
Te Jayhawks recorded their
sixth shutout of the season, a
number not reached since 1993
when Kansas appeared in the
College World Series. Solid work
from the Jayhawks pitching staf
and a rebound in infeld defense
solidifed the shot at the shutout
late in the game.
We were in the top-25 in the
country defensively about two
weeks ago, Price said. Weve
been sloppy is what weve been. I
dont know if its a result of trav-
eling so much that we havent got
as much practice time, but the
strength of our team has been our
infeld defense.
Pitching played heavily in the
shutout. Coach Price said this is
in large part due to solid starting
pitching and the solid back of the
bullpen in sophomore right hand-
er Robert Kahana and Junior right
hander Jordan Piche.
Kansas starting pitcher Drew
Morovick went fve shutout in-
nings giving up four hits on three
strikeouts and two walks on the
game. Piche closed the game with
two strikeouts in the fnal inning.
Te Jayhawks face Oklahoma
State in a weekend series starting
Friday at 6 p.m. at Hoglund Ball-
park. Te Cowboys are ranked
nineteenth in the most recent
NCBWA rankings.
Teyre solid in every phase
of the game, coach Price said.
Teyre a typical good Oklahoma
State team with a very good of-
fensive club and three starters that
will pitch with velocity.
Tis weekends series is the
conference home-opener for the
Jayhawks afer facing both TCU
and Oklahoma on the road.
I tell you, I cant wait, Coach
Price said. Its been a brutal seven
weeks and its nice to fnally be
back at our ballpark. Hopefully it
will put some energy back in our
dugout again with all the travel-
ling weve been doing.
Te victory moves Kansas to
16-11 on the season as Jayhawks
senior starting pitcher Tomas
Taylor (2-0, 1.29 ERA, 32 SO, 12
BB) prepares to face Oklahoma
State sophomore starting pitcher
Jason Hursh (3-1, 2.12 ERA, 40
SO, 7 BB) in Fridays series open-
er.
Edited by Tyler Conover
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Volume 125 Issue 96 kansan.com Thursday, April 4, 2013
COMMENTARY COMMENTARY
By Ben Ashworth
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Softball
Bill Self has always been one to
develop freshmen slowly over their
frst years. It might as well be in the
frst chapter of his coaching hand-
book.
Some of his biggest success sto-
ries have played minimal minutes
their freshman years. Te entirety
of this years starting fve (minus
McLemore), Markief Morris, and
Tomas Robinson all are testaments
to Self s patient philosophy.
Next year, he will have to deviate
from this plan.
Self only returns two players
from his prominent seven-man reg-
ular rotation in Naadir Tarpe and
Perry Ellis. Jamari Traylor got lim-
ited minutes at the fourth big of the
bench and Andrew White mostly
saw mop-up time. Unless Self plans
on either playing only four men or
giving an increased role to the lita-
ny of coachs sons who sit at the end
of the bench, Self will have to rely
more on his incoming freshmen.
However, this freshman class isnt
a bunch of slouches.
Te prize jewel is Wayne Selden.
Selden will be relied upon heavily
to fll McLemores shoes as a scor-
er. Seldens stroke is not as pure as
McLemores from the outside, but
3-point shooting is still a strength.
Selden also has better handles than
McLemore and is more willing to
create his own shot.
Conner Frankamp, fresh of
leading the United States to a vic-
tory in the 2012 FIBA U17 World
Championships, will provide much
needed depth behind Tarpe and
Selden, though Self has indicated a
desire to keep Frankamp of ball as
much as possible. Frankamp is the
kind of player who could beat you
in a game of HORSE using just fve
shots. He is a natural scorer and the
Wichita native should quickly be-
come a fan favorite.
Brannen Greene, like Frankamp,
thrives as a shooter. Greene will
either be expected to start or back
up White at the small forward po-
sition. Like most freshmen, Greene
will have to work on his defense and
confdence of the dribble. However,
he is a natural scorer, and with Kan-
sas losing its top fve scorers, that is
an enormous positive.
Rounding out the guards is
Frank Mason, a three-star prospect
who Self believes was undervalued
by recruiting analysts. He has been
compared to a poor-mans Sherron
Collins and will probably play spar-
ingly in his frst year, but could have
a large impact as one of only two
true point guards on the roster.
Finally, Joel Embiid comprises
the only big of Self s recruiting class.
Raw as hamburger meat sitting on
an unlit grill, Embiid has the high-
est ceiling of anyone in the class,
and will probably replace Traylor
as the fourth big of the bench, with
Landon Lucas, who redshirted this
year, sliding into Perry Ellis role.
Tis freshman class may not have
the name recognition of Kentuckys
incoming class, but it provides a
myriad scoring and tons of poten-
tial. Tats good, because Self hasnt
had to rely on a freshman class
this heavily since Mario Chalmers,
Brandon Rush, and Julian Wright
were freshmen.
If these freshmen can come close
to living up to those names, the
2013-14 season will be an interest-
ing ride.
Edited by Tyler Conover
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Fake Jeff Withey poses with the real Jeff Withey after revealing himself to the public.
Ty Gardner graduated last May and will be retiring the account.
GeorGe Mullinix/Kansan
Sophomore center-felder Joe Moroney catches the fy ball in the 6th inning.
I
like soccer. I know people who like
soccer. I know a lot more people
who dont like soccer.
Soccer fans have a different taste, one
that hasnt quite settled on the palates
of many sport-interested Americans.
And as the queasy feeling built in my
stomach from seeing satisfaction, even
praise, after the U.S.s tie with Mexico in
last weeks World Cup qualifier, I want-
ed an answer. How could American
citizens honestly be satisfied with a tie?
Why arent we the best?
Its a puzzling question. How does
the most popular sport in the world
have minimal popularity stateside?
There are several reasons, but for me,
one lies above the rest: Title IX.
I could fill a novel with my frustra-
tion concerning Title IX, and one of the
chapters would be how the law restricts
the cultivation of soccer in the U.S. As
excited and knowledgeable as we all are
about some of the scholarship-earning,
budget-blowing sports offered at our
university and other universities across
the nation, student athletes are indeed
balling on a budgeta big one breed-
ing from the bottomless pit of money
created by mens basketball and football.
Less popular mens and womens pro-
grams within Division One programs
spend dollars in the hundred-thousand
range and report revenues well short of
the expenses.
The bottom line is that equality costs
money, and in the case of college sports,
it costs a lot of money. Last year, total
revenues for the Kansas womens swim-
ming and diving team totaled to $1,001.
The rowing team had approximately the
same revenue. Total expenses for swim-
ming and diving? $1,086,907. Rowing
team expenses? $1,279,902. But its not
just the womens side; the ever-glowing
football team is in the hole by over $5
millionbut which would you bet on
to turn a profit sooner?
But maybe we dont have to abolish
Title IX. We could keep the same num-
ber of athletes and make everything
hunky-dory if we and other athletic
programs across the nation add another
womens sport and simply balance the
scholarships. And since money isnt the
issue, the only problem left would be
selecting which womens sport to add.
Equestrian and water polo is about all
that is left for the picking.
Regardless, bringing soccer back to
the Big 12 and other power conferences
would do big things for the U.S. nation-
al team and the MLS. And I promise,
once the MLS throws in cheerleaders,
some flopping fines and a no-tie rule,
we, America, will have fixed the only
chink in the American sporting armor.
Edited by Kyle Crane
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Q: How many times has the United
States won the womens FIFA world
cup?
A: 2 out of 5
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