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In midst of the Student Sen-ate � nance committee ap-proving its fee review for the year, sophomore Garrett Far-low disputed the zero amount the committee recommended for the Student Safety Adviso-ry Board last night.

Farlow made an argument that the zero amount pro-posed should be increased to 50 cents, because this money would be put toward student safety.

“Fi� y cents is the magic number that will give us a lot of � exibility for projects that would consist of security cameras, or other capital im-provement projects,” Farlow said. “I don’t think you can put a dollar amount on a per-son’s life or their safety.”

Fee review applies to the required campus fees all stu-dents pay along with tuition.

� e original decision to not allocate any money to the Stu-

dent Safety Advisory Board is because the � nancial com-mittee did not see a reason for the extra funding. � e Safety

Board has a $100,000 reserve, which Senate found su� cient enough to fund the board’s endeavors.

However, Farlow argued the funding from Senate has one of the biggest impacts on safe-ty of students on campus.

“It’s important for students because the public safety of-� ce and administration don’t have the ability to give the students everything that they need to be safe here at KU,” Farlow said. “� e budget cuts are crippling these organi-zations and, to have student voices say exactly what they want done is something that sets KU apart.”

� e original overall fee re-view amount was $453.70, but a� er several other amend-ments made to original allo-cations, the � nal fee review amount approved is $455.50.

Changes to the originally proposed fees are: 50 cents added to the original $0 al-location to the Student Safety Advisory Board; 80 cents added to the original $5 allocation to

According to KU Student Housing, on-campus liv-ing costs will increase by approximately 2.5 percent in the coming 2015-16 aca-demic year.

Between the scholarship halls, residence halls (not including new halls) and Jayhawker Towers, prices will increase by an average of $130. In the coming year, each student will have to pay, on average and not in-cluding a meal plan, $5,542 in the Jayhawker Towers, $6,550 in the residence halls and $3,594 in the scholar-ship halls.

Scholarship hall resident Mallory Paxson, a junior from Neodesha, isn’t happy about the increase. She said Housing is just pushing peo-ple further away from living on campus.

“Now that apartments are allowing you to pick your roommates by potluck, they’re just going to lose more and more people,” Paxson said. “Apartments are still college life, but they’re cheaper.”

In comparison to other universities in and around Kansas, the University is

about par. Information on the websites of Kansas State University, Wichita State University and UMKC show that each charges annu-al rates within $900 of the Kansas’.

Here, the average yearly cost of living in a residence

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BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSANIsraeli journalist Ari Shavit shares his view on the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict before his speech Wednesday night. Shavit is also a best-selling author.

Israeli journalist urges youth to challenge both sides of politicsLYNDSEY HAVENS@LyndseyAlana

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� e University’s adminis-tration has declined to re-lease records requested this semester by the University Daily Kansan that would give context to sexual assault cas-es � led at the University.

Since September, when students protested the Uni-versity’s handling of sexual assault, � e Kansan has � led multiple Kansas Open Re-cords Act (KORA) requests with the University to re-lease data on sexual assault cases � led at the University through the O� ce of Insti-tutional Opportunity and

Access (IOA). In February, the Universi-

ty responded to one of � e Kansan’s initial records re-quests from October with a list on the Student A� airs website, which holds 32 sanctions it has given stu-dents who violated the Uni-versity’s Sexual Harassment policy from IOA’s creation in 2012 to December 2014. Al-though the University origi-nally said it would charge the Kansan around $600 to pro-duce this information, it did not because it felt releasing the information was a service

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KATLYN BALLARD/KANSANOn-campus living costs for 2015-16 students are expected to increase by an average of $130.

ALI DOVER/KANSANGarrett Farlow, a senior from Tecemseh, addresses the Student Senate Coali-tion at the Formation Caucus.

� ere’s nothing sexy about politics, war or nuclear power, at least not according to Ari Shavit. Shavit, an Israeli jour-nalist, writer and New York Times best-selling author, has plans to change the way peo-ple react to and engage in such topics. Shavit said “Israeli” is important to his title because had he not grown up in Isra-el, he probably would not have been a journalist.

Shavit has spent the past year on tour visiting various uni-versities and speaking mostly to the millennial generation. Last night, he presented his ideas and perspectives to the University.

“It’s so important to have a new kind of dialogue between the younger generation, the millennials, in America and Israel, and I’m doing my best to promote that new kind of dialogue and this is why I’m here, this is why I’m exhaust-ed,” he said. “I’m in a di� erent city everyday, I’m in planes all the time, I drink black co� ee all the time, and yet I’m full of energy and I’m so happy be-cause meeting people like you is a great privilege and [I al-most] have a sense of mission regarding it.”

During the presentation, he called Israel “an underdog on steroids” and discussed how his best-selling book, “My Promised Land: � e Triumph and Tragedy of Israel,” is essen-

tially a “yin and yang between despair and hope.”

“I’ve become a journalist because I feel that Israel, my country, is such a fascinating human endeavor and a kind of unique nation, for better and for worse,” Shavit said. “And therefore, to be a journalist in Israel, I feel, is a real privilege because we say that we jour-nalists write the � rst dra� of history, so when you watch, when you give testimony, you are a witness of such huge dra-ma, even on a daily basis. It’s fascinating.”

Shavit released his book in November 2013. He said it’s a book about history, but it’s not a history book, and that it’s relevant to politics, but it’s not a political book. Shavit

added that he wrote the book’s content to be relevant on a “human level” and created a non-� ction book that reads like a novel.

� e Kansan spoke with Shavit earlier in the day, before his presentation, about current hot topics ranging from the Israeli Prime Minister’s recent speech to Congress, to the im-portance and delicate nature of remaining unbiased in so much controversy.

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*From the editor: We don’t normally write about ourselves on the news pages, but because of recent developments in the paper’s efforts to get records about sexual assault cases from the University, we’re making an exception with today’s story. We believe that, as part of the newspaper’s mission, it serves readers to provide in-depth information about serious issues and happenings on our campus. No issue is more important than the safety of students.

to the KU community, accord-ing to an email from records custodian Andy Foat.

While the list includes in-formation about the policy and what it includes, it doesn’t include demographic infor-mation about neither the case nor the violators, including the violator’s sex, whether the incident happened on or o� campus or the sub-violation within the sexual harassment policy. (It lists eight types of harassment that fall under the policy, from unwanted at-tempts, to unwelcome e� orts in starting a relationship, to sexual violence.)

A� er Student A� airs re-leased that list, Kansan edi-tors submitted another KORA request Feb. 11. � is request asked for speci� c details re-garding not only the 32 cases that did � nd a respondent in violation of University policy, but also the hundreds of cas-es that are reported to IOA that don’t result in sanctions. � e Kansan asked for the supporting � ndings of all of these cases, the speci� c policy violation within the sexual ha-rassment policy for each case and demographic information respective to the 32 violators.

At a sexual assault task force meeting earlier this semester, Executive Director of IOA Jane McQueeny said IOA re-ceived 168 sexual assault com-plaints in 2014, which is more than double the amount it re-ceived in 2012.

James Pottor� of the Univer-sity’s general counsel denied � e Kansan’s request to access these complaints in a reply sent Feb. 16.

“While your publication may believe these documents are appropriate for publication, the University does not share that belief. Release of these documents would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and would discourage future victims and witnesses from reporting sex-ual assault and cooperating with investigations,” Pottor�

said. � e Kansan does not intend

to use this information in any way that would re-victimize these students, Kansan Edi-tor-in-Chief Brian Hillix said. � e editors at � e Kansan hope to create a database that paints a more accurate picture of sexual assault on this cam-pus and gives the community more context about what hap-pens to these reported cases and to investigate whether the cases that result in sanctions are treated fairly by the Uni-versity. Hillix said � e Kansan believes that providing more information to the public is the best way to prevent future assaults.

However, � e Kansan does not have to legally justify why it requests information. If the information is a public record subject to KORA, the Univer-sity is legally obligated to pro-duce it.

“� e fact is, the way that a person is going to use pub-lic records has no bearing on their entitlement to receive the records,” said Frank LoMonte, director of the Student Press Law Center in Washington D.C. “You might be requesting them to publish, you might be requesting them for your own personal curiosi-ty, you might be requesting them to share infor-mally with your friends — it just doesn’t matter.”

LoMonte said public entities subject to open records laws don’t get to decide which re-cords to release or when to release them based on they think the requestor is plan-ning to use them.

He said if this were allowed, those entities could potential-ly use it as a way to cover up information they don’t want to release.

“You would never want gov-ernment agencies to get in the business of deciding what uses are or are not suitable, because

many of them would abuse that authority to keep secrets,” LoMonte said.

Schools like the University of Virginia and Ohio State have already produced records like this to the public when requested. Because of the ful-� llment of similar requests at other universities, � e Kansan editors do not believe they are asking for something outland-ish or extreme.

When � e Kansan asked to meet with the University’s general counsel, the general counsel directed editors to the

O� ce of Public A� airs. When � e Kansan contacted Tim Caboni, vice chancellor of public a� airs, he also declined to meet with � e Kansan.

“� e response you received from the University’s gener-al counsel is very clear and, in its totality, represents the University’s statement on the KORA request,” Caboni said in a Feb. 24 email. “� e Uni-versity will not allow details of the most harrowing moments of these students’ lives to be

printed publicly. Additionally, we will not release informa-tion likely to allow students to be identi� ed. We take our obligation in this regard very seriously.”

A� er meeting with Kansan editors on Feb. 18 to discuss potentially sharing some in-formation about reported sex-ual assaults, McQueeny told � e Kansan to contact Public A� airs in a March 2 follow-up email. She did not respond to additional emails and messag-es.

� e Kansan also contact-ed the o� ce of Chancellor B e r n a d e t t e Gray-Little for comment.

“� e letter from the O� ce of the Gen-eral Counsel represents the Un i v e r s i t y ’s statement on the records re-

quest,” said Jack Martin, direc-tor of strategic communica-tions for the University.

Hillix and Kansan editors believe there are some incon-sistencies between what � e Kansan requested and the rea-soning the University provid-ed for denying the request.

� e reasons the University included for not providing this information include a KORA exemption for information re-garding “medical, psychiatric, psychological or alcoholism

or drug dependency treat-ment records which pertain to identi� able patients.”

� e Kansan did not request medical or treatment records.

� e response from general counsel said the University also denies to provide “infor-mation that would reveal the location of a shelter or a safe-house or similar place where persons are provided protec-tion from abuse or the name, address, location or other contact information of alleged victims of stalking, domestic violence or sexual assault.”

� e Kansan did not request neither information on safe houses that the University may or may not own or op-erate nor information about accusers or victims.

For a research project, Emma Halling, former acting student body president and a senior from Elkhart, Ind., � led a public records request for names of o� enders, date of the o� ense, speci� c violation and sanction from 2010 to present on Feb. 27. Like � e Kansan, she also received a denial Tuesday a� ernoon from the University’s general counsel.

“It’s important that non-identi� able information be made available on these cases so we can understand any trends on sexual assault and therefore adequately ad-dress it,” Halling said.

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hall and using the Crimson Flex dining plan (12 meals a week, $200 Cuisine Cash) is $9,880. K-State is slightly below that, with the average cost of its residence halls and a comparable dining plan being $9,865. Both Wichita State and UMKC are above the University’s average costs at $10,753 and $10,471, re-spectively.

� e University’s rates are still too high for some. Af-ter a semester of living in the residence halls, Paxson moved into the scholarship halls to save money.

“It seems ridiculous that I’m paying just as much to live as go to school,” Paxson said.

� e increase was approved by the Kansas Board of Re-gents in December, said Diana Robertson, the direc-

tor of KU Student Housing. Housing sta� , along with the Student Housing Advisory Board (SHAB), spent the last semester determining the new rates.

“Student Housing is what’s called an auxiliary service, so we operate fully on money we bring in from room rates and rent rates,” said Robert-son. “So, as a self-funded operation, we have to be able to look ahead, estimate what our operating costs will be and how much the rate needs to be set at.”

KU Student Housing splits up its budget into the costs of operating the buildings, making improvements, pay-ing employees and maintain-ing facilities. When deter-mining the rates and budget for the coming year, housing works to use money as ef-� ciently as possible, which keeps prices low for students.

“We’re certainly not a for-pro� t. We’re simply try-ing to cover expenses,” Rob-ertson said. “We want to bring that right to the wire, but we certainly can’t come up short either.”

Because utilities have be-come one of the biggest forces driving up the rates, Robertson said energy con-servation can make a di� er-ence in the budget.

“[� ere’s] lots of electric-ity, lots of gas, lots of water in these buildings, so [util-ities] tend to be most vol-atile. � ey can have a six to eight percent increase, next year, for instance,” Robert-son said. “One of the things I would love to see our student government groups do more of is advocating for conser-vations of utilities.”

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Before fee review, the regular agenda to approve bills are as follows:

1. A bill to fund $110 for Her Campus KU Jayhawk Jambo-ree, an event to tie-dye t-shirts, which will take place on Daisy Hill during March Madness.

2. AbleHawks and Allies was granted $1,500 for an Alison Kafer honorarium event.

3. � e newly-formed KU Vi-olin club was given funding for an electronic metronome and sheet music.

4. A bill passed to fund an Interactive Andean concert

hosted by the Latin Ameri-can Graduate Organization on Earth Day. � e concert is open to the public.

5. � e KU percussion group was given $1,500 in funding to commission a composer to write a piece for the group. It plans to use this music for con-certs throughout the year.

6. A bill to fund a portion of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers confer-ence also passed. � is confer-ence will be held for 12 schools of the student chapter in the region. � e conference will showcase work in the engi-neering department.

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Legacy coalition folds

The recently formed Legacy coalition has decided to fold “in order to achieve the inclusive goals set by leaders at KU who are the representative of a di-verse student body,” according to former Legacy affi liate Madeline Dickerson.

There will now be a separate caucus forming, “which will be a homogenous mixture of people who believe in the same values and working towards our goals,” Dickerson said.

The new caucus formation will

be held in the Big 12 Room at the Union tonight at 8:30 p.m.

Dickerson encourages anyone who wants to be involved with a coalition to attend the meeting.

“This is an opportunity that will allow KU students to be repre-sented in a way they have never been before,” Dickerson said. “This is bigger than Student Sen-ate elections. This is progressive thinking, progressive action and progressive strategy. This will be something that will unite stu-dents on all fronts.”

— Alana Flinn

LOS ANGELES — Mistakes and miscommunication by three governments on three continents over nearly 20 years led to a homeless man known as “Africa” being on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, where he was shot by police after authorities say he became combative and appeared to reach for an officer’s weapon.

The problems began in the late 1990s when French offi-cials gave him a passport un-der what turned out to be a stolen name. He came to the U.S., robbed a bank and then was convicted and impris-oned under the same false name.

U.S. immigration officials wanted to send him back to his native Cameroon, but that country never respond-ed to requests to take him. So he was released from a half-way house last May, and U.S. probation officials lost track of him in November.

It took three failed monthly check-ins for a warrant to be issued on a probation viola-tion and it’s unclear wheth-

er anyone actually looked for him. He apparently was living the entire time on Skid Row, roughly 50 square blocks of liquor stores, ware-houses, charitable missions and a few modest businesses.

Los Angeles police Cmdr. Andrew Smith said the man had no previous ar-rests in Los Angeles.

The true name of the man, who was long known to au-thorities as Charley Saturin Robinet, remained a mystery Wednesday, three days after a violent death that was cap-tured on a bystander’s video and watched by millions.

Authorities said the man tried to grab a rookie Los Angeles police officer’s gun, prompting three oth-er officers to shoot. Chief Charlie Beck said the officers had arrived to investigate a robbery report and the man refused to obey their com-mands and became combat-ive.

Axel Cruau, France’s con-sul general in Los Angeles, said the system for checking backgrounds was vastly dif-ferent when the man duped French officials.

Using the false name, the man was believed to be a French citizen in 2000 when convicted of robbing a Wells Fargo branch in Los Ange-les and pistol-whipping an employee in what he told authorities was an effort to pay for acting classes at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

In 2013, as he was nearing his release from a federal prison in Rochester, Minn., French officials found the real Robinet in France, Cru-au said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement then determined the impos-tor actually was from Cam-eroon but said the African country ignored repeated re-quests for travel documents, hampering efforts to deport him.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2001 that immigra-tion authorities cannot de-tain people indefinitely just because no country will take them. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that the government would need a special reason to keep someone in custody after six months if deporta-tion seemed unlikely in “the reasonably foreseeable fu-

“Be there and be square.” That’s the motto for Nerd Nite Lawrence, which will be held in a new location start-ing Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m.

The monthly social gath-ering that features three 20-minute lectures is mov-ing to Maceli’s on 10th and New Hampshire streets. This month’s theme, “Smarty Par-ty!” will focus on aspects of partying.

Presentations will cov-er noise-induced hearing loss with PhD student Aryn Kamerer, the history of St. Patrick’s Day from Irish-man Stephen Hassard and the art of brewing craft beer from Free State Brewery’s Geoff Deman. Attendees pay $1 for entry and must be 21 years of age.

The move to Maceli’s was prompted by the closing of Pachamamas, which hosted the Lawrence Nerd Nite since its founding in 2011. The new location will provide more space for the event’s growing audiences.

Nerd Nite audiences have

hit Pachamamas’ capacity of 150 people twice in the past, forcing people to be turned away. Graduate student and Nerd Nite co-boss Emily Fekete said about 40 people went to the first Nerd Nite compared to an average of 130 per month it sees now.

“We shouldn’t ever have to turn anyone away, and we’re going to have food now,” Fekete said. “We’re going to do like a little snack menu. So that’ll be fun — and, you know, obviously drinks.”

Travis Weller, one of the original founders of Nerd Nite Lawrence, said he hopes to see Nerd Nite continue to bring people together.

“My goal is for Nerd Nite to be a place where if you don’t

know anybody, you can come and sit down at a group ta-ble with somebody, and the presentations give you some-thing to chat about,” Weller said.

The Nerd Nite format is gen-erally consistent everywhere; Nerds can travel to other Nerd Nites in more than 80 cities around the world, pop in and feel right at home.

However, every once in a while, the Nerds try some-thing different. Once per summer, they host Nerd Nite Shorts, a variation on the presentation model. Instead of three 20-minute presen-tations, they have 10 to 15 two-minute presentations.

Fekete said she and the board are also thinking of new possible formats for Nerd Nite at Maceli’s.

“We kind of toyed around with the idea of maybe hav-ing like a Nerd Nite salon, like in the style of like an old-school French 1700s salon where you could like mingle around and talk to people about nerdy things,” Fekete said. “But I don’t know if that will pan out or not. It was kind of an idea.”

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NICK UT/ASSOCIATED PRESSProtestors rally in downtown Los Angeles against a police shooting of a homeless man Tuesday.

The Academy Awards crowned “Citizenfour”

its Best Documentary Feature of 2015. It awarded director Laura Poitras and producers Mathilde Bon-nefoy and Dirk Wilutzky an Oscar for their report-ing on Edward Snowden and his leak of private U.S. documents.

A� er watching the two-hour � lm, I questioned how much I value my own privacy and the metadata being collected on all of us. Does it matter? If I am not doing anything wrong, what di� erence does it make that the government collects information about me?

It does matter. Even as young, budding millenni-als who grew up with the Internet, smartphones and social media, privacy still matters. Glenn Greenwald argued in his TED Talk, “Why Privacy Matters,” that it doesn’t matter if people are watching us; the fact is that they can. At any given point, if we set o� a “trigger,” the Nation-al Security Agency can search all we have done in the past and tag all of our future activities.

� ink about your credit or debit card, your email accounts and social media. What we buy, the people we spend time with, when we do things and where we go can all be discovered with simple searches.

Greenwald mentioned how Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, made disarming comments about privacy, then pro-

ceeded to buy four houses surrounding his own home. Greenwald further stated people who aren’t committing nefarious activities and have nothing to be ashamed of should still protect their privacy. Who would openly give out all their passwords, revealing their private emails, photos, purchases and messages? No one.

I doubt the typical student has much to hide. Sure, we have watched videos, searched images or bought things we’d rather not have publicized, but this does not make us bad people.

I respect privacy and would rather not air all my dirty laundry. As for our government spying on its own people, “Citizen-four” should alarm us. � e documentary will haunt you more than any of the “Paranormal Activity” movies or any “Exorcist” � lm.

Even if you aren’t doing anything wrong, the gov-ernment’s access to your private life should still alarm you. Most of us are “good people,” taxpayers and friendly citizens who do not wish harm on others. But that does not mean we should be cavalier about violations of privacy.

Maybe our own govern-ment won’t turn on us, but a breach could occur in which data is sold to China, Russia or resident dissidents. � e fact the metadata is being recorded in the � rst place should scare us.

Anrenee Reasor is a senior from Thayer studying

economics and East Asian languages and culture

DO YOU BELIEVE STUDENTS SHOULD REGULATE THEIR DRINKING MORE DURING SPRING BREAK?

MOLLY PATT HORAN, JOURNALISM, WOODBURY, MINN.

“I think so because I think that students go to spring break and they’re like, ‘Oh let’s go drink a lot because it’s spring break,’ but it’s really no different than, like, being at school, so they should still monitor it.”

Spring break, as depict-ed in the movies, is a time of excess and

alcohol poisoning. Spring break in real life is a slightly lesser version of the same thing. Just go to YouTube and look up “spring break” and you’ll wish some of the things you watched were � ctional.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), during spring break, about 42 percent of college students get drunk at least one day. Eleven percent of those students drink to the point of blacking or passing out. Clearly, there’s an issue here.

� is issue stems from the fact that students don’t know how to regulate themselves while drinking. Instead of taking precautionary measures, such as eating and drinking water before going out, most spring breakers ignore any tips that might preserve their health. A� er all, going into an alcohol-in-duced coma is not one of the top 10 ways to keep your body functioning for a long

period of time.Before leaving for vacation,

or even a party, students who know they’re going to be drinking heavily should begin to take precautions and plan ahead. � ey should drink plenty of water and eat something so their body is prepared for whatever spring break might throw at it.

� e di� erence between passing out and death is only a few points on the BAC scale. Comas can start

anywhere from .35 to .5 BAC. From there it’s only a hop, skip and an ambulance ride to the morgue. � e chances of death and alcohol poisoning are almost certain over .5.

Reaching that step can be prevented through self-education. � e half of college students who consume alcohol through binge drinking, according to the NIAAA, should take steps to understanding their

personal tolerance, as well as the tolerance of the people they are traveling with. � ey should also be aware of what they’re drinking, as well as monitoring their food and water intake.

During vacation, students should pace their alcohol consumption by making sure they space out drinks with bottles of water. � ey should also keep track of the amount of alcohol they’ve consumed over the course of the day.

I’m not suggesting that spring breakers pack breath-alyzers in their suitcases or just stay at home and read Amish romance novels (because that would be ridiculous), but I am sug-gesting that students learn to regulate themselves while they’re on vacation, and in everyday life.

Maddy Mikinski is a sophomore from Linwood

studying journalism

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FFA OF THE DAYI don’t need a signifi cant other,

just a signifi cant income.

College is like survival of the not-so-dumbest.

Can Orange is the New Black just come back on already??

#missinU

Muse Kobe Bryant documentary is a must

watch. #GOAT behind MJ.

Trying to read this book for class and I keep falling asleep

in the process. :I

Knowing the only thing keeping me sane from these classes is

napping and cheetos.

To the person who wears clothes twice. Wear KU gear. You can get

away with that all week every day. #cantjudgethehawk

Did I pee myself twice while at that game? Yes. Worth it?

Absolutely.

I hate it when you think someone is smart and then they use the wrong form of “there” and you

have to get them out of your life.

I doubt vodka is the answer, but it’s worth a shot.

It still confuses me how society can call the most basic functions

of life “inappropriate”…

Bushes are budding and grass is sprouting. Sorry Sean Bean, but

Spring is coming.

Knowing that spring break is so soon means my motivation

is plummeting.

Coming up with a late new years resolution — brew my own beer!

I refuse to open my Snapchat videos in public because I don’t

trust my friends at all..

I love how my cat sleeps all day and then decides to go crazy AF

in my room when I’m trying to sleep.

So excited for Beauty and the Beast with Emma Watson and

Luke Evans!

The fact that I have worn real pants three days in a row is front-page news and I would

appreciate it if everyone stopped commenting on it k

I’d like to publicly announce that I have no idea what I’m doing.

The best part about being awake for 19 hours is there are still fi ve hours left to think about where

you went wrong

Saw you in the gym withthe good good.

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Spring break drinking can be dangerous

Maddy Mikinski@Miss__Maddy

KATIE DAVIES/ASSOCIATED PRESSGetting the party started: Students have already started hitting the clubs of Cancun, pictured March 1, marking an earlier spring break than usual. The University’s spring break is the week of March 15.

JAYHAWKS ON THE BOULEVARD

SHEKHINAH JONES, ENGLISH, SALINA

“Yeah, I completely agree with that because there are a lot of incidents that have happened, like murders and rapes and all that. So I feel like, especially during spring break, that people should be really careful of how much they drink and just be aware of their surroundings, but have fun.”

LAUREN PATELLI, ENGLISH, BASEHOR

“I think that it’s up to people, personally. It’s their own personal decision, but [they] need to be responsible when they do it. They’re responsible for what happens when they drink, but it should be self-regulated.”

Big Brother is watching, and you should care

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“We’re certainly not a for-pro� t. We’re simply try-ing to cover expenses,” Rob-ertson said. “We want to bring that right to the wire, but we certainly can’t come up short either.”

Because utilities have be-come one of the biggest forces driving up the rates, Robertson said energy con-servation can make a di� er-ence in the budget.

“[� ere’s] lots of electric-ity, lots of gas, lots of water in these buildings, so [util-ities] tend to be most vol-atile. � ey can have a six to eight percent increase, next year, for instance,” Robert-son said. “One of the things I would love to see our student government groups do more of is advocating for conser-vations of utilities.”

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BAGELS AND BASKETBALLKU Hillel brings popular watch party back to Bottleneck

LILY GRANT@lilygrant_UDK

Bring an appetite for break-fast food and basketball to � e Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., on Saturday. KU Hillel will host its annual event Bagels and Basketball, a massive watch party, for the game against Oklahoma, once again this year.

For several years, KU Hillel has hosted the popular event, and it expects hundreds of people to turn out this year. It will begin 30 minutes before tip-o� . � e game begins at 3 p.m. Einstein Bros Bagels will donate bagels, and an assort-

ment of other snack food will be provided.

All KU students are wel-come to attend. Alumni and students 21+ are invited to a happy hour before the event. � e price of admission for students will be $3 in advance and $5 at the door. Non-stu-dents will be charged $6.

KU Hillel hopes to bring the community together with this event.

Shiri Kboudi, a sophomore from San Antonio, Texas, is an intern for KU Hillel, and is helping put on the event.

“It started out as a fun time to get together, and it became bigger and bigger each year,”

Kboudi said. “We’re having a bar band show up at hal� ime to perform, and we’re doing a big ra� e for a basketball that’s been signed by all the basket-ball team’s players.”

Melissa Kingston is the pro-gram director of KU Hillel, and is also helping organize Bagels and Basketball.

“� ere’s so much spirit. It’s a great way to celebrate the Jay-hawks and cheer on our team together,” Kingston said.

Kingston said attendees of the event can expect “lots of cheering, and hopefully a win.”

— Edited by Mitch Raznick

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOStudents Zahava Davis, Tamar Cohen, Jeremy Kustoff, Elliben Kboudi and Shiri Kboudi attend KU Hillel’s Bagels and Basketball watch party at the Bottleneck last year.

now, which is in-depth inter-views, and the other is hav-ing a rather strong voice as a columnist. My strong voice is usually because I challenge dogmas of both right and le� . I come from the le� , I am a progressive Israeli, but I challenge the dogmas of the progressive people, both in this country and in Israel as well. So … I don’t belong to any herd. I’m an indepen-dent voice, so that gave me a unique place in Israeli public arena, and yet I feel that this is not enough.

You started as a philosophy major, you spoke a little bit about how you got into jour-nalism. But why the change?

Well, I didn’t decide. Life made the decision for me. I remembered that ever since the age of � ve or six, I always wrote. So I said, ‘Let’s try writ-ing in a paper.’ It’s not that I was a journalist — I was a writing person, always. I al-ways processed life through words, thinking, feeling, diary writing, poetry writing, what-ever. So then came what I told you before, because I said ‘Wow, do I want this?’ because I didn’t plan it. And then I re-alized what I told you... in Is-rael, it’s such a privilege to be a journalist. When there is such high drama, being a journal-ist is great. I began enjoying the fact that I can be a player — not only in politics, but in maintaining the democratic system without wearing a suit and tie.

Why exactly do you think it’s so crucial to talk to the millennials and to our gener-ation?

I think there is a deep and very important alliance be-tween America and Israel, and the alliance has strategic elements that are a bit boring. � ey’re important, but bor-ing. I think it’s real because Israel is the only rock-solid ally America has in the Mid-dle East. In the Middle East, everything is fragile and vul-nerable, and we are the only country that is the real, deep, totally loyal ally. But it’s much deeper than that, much more interesting, because the alli-ance is really built on the fact that we have shared values, that you are a great democra-cy and, as I like to tell people sometimes, I have to remind Americans how great Amer-ican democracy is, and we are frontier democracy. My concern is that many of the younger people have lost the understanding of this special relationship, for good reasons. I think that for many young Americans, because there has been so much unpleasant news coming from the Mid-dle East, many people lost that understanding, that feel-ing, and I blame no one. � is is the way it is. So I see it as my role to try and bring back that notion, but also to make it relevant for the day. On the one hand I’m a very patriotic Israeli and I love my coun-try, but I’m also very critical of my country, and I’m into

open discussion. And I think that some young people were not allowed to have an open

discussion about Israel. So, people split into those who thought that Israel can do no wrong and those who thought that Israel could do no right. And I come and say, ‘Let’s talk about it.’ I’m not afraid of de-bates, I’m not afraid of ques-tions. I’m such a great believer in Israel, I’m a great believer in America, I’m a great be-liever in a relationship with America and Israel, but it’s all for discussion. So I am here to have sincere discussion that is not with clichés but regarding the real issues.

So regarding that, relating

to the U.S. and Israel rela-tionship, how do you think the relationship is right now? Is it in jeopardy?

You can describe my Jewish sigh. Fundamentally, it’s still very strong. I think there is a kind of slow erosion, which I think is very dangerous, es-pecially with younger people and especially with progres-sive America and younger America. On the one hand, I say to my own people in Is-rael that Israel has to prove how just it is, how moral it is and how democratic it is. I’m sure of all of the above, but I can see why some people have questions. Because when they look at settlement activity, when they look at the wars, they have questions and are confused, and I think we have to do much more as Israelis to prove how moral we are, how much we pursue peace, even if peace is not there. But we have to try and to prove to people like you that we are relevant to you, and that we have your values. We have, again, I think it’s there, but we have to do much more work. And for too long, more con-servative forces that took over the political system have not projected that, and that is why I come to bring a kind of al-ternative Israeli voice. On the other hand, I ask many peo-ple in the progressive world, in academic life, who I think, because of political correct-ness, are not addressing sometimes the di� culties of life in the Middle East. Some-times people blame Israel so much, and sometimes, these people blame America as well, because it’s easy to crit-icize a Western power. And these people have a di� culty addressing the terrible, dark, fanatic forces that we have in the Middle East… So many people here, again on the le� , so to speak, have a di� culty addressing this evil, and then they don’t understand why Israel does what it does — I don’t justify everything that Israel does. Some things I do justify, some things I criticize. But people have to under-stand the context. � e context is, fundamentally, Israel is an amazing democracy � ght-ing for its life in a very, very rough neighborhood — a very rough neighborhood that has some barbaric forces within it. So we have to do the utmost to try peace. People here have to understand the tragic circum-stances with which we have to

deal, within which we live.After hearing you speak a

little bit, I’m just curious – how do you maintain such an unbiased perspective on everything? Do you ever fi nd that it’s diffi cult, or that you want to sway towards one side?

Look, it’s nature. It’s human nature. I’m almost tempted — you are a good interviewer be-cause I am tempted to give you a very personal answer that I never gave to anyone. If there is something that I always re-sented, it is mob mentality, herds. I hate it when people are running in a herd in one direction. One of my relatives that I loved very much was one of Israel’s chief justices. He was one of the important chief justices in Israel, and he was an American. He was the smart, wise, old man. He was an Israeli, but very American. I was seven years old, but he liked me very much, and I ad-mired him and I understood from him... He became a judge, he believed so much in the rule of law, because he was terri� ed of these processes where an American little town would go through the process of lynching. Now, many times when there was lynching, the guy was a bad guy, but this is not what you should do. You should have a process – you should think, you should use your brain, your heart, too. So, I think that I got something from my family, something in my very base that rejects one-sided, narrow-minded, conformist thinking, wheth-er on the le� or on the right. Sometimes, I think it’s more di� cult. To attack the people on the other side, the other political tribe, is easy. You know, it’s easy for Democrats to criticize Republicans or Republicans to criticize Dem-ocrats, but to go against your own political family is much more di� cult. � is is the story of my life because, for years in Israel, I’d been wres-tling with this need to be de-cent, even when it contradicts your friends and your peers, and you know it sometimes doesn’t make you very pop-ular. I think it’s so important in order to become a great journalist, [to have] this kind of discipline that you look at things fresh everyday. You’re not indoctrinated by anyone. You don’t accept censorship,

and you don’t accept indoctri-nation and you look at things. I don’t understand why people have to think in a group men-tality. And then, what’s even more important, to have the courage to stand up and to stand by whether you are right or wrong – but this is your truth now, � ght for it. Don’t let the peer pressure and the fraternity pressure or the so-rority pressure make you be-tray yourself. � ere is nothing worse than betraying oneself. So for me, and again, I’m not saying I’m always right, but I make all my mistakes myself and with all my heart... So, I think keeping that integrity, again, in a very basic way, is crucial.

How would you think the me-

dia impacts the war?� e media today is so e� ec-

tive, so quick, but it doesn’t have the ability to give you context. So, it gives you just the immediate pictures – it doesn’t give you what’s around the picture. So, it doesn’t mat-ter, it doesn’t tell you who cre-ated the situation that brings about the death of children. It doesn’t tell you that Hamas actually � red rockets at Israel � rst. So, I don’t justify every Israeli move, I’m so sorry. First of all, I’m so saddened by what happened in the summer, and the terrible killing in Gaza, but it was de� nitely Israel reacting to a totally unprovoked attack by the extremist totalitarian organization. And, somehow, the media is attracted to the extreme picture, and they don’t give the context when Israel really does bad things.

What did you think of Israeli

Prime Minister Benjamin Net-anyahu’s speech to Congress earlier this week?

Did Netanyahu give a speech to Congress? I ask people to listen to the content of what Mr. Netanyahu has to say, be-cause I personally am deep-ly worried about Iran, and I think it will be a good idea if people would listen. I would ask people in Washington, in power, to listen to the people of the Middle East. When we are so concerned about this, we probably know why we are. We know the region we live in, and don’t dismiss us. Don’t overlook our concerns. On the other hand, I think that Mr. Netanyahu is mak-

ing one great mistake: I think that, while his basic analysis of the danger of Iran and the risks of a bad deal is correct, the mistake he made, and he made it in Congress as well, was to make it an Israel issue. I think that too many people perceive now the threat of nu-clear Iran is something that Israel is concerned about, that Mr. Netanyahu is personally concerned about. If Iran will go nuclear, it will endanger all of us: Americans, Israe-lis, Republicans, Democrats, Liberals, Conservatives, old-er, younger. � is is an issue that I know that young peo-ple mostly are not, for good reasons, are not into – it’s not a sexy issue. It’s virtual and strange and seems remote... I ask Americans, Europeans, Israelis, Arabs, to rise to the challenge. It’s time to open our eyes. � is is a very great dan-ger. It’s true that it’s sometimes not pleasant to talk about dan-ger and threats, it’s much nicer to talk about parties and good life, but, if Iran will go nuclear, that will endanger our parties in this country as well. So let’s wake up before it’s too late.

In terms of your presenta-

tion this evening, what do you want the biggest takeaway to be?

� e one thing I ask people to do is wrestle with complexity. I think that Israel and the Israe-li-Palestinian con� ict in the Middle East are very compli-cated, and anyone who is of-fering a simple, simplistic idea about it is wrong. � e result of the conversation that I try to initiate [is that] people will go out thinking in a fresh way, not telling the thematic thinking on right or le� or anti or pro, but wrestle with the complex-ity. I think, hopefully, we will have a discussion that is more intelligent, more civilized and deeper. And, perhaps, we will even discover that we can agree on much more than we think. Israel is a manmade wonder. It is the home of the homeless people. It’s a coun-try that maintains democracy while � ghting for its life, and therefore, while it should be criticized when it does wrong things, people should appreci-ate the astonishing, inspiring human endeavor Israel is. So, I’d like people to have an eye and heart to see that, beyond the politics.

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Artist: Clinton museum portrait has nod to Lewinsky’s dress

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PHILADELPHIA — A Phil-adelphia artist has disclosed that his museum portrait of former President Bill Clinton contains a shadow reference to Monica Lewinsky’s infamous blue dress.

Nelson Shanks told the Phil-adelphia Daily News that a shadow beside Clinton is a lit-eral reference to the dress and a symbolic nod to the shadow the a� air cast on his presiden-cy.

“If you look at the le� -hand side of it there’s a mantle in the Oval O� ce and I put a shad-

ow coming into the painting,” Shanks told the newspaper.

“� e Clintons hate the por-trait,” he said. “� ey want it removed from the National Portrait Gallery. � ey’re put-ting a lot of pressure on them.”

� e National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., commis-sioned the 2006 painting and had it on display until about three years ago. It’s one of 55 images of Clinton that rotate on and o� display, spokes-woman Bethany Bentley said.

She said she is unaware of any pressure from the Clintons to have it removed from the collection. Nor had she heard the artist previously comment

on his use of imagery.“� at’s the � rst time we’ve

heard of those comments,” Bentley said.

A Clinton spokesman did not immediately return an email message seeking com-ment.

� e stained dress became a piece of evidence in Ken Starr’s special investigation of the 42nd president.

Shanks, 77, has painted Prin-cess Diana, Pope John Paul II and other luminaries. He has two pieces currently on dis-play at the portrait gallery, one of opera singer Denyce Graves and the other of the four fe-male Supreme Court justices.

HARAZ N. GHANBARI/ASSOCIATED PRESSPresident Bill Clinton, left, looking up at his portrait after Lawrence M. Small, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, right, helped him remove the drape at the Smithsonian Castle Building in Washington. A Philadelphia artist says that his museum portrait of former President Clinton contains a shadow reference to Monica Lewinsky’s infamous blue dress. Nelson Shanks tells the Philadelphia Daily News that a shadow beside Clinton is a literal reference to the dress and a symbolic nod to the shadow the affair cast on his presidency.

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NEW YORK — A fragment of jawbone found in Ethio-pia is the oldest known fos-sil from an evolutionary tree branch that eventually led to modern humans, scientist reported Wednesday.

The fossil comes from very close to the time that our branch split away from more ape-like ancestors best known for the fossil skele-ton Lucy. So it gives a rare glimpse of what very ear-ly members of our branch looked like.

At about 2.8 million years old, the partial jawbone pushes back the fossil record by at least 400,000 years for our branch, which scientists call Homo.

It was found two years ago at a site not far from where Lucy was unearthed. Africa is a hotbed for human an-cestor fossils, and scientists from Arizona State Univer-sity have worked for years at the site in northeast Ethi-opia, trying to find fossils from the dimly understood period when the Homo ge-nus, or group, arose.

Our species, called Homo sapiens, is the only surviving member of this group.

The jaw fragment, which includes five teeth, was dis-covered in pieces one morn-ing by Chalachew Seyoum, an Ethiopian graduate stu-dent at Arizona State. He said he spotted a tooth pok-ing out of the ground while looking for fossils.

The discovery is described in a paper released Wednes-day by the journal Science.

Arizona State’s William Kimbel, an author of the pa-

per, said it’s not clear whether the fossil came from a known early species of Homo or whether it reveals a new one. Field work is continuing to look for more fossils at the site, said another author, Bri-an Villmoare of the Universi-ty of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Analysis indicates the jaw fossil came from one of the earliest populations of Homo, and its age helps nar-row the range of possibilities for when the first Homo spe-cies appeared, Kimbel said. The fossil dates to as little as 200,000 years after the last known fossil from Lucy’s

species.The fossil is from the left

lower jaw of an adult. It com-bines ancestral features, like a primitive chin shape, with some traits found in later Homo fossils, like teeth that are slimmer than the bul-bous molars of Lucy’s ilk.

Despite that mix, experts not involved in the paper said the researchers make a convincing case that the fossil belongs in the Homo category.

And they present good ev-idence that it came from a creature that was either at the origin of Homo or “with-in shouting distance,” said Bernard Wood of George Washington University.

The find also bolsters the argument that Homo arose from Lucy’s species rather than a related one, said Su-san Anton of New York Uni-versity.

The new paper’s analysis is first-rate, but the fossil could reveal only a limited amount of information about the creature, said Eric Delson of Lehman College in New York.

“There’s no head, there’s no tools, and no limb bones. So we don’t know if it was walking any differently from Australopithecus afarensis,” which was Lucy’s species, he said.

It’s the first time that any-thing other than isolated teeth have turned up as a possible trace of Homo from before 2.3 million years ago, he said.

“This fills a gap, but it hasn’t yet given us a complete skel-eton. It’s not Lucy,” Delson said. “This is always the problem. We always want more.”

Also on Wednesday, anoth-er research team reported in a paper released by the jour-nal Nature that the lower part of the face of Homo habilis, the earliest known member of the Homo branch, was surprisingly primitive. That came from reconstruction of a broken jaw that was found 50 years ago.

The finding means the evo-lutionary step from the Ethi-opian jaw to the jaw of Homo habilis is “not so large,” said an author of the Nature study, Fred Spoor of Uni-versity College London and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.

John Boorman has made a lot of tough-nosed, violent and demanding films, includ-ing the 1967 film noir “Point Blank” with Lee Marvin, the Oscar-nominated 1972 thrill-er “Deliverance,” starring Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight, and “Excalibur,” the visceral 1981 dramatic fantasy based on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

But the 82-year-old British filmmaker showed his softer side in “Hope and Glory,” the charming Oscar-nominated 1987 comedy-drama based on his own experiences growing up during the World War II Blitz. “Hope and Glory” ended with his 9-year-old alter ego, Bill, rejoicing that his school had been destroyed by a way-ward German bomb.

Boorman always had in mind to do a sequel. But it took him nearly 27 years to make “Queen & Country.” The comedy-dra-ma follows the adventures of the now-18-year-old Bill (Cal-lum Turner) as he begins his two-year conscription in the army during the Korean War.

One reason Boorman waited so long was because there was an issue with his attorneys, who thought that because the char-acters in the film were based on real people, “they might be offended and might want to sue us,” Boorman said over the phone from New York.

“I’m talking about the older characters. But by this time, they are probably all dead now or too old to go to the trouble of suing.”

The England Boorman de-

picts in “Queen & Country” is far different from the Great Britain at the outset of “Hope and Glory.”

“The older soldiers who had been through the war were still hanging on to the idea of em-pire and imperial Britain,” said Boorman. “For the younger ones, it was clear to us every-thing was going to change. The British Empire was the biggest empire the world had ever known, and within a few years that was all gone.”

It was a massive change for the country _ and a good one, as far as Boorman was concerned. “England became a much bet-ter country. The class system, which you see in the film, was much weakened, and in a few years time, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were around.”

Like Bill in the film, Boorman was very much an observer at 18. He was a movie buff _ his family lived near Shepperton Studios _ and he noted, “I felt very much at the time if you made movies, you could make things come out much better than they do in life.”

Boorman has said that “Queen & Country” is his swan song, but he’s beginning to change his mind. “I am tempt-ed to do another one.”

“Queen & Country” produc-er Kieran Corrigan, who runs the Irish production company Merlin Films with Boorman, described the filmmaker as tre-mendously focused.

“When he really decides to do something, he puts a phenome-nal amount of effort into it and thought and consideration,” he said. “When he’s making a movie, it’s like a full, absolute commitment. He garners tre-

mendous loyalty. When you work with John, you are always a friend.”

Boorman, who lives in Coun-ty Wicklow, Ireland, has had a lot of friends during his long career.

After making documentaries and drama films for the BBC, Boorman started to get offers to do feature movies.

Enter producer David Deutsch, said Boorman, who “was always encouraging me to do a film.”

“Eventually, he came to me and said, ‘If you do a film with the Dave Clark Five, you can have carte blanche and do whatever you like.’”

The result, the 1965 musical romance “Having a Wild Week-end” _ known as “Catch Us If You Can” in England _ starring the red hot British pop group, impressed critics, including the New Yorker’s powerful Pauline Kael.

“She praised it much more than it deserved, and as result of that I started getting offers from Hollywood,” noted Boor-man.

Boorman was sent the script to “Point Blank” at the same time as Oscar-winning actor Marvin, who was in London to make “The Dirty Dozen.”

“We met and Lee said to me, ‘What do you think of the script?’ I said, ‘I think it’s real-ly feeble.’ He said, ‘Well, I agree with you, so what are we talking about?’ I said the character is interesting. We met a number of times, and I sort of wove this story together. Eventually, Lee said, ‘I’ll do this flick with you on one condition.’ He picked the script up and he threw it out the window.”

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For a team many considered having an offense-first mindset, the Jayhawks (5-8) didn’t look it on Wednesday, as they flipped four double plays en route to a 9-5 victory against Grand Canyon University (10-4).

The victory tied the midweek series after the Jayhawks lost 4-12 to the Lopes on Tuesday.

Runs came early and often for the Jayhawks on Wednesday, as demonstrated by sophomore catcher Michael Tinsley’s two-run home run following a walk from junior Colby Wright in the first inning.

The second inning saw the Jayhawks get into their groove. Starting right away with line drive from senior Connor McKay, the Jayhawks tallied three more runs. Defensively, Kansas buckled down and escaped a bases-loaded jam with minimal damage, only allowing one run to score.

The third inning saw yet another ball fly over the fence for senior Blair Beck, his fourth home run on the season. It also saw the Jayhawks expand their lead, 6-1, and the first of Kansas’ double plays.

In the fourth inning, with two outs, senior Dakota Smith stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded. Smith proceeded to hit a double that sent all of three of his fellow Jayhawks home.

The bottom of the inning, though, saw a defensive effort plagued by walks and errors. The Lopes of Grand Canyon were

able to capitalize on this, adding three runs to their total, inching closer to the Jayhawks.

The score would remain the same all the way until the bottom of the ninth inning,

when Grand Canyon tallied on one more run, in a failed last inning rally.

Overall, the midweek series showcased the Jayhawks’ ability to bounce back quickly from a loss,

which will come in handy throughout the rest of the season, especially in conference play.

The Jayhawks will be back in action in their home opener this weekend

against the Utah Utes. The teams met once this season, with Kansas coming out on top 6-3. First pitch is at 3 p.m. Friday.

— Edited by Mackenzie Clark

Volume 128 Issue 89 kansan.com Thursday, March 5, 2015

COMMENTARY‘Fool’s gold’ only

lasts so long beyond the arc

Fool’s gold.� at’s how coach Bill Self

referred to the three-point-ers that Kansas easily made earlier in the season.

During the regular season, Kansas has shot over 40 per-cent in 13 games and over 50 percent in eight games.

“You can’t bank on making 55 percent or 50 percent of your threes,” Self said a� er Kansas defeated Texas Tech on the road.

Before the loss at Kansas State, Kansas made at least 20 percent from deep, averag-ing nearly 40 percent a game.

Since then, Kansas hasn’t managed to buy a bucket from downtown. In the past three games (at Kansas State, versus Texas and versus West Virginia) Kansas has made 3-of-36, or 8 percent, of its long balls.

What happened?Brannen Greene, one of

Kansas’ premier three-point shooters, has trended down as of late. He’s missed all 11 three-point attempts since playing at Kansas State.

In the conference slate before playing at Kansas State, Greene was shooting 55 percent (22-of-40) from outside the arc.

He’s not the only one.Wayne Selden Jr., another

guard who knows his way around the arc, has missed nine three-point attempts since playing in Wildcat territory.

In the same span as Greene, Selden was shooting 49 per-cent (27-of-55) from outside the arc.

Freshman phenom Kelly Oubre Jr. is trending in the same manner. Since playing at Bramlage, Oubre has made 1-of-6 threes.

During conference play before that, Oubre connected 35 percent (16-of-46) of the time.

Frank Mason, who is o� en referred to as a � erce pitbull, is also following suit. He is 1-of-5 from three since the Sun� ower Showdown.

In the same time span as the three other Jayhawks aforementioned, Mason was shooting 37 percent (15-of-41) from three-point range.

With one game le� in the regular season, Kansas is shooting 38 percent from three, which is tied for No. 41 in the country.

No. 41 isn’t so bad when there are 351 teams playing Division I basketball.

In the words of Greene from earlier in the season, “the popcorn’s poppin.’ ” And the Jayhawks have a large range (0 percent to 59 percent) of how the three ball can fall.

Kansas’ once hot three-point shooters have gone cold in the time of the year where you live by the three or die by the three.

If Kansas continues to fall � at from deep, the latter might be how things pan out.

— Edited by Laura Kubicki

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For the fourth weekend this season, the No. 25 Jayhawks will head down to the Sunshine State to participate in the Stetson Tournament in Deland, Fla. Kansas is scheduled to face off against La Salle, Chatta-nooga and Stetson. This will be the last weekend before Kansas starts playing at the new Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park in Law-rence.

LA SALLE Barring another weath-

er-related schedule re-alignment, the Jayhawks will open the tournament against the La Salle Explor-ers on Friday at 10 a.m. (CT). Kansas will be the first team La Salle will play this season.

In 2014, the Explorers fin-ished with an 18-24 overall record. They will be led by sophomore infielder Chris-tina Bascara, who led the Explorers last season with a .331 batting average, record-ing 39 hits, scoring 21 runs and hitting 14 RBIs. Senior pitcher Alicia Aughton ranked fourth on the team in 2014 with a .297 batting average and was second on the team with 25 RBIs.

Aughton will lead the Ex-plorers’ pitching staff. In 2014, Aughton recorded a

2.89 ERA, allowing 121 hits, 74 runs and struck out 88 batters. Besides Aughton, the only returning pitcher for the Explorers is sopho-more Val Buehler, who re-corded a 7.82 ERA, allowing 31 hits, 24 runs and only striking out six batters.

CHATTANOOGA The Jayhawks will face

off against the Chatta-

nooga Mocs on Friday at 12:30 p.m. (CT) and Sat-urday at 10 a.m. (CT). The Mocs will carry an 11-4 re-cord into the weekend and will have the advantage of having an extended period of rest, as their last weekend of scheduled games were cancelled.

Statistically, the Mocs are led by junior outfielder Sam Taylor, who sports a .440

batting average and leads the team with 22 hits, 15 runs scored and eight dou-bles. Senior Nicole Oster-man ranks fourth on the team with a .341 batting average, but leads the team with 18 RBIs on 14 hits.

The Mocs’ pitching staff is led by senior Taylor Deason, who has a 1.54 ERA and has struck out 57 batters, while also allowing 41 hits and

22 runs scored. Freshman Cori Jennings ranks second on the pitching staff, with a 2.94 ERA and has struck out 25 batters while allowing 36 hits and 25 runs scored.

STETSON The Jayhawks will face off

against the Stetson Hatters on Saturday at 3 p.m. (CT). The Hatters currently have an 11-3 record, with the majority of those wins com-ing against teams like Mor-gan State, Akron and Sacred Heart, among others.

Statistically, junior Jessica Griffin, who has a .500 bat-ting average, leads the Hat-ters with 19 hits, 24 RBIs and seven home runs. Se-nior Courtney Brandt ranks third on the team with a .439 batting average and has recorded 18 hits and 19 RBIs.

Brandt, who has a 1.17 ERA, has allowed 29 hits, six runs and has struck out 24 batters, leads the Hatters’ pitching staff. Freshman Chelsea Hostetler ranks second on the pitch-ing staff with a 3.73 ERA and has allowed 47 hits, 25 runs, eight home runs and has struck out 27 batters.

The Jayhawks will also play a game Sunday, but the opponent will depend on the results of Friday and Saturday’s games.

— Edited by Mitch Raznick

FILE PHOTO/KANSANThe Kansas softball team welcomes sophomore infi elder Chaley Brickey at home plate after Brickey hit a home run to put Kansas ahead of Oklahoma State last season. This weekend, the Jayhawks are headed to Florida again.

FILE PHOTO/KANSANSenior shortstop Justin Protacio fi elds a ground ball during a game last season. On Wednesday, Kansas defeated Grand Canyon University 9-5 to split the series.

A� er locking up the Big 12 regular season championship

outright Tuesday, Kansas’ next challenge will be to � nish the season on a high note down in Norman, Okla., on Saturday. � e Jayhawks will likely be facing the Sooners without its two best big men: junior forward Perry Ellis and freshman forward Cli� Alexander.

Alexander is still being held out by the Kansas coaching sta� while the NCAA investigates a possible eligibility issue, while Ellis

su� ered a right knee sprain against West Virginia.

Following the Jayhawks’ game in Oklahoma, they have the conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo., beginning

March 11, which Ellis should be back for. As for Alexander, there is no telling when the freshman from Chicago will be back — if at all this season.

If Ellis’ knee sprain keeps him out longer than a week, coach Bill Self will have to plan accordingly. Without Ellis and Alexander, that leaves the Kansas coaching sta� with junior forwards Jamari Traylor and Hunter Mickelson and sophomore forward Landen Lucas to � ll the gap.

A� er Ellis went down in the � rst half Tuesday night, Traylor played 30 minutes, Lucas saw 26 and Mickelson was in for a season-high 13. At one point, Self played a smaller lineup with four guards and one true forward,

something he may be forced to do more of in the coming games.

If Kansas wants to have success with its two best big men out, it will have to work

in a strict rotation of Traylor, Lucas and Mickelson, as well as playing a four-guard lineup in some situations.

Against West Virginia, each of the three remaining forwards exhibited their ability to deliver for this basketball team.

In his 30 minutes, Traylor had 14 points and nine rebounds, six coming o� ensively, which displayed why he is arguably the grittiest player for the Jayhawks. � is toughness was also seen when he posterized West Virginia’s Devin Williams in overtime.

Mickelson scored a career-high eight points, in addition to three steals and pairs of blocks and rebounds. Lucas’ e� orts did not show up much on the statsheet, but he had the game-saving block in the Mountaineers’ � nal possession of regulation.

For Kansas to � nish strong in the regular season, Lucas, Mickelson and Traylor will have to play vital roles. � e three will have to hold their own in the paint, secure the glass and play as a unit in order to � ll the void of Ellis and Alexander.

— Edited by Mitch Raznick

Junior forward Perry Ellis, who is out for Saturday’s game against

Oklahoma, su� ered a knee injury Tuesday against West Virginia, which means another Kansas forward must step up in his place.

In Tuesday night’s game against West Virginia, junior forward Jamari Traylor had his best game of the season.

Traylor had a season-high 14 points and nine rebounds in 30 minutes of play, including a huge dunk that gave Traylor an and-one opportunity, which gave Kansas momentum in overtime.

� is is not the � rst time Traylor has � lled in for an injured player. Traylor helped � ll in for former Kansas post Joel Embiid in the second round of the NCAA tournament last season against Eastern Kentucky. Traylor posted career highs in scoring and rebounds, recording a double-double of 17 points

and 14 rebounds.If Traylor can put up

numbers with the injury to Ellis, it’s Traylor’s time to shine. � ere is currently no depth at the post position, with freshman forward Cli� Alexander still out due to eligibility issues. Traylor has been known to foul too much in games. Traylor

is in the same situation as former Kansas player and current Los Angeles Laker Tarik Black, who would get into foul trouble early in the game and have to sit on the bench the rest of the half.

Should Ellis be out longer than Saturday’s game against Oklahoma, Kansas could use Traylor — as long as he stays out of foul trouble and plays aggressively, as he did against West Virginia. Kansas fans really like what they saw from Traylor in

that game. Traylor has started 17

games in his career at Kansas, with 16 coming this season. But Traylor’s best games are usually when he is the � rst person o� the bench. Traylor was replaced in the starting lineup several games ago, but has worked his way back into a starting

role a� er Alexander was benched due to eligibility.

Even sitting out a year due to NCAA eligibility issues, Traylor’s game has improved but still needs work. Traylor currently averages 4.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game and is second on the team in blocks with 31. Traylor has had an up-and-down junior season, but when it counts, you could see him spark at any time.

— Edited by Mitch Raznick

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2015 Kansas Relays will host a collegiate quadrangular

The 2015 Kansas Relays will celebrate 88 years come mid-April. But this year, the meet will have slightly altered format to years prior. There will be an open collegiate meet, which will include athletes from colleges across the country, as well as high school events. New

to the 88th Kansas Relays will be a quadrangular meet. The teams competing in the quadrangular will be Kansas, Kansas State, Colorado State and Purdue. “With the direction track & field is trending across the U.S., and the world today, officials are looking for ways to increase their fan base and make the sport more appealing to the non-track pur-ist,” meet director Milan Donley said in the University release. “We think this will be a great way to

generate more interest around our area — a way for fans to come and see Kansas athletes going head-to-head against other great programs for a team title.” The meet will have a team champion and will be based on a point system, similar to format and point system of the Big 12 Championships and the NCAA Championship meet. The Relays are set to take place at Rock Chalk Park on April 15-18.

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Four Kansas players awarded with All-Big 12 Honors

Four Kansas women’s basket-ball players were awarded with postseason All-Big 12 honors, released by the Big 12 Con-ference on Wednesday. Senior forward Chelsea Gardner, senior guards Asia Boyd and Natalie Knight, and freshman guard Lauren Aldridge were all select-ed for the 2014-15 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Conference Awards.

Gardner was named to the All-Big 12 First Team for the second consecutive season, and this season was a unani-mous first team selection. The senior averaged 16.8 points per

game, which was third overall in the conference, and 8.5 re-bounds per game, which was fourth overall in the conference. Gardner is the fourth Jayhawk to score 1,400 points and have 850 rebounds in their career at Kansas. Gardner currently has 1,502 points and 874 rebounds through Monday’s game.

Knight and Boyd were named to All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. Knight became the 27th Jayhawk to score 1,000 career points at Kansas. Knight averaged 12.5 points per game, which was 10th in the Big 12. Knight was seventh in Big 12 assists, aver-aging 3.8 per game.

Boyd, who missed the last three games of the regular season due to a stress fracture in her left

foot, averaged 10.3 points per game. Boyd finished 23rd in Big 12 scoring.

Aldridge was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team. Al-dridge was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Dec. 8. Aldridge averaged 7.9 points and five assists per game. Aldridge finished with 155 assists in her freshman campaign, ranking third in the Big 12.

Kansas (15-16, 6-12), will open up play in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on Friday at American Airlines Arena in Dallas as the ninth seed playing the eighth seed and in-state ri-val, Kansas State (17-12, 7-11).

— Dylan Sherwood

Hosmer, Morales, Rios power Royals to 13-2 win against Rangers

SURPRISE, Ariz. — Eric Hosmer joined Royals newcomers Kendrys Morales and Alex Rios in hitting consecutive first-inning homers, and AL champion Kansas City routed the Texas Rangers 13-2 on

Wednesday in the spring training opener for both teams.

Hosmer hit a three-run shot off Rangers starter Colby Lewis that landed on the grassy berm beyond the centerfield fence. Morales followed with a shot to right field and Rios went deep to left, giving Kansas City a 6-0 lead before Lewis had recorded an out.

Lewis retired the next three bat-

ters after the homer binge, but the veteran still needed 36 pitch-es to get through his only inning against the Rangers’ campus co-tenants.

Fellow starter Yovani Gallardo fared little better, allowing four runs on six hits over 1.2 innings in his Texas debut.

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Baylor women have Big 12’s top player and coach

IRVING, Texas — Baylor sopho-more Nina Davis has been named the Big 12 women’s player of the year, and Kim Mulkey is the league’s top coach for the fifth time.

Davis, a 5-foot-11 post player who was the Big 12’s top freshman last season, leads the league with 20.7 points a game and is fourth with 8.6 rebounds a game.

The Big 12 honors announced Wednesday were chosen by the league’s head coaches.

Baylor just won its fifth consec-utive Big 12 regular-season title and sixth overall. The Lady Bears have won the past four conference tournaments.

Two Oklahoma guards got indi-vidual awards, Gabbi Ortiz as top freshman and sophomore transfer Peyton Little as top newcomer. TCU’s Chelsea Prince was named the league’s top defensive player and Baylor’s Khadijiah Cave got the sixth-man award.

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For the � rst weekend of the season, the Kansas baseball team will stay home to take on the Utah Utes (2-10) at Ho-glund Ballpark.

� e Jayhawks will open their three-game series with the Utes on Friday at 3 p.m., fol-lowed by Saturday and Sunday games at 2 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.

� ese two teams are not un-familiar with each other; this weekend will be their second matchup this season. � e Jay-hawks squared o� against the Utes on Feb. 20 in Arizona as part of the Big 12/Pac-12 chal-lenge. In their � rst meeting, the Jayhawks started hot and didn’t look back, leading the whole game and winning 6-3.

Pitching, which has struggled so far for the Jayhawks, had a

strong performance in the pre-vious meeting. Senior pitcher Drew Morovick earned his � rst win of the season while sophomore pitcher Stephen Villines closed out the game to earn himself a save. Morovick pitched a full six innings, gave up only � ve hits in his start against the Utes and is the probable starter this Friday.

Only four Jayhawks were able to record hits against the Utes in Arizona. Senior out� elder Connor McKay got a hit on all three of his at-bats, producing two RBIs. Sophomore center Michael Tinsley also tacked on two hits and two RBIs, while senior out� elder Blair Beck took advantage of the new baseballs and homered.

Utah has played six games since its earlier meeting with Kansas and has not had much to brag about, only winning one of those games against

Nicholls State. � e Utes have played bet-

ter baseball than their record shows, however. Of the Utes’ 10 losses, six have been by one or two runs.

Pitcher Bret Helton (1-0) is set to start on the bump this Friday for the Utes and looks to maintain his impressive 1.86 ERA through three ap-pearances this season. Pitcher Dalton Carroll (1-2) will take on the Jayhawks on Saturday for the second time a� er giv-ing up six hits and � ve runs in his last start. Pitcher Jayson Rose (0-2) will get the start to � nish up the series in Law-rence.

� e Jayhawks look to repeat the result of the early sea-son meeting as they open up Hoglund Ballpark for the 2015 season.

— Edited by Callie Byrnes

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FILE PHOTO/KANSANThe Jayhawks huddle together before the 2014 home opener against Oral Roberts. The 2015 home opener is Friday.

ST. LOUIS — � is time last year, Wichita State was keep-ing light-hearted track of its unbeaten streak with names attached to the numbers — Michael Jordan for 23 in a row, the B-29 bomber for 29-0 and so on, until the run � nally stopped at 35-0 with a two-point loss to Kentucky in the NCAA Midwest Regional � nal in St. Louis.

“We talked about it,” coach Gregg Marshall said. “We didn’t need other people to bring it up. We had fun with it.”

� e eighth-ranked Shock-ers (27-3, 17-1) were nearly perfect this year in the Mis-souri Valley and are top seeds heading back to the same court where their dream sea-son ended a year ago. � ey’re peaking, too, clinching their second straight regular-season title with a winner-take-all, 74-60 victory against No. 11 Northern Iowa last Saturday at home. � e lone loss was by 16 at Northern Iowa on Jan. 31.

“Pretty big day for all of us,” Marshall said. “It was an excit-ing week, an exciting close to the season and a tremendous game viewed by a national television audience.”

Wichita State opens Fri-day against the winner of the play-in game between the eighth and ninth seeds, Mis-souri State (11-19, 5-13) and Southern Illinois (11-20, 4-14) on � ursday night. Northern Iowa (27-3, 16-2) faces either Drake (9-21, 6-12) or Bradley (8-23, 3-15) on Friday night.

Guards Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet, second and third in balloting for Valley player of the year, have been keys to Wichita State’s continued suc-

cess despite breaking in eight new players. Forward Tekele Cotton was named the confer-ence top defensive player for the second straight season.

“� ose guys don’t walk on the � oor expecting to lose, that’s for sure,” Marshall said.

THINGS TO WATCH FOR IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY TOURNAMENT:

GO FOR THREEWichita State and Northern

Iowa are locks for the NCAA Tournament. � e conference could get a third team if both teams falter. � ird seed Indi-ana State (15-15, 11-7) caught stride in conference play and Illinois State and Evansville, the fourth and � � h seeds, are both 19-11.

“You’ve got two heavyweight contenders, a logjam in the middle and a logjam at the bottom,” Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson said. “I’ve been on both ends of it.”

TOP TALENTSValley player of the year

Seth Tuttle of Northern Iowa is the conference’s active ca-reer leader in scoring and re-bounding. � e 6-foot-8 Tuttle leads the Panthers in scoring (15.6 points), rebounding (6.6), assists (3.3) and blocked shots (18) and is shooting 63 percent. Northern Iowa

must get past falling short in the season � nale.

“� ere was a real, genuine sense of disappointment,” coach Ben Jacobson said. “� ere were some things we did pretty well and some things we’ve got to do a lot better.”

Baker averages 15.2 points and VanVleet averages 12.5 points and 5.4 assists. Evans-ville landed two players, D.J. Balentine and Egidijus Mockevicius, on the six-player all-conference team.

FRONT LOADED� e No. 1 seed has won the

tourney title just eight times in 24 chances. Wichita State is trying to become the sev-enth team to take consecutive tournament titles. � e last to do it was Southern Illinois, which took three in a row from 1993-95 with a lineup that fea-tured guard Paul Lusk, now the coach at Missouri State, on all three teams. � e lowest seed to win a conference title is No. 5 Indiana State in 2001. For schools in the play-in games, it’s a long grind: Only one team, No. 7 seed Bradley in 1998, has reached the semi-� nals.

“It’s kind of the gladiator ap-proach,” Drake’s Ray Giacoletti said.

HISTORY BOOKIllinois State and Southern

Illinois have both reached the tournament title game 10 times, the most among current Valley members. Illinois State last won, however, in 1998 when coach Dan Muller was the most outstanding player. Southern Illinois last won the title in 2007 and is in a play-in game for the � � h time in six years.

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Two Kansas divers qualify for diving championships

Two Kansas divers qualified for the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships. Sophomore Graylyn Jones and freshman Nadia Khechfe will represent Kansas at the regional.

The Zone D regional is held in Iowa City, Iowa.

HOW DOES THE CHAMPIONSHIP WORK?

To qualify for zones, there is a minimum dive score that

needs to be met at some point throughout the regular season. This can be done in either a dual meet or championship-style meet.

At dual meets, divers have six dives. At championship-style meets, there are 11 dives.

Standards for the 1-meter dive require a score of 255 or better at a dual meet, or 390 or better in a championship-style meet.

Standards for the 3-meter dive call for a score of 265 or better at a dual meet, or 420 or better in a championship-style meet.

Jones scored 271.9 in the 1-meter dive back in October at a dual meet. In February, Khechfe scored 280.2 in the 3-meter dive at a dual meet.

Zones are essentially the Sweet 16 or Elite Eight of diving. The NCAA Championship comes afterward.

In the Zone D regional, the top eight in the 1-meter dive qualify for the NCAA Championship. In the 3-meter dive, the top 10 qualify.

Why those numbers? It’s based on the performances at the zone during the previous season.

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Gardner earns second Big 12 Player of the Week honor

Senior forward Chelsea Gardner was named the final Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week on Wednesday. This is Gardner’s second player of the week award from the Big 12 and her fourth in her career at Kansas.

Gardner was selected by a panel of media who cover the Big 12. In her last home game

Monday night against Iowa State, Gardner recorded 25 points and 12 rebounds to earn the last Big 12 Player of the Week award given out by the conference. Gardner achieved her ninth double-double of the season and her 27th overall at Kansas. Eleven of Gardner’s 25 points Monday were scored from the free-throw line as Gardner was 11-of-13 from the line, including 6-of-8 with 3:18 left in the game.

Gardner also had five blocks against Iowa State. She has

recorded 22 blocks in the past six games. If Gardner records one block Friday against Kansas State in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, she will become the second Jayhawk to record 200 career blocks.

Kansas (15-16, 6-12) will open up the Big 12 Championship against in-state rival Kansas State (17-12, 7-11) for the third time this season. Tipoff is at 6 p.m. Friday at American Airlines Arena in Dallas.

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MISSY MINEAR/KANSANSenior forward Chelsea Gardner grabs a rebound against Iowa State on Monday. Gardner finished with 25 points and 12 rebounds in the Jayhawks’ senior night victory in Allen Fieldhouse.

FILE PHOTO/KANSANNadia Khechfe, a freshman from Linolcn, Neb., performs a 1-meter dive at the Jan. 31 meet against Arkansas. The Jayhawks fell in the dual 194-105. Khechfe will be representing Kansas at the regional meet.

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Following an overtime victory that clinched Kansas an outright Big 12 victory, the team will travel to Norman, Okla., to take on the Oklahoma Sooners. Kansas defeated the Sooners 85-78 earlier this season in Lawrence.

Junior forward Perry Ellis le� Tuesday night’s game with a knee sprain a� er colliding with sophomore forward Landen Lucas in the � rst half. Ellis went to the locker room and didn’t return to the bench until minutes before the overtime period.

Ellis played only 17 minutes against West Virginia and scored only four points on 1-of-4 shooting. Junior forward Jamari Traylor stepped up in Ellis’ absence, scoring 14 points and recording nine rebounds.

Traylor recorded four points in 23 minutes against

the Sooners last time out, adding two blocks and one assist. Freshman guard Kelly Oubre Jr. recorded 19 points and pulled down nine rebounds on 6-of-11 shooting against Oklahoma last game.

With Ellis’ absence, Lucas is likely to step into the starting lineup alongside Traylor in the frontcourt. Lucas did not play in the teams’ last meeting, but averages 2.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in only 12.7 minutes per game.

� e Sooners come into play with a 20-9 record, including an 11-6 conference and a 15-1 home record. Oklahoma has won four of its previous six matchups, including a seven-point loss to Iowa State in its last game. Oklahoma’s loss gave Kansas a share of the Big 12 Championship.

Guard Buddy Hield leads the Sooners with 17.3 points per game and 5.4 rebounds. Hield is also second on the team with 42 steals on

the season. Forward Ryan Spangler leads the team in rebounding with 7.7 per game while also adding 10.3 points.

Hield led the way against Kansas in their last matchup, posting 26 points on 7-of-19 shooting from the � eld. Spangler recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds as well.

Kansas will look to build momentum into the Big 12 tournament with a win against the Sooners on Saturday. Kansas has dropped two consecutive games on the road and has lost � ve on the road all season.

� e Big 12 tournament will begin March 11 and will continue until March 14. Kansas will enter the tournament as a one seed and will receive a � rst-round bye. Kansas last won the Big 12 tournament in the 2012-13 season.

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Until then, the women will continue to practice regularly in preparation for each tournament, which includes occasional weekend scrimmages with the men’s team and weight room workouts.

“We do lots of practicing, lots of going over plays,” Mechache said. � e coach will do a walk through of each play over and over again to make sure that everyone understands the terminology and make sure everyone is con� dent going into the tournaments, ready to give it our all no matter what.”

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MEN’S TEAM – HORROR ZONTALS � is past weekend, the

Horror Zontals took their farthest trip yet to compete in Baltimore at the Booya’s Spring Stampede 2015, where the team went undefeated. � is is one of the eight tournaments the team plans to compete in during its spring season.

President of the Horror Zontals, junior Jakob Yedo

from Mission, said many of the team’s four and � ve-year veterans graduated last year and the team is now working to rebuild.

“We’re de� nitely hurting without them,” Yedo said. “But we’re trying to get everyone up to speed.”

Although the team remains unranked, the players maintain a positive attitude towards the season.

� e team’s captain, junior Jason Finkelstein from Hopkins, Minn., said the team has done well so far this season, even though they have not traveled to a tournament as a full team yet, due to injuries and school related con� icts.

Like the Bettys, the Horror Zontals practice weekly, even through the colder winter temperatures. � e team

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Unlike most sports, Ultimate Frisbee is self-o� ciated by the players themselves. � is holds the players to a higher standard, given that they have to rely on one another to regulate the rules of the game.

“It’s a very competitive sport,” Finkelstein said. “You’ve got a bunch of college kids running around competing against each other, but it’s self-o� ciated so the spirit of the game really comes in with people being honest with the rules and with each other and not getting overly competitive and angry. � ere aren’t any references or anyone to kind of break up disputes or � ghts. It relies on yourself and how to stay respectful to yourself and to the game.”

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Devonte’ Graham, freshman, guard

In the West Virginia game, Frank Ma-son III played 42 minutes, and he hit the 1000-minute mark for the season, giving him at least 100 more min-utes played than any other Jayhawk. With the Big 12 title already secured, Self may opt to rest his sophomore point guard for extended stretches, meaning that Graham should have a golden opportunity to show how good he can be. Graham did have a solid outing last time against the Sooners, racking up six points and four assists in 15 minutes.

After giving up a 21-point lead against Iowa State, No. 15 Oklahoma was eliminated from winning the Big 12 title out-right. Once Kanas defeated West Virginia, the Sooners fell two games back in the Big 12 race and completely out of con-tention to share the title. Earli-er this season, Oklahoma was down 19 points at halftime, and closed the gap within two points with fi ve minutes left, but couldn’t against the Soon-ers.

Frank Booker, sopho-more, guard

Booker averages only fi ve points per game, but his minutes and production have increased in recent games. Known as a three-point shooter, against Iowa State, Booker failed to hit any of his fi ve three-point attempts. The sophomore has the capability of providing a spark off the bench and can help either Cousins or Woodard if either get into foul trouble.

Can Oklahoma take advantage of a

weakened Kansas frontcourt?

Without Alexander and Ellis, the Kansas frontcourt will struggle against the veteran Oklahomafrontcourt. Both Thomas and Spangler are in the top three for fi eld goal percentage, meaning Kansas forwards Lucas, Traylor and Hunter Mickelson will have a tough task guarding them. With Alexander and Ellis, the Kansas frontcourt has struggled rebounding, and this Oklahoma team is a top three rebounding team in the Big 12.

33.6Frank Mason averages 33.6

minutes per game, which has been done by only one other

KU player since 2009.

0Brannen Greene has missed all of his past 11 three-point at-

tempts in the past three games.

3The Jayhawks have won their past three games against the

Sooners.

37Oklahoma is the worst defen-sive rebounding team in the Big 12, allowing 37 rebounds

per game.

11,050The Lloyd Noble Center averages

11,050 fans per game.

557Oklahoma is second in the

Big 12, getting to the free-throw line 557 times this season.

Buddy Hield scores more than 20 points. During the fi rst meeting between Oklahoma and Kansas, Hield stole the show. He hit four of his 13 three-pointers and scored a game-high 26 points. Hield scored eight of his 26 points at the free-throw line. He will get there more often with Lucas and Traylor guarding the paint be-cause both Kansas frontcourt players tend to foul players at-tacking the paint. Neither Traylor nor Lucas is a great rim protector.

The Jayhawks actually make a three-point shot. Following a performance in which the Jayhawks shot an atrocious 1-of-15 from three-point range against the West Virginia Moun-taineers, the team will certainly be looking for improvement. Oubre made two of the three-point-attempts during the last game versus the Sooners. The Jayhawks went on to win that game 85-78, despite 26 points from Buddy Hield.

Will Kelly Oubre Jr. step up?

Oubre has averaged just seven points per game in his past fi ve road contests, and he’ll need to play much better than that if the Jayhawks are going to pull off the win on the road. With Ellis out of the way, Oubre may also see his fair share of time at the power forward spot, meaning that he’ll need to step up on the boards as well. If Oubre can play like he did against the Moun-taineers, the Jayhawks should be in good shape in Norman.

Jordan Woodard, sophomore, guardOklahoma plays a two point guard set, which means either

Cousins or Woodard will take the ball up the court and run the offense. The two players are interchangeable, but Woodard is more of a standard point guard compared to Cousins. Wood-ard’s 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio and four assists per game ranks in the top 10 within the Big 12, and against Kansas,

Woodard posted a four-assist, one-turnover game.

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Tashawn Thomas, senior, forwardAfter transferring from Houston, Thomas has become the

fi fth best fi eld-goal shooter in the Big 12, shooting 51 percent from the fl oor. At 6 feet 8 inches and 240 pounds,

Thomas provides the Sooners with a rim protector, blocking more than one shot per game. He’s an excellent rebounder,

grabbing more than six per game. Thomas could score more than his 11-point average as he faces a weakened Kansas

frontcourt.

★★★★✩

Isaiah Cousins, junior, guardComing off a solid 12-point performance against Iowa State, Cousins is a 43 percent fi eld-goal shooter, which ranks in the top 10 within the Big 12. The junior is second in the Big 12 in three-point fi eld goal percentage as well. He hit three of his

eight three-pointers to score 18 points in the last meeting with Kansas. If Kansas can’t contain the best three-point shooter in

the Big 12, the team will have a long day in Norman.

★★★★✩

Buddy Hield, junior, guardA candidate for the Big 12 player of the year, Buddy Hield

leads the Big 12 in scoring (17.3) and three-point fi eld goals made (79). Hield is the best player in the Big 12. His 6-foot-4, 210-pound body allows him to shoot over shorter defenders. If Hield repeats his 26-point performance, Kansas will not come

out of Norman victorious.

★★★★★

Ryan Spangler, junior, forwardThe Oklahoma frontcourt is going against a completely

different Kansas frontcourt. Without Alexander and Ellis, Spangler will have a fi eld day against Lucas and Traylor. Kan-sas struggles to keep defenders off the offensive glass, and Spangler averages over two offensive rebounds per game. If

Kansas repeats its performance against West Virginia, giving up more than 20 offensive rebounds, Oklahoma can win with

a lot of second-chance points.

★★★★✩

Landen Lucas, sophomore, forwardWith Ellis likely sidelined until the Big 12 tournament, Lucas is expected to get the start next to Traylor, just

one game after Lucas set a career-high total for minutes played in a game. The sophomore will be playing against

the Oklahoma Sooners for the fi rst time in his career, as he did not enter the game in any of the teams’ past

three meetings.

★★✩✩✩

Jamari Traylor, junior, forwardAfter scoring a grand total of one point in his previous two

games, Traylor exploded with 14 points and nine rebounds in the Jayhawks’ comeback victory against the Mountaineers. No play was bigger than his and-one highlight dunk in overtime, which put the Jayhawks ahead 67-65 with three minutes to play. Traylor’s impact was fairly minimal in the last game

between the Sooners and Jayhawks, meaning he’ll be looking for redemption Saturday as well.

★★★✩✩

Kelly Oubre Jr., freshman, guardUnlike Selden, Oubre has gotten better and better as the sea-son has gone on. The freshman has averaged more points per game in each month as the season has progressed. Oubre is fourth on the Jayhawks in points per game with 8.9. However,

Oubre hasn’t been as good on the road, averaging just 5.9 points in games played away from Allen Fieldhouse.

★★★★✩

Wayne Selden Jr., sophomore, guardAfter scoring 14 or more points in fi ve consecutive games,

the sophomore from Roxbury, Mass., has fallen into a slump. He has scored a combined 27 points in his past fi ve

outings, while shooting just 27.6 percent from the fi eld. Selden also scored just fi ve points in the Jayhawks’ fi rst meeting with the Sooners this year, so he’ll be looking to

bounce back.

★★★✩✩

Frank Mason III, sophomore, guardMason has been the most valuable player for the Jayhawks for most of the season, and he was especially crucial down

the stretch against the Mountaineers. The sophomore scored 12 points in the fi nal minute of regulation and

overtime combined, and he would fi nish the game with 19 points and seven rebounds.

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