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TODAY 56/35 Sunny • TUESDAY 63/37 Sunny • WEDNESDAY 62/38 Sunny
In front of the largest-ever Memorial Stadium crowd, the Jayhawks came through on Saturday with a 39-20 pummeling of the Wildcats. Running back Jon Cornish
gained 201 yards, setting himself up to become the top single-season rusher in KU history. The Jayhawk defense
sealed the victory, forcing six turnovers.39 20
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monday, november 20, 2006 • www.kansan.com • vol. 117 • Issue 66 • PaGe 1a
TWICE IS NICERussell Brorsen, who recovered two fumbles, and the Jayhawks defeated the Wildcats for the second consecutive time at home and are now eligible for a bowl game for the second-straight year.
CAMPUSTransgender individual to educate on subject
Those looking to learn more about the unfamiliar world of transgenderism will have an opportunity to sit down with an expert today at 7:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
Deborah Davis, executive director of the gender education center, a Minnesota non-profi t corporation, and post-operation transgender, will discuss transgen-der issues in modern America.
David Ta, events chair of Queers and Allies, said the organization was hoping Davis would be able to educate people.
“Transgenders face a lot of dis-crimination,” Ta said, “Even in the lesbian and gay community.”
There is no cost for admission.
— Mark Vierthaler
LAWRENCEDriver crashes vehicle, avoids hitting biker
A driver crashed his truck after he swerved to avoid a KU student who was riding a bike along Sixth Street.
Donald Funk, Lawrence resi-dent, was trying to avoid Ramsey Attaria, Wichita senior, when Funk lost control of his Ford truck and crossed the median between the westbound and eastbound lanes of Sixth Street.
Funk’s truck rolled and came to rest on the north embankment of Sixth Street, according to Law-rence Police.
An ambulance transported Funk to Lawrence Memorial Hospi-tal at 325 Maine St. His injuries are not considered life-threatening. Attaria was not injured.
— David Linhardt
CAMPUSProfessor gets award for outstanding performance
Paul Hanson, professor of chem-istry, was named the HOPE Award winner during the football game between Kansas and Kansas State on Saturday.
Hanson was one of six nomi-nated for the award. The HOPE Award recognizes outstanding performance in an instructor.
Seniors at the University nomi-nate the six candidates. The Board of Class Offi cers then chooses a winner after meeting and inter-viewing each of the nominees.
The other fi ve candidates included Kerry Benson, lecturer in
journalism; Stephen Ilardi, associ-ate professor of psychology; Den-nis Karpowitz, associate professor of psychology; Mary Klayder, Uni-versity Honors Lecturer in English; and Edward McBride, lecturer in civil, environmental and architec-tural engineering.
— Mark Vierthaler
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Anyone who goes to a psy-chiatrist ought to have his head examined.
— Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer
In the United Kingdom, it is estimated that Gypsy and Irish Traveller women live an average of 12 years less than women in the general population and Gypsy and Irish Traveller men live 10 years less than men in the general population.
Source: The United Kingdom Commission for
Racial Equality
Want to know what people are talking about? Here’s a list of this weekend’s most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com.
1. Phillips: KU dominates K-State on, off fi eld
2. Med Center starts anti-smoking campaign
3. Students train to catalog artifacts
4. New guard signs with Jayhawks
5. Avid K-State fan converts to Jayhawks lover
A 19-year-old KU student reported an auto burglary and theft from a Honda Civic parked near the 200 block of Hanover Place. Someone damaged the car’s dashboard and stole a Panasonic car stereo from the vehicle. The incident occurred Nov. 12, and the total loss was $700.
A University employee reported the theft of a 1-carat diamond ring from the 2400 block of Melrose Court. The inci-dent occurred Sept. 10, and was reported to Lawrence Police on Nov. 13. The total value of theft was $1,000.
Lawrence Police arrested an 18-year-old KU student Nov. 17 for operating a vehicle under the infl uence of drugs or alco-hol. The student was released on $500 bond the same day.
A 24-year-old KU student reported an auto burglary and theft from a vehicle parked in the 2400 block of Arkansas Street. Someone stole a digital camera and a zoom lens and 60 CDs from the vehicle. The incident occurred Nov. 17, and the total value of the theft was $1,100.
A University employee reported the theft of a Rock-Hopper mountain bike from the 5100 block of west Sixth Street. The incident occurred Nov. 16, and the total value of the theft was $630.
BY JESSICA SAIN-BAIRD The concept behind The
Hypothetical Seven is similar to the TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” according to Bryan Reynolds, presi-dent of the organization.
Its purpose is to bring students together to practice and perform improvisation. The group’s name refers to its hypothetical status as superheroes, Reynolds, Hays senior, said. Appropriately, seven perform-ing members and one technology
assistant, make up the group.The Hypothetical Seven has trav-
eled to Kansas City, Hays and other neighboring cities to put on shows and attend improvisation festivals. One of its most common destina-tions is the Westport Coffee House in Kansas City, Mo.
“There’s not a big improv scene in Lawrence,” Reynolds said. “Kansas City has a pretty decent scene.”
Most of its shows consist of games, such as “countdown,” in which the performers start with acting out a particular scene in 60 seconds, then
30 seconds, then 15 seconds, and so on.
“We try to learn the strategies of what makes a perfect game,” Reynolds said. Performances also include showing films the group has made. Its next show should be as early as January.
Reynolds first got involved with improvisation when he auditioned for a spot in The Hypothetical Seven. He did forensics in high school, but describes improvisation as much more intense. He has also performed stand up, which has the same pur-
pose of generating laughs, he said.Auditions for The Hypothetical
Seven are held at various times throughout the year. Students inter-ested in the group can visit their Web site at http://www.hypotheti-calseven.com or contact Reynolds at [email protected].
Kansan correspondent Jessica Sain-Baird can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Elyse Weidner
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Dan Swick, Huntley, Ill., senior, performs Friday during Gallery Night at The Studio in Hashinger Hall. Swick played original songs as well as cover
songs on an acoustic guitar. The event also featured art displays, other live entertainment and snacks. Swick handed out CDs he recorded himself and said
he had been writing for three years and playing for nine.
Open mic night
CORRECTION
An article in Thursday’s The Uni-versity Daily Kansan contained an error. The article “Athletes arrested for alleged assault” should have said that John McDonald’s court date had not yet been set.
Man’s tracking device causes bomb scare GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A small black object that was found on the bottom of a woman’s sport utility vehicle, prompting three blocks to be evacuated, wasn’t a bomb after all.
It was a Global Position-ing System, said Sgt. Stephen Maynard of the Alachua County Sheriff ’s Offi ce.
A temporary shelter was set up at the Queen of Peace Church to house 45 people who had been evacuated early Friday, while authorities investi-gated for more than two hours.
After learning the woman and her husband were going through a divorce, detectives discovered that the woman’s husband had hired a private investigator. He admitted at-taching the tracking device to the woman’s SUV, Maynard said.
Bomb technicians used a robot to confi rm the box was a GPS, he said.
news 3A monday, november 20, 2006
By danny luppino
Students who were unable to drop a class by Nov. 13 may have another opportunity next week.
Nov. 13 was the last day students could drop classes under the new drop policy implemented this semes-ter. However, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee rules allow for students to petition for an extension if they are able to prove “extraordi-nary circumstances.” The Committee determined the long lines, which some people were unable to wait in because of classes, constituted an extraordinary circumstance.
Students who can prove they were prepared to drop before the deadline can bring a signed drop slip dated on or before Nov. 13 to the Registrar’s
office, 151 Strong Hall, on Monday, Nov. 27 or Tuesday, Nov. 28. Those students will be allowed to drop with-out having to petition.
Andrew Campbell, Wichita senior, successfully waited in the drop line, which he said stretched the entire length inside Strong and extended on to the sidewalk outside. He said he thought the extension was a great idea.
“I think it’s fair considering the exceptional number of people who showed up to drop on the last day,” Campbell said.
Kansan staff writer danny luppino can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Kate Shipley
By JacK Weinstein
KU students and Lawrence resi-dents waited in lines, some outside in sub-freezing temperatures for up to 48 hours, not for the right to play the new Sony PlayStation 3 that went on sale Friday morning, but to sell it.
Erik Oldberg, Blair, Neb., junior, wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, wrapped in a blue blanket with soc-cer balls on it, waited in line outside Best Buy, 2020 W. 31st St., for his PS3. He anticipated reselling the sys-tem for between $1,500 and $2,000.
The PS3 retailed for $599 for the 60 gigabyte version and $499 for the 20 gigabyte version.
At Wal-Mart, 3300 Iowa St., Hai Chen, Olathe senior, said he was going to put his console on eBay the moment he got home. Chen had the advantage of selling his console before many in Lawrence. The 24-
hour Wal-Mart released the PS3 at midnight. He planned on offering the system at a “Buy Now” price of $3,000. He said he would ship it overnight Friday, and the person who bought it could start playing by Saturday.
Nearly 400,000 units were released by Sony and purchased in minutes following their release, but found their way on eBay almost immedi-ately. Auctions listed the consoles anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000.
Lawrence locations received only a small number of PS3 consoles. Best Buy had the most with 26. Target, 3201 S. Iowa St., had eight for sale. Wal-Mart had six.
Not every purchaser was looking for a return on their investment. Taylor Davis, Olathe junior, said he would be up all night playing “Resistance: Fall of Man,” a new Blu-ray game on his PS3.
“I’ve been waiting three years for
this, I’m not waiting another few months,” he said.
Wal-Mart also offered six rain checks. The rest of the public can expect to wait several weeks or even
months for the opportunity to buy the system.
Lawrence shoppers were fortunate that they didn’t have to deal with the violence experience in some other
cities as some PS3 buyers. A man was shot in Hartford, Conn., after he refused to give up his money while waiting in line.
Chase Johnson, Lawrence High School senior, said the police showed up at Best Buy Thursday morning to restore some order to a line that was getting out of control. At Wal-Mart, Chen, the first in line, made sure everything was civil. He printed a sign up sheet and a list of rules.
His rules included not being able to save spots and only being able to leave for food runs and bathroom breaks. The crowd was rewarded with doughnuts from the store on Thursday morning for their “patience and good behavior,” a note on the box said.
Davis was offered $1,100 cash for his PS3 as he was escorted to his car by a Wal-Mart employee after pur-chasing the console.
The weekend also saw the release
of the Nintendo Wii. The Wii, avail-able for the more affordable price of $249 was available for sale Sunday morning. Many had been waiting since Friday afternoon.
Ryan Green of Lawrence said the new Nintendo was a better system because its features weren’t wasted on most TVs.
“PS3 has a lot of features that most people can’t use,” referring to the high definition graphics that can’t be seen on non-HDTVs.
Green wasn’t disappointed he was missing the Kansas vs. Kansas State football game to wait for his new Nintendo.
“This is better than football,” he said.
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Catherine Odson
By MarK vierthaler
One Kansas State fan was killed and another fan seriously injured at approximately 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of 15th and Iowa Streets Saturday.
The accident involved two males riding the “Power Cat Bus,” a booster bus from Manhattan that follows the Kansas State football team to away games.
The Salina Journal named the injured man as Salina resident Chris Orr.
Sgt. Paul Fellers of the Lawrence Police Department said the name of the deceased wouldn’t be released because next of kin had not yet been notified. No other information was released Sunday.
Both lanes of traffic on north-bound Iowa Street were closed as police conducted interviews with other riders of the bus to determine the exact cause of the accident.
Orr was being treated for a critical head injury at the University of Kansas Medical Center, hospital spokesman Dennis McCulloch said in a pre-pared statement.
“The family understands the public interest and concerns for his condition but request prayers and privacy,” he said.
Kansan staff writer Mark vi-erthaler can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Kristen Jarboe
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Lawrence police officers investigate the scene of a fatal accident involving a bus carrying Kan-sas State University fans prior to the Kansas vs. Kansas State football game Saturday. One person was killed and one was seriously injured, Capt. Steve Zarnowiek confirmed.
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Several people camp in Wal-Mart’s lawn and garden department last Thursday in anticipation of the release of Sony’s PlayStation 3, which became available Friday. The group began camping at noon on Wednesday.
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NEWS 4A monday, november 20, 2006
By Courtney Hagen
Thousands of food items and hundreds of boxes were scattered around the School of Law building, Green Hall, on Friday and Saturday. University of Kansas law students spent hours this weekend organiz-ing and distributing the food to local community agencies that would place the items in the hands of needy Lawrence families.
The KU Black Law Students Association sponsored the 16th annual Thanksgiving food drive. The BLSA worked with seven different local community service organiza-tions such as the Salvation Army, Pelathe Community Resource Center, Women’s Transitional Care Services and Eckan to bring holiday meals to those in need.
Jacy Hurst Moneymaker, BLSA food drive co-chair and Lawrence third-year law student, said the orga-nization collected more than 4,000 food items from KU law students and
faculty for the past three weeks. The BLSA held a competition between the different law classes to entice them to collect the most items. The BLSA also pur-chased almost 200 turkeys for the families with monetary donations they received from students and faculty.
“This is an important opp or tu n i t y for everyone in Lawrence to give back to the community and those in need,” Hurst Moneymaker said. “It is especially important for law stu-dents because we gain so much from the University that it is important to give back.”
Joshua Monteiro, BLSA food drive co-chair and New Bedford, Mass.,
second-year law student, spent his Saturday loading the collected food items into a U-Haul truck to be
delivered to the community agen-cies. Monteiro said he mostly enjoyed the unity the food drive fosters in him and his fellow students and professors.
“For me, my favorite part of this is seeing all the food that we collected and thinking about
the people who will get it,” Monteiro said. “If we weren’t doing this, who would be?”
Kansan staff writer Courtney Ha-gen can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Kristen Jarboe
By Matt elder
The newly elected members of the Interfraternity Council began dis-cussing their goals to boost member-ship during the coming year.
Scott Ferguson, Leawood senior, said last year’s executive board was excited about turnover to the 2006-2007 group, which happened last week.
“The board is committed upon building from the successes of last year,” Ferguson said. “And their new personalities will be able to take it in a different direction.”
The new board will be expected to maintain the success of the IFC’s alcohol risk management programs and the group’s contributions to the Lawrence chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
But the new board also has an agenda of its own, where the focus will be to increase the membership among chapters throughout campus. The IFC will be placing a greater importance on incoming and current freshmen as potential members. The board will also assist the University’s two greek colonies that are working towards official membership.
Ian Lang, Wichita senior and IFC president, said he was excited to have the Delta Tau Delta colony back on Kansas’ campus.
“The more good people we can get in the greek community, the more good things we’ll be able to do, so I’m all about it,” Lang said.
The new board will also be
addressing an issue closer to home. Tanner Burns, Wichita junior and IFC vice president for public rela-tions, said that the board would also be working throughout the next year to increase communication between the IFC and its chapters to tighten their relationship.
“One of our overall visions is for the IFC not only to be judged as a governing body, but also as a resource for the greek community,” Burns said.
Lang said that having the elec-
tions late in the fall semester would help ease the elected board into their responsibilities with their close inter-action with last year’s group. Both boards met Sunday night to begin the transition process for the 2006-2007 school year.
Kansan staff writer Matt elder can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Catherine Odson
2006-2007 Interfraternity Council Executive Board
President Ian Lang, Pi Kappa Phi
ViCe President for adMinistratiVe affairs Lance mall, delta Chi
ViCe President for reCruitMentmichael Gillaspie, Sigma Phi epsilon
ViCe President for interfraternal relations ryan Lonergan, Phi Kappa Psi
ViCe President for PuBliC relationsTanner burns, Pi Kappa Phi
ViCe President for eduCational PrograMs and sCHolarsHiPGeorge Lewis, Phi delta Theta
ViCe President for risK ManageMentbrad Cardonell, Sigma Phi epsilon
ViCe President for PHilantHroPy and CoMMunity serViCe alex rock, Phi delta Theta
Source: Interfraternity Council Executive Board
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WASHINGTON — Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 under a bill the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said he would introduce next year.
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he saw his idea as a way to deter politicians from launching wars.
“There’s no question in my mind that this president and this admin-istration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evi-dence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft and members of Congress and the administration thought that their kids from their communities would be placed in harm’s way,” Rangel said.
Rangel, a veteran of the Korean War who has unsuccessfully spon-sored legislation on conscription in the past, said he would propose a measure early next year. While he said he was serious about the pro-posal, there is little evident support among lawmakers for it.
In 2003, Rangel proposed a mea-sure covering people age 18 to 26.
This year, he offered a plan to man-date military service for men and women between age 18 and 42; it went nowhere in the Republican-led Congress.
Democrats will control the House and Senate come January because of their victories in the Nov. 7 election.
At a time when some lawmak-ers are urging the military to send more troops to Iraq, “I don’t see how anyone can support the war and not support the draft,” said Rangel, who also proposed a draft in January 2003, before the U.S. invasion of Iraq. “I think to do so is hypocritical.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who is a colo-nel in the U.S. Air Force Standby Reserve, said he agreed that the U.S. does not have enough people in the military.
“I think we can do this with an all-voluntary service, all-volun-tary Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy. And if we can’t, then we’ll look for some other option,” said Graham, who is assigned as a reserve judge to the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.
Rangel, the next chairman of the House tax-writing committee, said
he worried the military was being strained by its overseas commit-ments.
“If we’re going to challenge Iran and challenge North Korea and then, as some people have asked, to send more troops to Iraq, we can’t do that without a draft,” Rangel said.
He said having a draft would not necessarily mean everyone called to duty would have to serve. Instead, “young people (would) commit themselves to a couple of years in service to this great republic, whether it’s our seaports, our air-ports, in schools, in hospitals,” with a promise of educational benefits at the end of service.
Graham said he believed the all-voluntary military “represents the country pretty well in terms of ethnic makeup, economic back-ground.”
Repeated polls have shown that about seven in 10 Americans oppose reinstatement of the draft and officials say they do not expect to restart conscription.
Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress in June 2005 that “there isn’t a chance in the world that the draft will be brought back.”
Incoming chairman wants draft
“This is an important opportunity for everyone in Lawrence to give back to the community and those in need.”
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Area utilities are concerned about the Missouri River’s depth, saying they could have to turn on emergency equipment if the river drops a few more inches.
“We’re about a quarter of a foot away from that point,” said Tom Schrempp, production manager for Johnson County, Kan., Water District No. 1, where record lows at the district’s water intake have left the suburban Kansas City dis-trict monitoring flows daily.
The problem is an unprece-dented, long-term drought in the upper sections of the river. Water storage in the upstream reservoirs is at an all-time low, and some lake levels are 26 to 30 feet below normal.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stopped water releases for naviga-tion early this fall to con-serve water. It’s releasing just enough water from upstream reservoirs to keep utility intakes in the Kansas City area beneath the river’s sur-face, said corps spokesman Paul Johnston.
John Reddy, treatment plant manager for the Kansas City Water Services Department, said the river is only about a half foot above the level where auxiliary pumps will need to be turned on. Kansas City has wells, but they don’t have enough capacity to supply the region’s water needs, Reddy said.
“Consumers hopefully will not
be affected,” he said. “But there are added costs that eventually get passed along.”
Added water pumps and other emergency equipment mean customers should have enough water and electricity, but that extra equipment and energy use increases operating costs.
“It’s a whole new territory for us,” said Schrempp, whose district spent $2 million in recent years to add pumps for low river condi-tions.
Low water also adds to treat-ment costs.
“We are seeing a lot more taste and odor in the water with it low,” Schrempp said, “and we’re having to add more powdered activated carbon to clean it up.”
Hydrologist Tom Harris of the U.S. Geological Survey said river levels at Kansas City on Nov. 13 were about a half foot from record
lows set last D e c e m b e r , when winter weather froze t r i b u t a r y inflows.
F o r e c a s t for the winter show a good chance for higher- than- normal tem-peratures and
below- normal precipitation in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains headwaters of the Missouri River, said Brian Fuchs, climatologist for the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Neb.
If the drought doesn’t ease, Johnston said, the 2008 navigation season might not happen, leading to low water conditions in summer as well as winter.
» NATION
BY DAVID WEBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — Parvinder Thiara had just finished his freshman year at Harvard University when his grandfather in India died of infec-tious diarrhea. The death affected him profoundly.
“Then I found that 2.2 million people — 1.8 million of them are children — die each year from infectious waterborne diseases,” said Thiara, a chemistry major.
Thiara’s work to improve and protect the world’s water supplies — and prevent death’s like his grandfather’s — helped him become one of the 32 men and women across the United States selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2007. The
students, announced Sunday by the scholarship fund, will enter Oxford University in England next October.
Thiara, 21, of Rochelle, Ill., is the co-founder of an organization dedicated to improving water sani-tation technologies, particularly in impoverished regions.
“We’re trying to develop natural products that can be grown and easily processed,” said Thiara, who plans to study theoretical chemistry and water science policy and man-agement at Oxford. “We’re just try-ing to develop the means to make it effective on a rural, local scale.”
The scholars were selected from 896 applicants endorsed by 340 colleges and universities, and will join scholars selected from 13 other
jurisdictions around the world. Approximately 85 are selected each year. The scholarships provide two or three years of study, with the total value averaging about $45,000 per year.
Rhodes Scholarships were creat-ed in 1902 by the will of British phi-lanthropist Cecil Rhodes. Winners are selected on the basis of high academic achievement, personal integrity, leadership potential and physical vigor, among other attri-butes.
Many of the recipients have already spent time overseas.
Whitney Haring-Smith spent the summer working for a U.N.-funded disarmament program in Afghanistan and also spent time with the U.N.’s refugee agency in
Sri Lanka.“It was really good to see the
nitty-gritty of international rela-tions,” said Haring-Smith, 21, a Providence, R.I. native and senior at Yale University.
Zachary Manfredi, a senior at Atlanta’s Emory University, interned in the democracy program of The Carter Center, working on civil society building programs and elec-tion monitoring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire and Haiti.
“As a Rhodes Scholar I’ll get to work on important political causes and also to keep asking important philosophic questions. It’s a synthe-sis of my two greatest loves, justice and knowledge,” said Manfredi, 21, of Rochester, Mich.
“We are seeing a lot more taste and odor in the water with it low.”
TOM SCHREMPPProduction manager
» ACADEMICS
32 students receive 2007 Rhodes Scholarships
$2 million pumps may be turned on
Low river levels aff ect water quality
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Kandula, a male elephant of Sri Lankan heritage, opens his birthday present at the National Zoo Sunday in Washington. Kandula was celebrating his fi fth birthday, Kandula was born via artifi cial
insemination in 2001. His mother, Shanthi, arrived at the National Zoo in 1976 from a Sri Lankan elephant orphanage.
Happy birthday Kandula
OPINION
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
WILKINS: The victory of a proposition to end with
racial consideration in college admission tests in
Michigan shows institutional racism isn’t going away.
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The University Daily Kansan emphasizes the First Amendment:
Sam leans over the steering wheel and kisses his girlfriend goodnight. She hops out of the car and just before walking through her front door she turns and with a hopeful smile says, “Hey, try to have a good day tomorrow.”
I’ll try, Sam thinks with a heavy sigh as he drives down the street.
He walks into his apartment, steps over a few empty pizza boxes and soda cans into the living room, where his roommates sit, battling out their fates in the latest edition of Halo.
“Come play with us,” his best friend shouts over the sound of gunfire mixed with rap music.
“Nah, I’m tired.”
“Sam, come on, you can’t be seri-ous, you haven’t hung out with us in weeks,” another roommate pleads.
Sam shrugs his shoulders. “I can’t, I still have to study for my history test tomorrow,” he says and walks into his room, slamming the door.
He picks up his Western Civilization textbook and his last calculus exam falls out, marked with a bright red 58 percent. He always used to ace that subject without even trying.
He slumps down on his bed and attempts to read the chapter, but
after two paragraphs concentration is not even a remote option.
Feeling defeated, he clicks off the light and lies in bed, unable to sleep
for the third night in a row.
Sam, like 18.8 million American adults and 15 percent of col-lege students, is suffering from depression.
Depression, an often mis-
understood term, refers not only to a common period of unhappi-ness because of a minor setback in everyday life, but to a disruptive and dangerous illness.
Symptoms, often unnoticed by friends and family and even the individual suffering, vary by case and can include insomnia, fatigue, irritability, extreme mood altera-tions, forgetfulness, restlessness and changes in appetite. The condition also often results in physical symp-toms such as digestive disorders and headaches.
Depression will be the most
common health problem world-wide in 2020 and the largest killer after heart disease, according to studies done by the World Health Organization. It contributes to coro-nary disease, alcoholism, substance abuse and the onset of other fatal illnesses.
The source of depression is not always clear, but can often stem from stressful or traumatic events such as death or divorce within family, childhood trauma, family history of the illness, chronic stress and anxiety, or a chemical imbal-ance where the brain lacks neu-rotransmitters such as serotonin.
Unlike other health problems, in which seeking medical attention is the most prevalent of solutions, 80 percent of those suffering from depression go untreated, leading to a 15 percent yearly suicide rate, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Sam clicks on the light by his night stand, slowly fumbles for his cell phone, which he has been ignoring for weeks, and punches in his girlfriend’s number.
“Hey, what are you still doing up?” she asks in a drowsy but opti-mistic tone.
Sam takes a deep breath and slowly exhales into the phone, “I need help.”
Pavlik is a Plano, Texas, sopho-more in journalism.
There used to be a time in America, a much simpler time, when white supremacists said what they really meant. In the 1960s, Alabama Gov. George Wallace made his case against racial equality by hiring a leading member of the Ku Klux Klan as his chief speech-writer. He campaigned for president in 1968 on a bluntly racist platform of “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”
His speechwriter also coined sev-eral other, much less elegant catch-phrases to describe his opponents. I’ll leave those to your imagination.
Faced with the moral and politi-cal superiority of the civil rights movement, Wallace and his part-ners lost most of the battles they fought during those years, but they never allowed their racist vision of the future to die. In the years since his death, Wallace’s spiritual descen-dants have taken that vision and scored major victories by adapting it to today’s changed environment.
Case in point: Michigan’s Proposition 2.
If you missed it amidst all the other election news, Prop. 2 was a ballot initiative aimed at, in the words of its backers, outlaw-ing “racial preferences” in college admissions. It passed overwhelm-ingly on November 7, with 58 per-cent of the electorate casting their ballots in favor.
But in the confused language of present-day American politics, all is not what it seems. In reality, Prop. 2 was aimed at dismantling the last remaining traces of affirma-tive action from Michigan’s public
life. No wonder the vast majority of whites supported it, while six out of seven blacks were opposed.
Until the initiative passed, Michigan had used race as one factor among many in determin-ing who would be able to attend state universities. Like opponents of affirmative action everywhere, the sponsors of Prop. 2 argued that such considerations of race actu-ally end up discriminating against the majority group — that is to say, against white people.
By this logic, it is affirmative action that is inherently racist, while “colorblind” admissions based purely on academic achievement (“merit”) are fair and just.
Now, let’s cut through the fat and recognize what this issue is really about.
Affirmative action was and still is intended as a corrective to long-standing government favoritism toward whites in housing, employ-ment and educational opportuni-ties, among other things. These forms of discrimination stretch back decades and continue to this day. Viewed from this standpoint, “affirmative action for whites,” as Columbia professor Ira Katznelson calls it, existed long before it did for blacks or anyone else.
If you’re scratching your head
trying to think of a way that the government has disproportionately benefited whites in this country, try looking around at who you’re taking classes with. Despite the fact that the University of Kansas is a public institution, whites (most of them from wealthy suburbs) outnumber people of color nine to one.
And if you think that those num-bers are reflective of society at large, you might want to get out a little more often.
If anything, affirmative action has never been able to go far enough. Black and Hispanic Americans, as well as a significant chunk of whites who have seen their living standards decline in recent years, still lag far behind in all the markers of equality — employment status, income, home-ownership, education level and so forth. Only by recognizing that we as Americans are responsible to one another — that we are all in this together — can these conditions be dealt with sufficiently.
The argument against affirmative action is centered on the idea that non-whites do not have a rightful claim as Americans. It has been cloaked in the misleading language of “colorblindness” and “meritocra-cy,” but the core doctrine of racism has remained.
The spirit of George Wallace is alive and well in the 21st century. He just found a better speechwriter.
Wilkins is a Kansas City, Mo., se-nior in history.
This business of tearing down the goalposts must stop.
I’m a University of Kansas alum-nus who is proud of the school I went to — at least most of the time. I know when you’re in college, it’s easy to think you’re in your own lit-tle world. But there’s a whole other world out there that watches and judges what students in Lawrence do.
See, I live in Kansas City now, where there’s a potent mix of not only KU supporters, but also Kansas State and Missouri fans.
They don’t chide the University so much for the basketball team’s first-round exits. No, they’re far more critical of the fact that KU students insist on tearing down the goalposts after even the most mar-ginal of victories.
It’s times like Saturday’s game when I’m not proud to represent the University of Kansas. The actions of those students are indefensible at this point. I just throw up my hands and say, “I know, I know.”
For as much as I hear KU fans deride K-State football for their fall
from grace over the past few years, I would have expected that the stu-dents treat the victory like any other notch in the team’s belt, and not some excuse to humiliate the more civilized fans who can handle a vic-tory like grown-ups.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to find my atlas to figure out where Towson is so I can go vandalize some cars after the KU basketball game.
Steve VockrodtSchool of Journalism ’05
Dear Jayhawk goalpost revel-ers:
Your featherbrained faux pas has relegated the goalpost cele-bration to meaninglessness after 6-5 Kansas beat 7-5 Kansas State on Saturday.
We are not surprised that your actions marked the first time this season that goalposts were torn down in the Big 12 Conference; you dopes disassembled them three times last season.
You have successfully embar-rassed the rest of us with your lack of college football savvy. OK, the goalpost dismember-ment was warranted after we beat Nebraska last season. But Kansas
State? The Wildcats beat Texas, but Kansas State is far removed from the Top 25.
You halfwits decided it would be a good idea to topple the posts when your team was favored by 2 1/2 points. OK, if Kansas beats Texas or Oklahoma at Memorial Stadium you dolts could fell the goalposts. But the celebration would mean nothing because you have made it a cheap novelty.
Instead of wasting time and money by ripping down the $10,000 posts, you should study the rivalry, about which you seem to know nothing. Here’s a start: The Jayhawk football team has beaten the Wildcats two
times in the past three years and we hold the all-time series record at 63-36-5.
You could have congratulat-ed our team along with some other fans who rushed the field. Instead, you morons chose to commit your addle-brained act against the will of your booing fellow fans.
You fools make our school look ridiculous. Let’s hope you numskulls find a classy way to celebrate next time.
Steve Lynn for the editorial board
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Warmly greeted by world lead-ers in Vietnam, President Bush drew a different reaction Sunday at his upcoming stop in Indonesia, where thousands angrily protested America’s policy in the Middle East and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The White House said it was confident about security precau-tions for Bush’s visit today despite police warnings of an increased threat of attack by al-Qaida-linked groups.
The president was to spend just six hours in Indonesia, most of it at Bogor Palace, a presidential retreat outside the capital of Jakarta and far from the scene of protests Sunday where Bush was denounced as a “war criminal’ and “terrorist.”
While President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a close U.S. ally in the war on terror, Bush is highly unpopular in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
Wrapping up three days in Vietnam, Bush was taking a quick look around this city once known as Saigon. He planned to drop by the stock exchange, meet with business leaders and visit the Pasteur Institute for a briefing on its research on HIV/AIDS and other public health problems.
It was Bush’s first appearance on the world stage since his Republican Party lost control of Congress and was rebuked for the unpopular war in Iraq.
The White House said Bush was pleased by the results of a 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hanoi although the administration was left struggling to explain how it ended.
To Bush’s dismay, he was unable to deliver a promised agreement on normal trade relations with Vietnam. It was snarled in Congress but the administration expressed confidence it eventually would be
approved.Vietnam’s economy is booming,
the fastest growing in Asia, and the country is the world’s second-larg-est exporter of rice. But the benefits have not reached most people. The per capita income is less than $700 a year.
In a city usually teeming with motorcycle traffic, streets were cleared for Bush’s motorcade. As he rode by, people waved, laughed and cheered. It was a contrast to the subdued reaction of residents in Hanoi, where Bush participated in the summit and conferred with the leaders of China, Russia, South Korea and Japan.
The White House pronounced itself satisfied with the summit
statement prodding North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament talks and urging nations to keep the pressure on by enforcing U.N. Security Council sanctions.
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“He read it in Vietnamese, but for whatever reason the translation was not given in the consecutive English translation at the time,” White House spokesman Tony Snow said.
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WICHITA — Gun sellers say they have seen an increase in busi-ness from the state’s months-old law that allows residents to carry concealed weapons.
But for those who offer the training required to obtain a per-mit, the boost is not just from gun sales.
Bullet Shop owner Don Holman says he saw a 30 percent increase in handgun sales after the law was passed in March, when the House and Senate voted to over-ride Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ veto of the guns bill.
“The minute the news was out that concealed carry passed, there was a good run,” Holman said. Since then, “I think it still has had some effect (on sales) but not near the magnitude” as it did early on.
Holman, how-ever, has found another way to increase his business. He is one of 34 people in Sedgwick County who are certified concealed-carry handgun instructors, according to the Kansas attorney general’s office.
The law took effect July 1, with residents being able to seek con-cealed-carry permits. Those with a license won’t be able to begin carrying a concealed gun until Jan. 1.
Those wanting a permit must
complete of an eight-hour training course taught by a certified instruc-tor. The course covers firearms safety and use, as well as discussion of the concealed-carry law.
Holman said he started offer-ing the courses 11 days after the law took effect and has trained about 700 people.
“The thought in the back of my mind is there might be room for more training of different types,” Holman said, such as personal protection training.
Tom Barnett, owner of El Paso, Texas-based Vigilant Concepts, estimates he has trained about 350 people since August. For now, he is traveling from El Paso to
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next year, partly because of the training opportunities in the area.
He expects people to continue to seek the training long after the initial rush. He also hopes to expand what his company offers to include personal protection training.
“In the handgun concealed-carry class, you don’t get the train-ing on confrontations, you don’t get to put it into practice,” he said.
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The Jayhawk volleyball team fell to Missouri in the Border Showdown on Saturday night. 3B8B
the goalposts came down after saturday’s victory. It was the fourth time in two years.
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Jeff Wheeler, freshman defensive end, sacks K-State quarterback Josh Freeman. The loose ball was grabbed by senior defensive lineman Wayne Wilder. Wilder returned the ball 34 yards to the K-State 12-yard line, which led to a Jon Cornish touchdown.
By RyAn SchnEidER
Jon Cornish made some new friends this week.
In anticipation of Saturday’s Sunflower Showdown, dozens of Kansas State students sent Cornish Facebook.com messages using their favorite four letter words.
“They were saying they hate me and various negative things,” Kansas’ senior running back said. “That only makes me want to destroy them more.”
Cornish didn’t respond. He didn’t need to. The senior running back fin-
ished the game with a career-high 201 yards and two touchdowns in Kansas’ 39-20 victory against Kansas State on Saturday.
With the victory, the Jayhawks are now bowl-eligible in back-
to-back seasons for the first time in school history. A victory next weekend against Missouri would
Saturday’s 39-20 thumping of Kansas State proved that the Wildcats don’t have a monopoly on college football in this state any more. It also proved just how easy it is to get to a bowl game these days.
At 6-5 with one game remain-ing, the Jayhawks are eligible for postseason play for the second-straight year.
Too bad that’s not an accom-plishment.
Finishing a 12-game season with
six victories isn’t great. It’s not even good. It should be a requirement for any coach at a big-time school.
“We don’t just want respectabili-ty anymore,” coach Mark Mangino said. “We want to be contenders in the future.”
It’s an accurate statement of where things stand in the program. By defeating the Wildcats and making themselves bowl-eligible
again, the Jayhawks have earned respect within the conference. However, being a contender will be a much bigger leap.
In the past decade, bowl games have changed from being a reward for outstanding teams to acknowl-edgement of average teams. This year, 64 of the 119 schools that field football teams will be invited to bowls — more than half.
Cornish leads ‘Hawks to bowl eligibilityKansas fans should expect big wins
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201yards gained by Jon cor-nish on saturday, a career high
1,331yards cornish gained this season, good for third all-time at kansas
112yards cornish must gain saturday to break Tony sands’ record
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with six victories, kansas is not guaranteed a bowl, but these games have expressed interest in taking the Jayhawks:
texas bowlFormerly the Houston Bowl,
the Texas Bowl is Dec. 28 at Reliant stadium in Houston. The game is a match-up between a Big East or conference Usa school and a Big 12 school. If kansas and oklahoma state lose this weekend, the Texas Bowl would choose between the two teams.
Independence bowlThe Independence Bowl in
shreveport, La., on Dec. 28 pits a southeastern conference team against a Big 12 team. If kansas defeats missouri, it could be chosen to play in this game.
Poinsettia bowlThe Poinsettia Bowl is Dec. 19
in san Diego, the first bowl game of the year. If no Big 12-affiliated bowls take the Jayhawks, they may end up here.
motor City bowlIf kansas is not chosen for
the above three bowls, it could lobby to be chosen by the motor city Bowl, which will have an at-large space available. This game is Dec. 26 in Detroit.
new mexico bowlThis game in albuquerque,
n.m., will be played on Dec. 23. Bowl representatives will be looking for a team if the moun-tain west conference or western athletic conference are unable to produce a team with a good enough record to play.
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By ShAwn ShRoyER
Kansas’ defense was an obvious weakness earlier in the week, but last night it helped the Jayhawks pull away from the Towson Tigers.
Playing the kind of defense it lacked in its loss to Oral Roberts, Kansas got
back on the winning track, defeating Towson 87-61 in each team’s first game of the Las Vegas Invitational.
Coach Bill Self said the team was making steps in the right direction, but quickly pointed out that the team should have been playing this well all season.
“We played better. Of course you can’t play worse,” Self said. “I don’t think that we shouldn’t get too excit-ed about this, personally, because this is what you should do every night.
“We’d be undefeated if we gave effort like that every night.”
Coming into Sunday’s game,
Kansas looked like it could be in trou-ble. After allowing two Oral Roberts players to combine for 42 points, Kansas had to find a way to contain Towson guard Gary Neal, who went off for 41 points in his last game.
Kansas not only locked down Neal, it contained the entire Towson team.
Neal managed to lead Towson in scoring with 17 points, but it took him 16 shots to do so. The Jayhawks also held him to 1-for-7 shooting from three-point range.
“It was good for our whole team to have to guard him because he’s really, really good,” Self said. “I don’t know
what he doesn’t do well.”In the first half, Kansas was on
top of its game defensively. Towson committed 12 turnovers that half and Kansas capitalized, converting those turnovers into 23 of its 43 first half points.
SPORTS 2B MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2006
BY CASE KEEFER
Kansas has not won in Omaha, Neb., since 1997.
But the Jayhawks women’s basketball team will take on the Creighton Bluejays today for the 18th time in the last 19 years. Kansas leads the all-time series 15-12 but has lost three straight at the Omaha Civic Auditorium.
“We’ve been up there and not able to come out on the right end before,” coach Bonnie Henrickson said, “so we’ll look to turn that around.”
T h e J a y h a w k s ’ record stands at 2-1 following a dominating performance by freshman guard Kelly Kohn in their last game. Kohn led the team with 13 points against UMKC.
Three of the four Jayhawks’ lead-ing scorers this season are fresh-man: Kohn, Danielle McCray and Sade Morris, who all average more than 6.5 points per game.
“We feel like when we are in there we have to make something happen,” Kohn said. “That’s why we are here.”
Creighton is 0-2 on the year following losses to Arkansas-Little Rock and Kansas State. The
Bluejays return only one starter from last year’s 8-21 team, Ally Thrall.
Thrall carries a 32-game streak with at least one three-point shot into tonight’s matchup, a current NCAA best.
“Thrall has hurt us for two years,” Henrickson said. “She shoots really well.”
But Kansas’ perimeter defense has been an area of emphasis this year. Opponents are only shoot-ing 22 percent from three-point
range. T h e
J a y h a w k s have had the same starting lineup for all three games of the regular season. This could change tonight as s o p h o m o r e guard Ivana
Catic played 31 minutes off the bench in the win against UMKC, and senior starter Shaquina Mosley played only nine.
Catic started 25 of 30 games at point guard last year and was expected to retain her position this year. So far Catic has had to contribute in a different way, but Henrickson is impressed by the way the co-captain has responded.
“That’s a mature kid sitting on that bench,” Henrickson said. “A selfish, immature kid can’t give
you anything when they come in because they’re so mad that they’re sitting.”
Catic is averaging 4.7 points a game and has five assists off the bench. She has played a total of
only 58 minutes on the season.“If I can’t start, I might as well
play well when I can,” Catic said, “I just have to make the best of what I’ve got.”
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Kate Shipley
CLUB HOCKEYJayhawk club hockey loses to Golden Gophers, 7-4
OVERLAND PARK — The Univer-sity of Kansas club hockey team lost 7-4 to the University of Min-nesota Friday.
The Golden Gophers jumped out in front early in the fi rst period and were able to hold the lead through the rest of the game. The Jayhawks kept the game close until late in the third period, when Minnesota scored two goals to stretch its lead to three.
“Our off ense was pretty good,” Erik Bredesen, Crystal, Minn., forward, said. “We really need to work on our defense as a whole team.”
Bredesen contributed two goals for the Jayhawks.
Brent Pitts, Olathe sophomore, who was in goal for the Jayhawks, had his fi rst loss of the season. The Jayhawks were plagued with bad bounces and were unable to clear the puck all game and did not capitalize on power plays, includ-ing a two man advantage in the second period.
“We had some problems on de-fense,” Pitts said. “We had a good chance to win the game, but we just couldn’t fi nish.”
The loss puts the Jayhawk’s record at 10-7. Coach Geoff Knight hopes that the loss will spur the team into better overall team play.
“We had the passion tonight, no doubt about that,” Knight said. “It is just a matter of taking that passion and focusing it.”
Kansas’ next game is at home against Denver Metro State Uni-versity Dec. 1.
— Josh Landau
athletics calendarTODAY■ Women’s basketball at Creighton, 7 p.m., Omaha, Neb.
■ Cross Country at NCAA Championships, all day, Terre Haute, Ind.
Player to watch:
Colby Wissel won the Big
12 Cross Country
Champion-ships, and
will look to make a name for himself on the national stage. He will be joined by the rest of the team, which earned at
at-large bid to compete.
TUESDAY■ Men’s basketball vs. Ten-nessee State, 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
WEDNESDAY■ Volleyball vs. Nebraska, 7 p.m., Horejsi Family Athletics Center
Wissel
Kansas set to challenge
Creighton
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Kelly Kohn and two other freshman are three of the four Jayhawks leading scorers. Kohn has added a spark to the Jayhawk lineup, scoring a team-
high 13 points against UMKC. Kohn and the Jayhawks look to break their losing streak in Omaha, Neb., when they play against Creighton today.
“We’ve been up there and not able to come out on the right end before, so we’ll look to turn that around.”
BONNIE HENRICKSONWomen’s basketball coach
Jayhawks look for victory after nine winless years
COLLEGE FOOTBALLOhio State score pays big for Ohio lottery playersCLEVELAND — Ohio State’s 42-39 victory against Michigan also was lucky for players of the Ohio Lottery.
Shortly after Saturday’s game ended, the numbers 4-2-3-9 were drawn for the Pick 4 game.
“You know it happens,” lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said Sunday.
Lottery spokeswoman Mardele Cohen said 401 $1 bets were made that picked 4-2-3-9 in order and each bet won $5,000. The odds of the numbers turning up in that combination
were 10,000 to 1.Cohen said 913 $1 bets were
placed on any combination of the winning numbers and paid $200 apiece.
The lottery paid a total of $2.19 million in winnings. Play-ers had wagered $347,867.50.
Kilbane said it’s likely that most of the bets with the win-ning numbers were placed after the game ended, but she did not know how much money was wagered in that period. The football game fi nished at 7:13 p.m. and the drawing was at 7:45 p.m.
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As the clock approached zero Saturday and the Rock Chalk Chant echoed through Memorial Stadium, it became obvious the goalposts were about to meet their eventual down-fall.
Once KU quarterback Kerry Meier took the final snap and kneeled the ball on a 39-20 victory, fans rushed the field and celebrated by tearing down the goalposts ... again. This time, others stayed in their seats and booed.
“We rush any time we win it,” said Ben Legler, medical student, who booed the fans for rushing the field after the game. “It’s not good for the program. We beat K-State. We’re just as good a team. We do that and we look like we’re a bad team that shouldn’t have won. It’s not classy and I don’t like it. I’m sick of it.”
In what’s becoming a tradition after a Kansas home victory, it was the fourth time in two years the goalposts were torn down Saturday. The record crowd of 51,821 gave mixed reviews to the celebration.
Nick Fisher, Basehor sophomore, celebrated after the game on the field but steered clear of the goalposts. A goalpost struck Fisher last year after a Kansas victory and he was on crutches for a week because of a bruised leg.
But Fisher said he is still OK with
students going for the posts. “It’s all right because it’s a big
game and it’s the first time this year,” he said. “I think it’s fine.”
Kansas tore down the goalposts following victories against Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa State last sea-
son. During the 2004 season, the goalposts also came down after the Kansas State victory.
The KU Athletics Department has discouraged fans from rushing the field. Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony said he worried about
the safety of the fans. “I don’t know which is more
embarrassing,” he said. “The fact that they ran on the field for the second time in three years after a victory over K-State or whether they continue to disregard the chance of someone getting hurt. Both are embarrassing.”
Justin Martinek, Olathe junior, headed for the exits instead of for the field Saturday. Like Marchiony, Martinek said he was embarrassed.
“I honestly didn’t think it was going to happen and I’m kind of disappointed, because I don’t think it’s necessary,” Martinek said. “We should go out and party. Celebrate with class and don’t rush the field.”
Saturday marked the first time a good portion of Kansas fans voiced their displeasure by booing for other fans tearing down the goalposts. Marchiony said he feels like that’s a promising sign.
For fans like Fisher, they’d rather give the visiting fans a reminder of who won after the game.
“It’s nice to rub it in to my Manhattan friends,” he said.
Kansan staff writer C.J. Moore can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Kate Shipley
BY SHAWN SHROYER
Weeks ago, the Kansas defense was turning opposing quarterbacks into conference players of the week. On Saturday, it gave a conference player of the week nightmares.
Stuck in some kind of “bizarro” world, Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman never found a comfort zone and regressed to the quarterback he’d been earlier in the season.
Freeman was responsible for all six of Kansas State’s turnovers, resulting in 31 of Kansas’ 39 points. Interestingly enough, the Wildcats directed blame for the 39-20 loss everywhere but their young quar-terback.
Kansas State coach Ron Prince said that part of his quarterback’s forgettable performance might have been the result of it being “one of those days.” He appeared to be more upset with the lackluster play of Freeman’s supporting cast.
“A lot of people around him have to play well,” Prince said. “That didn’t happen, and we were a little bit out of sync, a little bit out of rhythm.”
While Freeman’s receivers didn’t run perfect routes every play, and his blockers missed blocks occa-sionally, it’s hard not to focus most of the blame on Freeman.
Take away Kansas State’s first play from scrimmage — a 66-yard pass — and Freeman was a dis-mal 22-for-43 for 178 yards with three interceptions and three lost fumbles.
Nevertheless, even his team-mates went to bat for him.
“I think Josh executed well when he had the chance,” tight end Rashaad Norwood said. “That’s pretty much it.”
The key for Kansas was tak-ing away Freeman’s opportunities. Sophomore defensive end Russell Brorsen said the defense sent more pass rushers after Freeman as the game progressed.
The only reason the Jayhawks would have had any reason to doubt their game plan was what Freeman had done the last two weeks.
Freeman entered the weekend with back-to-back Big 12 Player of the Week honors and was voted
Cingular All-America Player of the Week for his performance against Texas last Saturday.
Freeman was looking at a possible third-straight week of accolades, fac-ing the 12th-ranked passing defense in the conference and 117th-ranked out of 119 teams nationally.
But against Kansas, Freeman looked more like the quarterback he was his first four games as a starter when he completed only 49 of 114 passes and had seven inter-ceptions and one lost fumble to zero touchdowns.
Freeman’s relapse took Kansas sophomore cornerback Aqib Talib by surprise.
“He didn’t look like a freshman quarterback on film,” Talib said.
Freeman’s struggles brought Kansas State’s offense to a screech-ing halt. The Wildcats went the entire third quarter without a single first down. Again, Prince took the blame.
“It’s my responsibility for how the ball moves,” Prince said. “I obvi-ously did a poor job of that, and I take responsibility for that.”
Perhaps Prince’s biggest mistake was neglecting running back Leon Patton. Not until an eight-yard run by Patton in the fourth quarter did Kansas State finally move the chains in the second half.
Patton carried the ball only 14 times, leaving Freeman to take most of the beating — a total of five sacks.
Brorsen gave Freeman credit for being tough to bring down, saying it took multiple shots to bring him down.
At times though, he resisted being sacked only long enough to cough up turnovers.
Still, Prince refused to blame his quarterback.
“I did a poor job, not Josh,” Prince said. “He’s a freshman quarterback. He’s done unbelievable things for us. Everything he’s done for us, I consider a real blessing.”
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroyer can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Kristen Jarboe
Quotables» “I think they thought after the Texas game, they thought they could come in here and win. Probably based on that, their perfor-mance was lower.”
— Running back Jon Cornish on K-State
overlooking the Jayhawks
» “Before the game Anthony told me ‘Aqib, this is my breakout game, Aqib. I’m going to have my breakout game.’ So I told him, ‘You’ve been telling me that for eight weeks straight.’ But he fi nally had his breakout game. He’s ready now.”
— Talib on freshman cornerback
Anthony Webb
» “Our referees are pretty strict in the Big 12, and rightfully so. I don’t like that hotdogging stuff .”
— Mangino on Webb’s touchdown
celebration, which drew a ‘taunting’
penalty.
» “Bob Whitaker had his 47th start in a row. Poor Bob, he’s got a couple bad knees, and then he got his ankle rolled up in the fourth quarter. He was limping off the fi eld look-ing like a frog on crutches. But he’s a tough son-of-a-gun, and he’s courageous, and he’s meant a lot to our program.”
— Mangino on off ensive lineman Bob
Whitaker, who has started every game in
his four-year career at Kansas
K-State doesn’t blame QB for loss
Fans boo as others tear down goalposts
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Kansas State’s Andrew Erker checks on his teammate Joshua Moore after a play, which left
him injured. Moore was taken off the fi eld by paramedics.
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Kansas fans bring down the south goalpost after Saturday’s 39-20 victory against Kansas State. Both goalposts were marched to Potter Lake. The crowd of 51,821 had mixed feelings. Some fans booed at
others who took the goalposts to Potter Lake, while others celebrated on the fi eld but wanted no part in bringing down the goalposts.
KU 39 — KSU 20 5B Monday, noveMber 20, 2006
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Kansas 39Kansas State 20November 18, 2006
KU 39 — KSU 204B Monday, noveMber 20, 2006
Missouri losing and Kansas winning casts a new light on Saturday’s Border Showdown. Can the Jayhawks continue their winning ways or will they be feeling down in Columbia, Mo.?
The Jayhawks, winners of three straight, enter Columbia to face
a reeling Tigers squad. If the Kansas defense can continue its improved play, especially in the secondary, the Jayhawks will have an opportunity to knock Mizzou off for the fourth-straight year. With the elimination of careless turnovers, Missouri fans may be wondering whether Gary Pinkel’s three-year contract extension came two weeks too early.
— Kayvon Sarraf
The Jayhawks have a good op-
portunity to add another victory to their total by beat-ing Missouri in Columbia on Saturday. Despite three red zone turnovers and allowing a special teams touchdown, the Jayhawks still found a way to dominate the Wildcats, who was flying high after their upset against Texas. Expect Kansas to find a fix to the mistakes and give Missouri all that it can handle on the road.
— Daniel C. Weixeldorfer
As the season plays out, it’s obvi-ous that Missouri
isn’t nearly as good as it appeared during its 6-0 start, and Kansas is better than it looked while stumbling to a 3-5 record earlier in the sea-son. In the Tigers’ last three games, the opposing running backs ran for an average of just more than 150 yards. Jon Cornish will punish the Missouri frontline, leading the Jayhawks to a victory.
— Kyle Carter
Missouri is fresh off a loss to the pesky last-place
Iowa State Cyclones and their retiring coach, Dan McCarney. The Jayhawks, riding a three-game winning streak, haven’t blown a fourth quarter lead in nearly a month and and seem to have pulled it together much like last year’s team did. The Jayhawks, with their new swagger, will make it four straight against Mizzou.
—Jack Connor
It is clear that the Kansas team we saw dismantle
Kansas State is vastly supe-rior to the team that looked embarrassing just a few short weeks ago. Freshman cor-nerback Anthony Webb has matured quickly to solidify the pass defense and the offensive line has continued to assert itself as one of the best in the conference. Fresh off of a draining loss to Iowa State, Missouri could be in perfect position to lose once again in what is becoming an increasingly one-sided rivalry.
— Asher Fusco
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By Michael PhilliPs
Just like after every game this year, freshman cornerback Anthony Webb got a talking to from sophomore cornerback Aqib Talib. This one was different, though.
Instead of getting on him for allowing a big play, he had some-thing to say about Webb’s touch-down celebration, which resulted in a 15-yard “taunting” penalty.
“He could have done a better dive if he was going to get the flag,” Talib joked. “We’re going to work with him.”
The lighthearted atmosphere was a change from the mood earlier in the season, when the Jayhawks were feeling down after routinely being burned on long pass plays.
Webb’s performance in Saturday’s 39-20 victory showed just how far he and the rest of the defense have come this season.
Unlike most college corner-backs, Webb didn’t sit out his first year of college, instead he jumped right into the starting lineup because of a lack of depth. It wasn’t a coaching gamble as much as it was a necessity: The Jayhawks had nobody else who could fill the position.
“It was hard, especially for me,” he said. “I was giving up big things, but the coaches and players told me it was going to be all right. Everybody stuck by me.”
It wasn’t just as simple as just
getting the young players expe-rience, though. Defensive coor-dinator Bill Young has tried to find the winning combination of players and plays all season. On Saturday he had success moving a receiver, senior Dominic Roux, to the defensive side.
Combined with a game plan that had a healthy mix of blitz-ing, not blitzing and semi-blitzing, everything came together for the Jayhawks.
“Coach Young had everybody in the right place at the right time,” Talib said. “For every formation they came out in, we had a good plan.”
Unlike last year’s group, which was mostly seniors, the Jayhawks can look forward to beginning next season with few worries about who will step up on defense. The only pass defender who graduates is safety Jerome Kemp.
As for Talib, the cornerback will likely hear from NFL scouts urg-ing him to follow the path blazed last year by Charles Gordon. After the game, Talib extinguished that fire before it ever had an opportu-nity to ignite.
“We’ve got to play for the Big 12 Championship,” he said. “I’m going to be a part of that next year.”
Kansan sports editor Michael Phillips can be reached at [email protected].
— Edited by Janiece Gatson
Webb’s big play demonstratesimprovement
all but assure a second-straight bowl game.
But bowl eligibility, or a season-high three game winning streak, wasn’t the biggest story from Saturday’s game. Cornish was.
Coming into the game, Mangino had a two-fold game plan. The first part of that involved using Cornish — a lot.
He touched the ball 25 times for an average of eight yards a carry. It didn’t matter whether it was up the middle or to the outside; Cornish had no problem shredding the Wildcats defense.
“Obviously too much Cornish,” Kansas State coach Ron Prince said. “He’s a terrific runner, we knew that coming in. We knew we were going to control the ball and do some things so that they couldn’t work us over with him.”
But the Jayhawks did exactly that.
Going into the teeth of the Wildcats defensive line is where Cornish did most of his damage. His first touchdown run on the afternoon came straight up the middle.
Once he got past the Wildcats first line of defenders near the 10-yard line, he was gone. Cornish ran basically untouched into the end zone for the touchdown.
One of the big reasons for Cornish’s success against K-State was the play of his offensive line.
“I haven’t seen them play a bet-ter game,” Cornish said. “They were on all their blocks the whole night. Taking credit for my perfor-mance tonight would be completely wrong.”
But thanks to his offensive line, Cornish moved one step closer to his goal — Kansas’ single-season rushing record.
With his performance Saturday, Cornish now needs just 112 yards next week against Missouri.
“I only need 100 yards,” Cornish said with a laugh. “I can walk to it.”
And for that other part of the game plan, it involved stopping the Wildcat’s rushing attack and forc-ing quarterback Josh Freeman to make plays.
He couldn’t and Kansas turned his mistakes into easy points.
Freeman turned the ball over six times — three interceptions and three fumbles. Those turnovers led to 31 Kansas points.
But what forced Freeman into those mistakes was a lack of run-ning game. Despite getting 102 yards from running back Leon Patton, which broke Kansas’ streak of 23 straight games without allow-ing a 100-yard rusher, the Wildcats
were unable to run the ball at key times. Without a running game, it put K-State in numerous third-and-long situations.
That forced Freeman to make plays himself, which more often than not, meant a Wildcat turn-over.
“We had a real good game plan on what they tried to do,” sopho-more cornerback Aqib Talib said. “They try to keep things simple in regards to the plays they run. We seemed to have a plan for every formation they threw at us.”
Coming into the game on a bye week, Kansas didn’t seem like it would have the momentum, espe-cially with K-State’s upset of No. 4 Texas a week ago.
But with bragging rights and a bowl game on the line, it was defi-nitely a must win.
“I had no intention of letting K-State win this game,” Cornish said. “If we had lost this game, it would be the ultimate disappointment.”
They didn’t. And now Cornish has a few new friends because of it.
Kansan senior sportswriter Ryan schneider can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Kristen Jarboe
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football notebook»The victory marked the first time Kansas has won two of three against K-State since 1989-1991.
»Junior kicker Scott Webb’s 49-yard field goal in the first quarter was a career long.
»The defense forced a sea-son-high six turnovers.
»Saturday’s attendance, 51,821, was the largest crowd to ever see a game at Memo-rial Stadium. It was also the second largest crowd to watch a game between the Jayhawks and Wildcats.
»Both goalposts were torn down following the game and taken to Potter Lake.
— Ryan Schneider
How did this happen? To start, the number of bowl games has shot up as ESPN looks for more ways to avoid showing World Series of Darts re-runs.
Also, the new trend is to never schedule a meaningful game against anybody early in the season. In 1996, Kansas played Ball State, TCU and Utah — all of which were nationally ranked. In 2006, Kansas played Louisiana-Monroe, Toledo and South Florida, and only South Florida will be making a bowl this year.
With four non-conference games, including one against a Division I-AA school, it’s not unusual to enter conference play with three
victories. That means a team only has to go 3-5 in conference games to make a bowl. What other sport allows a team with a losing confer-ence record to participate in the postseason?
The only Big 12 schools that won’t be participating in a bowl this year are Colorado, Iowa State and Baylor. Colorado has a new coach, Iowa State fired its coach, and Baylor is, well, Baylor.
This doesn’t take anything away from Saturday’s victory — and Jon Cornish’s superhuman rushing performance – but let’s face facts: Jayhawk fans shouldn’t be tearing down the goalposts after winning a game that Kansas was favored
to win and becoming the ninth of 12 teams in the conference to earn bowl eligibility.
Cornerback Aqib Talib pointed out that the Jayhawks should have made a bowl weeks ago, but let several close games slip away from them.
So celebrate a dominating victory that put the other Kansas school back in its place, but don’t celebrate a second-straight year of bowl eli-gibility. It’s time to start expecting that.
Phillips is a Wichita senior in jour-nalism. he is the Kansan sports editor.
— Edited by Catherine Odson
PhilliPs (continued from 1B)
from the press box...It waS over wheN…Freshman cornerback Anthony Webb returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown. That touchdown put Kansas up by 17 points midway through the fourth quarter. Webb’s dive into the end zone was flagged for excessive celebration.
Game ball GoeS to…Jon Cornish had his best performance as a Jayhawk in his final game at Me-morial Stadium. Cornish finished the night with a career-high 201 yards on 25 carries, with two touchdowns. With his big night, Cornish is 112 yards shy of the school’s single-sea-son rushing record.
Game to forGet…Junior punter Kyle Tucker continues to struggle this season, after being named to award lists before the season. Tucker averaged just 35 yards on his two punts. Tucker, though, did land a roughing call that kept a drive alive.
Stat of the Game…K-State quarterback Josh Freeman had six turnovers. Those turnovers eliminated any opportunity for a Wildcat victory because they led to 31 Jayhawk points. After being named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week in the last two weeks, Freeman certainly looked more like a freshman Saturday.
— Ryan Schneider
Kansas St. 3 7 3 7 — 20Kansas 13 7 0 19 — 39
fIrSt QuarterKSU — Snodgrass 21 yd field goal, 11:54.KU — S.Webb 38 yd field goal, 6:27.KU — Cornish 13 yd run (S.Webb kick), 3:31.KU — S.Webb 49 yd field goal, 1:03.
SecoNd QuarterKSU — Patton 44 yd run (Snod-grass kick), 11:27.KU — Brorsen recovered fumble in end zone (S.Webb kick), 1:32.
thIrd QuarterKSU — Snodgrass 47 yd field goal, 9:56.
fourth QuarterKU — S.Webb 41 yd field goal, 14:14.KU — A.Webb 42 yd interception
return (S.Webb kick), 10:38.KSU — J.Johnson 85 yd kickoff return (Snodgrass kick), 10:25.KU — S.Webb 35 yd field goal, 7:57.KU — Cornish 12 yd run (kick failed), 4:08.
INdIvIdual StatIStIcSRUSHING — KSU: Patton 14-102, J.Johnson 8-28, Freeman 8-(-12). KU: Cornish 25-201, Meier 8-37, Lamb 1-9, McAnderson 1-1, Team 1-(-1).PASSING — KSU: Freeman 23-44-3-244. KU: Meier 11-23-2-108.RECEIVING — KSU: Nelson 8-64, Mastrud 5-103, Norwood 3-17, J.Johnson 3-11, Patton 2-23, Gon-zalez 1-14, Wilson 1-12. KU: Fields 7-72, Murph 2-10, Lamb 1-22, Cornish 1-4.
recordS — Kansas State 7-5, 4-4, Kansas 6-5, 3-4.
Kansas 39, Kansas State 20
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senior running back Jon Cornish runs past a Kansas State defender during Saturday’s game. Cornish and 16 other seniors were honored before their final home game. Kansas defeated Kansas State 39-20 to get its sixth victory and become bowl eligible.
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safety Jerome Kemp tackles Kansas State running back James Johnson. The defense forced a season-high six turnovers and scored 31 points from the turnovers. The Jayhawks defeated the wildcats, 39-20, for the second straight time in Lawrence.
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senior running back Jon Cornish became the ninth Jayhawk to pass the 2,000-yard rushing mark. His 2,119 career yards rank ninth on the all-time list. He is just 129 yards shy of eight.
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senior wide receiver Jonathan lamb tries to outrun the Kansas State defense during Saturday’s game. Lamb recorded one reception for 22 yards.
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Junior kicker scott Webb kicks off after a Kansas score Saturday. webb recorded a 49-yard field goal in the first quarter, his career long.
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senior running back Jon Cornish moves into third on the Kansas single-season rushing list with 1,331 yards. He is 18 yards short of second and 112 yards from first.
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senior running back Jon Cornish rushes in his seventh 100-yard game this season. Cornish recorded a career-high 201 yards in the victory against Kansas State.
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senior wide receiver brian Murph throws a block for sophomore wide receiver dexton Fields. Fields had seven receptions for 72 yards in the Jayhawks 39-20 victory against the wildcats.
Shot chartFirst half
Second half
Towson shot only 34.6 percent from the field in the opening half.
The Tigers improved their field goal percentage in the second half, but the Jayhawks refused to let them back in the game, holding them to 1-for-6 from three-point range in the second half.
Junior guard Russell Robinson led the Kansas defense with five steals, and freshman forward Darrell Arthur, sophomore forward Julian Wright and junior forward Darnell Jackson dominated the inside, com-bining for seven blocks.
The turnovers sparked an offense that took its time before pulling away from the Tigers. Against Towson’s zone defense, Kansas spent too much time working the ball around the perimeter early in the game and forced many of its shots.
“The zone was kind of tough because we wanted to get into a running game,” sophomore guard Mario Chalmers said. “We just had to slow it down, work through our offense and try to find open looks in the zone.”
Midway through the first half, the Kansas offense finally found a rhythm. Between the 9:00 and 2:55 marks, Kansas went on a 20-8 run, creating a 13-point deficit that Towson could never overcome.
Arthur and sophomore guard Brandon Rush carried the Kansas offense for the first 10 minutes of the
first half, combining to score all of the Jayhawks’ first 17 points.
But it was freshman guard Sherron Collins and Chalmers who were the catalysts of Kansas’ run. Collins jump-started the run with two straight three-pointers and Chalmers scored 11 of Kansas’ points during the run.
Kansas’ lead stretched as far as 29 points in the second half as the game transformed into a highlight-reel for the Jayhawks. The victory gave the
team a much-needed lift, coming off the home loss to Oral Roberts.
“We needed it big time. A couple of guys were getting down on them-selves,” Chalmers said. “This win’s going to help us bring everybody back up.”
Game notes:»The Kansas baseball team received its 2006 Big 12 Championship rings at halftime.»Showing signs of improvement
from the perimeter, Rush, Chalmers and Collins shot 6-for-13 from three-point range, collectively. »Junior guard Jeremy Case suit-ed up for the first time this season and played eight minutes.
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroy-er can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Kristen Jarboe
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brandon rush, sophomore guard, shoots the ball over Towson’s Gary Neal early in the second half of Sunday night’s game in Allen Fieldhouse. Rush contributed 13 points in the 87-61 victory.
Towson 25 36—61Kansas 42 45—87
Towson —Breaux3-72-28,Tubbs1-53-45,Crossin2-70-06,Coleman2-40-04,Neal6-164-617,Pratt1-10-02,Williams3-70-07,Jackson0-00-00,Spruill2-40-04,Pease1-10-02,Raboin2-32-26,Plack0-10-00.Totals23-5611-1461.
Kansas —Arthur10-126-726,Wright5-72-412,Robinson1-45-67,Chalmers6-100-115,Rush5-102-213,Collins2-80-06,Stewart0-00-00,Case0-20-00,Morningstar0-10-00,Jackson2-22-26,Kleinmann1-10-02.Totals32-5717-2287.
RecoRds—Kansas2-1Towson2-1
— Associated Press
Kansas 87, towson 61
By C.J. Moore
Darrell Arthur said he preferred coming off the bench, but he fooled everyone Sunday night when he made his first start against Towson.
The freshman forward scored an all-so-brief career-high 26 points and pulled down eight rebounds — also a career high — and might have earned himself a permanent spot in coach Bill Self ’s starting lineup.
“I don’t know why’d I’d go back the other way right now,” Self said. “I thought he looked pretty good tonight. I would imagine that’ll be the case until somebody beats him out.”
Even Arthur was wide-eyed as he stared at the stat sheet after the game. He went 10-for-12 from the field, 6-for-7 from the free throw line, blocked three shots and had a steal, which he turned into a layup on the other end.
“All my shots were basically layups. I got two of them blocked,” he said. “The team did a good job finding each other in transition.”
Arthur seems to benefit the most from the Jayhawks up-tempo style this season. Kansas scored 31 fast-break points, two of which came off an alley-oop from junior guard Russell Robinson in the second half.
“Darrell is a high flyer,” sopho-more guard Mario Chalmers said.
Arthur also used his high-wire act to score off offensive rebounds. He
had a one-handed dunk off a a miss by sophomore guard Brandon Rush in the first half and an acrobatic lay in following a Rush air ball in the second half.
Arthur used easy opportunities like put backs to find his comfort zone early on in his first start.
“I was nervous at first, but when I scored a couple of buckets, I got used to everything,” he said. “I got relaxed, just ran up the court and we did a good job finding each other.”
Arthur got word of his first start Sunday, partially because junior for-
ward Darnell Jackson injured his shoulder during practice Friday morning. Other than a late second half scoring spurt by sophomore forward Julian Wright, Arthur was the lone point produc-
tion from the post for the Jayhawks. It has been that way most the season and three games in, the freshman forward is the leading scorer for the Jayhawks at 20 points per game.
Arthur’s performance could make it tough for junior center Sasha Kaun to find his way back into the lineup when he returns — even if that’s what Arthur would prefer.
Kansan staff writer C.J. Moore can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited for Catherine Odson
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Darrell arthur, freshman forward, hangs on the rim after slam dunking the ball. Arthur led Kansas against Towson with a season-high 26 points and eight rebounds.
“i was nervous at first, but when i scored a couple of buck-ets, i got used to everything.”
DARRellARThuRFreshmanforward
Arthur leads Jayhawks with 26 points in first start
quotes» “Iwasprettynervousbecauseitwasmyfirstcollegestart.ThenIgotintotherhythmofthegame.”
— Freshman forward Darrell Arthur
» “Weplayedbetter.Ofcourse,youcan’tplayworse.Wecan’tgettooexcitedaboutthisbecausethisiswhatyou’resup-posedtodoeverynight.We’dbeundefeatedifwegaveeffortlikethateverynight.”
— Coach Bill Self on the team rebounding after the Oral Roberts loss.
» “Wewereonalittlerunthere,butthezonewasoutplayinghigh,andmyteam-
matesfoundmefortheopenshots.Ihadthehothandforawhile,andmyteammateskeptfindingme.”
— Sophomore guard Mario Chalmers
» “There’snothinglikehittingshotstostartthegame,espe-ciallyfortheguards.”
— Sophomore forward Julian Wright
» “Coachisjusttryingtomakeusrealizeit’saprocess.hedoesn’texpectustobeperfect,butheexpectsustobefiredupforeverygame.”
— Julian Wright, on practices after the Oral Roberts loss.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19)Today is a 9It’s not quite time to go yet, although you’re getting impatient. Actually, you’ve always been impa-tient. This time, if you stay cool, you can make it happen. TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Today is a 7You can aff ord to throw an expen-sive celebration. Do have the party but don’t spend the money. Stash that away in the bank.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)Today is an 8Yes, you’re still busy enough for two or three people. Don’t let that scare you. Get one person who will do what you don’t like to do, and you’ll be fi ne.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is an 8Ideas are coming fast and furious but not all of them are good. Some are downright ridiculous. Wait until tomorrow to decide which is which.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Today is a 7There are a few things you’d like to change about your living condi-tions. Get tough and get organized. And get your family to help.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Today is an 8The more you learn, the more ques-tions you want to ask. This is good but don’t do everything the others suggest. Use your own common sense.
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BRACCIANO, Italy — In the end, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ “wedding of the year” in this lakeside Italian town gave little satisfaction to fans closest to it.
Fans and residents who assembled under the walls of the 15th-century Odescalchi castle where the celebri-ties exchanged vows in a Scientology ceremony got to see none of it.
“Tom and Katie, the invisible newlyweds” read the headline in Sunday’s Corriere della Sera daily.
“I was hoping they would decide to show themselves,” said Daniela Garroni, a 60-year-old resident of Bracciano. “After all, that would have been a courtesy.”
Cruise and Holmes, who arrived in separate vehicles Saturday, drove past the hundreds of fans gathered outside the castle’s gates without
stopping or even cracking open a car window. Holmes was briefly spot-ted standing at a castle window, but drew back immediately as soon as people began to notice.
Still, fans including families with small children, teenagers and the elderly persevered. Some even chose to get drenched rather than leave their spot in the middle of an after-noon downpour.
All to no avail. Even celebrity guests, who included Brooke Shields, Richard Gere, and Jennifer Lopez, stayed away from the public eye.
“It would have been nice for the young ones,” to see them, said Mirella Flamini, 62.
Late night green, white and red fireworks from the top of the castle offered some entertainment to the town of 14,000 residents. The lav-ish display prompted cheers among the crowd and culminated with a
cascade of white lights that poured down the castle’s walls.
By early Sunday, all was quiet again and Cruise, Holmes and their guests had left, flying out of Rome for a honeymoon in the Maldives, Ciampino airport spokesman Adriano Franceschetti said.
Holmes and Cruise became engaged in June 2005, about two months after they went public with their relationship, kissing and pos-ing for photographers in Rome. Their daughter Suri was born April 18.
Cruise, star of “Top Gun” and more recently the “Mission: Impossible” series and “War of the Worlds,” was divorced from actress Nicole Kidman in 2001. Holmes, who starred in TV’s “Dawson’s Creek,” and last year in “Batman Begins,” had been engaged to Chris Klein.
Onlookers denied sight of ‘wedding of the year’
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NEW YORK — Emmitt Smith has no illusions about being the winner of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”
“I’m not going to Disneyland. I don’t think I’m going to be on the cover a Wheaties box,” the three-time Super Bowl champion told Newsweek magazine in editions
arriving on newsstands Monday.The former Dallas Cowboys
running back and the NFL’s all-time leading rusher beat out actor Mario Lopez, and won a glittering disco ball trophy. He said he and his wife would display it on their fi replace mantel.
When asked whether he or former “Dancing with the Stars” contestant and former NFL wide receiver Jerry Rice had the better dance moves, Smith said, “I’d like
to think that I do. I won the cham-pionship, right?”
He added, “I got some cal-luses on my toes, achy feet and a trophy.”
Smith said his professional dance partner, Cheryl Burke, want-ed to wear green sequins, and that he wanted to try and coordinate his outfi t. He said, “I may put it up for a charitable auction.”
— Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES — Heather Mills McCartney says rumors that she has a romantic relationship with her personal trainer are false, and that she’ll never remarry after her four-year union with Paul McCart-
ney fell apart.Mills McCartney, 38, and ex-
Beatle McCartney, 64, announced their separation in May and began divorce proceedings in July. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Bea-trice.
“I haven’t got a lover,” Mills Mc-Cartney told “Extra” in an interview to be aired Monday and Tuesday.
Tabloid newspapers and
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Mills McCartney says she has received much public support since the separation, with some people hugging her in the street. She said, “I didn’t know that many people cared. You get to know who your friends are and I haven’t lost
any friends.”Mills McCartney didn’t comment
on her divorce. But she said public perceptions that she was a “gold digger” were misguided. She said 85 percent of her income went to her charity. She said, “I fell in love for the right reason. I fell in love unconditionally.
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BY DREW DAVISON Kansas got out-blocked and out-
played during a Border Showdown loss Saturday night. The Tigers used an 11-4 total block advantage to defeat the Jayhawks in four games.
Kansas had momentum heading into the intermission after winning game two, but Missouri out-blocked Kansas in game three, 4-0, win-ning a back-and-forth battle in extra points. The Tigers then cruised to a nine-point victory in game four to
defeat the Jayhawks.“We fought so hard in the third
game,” Jana Correa, senior outside hitter, said. “We lost a little bit of energy in our fourth game. I think that was an issue, after game three, no energy.”
Kansas (10-17, 3-15 Big 12) lost to Missouri (16-11, 10-8 Big 12) in the four-game match by scores of 24-30, 30-28, 30-32 and 21-30 at a sold-out Horejsi Family Athletics Center. It is the eighth consecutive loss for the Jayhawks, who have two
matches remaining this season.“I said before the match, ‘It’s
Missouri, it’s the Border Showdown,’ all of that,” coach Ray Bechard said. “But, we’ve got to be able to look each other in the eye and say we played hard and gave a great effort. And we did.”
Missouri got on an 8-1 run early in game one to take an 11-4 advan-tage. Kansas fought back to cut the deficit to four, 24-20. But the Tigers, led by senior middle blocker Nicole Wilson’s five kills, pulled away to
win the first game by six.Kansas pulled the match even
in game two led by team captains Correa and Emily Brown, junior right side hitter. Correa had seven kills and Brown put in five to help the Jayhawks win by two.
Each team had to work hard for every point in a highly contested game three as it went to extra points. The Jayhawks built the biggest lead of the game early, 17-12. Missouri bounced back with a 6-1 run to tie the match at 18. From that point, the teams switched leads until the Tigers pulled away by two, 32-30.
After the grind-it-out game three, Kansas lost its momentum in game four. Missouri built a 23-12 lead, and cruised to victory by nine to win the match.
“We had a spurt there in game four, kind of getting down on our-selves,” Megan Hill, senior outside hitter, said. “But I thought we fought the whole game other than that stretch.”
Hill had one of her better match-es with 12 kills on .303 hitting effi-ciency.
It’s not the ideal situation for Kansas to try to snap its eight-match losing streak as it takes on No. 1 Nebraska (25-1, 17-1) next. First serve is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. It will be Senior Night for the five seniors, Correa, Hill, Jamie Mathewson, Lindsey Morningstar and Dani Wittman.
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davi-son can be contacted at [email protected].
— Edited by Kate Shipley
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Senior libero Jamie Mathewson dives for the ball during Saturday’s game against Missouri at Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Mathewson, along with
the other four seniors, will be honored Wednesday night on Senior Night.
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Savannah Noyes, sophomore middle blocker, hits the ball over the net past Missouri outside
hitter Jessica Vander Kooi during Saturday’s game against Missouri at Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
Missouri defeated Kansas, 3-1.
Drained Jayhawks lose against TigersGame two victory, close third game fail to build momentum