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    2005 The University Daily Kansan
    Wednesday
    chance of snow
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    chance of snow
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    Partly cloudy
    Christina Flowers, KUJH-TV
    Index
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    Freshman on the rise
    Ivana Catic plays with
    poise and consistency,
    even setting an assist
    record, though its only
    her first year. Womens
    basketball coach Bonnie
    Henrickson has plans for
    the outstanding guard.
    Page 12a
    Professor practically part of the institution
    46 years later, after holding varied high-profile
    positions and teaching classes all along, Del
    Shankel can still be found in his office. Page 2a
    an animated treasure for years to come
    Columnist Michael Phillips praises efforts by
    University staff and students to preserve a tradi-
    tion of Allen Fieldhouse for generations and the
    namesake of his column. Page 12a
    18 6 23 10
    tuesday, december 6, 2005 VOL. 116 issue 74 www.kAnsAn.cOm
    The sTudenT vOice since 1904
    By Matt Wilson
    Illustration by Wes Benson
    Online gambling puts students in the red
    M
    att Anderson was a freshman when he got in-
    volved in a habit that took him down a path
    of great stress and fnancial hardship.
    He was debt-ridden because of lost bets from the pre-
    vious semester. To pay off his bookie, he bet on every
    college football bowl game that season. But it wasnt
    just to pay off his debts he also did it for the adrena-
    line rush.
    As he talks about his experience with sports gam-
    bling, the Crystal Lake, Ill., seniors face shows the pain
    he suffered as a result of his addiction.
    It started with the New Orleans Bowl, which pitted
    Cincinnati against North Texas. He checked the line,
    the number of points a team in a game is favored by,
    on sportsbook.com. After some research, he put $50
    on Cincinnati.
    The Bearcats lost 24-19.
    By the end of the bowl season, Anderson had lost
    almost $2,000 after losing wagers on 15 of the 16 games
    he bet on.
    Once I got started I couldnt stop, Anderson said.
    It was my drug.
    Anderson, like many other college students, found
    the ease of gambling and the allure of a quick dollar
    enticing. With the ease of placing a bet online, more
    and more students are falling into the same trap and
    losing big. The limited regulation of online gambling
    despite the fact that gambling on sports is illegal in
    every state except Nevada only makes it easier. Most
    gambling Web sites operate offshore, making it nearly
    impossible for U.S. law enforcement to press charges
    against them.
    see GAMBLING oN pAGe 4A
    t student life
    t school of fine arts
    Students
    question
    spending
    By Ryan SchneideR
    rschneider@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    After complaints from stu-
    dents about the new ticket pol-
    icy for mens basketball tickets,
    Kansas Athletics Department
    offcials decided it was time for
    a change.
    Beginning with the teams
    Dec. 22 home game against
    No r t h e r n
    Col or a do,
    the $2.50
    transfer fee
    on student
    tickets will
    be waived,
    and only one
    person needs
    to be present
    to transfer
    tickets.
    St udent s
    have two
    ways of trans-
    ferring tick-
    ets. Transfers
    can be made
    after 1 p.m.
    on gameday
    at the Kansas
    Athletics tick-
    et offce, at
    the southeast
    corner of the
    f i el dhouse.
    For weekend
    games, the
    transfers can be made until 5 p.m.
    on Friday afternoon. The ticket
    can also be transferred at a special
    entrance, near the regular student
    entrance. In both cases, the stu-
    dent only needs to bring the two
    KUIDs to make the transfer. Jim
    Marchiony, associate athletics di-
    rector, said the change occurred
    after the department heard stu-
    dents complain about the policy
    being too confusing.
    Despite the empty seats in the
    student section at several games
    this season, Marchiony said the
    change was not in response to
    dwindling attendance.
    The reason the change was
    made was to make it easier for
    students to exchange their tick-
    ets, Marchiony said.
    Previously, both students
    had to be present for the trans-
    fer at the ticket offce and were
    charged a $2.50 fee.
    Edited by Ty Beaver
    t athletic tickets
    Student
    pressure
    changes
    policy
    Begin-
    ning with
    the teams
    Dec. 22
    home game
    against
    Northern
    Colorado,
    the $2.50
    transfer fee
    on student
    tickets will
    be waived
    and only
    one person
    needs to
    be present
    to transfer
    tickets.
    tcrime
    Professor reports beating
    By FRank TankaRd
    ftankard@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    KU professor Paul Mirecki was
    hospitalized Monday morning after
    two men beat him on the side of the
    road in rural Douglas County, he
    said.
    Mirecki said the two men beat
    him for about one minute with a
    metal object, striking him repeated-
    ly on the head, shoulders and back.
    Mirecki, chairman of the de-
    partment of religious studies, drew
    criticism from University offcials
    and state legislators last week after
    e-mails he had sent to a list server
    became public.
    In the messages, he made re-
    marks about Christian fundamen-
    talists that some considered offen-
    sive, including the message that the
    intelligent design class he planned
    to teach in the spring would serve
    as a nice slap in their big fat face.
    He apologized and canceled the
    class last week.
    He said the assailants made refer-
    ence to the intelligent design con-
    troversy during the attack.
    I had no idea who they were,
    but they certainly knew who I was,
    he said.
    Mirecki said he was taking a
    long, pre-dawn drive in the country
    to clear his mind in wake of the re-
    cent controversy and was planning
    to end his drive by stopping at a res-
    taurant for breakfast.
    He said two men were tailgating
    him in a pickup truck, and he pulled
    over to let them pass. He said he got
    out of his vehicle, then they did the
    same and beat him.
    Mirecki said he spent between
    three and four hours at Lawrence
    Memorial Hospital, where he re-
    ceived X-Rays and a CT scan. He
    said he suffered a broken tooth but
    didnt specify other injuries he may
    have sustained.
    Lt. Kari Wempe of the Douglas
    County Sheriffs offce said the inci-
    dent occurred south of Lawrence at
    about 6:40 a.m.
    Wempe described the suspects
    as two white men between 30 and
    40 years of age who left the scene
    in a large pickup truck. The sher-
    iffs offce reported that one of the
    men wore a red visor-style ball cap
    and wool gloves and that both men
    wore jeans. Anyone with informa-
    tion should call Crime Stoppers at
    843-TIPS or the sheriffs offce at
    841-0007. Lynn Bretz, director of
    the Offce of University Relations,
    said that she was alarmed and
    concerned by the incident and that
    the University had offered Mirecki
    assistance. Sen. Kay OConnor (R-
    Olathe), who has strongly criticized
    Mirecki for his e-mails, said whoev-
    er beat him should be prosecuted
    to the fullest.
    If they try to cover themselves
    under the mantle of being Christian
    or being Christian people, sorry
    Charlie, she said. Theyre just
    thugs.
    Staff writer Steve Lynn contrib-
    uted to this story. Edited by Er-
    ick R. Schmidt
    By GaBy Souza
    gsouza@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    Students in the design department wondered
    where their differential tuition dollars were going.
    They knew their department had spent the funds,
    but they had no tangible proof that the money
    spent was beneftting them.
    Differential tuition is an extra fee added to credit
    hours within particular schools. The schools can
    spend the extra money on specifc projects, equip-
    ment and upgrades.
    Student representatives, staff members of the
    department, Greg Thomas, chairman of the de-
    partment of design, and Steve Hedden, dean of
    the School of Fine Arts, met Monday night to dis-
    cuss problems with differential tuition.
    The School of Fine Arts, the umbrella under
    which the design department is found, began re-
    ceiving funds from differential tuition in 2004,
    and continues to receive them every year, al-
    though the school did not release specifc num-
    bers.
    Student committees in each discipline of the
    department decide how the money will be used.
    Last year, Thomas spent between $16,000 and
    $20,000 of the differential tuition money for new
    equipment, and student committees in the de-
    partment approved all of the purchases, which
    included a flm scanner, a paper trimmer and cut-
    ting mats.
    But Katie McRoberts, Overland Park junior,
    said she was never able to use the equipment be-
    cause it was locked in a room that, until recently,
    she did not have the code to access the equipment.
    Nothing was done to make the students aware of
    the equipment either, she said.
    If were not being given immediate access to it,
    theres no purpose, she said.
    Thomas said he hoped this was something that
    would never happen next year with anything pur-
    chased through differential tuition.
    The department has made some of the equip-
    ment available and will simplify the check out
    process.
    Michelle Lenihan, Overland Park senior, was
    concerned that about $6,500 of the differential
    tuition money used for department scholarships
    had not been received by its recipients. She said
    she knew at least one of six students who were
    supposed to receive the scholarship but had
    not.
    The question on everyones mind is where is
    it? she said.
    Thomas said he was not aware of any students
    not receiving their scholarships, but he and the
    departments accountant would be looking at it
    frst thing this morning.
    Hedden, Thomas and other students agreed
    that the funds could have been handled better
    this year, but to effectively spend the money, they
    would have to move on and not dwell on the
    problems.
    Edited by Theresa Montao
    Controversial fgure alleges
    attack south of Lawrence
    Mirecki has
    been in the
    news for his
    canceled
    class on
    intelligent
    design.
    news
    By Frank Tankard
    ftankard@kansan.com
    KANSAN STAFF WRITER
    Del Shankel doesnt have to
    come here anymore. He could
    be relaxing at home, playing golf,
    sitting on a beach. He could be
    anywhere. But hed rather be in
    1002 Haworth Hall, his offce.
    Tokens of achievement line
    the room: three Mortar Board
    Outstanding Educator plaques,
    a few science books with his
    name on the title page, a game
    ball from a KU football game.
    The room reads like a remark-
    able resume. But shiny metal
    plaques and heavy hardbound
    books dont tell the story.
    As people who have been
    around the University of Kansas
    for a while know, Del Shankel
    seems to have held every offce
    at the University, including two
    terms as interim chancellor, all
    the while continuing to teach
    classes.
    But Shankels story isnt about
    a list of accomplishments. Its a
    story of sincerity and loyalty, of
    a man whom Chancellor Robert
    Hemenway says represents all
    that is good about KU.
    Mr. Everything
    Shankel, now 78, arrived at
    the University in 1959 as an as-
    sistant professor of microbiol-
    ogy then called bacteriology
    with a salary of $6,000 a year.
    His interim duties started six
    years later when he flled in as
    chairman of the bacteriology
    department while the regular
    chairman went on sabbatical.
    He went on to become the
    Universitys designated pinch
    hitter, flling the positions (hold
    your breath): assistant, associ-
    ate and then interim dean of the
    College of Liberal Arts and Sci-
    ences, executive vice chancellor,
    interim chancellor twice, interim
    athletics director twice, interim
    executive vice chancellor twice
    and, in 2004, interim president
    and CEO of the Kansas Alumni
    Association.
    In 1980, KU football coach
    Don Fambrough asked Shankel
    to speak to the players before
    a game against Iowa State. The
    team was fresh off a 54-0 home
    loss to Nebraska and faltering
    with a 1-3-1 record.
    You could hear a pin drop,
    Fambrough said. They just
    listened to every word he had
    to say. He was funny, he was
    sincere. He was just a person
    hes hard to describe. I would
    just say all he wanted was to see
    the University be successful in
    every phase.
    The team won the game 28-
    17 and went on to win half of its
    remaining games. Shankel was
    given an autographed game ball.
    But being Mr. Everything
    wasnt easy. Provost David Shu-
    lenburger, who got to know
    Shankel in different capacities
    over the years, is serious when
    he says Shankel gave much of
    his life to KU.
    It did take a toll on my home
    life and the time spent with the
    kids, which sometimes now I
    regret, said Shankel, who has
    two grown daughters, one in
    Spokane, Wash., and the other
    in Walnut Creek, Calif.
    But whats past is past, he
    said.
    Shankel once considered
    leaving the University, when he
    was offered the job as chancellor
    at the University of Marylands
    College Park campus after his
    frst term as KU interim chan-
    cellor in 1980-81.
    He and his wife, Carol, stayed
    up until 3 a.m. discussing the
    job. He decided to turn down
    the offer. Students, friends and
    the KU atmosphere were too
    much to cut loose. He decided
    then that he would stay at the
    University of Kansas forever.
    I came here like many young
    faculty, thinking Id spend four
    or fve years here, then go some-
    place better, he said. Turned
    out that this was better.
    Forever a Jayhawk
    And so he stayed, all the way
    through retirement. Though
    he offcially retired in 1996, he
    continued to teach Introduction
    to Biology to classes of 175 to
    300 students for nominal pay.
    He quit teaching this semester,
    fguring hed get out on his own
    terms.
    I think I could still do a good
    job, but at some point I cant do
    as good a job as Id like to, he
    said. I would rather stop teach-
    ing before somebody else really
    thought it was time for me to
    stop.
    He continues to come in to
    his offce nearly every day, usu-
    ally between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
    He fnds enough work to keep
    him busy: writing letters of rec-
    ommendation, keeping up with
    science journals, serving on
    scholarship committees.
    He keeps in touch with for-
    mer students such as Segaran
    Pillai, senior medical and sci-
    ence adviser for the Depart-
    ment of Homeland Security in
    Washington, D.C. Pillai earned
    his doctoral degree in molecular
    genetics with Shankel as his ad-
    viser in 1996.
    He has become a lifelong
    friend, Pillai said.
    On nights and weekends,
    Shankel attends KU sport-
    ing events, concerts and plays.
    Posters of almost every KU team
    decorate the far side of his of-
    fce. He volunteers as a faculty
    mentor for the KU softball team,
    and in the spring, he plans to be
    a volunteer offcial at the KU Re-
    lays for the 36th straight year.
    I guess I feel best when Im
    still contributing something, he
    said.
    Shankel has been here for
    46 years. The University is
    ingrained in him, almost as
    deep as hes ingrained in the
    University.
    I dont believe that many in-
    stitutions have folks like Del,
    Shulenburger said.
    Edited by Theresa Montao
    2a The UniversiTy Daily Kansan TUesDay, December 6, 2005
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    TUESDAY
    The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activ-
    ity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at the Kansan business office, 119 Stauffer-
    Flint Hall, 1435 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045. The University Daily Kansan (ISSN 0746-4962) is published daily during the
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    By EsTuardo Garcia
    editor@kansan.com
    KANSAN coRRESpoNdENT
    Top 10 ways to reduce your heating bill
    this winter
    10. Close the damper in freplace when not in use.
    Lower the thermostat when freplace is in use.
    9. Open drapes and windows during the day to let
    sun heat your home and close at night for better
    insulation.
    8. Close the vents in rooms you do not use.
    7. Find and fx leaks and cracks in windows, doors,
    pipes, electrical and phone lines and dryer ducts.
    6. Insulate your attic.
    5. Change to a programmable thermostat, if possible.
    4. Lower your thermostat a few degrees.
    3. Check your air ducts for gaps, leaks or discon-
    nects.
    2. Replace furnace flters.
    1. Lower your hot water thermostat about 10 degrees.
    Source: 10 Easy Tips to Save Money on Your Home heating
    Bills by Greg Quincy
    t on the boulevard
    At home at KU, for 46 years
    Kim Andrews/KANSAN
    Del Shankel has had a long, prolifc career at the University of Kansas
    beginning in 1959 when he came to KU until he retired from teaching in
    1996. Courses he taught ranged from biology and microbiology courses to
    Honors Western Civilization and Freshmen Honors Tutorials. Shankel still is
    involved, writing letters of recommendation for biology students, serving on
    scholarship committees and keeping up with scientifc journals.
    t beliefs
    Group promotes alternative forms of fun
    By Eric JorGEnsEn
    editor@kansan.com
    KANSAN coRRESpoNdENT
    Evan Toren was a different person
    before he was a Mountain Dewd.
    The Shawnee seniors high school
    expelled him during his junior year,
    his parents continually kicked him
    out of the house, and he drank and
    partied too much, he said.
    During this time, he learned a
    valuable lesson.
    These people who I thought were
    my friends werent there for me when
    I needed them most, Toren said.
    Toren decided to clean up. He
    stopped partying, got back into
    school, and no longer relied on those
    friends for help. In college, he quick-
    ly found more people like him who
    wanted to break the social norm of
    drinking and partying.
    Toren became close with his new
    friends, and today they are best
    friends. They created a social net-
    work and started a group called the
    Mountain Dewds.
    The group now has more than
    40 members and many more who
    regularly attend Mountain Dewds
    events. The group now has an Okla-
    homa State chapter.
    The mission of the Mountain
    Dewds is to promote awesome-
    ness. The group encourages people
    with the same interests to follow
    through with those ideals. It encour-
    ages a more civilized college lifestyle,
    one without excessive alcohol and
    promiscuity.
    The group has its own shirts and
    an unoffcal parking pass and has
    evolved from its beginning in the
    spring of 2003. Many of the origi-
    nal members live together and their
    house plays base to all the activi-
    ties they plan. Brian Colter, Seattle,
    Wash., senior and high school friend
    of Toren, recently started the Okla-
    homa State branch.
    The lifestyle is what makes the
    group members so close, as well as
    attracts new recruits, group mem-
    bers said.
    We joke around and just say that
    everything we do is simply awe-
    some, but really, what we want is
    to draw people into a fun, close-knit
    community through what we do,
    said Andy Schuttler, Lenexa senior.
    The original members rank from
    undergraduates and graduates such
    as Toren and Schuttler to Asheville,
    N.C. senior and mens basketball
    player Christian Moody. Although
    the original members are devout
    Christians, they said religion is not
    the motivator of the group. Toren
    said some members beliefs rubbed
    off onto some of the newer members,
    but it was an indirect cause. Schut-
    tler echoed his friends remarks.
    Even though most of us share
    our faith in common, I wouldnt say
    were an evangelistic group. We want
    to make the most of the time were in
    college, Schuttler said.
    Toren and Nick Williamson,
    Kansas City, Mo., senior, both said
    the type of person they looked for
    were individuals who followed their
    friends to bars or parties, but didnt
    actually want to be there. They said
    many people felt pressured or obli-
    gated to go out drinking with friends,
    when they really had no desire to.
    Some of those people have found
    their way to the Mountain Dewds.
    Outside of promoting awesomeness
    we try to come up with clever ways to
    have fun, try to stay just outside the typi-
    cal college norm, Williamson said.
    Rather than an night of drinking,
    the group organizes Twister Par-
    ties, where everyone plays twister.
    They also plan alcohol-free dance
    parties. One favorite accomplish-
    ment was getting 90 people together
    to attend a Kansas City Royals game,
    group members said.
    Toren said the group did not discour-
    age drinking, but did not feel obliged to
    follow through with what he called the
    college student stereotype.
    We all have the same sensibili-
    ties of the world and share the same
    convictions, Toren said. We dont
    see anything constructive about the
    stereotype of college students. Weve
    been there, and its not for us.
    Toren said they looked for people
    who resembled them people such
    as Toren who have pasts of party-
    ing and have seen the stereotypical
    life of a college student, and want
    to fnd something else. He said the
    Mountain Dewds wanted to show
    them a path in which alcohol and
    partying was not the only option.
    The group is not affliated with
    PepsiCo.
    Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
    Many positions and many
    classes later, hes still here
    tuesday, december 6, 2005 the university daily Kansan 3a news
    on the record
    F A 22-year-old KU student re-
    ported to Lawrence police a
    window shattered between
    5 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday
    on the 1600 block of Tennes-
    see Street. The damage is
    estimated at $200.
    FA 21-year-old KU student
    reported to Lawrence police
    a burglary and a theft of
    some DVDs between 11 p.m.
    Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday
    on the 1700 block of Ken-
    tucky Street. The DVDs are
    valued at $900.
    FA KU employee reported to
    the KU Public Safety Offce a
    door frame broken between
    10 p.m. Friday and 10:35
    p.m. Saturday at Danforth
    Chapel. The damage is esti-
    mated at $200.
    FA 19-year-old KU student
    reported to the KU Public
    Safety Offce a theft of a
    Schwinn bicycle between
    11:30 a.m. Friday and 3 p.m.
    Saturday from a bike rack
    at Fraser Hall. The bicycle is
    valued at $400.
    FAn 18-year-old KU student
    reported to the KU Public
    Safety Offce damage to a
    left side mirror on a Ford
    Explorer between between
    12:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
    Saturday in KU lot 102, next
    to Lewis Hall. The damage is
    estimated at $500.
    on campus
    F Paul DAnieri, associate dean
    of the College of Liberal
    Arts and Sciences, is giving
    a speech called Ukraines
    Orange Revolution: One Year
    After from noon to 1 p.m.
    today in 318 Bailey Hall.
    corrections
    FMondays The University
    Daily Kansan contained an
    error. In the story State
    targets several local bars,
    The Hawk no longer admits
    18-year-olds.
    F An article in yesterdays
    The University Daily Kan-
    san contained an error. In
    Neighbors in Need, which
    appeared in the Holiday Gift
    Guide, Penn Houses name
    was misspelled.
    campus
    Rosemary Chapin, profes-
    sor of social welfare, has
    been chosen to be a repre-
    sentative to the White House
    Conference on Aging.
    The Conference on Aging
    is held once a decade, and
    will focus on providing poli-
    cies for the aging baby boom
    generation. This will be the
    ffth conference.
    The 2005 White House
    Conference on Aging occurs
    as the frst wave of the baby
    boomer generation prepares
    for retirement. Seventy-eight
    million baby boomers will
    begin to turn 60 in January
    2006.
    Delegates were appointed
    from all 50 states, the U.S.
    Territories, Puerto Rico and
    the District of Columbia.
    Chapin will begin her du-
    ties on Dec. 11.
    John Jordan and Gaby Souza
    A video that KU dance
    professor Janet Hamburg
    made to help people with
    Parkinsons disease better
    manage their symptoms
    won the 2005 Creative Use
    of Technology award last
    month, presented by the
    Association of Continuing
    Higher Education.
    The video, titled Moti-
    vating Moves, helps those
    with Parkinsons improve
    their breathing, fexibility,
    sense of balance, facial
    expressiveness and vocal
    range.
    It features tips for solv-
    ing daily movement chal-
    lenges, an instructional
    section with computer
    animations of a moving
    skeleton and a 30-minute
    seated exercise routine.
    For the video, Hamburg
    collaborated with Jim Jewell,
    KU continuing education se-
    nior director and the Parkin-
    sons Disease Foundation in
    New York City.
    Travis Robinett
    The Graduate and Profes-
    sional Affairs Committee
    will get the student senator
    they were promised last
    spring.
    Because of an error,
    the committees associate
    senator wasnt included in
    changes made to Senate
    rules. On Wednesday, Sen-
    ate will vote on changing
    the rules.
    This bill is simply correct-
    ing our error from last year
    in an attempt at consistency,
    said Lauren Pierson, Prairie
    Village junior.
    Pierson wrote the legisla-
    tion to make the changes.
    Pierson said the committee
    has had an associate senator
    who couldnt vote.
    Last spring, legislation was
    brought to allow the associ-
    ate senators of all the com-
    mittees voting rights, but the
    Graduate and Professional
    Affairs Committee was left off
    the list.
    John Jordan
    city
    The Douglas County Com-
    munity Health Improvement
    Project, or CHIP, was awarded
    $184,000 in cash by the
    Kansas Department of Health
    and Environment to expand
    tobacco use prevention ef-
    forts.
    Janelle Martin, CHIP
    executive director, said the
    grant would concentrate
    on helping smokers quit
    by providing free assis-
    tance. The funds also will
    go toward making it harder
    for minors to buy tobacco
    products and work to make
    the indoor air in Kansas
    safer.
    CHIPs special committee
    on tobacco prevention, facili-
    tated by Melissa Smith, cre-
    ated a plan three years ago
    to address tobacco control in
    Douglas County.
    Smith said the funding
    would allow the commit-
    tee to fully implement the
    components of the plan,
    which covers areas from
    community and school
    programs to counter-mar-
    keting.
    Travis Robinett
    crime
    Krista M. Harris, 19-year-
    old Lawrence resident, was
    charged with solicitation
    and conspiracy to murder
    as well as sale or delivery
    of crack cocaine during her
    frst appearance in Doug-
    las County District Court
    Monday.
    Police arrested Harris at 9
    p.m. Friday on the 1000 block
    of West 23rd Street.
    Sgt. Tarik Khalib of the
    Lawrence Police Department
    said in a press release that
    the department and the Bu-
    reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
    Firearms had investigated a
    report concerning someone
    who solicited another to
    commit a murder.
    The suspect allegedly gave
    crack cocaine to the potential
    murderer in exchange for the
    service.
    Steve Lynn and Gaby Souza
    A 33-year-old KU employ-
    ee reported to the KU Public
    Safety Offce that someone
    damaged the blue, crim-
    son and yellow fberglass
    Jayhawk outside the Kansas
    Union about 7:24 Friday.
    Pat Beard, director of
    building services, said that
    someone broke the bird away
    from its base.
    The Jayhawk needs to be
    sanded and repainted to re-
    pair the damage. Beard said
    he hoped to have the Jay-
    hawk back by this weekend.
    The damage is estimated at
    $500, Beard said.
    Steve Lynn
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    founders Lelia Conners Pe-
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    Online GamblinG
    Gambling
    continued from page 1a
    The hook
    Anderson compared his ad-
    diction to alcoholism and drug
    abuse. Although it didnt involve
    toxic chemicals that harmed
    him physically, the hook was as
    strong as anything else he could
    have abused.
    He began placing bets with a
    bookie on campus whom he met
    through a fraternity.
    After early winnings,
    Anderson thought he
    could earn a supple-
    mental income to
    help pay his expenses
    at school. But betting
    soon became about
    more than money.
    Once I got going,
    I couldnt watch a
    Wednesday or Thurs-
    day night college foot-
    ball game without hav-
    ing something on the
    line, he said. It was
    just ridiculous. Every
    NFL game had some-
    thing on it, too.
    A recent Harvard
    University medical
    study showed that one out of
    every 20 college students sur-
    veyed was addicted to gambling.
    The study also determined that
    the same group had the high-
    est rates of pathological and
    problem gambling. In addition,
    youth were introduced to gam-
    bling through sports more fre-
    quently than through any other
    method.
    Another study surveyed 1,700
    students from
    six Midwestern colleges. Thir-
    ty-three percent of men and
    15 percent of women said they
    gambled at least once per week.
    The study also found pathologi-
    cal and problem gambling rates
    were four to eight times higher
    for college students than the rest
    of the adult population.
    Francis DeSalvo, director of
    Counseling and Psychological
    Services and assistant dean of
    students, said gambling addiction
    was a repetitive behavior that of-
    ten masked a persons real prob-
    lems. Most of the time, DeSalvo
    said, reducing stress and increas-
    ing self-esteem helped those who
    were fghting addiction.
    Gambling is different than
    alcohol or drugs, DeSalvo said.
    Your body doesnt really need
    more and more and more of it.
    The issue is fguring out what
    thats all about.
    Just point and click
    During winter break of his
    freshman year, Anderson ran
    into serious trouble. He had
    lost badly on the bowl games
    and had no way to pay back his
    debt. Rather than stop betting,
    he bet more and more to try to
    dig out of the hole.
    I started betting $200 be-
    cause that was the max they
    would allow, he said. I just
    kept doing $200, $200, $200,
    and before I knew it I was down
    about $2,000.
    Anderson was forced to make
    drastic lifestyle changes because
    of his drug. He sold personal
    items, including DVDs, a Sony
    PlayStation and games. He gave
    blood once, and he contemplated
    pawning a Breitling watch that
    he bought for $2,400. He even-
    tually resorted to other means of
    paying his debts. He collected
    or bought student tickets to KU
    mens basketball games against
    Arizona and Texas to give to his
    bookie. For each ticket, the col-
    lector knocked $25 off his tab.
    He used about $800 of excess
    fnancial aid to chip away at the
    bill before fnally asking a
    friend for the remaining
    $300.
    He said if he found
    out I was betting again
    he would get the money
    back from me somehow,
    Anderson said. Thats
    the main reason I dont do
    it anymore. When I talk to
    him he still asks me if Im
    betting.
    Compounding the prob-
    lem for students is the ease
    of placing bets online. Only
    a user name and a credit card
    are needed to make a deposit
    and get started. Nellie Mae,
    a foundation that runs loan
    programs for college students,
    conducted a survey of college
    students who applied for fnan-
    cial aid through its frm. The sur-
    vey showed 65 percent of under-
    graduate students have
    credit cards, 20 percent have
    four or more and the average
    balance is more than $2,200.
    Hard to be
    responsible
    Although many
    students get out of
    control at the com-
    puter, others say they can
    keep it in check. B r a d
    Liszt, Min- netonka,
    Minn., senior, said he tried
    to keep his bets to a
    minimum, wagering $100
    per week on a couple of
    games. He said staying
    within a budget would
    p r e - vent problems such
    as Andersons.
    Im not going to
    do anything that will
    affect my life, Liszt
    said. When you have
    to start cutting back on
    other things just so you
    can bet on a game that
    weekend, thats when you
    have a problem.
    He said the difference
    was being selective when
    choosing to bet. Betting
    just to bet is dangerous
    because you dont play
    the games with the
    best chance of
    winning.
    Liszt said he also avoided
    betting on games that involved
    his favorite teams, something
    that Anderson didnt do during
    the 2002 KU football season.
    The Jayhawks were in Lincoln,
    Neb., to play the Cornhusk-
    ers, and Kansas was a 48-point
    underdog with its third-string
    quarterback scheduled to start.
    Anderson put a sizable chunk
    of cash on Nebraska.
    After the Jayhawks scored
    on the opening drive of the
    game, Anderson had to sweat
    all the way through the fourth
    quarter and won when Ne-
    braska scored a late touch-
    down. Despite the win, the
    stress took its toll.
    Im still nervous, Anderson
    said. Those are the reasons I
    wont get started again.
    Efforts to stop Web sites
    The FBI estimated that nearly
    $6 billion was wagered on the
    2002 NCAA Mens Basketball
    Tournament alone. Only $600
    million was bet legally in Nevada
    meaning the rest was gambled
    illegally, either online via offshore
    operations or through bookies.
    Law enforcement agencies in
    the United States have no author-
    ity to pursue most offshore online
    gambling sites. A simple Google
    search reveals that most of these
    sites operate in locales such as
    London, Aruba, Costa Rica, Cu-
    racao and even tiny Barbuda.
    Whitney Watson, spokesman
    for the offce of Kansas Attorney
    General Phill Kline, said any gam-
    bling that occurs in Kansas and
    isnt sanctioned by the state is ille-
    gal, including online wagering. The
    state would have a diffcult time
    trying to enforce domestic laws on
    foreign operations. In addition, a
    Kansas resident who won a large
    amount of money would have no
    legal standing if the sports book re-
    fused to pay up.
    Legislation has been drafted
    over the past few years in an
    attempt to get a regulatory grip
    on the online gambling industry.
    In 1999, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.,
    proposed the Internet Gambling
    Prohibition Act, which would
    amend the Wire Wager Act of
    1961 to clearly include online
    gambling. The Wire Wager Act
    banned the use of telephones to
    place sports bets.
    Despite support from the
    NCAA and congressmen from
    both sides of the aisle, the bill
    failed. The Justice Depart-
    ments concern with the lan-
    guage of the bill spelled doom
    because, under the proposed
    legislation, people who called
    in picks for offce NCAA tour-
    nament pools would be safe
    while those who e-mailed their
    selections would be subject to
    arrest and jail time.
    In 2001, a bill spon-
    sored by Sen. Sam Brown-
    back, R-Kan., and Patrick
    Leahy, D-Vt., made it to the
    floor of the Senate. Named
    the Amateur Sports Integ-
    rity Act, the bill would have
    supplemented the Profes-
    sional and Amateur Sports
    Protection Act by banning all
    gambling on NCAA or other
    amateur athlet- i c
    events. The
    bill failed,
    largely due to Ne-
    vada lobbyists
    claims it would take
    away states rights
    and income.
    The NCAA and legisla-
    tors such as Brownback
    continue to fght gambling on
    amateur athletics, but no laws
    have been passed to regulate
    online gambling, and no pro-
    posed bill has made it as far as
    the Amateur Sports Integrity
    Act.
    Help for students
    When gamblers get out of
    control, curbing the addiction
    is often a tough proposition.
    The first step, and often the
    biggest hurdle to recovery, is
    recognizing that a problem
    exists. The Gamblers Anony-
    mous International Web site
    defines compulsive gambling
    as an illness, progressive in
    its nature, which can never be
    cured, but can be arrested.
    It says most gamblers have
    low self-esteem and think of
    themselves as weak or just
    plain no-good.
    There is also a list called
    20 questions that can help
    a gambler decide if he has a
    problem. An issue that KU
    students face specifically is
    that there is currently no
    Lawrence chapter of GA. The
    closest chapters with weekly
    meetings are in Topeka, Over-
    land Park and Leavenworth.
    A closer option for help is
    Counseling and Psychological
    Services.
    Located in Watkins
    Student Health Center,
    CAPS offers counsel-
    ing to KU students
    for a wide variety
    of issues. De-
    Salvo said
    the psy-
    c hol o-
    gists at
    Wa t k i n s
    rarely treated
    gambling addic-
    tions.
    He said only one
    or two students re-
    ceived treatment last year
    for gambling. That was not
    enough patients to justify an
    ongoing program for problem
    gamblers, so the department
    treats patients on a case-by-
    case basis.
    Anderson said he wished he
    could have stopped earlier, and
    he cautioned people who were
    contemplating making gambling
    part of their lives.
    Its a liability, he said. If
    you win, you want to win more.
    If you lose, you want to win it
    back and keep playing more.
    Its so addictive that youre go-
    ing to lose no matter how you
    come out of it fnancially.
    Edited by Katie Lohrenz
    and Tricia Masenthin
    4a The UniversiTy Daily Kansan TUesDay, December 6, 2005
    Gam-Anon (meets in To-
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    Hotline: (816) 545-4368
    Web site: www.gam-anon.
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    Gamblers Anonymous
    (meets in Topeka, Shaw-
    nee, Overland Park and
    Leavenworth)
    Hotline: (816) 346-9230
    Web site: www.gamblers
    anonymous.org
    Addicted?
    F Has gambling affected your reputation?
    F Have you ever gambled to get money to pay debts or
    solve fnancial diffculties?
    F Have you ever sold anything to fnance gambling?
    F Have arguments, disappointments or frustrations tempt-
    ed you to gamble?
    F Have you had an urge to celebrate by gambling?
    More at www.gamblersanonymous.org/20questions.html
    do you have a problem?
    I started betting
    $200 because that
    was the max they
    would allow. I just
    kept doing $200,
    $200, $200, and
    before I knew it I
    was down about
    $2,000.
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    t iraq
    Offcer cleared
    of all charges
    By John MilBurn
    The AssociATed Press
    TOPEKA The Army on
    Monday dropped murder charg-
    es against an infantry offcer ac-
    cused of giving soldiers in his
    command permission to kill two
    Iraqi civilians.
    Second Lt. Erick J. Anderson,
    of Twinsburg, Ohio, had been
    charged with two counts of mur-
    der, two counts of conspiracy,
    making a false statement, derelic-
    tion of duty and conduct unbe-
    coming of an offcer for allegedly
    authorizing the shooting deaths
    of Iraqi civilians by soldiers un-
    der his command. All the charges
    were dropped after an Army in-
    vestigator who presided over a
    two-day hearing at Fort Riley last
    month recommended that Ander-
    son not face a court martial.
    Right now, shock and awe
    is pretty much still in effect,
    Anderson told The Associated
    Press in a telephone interview.
    Its been a long 18 months that
    this has all been going on. The
    reality of it still hasnt hit that its
    done and over with.
    Anderson was a platoon lead-
    er in Charlie Company, 1st Bat-
    talion, 41st Infantry Regiment
    in August 2004. Four men in his
    36-member platoon were con-
    victed of murdering unarmed
    Iraqis during operations near
    Sadr City. Two of the soldiers
    said Anderson had given them
    the go-ahead to kill civilians,
    including one incident that was
    described as a mercy killing.
    The convening authority
    has dismissed the charges and
    unless any new signifcant and
    substantially credible informa-
    tion comes to light there will
    be no further investigation. The
    case is closed, said Lt. Col. Da-
    vid Velloney, deputy staff judge
    advocate at Fort Riley,
    Prosecutors in Iraq had
    dropped charges against An-
    derson in January, saying there
    wasnt enough evidence to pros-
    ecute him, but left the investi-
    gation open and the case was
    transferred back to Fort Riley
    for further review. New charges
    were fled in October. If convict-
    ed, Anderson, 26, could have
    faced life in prison.
    By Dan GooDin
    The AssociATed Press
    SAN FRANCISCO Wiki-
    pedia, the online encyclopedia
    to which anyone can contribute,
    is tightening submission rules af-
    ter a prominent journalist com-
    plained that an article falsely
    implicated him in the Kennedy
    assassinations.
    Wikipedia will now require
    users to register before they can
    create articles, Jimmy Wales,
    founder of the St. Petersburg,
    Fla.-based Web site, said Mon-
    day. People who modify existing
    articles will still be able to do so
    without registering.
    The change comes less than
    a week after John Seigentha-
    ler, a one-time administrative
    assistant to Robert Kennedy,
    complained in an op-ed pub-
    lished in USA Today that a bi-
    ography of him on Wikipedia
    claimed he had been suspect-
    ed in the assassinations of the
    former attorney general and
    his brother, President John F.
    Kennedy.
    Wikipedia, often cited as a
    prime example of the type of
    collective knowledge-pooling
    that the Internet enables, has
    some 850,000 articles in English
    as well as entries in at least eight
    other languages, including Ital-
    ian, French, German and Portu-
    guese.
    t COUrTS
    DeLays conspiracy charge dismissed
    Four men in his
    36-member platoon
    were convicted of
    mudering unarmed
    Iraqis ... Two of the
    soldiers said Ander-
    son had given them
    the go-ahead to kill
    civilians, including
    one incident that
    was described as a
    mercy killing.
    The fnal frontier
    By april Castro
    The AssociATed Press
    AUSTIN, Texas A judge
    dismissed a conspiracy charge
    Monday against Rep. Tom De-
    Lay but refused to throw out the
    far more serious allegations of
    money-laundering, dashing the
    congressmans hopes for now
    of reclaiming his post as House
    majority leader.
    Texas Judge Pat Priest, who is
    presiding over the case against
    the Republican, issued the ruling
    after a hearing late last month in
    which DeLays attorney argued
    that the indictment was fatally
    fawed.
    When he was indicted in
    September, DeLay was required
    under House rules to relinquish
    the leadership post he had held
    since 2003.
    While Mondays ruling was
    a partial victory for DeLay, he
    cannot reclaim his post.
    The ruling means the case will
    move toward a trial next year,
    though other defense objections
    to the indictments remain to be
    heard by the judge.
    The courts decision to dis-
    miss Ronnie Earles numerous
    charges against Mr. DeLay un-
    derscores just how baseless and
    politically motivated the charges
    were, DeLay spokesman Kevin
    Madden said, referring to the
    Democratic district attorney
    who brought the case.
    Mr. DeLay is very encour-
    aged by the swift progress of
    the legal proceedings and looks
    forward to his eventual and ab-
    solute exoneration based on the
    facts and the law.
    After the judges decision, De-
    Lay declined to speak with re-
    porters as he entered a Houston
    hotel for a campaign fundraiser.
    In a written statement, Earles
    offce said prosecutors were
    studying the ruling and had
    made no decision about whether
    to appeal. Prosecutors have 15
    days to challenge the decision.
    DeLay, 58, and two GOP
    fundraisers, John Colyandro and
    Jim Ellis, are accused of illegally
    funneling $190,000 in corporate
    donations to 2002 Republican
    candidates for the Texas Legis-
    lature.
    In asking that the case be
    thrown out, DeLay lawyer Dick
    DeGuerin argued that one of
    the charges conspiracy to
    violate the Texas election code
    did not even take effect until
    September 2003, a year after the
    alleged offenses occurred.
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    STAND UP
    JOEL SIMONE
    opinion@kansan.com
    The recent e-mail from Dr.
    Paul Mirecki has generated
    quite a stir amongst the reli-
    gious crowd and the response
    has been over-dramatized,
    hypocritical and, ironically,
    un-Christian.
    Rep. Brenda Landwehr (R-
    Wichita) said, If you read
    his e-mail, its not a short e-
    mail Its venomous.
    As a member of SOMA
    whoreceived the e-mail in
    question, I can say this claim
    is nothing short of a lie.
    The e-mail contained six
    paragraphs, of which only
    two sentences were the ones
    repeated various times by the
    media and could be construed
    as venomous. The rest of
    the email is informative. It
    gives time, location and con-
    tent of the course. It asks for
    input on textbooks or guest
    lecturers.
    Dr. Mireckis letter was
    not intended to offend all Ju-
    deo-Christians as has been
    claimed. The target of ire was
    only those who seek to under-
    mine education and the scien-
    tific process through a blatant
    misunderstanding of science.
    People who are up in arms
    about Dr. Mireckis com-
    ments need to get off their
    high horses.
    His comments were mean-
    spirited, but pale in compari-
    son to the vitriol of the fun-
    damentalists. The comments
    were made in a private forum,
    while fundamentalists slander
    anyone opposing their agenda
    as evil-utionists, God-hat-
    ers, unpatriotic or a laun-
    dry list of other names.
    These comments are pub-
    licly and proudly displayed
    on the Web sites of intelligent
    design proponents.
    Again, this isnt a case of
    Christians being attacked, but
    instead, a reminder that what
    goes around, comes around.
    Christians dont want to
    take this slap on the right
    cheek lightly. More than one
    member of our legislature has
    discussed slashing funding for
    the University in response to
    Mirecki exercising his right to
    free speech.
    Forgive me if Im mistaken,
    but I seem to remember that
    Jesus said something about
    turning the other cheek. Per-
    haps its time for these be-
    lievers to start acting like the
    Christians they claim to be.
    I dont condone the mud-
    slinging of either side and Im
    not going to venture an opin-
    ion on who started it.
    Instead of acting like chil-
    dren, both sides need to dis-
    cuss the matter in a mature
    manner.
    This isnt going to happen
    until fundamentalists real-
    ize they hold no moral high
    ground and are just as covered
    in mud as their opponents.
    Someone is going to have
    to take the first step and ig-
    nore the accusations and
    name-calling from the other
    side long enough to re-estab-
    lish communication.
    Who bears this responsi-
    bility? I dont know. But for
    you religious types out there,
    try asking yourself this: What
    would Jesus do?
    Jon Voisey
    St. Louis junior in
    physics and astronomy.
    LETTER TO THE EDITOR
    Criticism of class un-Christian
    ZACHARY ABRAMOVITZ
    opinion@kansan.com
    GUEST COMMENTARY
    Conservative agenda
    causes controversy
    Was there a violent cry for
    redress last June when Vice
    President Dick Cheney pub-
    licly accosted Congressman
    Leahy on the Senate floor
    with the F word? Or when
    Pat Roberts, a prominent con-
    servative television evange-
    list, demanded the assassina-
    tion of Venezuelan President
    Hugo Chavez on his televi-
    sion show, The 700 Club?
    Or when President Bush, at
    the Middle East Peace Sum-
    mit in 2003, made an even
    more outrageous claim: Jus-
    tifying military action in Af-
    ghanistan and Iraq as a direct
    divination from God?
    No actions taken for these
    incidents match the ones in
    response to Dr. Paul Mireckis
    divulged e-mails. To cut to
    the chase, the United States
    is controlled and dominated
    by the Christian conserva-
    tive right and is why critics
    have lambasted Dr. Mirecki
    so fiercely.
    This whole ordeal is not
    a matter of a professors ill-
    chosen words, but an affront
    against a self-proclaimed lib-
    eral whose dissent stands in
    direct contrast to a conserva-
    tive political and social sys-
    tem.
    It is disgusting to see the
    ways in which politicians have
    interfered with the operations
    of an institution such as the
    University. Calls from conser-
    vative activist John Altevogt,
    who wants the religious stud-
    ies department brought under
    the control of a private reli-
    gious organization and the
    Universitys Society of Open-
    Minded Atheists and Agnos-
    tics dissolved, should raise
    serious concerns.
    The fact that state legislators
    would even be willing to cut
    funding to the University over
    the institution of a class that
    questions certain religious phi-
    losophies is an outrage. All of
    this amounts to conservative
    censorship of what is viewed
    as liberal propaganda.
    The words of Dr. Mirecki
    may have been crude and
    inappropriate, but there is a
    deeper meaning to be found
    at the heart of this controver-
    sy. It is a matter of freedom
    versus censorship. Does free-
    dom of speech extend only up
    to the point when religion is
    criticized?
    Dont students at a secular
    university have the right to
    take a class that is skeptical
    of religion? Politicians and
    activists may see victory in
    the withdrawal of this class,
    but there are plenty of other
    courses which hold intelli-
    gent design and creationism
    in a critical light.
    One of the first subjects
    discussed in the Introduc-
    tion to Evolutionary Biology
    class this semester is how the
    implications of intelligent
    design do not fit inside the
    paradigm of empirical, scien-
    tific inquiry. Under the scien-
    tific method, the supernatural
    cannot be used to explain the
    natural and vice versa.
    In an institution such as
    the University, politics and
    a students right to academic
    freedom should be kept well
    apart. There is a reason why
    separation of church and
    state is so important. It is to
    prevent events such a these
    from occurring.
    Abramovitz is an Overland
    Park sophomore in English
    and philosophy.
    Politicians and
    activists may see
    victory in the with-
    draw of this class,
    but there are plen-
    ty of other courses
    which hold intelli-
    gent design ... in a
    critical light.
    Cassie, I just tore your Christmas lights down with my
    telekinesis again!

    I am the Fantasy Football God!

    If we beat St. Joseph in New York City, Im ying to


    Madison Square Garden and tearing down the bas-
    kets! Its a new KU tradition right?

    Id like to order some Micah Downs with some


    Christian Moody on the side.

    I want something that says, Dad likes leather!

    To the guys who keep proposing to the red-headed


    girl who swipes the cards at Mrs. Es: Why are you not
    proposing to me?

    I miss Coolio.

    Free For All, I am making a cheese


    sandwich ghetto style.

    Oh my God, dude! Is that a box crossing the street?

    To the guys in the front row at the game: our colors


    are blue, white, and red. Dont ever show up painted
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    7:30 a.m. is an ungodly time to have a nal scheduled.

    My roommate owns a black and white polka-dotted


    moo-moo.

    I feel sorry for Broncos fans, not because they are


    Broncos fans (an afiction that warrants
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    My roommate just tried to beat her computer to death


    with a three-hole punch. The fractured royalty of
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    Everyone should watch Survivor at 7 p.m. on
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    College could be so productive if it werent for AIM


    and facebook.com.

    So, I went to Manhattan this weekend, and I think


    my vocabulary shrank by 98 percent.

    Heres the deal: We are the Jayhawks, not the


    Chiefs. If you want to have to say something at
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    Hawks.

    OK, people, the creation stories of the Bible are


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    false. Get a dictionary.

    Lets try each other on to see if we t.

    Im dating the drive-thru girl, so back off.

    Last night, I walked around The Hawk in a formal


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    Clutch rocked my socks off Wednesday night, and


    anyone who didnt go should be ashamed.

    My roommate doesnt understand that 85 degrees is


    how hot my Grandma keeps her house.

    Mrs. Es has Eggo wafes, and that makes me


    ridiculously happy.

    Bobby Douglass said Rock Chalk to me in the


    bathroom of Soldier Field.

    The Chiefs wont lose another game this year, I


    guarantee it!

    My friends and I all agree, an angry Larry Johnson


    could take Vin Diesel.

    Hey, school, its me. I know that weve known


    each other for many, many years now, but I have
    something I need to tell you. Im sorry, and this may
    or may not come as a shock, but I just dont feel
    the same. I just dont care like I used to, and Im
    completely over you.

    Michelle Goodrick is my hero!

    Lets keep it clean at the games and watch our


    mouthes. Were not trash.

    Dear Mr. and Mrs. All, Thank you for conceiving


    Free For. You guys are swell. Love, Nick.

    I smoke because its cheaper than therapy and the


    priest wont return my emails.
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    Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005: Your style of
    communication and friendly ways win
    many friends for you. Dont hesitate
    to reach out to others. You are greatly
    in tune with your needs, as well as
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    special person will enter your life
    close to your next birthday. If you are
    attached, share more of your vulner-
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    closer. AQUARIUS reads you well.

    ARIES (March 21-April 19)
    HHHH Use your detachment; still, dont
    be surprised when everything gets mixed
    up. Listen rather than talk. You will gather
    much more key information that way.
    Keeping others minds straight could take
    a lot. Tonight: Where the crowds are, but
    make sure that if meeting someone, you
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    TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
    HHH Although you might have the
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    GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
    HHHH Dont buck the trend. You will
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    Confusion lurks.
    CANCER (June 21-July 22)
    HHHH A particular associate might
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    Carefully work through an issue that
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    LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
    HHH Others knock on your door. You
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    Tonight: Go along with plans.
    VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
    HH Tension rises, especially as you
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    Tonight: Whatever you choose, make
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    LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
    HHH A money hassle could prove
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    SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
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    SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
    HHHH Speak to others rather than
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    will come forward. You could easily
    get your feelings hurt, or perhaps a
    problem evolves with someone else.
    Tonight: Hang out.
    CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
    HHHA friend might disappoint you.
    You fnd that you can work around a
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    through what is happening around
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    Tonight: Be sensitive to expenses.
    AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
    HHHHH Youre full of fun and life.
    Others focus on what you want.
    Listen to your sixth sense with a
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    an authority fgure more comfortable.
    Tonight: Dont take any fak.
    PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
    HHH More is going on behind the
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    actions. You might want to be more in
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    Try to stay out of a confusing situation.
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    Shape Up! diet campaign, the
    New York Daily News reported
    Monday, citing e-mail print-
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    3 BR House; 2 full BA. Hrdwd flrs., CA&
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    2BR house Pets OK avail Jan 1st. Close
    to campus W/D included. $650/month.
    Call Mike (785)393-0402
    1 BR in 3 BR townhome, 2.5 BA. W/D,
    garage, on KU bus route. Seeking female
    roommate avail. Dec. 10. Dec/Jan free rent!
    $275/mo. 785-317-1055.
    CHEAP! 2BR duplex hrdwd flrs., new paint,
    close to campus, $400/mo. No pets.
    838-8244.
    1 BR in 4-person apt, w/private bath. All
    util. are paid except 1/4 electicity. Avail. at
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    Apt. sublease avail. at The Reserve
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    Studio Sublease
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    Walk-in closet, free internet. $285/mo.
    785-766-3536.
    1 BR avail in 2 BR apartment. Roommate
    needed. 2311 Lowell off of Clinton Prkwy.
    $375/mo. Pets welcome. 913-568-3975.
    1 BR (beautiful, historic, funky!) avail. in 2
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    785-393-4388.
    Seeking responsible person to share part
    of East Lawrence home. 1 rooms avail.
    $350/mo. DSLInternet & util. included. No
    smoking. 841-2829.
    Grad student m/ns seeking roommate at
    Harvard Square Apts. 2BR, 1BA. $262/mo.
    Close to campus. 620-875-1051.
    Naismith dorm room available for spring
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    Tuesday, december 6, 2005 The universiTy daily Kansan 9a adverTisemenT
    By Ronald Blum
    The AssociATed Press
    DALLAS The winter
    meetings are back in Texas for
    the frst time since 2000, when
    teams spent nearly $739 mil-
    lion on 24 free agents, including
    $252 million on Alex Rodriguez
    and $160 million to Manny
    Ramirez.
    With many top free agents
    this offseason already commit-
    ted, the focus this time around
    is likely to be on trades rather
    than signings.
    Relievers Billy Wagner and
    B.J. Ryan, frst baseman Paul
    Konerko, outfelder Brian Giles
    and shortstop Rafael Furcal al-
    ready have agreed to contracts,
    with Furcal leaving the Atlanta
    Braves over the weekend to ac-
    cept a $39 million, three-year of-
    fer from the Los Angeles Dodg-
    ers.
    Top remaining players in a
    weak free-agent group include
    center felder Johnny Damon
    and pitchers A.J. Burnett and
    Kevin Millwood. With a paucity
    of top talent available to sign,
    there will be plenty of trade talk
    going on at baseballs annual
    swap session, which had been
    devoid of big-name deals in re-
    cent years.
    This particular free-agent
    market is diffcult, said New
    York Yankees general manager
    Brian Cashman, stymied in his
    search for a center felder. Be-
    cause of that, its going to pro-
    mote a lot more aggressive trade
    discussions.
    Ramirez, unhappy with life
    in Boston despite winning the
    World Series MVP award in
    2004, is the biggest name avail-
    able. But he can veto trades and
    is owed $57 million over the f-
    nal three years of his contract,
    complicating efforts to deal him
    by the Red Sox, the only major
    league team without a general
    manager.
    Hes still one of the top
    three or four hitters in base-
    ball, Boston assistant GM Jed
    Hoyer said, adding that more
    than a dozen teams have in-
    quired. They havent been able
    to meet the price that we would
    want for Manny. Were certain-
    ly not going in with the expec-
    tation that were going to have
    to make a trade. Teams would
    have to step up and beat our ex-
    pectations.
    Florida has been the most ac-
    tive team in the trade market,
    dealing 2003 World Series MVP
    Josh Beckett and third base-
    man Mike Lowell to Boston,
    frst baseman Carlos Delgado to
    the New York Mets and second
    baseman Luis Castillo to Min-
    nesota.
    Catcher Paul Lo Duca could
    be joining Delgado on the Mets.
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    Major League Baseball com-
    missioner Bud Selig listens to a
    question during a press conference
    at the winter baseball meetings
    Monday in Dallas. MLB announced
    further details, including names of
    players that are planning to play in
    the frst ever World Baseball Classic
    that will be played March, 2006.
    Teams seek
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    By Ralph d. Russo
    The AssociATed Press
    LOS ANGELES For once,
    the Bowl Championship Series
    gets to gloat.
    With a glitzy lineup that gives
    the critics little reason to gripe,
    the BCS has never looked bet-
    ter.
    The Rose Bowl is perfect with
    Southern California and Texas,
    the nations only unbeatens.
    The Orange Bowl is a game
    for the ages and the aged
    matching septuagenarian
    coaches Joe Paterno of Penn
    State and Bobby Bowden of
    Florida State.
    Notre Dame is back on the
    big stage, meeting Ohio State in
    a Fiesta Bowl soaked in tradi-
    tion.
    Georgia gives the relocated
    Sugar Bowl a home team in
    Atlanta, facing a West Virginia
    squad that even makes the Big
    East look good.
    Only Oregon has a case to
    complain.
    I certainly understand that
    there are teams that are not in
    these four games that have had
    great seasons, as we have every
    year, BCS coordinator and Big
    12 commissioner Kevin Wei-
    berg said Sunday. I must say
    that theres a lot of consensus
    that we have quality matchups
    among highly regarded teams in
    this years BCS games.
    Seemingly on a collision
    course all season, USC and Tex-
    as will decide the national title
    in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 4.
    They do have the No. 1 team
    in the country, Texas coach
    Mack Brown said of the two-
    time defending champion Tro-
    jans. Theyve just blown out
    people out right and left, and
    that will be challenge for us. But
    thats fun.
    For Texas not to be in the
    national championship game
    for 36 years and to see where
    (USC coach) Pete (Carroll) has
    brought their program the last
    three years, thats where we
    want to be. Thats where we
    want to go.
    The BCS has been ham-
    mered in the past for putting the
    wrong teams in its champion-
    ship games. Two years ago, USC
    was left out and college football
    ended up with two champs.
    Last season, many felt Auburn
    should have played USC for the
    championship instead of Okla-
    homa.
    The other common complaint
    is the BCS doesnt create com-
    pelling matchups beyond the
    title game. Well, it all worked
    out this season.
    Yes, Texas and USC made it
    easy for the BCS. But remember,
    in the pre-BCS days the two su-
    perpowers would be going sepa-
    rate ways for the postseason.
    Anytime we have a matchup
    that is widely lauded as being
    a great matchup in the cham-
    pionship game, you can really
    see the beneft of a system like
    this in which through the bowls
    were able to bring together the
    No. 1 and 2 ranked teams that
    otherwise wouldnt have come
    together through the (old) bowl
    system, Weiberg said.
    Phil McCarten/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Southern California football players gather to watch a broadcast of Bowl Championship Series rankings at the USC campus on Sunday in Los Angeles. The
    BCS national title game will match USC (12-0) against Texas (12-0) in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 4.
    t Ncaa football
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    tuesday, december 6, 2005 the university daily Kansan 11a sports
    TUESDAY
    F Mens basketball vs. St. Josephs, Jimmy V Classic,
    6 p.m., New York
    WEDNESDAY
    F Womens basketball vs. UMKC, 7 p.m., Allen Field-
    house
    SATURDAY
    F Mens basketball vs. California, 11 a.m., Kemper
    Arena, Kansas City, Mo.
    SUNDAY
    F Womens basketball vs. Wisconsin, 1 p.m., Allen
    Fieldhouse
    Athletics calendar
    The top 25 teams in The Associated Press mens col-
    lege basketball poll, with frst-place votes in paren-
    theses, records through Dec. 4, total points based on
    25 points for a frst-place vote through one point for a
    25th-place vote and last weeks ranking:

    Record Points Previous
    1. Duke (53) 7-0 1,767 1
    2. Texas (9) 7-0 1,699 2
    3. Connecticut (9) 6-0 1,693 3
    4. Villanova (1) 4-0 1,593 4
    5. Louisville 3-0 1,431 7
    6. Boston College 6-0 1,346 8
    7. Memphis 6-1 1,333 9
    8. Oklahoma 4-1 1,244 5
    9. Gonzaga 4-2 1,202 6
    10. Florida 7-0 1,154 11
    11. Illinois 7-0 1,040 12
    12. Iowa 7-1 967 14
    13. Washington 7-0 44 18
    14. Michigan St. 5-2 833 13
    15. Kentucky 5-2 614 10
    16. UCLA 6-1 579 16
    17. Nevada 5-0 562 20
    18. Indiana 4-1 553 17
    19. GeorgeWashington 4-0 488 19
    20. Wake Forest 7-1 431 22
    21. Maryland 5-1 367 23
    22. Alabama 4-1 363 21
    23. North Carolina 4-1 281 _
    24. Arizona 2-3 170 15
    25. N.C. State 5-1 127 24
    Others receiving votes: Bucknell 114, Houston 101,
    Syracuse 61, Vanderbilt 61, Ohio St. 54, West Virginia
    52, Wisconsin 44, Michigan 29, Pittsburgh 18, Okla-
    homa St. 16, Ohio 14, LSU 9, Xavier 8, Arkansas 7,
    Hawaii 7, Clemson 5, Iowa St. 4, Old Dominion 4, Iona
    3, Texas Tech 3, Colorado St. 2, Buffalo 1, Loyola, Md.
    1, N.C.-Wilmington 1.
    Classic
    continued from page 12a
    St. Josephs lost its leading scorer, Pat Carroll,
    to graduation after last season and is led this sea-
    son by Chet Stachitas, who is averaging 18 points
    per game and is shooting 62.5 percent from three-
    point range.
    Coming into the game tonight, the Hawks are
    3-1, with their loss coming in overtime at David-
    son. Martelli said that tonights game against the
    Jayhawks would be their toughest match-up thus
    far this season.
    This is a whole different quality of an opponent
    than we have played, Martelli said. We are anx-
    ious to see where we kind of ft in right now and
    see how our players respond to a bigger stage.
    Self said he had been impressed with the way
    St. Josephs has shot the ball this season. For the
    year, the team is shooting nearly 50 percent from
    the foor and 45.5 percent from beyond the arc.
    They have just been fabulous, Self said. We
    know that it will be a very tough ball game and we
    are looking forward to it.
    Martelli said during a teleconference last week
    that Kansas was a young team and that it was
    learning.
    I just think that you cant do much about be-
    ing young, you can only keep playing them and
    keep coaching them and no one does it better in
    the country than Bill Self, Martelli said.
    Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
    tracK & field
    Kansas Relays meet director Tim Weaver has
    been named the 2005 Meet Director of the Year.
    Under Weavers direction, the Relays drew nearly
    25,000 in 2005. The 2005 Kansas Relays intro-
    duced the Gold Zone format, which includes a
    three-hour block of time featuring 33 Olympians.
    This is a tremendous recognition for the
    hundreds of volunteers who have labored since
    the events revival in 2000 for a return to promi-
    nence, Weaver said. I would be remiss not to
    share this award with Lew Perkins, in particular.
    Without his vision and support, the successes
    of 2005 would not have been realized.
    Weaver is in his sixth year as meet director
    and his 11th overall at Kansas. He previously
    served as a track and feld assistant coach.
    Ryan Schneider
    football
    Kansas students will be able to receive free
    tickets to the Fort Worth Bowl with a valid KUID.
    Free tickets for students must be picked up in Fort
    Worth, not in Lawrence. Tickets can be picked up
    at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas,
    on Dec. 23. They will be frst available at 4:30 p.m.
    at gate six on the east side of the stadium.
    Kickoff for Kansas bowl game against Hous-
    ton is set for 7 p.m.
    Ryan Schneider
    t big 12 footbAll
    K-State hires coach
    Kansas native becomes 4th black head coach
    The AssociATed Press
    MANHATTAN Kansas
    States search to replace the
    coach who turned the worst
    team in major college football
    into a national powerhouse
    has ended with the hiring of
    a man who graduated from
    high school just 20 miles up
    the road.
    The 36-year-old Prince,
    raised in Junction City, be-
    came only the fourth black
    head football coach in Divi-
    sion I-A, joining Washing-
    tons Ty Willingham, Missis-
    sippi States Sylvester Croom
    and UCLAs Karl Dorrell.
    He replaces Bill Sny-
    der, who took the Wildcats
    from being the nations only
    500-loss team in 1989 to 11
    straight winning seasons
    through 2003, when they won
    the Big 12 title.
    Snyder led Kansas State to a
    5-6 mark this season, announc-
    ing his retirement just days be-
    fore the season fnale against
    rival Missouri a game the
    Wildcats won 36-28.
    A lineman at Dodge City
    Community College and Appa-
    lachian State, Prince spent fve
    seasons at Virginia, the last
    three as offensive coordinator.
    He also coached at Dodge
    City Community College, Al-
    abama A&M, Cornell, South
    Carolina State and James
    Madison, and spent four
    seasons as an NFL Minority
    Fellowship intern with Jack-
    sonville, Washington, Atlanta
    and the New York Giants.
    The most important thing
    for Kansas State was to find
    the right fit, Weiser said Sun-
    day. And though that could
    be defined in a lot of different
    ways, we believe that included
    someone who had familiarity
    with Kansas State football,
    the state of Kansas and the
    unique culture and tradition
    of the university.
    In our minds, Coach
    Prince clearly meets all of
    those criteria, among many
    others, and we are extremely
    excited to be announcing him
    as our head football coach to-
    morrow.
    But Princes hiring wont
    necessarily thrill all Wildcat
    faithful because he neither
    has any direct Kansas State
    ties something Snyder
    had said would be important
    nor does he have any head
    coaching experience.
    Two of Snyders former as-
    sistants who had been promi-
    nently mentioned in specula-
    tion about his replacement
    took themselves out of the
    running last week. Jim Leavitt
    agreed to a contract exten-
    sion as South Floridas head
    coach, and Brent Venables
    said he wanted to remain de-
    fensive coordinator at Okla-
    homa.
    Charlie Riedel/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Former Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder, right, introduces his successor, Ron Prince, at a news conference
    Monday in Manhattan. Prince, who was offensive coordinator at Virginia, will replace Snyder who is retiring after 17
    years at the helm.
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    By Michael PhilliPs
    mphillips@kansan.com
    KANSAN SPORTSWRITER
    After just fve games of col-
    lege basketball, Ivana Catic can
    already read the stat sheet like
    a pro.
    The freshman guard was ana-
    lyzing the numbers after Fridays
    72-50 victory against Birming-
    ham-Southern. She noted that
    the Jayhawks needed to cut
    down their turnovers they
    had 20 and could have added
    an additional 10 points by mak-
    ing all their free throws.
    The next afternoon the team
    allowed only six turnovers and
    improved to 71 percent from the
    free-throw line. The result was
    a 100-50 victory over New Or-
    leans.
    Catics ability to challenge
    herself and her teammates has
    been a pleasant surprise for Kan-
    sas womens basketball coach,
    Bonnie Henrickson, who has
    already made the freshman a big
    part of the Jayhawks offense.
    Henrickson told her other
    freshmen not to worry that they
    arent showing Catics poise.
    I didnt think shed be this
    consistent, Henrickson said.
    That isnt the norm; shes more
    of an exception.
    Catic pronounced CHOT-
    ich fnished Saturdays game
    just one assist short of a double-
    double, even though she sat out
    most of the second half.
    I didnt even realize that,
    she said, but it doesnt mat-
    ter as long as were playing this
    well.
    Kansas is tied with Baylor
    atop the Big 12 standings with
    a 5-0 record, but will face its
    toughest tests yet when it plays
    UMKC on Wednesday and Wis-
    consin on Sunday. Both are
    home games.
    Henrickson continues to
    challenge Catic in practice to
    prepare her for upcoming games
    against bigger opponents.
    Whats coming down the
    pipe here after the frst of the
    year is all the speed and athleti-
    cism in this league, Henrickson
    said.
    Catics best plays are on the
    offensive end of the court. She
    has averaged 8.2 assists per
    game, including a freshman re-
    cord 10 against Birmingham-
    Southern.
    It feels so good when you
    take the ball and see everything
    right away and can tell if the de-
    fense is in the right lanes then
    try to take advantage of that,
    she said.
    Henrickson continues to en-
    courage Catic to work on her de-
    fense, and is honest with her about
    what she needs to work on.
    Shell look you in the eye,
    doesnt pout, doesnt feel sorry
    for herself,
    Henrickson said. Were very
    real, and were very honest.
    Catic said that she loved
    playing for Henrickson and that
    was why she came to Kansas to
    play.
    Henrickson said that Catic
    was good at staying in the mo-
    ment, not looking ahead to
    future games or months but fo-
    cused on how she could help
    the team today.
    After setting the freshman
    record with her 10 assists, she
    credited her teammate senior
    guard Erica Hallman and the
    shooters.
    Shes already spreading the
    love, just like a pro.
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    www.kansan.com page 12a
    sports
    sports
    This semester, from football to
    basketball and volleyball in be-
    tween, there has been plenty to
    talk about. But today, in the fnal
    Dancing Nachos of the semes-
    ter, Id like to deal with another
    important topic: dancing nachos.
    I am referring to the anima-
    tion that was part of the old,
    Lite-Brite-style scoreboard and
    has been transferred to the new
    Allen Fieldhouse videoboard.
    The animation consists of a
    few tortilla chips that conga line
    onto the screen, their chip bod-
    ies supported by toothpick legs
    and failing arms. After a few
    seconds of dancing, the nachos
    fall into a bowl, with the word
    cheese foating above them
    that melts onto the nachos in
    a way only primitive animation
    techniques could allow.
    The dancing nachos were
    on the brink of extinction last
    spring when David Pedersen
    saved them.
    Two of us went and set a
    camera up and shot all the dif-
    ferent stuff that came up, Ped-
    ersen, assistant director of video
    services, said.
    The intention was to save
    them in the event of a retro
    theme night, but Pedersen had
    another reason to document
    history.
    We just had certain things
    there that were so good and so
    a part of Allen Fieldhouse we
    really wanted to keep them, he
    said.
    The nachos did not have to
    wait long to make their frst ap-
    pearance on the video board
    when KU students and brothers
    Derek Weber and Taylor Hart
    came to a game dressed as the
    energetic edibles.
    Weber, a Lawrence senior,
    was able to convince his brother
    to go along with the idea.
    We went to Hobby Lobby
    about two hours before the
    game, Hart, Lawrence junior,
    said. It only took us half an
    hour to make them.
    The nachos were well-re-
    ceived by the brothers camping
    group, and Pedersen took notice
    as well.
    When those guys were there,
    we realized we needed to get it
    out, he said.
    Weber and Hart also are
    contemplating a re-creation
    of another classic: the referee
    who blows on a bubble-gum
    whistle to musically announce
    fouls. Hart said that feat would
    be harder. Pedersen said other
    vintage animations also may get
    some face time this season, but
    he does not hesitate when asked
    what his favorite is.
    Dancing nachos. Hands
    down, he said.
    After entertaining generations
    of concession connoisseurs, the
    animation continues to fnd a
    home in the Fieldhouse.
    Retired University employee
    Dick Bennett assisted with the
    old scoreboard operations. He
    said the animation came pack-
    aged with the scoreboard, sold
    by Fair-Play, Inc. It is the classic
    story of an underdog that fought
    its way onto Lawrences biggest
    stage.
    Dancing Nachos will con-
    tinue to run in the Kansan next se-
    mester, but the dancing nachos do
    not belong to me. They do not be-
    long to Weber and Hart. They do
    not even belong to Fair-Play, Inc.
    No, the dancing nachos be-
    long to the ages.
    F Phillips is a Wichita junior in
    journalism.
    Michael PhilliPs
    mphillips@kansan.com
    t dancing nachos
    For future
    generations,
    the nachos
    shall dance
    Rachel Seymour/KANSAN
    Sophomore forward Sasha Kaun dunks the ball against Western Illinois with more than 15 minutes left in the
    second half Saturday night in Allen Fieldhouse. Kaun scored 10 points in the 86-57 Jayhawk victory. Kansas will
    take on St. Josephs in New York on Saturday in the Jimmy V Classic.
    t mens basketball
    Big Apple
    shines big
    spotlight
    Rylan Howe/KANSAN
    Erica Hallman, senior guard, left, and Ivana Catic, freshman guard, support
    their teammates from the bench during Kansass 100-50 victory over Bir-
    mingham-Southern Friday in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks are undefeated
    after Saturdays game against New Orleans in Allen Fieldhouse.
    t Womens basketball
    Freshman guard on the rise
    Ivana Catic
    already key
    for offense
    Jayhawks tip off
    Jimmy V Classic
    The Good
    Andre Ware won the 1989
    Heisman Trophy while playing
    quarterback at Houston.
    Wi l s o n
    Whitley, for-
    mer coach,
    won the
    1976 Lom-
    bardi Award.
    F o r m e r
    C o u g a r
    quarterback
    David Klingler holds the NCAA
    record for most passing yards in
    a game with 716, and the most
    touchdown passes in a quarter
    with six.
    Houston has won nine confer-
    ence titles in three conferences.
    CBS announcer Jim Nantz
    and PGA star Fred Couples
    played golf while they were stu-
    dents at Houston.
    The Bad
    Houston lost one of the great-
    est bowl games ever played to
    Notre Dame in the 1979 Cotton
    Bowl. Joe Montana, fghting off
    the bitter cold in what has been
    nicknamed the Ice Bowl, led the
    Irish back from a 34-12 defcit to
    defeat the Cougars 35-34 on the
    last play of the game.
    Several Houston players were
    involved in a brawl with Hawaii
    players after losing the 2003
    Sheraton Hawaii Bowl 54-48 in
    triple overtime. Houstons hand
    signal, which signifes a Cougars
    paw, so closely resembles the
    Shocker that it was reported by
    Sports Illustrated On Campus.
    Kellis Robinett
    HoustonQuickFacts:
    F Founded: 1927
    FEnrollment:
    35,400
    FConference:
    C-USA
    FNickname:
    Cougars
    t Fort Worth boWl
    A glance at
    the next
    opponent
    By Ryan colaianni
    rcolaianni@kansan.com
    KANSAN STAFF WRITER
    NEW YORK Jim Valvano
    was more than just a basketball
    coach, he was an inspiration to
    many, and now that inspiration
    lives on through the Jimmy V
    Classic.
    Now in its 11th year, the an-
    nual series of basketball games
    has raised more than $50 mil-
    lion for the V Foundation to
    fght cancer, a disease that took
    Valvanos life in 1993.
    The classic will tip off at 6
    tonight, when Kansas faces St.
    Josephs in the opening game on
    ESPN. Michigan State against
    Boston College will follow at 8
    p.m., completing the classic.
    We are obviously looking
    forward to playing in the Gar-
    den and having a chance to
    play and be a part of something
    that is much bigger than just a
    basketball game and bringing
    awareness to a cause that is so
    important, Kansas mens bas-
    ketball coach Bill Self said.
    Valvano coached in college
    basketball for 20 seasons, includ-
    ing the 1983 season when he won
    the national championship, as the
    coach of North Carolina State.
    Nick Valvano, CEO of the V
    Foundation, said he was happy
    to have the opportunity to have
    the games broadcast on national
    television to create awareness.
    We are very, very grateful for
    the coaches who help us achieve
    this, Valvano said.
    St. Josephs coach Phil Mar-
    telli said that his team was ex-
    cited to be playing in the clas-
    sic and was happy to help raise
    money to fght cancer.
    We obviously, this time of the
    year, are fortunate for the gifts that
    we have, but our thoughts are with
    the people who need our help,
    Martelli said. If our presence in
    this tournament helps us raise one
    extra dollar and that dollar fnds
    a cure for this awful disease, then
    count us in every time.
    The trip to New York also
    marks a homecoming for Kan-
    sas sophomore guard Russell
    Robinson, who grew up in the
    Big Apple. This will be Robin-
    sons frst trip home since the
    summer.
    I am very excited to see my
    family and get back home,
    Robinson said.
    Robinson has never played in
    Madison Square Garden, but he
    has watched numerous games
    there while growing up in the city.
    Martelli and St. Josephs have
    had the previous week to pre-
    pare for Kansas, but Martelli
    has not fared well against teams
    coached by Self. Last season,
    Kansas cruised to a 91-51 vic-
    tory against St. Josephs at Al-
    len Fieldhouse. Self also beat St.
    Josephs twice while he was the
    coach at Tulsa.
    see CLAssIC on pAge 10A
    Kansas is tied
    with Baylor atop
    the Big 12 stand-
    ings with a 5-0
    record, but will
    face its toughest
    tests yet when it
    plays UMKC on
    Wednesday and
    Wisconsin on
    Sunday. Both are
    home games.

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