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concealed carry
Delta Force shufes ticket
By Matt erickson
Bring a gun near a Lawrence
bar, and youll go to jail. Thats
the message Mayor Mike Amyx
wants to send.
Amyx proposed mandatory
jail sentences for anyone who
brought firearms in or near a bar
at last weeks city commission
meeting. A city ordinance enact-
ed last year prohibits firearms
within 200 feet of the premises
of drinking establishments but
does not require jail time.
The city law only applies to
people who dont have a con-
cealed carry license from the
state.
We created the ordinance,
and we still have been able to
see that the problem hasnt gone
away, Amyx said.
He said the city law had failed
to eliminate problems with
weapons around bars, and jail
sentences would send a more
powerful message discouraging
people from breaking the ordi-
nance.
Amyx suggested a 30-day jail
sentence for first-time offenders,
with the sentences increasing to
90 days for a second offense and
180 or more for a third.
City Commissioner David
Schauner said he would prefer
an entertainment licensing sys-
tem as an immediate step to
curtail bar violence. He said such
a system would require enter-
tainment venues that attracted
a certain number of patrons to
obtain a license, and businesses
would lose their licenses if they
had problems with weapons or
violence.
It puts more burden on the
entertainment owner or opera-
tor than on public resources,
Schauner said.
He said he wasnt opposed
to mandatory jail sentences for
bringing weapons near bars, but
he said an entertainment licens-
ing system would be a better
first step.
Id rather take progressive
steps on this issue, Schauner
said.
Amyx said he and the rest of
the commission would be open
to any step to decrease violence
around bars, and he said they
would probably discuss a num-
ber of solutions this year.
I think everythings on the
table, he said.
Steve Gaudreau, owner of
Quintons Bar and Deli at 615
Massachusetts St., and The Bar
at 623 Vermont St., said that a
few downtown businesses were
mostly responsible for the bar-
related violence that has occurred
in Lawrence.
Someone fired shots inside
Last Call, 729 New Hampshire
St., in May 2006, causing the
patrons inside to flee. One man
died outside the Granada, 1020
Massachusetts St., after a shoot-
ing in February 2006.
However, bars outside down-
town have also had problems
with weapons.
Employees at Cross Town
Tavern, 1910 Haskell Ave., called
the police early on the morning
of Feb. 17 when they saw some-
one holding a handgun outside
student senate
City law
could
include
jail time
By ashlee kieler
Delta Force changed the nomi-
nees for presidential and vice presi-
dential positions for upcoming
elections.
Ryan Rowan, Kansas City, Mo.,
junior, stepped down as the presi-
dential candidate for Delta Force.
John Cross, Kansas City, Mo.,
junior, and previous vice-presiden-
tial nominee, replaced Rowan as the
presidential nominee.
Delta Force then nominated Liz
Stuewe, Lawrence junior, as the vice
presidential nominee.
Rowan, Pan-Hellenic senator,
stepped down to take the position
as chair for the Big 12 Council
on Black Student Government.
He plans to continue to make an
impact on the University through a
Senate seat.
I had a decision to make on
where I could better serve my com-
munity, Rowan said. The chance
to make an impact through the Big
12 Council is a great opportunity.
It was a difficult choice for
Ryan, Cross said. Delta Force fully
supports his decision.
Rowan also supports Delta Forces
decision to nominate Stuewe.
John will make an excellent
president and Liz will help him suc-
ceed, Rowan said.
Jarrod Morgenstern, Overland
Park, junior, and communications
director for Delta Force, said he was
happy with the change.
I am excited to see Liz added
to the Delta Force ticket. She is so
passionate and committed to mak-
ing KU the best place it can be for
students.
Stuewe planned to run as a sena-
tor for Delta Force this spring but
was thrilled with her new nomina-
tion.
Im looking forward to the
opportunity to serve the Jayhawk
nation, Stuewe said.
Cross said the change in Delta
Forces election ticket will not affect
campaign progress.
Delta Forces isnt about just one
or two people, its about values and
positive change, Cross said.
kansan staf writer ashlee kieler
can be contacted at akieler@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Joe Caponio
By kyle carter
Will Miller, Shawnee senior,
wanted a banner for his apartment
like the one hanging in the north
end of Allen Fieldhouse. Pay heed,
All who enter: Beware of the Phog.
He looked for one at bookstores and
sports shops and couldnt find the
banners anywhere, so he decided to
do something about it.
Miller talked to the Athletics
Department and developed a
design and a business plan that it
approved. He then worked with the
Collegiate Licensing Company to
become an offi-
cially licensed
vendor of the
banners.
The ban-
ners are now
available on his
Web site, www.
payheedbanners.
com, and several
bookstores in
town will soon
carry them.
The banners come in two differ-
ent designs and two sizes. A small
banner costs $34.95 and a large
costs $144.95.
Johnnys Tavern, 401 N. 2nd St.,
and Wayne & Larrys Sports Bar
and Grill, 933 Iowa St., both display
the banners in their bars, but Miller
said most of his business came from
students and fans in the Lawrence
and Kansas City area.
Not just anyone can get licensed
to sell official University of Kansas
merchandise. The process took
Miller more than four months. He
gives 9 percent of his profits to the
Athletics Department for royalties,
which is the standard fee.
Paul Vander Tuig, director of
trademarks and licensing at the
Un i v e r s i t y ,
said the licens-
ing process
could take any-
where from two
weeks to several
months, depend-
ing on the time
it took for the
licensee to devel-
op a promising
business plan,
develop a spe-
cific design for approval and pur-
chase product liability insurance.
He said he considered whether sim-
ilar products already existed when
considering a proposal and gave an
example of basketball T-shirts as
a product with a highly saturated
market. Other officially licensed
products that use the Universitys
image or the Jayhawk logo include
apparel, flip flops, coffee mugs and
license plates.
While those products were
licensed to multiple vendors, Millers
idea was the first of its kind.
Everybody I talked to at the
University was pretty excited about
it because it wasnt available any-
where, he said.
Vander Tuig said another
original idea came from a company
in Topeka that applied for a license
for a branding iron designed
to imprint the Jayhawk logo on
road repair
Crews work to fx potholes
CoNtRIBUtEd PHoto
the banner, Pay heed, all who enter: Beware of the Phog, hangs in Allen Fieldhouse and
two Lawrence bars. Will Miller, Shawnee Senior, nowsells the banner online and in stores soon.
sEE banner oN PagE 3a
By joe hunt
Last week, Lawrence street crews
worked feverishly to repair 1,500
potholes on city streets. Dena
Mezger, assistant director of infra-
structure and maintenance for the
city of Lawrence, said the potholes
were caused by fluctuating tempera-
tures and aging streets.
Bryce Campbell, field supervisor
for the Lawrence street division, said
repair crews drove around the city
in groups of four-to-six people. The
time it takes to fill a pothole depends
on its size. Some holes are only a
few inches in diameter, and can be
patched in fewer than five minutes.
Larger holes can be up to nine-feet
wide, and those can take up to 20
minutes to patch.
Campbell said the most popular
pothole was at the intersection of
23rd and Iowa streets. In the mid-
dle of the intersection was a series
of potholes, and Campbell thought
drivers were especially upset about
those because it was a busy inter-
section and drivers were more
likely to hit the potholes.
Although the street
division patches
thousands of pot-
holes every year,
Campbell said
the repairs should last a few years
if the weather allowed them to fully
cure.
Fluctuations in the weather cause
the road to expand and contract,
depending on the temperature. That
fluctuation creates cracks in the
street, and water can seep into those
cracks. The water will then freeze
in the crack, expanding and break-
ing apart the asphalt.
Old roads are also to blame for
potholes. Mezger said that some of
the streets in Lawrence probably
hadnt been rebuilt in 100 years.
Business
Find here, all who want banner
Illustration by grant snider
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sEE POTHOLeS oN PagE 3a
Everybody I talked to at the
University was pretty excited
about it because it wasnt avail-
able anywhere.
WILL MILLEr
Shawnee senior
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After a winless road
trip, the Jayhawks
look to get back on
track at Oral Roberts.
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When you have got an
elephant by the hind legs and
he is trying to run away, its best
to let him run.
AbrahamLincoln
Each day at the Smithsonian
National Zoological Park, el-
ephants eat 125 pounds of hay,
10 pounds of herbivore pellets,
10 pounds of vegetables and
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The KU E-Fair will be held at
11 a.m. at the Relays and Court-
side Rooms in the Burge Union.
The public event Celebrate
Food Day will be held at 11 a.m.
in the Kansas and Burge Unions.
The University Career Center
will present an Etiquette Din-
ner at 6:30 p.m. at the Malott
& Kansas Rooms in the Kansas
Union. Tickets are $12 in 110
Burge Union.
Professor Okwui Enwezor will
present the lecture Archaeol-
ogy of the Preset: The Postcolo-
nial Archive, Photography and
African Modernity. Part I: The
Photographer and Images of
Society (Seydou Keita, Malick
Sidibe and David Goldblatt) at
7 p.m. in the Spencer Museum
of Art.
The flm Constant Gardener
with commentary by Garth
Meyers will be shown at 7 p.m.
in 3140 Wescoe Hall.
The free lecture Does HIV
Look Like Me? will be present-
ed at 7 p.m. at the Woodruf Au-
ditorium in the Kansas Union.
Steve Leisring, trumpet, will
perform a faculty recital at 7:30
p.m. in Bales Organ Recital Hall.
What do you think?
by richelle buser
what are your plans for spring break?
EMILY MARKEY
Chapman freshman
I am going to New York to visit my
brother and sister in law.
BRIdgEt hEInE
St. Louis, Mo. freshman
I am going to St. Louis to celebrate
St. Pattys Day right.
JEn ORgAS
Omaha, neb. sophomore
I am visiting a friend in Alabama.
AndREW CAMPBELL
Wichita freshman
I am just going home.
Marla Keown/KANSAN
Lua Gitchell, British Columbia, Canada, freshman sets up an hiV awareness display for student union activities. the display is gitchells frst
assignment with sua. we wanted to let people know that hiV isnt choosy,gitchell said. it can look like anyone.the mirrored display can be seen
at the main entrance of the kansas union.
does hIV look like me?
Greased Lightning replica
crashes in orchestra pit
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
Whoah, Greased Lightning!
Dutch theater-goers were
shocked Sunday night when a
would-be John Travolta and his
Olivia Newton-John look-alike
counterpart were injured as their
car plunged into the orchestra pit
during a performance of the musi-
cal Grease.
Jim Bakkum got a concussion
and Bettina Holwerda may have
broken her arm, the director of the
Almere City Theater, Peter Swin-
kels, told Dutch television.
Jim was driving. ... She (Bettina)
was able to to jump of before it
went over the edge, and Jim went
down with the car, Swinkels told
RTL Nieuws. No musicians were in-
jured, as the car happened to land
in an empty part of the pit.
Both were immediately taken
to hospital for treatment in the
town of Almere, nine miles east of
Amsterdam.
The car, dubbed Greased
Lightning during a song in the
play, was made up of the chassis of
a classic red-and-white convertible
and the engine of a golf cart.
The incident took place during
a scene where the characters
made famous by Travolta and
Newton-John in the movie version
Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson
go to a drive-in movie in the car.
Police in Idaho not amused
by shrink-wrap jokester
BOISE, Idaho A prankster is
stretching sheets of plastic wrap
across a Boise road but police
dont think the joke is very funny.
For the second time in as many
months, Boise police responded to
a report from a motorist last week
who struck one of the see-through
barriers, which had been stretched
between two power poles.
No one has been injured. In this
case, the driver was simply startled
by the loud popping noise the
barrier made when it snapped.
But had it been a motorcyclist or
bicyclist who didnt see it, they
could have been knocked of and
seriously injured, police say.
This is not a joke, said Boise
police Sgt. Paul Burch. This is a
very reckless activity and creates a
serious hazard to the public.
The act of stretching plastic
across the roadway would typically
be a misdemeanor obstructing
a road. But if it results in an injury,
the culprit could be charged with a
felony, police said.
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Rent-a-wife business
cleans up mens messes
GRANTS PASS, Ore. A
woman who started a Rent-
a-Wife business says shell do
lots of things for men, but only
when it comes to housework.
Dawn Haney started adver-
tising her cleaning business as
Rent-a-Wife two weeks ago.
She ofers housekeeping, meal
preparation, laundry, windows,
errands, help with bookkeeping
and even being a party hostess
for single men.
Of course, the name of her
business draws lots of ques-
tions. Asked how far her wifely
chores go, she says, not that
far.
Of course, some people dont
get the joke.
She said she got a call from
one person asking if it was an
escort service, and another who
was looking for a companion.
When I explained that
wasnt what I do, at least he was
polite, she said.
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from 1865 to 1912. One of the
most popular was the bulldog.
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steaks or burgers. The Athletics
Department approved the design
and the company eventually
expanded to include the logos of
other schools.
According to the Collegiate
Licensing Companys Web site,
www.clc.com, the University of
Kansas is the 23rd most frequently
licensed school in the country,
fourth overall in the Big 12.
Miller said he hoped selling the
banners in bookstores in Lawrence
and Kansas City would make more
people aware of his product. Last
year he designed KUnit T-shirts,
a play on the rap group G-Unit,
and sold them online. He said
that experience made it easier for
him to set up his business sell-
ing banners. Miller said he spent
nearly a $1,000 on start-up costs
for the business, including a $300
application fee, $400 for product
liability insurance, a $100 royal-
ties advance to the University and
money spent on advertising. He
said he covered the start-up costs
and was now making a profit. He
plans to graduate this spring with a
aerospace engineering degree and
will continue to run the business
alongside either a job or graduate
school.

Kansan staf writer Kyle Carter
can be contacted at kcarter@
kansan.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
the building. Employees had bro-
ken up a fight inside the bar earlier
that night and had thrown out one
patron.
Gaudreau said he was glad the
city was attempting to stop down-
town violence, but he said a better
and quicker solution would be to
increase police presence at bars
and clubs that have had violence
problems in the past.
I think Mikes got a good idea,
but I think that its too far down the
road, he said. I think something
catastrophic could happen sooner
than implementing a new law.
Kansan staf writer Matt Erickson
can be contacted at merickson@
kansan.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
Lately, she said the city had been
better about doing intermediate
level maintenance on city streets
to prolong their life before more
drastic repairs had to be made.
Campbell said a grey concrete
layer was underneath the black
asphalt on most roads. That layer
was old and crumbled on many
Lawrence roads, and that unstable
surface for the asphalt to rest on
was what caused many potholes
to form.
A lot of times that concrete
layer underneath the pothole is
so deteriorated its like gravel, its
not bound together by anything,
Campbell said.
Mezger said the city was looking
toward the future when it came to
road maintenance.
We havent spent as much as we
could in the past on maintenance,
but we have been trying to pick it
up the past few years.
Jonny Orlansky, Jackson Miss.,
sophomore, said he noticed what
seemed like a meteor shower of
potholes, but he thought the city
did a good job of patching the
holes quickly.
In terms of upkeep, theres a lot
worse places than Lawrence.
Kansan staf writer Joe Hunt can
be contacted at jhunt@kansan.
com.
Edited by Joe Caponio
potholes (continued from 1A)
bars (continued from 1A)
banners (continued from 1A)
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hard drive failure shuts down site
By Brian lEwis-JonEs
Viewers trying to access The
University Daily Kansan Web site
over the next couple of days will
have a hard time finding the news.
Ryan Berg, Buffalo Grove, Ill.,
senior and director of media conver-
gence for www.kansan.com, said the
server, which crashed on Thursday,
is on but full of unnamed files.
Kansan staff is mending the injured
Internet page.
Were going to do everything
we can to get news on ASAP, Berg
said.
Berg has to open each file on the
Web site and re-enter several pieces
of crucial data, such as what sec-
tion the individual article belongs or
whether its a file from the new or
old version of the Kansan Web site.
He said the most recent stories
would be on the Web site in about
two days. Archived stories will be
gradually added.
Dan Cox, director of the World
Company online division, said a
hard drive failure corrupted data on
the Kansans server at the World Co.
server facility.
The World Co. is the parent
company of The Lawrence Journal-
World, who hosts the kansan.com
server.
Story archives, photos and user
profiles were lost in the crash.
The Kansan Web site was rede-
signed at the end of January. Berg
said the server crash was unrelated
to the redesign.
Berg is fixing the individual files
while Natalie Ward, Leawood soph-
omore and Kansan web editor, reor-
ganizes the Web site.
Ward spent eight hours reloading
staff lists and story categories to the
Web site. She said all registered users
will have to re-register.
We havent addressed the archive
issue yet. Were going from here and
uploading current content onward,
she said.
Kansan staf writer Brian lewis-
Jones can be contacted at
bljones@kansan.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
reSeArCh fuNdiNg
School sustains high ranking
By danaE dEsHazEr
The School of Pharmacy secured
research funding in 2006 of more
than $14.5 million from the
National Institutes of Health, rank-
ing the school third nationwide for
the sixth consecutive year.
The school has been in the top
five since 1996, largely because of
the low rate of faculty turnover, said
Ken Audus,
professor and
dean of phar-
macy. Audus
said with the
potential of
three new fac-
ulty hired this
year, he hoped
to stay in the
top three for
years to come.
Its like
drafting a foot-
ball player, Audus said. You draft
them on the potential of being a
star. We have become very fortu-
nate that the faculty we have hired
have become stars.
Only two other Big 12 univer-
sities ranked in the top 25: the
University of Colorado and the
University of Texas. Audus said
that The University of California,
San Francisco has remained at the
No. 1 spot for more than 25 years.
The funding secured last year
will support 37 different research
grants and contracts, including
vaccine development, diabetes
research and cardiovascular dis-
ease studies.
Audus said
over the past
years, it had
been more dif-
ficult to secure
funding because
of a decrease in
NIH budget
and an increase
in grant applica-
tions.
Unless you
can get in the
top 12 percent
or less, youre not going to get
funded, Audus said.
The government creates the
NIH budget. Audus said that until
the federal government decided
that NIH funding was a priority
again, research competition would
increase and funding would prove
more difficult to secure.
Jeffrey Krise, assistant professor
of pharmaceutical chemistry, said
he thought that a lot of the previ-
ous NIH budget was used to fund
the military, which was why the
grants had been harder to secure.
Krise said another difficulty in
securing funding was the caliber
of professionals in research. He
said he hadnt been competing
with a run-of-the-mill group of
people, but with the top echelon of
researchers.
Despite the decrease in NIH
budgets, the school has remained
successful. Audus said that to
secure funding, the application
must be creative, innovative, and
important in an area of health sci-
ence as deemed by peers.
We are looking to do better all
the time, Audus said. Our faculty
never disappoints when it comes to
succeeding.
Kansan staf writer danae de-
shazer can be contacted at
ddeshazer@kansan.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
We are looking to do better
all the time. our faculty never
disappoints when it comes to
succeeding.
Ken Audus
dean of school of Pharmacy
nation
Man sentenced for stealing
uncut sheets of $100 bills
WAsHInGTOn A former
Treasury department employee
was sentenced to nine months in
federal prison Monday for stealing
more than $67,000 in uncut sheets
of $100 bills that he tried to laun-
der through casino slot machines.
david C. Faison, 56, was also or-
dered to pay back the government
$37,200 the amount he fed to
slot machines.
The rest of the money nine
sheets of partially printed $100
bills was recovered at Faisons
house in Largo, Md., hidden inside
a roll of Christmas wrapping paper.
Faison was sentenced by u.s.
district Judge Paul L. Friedman less
than a year after he admitted to
the scheme and pleaded guilty on
sept. 6 to federal charges of theft
of tools and material for counter-
feiting purposes. Additionally, he
will be put on supervised release
for three years after serving his
prison term.
Faison had worked as a stock
control recorder, distributing cur-
rency paper within the Bureau of
engraving and Printing, when he
stole 21 sheets of partially printed
$100 bills. each sheet contained
32 bills, which were missing serial
numbers and Treasury department
seals.
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sal & ace
CALEB GOELLNER
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
aries (March 21-april 19)
Today is a 5
Youre doing the preparation
now. Try not to attract atten-
tion. Youll get enough of that
tomorrow and the next day.
Taurus (april 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
You have the objective want
to accomplish. You can get the
fnancing. You can put together
the team to do it. Begin.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
You do have to be careful. Dont
let it all hand out. Theres big
money involved here, so show
you have some class. Put on a
really good show.
cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Make it a habit to check all your
work before you send it out. Its
also a good idea to always think
before you speak. Apologize
immediately whenever neces-
sary, and you wont be slowed
down for long.
leo (July 23-aug. 22)
Today is a 5
It doesnt seem like youre get-
ting much done, but actually,
you are. Its all the behind-the-
scenes kind of necessities that
you will build upon.
VirGo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Confne your conversations to
work-related topics. Take your
suggestion to someone who
can do something about it.
libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Youre gaining a lot of appre-
ciation, while not getting any
richer. Be gracious in accepting
awards, however. Theyre good
advertising.
scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Follow through with the project
you started yesterday. Dont
talk it up yet. Thatll come later.
Get your structure built frst.
saGiTTarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
This assignment is more of a
mystery to be solved. Start out
by following the money trail,
without telling anybody.
capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Hard work is necessary some-
times, but thats not all there is.
To be truly successful, you also
need management skills. Now
is a good time to practice.
aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
A lot of the problems youve
been working on are almost
solving themselves. Actually,
the seeds of thought youve
planted are fnally getting ripe.
pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
Youre just about to come up
with a magnifcent idea. Youre
getting support from a person
you love, but the credit for this
is all yours.
saMe olD, saMe olD
ERIC DOBBINS
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country, its Girl Scout cookie time
again. And this year, all those cook-
ies, not just the Thin Mints and a
few others, will come nearly free of
harmful trans fats.
The Girl Scouts have marked
their 90th year in the cookie busi-
ness by getting most of the artificial
fat out of all varieties of their iconic
treats, which had been under attack
by a few health-focused consumer
groups.
The change reflects a movement
by the scouts in recent years to add
an element of health consciousness
to their annual bake sale.
This year, about half of all Girl
Scout troops are also offering a
sugar-free cookie called the Little
Brownie. A cookie with reduced sat-
urated fat, the Cartwheel, was also
introduced last year.
Tinkering with a popular recipe
is something no cook does lightly,
and Girl Scouts of the USA Vice
President Denise J. Pessich said the
changes were only made after the
two commercial bakeries that make
the cookies found trans-fat alterna-
tives that didnt compromise flavor,
texture or shelf life.
Pessich said she was confident
fans would notice few differences.
The recipe changes have also given
troop leaders an opportunity to talk
more about the importance of eating
right, Pessich said.
They know that, for one thing,
you need to make informed choices.
You need to read labels, she said.
In making the adjustments, the
scouts are following other manu-
facturers who rid their products of
trans fats after the Food and Drug
Administration began requiring
food labels to carry information on
the substance last year. Scientific
studies have linked trans fats to heart
disease.
The first zero trans Girl Scout
cookies made their debut in the
fall of 2005, including a reformu-
lated version of the top-selling Thin
Mint. The remaining varieties had
most trans fats eliminated by last
October.
Consumer reaction is still
developing. Most troops take
their orders in January and begin
deliveries in late February or early
March.
But taste aside the initial
feedback has been positive, said
Anna Ho, who organizes sales for
Troop 805 in Parsippany, N.J.
People are saying, Its about
time, said Ho. Everybody is
conscious of the trans-fat issue ...
My own sister used to rub me in
the ribs sometimes and say, When
are you going to go healthy?
The scouts have been careful
not to bill the updated cookies as
health food. Even with the chang-
es, most varieties are still high in
sugar and saturated fat.
Like any snack food, you talk
about moderation, Pessich said.
We know we arent selling broc-
coli.
Girl scouT cooKies
Troops eliminate trans fat
opinion
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the ending of racism into their own hands.
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How much chuck could a
woodchuck chuck if a wood-
chuck could chuck norris?
n
will someone tell sherron col-
lins to please stand still during
the national anthem?
n
i dont know what you are
talking about, Free-for-all. i
looked all over my chemistry
class and i didnt see a naked
guy.
n
You know what separates
schools like kansas from schools
like ohio state? if we were
ranked no. 25 in the country
and beat the no. 1 team in the
nation, we wouldnt rush the
court, but theyre no. 1 in the
nation and they played a worse
team, and they still rushed the
court, because we expect to
win.
n
You know why kansas is
classy and ohio state isnt?
because we dont rush the court
no matter who we beat, espe-
cially when were no. 1. they
should expect to win a game
like that.
n
everyone is angry that we
always rush the feld during
football, but can somebody tell
ohio state that theyre no. 1 in
basketball, and you probably
shouldnt be rushing the court
if youre the best team in the
country.
n
Hey Free-for-all, guess what?
keep it a secret, but i just found
out my grandparents were
swingers. keep it a secret!
n
to my chemistry class: it was
way too cold outside to come to
class naked.
n
i thought it was bad when i
called safe ride from manhat-
tan, but what was really bad
was when they told me the wait
would be 15 minutes.
n
to the girl who peed in the
GsP parking lot on Friday night:
totally saw you!
n
to the girl in the under-
ground who was crying hysteri-
cally and yelling at her mom:
the next time you want to freak
out, dont do it in public.
n
delta Force: ten years run-
ning. ten years losing.
n
to the girl in the ams class
who thinks feminists are hairy,
egotistical man-haters: Have
you learned anything in col-
lege?
Grant Snider/KAnSAn
Global warming failed to live up
to its hype this winter and those of
us who still have nightmares of ice-
sheeted campus sidewalks have worn
out the ears of our friends with snide
remarks about the weather.
I have renounced complaining,
however, and have decided instead to
take advantage of this spring. I for-
mally propose to our campus politi-
cal parties, Delta Force and United
Students, that they create another
required campus fee. I would like to
call it the Mandatory Springtime
Enjoyment Fee.
Mandatory Springtime
Enjoyment would cost the same as
the recycling and environment fee.
Each of us would pay $3 per semester
in campus fees, which would yield a
yearly amount of $145,700.
Unlike the mixer events we do
during Hawk Week, the entire pur-
pose for this money would be to pro-
vide new avenues for friends to har-
ness the days and breezes of spring.
First, Springtime Enjoyment
would place a table in front of Strong
Hall stacked with picnic blankets
available for checkout every after-
noon. Wed spend about $20 a blan-
ket for 50 blankets, totaling $1,000.
In addition to the blankets, on Friday
at noon, we would set up another
table with free picnic lunches on it.
Beginning in March, we could cover
it with brown-bag lunches and little
juice boxes every Friday through the
remainder of the semester. I estimate
the cost, figuring 4,000 lunches a
week at $3 per lunch, to be about
$108,000. After all this we still have
$36,700 to spend.
Well take $1,400 and buy two
paddle boats for Potters Lake. With
our remaining $35,300, we will create
a stockpile of marshmallows, gra-
ham crackers and Hershey bars for
smore parties on the grills by the
lake. Estimating on the high end
at $4,000 for that, we find $31,300
remaining.
That will fund eight video pro-
jectors and speaker systems that a
group could check out the same way
one would a laptop at Anshutz. They
would allows students to create their
own outdoor theaters by broadcast-
ing videos onto the side of their
house or some building on campus.
We have many important, yet
unused by most of us, campus fees
that do a lot of good. Lets add one
more to benefit us all. By simply
increasing our current required cam-
pus fee of $320 to $323 per semester
a mere 9/10 of a percent we
could experience the spring semes-
ters sitting on picnic blankets, sip-
ping Juicy Juice and watching the
clouds form shapes overhead.
Sam Schneider is a Topeka
junior in English.
The global war on terror requires
a prioritizing of resources and mili-
tary allocation based on threat and
urgency, and our current focus on the
Iraq debacle may be impeding our
progress in Afghanistan. Mondays
surprise visit to Pakistan by Vice
President Dick Cheney underscores
a growing concern in both the White
House and the Democratic Congress
that the Talibans resurgence is a wor-
risome threat to American security.
President Bush was able to escape
much of the criticism that came with
the diversion of resources as long as
our skeleton crew in Afghanistan
kept the vanquished Taliban down.
But as recent press reports note and
Cheneys visit highlights, the Taliban
and their Islamist allies are far from
defeated. Taliban fighters last week
seized an Afghan town after local
police deserted their post just one
example of the recent upswing in
Taliban insurgence and downturn in
Afghan police competence.
Pakistans recently negotiated
peace with the tribal leaders in
Waziristan, a northwest region of
Pakistan, is little more than a ced-
ing of control to dangerous factions
by the government of President
Pervez Musharraf. Cheneys visit
was intended to scare Pakistan
into doing more to crack down on
local terrorists, using the specter of
revoked American aid as an incen-
tive. Pakistan, the fifth-largest recip-
ient of U.S. aid, has little choice but
to comply.
The war in Afghanistan, quickly
fought and forgotten as our attention
turned to Iraq, was always a dan-
gerous endeavor. In an area where
people have little devotion to any
concept of nation, we ignored the
influence and importance of tribal
leaders and affiliation, to our great
diplomatic detriment. Our efforts
were hurt by our recruitment of
suspect allies like Pakistan, whose
precariously fragile government is
one assassination away from col-
lapse. This frightening scenario
would create a power vacuum in a
nuclear country with a sizeable ter-
rorist population.
The Iraq imbroglio has created an
unfortunate set of military circum-
stances: depleted reserves, Middle
East instability and forced ignorance
of other threats. Our commitment to
the stability of Afghanistan must be
immediately renewed, and the dis-
ruption of the al-Qaida network and
Taliban resurgence must be top pri-
orities. Despite Bushs insistence that
finding Osama bin Laden is unim-
portant, weakening the networks in
these areas is imperative.
Time will tell if the Iraq war
has made us safer, but there can be
little disagreement that our Afghan
efforts have been crippled by the
rerouted resources. While the streets
of Basra and Baghdad devolve into
civil war, the place that truly needs a
troop surge goes largely forgotten.
McKay Stangler for the
editorial board
Some people claim there is no
longer tension between blacks
and whites in America. However,
because I am of both races, I see
black-white relations differently
from most, and whites are far from
treating blacks equally. If whites
judged blacks by the same criteria
that they used to judge whites, they
would stop allowing blacks to use
racism as a crutch.
Catchphrases about seeing
beyond color have become so com-
monplace that Stephen Colbert has
seized them, saying he has evolved
and doesnt see race anymore. But
there is a greater number of whites
who dont address the issue because
they fear they will be labeled a rac-
ist.
I know racism aimed at blacks
still exists. And Im not claiming
that all whites and blacks act this
way.
But there are black people who
would rather play the race card than
play by the rules.
For instance, in Chamillionaires
Ridin he states, This is a message
to the law, tell em we hate you.
Earlier in the song Krayzie Bone
sings, Doing the under while I puff
on the blunt. . . Hope cops dont see
me . . . With no regard for the law,
we dodge em. Similarly, in Heard
Em Say, Kanye West states, I guess
they want us all behind bars, I know
it.
Chamillionaire sings about hat-
ing cops with no repercussions,
even though previously in the song
his homeboy Krayzie flaunts their
lawless actions, but if someone
like Michael Richards calls a black
person a nigger, his reputation is
ruined.
Maybe Kanye needs to explain to
Chamillionaire and Krayzie that you
cannot complain about racial profil-
ing while giving cops reasons within
the same song to profile you.
Its bad enough that we dont
condemn this behavior. But whats
worse is that West was one of Time
magazines top 100 artists and
entertainers of 2005 because of the
influence of his medium . . . as well
as the complexity of his message.
How true. Wests message is
quite complex; any criticism of the
black community is racism, but
not vice versa. Hes exactly the type
of person we should praise for his
positive influence on society.
Because of people like
Chamillionaire and West, blacks are
stereotyped as thinking the white
man is trying to bring blacks down,
and magazines like Time are teach-
ing all races that this behavior is
acceptable.
No one should be given privi-
leges based on his or her race. But
I shouldnt be complaining. After
all it is Black History Month; even
white people dont have an entire
month devoted to them.
Chambers is a Paola fresh-
man in journalism.
By frAncEscA chAmBErs
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
Responsibility to end racism rests on blacks too
Afghanistan focus
distracted by Iraq
By sAm schnEidEr
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
Spring fee
guarantees
fun for all
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David Goldblatt)
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Lawrence, Kansas
www.spencerart.ku.edu
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Central Court.
7 PM Tuesday, Feb 27
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on
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Kanda Matulu, John Akomfrah,
and Raoul Peck)
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Both big and little volunteers
helped Big Brothers and Big
Sisters of Douglas County score
a strike during this years annual
Bowl For Kids Sake fundraiser,
which ended Saturday.
The event, held during six
different sessions throughout
February at Royal Crest Lanes,
933 Iowa St., brought in a record
high of more than $94,000 for the
local non-profit organization.
Becky Price, northeast regional
director for Kansas Big Brothers
and Big Sisters, said the final
amount of money raised would
probably exceed $100,000 after
the online pledges are tallied.
The event is just a thank you
to the bowlers for helping us get
pledges, she said. Its important
to have the event be fun so people
feel thanked and appreciated and
do it again next year.
Price said fundraising wasnt
the only motive behind Bowl For
Kids Sake.
Money is important, but vol-
unteers are gold, she said.
Price said the organization
was always in need of volunteers,
especially males, who are at least
18 years old and have a valid
drivers license. After a series of
background checks, volunteers
are paired with children who
have similar interests.
One volunteer, Nate Bolinger,
Pittsburgh senior, was excited to take
part in his first Bowl For Kids Sake,
even though his little brother Jacob
couldnt make it.
Hed been sick all that week and
weekend but we already go to the
bowling alley together every now and
then, he said.
Bolinger said hes never had a
problem finding time to spend with
his little brother and finding time to
concentrate on his own school work.
As a college student, you have
more free time than you are willing
to admit, he said.
He said he helped the fifth-grader
with his school work too.
Bowling For Kids Sake, now in
its 15th year, is a benefit for some
of those volunteers who form five-
member bowling teams and then
solicit pledges of $125 per partici-
pant. Price said teams often raise
more than that amount. All of the
pledge money stays in the Douglas
County organization and is used to
maintain matches between adult vol-
unteers and the children they assist
who need positive mentors in their
lives.
Price said it takes about $1,000 a
year to maintain the matches between
each volunteer and child. This years
fundraiser should help match about
100 children and volunteers, Price
said.
She said accommodating all of the
203 children who were waiting to be
brought into the Douglas County
program would cost about $203,000.
People always want to fund new
programs and new agencies, Price
said. We have to do events like
this.
She said some of the 630 partici-
pants in this years fundraiser were
already Big Brothers and Big Sisters
volunteers.
Price said volunteers could be
paired with a child either one-on-
one, as a family or they could also
volunteer 30 minutes a week to spend
at a childs school with him or her.
One other way to volunteer was
to become an advocate, said Meg
Hooper, public relations specialist for
Big Brothers and Big Sisters.
She said advocates helped the
organization in its office, with its
publications and by assisting with its
activities.
Kansan staf writer Tyler harbert
can be contacted at tharbert@
kansan.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
By BeThany Bunch
A guru of a design firm that works
for big names like Apple and Coca-
Cola delivered a hopeful message to
an auditorium of fine arts students
Monday night.
Jeff Zwerner, graphic designer at
Factor Design firm, gave a presenta-
tion outlining the changes graphic
designers are undergoing and showed
examples of his work. Zwerner said
graduating fine arts students at the
University of Kansas have the prepa-
ration they need to be successful
visual artists, but launch, renew and
envision are the three areas graphic
designers should focus on.
Zwerner refered to launch as the
beginning of the marketing process.
Renewal is the time when the com-
pany updates their image as the mar-
ket changes and envision is the last
phase when companies look forward
to future marketing and design.
Its nice to see that KU is train-
ing their students to think critically,
Zwerner said. Everyone is looking
for those kind of people and no one
can find them.
His impressive portfolio included
Nike Plus, a product in association
with Apples iPod Nano, and Firefly,
a cell phone for kids ages 8-12 oper-
ated by T-Mobile.
Firefly showed up randomly
on our door with a terrible design,
Zwerner said. We convinced them
to let us redesign and eight months
later it was sold to Target.
Andrea Wertzberger, associate
professor in the school of fine arts,
invited Zwerner to speak on campus.
She and Zwerner were former co-
workers at Factor Design firm.
Hes the best designer I ever met,
Wertzberger said. He can make
things glow in Photoshop.
Wertzberger worked in San
Francisco at the home office of
Factor Design before coming to the
University. They worked together on
design projects for Apple when it was
in its dark ages, as Zwerner recalls.
He said Apple, Nike and Coca-
Cola are huge companies who have
large graphic designer staffs. When
these companies work with outside
firms like Factor Design, they depend
on them to execute every job.
Everything has to be perfect or
your fired because thats how it is
with Apple, he said. Editors, proofs,
printersthey have to nail it.
Zwerner recalled a time when his
company failed to nail it. Last month,
an Apple calendar was sent to a flag-
ship store in Chicago with a glaring
typo: Janruary. Factor Design hur-
ried to correct the problem but not
before Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple,
found a copy on his desk.
I was on a plane to New York,
Zwerner said. And I had a missed
call from Apple saying, Jeff, youre in
deep shit.
Gemma Bayly, Overland Park
senior, said she spoke with Zwerner
over lunch about a potential job
opening at Factor Design.
His firm is hiring and I really
want the junior designer position,
Bayly said.
Bayly said she agrees with Zwerner
that the University has readied her
for a career in graphic design.
I feel absolutely prepared, Bayly
said. Students coming out of Cal
Arts arent as prepared as we are.
Kansan staf writer Bethany Bunch
can be contacted at bbunch@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Joe Caponio
fine arts
Design guru addresses students
Michiko Takei/KANSAN
JefZwerner, graphic designer, talks at Wescoe Hall on Monday evening about a project that he
worked on with Nike. The image on the screen was a graphic of Nike shoes.
community
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W
ith selection Sunday less
than two weeks away, it is
not to early to look ahead
to who Kansas does NOT want to play
in March.
I understand that if Kansas wants
to make the Final Four, it is going to
have to play and beat tough teams, but
there are a select few teams that would
pose matchup problems, and poten-
tially may even be more talented than
Kansas.
The first team that Kansas should
hope it doesnt see is North Carolina.
Sure, the Tar Heels have lost some
games to average teams, but if there
is a team that is more talented than
Kansas, it is North Carolina. But I am
still not sold on Tyler Hansbrough.
Maybe that is because I think he has
yet to learn how to master the task of
running and closing your mouth at the
same time. Watch him sometime. He
plays the entire game with his mouth
open.
Back to serious thoughts. CBS
would love this matchup and so would
many KU fans. But, if you go down the
UNC roster, it is filled with talented
player after talented player. Much like
Kansas, it is a young team, with three
freshmen and one sophomore who
average more than 10 points a game.
Kansas does not want to play
Florida again, even though it has
played poorly for the past two weeks.
Everyone hates Joakim Noah, and
I think he is my most hated college
player since I hated Ray Allen when
he played at Connecticut in the mid-
1990s. Problem is, he is pretty good,
even though he thinks he can do what-
ever he wants, like try to steal the ball
from Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings.
Sure, Kansas squeaked by Florida in
Las Vegas, but Noah loves being hated
and he seems to use it to his advan-
tage. He would use that November loss
as motivation. Remember the UCLA
cheerleaders that called him ugly
throughout the Final Four? Well, he
certainly shut them up by destroying
the Bruins in Indianapolis last year.
Florida will be the most experi-
enced team come March. Taurean
Green is one of the best guards and
Lee Humphrey can hit threes from
anywhere on the floor.
Finally, Kansas does not want to
play Georgetown. It is the hottest team
in the country, winners of 11 straight
going into last nights contest against
rival Syracuse. The Hoyas provide
more matchup problems than any
team in America. It runs the Princeton
offense. You know, the one with all the
cuts.
Except Georgetown runs the offense
with athletes, not just some disciplined
smart kids in New Jersey. Someone
once called it the Princeton offense
on steroids.
Jeff Green, Georgetowns star 6-
foot-9 forward may be the most ver-
satile player in the country. He can
rebound, block shots, and hit threes.
If he is not Big East player of the year
it is because fellow Hoya Roy Hibbert
got the award. Hibbert is the 7-foot-2
center who makes 70 percent of his
shots and alters anyone who tries to
take the ball to the lane on the defen-
sive side. Coach John Thompson III
has turned the program around much
By AlissA BAuEr
After getting back to town in
the wee hours of Monday morning
from a winless and seemingly long
trip to Palo Alto, Calif., coach Ritch
Price said he was looking forward
to another round of traveling before
leaving for Oral Roberts (3-5) on
Monday evening.
Price and his Jayhawks (7-4)
hopped a bus for Tulsa last night
to avoid the five-hour drive imme-
diately before todays 3 p.m. game.
Getting into town a few hours ear-
lier may boost the Jayhawks into
snapping out of their losing woes.
When youve just lost three in a
row, youve got to find a way to win,
Price said.
After an 11-day hiatus from game
play because of the weather and
poor field conditions, Price and his
team will have played four games in
five days. The intense schedule may
be difficult and travel-heavy, but at
least games are being played.
That extended lull between games
caused the team to step backwards,
Price said last week. Without the
layoff, last weekends results against
Stanford (7-5) may have turned out
differently.
We dont make excuses, Price
said. But Im confident in how
hard we played that if we didnt have
those two weeks off and had played
the weekend before we couldve
won the series.
During Friday nights loss, Price
said he watched his players swing
at nearly 25 balls in the dirt. Those
were the same pitches the Jayhawks
were avoiding on Sunday after work-
ing back into game mode towards
the end of weekend.
Thats why we went though,
Price said, explaining that the only
way to get his team game-ready
is by playing games, and its all
the more helpful if those games
are against quality teams capable of
sweeping the series.
The Golden Eagles look as if they
will provide that caliber of competi-
tion that Price deems necessary. On
the surface, their 3-5 start disagrees
with the Golden Eagles threat as a
serious opponent, but snapping
their losing streak against Big 12
Conference powerhouse Baylor on
Sunday proved their worth.
They play in probably the
weakest conference in America,
Price said. But their non-confer-
ence season is one of the toughest
in the country.
Playing in the Mid-Continent
Conference, Oral Roberts will take
on No. 13 Texas (9-6) this week-
end and is slated to face No. 5
Arkansas (9-3) in two weeks.
Playing in rough waters, Oral
Roberts was swept by Texas
Christian University two week-
ends ago and Baylor took the first
two games last weekend, pushing
the Golden Eagles losing streak to
five games.
Oral Roberts refused to buckle.
Using a strong offensive stand and
a record-breaking pitching per-
formance, the Golden Eagles pre-
vented the sweep. In fact, Kansas
and Oral Roberts were in the same
boat this weekend as the Golden
Eagles dropped a tough one, 3-2,
in 10 innings on Friday, much like
the 6-5 loss the Jayhawks suffered
on Friday after battling back from
a 5-0 deficit.
Junior lefty Michael Jarman
struck out 14 batters in his teams
victory on Sunday, setting a new
record for strikeouts in Baylor
Ballpark. Although the possibil-
ity of the Jayhawks facing him
the rant
Big Dance
matchups
could spell
trouble
By ryAn colAiAnni
kansan sports columnist
rcolaianni@kansan.com
see colaianni on page 3B
Kansan FILe pHoto
the Jayhawks are in Tulsa today for a match with Oral Roberts. This will be the fourth game the
Jayhawks have played in fve days.
see baseball on page 3B
Jayhawks look to rebound at Oral Roberts
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Kansas escaped from Oklahoma with a 67-65 victory against the Sooners. Check
out the Rewind spread for complete coverage of the Jayhawks victory.
Kansas 67, OKlahOMa 65
By MichAEl PhilliPs
n
ORMAN, Okla. March
arrived a little early this
year.
The Jayhawks held strong on the
road, resisting the Sooners barrage
of pressure defense and three-point
shooting to escape with a 67-65 vic-
tory.
We were very fortunate to win
tonight, coach Bill Self said.
After building a 17-point lead
in the first half, Kansas watched it
vanish in a mix of bad shooting and
self-imposed doubt.
We were a little frustrated we
werent making shots, then they
turned up their defensive pressure,
sophomore forward Julian Wright
said.
Self said the team played timid
at the start of the second half. The
Jayhawks made only one of its seven
three-point attempts in the first half
and didnt shoot any after halftime.
In the games final minutes, it
was able to advance the ball through
Oklahomas pressure defense and get
to the free-throw line enough times
to win.
Freshman guard Sherron Collins
played a majority of the crunch-time
minutes, but credited his teammates
for helping him survive the Sooner
defense.
Weve got good ball handlers, but
you cant dribble against two or three
people, he said. Your teammates
have to make the right cuts.
Those teammates remained
mostly constant at the end, as Self
gave four players Collins, Wright,
Brandon Rush and Mario Chalmers
at least 33 minutes of playing
time.
Wright had the best shooting day,
finishing 8-for-12 and counteracting
a weak performance from Rush on
the perimeter.
Rush, sophomore forward, said
see basketball on page 5B
anna Faltermeier/Kansan
Mario Chalmers, sophomore guard, attempts a jumpshot over Oklahomas David Godbold. Chalmers went 4-for-10 from the feld and contributed 18 points in the vicotry over the Sooners.
Chalmers, Wright
score 18 points
each in victory
F
or the past week, all Ive
heard on ESPN is that
Florida, North Carolina,
Wisconsin, Ohio State, UCLA and
Kansas are the only six teams that
have separated themselves for No.
1 seed consideration. One team
is noticeably absent from that list
Texas A&M.
Tell me, what have those six
teams done to separate themselves
from Texas A&M? The Aggies only
have four losses, as few as anyone
but Ohio State. They lost at UCLA,
but who can blame them? They
lost at LSU, but so did Florida.
They were swept by Texas Tech,
but North Carolina was swept by a
similar team at Virginia Tech.
They have a road victory against
Kansas; none of the other six have
a victory even close to as good as
that. They are also tied for the lead
in the Big 12 Conference.
So please, Id really like to know
what eliminated Texas A&M from
the running for a No. 1 seed.
Its resume is better than Kansas.
OK, so Kansas is demolishing teams
lately and Texas A&M is still just
winning fairly close games. But
Texas A&M doesnt have a loss like
Oral Roberts on its resume, and
its victory at Kansas is better than
Kansas against Florida on a neutral
court.
Texas A&Ms argument against
the rest of the field should always
go back to its victory in Allen
Fieldhouse. Kansas is at a disad-
vantage against Texas A&M just
because of that victory.
But compare Texas A&M to oth-
ers in contention, and the Aggies
could say that theyve had a better
season than any.
Ohio States accomplishments
dont measure up to Texas A&Ms.
The Buckeyes have only defeated
two ranked teams all year in
Wisconsin and Tennessee, and both
of those came at home. By the way,
Tennessee only has one confer-
ence road victory this season. Ohio
State also lost at North Carolina,
at Florida and at Wisconsin. Those
were their only three chances to
match the Aggies victory at Kansas,
and they failed.
Then theres North Carolina,
Florida and Wisconsin. All are
slumping at the wrong time, each
having lost two games recently. At
this point, either could easily be a
No. 2 seed behind Texas A&M.
The UCLA Bruins are the only
team that has a significant advan-
tage against Texas A&M, and thats
just because of its head-to-head win.
If Texas A&M wins at Texas and
then wins the Big 12 Tournament,
I dont see how a No. 1 seed could
be denied to Billy Gillispies team.
Better yet, the Aggies should go to
the South Regional in San Antonio,
Texas. I think they deserve it. My
message to the tournament commit-
tee: At least consider it.
Robinett is an Austin, Texas, senior
in journalism.
Edited by Joe Caponio
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Tuesday
nBaseball vs. Oral roberts, 3
p.m. Tulsa, Okla.
nMens golf at The all-ameri-
can, all day, Houston
Thursday
nWomen's basketball vs. Mis-
souri, 6:30 p.m. Columbia, Mo.
Friday
nSoftball vs. Iowa state, 12:30
p.m. Tulsa, Okla.
n Tennis vs. Iowa, 3 p.m. Iowa
City, Iowa
nSoftball vs. Tulsa, 5:30 p.m.
Tulsa, Okla.
nSwimming and Diving at
Zone diving, all day, Tba
Saturday
nMens basketball vs. Texas,
11 a.m. allen Fieldhouse
nSoftball vs. North Texas, 1:30
p.m. Tulsa, Okla.
nBaseball vs. Western Illinois, 2
p.m. Hoglund ballpark
nTrack, Iowa State Invita-
tional, all day, ames, Iowa
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ames, Iowa
Sunday
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Aggies worthy of top seed
By TRAvIS RoBIneTT
kaNsaN spOrTs COluMNIsT
trobinett@kansan.com
Horn born, Hawk bred
Texas A&Ms resum as impressive as that of any other team
mens basketball womens basketball
MlB
Rolen, La Russa resolve
postseason quarrel
JUPITER, Fla. Cardinals
manager Tony La Russa and
third baseman Scott Rolen are
talking again, and both agree
the rift that began in the 2006
postseason is over.
The two shook hands last
week outside La Russas ofce
at the St. Louis Cardinals spring
training complex. The two had
not spoken since the disagree-
ment began fve months ago.
Its a dead issue, Rolen said
Monday. Its healthy to be a
dead issue. Walking around with
a wall between you isnt very
healthy for any relationship.
La Russa said he never had
an issue with Rolen, even as
their deteriorating relationship
became sensationalized during
the Cardinals World Series run
last October.
The split started in late
September when Rolen was not
in the lineup for a critical game
against the Astros and pitcher
Roy Oswalt.
La Russa, believing Rolens
tender shoulder was negatively
impacting his swing, sat Rolen
for Game 2 of the National
League Division Series and
Game 2 of the NLCS.
Rolen, though, responded
on the feld. He hit safely in the
fnal 10 postseason games and
fnished the World Series with a
.421 average.
Associated Press
MenS BASkeTBAll
Ohio State grabs top spot
for frst time in 45 years
Ohio State took over the No. 1
spot in The Associated Press col-
lege basketball poll Monday, the
frst time the Buckeyes have held
the top ranking since 1962 when
they were led by Jerry Lucas and
John Havlicek.
Led by freshmen Greg Oden
and Mike Conley Jr., Ohio
State advanced one day after
beating Wisconsin.
Ohio State was ranked No. 1 for
all of 1960-61 and 1961-62, a run of
27 straight polls. The Buckeyes won
the national championship in 1960
and lost the title game to Cincin-
nati in 1961 and 1962.
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like Billy Gillispie has at Texas
A&M. The entire starting lineup
can hit shots, and they play
great defense.
So who should Kansas hope
to play? Kansas would love to
play anyone from the Big Ten
conference, even Ohio State
led by Greg Oden. That confer-
ence does not impress me and
I dont know how it impresses
recruits. The game scores are
usually in the 40s or 50s and
it must be difficult for the fans
to get excited for 15 straight
possessions of passing the ball
around the perimeter, leading to
a clanked three. There are some
great coaches in that league, just
not good players. If you watched
Ohio States 49-48 win over
Wisconsin on Sunday, you were
probably just as bored as I was.

Colaianni is a McLean, Va.,
senior in journalism and politi-
cal science.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
tonight is highly unlikely, they
will have to quiet the hitters.
We played them my first
year, Price said. We beat them
two out of three, but theyve won
their conference like nine years
straight.
Junior third baseman Tyler
Warmerdam went 2-4 with one
RBI in the Golden Eagles last
game to bring his average to
.250.
Oral Roberts has no .300 hit-
ting threat, but they have plenty
with potential. Senior first base-
man Chad Rothford leads all
of this afternoons players with
three home runs. The All Mid-
Continent Conference first team
performer also leads his team
with a pair of doubles and is tied
for the lead with six RBI.
Kansas packed a few weapons of
its own.
Junior left fielder John Allman
went a solid 7-15 against Stanford
this weekend, spiking his team-lead-
ing batting average to .410, while
fellow outfielder Kyle Murphy con-
tinued to follow Allmans lead.
The senior Murphy tagged
a career-high four hits against
Stanford on Sunday and went 5-
12 in three games, trailing Allman
slightly in the batting average race
at .394.
Allman and Murphy are the only
Jayhawks hitting over .300. Kansas
is hitting just .267 as a team, which
should match-up fairly evenly with
Oral Roberts .235 team average.
Freshman left-hander Wally
Marciel (1-0, 4.50) will get the nod
tomorrow afternoon for Kansas. In
Fridays loss to Stanford, Marciel
came in to relieve starter Nick Czyz.
Marciel allowed one run off of two
hits while retiring just two batters.
Nevertheless, Price and his team
will come out swinging tomorrow.
Price said that getting some of his
guys back on track is a goal for
tomorrows match-up, probably
much like Oral Roberts.
They need a win as bad as we
do, Price said. Theyve also had a
tough two weeks opening up.
Kansan sportswriter Alissa Bauer
can be contacted at abauer@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Joe Caponio
colaianni
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baseball (continued from 1b)
olympian
nfl
Gold medal wrestler
survives plane crash
Rams let stalwart guard go
By DOUG ALDEN
AssOCiAtED prEss
SALT LAKE CITY Olympic
wrestling champion Rulon Gardner
lost a toe to frostbite after being
stranded in the wilderness, impaled
himself with an arrow and was
involved in a serious motorcycle
accident.
In his latest escape from death,
he survived a plane crash over the
weekend into the aptly named Good
Hope Bay on the Utah-Arizona bor-
der.
I think Im really lucky, Gardner
told CNN on Monday, after every-
thing I have been through.
Gardner and two Utah brothers
were rescued by a fisherman Sunday
after swimming more than an hour
in 44-degree water and spending the
night without shelter.
None suffered life-threatening
injuries, authorities said.
It takes only about 30 minutes
for someone swimming in 44-degree
water to start suffering the effects of
hypothermia, so the fact that they
swam in it for an hour, not to men-
tion surviving the plane crash and the
night without fire or shelter, is pretty
amazing, said Steven Luckesen,
a district ranger at Glen Canyon
National Recreation Area. If these
guys were a cat with nine lives, they
just used up three of them.
Since delivering one of the great
Olympic upsets at the 2000 Sydney
Games, the 35-year-old Gardner has
had a history of harrowing escapes.
In 2002, he became stranded
while snowmobiling in the Wyoming
and lost a toe. Then in 2004, he was
struck by an automobile while riding
a motorcycle. Back in third grade,
he punctured his abdomen with an
arrow at a class show-and-tell.
The lesson, Gardner said, is
hopefully teach people to be smart-
er about the choices they make.
In his latest brush, Gardner was
a passenger in a Cirrus SR 22 with
pilot Randy Brooks and broth-
er Leslie. They were looking at a
houseboat from the air when the
plane dipped into the water, Garfield
County public information officer
Becki Bronson said.
The plane went from 150 mph to
none in about 2 seconds, Gardner
told CNN. Within about a half a
second is when we knew that things
went from a beautiful day, a beauti-
ful afternoon, all the way to a pretty
bad situation.
Authorities were uncertain of the
exact location of the crash and were
investigating the cause.
Once they were rescued, Gardner
and the brothers called a relative to
take them for medical attention.
By r.B. FALLstrOM
AssOCiAtED prEss
ST. LOUIS The St. Louis
Rams on Monday released guard
Adam Timmerman, a team stal-
wart who played in two Super
Bowls for the team.
Timmerman was informed by
Rams coach Scott Linehan that
he was being released from the
club, his agent, Mark Bartelstein,
said.
Timmerman, 35, has no plans
to retire.
I think they just wanted to
make a change, Bartelstein said.
Its a difficult thing for Adam.
He feels great and hes looking
forward to having a great sea-
son.
His body feels great and hes
ready to go. This is a tough part
of the business.
The Rams were expected
to announce the release on
Wednesday.
Bartelstein, based in Chicago, said
it could happen as early as Tuesday.
Linehan was at the NFLs annual
scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Timmerman had both shoulders
operated on after last season and
ended this season with a rib injury.
The Rams signed Timmerman
away from Green
Bay in free agen-
cy after the 1998
season.
He became
part of the start-
ing lineup at
right guard and
stayed there the
next eight sea-
sons, playing in
10 playoff games
and two Super
Bowls for the Rams and earning two
Pro Bowl berths.
Timmerman built a streak of 204
consecutive games, both regular-
season and playoff, since his rookie
season in 1995 with the Green Bay
Packers. He missed the Rams last
three games with cracked ribs, end-
ing that run.
The Rams brought in a young
offensive line interior that included
Richie Incognito at Timmermans
right guard spot.
I nc o g ni t o
will have that
spot at the
start of training
camp.
Rams offen-
sive coordina-
tor Greg Olson
said in January
that the team
has some
aging veterans
up front who
have done a tremendous job for the
team, but who eventually would be
replaced.
Katsumi Kasahara/associaTeD PRess
Usas Rulon Gardner waves the American fag following his gold medal win against three-time
Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Kareline, Russia, in the Greco-Roman 130 kg fnal wrestling match
at the XXVII Summer Games in Sydney in 2000. Gardner and two Utah men were rescued by a Lake
Powell fsherman Sunday after surviving a small plane crash near Good Hope Bay on Saturday.
He feels great and hes look-
ing forward to having a great
season. His body feels great and
hes ready to go.
Mark bartelstein
adam timmermans agent
Super Bowl teammate plans to keep playing football
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Kansas 33 34 67
Oklahoma 19 46 65
GOALS
Kansas Wright 8-12 2-4
18; Kaun 4-6 3-4 11; Collins 0-5
0-0 0; Chalmers 4-10 10-12 18;
Rush 2-7 4-6 9; Arthur 0-2 0-0 0;
Robinson 2-4 3-6 7; Stewart 0-0
0-0 0; Jackson 2-3 0-2 4. Totals
22-49 22-34 67.
Oklahoma Carter 4-15 12-
13 20; Grifn 3-6 6-7 12; Walker
0-0 0-0 0; Neal 3-10 0-2 9; Samp-
son 0-1 0-0 0; Maze 3-7 0-0 6;
Crocker 3-5 0-1 8; Godbold 1-8
1-2 4; Johnson 0-2 0-0 0; Longar
3-6 0-0 6. Totals 20-60 19-25 65.
RECORDS
Kansas 13-2, 26-4
Oklahoma 6-9 15-13.
By Michael PhilliPs
NORMAN, Okla. Free throws
were a problem for Kansas all night,
but the team made enough in the
games final minutes to secure a 67-
65 victory against Oklahoma.
Sophomoreguard Mario Chalmers
made 10 of his 12 attempts, includ-
ing a perfect 6-for-6 in the final five
minutes of the game.
I just try to cancel out the crowd
and stay focused, he said. We hit
the free throws when we needed to.
Other players werent as success-
ful, and for a stretch in the second
half the Jayhawks made only slightly
more than half of their attempts
from the charity stripe.
The Sooners, meanwhile, were
able to convert 79 percent of their
attempts in the second half, enough
to make the Jayhawk big men think
twice about fouling.
Chalmers poise helped the
Jayhawks to victory, and was also
important because he hadnt had a
breakout game recently. Coach Bill
Self said that the nature of the team
is for different players to step up on
different nights.
You could almost ask me who
our best player is at each TV time
out, he joked.
In the games final minute, sopho-
more forward Julian Wright missed
two free throws, sophomore guard
Brandon Rush made one of two, and
Chalmers and junior guard Russell
Robinson converted both of their
attempts.
The final two from Chlamers,
with 22.2 seconds showing on the
clock, were especially crucial as they
pushed the Kansas lead to five.
Oklahoma forward Nate Carter
credited those late attempts with
sealing the game.
They are the No. 3 team in the
country for a reason, he said. They
made a lot of their free throws down
the stretch.
Robinson returns from
injury:
Junior guard Russell Robinson
returned to the court after miss-
ing Saturdays game due to injury.
Freshman guard Sherron Collins
kept his starting spot, with Robinson
joining him at the first timeout.
Russells doing fine, Self said.
Hes a little winded, but fine.
Senior night in
Oklahoma:
The Sooners honored four seniors
for their contributions, but most
notable was guard Kellen Sampson,
son of former coach Kelvin
Sampson.
The elder Sampson left Oklahoma
last year after 12 seasons to become
coach at Indiana, causing specula-
tion that fans would boo himduring
his return. He looked visibly nervous
as he came out of the tunnel, but
broke into a smile when fans greeted
him with a standing ovation.
He was introduced twice: The
first time as Kellens father and at
halftime he was recognized as the
former coach.
Im excited to be here as a par-
ent and support Kellen, Kelvin said
before the game. Its really the first
time Ive seen him. I saw him for 48
hours at Christmas. I havent had a
chance to see him since then.
One game froma
conference title:
Kansas can win at least a share of
the Big 12 title by defeating Texas at
home this Saturday. Coach Bill Self
said that winning the conference was
one of the teams goals, and that they
were happy to have the opportunity
to do so.
He wont, however, be throwing
any parties to watch Texas A&Mplay
its remaining games. If the Aggies
lose, the Jayhawks could win the title
outright. Self will have problems of
his own, though. Texas freshman
phenom Kevin Durant has been ter-
rorizing opponents all year.
I cant wait, Self said sarcastical-
ly. Im really fired up about that.
Kansan senior sportswriter Mi-
chael Phillips can be contacted at
mphillips@kansan.com.
Edited by Joe Caponio
Chalmers hits key
free throws late
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
Kansas coach Bill Self reacts after the Jayhawks received another foul during the game against
Oklahoma on Monday night in the Lloyd Noble Center. The Jayhawks fnished with 20 fouls.
he struggled to get into the rhythm
of the game and was too busy dwell-
ing on his previous misses to find
his shooting
touch.
Ive got to
play with a free
mind, he said.
Self said that
Rushs play will
become even
more impor-
tant in tourna-
ment games.
Br a nd o n
has got to step
up, the coach
said. He cant just score eight points
or five points. Hes better than that.
He wasnt the only player who
struggled, though. Freshman for-
ward Darrell Arthur played only six
minutes after getting into foul trou-
ble early, and Collins went 0-for-5
shooting.
Those performances surprised
Self, who said that the team had
fantastic practices this weekend that
were reflected in their first-half play.
For Collins, it was his first taste
of the pressure that will be coming
his way throughout the month of
March, and it was bittersweet.
My shot
wasnt there for
me tonight, he
said. But my
teammates know
they can count on
me to do the other
little things to help
us get a stop.
He didnt back
down from the
pressure in crunch
time, leaning on
his teammates to
score the points as he pitched in on
defense. Sophomore guard Mario
Chalmers said that after the Jayhawks
watched their lead slip away, they got
right back to work.
We made the plays at the end to
pull out the victory, he said.
Kansan senior sportswriter Mi-
chael Phillips can be contacted at
mphillips@kansan.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
meNS BASKetBAll
(continued from 1B)
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Freshman guard Sherron Collins contends with Oklahomas pressure defense in the second half
of Mondays game. Collins said that his teammates helped himdefeat the pressure by getting open
for passes.
my shot wasnt there for me
tonight. But my teammates
knowthey can count on me to
do the other little things to help
us get a stop.
SheRRON COLLiNS
Freshman guard
.
Standings
1. Kansas 13-2, 26-4
2. Texas A&M 12-2, 24-4
3. Texas 11-3, 21-7
4. Kansas State 9-5, 20-9
5. Texas Tech 7-7, 18-11
6. Missouri 6-8, 17-10
7. Oklahoma 6-9, 15-13
8. Oklahoma State 5-8, 19-9
8. Nebraska 5-8, 16-11
10. Iowa State 5-9, 14-14
11. Baylor 3-11, 13-14
12. Colorado 2-12, 6-18
Top 3 Players
Sophomore
forward
JulianWright
fnished with
18 points,
including 12
in the frst
half. he also
grabbed eight
rebounds.
Sophomore
guard Mario
Chalmers
also scored 18
points, 10 of
which were of
of free throws.
he also dished
out fve assists
and had two
steals.
Junior center
Sasha Kaun
fnished with
11 points,
of 4-for-6
shooting. he
was just one
rebound shy
of a double-
double.
Wright Chalmers Kaun
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
Junior guard Russell Robinson posts up on Oklahoma defenders Michael Neal and Austin Johnson during Mondays game. It was Robinsons frst
game since injuring his foot during a practice last week. He played a total of 19 minutes of the bench.
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
Sophomore forward Julian Wright attempts a hook shot during Mondays game. Wright fnished with a team-high 18 points in 35 minutes of play.
7 frst half feld goals by
Oklahoma
7 second half feld goals
by Kansas
12missed free throws by
the Jayhawks
1,899 programvictories
for Kansas
Kansas 67, oklahoma 65
.
details
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
the Jayhawks never could connect frombehind the three-point line, fnishing 1-for-7 with all those attempts in the frst half. The Sooners found
limited success inside, but came up with some big three-pointers in the second half. Both teams had a signifcant percentage of their scoring come at
the free-throwline (not pictured). The Jayhawks made 22-for-34 and the Sooners went 19-for-25. Of the Jayhawks 34 attempts, all but two came in the
second half. Shot chart information compiled by Oklahoma Athletics.
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
Guard mario Chalmers slides out of bounds near to the Oklahoma mascot during second half of the game against Oklahoma on Monday night.
1st Half 2nd Half
Dont try to press Sherron
Collins. i dont know why every
teamthinks theyre the frst to try
it, but it happens for about two
minutes of every game. The strat-
egy has never worked against
him, but apparently thats not
enough to stop teams from try-
ing.
interesting call by the
ofcials to give Oklahoma coach
Jef Capel a technical foul at the
start of the second half. There
were probably better ways to
send a message in that situation,
though Capel probably wont
complain too much about it:
his teamcut the Kansas lead to
seven in the minutes after the
foul.
if youre in a class with
me this morning, i apologize in
advance for my subconscious
humming of Boomer Sooner.
After the 935th rendition, it
became permanently ingrained
in my memory.
Brandon Rush is great at
letting the game come to him,
but thats not always a compli-
ment. Sometimes he needs to
force himself to score points,
even during blowout games.
its not in Rushs personality, but
coach Bill Self wants himto be
the man for the Jayhawks.
it was a white-out in Nor-
man, where all the fans wore
white shirts that were given
out. it was the only impressive
color ive seen this year, and that
brings me to my point: The only
acceptable colors to coat an
arena in are bright ones. Forget a
blue out, or red, or black. its not
visually appealing. The only way
a crowd can stand out is with a
bright color, like white, yellowor
orange. if the Jayhawks want to
try something similar, white or
bright red are their only options.
Sherron Collins and Rus-
sell Robinson at the same time
is a powerful combination. Both
possess great slashing ability,
which means that inside players
have to keep an eye on both of
themin case they make a sud-
den move for the hoop.
Michael Phillips
BY SHAWN SHROYER
BAYlOR (7-4)
Up:
Freshman
right fielder
Aaron
Miller hit
his first
collegiate
home run
and went 5-
for-11 with four RBI and four runs
as Baylor won its weekend series
against Oral Roberts.
In the hole: Freshman Dustin
Dickerson provided little pop dur-
ing the weekend, going 1-for-11
with one RBI and one run.
On deck: The Bears will partici-
pate in the Pacific State Bank Tiger
Classic this weekend. Baylor will
play San Francisco, Pacific and San
Diego State.
KANSAS StAtE (7-1)
Up:
Sophomore
right-hand-
er Justin
Murray
helped
Kansas
State sweep its weekend tourna-
ment in Tampa, Fla., by striking out
a career-high seven in 6.2 innings
against James Madison.
In the hole: Sophomore infielder
Nate Tenbrink had a rough week-
end, going 0-for-7 with an error
in the field. He got on base the
hard way, though, twice being hit
by pitches.
On deck: Kansas State will par-
ticipate in the Lamar Classic this
weekend against St. Johns, Lamar
and Cal-Santa Barbara.
MiSSOuRi (6-5)
Up:
Sophomore
start-
ers Rick
Zagone
and Aaron
Crow combined for 17 strikeouts
in 15.1 innings and allowed just
one run between them, but neither
earned victories, thanks to anemic
offensive support and a shaky bull-
pen.
In the hole: In Missouris three
losses this past weekend, its bullpen
allowed 13 runs. Of those, only five
were earned. The Tiger bullpen and
defense needs improvement.
On deck: Missouri will play its
home opener this weekend as it
hosts Youngstown State for a three-
game series.
No. 18 NEBRASKA (5-2)
Up:
Junior
shortstop
Ryan
Wehrle
anchored
the
Nebraska
offense, going 6-for-13 with a home
run, three RBI and three runs. He
didnt leave a single runner on base
as the Cornhuskers went 2-1 in the
Rice Invitational.
In the hole: Nebraska produced
little from its leadoff hitters. Junior
Bryce Nimmo and freshman DJ
Belfonte combined to go 2-for-11
with one RBI.
On deck: Nebraska will partici-
pate in the Stetson Invitational this
weekend against Iowa, Notre Dame
and Stetson.
OKlAHOMA (5-4)
Up: After
reaching dou-
ble-digits in
runs only once
in their first
seven games
and scoring
just one run
in the previ-
ous game, the
Sooners exploded on Saturday,
beating Western Illinois 24-4 before
sweeping the series on Sunday.
In the hole: If there was a nega-
tive from the weekend, senior Joseph
Hughes went 2-for-8 at the plate.
Still, he also pitched 2.1 innings of
scoreless relief.
On deck: Oklahoma will play
host to No. 20 UC Riverside for
three-game set this weekend.
No. 21 OKlAHOMA StAtE
(6-3)
Up:
Freshman
left-
hander
Andrew
Oliver
helped
the Cowboys win the final game
of the weekend, allowing only one
earned run in five innings while
striking out five.
In the hole: Although he did hit
his second home run of the season,
senior second baseman Tyler Mach
had an uncharacteristic weekend,
going 2-for-11. Oklahoma State
followed suit, losing to Cal State
Northridge in the two games in
which Mach did not homer.
On deck: Oklahoma State will
play host to Nicholls State this week-
end for a three-game series.
No. 13 tExAS (9-6)
Up:
Senior
center
fielder
Nick
Peoples
helped Texas take two of three from
Washington State, going 5-for-11
with two RBI, five runs and two
stolen bases.
In the hole: Senior closer Randy
Boone continues to struggle. After
earning the save on Friday, he allowed
four runs in 2.1 innings on Sunday,
letting the series sweep slip away.
On deck: Texas continues its home
stand this weekend as Oral Roberts
comes to town for three games.
No. 25 tExAS A&M (11-1)
Up:
Junior
third base-
man Blake
Stouffer
went off on
Jacksonville
State. He
hit for the
cycle on Friday, but didnt stop
there, going 7-for-11 with nine RBI
and five runs in the series as Texas
A&M extended its winning streak
to 10 games.
In the hole: Sophomore right-
hander Kyle Thebeau lasted only 2.1
innings on Saturday, allowing four
runs (three earned) on five hits and
two walks.
On deck: Texas A&M will host
the Dominos Pizza Aggie Baseball
Classic this weekend and take on
No. 9 Oregon State, Saint Louis,
New Mexico and Oregon State again
on Monday.
tExAS tEcH (9-4)
Up:
Sophomore first
baseman James
Leverton could
find himself
higher than the
seventh spot in
the lineup after
going 6-for-12 with one RBI and
two runs as Texas Tech won its
series with Northern Illinois.
In the hole: Senior left-hander
Colt Hynes didnt earn the loss on
Saturday, but he did allow five runs
(four earned) on 10 hits in five
innings, forcing the Red Raiders to
fight an uphill battle.
On deck: Texas Tech welcomes
Cal State Northridge to Lubbock this
weekend for three games.
Kansan senior sportswriter
Shawn Shroyer can be contacted
at sshroyer@kansan.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
Four Big 12 schools rank in college top 25
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Roomates needed to share 3BR 2BA
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Seeking applications for Snack Bar and
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EOE.
ASSISTANT TEACHERS
Googols of Learning Child
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Breakfast with
Baby Jay at
Wescoe from
910:30 a.m.
Free hot cocoa
while it lasts!
Change for
Champions
kick-off,
donate your
change to the
Special
Olympics,
all week.
Mens
Basketball
KU at OU,
8 p.m.
Go Hawks!
Tuesday
FEB. 27
Breakfast with
Big Jay at the
Union from
910:30 a.m.
Free donuts
while they last!
SAA meeting
at 7 p.m.,
Adams Alumni
Center.
Wednesday
FEB. 28
Free Cosmic
Bowling at the
Jaybowl from
79 p.m. with a
donation to
Special
Olympics.
Spirit Contest
15 p.m.
Adams Alumni
Center
Student with
best display of
KU Spirit wins
$100!
Thursday
MARCH 1
Sign the Good
Luck Banner
for the Basket-
ball Teams
located on
Wescoe Beach
from 11 a.m.
1 p.m. and
enjoy some
giveaways.
Womens
Basketball
KU at Missouri
6:30 p.m.
Friday
MARCH 2
Crimson and
Blue Day
wear KU
colors!
Sign the
Good Luck
Banner for the
Basketball
Teams located
in the Kansas
Union from
11 a.m.1 p.m.
and enjoy
some give-
aways.
Saturday
MARCH 3
Mens
Basketball
KU vs. Texas,
11 a.m.last
home game!
Thanks for a
great season in
the Allen Field
House. Rock
Chalk Jayhawk!
Stop by our table at Wescoe or
the Kansas Union this week to celebrate
March Madness!
Each day there will be different contests and prizes to win!
Spirit Week
www.kualumni.org 785-864-4760
BY RUSTIN DODD
Elizaveta Avdeeva has plenty of
experience irritating her opponents.
Of course, playing Avdeeva would
drive you batty, too. Avdeeva (team-
mates call her Liza) might look like
Little Bo Peep, but dont let her
appearance fool you. This 5-foot-
9-inch Russian native with a spec-
tacular forehand slugs it out from
the baseline like a bare-knuckled
brawler.
As expected, Avdeeva has no
problem being a nuisance for her
opponents on the court.
Its nice, she said. If I see some-
thing doesnt work [in their game], I
just try to take advantage.
Need more proof? Ask Petra
Dizdar of Texas. Dizdar came into
her Jan. 27 match against Avdeeva
a three-time All Big 12 player, but
walked off the court aggravated and
empty-handed, as Avdeeva defeated
Dizdar 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3.
Yet, for all of Avdeevas early-
season success it is easy to forget
how far she has come in the past
four years.
In the fall of
2004, Avdeeva
was a freshman
at Moscow State
University look-
ing for a way to
play tennis at the
collegiate level,
but Moscow
State did not
have a womens
tennis program,
so Avdeeva was
forced to look
elsewhere.
I still wanted to play tennis, but
I just didnt have a chance to play,
she said.
Enter Kansas and coach Amy
Hall-Holt.
Avdeeva became a Jayhawk in
January 2005, and shortly after
claimed the No. 1 singles spot.
However, Avdeevas transition to
Division I collegiate tennis and life
in the United States was filled with
a few obstacles.
The first couple months were
really hard for me to get used to the
new environment, new people, the
team environment, she said. You
practice with the team, you focus
on team goals, that was kind of dif-
ferent.
Avdeeva struggled to a 5-13
record in her freshman singles
campaign, but bounced back in a
big way during her sophomore sea-
son. Competing at No. 2 singles
and No. 1 doubles with Ksenia
Bukina, Avdeeva was named All-
Big 12 in singles and doubles. She
also excelled in the classroom and
named to the Academic All-Big 12
team. For Avdeeva, the transforma-
tion was all about maturity.
My freshman year, I started to
play No. 1, and I just was losing
matches. I was impatient. I was try-
ing to hit balls really hard, she said.
Last year and this year I changed
my game. I became more patient. I
think Im playing smarter.
Coming in to the 2007 season, the
pressure was squarely on Avdeeva to
live up to her 2006 accolades, and
thus far, she has answered the call.
Avdeeva has grown a reputation
as a grinding singles player whose
matches tend to turn into mara-
thons. Avdeeva has a 2-2 record
in four three-set matches. Avdeeva,
though, has been most impressive
on the doubles court with new part-
ner Edina Horvath. Adveeva and
Horvath, a Budapest, Hungary
native, have led the Jayhawks with
an 8-2 record at No. 1 doubles.
We are really confident together,
said Horvath.
More than that,
the duo seems to
have developed
and unshakable
chemistry on the
court.
Somet i mes
you can feel
the partner,
said Avdeeva
referring to her
ability to sense
Horvaths move-
ments on the court. Where shes
going to go, where she is going to
hit the ball, how shes going to hit
the ball.
Despite Avdeevas 8-2 record in
doubles, coach Hall-Holt gives her
biggest praise to the things you dont
see, Avdeevas intangibles.
Its her enthusiasm, her dedica-
tion, Hall-Holt said. I know she
has a very high talent level. Its just
very exciting to see her step up on
the court.
As Avdeeva continues to step up
for the Kansas tennis team, one
thing is certain. If you step out onto
a tennis court with Avdeeva, prepare
to be annoyed.
Kansan sportswriter Rustin Dodd
can be contacted at rdodd@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
tennis
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
Elizaveta Avdeeva, Obninsk, Russia, junior, plays for the Kansas tennis team. Avdeeva stood
out last season with an 8-2 record while playing doubles with teammate Edina Horvath, Budapest,
Hungary, sophomore.
Russian transfer fnds her rhythm
BY DOUG TUCKER
aSSOCIaTED pRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. With
two teams in the top seven and
a leading candidate for national
player of the year, Big 12 coaches
figure one of those coveted and
prestigious No. 1 NCAA seeds
should also be in their future.
There will only be four No.
1s when the bracket is unveiled
on March 11. But heading into
this week, co-leaders Kansas and
Texas A&M, ranked No. 3 and
No. 7, respectively, could both
put themselves in position to
grab one.
You could say that, said
Kansas coach Bill Self, whose
team had a Monday night game
at Oklahoma. But I think work
still needs to be done.
Texas A&M, meanwhile, must
pass its own test Wednesday at
No. 15 Texas.
The Longhorns and player-of-
the-year candidate Kevin Durant
go into the final week 11-3 in
the league, one game behind the
Aggies and Jayhawks.
But theyre in complete control
of their own destiny. After host-
ing the Aggies on Wednesday,
Durant and his teammates will
travel to Kansas on Saturday for
a nationally televised tilt that will
wrap up the regular season.
Win both, and the Longhorns
cannot be any worse than tied
for first. And as for the Big 12
getting a No. 1 seed?
I dont see why not, said Texas
coach Rick Barnes. I would like
to think nothing is in cement right
now. Youd like to think they havent
settled on that yet.
big 12 basketball
Kansas, Texas A&M in running
for top March Madness seeds
Elizaveta Avdeeva impresses coach,
opponents with on-court ability
The frst couple months were
really hard for me to get used
to the new environment, new
people, the team environment.
ElizavEta avdEEva
Junior tennis player