BY MARK DENT

mdent@kansan.com
A piercing wail awakens KU track athlete Cortney Jacobs from a deep
sleep. She stumbles out of bed and checks the clock on her cell phone. Its
the middle of the night. A long day of track practice, classes and homework
awaits her in a few hours, but the noise keeps Jacobs awake.
Its Kiara, her baby. Shes crying.
Jacobs and boyfriend, Aqib Talib, All-American cornerback and
Orange Bowl MVP, have adjusted to life with a child since their daugh-
ter was born June 22, 2007. They and other KU varsity athletes who
become parents have to balance classes, child care and sports obliga-
tions, making every hectic day a test of their discipline. They must
piece together money from summer jobs, savings and parent support
to pay for babysitting, medical care, food, clothing and other child care
expenses because the NCAA does not allow the University to provide
extra benefits to athletes who are parents.
Jacobs and Talib, basketball player Sherron Collins, volleyball player
Paula Caten and football player Eric Butler have all discovered that with
or without support, raising a child is more difficult and rewarding than
competing in sports.
Making the ChoiCe
Frightening thoughts quickly crept into Cortney Jacobs mind when
she learned she was pregnant last October. Jacobs thought she might lose
her scholarship or have to drop out of school if she had the child.
She went to tell Talib about the situation.
I talked to Aqib about it, and the whole time he was telling me he
wanted to have it, Jacobs said. But I was upset and telling him its
not going to affect your life and all this. We had a serious conversation
about it, really sat down and looked at things, and he kind of just told
me everything was going to be OK.
Jacobs was still afraid to tell Kansas track coach Stanley Redwine
she was pregnant and continued going to practice through November.
Then, during a mile time trial, Redwine pulled Jacobs to the side of the
track after she was vomiting and cramping.
Cortney, he told her, Im not stupid.
Jacobs went to his office the next day, started crying and told him every-
thing. Redwine was supportive. He went to the Athletics Department and
made sure Jacobs kept her scholarship and got an extra year of eligibility.
I just think you support your athletes, Redwine said. Its doing
whats right. It comes down to moral issues. I was just trying to do what
I believe in.
In the wake of Jacobs pregnancy and reports of abortions and ath-
letes losing scholarships at other universities, the Athletics Department
created a policy in July that states the University cant revoke a female
athletes scholarship because of pregnancy. It would help such athletes
extend their eligibility by one year, which NCAA rules allow. On Jan.
14, the NCAA approved legislation that would make it illegal for any
college to reduce or cancel a scholarship because of pregnancy.
However, NCAA rules forbid providing such considerations for male ath-
letes who father children except for counseling, and the NCAA doesnt grant
males extended eligibility to take time off for parenting. Female athletes who
become pregnant also have to pay for their own medical expenses.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said that the Athletics
Department didnt educate athletes, male or female, about relation-
ships, pregnancies, sexual education or child care responsibilities. He
called them personal issues.
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Lawrence native Eric Danielson grew
up miles from Allen Fieldhouse. Now
hes sitting courtside as the new public
address voice of the Kansas mens basket-
ball team, and is making himself heard.
Three dog bites and a donkey chase may
not sound like a fun winter break, but one
student endured the pain for an experience
of a lifetime. Four students traveled to New
Hampshire to campaign for Barack Obama
before the states primaries, while another stu-
dent traveled to Nevada. College students
across the country are contributing to Barack
Obamas campaign by participating in intern-
ships.
The University of Kansas recently put a
new home page online. University admin-
istration hopes the new features will help
better show what happens at KU.
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Students intern for
Obamas campaign
kansas chances bright for tonights game against iSU
Sixteen Kansas representatives took a
tour of the University of Kansas Life Span
Institute yesterday to raise awareness of the
research the Institute conducts.
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promote research
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What courses do you teach?
I teach Public Policy,
Reproductive Policy and Research
Method.
What inspired you to teach?
I would say probably my mom. I
come from a family of teachers and
education is really important.
Where did you go to college?
Lots of places. For my undergradu-
ate I went to University of New Mexico,
for my Masters I went to University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and for my
PhD I went to Texas A&M.
Were you involved in any clubs
and organizations?
I was involved in mentoring
programs, reproductive rights and
womens rights groups.
Craziest moment in college?
When I got to go meet Bill Clinton.
He was campaigning at the time. The
crowd was so large, we couldnt see
anything until I literally came face-
to-face with him. I met him, shook
his hand, and got to talk to him.
Favorite Disney movie?
Cinderella, of course. Its got con-
flict, drama, romance and a happy
ending.
Worst job you ever had?
Cocktail waitress. I did it for years,
even when I was in college, I hated it.
My mom made me do it when I was
in high school when I didnt think I
wanted to go to college.
Where have you traveled to?
Everywhere in the U.S. except
Alaska and Hawaii. My family would
go camping during the summer
around the country for four weeks.
Ive also been to England, France, Italy,
Spain, Ireland and South Africa. There
are a lot of places Id like to go to.
Whats currently in your CD
Player?
Michael Jacksons Greatest Hits
and Justin Timberlake.
Favorite KU Tradition?
I dont know if this counts as
a tradition, but Allen Fieldhouse.
When I saw it for the first time it
was magical.
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workshop is presented by KU
Libraries Instructional Services.
KU Libraries Instructional Ser-
vices will present the workshop
Blackboard Strategies and Tools
at 9 a.m. in room 6 of Budig Hall.
The public event University
Forum Language Disorder and
Inherited Genes will be present-
ed by Mabel Rice, the Fred and
Virginia Merrill Distinguished
Professor of Advanced Studies,
at 12 p.m. in the Ecumenical
Christian Ministries Center.
The workshop Excel 2003:
Introduction will be presented
by KU Libraries Instructional
Services at 1 p.m. in the Budig
PC Lab.
The seminar Health and Hu-
manities Seminar-Ray Pence will
begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Hall
Center Seminar Room.
The workshop Get Your Re-
sume Ready for the Career Fair
will begin at 3:30 p.m. in room
149 of the Burge Union.
Mens basketball will com-
pete against Iowa State at 6:00
p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse.
Two diferent reports were
fled detailing criminal damage
to mailboxes and a bush. Total
damage reported was $350.
Two cases of beer valued at
$30 were stolen from the Kwik
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NAPLES, Fla. Republican
Fred Thompson quit the race for
the White House
on Tuesday after
a string of poor
finishes in early
primary and cau-
cus states.
Thomps ons
fate was sealed
last Saturday
in the South
Carolina primary, when he finished
third in a state that he had said he
needed to win.
Thompson placed third in Iowa
and South Carolina, two states seem-
ingly in line with his right-leaning
pitch and laid-back style, and fared
even worse in the four other states
that have held contests thus far.
Money already tight, he ran out of it
altogether as the losses piled up.
Thompson exits the most wide
open Republican race in half a cen-
tury; three candidates each hav-
ing won in the six states that have
voted.
In Florida, John McCain, Mitt
Romney and Rudy Giuliani are bat-
tling for the lead ahead of its Jan.
29 primary, while Mike Huckabee
evaluates his next steps amid money
troubles.
Despite initial impressions that
Tompson could garner strong con-
servative support, it never material-
ized. He never won backing from
more than one in fve conservatives
in any of the earliest primaries and
caucuses. His showings were simi-
larly weak with white born-again and
evangelical Christians.
Fred Thompson gives up on White House dreams
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. No
Country for Old Men and
There Will Be Blood led with
eight Academy Awards nomi-
nations each Tuesday, among
them best picture and acting
honors for Daniel Day-Lewis
and Javier Bardem but it
remained in doubt whether any
stars would cross striking writ-
ers picket lines to attend the
ceremony.
No Country for Old Men
and There Will Be Blood
will compete for best pic-
ture against the melancholy
romance Atonement, the preg-
nancy comedy Juno and the
legal drama Michael Clayton.
Awards shows have become
casualties of the strike by writ-
ers, whose union leaders say
they will not allow members to
work on the Oscars. Nominees
already are saying they would
stay away in support of writers
if the strike lingers until Oscar
night Feb. 24.
On strike since Nov. 5,
the Writers Guild of America
refused to let its members work
on the Golden Globes, which
prompted stars to avoid the
show in solidarity.
If guild leaders follow
through and refuse to let writ-
ers work on the Oscars, it would
leave nominees and other
celebrities forced to choose
between attending the biggest
night in show business on Feb.
24 or staying home to avoid
crossing picket lines.
Even if the strike lingers, Os-
car organizers insist their show
will go on, with or without
writers.
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BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE
csommerville@kansan.com
The University of Kansas unveiled
a new home page on Jan. 16, just in
time for the new semester.
The redesigned home page has
some of the same features as the
old site, such as e-mail, Blackboard
and A-Z links. However, it now
features a new design and a scroll-
ing slide show called a billboard,
which features large pictures and
links about various news stories.
Todd Cohen, director of
University Relations, said that the
new home page was six months in
the making. He said the old home
page was unique, but not dynamic
or interactive enough.
The web evolves very quickly,
Cohen said.
Although Cohen would not com-
ment on the cost of the new home
page, he said that a group designed
it internally at University Relations.
The group began with a calendar
that eventually evolved into the bill-
board feature.
Cohen said that they were trying
to give every feature story video and
audio components, but that aspect
of the home page is still evolving.
He hopes that eventually every story
will have several multimedia parts,
and that the main page will have
built-in video and audio.
A story about student volunteer
work in New Orleans 7th Ward is
the most multimedia-heavy story
up right now. It can be accessed by
clicking on the Archive link on the
bottom-right of the page.
According to the Universitys
Web site, the billboard will feature
eight multimedia news stories that
visitors can navigate through. The
stories will follow general themes
such as campus beauty, outreach,
diversity, research and major events
on campus.
Cohen said the new home page
was designed to help prospective
students be able to see themselves at
the University.
The visual identity Web site also
states that the new home page is
designed to give a better idea of
what happens at the University day
to day.
According to the Web site, the
goal is to create a sense of place
a place current students, staff and
faculty can be proud of and a place
that prospective students, staff and
faculty will want to be.
The redesign only affects the
home page. All lower-level pages,
like departmental pages and news
releases, will still follow the old KU
template.
The home page was released on
the same day the KU e-mail servers
went down, but Cohen said the two
events were not related.
It was just a weird coincidence;
an unfortunate coincidence, Cohen
said.
Two KU students said they liked
the new home page.
I was only on there for like 10
seconds, but its fine by my stan-
dards, said Jeff Close, Prairie Village
senior.
He also said hes heard good
things from other students.
Jill Aspleaf, Overland Park soph-
omore, said the new homepage was
different, but still had all the same
links.
She said she also liked the new
billboard feature.
I like the pictures. They have
some pretty ones on there, Aspleaf
said.
Cohen said a digital media group
within University Relations puts the
feature stories together, but that they
are also open to ideas.
Edited by Patrick De Oliveira
BY BRENNA HAWLEY
bhawley@kansan.com
Marc Langston walked up to the
door, past the staring donkey. He
knocked, but no one answered.
As Langston opened the door to
stick a flier in, the donkey decided an
unknown person should not be try-
ing to enter his owners house. When
Langston realized the donkey was
upset, he ran back to the car, with the
donkey chasing him.
Langston endured being followed
by a donkey and three dog bites on his
winter break trip to New Hampshire
where he campaigned for presiden-
tial candidate Barack Obama.
So many college students spend
money on things that dont help other
people, Langston said. This helped
and it was a life experience.
Langston was one of four members
of KU Young Democrats who traveled
to New Hampshire along with another
student who went to Nevada to help
with Obamas campaign.
Obama is the only presidential
candidate who has an official student
branch where students can get intern-
ships to help with campaigns. These
internships and a newfound belief in
a political campaign led these students
to far-away states during break.
Langston, Wichita senior, flew
north on Jan. 2 with fellow students
Amanda Applegate, Wichita junior,
Clarissa Unger, Colby junior, and
Michael Gray, Buhler sophomore, all
of whom paid for the week-long trip
with their own money.
Once the group reached New
Hampshire, Langston and Applegate
were stationed together in a rural area
near Exeter, N.H., while Unger and
Gray were placed in two other towns.
I wasnt sure what to expect,
Applegate said. Ive done a lot of
campaigns and door-to-door work,
but the rural area was different.
She and Langston phoned resi-
dents of the area and also went door-
to-door. They encountered many
college students, some of whom were
new to politics.
Students who usually campaign
are politically-oriented, Langston
said. Theyre coming out of the
woodwork to help us.
Unger was stationed in Derry,
N.H., and worked with students from
California, Washington, Mississippi,
New York and many New England
states. She said she was amazed with
the number of students from all over
the country, but credits it to Obamas
appeal to young people.
He listens to college students,
Unger said. He encourages them to
get out and vote.
Gray was stationed in
Londonderry, N.H., for most of the
trip. Although Gray is passionate
about politics, his future in medicine
was another reason he decided to
help the campaign.
My future career is going to be
dictated by the next president, Gray
said.
Meghan Daniels, Long Beach,
Calif., sophomore, wanted to cam-
paign in Iowa but couldnt because she
was going home to California. Instead,
she drove five hours to Las Vegas to
intern with Obamas campaign.
Daniels, who wants to help with
campaigns as her profession, saw
helping with the campaign as a pre-
cursor for her future career.
I got a feel for how a campaign
works, Daniels said. Id never
worked longer than a 12-hour day
before this.
College students such as these
are changing the tides of this elec-
tion, said Mary Christine Banwart, a
professor of communications studies
who specializes in political campaign
communication.
The interest college students
have in this election is exciting and
unprecedented for at least the past
two decades, Banwart said.
Langston said that college stu-
dents are disrupting normal politics
and are the focus of this campaign.
College students are making can-
didates who would normally win,
lose, Langston said.
Unger said she feels Obama has
the ability to unite and engage people
who have never before been inter-
ested in politics, particularly college
students.
I never expected to get this
involved in this campaign, Unger
said. I feel like I owe it to Senator
Obama. He seems very real to me,
not like a normal politician.
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Students contribute to Obama presidential campaign
Politics
Contributed by Amanda Applegate
Marc Langston, Wichita senior, and Amanda Applegate, Wichita junior, do visibility for the
Obama campaign in NewHampshire. The pair was placed in internships near Exeter, N.H., for the
week of Jan. 2 to Jan. 9.
obama event
Langston helped organize a
concert to promote Barack
Obama in Lawrence before
the Feb. 5 Kansas caucus.
Here are the details:
What: Barack N Roll
concert
When: Thursday, January
31, at 8 p.m.
Where: Abe & Jakes
cost: Free
Ages: 18+
Home page redesign focuses on interactive features for students
cAMPUs
Delightful DaD
While the choice to have the child
belongs more to women than men, men
have to decide whether theyre going to
help care for the child. The law requires
that theyat least provide financial support.
There was never a choice in the
mind of KU basketball guard Sherron
Collins. From the moment his girl-
friend, ReQuiya Aguirre, gave birth to
Sherrmari on April 6, all he wanted to
do was hold his son and take care of
him. He didnt have that opportunity
with his first child, Sherron Jr.
Sherron Jr., born in June 2006, lived
only 10 days after being born four
months premature.
Collins displays his fatherly devotion
on the underside of his right forearm.
One tattoo reads Sherrmari in cur-
sive letters. Underneath, another tattoo
features two hands folded in prayer
above the words R.I.P. Sherron Jr.
Whether hes in the classroom or in
Allen Fieldhouse, Collins looks at the
tattoos whenever he needs motivation.
If I fail, Collins said, I fail not only
myself, I fail Sherrmari, too. I take a
lot of things more seriously. I try to do
everything because I want my child to
have a good life and think good of his
dad.
Although Sherrmari lives with his
mother in Chicago, Collins said Kansas
coach Bill Self had been supportive,
letting him visit Chicago every other
weekend in the spring and summer.
Aguirre and Sherrmari have already
visited Lawrence six times since school
started in the fall. Collins holes up with
Sherrmari in his room every time his
son visits. The two are nearly insepa-
rable.
When they are in Chicago, Collins
said he talked with Aguirre on the phone
every day to find out how Sherrmari
was doing. Although Sherrmari can
only say da-da, Collins still talks to
him. He even turns on the speakerphone
so that Brady Morningstar, sophomore
guard and Collins roommate, can hear
Sherrmari holler da-da over and over.
He loves his son so much,
Morningstar said.
Collins regrets not being around every
day to see Sherrmari, but he said he was
doing the best job he could to take care
of him.
My mom tells me hes one of the hap-
piest babies shes ever seen, Collins said.
giving up the game
A few weeks before his high school
graduation, Eric Butlers girlfriend,
Chantel, gave him some shocking
news. She was pregnant.
Oh crap, he said.
All of a sudden his financial free-
dom, football scholarship and youth
were gone. Oh crap was right.
But Butler didnt stay down for long.
He grew up. He went to great lengths to
be a father for his daughter, Angelina.
Butler gave up his football scholarship
toNorthwest Missouri State, got a joband
attended DeVry for two years. He could
finally play again in 2003 and joined the
team at Avila College before walking on
at Kansas in 2005. He recorded two sacks
and played in all 12 games as a defensive
tackle that season. Butler wantedtoplayas
asenior in2006, but theNCAAruledhim
ineligible because he had been enrolled in
college for five years. He challenged the
NCAA, sayinghetooktimeoff totakecare
of his child, but lost the appeal.
Football never turned out the way
Butler wanted, but he has no regrets.
He said it was important to care for
his girlfriend and daughter.
If things didnt happen the way they
did, I wouldnt have turned out to be
the person that I am now, Butler said.
missing fathers
A cover from a 1998 Sports
Illustrated showed a small child sit-
ting down with a basketball. The cap-
tion below read, Wheres Daddy?
Many children with famous athlete
fathers have had to ask that ques-
tion throughout the years. SI reported
that NBA stars Larry Johnson, Scottie
Pippen, Jason Kidd, Larry Bird and
Isaiah Thomas had all been named in
paternity-related lawsuits. Last fall, the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported
that Denver Broncos running back
Travis Henry had fathered nine chil-
dren by nine different women.
Although no studies have been
conducted about how many athletes
take care of their children, anecdotal
evidence suggests that not all ath-
letes are responsible fathers.
Former KU basketball forward C.J.
Giles seemed primed for a break-out year
last season as a junior before Self sus-
pendedhim. Wordsooncame out that he
owed more than $4,000 in child support
to Laura Bender, the mother of his son
Jaiden. Bender toldthe Lawrence Journal-
Worldthat Giles hadseentheir 1-year-old
sononlyfour times.
Giles Kansas career abruptly ended
when Self dismissed him from the team
after police charged Giles with battery.
He transferred to Oregon State but
played for only a month before getting
kicked off the team this week.
Another athlete with children, former
Jayhawk running back John Randle, had
six run-ins with the law while he attended
Kansas. Randle transferred to Southern
Illinois, where he just finished a successful
senior season with the Salukis. His team
made it to the Division I-AA semifinal.
Living in Carbondale, Ill., Randle
is far away from his two children, who
live with his girlfriend in Wichita. He
said he was only a semester away from
getting a degree and talked to Niah, 5,
and John Jr., 2, every day.
They have to know that Im here
for them and not running out on
them, Randle said. I tell them Im at
school and trying to do a good thing. I
explain it to them as much as I can.
long-Distance love
Long before she made the trip from
Brazil toLawrence toplayvolleyball, Paula
Caten, then17, madeajourneytothedoc-
torinSaoPaulo, Brazil. Shewasplayingfor
a semi-provolleyball teamat the time and
went tothedoctor after frequent vomiting.
The doctor saidshe was pregnant.
When Caten informed her coach,
he told her to get an abortion even
though abortions were illegal in
Brazil. Caten objected to this because
of her beliefs and had her child. She
wasnt allowed to return to the team.
After Caten made her decision to
have her baby, she had to make another
important one. She could give up vol-
leyball and get a job to support Paola,
her baby daughter, or she could move
to Kansas, where a friend was playing
at Barton County Community College.
Caten headed north after her parents
agreed to care for Paola in Brazil until
she could bring her to America.
The journey wasnt easy. When
Catens coach picked her up at the air-
port and drove her to Barton County, she
started crying uncontrollably the second
she stepped out of the car. The tears
continued regularly for two months. She
missed Paola. And with rules that pre-
vented students living on campus from
living with their kids, Paola wouldnt be
able to come to America anytime soon.
I was like, I dont want to be
here, Caten said. This was crazy;
this was stupid.
After a year at Barton County, Caten
raised enough money from working in
the cafeteria to fly back to Brazil. She
finally had the opportunity to devel-
op a relationship with her daughter.
Caten took Paola to parks, spent the
little money she had on her and never
stopped holding and hugging her.
With a newfound confidence from
being around her daughter in Brazil,
Caten started playing volleyball at Kansas
in 2004, two years after enrolling at Barton
County. The tears had stopped by then.
Paola was growing up in a good situation
with Catens parents, and Caten decided
she would continue to live away from her
daughter so she could focus on getting
her degree in communications studies.
That decision paid off. She was a
4.0 student and two-year starter for a
KU team that played in the NCAA vol-
leyball tournament both years. Caten
brought Paola to Lawrence to live with
her after graduation, and she now lives
with her daughter and husband in
Olathe.
Paola is happy to finally be around
her mother all the time. As Caten sat
in the kitchen of her home, 6-year-old
Paola, who had just finished dinner, ran
up to her mother, smiled and declared:
Mom, you made yum food.
the Busy life
Talib worked out every morning with
thefootball teambeforegoingtoclass dur-
ingtheseason. Thenhemet withdefensive
backcoachesandpracticedforthreehours
beforehewenthome. Homemeanthome-
work and playing with a child at the same
time. Jacobs days are nearly the same.
Practice. School. Homework. Child.
All athletes with children have to find
time to excel in all four of those catego-
ries. Its hard work. Butler remembers
waking up before dawn and not getting
home until after 7 p.m.
I never relaxed, he said. With foot-
ball, it was like a full-time job and school,
too. It was like youre working two full-
time jobs, and you have to go home and
work with the child, too.
With that kind of a schedule, a job is
not realistic, even though athletes could
use the money.
All the girls would go out to plac-
es on Friday nights, Caten said, and
Id have to stay home to save money.
Theyd call me Grandma.
Athlete parents try to make ends
meet on cash from past savings, sum-
mer job opportunities, help from their
parents and the $35 per day allotted to
athletes for food by the NCAA. It costs
parents, on average, $11,000 to raise a
child the first year of life, according to
the online magazine Parenting Weekly.
Mom and Dad help out the new
moms and dads by donating time and
money to help their children and grand-
children. Jacobs and Talib hire babysit-
ters now, but earlier this fall, Talibs
mother spent a month living with them
and helping take care of Kiara.
All of the athletes interviewed said
their parents helped them after the ini-
tial disappointment they felt when they
found out their son or daughter was
going to have a child. Catens parents
raised her daughter in Brazil when she
was at school. Jacobs parents send her
money. Collins gets financial help from
his mother, grandmother and uncle.
For Talib and Collins, raising their
children could become affordable
because of the prospect of an NFL or
NBA career. Now that hes declared
for the NFL Draft, Talib is assured
of a lucrative deal and fewer financial
problems if he is selected in the second
round, where he is currently projected.
Collins is the 32nd best pro prospect
in his class, according to NBADraft.net.
The NBA has been his life-long dream.
That would be the biggest thing
to achieve right now to get to
the NBA, to take care of my child,
Collins said. Hed have no worries
and wouldnt have to ask for anything.
I wouldnt even be doing anything for
me. Id be doing it all for Sherrmari.
prouD parents
Moms and dads sat at the small desks
neartheirchildrenonthefirstdayofschool
for Angelina Butlers preschool class. Its
likely all the parents were a little uncom-
fortable squeezing into the tiny chairs, but
their awkwardness was minor compared
to what Eric Butler felt because of his
300-poundframe andyouthful looks.
He thought every eye was on him.
Im sitting here, man, and Im bare-
ly 20-something years old, Butler said.
Shes in preschool already, and Im
sitting in the classroom with all these
parents who are 35-plus. It was weird.
Weird, but rewarding. Butler
said the first year or two of raising
Angelina was rough. Now he doesnt
know what hed do without her.
Paola and Caten are nearly inseparable
once Caten gets home from work. Collins
is counting the days to the next time he
can spend some time with Sherrmari.
Jacobs is getting ready for what she
hopes is a successful comeback season in
track and still spends all of her spare time
with Kiara. Talib is preparing for NFL
Draft workouts. Jacobs said Talib insisted
hed give her and their daughter every-
thing they would need to be happy.
They didnt plan on having Kiara;
none of the athletes planned on hav-
ing their children. But they did, and
their children changed their lives.
When she smiles, Jacobs said of
Kiara, thats one of the best feelings to just
touch and play with your little child. Its a
lot of stress and a lot of work, but it all pays
off. When Im upset, have had a bad day
and dont want to talk to anybody, I just
see her and Im in a lot better mood.
Edited by Dianne Smith
NEWS 4A wednesday, january 23, 2008
children (continued from 1A)
that would be the biggest
thing to achieve right now- to
get to the nBA, to take care of
my child.
Sherron CollinS
Sophomore guard
Photo courtesy of Sherron collins
Sarah leonard/KAnSAn
right: Sophomore guard Sherron
collins holding his son Sherrmari.
Sherrmari was born in April 2007.
Below: Paula caten and her
husband Brad Settle read with
their daughter Paola at their house in
Olathe. Paola has been in America for
almost two years.
Going to the Chapel...
breaking back
heres what the featured athletes
plan on doing for marriage:
cortney Jacobs and aqib talib-
The two are basically living to-
gether in the words of Jacobs. They
plan on staying together but have
no immediate plans for marriage.
paula caten- Catens relationship
with the father of her daughter
didnt work out. Shes been married
to Brad Settle, a man she met while
playing for Barton County Com-
munity College, for two years. he
works for Sprint in overland Park.
sherron collins- he doesnt have
any plans for marriage yet, but he
loves his girlfriend, reQuiya Agu-
irre, and said he wants Sherrmari to
grow up in a two-parent household.
eric Butler- Butler married Chantel,
the mother of his child, three years
ago.
Cortney Jacobs took ffthplace
inthe 400Mrunat the Jayhawk
invitational last weekendwitha
time of 59.65seconds. it was an
improvement fromthe time she
raninthe same race ina meet in
early December, but she is still
tryingtoregainthe speedand
conditioningthat made her one of
the best sprinters inthe Big12.
Sometimes intrack, imlikeoh
my goshwhy didi allowmyself
toget pregnant?Jacobs said. its
hardandthere are milestones in
the road, but youll get over them.
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Youre in an awkward position,
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today is a 5
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Dont waste another minute,
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today is a 4
Dont be hasty. Think about all
the possible consequences.
Everything will turn out all right,
by the way. Knowing that doesnt
give you an excuse to take wild
risks. Make a wise choice instead.
Libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
today is an 8
Social activities interfere with
your private time. Keep every-
body in communication and
minimize the problem. Make it
one big party.
scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
today is a 5
Extreme caution is advised, if
youre going to win the game.
Traditional skills are important,
of course, but creativity gives
you the edge.
sagittarius (nov. 22-Dec. 21)
today is an 8
News from far away provides
calming reassurance. Others
seek your advice and youre able
to help them solve a problem.
Thanks to your participation, all
ends well.
capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
today is a 6
Keep your fnancial situation a
secret, even from yourself. Dont
think about the money you
wont let yourself spend. Pretend
youve already spent it.
aquarius (Jan. 20-feb. 18)
today is an 8
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son who thinks he or she knows
it all. Only make corrections
when youre sure youre right.
Have the facts at your fngertips.
pisces (feb. 19-March 20)
today is a 4
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under adverse conditions, youll
make an excellent impression on
the authorities. Give it your best
shot.
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this year in The Dark Night, a
sequel to 2005s Batman Begins.
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pursue an acting career.
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Ledger moved to Los Angeles and
costarred in 10 Things I Hate About
You.
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his way, but Ledger turned them
down, preferring to remain idle than
sign on for projects he didnt like.
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HAiley osterHAus
This always happens. Always.
Im just coming off my holiday
extravaganza high, looking forward
to the New Year when it hits me, it
being the flu or some other equally
annoying illness.
As I lay huddled in bed, shiver-
ing under enough clothes to survive
in the Arctic, with nothing to do
except add to the mini mountain of
used tissues beside my bed, I had
plenty of time to think, coming up
with such philosophical thoughts
as Where does all the snot come
from? Like the snot mystery, I also
tried to figure out why I never man-
age to get a flu shot.
Its not as if I wasnt aware flu shots
were available. At the University,
I was constantly reminded. Last
semester you couldnt walk five feet
on campus without noticing infor-
mation for a flu clinic chalked on
the sidewalk beneath your feet, not
to mention inevitably passing the
actual flu clinics held throughout
the semester in practically every
building on campus. It was more like
I had to avoid the flu clinics rather
than try to find one. As if that wasnt
reminder enough, I passed Watkins
Memorial Health Center every time
I walked between class and my car.
To my procrastinating mind, that
building was a constant reminder
that I still hadnt gotten the flu shot.
So with all this availability, why
didnt I just get the shot?
For two reasons: first, I never
actually intended to get the shot.
Sure, the part of my mind that takes
the form of my mother told me I
needed to get it because every year
I get sick. Yet the rest of me, the
procrastinating part, knew Id never
actually do it. Getting a shot is just
one of those things in life that is
necessary, but no one enjoys. Its
one of the things that even the most
organized people put at the bot-
tom of their priority list. Whenever
the thought of getting the flu shot
popped into my mind, I pushed
the unpleasant image away, reassur-
ing myself I would just get it later,
while knowing perfectly well I never
would.
The second reason I never got the
shot was because when youre per-
fectly healthy, only hypochondriacs
think about the possibility of getting
sick in the future.
When considering getting the flu
shot, the first thought that always
pops into my head is I wont get
sick. Nobody pre-plans getting sick,
which usually means it happens at
the most inconvenient moment.
This is how my refusal to get a shot
turned my post-holiday veg time
into two miserable weeks of daytime
television and doctor visits.
However much I try to explain
my refusal to get a shot, my rea-
sons always seem ridiculous when
Im sick and seriously regretting my
refusal. So now that Im feeling bet-
ter, with this learning experience
behind me, will I get a flu shot next
year?
No need. I wont get sick.
Hudson is a Wichita sopho-
more in journalism and busi-
ness.
Holiday season brings more than gifts
Despite constant reminders, advertising by Watkins, some students still make excuses instead of getting their shots
For students seeking non-alcoholic alternative, Kratom tea provides all that is needed to have fun, stay warm
ive invented a new
word: Fugg boots.
n n n
the guys youre com-
plaining about are frat
guys. they dont have
brains.
n n n
You should deFinAte-
LY learn how to spell
deFiniteLY.
n n n
Fugg boots? First of,
thats two words, and
second, thats very old
and not new at all.
n n n
so single and ready to
mingle!
n n n
to those enrolled in
Hist 348: the computer
in our classroom is not
for you to check your e-
mail on before class.
n n n
isnt there some law
against making students
walk to class when its
well below freezing?
n n n
its 12 degrees. so ex-
plain to me guy wear-
ing shorts, guy wearing
sandals and guy wearing
t-shirt what the hell
you are thinking.
n n n
Can we please get
more kansans delivered
to Green Hall? they are
always gone by the time i
get to class.
n n n
should i drop my
thermo ii class for Geog
100? i really cannot make
up my mind.
n n n
Yeah, i know: stupid
women. We cant even
dunk. We waste time on
giving birth and crap like
that.
n n n
Can i get a whoot,
whoot for a four-day
weekend?
n n n
basketball posters start
Wednesday.
n n n
i propose a new sched-
ule: two days on, three
days of. Forever. Cool?
Every time I walk outside into
freezing temperatures of winter, the
cold seems to grab hold of me and
slam me right back inside of my
apartment where I can thaw my
frozen body.
Its pathetic to see how much
time I spend at home on the week-
ends because of the weather, but Ive
found a solution for my reclusive
state, and its called Kratom tea.
It seems a little silly, but what I
absolutely love to do is stay inside
with a couple of friends and drink
tea instead of going to a house party
where everyone is uncomfortably
packed inside trying to stay warm.
But these tea parties that I have
dont consist of crumpets and old
British women surrounding a table
with gossip stories.
In fact, these parties are nothing
like that because after about two
strong cups of Kratom tea, one will
become very chatty and energetic.
As the consumers body loosens
up, so does ones attitude, and then a
vibe of euphoria is spread thick over
the whole tea party. Its a positive
experience for anyone that drinks it,
and Id drink it over alcohol any day,
especially when its cold outside.
Depending on the dose, a small
amount of Kratom is considered a
stimulant, and when high dosages
are consumed it is supposed to be
sedating.
Ive read that drinking Kratom
actually alleviates opium and pain
killer addictions and is also used to
cure fevers and headaches. Also, it
motivates people to be active and
increases energy.
This herb originated in Thailand,
and many workers and farmers
would use Kratom to strengthen
their desire to work. Some workers
used it constantly and developed an
addiction, but it is highly uncom-
mon for occasional users to become
addicted.
Therefore, the possibility of
forming a habit of drinking Kratom
is very slim.
But just like every good thing,
there is a catch to Kratom. It was
actually banned in Thailand in
1943.
After it was declared illegal, pos-
sessing Kratom and planting Kratom
trees was forbidden.
Kratom is also illegal in Malaysia,
Burma, and most recently in
Australia, but is legal anywhere
in the United States, Canada and
Europe.
Although it is illegal in some
areas of the world, I believe it is
a great tea to drink during social
occasions.
Its sold at Persephones Journey
on Massachusetts Street, which is
having a sale for $18 per ounce.
Originally, an ounce is $28.
Prices are increasing because of
the growing popularity of the tea,
but it is definitely worth a try.
After buying the tea, boil water,
then pour it over the leaves in a cup.
After it steeps, the taste is a bit like
an earl grey tea, but better.
This natural herb is a fantastic
way to spend a night rather than
going out into the cold and waking
up the next morning with a hor-
rible hangover. Although its a bit
more expensive than alcohol, the
experience is worth any amount of
money.
Thus, have fun with it and drink
responsibly.
Osterhaus is a Seneca sopho-
more in journalism.
Natural herb favors students day
Gavin Snider
NEWS 8A Wednesday, January 23, 2008
RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
Minutes before Kansas
Big Monday matchup against
Oklahoma, Eric Danielson sat 10
feet from the Kansas bench.
With a headset wrapped around
his ear and pen and paper in hand,
Danielson might
have been the
most nervous
man in Allen
F i e l d h o u s e .
Sure, Brandon
Rush and the
rest of the
Jayhawks were
about to take the
floor in front of 16,300 people and
an ESPN television audience. But
Danielson had his own problems.
He had to deliver the words that
have become as synonymous with
Kansas basketball pregame tradi-
tions as the Rock Chalk Chant.
Finally the moment came.
At guard from NEW YORK,
Danielson yelled.
NEW YORK, the crowd
answered in unison.
Russell Robinson, Danielson
said.
Most Kansas fans have heard
Danielsons voice, but they may
not know the man behind the
vocal chords. The Lawrence native
is working his first mens basket-
ball season as the public address
announcer at Allen Fieldhouse.
Danielson, who did the public
address announcements at womens
basketball games last season, began
working mens games in November
when the former public address
announcer, Hank Booth, left for
health reasons. Booth had been
doing the announcements since the
2003-04 season, when he replaced
long-time announcer Howard Hill.
Danielsons promotion to mens
game was also an increase in pres-
sure.
I was absolutely nervous,
Danielson said, partly because he
grew up an avid Kansas basket-
ball fan. But mostly, Danielson said
he knew he had to nail Russell
Robinsons introduction.
Somebody recorded it and they
put it up on YouTube, Danielson
said. And it was just the recording
of the player intros on the video
board. You could hear me in the
background, and I listened to it,
and I must have been so incred-
ibly nervous because it sounded so
rushed.
Danielson spent his childhood
in Lawrence and is becoming
more and more acquainted with
the University.
Danielson went
to school at the
University of
San Diego on
a vocal perfor-
mance scholar-
ship and gradu-
ated in 2000.
I sang my
way through
school basically,
in a real small
select 12-person
singing group, Danielson said. Id
always done something with my
voice, but I knew I didnt want to
continue the singing path.
After graduating, Danielson
went to work in Lawrence at Harris
Construction. He received his first
break in the vocal work from Hank
Booth, the man he replaced at the
microphone. Booth was a family
friend, so Danielson went to talk
to him.
I said Id love to get involved in
doing radio commercials or some-
thing, and he actually said, if I ever
wanted to do P.A. work, there is
an opening at the womens team,
Danielson said.
Now its Danielson who informs
the Allen Fieldhouse crowd of every
Mario Chalmers three-pointer,
Darnell Jackson dunk, or Brandon
Rush jump shot. Danielson also
said being the announcer during a
Kansas basketball game is a little
tougher than most people imagine.
Its an entirely different experi-
ence, because you have to follow the
ball, because if that person puts up a
shot, you need to know who shot it
right away, Danielson said. Its an
entirely different way to watch a game,
because youre not really watching
the flow of the game, as much youre
just watching the details.
Jim Marchiony, associate ath-
letics director, said the Athletics
Department has received positive
feedback about Danielson.
Hes done a
terrific job, and
he deserved
the number
one quar-
terback job,
so to speak,
Ma r c h i o n y
said.
For now,
Danielson is
working at
both mens
and womens
games.
Im pulling double-duty.
Thankfully, Ive got a really great
wife at home, she helps take care
of our son, and she knows this is
something Ive always wanted to
do, so shes cool with it, Danielson
said. She likes having the tickets to
the games, too.
But tickets are actually the only
compensation Danielson receives
for his public address work. The job
is unpaid. Thats not a problem for
Danielson, who works during the
day for Treanor Architects.
The way the teams been play-
ing, I dont know whos not hav-
ing a fun time in the Fieldhouse,
Danielson said.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
Danielson
Basketball gets new voice
Announcer feels the pressure to get things just right
Its an entirely diferent way to
watch a game, because youre
not really watching the fow
of the game, but youre just
watching the details.
Eric DaniElson
Basketball announcer
CAMPUS
Kansas legislators participate
in research at Life Span Institute
Weston White/KANSAN
Mabel Rice, distinguished professor, gives a presentation of the Electroencephalography machine which measures brain activity. Twenty fve state
legislators were in attendance for the presentation.
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
A group of Kansas representa-
tives were given the opportunity to
test their ability to do two things
at once yesterday evening during a
research tour of the KU Life Span
Institute.
The 16 legislators visited the
Institute, housed in the Dole Center,
to create awareness of and to better
understand the research KU profes-
sors and students complete there.
The representatives traveled to
five tour stops at the Institute. At
one of the stops, several legisla-
tors were challenged to answer
simple questions while tracking
a dot on a computer screen with
a cursor.
The test, called dual task per-
formance, was developed by Susan
Kemper, senior scientist at the
Gerontology Center at the Institute.
She said the test was used to examine
how aging affected peoples ability
to complete more than one task at a
time.
Shaylan Oberle, research assis-
tant and 2007 KU graduate, said
the test measured what percent of
the time the user was on target and
recorded his or her speech so it
could be analyzed. She said the test,
given to KU students and members
of the Lawrence community, com-
pared results from people ages 18 to
30 to people 60 and older.
Oberle said the purpose of the
test was to set norms for peo-
ple as they age. Oberle said the
research had been conducted at
the Institute for two and a half
years and that more than 300
people had been
tested, but the
research was not
complete.
Oberle also said
the dual task per-
formance test was
a safe way to test
peoples abilities to
do more than one
thing at a time,
such as driving
and talking on a cell phone or talk-
ing to someone while writing.
The legislators took a shorter ver-
sion of the test than what actual
participants would take.
Kemper told the legislators
that more tests like hers were
needed so that diseases such as
Alzheimers could be detected
earlier in the rapidly growing
senior citizen population. Kemper
used the Nintendo Wii system,
which she said was very popu-
lar in assisted-living homes, as a
comical, but real life example of
when people practice cognitive,
physical and social stimulation
all at once.
Rep. Kay Wolf, R-Prairie Village,
said the tour was her first visit to the
Life Span Institute, which opened
in 1960. She said she would like to
return in the future for a more in
depth tour. She said the state of
Kansas and the nation needed to
evaluate more research like that of
the Institutes because peoples life
spans are so much longer than they
were in the
past.
I am very
proud to have
a facility like
this in Kansas,
Wolf said.
There is a
host of things
that will affect
all of us that
this research
could help to prevent.
Wolf specifically said that she
hoped researchers could find a way
to prevent Alzheimers disease so
that those who would potentially
be affected by the disease could
live a longer and more productive
life.
Other stops on the tour includ-
ed a booth on the correlation
between Alzheimers and weight-
loss and a demonstration of the
Institutes Electroencephalography
system, or EEG. The EEG system,
which consists of 128 electrodes
that are attached to the users
head, is used at the Institute to
determine how a child with a
language impairment is different
from a child without an impair-
ment.
Edited by Madeline Hyden
There is a host of things that
will afect all of us that this
research could help prevent.
Kay Wolf
Kansas representative
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The universiTy daily kansan www.kansan.com wednesday, january 23, 2008 page 1B
KU annoUnces new
defense coordinator
PAGE 3B
O
n Jan. 3, the Kansas Jayhawks
perched near the top of the college
football world, improbable Orange
Bowl champions and one of the sports feel-
good stories.
Four days later, the exodus began.
Wide receivers coach Tim Beck headed
north to fill a spot on Nebraskas coach-
ing staff. All-Americans Aqib Talib and
Anthony Collins announced their intent
to enter the NFL Draft after their junior
campaigns. And defensive coordinator Bill
Young accepted the same position at Miami.
For Jayhawk football followers still bask-
ing in the warmth of a 12-1 season and
admiring their South Beach tans, the big-
gest news of January might have been the
ever-expanding row of awards lining up on
Mark Manginos mantle. For fans who have
peeled off their rose-colored sunglasses
and stopped sipping fresh-squeezed Florida
orange juice, the loss of Young is a definite
cause for concern.
During his six-year stay at Kansas, Young
was anything but an attention-grabber. He
looked more like a grandfather than a guru.
When talking football, Young spoke in
honest terms, free of common coach-speak
and platitudes. He didnt mince words and
wasnt afraid to acknowledge weaknesses,
as he did early in the 2007 season when
he said the Kansas pass-rush needed some
serious work.
Young could locate talent in the most
unlikely of places, a valuable skill in a
region high on demand for football play-
ers and low on supply. He helped pluck
Chris Harris out of Bixby, Okla., late in
the recruiting process last year. A lightly-
recruited high school wide receiver-turned
Big 12 cornerback, Harris made 65 tack-
les and two interceptions as one of the
Jayhawks defensive mainstays.
Young could develop average-looking
players into major contributors and coach
undersized defenders into stars. Four years
ago, James McClinton arrived at Kansas
a too-short, too-squat three-star recruit.
Three weeks ago, McClinton ended his
collegiate career as a second-team All-
American and Big 12 Conference Defensive
Lineman of the Year. During his seasons
spent learning from Young, McClinton har-
nessed his talents, learned how to properly
release those talents, and went from after-
thought to the worst nightmare of every
offensive lineman in the Big 12.
Youngs slate of tangible accomplish-
ments at Kansas is impressive. He inherited
a train wreck of a defense that allowed 472
yards per game in his first season as coordi-
nator. That number slipped to 412 the next
year, 345 the next, 303 in 2005, kicked up
to 378 in 2006 and shot back down to 317
last season. During that span, he coached
current professionals Charles Gordon and
David McMillan and future NFL Draft pick
Aqib Talib.
Whether it was a cause for or a symp-
tom of his success, Young connected with
his players at Kansas and made a lasting
impression.
Coach Young is a great guy. Hes one of
those guys you could go fishing with and
just waste the whole day away because hes a
great conversationalist and a great person,
safety Darrell Stuckey said. I like being
around people like that people you can
learn something from because they just
breathe success and want to improve life
for all of us. He promotes life and knows
that football isnt everything, but its a great
game and he loves it and puts his heart into
it.
If next years Jayhawk defense isnt quite
as stout as it was in 2007, some fans will
lament the losses of Talib to the NFL and
McClinton to graduation. In reality, Youngs
under-the-radar flight to Miami could have
a greater effect on the teams fortunes.
Is Bill Young irreplaceable? Probably not.
Tough to replace? Most definitely.
By asher fusco
afusco@kansan.com
Youngs move
to Miami
afects players,
students
Commentary
Behind the sCenes
B.J. Rains/KANSAN
Sade Morris, sophomore, guard, (top left) and Chakeitha Weldon, freshman guard, (bottom) share a laugh withtaylor Mcintosh, senior forward, (right) as the three watch a dVd scouting report on Baylor last tuesday night at the
Hiltonwaco inwaco, texas. coaches instructed the players to watch the dVd before going to bed.
Following the away game
By B.J. raIns
bjrains@kansan.com
Editors note: The Kansas womens basket-
ball team granted Kansan sportswriter B.J.
Rains exclusive, behind-the-scenes access on
their recent road trip to Waco, Texas, to face
the sixth-ranked Baylor Bears. Thanks to the
womens basketball program for help with this
story. Heres a look at day one; look for part
two of this story Thursday.
When we see two teams take the court
for a game, we often fail to realize how much
preparation and time has been put into get-
ting the teams ready for the game. We also
dont think about the travel schedule, hotel
accommodations, meal schedule or many
other things that actually play a big role in
the road teams preparation and readiness to
be on the field or court at game time.
On Jan. 15 and 16, the Kansas wom-
ens basketball team and coach Bonnie
Henrickson allowed me to travel with the
team and sit in during all the teams meet-
ings and practices leading up to their game
against No. 6 Baylor in Waco. I tried to find
out as much as I could about how a team
prepares for an upcoming game and what
happens that the average person doesnt get
to see. My observations were interesting,
and I thank coach Henrickson for being so
accommodating on the trip and allowing
me exclusive access.
By mark DenT
mdent@kansan.com
Referee Ed Hightower drew lots of cheers
and a few laughs from the Missouri crowd
Saturday night after exaggerating hand
symbols for several foul calls he made. Its
unlikely the Jayhawk players were laugh-
ing, though; referees have caused them
trouble all season.
If Kansas loses tonight against Iowa
State at 7 p.m. or anytime this season, the
Jayhawks might look to the referees as the
biggest reason for the loss and not the oppo-
nent. Kansas has struggled in tightly offici-
ated games this year. The teams four clos-
est victories, against Southern California,
Georgia Tech, Arizona and Missouri, have
been foul-filled, grind-it-out battles.
Referees whistled 45 total fouls on
Arizona and Kansas players in November,
40 at USC, 44 at Georgia Tech and a
whopping 52 on Saturday in the Missouri
game. In blowouts against Oklahoma,
Boston College and Nebraska, referees
called 35 fouls or less. Against Ohio in
December, a physical game according
to Kansas coach Bill Self, only 23 fouls
were called.
A large number of fouls slows the pace
of the game, and senior forward Darnell
Jackson said it was particularly costly for
the Jayhawks.
We like to get out and run, try to get
easy layups in transition and get lobs,
Jackson said.
Fouls, by Kansas or by its opponents,
prevent that from happening. In the four
close victories, the Jayhawks have averaged
just 67 points per game in regulation. The
team is averaging 87 points per game in all
its other victories.
a glimpse at the hard work and stylish travel of the KU womens basketball team
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The Kansas basketball teamhas been receiving questionable calls fromreferees in tight games, such as the novem-
ber game against arizona, shown above. referees have caused the Jayhawks trouble all season.
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Fouls Called Opponent Final Score
45 Arizona 76-72 OT
40 USC 59-55
44 Georgia Tech 71-66
52 Missouri 76-70
fgure it out
By TayLor Bern
tbern@kansan.com
Kansas took the opening tip-off and stormed
out to an 18-8 lead over Colorado Tuesday
night. Then a cold spell worse than anything
Lawrence has experienced in the last two weeks
hit the Jayhawks, and the Buffaloes were happy
to take advantage with a 21-4 run.
Things only got worse in the second half
as turnovers plagued Kansas (12-6, 1-4) while
Colorado (13-5, 2-3) efficiently put the game
out of reach, cruising to a 59-41 victory.
The teams got to dig in and be more
tough-minded, said a hoarse coach Bonnie
Henrickson after the game. We didnt and
thats what is so frustrating.
The two shining stars of Saturdays victory
over Missouri, freshman Krysten Boogaard
and sophomore Danielle McCray, were each
in early foul trouble and forced to watch
much of the first half from the bench.
McCrays exit sparked Colorados big
run, something thats been a problem for
Kansas in Big 12 play.
In the Jayhawks three other conference
losses, Oklahoma St., Nebraska and Baylor
used runs of 16-3, 17-2 and 16-4, respectively,
after McCray left the game in foul trouble.
Thanks to their run, Colorado went into
halftime with all of the momentum and a
29-22 advantage.
In the second half, the Jayhawks failed to
slow down the Buffs offensive attack and com-
mitted turnovers on most of their offensive
possessions.
Whether it was traveling, charging, a
moving screen or just bad passing nothing
was going right for Kansas as they turned
the ball over a season high 27 times.
That poor play at the end was worse in
Henricksons eyes once she thought about
her teams terrific start.
For 14 minutes we were as good as weve
probably been on the road all year, Henrickson
said, and where that goes is beyond me.
McCray was 0-for-4 from beyond the
arc but still finished with a team high 12
points and 10 rebounds, her second straight
double-double. She was the only Jayhawk to
score in double digits.
Kansas has little time to recover with No.
21 Texas A&M coming to Allen Fieldhouse
for a 7 p.m. tipoff on Saturday.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
Early foul trouble negates commanding start
Womens BasketBall
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If only I had a bigger glove
Associated Press
Philadelphia Flyers Scott Hartnell, right, puts the puck past NewYork Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro during the third period of their NHL game at the Nassau Coliseumin Uniondale, N.Y., Saturday.
Hartnell had three goals as the Flyers defeated the Islanders, 5-3.
quote of the day
sports fact of the day
sports trivia
I dont think you get many
easy ones in the Big 12, and
I think thats why its the frst
or second best conference in
America.
Baylor coach Scott Drew
The leading scorer on the
1997-1998 Baylor team was
senior center Brian Skinner,
who averaged more than 18
points per game. Skinner, who
currently plays for the Phoenix
Suns, has played 12 seasons
in the NBA for seven diferent
teams. He averages fve points
and fve rebounds per game in
his career.
Baylor Basketball media guide
Q: Before this season, when
was the last time the Baylor
mens basketball team started
the Big 12 Conference season
with three straight victories?
A: 1998. Led by fourth-year
coach Harry Miller, the Bears
stormed out to a 5-0 conference
record before dropping eight of
their fnal 11 conference games.
Baylor Basketball media guide
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Cardinals no-show, tardy appearance may afect team roles
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ST. LOUIS Cardinals man-
ager Tony La Russa is annoyed that
second baseman Adam Kennedy
skipped the teams annual Winter
Warmup fan fest.
Im disappointed hes not here,
La Russa said. This is a statement
we make to our fans: Thanks for
coming out, and hes not here.
La Russa said Kennedy owed
it to the team, especially after
the manager stuck with Kennedy
for so long despite his struggles
on offense. Kennedy, who signed
a three-year deal with St. Louis
before last season, batted .219 with
three home runs and 18 RBIs in 87
games before undergoing season-
ending arthroscopic knee surgery
in August.
Kennedy, a former first-round
draft pick of the Cardinals, was the
lone newcomer to the lineup last
season, his second stint with the
team.
In the first three months of the
season, his playing time was exten-
sive when he really wasnt produc-
tive, La Russa said. I really gave
him the benefit of the doubt a lot,
to the detriment of a guy like Aaron
Miles.
La Russa said even if Miles had a
big day in a spot start, hed go right
back to Kennedy. The manager said
that wont be the case this year.
This year, I dont think we have
that margin, La Russa said. Adam
is a key guy in that mix so I expect
him to return to his winning-player
form.
But he needs to make sure he
dots all the is.
Missing the three-day Warmup
that ended on Monday, La Russa
said, was a mistake. La Russa said he
didnt know Kennedy wasnt going
to attend before he saw the schedule
for the event, then said he left a
phone message with Kennedy that
said, Youve got to get here.
Im not ticked, Im disappointed
because this is a team thing, La
Russa said. Hes made a mistake by
not being here.
My point is, he doesnt get a
chance to make a lot of mistakes.
Nobody does.
La Russa also was unhappy
with utilityman Scott Spiezio, who
showed up late for his autograph
signing session on Monday.
Thats one dot off his resume,
La Russa said. I dont care what the
excuse was, thats not a good way to
get started.
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Kansasdidnt needtoleaveLaw-
rencetofindareplacement for former
defensivecoordinator BillYoung. The
KansasCityStar reportedMondaythat
theJayhawksnewdefensivecoordina-
tor will beClint Bowen. Bowenhas
workedinvarious
capacitiesonthe
Kansascoaching
staff for ninesea-
sonsafter playing
at Kansasfor three
seasons. Heserved
asco-defensive
coordinator with
Youngfor thepast
twoseasonsinadditiontocoachingthe
teamssafeties. BowengrewupinLaw-
renceandplayedfootball at Lawrence
HighSchool beforeworkingasagradu-
ateassistant at MinnesotaandKansas
andcoachingtheTopekaKnightsof
theIFL. Other possibleinternal options
includedlinebackerscoachSteveTovar
andcornerbackscoachJeNeyJackson.
Kansasisinneedof awidereceivers
coachafter thedepartureofTimBeck
toNebraskaearlier thismonth.
AccordingtorecruitingWebsite,
www.rivals.com, junior collegeoffensive
player of theyear JocquesCrawford
verballycommittedtoKansasover the
weekend. The6-foot-1, 220-poundrun-
ningbackoriginallycommittedtoTexas
Techbut backedout andlater chose
Kansas. Crawford, whowill beajunior
inthe2008season, ranfor 1,935yards
and19touchdownslast seasonat Cisco
Junior CollegeinCisco, Texas.
Three former Jayhawks made
the trip to Houston for last weeks
East-West Shrine Bowl, but only two
participated. Former Kansas wide re-
ceiver Marcus Henry and running back
Brandon McAnderson both played for
the West team. Henry caught one pass
for nine yards.
Defensive
tackle James
McClinton had a
seizure early last
week, forcing
him to miss the
game. The West
defeated the
East 31-13 in the
exhibition that many players use as
a showcase for professional scouts
leading up to the NFL Draft.
-Asher Fusco
football notebook
Bowen
McClinton
Today
Iowa State at Kansas
6 p.m., ESPN
Kansas can go 19-0 with a win
against the Iowa State, but the
Cyclones 2-1 league record is one
of the surprises in the Big 12.
Baylor at Texas a&M
7 p.m., No TV
Baylor sits a 3-0 after victories
against Iowa State, Oklahoma
State and at Nebraska, and Texas
A&M started 15-1, but has now
lost consecutive Big 12 road
games to Texas Tech and Kansas
State by double-digits.
Kansas State at Colorado
7 p.m., ESPNU
Kansas States 2-0 start in the Big
12 is impressive given the way
they won at Oklahoma and then
beat Texas A&M at home. Can
they continue to win on the road?
SaTUrday, JaN. 26.
Texas a&M at oklahoma
State
1 p.m., ESPN
What happened to Texas A&M?
The 1-2 Aggies will try to get
back on track against the Okla-
homa Cowboys.
Texas Tech at Texas
7 p.m., ESPN Plus
Texas Tech coach Bobby
Knight has made a habit of
engineering upset wins during
the last two season. Last year
Texas Tech beat Texas A&M
and Kansas. They already have
one win against Texas A&M
this year. Can they give Texas a
scare at home?
Underclassmen like Kansas State freshmen Michael
Beasley and Bill Walker, Kansas sophomore Darrell
Arthur, and Texas sophomore D.J. Augustin have been
getting all the attention. But dont forget about the
guys who have stayed in school: the seniors. Some of
these players might not be stars in the NBA, but they
still play the game the right way. Heres the High/Lows
Big 12 All-Senior Team.
russell robinson
6-foot-1 Kansas guard
The glue of the best team in the confer-
ence.
Stefhon Hannah
6-1 Missouri guard
Hannah held his own against Kansas
three-headed monster Robinson,
Mario Chalmers and Sherron Collins.
richard roby
6-6 Colorado guard
Robys NBA career could be more no-
table than his tenure in Boulder, Colo.
a rare feat.
darnell Jackson
6-8 Kansas forward
Hes overcome tragedy and is now a
possible second-round NBA pick.
aleks Maric
6-11 Nebraska Center
Hes 6-11 and 270 pounds, but its his
hands and footwork that will give him a
10-year NBA career.
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
In his fifth season at Kansas, Bill
Self has learned some valuable les-
sons about the Big 12 Conference.
Lesson number one: keep an open
mind.
Nothing in league play surpris-
es me, Self said Tuesday during the
weekly Big 12 teleconference.
But isnt Self just a little sur-
prised that Big 12 conference stal-
warts Texas A&M, Oklahoma and
Missouri are 1-2 in conference play,
while Baylor, a usual Big 12 bottom-
feeder, is 3-0 and tied with Kansas
atop the Big 12 standings?
Its still early, and we shouldnt
read too much into any of the
records right now, Self said.
After all, Self pointed out that
Kansas started 1-2 in the Big 12
in 2005-06 and went on to share
the league title with Texas, but that
doesnt mean that other people
arent surprised. Texas and Texas
A&M, the two teams expected to
compete with Kansas for the league
title are sitting at fourth and sixth
in the Big 12 standings. Its Kansas
State, who is sitting at 2-0 with vic-
tories against Oklahoma and Texas
A&M, and Baylor who are chal-
lenging Kansas for the Big 12 lead.
Self said he didnt think you
could count out the Aggies and the
Longhorns.
A&M and Texas will still be
challenging for it, and K-State all
along we thought would have a
great chance, Self said.
Other surprises include
Nebraska, who followed up a strong
nonconference season by starting
0-3 in the conference, and Iowa
State. The Cyclones have defied
expectations by starting 2-1 with
home victories against Missouri
and Oklahoma State.
Its still early, Texas coach Rick
Barnes said during his conference
call. I think if you look around
the country the first couple weeks
of conference play, theres a lot up
in the air about whos this or whos
that. Some people have had a little
more favorable schedule, possibly,
than others. Thats why as you play
the season out, itll all play out.
But one thing most people can
agree on is that the Big 12 is stron-
ger than last year. With Kansas,
Texas A&M, Texas and Baylor in
the AP Top 25 poll, and Kansas
State and Oklahoma receiving
votes, the Big 12 is getting more
attention.
From top to bottom, you could
make a strong case that this is as
good as there is in America, Self
said.

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Big 12 Conference
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Overall Conference
Kansas 18-0 3-0
Baylor 15-2 3-0
Kansas State 12-4 2-0
Texas 15-3 2-1
Iowa State 12-6 2-1
Texas A&M 15-3 1-2
Oklahoma 13-5 1-2
Missouri 11-7 1-2
Texas Tech 10-7 1-2
Colorado 9-8 1-2
Oklahoma State 10-8 1-3
Nebraska 11-5 0-3
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MELBOURNE, Australia
Serena Williams stumbled one
round short of a rematch, so Maria
Sharapova had to unload a years
worth of retribution on somebody
else.
Justine Henin caught the brunt
of it.
Sharapova advanced to the
Australian Open semifinals for the
fourth straight year with a convinc-
ing 6-4, 6-0 win over top-ranked
Henin, snapping the Belgian stars
32-match winning streak.
Even though I beat Justine, its
definitely not over, the 20-year-old
Russian star said. I still have a lot of
business to take care of.
Defending champion Williams
had slumped 6-3, 6-4 earlier in the
afternoon to third-ranked Jelena
Jankovic, who reached the semifi-
nals at Melbourne Park for the first
time and only the third time in a
major.
Williams was unseeded and
ranked No. 81 when she made her
stunning run to an eighth Grand
Slam title 12 months ago, punc-
tuating that with an emphatic
6-1, 6-2 win over Sharapova in
one of the most lopsided Grand
Slam finals.
It was a big setback for Sharapova,
who struggled with a shoulder prob-
lem for most of the season and her
ranking slipped outside the top 5.
But the winner of two Grand
Slam events started returning to
her best at the WTA champion-
ships in November before losing
in three sets to Henin in 3 hours,
24 minutes among the dozen
longest womens tour matches in
the Open era.
She turned the tables in only 1:38
on Tuesday, inflicting the first 6-0 set
on Henin since 2002.
I really felt like I was in a bubble,
Sharapova said. I think it was one of
the most consistent matches where I
did all the things I wanted to do, and
I did them correctly from the begin-
ning to the end ... and just played the
way I can play.
Henin, who struggled with her
serve and was broken five times by
Sharapova, said she had a minor
concern over a lingering knee injury
but put the loss down as an inevi-
tability.
Its very hard to be at your best
level all the time, she said. Ill have
to think about that and build again
for the future.
Jankovic has two Serbian com-
patriots in the quarterfinals
Wednesday.
No. 4-ranked Ana Ivanovic is
aiming to end the run of another
Williams when she plays Serenas
sister, Venus, for the right to meet
the winner of the other quarterfinal
between No. 9 Daniela Hantuchova
and No. 29 Agnieszka Radwanska.
On the mens side, Serbias Novak
Djokovic plays David Ferrer of Spain
and defending champion Roger
Federer goes against No. 12 James
Blake.
Blake is 0-7 against Federer, who
beat him in the 2006 U.S. Open
quarterfinals.
But hes taking heart from
Federers last two matches, when
he was taken to 10-8 in the fifth set
against Serbias Janko Tisparevic and
had to save set points against Tomas
Berdych.
No. 2 Rafael Nadal, the only
player to beat Federer at the last 10
Grand Slams, advanced to his first
Australian Open semifinal with a
7-5, 6-3, 6-1 win over No. 24 Jarkko
Nieminen of Finland.
Maybe I wasnt playing my
best match, my best tennis today,
but it was enough, the three-
time French Open champion said.
Its a good moment for me, first
semifinals on hard court, Grand
Slam.
He will play 22-year-old
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat No.
14 Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-0, 7-6 (6)
late Tuesday.
The 38th-ranked Tsonga has only
played four previous majors due to a
combination of back, shoulder and
abdominal injuries and never won a
title at the elite level, but has already
upset No. 9 Andy Murray and No. 8
Richard Gasquet so far at Melbourne
Park.
Its just amazing. I played just
unbelievable, Tsonga said. Its a
very big event. Its very difficult to
stay on this world.
Serena Williams was that ecstatic
last year after her amazing run.
Despite being in better physical
condition this time around, she still
could not go beyond the quarters for
the fourth consecutive major.
Williams looked sluggish and her
serve misfired against Jankovic, con-
tributing to seven service breaks.
She had time to reflect on the
singles loss when she combined with
Venus in a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 doubles
quarterfinal loss to Chinese pair Yan
Zi and Zheng Jie.
I think that I went crazy, maybe,
and I made a lot of mistakes. I didnt
really play the game I wanted to
play, Williams said, adding that she
had some physical issues she didnt
want to elaborate on. I dont like
to make excuses. We wont discuss
those.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Brett
Tomko agreed Monday to a $3
million, one-year contract with the
Kansas City Royals, promising hes
worked out the problems that led
to failure with the Dodgers last
year.
A right-hander who turns 35
during the first week of the 2008
season, Tomko will compete for
a spot in the rotation but is also
a candidate for bullpen duty for a
club seeking to climb out of the AL
Central basement.
Ive done both and Im com-
fortable with both, he said. But
that was one of the main things we
talked about this winter. We talked
with other (clubs) for bullpen and
setup positions.
Tomkos contract calls for an
additional $1.5 million in perfor-
mance bonuses.
We like the power in his arm
and the experience that he brings
to a very young pitching staff,
Royals general manager Dayton
Moore said.
In his worst stretch since break-
ing into the majors with Cincinnati
in 1997, Tomko was 2-11 with a
5.80 ERA last year for Los Angeles.
After being designated for assign-
ment, he signed with San Diego
and was 2-1 with a 4.61 ERA as
the Padres competed for a playoff
berth.
Changes he made in style
and delivery at the urging of the
Dodgers led to his problems.
They asked me to try a cou-
ple of things, Tomko said. They
wanted to see a little more move-
ment, change my mechanics a little
bit. I went into it with an open
mind and thought Id try whatever
they asked.
At first, the changes looked
good. He had 10 strikeouts in his
first start.
But over the next few starts, it
wasnt working, he said. Soon, bad
habits were formed and he could
not escape a self-imposed rut.
I got put in the bullpen and was
mopping up games, he said.
Finally, he was cut and went
home for 16 days.
I revamped everything and
tried to go back to what I was
doing, he said.
Then Tomko was signed by San
Diego and with the Padres and
went back to his old style.
I watched film of those first
five months and it didnt even look
like me. I was topping out at 86-87
(mph), he said. But once I got
back to the basics of what Id been
doing, my velocity jumped back to
the mid-90s.
Now, after saying no thanks to
some other clubs who approached
him about bullpen duty, hes ready
to report to the Royals camp in
Surprise, Ariz., and compete with
Jorge De La Rosa, Luke Hochevar,
Kyle Davies and Luke Hudson
for one of the two remaining
jobs in the rotation behind Gil
Meche, Brian Bannister and Zack
Greinke.
If Tomko doesnt start, he would
join a bullpen that includes left-
handers Jimmy Gobble, Ron Mahay
and John Bale. In 20 2-3 innings
last year as a reliever, Tomko had
33 strikeouts and just seven walks.
More of his recent success has
been in the bullpen, Moore said.
It gives us a power arm from the
right side.
Tomko is 93-92 with a 4.62
ERA for six major league teams
in 11 seasons and is among just
three pitchers since 2005 with 115
appearances and 60 starts.
Moore said the Royals likely
wouldnt make any more moves
before the start of spring training
in mid-February.
As spring training evolves, Im
sure there will be more things that
we try to do, Moore said. But
right now I look for us to be pretty
much set as we go into spring
training.
No love for pros at Australian open
Williams sisters slump, Sharapova shines as competition advances
Russias Maria Sharapova returns the ball to Belgiums Justine Henin during their Womens singles quarter final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia,
Tuesday. Sharapova beat Henin 6-4, 6-0 and advanced to the semifinals.
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TUESDAY, NOON The
team begins a three-hour practice
in Allen Fieldhouse before leaving
town. The practice was sloppy at
times, with Henrickson telling the
team at one point that they had
just completed the worst offen-
sive 30 minutes in the history of
Allen Fieldhouse. I wondered how
the team would be able to put the
poor practice behind them with the
biggest game of the season to date
a little more than 24 hours away.
As we headed to the bus, I asked
Henrickson how her team would
regroup.
It doesnt mean that youre going
to stink tomorrow because you stunk
today, Henrickson said. Learn from
it; why did you struggle so much?
That kind of teaching and moti-
vation was displayed constantly
from Coach Bonnie, as her play-
ers call her, throughout the trip. As
we boarded the bus and headed to
Forbes Field in Topeka for our char-
ter flight, sophomore guard Kelly
Kohn approached Henrickson and
asked for extra help on the new plays
installed at practice. Kohn, out indef-
initely with a severely sprained ankle,
has been able to do nothing but ride
an elliptical machine and stationary
bike during team workouts. As the
bus cruised down I-70 and players
and coaches munched on rib tips,
chicken and other assorted items
from Biggs Barbecue, Henrickson
sat in the front of the bus with Kohn
and used diagrams of the plays to
explain the changes they had made
to the current plays.
The Kansas offense had been
struggling in recent games, so
Henrickson and her staff added
additional screens to the end of sev-
eral current plays in an attempt to
get more open shots.
4:30 P.M. We arrived
at Forbes Field and went directly
onto the tarmac. Radio play-by-
play broadcaster Nate Bukaty and
Associate Athletics Director Jim
Marchiony met us at the airport,
as did a few other members of the
35-member traveling party. After
our IDs were checked, we taxied to
the runway and took off. The XM
satellite radio available in each seat
helped ease my anxiety about fly-
ing. Junior guard Ivana Catic wasnt
bothered by the short 80-minute
flight to Waco after enduring sev-
eral 20-hour plane trips to her home
country, Serbia. The team usually
flies in a bigger plane that she likes
better because there is a table in the
middle of some of the seats that I can
put my feet up on.
In their seats, sophomore for-
ward Porscha Weddington and some
other players watched a DVD of
Baylors plays on their laptop com-
puters. With all the information
being thrown at these players about
Baylors players and offensive sets, I
asked Catic what she tried to learn
about an opposing team before a
game.
I like to know the tendencies of
the guards, like if there is something
extreme about them, Catic said as
she looked out the window at the
setting sun. Say a guard doesnt
really use their left hand or if they
are not very good going right or
they only shoot pull-ups going right.
As far as plays, the signals help us
prepare. If we see the signals, we will
call out whats coming up so its kind
of easier to defend.
As I sat with Catic, I noticed
senior forward Taylor McIntosh
reading some sort of chemistry or
science book across the aisle. Hoping
not to make her mad, I quietly asked
what she was studying when school
didnt start for another two days. It
turned out she was studying for the
PCAT test for admission into phar-
macy school, which she had to take
on Saturday morning. McIntosh,
who was allowed to take the test in
Lawrence after first being told she
would have to take the test at the
University of Missouri-Kansas City,
told me that the test started at 8:30
a.m. and that she hoped to be done
around 1 p.m., only an hour before
the teams 2 p.m. game in Allen
Fieldhouse against Missouri.
Its been hard because I started
studying during first semester and I
was trying to also study and keep my
grades up for class, McIntosh said.
Now that weve been out of school,
weve been in the gym a ton so its
not like Ive had a ton more time.
Its been hard but Ive been trying to
study whenever I can.
6:45 P.M. We arrived
in Waco and headed for our hotel,
the Hilton Waco. Each room had a
flat-screen plasma TV and plenty of
other small amenities. Surprisingly,
players told me this hotel was noth-
ing compared to their favorite hotel,
the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder,
Colorado.
The team was in Colorado to
play the Buffaloes last night and lost
59-41.
After receiving room keys from
Director of Womens Basketball
Operations Trena Anderson, who
organizes all the road trips, includ-
ing travel arrangements, meals and
the hotel, the players met in one of
the meeting rooms for dinner. Of the
many things I learned on this trip,
one was that the players never go
hungry. After just eating Biggs on the
bus a mere three hours earlier, they
were treated to a full catered buffet
dinner consisting of salad, chicken,
fish, lasagna, mashed potatoes and
vegetables. After several players
voiced displeasure for the lasagna,
Henrickson asked a waiter for a pos-
sible alternative. Within minutes, a
large tray of fettucine noodles with
meat sauce was brought out and
added to the buffet in exchange for
the odd-looking lasagna. Four large
chocolate pies were also on the buf-
fet, but players were not allowed to
eat them.
7:50 P.M. While the team
finished eating, managers Shelby
Scholz and Jake Spinka set up the
video projector and DVD player in
the front of the room so the players
could watch film. The team usu-
ally watches a DVD scout tape of
the opponents personnel and plays
during the evening film session,
but since each player was given a
DVD copy of that tape before leav-
ing for Waco, Henrickson decided to
watch the first half of last years game
against Baylor in Lawrence.
As they watched the film,
Henrickson and the other coaches
talked about different things that the
team did right and wrong and things
that Baylor would do similarly in the
game the next night. After the half
was over, Coach Bonnie told the
players to talk to me about the first
half and players began discussing
what worked and didnt work and
what they had to do better during
Wednesdays game. After a short
talk Henrickson dismissed the play-
ers for the night, reminding them to
watch the DVD scout tape they had
received at least once before lights
were turned out at 11 p.m.
One of the intriguing story lines
surrounding the game was the sta-
tus of Baylor junior guard Jessica
Morrow, who was averaging 11.1
points per game but had missed
Baylors previous game against Texas
A&M. The KU coaching staff heard
somewhere that she had been sus-
pended for missing a practice.
Shes not listed as a starter but
shes listed as a top reserve in the
notes, Henrickson said as we walked
to the elevator to head to our rooms.
We anticipate that shes going to
play, and we prepared as if she was
going to play. She may not start but
Ill bet she plays.
9:15 P.M. Players had just
more than an hour and a half to do
whatever they wanted but almost
all of them made an appearance in
the snack room. Managers Andrea
Florez and Amanda Randalls room
is the designated snack room on
road trips and is filled with more
snacks and drinks than anyone could
imagine. Players could come and go,
choosing a Gatorade or water from
the cooler and snacks from the table.
Junior forward Marija Zinic went
with the Cheez-its while other play-
ers ate crackers or other snacks.
10:30 P.M. Steve Wallace,
the teams graduate assistant, was in
his room putting together his final
scouting report for Missouri, Kansas
next opponent on Saturday. The four
assistant coaches divide the scouting
reports and each take a team. They
are required to make the DVD tape
and a full scouting report with ten-
dencies and plays and give them to
Henrickson right after the preceding
game. Wallace had already given her
the DVD tape and was working on
the scouting report when I stopped
by.
11:15 P.M. After talking
to Wallace and observing everything
for the day, I decided to head to bed
and get some rest. From my first day
of observations, it is obvious that
Henrickson is here for the long haul.
She and her assistants are deter-
mined to develop this program into
something special, and its pretty
evident that they are close to turning
that corner.
Edited by Russell Davies
behind the scenes (continued from 6b)
A quick whistle can cause players to
become less aggressive on the defensive
end, which means fewer steals and fewer
points in transition. More foul calls also
lead to more players getting into foul
trouble. Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur
and Brandon Rush all picked up two
fouls in the first half against Missouri
and had to sit on the bench for signifi-
cant time. Russell Robinson stayed out of
foul trouble first half, but he had to lead
a depleted team that didnt have some of
its top scorers on the floor.
Guys start thinking a lot more,
which takes away from our offense
and defense, Robinson said. And
when you start thinking foul, you get
out of your rhythm. But part of this
game is adjusting to the referees, so we
have to look to do that in the future.
Self isnt as concerned about the
number of fouls called during a game
as he is with the number of free throw
attempts for his team. He said as long
as the Jayhawks shot more foul shots
than their opponent, especially on
the road, his team should hold the
advantage. And thats been the case
in three of the four close victories.
Kansas went to the charity stripe
more often than Missouri, Georgia
Tech and Arizona. Kansas tied USC
in free throw attempts.
If you shoot more free throws
than your opponent on the road,
Self said, then you probably havent
fouled near as much as one would
lead you to believe you had.
Still, the Jayhawks appear to be vul-
nerable in games where the officials have
a quick whistle. Its impossible to tell how
the referees will officiate tonights game,
but Iowa State has an imposing start-
ing lineup with four players taller than
6-foot-6. Theyll likely play a physical
style, and if the referees dont want to
allow that kind of rough play, they could
whistle plenty of fouls.
If they call it a close game and
both teams are fouling. Jackson
said. We just have to be ready for
whatever they throw at us.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
SPORTS
7B wednesday, january 23, 2008
Photos by b.J. Rains/KAnsAn
Above coach bonnie henrickson (left) and members of the Kansas Womens basketball teamboard their charter plane at Forbes Field in
Topeka last Tuesday afternoon as teammanagers unload the bus. The teamtraveled to Waco, Texas, to play the sixth ranked Baylor Bears.
below: teamManager shelby scholz unloads equipment at the teamhotel after the teamarrived inWaco, Texas, onTuesday evening. After dinner,
Scholz and manager Jake Spinka set up the video projector in a meeting roomso that the teamcould watch last years game against Baylor.
fouls (continued from 6b)

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Iowa State always gives Kansas
a competitive game at Hilton Col-
iseum in Ames, Iowa, but thats
usually not been the case at Allen
Fieldhouse in recent years. The
Cyclones seem to be the same
this season, too. Theyve won two
home games in conference play
and lost their only road game.
Kansas didnt play its best game
against Missouri on Saturday but
has otherwise been dominant for
the last month. Its unlikely the
Cyclones will be able to disrupt
the Jayhawks run.
Cole Aldrich, freshman
center
Aldrich has seen his minutes
go up slightly in recent games
partially because of foul trouble
to Kansas
other big
men and also
because of
matchups
that call for
more post
players than
guards.
Tonight, he
should see
some playing time against a
tall Iowa State team. Aldrich
has already shown he can go
against Mizzous DeMarre Car-
roll and the solid front courts of
Oklahoma and Nebraska, and
should have no trouble playing
well against the Cyclones.
Who will lead Kansas in
scoring?
Theres not too much in doubt
about this game if the Jayhawks
play well. The only wild card is
who is going to score the most
points. Seven players have taken
their turn as the Jayhawks lead-
ing scorer this season Russell
Robinson, Sasha Kaun, Brandon
Rush, Mario Chalmers, Sherron
Collins, Darrell Arthur and Darnell
Jackson. Iowa State has several
big players, so it is likely that a
guard will score the most points.
Chalmers led the team in scoring
the last game, and Rush has been
hot lately, but the bet here is that
Robinson will have an unusually
big game and pace the team in
scoring.
All games are critical, but
weve tried to win the league
the last two years when losing
an early game at home.
Kansas coach Bill Self on
the importance of winning home
games
If I had my way Id rather
be two because if youre No. 1,
theres no way to go but down.
It gives us something to work
for.
Kansas guard Russell Rob-
inson on the teams No. 2 ranking
The ProjecTed STarTing Five
Bryan Petersen, 6-foot-1 freshman guard
The junior college transfer averaged 12.3 points,
5.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game at Kirkwood
Community College last season. This season, Peter-
son has started every game at guard and is shoot-
ing 38 percent from three-point range.
Wesley Johnson, 6-7 sophomore forward
Johnson played mostly at the power forward
position last season, but thats changed with the
emergence of freshman Craig Brackins. Johnson
is playing more on the perimeter, and hes proved
he can be a threat from the outside, shooting 35
percent from three-point range.
Rahshon Clark, 6-6 senior forward
The Queens, NY, native passed the 1,000-point
milestone against Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Clark, who now has 1,006 career points, is averaging
10.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
Jiri Hubalek, 6-11 senior center
Hubalek, at age 25, is one of the older players in
the Big 12. From Prague, Czech Republic, Hubalek
uses his size efectively hes averaging 12.2
points and 7.3 rebounds per game.
Craig Brackins, 6-10 freshman forward
If you want proof that Brackins can score, look
at his line against Baylor on Jan. 12: 33 points and
eight of 10 shooting from the three-point line.
The SixTh man
Diante Garrett, 6-4 freshman
guard
Garrett is the Cyclones frst scoring
option of the bench. Hes playing
20.2 minutes per game and aver-
aging 6.2 points per game.
The Big 12 coaches tabbed
Iowa State to fnish eleventh in
the Big 12. But after victories
at home against Missouri and
Oklahoma State, Iowa State
comes into Allen Fieldhouse
at 12-6 and 2-1 in the Big 12
good enough for fourth in the
Big 12 standings. The Cyclones
are winners of nine of their last
11 games, after starting the
season 3-4. Sophomore Wesley
Johnson leads Iowa State with
13.9 points per game, while
freshman Craig Brackins chips
in 12.5 points per game.
Wesley Johnson, sopho-
more forward,
Last season Johnson might
have been the
Big 12s best
freshman not
named Kevin
Durant. John-
son averaged
12.3 points
per game and
7.9 rebounds
last season,
and after
overcoming a bone bruise in his
foot that held him out of Iowa
States frst four games, the Cor-
sicana, Texas, native is back at it.
His points per game are up from
12.3 to 13.9, but his rebounds are
down to 3.8 per game because
hes playing more on the outside.
Expect Brandon Rush to match
up with Johnson, the Big 12
player of the week for Jan. 14-20,
on the defensive end.
Will Iowa State score 70
points?
The Cyclones are 9-0 when
they pass the 70 mark including
a 73-66 victory against Oklahoma
State their last time out. Kansas
is holding opponents to a mere
59.0 points per game. Last sea-
son Kansas defeated Iowa State
68-64 in overtime in Ames, Iowa
and 89-52 in Allen Fieldhouse.
But even if Iowa State scores 70,
will that be enough against Kan-
sas inside Allen Fieldhouse?
Greg can really coach, and
theyve done a nice job recruiting,
and theyve got some nice pieces.
And if you let them get comfort-
able, theyre so big and so long
they could give anybody fts,
Self said about Iowa State.
Theyre as talented a team
as there is in the country, and I
dont think there is any question
about that. What makes them
so dangerous is their balance.
They really have seven players
who really could get 20 points
on you on any given night,
Iowa State coach Greg Mc-
Dermott said of playing Kansas
The ProjecTed STarTing Five
Russell Robinson, 6-foot-1 senior guard
With Chalmers on the bench with foul trouble
and Rush struggling in the frst half against Mis-
souri, Robinson looked to score. He helped prevent
the Tigers from gaining too big of a lead.
Mario Chalmers, 6-foot-1 junior guard
He played better than anyone on the court on
Saturday. Thats not saying much given how sloppy
the game was, but he also helped seal the victory for
Kansas with a big steal late in the game.
Brandon Rush, 6-foot-6 junior guard
You know youre a good player when you still
manage to score 13 points in what you call your
worst shooting game in more than a year.
Darnell Jackson, 6-8 senior forward
Big 12 foes arent the only ones noticing how
much Jackson has improved this season. Hes caught
the eye of NBA scouts, too. Jackson is projected
by NBADraft.net to go in the middle of the second
round in this years draft.
Darrell Arthur, 6-9 sophomore forward
Arthur pulled down nine rebounds in limited
minutes on Saturday. His rebounding numbers have
improved greatly since he was unable to grab a
single board in an earlier game against DePaul.
The SixTh man
Sherron Collins, 5-11
sophomore guard
He scored most of his points
against Missouri in a
quick spurt
early in
the
second
half.
The
team
needs him
to be a major
factor, and he hasnt
been one in almost three weeks.
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game day 8B wednesday, january 23, 2008
Mark Dent
no worrieS For KanSaS
Cylones unlikely to disrupt Jayhawks streak
Iowa state at Kansas 6 p.m. Saturday, allen Fieldhouse, ESpN
allen FieldhoUSe will
rocK iF...
Rodrick Stewart comes through with a major dunk.
Stewart treated the crowd to two rim-rattlers earlier this
season but has been quiet since. Sure, Stewarts minutes
have dwindled since the return of Collins and Rush, but
hes still out there long enough to throw down a big
slam. Heres the perfect scenario for one to happen: Its the
middle of the second half, and Stewart is in for Rush. Chal-
mers comes up with a steal near midcourt and throws
it to a streaking Stewart, who has no choice but to do
you-know-what. Come on, Stewart, make it happen
for the fans tonight.
Phog allen will roll
over in hiS grave iF...
Iowa State is a legitimate team
this season. KU fans know from the
past that good Cyclone teams cause
big fts for the Jayhawks. Iowa State
defeated Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse
in 2000 and 2001. Marcus Fizer led the
Cyclones to that frst victory and Jamaal Tinsley brought the vic-
tory the second time. No one knows how good Iowa State is this
year. The Cyclones are 2-1 in conference, a good record, but they
won their frst two games last season in conference play before
fzzling in the last 14 games. This game is Iowa States litmus
test. If the Cyclones have a good team this year, Wednesday
could be an interesting night.
84-63 Ku
Iowa State is tall, so what. The Cyclones size might actually hurt them in
this game because of the speed of the Jayhawks. Sherron Collins, Russell
Robinson and Mario Chalmers will have a feld day going against a team
that usually has four players taller than 6-foot-6 on the foor.
Witherspoon Meter
Will senior walk-on Brad Witherspoon get the opportunity to play
Saturday? This meter tells all.
Player MPG FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA RPG PPG
00 Darrell Arthur 23.6 98-185 2-10 6.0 13.2
15 Mario Chalmers 29.0 72-130 32-68 2.9 12.5
32 Darnell Jackson 24.2 90-134 2-4 7.1 12.3
25 Brandon Rush 26.1 65-159 27-68 4.8 11.8
04 Sherron Collins 22.6 43-94 17-49 2.2 9.5
24 Sasha Kaun 17.6 50-73 0-0 3.9 7.7
03 Russell Robinson 27.3 36-89 19-57 2.5 6.9
05 Rodrick Stewart 15.5 30-58 3-12 2.7 4.3
02 Conner Teahan 3.8 15-22 11-17 0.6 3.6
45 Cole Aldrich 9.2 23-45 0-0 3.4 3.2
14 Tyrel Reed 8.8 15-30 9-21 0.5 3.0
10 Jeremy Case 6.1 12-31 6-18 0.4 1.9
11 Brennan Bechard 1.8 3-7 2-5 0.3 1.1
54 Matt Kleinmann 2.5 1-4 0-0 0.7 0.3
22 Chase Buford 1.8 1-9 0-6 0.6 0.2
40 Brad Witherspoon 1.7 0-3 0-2 0.2 0.0
Player MPG FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA RPG PPG
04 Wesley Johnson 26.9 67-149 24-68 3.8 13.9
21 Craig Brackins 28.7 84-169 13-35 5.1 12.5
33 Jiri Hubalek 23.2 77-159 7-15 7.3 12.2
13 Rashon Clark 31.4 69-127 16-45 5.8 10.5
10 Diante Garrett 20.2 37-105 5-16 2.6 6.2
22 Bryan Peterson 27.1 27-74 25-66 2.3 5.6
31 Cory Johnson 10.9 22-34 0-3 1.9 3.6
15 Alex Thompson 13.4 19-51 3-10 0.8 2.6
0 Charles Boozer 8.3 7-23 5-19 1.3 1.9
34 Clayton Vette 6.2 3-3 0-0 1.6 1.4
03 Sean Haluska 15.7 8-44 0-26 1.0 1.1
02 Brock Jacobson 3.3 2-5 1-3 0.4 0.9
40 Mark Currie 3.1 2-3 0-1 0.3 0.7
52 Mike Smith 3.7 2-4 0-0 1.0 0.7
01 Cameron Lee 3.4 1-6 0-2 0.2 0.0
23 Marcus Brister 2.3 0-0 0-0 0.7 0.0