Jana Mackey: in Memoriam P. 3: Graduate Lives With Cancer P. 24 New EPA Emission Standards P. 5

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Jana Mackey: in memoriam p. 3
New complex gets grassy p. 30
Graduate lives with cancer p. 24
New EPA emission standards p. 5
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Smoke on the water (and fre in the sky)
quote of the week
fact of the week
James Watt, a Scottish
engineer who lived from 1736
to 1819 chose the expression
HORSEPOWER to describe the
rate at which an engine works. In
order to defne the power of an
engine he performed experi-
ments using heavy dray horses.
He discovered that a horse could
lift a 100 pound weight at the
rate of 220 feet per minute,
which equals 22,000 foot-pounds
per minute. He increased this
fgure by one half (33,000 foot-
pounds per minute or 550 foot-
pounds per second) and called it
one Horsepower.
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There is something about the
outside of a horse that is good
for the inside of a man.
Winston Churchill
Weather
Wednesday, July 9
High: 86
Low: 66
Partly Cloudy
Thursday, July 10
High: 87
Low: 70
Isolated T-Storms
Friday, July 11
High: 93
Low: 75
Isolated T-Storms

Saturday, July 12
High: 87
Low: 67
Partly Cloudy
Sunday, July 13
High: 90
Low: 67
Partly Cloudy
Monday, July 14
High: 91
Low: 68
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday, July 15
High: 88
Low: 68
Scattered T-
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WedneSday, July 9
astronomy in the Park (Free)
9 p.m.
South Park,
12th and Massachusetts streets
All Ages
The americana Music
academy Jam (Free)
7:30 p.m.
Signs of Life, 722 Massachusetts
All Ages
ThurSday, July 10
The Fairer Sex ($2)
10 p.m.
The Eighth Street Tap Room,
801 New Hampshire St.
21+
Friday, July 11
Victor Continental X Comedy
Theater ($10)
10 p.m.
Liberty Hall,
644 Massachusetts St.
All Ages
SaTurday, July 12
downtown lawrence
Farmers Market (Free)
7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Eighth and New Hampshire St.
All Ages
ad astra Per aspera ($3)
7 p.m.
The Replay Lounge,
All Ages
newmatica/ dead Girls ruin
everything/ Sunset drive
(N/A)
9 p.m.
The Bottleneck,
737 New Hampshire St.
All Ages
Sunday, July 13
roller derby: Capital City
Crushers vs. iCT roller Girls
($8-$10)
6:30 p.m.
Sk8away, 815 Fairlawn Rd.,
Topeka
All Ages
The Cast Pattern/ Prevail in
the hail of Gunfre/
The eriking ($5-$7)
10 p.m.
The Jackpot Music Hall,
18+
Monday, July 14
The Spanktones open Jam
($2)
10 p.m.
The Jazzhaus,
21+
TueSday, July 15
The Girl, the Grouch, and the
Goat($10-$16)
7:30 p.m.
Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Dr.
All Ages
Megafaun/ample Branches
($2) 10 p.m.
The Replay Lounge,
21+
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NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P.3
OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . P.15
ENTERTAINMENT . . . . . P.18
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . P.25
SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . P.29 @
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A 25-year-old women
reported a peeping tom
around the 1500 block of
Tennessee St. Sunday night.
Reportedly the women was
sleeping on her couch when
a man wearing a blue hat was
spotted in the window. The
suspect fed after being spot-
ted. Police searched the area
but were unable to locate the
suspect. He is described as a
white male last seen wearing
a blue shirt and blue baseball
cap.
60-year-old female re-
ported the theft of her wallet
at 4911 W. 27th St. Stolen
goods valued at $825.
52-year-old male reported
criminal damage at 725 N.
Second St. Damaged prop-
erty valued at $475.
41-year-old male reported
criminal damage at 305 Cali-
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Obituary
Friends, family remember student Jana Mackey
By Rustin DoDD
dodd@kansan.com
Days after University of Kansas
student Jana Mackey was found dead
inside a Lawrence home, friends and
relatives were still gathered together,
grieving the loss of the second-year
KU law student and reflecting on a
tumultuous and tragic weekend.
Thursday, Mackey, 25, was found
dead inside the home of 46-year-old
Adolfo Garcia-Nunez at 409 Michigan
St. Garcia-Nunez, her alleged killer,
fled the state and was taken into
custody on Friday in Elizabeth, N.J.
He was found dead inside his jail cell
on Saturday, the result of an appar-
ent suicide. Lawrence Police con-
firmed Garcia-
Nunezs death on
Saturday.
As of Tuesday,
Police had not
released Mackeys
cause of death .
Friends of
Mackey confirmed
that Mackey and
Garcia-Nunez had
been dating for
the past year until
Mackey ended the
relationship three weeks ago.
Kelli Brandt, 2005 graduate and
one of Mackeys closest friends, said
family and friends spent the weekend
collecting old photos and telling sto-
ries about Mackeys life. Brandt and
Mackey met eight years ago while
both were living in Hashinger Hall.
Jana was the total package,
Brandt said. Beautiful, intelligent
she glowed.
A native of Hays, Mackey earned
her undergraduate degree in Womens
Studies. Brandt
said she started
out in music
and theater, but
as a sophomore,
Mackey enrolled
in a womens
studies course.
That course
changed her life,
Brandt said. It
gave her a pur-
pose.
An advocate
for womens
rights, Brandt said Mackey lobbied
for the National Organization for
Women and ProKanDo, a political
action committee in Kansas.
Mackey went into law for the peo-
ple, Brandt said, not for the money.
All she wanted to do was serve,
Brandt said.
Mackey was enrolled this sum-
mer in the Paul E. Wilson Defender
Project, representing state and federal
prisoners in appellate and post-con-
viction litigation in state and federal
courts.
Gail Agrawal, KU law school dean,
said in a statement, She was a smart,
engaging woman whose warm per-
sonality and quick smile endeared her
to all who knew her.
* * * * *
Massachusetts Street was mostly
empty on Sunday evening, as a few
walkers passed empty shops. This was
a street that Mackey explored often.
Friends described Mackey as a real
community girl. If Mackey wasnt at
the law school, she was likely on the
porch at Free State Brewery, hanging
out at Henrys, or watching live music
at the Replay Lounge. She was so
comfortable in her own skin, Brandt
said. All she wanted to do was bring
everyone together.
Brandt said Mackey met Garcia-
Nunez in Spring 2007 while danc-
ing. Garcia-Nunez, an artist, painted
a portrait for Mackey. The couple
started dating and often went salsa
dancing.
But as Brandt acknowledged,
Garcia-Nunez had a dark side.
According to records from the
Kansas Department of Corrections,
Garcia-Nunez was convicted of aggra-
vated assault and aggravated battery
in 2004. Garcia-Nunez spent time
in jail before being granted parole in
August 2006.
Brandt said Mackey was aware of
Garcia-Nunezs past, but according
to Brandt, Garcia-Nunez was able to
rationalize his criminal background.
Brandt described a Garcia-Nunez
who cooked wonderful food and
was friendly to Mackeys friends.
Only rarely did we see the other
side, Brandt said.
But Brandt said Mackey decided
to end the relationship three weeks
ago when Garcia-Nunez began act-
ing irrationally. Brandt said she asked
Mackey if she thought Garcia-Nunez
would ever hurt her. Brandt said her
friend told her, Absolutely not.
But friends started to worry when
Mackey went missing last week and
her car was discovered June 3 at
Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Their
worst fears came true when Mackeys
body was found inside Garcia-Nunezs
home late Thursday night.
Brandt said she and Mackey had
sat together on Mackeys porch on a
recent Sunday.
She felt like she had a new lease
on life, Brandt said. She was in a
really good place in her life. She was
the strongest, most elegant, graceful
woman, Brandt said.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Janna Mackey was known for being beautiful
and intelligent.
memorial services
2 p.m., wednesday at liberty
Hall, 644 massachusetts st.*
*Friends and family will gather
to celebrate mackeys life on
wednesday night at The Replay
lounge, 946 massachusetts st.
ku couseling and Psycho-
logical services: counselors will
be available to meet with law
school students, faculty and staf
at Green Hall, according to a
release from ku law school.
She was so comfortable in her
own skin. All she wanted to do
was bring everyone together.
Kelli brandt
2005 graduate
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environment
New ozone emissions standards to afect Douglas County
By Mandy EarlEs
mearles@kansan.com
The Environmental Protection
Agency recently passed a new, more
stringent standard for smog emis-
sions. Now, Douglas County must
make sure it can meet those stan-
dards.
According to an EPA press
release, communities must lower
their ground-level ozone, or smog
emissions, to 75 parts per billion,
compared with the old standard of
84, by March 2010.
Richard Ziesenis, director of envi-
ronmental health for the Lawrence-
Douglas County Health Department,
said there were many things people
in the county could do as individu-
als to reduce the ozones emissions.
He suggested limiting vehicle use
by walking, riding a bike or taking
public transit.
Ground-level ozone forms when
nitrogen oxides and volatile organic
compounds are exposed to sun-
light. Power plants, motor vehicles,
airplanes, and household products
such as paints and cleaning supplies,
make up most of the human-made
emissions, according to the EPA.
Mike Russell, director of
Environment Health and Safety at
the University, said a lot of the ozone
emissions in Lawrence came from
the traffic.
We need to
make significant
cutbacks in the
number of both
commercial and
individual vehi-
cles that travel
on the road on
a daily basis,
Russell said.
Rick Brunetti,
director of the
bureau of air
and radiation
at KDHE, said it was mainly the
Kansas City Metro area that was
contributing to the ozone emissions.
He said the city may need to take
serious measures in order to meet
the EPAs new standards. Brunetti
said the KDHE was still looking
into whether Douglas County was
contributing enough emissions to be
considered a part of the Metro area
and in need of regulation.
Brunetti said if Kansas City didnt
meet the new standards by the 2010
deadline, it could mean bad news
for businesses. He said that if a com-
pany was located in a community that
couldnt meet the EPAs standards,
it might suffer because it could no
longer expand its
business.
The com-
munity would
also be required
to get technology
to help regulate
the ozone emis-
sions, Brunetti
said. It can get
very expensive.
Brunetti said
he didnt think
it would come
to that for Kansas City, though.
He said Kansas communities were
starting to realize they needed to
cut down on emissions, not just for
the environment but for their health
as well.
Joe Blubaugh, director of commu-
nications at the Kansas Department
of Health and Environment, said
people were starting to learn more
about what they could do and even
businesses were catching on.
Some agencies offer a free gas
cap test, which means theyll test
to see if your gas cap fits correctly,
Blubaugh said. If it doesnt fit cor-
rectly, your vehicle can leak CO2
into the air.
Cathy Milbourn, senior press offi-
cer for the EPA, said the EPA changed
its standards because scientific stud-
ies showed the ozone affected those
with asthma and could cause harm
to people who spent a lot of time
outdoors. In the EPAs press release,
it estimated the new standard would
save between $2 billion and $19 bil-
lion in health benefits, including
preventing bronchitis, asthma, hos-
pital visits, nonfatal heart attacks and
premature death.
Brunetti said that cutting down
on ozone emissions would mean
clear, cleaner air, which could help
improve health conditions.
We think of the environment
and health as two separate things,
but they are related, he said. So
much of our health is determined
by how well we take care of our
environment.
Edited by Jesse Temple
The community would also be
required to get technology to
help regulate the ozone
emissions.
Rick bRunetti
Director of the bureau of air
and radiation at kDHe
Citizens could limit vehicle use, businesses could be affected if they cannot meet new EPA standards
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Riding away from high prices
TransporTaTion
By Asher Fusco
afusco@kansan.com
Simon Baek saves some green by
going green when the weather
permits it, at least.
The Seoul, South Korea, senior,
rides his moped the four miles
from his off-campus apartment to
the University as often as possible
because the scooter goes nearly 60
miles on one gallon of gasoline.
Its good to take to campus
because its so much cheaper, Baek
said. When its cold or bad weath-
er, and I have to take my car, I end
up going to get gas twice a week.
Baeks hesitance to drive to school
every day isnt unusual. Popular
alternative modes of transportation
for students include bicycles and
mopeds, while on-campus organi-
zations are turning to electric cars
and Segways.
With gas at
$3.82 per gal-
lon, a four mile
commute costs
about 25 cents
on a scooter
like Baeks. In a
car that goes 20
miles per gallon
of gas, the same
commute costs
about 75 cents
per trip.
With any-
thing on two wheels it has been
ridiculous as far as the level of
business, Jae Landreth, owner of
Fineline Vespa, said. Its because of
gas prices and it might be a good
thing to get away from relying on
fossil fuels.
Landreth said most of the scoot-
ers at Fineline Vespa, 1502 W. 23rd
St., went anywhere from 80 to 100
miles on one gallon of gas.
Warm weather and escalating
fuel prices have turned 2008 into
a big year for Cycle Works, 2121
Kasold Dr. Walt Nitcher, Cycle
Works employee, said the stores
business had been on the upswing
for the past
few months,
and that one of
its biggest sup-
pliers recently
ran low on
bicycles, delay-
ing a shipment
to the store.
Its more
fun than walk-
ing its good
exercise and
its quicker,
Nitcher said. You can actually ride
on Jayhawk Boulevard and some
other places on campus where you
cant drive.
The KU Public Safety Office
is also turning to green methods
of transportation. The University
Patrol Unit and the Security
Unit share two Segway Personal
Transporters, and the Security Unit
uses an electric car.
The Segways, which were sub-
sidized by Student Senate, travel
about 10 miles per hour using an
electric engine. The $5,000 devices
use no gasoline.
Sometimes Ill put one or two
officers out on those instead of in
a patrol car, Patrol Sergeant Troy
Mailen said. It helps reduce cost
in fuel and gives them a little help
on patrol to get around a little
quicker.
Mailen said the department
would like to expand its use of
Segways because the small devices
were more convenient than patrol
cars on the Universitys compact
campus.
The University Security Units
electric car, or GEM car, travels
up to 25 miles per hour and is fully
battery-powered.
It has allowed us to add another
vehicle to our fleet without increas-
ing our gas consumption, Elizabeth
Phillips, assistant director of the
Public Safety Office, said.
Phillips said the department had
not used the one-year old electric
vehicle long enough to confirm
how much money it had saved.
Edited by Mandy Earles
nighT Life
Community poker?
Students go all in
By reBekAh scAperlAndA
rscaperlanda@kansan.com
It may not be Las Vegas, but Texas
Holdem fans can be high rollers right
here in Lawrence every Wednesday
and Sunday nights at The Pool Room,
925 Iowa St.
Lawrence-based entertainment
company, Poker Pub Inc., plays host
to no limit Texas HoldEm tour-
naments at local bars around the
region for anyone to play. With no
entry fee and no pre-registration,
anyone from those as experienced
as two-time World Series of Poker
Champion Doyle Brunson to some-
one who doesnt know their pocket
rockets can sit down to play at the
same table.
You have some people come in
who have never played a hand in
their life and others who have played
in Vegas. Its a wide, wide range, said
Alex Saunders, a Poker Pub official.
Once poker players sign up for a
tournament, they are given $4,000
worth of chips to play with for the
next three hours. Because commer-
cial gambling is illegal in Kansas,
tournaments are played for prizes.
Normally prizes range from $15 to a
new poker set. Some nights, Saunders
said, are played for points that play-
ers can add up for larger prizes. He
said the grand prize was qualifying
for a larger tournament at Conroys
Pub in Lawrence where the winner
received a trip to Las Vegas.
Abel Martens, Lawrence senior,
heard about the poker tournaments
through a friend and decided it
would be worthwhile to check out.
Id never even been to The Pool
Room before, Martens said. I really
like poker, so the concept is nothing
new, but this provides another way
for me to do the activity.
Kerri Emel, Hutchinson junior
and a waitress at The Pool Room,
said the bar didnt seem like a typi-
cal college town bar when you first
walked into it, but she said the
people were friendly and everyone
treated each other like family.
Some people will be more serious
and others will just want to play and
drink, Emel said. I think everyone
comes just to have a bit of fun.
Edited by Rustin Dodd
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Students play poker during a game hosted by the Lawrence-based entertainment company
Poker Pub Inc.
details
What: Poker tournament
Where: 925 Iowa st.
When: wed. 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
sun. 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Timothy Michael Burns, St. Louis ffth year, rides his bike on Jayhawk Boulevard Tuesday
afternoon. He walks sometimes, but said he used his bike as his primary means of transportation.
With anything on two wheels it
has been ridiculous as far as the
level of business. Its because of
the gas prices...
Jae Landreth
Owner of Fineline Vespa
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Campus garden revitalizes locally grown produce
environment
By Mandy EarlEs
mearles@kansan.com
The student group E.A.R.T.H.
recently planted and revitalized the
campus community garden behind
the University Relations building and
hoped to donate the plants to local
shelters.
E.A.R.T.H, (Environmental Action
to Revitalize the Heartland), which is
headed by the University of Kansas
Center for Community Outreach,
started planting the garden at the
end of March and has since yielded
radishes, lettuce, spinach, onions and
much more.
The garden, located between 13th
and 14th streets on Louisiana Street,
has been a project in the making since
2006. Aaron Olsen, Overland Park
senior and founder of the campus
garden, started the garden because he
saw an opportunity when he passed
an abandoned playground every
day behind the University Relations
building.
Turning that space into a garden
made the campus more beautiful,
Olsen said.
Olsen said the garden did well the
first year, but when he had to leave to
study abroad, the garden seemed to
fall apart because Olsen couldnt find
someone to take over.
However, when Olsen returned,
Margaret Tran, Derby junior, con-
tacted him with an interest in revital-
izing the garden.
The garden had gotten lost over
the years, Tran said. It was a great
way to teach students about garden-
ing and give them a great outdoor
experience.
Melissa Rogers, coordinator for
E.A.R.T.H., said so far, the garden
hadnt yielded enough this year to
start donating, but they would keep
expanding the garden so that they
could eventually donate.
Olsen said the garden still offered
other benefits to the University, such
as creating a more beautiful, sustain-
able campus.
Tran said the garden also offered
environmental benefits because the
garden didnt use any pesticides, used
only natural fertilizers, and produced
locally grown food.
The garden shows how food can
be provided on a local level, Tran
said. It can be provided by those
within the community, allowing peo-
ple to see where their food was grown
and who grew it.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
The food and plants produced from campus community garden behind the University Relations
building will be donated to local shelters. The project started in 2006 and renewed student interest
has helped it become a great way to teach students about gardening.
For the students, by the students all summer long.
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Kristin Hoppa/KANSAN
Crystal Miles, Lawrence horticulture manager, releases ladybugs in hopes of preventing pests
from damaging fowers in Watson Park. The ladybugs are an alternative, pesticide-free method in
eliminating spider-mites and aphids.
Natural pesticides
prove inadequate
By Kristin Hoppa
khoppa@kansan.com
Two weeks after Lawrence Parks
and Recreation Department employ-
ees released 18,000 ladybugs around
town, the results are getting mixed
reviews.
City officials released the bugs as a
pest control measure in hopes of con-
trolling a growing aphid population
at the Union Pacific Depot, Buford
Watson Jr. Park and flower beds along
Massachusetts Street.
But Crystal Miles, horticulture
manager, said that it may still be too
soon to tell how effective the lady-
bugs will be.
We are trying to give it another
month to see if they will lay eggs
and give off a second generation,
Miles said.
Miles said that the goal of the
project was not to eliminate the pests
all together, but to bring the environ-
ment back to a natural level.
We are trying to get a sustainable
level of aphids, Miles said.
Miles said one area that had seen
improvement was the Union Pacific
Depot. However, one area that has not
seen improvements is Buford Watson,
Jr. Park, Seventh and Kentucky streets.
However, Miles still had hope that the
pesticide-free method would work.
City commissioners urged the
department to find pesticide-free
methods of controlling the pest
population in hopes of promoting
pesticide-free parks.
Greg McDonald, manager of
Sunrise Garden Center, 1501 Learnard
Ave., sold the first batch of ladybugs
to the city as a test before city employ-
ees released the 18,000 bugs.
A lot of people are going for
organic methods of pest removal,
McDonald said.
The center also sells preying man-
tises as another option for pesticide-
free pest control. However, McDonald
said bugs did not work as well as
chemical pesticides in most cases.
You cant expect bugs to stay
there, McDonald said. When a sec-
ond generation of pests hatch, the
bugs will be gone. If here is no food
for the bugs to eat, they leave. Thats
the real downside.
lawrence
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Local candidates delve into environmental issues
Politics
By Ramsey Cox
rcox@kansan.com
Candidates running for State
Senate in the 2nd and 3rd Districts
2 and State House in the 10th, 44th,
45th and 46th Districts, which repre-
sent parts of Lawrence, were asked to
share their views on environmental
issues. Here are the responses:
state senate,
2nd district
Incumbent Marci Francisco,
Democrat
I support research on perennial
crops and sus-
tainable agricul-
tural practices,
es t abl i s hment
of conservation
easements for
farm and ranch-
land, networks
for local food,
and food labeling that includes infor-
mation about production, Francisco
said.
Francisco said she supported the
construction of green buildings and
renewable energy production.
I support the implementation
of the state water plan, conserva-
tion of water efforts, state purchases
of water rights using funds from
the Colorado water settlement, and
increased maintenance of our res-
ervoirs, Francisco said. I support
state funds for transportation to be
allocated for a variety of transpor-
tation modes including bicycles,
busses and expansion of Amtrak
service.
Scott Morgan, Republican
Whether you believe global
warming is real, sort-of-real or a
bunch of bunk, it is still clear that
we need to reduce the stuff our
machines are belching into the air,
Morgan said.
If it were easy, it would have
already been done. In truth, it will
take tough choices and leadership. It
means developing an actual energy
policy that recognizes our basic need
to turn on the lights but also reduces
our use of carbon-
based fuels. It means
less time being spent
on political games-
manship and more
time reaching across
political divides to
find consensus. It
means increasing the
use of wind, solar and
other renewable energy sources. It
means encouraging conservation
and it means making fossil fuels
such as coal better reflect their actual
cost, Morgan said.
state senate,
3rd district
Tom Holland, Democrat, did not
respond.
Incumbent Roger Pine,
Republican
As a lifelong farmer, I have raised
my family on the
land and make
my living from its
bounty. I believe
our earth is pre-
cious and that we
have an obliga-
tion to be good
stewards of the
environment as we pass this planet
along to the next generation, Pine
said.
Pine said he thought everyone
should take part in environmental
protection.
Globally, this is a huge issue
its a reason that the environment
often is under greatest assault in
impoverished countries where meet-
ing urgent human needs tends to
trump a long-term commitment to
the environment. Thats one rea-
son I also believe strongly that we
must develop a long-
term energy policy
for Kansas that not
only is green in and
of itself but that also
provides affordable
energy and power to
all Kansans so that
all can afford to par-
ticipate more fully
in protecting our precious environ-
ment.
Patrick Wilbur, Libertarian
We need to explore all avenues
of energy options especially those
that are renewable and cost effective.
In Kansas, we are lucky to have many
options. As State Senator I would
encourage an expansion of wind
power, including the Flint Hills. I also
believe we need to look at expanding
nuclear power options, whether that
be through new plants or expand-
ing the capabilities of Wolf Creek. I
would propose that we expand tax
credits for solar energy upgrades to
homes and businesses.
Wilbur also said people should be
careful relying on the government to
solve environmental problems. The
Federal Government is the largest
polluter in the United States, Wilbur
said. Do we really want the fox
guarding the henhouse?
House,
10tH district
John Coen, Republican, did not
respond.
Tony Brown, Democrat
A change that is a bit more diffi-
cult is to provide
economic incen-
tives to indi-
vidual persons
to reduce energy
consumption or
install alternative
energy sources
in their homes.
There currently are some modest tax
breaks for these kinds of homeowner
initiatives, but Kansas has not passed
a net-metering law to allow persons
to sell solar or wind energy back
to energy companies. My wife and
I installed solar panels on a home
addition we are currently building.
The energy produced by these pan-
els goes directly into the electrical
grid and excess energy is fed back
into the Baldwin City system, so our
electrical meter runs forward and
backward, Brown said.
He too said he would not have
voted for the Holcomb coal power
plant.
We have got to step up our efforts
to explore and develop renewable
energy sources like wind, solar and
geothermal energies. There are huge
opportunities in these energy areas
and we are missing out on them cur-
rently, Brown said.
William Stewart-Starks,
Libertarian
If I were to throw a bag of garbage
behind the coun-
ter of a downtown
establishment, the
patrons may not
take action against
me but the owner
surely would.
Now consider a
public park, I am
far more likely to get away with
such an abuse because those using
the park may not feel that they have
any true ownership or incentive to
keep it clean. We must eliminate the
commons in our community and
stop relying on government to police
them, Stewart-Starks said.
Like his fellow Libertarian
Wilbur, Stewart-Starks said he does
not think the public should trust the
government to handle environmen-
tal issues.
We must remember that the
U.S. Government is the number one
polluter in the country and often
colludes with big corporations by
allowing them to continue polluting
with things such as green taxes and
carbon credits, Stewart-Starks said.
Francisco
Pine
Brown
Stewart-Starks
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more in-depth informa-
tion on the people
profled.
see candidates on page 10
House, 44tH District
Barbara Ballard, Democrat
Ballard said the state needs to
develop a comprehensive plan with
solar, wind, nucle-
ar and water.
I dont know
that everyone is
taking recycling
seriously, Ballard
said. We should
emphasize ener-
gy use in our
schools. It would
be advantageous for us to teach first
through third graders to conserve
energy.
Ballard said her views on a com-
muter rail system have changed with
the recent rise in gas prices.
I thought people will always
rather use cars that rail, but now
with gas prices so high, Ive seen
people using bikes instead, Ballard
said. If gas prices stay high, which
it looks like they will, more people
would be looking at rail as an option.
I would consider that for commuters
between Lawrence and Topeka. But
the question is how do you fund that,
it might need to come from federal
funding.
Incumbent, Tom Sloan,
Republican
Sloan said he has supported
renewable energy production and
that he initiated
most legal incen-
tives to develop
wind energy. It is
necessary to have
a balanced energy
generation mix to
ensure service
reliability, man-
age costs to con-
sumers, protect the environment and
facilitate the growth of our econo-
my.
I am the only state legislator in
the U.S. serving on the U.S. Dept.
of Energys Electricity Advisory
Committee that is to make poli-
cy recommendations to the next
Administration, Sloan said. I am
a member of the Kansas Energy
Council and have organized five
Kansas Electric Transmission
Summits involving federal and state
policy-makers, Kansas and regional
utility executives, state regulators,
and wind energy developers to
promote the construction of high
voltage transmission lines to move
wind power from western Kansas
to markets in eastern Kansas and
other states.
Sloan said he also had concerns
about water.
Reservoirs like Clinton Lake
were constructed with 100-year pro-
ductive life expectancies; they are
now approximately 50 years old. I
believe that we need to change our
management and funding priorities
so that the drinking water supplies,
flood control, drought protection
and recreational opportunities are
sustained well beyond the next 50
years, Sloan said.
John Wilson, Democrat
Wilson said one difference
between him and Sloan is that he
would not have
supported the
Holcomb coal
power plant.
I believe
Kansas is a stra-
tegic place for
renewable ener-
gies like wind and
solar. I think we
should be bold and look for a com-
prehensive plan. This is the 21st cen-
tury. Why not think big? Were going
to lose out if we dont, Wilson said.
Wilson said the University could
play a big role in making Kansas
greener, since building are some of
the biggest polluters.
You could install occupancy
censors that change the lights and
temperatures depending on if some-
one is in the room, Wilson said.
Everyone needs to do their part,
with the macro-level of the govern-
ment and on the individual level.
Representative Paul Davis,
Democrat, did not respond.
Davis is running unopposed
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candidates (continued from 9)
Sloan
Wilson
PoLitics
Obama refuses public fnancing, hears criticism
By Ramsey Cox
rcox@kansan.com
Barack Obama announced he
would not accept public financing on
June 19, which was a switch from his
earlier position. At the beginning of
the primary season he said he would
take public financing if his general
election opponent did. U.S. Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz.), the Republican
presidential nominee said he would
take public financing for his cam-
paign.
Its been clear for months that
Obama would opt out of public financ-
ing, said Burdett Loomis, professor of
political science. And given his fund-
raising prowess, why wouldnt he?
Public financing derives from a $3
voluntary check-off box on personal
income tax returns. The check-off
does not increase the tax payment
by $3; it just directs the $3 to the
presidential fund. Obama is the first
major-party candidate to turn down
the government funds for a general
election since the program started in
1976.
Obama would have received $84
million after the Democratic National
Convention at the end of August,
which would have given him more
than $30 million to spend per month
before Election Day.
But Obamas decision could open
him to criticism from Democrats.
David Greenwald, Overland Park
senior and McCain supporter, said he
thought McCain should attack Obama
on this issue.
It seems disingenuous when youre
someone who talks about change and
hope, but then you pull this flip-flop,
Greenwald said.
Obamas decision doesnt seem to
have affected his support from stu-
dents.
Tanner Willbanks, Lawrence
junior and president of KU Amnesty
International, gave money to the
Obama campaign during the primaries
and plans to give money again during
the general election if Willbanks has
the money.
Obama said he decided not to take
public financing because the system
fails to account for spending by inde-
pendent groups on things like attack
ads.
The campaign finance rules are
undergoing changes both in the courts
and in practice, which is always the
case, Loomis said. In the end, money
is like water it will flow where it
can.
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By Sachiko Miyakawa
smiyakawa@kansan.com
The repairs of steam tunnels on
campus altered the KU bus routes
and closed part of Jayhawk Boulevard
and Mississippi Street this summer.
The construction zones in front of
Watson Library and on Mississippi
Street allow construction crews to
do maintenance on the deteriorat-
ed steam tunnels, which carry heat
from the power plant to the majority
of campus buildings.
Jill Jess, University spokeswoman,
said most of the steam tunnels were
installed in the past century. She said
the tunnels had not been maintained
as they needed to be because of a
lack of funding, but thanks to the
Kansas Legislature, the University
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Maintenance alters
campus, bus routes
transportation
see routes on page 12
closed routes
1. north college drive or the
GsP/corbin circle drive is
closed under construction.
2. Indiana street is closed be-
tween 11th and 12th streets
because of the construction
of the oread Inn.
3. jayhawk Boulevard is
closed for motorists between
mississippi street and lilac
lane.
4. mississippi street is closed
from memorial drive to jay-
hawk Boulevard.
5. ku buses travel memorial
drive.
Source: University Relations
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Roads closed because
of construction
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received $8.9 million for the repairs.
The project began this summer and
will continue until 2010.
Jess said the construction zones
created two major road closures until
Aug. 11. Mississippi Street is closed
from Memorial Drive to Jayhawk
Boulevard and Jayhawk Boulevard
is closed between Mississippi Street
and Lilac Lane. KU buses detour
down Memorial Drive because of
the closure.
Jayhawk Boulevard is the heart
of campus and the main artery for
campus, Jess said. But this is also
vital work that has to be done, so we
tried to do it in summer when there
are fewer people around.
Danny Kaiser, assistant director
of Parking and Transit, said park-
ing was not available on the north
side of Memorial Drive. He said this
should not create much inconve-
nience because it took away fewer
than 20 spots.
Jim Modig, director of design
and construction management, said
the project had been one of the
Universitys top maintenance pri-
orities because many of the tunnels
were old and deteriorating structur-
ally. He also said the tunnels did not
meet current safety codes.
We have had some minor prob-
lems down there, Modig said. We
have been very fortunate not to a
have major incident.
Modig said the steam tunnels car-
ried electricity, communication lines
and steam to the campus buildings.
Many campus buildings, including
the Kansas Union, Fraser Hall and
the scholarship halls, rely on steam
to warm water and heat the build-
ings. He said the buildings would
not be able to heat up in winter
without a proper maintenance of
the pipes.
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briefs
Florida ofshore drilling
discovers new support
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) Oil
companies once viewed drilling in
the deep waters of Florida as cost
prohibitive. Politicians feared even
the slightest sign of support would
be career suicide.
Not any more. Record crude oil
prices are fueling support for oil
and natural gas exploration of the
nations shores. In Florida, move-
ment was underway even before
President Bush called on Congress
last month to lift a federal mora-
torium thats barred new ofshore
drilling since 1981.
The early activity here stems
from a 2006 Congressional com-
promise that allows drilling on 8.3
million acres more than 125 miles
of the Panhandle an area that
had been covered by the morato-
rium, which was enacted out of en-
vironmental concerns. In exchange,
the state got a no-drilling bufer
along the rest of its beaches.
Florida may turn out to be a pre-
lude for other coastal states. If oil
or natural gas deposits are found in
the newly opened region, experts
say it could further the push to
explore other once-protected areas
everywhere. It also could be a ral-
lying point for critics, who say the
new exploration isnt a license to
expand exploration.
With gas topping $4 a gallon,
recent polls show Americans, Flo-
ridians included, more supportive
of drilling in protected areas. Some
politicians including Gov. Char-
lie Crist have switched sides.
orangutan population
declines at alarming rate
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP)
Orangutan numbers have declined
sharply on the only two islands
where they still live in the wild and
they could become the frst great
ape species to go extinct if urgent
action isnt taken, a new study says.
The declines in Indonesia and
Malaysia since 2004 are mostly
because of illegal logging and the
expansion of palm oil plantations,
Serge Wich, a scientist at the Great
Ape Trust in Iowa, said on Saturday.
The survey found the orangutan
population on Indonesias Sumatra
island dropped almost 14 per-
cent since 2004, Wich said. It also
concluded that the populations
on Borneo island, which is shared
by Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia,
have fallen by 10 percent. Re-
searchers only surveyed areas of
Borneo that are in Indonesia and
Malaysia.
In their study, Wich and his 15
colleagues said the declines in Bor-
neo were occurring at an alarm-
ing rate but that they were most
concerned about Sumatra, where
the numbers show the population
is in rapid decline.
Associated Press
AssoCIAteD Press
Moni, a 17-year-old orangutan, carries her baby at Gembira Loka zoo in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
The
For the students, by the students all summer long.
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environment
Light bulb recycling
gets new location
By Brieun Scott
bscott@kansan.com
Megan Vaniman said she was
excited when she found out about
what she could do with her compact
fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs.
I had no idea that light bulbs
could be recycled, Vaniman, Kensal,
N.D., senior said.
Students and residents can now
begin recycling CFL bulbs at Home
Depot, 1910 W. 31st St. Until last
week, people could take old CFL
bulbs to the City of Lawrence Waste
Reduction and Recycling.
Vaniman said she started using
fluorescent light bulbs last year and
she didnt know what she would do
with them.
I would have looked into it and
found out what I could do with
them instead of throwing them out,
Vaniman said.
Jamie Pealer, merchandise man-
ager at Home Depot, said that the
Lawrence store gave the community
an opportunity to dispose of the light
bulbs properly. He said the deci-
sion to recycle was a response to the
national community.
Going green is in, so were taking
a big step, Pealer said.
About 670 million fluorescent light
bulbs are thrown away each year in
the U.S. The discarded light bulbs
can release two to four tons of mer-
cury into the environment accord-
ing to the Environmental Protection
Agency.
The gas in the bulbs is harmful
to the environment, so you want to
try to keep them from breaking,
Pealer said.
According to the EPA, people
should always recycle CFL bulbs
because they contained toxic chemi-
cals. Each CFL bulb contains between
3.5 to 15 milligrams of mercury.
People are encouraged to recycle
CFL bulbs at their local hazardous
waste facilities in order to reuse and
keep them from breaking.
The Lawrence Home Depot has
containers inside the store where
patrons can discard the bulbs. Pealer
said it would be a normal procedure
where people could come in and
recycle them.
He said although the store hadnt
received a good response from the
community yet, he said he hoped
that feedback would pick up once the
permanent bins were delivered.
Matt Hammon, Seattle senior, said
that he always recycled in his home-
town because it gave him a chance to
keep the environment clean and to
not waste resources.
Pealer said that the new CFL recy-
cling bins at Home Depot should
eventually have a good response
from the community.
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profile
Scholarship recipient reveals South African truths
By Gretchen Gier
ggier@kansan.com
Chris De La Cruz mentions a feel-
ing of pride about representing the
University while living abroad in
South Africa.
De La Cruz, Coffeyville senior,
said he was, quite possibly, the only
Kansan in the entire country, mak-
ing him quite the novelty. But De
La Cruz also speaks of the poverty
in South Africa: a wide-scale prob-
lem that people back home couldnt
imagine that debilitated every corner
of society.
Homeless people sleep on the
sidewalks on every block that isnt
busy at all hours of the day, De La
Cruz said. White people cant move
in this city without being accosted by
beggars at every turn.
De La Cruz returned home this
June after spending a semester as
one of three Benjamin A. Gilman
International scholars from the
University last semester. The Gilman
scholarship offers grants to students
of limited financial means to pursue
study abroad with the intent of pre-
paring American students to assume
significant roles in an interdepen-
dent, global economy.
While studying at the Univeristy
of Cape Town, De La Cruz volun-
teered with an organization called
SHAWCO, Student Health and
Wellness Community Organization,
and taught business skills to local
South Africans. He called the pro-
gram a farce and depressing, saying
he was inevitably getting more out of
it than the participants.
I taught very basic entrepreneur-
ship skills to a room full of people
who desperately need to make some
loot, De La Cruz said. Their goal is
to write a business plan. Any failure
on my part can be absolutely devas-
tating. Its a heavy burden.
De La Cruz said that, optimisti-
cally, the future of South Africa was
pointed toward a positive future. The
countrys monetary currency is mak-
ing a rebound, theres a growing black
middle class and the government has
improved the educational system on
issues of race.
The part of me that is dedicated
to social progress wanted to act more
than I was able to, De La Cruz
said. The South African situation
gives me a vision of what our par-
ents and grandparents experienced
in the 1940s and 1950s and after the
Civil Rights Movement. All of these
struggles and frustrations have con-
tributed greatly to my perspective on
American race issues.
As an African and African-
American Studies major, De La Cruz
wanted to gain a political perspective
about South Africa that he felt many
Americans avoid. He read books and
texts that were outside of the Western
discourse and explored Marxist
thought, which he said was given
intellectual respect in South Africa.
I miss how intellectually lateral I
was allowed to be with my thoughts
and research, De La Cruz said. Im
still trying to come to terms with
everything I discussed and thought
while I was there. I may not come to
terms with it until I go back to South
Africa.
Aavril Hernandez, Edgerton
senior, was also chosen as a Gilman
scholar to study in Costa Rica. She
felt a great sense of pride represent-
ing the University, and said living
abroad made her think in different
ways, broadening her understanding
of life in a lesser developed country.
They lack a lot of technology
tools that we take for granted in the
States, Hernandez said. I really
appreciate now that we have access to
so much technology and how lucky
we are to have such good fountains of
information in our libraries.
Hernandez said she encountered
negative stereotypes of American
women. At her orientation, the Tico
assistants presented their stereotypes
of Americans. They thought people
from the U.S. were rich, ignorant,
self-centered, agreed with George
Bush, and that American women
were promiscuous.
It was very important to me that
I represented myself with dignity,
Hernandez said, and even though
the U.S. tends to have a bad reputa-
tion with the international commu-
nity, I wanted to be someone that
made them think differently about
what they see in the media.
Hernandez would not have been
able to study abroad without the
scholarship, and will share her expe-
rience with high school students to
promote International Education and
Awareness when she returns.
Nancy Chaison, associate direc-
tor of study abroad, said the Gilman
program seeks to assist students
choosing non-traditional locations of
study abroad, especially areas outside
of Western Europe and Australia.
Students applying for the scholarship
need be receiving a Pell Grant, and
should have high financial need.
We ask scholarship recipients to
share their experiences, and encour-
age other students to study abroad,
Chaison said.
Chris De la Cruz, senior, received a Gilman Scholarship to study in South Africa. He said that he
wont ever wash his shoes because the dirt on them is a piece of South Africa that he carries with him.
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Wow, what a f!@#ing surprise.
About the time the government
starts investigating oil prices
they fall over $9 a barrel in two
days. Can you sat highway rob-
bery?
My friend told me that she recently
slept with a new boy.
She said that when finished, he
rolled over, and said something like,
You gotta big one. Hehehehe.
She was mortified. Why would
a boy say such a thing? And what
was he referring to, the inside or the
out? Doesnt that mean that hes just
too small?
-Labia Majora

Dear Big Lips,
Of course she was mortified. If
a girl told me that I had a big one
after sex, I would be too. Wait, no I
wouldnt and that should just illus-
trate a difference between boys and
girls that this guy obviously didnt
grasp. I have yet to find a girl who
enjoys being told that a part of her
anatomy is large compared to the rest
of her body. Except maybe breasts,
but even in that case, there are very
few ways to give that compliment in
a tactful way.
As far as questioning his size
goes, I dont know if that is the case.
During research for a column I wrote
a few weeks back about penis size, I
came across a study concerning the
size of a womans vagina depending
on her race. There was a small cor-
relation between race and length of
labia. This particular study found
that African American women had
larger labias than other women. If
your friend does happen to be an
African American woman, tell her
that she shouldnt be freaked out if
she has a little more down stairs than
other women this guy has been with.
In a way, it sounds like she was more
woman than he was used to, and
thats all right.
The size of internal genitalia
doesnt really matter a whole lot
cosmetically. You cant really see it
unless you get up there with a flash-
light like some sort of cervix-seeking
spelunker. The vagina, just like the
penis, can double in size when its
owner is aroused.
Maybe this failed compliment
wasnt directed toward her. He could
have just been informing your friend
that she just received a large penis.
Narcissism, just like a bad compli-
ment, is not cool.
At least he didnt say something
really terrible like, You now have the
clap, hehehehe.
Just the same, his big comment
was out of line. Tell your friend
that she has nothing to worry about
other than a taste for men who are
not the most eloquent and tactful
speakers.
Peter is a Shawnee sophomore in
journalism.
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found myself taking up some green
actions here in Philadelphia.
I still believe that global warm-
ing is extremely overhyped. I dont
believe its that important either
I, the most important human
being outside Jesus Christ, wont
be around by the time the exagger-
ated harm begins. But I can now
confirm that smog actually exists.
If you look out at Philadelphia in
the early morning, its that hazy
gray cloud looming over Center
City. Smog is still better than smug,
though (If you dont know what Im
referencing, watch the South Park
episode).
Really, Im more doing things
that are green out of necessity
because Im cheap. For example, I
take the subway or walk to work
in Philly. This is mostly because
I dont have my car with me, and
gas is unaffordable. Ill easily take
a 45-minute walk to work and a
$1.45 subway trip back, thank you.
Im also buying less Styrofoam and
other disposable plates and cups.
Its much easier to buy two of each
and wash them constantly, although
sometimes the grape juice taste lin-
gers when I go to drink milk. In my
apartment in Lawrence and home
in Humboldt, we used the windows
and fans instead of the air condi-
tioner when possible. Here, I dont
care, though. I dont pay utility bills
on my dorm room.
One of the more notable hab-
its Ive picked up on is recycling
paper. Newsrooms should be some
of the leaders in paper recycling.
We go through lots of paper, even
beyond what gets put out on the
streets every day. And its easy to
do. Walk 20 feet to the recycling bin
and throw all newsprint or printer
paper in it.
I have no intention telling oth-
ers to start going green. For me, its
just a cost-cutter. But if you want
to save some cash, greening it may
help a little.
By the way, does anyone feel
like having a huge car wash in the
middle of Lawrence and dump the
soap into the Kansas River just to
piss off the whiny-ass, self-righ-
teous environmentalists in the city?
Itll be fun.
Luke Morris
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News
In the past few years, the green movement has been gaining momentum. Individuals and businesses have been
exploring ways to reduce their negative efect on the environment. The University of Kansas is no exception. Here is a
look at the entities on campus where green practices have excelled and where energy inefciency is inevitable.
An Incon-green-ient Truth
By Deepa Sampat
dsampat@kansan.com
Center for
SuStainability
The University jumped on board
the green movement when the KU
Center for Sustainability opened in
January 2007. The centers mission is
to promote a culture of sustainability
on campus.
A campus in some ways serves
as a microcosm of a city, said Stacey
White, director of academic program
for the KU Center for Sustainability.
We have our own transportation,
residences and dining. Campuses
function as labs to explore what
works well for sustainability.
With the time and dedication
of students and faculty, the center
has promoted several green efforts
around campus, such as the planting
of a rain garden, a compost study and
a study to reduce paper waste.
Dining ServiCeS
The KU Dining Services has part-
nered with the Center for Sustainability
to make students dining experiences
more green on campus.
Dining services on most college
campuses is one of the largest users of
our resources through food and sup-
plies, said Sheryl Kidwell, assistant
director of residential dining. So we
want to be proactive in making sure
we are establishing the best practices
as they relate to sustainability efforts
to make a positive impact on the
campus and the community.
The Market, in the Kansas Union,
features MarketFresh foods, which
are all-natural and organic. Nona
Golledge, director of dining services,
said that dining services looked into
establishing partnerships with local
food markets as long as prices remain
affordable. Last April, Mrs. Es dining
hall eliminated the use of trays for
one day in an attempt to reduce food
waste. Kidwell said in addition to a
decrease in food waste, the amount of
paper thrown away was significantly
reduced as well.
Golledge said dining services
wanted to have more trials next
semester and look into eliminating
the use of trays completely across
campus.
We want to give students ideas
of what they can do to work toward
being more green in their lives,
Golledge said.
The dining centers supply the
transportation department with used
oil for biodiesel testing. Golledge said
the centers were starting to also sup-
ply peanut oil to the transportation
department for additional testing.
environmental
StewarDShip program
Though the Environmental
Stewardship Program, the Universitys
recycling program, which was estab-
lished in the 1990s, the University
began recycling aluminum and glass
by Memorial Stadium in the 1970s.
Most buildings on campus have blue
recycling bins in which to deposit
mixed paper, newspaper, aluminum
cans and plastic
bottles.
There is
a tremendous
amount of mate-
rial generated by
the day-to-day
operations of a
university, said
Celeste Hoins,
admi ni st rat i ve
manager for ESP.
I think we divert
several hundred
tons of material a year and otherwise
that would be straining local resourc-
es for disposal if we didnt.
One year ago, the ESP began a
surplus recycling program. The pro-
gram collects unwanted property and
furniture on campus, such as old
desks, bookshelves and chairs. The
items are either reused somewhere
else on campus, given to non-profit
organizations or sold.
Hoins said that about 1,500
items had been reused on campus
or donated,
which amounts
to more than
15 tons. Fifteen
tons that would
have ended up in
a landfill.
Hoins said
that not only was
recycling good
for the environ-
ment, but its
also good for the
economy.
Items that end up in our bins
do turn into products that can be
used everyday, she said. Your waste
has to go somewhere and if we can
capture it and put it back in the
system it creates more jobs; it creates
more opportunities for creativity and
invention.
Ku on wheelS
With the rising cost of fuel, using
public transportation is not only a
method to be green, but also a meth-
od to save a couple bucks. Last year,
almost 6,500 students purchased bus
passes.
In March, KU on Wheels pur-
chased five new buses. Danny Kaiser,
assistant director of Parking and
Transit, said the new buses had the
most up-to-date technology and
complied with low-emissions stan-
dards. Kaiser said that the depart-
ment would buy an average of two
to three new low-emissions buses
every year. For the past two years,
buses have been fueled on 5 percent
biodiesel fuel.
We are trying to broaden peoples
perspective, Kaiser said. Its role
modeling behavior. We are teaching
students alternatives to what they
may have grown up with so they
know there are more choices for their
future.
Market Fresh foods ofered by KU Dining Services are all-natural and organic. Nona Golledge, director of dining servies, said that the dining services
looking into establishing partnerships with local good markets as long as prices remain afordable.
Recycling bins placed all over campus make it more convenient for students, faculty and staf
to recycle.
Maybe instead of a 20 minute
shower you can try and do it in
fve or 10 minutes.
Diana RobeRtson
Director of the department
of student housing
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By Mike NolaN
mnolan@kansan.com
Multidisciplinary
research facility
The least green building on cam-
pus is the Multidisciplinary Research
Facility, 2030 Becker Dr., behind the
Park and Ride lot on the northwest
side of 23rd and Iowa streets.
The facility uses more British
thermal units (Btu) per square foot,
430,106, than any building on cam-
pus. A Btu equals the amount of
energy required to raise the tem-
perature of one pound of water by
1 degree Fahrenheit. Btu measures
both the amounts of natural gas and
electricity a building uses.
That number is three times what
the U.S. Department of Energy
determined as normal for a univer-
sity building.
The fact that the facility uses
this much energy might suggest the
building wastes energy, but Steve
Spurgeon, director of communica-
tions for Chevron Energy Solutions,
said it was normal for a research lab
to use the most energy because of
the high-powered equipment.
You cant change the nature of a
building, Spurgeon said.
The University signed a 20-year
energy performance contract with
Chevron in 2001. The University
hired Chevron as a way to make
the campus
more energy
efficient, which
in turn would
lower its energy
bills and save
the University
money.
The perfor-
mance contract
consisted of four
phases. First,
Chevron con-
ducted an ener-
gy audit of 85 campus buildings.
During the audit, Chevron looked
at each building to find where they
wasted energy and what could be
done to improve energy efficiency.
The next phase was the construc-
tion phase during which Chevron
installed new equipment such as
more efficient heating ventilation
and air conditioning (HVAC) units
and fluorescent light bulbs in cam-
pus buildings.
Spurgeon said the age and con-
struction of each building deter-
mined what sort of equipment
Chevron could install. He said the
older the building, the more difficult
it was to fix and sometimes, it was
not practical.
In some cases you would have to
spend $2 million to save $100,000,
Spurgeon said.
A f t e r
Chevron com-
pleted con-
struction, the
commissioning
phase began.
During this
phase the con-
tractors made
sure everything
installed during
c ons t r uc t i on
was performing correctly. This pro-
cess lasted roughly three years.
Chevron is now in the moni-
toring phase, which began in June
2004, and it provides a quarterly
report of the 85 campus buildings
it monitors.
other ungreen
science buildings
The results showed that the
Multidisciplinary Research Facility
used the most energy, but other
campus buildings near the top of the
list included Simmons Bioscience
Laboratory, Malott Hall and
Haworth Hall.
These buildings were science
buildings where faculty and stu-
dents conducted research and did
lab work. The labs consume the
energy, but as Spurgeon said the
buildings nature cannot be altered,
so scientists must sacrifice energy in
the name of scientific exploration.
Spurgeon said there were no
anomalies on campus. That is
Chevron did not find buildings on
campus that wasted energy unneces-
sarily. It found buildings that could
improve efficien-
cy, but the build-
ings that used
the most energy
had obvious rea-
sons.
There were
no mystery build-
ings, Spurgeon
said. We were
not pulling our
hair wondering
why a building
used as much
energy as it did.
Chevron will monitor the
Universitys buildings until 2021.
The goal for Chevron is to lower the
Universitys energy usage as much as
possible because the company makes
its money based on how much the
University saves on energy costs.
We guarantee an amount before
hand, Spurgeon said. But places
usually end up saving more than
that.
student housing
The energy performance contract
does not include campus housing
buildings. Diana Robertson, direc-
tor of the Department of Student
Housing, said her department did
its own maintenance and wanted to
improve energy
efficiency in the
dorms.
We defi-
nitely want to
i n c o r p o r a t e
green measures
into our work,
Robertson said.
So far the
Department of
Student Housing
has made strides
in making the
residence halls greener. Robertson
said Lewis, Templin, Ellsworth and
Hashinger halls, all located on Daisy
Hill, installed insulated walls and
double pane windows during reno-
vation.
She said when these buildings
were constructed gas was not a con-
cern, but now the insulation and
thicker windows reduced the con-
sumption of natural gas.
She said in the last few years,
student housing maintenance began
installing fluorescent light bulbs in
every residence hall, but the process
was not a quick fix. She said they
could only put in fluorescent light
bulbs once the old light bulbs burn
out.
We cant do it as fast as we wish
sometimes, Robertson said.
The Department of Student
Housing also provides educational
meetings on a floor-by-floor basis to
remind students of ways to conserve
energy. Robertson said the meetings
tried to remind residents of simple
things such as powering down com-
puters at night and turning off the
faucet while brushing their teeth.
Maybe instead of a 20 minute
shower you can try and do it in five
or 10 minutes, Robertson said.
She said the Department of
Student Housing would continue to
explore different methods of con-
serving energy in every one of its
residence halls.
The Multidisciplinary Research Facility uses more British thermal units per square foot than any other building on campus. Steve Spurgeon, director of communications for Chevron Energy Solutions, said
it was normal for a research lab to use the most energy because of the high powered equipment.
In some cases you would have
to spend $2 million to save
$100,000.
Steve Spurgeon
Director of communications for
Chevron energy Solutions
There were no mystery build-
ings. We were not pulling our
hair wondering why a building
used so much energy as it did.
Steve Spurgeon
Director of communications for
Chevron energy Solutions
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Fitness: Green
your workouts
Its easy to make small changes
to your lifestyle to be more green.
Recycling, carpooling and buying
products from local markets are
only a few of the simple things you
can do to be more eco-friendly.
However, how green are you exer-
cising? Follow these tips to green
your workout routines.
1. Buy a reusaBle
water Bottle
If you work out four days a
week, thats almost 200 plastic bot-
tles youll throw away every year.
Cut down on the trash by buying
your own bottle.
2. Green your outfit
Buy exercise clothes made of
organic cotton. The material is espe-
cially nice for exercising because it
is breathable and absorbent.
3. take it outside
Instead of using a treadmill, find
a trail or a park where you can run.
If you must exercise in a gym, try
walking there instead of driving as
a warm-up.
Information complied from
www.living.health.com
Deepa Sampat
Weekend Project: Make
your home eco-fabulous
That old crooner Kermit the Frog
might have to change his lyrics. Its
now easy being green. Creating an
eco-friendly home can be done with-
out home-growing your own food or
renovating and putting in solar panels.
There are easy ways you can be earth-
friendly around your house. Follow
these five easy steps that MSN gives
and make your home eco-fabulous.
1. Use power strips.
Using power strips helps the envi-
ronment and saves you money. When
you turn a light off, it is completely
shut off but when you have electronic
gadgets, phantom power comes into
play. Even when turned off, the TV,
VCR and computer all still use elec-
tricity. This is why the little light on
your computer is still on even when
your computer is shut off. Plug your
electronic into power strips and turn
the strip off when youre not using
whats plugged into them. It makes it
easier and more efficient.
2. Buy fluorescent bulbs.
These lights that look a little bit
like a twisted ice cream cone turn on
instantly and shed warm light, lasting
10 times as long as regular incan-
descent bulbs. Fluorescent bulbs are
more expensive, but use 66 percent
less energy than incandescent bulbs.
By replacing a 100-watt incandescent
bulb with a 32-watt fluorescent bulb
you can save $30 in energy costs over
the life of the bulb.
3. Watch the temperature.
It may seem simple, but heating
and cooling account for almost half
a houses energy consumption. Keep
the thermostat high in warm weather
and turn it down in cold weather.
Each degree below 68 degrees during
colder weather saves 3 to 5 percent
more heating energy. Keeping your
thermostat at 78 degrees in warm
weather will also save energy and
money. To keep cool, shade east and
west windows and delay activities
such as dishwashing that generate
heat until the evening. Use ceiling
fans as much as possible instead of air
conditioners.
4. Dam your toilet.
Americans use about 100 gallons
of water per day. About one-third
of that water gets flushed down the
toilet. A toilet dam stops some of the
water from leaving the tank when
you flush. This can cut the water used
by as much as 20 percent. Although
the actual toilet dam is a specialty
product, a tank bank works in the
same way. This is merely a plastic
bottle with a valve that keeps some of
the water in your tank from getting
flushed. The idea is to save water by
not allowing the tank to completely
empty each time you flush. No pur-
chase is necessary; simply use an old
plastic bottle from your recycling.
5. Recycle.
This may seem like a no duh
approach to greening your house, but
some households still havent caught
on to the reduce-reuse-recycle slogan.
Lawrence provides an easy way to
recycle right outside of Wal-Mart.
The Wal-Mart community recycling
center provides places to recycle plas-
tic, tin, aluminum, glass, newspaper,
paper and cardboard. Sending plastic
to a landfill increases greenhouse gas-
ses.
RebekahScaperlanda
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Simple steps such as recycling beer and wine bottles and soda cans is a way to be more eco-
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Being environmentally con-
scious is not just something you
can practice at home, but now, it
is something you can take to the
office. Here are some tips to keep
your work environment not only
clean and simple, but environmen-
tally friendly as well.
1) Know where your
office recycles
Celeste Hoins, administrative
manager for KU Environmental
Stewardship Program, said find-
ing out the nearest location or
pickup for recycling was your first
priority.
2) save energy
Hoins said powering off your
computer once you leave the office
and turning off the lights could save
energy and money.
3) reduce, reduce,
reduce
Hoins said by using smaller mar-
gins and font size on your paper,
and by not printing your e-mails,
you could reduce the amount of
paper your office used.
For more information and a way
to see how sustainable your office
is, go to www2.ku.edu/~sustain/
greenatwork.shtml.
Mandy Earles
Suzanne Graham from Green
Peace answers questions about her
group and its effect on Lawrence.
Q: What is your group trying to
accomplish?
A: We are asking for legislation to
be changed to do what scientists want
it to do, which is basically raising
efficiency standards. We want them
to use renewable energy instead of
dirty coal.
Q: What can students do?
A: One of the best things for stu-
dents to do is call their representatives
and tell them they care about global
warming. Another thing they can do
is go to www.projecthotseat.org to
find out what is going on locally.
Q: Does your group support any
candidate for this years election?
A: Global warming isnt a parti-
san issue, it is for anybody. Whoever
wants to run for Congress in this
district has to have a stand for global
warming..
Q: Would you describe Lawrence
as an environmentally friendly
town?
A: People here really care about
global warming. I have seen so many
people passionate about making a big
change to show Congress that this
is an issue and having their voices
heard.
Q: What are some differenc-
es you have seen in the last year
because of your group?
A: We have seen legislators
change from not having a stance to
recognizing that global warming is
real. That has been one of the great-
est things.
Bryan Cisler
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Green Peace
activist shares
green ideas
Environmental Tips: Make
your office simply greener
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Do It Yourself: Hot Chinese
tea invigorates taste buds
Drinking Chinese tea is a sen-
sory experience. You smell the fra-
grance while the rich taste gradu-
ally spreads in your mouth.
When the night breeze is com-
fortable, bring a chair and cup of
hot tea to the outside. It refreshes
you after a weary hot summer day.
Here are basic steps you need to
take to prepare Chinese tea:
1. Gather a teapot and tea strain-
er. You can also use a coffee press.
Choose your favorite loose leaf tea,
like jasmine and woolong. You can
apply the steps to Japanese green
tea and hoji-cha.
2. Boil four cups of water.
3. Put one teaspoon of tea leaf
into the teapot.
4. Pour a cup of hot water into
the teapot. Rinse the tea leaf and
pour out the water. Skip this step if
its green tea or hoji-cha.
5. Pour two cups of hot water
into the teapot. Allow 30 to 60 sec-
onds to brew. Leave it for longer if
you like a bitter taste. For the coffee
press, dont press down the plunger
until you finish waiting.
6. Pour the tea into a cup with
the tea strainer. For the coffee press,
the tea strainer is not necessary.
7. You can reuse the tea leaf up
to three or four times. To do this,
repeat steps five and six.
Chinese and Japanese loose tea
leaves are available at the House of
Cha, 21 W. Ninth St., and The Merc,
901 Iowa St.
Sachiko Miyakawa
Recipe: Key
lime pie is
chillingly good
Kansan photo editor Mindy
Ricketts uses world-renowned chef
Emeril Lagasses recipe for key lime
pie.
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups graham cracker
crumbs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick butter)
melted
2 (14-ounce) cans condensed
milk
1 cup key lime or regular lime
juice
2 whole eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 tablespoon lime zest
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
In a bowl, mix the graham
cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter
with your hands. Press the mixture
firmly into a nine-inch pie pan, and
bake until brown, about 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow
to cool to room temperature before
filling.
Lower the oven temperature to
325 degrees.
In a separate bowl, combine the
condensed milk, lime juice, and
eggs. Whisk until well blended and
place the filling in the cooled pie
shell. Bake in the oven for 15 min-
utes and allow to chill in the refrig-
erator for at least 2 hours.
Once chilled, combine the sour
cream and powdered sugar and
spread over the top of the pie using
a spatula. Sprinkle the lime zest as
a garnish on top of the sour cream
and serve chilled.
Jesse Temple
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Music: Soothing Dweles
soulful sounds lure listeners
After coming to the scene in
1998, neo-soul singer and song writ-
er Andwele Dwele Gardner has
crooned his way into the world of
talented singers. The Detroit natives
urbanite sounds and poetic lyrics
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first album, Subject.
Dweles new album, Sketches of a
Man, offers fans a smooth sound of
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of mellow lyrics that tells stories like
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Dwele shows maturity in his voice
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two-timing woman. He tempts fans
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Open Your Eyes, a Bobby Caldwell
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The at-heart jazz and soul sophis-
ticate shows his talent by experi-
menting with different instruments
throughout the album. He plays
showcases his piano skills in Im
Sorry (Wake the Musical Baby) and
gives a sample of the bass in Love
Ultra.
Although some songs are short like
You Wont be Lonely and Brandi,
which features hip-hop Urbanites
Slum Village, fans would definitely
like the soul-sounding album. Brieun Scott
Books: Hidden
reveals needed
world changes
The Hidden Connections - A
Science for Sustainable Living
by Fritjof Capra
This book is not light read-
ing. Capra connects global capi-
talism with the origins of life,
and even includes a chapter on
spirituality. He proposes that
life cannot continue unless we
begin practicing sustainability,
especially within businesses and
advertising. Using an idea called
complex theory, Capra explains
that our work environments
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the current methods of mass-
production and marketing does
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Capra says that, As a living organ-
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future behavior. Living structure
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can respond to its environment,
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change their behavior. Thus, if
humans and commerce start living
and working differently, Man and
Earth can live in paralleled peace.
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The members of Lawrence and Kansas City scooter clubs
defend their allegiance to Vespas and the brotherhood, and
why theyll chase skirts and be skins until the day they die.
Kansas football coach Mark Mangino and the rest of
his coaching staf will move into the $33 million Ander-
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department estimated that the football facility was one
of the fve nicest in the nation. Te 80,000 square-foot
building boasts a number of luxuries for the football
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Cancer diagnosis renews faith in graduate
profile
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Jef Young holds the 2008 NCAA Championship trophy. Young spends most of his days in bed but
managed to make it to downtown Lawrence in April to witness the Jayhawks win the championship.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Jef Young pets his dog, Oscar. Young was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer in August and has
been struggling to adjust to the changes that have resulted.
You have taught us to judge
each day, not by the harvest, but
by the seeds you plant.
letter from jeff
and abbys friends
By Asher Fusco
afusco@kansan.com
On a mid-August morning nearly
three years ago, cramps shot through
Jeff Youngs stom-
ach. He headed
for the hospital
assuming he had
a bad case of food
poisoning.
Four days
later, Abby
Young spent her
birthday in the
hospital buried
under a doctors
grim verdict: A
colonoscopy had
revealed a mass
in her husbands colon. It was prob-
ably cancerous.
The next week, doctors removed
the mass that blocked Jeff s digestive
system. A closer look revealed the
lining of his stomach was dotted with
what looked like a shotgun spray of
cancer seedlings.
The procedure took two lymph
nodes and one-third of Jeff s colon,
and gave a diagnosis and a prognosis:
The 28 year-old had stage four or
terminal colon cancer.
The journey began, Jeff said.
The ride started.
* * * * *
Jeff and Abby were building a life
together. Jeff s self-owned mortgage
company was growing and Abby,
a 2004 graduate, was bringing in a
steady paycheck from her first job out
of college. The two had just bought
their first house.
Finally we were making money,
all the hard work was paying off, and
this happened, Jeff said. Our income
literally went to zero overnight.
Cancer put the brakes on the cou-
ples life. Abbys former employer cut
her loose less than one week before
she would have
become eligible
for benefits from
the Family and
Medical Leave
Act. If Abby
were eligible for
FMLA benefits,
she could have
taken unpaid
leave with the
guarantee of
returning to her
job.
Jeff struggled with the idea of put-
ting his life in the doctors hands dur-
ing his first round of chemotherapy.
He became impatient with his lack of
medical progress and unsteady finan-
cial situation.
I started to lose faith in human-
ity, Jeff said. Youd think that if
people would hear that someone who
is 28 just got diagnosed with termi-
nal cancer, theyd be a little bit more
like, Can we help you? or, Were
sorry, more than, Youre costing us
money.
Jeff s young age worked as a hand-
icap after his diagnosis. The couple
searched for guidance, but most sup-
port groups were meant for children
or senior patients. Abby said the lack
of information for young people try-
ing to live with cancer was frustrat-
ing.
* * * * *
Bad day after bad day passed until
Jeff and Abby met a nurse named
Georgenia Bowling. Georgenias job
was to tend to an infection on Jeff s
stomach, but she did more than that.
When the couple left for a doctors
appointment one day, Georgenia
slipped them an envelope containing
$50 and a note that read, Go have a
good dinner.
The three of us just clicked, and
instead of a nurse-patient relation-
ship, it was more of a friendship, Jeff
said. She was the first one who ever
did anything for us.
Georgenia guided Jeff s treat-
ment and helped Abby find help-
ful resources on the Internet. Abby
found a more cooperative employer.
She works for the state of Kansas, and
is allowed leave to take care of Jeff.
Georgenia was just the beginning.
People started noticing, started help-
ing with the little things to make the
bad days better.
The couple returned home one
day to find their next door neighbor
cleaning and repairing their houses
gutters.
Little things just started happen-
ing, Jeff said. All of a sudden peo-
ple you thought were negative were
giving everything and bending over
backward. At that point, something
changed in me, personally.
April 7, 2008, was one of the
good days. Just one week after a
doctor recommended Jeff enter hos-
pice care for people who are close
to death, the couple went to a sports
bar to watch the Kansas basketball
team win the national champion-
ship. Afterward, Abby wheeled Jeff
down Massachusetts Street in cel-
ebration with tens of thousands of
fellow Jayhawk fans. Now a basketball
signed by the championship team
serves as the centerpiece of Jeff s
Jayhawk-centric basement.
June 7 was another good day. Some
of the couples friends set up a poker
tournament to help raise funds for
Jeff s treatment. Area stores donated
prizes such as a flat screen television,
a barbeque grill and an iPod for a
raffle.
One day the next week, Cicis Pizza
donated 25 percent of its profits to
Jeff and Abby. Applebees followed
suit.
When people step up to the plate
to help even though they dont know
you that well, its breathtaking to see
and experience, Abby said. You cant
express how much it helps.
* * * * *
Because it is commonly connect-
ed with old age, colon cancer isnt
considered a young peoples disease.
According to the American Cancer
Society, less than one percent of colon
cancer diagnoses occur in people
aged 39 or younger. But considering
more than 110,000 cases occurred
nationwide in 2007, it is clear colon
cancer does affect young Americans.
Most of our patients are 50 or
older, but unfortunately we do see it
happen to younger people once in a
while, Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Clinical Coordinator Julie Tuley said.
It often happens when people get
into their 30s.
Abby has become a part of the
young cancer community, visiting
Web sites such as www.youngcancer-
spouses.com and www.planetcancer.
org to connect with and offer advice
to others dealing with similar situ-
ations.
Theres a whole community out
there, Abby said. Its more prevalent
than people think, but its not being
diagnosed because the most com-
mon symptom for colon cancer is no
symptom.
Jeff did his part to help by insisting
his family members each undergo a
cancer screening. As a result of the
tests, doctors found and removed
early stages of colon cancer in Jeff s
23 year-old sister, Kristina.
Touched by Jeff and Abbys opti-
mism and actions, their friends sent
them a letter that read in part, You
have taught us to judge each day, not
by the harvest, but by the seeds you
plant.
* * * * *
Jeff Young spends the bad days in
bed, sedated.
On a good day, the couple might
head to the park with their dogs,
Oscar and Jennie. Or Abby might
take push Jeff, in his wheelchair, up
and down Massachusetts Street.
Everyday life has changed in every
aspect, Abby said. But the things
that arent controlled by the cancer we
keep very close and dear.
Without many days guaranteed,
its all about making them good days.
Edited by Jesse Temple
25 wednesday, july 9, 2008
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Five Guys Burgers and Fries
changed my opinion about adding
more fast-food chains to a city loyal
to its locally owned eateries.
When I heard that a new fast food
restaurant opened in Lawrence, I
figured I didnt need to be excited.
Spangles arrived two years ago, and
after all the hype, I didnt think
Lawrence gained anything extraor-
dinary.
Five Guys pleasantly surprised
me with what I would call the best
fast food cheeseburgers in town,
and the fries do not disappoint,
either.
The place was packed when I
walked in, which I attributed to the
buzz that had been flying around
town about how Five Guys is great.
The menu was thin, which, in
this instance, thin meant simple. I
had to choose only between a regu-
lar size burger or a small burger,
which Five Guys calls the Little
Burger, and then decide which of
the 15 free toppings I wanted to
add to my circus of calories.
I ordered the regular sized
cheeseburger and I made a mistake.
At Five Guys, a regular cheese-
burger is a double cheeseburger.
It was delicious, but my stomach
ran out of room, and I still had a
16 ounce cup full of fries to eat. I
should have known the portions
would be big after I paid $9.50 for
a burger, fries and a drink, but I
was excited and not worried about
pinching pennies.
My final analysis is Five Guys
serves the best fast food burger in
town, but I didnt appreciate being
tricked into a double cheeseburger
when the Little Burger, would
have been plenty.
That aside, I will go back and
I recommend anyone to give Five
Guys Burgers and Fries a try.
Mike Nolan
Food: Lost your faith in fast
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and save room for the fries.
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Brief
Cool weather a factor
in Kansas wheat harvest
WICHITA Woodston farmer
Jerry McReynolds usually cuts his
own wheat felds.
But not this year. After a volatile
spring of heavy rains, widespread
hail and tornadoes, McReynolds
wanted to get his crop cut quickly.
We had some pretty decent
wheat and I wanted to get it done.
... I decided to bite the bullet,
McReynolds said.
Across Kansas, the winter wheat
harvest this year seemed even
more urgent than usual. After wet
weather delayed the start of the
harvest, growers were especially
eager to bring in the crop as prices
hovered above $8 a bushel.
By Monday, 79 percent of the
Kansas winter wheat crop had been
harvested, Kansas Agricultural
Statistics Service reported. That
compares with 36 percent just a
week ago.
Usually by this time of the year,
89 percent of the states crop is in
the bin, but cool weather in the
spring slowed its maturity. The latest
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
report estimated 98 percent of the
states wheat is now ripe for harvest.
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in the business. Smith shines in the
starring role, but couldve chosen his
scripts better: Hancock is average,
and Smith should be making above
average films every time out.
Smith plays Hancock, a misun-
derstood and alcoholic superhero
who rehabilitates his image with help
from public relations guru played by
Jason Bateman. Hancocks journey
to respectability hits a snag when he
runs into a former romantic flame
and fellow superhero played by
Charlize Theron.
The movies script is far from a
masterpiece, but the actors work
wonders with what they were handed.
Smith turns potentially flat jokes into
decent gags with strong timing and
delivery, and the Bateman-Theron
combination adds some emotional
depth to the film.
Director Peter Berg (Friday Night
Lights) hits a home run with his
choice of music. The original score is
better than most, and its melancholy
tone fits the movie, which is more
reflective than destructive.
Hancock isnt the traditional
superhero story. There isnt a villain
and there isnt gratuitous action. Its
an entertaining 90 minutes, but its a
shame Smith isnt working on some-
thing better.
Asher Fusco
BY JESSE TEMPLE
jtemple@kansan.com
When the people disperse from
Memorial Stadium on Saturday
evenings after a game day, the area
takes on the feel of a ghost town. A
venue inhabited by 50,000 scream-
ing football fans just hours earlier
falls silent as the warm autumn night
approaches.
The fans are always sure to leave a
reminder of their occupancy, though.
It can be seen in the bottles and
trash strewn inside and outside the
stadium. For the Universitys green-
ing agencies, the goal is to get those
bottles and trash in the proper place
before it gets tossed aside.
Stacey White is the director of the
academic program for the Center for
Sustainability. She said helping fans
understand the importance of recy-
cling was at its toughest at football
games, but it could be done.
It doesnt take much for them to
think, You know its not that hard
to recycle, White said. If your sur-
roundings influence you to recycle,
you will. And right now, we dont
have that at sporting events. There
are a lot of other things going on at
the games.
White said fans tend not to notice
the recycling bins strategically placed
around Memorial Stadium. In order
to raise awareness on the impor-
tance of recycling, White offered a
few ideas. She suggested emphasizing
sustainability by promoting a tail-
gater of the game who recycled. That
could be shown on the big screen
at football games. She also said the
coaches of the Universitys athletics
teams could take on a more active
role in the community emphasizing
reducing, reusing and recycling.
If people respect and admire them,
they might be encouraged to become
more sustainable, White said.
As program manager for recy-
cling on campus, Celeste Hoins
said she had actually seen a lot of
change for the better during the past
decade. Despite the mess that can
sometimes occur at a football game,
she said going green was becom-
ing more mainstream. With the help
of the Environmental Stewardship
Program, Hoins said recycling col-
lections in coaches offices was now
common practice. There are also col-
lections from Allen Fieldhouse and
the Wagnon Student-Athlete Center.
Facilities Operations has even built
a processing facility for bailing all
plastic and aluminum fibers taken
from game sites.
The University has taken other
steps to go green at sporting events
as well. Sheryl Kidwell, assistant
director of KU Dining Services, said
the University has looked into using
products that were biodegradable
and better for the environment.
We are seeing an impressive
increase by the major disposable
paper companies introducing new
product lines, Kidwell said. We are
slowly changing over to biodegrad-
able items based on durability, avail-
ability, cost effectiveness and applica-
bility to our customers needs.
Hoins, who has three student
workers clean up on Sunday morn-
ings after football games, said recy-
cling containers were strategically
placed around Memorial Stadium on
game days and in some of the tailgat-
ing parking lots to help alleviate litter
issues. While the setup isnt perfect,
it does help cut down on litter. She
said a detailed study should be done
to find out more about where most
fan traffic occurs on game days to try
improving recycling even more.
As for other campus sporting
events, Hoins said there were about a
dozen containers located around the
concourse in Allen Fieldhouse, but
no such recycling options set up for
either volleyball or baseball games.
The biggest opportunity is grow-
ing the infrastructure and making
it more convenient for the fans to
recycle, Hoins said. I think theyre
seeking it out, but certainly we can,
as a University, make it more conve-
nient for the fans.
SportS
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Football facility uses grass roof philosophy
renovation
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
The University and the Athletics
Department ran into an obstacle
while planning the construction
of the Anderson Family Football
Complex.
It wasnt a money issue. Nope, the
department had raised more than
$30 million for the project. What
the University struggled figuring out
was how to build the 80,000 square-
foot complex while still keeping the
beauty of Campanile Hill intact.
The hill is much more important
than football, Brad Nachtigal, assis-
tant athletics director, said.
Along came a green solution.
Warren Corman, University archi-
tect, said an architectural firm sug-
gested building a portion of the facil-
ity underground and planting grass
on its roof.
With the weight room set to be the
biggest room in the complex at nearly
20,000 square-feet, Corman knew it
could be constructed underground.
Problem solved.
Theres a lot of benefits from
being underground but most peo-
ple dont want to live underground,
Corman said. But in a weight room,
theres no need for windows anyway.
The roof above the weight room
was built about four times stronger
than a normal roof. Eight inches of
sand and a couple more inches of
soil rest on top of it to feed the grass.
Irrigation lines also weave through
the roof so the grass can be watered.
Corman said the complexity and
muscle of the roof made it more
expensive to build but that it would
save the University money in the
long run.
Because soil stayed at a constant
temperature of 55 degrees the whole
year, Corman said the weight room
wouldnt have to be heated or cooled
as much as normal rooms. He esti-
mated the green roof would save the
University $20,000 per year.
And, most importantly to Corman,
the grass roof will blend in perfectly
with the rest of the hill. People will
even walk over the grass without ever
knowing football players are hard at
work 24 feet below.
We really worked hard to main-
tain the integrity of the hill, Chris
Howard, associate athletics director,
said.
The grass will be treated the same
as it is everywhere else on campus. In
addition to being watered regularly, it
will be mowed.
On game days, fans will be able to
roam on it freely.
It is going to be used for tail-
gating, frisbee, whatever you want,
Corman said. The only thing we will
prohibit is we wont let people drive
long steel stakes through it and set
tents on it.
The only concern surrounding the
roof is the possibility of it leaking.
With so many irrigation lines run-
ning through the roof, a major leak
seems likely to occur at some point.
But Corman said he was confident
the University wouldnt have to deal
with that problem. He got reassur-
ance from other architects.
We had experts design it from
around the country and they said it
wont leak, Corman said.
Corman said the University had
wanted to build an environmentally
friendly building for years. Stationing
a quarter of the Anderson Family
Football Complex under the hill pro-
vided the perfect opportunity.
The new football facilitys roof is made partially out of actual grass. Chris Howard, associate athletics director, said that this helped conserve energy
and preserved the appearance of Campanile Hill.
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Texas A&M is
No. 1 Big 12
football venue
5. Folsom Field
University oF Colorado
The Buffaloes stadium isnt any
more spectacular than every other
Big 12 football stadium. Folsom Field,
however, benefits from a beautiful
backdrop with the Rocky Mountains
overlooking the venue.
4. memorial stadiUm
University oF nebraska
Few venues in the country are
more intimidating than Memorial
Stadium, which is filled with 81,000
Cornhusker fans on game day. The
team, however, hasnt lived up to
its high expectations recently and
the program has gone through three
head coaches in five years.
3. Gaylord Family okla-
homa memorial stadiUm,
University oF oklahoma
The six Sooner home games are
practically national holidays for fans
every year. Surrounded by die-hard
college football enthusiasts, Gaylord
Family-Oklahoma Memorial
Stadium has an atmosphere unlike
anywhere else in the country.
2. darrell k. royal-tex-
as memorial stadiUm,
University oF texas
The Longhorns pack more fans
into their stadium than any other
Big 12 school. The stadium is also
accompanied by the best football
facility in the conference and the
Godzillatron, one of the biggest
video screens in America at 55 feet
tall and 134 feet wide.
1.kyle Field
texas a&m University
Its not the biggest or most fancy
stadium in the conference but its the
most passionate. Kyle Field is the only
venue in the Big 12 that could pass as
a Southeastern Conference football
teams stadium with its noise level.
Aggie fans literally make the entire
place shake before games when they
chant the Aggie War Hymn.
Case Keefer
This Week in sporTs
Nadal beats Federer,
takes Wimbledon crown
WIMBLEDON, England With
darkness enveloping Centre Court
and the clock showing 9:15 p.m.,
Rafael Nadal watched as Roger
Federers errant forehand settled
into the net, ending what might
have been the greatest mens fnal
on the greatest stage in tennis.
With that, Nadal fopped onto
his back on the worn-out lawn as
champion of Wimbledon for the
frst time and conqueror of the
fve-time winner and grass-court
master.
After fve riveting sets and 4
hours, 48 minutes of play, there
was a changing of the guard at
Wimbledon on Sunday when
Nadal held of Federers stirring
comeback to win 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5),
6-7 (8), 9-7.
Its impossible to explain what
I felt in that moment, Nadal said
after receiving the winners trophy
from the Duke of Kent. Just very,
very happy to win this title. For
me, (it) is a dream to play in this
tournament. But to win, I never
imagined something like this.
Nadal now has fve career
grand-slam titles to Federers 12.
The next grand-slam event is
the U.S. Open in Flushing Mead-
ows, NY, in late August and early
September.
Sisters rule at Wimbledon,
Venus handles Serena
WIMBLEDON, England
Venus Williams won her ffth
Wimbledon singles title Saturday,
beating younger sister Serena
Williams 7-5, 6-4 in the fnal.
Defending champion Venus is
5-2 in Wimbledon fnals, losing
only to Serena in 2002 and 03.
The win at the All England Club
gave Venus her seventh major
title.
The match was the seventh
Grand Slam fnal between the
American sisters, with Serena
leading 5-2. They are now 8-8
overall.
CC, say your goodbyes;
Sabathia to Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE Reigning AL Cy
Young Award winner CC Sabathia
was traded Monday from the
Cleveland Indians to the Milwau-
kee Brewers for four prospects.
Sabathia, eligible for free
agency after the season, went
19-7 with a 3.21 ERA last season
and gives the Brewers another
power pitcher to pair with Ben
Sheets as Milwaukee tries to
make the playofs for the frst
time since 1982.
Sabathia will make two starts
before the All-Star break Tues-
day against Colorado and Sunday
against Cincinnati. Both are home
games.
Milwaukee sent Cleveland left
felder Matt LaPorta, pitchers Rob
Bryson and Zach Jackson and a
player to be named.
Track star falls at trials,
loses spot in 200 meters
EUGENE, Ore. Tyson Gay ac-
celerated through the frst curve.
Then, he started fying.
Not in the fgurative sense, but
in an all-too-real way a shocking
sprawl to the ground that cost
Americas best sprinter an Olympic
spot in the 200 meters and made
him look like less than a sure thing,
health-wise at least, with the Bei-
jing Games fve weeks away.
Gay sufered what his manager
called a severe cramp in his left
hamstring at the U.S. Olympic
track and feld trials Saturday and
had to be carted of the track.
He was at his hotel later, being
treated with ice.
It was just one of those
things, Gay said in a statement
released through USA Track and
Field.
Gay already has qualifed for
the Olympics in the 100 meters,
but his chances at doubling are
gone. Now, the nervous wait
begins to see if it was, indeed, just
a cramp, and how that afects his
training over the next month.
Associated Press,
compiled by Case Keefer
sporTs Brief
China scrambles to fnish
preparation for Olympics
BEIJING With one month
to go before the Olympics open
on Aug. 8, Chinas work is hardly
complete.
The government needs to meet
its pledge to deliver clean air in one
of the worlds most polluted cities,
and must fnish two new subway
lines and a railway line. The 31
venues in Beijing are ready, and
most have been for months.
But the most difcult prom-
ise to keep for the authoritarian
government might be allowing
reporters as many as 30,000 are
expected to work freely as they
have in other Olympics.
Associated Press
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