By B.J.

RAINS
rains@kansan.com
Construction on the new basket-
ball practice facility and renovations to
the mens and womens basketball locker
rooms still wont be completed for more
than a year, but womens coach Bonnie
Henrickson is already
keeping a daily tab on
the buildings progress.
Every couple hours
I get up and walk
around and see whats
going on, Henrickson
said. You always talk
about facilities and con-
struction but everyone
really gets excited when
you see dirt and shov-
els in the ground. They
are working outside my
window right now, lay-
ing a pipe or something. Were excited.
Construction began recently on a $38
million project that will help improve the
overall quality of the Athletics Departments
facilities. The football program completed
a $31 million project this summer, which
gave them a new complex and two new
practice fields. Now, the focus for renova-
tions has switched back to basketball.
The teams will each get renovated lock-
er rooms and office space, but the crown
jewel of the project is a new 11,600 square-
foot basketball practice facility that will
be squeezed into an open space among
Wagnon Student Athlete Center, Horejsi
Center, Anschutz Sports Pavilion and
Allen Fieldhouse and will connect the four
buildings as one.
Were just excited for our kids because
these kids have been recruited with a prom-
ise of having new and
upgraded facilities,
Henrickson said. It
sends a message loud
and clear about the
commitment that this
administration has for
the kids and for having
first-class facilities.
Center court from
the 2008 Final Four
floor in San Antonio
will hang on the wall
and the building will
feature a court-and-a-half setup with
seven basketball goals. It will have light-
ing and flooring similar to that of Allen
Fieldhouse.
Its going to be a really nice looking
facility that is devoted to basketball, said
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director.
More and more national programs have
these types of facilites. I think our fans
would agree that we have enjoyed having
Kansas at the forefront of college athletics
and we need to do everything possible to
ensure that Kansas remains in the forefront
of college basketball. This will help in that
effort.
Construction on the project is set to
be completed on Oct. 15th, 2009, which
coincides with the start of the next basket-
ball season. The project will also provide
other renovations to Allen Fieldhouse, new
locker rooms for other smaller sports that
dont currently have their own, and a donor
atrium in the area between the Fieldhouse
and Horejsi Center.
This comes at the cornerstone of our
five-year strategic plan which we released
two years ago, Marchiony said. Its aca-
demic excellence and athletics excellence.
Part of the athletic excellence portion of
that plan is to try to give our coaches and
student athletes the means by which they
can achieve success on the national level. It
helps the other sports because it provides
more space for them space that they
really need.
Currently, both the mens and womens
basketball teams share practice times at
Horejsi Center and Allen Fieldhouse. Add
in the volleyball team and their needs at
Horejsi, and it causes some schedule jum-
bling and inconveniences for the athletes.
Coach Self and I get along really well
and our staffs do too, Henrickson said.
We coord inate practice times and practice
needs and we share conflicts so that hasnt
really been an issue. Both of us respect that
when volleyball is in season, they have a
priority to the practice facility.
Sometimes its a burden on the kids,
having to practice early in the mornings
and stuff. Its been manageable, but it will
be a lot more convenient and student-ath-
lete friendly once we get the third facility.
Players for both the mens and wom-
ens teams have seen the drawings and are
counting down the days until the facility
opens next season.
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By BRANDy ENTSMINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
Alcoholism, drug abuse and incest are
the issues faced in August: Osage County,
a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning
play coming to campus on Sept. 1.
Paul Stephen Lim, professor of English
and founder of the English Alternative
Theatre, said the play featured a dysfunc-
tional family that students and the com-
munity could identify with.
The stories that are told are fairly uni-
versal, Lim said.
Cast member Roberta Gingerich said
the play focused on one womans rela-
tionship with her three adult daughters.
She said all of the characters in the play
struggled with problems such as alcohol-
ism, drug abuse and incest.
They are not the pretty issues of our
society, Gingerich said.
The English Alternative Theatre will
present the play in a new way: as a concert
reading.
Lim said concert readings were unique
because they helped bring works of litera-
ture and theatre to a broad audience with-
out the use of a full set, such as scenery, or
costumes.
Its like letting the words jump off the
page, Lim said.
With a concert reading, the actors gen-
erally hold their scripts and sometimes
remain seated on stage until their scene
begins.
Jim Carothers, professor of English and
cast member, said the biggest challenge of
a concert reading was bringing the story to
life for the audience. He said it helped the
performers to imagine they were perform-
ing a radio drama because the tone of their
voices carried the emotion of the play.
Amy Devitt, professor of English and
cast member, said actors should know the
play thoroughly for a concert reading so
they could focus on interacting with the
other actors.
Its a challenge to just interact with your
voice and not your body, Devitt said
University faculty, retired faculty,
alumni and local actors will make up the
productions cast. Many of the actors have
performed together before.
Lim said it helped for the actors to be
familiar with each other because it would
be easier for them to find the chemistry
needed to play a family.
He said it would also be helpful since
they had such a short time to rehearse
before the reading. The cast will begin
rehearsals on Saturday.
I know what theyre capable of and
they know how I work so we can talk in a
kind of shorthand, Lim said.
Lim said the majority of new American
plays are limited to five or six cast mem-
bers and a small set because of the cost.
August: Osage County is unique because
it calls for a three-story set with an attic
and 13 cast members.
The English Alternative Theatre pres-
ents concert readings of current plays free
of charge every Labor Day. Lim said it
made theatre affordable for KU students.
The concert reading will take place at
7:30 p.m. on Monday at the Lawrence Arts
Center.
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Construction, renovations has coaches, players excited
graphiC CourtesY of kansas athLetiCs
this graphic rendering shows what the newbuilding will look like when completed in 2009. Renovations include
newlocker rooms, renovations to Allen Fieldhouse and a donor atrium.
Were just excited for our kids
because these kids have been
recruited with a promise of hav-
ing new and upgraded facilities.
BONNIE HENRICKSON
Womens head coach
theater performs unique act
jerry wang/kansan
paul stephen Lim, playwright and professor of english, founded the English AlternativeTheater. He will be directing a concert reading of August: Osage Country, a Pulitzzer Prize andTony award winning family melodrama on Monday.
Diaper breaks boys fall,
saves his life
SAO PAULO, Brazil A dispos-
able diaper has saved the life of
an 18-month-old boy, breaking
his fall from a third-foor apart-
ment window, ofcials said
Thursday.
Caua Felipe Massaneiro
survived a 30-foot fall because
his diaper snagged on a security
spike embedded in the concrete
wall around his apartment build-
ing in the northeastern Brazilian
city of Recife.
The boy dangled from the
spike for a moment, then the dia-
per opened and the baby fell to
the ground, but at a much slower
speed, a police ofcer said. The
diaper obviously lessened the
impact of the fall and saved the
babys life.
It was a miracle, said the of-
cer who declined to be identifed
because she was not authorized
to speak to the press. He could
also have been killed by one of
the spikes.
The child was treated for minor
fractures at the Hospital Memo-
rial Sao Jose, where spokesman
Gilberto Tenorio said he was in
stable condition.
Police have opened an inves-
tigation to determine how the
toddler fell out the window and
if parental negligence was one of
the causes, the police ofcer said.
The Folha de S. Paulo newspa-
per quoted Cauas father, 23-year-
old Alexandre Cesar Massaneiro
as saying that his son climbed
onto a sofa underneath the win-
dow he fell from - something he
had never done before.
It wasnt the diaper that saved
him, Massaneiro told the news-
paper. It was God.
Town uses scarecrows to
try and break record
HOSCHTON, Ga. This small
northeastern Georgia towns
population boom is frightening.
In a bid to break a world record
for scarecrows and scare up some
fun for the fall season, thousands
of straw-stufed newcomers are
creeping across town.
Theres a scuba diver, the
Georgia Bulldogs football team
and of course the cast of
the Wizard of Oz. Even likenesses
of Jesus and Elvis popped up.
The 1,700 real residents of Ho-
schton hope to nearly triple their
population with 4,000 scarecrows
and break the Guinness World
Record for Most Scarecrows in
One Location.
The title belongs to the Cincin-
nati Horticultural Societys Cincin-
nati Flower and Farm Fest, which
set the record in 2003 with 3,311
scarecrows.
Antique dealer Robbie Bettis
and her husband, Fred, are lead-
ing the efort for the towns fall
festival, which begins Monday.
On Wednesday they watched
over an assembly line at an old
downtown train depot, where
about 20 people passed wooden
frames among tables of dingy
clothes, yellow milk jugs, plastic
grocery bags, old hats, twine, rib-
bon and other donated materials
We thought if we gave people
something fun to do then maybe
they will forget about the difcult
economy, she said. Winning the
world record is just a byproduct.
Crows and criminals beware:
Two men caught knocking over
scarecrows were sentenced to
build 25 of them, lest they face
trespassing charges, Mayor Bill
Copenhaver said.
Ad for nanny makes
appearance on blogs
NEW YORK It was an unusu-
ally honest ad for a live-in nanny,
a 1,000-word tome beginning,
My kids are a pain. But it worked,
attracting a brave soul whos
never been a nanny before.
If you cannot multitask, or
communicate without being pas-
sive aggressive, dont even bother
replying, Rebecca Land Soodak,
a mother of four on Manhattans
Upper East Side, wrote Aug. 19 in
her advertisement on Craigslist.
I can be a tad difcult to work
for. Im loud, pushy and while I
used to think we paid well, I am
no longer sure.
This being the age of instant
communications, the ad took
on a life of its own, making the
rounds of parenting blogs and
e-mail inboxes and inspiring an
article in Thursdays New York
Times.
Soodak, a 40-year-old painter
whose husband owns a wine
store, eventually hired Christina
Wynn, a 25-year-old University of
Virginia graduate, to take care of
Rubin, 12; Ellis, 9; and Shay and
Cassie, both 6.
I made a commitment to stay
in the job for at least a year,Wynn
told the Times. I met the oldest
child, but not the others, which
my mother said was crazy to
accept the job without meet-
ing all the kids. So well see. She
noted that one of the pluses is
that the children are all in school
for several hours each day.
Some other excerpts from the
listing: If you are fundamentally
unhappy with your life, you will
be more unhappy if you take
this job, so do us all a favor and
get some treatment or move to
the Rockies, but do not apply for
employment with us.
And this: Also, if you suspect
all wealthy women are frivolous,
we are not for you.
And this: I have all sorts of
theories on how to stack my dish-
washer, and if you are judgmental
about Ritalin for ADHD, or think
such things are caused by too
much sugar, again, deal-break
city.
Candidate for the House
chooses to be honest
POTTSTOWN, Pa. A candi-
date for the Pennsylvania House
of Representatives is bringing up
his arrest for domestic assault
in his own campaign materials.
Democrat Jim Prendergast
says telling voters about his 1996
misdemeanor assault conviction
to be honest with the people Im
going to work for. He also says he
wants to explain the arrest on his
terms, rather than have his oppo-
nent bring it up in an attack ad.
Prendergast calls the incident
a turning point in his life. He says
he didnt strike his then-wife, but
grabbed her roughly with both
hands during an argument. He
says he and his ex-wife are now
on friendly terms.
The man hes running to
unseat, Republican state Rep.
Tom Quigley, says he never had
any intention of bringing up the
incident.
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at 2 p.m. in the Centennial
Room in the Kansas Union.
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5. KU launches revised
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Monday is Labor Day, and
there are no classes. Just as
noteworthy, it is also the
110th anniversary of the day
KU hired Dr. James Naismith.
I know my country has
not perfected itself. At
times, weve struggled
to keep the promises of
liberty and equality for all
of our people. Weve made
our share of mistakes, and
there are times when our
actions around the world
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Rock the Block lets students enjoy alcohol-free tailgating
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
Rocking out with your hawk
out will be even easier for fans of
KU football this year thanks to the
Rock the Block pregame tailgate.
GSP-Corbin Hall, located about
a block from the stadium, will
hold the event two and a half
hours before every home football
game this season.
Tailgaters will have access to a
wide range of entertainment activ-
ities, including a disc jockey, prize
giveaways and lawn games such as
ladder golf. Students and KU fans
who arrive to the party early will
receive free T-shirts.
Tracey Condon, GSP-Corbin
complex director, said people
in the Department of Student
Housing had high hopes for Rock
the Block.
We would really like to see
this event become something fun
for students to attend where the
focus is enjoying themselves and
the excitement that surrounds KU
football, Condon said.
Planning for the event began
last spring after the Alcohol
Priority Committee proposed
the idea. Jocelyn Maul, assistant
complex director of Corbin, said
alcohol-free tailgating provided
students with an alternative to the
typical parties that surrounded the
stadium on game days. Maul had
headed the planning of the event
and said she hoped to attract a
large crowd.
We hope to see lots of people
coming by and having a place to
hang out before the games, Maul
said. Im hoping for a couple hun-
dred people at
each Rock the
Block tailgate.
She said she
hoped give-
aways of prizes
such as iPods,
DVD players
and theater
systems would
help attract
students. Maul
also said stu-
dents should
keep an eye out for a getaway
package for the Kansas-Missouri
game at Arrowhead Stadium. She
said the package would include a
hotel stay and limousine ride to
the Border Showdown.
The tailgate will also offer food
that students
and other
fans can buy
using cash or
their KU meal
plans. Chicken
wings and
bratwurst will
be among the
items available
for hungry
football aficio-
nados.
The event
will employ volunteers from each
of the residence halls in an effort
to involve the entire Department
of Student Housing. To encour-
age students to help with the
event, the Rock the Block tail-
gate will end 30 minutes before
kickoff so everyone involved will
have the opportunity to watch the
games.
John Hagen, Leawood fresh-
man, said he planned on attending
the event. He said that he thought
the alcohol-free aspect of the tail-
gate was probably a good idea, and
that it would give new students a
chance to meet and hang out away
from an academic setting.
The Rock the Block inaugu-
ral tailgate begins at 3:30 p.m.
Saturday.
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when to party
Aug. 30 vs. Florida Internation-
al (6 p.m. kickof)
Sept. 6 vs. Louisiana Tech
(6 p.m. kickof)
Sept. 20 vs. Sam Houston State
(6 p.m. kickof)
Oct. 11 vs. Colorado (time TBA)
Oct. 25 vs. Texas Tech (time
TBA)
Nov. 1 vs. Kansas State (time
TBA)
Nov. 15 vs. Texas (time TBA)
We hope to see lots of people
coming by and having a place to
hang out before the games.
JOCeLyN MAuL
Assistant complex director, Corbin Hall
international
Thai protesters clash with police, demand prime ministers resignation
BY SUTIN WANNABOVORN
ASSOCIATeD PReSS
BANGKOK, Thailand Thai
anti-government protesters occu-
pying the grounds of the prime
ministers office forced several
hundred policemen off the com-
pound early Friday and promised
more action in their bid to oust
the leader.
Police exercised restraint when
the demonstrators some armed
with golf clubs, batons and bam-
boo sticks pushed up to 400
officers out of the Government
House grounds at about 1 a.m.
Protesters celebrated by danc-
ing to rock music, a sharp contrast
to the tensions Wednesday before
when they feared a raid and threw
up makeshift barricades.
We can relax now, but please
be cautious, they might return
soon, protest organizer Samran
Rodpetch announced from a
stage.
Thousands of supporters of the
conservative Peoples Alliance for
Democracy spent a third night
encamped at Government House
in support of their campaign
to force Prime Minister Samak
Sundaravej from office.
The alliance accuses Samaks
government of serving as a proxy
for former Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra, who was ousted in a
2006 coup and faces several pend-
ing corruption cases. Thaksin is in
self-imposed exile in Britain.
After Thaksin was deposed in
the bloodless coup, his party was
dissolved and he was banned from
public office until 2012.
But Samak led Thaksins politi-
cal allies to a December 2007 elec-
tion victory, and their assump-
tion of power triggered fears that
Thaksin would make a political
comeback on the strength of his
continued popularity in Thailands
rural majority.
The number of protesters in
and around the government com-
pound has varied from a few thou-
sand most mornings to a high
of 30,000 who staged demonstra-
tions at several locations Tuesday
across Bangkok.
The alliance promised a final
showdown this week, but has suf-
fered several setbacks, including
when it sent several dozen masked
thugs Tuesday to take over a gov-
ernment-controlled television sta-
tion. The band surrendered to
police and video of the bullying
tactics were broadcast repeatedly.
Police issued arrest warrants
Wednesday for nine of the groups
leaders on charges of insurrec-
tion, conspiracy, illegal assembly
and refusing orders to disperse.
Insurrection, the legal equivalent
of treason, carries a maximum
penalty of death or life imprison-
ment.
Another court issued an order
late Wednesday demanding that
the protesters leave the govern-
ment compound immediately
and stop blocking streets. On
Thursday, a court rejected the alli-
ances appeal of the order to vacate
Government House, which was
seized Tuesday.
One of the top alliance leaders,
Chamlong Srimuang, told report-
ers Thursday night that protesters
would continue to rally at the com-
pound despite the court order.
Chamlong, one of the nine
leaders sought by police, insisted
the protesters were doing nothing
wrong.
We are staging a protest
because the government has made
too many mistakes and has no
legitimacy to run the country,
he said. From now on, it will be
stickier. Our political rallying will
get stronger because more of our
supporters from upcountry will
come to help us. We will not back
down.
The alliances best known lead-
ers are Chamlong, an influential
former politician and army officer,
and Sondhi Limthongkul, a media
mogul.
In what appeared to be a relat-
ed development, there were work
stoppages by Thai railway workers
on several lines Thursday after
an unknown number of employ-
ees took immediate two-day sick
leaves.
We can withstand any diffi-
cult conditions if we can topple
Samak, said Kitja Usaiphan, 43,
a fisherman who has been camp-
ing at the government compound
since Tuesday.
Thousands of additional pro-
testers poured into the site in
response to the court orders, and
many formed a human chain over-
night around the groups top lead-
ers to prevent them from being
taken away.
Chamlong claimed he and other
leaders were ready to be arrested,
but encouraged supporters to stay
on the grounds.
You must remain here and
continue fighting, Chamlong
said. If you leave the Government
House, that means we have been
defeated.
Samak, who refuses to resign,
has accused the protesters of try-
ing to provoke violence.
They want bloodshed in the
country. They want the military
to come out and do the coup
again, Samak said.
The military has said it is not
planning a coup. Thailand has
had 17 constitutions since 1932
a reflection of the political
instability and military coups that
followed the drafting of the first
charter that created a constitu-
tional monarchy. The last coup
was in 2006, when Thaksin was
ousted.
The conditions at the gov-
ernment compound were dete-
riorating bags of trash piled
up and protesters hung laundry
from buildings. The grounds were
mostly covered with sleeping mats
and some protesters could be seen
lounging in the hallways of build-
ings.
A number of ambulances
parked outside the site, anticipat-
ing the possibility of violence.
AssociAted Press
An anti-government protester, prepared with goggles and other anti-tear gas measures, looks onThursday outside the Government House
in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters defed a court order to end their occupation of the Thai prime ministers ofce compound in
Bangkok, saying they had a right to remain and would stay until the countrys leaders resign.
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Kickapoo clinic faces funding crisis
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TOPEKA, Kan. Leaders of
the Kickapoo Indian Nation have
declared an emergency as they
face a shortage of funds to keep a
health clinic open.
The northeast Kansas tribe
has asked the U.S. Indian Health
Service for $150,000 to help keep
the clinic open through Sept. 30,
the end of the current fiscal year.
Thats when new federal funding
will begin.
There has been no response
to our letter, said Josephine
Bellonger, clinic director. Thats
put us in a bind. Its really getting
to a critical stage.
Robbin Williams, spokes-
woman for Indian Health Services
region that includes Kansas, said
the Kickapoos werent alone this
time of year.
So close to the end of the
year, Williams said, theyre life
and limb.
The Kickapoos clinic serves
2,900 American Indians in Brown,
Doniphan and Jackson counties in
Kansas and Richardson County in
southeast Nebraska. Eighty per-
cent of the centers $1.5 million
budget comes from federal sources,
with tribes contributing $300,000.
Kickapoo Tribal Chairman Steve
Cadue said the persistence of the
health crisis leads him to despair
about the future.
Indian people are dying across
this country from inadequate
health care, he said. It seems as
though they believe a certain num-
ber of Native American people are
expendable.
Cadue, a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention
in Denver, said he would use that
forum to raise awareness of tribal
health issues.
Officials say growing demand
for services was in part to blame
for the budget shortfall. Many new
patients also have serious medical
conditions that tax resources.
Dianne Dawson, spokeswoman
at Indian Health Service headquar-
ters in Rockville, Md., said the fed-
eral government struggles to keep
pace with demand for health care
among American Indians.
There is an unmet need, obvi-
ously, she said.
Rep. Norm Dicks, a Democrat
from Washington state, blames
President Bush for proposing an
Indian Health Service budget of
$3.32 billion, or $21 million below
current spending. It is estimated
that those cuts would prohibit
200,000 outpatient visits to tribal
clinics.
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health center is facing a funding crisis.
BY DAVID ESPO AND
ROBERT FURLOW
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER Surrounded by
an enormous, adoring crowd,
Barack Obama promised a clean
break from the broken politics in
Washington and the failed policies
of George W. Bush Thursday night
as he embarked on the final lap of
his audacious bid to become the
nations first black president.
America, now is not the time
for small plans, the 47-year-old
Illinois senator told an estimated
84,000 people packed into Invesco
Field, a huge football stadium at
the base of the Rocky Mountains.
He vowed to cut taxes for nearly
all working-class families, end the
war in Iraq and break Americas
dependence on Mideast oil with-
in a decade. By contrast, he said,
John McCain has voted with
President Bush 90 percent of the
time, a scathing indictment of his
Republican rival on health care,
education, the economy and more.
Polls indicate a close race
between Obama and McCain,
the Arizona senator who stands
between him and a place in history.
On a night 45 years after Martin
Luther King Jr. delivered his I have
a Dream Speech, Obama made no
overt mention of his own race.
I realize that I am not the like-
liest candidate for this office. I
dont fit the typical pedigree of a
presidential candidate was as close
as he came to the long-smoldering
issue that may well determine the
outcome of the election.
Campaigning as an advocate of
a new kind of politics, he suggested
at least some common ground was
possible on abortion, gun control,
immigration and gay marriage.
Obama delivered his 44-minute
nominating acceptance speech in
an unrivaled convention setting,
before a crowd of unrivaled size
the filled stadium, the camera
flashes in the night, the made-
for-television backdrop that sug-
gested the White House, and the
thousands of convention delegates
seated around the podium in an
enormous semicircle.
Obama and his running mate,
Sen. Joseph Biden. of Delaware,
leave their convention city on
Friday for Pennsylvania, first stop
on an eight-week sprint to Election
Day.
McCain countered with a bold
move of his own, hoping to steal
some of the political spotlight by
spreading word that he had settled
on a vice presidential running mate.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty can-
celed all scheduled appearances for
the next two days, stoking specula-
tion that he was the one.
Rep. John Lewis of Georgia
spoke first of the anniversary of
Kings memorable speech.
Tonight we are gathered here
in this magnificent stadium in
Denver because we still have a
dream, said the Georgia lawmaker,
who marched with King, support-
ed Obamas primary rival, Hillary
Rodham Clinton, then switched
under pressure from younger black
leaders in his home state and else-
where.
Obamas aides were interested
in a different historical parallel
from King Obama was the first
to deliver an outdoor convention
acceptance speech since John F.
Kennedy did so at the Los Angeles
Coliseum in 1960.
In his speech, Obama pledged
to jettison Bushs economic policy
and replace it with his own
designed to help hard-pressed
families.
I will cut taxes for 95 percent
of all working families. Because in
an economy like this, the last thing
we should do is raise taxes on the
middle class, he said.
The speech didnt mention it,
but Obama has called for raising
taxes on upper-income Americans
to help pay for expanded health
care and other domestic programs.
He did not say precisely what
he meant by breaking the countrys
dependence on Mideast oil, only
that Washington has been talking
about doing it for 30 years and
John McCain has been there for 26
of them.
His pledge to end the war in
Iraq responsibly was straight from
his daily campaign speeches.
I will rebuild our military to
meet future conflicts. But I will also
renew the tough, direct diplomacy
that can prevent Iran from obtain-
ing nuclear weapons, he added.
As he does so often while cam-
paigning, Obama also paid trib-
ute to McCains heroism the
72-year-old Arizona senator was a
prisoner of war in Vietnam then
assailed him.
Sen. McCain likes to talk about
judgment, but really, what does it
say about your judgment when you
think George Bush was right more
than 90 percent of the time?
Former Vice President Al Gore
picked up on the same theme.
If you like the Bush-Cheney
approach, John McCains your
man. If you want change, then vote
for Barack Obama and Joe Biden,
he declared.
The much-discussed stage built
for the program was evocative of
the West Wing at the White House,
with 24 American flags serving as a
backdrop. A blue carpeted runway
jutted out toward the infield, and
convention delegates ringed the
podium. Thousands more sat in
stands around the rim of the field.
The wrap-up to the party con-
vention blended old-fashioned
speechmaking, Hollywood-quality
stagecraft and innovative, Internet
age politics.
The list of entertainers ran to
Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder and
will.i.am, whose Web video built
around Obamas Yes, we can ral-
lying cry quickly went viral during
last winters primaries.
In a novel bid to extend the con-
ventions reach, Obamas campaign
decided to turn tens of thousands
of partisans in the stands into
instant political organizers.
They were encouraged to use
their cell phones to send text mes-
sages to friends as well as to call
thousands of unregistered voters
from lists developed by the cam-
paign.
In all, Obamas high command
said it had identified 55 million
unregistered voters across the
country, about 8.1 million of them
black, about 8 million Hispanic
and 7.5 million between the ages
of 18 and 24.
Those are key target groups for
Obama as he bids to break into the
all-white line of U.S. presidents and
at the same time restore Democrats
to the White House for the first
time in eight years.
Obamas hopes of victory rely on
holding onto the large Democratic
base states such as California,
New York, Michigan and his own
Illinois, while eating into territory
that voted for George W. Bush.
Ohio tops that list, and Democrats
have also targeted Montana, North
Dakota, Virginia and New Mexico,
among others, as they try to expand
their Electoral College map.
AssOciAted Press
democratic presidential candidate, sen. Barack Obama, d-ill., prepares to address the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver, Thursday.
news 5A FRIday, aUGUST 29, 2008
BY STEVE GUTTERMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSCOW Russian Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin accused
the United States on Thursday of
pushing Georgia toward war and
said he suspected a connection to
the U.S. presidential campaign a
contention the White House dis-
missed as patently false.
In another sign of unraveling
Russia-U.S. ties, Putin said that
19 U.S. poultry producers will be
barred from exporting their prod-
ucts to Russia.
Putin, the former president and
architect of an assertive foreign
policy that stoked East-West ten-
sion even before Russias war with
the U.S.-allied ex-Soviet republic,
suggested in an interview with
CNN that there was an American
presence amid the combat with
a potential domestic U.S. political
motive.
We have serious grounds to
think that there were U.S. citizens
right in the combat zone, he said
in the interview broadcast on state-
run Russian television. And if thats
so, if that is confirmed, its very bad.
Its very dangerous.
Putins acid attack on the
United States came as Moscows
bid to redraw Georgias borders
hit an obstacle among its Asian
allies. France, meanwhile, said the
European Union is considering
sanctions against Russia for its con-
duct in the Caucasus.
The Russian leader said the
poultry decision was unrelated
to the Georgia issue. He said that
the unnamed American producers
ignored demands that they correct
alleged deficiencies after exami-
nations by Russian inspectors last
year.
We try and keep our industry
out of politics and into market-
ing opportunities, but sometimes
its very difficult to separate the
two, said Jim Sumner, president
of the U.S.A. Poultry & Egg Export
Council. He said Russia is a major
market for American producers.
Putin said that Russia had hoped
the U.S. would to restrain Georgia,
which Moscow accuses of starting
the war by attacking South Ossetia
on Aug. 7. Instead, he suggested the
U.S. encouraged the nations leader-
ship to try to rein in the separatist
region by force.
The American side in fact
armed and trained the Georgian
army, Putin said. Why hold years
of difficult talks and seek complex
compromise solutions in intereth-
nic conflicts? Its easier to arm one
side and push it into the murder of
the other side, and its over.
It seems like an easy solution.
In reality it turns out that its not
always so, he said.
The United States has close ties
with the Georgian government
and has trained Georgian units,
including for service in Iraq. But
Russian officials have made state-
ments aimed to convey the idea
that Americans may have directly
supported Georgias offensive.
At a briefing Tuesday, the deputy
chief of Russian military general
staff, Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn,
showed off a color copy of what he
said was a U.S. passport found in
a basement in a village in South
Ossetia among items that belonged
to Georgian forces.
We found a passport for
Michael Lee White, Nogovitsyn
said. Hes a Texan.
The U.S. Embassy in Georgia
said it had no information on the
matter.
Putin appeared to link claims
of an American presence amid the
combat with a potential domestic
U.S. political motive.
If my guesses are confirmed,
then that raises the suspicion that
somebody in the United States pur-
posefully created this conflict with
the aim of aggravating the situation
and creating an advantage ... for
one of the candidates in the battle
for the post of U.S. president. Putin
did not name a party or candidate.
White House press secretary
Dana Perino called Putins conten-
tions patently false. She said it
also sounds like his defense offi-
cials who said they believe this to
be true are giving him really bad
advice.
She added: To suggest that the
United States orchestrated this on
behalf of a political candidate just
sounds not rational.
Perino said Russia is facing
the consequences of a diminished
global reputation and that there
will be other consequences as well.
She refused to say what they would
be and said there is no timetable.
Putin said the imminent ban
on imports from 19 poultry pro-
ducers was purely economic. He
said another 29 producers would
receive warnings.
U.S. producers supply nearly 75
percent of the total poultry import
quota set by Russia, which stands at
1.2 million tons. Russia represented
the largest export market for chick-
en broilers made by U.S. producers
in the first half of this year, said
Jim Sumner, president of the U.S.A.
Poultry & Egg Export Council
Sumner said he expected the
alleged plant deficiencies to be
corrected within weeks or a few
months and said the stoppage
would not have a major impact on
U.S. producers.
In Tajikistan, China and four
Central Asian nations joined Russia
in criticizing the West. Wary of sep-
aratists and restive religious groups
at home, however, they stopped
short of heeding Russian President
Dmitry Medvedevs call to carve
out two new nations in a volatile
region at the crossroads of Europe
and Asia.
Medvedev had appealed
to the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization whose mem-
bers are Russia, China, and
four Central Asian countries of
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan for unanimous
support of Moscows response to
Georgias aggression.
But none joined Russia in rec-
ognizing South Ossetia and anoth-
er breakaway Georgian region,
Abkhazia, as independent coun-
tries.
The participants ... underscore
the need for respect of the his-
torical and cultural traditions of
each country and each people, and
for efforts aimed at preserving the
unity of the state and its territorial
integrity, the declaration said.
The statement offered some
praise of Moscows actions, at
least in the context of the peace
deal signed five days after the war
began. It said members welcome
the cease-fire and support the
active role of Russia in promoting
peace and cooperation in the given
region.
But Alexei Malashenko, an ana-
lyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center,
said the summit highlighted Russias
isolation, noting that not even U.S.
foes Cuba and Venezuela have fol-
lowed Russias lead on recognizing
South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
The Soviet Union was not so
alone even in 1968, he said on
Ekho Moskvy radio, referring to the
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
that crushed a liberal reform move-
ment in the Warsaw Pact nation.
Western leaders have added con-
demnation of Russian recognition
to their accusations that Moscow
used disproportionate force in its
Georgia offensive and has fallen
far short of its withdrawal commit-
ments under an EU cease-fire deal.
The EU is trying to draw up a
strong text signifying our unwill-
ingness to accept Russias stance,
French Foreign Minister Bernard
Kouchner said Thursday.
Sanctions are being considered
... and many other means as well,
Kouchner told a news conference.
The Foreign Ministry said later that
France was not behind a sanctions
proposal and that Frances role
would be to help reach a common
EU position.
international
Putin: U.S. instigated military confict in Georgia
He accuses Americans of being present in combat zones, alleges conspiracy related to U.S. presidential election
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin participated in an interviewwith CNN correspondent MatthewChance in MoscowonThursday. Putin has suggested the United States pushed Georgia
toward war and said he suspected a connection to the American presidential campaign.
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today is an 8
If a co-workers nerves seem to
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usual, just to help.
taurus (April 20-May 20)
today is an 8
Your jobs getting a little easier.
Youll be able to fgure out
what needs to be done more
quickly, and to do it in less
time. The next few weeks could
even be fun.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
today is a 7
Youve recently gone through a
phase that involved several un-
comfortable situations. Thats
over, or will be very soon. Youll
see. Life will become a lot more
fun.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
today is a 9
Financially, youre doing well.
You dont have to talk about it.
Enjoy what youve already got
and get something else sweet
for your family.
leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
today is a 7
Youre about to become
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should be familiar with this
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Itll be fun.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
today is a 7
Start to think more about how
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Venus, your ruling planet, is
going into your sign. From now
through most of next month,
youll be even luckier, cuter and
more charming. Use this power
wisely, for the public good.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
today is a 7
Theres no need to tell your
friends about your plans quite
yet. Give yourself a little room,
in case you change your mind.
Dont show any dummies your
unfnished work.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
today is a 7
Friends keep pestering you to
come and help or simply play.
You have other things to do,
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Better make some time for
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today is a 7
Hold of on new endeavors for
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today is an 8
You provide the encourage-
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the right person, its more like
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and possibly the paycheck.
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today is a 7
By now you should start see-
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Police arrested the hip hop mo-
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Police say Knight had the drugs
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VENICE, Italy George
Clooney and Brad Pitt: bachelor
and family man.
Inevitably, a news conference
Wednesday promoting their new
Coen brothers film, Burn After
Reading, turned to the birth of
Pitts twins with partner Angelina
Jolie, and whether his good friend
would ever settle down.
Clooney, 47, put on a look of
mock bemusement.
I am so surprised to hear that
question. That is honestly the
first time I have been asked that,
Clooney said. I am getting married
and having a child today.
Pitt, whose brood has grown
to six children with the birth of
twins Knox Leon and Vivienne
Marcheline last month, offered to
share his children with Clooney,
adding deadpan: Ill have two
more by next year.
The movie, which premieres
Wednesday at the Venice Film
Festival, is a tale about idiots and
what happens when their worlds
collide.
Pitt, 44, looked flustered as a
Spanish TV journalist pushed her
way to the front of the press con-
ference dressed in red gym shorts
similar to garb he wears as a gym
trainer in the film. She asked Pitt if
he would help her work out.
Its a movie, Pitt reminded her.
Would you run after me? she
asked Clooney and Pitt.
I think were more likely to be
running away from you, Clooney
replied to laughter.
Several times Clooney good-
naturedly ran interference for Pitt,
who was peppered with questions
about his personal life. Asked
about the infants, Clooney inter-
vened: The twins are fine, then
joked that he and Pitt were sitting
at opposite ends of the podium
because of a restraining order.
And when another questioner
asked if they would rather win
an Oscar or fall in love with an
Italian woman in Venice, Clooney
warned: Dont answer that, Brad.
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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
The beautiful thing about the
Internet is its simplicity. If you
want to go to a Web site, you
open your browser and type in
the address. If you want to see a
picture of a cat, but dont know
a Web site that has one, you just
go to a search engine and type in
cat, and you have 962 million
options. However, the simplicity
of the Internet doesnt go much
further than that, especially when
it comes to companies whose
business models are the Internet.
The three largest Internet
Service Providers, also called
ISPs, in the country may switch
over to a service that includes a
cap on how much data can be
transferred in a given time (usu-
ally one month), called band-
width limits or consumption-
based billing.
This is especially poignant
because of the business policies
of Lawrences local ISP, Sunflower
Broadband.
The cheapest service Sunflower
provides is a $14.99 plan that has
a six gigabyte limit.
What does that mean? The
average file size on Youtube is 10
megabytes, meaning you get to
watch approximately 600 videos
a month as long if they are close
to the average size. Thats not
a problem. Theres no way Id
wade through 600 music videos,
rickrolls and instructional videos
in just 30 days, but again it isnt
that simple.
Every single teeny-tiny bit
of information transferred gets
thrown into your bandwidth
total. All those annoying ads, all
those Facebook photos, every
single letter on every single Web
page all of them go toward
your total. And once your total
hits 6.01 gigabytes, you get to
pay extra for every gigabyte you
go over.
Sunflower Broadband is not
alone in this practice. They are
simply following the best busi-
ness plan for the short term.
But bandwidth limits are a
short-term solution. Sunflower
claims to have one of the fastest
Internet connections in the coun-
try at 21 megabytes per second.
This may be true, but being the
best in a country known for hav-
ing horrible Internet speeds (and
a ridiculously low growth rate
on that speed, somewhere in the
realm of 0.4 megabytes per sec-
ond a year) is the same as being
the best athlete on a team that
doesnt make the playoffs.
Who cares? Hell, the aver-
age Internet speed in Japan is as
much as 61 megabytes per sec-
ond, according to PCWorld.com.
Theres more to the issue than
pure dollars and cents, however.
If simplicity makes the Internet
beautiful, innovation makes it
great. From streaming video rent-
als from Blockbuster and Netflix
to phone calls from a comput-
er using Skype, the Internet is
changing the way everything is
done.
In the end, ISPs are just pro-
tecting their interests. They are
trying to increase speeds, as well
as revenue, and bandwidth limits
are the easiest way to do just
that.
But if ISPs look on this as
a long-term business model,
though, the United States will
quickly fall behind the rest of the
world in online capabilities.
Companies will continue
pushing the limits of the Internets
capabilities, and the rest of the
developed world has already
shown that they are ahead of our
curve on infrastructure develop-
ment.
Before you know it, Europeans
will be going to highdef.you-
tube.com, and well be visiting
stoneage.youtube.com.
Marvin is a Shawnee junior
in English.
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know why I am not having
amazing three-ways with
blonde sorority girls. Oh wait,
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Spam.
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died?!
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I love how people put lost
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How the hell will we fnd you
to tell you we found the miss-
ing object?
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anonymous fghts on Free
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Obama may very well be
the antichrist.
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Ive reached a new state of
indiference.
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More than one Republican
messed that party up. That
party as well as the Demo-
cratic party have been on a
steady self-destruct sequence
since the 1970s. With the fad
of neo-politics, very few stu-
dents have lived with a true
liberal or conservative.
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As I was riding my bike
near that intersection I nearly
saw the coolest thing. One of
those armored money trucks
was about to run over some
stupid people. It would have
made my day.
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The people who bitch
about busses being late: its
because all the goddamn
freshmen and other stupid
idiots on campus dont let the
bus go up by Watson Library
and Staufer-Flint. Let the bus
through so we can get to class
too.
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To the person who people
watches to judge people by
the way they dress and talk ...
you sound like a douchebag.
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You heard it here frst: Mc-
Cain picks Clarence Thomas as
his vice-presidential running
mate.
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Cost in dollars to park in Lot 90
and 72 for football games last
year. This season, visitors must
pay $20 to park in these lots.
thE biG PictuRE
The new price may deter some
people from driving to the open-
ing game, which may help clear
campus out sooner, but the Uni-
versity has yet to address parking
for students, faculty and staf
who need to use the buildings
around these lots for academics.
We should not be forced to pay
to use campus buildings.
thE contEXt
Percent of 18- to 24-year-olds
who are registered to vote, ac-
cording to the 2004 census.
thE biG PictuRE
Multiple groups have been urg-
ing students to register to vote
and claim to have seen increased
numbers of interested students.
But the length of this presidential
campaign season may be turning
some members of the younger
generation of. Turn of your TV
until mid-October, and youll
probably still be caught up on all
of the political news. But vote.
thE contEXt
The amount in millions of dollars
that the University is looking to
cut from its overall budget next
year.
thE biG PictuRE
As the largest of the state univer-
sities, KU will face the harshest
cuts. Theres no good place to
take money from, and the Univer-
sity says it will raise tuition as a
last resort but is planning for the
worst. Faculty and staf positions
are likely to be cut, but students
should keep a close eye on what
stays and what goes.
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These days, celebrities ooze
out of every pore of the face of
American culture. Gossip about
whos dating who or what was found
in which actors glove box or which
actress adopted a baby from what
impoverished nation has infiltrated
our TV shows, newspapers and the
Web in a slow, sad march toward
ubiquity. Celebrities have created a
giant zit that no amount of Clearasil
will be able to vanquish.
There is one medium that has
remained largely untarnished by
this scourge, until now.
Surely, you may be saying aloud
to the newspaper while everybody
around you stares in confusion, I
can still play video games without
seeing Fergies face!
How wrong you are.
Earlier this month, Electronic
Arts unveiled a Nintendo Wii
game called Celebrity Sports
Showdown. Gamers select a star
from a vaunted roster that includes
Nelly Furtado, Avril Lavigne and
Keith Urban to compete in sports
like slalom skiing, curling and
smash badminton, so called in
an apparent attempt to make bad-
minton sound exciting. That suc-
ceeds about as well as calling a live
session of Congress on C-SPAN
smash filibustering.
The necessity of this game is
questionable. The convergence of
these two cultural forces has been
unseen since the maker of Reeses
Cups was accused of witchcraft
after somehow getting peanut but-
ter into chocolate and vice-versa.
The creator was later vindicated
after his creation was proven to
be delicious, but EA is unlikely to
receive the same validation.
EAs concoction of celebrity and
video games is more akin to a com-
bination of sewage and pure sugar:
Neither serves much purpose
alone, but together they go beyond
being pointless and become harm-
ful. Each element removes what-
ever redeeming qualities the other
may have had before their unholy
marriage.
If youre wondering what
redeeming quality sewage has, try
teaching young mutant turtles the
way of the ninja in a dry sewer and
get back to me.
To be fair, inane celebrity com-
petition is far from a novel concept.
America has always liked to see
its famous folks do random, stu-
pid crap. Look at the 1970s, when
Battle of the Network Stars pitted
Mr. Kotter and Kojak against each
other in an epic tug-of-war battle
that until that point had only been
a reality in the feverish dreams
of television addicts. Look back
even further to 1804 when Aaron
Burr competed against Alexander
Hamilton in the pistol duel as part
of an ill-conceived Get Out the
Vote campaign (a publicity stunt
that would serve as a predecessor
to Diddys less literal Vote or Die
movement two centuries later).
But never has the idea of putting
big names in ridiculous situations
been so interactive. The same faces
that stare back at us every time we
wait in line at the grocery store
now threaten to invade the activity
many of us use to escape them. The
same people who sell pictures of
their children for millions are now
licensing their names and likeness-
es for more cash and exposure.
Our society doles out fame to
people desperate enough to keep
themselves in the spotlight. Were
letting people profit just for existing.
This points to a culture that wor-
ships names and not accomplish-
ments. We award recognition to
people because we recognize them.
Its a trend that must be stopped.
But its not as easy as just not
buying the game. We need to make
sure nobody buys the game when
it comes out this holiday season. If
we dont march on Best Buy with
picket signs that read Get outta
my Wii, LeeAnn Rimes! soon we
will have no choice but to obey our
celebrity overlords as they destroy
the Constitution and replace it with
People magazine.
Fight the star power. Pop the zit.
Nichols is an Overland Park
sophomore in creative writ-
ing.
ALEX nichoLs
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OBSERVATION
MARiAM SAiFAn
REcEnt commEnts
@
in CAse
Changing drinking age
would hurt high schools
While railing against MADD
you did nothing to support
your point (Editorial: University
should rethink approach to
students drinking, Aug. 27).
Lowering the drinking age is a
bad idea. It will make some high
school seniors legal. It will make
a bad high school drinking
scene worse. It is irresponsible
of these colleges chancellors
and presidents to suggest that
the drinking age is what con-
tributes to binge drinking.
You are correct that the
University should rethink its
approach, but the answer is not
jumping on the 18 bandwagon.
It is about what it has always
been about: education and peer
pressure.
excerpted froma comment by
empirelucas
Allow drivers to speed if
they want to pay for it
Im all for people slowing
down and driving more ef-
fciently; however, I dont think
the government should be the
one doing it (Editorial: Reducing
speed limit not big enough of a
solution, Aug. 26).
Peoples pocketbooks are al-
ready slowing them down, with
many people driving under the
speed limit on the interstate in
an efort to save gas money.
If I want to drive my Honda
at 80 mph down the interstate, I
should be allowed to.
You are more than welcome
to drive however slow you want
to. Why shouldnt I still have
the freedom to spend less time
driving?
excerpted froma comment by sjschlag
peak oil should prompt
energy conversation
The problem is that your
freedom limits the rest of our
freedoms in the long term. I
reluctantly have to support this.
Peak oil is going to be reached
any year now if it hasnt been
reached already, and life is
already starting to get a little
harder. This will only continue in
the next few years.
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Hendrix321
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DENVER Rep. Dennis Moore
(D-Kan.) gave Sen. Hillary Clinton
supporters from Kansas the OK
to support Sen. Barack Obama on
Thursday morning.
Moore told Kansas delegates
at the Democratic National
Convention at a breakfast that he
was originally a Clinton advocate,
but once it became obvious Obama
would win the nomination, he
changed his vote.
Moores speech came after six
delegates voted for Clinton in
the formal presidential nomina-
tion process Wednesday evening,
though she had told her supporters
to vote for Obama on Tuesday.
Clinton, who was the headline
speaker Tuesday evening at the con-
vention, stressed the importance of
party unity, saying she would rath-
er see Obama as president than the
presumptive Republican candidate,
Sen. John McCain.
Moore reiterated her message to
the Kansas delegation.
I wanted to see us unite as a
party, Moore said. I hope and
pray that everyone in this room
feels the same way.
He said from what he had seen of
McCains campaign so far, McCain
would continue the policies of the
Bush administration.
Moore said, among other nega-
tives, Bushs attitude had run down
the good will of people from around
the world toward the U.S. after the
Sept. 11 attacks.
Moore commented on Michelle
Obamas speech as well, reject-
ing claims by news networks that
the Democratic Party had wasted
an evening of the convention by
selecting her as Mondays main
speaker.
Its important for people to get
to know the entire Obama family,
Moore said. I think thats going to
have an impact on the election.
Moore also addressed rumors
that Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius,
who co-chaired the convention,
would be offered a Cabinet posi-
tion in Obamas administration if
he was elected.
Ive not had a discussion with
her about that, Moore said, but
added, I would not be surprised at
all if she got a Cabinet position.
Moore said that Sebelius would
be a good fit in any Cabinet posi-
tion, naming The Department of
Health and Human services as a
possibility.
Thursday was the final day of the
Democratic National Convention.
The convention came to a head
with a speech by Obama and a
tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
at INVESCO Field, home of the
Denver Broncos.
The Republican Party will gath-
er in Minneapolis-St. Paul for its
presidential nominating conven-
tion next week.
KU Students who did not
attend the Democratic National
Convention will have the opportu-
nity to meet Moore on Sept. 5 when
he takes a tour of the Universitys
campus.
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
BY FRANCESCA ChAmBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
DENVER The Democratic
Party aired a tribute video to
Martin Luther King Jr., Thursday
evening, showing Americans who
did not experience segregation
the progress the nation had made
by choosing Barack Obama as a
presidential candidate.
But Isaac Bud Stallworth did
not need a video to understand
the significance of Obamas selec-
tion. Stallworth remembers what
it was like to be a second-class
citizen.
Stallworth, who played basket-
ball at the University and is now
the budget manager of KUs Design
and Construction Management
office, was raised in Hartselle, Ala.
He was 18-years-old when Martin
Luther King Jr. was shot in April
1968. If Stallworth had attended
the University of Alabama he
would have been its first black
basketball player.
Stallworth traveled to Denver
this week with the Kansas delega-
tion for the Democratic National
Convention. He was not a del-
egate, but he still wanted to show
his support for Obama.
Stallworth played basketball
professionally for six years before
ending his career in sports.
He was the first-round draft
choice the Seattle Supersonics,
playing for them from 1972 to
1974. He played for the New
Orleans Jazz from 1974 to 1977.
He then worked
in the restau-
rant business
in California
before returning
to Lawrence in
1987.
Back then
basketball was an activity, not a
career, he said. It served its pur-
pose. It gave me the opportunity
to live my dream.
Not only did basketball give
Stallworth a chance to live his ath-
letic dream, but his academic one
as well. He is one of only three KU
basketball players to be selected as
both an All-American athlete and
Academic All-American.
Stallworth said if Obama
accomplished his goals, his grand-
son, Mikea, would have a future
worth looking forward to as well.
He will have a better life,
Stallworth said. He will be able
to enjoy some of the fruits of
his grandfathers labors and put
himself and put his family in the
position to be successful.
Stallworth said Obama shared
some of the same qualities as
Martin Luther King Jr., particu-
larly his ability to
cross racial lines.
King ultimately
paid the price for
his views, though.
S t a l l w o r t h
said that he was
not worried
about Obama being assassinated
because people are not in control
of the earth.
What Barack wants to do is
make a difference ... Your life is
just part of the deal, he said.
But Stallworth said Obamas
race was not the only reason he
supported him.
I think he is the most qualified
leader at this time to be president
of the United States.
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Bolivian voters to decide
on new constitution
LA PAZ, Bolivia Bolivian
President Evo Morales has an-
nounced that a hotly disputed
draft constitution will be put to
voters in a referendum.
Morales is seeking a new
constitution to give power to
the countrys long-marginalized
indigenous majority. The opposi-
tion says the document does not
represent all Bolivians.
The proposed charter would
also allow the re-election of sit-
ting presidents.
A presidential decree was
issued Thursday night, setting a
Dec. 7 date for the vote.
In an August recall referendum,
Morales won approval from 67
percent of voters.
Abortion remains legal
in Mexicos capital
MEXICO CITY Mexicos
Supreme Court has upheld legal
abortion in the capital.
Mexico City is one of only a
handful of places in Latin America
that allow abortion without limita-
tions in the frst trimester.
Thursdays 8-3 vote supporting
the Mexico City law opens the
possibility that similar measures
could be adopted elsewhere in
Mexico. It might also inspire other
leftist Latin American cities to
follow suit.
The Roman Catholic church
has declared itself in mourning
over the expected ruling and says
church leaders will redouble their
eforts to fght abortion in Mexico.
Associated Press
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90 killed in Afghan village raid
BY FISNIK ABRAShI AND
JASON STRAZIUSO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan
Afghan officials said Thursday
that a deadly U.S.-led special
forces raid on a remote western
village last week was based on
misleading information provided
by a rival clan.
It was the latest twist in a tan-
gled debate over what happened.
U.N. officials say the raid killed
up to 90 civilians, most of them
children. A NATO official said
U.S. and Afghan troops were fired
on first, touching off a battle of
several hours that killed 25 mili-
tants and five civilians.
The U.S. government is press-
ing for a joint U.S.-Afghan probe
in hopes of reaching a common
conclusion. Two Pentagon offi-
cials said Thursday a U.S. review
concluded civilian deaths were far
fewer than claimed by others. The
officials, who spoke on condition
of anonymity because the report
had not been made public, said
the findings were given to Afghan
leaders.
Evidence from all sides has
been scant, with no conclusive
photos or video emerging to
shed light on what happened in
Azizabad on Aug. 22. But the
claim of high civilian casualties,
also made by Afghan officials,
is causing new friction between
President Hamid Karzai and his
Western backers.
Karzai has castigated Western
commanders over civilian deaths
from military operations, saying
they create anger among Afghans
that the Taliban and other insur-
gents use as leverage to turn
Afghans away from the govern-
ment.
Claims of civilian deaths can
be tricky, however. Relatives of
Afghan victims are given condo-
lence payments by Karzais gov-
ernment and U.S. military, pro-
viding an incentive to make false
claims.
Three Afghan officials said
Thursday that U.S. command-
ers were misled into striking
Azizabad, a village in Shindand
district of Herat province.
They said U.S. special forces
troops and Afghan commandos
raided the village while hundreds
of people were gathered in a
large compound for a memorial
service honoring a tribal leader,
Timor Shah, who was killed eight
months ago by a rival clan.
The officials said the raid was
aimed at militants supposed to
be in the village, but they said
the operation was based on
faulty information provided by
Shahs rival, who they identified
as Nader Tawakal. Attempts to
locate Tawakal failed.
U.N. ofcials later said that
up to 90 civilians may have been
killed, but a U.N. ofcial said
Tursday that the world body did
not conduct an exhaustive and
conclusive investigation. Te of-
fcial, who spoke on condition of
anonymity because he was not
authorized to discuss the matter
publicly, said such a study was be-
ing done by the Afghan govern-
ment.
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Team ready to impress
By B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
As he prepares to put on his No. 3 jer-
sey for the first time tomorrow evening
at Memorial Stadium,
Jocques Crawford knows
that all eyes will be on
him.
The National Junior
College Player of the Year
has brought with him high
expectiations and a lot of
hype that has everyone
counting down the seconds to kickoff.
I do feel the buzz a lot, epsecially when
Im out, Crawford said. I see people who
recognize me. They say they cant wait
to see me play. I cant wait to see myself
play.
Never a man shy of saying whats on his
mind, Crawford brings with him a person-
al goal of 2,000 yards rushing. He also has
been labeled as a key piece of the Jayhawks
offense this year, one that is expected to be
one of the best in the country.
In 2007, Kansas finished second in the
nation in scoring offense with an average
of just under 43 points per game. Only
Hawaii scored more points per game than
Kansas last season.
On defense, the Jayhawks were just
as impressive by allowing only 16 points
per game, the fourth lowest total in the
nation.
Together, the two units formed a jug-
gernaut that was only stopped by one team,
Missouri, which defeated the Jayhawks by
only eight points.
But players know that last years success
is in the rearview mirror and that the slate
is wiped clean starting tomorrow.
Everyone understands whats going
on, said quarterback Todd Reesing. We
have to talk about last year a lot because
it was so out of the norm but everyones
focus is on this year. We know that last
years not going to do anything for us
this year and weve turned our focus and
our attention towards this season and if
we can keep the same
approach, we should be
just fine.
I n addi t i on
to Crawford, the
Jayhawks will debut
t r ue f reshman
Daymond Patterson
at punt returner and
transfer Alonso Rojas at punter. Both
have a lot of weight on their shoulders
but more so on Rojas, who might end up
doing some field goal kicking as well.
FIU lost their first 11 games last
season, including a 55-3 trouncing by
Kansas, but won their last game of the
season over North Texas to finish 1-11
on the year.
The Golden Panthers offense was
dead last in scoring offense.
Wayne Younger and Paul McCall
have both been battling for the starting
quarterback job and Kansas coach Mark
Mangino said the team had been prepar-
ing for both. Younger played the first 11
games before missing the last game with
an injury. McCall led the team to their
lone win over North Texas.
Weve prepared for both so were
not going to get all worried about who
the quarterbacks going to be, Mangino
said. Weve spent plenty of time work-
ing on the strengths of both quarter-
backs. That shouldnt be a big issue.
Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Saturday at
Memorial Stadium.
Edited by Arthur Hur
Commentary
Te good
and bad
of Kansas
football
By BRyAN wheeleR
bwheeler@kansan.com
With Kansas football kicking off its sea-
son this Saturday, there are several things
to expect. If you plan on attending the
game, there will be some good things and
some bad things about the spectacle of col-
lege football at Kansas. To brace you for
this event, I present to you the good, the
bad and the ugly of the Jayhawks football
home opener.
the Good:
Great Expectations
When the band, The Zombies, sang
Time of the Season in 1968, they were
certainly not referring to Kansas football,
but the words apply. Coincidentally, the
Jayhawks had their best season in 2007
since the year the hit song was released.
Given that the preseason AP No. 14 ranked
Jayhawks had such success, this year may
be the most anticipated in Kansas football
history. With this in mind, it is definitely
the time of the season for college football
in Lawrence.
The atmosphere
From the student body singing the alma
mater to Big Jay and Little Jay, to the warm
weather, everyone in attendance is excited
for the season to start. From the overzeal-
ous fan that has been antsy for football ever
since the Orange Bowl in January, to the
casual fan who is along to enjoy the game
with their friends, it will definitely be a joy-
ous occasion for Jayhawk fans.
If you dont believe me, just wait until
November 29, when Kansas plays Mizzou
at Arrowhead Stadium when it is no longer
t-shirt and shorts weather. Imagine your-
self freezing to the core standing next to a
tall burly, tobacco chewing Mizzou fan in
camouflage overalls named Bubba. It will
be at this point that youll long for games
like the one this Saturday.
the Bad:
Drunk fans
In the 1966 film The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly, Clint Eastwoods character,
Blondie, said, Ive never seen so many men
wasted so badly. He was referring to the
carnage of war. You, on the other hand may
be referring to the group of guys standing
next to you that are obliterated on Natural
Light freaking out over a rare incomplete
pass by junior quarterback Todd Reesing.
Put in Tyler Lawrence, that pass was
Garbage!!! says the guy next to you wear-
ing a Muck Fizzou t-shirt.
You suck Reesing!!! says his smelly
buddy whos BAC at the moment is prob-
ably higher than his GPA.
If you do happen to get stuck next to
this group of fans, simply ignore them. If it
gets too out of hand, it maybe best to move
to another section.
Rip his f - - - ing head off!
For whatever reason, it has become
tradition at Kansas home games for stu-
dents to scream this phrase at kickoff. This
Saturday, you may be tempted to join the
majority and belt out the words yourself,
but think about this. Would you want to be
the unknown guy for Florida International
with the jersey No. 6 returning kicks in a
stadium where everyone wants to rip your
head off?
the uGly:
The score
Odds makers in Las Vegas favor Kansas
to beat Florida International by 36 points.
If Saturdays game is anything like the 55-3
blow-out the Jayhawks put on the Golden
Panthers last year, things will get ugly.
With this in mind, the theme to The
Good, The Bad and the Ugly, which sets
the mood for a prolific showdown between
to guns, will not apply until Kansas plays
AP No. 19 ranked South Florida in week
three. Instead, the game should be more
reminiscent of the bloody ending to the
2007 film There Will Be Blood.
Edited by Brieun Scott
soCCer
Defender stages comeback mask and all
By ANDRew wIeBe
awiebe@kansan.com
Its a muggy August afternoon, and
soccer practice is winding down out-
side Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Kansas
has the day off tomorrow, and players
talk and laugh as they make their way
toward the coaches and trainers.
Junior defender Jenny Murtaugh,
Tots as everyone there calls her, walks
towards her gear, slowly unstrapping the
clear, plastic mask that has covered her
face since a Drake players foot missed
its mark during Kansas opening exhibi-
tion game.
Murtaugh barely knows who Richard
Rip Hamilton is, but her teammates
seem to have a pretty good idea. Ever
since the junior defender started wear-
ing the custom-ftted, protective mask,
she keeps getting compared to the
Detroit Pistons sharpshooter.
I hate the mask, Murtaugh said,
holding back a smile.
Despite her teammates ribbing, its
a welcome alternative to the situation
Murtaugh found herself in this time
last season. When the Jayhawks take
on Auburn on Sunday at the Jayhawks
Soccer Complex, it will be almost a year
to the day afer Murtaughs junior sea-
son screeched to a halt when she tore
ligaments in her lef knee while playing
BYU in the third game of 2007.
Months of grueling rehabilitation and a
medical redshirt followed as she watched
her teammates struggle to recover from
a terrible nonconference record. Without
Tots, the Jayhawks became perilously
short on defensive experience, forcing
freshman Katie Williams to adapt to the
college game on the fy.
Williams eventually caught on, and
Kansas turned things around enough to
claw to a third-place Big 12 fnish. But
the hard work was just beginning for
Murtaugh.
Afer starting 39 games in her frst two
volleyBall
Women a solid team, to be favored at VCU Invitational
By JOSh BOwe
jbowe@kansan.com
For teams looking for a NCAA tourna-
ment birth and an excellent season, first
things first: take care of weaker oppo-
nents.
Thats exactly what the Jayhawk
Volleyball team is looking to do this week-
end, as they enter the VCU Invitational
for the third season in a row, opening with
Virginia Commonwealth tonight and
finishing up with North Carolina State
Saturday morning.
The Jayhawks should be favored in
both games, with their opponents com-
bined record from
last season an abys-
mal 15-50. NC State
had just 3 victories
last season, and a 28
game losing streak.
Even with their
disastrous season a
year ago, coach Ray
Bechard isnt going
to let his Jayhawk team be complacent for
the tournament.
Its very important that if we set a
tone on how we want to play, we can be
very successful this weekend, Bechard
said. But we have to pay attention to the
things weve been concentrating on the
past couple of weeks.
Bechard also noted how both VCU and
NC State were looking to make a jump
this year. Like the Jayhawks, VCU returns
5 starters and NC State hopes to improve
its young core, which gained a lot of expe-
rience last season.
The Jayhawks, however, fall into
the middle ground, with a solid core of
both young and talented freshmen and
sophomores, and experienced and bat-
tle-tested seniors such as Natalie Uhart
and Savannah Noyes. Its how the newer
players handle the college game that will
swing the favor of the Jayhawks season,
something Bechard will look for in this
tournament.
Well have a couple of freshmen play-
ing quite a bit, Bechard said. We got a
few of those jitters out against the alumni,
Noyes
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Junior defender Jenny Murtaugh wears her protective face mask in an Aug. 22 match against Purdue. Murtaugh needed months of rehabilitation after tearing ligaments in
her left knee.
KANSAN FilE PHOTO
The Kansas football teamwill get its season started against Florida International on Saturday evening. The game
will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
SEE soccer ON PAGE 4B
SEE Volleyball ON PAGE 4B
See additional coverage,
including photos, on
Kansan.com this weekend.
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It doesnt seem like Kansas
exhibition basketball game against
McGill University at 11 a.m.
Saturday in Ottawa carries any
special significance.
After all, its a college basket-
ball game in August between two
teams from different countries. But
closer inspection reveals that the
Jayhawks and the Redmen share a
linked history.
They share the history of a man
named James Naismith. The inven-
tor of basketball, who coached at
Kansas for nine years, graduated
from McGill in 1887.
Naismith famously creat-
ed basketball four years later in
Massachusetts before coming to
Lawrence and starting the Kansas
basketball program in 1898.
Kansas and McGill have, not
surprisingly, never played against
each other in basketball. Although
Kansas will be a heavy favorite
in the game, McGill played well
against American college teams
last season. The Illinois Fighting
Illini traveled north to Canada to
face McGill and only escaped by
four points in double overtime.
Alabama beat McGill 97-88 in an
exhibition match last season.
The McGill Redmens basketball
Web site, however, reports the last
time they beat a Division-I college
team was 1985 against Maine. But
you cant trust everything on their
website just read the description
of the Jayhawks for proof.
Kansas, a Big 12 school from
Lawrenceville, Kan., it reads.
Im not familiar with a
Lawrenceville in Kansas
although, I have traveled through
the northeastern Atlanta suburb of
the same name.
Naismith certainly wouldnt
have appreciated the McGill
Athletic Departments hiccup with
the towns name. But who would he
root for in tomorrows game? His
alma mater or the school with its
court named after him?
Its hard to tell. The only thing
thats certain is, in some weird way,
a historical basketball match-up
will take place in Canada Saturday
morning. Call it the Naismith
Bowl.
FLORIDA INTERNATION-
AL ERGH, I MEAN FIU
FIU, Kansas first foot-
ball opponent of the season,
doesnt want to be referred to as
Florida International or Florida
International University.
The Golden Panther game notes
indicate that they are not to be
called anything other than FIU by
the media. But thats not all FIU
would like to change about its foot-
ball program. The Golden Panthers
are also still trying to shed their
football teams reputation.
FIU football is known primarily
for two things both of them nega-
tive. Until the Golden Panthers final
game of last season against North
Texas, they held the nations longest
losing streak. It reached 23 straight
games without a victory before FIU
beat North Texas, 38-19.
FIU also garnered negative
publicity in 2005 when a bench-
clearing brawl broke out during a
game against Miami. The Golden
Panthers suspended 16 players and
dismissed two following the fracas.
But one of the most infamous
figures of the fight, running back
Amod Ned, is still on the team.
Ned, a senior
this season, got
in the middle of
the fight despite
being injured
and on crutch-
es. He has since
become an
Internet sensa-
tion.
Videos of the
brawl is still available on YouTube.
Edited by Arthur Hur
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Lock-down defense
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Stephen Mock, left, Lawrence senior, attempts a pass while guarded by DrewAnderson, Manhattan freshman. The Frisbee ClubTeamplays every Tuesday andThursday at Shenk Field.
Ned
I would have loved to take a
nap on court because I was
really exhausted. But rules are
rules and I had to keep going.
Jelena Jankovic following her marathon
tennis match with Sofa Arvidsson.
BY BRENDAN RILEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CARSON CITY, Nev. A
request from O.J. Simpsons last
remaining co-defendant to delay
the Sept. 8 start of the pairs armed
robbery and kidnapping trial was
rejected Thursday by a divided
Nevada Supreme Court panel.
In a 2-1 decision, Justices Bill
Maupin and Ron Parraguirre
refused to stay Simpson and
Clarence C.J. Stewarts upcoming
trial, and rejected Stewarts petition
for a separate trial.
The brief majority order said
justices are not satisfied that this
courts intervention by way of
extraordinary writ is warranted at
this time.
Justice Michael Cherry dissent-
ed, saying he would have granted
the stay. He called for an answer
from prosecutors to the petition
for separate trials.
Stewarts attorney, Robert
Lucherini, did not return calls
seeking comment on whether he
would ask the high court to recon-
sider.
Lucherini appealed to the
Supreme Court after Clark County
District Judge Jackie Glass refused
to halt proceedings. Glass delayed
the start of the trial once in April
and vowed not to postpone it
again.
Lucherini argued it will be
impossible for Stewart to get a fair
trial sitting next to Simpson, the
NFL Hall of Fame player, actor
and advertising pitchman who was
acquitted in 1995 in Los Angeles
of criminal charges that he mur-
dered his ex-wife and her friend.
Simpson was later found liable for
the deaths in a civil case.
Simpson and Stewart are charged
in a Sept. 13, 2007, confrontation
with two sports memorabilia deal-
ers at a casino hotel room in Las
Vegas. Four men who accompa-
nied Simpson and Stewart have
accepted plea deals and agreed to
testify.
Simpson and Stewart each
face 12 charges, including felony
kidnapping, armed robbery and
assault with a deadly weapon. A
kidnapping conviction carries the
possibility of life in prison with the
possibility of parole, and a robbery
conviction would mean mandatory
prison time.
Simpson maintains that he went
to the hotel room to retrieve items
stolen that had been from him, that
he didnt ask anyone to bring guns
and that he didnt know anyone in
the room was armed.
The trial is expected to take
at least five weeks. A kidnapping
conviction carries the possibility
of life in prison with the possibility
of parole, and a robbery conviction
would mean mandatory prison
time.
COURTS
On this day in 1978, the United
States Tennis Association
National Tennis Center opened
in Flushing, N.Y. Jimmy Con-
nors dispatched Swede Bjorn
Borg in straight sets in the
mens singles fnal, his third US
Open title. Chris Evert won the
womens singles title.
United States Tennis Association
Q: Unsurprisingly, the
United States has the produced
the most mens singles champi-
ons with 85. Which nation has
produced the second most?
A: Australia with 18.
OLYMPICS
Liukin, Clay newest pair
of Wheaties champions
MINNEAPOLIS First the
gold, then the Wheaties.
At the Olympics in Beijing
this month, Nastia Liukin fol-
lowed in the footsteps of Mary
Lou Retton and Carly Patterson,
the two other American gyn-
masts who have won Olympic
gold in the all-around competi-
tion. Now she and American
decathlete Bryan Clay follow
them onto the Wheaties cereal
box.
Liukin and Clay will get their
own special edition Wheaties
boxes, General Mills Inc. an-
nounced Thursday.
Liukin, who is from Parker,
Texas, won fve medals in the
Beijing Olympics, including
helping the U.S. win silver in
the team competition.
Clay, a native of Honolulu
who lives in Los Angeles, was
the frst American to win the
decathlon since Dan OBrien
brought home the gold in
1996. Two other Americans
Jim Thorpe and Bruce Jenner
have won the event.
The special-edition boxes
will be sold starting in Septem-
ber.
Associated Press
After Olympics Games,
Phelps star still rising
LOS ANGELES He does
comedy, writes books, and
mixes it up with the hottest
stars in music and Hollywood.
With all this, who needs swim-
ming?
Certainly not Michael Phelps
not anymore, at least. But as
a presenter at the 2008 Video
Music Awards, all that fresh
Olympic bling will certainly
help.
The swimmer who took
home a record-breaking eight
gold medals from the Beijing
Games joins Miley Cyrus, Scar-
lett Johansson, Lindsay Lohan
and Ciara as presenters at the
Sept. 7 VMAs telecast from Los
Angeles.
Associated Press
In split decision, Nevada court rejects trial delay for O.J. Simpson
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Rangers sweep Royals in KC
AssociAted Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. A little
luck and a little hustle were all the
Texas Rangers needed to pull off
their first three-game sweep this
season.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia scoot-
ed home when pitcher Brian
Bannister flubbed a popup, giv-
ing Texas the go-ahead run in
their 3-2 win over Kansas City on
Wednesday night.
Give him 10 more of them
and he wont drop them, Rangers
manager Ron Washington said.
Salty didnt take it for granted
the ball was going to be caught. It
worked out well for us.
Matt Harrison won for the
fourth time in August, pitching
the Texas Rangers to a 3-2 win
over the crumbling Kansas City
Royals.
The Royals have lost 10 of their
last 11 games and 17 of 20, falling
to a season-worst 21 games below
.500.
This one got away in the sev-
enth inning. Chris Davis and
Saltalamacchia hit two-out dou-
bles to tie it, then Saltalamacchia
came home when Joaquin Arias
routine popup went off the heel of
his glove.
Harrison (6-3), a 22-year-old
rookie left-hander, went 4-1 in
five August starts. He held the
Royals to two runs, one earned, on
seven hits in 6 2-3 innings, giving
the Rangers their first franchise
sweep of more than two games at
Kansas City.
Frank Francisco worked a flaw-
less ninth to log his first career
save.
Francisco was 0-for-6 in save
opportunities this season before
retiring the Royals in order in the
ninth, striking out two.
The Royals stranded seven run-
ners and went 2-for-10 with run-
ners in scoring position.
Obviously, the error hurt, but
it shouldnt have been as close as it
was either, Royals manager Trey
Hillman said. A lot of that has to
do with lack of run production
when we should produce. Third
inning, runner on second, nobody
out, and we dont get him over.
Fourth inning, runners on second
and third with nobody out and we
dont score a run out of that, too.
Bannister (7-14), who struck
out a career high eight, has not
won in 11 starts since a June 23
victory over Colorado. He has
not defeated an American League
club since Cleveland on June 1.
Bannister gave up three runs, two
earned, on six hits and a walk. Not
to mention the error.
I just didnt catch it, Bannister
said. It should have been caught
and you dont get a lot of practice
at it. It should have stuck in the
glove and it didnt. Its kind of
unexpected.
BY R.B. FALLSTROM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS Spurred by
the antics of an overly excited
Milwaukee Brewers reliever, the St.
Louis Cardinals jumped back into
the wild-card scrum.
Carlos Villanuevas arm-raising,
in-your-face gesture afer escaping
a bases-loaded jam in the seventh
woke up the Cardinals against a
team thats handled them all year,
leading to a four-run rally in the
eighth inning of a 5-3 victory
against the Brewers on Wednesday
night.
Ryan Ludwick lacked a triple for
the cycle and drove in two runs,
including Albert Pujols to start the
big comeback. Pujols had taken a
few menacing steps toward the cel-
ebrating Villanueva before being
steered away by home plate umpire
Phil Cuzzi, and then he answered
with a double of David Riske (1-2)
to open the eighth.
When you start pointing to the
dugout and saying all the things
that he was saying, a guy that
respects the game like I myself, I
didnt appreciate it and I had to let
him know, Pujols said. I guess he
did us a favor. He woke up a sleep-
ing giant.
Rebounding from a 12-0 rout
Tuesday, the Cardinals pulled
within 3 games of the Brewers
for the NL wild-card lead. Tats
where they were starting a two-
game series that was their fnal shot
against Milwaukee.
Te Brewers took the season
series 10-5 and had won seven in
a row against the Cardinals before
Wednesday.
Teres days were not good
enough, but we really try, manager
Tony La Russa said. We have more
talent than people think.
The Cardinals were held to
four hits in the frst fve innings
and had a scoreless streak of 19
innings against Milwaukee pitch-
ing dating to July before Ludwicks
32nd homer of Manny Parra in the
sixth. Tey lef the bases loaded
in the seventh when Joe Mather
fouled out against Villanueva, who
celebrated demonstratively while
facing the St. Louis dugout.
Villanueva said he was not try-
ing to show anybody up.
I was caught up in the heat of
the moment, got excited a little bit
and they took ofense to it.
seasons in Lawrence and garnering
All-Big 12 Second Team honors as a
sophomore, she found herself prac-
tically living in the training room
instead of joining her teammates and
friends on the pitch.
I was in the training room about
three times a day doing rehab,
Murtaugh said. I had a couple
mental breakdowns in the middle
because it just seemed like it never
ended.
Coach Mark Francis certainly
has faith in her ability to bounce
back from adversity. It could have
seemed a little like dj vu for both
Murtaugh and Francis when she was
forced to leave the feld with a towel
over her face against the Bulldogs on
Aug. 16.
But that notion didnt last long.
She was back in practice and back in
the lineup a week later, putting in her
typical 90 minutes in a 3-0 victory
against Purdue.
She is just tough, Francis said.
She keeps battling on, and (leav-
ing against Drake) really didnt faze
her. Maybe with somebody else I
would have been a little bit more
concerned.
Twelve months afer the injury
she said she felt fne, although direct
contact with the knee still bothered
her sometimes. Te purple bruise
that resides under Murtaughs lef
eye thanks to a cleat still lingers, but
its beginning to fade, too. As for the
mask, it comes of in a month.
But for now, Murtaugh and the
Jayhawks are focused on the task at
hand: beating an Auburn team that
lost only one starter afer participat-
ing in the NCAA tournament last
season. Ironically enough, the Tigers
were the last team Murtaugh played
a full game against before the injury.
But Tots is back on the feld
now. Murtaugh said she hasnt decid-
ed whether or not to stick around
for her fnal year of eligibility. She is
technically a senior afer all.
Looking back, I cant believe it
has been a year since (the injury),
she said.
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
but until you really put them out
there against an opponent you cant
tell for sure.
Allison Mayfield, one of those
talented freshmen looking to get
substantial playing time this week-
end, hopes to get rid of some of
those jitters and experience an
actual college game and not just a
scrimmage.
Im trying to work on the nerves
and get them all out this weekend,
Mayfield said. Its a lot bigger than
high school, so theres nerves.
Besides getting the usual but-
terflies out for the first game of a
season, Bechard said he knew you
couldnt predict everything you
would encounter the first time out.
You see some things that you
will expect, and might not expect,
Bechard said. Were excited to play,
and looking forward to the oppor-
tunity.
Senior middle blocker Savannah
Noyes said she believed the team
was well prepared and it was hun-
gry to open the season strong. The
Jayhawks have been consistent in
August under Bechard, registering a
12-4 record during his tenure.
Noyes said that passing, setting
the tempo, and being fearless would
be keys for winning the tourna-
ment.
After the alumni match, we fig-
ured out where we were struggling,
Noyes said. Weve been working
on them this week and I think were
well prepared.
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BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Kansas football wont be the
only sport going on in Lawrence
this Saturday KU cross coun-
try will sponsor
the Bob Timmons
Invitational at Rim
Rock Farm. Its the
teams first meet,
and its only home
contest.
Many team
members trained
over the summer;
some even trained
with each other. Freshman Rebeka
Stowe, a newcomer on the team,
trained with sophomore Amanda
Miller over the summer.
She forced me to get up every
morning and run, Stowe said. But
its good to have that kind of lead-
ership.
Stowe said she looked up to
Miller and sophomore Lauren
Bonds a lot.
I can talk to her about any-
thing from T-shirt sizes to what
to do at practices. Its good to
have someone there that youre
comfortable talking to, she said
of Miller. Laurens definitely a
hard worker. Its good to have
that at practice.
The team is ready for the
season to get underway.
Were all excited to see how
our training translates into our
racing and get an idea of where
were starting the season, Laura
Nightengale, freshman, said.
This years team has several
underclassmen and a couple of
transfers as well. Junior Isaiah
Shirlen transferred from the
University of North Carolina-
Charlotte to take a bigger step in
competing.
The Big 12 is probably one of
the two or three toughest confer-
ences in the nation; it should be
interesting, Shirlen said.
With all the new faces on the
team, some of the returning run-
ners have been given the opportu-
nity to step up and be leaders.
As you get older, you feel
more responsibility to lead, Levi
Huseman, senior, said. As far as
running goes, thats Bret (Imgrund)
and Nick (Caprario), but vocally I
try and step up, he continued.
The concern for the freshman
was the transition from running
high school distance to a much
longer collegiate distance, but a
lot of the freshmen said they were
excited to compete in their first col-
legiate meet and didnt feel much
pressure.
Theres not too many teams at
this one, Don Wasinger, freshman,
said. We can get our feet wet and
make the transition.
The team members said theyve
been pushing each other.
Everyones trying to make the
travel team and varsity; we dont
have any slackers, Sam Bird, fresh-
man, said. Everyones pushing
each other and working hard. It
helps yourself feel faster and be a
better runner.
Bird said that hed always been
a long-distance guy and that this
should be in his favor for the sea-
son. He said that he looked up to
former runner Colby Wissel, who
practices with the team.
He makes it sound more down
to earth and relaxed, and (theres)
not as much pressure as you think,
Bird said, talking about Wissels
attitude about racing at the colle-
giate level.
For some of the returning run-
ners, living up to what Colby Wissel
and Paul Hefferon accomplished is
a concern.
We have to live up to the Kansas
name since they put us back on the
map, said sophomore Dan Van
Orsdel. Hopefully we can fill their
shoes.
Sophomore Nick Caprario said
he was also feeling the pressure to
live up to his own expectations.
I think theres always been a
chip on my shoulder, Caprario
said. Especially freshman year,
having to get out there and prove
myself. But I feel confident in my
ability.
This years race will be differ-
ent. The course will not include the
Billy Mills hill. This cuts the wom-
ens race from a 6K- to a 5K-long
route, but the mens race will stay at
the 8K distance. Bonds said it was
definitely a good thing, but a lot of
the returning men didnt agree.
Its the main thing in the
course; we look forward to it and
it makes the course tough, Van
Orsdel said.
The mens team will compete at
9 a.m. and the womens team will
compete at 10 a.m.
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If slick-haired Rick Neuheisel
stays away from March Mad-
ness pools, hell be a hit in L.A.
Mark Dent
Appalachian State was last
seasons it team after defeat-
ing Michigan. But does beating
a Big Ten team even count as a
quality win?
Asher Fusco
TCU vs. New Mexico? Why did
we pick this game, again?
Rustin Dodd
Syracuse vs. Northwestern
wont be very good, but the
stories about it will be.
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Syracuse vs. Northwestern?
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Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper (10) hands ofthe ball to James Davis (1) during the second half of a college football game against North
Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C. The ninth-ranked Clemson teamenters the 2008 season as clear favorites for the Atlantic Coast Conference title.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. The
Kansas City Chiefs have de-
cided to sell naming rights to
Arrowhead Stadium.
Arrowhead, built in 1972,
has a capacity of almost
79,500 and is the third-largest
in the NFL. Its undergoing a
$375 million renovation pro-
jected for completion in 2010.
The Chiefs announced
Thursday they have entered
into an agreement with the
sports and entertainment
company IMG to fnd a nam-
ing rights holder.
For almost 20 years, Ar-
rowhead has been among the
top three stadiums in home
attendance, with sellouts in
141 consecutive games.
The Chiefs also said IMG
will manage a Kansas City-
based sales and marketing
team.
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Former K-State player
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NORMAN, Okla. Former
Kansas State standout Kendra
Wecker is now a member of
Oklahomas womens basket-
ball staf.
Oklahoma coach Sherri Co-
ale said Thursday that Wecker
will be the Sooners graduate
assistant coach.
Wecker is from Marysville,
Kan. She earned frst-team
All-Big 12 Conference honors
three times as a player and
was the Big 12 player of the
year and a frst-team All-
America selection as a senior
in 2005. She holds Kansas
State career records for scor-
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She later played for the
San Antonio Silver Stars and
Washington Mystics of the
WNBA. She was waived by
Washington on Aug. 12.
Coale says Wecker has
a broad base of basketball
intelligence and a strong work
ethic.
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BY DOUG FERGUSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NORTON, Mass. Phil
Mickelsons star presence at the
Deutsche Bank Championship
was evident Thursday by the
company he kept at the TPC
Boston.
He played the pro-am with
tournament host Seth Waugh,
the CEO of Deutsche Bank
Americas; New York mayor
Michael Bloomberg and New
England Patriots owner Bob
Kraft. Such is the VIP treat-
ment typically afforded the
highest-ranked player in the
field.
FedEx Cup playoff stand-
ings aside, that honor still falls
to Mickelson.
He is No. 2 in the world rank-
ing, although its easy to forget
that. Because while Tiger Woods
has been out of sight for two
months after his season-ending
knee surgery, Mickelson at times
has been MIA.
Some thought he would take
advantage of Woods absence
by piling up victories, perhaps
another major or two, and giv-
ing himself a chance to win the
money title or PGA Tour player
of the year for the first time in
his career.
But it hasnt worked out that
way.
Mickelson has played four
times with only one serious chance
at winning, when he had a one-
shot lead until bogeys on three of
the last four holes at Firestone to
tie for fourth. He had to rally to
make the weekend at the British
Open, was steady but not spec-
tacular in his tie for seventh at the
PGA Championship and opened
the PGA Tour Playoffs for the
FedEx Cup last week with a tie
for 19th.
Ive played the same way
Ive played throughout the year,
Mickelson said. I just havent
been scoring the way I would like.
Even though I feel like Im play-
ing better, the little shots around
the greens have cost me. But Im
starting to get that turned around,
and I expect to have a much bet-
ter week.
By most standards, Mickelson
has had a good year. He won at
Riviera and Colonial, and he is
third on the money list, a little
more than $1 million behind
Woods. With three more $7 mil-
lion events, a money title is not
out of reach.
This would be a good place to
turn it around, even if the cast of
characters has changed.
A year ago, Mickelson surged
into FedEx Cup contention with
perhaps the most exciting play-
off event at the Deutsche Bank
Championship. He played the
first two rounds with Woods and
Vijay Singh, then hooked up with
Woods in the final round and
closed with a 66 and beat Woods
and two others by two shots.
Asked how he remembered
last year, Mickelson broke up
the room by saying only, Very
fondly.
It was a fun tournament last
year, and I loved the opportunity
to have won the tournament, he
said. But I also love the way it
happened, with the opportunity
to play three rounds with Tiger.
Woods hasnt played since win-
ning the U.S. Open in a play-
off, and the tour has had a taste
of life without the worlds most
famous athletes. Attendance has
been noticeably down in recent
events, and television ratings have
plunged, as to be expected.
Someone asked Mickelson if
he wondered what golf would be
like if Woods wasnt around. He
figured he would be No. 1 in the
world and Id be making half as
much as I am now.
That was a reference to Woods
being responsible for such big
purses on tour.
Im very thankful hes in our
sport, and hes had the success
and the charisma and the lure to
attract corporate America, as well
as fans, to the game, he said.
Interest now is driven by a slow
elimination amid volatile change
in the standings as the FedEx
Cup heads to a conclusion next
month with $10 million going to
the winner.
Singh took over the lead with a
victory at The Barclays last week,
while the two guys he beat in the
playoff at Ridgewood Sergio
Garcia and Kevin Sutherland
are right behind.
Mickelson, who is at No. 4 and
feeling good vibes from the TPC
Boston, is hopeful of making a
move.
I feel like Im hitting the ball
pretty good, Mickelson said.
The key is going to be again
scoring, getting up-and-down
around the greens that I miss
and getting those birdie putts to
drop.
As much focus as there is at
the top, equally important this
week is the bottom. The second
round of the playoffs is for the
top 120 players, with only 70
advancing to the third round next
week in St. Louis for the BMW
Championship.
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Vijay Singh hits of the 9th tee during the Deutsche Bank Championship Pro-Amround of the
golf tournament Thursday in Norton, Mass.
BY BEN WALKER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK Top-seeded Ana
Ivanovic lost in one of the biggest
upsets in tennis history Thursday,
stunned by 188th-ranked Julie
Coin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the second
round of the U.S. Open.
Coin screamed when Ivanovics
last shot sailed out, then hopped for
joy and hit an extra ball high into
the stands. Ivanovic quickly gath-
ered her gear and left the court, her
hopes of winning another Grand
Slam championship dashed.
Even after Ivanovic showed the
effects of a bad thumb and strug-
gled in the opening round, there
was no way to see this coming.
Coin spent much of the year
playing in minor league events,
and the 25-year-old Frenchwoman
nearly got knocked out of a quali-
fying event to merely make it into
the Open.
Asked later whether shed
thought such a win was possible,
Coin gave a simple answer.
No, she said.
Not since 1967 had the No. 1
woman lost in the second round
of the U.S. Open. That came when
Maria Bueno drew a first-round
bye and lost in the second round.
During the first four days at the
U.S. Open, almost all of the favor-
ites had won. Mostly in romps,
too.
But when the Ivanovic-Coin
match was moved from the smaller
Louis Armstrong Stadium to the
main Arthur Ashe Stadium, fans
hardly knew what was in store.
Ivanovic seemed to regain her
edge midway through third set.
The French Open champ led 40-0
in the fifth game and was about to
break Coins serve when suddenly
the momentum shifted. Coin came
back to hold, and won 10 straight
points to take control.
Ivanovic tried to hold off Coin
in the final game, but it was too
late. Coin won on her third match
point quite a result for some-
one playing in her first tour-level
event.
Coin had tried to qualify for the
Australian Open, French Open and
Wimbledon and never made any
of them.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Julie Coin, of France, hits to Ana Ivanovic, of Serbia, during their match at the U.S. Open tennis
tournament in NewYork, Thursday. Coin won the match, upsetting the top-seeded Ivanovic.
Ivanovic upset in 2nd round
The top-seeded player fell to a rival ranked 188th
U.s. open
Mickelson back in action
After hiatus, golfer attends star-studded competition
pGA
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Clemson gives coach
another year for ACC title
CLEMSON, S.C. Clemson
star tailback C.J. Spiller laughs at
the question: How often did peo-
ple tell you not to join the Tigers
because coach Tommy Bowden
would get fired?
Oh yeah, I heard that a lot, said
Spiller, a junior.
Well, only days away from
Bowdens 10th season, the coach
some Clemson fans love to grouse
at, isnt going anywhere. Hes walked
the sidelines at Death Valley lon-
ger than anyone but modern pro-
gram patriarch Frank Howard and
national championship icon Danny
Ford. Hes got a deal that ties him to
the school through 2014, the back-
ing of his bosses and some of the
slickest talent in college football.
The one thing Bowden doesnt
own is a championship, and that,
perhaps, is what has kept his coach-
ing seat hot no matter how many
blue-chippers he attracts.
This is a tough profession to
stay for 10 years, Bowden says.
The Tigers are preseason
favorites to win the Atlantic
Coast Conference championship.
Quarterback Cullen Harper, and
runners James Davis and Spiller
finished 1-2-3 for the leagues pre-
season player of the year. They
stand ninth in the national rank-
ings, their highest starting spot
since 1991, also the year of the
schools last ACC crown.
The Tigers open Saturday night
against No. 24 Alabama in the
Georgia Dome. While Clemson
might get the analysts edge on
several positions, almost every
breakdown would give the coach-
ing check mark to the Crimson
Tides Nick Saban.
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COUNTDOWN TO KICK-OFF
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Offense
The Kansas ofense was the No. 2 scoring ofense in the
country last year, . They lose fve starters, however, including
ofensive tackles Anthony Collins and Cesar Rodriguez, tight
end Derek Fine, receiver Marcus Henry and running back in
Brandon McAnderson. Redshirt freshmen Jeremiah Hatch
and Jef Spikes are taking over at the tackles and sophomore
Dezmon Briscoe could break out at wide receiver. Add in
junior college Player of the Year Jocques Crawford, who said
this week that his goal is to rush for over 2,000 yards, and the
ofense could actually be even better in 2008.

Defense
The defense loses only two players from last years unit
that ranked fourth in the nation in scoring defense. But both
of those players were All-Americans, making the void a little
bit harder to fll. But sophomore Chris Harris, the 2007 Big
12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year, should have an All-Big
12 type year. Senior linebackers Joe Mortensen, Mike Rivera
and James Holt combine to form one of the strongest and
most experienced group of linebackers in the country.
Kansas allowed teams to score an average of only 16.38
points last year, and theres no reason why they cant put up
a similar number this year.

speCIAL TeAMs
The biggest question mark going into 2008 for the
Jayhawks is, without question, special teams. Alonzo Rojas,
a transfer from Bowling Green, will handle the punting and
kickof duties, and junior college transfer Grady Fowler will
handle the feld goals. They must replace kicker Scott Webb
and punter Kyle Tucker, who had anchored the positions
for the past few years. True freshman Daymond Patterson
won the job at punt returner. Coach Mark Mangino said that
Patterson has the one thing that you cant teach: speed.
All-American senior Marcus Herford will
handle the kick-return duties.

MOMenTUM
Could a team have any more
momentum than Kansas has entering
Saturdays game against FIU? Sure, its
the frst game of the season, but after
winning the Orange Bowl last year
and completing the best season in
school history, the Kansas players seem
primed for a big win on Saturday. Add
in the preseason hype surrounding the
team and the national rankings and
attention, and Kansas seems ready to
steamroll past an undermanned FIU
squad.

COACHInG
It doesnt get any better than being named National
Coach of the Year, just as coach Mark Mangino was after
last years record-breaking season. Mangino earned the
honor from 10 diferent organizations. Ed Warinner re-
turns as ofensive coordinator and should have even more
tricks up his sleeve. Clint Bowen takes over as defensive
coordinator after serving as co-coordinator for the past
two seasons. The coaching edge certainly goes to Kansas.

Offense
The 2007 Golden Panthers amassed the second fewest
yards per game (269.7 ypg) and scored the fewest points
per game (15.1 ppg). FIUs incredibly difcult nonconfer-
ence schedule it played fve BCS foes, four of which went
to bowl games skew those stats, but they still hint at just
how bad this unit was. New ofensive coordinator Bill Legg
has a trio of talented tailbacks and an experienced ofensive
line. However, coach Mario Cristobal has yet to name a start-
ing quarterback. Sophomore Wayne Younger and junior Paul
McCall are still battling for the starting role.

Defense
FIU must replace its best player, cornerback Lionell
Singleton. Without him the defense is in the hands of junior
linebacker Scott Bryant and sophomore cornerback Anthony
Gaitor. At 5-foot-10 and 220 pounds, Bryant packs a lot of
weight into a small package, which makes him a vicious
hitter. Gaitors the youngest and most talented player in the
secondary. Junior safeties Jeremiah Weatherspoon and Ash-
lyn Parker have to tighten their coverage or Todd Reesing will
have a feld day. FIU needs its veteran defensive line to apply
quick quarterback pressure to alleviate its inexperienced
secondary.

MOMenTUM
You wouldnt think that a
1-11 team could have any mo-
mentum heading into the next
season. But when that one win comes
in the last game of the year, then theres at
least some feeling of accomplishment to
motivate the players. FIUs late-season vic-
tory against North Texas was the last college
football game in the Orange Bowl, and
it ended a 26-game losing streak, which
means Cristobal made some type of
improve- ment.

COACHInG
In his frst year as FIU coach, Mario Cristobal got the ball
rolling in Miami by halting a losing streak that spanned
across parts of three seasons. Cristobal cut his teeth at Rut-
gers, helping coach Greg Schiano build the foundation for
whats now a consistent Big East contender. Then Cristobal
returned to Miami, his alma mater, to join Larry Cokers staf.
While there, Cristobal built up a reputation as a tremendous
recruiter, and hes used those Miami ties to bring athletes to
the Golden Panthers. Legg performed wonders at Purdue,
turning its ofense into a top-30 unit.

Kansas plays its frst game as

defending Orange Bowl cham-
pions in front of what should be
a sellout crowd at Memorial Sta-
dium. The Jayhawks lost several
key contributors but return the
teams most important player,
quarterback Todd Reesing. If the
Jayhawks can stay healthy, they
should be in store for another
big season in 2008.
Daymond patterson. The
true freshman won the job as
punt returner coming out of
camp and
possesses a
rare qual-
ity: speed.
The 5-9,
175 pound
Mesquite,
Texas,
native
returned
punts in high school and had
an average of 21.6 yards per
return. Patterson should help
greatly improve the Jayhawks
punt return game, which was
one of the worst in the Big 12 a
year ago.
Will Florida International
score? The Kansas defense was
one of the top in the nation in
2007 and FIU was dead last,
119th out of 119 teams in the
FCS, in scoring ofense. They
managed a feld goal against
the Jayhawks last season and
they might be lucky to get
another one again this time
around.
Will there be a letdown? After
winning the Orange Bowl and
coming into this year ranked in
the top 15, it would be natural
for any team to look past a less-
er opponent. But that shouldnt
be a problem for Kansas, a team
that is always kept focused on
the game at hand by coach
Mark Mangino.
(2007 Averages and National Rank)
42.8 ppg 2nd
scoring ofense
291 ypg 17th
passing ofense
94.8 ypg 8th
rushing ofense
16.38 ppg 4th
scoring defense
FIU has some young talent,
including its coach, but its still
well behind most programs
in the country. This is only the
fourth year of D-I football for
the Golden Panthers, and the
team is still searching for a pro-
gram-defning victory. Theyre
unlikely to get it in week one,
but this team, at least on paper,
is better than the 2007 version
and that should be refected on
the feld.
sophomore cornerback
Anthony Gaitor. A speedster
out of high school powerhouse
Miami North-
western,
Gaitor started
11 games
as a true
freshman.
He recorded
two intercep-
tions and a
freshman-
high 56 tack-
les. Coach Mark Mangino
mentioned him as someone the
Jayhawks would need to keep
their eyes on.
Whos going to play quar-
terback? Cristobal told the
Miami Herald last week that he
wouldnt announce his starting
quarterback before the game,
forcing Kansas to prepare for
both Younger and McCall all
week. Younger is a scrambler
who completed less than 50
percent of his passes while
McCall led FIU to its only victory
with three touchdown passes.
Can FIU make it a 30-point
game? With three losses by
48 points or more last season,
a 30-point loss to a team of
Kansas caliber would be a step
in the right direction. If the FIU
defense can at least slow down
Todd Reesing and Co., maybe
the new clock rules will shorten
the game before it gets too out
of hand.
(2007 Averages and National Rank)
15.1 ppg 119th
scoring ofense
150.58 ypg 117th
passing ofense
119.1 ypg 98th
rushing ofense
39.1 ppg 115th
scoring defense
243.6 ypg 80th
passing defense
203.8 ypg 105th
rushing defense
Patterson
Gaitor
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game Time Channel
Georgia Southern at No. 1 Georgia 11:30 a.m. ESPN360.com
Youngstown State at No. 2 Ohio State 11 a.m. Big Ten Network
No. 3 USC at Virginia 2:30 p.m. ABC
Hawaii at No. 5 Florida 11:30 a.m. ESPN360.com
Appalachian State at No. 7 LSU 4 p.m. ESPN
Villanova at No. 8 West Virginia 2:30 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 24 Alabama at No. 9 Clemson 7 p.m. ESPN360.com
Louisiana-Monroe at No. 10 Auburn 6 p.m. ESPN360.com
Akron at No. 13 Wisconsin 11 a.m. Big Ten Network
Northern Arizona at No. 15 Arizona State 9 p.m. N/A
Northern Iowa at No. 16 Brigham Young 5 p.m. N/A
No. 17 Virginia Tech at East Carolina 11 a.m. ESPN
Tennessee-Martin at No. 19 South Florida 6 p.m. ESPN360.com
Washington at No. 21 Oregon 9 p.m. N/A
Coastal Carolina at No. 22 Penn State 11 a.m. Big Ten Network
Bowling Green at No. 25 Pittsburgh 11 a.m. ESPNU
game Time (CT) Channel
Oklahoma State at Washington State 2:30 p.m. No TV
No. 4 Oklahoma vs. Chattanooga 6 p.m. No TV
No. 11 Texas vs. Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. No TV
No. 12 Texas Tech vs. Eastern Washington 6 p.m. No TV
Nebraska vs. Western Michigan 6 p.m. No TV
Texas A&M vs. Arkansas State 6 p.m. No TV
Kansas State vs. North Texas 6:05 p.m. No TV
No. 20 Illinois vs. No. 6 Missouri 7:30 p.m. ESPN
speCIAL TeAMs
Gaitor is slated to handle punts while Weatherspoon
will return kicks, but a few other guys may also get into the
mix. The Golden Panthers should have returning starters
at both punter and kicker, but the situation is complicated.
Junior punter Chris Cook will likely take a medical redshirt
this season because of back problems. Meanwhile, kickers
Chris Abed, the 2007 starter, and Dustin Rivest each missed
spring practice while taking care of some issues, accord-
ing to coach Cristobal. Their absence opened the door for
junior walk-on Carlos Munera. Rivest is back on the team as
Muneras backup at both punter and kicker.