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Zimbabwean student promotes gender equality
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
Ennie Ndoro didnt know anyone in
Kansas when she arrived at the University
with her two children on a Fulbright Schol-
arship. She was the only student from Zim-
babwe on campus a fact that made her
wonder whether it was wise to attend the
University.
I felt lonely, Ndoro said. I just missed
speaking my own language.
As a Fulbright Scholar, she came to the
U.S. from Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2007 to
pursue a doctorate degree in higher educa-
tion leadership and policy studies. She is
one of 30 students attending the University
on a Fulbright Scholarship. She is not afraid
to face American stereotypes of Africa or to
talk about her countrys politics.
Ive never felt ofended, she said. I take
it as constructive criticism.
She was an administrator of the Wom-
ens University in Africa in Zimbabwe and
taught gender studies before coming to the
U.S. Her dissertation will compare womens
administrators in higher education in the
U.S. and Zimbabwe.
Angela Lindsey-Nunn, Salina gradu-
ate student, said Ndoro stood out from the
crowd before she became friends with her.
She walks with this silence, air of nobil-
ity, she said. I was always looking for con-
nection with strong women.
Lindsey-Nunn said afer she got to know
Ndoro well, she was surprised how well
she adapted to American culture and how
much she achieved in school while raising
children in a foreign country.
I just think Ennie is one of those rare
people, Lindsey-Nunn said.
Ndoro said one of her life goals was to
increase the number of female students and
administrators in Zimbabwean universities,
where fewer women attended and worked.
She said afer her graduation she wanted to
return to Zimbabwe and design a leader-
ship development program for women in
higher education. She said she also wanted
to develop more facilities for female stu-
dents who have children.
She said she was not a typical Zimba-
bwean woman, because she had been al-
ways articulate and not afraid of speaking
about issues that were important to her.
When I was a kid, my father told me,
I dont think you could be ever married,
Ndoro said.
Jane Irungu, associate director of African
and African-American studies, said illitera-
cy rates were high among women in Africa.
Resourceful women like Ndoro, who is in a
doctoral program, would help reverse that
trend, Irungu said.
Along with her work and academics,
Ndoro has been involved in organizations
dedicated to womens leadership and educa-
tion in the U.S. and Zimbabwe. She recently
participated in a conference in Chicago for
African women living in the U.S. Using her
experience as an international student, she
works with the Emily Taylor Womens Re-
source Center to design a mentor service for
female international graduate students. She
was an orientation leader for international
students in the summer, and is treasurer of
the Spencer Museum of Art Student Advi-
sory Board to plan art exhibitions. She also
taught part of a literature class ofered by
African studies.
Ndoros 14-year-old and 8-year-old
sons came along with her to the U.S. Her
16-year-old son recently moved to the U.S.
this summer. She lef her husband and
daughter home, but it wasnt an easy deci-
sion. She said some family members pres-
sured her not to go, but her husband always
supported her.
He said to me, Getting a Fulbright
Scholarship is a big deal. If you lose this op-
portunity, its something you will always re-
gret for the rest of your life, Ndoro said.
Ndoro said she seized every opportunity
to explore her academics, got involved in
the community and learned American cul-
ture with the hopes that it could someday
help improve Zimbabwes education.
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Jessica sain-baird/kansan
ennie ndro has been studying at the University of Kansas fromZimbabwe on a Fulbright Scholarship since last
year. Ndro said it was hard for her to transition into living in the United States at frst, but has become more comfort-
able since then. She said she planned to return to Zimbabwe eventually.
hALLoWeen
Alaska
governor
a popular
costume
Businesses say that Sarah Palin wigs,
glasses and costume kits are a popular
choice among women this Halloween
season.
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hALLoWeen
Supporters
decorate
pumpkins
for Obama
Yeswecarve.com, a Web site designed
by Barack Obama supporters and for
Obama supporters, has photos and free
stencils of the presidential hopefuls face
and campaign phrases. Two University
students printed off their own Obama
stencils for pumpkins instead of the
traditional yard signs this year.
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gabby Howell, kansas City, mo., freshman, dolls upTanisha Brown, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, with makeup at theRocky Horror Picture Showscreening at the Kansas Union onThursday night. They said it was the frst Rocky Horror Picture
Showscreening they had ever attended.
tHe sunFlower sHowdown Comes
to lawrenCe tomorrow
The Jayhawks bowl hopes could easily be resting on Saturdays game against Kansas State. game day | 1b
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BY KAYLA REGAN
editor@kansan.com
In its second year, Take Your
Professor to Lunch has already
experienced a steady flow of par-
ticipants this year.
Christie Appelhanz, assistant
director to the Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
considered the first year a suc-
cess, with about 75 participants.
This year, about 50 students have
already participated, which is
almost double in participation by
December.
We really have been pleased
with the feedback were getting,
Appelhanz said. Weve heard
from students who say KU is a big
place, and (Take Your Professor
to Lunch) is a really good way to
make it smaller.
The college first offered Take
Your Professor to Lunch in
September 2007. The program
aimed to foster student-faculty
interactions by covering the cost
of lunch for participating students
and a professor of their choosing.
Its really a simple concept,
Appelhanz said. The idea is that
you have a certain type of a rela-
tionship inside the classroom. But
if you take it out of the classroom,
where its less formal, it gives stu-
dents the opportunity to expand
that relationship to benefit them.
Robbie Gordy, Omaha, Neb.,
senior, took his Italian professor,
Jan Kozma, to lunch in October.
He said that because professors
can only learn so much about their
students in the classroom, having
lunch with his teacher was a fun
way to connect with Kozma out-
side of an academic setting.
Its not something I would
think to do normally, but it defi-
nitely opens up the opportunity
for students to interact with their
professors in the future, Gordy
said.
Professor Kozma, who has been
to lunch with two other students
besides Gordy this year, said that
she wished more students would
take advantage of the program.
She said that student-faculty inter-
actions outside of class allowed her
to get to know her students better,
and therefore teach more to them,
individually. Kozma added that
the program would also help stu-
dents with things such as letters of
recommendation.
You know them as a person
rather than just a student in class,
and that allows you to write a bet-
ter recommendation, Professor
Kozma said.
Take Your Professor to Lunch
is open to any student majoring
in a department or program in the
college, including undecided stu-
dents and pre-professional majors.
The program is available through-
out the academic year, and allows
students to participate once per
year.
Students may take any faculty
member in the college to lunch in
a group of up to three students.
A date and time for the lunch
should be arranged by the student
and professor at least a week in
advance before applying for the
program. Approved students will
receive a $15 meal voucher to
cover the cost of the student and
professors meal. The vouchers can
be used at The Underground, The
Market, or The Crimson Cafe. The
application form for the Take Your
Professor to Lunch program is
available at www.clas.ku.edu/out-
reach/lunch.
Edited by Brieun Scott
The student group event
Douglas County AIDS Proj-
ect: Free HIV Testing at DCAP
will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the
United Way Building, located
at 2518 Ridge St., Suite 101.
The public event Flu Im-
munization Clinic will begin
at 10 a.m. in the Traditions
Area in the Kansas Union.
St. Lawrence Catholic
Campus Center; Trick or Treat
so Others Can Eat will begin
at 7 p.m. in the St. Lawrence
Catholic Campus Center.
Science and Faith, Are They
Really a Contradiction? will
begin at 7 p.m. in the Chabad
Jewish Student Center.
St. Lawrence Catholic
Campus Center: All Saints
Eve Celebration will begin
at 8 p.m. in the St. Lawrence
Catholic Campus Center.
The concert Bats in the
Belfry Halloween Concert
will begin at 9 p.m. at the
Memorial Campanile.
The entertainment event
FREE Cosmic Bowling will
begin at 10 p.m. in Jaybowl in
the Kansas Union.
On Halloween Day, 1891,
the KU and MU football teams
met for the frst time. KU won
the game 22-8. Considered
the second oldest Division 1A
football rivalry, the amazingly
even series is tied at 54-54-9.
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Anson Stanclife, Lawrence senior, leads a small parade of art students across campus Thursday afternoon to celebrate the Spanish holidayLos das de los muertos.Stanclife, who occasion-
ally executes public performance pieces under the nameAnson the Ornery,led the troupe to the Staufer-Flint lawn, where they hung and beat a small piata which wore a sign readingHay Ms
Tiempo Que Vido,which means There is more than time to life.
Program ofers one-on-one interaction
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Floridians hair measures
8 feet 9 inches long
MIAMI Asha Mandela has
hair that could rival Rapunzels.
The South Florida woman who
started growing her hair 20 years
ago now has locks longer than
she is tall.
Mandela has submitted her
hair, which measure 8 feet 9
inches long, to the Guinness
Book of World Records for the
Longest Dreadlocks, the frst
entry in a new category.
It takes one bottle of shampoo
and one bottle of conditioner
every time she washes her hair
and can sometimes take days to
fully dry after she washes it.
The 46-year-old Mandela says
she used to wash it three times
a week. Now I do it once a week.
Its very tiring. Sometimes I dont
have the energy.
Cop steals donuts from
local convenience store
MORRISVILLE, N.Y. New York
State police say a sticky-fngered
college campus policeman was
helping himself to more than
the free cofee at a convenience
store. He also routinely stufed a
pastry into his coat.
The Valero Nice N Easy, in
upstate New Yorks Morrisville,
ofers free cofee to any police of-
fcer in uniform. Sgt. Steve Brody
of the Morrisville State College
University Police stopped daily to
buy a newspaper and pick up a
free cup of cofee.
Troopers say they have surveil-
lance videos of Brody pocketing
the pastries.
Brody is now accused of tak-
ing about $30 worth of pastries
over at least 17 separate occa-
sions. Brody, 55, was ticketed for
petit larceny.
Brody and his attorney
declined to comment. Brody re-
mains an employee at Morrisville;
school ofcials say the case is a
personnel matter and refused to
further comment.
Poodle on the loose for
17 plus hours at airport
BOSTON Choochy the
poodle is a runway runaway.
Bostons Logan International
Airport ofcials say Choochy
escaped from her kennel as she
was being unloaded after a fight
from Detroit Saturday night and
scampered across runways and
taxiways.
Airport spokesman Phil Or-
landella says the poodle evaded
airport personnel for more than
17 hours and delayed at least
eight fights.
About 15 state police, fre-
fghters, operations personnel
and even electricians chased
Choochy late into the night, de-
laying fights for up 30 minutes.
Orlandella says the poodle
was frightened, tired and hungry
when she was fnally lured to
safety with food early Sunday
afternoon.
The dog was treated for minor
injuries at an animal hospital and
returned to her family.
melting ice sculpture
represents hard times
NEW YORK The economy is
melting literally.
Two artists on Wednesday
installed a 1,500-pound ice
sculpture that spelled the word
Economy in Manhattans fnan-
cial district.
The Main Street Meltdown
was to remain in Foley Square
until it melted about 24 hours.
By Wednesday evening, the E
and the C had already thawed
and vanished.
The backdrop to the sculpture
the wide stairs and row of
pillars fronting the state Supreme
Court building is instantly rec-
ognizable to millions of viewers
of TVs Law & Order.
To see the word economy
melting down is representational
of an extreme time, artists Nora
Ligorano and Marshall Reese said
on their Web site.
The artists said the sculpture,
which is 5 feet tall, 15 feet wide
and sits on a pedestal, was
installed on Oct. 29 because it is
the 79th anniversary of the day
in 1929 when the stock market
crashed, precipitating the Great
Depression.
Economy is the fourth in
a series of political ice sculp-
tures Ligorano and Reese have
created. Earlier this year, they
carved blocks into the word De-
mocracy and allowed them to
melt during the Republican and
Democratic conventions.
Associated Press
On Oct. 30, the KU Pub-
lic Safety Ofce reported that:
On Oct. 26, someone
entered a locked dormitory
room in Hashinger Hall and
removed a laptop computer
valued at $3,200.
On Oct. 27, an unknown
suspect stole a wallet in
Jayhawker Towers, then made
purchases worth $56 using
the victims credit cards.
On Oct. 28, a suspect
fed Jayhawk Bookstore with
four books, valued at nearly
$600 altogether, stufed in a
backpack. When pursued, the
suspect dropped the back-
pack. Although the books
were recovered, no one was
apprehended.
On Oct. 29, an unknown
suspect broke into a locked
cooler in the Art and Design
building, removing food and
drink. Four cases of chips were
also removed from another
locked room. The suspect
took goods valued at $175.
Ryan McGeeney
Halloween referred to as
All Hallows Eve, was orgin-
ally a pagan holiday in which
they honored the dead. It
was celebrated on October
31 since this was the last day
of the Celtic calendar. The
celebration dates back some
2,000 years.
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BY MICOLE ARONOWITZ
editor@kansan.com
Sarah Palin is proof that topical
Halloween costumes never go out
of style.
With the presidential election
drawing near, many employees
from costume stores in Lawrence
have noticed a marked increase
in sales of Palin-esque wigs and
glasses.
Amy Mihalevich, St. Louis
senior, works at Sarahs Fabrics,
927 Massachusetts St., where there
has been much interest in Palin
wigs this week. The shop sells wigs
modeled after the vice presidential
candidates signature hairstyle.
Mihalevich said the look consisted
of bangs in the front, half up, half
down style, with brown hair and
auburn highlights.
She is a character, Mihalevich
said. She is not just a normal
person.
At buycostumes.com, an online
costume retailer, those searching
for a costume can find a variety
of accessories for a colorful Palin
ensemble. The Web site features
latex Palin masks, paper masks, a
kit that includes a wig, glasses and
a campaign button, and separately
sold glasses and campaign
buttons.
Karen Van
Ert, director of
marketing for
buycost umes .
com, said that in
less than a week
the store was
sold out of its
200 Palin kits. It
sold 4,000 paper
Palin masks in
a month and a
half.
VamErt said another feature of
the site was the opportunity to vote
with the purchase of a political
candidate mask. She said since
2000, the poll had successfully
predicted the next U.S. president.
Fun and Games, 1601 23rd St.,
has sold multiple Palin wigs and
glasses daily. But they also had
little time to order Palin items.
Kyle Billings, owner of Fun
and Games, said the popularity
of dressing as political candidates
was a way for people to express
either their like or disdain for the
candidates. The sales for Palin
attire are
consistent.
It is fun
for women to
dress up as
her because
they can be
creative with
the look, he
said. She is
definitely in
the top ten.
W i t h
the constant coverage of the
presidential race, it would seem
that the political spirit would carry
on over to Halloween. Billings said
that aside from the interest in Palin
costumes, this has been a slow
political Halloween season.
Edited by Arthur Hur
Halloween
Palin costumes popular
among women this season
Stores see a boom in Palin-esque wigs and glasses
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
Halloweens usual Jack-o-
lantern faces are gleaming out
with sneers and smiles from
Lawrence porches, apartment
complexes and small businesses.
But one face this year is different.
Barack Obamas face, along
with his campaign slogan Yes We
Can and other familiar designs
from campaign posters decorate
pumpkins this year as Halloween
is only three days from election
day. Yeswecarve.com, a Web site
not affiliated with the Obama
campaign, displays photos of
pumpkins featuring Obama-
related themes. The candidates
supporters contributed the pho-
tos and stencils they used to make
their own designs.
Gretchen Wieland, Sterling,
Ill., graduate, said she received a
link to the site from a friend.
The name is interesting in
itself, Wieland said. Yes we
carve. So, I went on the site to
check it out.
Wieland liked what she saw
and decided to carve the hori-
zon campaign symbol into her
Barack-o-lantern.
Wieland called herself artisti-
cally challenged, but thought it
would be a fun twist on the holi-
day and on the elections.
There are so many examples
of other pumpkins from people
across the country that are sup-
porting him, Wieland said.
Jonathan Earle, associate direc-
tor of programming at the Dole
Institute of Politics and professor
of history, said of all the amazing
election memorabilia from the
past, he had never seen pumpkin
carving.
Its what the Obama campaign
seems to have done thats new,
Earle said. Its encouraging sup-
porters to go out there on their
own and create viral messages.
Although the site wasnt spon-
sored by the Obama campaign,
Earle said he thought the cam-
paign probably encouraged it.
Its encouraging people in
your generation to participate in
these things, he said.
Earle said he would person-
ally carve a pumpkin with Vice
President Dick Cheney on it.
Whats scarier than Dick
Cheney? he questioned.
Yeswecarve.com is free and
visitors can download and print
off stencils that others have sub-
mitted.
Wieland will be working with
the Kansas Democratic Party
election night, but said she would
light her pumpkin before setting
off.
Hopefully, Ill watch TV
throughout the night and see an
Obama victory, or in the morning
if need be, she said.
Addy Ehling, Hutchinson grad-
uate, said she also participated in
the Obama pumpkin carving. She
decided to carve the stencil titled
Obama ghost stencil that spells
out Obama with ghosts in place
of the As.
Ehling said McCain supporters
had said off-the-wall things about
the site.
Someone was saying it was
weird people were using pump-
kins, she said. They were saying
it was some kind of cult thing.
Ehling said that claim was silly
because the pumpkin carving was
creative, not malicious.
Halloween
Supporters Web site ofers
Barack-o-lantern patterns
It is fun for women to dress
up as her because they can be
creative with the look.
KYLE BILLINGS
Fun and Games owner
Congo government urged to end violence by U.N., U.S.
international
Most fighting has stopped, but government still being criticized for pillaging and other crimes in the region
BY MICHELLE FAUL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
GOMA, Congo With a cease-
fire appearing to halt most fight-
ing, a rebel leader said Thursday he
wanted direct talks with the Congo
government on ending violence in
the region, and envoys from the
U.S. and U.N. were dispatched to
help set up negotiations.
Sporadic gunfire could still be
heard Thursday night in Goma,
the provincial capital of eastern
Congo, but the city was calm for
much of the day.
That was in sharp contrast to
Wednesday, when tens of thou-
sands of residents, refugees and
government soldiers fled in a cha-
otic torrent ahead of advancing
rebels. When the sun went down,
drunk soldiers pillaged and raped
in Goma, killing at least nine peo-
ple in their homes, according to
U.N. Radio Okapi.
We want peace for people in
the region, rebel leader Laurent
Nkunda told The Associated Press
by telephone after halting his
advance on Goma and calling a
unilateral cease-fire.
Nkunda also wanted to discuss
his objections to a $9 billion-dollar
deal that gives China access to vast
mineral riches in exchange for a
railway and highway.
He also wants the urgent disar-
mament of a Rwandan Hutu militia
that he says works with the govern-
ment and preys on his minority
Tutsi people.
Its not acceptable for govern-
ment soldiers to be fighting along-
side genociders, Nkunda said.
We want peace for people in the
region.
Nkunda launched a low-level
rebellion three years ago claiming
Congos transition to democracy
had excluded the Tutsi. Despite
agreeing in January to a U.N.-
brokered cease-fire, he resumed
fighting in August.
He alleges the Congolese gov-
ernment has not protected ethnic
Tutsis from the Rwandan Hutu
militia that escaped to Congo after
helping slaughter half a million
Rwandan Tutsis in 1994s geno-
cide.
Congo has charged Nkunda
himself with involvement in war
crimes, and Human Rights Watch
says it has documented summary
executions, torture and rape com-
mitted by soldiers under Nkundas
command in 2002 and 2004.
Rights groups have also criti-
cized government forces for atroci-
ties and widespread looting in
Congo.
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
Robert Schmidt had run every
day since April in preparation for
his first marathon, the Kansas City
Marathon. His goal was to finish
the 26.2 miles in 2 hours 45 min-
utes and to qualify for the Boston
Marathon.
With a time of 2 hours 39 min-
utes, Schmidt beat his goal.
It was one of the best feelings
in the world, he said.
Schmidt, Overland Park junior,
placed fifth at the annual Waddell
& Reed Kansas City Marathon on
Oct. 18. He ranked first among the
runners of his age group and is now
preparing for the Boston Marathon
the worlds oldest annual mara-
thon to be held in April.
Other KU students who ran
the Kansas City Marathon and
qualified for the Boston Marathon
include Alex Rock, Lawrence
senior, Andrew Henshaw, West
Point, N.Y., senior, John McGreevy,
Wichita sophomore, and Meredith
Van Natta, Torrance, Calif., senior.
Schmidt participated in cross
county while he was in high
school. He said he had run a half
marathon, but never experienced a
full marathon until the Kansas City
Marathon. Despite its length, he
said the race was enjoyable.
I felt tired afterwards, but at the
same time it was kind of energiz-
ing, Schmidt said.
Schmidts training for the
Kansas City Marathon consisted
of running in Lawrence. He said
he set a weekly mileage goal 100
miles during the summer and 75 to
85 miles during the school year
to motivate himself.
Stephan Thrun, Fairway sopho-
more and Schmidts friend, said
that Schmidt was usually busy
s t u d y i n g ,
p r a c t i c i n g
for march-
ing band and
training for
the marathon,
but that they
occasi onal l y
found time to
jog together.
Hes dedi-
cated to what
he does,
Thrun said.
Hes very knowledgeable about
sports and gives me good advice.
Along with his passion for run-
ning, Schmidt is pursuing a double
major in French and exercise sci-
ence. Hes a member of Lambda
Chi Alpha and the Marching
Jayhawks.
Schmidt has played the trom-
bone since he was in high school.
In the Marching Jayhawks, Schmidt
is a section leader for trombone
players.
Annie LeCluyse, Phoenix,
Ariz., junior, met Schmidt through
Marching Jayhawks. She said she
was impressed by his discipline,
personality and leadership skills.
He has a great attitude on life,
LeCluyse said. Hes very laid back
and easy going. He goes with the
flow.
Schmidt also belongs to the
pep band and performed in San
Antonio dur-
ing the National
Championship
basketball game
in April.
Schmidt said
the preparation
for the mara-
thon taught
him to set goals
and manage his
time well.
Schmidt said
his goal for the
Boston Marathon was to finish the
race in 2 hours 36 minutes or fast-
er. But Schmidt said he expected
the Boston Marathons course to be
less difficult than Kansas Citys.
I heard that the Kansas City
Marathon is much hillier, so I
think it should be easier for me,
Schmidt said.
Edited by Jennifer Torline
Getting ready for the big race
After beating his goal and finishing fifth in the KC Marathon,
junior begins preparations to run in Aprils Boston Marathon
fitness
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Overland Park junior Robert Schmidt runs through Lawrence to stay in shape for competition in the Boston Marathon on April 20. Schmidt took
ffth place in the Kansas City marathon with a time of 2 hours 39 minutes on Oct. 18.
election 2008
Tousands of Kansans register to vote just before cutof date
Number of eligible voters in the state shot up from 1.67 million to 1.73 million in five weeks before application deadline
BY JOHN HANNA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA At least 63,000
additional Kansans registered to
vote during the five weeks before
the deadline and officials and
activists believe the presidential
race spurred the record numbers.
Theres definitely a surge of
interest, Mary Kay Culp, executive
director of Kansans for Life, an
anti-abortion group long active in
state politics, said Thursday. The
national election accounts for it.
Theres just interest everywhere, in
general, in voting.
Secretary of State Ron
Thornburgh said an incomplete
tally of the states 105 counties at
the end of last week showed 1.73
million registered voters, com-
pared to almost 1.67 million on
Sept. 15.
The registration deadline was
Oct. 20, and Thornburghs office
plans to release final figures today.
Kansas also has seen interest in
advance voting.
I heard that the Kansas City
Marathon is much hillier, so I
think (the Boston Marathon)
should be easier for me.
RObERT SChmIDT
Overland Park junior
Please join me in voting
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and Obama supporter, I
know that Scott can
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solutions. He will work
hard for KU and
Lawrence in the state
legislature.

- Maggie Carttar,
East Lawrence resident and
retired KU Law School
Placement Director

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BY AMIR SHAH
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan Taliban
fighters stormed the Ministry
of Culture in the heart of Kabul
Thursday, killing five people in an
attack the president said aimed at
derailing the governments new
effort to draw militants into a
peace process and end a seven-year
insurgency.
The fighters shot their way
inside the building, where one of
the militants blew himself up, a
police guard wounded in the blast
said. The Taliban claimed respon-
sibility for the attack and gave a
similar account.
Our enemies are trying to
undermine the recent efforts by the
government for a peaceful solution
to end the violence, U.S.-backed
President Hamid Karzai said in a
terse statement.
The attack came three days after
senior Afghan and Pakistani offi-
cials decided at a meeting held
in Pakistans capital, Islamabad, to
reach out to the Taliban militants
to propose talks on ending the
insurgency. The meeting was part
of a process initiated by President
Bush and his Afghan and Pakistani
counterparts in 2006.
The Talibans former ambassa-
dor to Pakistan said the two sides
recently had contacts in Saudi
Arabia. U.S. Defense Secretary
Robert Gates and the incoming
head of the U.S. Central Command,
Gen. David Petraeus, have both
endorsed efforts.
Karzais remarks suggested that
elements of Taliban are seeking
to sabotage the nascent efforts for
reconciliation. But the attack is
not likely to derail the overture
because after years of unsuccess-
fully trying to repress the Taliban
by force with the help of U.S. and
NATO troops, the government has
concluded talks are the only way
out of the conflict. The Taliban
has proved resilient, emerging with
new force this year to challenge the
government.
While the Taliban regularly use
suicide attacks against Afghan and
foreign forces around the country,
they rarely strike in Kabul.
Amir Mohammad, a police
guard who was wounded in
Thursdays attack, said three assail-
ants opened fire on police guards
outside the Ministry of Information
and Culture before entering its cav-
ernous hall where one of them
blew himself up.
There were three people. They
were running. They opened fire
on our guard first and then they
entered the building, Mohammad
told The Associated Press from his
hospital bed in Kabul.
The force of the blast flung
Mohammed onto the street, where
he lay unconscious among shat-
tered glass and pools of blood.
Five people were killed in the
attack, including a policeman, three
ministry employees and a civilian,
the Interior Ministry said.
An additional 21 were wound-
ed, said Abdul Fahim, the spokes-
man for the Health Ministry, which
supervises the hospitals where the
injured were taken.
The culture ministry was a
pointed target. Before the U.S.-
led invasion toppled the Taliban
in late 2001 for sheltering Osama
bin Laden, the regime banned art,
secular music and television, van-
dalized the National Museum of
Afghanistan and destroyed art-
work or statues deemed idolatrous
or anti-Muslim. Taliban fighters
also blew up two giant statues
of Buddha, cultural treasures that
had graced the Silk Road town of
Bamiyan for 1,500 years.
The ministry is in the center of
the city, at a busy intersection lined
with shops. One of the side walls of
the building collapsed, while glass
littered the roads nearby and office
equipment was scattered over the
area. The light-blue metal gates in
the ministry entrance were twisted
from being flung open.
Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban
spokesman, said three militants
stormed the building by throw-
ing hand grenades at the guards
at the main gate. A man named
Naqibullah from the eastern Khost
province carried out the suicide
attack, Mujahid told the AP. The
other two men fled, he said.
Abdul Rahim, a witness, said
he first heard machine gun shots
and saw a policeman lying on the
ground and then saw the explosion
that rocked the building.
Ministry workers were helped
out of the building by security per-
sonnel. Ambulances carried the
wounded to hospitals.
Though attacks in the capital are
rare, on July 7 a suicide attacker
set off explosives outside the gates
of the Indian Embassy in Kabul,
killing more than 60 people and
wounding 146.
Four police were killed
Thursday in Panjwayi district of
Kandahar province when their
patrol vehicle struck a newly
planted mine, said Zulmai Ayubi,
the provincial governors spokes-
man. He blamed the Taliban for
the attack.
More than 5,200 people have
died this year in insurgency-
related violence in Afghanistan,
according to a tally of figures com-
piled by the AP.
InternatIonal
Taliban kills fve in insurgency attack in Kabul
Students dress the part for Rocky Horror screening
FIlm
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
Black high heels click across the
floor of the Kansas Union ballroom
on legs dressed in tights with holes
on the upper thighs.
Matching black underwear and
corset complete the outfit, worn by
Paul Lyon, Lawrence senior.
Lyon was dressed in drag for the
annual Student Union Activities
Rocky Horror Picture Show
event. The night included a cos-
tume contest, dance-off for the
time-warp, prop packs, a trivia
contest and prizes.
The shows attendees came
dressed as characters in low-cut
tops, feather boas and jackets cov-
ered in sequins.
Joe Day, Derby junior and co-
chairman of the films committee,
said the movie helped attract fans
who werent as likely to attend
other SUA events and were look-
ing for fun that wasnt politically
correct.
Stephanie Patyk, Wichita senior
and member of SUA, said the idea
was to be as outrageous as pos-
sible without going too far. In the
past, men stood on chairs in full
drag, including high heels, and one
man arrived wearing nothing but a
trench coat and a sock.
As long as you cant get arrested
for what youre wearing, Patyk
said.
For the costume contest, Day
said it wasnt just about looking the
part; the winner had to act the part
as well. He said it was interesting
to see regular people dressed in
clothing they would never consider
wearing on an average day.
SUA members bought prizes for
the costume contest and dance-off
at the adult novelty store Cirillas.
The prizes included candy under-
wear and a vibrator called The
Rabbit.
During the movie, audience
members traditionally heckle and
throw items from the prop pack at
the screen.
The SUA packs included rice
for a wedding scene, a squirt gun
for a rain scene, rubber gloves for
a lab scene and toast for a scene in
which Dr. Frank-N-Furter makes
a toast.
Kellen Bolt, Iola freshman,
attended the event. His first Rocky
Horror Picture Show experience
was one he organized with a group
of friends. One of his friends had
been to a show and helped the
group learn all of the traditions.
Bolt dressed as Rocky for the
SUA event. Rocky costumes tradi-
tionally consist of a curly black wig,
gold underwear and gold boxer
boots. Bolt said he worked for
about 15 minutes every day this
week to stretch white spandex and
spray paint it gold.
Although Bolt couldnt find gold
boxer boots, he borrowed a friends
shoes, Converse Chuck Taylor All-
Stars, to complete the look.
Melissa Johnson, Joliet, Ill.,
junior, started attending Rocky
Horror Picture Shows as a junior
in high school and has been to
about 50 shows since then.
Johnson said she first watched
the film with a group of friends on
Halloween after seeing a costume
from the film at a costume shop.
She said the group was completely
stunned, but addicted.
Johnson said her favorite part of
attending Rocky Horror Picture
Show events was yelling lines at
the screen.
Its the only time in your life
where youre going to get to shout
in the theater and theyre not going
to kick you out, Johnson said.
Jessica Sain-Baird/KANSAN
Nancy Keller puts on red lipstick and David Hancock chooses a wig to wear at theRocky Horror Picture Showscreening at the Kansas Union on
Thursday night. The screening was put on by Student Union Activities and was open to the public.
entertainment 6a FRIday, OCTOBER 31, 2008
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
MAX RINKEL
Jesus and Joe dimaggio
Horoscopes
aries (march21-april 19)
Today is an8
You can fnd a much better way
to do a difcult job. Be looking
outside the box and asking wise
people for input. This will be
so easy, youll wonder why you
havent already thought of it.
Taurus (april 20-may 20)
Today is a 7
After you and your mate fgure
out what you want, the shop-
ping part will be easy. If youre
not in agreement yet, dont
push. You certainly dont want
to have to pay for the whole
thing by yourself.
gemini (may 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
An expert can teach you an
easier way to achieve your
intended results. You dont have
to reinvent the wheel.
cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an8
You may not get a massive task
done, but keep working in that
direction. It shouldnt be very
difcult. It could be kind of fun.
Leo(July 23-aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Move the items on your
schedule around so you can
have more time for fun. Youre
especially lucky now. Try out a
few of your favorite games.
Virgo(aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Entertaining at home looks
like your best weekend option.
You have a few chores that
have been stacking up. Maybe
your friends will help _ stranger
things have happened.
Libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Study the situation again from a
diferent angle. If youre working
on a painting, turn it upside
down. Youll be amazed at what
you discover.
scorpio(oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 9
Moneys pouring into your pock-
ets. If thats not happening, shift
a few things around so it will. For
example, get a better job.
sagittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21)
Today is an8
Youre more confdent now,
funnier, more willing to play.
At the dinner table, youll have
them rolling of their chairs with
laughter.
capricorn(dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Hold of on travel, even the little
doing-errands kind. Take care of
cleaning up old messes instead.
This weekend will be much
better for running around town
and country.
aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Defnitely attend a social gather-
ing tonight. All the surprises will
be happy ones, including the
tricks you play on others.
pisces (Feb. 19-march20)
Today is a 7
Theres a crack in the glass ceil-
ing thats been in between you and
your loftiest goals. Push against
it now and youre likely to break
through. Watch out for the shards.
No, just kidding. There wont be
any. The glass is imaginary.
crime
Hudsons brother-in-law professes
innocence in triple homicide case
obituary
Rob Reiners mother dies;
had famous line in Sally
LOS ANGELES Estelle
Reiner, who uttered the famous
line, Ill have what shes having,
after watching Meg Ryan fake an
orgasm in the movie When Harry
Met Sally, has died. She was 94.
Reiner, the wife of actor-director
Carl Reiner and mother of actor-
director Rob Reiner, died Saturday
of old age at her home in Beverly
Hills, her nephew George Shapiro
said.
Besides a handful of movie
roles, Reiner was a painter and
late in life became a jazz singer.
During the Vietnam War, she was
one of the organizers of the group
Another Mother For Peace.
In When Harry Met Sally, Ryan
and Billy Crystal are sitting in a
restaurant, arguing over whether
women can realistically fake
orgasms when Ryan demonstrates
that they can.
After her vocal display, Reiner,
seated at another table, quickly
says, Ill have what shes having.
Reiner had small roles in sev-
eral other movies, including The
Man With Two Brains, which her
husband directed, and Fatso,
directed by her friend, the late
Anne Bancroft.
Reiner was 65 when she
began a career as a jazz singer.
Over the next 28 years, she
recorded seven albums and
performed in clubs in New York
and Los Angeles.
Associated Press
aSSoCiatED PrESS
CHICAGO The convicted
felon suspected in the slayings of
actress-singer Jennifer Hudsons
mother, brother and nephew told
police he is innocent but balked at
taking a lie-detector test, a police
official said.
William Balfour, the 27-year-old
stepfather of Hudsons nephew and
estranged husband of her sister,
told detectives he had a good rela-
tionship with the Hudson family,
the police official said Wednesday,
speaking on condition of anonym-
ity because the official was not
authorized to discuss the case pub-
licly.
When detectives asked Balfour
to take the polygraph test, he
stopped cooperating and refused to
take the test, said the official, who is
familiar with the investigation.
Balfour has been at the center of
the investigation since shortly after
the bodies of Hudsons mother,
57-year-old Darnell Donerson, and
brother, 29-year-old Jason Hudson,
were found Friday inside their
home on Chicagos South Side. The
body of Balfours stepson, 7-year-
old Julian King, was discovered
Monday in an SUV on the citys
West Side. All three had been shot.
Meanwhile, a funeral home
announced Thursday that services
for Hudsons mother, brother and
nephew will be held on Monday
morning. The service at Apostolic
Church of God on Chicagos South
Side will be closed to the public.
Balfour had not been charged
as of Thursday. Investigators were
still gathering evidence and follow-
ing up on leads, the official said.
However, the official said police
do not believe anyone else was
involved in the killings.
It is possible that someone else
drove the SUV with the boys body
inside and parked it on the West
Side, the official said, but Balfour
is the only suspect in the killings
(and there is) nothing to link a sec-
ond individual to them.
A police spokeswoman declined
to comment on the officials state-
ments.
Balfours mother, Michele
Balfour, has said Hudsons mother
kicked Balfour out of the family
home last winter. She denied her
son had anything to do with the
killings.
It was unclear whether Balfour
had an attorney.
On Wednesday, police found
a gun in a vacant lot around the
corner from where the SUV was
parked.
There was also some small bits
of evidence recovered, Deputy
Chief Nicholas Roti said. He did
not elaborate and declined to take
questions.
The gun, discovered in thick
shrubs, was sent to the Illinois
State Police crime lab for testing,
Roti said.
Records show that Balfour was
arrested with cocaine in his car in
June, but authorities declined to
return him to prison on a parole
violation.
Corrections Department
spokesman Derek Schnapp said
officials who reviewed the cocaine-
possession case against Balfour
determined the evidence that
was presented during that time
wouldnt have necessarily warrant-
ed a violation.
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United States
Representative, District 3
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Dennis
Moore (D-Kan.) has won as a
Democrat in the conservative
3rd district every two years since
1998. His political triumphs
include victories against ultra-
conservatives such as Phill Kline
and Kris Kobach.
Now he has a new challenge.
Moore must beat Nick Jordan, a
moderate Republican state sena-
tor, with many of the same prom-
ises for bipartisanship as Moore.
But Jordan hasnt proved hell
stay that moderate as a congress-
man yet. Moore has.
Hes a candidate whos voted
across party lines consistently
during the last 10 years. People
like Moore in
Congress are more
important than ever
at this time when
bipartisanship is
needed to fix the ail-
ing economy. Moore
deserves re-election.
He has solidified
his reputation as
someone who votes
issue by issue rather
than worrying about
his party.
Moore has also
showed he would act on find-
ing alternative energy sources
and would try to cut down on
Americas dependence on foreign
oil by supporting the Energy
Independence and Security Act
in 2007.
Jordan is running on a plat-
form in which he promises to
shake up Washington. But his
plans are flawed. He wants to
bring down debt and has criti-
cized Moore for being part of a
Congress that has compiled mas-
sive deficits.
Yet Jordan still promises tax
cuts. For someone who on his
own Web site stresses the impor-
tance of math education for the
youth, his ideas dont add up. Tax
cuts and debt go
hand in hand.
Hes also criti-
cized Moore for
voting to approve
the rescue plan,
but economists
have said the
economy would
be worse off if
Congress turned
down the plan.
Flawed prom-
ises and unde-
served criticisms
show a lack of experience. Jordan
is a respectable candidate, but
Moore has proven himself.
Mark Dent for the
editorial board
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if we lose the T, could
we lose park and Ride?
Every morning a bus waits out-
side of my apartment complex at
31st and Iowa. I am thankful for
the bus system because it saves
me from purchasing a parking
pass I would need to drive on
campus. If it werent for KU on
Wheels, a majority of students
would have difficulty getting to
and from classes every day. KU on
Wheels provides a much-needed
public service to students, as does
the Transit System to the city of
Lawrence. However, the future of
the Lawrence Transit System is in
danger.
The fate of the Lawrence Transit
System hinges on two propositions.
If a sales tax increase on the Nov.
4 ballot does not pass, the Transit
System will not exist.
Students might think that
because they may not use the T,
the propositions on the ballot may
not affect them. But KU on Wheels
will be affected by the outcome of
the vote, too.
Park and Ride receives some
of its funding from federal dollars
provided to the city of Lawrence.
If the city has no bus system, it
would receive no federal funding,
and Park and Ride would lose its
federal dollars as well.
The T saves people from losing
more money at the gas pump and
decreases the amount of carbon
waste produced by vehicles. The
Transit System provides an average
of 1,600 rides each day, according
to the Lawrence Transit Web site,
and in 2006, ridership increased by
8.6 percent.
People who rely most on the T
are those with disabilities that do
not allow them to operate a vehicle.
Others may need to rely on the sys-
tem based on age or financial hard-
ship. People who may not be able
to afford a car use the T as their
only mode of transportation.
Likewise, those seeking employ-
ment can use the T to search for a
job. Without the T, those with dis-
abilities or financial hardships will
face even greater challenges.
Also, students can ride both KU
buses and T buses for free. T buses
operate from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. dur-
ing the week and also on the week-
ends. Students without vehicles at
the University may rely on both
KU buses and the T buses for
transportation around Lawrence.
Without the T, students must find
another form of transportation on
the weekends and after 6 p.m. dur-
ing the week.
The T is a public service like the
fire and police departments. No
one would question raising taxes to
protect our streets, so why not be
just as willing to provide the public
service of transportation?
I am lucky to be provided trans-
portation to and from campus each
day, as I am sure many of you are,
too. Remember other people in
the Lawrence community who may
also rely on public transportation
when you go to the polls Nov. 4.
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"All human knowledge is tainted
with an ideological taint. It pre-
tends to be more true than it is. It is
finite knowledge, gained from a par-
ticular perspective; but it pretends to
be final and ultimate knowledge.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Its a demoralizing time to be
a Republican. The nomination of
Sarah Palin has split the partys
ideological wing from its moder-
ate pragmatists. Adherents of the
former comprise an ideological
school that came of age during the
Reagan administration. Elevated by
Reagans rise and vindicated by his
successes, they brought the concen-
trated support of their movement
behind George W. Bush, and their
efforts brought him to power.
Today, they resist the discon-
certing implications of Bushs fail-
ures. Their reaction to the manifest
failures of their ideology during
the Bush years has been to demand
ever stricter conformity with con-
servative doctrine.
The nomination of Palin is their
coup, and their aim is to ensure the
preeminence within GOP ranks of
their ideology, an increasingly rigid
canon, which fails to distinguish
the present from 1981 and Barack
Obamas policies from unfettered
socialism.
This tendency of conservative
elites to ideological purity is trou-
bling not only because it portends
political oblivion for the GOP in
the short-term, but also because it
runs counter to the political flex-
ibility and governing pragmatism
that philosopher Edmund Burke
hailed as essential components of
stable governments.
Indeed, history carries stern les-
sons about political systems riven
by such ideological hackery. It was
similar ideological devotion that
animated irreligious European
intellectuals throughout the 19th
and 20th centuries, and the history
books are replete with chronicles of
warring movements and national-
isms, failed governments and other
murderous consequences of that
period.
Customarily in America, it is
left to liberals, leftists and godless
intellectuals to make functional
religions of their political ideolo-
gies, but now, conservatives too
exhibit such tendencies.
The free market is their gospel,
and Reagan is their messiah, and
anything less is socialism.
Observe Fox News commentator
Sean Hannity systematically divid-
ing each of his callers and televi-
sion guests into monolithic blocks
of conservative true believers and
unconverted liberals. Visit the Web
site of the Heritage Foundation, a
renowned conservative think tank,
where a large banner asks with
apparent seriousness, "What would
Reagan do?"
Religion is by nature a dog-
matic, uncompromising pursuit.
Politics ought to be a pragmatic,
flexible one. This important dis-
tinction goes back to Alexis de
Tocqueville.
To de Tocqueville, the impor-
tance of religion in American
life is that it acts as a check on
the seductive ideologies to which
human nature is naturally drawn.
It trumps politics, relegating it to
lesser realms where moderation
and compromise are apt to pre-
vail. By contrast, when the impas-
sioned, uncompromising character
of religious disputes is applied to
politics, the result is factionalism,
division, conflict and the obstruc-
tion of good governance.
When conservative political
elites elevate ideology to the place
of religion, it should raise red flags
for moral reasons, if not strategic
ones.
If far too few red flags are being
raised, perhaps a well-deserved
electoral landslide defeat early next
week will do the trick.
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By JacoB MuselMann
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Kristen Freese has political flair,
but when she sees others wearing
the same black and white piece
of fabric, she isnt annoyed. She
made it.
Freese, Glasgow, Mo., graduate
student, is the creator of Obandas,
bandanas promoting Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. Barack
Obama.
Buttons and stickers kind of
come and go, she said. This way,
you can be showing your support
without being outlandish.
Freese, whose bandanas display
the words Vote for change, said
she began selling the bandanas in
May 2008, before Obama was offi-
cially nominated and had adopted
the slogan. She got the idea from
similar anti-Bush bandanas she saw
at a festival. She said it was primari-
ly a business endeavor, but wouldnt
have happened without the interest
she had in the elections.
Times are different now. We are
getting further away from our evil
past of separation and of segrega-
tion, she said. Ive gotta do this.
Although she had donated to
the campaign in the past, she said
her fund-raising efforts were meant
to cover the overhead costs of the
project and to pay for graduate
school.
I love my Obanda, said Whit
Bones, Tulsa, Okla., senior. Bones
uses his to cover his face from saw-
dust and other debris during his
sculpting classes.
This is the first time in my
voting life that I could actually get
behind a candidate. He has really
united a generation, he said.
Keith Campbell, deputy coun-
ty clerk in charge of elections in
Lawrence, said the office broke a
new record this week for daily in-
person ballots received, and had
already surpassed the number of
early ballots submitted in 2004. He
said many of the voters were stu-
dents, sometimes coming in big
groups or with their athletic teams.
Capital gains dont reso-
nate with college-aged kids, said
Jonathan Earle, assistant director
at the Dole Institute of Politics.
There has always been something
about Obama striking a chord with
younger people. He represents
change. Students can make their
own campaign.
Freese has sold about 350 ban-
danas so far, some of which were
given away for promotion. She
admitted the general undertaking
had not been easy.
I second-guessed myself at
first, she said, referencing start-up
costs and the initial ridicule she
had received from some. Finding
time for the business in the midst
of school and work was also a big
investment for a small-time gig,
she said. Shes spent sleepless nights
talking with tech support for her
Web site, www.obandas.com.
Tony Brown, Kansas City, Mo.,
graduate, said he saw Freese sport-
ing a bandana while riding her bike
and decided to buy one four months
ago. He wears his on his backpack.
Freese sold the bandanas at
Wakarusa Music and Camping
Festival, summer kickball games
and even the Voodoo Music Festival
in New Orleans. Some of the festi-
vals performers, including Erykah
Badu, unexpectedly wore the ban-
danas during their performances.
The bandana funds paid for that
trip.
It was the most exhilarating
experience. I will never forget it,
she said.
Still, with Election Day less than
one week away, Freese is trying to
get her product out the door. Until
then, she said she would make the
most of her time, a task that she
described as very scary.
Its been a small success the
experience already has been, the
financial parts well see about.
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Kristen Freese, Glasgow, Mo., graduate; Joey Brown, Overland Park senior; and Whit Bones, Tulsa Okla., senior, makeObandas,pro-Obama bandanas that promote the importance for
voting in the 2008 presidential election. Freese said that she started the bandanas as a tool to get people excited about making a change. She has made more than 700 bandanas and said that she had
sold about half of themthroughWild Man Antique, Creation Station and through her Web site. She said that it is a way to keep the market local and to support local shops.
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BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
Each year come NCAA tournament
time, coach Bonnie Henrickson and her
assistants gather around a TV, brackets in
hand, and watch as teams are slotted into
the 64-team field.
At the end of last season, though, she
mixed it up. With the Jayhawks fresh off an
11th-place finish in the Big 12 Conference,
Henrickson insisted her players join in
watching the tournament selection show.
One, we really werent sure they under-
stood how the whole thing worked anyway,
so it was probably an education session as
much as anything, Henrickson said. But
also, they looked at teams that we beat or
lost to in one-possession games getting in.
In conference play, the Jayhawks lost
six of their 12 games by single-digit mar-
gins and three games by six points or
less. While those numbers may not scream
close, heartbreaking losses, Kansas often
was a possession or basket away from pull-
ing out a victory.
And that was Henricksons clear and
simple message behind watching the NCAA
tournament selection show for the WNIT-
bound Jayhawks: Were close.
Now, I know youre saying, Well, what
do you mean close, you finished 11th?,
Henrickson said. We were that close. Youre
talking about consistency from media time
out to media time out, from half to half and
game to game.
And then, having the discipline and
toughness to finish a game and getting a
stop or finding a way to score.
More than any improvements needed in
quantitative fields, the Jayhawks must first
learn to finish games. And its something
each player listed as an area in need of
improvement at Kansas media day.
Part of the problem, sophomore
Nicollette Smith said, dealt with Kansas
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
While many of Kansas players and
fans for that matter might still be trying
to catch their breath after the Jayhawks
exhilarating victory on Wednesday night,
Rivalry Week continues for Kansas.
Kansas travels west to Manhattan
Saturday to face an in-state rival Kansas
State at 7 p.m. While Coach Ray Bechard
was understandably looking at the posi-
tives of Wednesdays five-set victory against
Missouri, there were definitely some nega-
tives.
Were going to look at some things in
sets two and three that kept us from closing
the match out earlier, Bechard said. Well
get ready to go.
Bechard specifically pointed out the hit-
ting errors. In set three Kansas had 13
errors compared to 11 kills. If that sounds
ugly enough, the percentage equates to
-.053. There are no teams that can win a set
with that type of play, so Kansas will have
to look to avoiding those sets against a far
superior K-State. K-State has risen to No.
16 in the national polls and still sits in third
place in the Big 12.
However, Oklahoma shocked No. 3
Texas at home Wednesday night, which
dented the Longhorns lead of second place
over the Wildcats to one match. With that
extra incentive for K-State, Kansas will have
to play a cleaner match Saturday night.
There was definitely a different sense of
urgency, sophomore outside hitter Jenna
Kaiser said of sets two and three. We came
out in the first set intense and then some-
how it kind of got lost in between.
But what was noticeably better about
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Reesing,
Freeman
stellar on,
of the feld
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his weekends Sunflower
Showdown will feature two of
the most extraordinary quar-
terbacks to ever suit up for the Jayhawks
and the Wildcats. In the Jayhawks cor-
ner, you have Todd Reesing, and for the
Wildcats, you have Josh Freeman.
Reesing, the little guy listed at
5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, has his
Orange Bowl ring and is in the process
of rewriting Kansas passing records.
Freeman, listed at 6-foot-6 and 250
pounds, may be the best NFL quarter-
back prospect at Kansas State since AFC
champion and longtime Patriots veteran
Steve Grogan played at K-State more
than three decades ago.
On the field, these guys look a lot
different running their respective teams
offenses. Reesings play is best described
by Spencer Hall of the popular col-
lege football blog Every Day Should
Be Saturday. After the Orange Bowl,
Hall said that Reesing looked like the
worlds most badass high school QB
playing at the college level.
Freeman, who has the size of an NFL
defensive end, is a dual threat to oppos-
ing teams and can run the ball at will.
At the moment, Freeman has 13 rush-
ing touchdowns to go along with 15
bombs through the air.
But off the field, these guys are
something else, too. Reesing, a double
major in economics and finance, is a
straight A student likely headed to grad-
uate school when hes done being the
Jayhawks gunslinger. Without a helmet
and shoulder pads, you might not even
be able to tell that Reesing is the start-
ing quarterback for Kansas. Earlier this
year, Lawrence Journal-World reporter
Robert Riley didnt even recognize
Reesing when working on an On the
Street feature.
Standing over half a foot taller than
Reesing, theres no mistaking Freeman.
But what you may not know is that
Freeman can tell a good story. When
Freemans not in class or studying
game film of Peyton Manning or Tom
Brady, he moonlights as a columnist
for Sporting News Today. In his col-
umns hes written about everything
from spending his fall break talking to
the media after a tough loss to his pet
python Corby. In one column, he talks
about feeding Corby rabbits and how
his roommates dont like him keeping
the snake in their living room.
Tomorrows game marks the 106th
meeting between Kansas and Kansas
State. In the past, the Jayhawks have
seen the likes of quarterbacks Bobby
Douglass, John Hadl and Nolan
Cromwell. The Wildcats have had
Grogan, Lynn Dickey and Michael
Bishop at the helm of its offense. Taking
a look back into the history books, its
been a long time since both teams have
had quarterbacks as good as they do
now at the same time.
In 1968, Dickey and Douglass
squared off in Manhattan. The Jayhawks
won 38-29. Douglass went on to earn
All-American honors and lead his team
to the Orange Bowl. Dickey went on
to set Kansas State passing records and
was named the all-time greatest quar-
terback in the Big Eight conference by
the Associated Press.
Forty years later, the game of football
has changed quite a bit. The spread
offense has turned the gridiron into
what now seems more like the game of
basketball with cleats. This new style of
football has allowed Freeman to set the
all-time Kansas State records for pass-
ing yards and touchdowns. Reesing has
already broken the Kansas record for
touchdowns and could break the record
for yards if he gets 244 yards this week-
end. With that, this years Sunflower
Showdown will be all about Freeman
and Reesing.
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members of the volleyball teamcelebrate after a point during the fourth match, which Kansas won, sending
the game to a ffth and fnal match. The teamplays in-state rival, No. 16 Kansas State, Saturday.
volleyball notes
Keys to tHe Game
dont get too confdent: While
Wednesday nights victory was excit-
ing and a potential season saver,
Kansas cant let that get to its head.
Kansas State is a far more talented
team that is ranked nationally for
a reason. The Jayhawks must stay
grounded even though after Missouri
they could be a few feet up in the air.
But still believe: Theres a diference
in confdence and overconfdence.
Kansas played Kansas State to a fve
set match in Lawrence earlier in
October. The Jayhawks still need to
have the confdence that they can
compete. Especially after Oklahoma
shocked Texas in Austin and Colo-
rado stunned Nebraska in Boulder
on Wednesday. Those two matches
prove anyone can beat anyone in the
Big 12.
Players to watcH
Kansas: Jenna Kaiser
The sophomore outside hitter dis-
played a clutch performance against
Missouri and complimented fellow
sophomore outside hitter Karina
Garlington. But Kaiser has always
followed a great match with a less
than stellar one. If Kaiser can buck
the trend, Kansas could create a little
magic in Manhattan.
Kansas state: Natalya Korobkova
The junior outside hitter from Russia
torched the Jayhawks for a season
high 20 kills. Potential All-American
Rita Liliom and her impressive 4.12
kills per set can be credited to Ko-
robkovas production and easing the
pressure on Liliom. If Korobkova gets
20 kills in Manhattan, Kansas could be
in for a world of problems.
Jayhawks beat Tigers, head for the Wildcats
VolleyBall
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Kansas coach Bonnie henrickson makes her way to center court after Kansass 82-62 loss to Oklahoma State
last season. Henrickson wants her teamto knowthat close losses last year likely kept the Jayhawks out of the NCAA
tournament.
Jayhawks look to avoid close losses this season
womens BasKetBall
BY B.J. rAINS
rains@kansan.com
A clock in the Kansas State training facil-
ity normally counts down the hours until
the Wildcats next game. But during the
summer, instead of counting down to the
teams season opener against North Texas,
the clock was set to count down to Saturdays
Sunflower Showdown with Kansas.
Well, Im glad they know when theyre
playing us, running back Jake Sharp said
when told of the clock.
Saturdays 11:40 matchup is a must-win
game for the Jayhawks. With tough games
remaining at Nebraska and against Missouri
and No. 1 Texas, the K-State game appears
to be the most winnable game remaining
on the schedule. And still needing a victory
to become bowl eligible, players know they
cant lose a third straight game.
This game is huge, said linebacker Mike
Rivera. This is the biggest game for us this
year. Its a must-win. We have to dig deep
and give it everything we have and leave it
all out on the field.
While Kansas has praised Kansas State
and quarterback Josh Freeman, the Wildcats
have been busy guaranteeing touchdowns
and talking trash. Punt returner Deon
Murphy told reporters on Monday that he
was going to take one to the crib during
one of his punt or kick returns and later said
that the Kansas coaching staff will wish
rivals talk trash, set to clash
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Junior running back Jake sharp cuts his way through defenders during Saturdays game against Texas Tech. The Jayhawks andWildcats will renewtheir rivalry tomorrowat
Memorial Stadium.
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Hello, Darrell Stuckey. I want to
play a game.
On this least holy of holidays,
I want to find out if Kansas foot-
balls nicest player likes horror
movies.
I love the Saw series, he said.
All five of them were good.
Thats right, the Jayhawks start-
ing safety and all-humanitarian
was chomping at the bit for last
weeks release of Jigsaws revenge
part five. Thats a twist worthy of a
good M. Night Shyamalan movie,
a feat unaccomplished since he
became M. Night Shamillionaire.
Im not saying that nice guys
cant enjoy a good murder every
now and then, but at least give me
a reason.
Its not really a scary movie,
its more of a thriller, Stuckey
said. You dont leave there scared,
you leave there thinking, Oh my
goodness, I cant believe some-
body could think of that stuff.
I never realized that Jigsaw was
a thinking-mans killer. Wait, I
guess that title doesnt really work
for this titan of torture.
Hes not killing them, Stuckey
said. Thats pretty creative, how
he can think of ways to make
people kill themselves or sacrifice
themselves.
Apparently Jigsaw has many
layers, kind of like an onion or
an ogre.
The Saw franchise, a Halloween
tradition since 2004, started with a
clever little flick that was filmed in
18 days. The films popularity grew
tenfold with the murder of Danny
Glover, who finally got his come-
uppins for makin Gone Fishin.
As Stuckey points out, this
series doesnt fall in line with
the traditional cinema slashers,
because the bad guy isnt doing
the slashing. Hes just a creepy,
old pseudo vigilante with cancer.
Think Bruce Wayne in 50 years
with a sudden blood thirst.
Stuckey said he really enjoys
the irony of the situations that
Jigsaw puts his victims in. People
who tried to commit suicide now
fight for their lives or a hateful
father murders when saving a life
would end his nightmare.
Im not justifying what hes
doing, Im just saying that I can
watch a movie and understand
that rather than watch a movie
thats just killing people because
theyre insane and crazy, Stuckey
said. I have to have a reason to
kill.
Really, it makes sense. What
football player doesnt like vio-
lence?
My surprise was more that
Stuckey could find some high-
brow meaning in what I thought
was low-brow cinema. Sure I
enjoyed the first couple of Saw
movies, but my GPA proves that
Im not the sharpest knife in the
crayon box.
Obviously I wasnt searching
deep enough for Jigsaws purpose,
so Stuckey straightened me out
with a life lesson from Saw III.
He got mad at one of his suc-
cessors for killing people just to
kill people, Stuckey said. He said,
Thats not Jigsaw, thats not the
way we do it. We dont do it for
revenge, we do it for correction
and rehabilitation.
Rehab with chains, barbed wire
and the creepiest doll to ever ride a
tricycle. Happy Halloween.
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
Stuckey endorsed Saw V with
a rating of 7.8 out of 10. He said
it resembled Saw IV with a plot
that ties in all of its predecessors.
Saw V director David Hackl
is already signed on for Saw VI,
which will continue the succession
of Halloween releases next year.
Thats an amazing feat considering
Jigsaw SPOILER ALERT
died in Saw III.
Tupac [died] too, but he still
makes music, Stuckey said.
Stuckey has inadvertently
solved Americas greatest mystery.
Tupac is alive and hes continuing
Jigsaws work.
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I truly believe that Im the
best quarterback in the confer-
ence.
Josh Freeman, at Big 12 Media Day this
summer in Kansas City
Kansas State quarterback
Josh Freeman has 39 career
touchdown passes and 31
interceptions.
Q: What quarterback leads
the country with a completion
percentage of 81.8 percent?
A: Texas Colt McCoy. McCoy
has also thrown 21 touch-
downs.
KU starting safety discusses favorite thrillers
BY TAYLOR BERN
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For the 17th time in the last 18 years, Kansas is ranked in
the preseason USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Poll.
The defending national champions are ranked No. 23 in
the poll. Since the poll began in 1989, the Jayhawks have
been unranked only three times. Their average starting posi-
tion in the poll is seventh. Only two other Big 12 teams are
ranked in the preseason poll Texas at No. 8 and Okla-
homa at No. 14. Baylor, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State also
received votes.
North Carolina, which lost to Kansas in the Final Four
last season, was a unanimous choice for No. 1. The Tar Heels
return all their starters from last years team, as opposed to
the Jayhawks who return none. Connecticut, Louisville, UCLA
and Duke round out the top fve.
USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll
1. North Carolina
2. Connecticut
3. Louisville
4. UCLA
5. Duke
6. Pittsburgh
7. Michigan State
8. Texas
9. Notre Dame
10. Purdue
11. Gonzaga
12. Memphis
13. Tennessee
14. Oklahoma
15. Arizona State
16. Miami
17. Marquette
18. Georgetown
19. Florida
20. Davidson
21. (tie) USC
21. (tie) Wisconsin
23. Kansas
24. Wake Forest
25. Villanova
Case Keefer
Today
Soccer: Missouri, 6:30 p.m.
(Columbia, Mo.)
Tennis: Florida State Invitation-
al, All Day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Saturday
Football: Kansas State, 11:30
a.m. (Lawrence)
Swimming: Missouri, 2 p.m.
(Columbia, Mo.)
Volleyball: Kansas State, 7 p.m.
(Manhattan)
Cross Country: Big 12 Champi-
onships (Ames, Iowa)
al, All Day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Sunday
Womens Basketball: Fort Hays
State, 2 p.m. (Lawrence)
Rowing: Frostbite Regatta, all
day (Wichita)
al, all day (Tallahassee, Fla.)
cRimE
Six charged with hazing
at a football camp
LAS VEGAS, N.M. Six
youths were charged with
conspiracy and other crimes
stemming from a hazing case
at a high school football camp
in which young players were
allegedly sodomized with
broomsticks.
District Attorney Henry Val-
dez announced the Childrens
Court charges Wednesday and
said he would decide within
10 days whether to seek adult
sanctions against the youths.
The charges stem from
allegations of sexual assault
on younger players by older
players at the Robertson High
School camp Aug. 11-14.
A state police report said
younger players were told to
take it like a man and that
their attackers ignored their
pleas to stop.
One football player was
expelled and fve others were
suspended from school for the
rest of the year. Those six were
never publicly identifed and
it was not clear if they were
the same six youths charged
Wednesday.
Associated Press
sOccER
AC Milan looks to sign
David Beckham in loan
MILAN, Italy AC Milan is
close to signing David Beck-
ham in a loan deal that would
allow the Los Angeles Galaxy
midfelder and former England
captain to play in Italy for a few
months starting in January.
With the Major League
Soccer season nearly over,
Beckham is eager to join
another club in Europe so he
can remain in shape and keep
his place on Englands team for
World Cup qualifying. England
coach Fabio Capello has said
he will not pick players who are
not active.
Associated Press
PGA
Price, Eger tied on top
at Charles Schwab Cup
SONOMA, Calif. Nick Price
made a 25-foot putt on the
18th hole to pull even with Da-
vid Eger at 6-under 66 atop the
leaderboard Thursday in the
opening round of the Charles
Schwab Cup Championship.
Battling intermittent rains
that are expected to get
a whole lot worse on the
weekend, Price and Eger took
a one-stroke lead over Mike
Goodes in the Champions
Tours season-ending event.
Tom Kite, who played a bogey-
free round along with Price,
and Andy Bean are two shots
back in the $2.5 million tourna-
ment, which also decides the
tours season-long Schwab Cup
points competition.
Given the forecast, I guess
this was the round to get your
good score in, said Eger, who
sneaked into the feld of the
tours top 29 players after an
inconsistent season
Price also is out of conten-
tion for the Schwab Cup and its
$1 million annuity after playing
just a part-time Champions
Tour schedule.
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ST. LOUIS Its no coinci-
dence the St. Louis Rams will
add Dick Vermeil to their stadi-
um Ring of Honor on the day the
quarterback who helped Vermeil
win the franchises lone Super
Bowl also is in town.
Vermeil coached the Rams
23-16 victory over the Tennessee
Titans after the 1999 season,
clinched by Kurt Warners touch-
down pass to Isaac Bruce. The
coach will be honored at half-
time of St. Louis game against
the Cardinals, whose offense is
led by Warner.
Vermeil picked the Cardinals
game to be honored because he
wanted Warner, who won two
NFL MVPs with the Rams, to
be there. That means a lot to
Warner.
One of the greatest years of
my life was that year with Coach
Vermeil, and winning the Super
Bowl, Warner said. I just cant
say enough about him.
Rams to honor
former coach
Vermeil Sunday
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BY ADAM SAMSON
asamson@kansan.com
The Jayhawks will take their 2-1
dual meet record to Missouri this
weekend for the Border Showdown
at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
Last years meeting between
Missouri and Kansas ended with
several records broken. In the
end, Missouri was too much to
handle for the Jayhawks and won
162-138.
The intensity of the rivalry
will certainly be present Saturday
afternoon. Missouri sits at 0-1 in
dual meets, with its only opponent
being Texas A&M last weekend in
Lawrence. Missouri lost to A&M,
135-104.
What makes the dual with
Missouri even more exciting is the
fact that Missouri and Kansas tied
for third place last weekend at the
Big 12 Relays behind Texas and
Texas A&M.
One intriguing matchup for
the weekend will be on the div-
ing board. Missouri senior Kendra
Melnychuk, who finished second in
the 3-meter and third in the 1-meter
board at the Big 12 Championships
will face a deep and talented Kansas
team. Senior Hannah McMacken,
junior Meghan Proehl and sopho-
more Erin Mertz all placed in the
top eight in at least one event at the
Big 12 Championships. Missouri
freshman Jordan Morcom is also
one to watch in diving, as she was
named Big 12 Womens Diver of
the Month. The meet will take
place at 2 p.m. Nov. 1.
After Missouri, KU womens
swimming and diving will return
to Lawrence for a duel in the pool
against Drury University at 6 p.m.
on Nov. 7.

Swimming and diving
Kansas to travel to Missouri for meet
The Jayhawks will head to Mizzou for a Border Showdown this weekend
BY TRAVIS REED
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI The Florida Marlins
traded power-hitting first base-
man Mike Jacobs on Thursday to
the Kansas City Royals for relief
pitcher Leo Nunez.
The Marlins were shopping
Jacobs because he was due a big
raise in arbitration, and they have
plenty of options at first base. In
exchange, they got a right-hander
who throws in the mid-90s.
We are trading from an area
of depth to an area we wanted
to create more depth in, said
Larry Beinfest, Marlins president
of baseball operations.
Nunez, a native of the
Dominican Republic, was 4-1 last
year with a 2.98 ERA in 45 relief
appearances. He has a 9-7 life-
time record in the majors.
This move was the first of
several expected out of Florida,
which has 17 players eligible for
arbitration this winter.
BY LARRY ODELL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUSSEX, Va. Former NFL
quarterback Michael Vick wont
be allowed to plead guilty to dog-
fighting charges by videoconfer-
ence, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Vicks lawyers had request-
ed that he be allowed to enter
the plea from federal prison in
Leavenworth, Kan., where he is
serving a two-year term since
admitting he bankrolled a dog-
fighting operation and helped
execute dogs.
But citing high public interest
in the case, Surry County Circuit
Judge Samuel Campbell said it
would be better for Vick to appear
in person.
I know from my conversations
with Mike and, more importantly,
his family that hes looking for-
ward to getting this behind him,
said Lawrence Woodward, an
attorney for the former Virginia
Tech and Atlanta Falcons star.
Prosecutor Gerald Poindexter
preferred that Vicks plea wait
until his release from federal pris-
on. He objected to the video con-
ferencing motion on grounds that
it has never been used in Virginia
and he didnt want the county to
set a precedent.
Vick, 28, is set to enter his plea
on Nov. 25. Under the terms of
his plea deal, he would receive
only a suspended sentence and
a year of probation. If he is able
to resolve the state dogfighting
and animal cruelty charges, he
would be eligible to transfer to
a halfway house for the final six
months of his term, according to
court papers.
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Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick testifes in court in 2007 regarding
charges against him. He is currently being held in federal prison in Leavenworth.
Vick must enter
plea in person
Crime
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arraignment through videoconference
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for Marlins infelder
Kansas City gives up reliever Nunez,
gets first baseman Jacobs in return
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sports 5b friday, OctOber 31, 2008
Cubs express anger at being arguably MLBs worst
commentary
By JIM LITKE
AP SPorTS CoLuMnIST
Someone apparently took a bat
to a pipe on his way out of the visit-
ing dugout at Dodger Stadium the
night of Oct.
4, occasioning
a minor flood.
Though it
happened just
minutes after
the home team
swept Chicago
in the National
League divi-
sion series, and
even though
the club gladly
picked up the
tab, theres no way it was one of
the Cubs.
In three games against the
Dodgers, they proved they couldnt
hit anything.
Theres more than one way to
measure futility, of course, but
few better times of the year to do
it. Once the World Series ends,
the complaining inevitably begins.
Fans in the pro sports town that
didnt win it start counting back-
ward to the last time they did.
If that isnt painful enough, they
throw in the football, basketball
and hockey teams. Add them alto-
gether and
at least your
town has won
s o me t h i ng :
the title of
Loserville.
For the
record, the
spot that
Phi l adelphi a
happily vacat-
ed Wednesday
night end-
ing a combined 100 seasons with-
out a title by any of its four teams
was filled by San Francisco. The
last time the Giants won a World
Series was 1954, when the fran-
chise still called New York home.
And talk about dimming memo-
ries: At the rate the current 49ers
are disintegrating, it could be
decades before their fans see any-
thing like the dynasty that claimed
its last Lombardi Trophy in 1994.
Factor in the NBA Warriors and
NHL Sharks and its still only 54
seasons total.
So lets remember: While
Chicago ranks only 10th among
the 13 towns that have teams in
all four pro sports, nobodys got
nothin on Cub fans. The start of
next season will mark 101 years
that followers of the real lifes Bad
News Bears have been wandering
in the wilderness of blown chanc-
es and lost opportunities.
Since the calendar of the new
century turned over, the Red Sox
and even the hated cross-town
White Sox ended World Series
droughts of 86 and 88 years,
respectively, and two other fran-
chises, the Diamondbacks and
Angels, won their first. The late-
arriving Marlins won their sec-
ond. Who could blame Cub fans
for believing this would be the
year their unofficial motto
Wait til next year! was going
to be retired?
Chicago had the NLs best
record and home-field advantage
throughout the playoffs, not to
mention a calm, proven leader in
manager Lou Piniella, the deep-
est starting rotation in either
league and a
lineup with an
i nternat i onal
flavor that was
expensive mea-
sured in any
currency. What
made the fail-
ure tougher to
take wasnt just
the hype that
accompani ed
an even century
without winning it all. It was los-
ing with the best team in baseball,
during the regular season, anyway,
when the postseason rewards the
hottest.
Thats how Philadelphia beat
Milwaukee, Los Angeles and final-
ly Tampa Bay. Their bats came to
life while the Rays were still stir-
ring especially run-producers
Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena
plus a few of the hunches that
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel
played were sharp enough to win
the World Series of Poker, let
alone baseball.
The post-
mortems fill-
ing the mes-
sage boards on
Cubs-related
Web sites are
still grousing
about top-
ics that were
debated for
most of the
season: wheth-
er $14 mil-
lion-dollar man Alfonso Soriano
should have batted in the lead-
off spot and $7 million Japanese
import Kosuke Fukudome
especially since both were never
colder than when heading into the
postseason.
While the threats to boycott
opening day come next season
arent new, either, Cub fans may
be madder than usual. More than
a few of them have been hold-
ing a grudge against the ballclub
longer than the Rays have been in
existence, and they havent even
sniffed the World Series since
1945.
What the two clubs have in com-
mon is Piniella, who cleared out of
Tampa before the Rays turned
things around. He was intense as
a ballplayer, but Piniella has mel-
lowed as a manager, a trait some
disgruntled Cub fans blame for
the clubs sluggish performance in
the playoffs. They might be right,
too. Once the Dodgers got on top
in Game 1, all the fight seemed to
leak out of the Cubs.
What Piniella needs to make
clear when pitchers and catch-
ers report to spring training next
season is something the guy who
busted up the plumbing on his
way out has yet to learn: That the
best time to take extra batting
practice is before the game not
after.
The start of next season will
mark 101 years that followers
of the real-lifes Bad News Bears
have been wandering in the
wilderness of blown chances
and lost opportunities.
Who could blame Cubs fans for
believing this would be the year
their unofcial motto Wait
til next year! was going to
be retired?
ability to jump out to a quick start.
Sure, its a good thing, but Smith
said the Jayhawks often became
lackadaisical and lost their com-
petitive edge.
We always started good but we
always had problems finishing in
the second half, Smith said. And
everybody knew that the fans,
not just us. Everyone could tell. We
definitely need to work on that.
But unlike rebounding or free
throws, there really isnt any drill
or quick fix to help players adjust
to staying sharp for the length of
the game.
Repetition and the desire to do
so are the only cures. And after
watching teams that did finish
games make the NCAA tourna-
ment, the Jayhawks are eager to do
the same.
You just have to do it, Sade
Morris, junior, said. Theres not
anything that can make us do it.
We just have to buckle down and
finish a game.
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Two weeks after a disappointing
showing at Pre-Nationals, the
Kansas Cross Country team
heads to Ames, Iowa, this
weekend to compete in the Big 12
Championships. The race will take
place at Iowa States cross country
course, where the first Big 12 cross
country meet took place in 1996.
This race is a lot smaller than
Pre-Nationals with only 12 teams,
but it still carries the same amount
of importance to the team.
The Big 12s is one of the most
competitive races weve been in all
year, sophomore Amanda Miller
said.
This weekend the team will
be taking nine runners on both
the mens and womens teams to
compete, including senior Megan
James, juniors Lauren Bonds and
Kellie Schneider and freshman
Lindsay Schaefer for the women.
Senior Brock Ternes, sophomore
Nick Caprario and freshmen Sam
Bird and Kaleb Humphreys will
represent the men.
The team has been working on
improving its consistency.
We want to do our best as a
team and be satisfied as a team,
freshman Donny Wasinger said.
Every race, theres been a couple
guys whove had really good races
while the rest have not-so-good
days. We want to show that we are
a team with good talent.
The team will have some tough
competition on its hands with
some of the teams among the top
cross country teams in the nation.
But Kansas is going in this
weekend to prove that it wasnt
the team it was last year at the
conference meet. The men finished
seventh and the women finished
11th last year in Lubbock, Texas.
And the team is confident in its
abilities to place higher.
This reminds us of what we
been preparing for all season,
freshman Rebeka Stowe said. Its
the real thing. For us freshman, its
stepping up and getting points and
to do as well as we can.
A factor that hurt the Jayhawks
at Pre-Nationals was the absence
of freshman Laura Nightengale.
Nightengale was dealing with
a stress reaction in her leg this
season. Nightengale said she had
been letting it heal for the past two
weeks and expected to be able to
race on Saturday.
Junior Isaiah Shirlen said that
the Big 12 Championships was a
good opportunity to show the rest
of the conference how far theyve
come.
In my mind its not about
redemption. We need to show and
definitely prove ourselves to the
rest of the conference.
Shirlen, who previously ran for
UNC-Charlotte in the Atlantic
10 Conference, said he wasnt
intimidated in competing at the
Big 12 meet.
Theyve got guys like me that
are more fit. The Big 12 is loaded
with superstar talent and is a lot
more competitive than the Atlantic
10, Shirlen said.
The womens team is looking
to place in the top half of the
standings.
The difference between sixth
and seventh could be one point or
passing one person, sophomore
Alison Knoll said.
Having raced at Big 12s for the
first time last year, Knoll said that
the Big 12s was the one race to
show your team loyalty.
It really doesnt matter about
individual performance; its about
helping the team. Passing every girl
to help your team do well, she said.
Its the one race where you give
everything you got.
Both races will be held at the
Iowa State cross country course.
The women will race in a 6K at 10
a.m., followed by the mens 8K at
11 a.m.
Kansas ready to prove itself
at Big 12 Championships
cross country
notes
On the mens side, 5 of the
12 teams are ranked in
the USTFCCCA Top 30 poll.
Those teams are Oklahoma
State, Colorado, Texas A&M,
Iowa State and Texas.
On the womens side, 3
teams Texas Tech, Baylor
and Nebraska are ranked
in the USTFCCCA Top 30
poll.
Colorado has dominated
the meets since the Big 12
started in 1996. The men
have won every year, while
the women have won 11 out
of 12 years.
Kansas performance was the com-
munication. Throughout the sea-
son there has been plenty of missed
assi gnments
and wrong
passes when
the Jayhawks
lack proper
communi ca-
tion. Against
the Tigers,
it was clear
the Jayhawks
needed to keep
each other in
sync more than
ever.
We have to communicate
every single point, Kaiser said.
The hard work is paying off.
While all Kansas fans might
believe that Missouri is the big-
ger rival, the players said K-State
is bigger for them. Many of the
Jayhawks play
with some of
the Wildcats
on club
teams.
Were all
close with
them all,
Kaiser said.
And a vic-
tory against
K-State would
be far more
valuable than
the Missouri match. It would be
the first ranked opponent the
Jayhawks have beaten all season
and would give them an extra
boost for a spot in the NCAA
Tournament.
With the Missouri victory,
Kansas should have much more
confidence heading into another
road match that gave the Jayhawks
trouble all year. Sometimes one
match can turn a down season
into a successful one, and while
Bechard would not say that
Wednesday night was one of those
turning points, he could not help
but wish for it.
Hopefully yeah, Bechard said.
Now we got an opportunity to
play the other school that a lot of
KU fans dont necessarily care for.
So its a good week if you can man-
age both of those.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
they recruited this whole team
the way were gonna play this
weekend.
Kansas has avoided any return
bulletin board material toward the
Wildcats, but have spent the week
discussing just how important
this game is.
The fact that its an in-state
rival, coach Mark Mangino said.
Theres added significance to it.
Our kids look forward to it. Its
a big game in that sense; we cant
deny that.
Kansas State comes in with
one of the worse run defenses in
the nation. It ranks 105th out of
119 Division I teams in stopping
the run, meaning Sharp and the
running game should have a big
day on Saturday. The Wildcats,
however, do have one of the best
offenses in the nation. They rank
No. 13 in the nation with a scoring
average of more than 38 points
per game.
The Jayhawks have won two
straight games in the series,
meaning a victory on Saturday
would give them a rare three-game
winning streak in the Sunflower
Showdown.
As a senior, Id love to beat
them three times in a row,
linebacker Joe Mortensen said.
Thats something I want to go out
with. We want to win this game
and get bowl eligible.
While Mangino doesnt usually
put added significance on any one
game on the schedule, he knows
that with bowl implications and a
possible Big 12 North title on the
line, this game means everything.
Its state pride, Mangino said.
Its bragging rights. Its a big
game.
And Kansas doesnt need a
clock to know it.
womens basketball (continued from 1B)
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volleyball (continued from 6B)
now we got an opportunity to
play the other school that a lot
of Ku fans dont necessarily care
for.
RAy BeChARd
Kansas volleyball coach
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Jayhawks to end season against rival
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Kansas (11-6-1, 4-4-1) Missouri (12-5-0, 6-3-0)
By the numbers
38 goals scored
2.11 goals per game
1.22 goals per game
in conference play
67 shots by junior
midfelder Monica Do-
linsky, third in the Big 12
35 shots freshman
forward Emily Cressy,
second on the team to
Dolinsky
By the numbers...
36 Goals scored
2.12 Goals per game
2 Goals per game in
conference play
65 shots by junior for-
ward Kristin Andrighetto
40 shots by sopho-
more forward Alysha
Bonnick
Andrighetto
Katie Williams, sophomore
defender
Kansas can thank Williams for last
years 2-1 victory against Missouri
on the fnal day of the season.
Williams scored her frst two career
goals against the Tigers from
corner kicks last season. Her aerial
ability could once again be the dif-
ference between victory and defeat.
BaseBall
Wild pitch earns minor
leaguer assault charges
DAYTON, Ohio A minor league
pitcher accused of throwing a
ball that hit a fan in the forehead
was indicted Wednesday on two
counts of felonious assault.
Julio Castillo, 21, who was
pitching for the Peoria Chiefs,
is accused of throwing into the
stands during a July 24 game at
Dayton that featured a 10-minute,
benches-clearing brawl. The fan
was treated for a concussion at a
hospital and released.
mls
Chicago Fire hold of
Revolution, come to draw
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Brian
McBrides header into the net was
negated by an ofside call in the
76th minute and the Chicago Fire
escaped with a 0-0 draw against
the New England Revolution on
Thursday night in the opener of
the Major League Soccer playofs.
Chicago, which had never
earned a point in six previous
playof trips to New England,
returns home for the fnale of
the two-game, total goal Eastern
Conference semifnal series.
McBride had the Fires best
chance of averting the tie, when
he bounced a cross from Justin
Mapp past Revolution goalkeeper
Matt Reis. The linesman promptly
raised his fag for ofsides.
New Englands best chance to
score came a few minutes from
the end when Sainey Nyassi
brought the ball in from the
right side and had it taken away
just a few yards from the net. A
rebound was also blocked, and
cleared by Mapp.
New England also had a good
chance when Fire midfelder
Logan Pause pulled down Jef
Larentowicz a half-step outside
the penalty box in the 59th min-
ute, but the free kick was straight
at goalkeeper Jon Busch. The
Fire, which swept the Revolution
in the season series, outscor-
ing them 9-1 in three victories,
took just three shots in the frst
half before opening it up in the
second.
Its the fourth straight year the
Revolution and Fire have met in
the playofs, and the sixth time in
the last seven seasons. New Eng-
land has won four of the last six
playof meetings, winning each of
the last three years on its way to
the MLS Cup fnal before losing in
the title game each time.
Associated Press
Key victories
3-2 at No. 18 Central
Florida, Sept. 19
1-0 against No. 6
Texas A&M, Oct. 17
Key losses
2-1 at No. 15 Florida,
Sept. 21
1-0 against No. 10
Texas, Oct. 24
shannon Mccabe, junior
forward
McCabe has six goals and fve
assists this season, more than
doubling her previous career
highs. Pushing up from her
left forward spot, McCabe
is just as likely to rip a shot
or bend a cross. Her passing
ability also comes in handy on corner kicks.
Meghan Pfeifer, junior midfelder
Pfeifer, who has started all 17 games
for Missouri, has been a consistent
player for the Tigers. And her two
goals and three assists help pace the
ofensive attack.
Key victories
1-0 against Colo-
rado, Oct. 3
3-0 at Texas A&M,
Oct. 19
Key losses
2-1 against Illinois,
Aug. 23
3-0 at California,
Sept. 6
Alysha Bonnick,
sophomore forward
True, Bonnick has
experienced a slight
statistical drop of from
last season when she
scored 11 goals and was
named Big 12 Rookie of
the Year. But shes still
been productive and is
tied for the team lead in goals with 7.
Kristin Andrighetto,
junior forward
Paired with Bonnick at
the forward position,
Andrighetto leads the
Tigers in shots and
shots on goal. And shes
made sure to fnish
those chances: shes
scored seven goals this season.
Jayson Jenks Andrew Wiebe
Monica Dolinsky, junior
midfelder
As Dolinsky goes, so goes
the Kansas ofense. She is
fourth in the Big 12 with
22 points, racking up
eight goals and six assists
in 18 games. Dolinsky
hovers behind Kansas
three forwards and forces
opposing defenses to account for both the
long-range shot and splitting pass.
Dolinsky
McCabe
Williams
Pfeifer
Bonnick
UM WILL ROCK IF
Kansas fgures out its secondary and is able
to slow down the K-State ofense. The Wildcats
boast one of the top scoring ofenses in the na-
tion, and the KU defense has had two its worst
games in recent memory. If the KU defense
can turn it around, they should be able score
enough points to win.
GALE SAYERS WILL WEEP IF
Jake Sharp continues to see limited carries and
the Jayhawks are unable to run the ball. K-State
has one of the worst run defenses in the nation,
meaning Kansas needs to pound the ball on the
ground with Sharp. If they stay away from Sharp
as they have in recent game, Kansas could lose its
third game in a row.
PREDICTION:
Kansas 42, Kansas State 30
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OFFENSE
Questionable play calling the last few
weeks kept Jake Sharp from putting up
more impressive numbers. With Kansas
State ranked 105th out of 119 teams in
stopping the run, expect Sharp to get
plenty of carries Saturday. Sharp is averag-
ing more than 90 yards per game in Big 12
play and had consecutive 100-yard games
against Colorado and Oklahoma before a
limited workload kept him to 80 yards on the ground against
Texas Tech.
DEFENSE
Changes were made to the secondary
last week in an attempt to fx some glaring
problems in the pass defense. Chris Harris
was moved from corner to safety, and Jus-
tin Thornton was switched from safety to
corner. Freshman wide receiver Daymond
Patterson was also switched to corner-
back but none of the changes seemed
to work. Texas Tech scored 63 points and
was the second straight team to have more than 400 passing
yards against the Jayhawks,
SPECIAL TEAMS
Marcus Herford and Jocques Crawford
split time returning kicks Saturday against
Texas Tech. The Jayhawks still remain dead
last, 119th out of 119 teams, in yards per
kick return. Jacob Branstetter has made
nine of 11 feld goal attempts and punter
Alonzo Rojas has averaged 41 yards per
punt and had a 77-yard bomb against
Colorado.
COAChING
Coach Mark Mangino and ofensive coordinator Ed Warin-
ner have had some questionable play calling the past few
games. After pulling Jake Sharp in Oklahoma when they
trailed just 31-24 in the third quarter, the Jayhawks again
went away from Sharp against Texas Tech. They tried to fx
the secondary by making some personnel changes, but the
changes didnt work out like they had hoped.
MOMENTUM
After sufering the worst home loss in more than six
years, Kansas doesnt have much momentum coming
into the Sunfower Showdown against Kansas State. Its
a rivalry game, which helps the Jayhawks, as does
the Jayhawks need for another win to become
bowl eligible.
OFFENSE
Josh Freeman, Kansas States 6-foot-6,
250-pound signal-caller, will be an NFL
quarterback, but that hasnt exactly trans-
lated into Wildcat wins. In the preseason,
Freeman took ofense to reporters ques-
tions about the absence of Jordy Nelson.
He said his ofense was about more than
one player. While thats true, this ofense
sure doesnt look the same without the
do-everything wide receiver whos now suiting up for the
Green Bay Packers. Freeman is Kansas States best rusher and
he thrives on being able to bowl over linebackers. That wont
be easy against Kansas linebacking unit.
DEFENSE
Kansas States defense has a few re-
ally good players, like defensive end Ian
Campbell and linebacker Ulla Pomele, but
its terrible as a unit. The Wildcats sur-
render 441.6 total yards per game, which
is good for last in the Big 12 and 109th in
the country. Last week against Oklahoma,
Kansas State gave up 55 points in less than
30 minutes. Kansas States ofense often
puts its defense into difcult situations with turnovers at bad
times, but the defense must still fght out of that from time-
to-time.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Beamer ball is famous at Virginia Tech,
but coach Ron Princes special teams units
have been close to that level for a while.
Like the Hokies, the Wildcats are notori-
ous for coming up with key special teams
plays, like a fake punt or blocked feld goal.
Princes team has pulled of a few of those
tricks in the last year and a half, and it
makes opponents preparation much more
difcult. As far as traditional special teams, kick returners
Aubrey Quarles and Deon Murphy each average more than
20 yards per return.
COAChING
Following a legend like Bill Snyder isnt easy, but every
year coach Ron Prince picks up one marquee victory to
push his program forward. Last year he defeated No.
7 Texas in Austin, 41-21, and in 2006 he topped the
No. 4 Longhorns, 45-42. It was enough for the athletic
administration to give Prince an extension at the
beginning of this season. However, Princes plot
to bring in junior college players and not miss a
beat hasnt worked out too well.
MOMENTUM
Last weeks blowout loss was embarrass-
ing, but the heart-breaking defeat was the pre-
vious week in Boulder. Kansas State lost 14-13 at Colora-
do, and that one point could turn out to be the diference
between playing in a bowl game and watching them on
TV. The Wildcats lost three of their last four games, and last
year they were the No. 24 team heading into this matchup.
Theres not much mojo in Manhattan right now.
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Saturday
No. 1 Texas at No. 7 Texas Tech 7 p.m. ABC
No. 4 Oklahoma vs. Nebraska 7 p.m. ESPN
No. 9 Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 14 Missouri at Baylor 2 p.m. No TV
Colorado at Texas A&M 1 p.m. No TV
Game Time Channel
No. 2 Alabama vs. Arkansas State 2 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 5 USC vs. Washington 5:30 p.m. No TV
No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 8 Florida 2:30 p.m. CBS
No. 10 Utah at New Mexico 8:30 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 11 Boise State at New Mexico State 6 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 13 TCU at UNLV 7 p.m. No TV
No. 15 Florida State at Georgia Tech 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 17 Minnesota vs. Northwestern 11 a.m. ESPN2
No. 18 Tulsa at Arkansas 1 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 19 LSU vs. Tulane 7 p.m. ESPN360.com
No. 20 Brigham Young at Colorado State 5 p.m. The Mtn.
No. 21 Michigan State vs. Wisconsin 11 a.m. ESPN
No. 24 Oregon at California 2:30 p.m. ABC
No. 25 Connecticut vs. West Virginia 11 a.m. ESPN360.com
Players who referred to Satur-
days game as must win werent
far of in their assumptions. The
Jayhawks remain one win away
from being bowl eligible and the
K-State game appears to be the
most winnable game remaining
on the schedule. A win over the in-
state rival is always big as well.
(2008 Averages and National Rank)
32nd
scoring ofense (32.3 ppg)
8th
passing ofense (312.8 ypg)
75th
rushing ofense (129.88 ypg)
76th
scoring defense (27.00 ppg)
111th
passing defense (271.4 ypg)
31st
rushing defense (113.25 ypg)
Todd Rees-
ing. The Austin
native had the
worst perfor-
mance of his
college career
on Saturday,
throwing three
interceptions
and passing for only 154 yards.
He was ofered a scholarship by
K-State, but decided to become a
Jayhawk instead.
Will the pass defense im-
prove? The KU defense is coming
of two of the worst statistical
games in the history of the school
and now must face one of the
nations top scoring ofenses in
Kansas State. If the pass defense
doesnt improve, it could be a
third straight loss for the Jay-
hawks.
Will Kansas become bowl
eligible? If the Jayhawks can win,
they will become bowl eligible
for the third time in the last four
years. A 6-6 record will likely get
the Jayhawks a bowl invitation,
meaning it would be the frst time
in school history that Kansas goes
to bowls in two straight seasons.
MEMORIAL STADI-
Kansas has a separate rivalry
with Missouri, but for Kansas
State this is the only one with any
meaning right now. These teams
simply dont like each other and
Kansas State is eager to reclaim
its dominance in this series. This
game is often close, and the key
for the Wildcats is to avoid the big
turnovers that have cost them
dearly in recent games. The trash
talking started as soon as the
Oklahoma game was over and
now its time for Kansas State to
back it up.
(2008 Averages and National Rank)
13th
scoring ofense (38.5 ppg)
13th
passing ofense (291.9 ypg)
69th
rushing ofense (134.3 ypg)
98th
scoring defense (31.4 ppg)
93th
passing defense (240.8 ypg)
105th
rushing defense (200.9 ypg)
Junior
wide receiver/
punt returner
Deon Murphy.
Murphy started
the verbal
assault against
Kansas when he
guaranteed to
return a punt or kick to the crib.
That comment alone is enough
to keep your eyes on Murphy.
Not only to see if he backs up his
words and scores a touchdown,
but also to see if any Jayhawk
defenders do their talking with an
extra hard hit on him.
Will the defense keep Todd
Reesing under 300 passing
yards? In four Big 12 games,
Kansas State has surrendered an
average of 375 passing yards per
game. The Wildcats can ill-aford
to do that in Lawrence, so look to
see if they challenge the Jayhawk
receivers early.
Will the rushing game show
up? In its four losses, Kansas State
averaged 80 yards per game on
the ground. In their four victories,
the Wildcats ran for 189 yards per
contest. Without a running game,
this team doesnt stand much
chance in any game.
Reesing Murphy
Sharp
Patterson
Herford
Freeman
Campbell
Quarles
Marcus herford

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