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By Alex GArry
agarry@kansan.com
Wal-Mart will begin accepting
applications today for about 230
jobs at its new location at Sixth
Street and Wakarusa Drive, offi-
cials said Tuesday. The store is set
to open this summer.
Anyone interested in applying
can begin the process online at
Walmart.com/apply, said Cheryl
White, supervisor at the Lawrence
Workforce Center, where Wal-Mart
is setting up a hiring location.
Wal-Mart personnel officials will
begin to call applicants into the cen-
ter for interviews and will probably
work on hiring individuals from
there for about six weeks, White said.
Potential applicants can also register
with the center and use its computers
to begin the application process.
White said Wal-Mart took extra
computers to the center to ease
what was expected to be a high
application load.
The Lawrence Workforce Center,
2540 Iowa St., is open from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
A CleAner Burn
Waxman Candles
609 Massachusetts St.
$1.75 to $25
A Greener GrApe
Cork and Barrel
2000 W. 23rd St.
$12 to $15
A sweeter plAnet
Au Marche
931 Massachusetts St.
$7.75
A rosier eArth
The Community Mercantile
901 Iowa St.
$7.99 to $17.99
By KeVIN HArDy
khardy@kansan.com
A new exhibit on the worlds
environment featuring a blend of
the arts, engineering and the social
sciences will debut Thursday at
Watson Library.
KU Libraries will hold a grand
opening of the new exhibit,
Envi ronment al
Change: an
Interdisciplinary
Perspective, at 5
p.m. on the third
floor.
S e v e r a l
University depart-
ments and orga-
nizations contrib-
uted materials to
the exhibit, includ-
ing the department of dance,
EcoHawks, the Institute for Policy
and Social Research, C-CHANGE,
the department of design, the
School of Engineering, the Center
for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets,
and the Spencer Museum of Art.
Rebecca Smith, director of com-
munications for KU Libraries, said
the new exhibit was the first proj-
ect of the newly founded library
exhibits committee. The commit-
tee plans to rotate five exhibits
each year; the current exhibit will
run until April 2, Smith said.
Smith said the exhibits instal-
lation did not affect the general
study layout of the library. The
committee installed
a new plasma tele-
vision, repainted
walls, refinished
exhibit cases and
installed new floor-
ing, at a cost of
about $6,000. The
exhibit program is
funded by private
donations made to
KU Endowment
for library funding, Smith said.
Sarah Goodwin Thiel, associ-
ate librarian and chairwoman of
the library exhibits committee,
said the worlds ecological situa-
tion seemed an obvious topic for
the first exhibit. Goodwin Thiel
said she hoped the exhibit would
increase awareness of climate
change and other environmental
concerns.
All these environmental
issues impact everything in life,
Goodwin Thiel said, even the
humanities.
In addition to highlight-
ing library collection pieces, the
exhibit will feature student work.
Goodwin Thiel said the depart-
ment of dance contributed video
of interpretive dance with an envi-
ronmental image.
Sunny Sanwar, Kansas City,
Mo., senior and EcoHawks mem-
ber, submitted computer-aided
drawings of an auto project to
the exhibit. Sanwar said his team
had been working on making
a Volkswagen Beetle more effi-
cient since August. The group is
experimenting with biodiesel and
ethanol engines to make the most
efficient vehicle possible, Sanwar
said.
Were really just recycling an
old vehicle to make it much more
eco-friendly, Sanwar said.
The team of 16 engineering
students redesigns different parts
of the car to make them more
streamlined and efficient. Sanwar
said the group hoped to have the
car completely finished by mid-
May.
By AMANDA THOMPSON
athompson@kansan.com
Students can make their
Valentines Day not only red-hot,
but also green. Heres how to enjoy
alternatives to the run-of-the-mill
candles, wine, chocolate and roses
with the environment in mind.
A CleAner Burn
Traditional candles are paraffin-
based, which means they are made
with petroleum. According to the
American Lung Association, burn-
ing paraffin candles can contribute
to particle pollution in the home.
Jill Camerlinck, sales associ-
ate with Waxman Candles, 609
Massachusetts St., said she thought
burning soy-based candles was bet-
ter than burning paraffin candles.
Whenever you burn paraffin,
when you blow the candle out you
have the soot that comes off it,
Camerlinck said. But with the soy,
its a little puff of smoke but not as
much. Its a much cleaner burn.
Waxman Candles makes its
candles on site in the back of the
store. Camerlinck said the process
of making soy and paraffin candles
is the same, but the smell of the soy
is different.
To me it kind of smells like a
doughnut, Camerlinck said.
Soy candles available at Waxman
range from small votives to larger
candles, and range in price from
$1.75 to $25.
A Greener GrApe
Organic and biodynamic
wines can be found at Cork and
Barrel, 2000 W. 23rd St. John
Smiley, the stores owner, said bio-
dynamic wine differed from nor-
mal organic wine because of the
way the grapes were grown. Grapes
for organic wine are grown without
the use of pesticides.
For biodynamic wine the fertil-
izer you use has to be organic that
came from a cow that was fed only
organic materials, Smiley said.
Anything that touches the grape
has to be organic through a long
chain of items.
Smiley said he didnt think organ-
ic wines were the most popular
wines sold at Cork and Barrel, but
he said they were definitely
growing in popularity.
Smiley said the taste of
organic and biodynamic
wines helped boost their
popularity.
Theres definitely a
taste difference, Smiley
said. A lot of them are
softer, with not as much
bite.
Smiley said organic
and biodynamic wines were
priced similarly to other wines
sold at Cork and Barrel
and usually sold from
$12 to $15 dollars per
bottle. Organic wines
are available in
merlot, cabernet,
chardonnay
and pinot
noir. The
biody-
namic wine available at Cork and
Barrel is called Hedges.
A sweeter plAnet
According to www.globalex-
change.org, a product is certified
fair trade if it ensures safe work-
ing conditions and adequate living
wage for the workers who produce
the product. Forced child labor is
prohibited, and environmentally
sustainable production is required.
Au Marche, 931 Massachusetts
St., offers three lines of fair-trade
chocolate: El Ray, Santander and
Malagasy. The Malagasy line has
two different bars, the Mora Mora
and the Sambirano. Each bar is
$7.75. Organic chocolates, made
without pesticides, are also
available.
Lora Wiley, owner of Au
Marche, said the taste of these
chocolates was important.
I have found that it is
important to some of our
customers to have fair-trade
options available, but for the
most part we carry these
chocolates because of their
excellent flavor and quality,
Wiley said.
How to show your love for your beloved and the earth at the same time
lAwrenCe
ryan mcGeeney/Kansan
Wal-mart has announced that its newlocation near Sixth andWakarusa streets will open in
late April. Wal-Mart is accepting applications for about 230 jobs.
Valentines Day
GreeninG Your
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Wal-Mart begins to accept
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Whitney baker and sarah Goodwinthiel,
members of the Kulibrary exhibits
committee, arrange documents for the
Environmental Changeexhibit in the display
case installed on the third foor of Watson
Library. The exhibit will run until April 2.
environment
Exhibit spotlights climate issue
KU Libraries showcases an interdisciplinary approach to global ecological observation
All these environ-
mental issues impact
everything in life,
even the humanities.
SArAH GoodWIn THIel
Associate librarian
see library on paGe 3a
see v-Day on paGe 3a
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international
1.Iranian president says
discussion is welcome
TEHRAN, Iran Irans presi-
dent said Tuesday the world was
entering an era of dialogue and
that his country would welcome
talks with its longtime adversary,
the United States, if they are
based on mutual respect.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejads
announcement during a rally
celebrating the 30th anniversary
of the Iranian Revolution comes
a day after President Barack
Obama said his administration
was looking for opportunities
to engage Iran and pledged to
rethink United States relation-
ship with Tehran.
The hard-line Iranian leader
said terrorism, the elimination of
nuclear weapons, restructuring
the U.N. Security Council and
fghting drug trafcking could
be topics for the two sides to talk
about.
2. Vehicle sales in China
surpass those in the U.S.
SHANGHAI Chinas monthly
vehicle sales surpassed those
in the United States for the frst
time in January, moving this
country closer to becoming the
worlds biggest auto market, data
released Tuesday showed.
With its growing middle class
and vast potential as a consumer
market, China is vital for General
Motors Corp., Volkswagen AG
and Toyota Motor Corp. as they
count on demand here to ofset
weakness in the U.S. and else-
where.
Chinas vehicle market has
grown dramatically in recent
years, overtaking Japan in 2006
to become the worlds second-
largest by annual sales. With
1.3 billion people, China will
inevitably leapfrog the U.S., with
a population of 300 million, into
the No. 1 spot, industry experts
say.
3. Safety features slow
startup of atom smasher
GENEVA Additional safety
features being added to the
worlds largest atom smasher will
postpone its startup until the
end of September, a year after
the $10 billion machine was side-
lined by a simple electrical fault,
the operator said Tuesday.
The cost of the repairs and
added safety features has yet
to be determined, but it will be
covered by the regular budget
of the European Organization for
Nuclear Research, spokeswoman
Christine Sutton said.
The massive machine was built
to smash protons from hydrogen
atoms into each other at high
energy and record what particles
are produced by the collisions,
giving scientists a better idea of
the makeup of the universe and
everything in it.
national
4. Severe storms damage
power lines, structures
OKLAHOMA CITY Severe
storms knocked down power
lines and damaged structures
Tuesday afternoon in central
Oklahoma.
Tornado sirens were activated,
and television news video ap-
peared to show a tornado and
debris in the air in a rural area.
School children were being kept
in locked-down schools until the
storm passed.
Lara OLeary, a spokeswoman
for Emergency Management Ser-
vices Authority, said one injury
had been reported so far, of a
person who was cut by glass.
5. Police chase ends
when suspect shoots self
LOS ANGELES An assault
suspect led Los Angeles police
on a chase in a luxury sedan for
more than three hours before
shooting himself in the head as
he sat in the car surrounded by
armed ofcers, police said. He
died hours later.
The low-speed pursuit covered
several Southern California free-
ways Monday night before the
man came to a stop on a street
near Universal Studios very close
to where the chase began.
About 90 minutes later, televi-
sion news video showed three
large armored vehicles surround
the car and SWAT team members
approach it with guns drawn.
They broke the white sedans pas-
senger window and opened the
door, but the man had already
shot himself.
Police said the man was sus-
pected of assault with a deadly
weapon on his girlfriend. They
also suspected from the start of
the chase that he was armed.
6. Army deserter returns,
may face criminal charges
SAVANNAH, Ga. Sporting a
dragon tattoo on his forearm and
skulls on both biceps, Clif Cornell
looks tough. But he dissolves into
tears as he refects on his return
to the Army four years after he
fed to Canada to avoid the war
in Iraq.
Cornell, 29, of Mountain Home,
Ark., turned himself in to military
police Tuesday afternoon at
nearby Fort Stewart, where hell
likely face criminal charges for
abandoning his unit before it
deployed to Iraq in January 2005.
He said he fed because he
doesnt think the war has im-
proved the lives of Iraqis, and he
couldnt stomach the thought of
killing.
During my training, I was or-
dered that, if anyone came within
so many feet of my vehicle, I
was to shoot to kill, said Cornell,
who enlisted in 2002 but never
deployed to war. I didnt join the
military to kill innocents.
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Megan Miller, Overland Park sophomore
Why is it important
to listen to the
classics?
Its tested. I like
classic rock like
The Stooges and
Ramones, becasuse
unlike some new
bands
that
just got
together
by a contract,
they took their time
and sent a message.
The frst 10 songs on shufe on her iPod:
1. Adelaides Lament from Guys and Dolls
2. Four Horsemen by The Clash
3. All You Need Is Love by The Beatles
4. Why Cant I? by Liz Phair
5. L.A. Blues by The Stooges
6. Were Not Gonna Take It by The Who
7. Pinhead by the Ramones
8. The Only Diference Between Martyrdom and
Suicide Is Press Coverage by Panic! At The Disco
9. Wont Get Fooled Again by The Who
10. I Want To Hold Your Hand by The Beatles
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BY BETSY CUTCLIFF
bcutclif@kansan.com
During this years black history
month, students and professors
alike said, they hoped to draw new
attention to the history of African-
Americans.
This month also holds a spe-
cial importance for the African-
American Community because
Thursday is the 100-year anniver-
sary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Its a really good time to have
pride about our history, Koga
Moffor, Overland Park senior and
president of the KU Black Student
Union, said.
To commemorate the months
events, the Langston Hughes
Center for African-American
Studies is hosting a symposium
Friday.
Speakers will give presentations
about the NAACP throughout
American history and the effects
the organization have had on
African-Americans today.
Shawn Alexander, professor
of African-American Studies,
said speakers would specifically
highlight the future tasks of the
NAACP by promoting civil rights
and upholding the 14th and 15th
amendments.
Alexander said he wished stu-
dents better understood the link
between African-American history
and American history.
He said that before the compo-
sition of the Constitution or the
Revolutionary War, race relations
had been an issue in America.
When you see the watershed
events, youll see that black history
is American history, Alexander
said.
Joel Cowart, Los Angeles junior,
agreed with Alexander and said he
wished more emphasis was placed
on the role of African-Americans
throughout history.
When you sit in the majority of
your history classes, you dont hear
about black history even though
it is such a huge part of American
history, Cowart said.
Alexander said he hoped the
symposium would bring more
awareness to the black experience,
and said the election of Barack
Obama and the NAACPs cen-
tennial only added to the pride
and importance of this particular
month.
Alexander said he was afraid that
the election of a black president
would call people to think racism
was less of an issue.
He said students needed to know
that electing a black president
didnt nullify the bloody history of
race relations in America.
We elected a president who
happens to be black, Alexander
said. That wont erase racism.
Moffor said the Black Student
Union was holding its own events
to invite students to discuss current
issues within black culture.
One issue is how black women
are portrayed on TV, she said.
We want to look at and talk about
things that affect us in everyday
life.
Moffor said the events were
open to anyone who wished to
participate.
Edited by Jesse Trimble
BY ROHAN SULLIVAN
Associated Press
SYDNEY It was a chance
encounter in the charred land-
scape of Australias deadly wild-
fires: A koala sips water from a
bottle offered by a firefighter.
David Tree noticed the koala
moving gingerly on scorched paws
as his fire patrol passed. Clearly in
pain, the animal stopped when it
saw Tree.
It was amazing, he turned
around, sat on his bum and sort
of looked at me with (a look)
like, put me out of my misery,
Tree told The Associated Press on
Tuesday. I yelled out for a bottle
of water. I unscrewed the bottle,
tipped it up on his lips and he just
took it naturally.
He kept reaching for the bot-
tle, almost like a baby.
The team called animal wel-
fare officers to pick up the koala
Sunday, the day after dead-
ly firestorms swept southern
Victoria state.
I love nature, and Ive handled
koalas before. Theyre not the
friendliest things, but I wanted to
help him, Tree said.
Often mistakenly called koala
bears because they resemble a
childs teddy bear, the marsupial is
actually a rather grumpy creature
with a loud growl.
The fires also razed farmland,
killing or panicking sheep and
cattle.
news 3A WEDNESDay, FEBRUaRy 11, 2009
Campus
Professor hopes students
fnd history connections
Fight For Freedom
pieCes oF history
BLaCK studeNt uNioN eVeNts
Black Student Union
celebrates 100 years
of black history
with symposium
a rosier earth
The Community Mercantile,
901 Iowa St., has been getting its
Valentines Day roses from Earth
Flowers in Lecompton for the past
three years.
Earth Flowers grows all its
flowers on Henrys Plant Farm,
which is about 10 miles outside of
Lawrence.
Jozie Schimke, one of the Earth
Flowers growers, said VeriFlora,
a sustainability certification pro-
gram, certified all the flowers she
grew.
Schimke said the VeriFlora
certification ensured good work-
ing conditions for workers and
emphasized growing flowers in a
natural and sustainable way, with
little to no use of pesticides.
Although the VeriFlora certi-
fication does not guarantee that
the flowers are certified organic,
Schimke said the process was gen-
erally pesticide-free.
All our field flowers are
pesticide-free. Schimke said.
Sometimes we mix up baking
soda, water and horticultural oil
to kill powdery mildew on plants,
but thats the only thing that would
be considered a pesticide.
Schimke said Earth Flower
bouquets and sets of a half-dozen
roses would sell for $7.99 to $17.99
at the Merc.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
Were just trying to get people
to think about how inefficient the
auto industry is, Sanwar said.
Sanwar said EcoHawks was
pleased with the library commit-
tees choice of climate change as
its first exhibit theme. He said
EcoHawks hoped to receive visi-
tor feedback on the computerized
design plans of the car the group
will showcase at the exhibit.
I think its a good step forward
because everything we see on TV
is about global warming, and how
were not going to have enough
energy for the future, Sanwar
said. So this project is definitely
important to society as a whole.
Smith said the new exhibits
environmental theme would com-
plement other campus exhibits
such as the Climate Change at
the Poles exhibit at the Spencer
Museum of Art.
The libraries see that they have
an important role in showcasing
scholarship happening all around
campus, Smith said.
Edited by Chris Horn
v-Day (continued from 1A)
LIBRaRy (continued from 1A)
Wildfres sweep Australia, kill 181
iNterNatioNaL
aSSOCIaTED PRESS
Firefghter David Tree shares his water with an injured Australian koala at Mirboo North
after wildfres swept through the region on Monday.
What: A Century of the
NAACP and the Struggle for
Racial Equality
When: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday
at the Alderson Auditorium in
the Kansas Union
Cost: Registration is $30.
Why: The National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People was founded
in 1909 to pursue equal rights.
According to an article written
in 1914 by co-founder Mary
White Ovington, the founders
chose Thursday to unveil the
new organization because
the date was former President
Lincolns birthday.
The creation of Black History
Month originated as Negro
History Week in 1926 because
the month of February held
the birthdays of two promi-
nent fgures in black history:
Abraham Lincoln and Freder-
ick Douglass, an abolitionist
and former slave.
Race relations have been
a part of Kansas history since
the First African-Americans
arrived in the 1820s.
The territory was dubbed
Bleeding Kansas during
the Civil War era because it
had become a battleground
over slavery with the passage
of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
in 1864, which defned the
states of Kansas and Nebraska
and stated the citizens could
vote to make slavery legal or
illegal in their state.
Lawrence was a depot
station for the underground
railroad. A major receiving
point for refugees was the
ferry landing at bar Abe and
Jakes Landing at Second and
New Hampshire streets. Con-
ductors hid runaway slaves at
the former Miller family home
and smokehouse, located at
19th and Haskell streets.
In 1860, Kansas constitu-
tion banned slavery and in
1861 joined the Union
In 1954 Kansas broke the
education barrier with the
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LOS ANGELES Federal
prosecutors want a judge to
revoke Joe Francis bail while
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charges.
In a brief fled Monday,
prosecutors argue Francis has
shown a complete lack of
respect for the courts authority
by missing a hearing earlier this
month. A judge jailed the Girls
Gone Wild creator overnight,
but later granted his release on
house arrest.
The prosecutors argue that
Francis mischaracterized the
courts action and downplayed
his role in missing the hearing
by issuing a statement after his
release.
Francis statement said he
missed the hearing because he
was ill and his brief incarcera-
tion resulted from a miscom-
munication.
A phone message left for
Francis attorney was not imme-
diately returned Tuesday.
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Today is a 7
Take some much-needed R & R.
Youll get more accomplished
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mood. Hang out as much as
possible with a person you
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GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 7
Your home and family are very
important. Make sure theyre
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cold. Thats your job, and you
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Avoid distraction.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 8
Dont worry about the money;
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Today is a 7
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T
he Kansas Legislature is
drastically cutting back its
support for higher educa-
tion in the state because of a record
budget shortfall, which means the
University has been forced to make
some difficult decisions about how
to cope with the loss of funding.
Next fall, students will begin to
feel the tangible repercussions of
this shortfall, mostly likely through
a reduction in the variety of the
courses the University offers, and
an increase the size of those that
remain.
Danny Anderson, assistant dean
of academic affairs, said this will
most likely mean that
elective courses will be
cut, while core courses
those required
for the completion
of majors will be
preserved. It is up to the head
of each academic department
to decide how best to deal with
reduced resources, which classes
will be cut and which will be kept.
The administration must be
forthright and transparent about
exactly how these budget cuts
will affect students in terms of
course selection as well as academic
services. Given the circumstances,
they have so far taken the right
approach promising to preserve
its core academic mission, cutting
administrative staff before reducing
the number of lecturers and
professors. However, we would
like to see the administration make
more of an effort to communicate
to students exactly what the effects
of these cuts will be.
Lynn Bretz, director of university
communications, said 80 to 85
percent of the budget goes to
salaries, and much of the rest pays
for essential operating expenses
heating our classrooms,
for example. This means the
University will have to reduce the
number of people it employs.
The University has already cut
11 positions, mostly administrative
jobs, and declined
to fill 110 vacant
positions, many of
which are academic.
Danny Anderson said
the University has put
on hold 55 searches for new faculty
members, which will have a direct
and lasting impact on the quality
of education provided. New
professors constantly revitalize the
Universitys academics with new
ideas and novel perspectives, but as
old professors leave it takes time to
integrate the new faculty into life
at the University. In a sense, this
freeze will create a gap that will
take years to repair.
With fewer faculty members,
many departments will be forced
to cut the variety of elective classes
offered, and it may mean teaching
larger introductory courses with
smaller discussion sections, but it
is ultimately up the heads of each
department to decide how best to
utilize their limited resources.
To add to these difficulties,
the University is experiencing its
second year of record enrollment.
More students will be vying for
space in fewer classes. More people
are applying to graduate school,
as well, because of the economic
recession.
The University will have to
make some tough choices in the
coming year, but it must make
every effort to keep students
well-informed about the painful
process by being forthright with
information and not speaking in
generalities in regards to the cuts.
DanThompsonfor
The Kansan
Editorial Board
Opinion
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L
ast week, Grammy-winning
singer Erykah Badu gave
birth to a healthy baby girl.
Of course, if youre one of Badus
4,000 followers on Twitter, you
already knew that the moment it
happened.
Badu and her boyfriend
Twittered the whole thing, from
labor to crowning. As a result,
Twitter, that perfect marriage of
consensual invasion of privacy and
short attention spans, has evolved
into a broadcast venue for the play-
by-play of pivotal and extremely
personal moments in the lives of
famous people.
One bittersweet aspect of Web
2.0 is that celebrities, what with
their MySpaces and WordPress
blogs and Twitters, have less mys-
tique than ever before. Sure, its
cool to be able to read about Kanye
Wests trip to Paris on his blog or
interact with Jim Gaffigan on his
Facebook.
But at the same time, much of
what made famous people so cool
separation is now almost
completely gone. They talk to us
on the same level, like were equals.
They congregate at the same places
on the Internet that we do; theres
no more VIP section to daydream
about entering.
Clearly, had Twitter been handed
down from heaven along with the
Ten Commandments, it would
have completely removed the mys-
tery associated with so many celeb-
rities of the past. Who would want
to imagine that?
Me, thats who. Here are some
excerpts I dug up from Twitter
accounts gone-by.
n n n
mo money, mozart: putting
the final touches on #13... this
serenade is gonna rock your shit!
17:87 from web
anybody got a few bucks I
could borrow? 17:89 from web
in Prague... this place is tight!
17:91 from txt
have you ever gotten a rash
that just wont go away? 17:91 from
web
n n n
honest abe: @SouthCarolina:
dont even THINK about it 18:60
from web
@SouthCarolina: oh its on
18:60 from web
brb, emancipatin the slaves
18:62 from web
glad that wars over, time to
take in a play with the wifey 18:65
from web
n n n
Jack_the_Ripper: killed one
Aug. 31 from web
killed another one Sep. 8 from
web
killed two more! Sep. 30 from
web
out for tea... Oct. 15 from txt
aaaand killed another one.
Nov. 9 from web
n n n
neil not louie: earth looks
crazy from up here... check out
the pix on my Flickr July 18 from
space
@Houston: eagle has landed,
btw July 20 from moon
one small step for man... one
giant leap for mankind July 21
from moon
*a man July 21 from moon
Nichols is an Overland Park
sophomore in creative
writing.
ediTOriAL CArTOOn
LeTTer TO THe ediTOr
NIcHOLAS SAMbULAK
Students take part in
Honors director search
cigarette sales beneft
the University
On Monday, I opened the
Kansan to see Union board
should force cigarette sales of
campus.The reason why the
author believes that KU shouldnt
sell cigarettes in the union? The
University should not beneft
from or support a product that
is ultimately a health risk for
students.But if you think the
University isnt profting from a
health risk already, you are sadly
mistaken.
Consider this: I can get high-
intensity UV exposure, ranch-
drenched, cheddar-flled fried
chicken wraps, energy drinks
packed with cafeine, taurine,
L-cartinine, creatine, and every
other -ineyou can think of, and
diet sodas packed with artifcial
sweeteners all in the same build-
ing. Yet when a minority of stu-
dents choose to smoke, theyre
the ones killing KU? The Hawk
Shop also sells condoms. Of
course, if you dont want to pay
for them, the Union Programs
ofce (funded through Union
money) has condoms sitting out
in the lobby for students, free of
charge. Why not tell the unions
that promiscuous sex is a risk to
students? What about diabetes,
obesity and skin cancer? If I
wanted someone to make my
purchasing decisions for me, I
wouldve stayed at home with
mom.
Every dollar spent on danger-
ous productsat the Hawk Shop
goes back into the Union. By buy-
ing a pack of cigarettes from the
Union and not their of-campus
competitors, youre giving
money to the Jaybowl, SUA,
KJHK and a host of other student
organizations on campus. Seeing
the huge budget crunches in
the Union Programs ofce, the
unions should be concerned with
losing money, not to mention tax
revenue for the state.
So light up, eat your fattening
wrap, drink your toxic concoc-
tions, and get your daily dose of
UV rays in reality, youre help-
ing everyone at KU.
BrianGilmore is asophomore
fromTopeka.
n n n
Valentines Day is the dumbest
holiday ever!
n n n
Lew Perkins giving a speech
on integrity is like Rod
Blagojevich giving a speech
on responsible governance.
n n n
I just passed by this kid on the
Wescoe stairs that smelled
like he hadnt showered in
months. I threw up in my
mouth a little.
n n n
Hey professors, maybe you
should worry a bit more about
teaching and a little less about
name-dropping your books
and trying to make yourself
look good. You arent out to
impress anyone.
n n n
Spotted: White Owl on the
steps of Wescoe.
n n n
Showering at a frat and
getting walked in on by all
my friends my second-best
blackout story. Get on my
level.
n n n
To the girl who lost her phone
in the Union: Your mom says,
Hi.
n n n
To the guy sitting next
to me in my behavioral
sciences class: Youre a huge
douchebag. How about you
get in your Hummer and drive
home to Johnson County.
n n n
I wish I could drive a monster
truck on campus. Then maybe
people would actually look
before they cross the street.
n n n
To the kid in my Italian class
with the receding hairline and
yellow shoes: Are you gay? If
so, can I have your number?
n n n
Why do people with receding
hair lines try to grow their hair
out? WTF? They look like shit.
n n n
I have the Pope and Martin
Luther as my two roommates.
n n n
Whatever happened to the
Rhombus House?
n n n
Did anyone else notice that
when the camera panned
to Missouris football coach,
Pinkel, he was picking his
nose?
n n n
The beer is colder, the girls
are prettier, and the tests
are harder when the sun is
shining.
n n n
I want to start a ska band, and
I need a horn section. Any
takers?
n n n
Free to good home: Geeky
boy who likes to cook.
n n n
CAMpus
F
or three nights last week, I
felt as if my opinion mat-
tered. Whether for appear-
ances sake or actual interest in
student opinion, the search com-
mittee for the next University
Honors Program director held
three hour-long interactive ses-
sions that attracted about 10
students each night to discuss
thoughts and ideas with the can-
didates and offer their opinions
(via survey) about who should
fill the position.
The Honors Program had sent
students copies of the candi-
dates resumes and I remember
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcetts
had page after page (after page)
of experience. Needless to say,
McCluskey-Fawcett, professor
of clinical child psychology and
senior vice provost for aca-
demic affairs, had developed
a clear vision for the program.
She explained her networking
capabilities and proposed a peer
mentor program inspired by Big
Brothers, Big Sisters.
I returned the next night for
Jonathan Earles interview. Its
hard not to be a huge fan of the
brilliant, highly engaging Earle,
professor of history and associate
director for programming at the
Dole Institute.
In the first five minutes, he
covered every point that had
been asked or suggested by
students the night before while
adding some of his own. He
wanted to increase collective
experiences for honors students
via nighttime programming in
Nunemaker Hall. He suggested
creating single-hour senior tuto-
rials to match those currently
required of freshmen and pro-
viding more interesting courses
that challenge both student and
teachers. I was impressed.
The last interview with Steve
McAllister, former dean of law
and an honors alum, was the
most practical. McAllister laid
out a three-point plan: 1) raise
the programs profile; 2) have a
top-to-bottom review, engag-
ing students and faculty to
outline a core mission for the
future; 3) expand the amount of
resources.
Afterward, I stayed and
talked with some of my peers,
who applauded McAllisters
pragmatism and assured that he
would listen to student ideas.
I wished Earles emphasis on
ideas received more consider-
ation. McCluskey-Fawcett also
received support, but McAllister
appeared to be the presumptive
choice of the room. Agreeing
with Earles emphasis on the
power of creative thinking, I
stuck with him.
The search committee meets
today to make a recommenda-
tion to Joseph Steinmetz, dean of
liberal arts and sciences. Though
I have my favorite, I know
whoever gets the job (hopefully
partly because of our surveys)
will help the program.
I can only hope that the
University continues to listen to
students when making signifi-
cant decisions, and that students
step up when offered the oppor-
tunity, so that all can become a
part of our team. Rock Chalk.
Holmes is an Overland
Park freshman in political
science.
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students on elective cuts
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NEWS 6A Wednesday, February 11, 2009
BY MIKE BONTRAGER
mbontrager@kansan.com
The Public Transit Advisory
Committee is looking for stu-
dent input on coordinating the
Lawrence Transit system and
KU on Wheels. The committee
will hold an open meeting from
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. today in the
Courtside room in the Burge
Union for students to voice con-
cerns and give suggestions on
how the bus system could better
serve them.
Since the sales tax passed last
year, said Casey Toomay, bud-
get manager and interim transit
administrator, the city has prom-
ised to work to coordinate the
Lawrence Transit system with
KU on Wheels to better serve
the community. The city hired
Olsson Associates this year to
coordinate route and schedule
design.
Tom Braddock, assistant trans-
portation planner with Olsson
Associates, will attend the meet-
ing today to listen to student feed-
back.
Students are full stakeholders
in this process, Braddock said.
The city has already planned
some changes for the transit sys-
tem. Braddock said small chang-
es such as adding
needed routes
and eliminating
inefficient routes
would take place
in March.
Major changes
such as add-
ing more stops
around town and
increasing bus
frequency will
take place at the beginning of the
Fall 2010 semester.
A recent survey of 111 Lawrence
residents ranked the priorities of
coordinating the transit system.
The top three areas were effi-
cient service, frequent service and
accessibility.
Matthew Gagnon, Hutchinson
senior, said his main concern with
the bus system was the amount
of empty buses he saw around
campus.
I just saw the visitor bus go
by and I wondered, How many
times does that get filled? you
know, Gagnon said. Is that real-
ly a necessary bus?
Gagnon said he was satis-
fied with the bus system overall,
especially compared to the time
he spent in Chicago where it
could take 45 minutes to board
a bus.
Luke Tuner, Topeka senior,
uses the Park and Ride system.
He said he had problems with full
buses but said the frequency of
buses made it manageable.
Efficiency and accessibility are
the main concerns for Andrew
Rossell, Lansing freshman.
Rossell suggested having free
movies on buses as an improve-
ment.
Gina Herrera, Dallas junior,
said she was con-
cerned about the
amount of pollution
the buses produced,
but she said the
buses might actual-
ly be helping to cut
down emissions.
Its a lot better
than people driving
on campus in their
individual cars,
Herrera said.
Toomay said cutting down
on environmental damage and
becoming more economically
efficient were vital to making
an effective transit system for
Lawrence.
Braddock said more than 30
meetings with different commu-
nity groups were scheduled this
week to gain perspective on what
people wanted in a transit sys-
tem.
Toomay stressed the impor-
tance of feedback from students
and others who used the bus sys-
tem.
She said it was also important
to hear from non-riders because
the goal of the project was to
entice more people to use the bus
system.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
transportation
WHat: Public Transit
Advisory Committee meet-
ing to coordinate KU on
Wheels with the Lawrence
Transit system
WHo: Students concerned
with improving the bus
system to ft their needs
WHere: The Burge Union,
Courtside room
WHen: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
WHy: Student input is
vital to coordinating the
Lawrence Transit system
with KU on Wheels. Riders
can give their perspectives
on the current bus system
and non-riders can give
suggestions for accommo-
dating more riders into the
program.
Committee plans
to discuss buses
Students can participate in open meeting
Weston White/KANSAN
Justin Gof, Baldwin City senior, holds his hand to his head while looking at his crashed Ford Mustang. Gof escaped through the drivers-side windowafter colliding with a Rueschof Locksmith
employee van at the intersection of 12th and Kentucky streets. The accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. No one sufered serious injuries in the crash.
BY ALEXANDRA GARRY
agarry@kansan.com
A KU student was involved in
a two-car accident that resulted
in a flipped car at about 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday.
A red 1997 Mustang belonging
to Justin Goff, Baldwin City senior,
landed on its roof at the intersec-
tion of 12th and Kentucky streets.
Witnesses at the scene said
the driver of a van belonging to
Rueschoff Locksmith tried to
make a right turn onto 12th Street
from the left lane and hit the
Mustang.
Goff climbed out of the drivers-
side window and walked away with
minor scratches on his head and
arms.
He said he was surprised and
pleased his injuries werent worse.
Even the medics were like,
Im surprised everything wasnt
worse, Goff said.
Goff said that both air bags
deployed and that he thought he
saw smoke but realized later it was
dirt from a patch of grass the car
hit as it flipped.
When I realized what hap-
pened, I just knew I had to get
out, he said.
Both the Mustang and the van
were towed from the scene. The
van appeared to have only minor
damage to the headlight; Goff said
the Mustang was totaled.
Scott Rosell, Wichita senior, saw
the accident from his home at
the corner of 12th and Kentucky
streets and ran to the Mustang to
help Goff get out.
Rosell said he was surprised
Goff wasnt severely injured.
The car just flew, Rosell said.
It looked like it was really bad, but
he was OK.
Edited by Jesse Trimble
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KU senior involved in rollover
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2008-2009
Four of Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rushs teammates made
the leap from Kansas to professional basketball along with them.
Heres how they are faring:
Darrell Arthur
Memphis Grizzlies, NBA
19.9 min., 5.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 0.5 assists,
0.7 steals, 0.6 blocks
Arthur has started 38 of 46 games for the
Grizzlies, and his 4.4 rebounds rank him ninth
among all rookies. Arthur recently broke out of a
16-game slump in which he averaged just more
than four points per game with three games of
double-digit scoring in a fve-game period.
Mario Chalmers
Miami Heat, NBA
31.2 min., 9.9 points, 4.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds, 1.9 steals
Chalmers has emerged as the surprise of the 2008
draft and is seeing the most success of any
former Jayhawk. After grabbing the starting
point guard spot in the preseason, Chalmers
hasnt looked back. His steals and assists
numbers put him at second on the team
behind all-universe guard Dwyane Wade
and at frst and third, respectively, in his
rookie class.
Sasha Kaun
CSKA Moscow, Euroleague
8.3 min., 1.9 points, 2.3 rebounds
Kaun, after being drafted 56th by the now-
defunct Seattle SuperSonics and having his
rights traded to Cleveland, opted to hone his
game in his homeland, Russia. He has played in
17 games for CSKA Moscow, which is a perennial
threat to claim the Euroleague title.
Darnell Jackson
Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA
6.7 min., 1 point, 1.2 rebounds
Jacksons Cavaliers are the owners of a 39-9 record,
second in the NBA behind the Los Angeles Lakers.
Jackson, who was the 52nd pick of the draft, sees
limited minutes for the Cavs as the third power
forward on the depth chart.
Brandon Rush
Indiana Pacers, NBA
20.5 min., 6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.4
blocks
Rush, who said his time in the NBA had been
everything I hoped for,saw time as an emergency
starter when Mike Dunleavy was out for the frst
34 games of the season. Rush started fve, but
has otherwise come of the bench for the
Pacers. It is the frst time he has ever been
out of a starting lineup, but said, Its
part of being a rookie.
Russell Robinson
Reno Bighorns, NBA Developmental League
25.6 min., 9.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists,
1.9 steals
Robinson, the only Jayhawk from last years class to
go undrafted, has seen instant success in the NBDL,
the developmental league of the NBA.
Robinson signed with the Houston
Rockets but was cut after summer-
league play. He briefy played in
Turkey with Erdemir Zonguldak be-
fore signing on with the Bighorns, an
afliate of the New York Knicks and Sacramento Kings.
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By Alex Beecher
abeecher@kansan.com
I
f Monday nights loss at the
hands of Missouri is a cloud
hanging over the Jayhawks,
then Im begging you to find the
silver lining.
Its not that I havent tried
myself. Ive spent the bulk of my
time since the final buzzer sounded
trying to find a way to write a gen-
erally positive column. I wanted
to find an angle on the game other
people would miss, one that would
allow Kansas fans to take some
comfort in the loss. Its too easy to
be overly cynical, too easy to damn
a losing team. Given that, I really
wanted to find that silver lining.
But the thing is, I just cant do it.
Losing to Missouri is always
difficult for Jayhawk Nation to
stomach, not surprisingly, given
the intensity of the rivalry. The
teams hate each other, you can
throw out the records, etc. I dont
need to reiterate the cliches; any-
one reading this already knows
them. The simple fact is a loss to
Missouri is much more significant
than a tally in a column. Granted,
Missouri is ranked and undefeated
at home. Were it some other team
any other team that might be
enough to make this loss palatable.
But Missouri is different.
All that holds true any time
Kansas loses to Missouri, though. It
lacks the specific context in which
this loss took place. That context
matters, because this loss puts
Kansas a game behind Oklahoma
in the Big 12 title race. With the
win, Missouri crept to within a half-
game of Kansas second-place spot.
But its not enough that Kansas
lost it had to unfold in the way
it did. The Jayhawks had the Tigers
at arms length for most of the game
only to surrender the lead late.
Mario Little provided a moment of
solace, until Zaire Taylors midrange
jumper bounced home. The ball
couldnt just go in, mind you. The
malicious thing had to milk the
moment, antagonizing Kansas fans
for as long as possible before driv-
ing the dagger home.
Perhaps worst of all, the late-
game dramatics that felled Kansas
likely could have been avoided all
together if Sherron Collins had
simply made two free throws. I say
simply, but they were anything but.
Missouris fans provided ample
distractions, and the pressure was
immense. No doubt, his job was a
difficult one, but its one hes expect-
ed to perform. This is Collins team.
Hes said as much and publicly
taken the responsibility that comes
with being the man.
Part of being the man is making
the shots others dont want to take
and willing your team to victory
in circumstances like Mondays.
Collins is a great player, no doubt,
but hes got to deliver.
Find a silver lining yet? If not,
the reason may be that there isnt
one to find. But even a cloud with
no silver lining eventually drifts
away and dissipates.
For Kansas, thats the good
news. The team will have another
shot at winning a road game
against a rival this Saturday, when
it plays Kansas State. Further on
the horizon is Missouris visit to
Allen Fieldhouse. And its worth
noting that getting revenge always
trumps finding a silver lining.
Edited by Chris Horn
CoMMENtARy
Difcult to
point out
positives in
Mizzou loss
By TIM DWyer
tdwyer@kansan.com
INDIANAPOLIS Brandon
Rush fakes a drive, steps back, bur-
ies a fade-away three and walks of
the court.
Yeah, a Pacers
assistant says. Hit
that one, stop, then
go buy a lottery
ticket.
Rush laughs
of the comment,
but luck doesnt
have anything to
do with it. He can
fat-out shoot.
Te Pacers morning shoot-
around ended maybe 10 minutes
earlier, but Rush, along with All-
Star swingman Danny Granger, is
putting in extra time they are
the last two on the court. Rush has
been knocking down shots since
the practice started.
But this story
starts before then.
Rushs dream
of playing in the
NBA took its frst
step toward real-
ity on June 26
last year when his
name was called
in the 2008 NBA
Draft. Selected
13th by the Portland Trail Blazers,
he was promptly traded for for-
mer Arizona guard Jerryd Bayless,
picked two spots ahead of Rush by
the Indiana Pacers.
Rush didnt care. He was play-
ing in the NBA.
It really hit me when I got
drafed, Rush said. When I was
going through that whole pro-
cess to hear my name called
and know that Im going to be in
this league for a while that was
special.
Since then, he has tried to
settle into a role he is admittedly
still not used to. Te Pacers had
Granger, who is one of the best
wings in the league, slotted into
the position Rush is used to play-
ing. More than that, though, there
CoLLEGE CHAMPS
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HIttING tHE BIG tIME
ASSocIATED pRESS
former Jayhawk mario chalmers (right) has taken his shot-making skills to the Miami Heat. Chalmers has cracked the starting lineup and
is near the top of this years NBA rookie class.
Chalmers, Rush turn to NBA All-Stars for guidance
SEE nba oN pAgE 6B
By cASe KeeFer
ckeefer@kansan.com
Cole Aldrich has seen an oppos-
ing teams fans rush the court in
celebration after beating Kansas
only three times, but he remembers
all of them in vivid detail.
The first two came last season
in road defeats to Kansas State and
Oklahoma State. It happened a
third time Monday after Missouri
beat Kansas 62-60 at Mizzou
Arena.
Aldrich, a sophomore center,
wont forget about it anytime soon.
Its one of the worst feelings you
could ever feel, Aldrich said.
Aldrich said the latest one felt
even worse because it was against
a rival and marked Kansas first Big
12 Conference loss of the season.
The way the Jayhawks lost didnt
help, either.
They led by 14 at halftime and
trailed for less than a minute the
whole game. The Jayhawks spoke
in subdued tones after the game
and expressed uncertainty on how
they would respond to the loss.
Kansas coach Bill Self had the
most optimistic outlook.
We can handle a loss and move
on, Self said. Heck, thats bas-
ketball. Everybody goes through
that.
But multiple Jayhawks used the
word linger when describing
the effect they thought the defeat
would have on the team. Even Self
softened his stance a few seconds Jon goering/KANSAN
missouri fans rush the court to celebrate with the players following the Tigers 62-60 vic-
tory against Kansas on Monday night at Mizzou Arena. SEE basketball oN pAgE 6B
MENS BASKEtBALL
Team tries to move on before K-State game
... To hear my name
called and know that
Im going to be in this
league for a while
that was special.
BRANDoN RuSH
Indiana Pacers guard
Kansas sufered its frst Big
12 setback on Monday, but
Blog Allen and The Jay
Report are still undefeated
in awesomeness. Check
them out on Kansan.com.
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sports 2B Wednesday, February 11, 2009
FACT OF THE DAY
In 2007, the Kansas womens
basketball team beat Texas 50-49
in Austin. The team has won just
one conference road game since
then, a 70-66 victory at Missouri.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
You know, thats something
were trying to fgure out
ourselves. And we better fgure
it out soon because we cant
continue to lose road games.
Junior guard Sade Morris after Kansas
lost to Missouri on Saturday
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Since the Big 12s incep-
tion, what is the womens bas-
ketball teams record against
Texas?
A: 7-8. Kansas won fve of the
frst six meetings before drop-
ping six in a row. The Jayhawks
and Longhorns met three times
before the Big 12 with Texas
taking all three matchups.
@
BlogAllen: Case Keefer puts
his own spin on Kansas ugly
loss in Columbia and takes on
the unenviable task of naming
Kansas top performer from the
game.
The Jay Report: While search-
ing for fast food at 2 a.m.,
the guys
welcome in
Rustin Dodd
to help break
down Kansas frst Big 12 loss.
Courtside: Following tonights
game against Texas, check
Jayson Jenks
Courtside
blog for fur-
ther insight
into Bonnie Ball.
TODAY
Womens basketball
Texas, 7 p.m.
Austin, Texas
THURSDAY
Track & Field
ISU Classic/Tyson Inv.
Ames, Iowa/Fayette-
ville, Ark.
FRIDAY
Softball
South Carolina,
10 a.m.
Orlando, Fla.
Softball
Western Carolina,
2:30 p.m.
Orlando, Fla.
Track & Field
ISU Classic/Tyson Inv.
Ames, Iowa/Fayette-
ville, Ark.
SATURDAY
Mens basketball
Kansas State, 2:30
p.m.
Manhattan
Softball
Bradley, 4:30 p.m.
Orlando, Fla.
Softball
Tennessee, 6:30 p.m.
Orlando, Fla.
Womens basketball
Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
Lawrence
Track & Field
ISU Classic/Tyson Inv.
Ames, Iowa/Fayette-
ville, Ark.
SUNDAY
Softball
Bowling Green,
noon
Orlando, Fla.
COMMENTARY
S
ometimes actions say
more than words.
Take Missouri fans
mobbing Norm Stewart Court
following Mondays down-to-
the-wire victory against No. 16
Kansas and the events that pre-
ceded it.
By now you are probably
familiar with the comments
Tigers forward Leo Lyons made
regarding just how much fans in
Columbia were looking forward
to Mondays matchup with the
Jayhawks on ESPNs Big Monday.
But just in case you missed
it, here is what Lyons told the
Columbia Tribune regarding
the Border Showdown follow-
ing a victory against Iowa State
Saturday.
Oh my God, Lyons said.
People thought theyd seen
something when Baylor was
there. I just know this means
more to them than a national
championship does. I know its
going to be packed.
Now, I can excuse Lyons for
his obviously flawed comment.
He was speaking in the heat of
the moment. Clearly, Lyons and
Missouri fans have no idea what
a national championship means
or feels like. You cant when you
havent won one.
Lyons was just excited about
what would be the biggest game
of the year thus far. Reporters
have a way of coaxing quotes out
of their subjects that dont always
reflect the reality of the situation.
He gets a free pass.
But I cant come to grips with
hundreds of students rushing the
court after winning a game they
were favored to win Missouri
was a 4.5-point favorite. Come
on, guys. Thats just amateur
fandom.
The only thing more pathetic
is Kansas fans tearing down
the goalposts three separate
times during a seven-win season
in 2005 that included a vic-
tory against Houston in the Fort
Worth Bowl.
Imagine what Norm Stewart
was thinking in the stands as the
Missouri student body rushed the
court that bears his name. This
should have been just another key
win in the Tigers quest to win
the Big 12 north and return to
the NCAA Tournament.
Instead, they cemented the
notion that beating Kansas is
enough to define a successful
season.
THAT OTHER BORDER
RIVAlRY
Tonight marks the beginning
of World Cup qualifying for the
United States national team,
against arch-rival Mexico, no less
(ESPN2, 6 p.m.).
The game will be played
in Columbus, Ohio, at Crew
Stadium, and U.S. fans have
plenty of reasons to feel confident
that the Americans will defeat
their neighbors to the south. First
of all, the U.S. is 9-2-2 in the past
13 meetings between the two
teams. Even more damning for
the Mexican cause is that Mexico
has failed to win on American
soil in its past 10 tries (8-0-2).
Mexico will be without young
phenom Carlos Vela, suspended
for dangerous conduct against
Honduras. Coach Sven-Goran
Erikkson is feeling the heat from
the Mexican media for the teams
lackluster performances, and a
loss could signal the end of his
reign, as former Atletico Madrid
and Mexico manager Javier
Aguirre waits in the wings.
Nevertheless, this game repre-
sents a major test for an American
team that can cement its status as
the regions alpha dog. A victory
vaults the team into World Cup
qualifying with confidence. A loss
proves Mexico really can compete
in the United States.
Edited by Grant Treaster
Victory is closest thing to title for MU
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Kansas softball replaced
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Groups boycott Kellogg for cutting ties with Phelps
By DAVID CRARy
Associated Press
NEW YORK Snap, crackle
... pot?
Bursting with indignation,
legions of marijuana advocates are
urging a boycott of Kellogg Co.,
including all of its popular munch-
ies, for deciding to cut ties with
Olympic hero Michael Phelps after
he was photographed with a pot
pipe.
The leader of one of the big-
gest legalize-pot organizations, the
Marijuana Policy Project, called
Kelloggs action hypocritical and
disgusting, and said hed never
seen his membership so angry, with
more than 2,300 of them signing an
online petition.
Kelloggs had no problem sign-
ing up Phelps when he had a con-
viction for drunk driving, an illegal
act that could actually have killed
someone, said Rob Kampia, the
groups executive director. To drop
him for choosing to relax with a
substance thats safer than beer is
an outrage, and it sends a danger-
ous message to young people.
Also urging a boycott were
the National Organization for
the Reform of Marijuana Laws,
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
and the Drug Policy Alliance. They
encouraged their members to con-
tact Kellogg to vent their views.
In one sign of the campaigns
impact, the Phelps saga took pre-
cedence over the tainted peanut
butter outbreak in the recorded
reply on Kelloggs consumer hot
line Tuesday.
If you would like to share your
comments regarding our relation-
ship with Michael Phelps, please
press one to speak to a representa-
tive, said the recording. If youre
calling about the recent peanut but-
ter recall, please press two now.
From Kelloggs media office,
there was no immediate reply to
a request for an assessment of
the boycott campaign. A Kellogg
spokeswoman, Kris Charles, said
by e-mail, Our contract with
Michael Phelps was set to expire at
the end of February and we made
a business decision not to extend
that contract.
Last week, the company
announced his contract would end
and described Phelps conduct as
not consistent with the image of
Kellogg. Kellogg has been placing
images of Phelps on the fronts of
Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes
boxes since September, after the
swimmers record-shattering eight
gold medals at the last Olympics.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Michael Phelps, winner of eight gold
medals in the Beijing Olympics, smiles
while holding a box of cereal with his image
on it during a news conference in Balti-
more. Bursting with indignation, legions of
marijuana advocates are urging a boycott of
Kellogg Co.
national
Kansas Union
Thursday, February 12
noon - 5 pm
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sports 4B WEDNESDay, FEBRUaRy 11, 2009
Mlb
By DEVLIN BARRETT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON All-Star
shortstop Miguel Tejada has been
charged with lying to Congress
about steroids, the latest base-
ball player to get caught up in
an extensive web of cheating
and juicing that has stained the
sport.
Tejada is scheduled to appear in
court today where he is expected
to plead guilty.
The charges against Tejada, who
currently plays for the Houston
Astros, were outlined in docu-
ments filed in Washington federal
court Tuesday.
The documents indicate that a
plea agreement has been reached
with Tejada, who won the 2002
American League Most Valuable
Player award while playing for the
Oakland Athletics and is a five-
time All-Star. The court papers
were filed a day after superstar
Alex Rodriguez acknowledged
past use of performance-enhanc-
ing drugs. The New York Yankees
third baseman does not face
charges.
Tejada faces as much as a year
in jail if convicted on the misde-
meanor charge of making misrep-
resentations to Congress.
Under federal guidelines, he
would probably receive a lighter
sentence.
The charge came in a legal doc-
ument called a criminal informa-
tion, which only can be filed with
the defendants consent and typi-
cally signals a plea deal. A hear-
ing is scheduled for 11 a.m. EST
Wednesday in Washington, and
Tejada and his lawyer plan to hold
a news conference later in the day
in Houston.
Messages left for his attorney,
Mark Tuohey, were not immedi-
ately returned.
In the documents filed Tuesday,
Tejada is charged with lying to
investigators for the House
Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform in 2005.
Congressional staffers did not
place Tejada under oath when they
questioned him, but they advised
him of the importance of provid-
ing truthful answers, according to
the court papers.
During the interview, Tejada
denied knowledge of an ex-
teammates use of performance-
enhancing drugs.
The teammate is not identi-
fied in court documents, but is
referred to as having played with
Tejada on the Athletics.
Tejada unlawfully withheld
pertinent information from the
committee because defendant
Tejada, before and during his
interview with the committee
staff, then and there well knew
that player 1, one of his team-
mates on the Oakland Athletics,
had used steroids and HGH, the
papers state.
The court papers filed by
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven
Durham charge that during spring
training in 2003, Tejada had pur-
chased a substance believed to be
HGH from the player, giving him
payments of $3,100 and $3,200.
In the Mitchell Report, which
examined steroid use in baseball,
Oakland outfielder Adam Piatt
is cited saying he discussed ste-
roid use with Tejada and having
provided Tejada with testosterone
and human growth hormone.
The Mitchell Report, issued
in December 2007, also included
copies of checks allegedly written
by Tejada to Piatt in March 2003
for $3,100 and $3,200 the same
payment amounts in Tuesdays
court filing.
Tejada came under scrutiny after
another ex-teammate, Baltimore
Orioles Rafael Palmeiro, testified
before the House committee.
In January 2008, the
House panel asked the Justice
Department to investigate wheth-
er Tejada lied to committee inves-
tigators when he was interviewed
in connection with the Palmeiro
steroids case.
When that same House panel
held a hearing in March 2005,
Palmeiro jabbed a finger at law-
makers and declared: I have never
used steroids, period. Palmeiro
was suspended by baseball later
that year after testing positive for
a steroid.
The committee looked into
whether Palmeiro should face
perjury charges but eventually
dropped the matter.
Palmeiro said his positive test
must have resulted from a B-12
vitamin injection given to him by
Tejada.
That prompted Congress to talk
to Tejada.
Another one bites the dust
ASSOCIATED PRESS
All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada has been charged with lying to Congress about ste-
roids. Tejada, the AL MVP in 2002, faces a year in jail if convicted. He is scheduled to appear
in court today and is expected to plead guilty.
By MARK LONG
Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. never wanted to
be the voice of NASCAR, the one
getting all the questions and shoul-
dering the responsibility for speak-
ing for teammates, colleagues and
everyone else in the garage.
I just wanted to drive, but thats
not all there is to it, Earnhardt
said.
Not even close.
Earnhardt has fgured that out,
evidenced by all hes done leading
up to the Daytona 500. He took
track promoters to task, suggested
ways to make races more afordable
to fans and even ofered to drive for
free if his team needed to cut costs
in a foundering economy.
NASCARs most popular driver
the last six years, the guy who
gained instant fame because of his
iconic father and grandfather, has
reluctantly accepted his position
atop the sport.
I feel like I take a big role in this
sport, Earnhardt said. I am glad
to be part of this sport. I am glad
to represent the sport, either on my
good days or my bad days.
Lately, Earnhardt has found
more unfair.
He ripped track promoters last
week for demanding more of driv-
ers time to help sell tickets. Bruton
Smith, chairman of track conglom-
erate Speedway Motorsports Inc.,
and his chief lieutenant, Texas Mo-
tor Speedway president Eddie Gos-
sage, criticized drivers for not help-
ing create buzz and fll seats.
Tats not true, Earnhardt said.
Were constantly doing things ev-
ery week for this guy and that guy
to help racetracks. ... Tey gotta
take a little responsibility for them-
selves.
Earnhardts annoyance started
in the ofseason, when promoters
at Memphis Motorsports Park of-
fered Earnhardt free ribs for life
from the track-sponsored barbe-
cue restaurant if he raced in their
Nationwide race. Earnhardt was
upset they didnt ask him if they
could use his name.
He also took exception with
billboards in Texas and Las Vegas
that ofered rewards for something
Earnhardt does on the track.
I like those kind of things, but
damn, you know, notify us a little
bit, he said. Lets get a little more
creative.
Some thought his move from
Dale Earnhardt Inc. to Hendrick
Motorsports before last season
might prevent him from ever tak-
ing on a leadership role.
Would team owner Rick Hen-
drick try to turn Earnhardt into a
clone of clean-cut, rarely contro-
versial drivers Jimmie Johnson and
Jef Gordon?
From the very frst time we
talked, I told him, Be yourself. We
want you to be comfortable being
you and we wont change you.
Hendrick said. Tats what the at-
traction is to him. When you get
around him, you fnd out what a
neat person he is and you fnd out
why the people gravitate toward
him.
Nascar
Earnhardt states his frustration with NASCAR
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has found a lot to complain about regarding the state of his sport in recent days. He has criticized track
promoters for wanting drivers to help sell tickets and taken exception to organizations using his name without notifying him.
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
The last time Kansas boarded
a plane destined for the state of
Texas, freshman forward Aishah
Sutherland heard, but didnt fully
grasp, the hype.
Teammates and coaches, all of
whom had served witness to the
indescribable athleticism possessed
by teams residing in Texas, tried to
warn the nave freshman of what
was awaiting her once the plane
landed and the ball was tossed in
the air.
Yet, after that game on Jan. 31,
when Kansas lost 73-60 at Texas
A&M, Sutherland fully understood
her teammates warnings.
Ive been telling her that tal-
ent alone is not enough. You cant
just focus on your athletic ability,
junior forward Danielle McCray
said.
I think shes been realizing that
because A&M was a big shock for
her. I dont think she ever played
against girls that can play like that.
Its that whole thing that freshman
dont know about. Until you come
into the Big 12, you dont know
until you play.
But its a lesson Sutherland wont
need reviewed when Kansas plays
at No. 13 Texas today at 7 p.m.
Similar to Texas A&M, Texas
possesses a tall, quick team capable
of being one of the best in the
Big 12. At first, such circumstanc-
es intimidated
Sutherland.
In high school,
Sutherlands speed
and jumping abil-
ity allowed her to
dominate. But in
the Big 12, one of
the best womens
basketball confer-
ences in the coun-
try, those skills
alone arent enough.
I just feel that all the teams
weve played on the road are very
athletic and Im just not as good
against athletic players, Sutherland
said.
Yeah, Im very athletic but
when it comes to other people,
they jump just as high as me.
Theyre fast like me; they have
quick feet. I just have to find a way
to stop them.
Much has been made of
Sutherlands development: Some
games she shows improvement, but
in others she appears to backtrack.
But, especially against the Big 12s
top-level teams, Sutherlands con-
tributions are often key for the
Jayhawks.
In practice, coach Bonnie
Henrickson notices an increased
excitement level from teammates
when Sutherland pieces together a
solid effort.
During games, a similar situa-
tion occurs when Sutherland grabs
an offensive rebound or blocks a
shot.
I think how she does it is
impressive with just having that
kind of athleticism,
Henrickson said.
But her teammates
know when she
plays well, she gives
us a chance to win
because shes very,
very talented.
One of Kansas
points of empha-
sis heading into
the Texas game has
been the continued work on the
inside game both offensively
and defensively. In Kansas last
game, Henrickson said, Missouris
post players went 18-for-28, but
Kansas posts made just 6-of-20
attempts.
To improve those lopsided num-
bers, the Jayhawks marked off
a taped box around the basket.
Defensively, no player should catch
the ball inside the box. On offense,
the box represents the ideal posi-
tion for Kansas post players.
The Jayhawks have used the box
throughout the season, but after
the Missouri loss, they are reem-
phasizing it.
Thats just ridiculous to have no
effort and no pressure on the ball,
Henrickson said. The box is to
keep people out. You cant let them
catch it in front of the rim.
Part of that responsibility will
fall with Sutherland.
As the conference season has
worn on, Sutherland said she had
developed a better comfort level
playing against top athletes. For a
player clearly capable of provid-
ing Kansas a spark off the bench,
confidence is just as important as
Sutherlands skills.
When I first started out I was
feeling pretty nervous, Sutherland
said. But now, Im feeling more
comfortable with it.
Mccray eager to play
ranked teaM
Strange as it sounds, junior for-
ward Danielle McCray is excited
for the challenge of playing a
ranked team.
The last time Kansas played a
ranked opponent, the Jayhawks
nearly knocked off Texas A&M
before the Aggies pulled away
late.
Personally, I love playing against
ranked teams and people that are
really good, MCray said. It just
shows you how much you have to
improve and gives you the chance
to beat them.
Playing on the road for the sec-
ond consecutive time, McCray said
the Jayhawks needed to change
their mindset.
We need to have our own ener-
gy on the road and our own inten-
sity, McCray said. We have to
know that we only have ourselves.
What we brought on the bus is all
we have. We just have to focus on
that more.
Edited by Heather Melanson
sports 5b WEDNESDay, FEBRUaRy 11, 2009
It takes more than athleticism to beat Texas teams
WoMens basketball
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Freshman forward Aishah Sutherland will have to bring her best game tonight when the
Jayhawks play the Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, at 7 p.m.

Kansas (13-8, 2-6) vs. Texas (17-5, 5-3)
p no. kansas Ht. yr. ppg
G 3 Ivana Catic 5-8 Sr. 2.4
G 4 Danielle McCray 5-11 Jr. 19.6
G 20 Sade Morris 5-11 Jr. 11.7
F 24 Nicollette Smith 6-2 So. 6.6
C 14 Krysten Boogaard 6-5 So. 9.6
p no. texas Ht. yr. ppg
G 3 Carla Cortijo 5-7 Sr. 7.2
G 33 Ashleigh Fontenette 5-8 Fr. 6.3
G 10 Brittainey Raven 6-0 Jr. 13.7
G 5 Kathleen Nash 6-2 So. 13.6
C 22 Ashley Gayle 6-4 Fr. 4.4
When/Where...
Tipof scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the
Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
Who to watch for...
Junior guard Brittainey Raven. The Longhorns
have a lot of balance in their scoring, but Raven
is the most consistent of the bunch. Shes just
third in three-point attempts, but she can hit
when she sets her feet. She shoots more than 40
percent from deep.
What to expect...
Texas will come at the Jayhawks in waves.
Ten players average more than 10 minutes per
game. And this isnt balance because the start-
ers are below-average. Its balance because the
Longhorns are deeper than a public pool diving
well.
Why kansas will win...
Simply put, Danielle McCray is sick of losing.
The Jayhawks arguably played their worst game
of the season at Missouri, and in order to even
dream about a tournament bid, they will need
to upset a Big 12 South team like Texas. Why not
tonight?
How the game is important...
Kansas is at its lowest point of the season.
They dont necessarily need to beat Texas, but
they need to stay competitive to keep their
season afoat.
Magic number...
110 Number of points scored by Texas in
an early-season win against St. Marys. They have
the second-ranked ofense in the Big 12. Kansas
will have to play better defense if it hopes to stay
with the Longhorns.
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after promising Kansas would be
fine.
I dont know how well handle
it, Self said. Its probably a good
thing we have five days off, to be
honest with you.
Kansas only solace seems to
be the looming matchup against
Kansas State on Saturday in
Manhattan. Self and the Jayhawks
are impressed with the Wildcats
current five-game winning streak
which includes an 88-72 victory
against Missouri.
They know Bramlage Coliseum
will be every bit as hostile as Mizzou
Arena. And if the Jayhawks were to
lose their second game in a row,
they would likely see another court
flooded with opposing fans.
But its about more than that.
To Kansas, a victory in Manhattan
would get its season back on track.
Thats why the players adopted a
motto after the loss in Columbia,
Mo.
You cant turn one loss into two,
sophomore guard Tyrel Reed said.
It almost sounded rehearsed as
Aldrich and junior guard Sherron
Collins described the game against
Kansas State the same way.
None of them thought motiva-
tion would be a problem. Not only
because its a showdown against
an in-state rival, but also because
of how the Missouri game played
out.
If you get beat, Reed said,
next game youve got to come out
with a bad taste in your mouth and
be ready to play.
Reed described the Missouri
defeat as tough to swallow.
Aldrich took it a step further and
said it eats at me.
Although the image of fans in
black and gold flooding the court
after a loss isnt going anywhere,
Aldrich said it must be used as a
positive.
Weve got to learn from it,
Aldrich said. Thats the bottom
line.
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sports 6B wednesday, february 11, 2009
just wasnt room for Rush in the
starting lineup. Tat had never
happened to him before.
His uneasiness at the prospect
of coming of the bench showed
early. Rush averaged nearly eight
more points in the five games
when, because of injuries, coach
Jim OBrien was forced to put him
in the starting lineup.
Ive never come of the bench
before, Rush said about the dis-
crepancy in his numbers. Tis is
my frst time ever experiencing it.
I guess its that comfort zone. As a
starter you hit your frst couple of
shots and really get into that fow.
Coming of the bench, you come
in and miss a couple and get taken
out. You really dont know when
if youre coming back in.
Lately Rushs minutes have been
cut even more with the return of
Pacers guard Mike Dunleavy from
an injury that kept him out for the
frst half of the season. But Rush
says he knows he belongs in this
league, citing Granger as an exam-
ple.
In the future I want to be a
Danny Granger type, Rush said.
When he was a rookie he was
going through a lot of the same
things Im going through right
now. You know, he just got better
and better every year. I want to
have that kind of career.
Careers, though, take time. Rush
has demonstrated the potential to
be a lethal scorer in the NBA. In his
fve starts this year he has averaged
13 points a game, and scored a
career-high 22 against New Jersey.
But he is still just a rookie.
Tey got me doing things I
never thought I would do, he
said. Im getting McDonalds
every morning for the guys, sing-
ing happy birthday to everybody,
dancing and stuf. Its a big difer-
ence.
But misery loves company, and
Rush has plenty of that. Four of
his former Kansas teammates were
drafed along with Rush on that
night in late June.
Among them was point guard
Mario Chalmers, who was in
Indianapolis Friday for the same
reason Rush stayed late at practice
that morning.
Chalmers Miami Heat were set
to take on Rushs Pacers that night.
Rush said it was a dream come true
for all of them.
Its one of those things we
talked about over the years, Rush
said, being able to play each other
in the NBA. Its a lot of fun; were
always joking with each other. You
defnitely root for them.
Tough the friendship is still
strong Rush took Chalmers out
for a steak dinner the night before
the game both know that its
all business once they get on the
court.
Its fun to go up against a guy
like Brandon, said Chalmers, who
has started all 47 games at point
guard for Miami. But at the same
time were going to make each other
work hard for everything we get.
Chalmers, who averages 31 min-
utes per game compared to Rushs
20, plays a major role for the Heat,
one that he described as just trying
to get everybody involved in the
ofense, keep us going on defense
and really bring that energy.
His importance to the Heat was
exemplifed early in their game
against Indiana. Te Pacers won the
tip, but a quick turnover led to the
Heats frst possession. Less than 30
seconds into the game, Chalmers
helped the Heat get on the board.
He was forced to the baseline but
found Dwyane Wade in the middle
for a 15-foot jumper and his frst of
fve assists.
A few possessions later, Chalmers
took advantage of a weakness in the
Pacers defense. He sliced through
three Pacers defenders all above
6-foot-9-inches for an easy lef-
handed layup. It was a play Rush
saw coming.
Ive just got to pick up our
system and how we play defense,
Rush said at lunch before the
game. With Self it was just blitz
everything. ... With coach OBrien
its jamming everything, trying to
force the guy with the ball to the
baseline. Its kind of tough because
you open up the gate, straight to the
hole, for a great ofensive player.
Chalmers inexperience showed
shortly afer the layup. Seven min-
utes into the frst quarter, Chalmers
was forced to check out because of
foul trouble.
With Chalmers able to play only
a minute and a half in the second
quarter, the Heats defcit quickly
grew from three to 17. Despite log-
ging only 13 minutes in the game,
Chalmers tallied a respectable nine
points and fve assists.
You can go on and on about
somebodys impact, Wade said
about Chalmers foul trouble. We
had guys come in who shouldve
been able to step in and do the job,
but you always miss a guy like that
when theyre not on the foor.
Wades relationship with
Chalmers is an interesting one.
Wade, who was one of the stars
of this summers Olympic gold-
medal-winning Team USA, was
coaching Chalmers at every pos-
sible opportunity.
He would retreat down the foor
to talk to Chalmers on the bench
during free throws and talk to
him on the court during timeouts.
Whenever the two were together
on the bench they would sit next
to each other and run imaginary
plays with their hands, pointing
out spots on the foor and using
their hands to make phantom cuts
to the hole.
Dwyane, you know, hes the one
that took me under his wing at the
beginning of the season, Chalmers
said. Hes just tried to show me
the ropes, make the game a little bit
easier for me. Tats the person I go
to when Ive got to ask questions
stuf like that. Hes my vet.
A similar relationship has
evolved with Granger and Rush.
I try to emulate his game,
Rush said. Te coaches want me
to do that and I want to do that for
myself because hes a great player
hes an All-Star now and I
want to be at that level.
Its easy to mistake the two
on the court. Granger, a 6-foot-9
swingman out of New Mexico, has
a few inches on the 6-6 Rush, but
their frame and game are
eerily similar.
Granger, the Pacers frst-round
pick in the 2005 draf, has devel-
oped from a reserve and emergency
starter into one of the top players in
the league, averaging more than 25
points per game.
Rush, at the moment, is trapped
in the reserve and emergency start-
er role, as Granger was in his rook-
ie season, but his numbers hover
right around what Granger put up
that frst year.
Its a diferent level when youre
going against all-stars every night,
Rush said. But Im picking it up.
He doesnt have to go buy a lot-
tery ticket, as his coach suggested.
Hes already won it.
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Former Hawks
around tHe nba
The four Jayhawks from last years team playing in the NBA joined seven
others who had already established themselves in the league. They are:
nick Collison
oklahoma City thunder, Class of 2003
Season: 8.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists
Career: 8.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1 assist
Collison, who formed one of the most prolifc
tandems in school history with Kirk Hinrich in his
four years at Kansas, has become a mainstay in
the Thunders starting lineup. Despite Oklahoma
Citys struggles, Collison has proved to be a reliable
power forward in the NBA.
drew Gooden
Chicago bulls, Class of 2002
Season: 13.1 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists
Career: 12.1 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists
Gooden has become known just as much for his
varying facial hairstyles as for his reliable play for
the Bulls. He joined fellow Jayhawk Kirk Hinrich
in Chicago after being traded from the Cleveland
Cavaliers last year. Gooden, in his seventh year in
the league, is improving most of his career num-
bers in his frst full year in Chicago.
kirk Hinrich
Chicago bulls, Class of 2003
Season: 9.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.3 steals
Career: 14.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.3 steals
Hinrich was Chicagos starting point guard for the
past fve years, but when the opportunity arose for
the Bulls to select hometown hero Derrick Rose
with the frst pick of the draft, they jumped. Hinrich
is widely believed to have the talent to be a start-
ing point guard, and his name, according to ESPN.
com, is being thrown about in trade discussions.
raef LaFrentz
Portland trail blazers, Class of 1998
Season: 1.7 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.2 assists, 0.4 blocks
Career: 10.1points, 6.1rebounds, 1.1assists, 1.6blocks
LaFrentz is on the downstroke of a successful NBA
career. He has spent time with Denver, Dallas, Bos-
ton and, for the past two years, Portland, and may
very well retire a Trail Blazer. The sweet-shooting
big man has hit threes at a 36 percent clip for his
career.
Paul Pierce
boston Celtics, Class of 1998
Season: 19.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.1 steals
Career: 22.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.6 steals
Pierces scoring average has dropped during the
past two years as a result of the Celtics fnally build-
ing a winning team around him. After struggling
through some bad years with the Celtics, last year
Pierce broke through and won the NBA title. He was
voted Finals MVP, becoming the second Jayhawk,
after Jo Jo White, to win the award with Boston.
Pierce has had a borderline Hall of Fame career.
Jacque Vaughn
san antonio spurs, Class of 1997
Season: 2.6 points, 2.3 assists, 0.8 rebounds
Career: 4.5 points, 2.5 assists, 1.3 rebounds
Vaughn, like LaFrentz, will likely be leaving the NBA
within the next few seasons. After spending time
with Utah, who drafted him 27th overall in 1997,
Atlanta, Orlando and New Jersey, the 33-year-
old point guard has found a home with the San
Antonio Spurs.
Julian wright
new orleans Hornets, Class of 2007
Season: 2.9 points, 1.8 rebounds
Career: 3.6 points, 2.0 rebounds
Wright is still looking to break into a lineup that
features sharp-shooter Peja Stojakovic and all-star
David West starting in the two forward spots that
Wright would likely occupy. As a reserve, he is
averaging 10 minutes per game.
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Collison
Gooden
Hinrich
LaFrentz
Vaughn
wright
Pierce
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Indiana Pacers guard Brandon Rush (right) fouls Orlando Magic guard Mickael Pietrus during the second half of the Jan. 27 Pacers loss. Rush
has found a mentor in Indianas Danny Granger, an all-star player this year.
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