2009-11-12

BY DANIEL JOHNSON
djohnson@kansan.com
About 10 p.m. each day, Hadley
Kombrink heads to her farm.
She harvests fields of peas and
tomatoes, milks cows and collects
eggs. She walks through neatly
lined orchards, picking fruit from
more than 10 different types of
trees. Next she plows, replants her
crops, and rakes the leaves off her
neighbors farm.
The work doesnt make her back
ache or mar her hands with cal-
luses, but her right pointer finger
might become a little tired. The
chores take hundreds of clicks on
the computer mouse to complete.
I spend about an hour a day on
Farmville, Kombrink said. I need
it. It helps break up the monotony
of my day.
Kombrink, Overland Park senior
and level 35 Skilled Farmer,
is one of more than 63 million
monthly players of the online game
Farmville. The game can become
an addictive distraction for students
who have scheduled it into their
daily routines. The games devel-
opers say Farmville has become
the most popular online game of
all time; they plan to expand the
application beyond the Facebook
platform and allow users to play on
Farmville.com next week.
The games platform is simple:
Players receive a 12 x 12 acre plot
of land and 100 gold coins. To earn
more money and experience, play-
ers can plant and sell crops, raise
cattle, help on neighbors farms,
among other farming activities. As
they gain experience through time
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Parking director Donna Hultine responds to questions about KU parking at the public hearingWednesday in Anderson Auditorium.
Anyone was allowed to voice their concerns and ofer ideas about better parking. One of the biggest topics was handicap-accessible parking.
Parking and Transit discuss accessible parking issues
BY JESSE BROWN
jbrown@kansan.com
Members of the Universitys park-
ing commission asked for directions
from faculty and students yesterday
at a public hearing.
About 20 faculty members and
students took part in discussing com-
ments and ideas regarding Parking
and Transit departmental policies,
rules and fees.
The issue of accessible parking for
the physically disabled, veterans and
moped drivers was the most heavily
discussed topic at the hearing. Steven
Schrock, chairman of the Parking
Commission, led the public hearing.
This is going to be a driving force
for the committee and well see what
we can do, Schrock said.
Donna Hultine, director of Parking
and Transit, said the office sent out
an e-mail to faculty and students with
surveys, which it had never done
before. She said the surveys dealt with
the issues of assigned parking spaces
for faculty and staff, handicap-acces-
sible parking and new or expanded
parking areas for motorcycles and
mopeds. She said she hoped to form
focus groups that would discuss the
ideas brought up in the surveys and
public hearing.
Accessible parking was an issue
of concern for students and faculty.
Tiffany Huggard-Lee, Columbia, Mo.
graduate student, is the vice-president
of AbleHawks and Allies, a student
organization meant to educate and
create awareness for students with
disabilities. She said she advocated
for more on-campus parking spots
for disabled students that were closer
to buildings where classes are held.
Huggard-Lee
also said charg-
ing physically
disabled stu-
dents more for
closer parking
was wrong and
conflicts with the
Americans With
Disabilities Act.
J o h n a t h a n
D u n c a n ,
Newton senior and vice-president
of Collegiate Veterans Association,
said he was also against charging
more for closer parking spaces on
campus. He advocated for discounted
parking spaces for veterans. He said
with the increased benefits created
with the passage of the new GI Bill,
the number of veterans on campus
would increase in the coming years
and higher parking prices would not
be fair for these veterans.
Another student voiced concern
over the reckless driving of some
moped drivers and demanded that
action be taken to avoid injuries.
Hultine said the department had
received many complaints about
reckless moped driving on sidewalks.
These complaints prompted
administrators to discuss alternative
parking areas for mopeds and
motorcycles.
A few students who
drove mopeds talked about
having to park elsewhere
as opposed to continuing
to park by bicycle racks.
One student said students
should be allowed to park
mopeds near bicycle racks
because the engine wasnt
as powerful as a motor-
cycles.
From accessible parking to acco-
midating the needs of students and
faculty, Hultine said the ideas at the
public hearing will help with future
Parking and Transit projects. She
also said she encouraged those who
attended the public hearing to be
involved in those projects.

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This is going to be a
driving force for the
committee and well
see what we can do.
Steven Schrock
chairman of
Parking commission
environment
Department
receives
$5 million
for research
BY ABIGAIL BOLIN
abolin@kansan.com
Te department of geology and
the Kansas Geological Survey re-
ceived a $5 million grant the
largest grant KGS has ever received
to study the possibility of stor-
ing carbon dioxide underground.
Te department has the oppor-
tunity to play a major role in help-
ing harness CO2, one of the great-
est contributors to the greenhouse
efect. Te high amounts of CO2
released from fuel exhaust and the
burning of fossil fuels such as oil
and coal are examples of the big-
gest players involved with global
warming, Lynn Watney said.
Receiving the grant was based
on the need to start considering
what to do about Greenhouse gas-
es and global warming, Watney,
the co-principal investigator for
the study, said.
Te U.S. has the second high-
est rate of CO2 emissions released
from human activities afer China,
according to the Environmental
Protection Agency Web site and
the CIA World Factbook. In the
U.S., there were around 6 billion
metric tons of CO2 emissions in
2007, and in Kansas contributed
around 79 million metric tons of
CO2 emissions.
Te department applied for the
grant in August, according to Bob
Goldstein, distinguished professor
and co-principal investigator for
the study. About two months later,
the U.S. Department of Energy
signed on to the stimulus grant
SEE environment ON PAGE 3A SEE game ON PAGE 3A
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BY LISA ANDERSEN
landersen@kansan.com
One week, it might be spicy split
pea soup; another week vegetable
curry. But regulars know what to
expect at the Ecumenical Christian
Ministries (ECM) each Thursday at
lunchtime: a hot vegetarian meal, a
table stacked high with free bread
and the chance to break bread with
lots of people.
Every Thursday from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m., the ECM sponsors an all-
vegetarian lunch for anyone in the
Lawrence community.
ECM is a campus ministry, there
is no specific membership or wor-
ship service and we are open to all
faiths or no faiths, said Shannon
Gorres, ECM administrative assis-
tant.
Attendance and volunteers
include faculty, students from a
variety of different organizations as
well as others living in the Lawrence
community. The lunch serves about
200 people each Thursday.
Reverend Thad Holcombe, pas-
tor at the ECM, said the tradition
started in the spring of 1999 with
about five or six people from ECM,
KU Environs and PETA members
all having lunch together. Shannon
Martin, one participant, had the
idea to open the lunch to everyone
in the community. Within a few
semesters, the group had reached 20
people and continued to grow to its
current size.
It introduces people to vege-
tarian dishes, though most people
arent vegetarians, Holcombe said.
Its a place where people can orga-
nize, and it helps to humanize the
University.
Student coordinators Miles Gray
and Lauren Ashman, Wildwood,
Mo. Junior, run the Veggie Lunch.
They recruit volunteer cooks each
week. Volunteers begin preparation
on Wednesday nights.
Wednesday evening two dif-
ferent volunteers come in, Gorres
said. They do the grocery shopping
themselves and cook about three to
six tubs of food for two hundred
people. They put tablecloths up to
give a home-feeling to the meal, so
its not just cafeteria style.
The meal varies depending on
the cooks.
They have had Indian and
Italian food, stews, rice dishes and
Southwestern food Im amazed
at the kinds of things they come up
with, Holcombe said.
ECM does not have a prob-
lem finding volunteers within the
Lawrence community.
Volunteers are generally people
who have enjoyed the Veggie Lunch
for several weeks or months over a
semester, Gorres said.
After the meal is over, attend-
ees wash their own dishes in the
kitchen in communal tubs.
Its another time of fellowship
and conversation; its just another
part of the community building pro-
cess, Gorres said. The main point
is for people to meet new friends
and have good conversation.
Attendee donations pay for the
lunch. Only local food is served.
Holcombe said he feels the Veggie
Lunch serves its intended purpose.
Its important for people to have
a place to pause, Holcombe said.
After cleanup, if the weather per-
mits, attendees are free to play or
listen to music on the lawn of ECM.
Andrew Storer, Overland Park
sophomore, likes the atmosphere of
Veggie Lunch.
There are so many cliques, peo-
ple dont always break out of the
norm, Storer said. Its a good way
to get people from different areas
and organizations to bond.
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warm houses efciently, to
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ON THE RECORD
About 5 p.m. Monday at Grace
Pearson Scholarship Hall,
someone reported the theft of
an iPod, at a loss of $200.
About 10:30 p.m. Monday near
19th St. and Stewart Ave., a
University student reported
the theft of a drivers license
and debit card, at unspecifed
losses.
About 11 a.m. Tuesday at a
parking lot on campus, some-
one reported the theft of a lost
or mislaid license plate.
About 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mur-
phy Hall, someone reported
the theft of one tuba, and
criminal damage to another
tuba, at a loss of $13,500.
About 3 p.m. Tuesday at the
Kansas Union, someone re-
ported the theft of a coat and
two gold bracelets, at a loss of
$900.
About 5 p.m. Tuesday near the
parking lot near 11th and Illi-
nois streets, someone reported
the theft of a vehicle tailgate,
at a loss of $500.
About 10 p.m. Tuesday near
Wescoe Hall, someone report-
ed the theft of a giant bicycle,
at a loss of $436.
ON CAMPUS
The brownbag lunch with the
Provost will begin at noon in
the Big 12 Room in the Kansas
Union.
Tea Time will begin at 3 p.m. in
the lobby in the Kansas Union.
The University/Faculty Senate
Meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m.
in Room 203 in Green Hall.
The NewWork Poetry Reading:
Kenneth Irby, Joseph Har-
rington, and William J. Harris
will begin a 4:30 p.m. in the
Central Court in the Spencer
Museum of Art.
The Big 12 Diversity Ofcers
Reception will begin at 5:30
p.m. in the Dole Institute of
Politics.
The KU School of Music Saxo-
phone Quartets will begin at
7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital
Hall in Murphy Hall.
NEWS NEAR & FAR
NAtIoNAL
4. Five members of family
charged with sex crimes
LEXINGTON, Mo. Five
members of a family, including
three lay ministers, are charged in
Missouri with sex crimes against
children.
The fve men arrested Tuesday
are charged with several felonies,
including forcible sodomy, rape
with a child less than 12 years
old and use of a child in a sexual
performance. Allegations include
bestiality and forcing an 11-year-
old to have an abortion.
Authorities say one of the
victims came forward with the
allegations in mid-August. The
26-year-old woman is related to
the suspects.
A spokeswoman for the
Independence-based Commu-
nity of Christ says three of the
suspects are lay ministers but are
not in positions of leadership or
involved with youth.
5. Police seek man accused
of torturing girlfriend
LOS ANGELES Police in Los
Angeles are seeking a man they
say tortured, raped and poured
battery acid on his girlfriend dur-
ing a Halloween attack.
Police say 30-year-old Miguel
Herrera got into a heated argu-
ment with the woman after she
showed up late at his South Los
Angeles apartment.
Capt. Art Miller said Wednes-
day that Herrera told the woman
he wanted to teach her a lesson.
Miller says he punched the
woman, stabbed her with a knife,
whipped her with an electrical
cord, poured acid on her and
tried to make her drink the acid.
Miller says Herrera raped her
before letting her go.
Police say Herrera followed the
womans car but she eluded him.
She was treated at a hospital and
released.
6. Man charged for falsely
wearing military medals
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. A Palm
Springs man who was never in the
military has been charged with
wearing the Navys highest honor.
Federal prosecutors in Los
Angeles say 39-year-old Steven
Burton was photographed wear-
ing the Navy Cross along with the
Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and
other medals.
Authorities say Burton claimed
in Internet postings that hed
served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Hes expected to surrender Thurs-
day to face a charge of unauthor-
ized wearing of military medals
and could face up to a year in
federal prison if convicted.
Associated Press
INtERNAtIoNAL
1. US scientists visit Cuba
for science diplomacy
HAVANA Eight American
scientists, including Nobel laure-
ate in chemistry Peter Agre, are
in Havana to engage in science
diplomacy.
The group was scheduled
to meet with ofcials at Cubas
foreign and public health min-
istries as well as visit the islands
Academy of Sciences and the
University of Havana.
There was no ofcial word
on the visitors schedule, but
they planned to remain in Cuba
through Friday, according to a
statement released by organizers.
The trip comes as Cuba and
the U.S. are taking tentative steps
toward improving nearly 50 years
of frigid relations with recent talks
on immigration and re-establish-
ing direct mail service between
the countries.
2. Iran cooperative in talks
about nuclear fuel bank
TEHRAN, Iran Iran says it
could cooperate in a global nu-
clear fuel bank, a U.S.-backed idea
for a safe repository for uranium
aimed at preventing proliferation
of nuclear weapons.
President Mahmoud Ah-
madinejad said Wednesday
Tehran places importance on
international nuclear cooperation
including Irans presence in the
global fuel bank.
Iran has been wrangling
with Western powers over their
proposal for it to ship most of
its uranium out for enrichment
abroad. The aim is to reduce Irans
stockpile of fuel that can be used
for nuclear energy or nuclear
weapons. Iran is proposing the
U.N. supervise uranium enrich-
ment inside the country.
President Barack Obama and
U.N. have both endorsed nuclear
fuel banks.
3. Ivory Coast elections
delayed at least 2 months
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast An
Ivory Coast election ofcial says
this months presidential vote will
not occur as planned.
Robert Beugre, the president of
the electoral commission, says the
Nov. 29 election will be delayed at
least two months.
The countrys elections have
been delayed every year since
2005, when President Laurent
Gbagbo fnished his last term. The
country slipped briefy into civil
war but a peace deal was struck
that was meant to pave the way
toward elections.
Beugre said Wednesday more
than 5 million voters have been
cleared to take part in the elec-
tion, representing 83 percent of
the electorate.
KUlture:
Veggie Lunch
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
The Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., plays hosts to a Veggie Lunch ev-
ery Thursday from11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Volunteers cook the food and attendees wash their own
dishes. The main point is for people to meet newfriends and have good conversation,Shannon
Gorres, ECMadministrative assistant, said.
ASSocIAtED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Va. On a
cold, rain-soaked Veterans Day,
President Barack Obama walked
slowly through the white, stone
markers at the section of Arlington
National Cemetery reserved
for troops killed in Iraq and
Afghanistan, the two wars he over-
sees as commander in chief.
Obama led the nation
Wednesday in observing Veterans
Day with a traditional wreath-lay-
ing ceremony at the Tomb of the
Unknowns at Arlington before an
unannounced visit to the section
reserved for those who fought in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
We gather here mindful that the
generation serving today already
deserves a place alongside previous
generations for the courage they
have shown and the sacrifices that
they have made, Obama said in a
brief speech following the wreath-
laying. Obama pledged he would
do right by all veterans and fami-
lies, saying: America will not let
you down.
The president spoke one day
after honoring the victims of a
shooting rampage at Fort Hood,
Texas. He said he was struck by the
determination of the soldiers there,
a quality that unites generations of
American servicemen.
To all of them to our vet-
erans, to the fallen and to their
families there is no tribute, no
commemoration, no praise that
can truly match the magnitude of
your service and your sacrifice,
he said.
The nation observed Veterans
Day from remembrances at the
nations capital to a New York City
parade to ceremonies in towns and
cities across the nation and over-
seas.
At Camp Eggers in Kabul,
soldiers observed a moment of
silence for the more than 800
U.S. service members have died
in Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Uzbekistan since the 2001 inva-
sion to oust the Taliban regime.
The Navajo Code Talkers were
special guests at the New York
parades opening ceremony, where
a wreath was laid at the World
War I Eternal Light Monument in
Madison Square Park. As young
Marines during World War II, the
Code Talkers used secret Navajo
language-encrypted military terms
that the Japanese were never able
to crack.
NATIONAL
Obama visits Arlington Cemetery for Veterans Day
ASSOCIATEd PrESS
President Obama and Gen. Karl Horst make an unannounced visit to Section 60 at Arlington
National CemeteryWednesday. The section is reserved for soldiers who fought in Iraq or Afghanistan.
oDD NEWS
N.C. school puts end to
cash-for-grades plan
GOLDSBORO, N.C. Ad-
ministrators have nixed
a North Carolina middle
schools cash-for-grades
fundraiser.
The News & Observer of
Raleigh reported Wednesday
that Wayne County school
administrators have halted
the plan at Rosewood Middle
School in Goldsboro.
The school was ofering
20 test points to students in
exchange for a $20 dona-
tion. Rosewood principal
Susie Shepherd had said that
she approved the idea after
a parent advisory council
presented it as a way to raise
money. Shepherd rejected the
suggestion that extra points
on two tests could make a dif-
ference in a fnal grade.
School district administra-
tors said no extra credit will
be awarded and that any do-
nated money will be returned.
Associated Press
and farm production, players get a
greater selection of things to buy,
including new crops, animals or
simple decorations for their farm.
And residents of Farmville dont
worry about government subsidies
or the current dairy surplus. In
Farmville the weather is always
sunny and crop prices never fluc-
tuate.
Bill Mooney, Farmville vice pres-
ident and general manager, said
farming was a genre that attracted
all ages.
This genre has been around
for some years, Mooney said. Its
happy. Its healthy. Everybody likes
it and everybody gets it.
Peter Espinosa, Wichita senior
and level 36 Green Ribbon
Farmer, has watched the games
popularity increase since its June
debut. He started playing after he
and his friends stumbled upon the
game in mid-July. Back then his
only neighbors on Farmville were
his two friends, but now, Espinosa
is asked several times a day to be
someones neighbor.
Farmville allows players to
become neighbors with their
Facebook friends. Neighbors can
help out on each others farms and
give each other gifts.
People I
hardly know
ask me to be
their neighbors,
Espinosa said.
Ive got a well-
established farm,
which probably
has something
to do with it.
M o o n e y
said Farmville had more than
63 million active monthly users
in the last month. According to
AllFacebook.com, a Web site that
compiles Facebook statistics, the
number nearly doubles the 35 mil-
lion monthly users of the second-
ranked application, Causes.
But the No. 1 rankings go beyond
Facebook. Mooney said Farmville
was the most popular online game
of all time.
We expected it to be a big hit, but
we didnt expect this, Mooney said.
World of Warcraft is at around
11 or 12 million users a month.
Farmville had 63 this month.
The game is one of several popu-
lar Facebook applications created
by Zynga, an Internet gaming pow-
erhouse that began in 2007. Of the
10 most popular Facebook applica-
tions, Zynga owns half.
This year the company will make
millions from the suc-
cess of games such as
Farmville.
One feature of the
game allows players to
spend real money in
exchange for Farmville
currency. Players can
use this money to
expand and improve
their farms while con-
sequently rising in the
ranks.
Mooney said Zyngas profits had
skyrocketed this year.
I can tell you that $100 million
is a conservative estimate, Mooney
said.
The games popularity is even
attracting some real farmers.
Emily Tuel, Bayard, Iowa, senior,
was raised on a farm that harvested
crops and raised cattle. She had
resisted the Farmville craze, but
said the game had become a subject
of family conversation. Tuel said
her two brothers, both agriculture
students at Iowa Lakes Community
College, played Farmville.
Its kind of a joke, but they defi-
nitely enjoy it, Tuel said. In the
end, I know they would rather go
out and do the real thing than just
fake it.
Though the University does not
have an agriculture department, the
craze has affected agricultural stu-
dents in other Big 12 institutions.
Ryan Shroder, Iowa State fresh-
man and agriculture major, farms
both in real life and on Farmville.
He said he
knew sev-
eral farmers
who had been
enticed by the
pretend ver-
sion. Shroder
said his class-
mates mostly
made fun of
the games lack
of realism.
Real farming doesnt have set
time limits on how long it will take
a crop to grow, Shroder said. If
they would throw a weather aspect
in, I think it would be a better
game.
But Mooney said the user-friend-
ly environment and ease of play
was part of the games appeal. He
said the company was considering
including some real-life elements
for the more dedicated users.
One of the big goals is that we
want the game to be fun early on,
Mooney said. We dont want to
punish you too much for things out
of your control. Weve talked about
extending the game for people who
play a lot.
Amidst the obsession, real farm-
ers both laugh and take turns in the
virtual farming sensation.
Mike Emrie, Naperville, Ill.
senior, said he stopped playing in
mid-October because
the game required too
much time. He said bore-
dom with the game had
allowed him to success-
fully cut the habit.
It ends up with you
having to click hundreds
of times just to do your
daily up-keep, Emrie
said. All you are doing is
the exact thing over and
over again.
Regardless of some players
retirement from virtual farming,
Zynga is allowing users to play on
Farmville.com next week. Mooney
said the Web site would allow for
additional items, expanded game
play and new ways for player inter-
action.

Edited by Anna Kathagnarath
news 3A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009
as part of the American Recov-
ery and Reinvestment Act. Afer
planning budgets and getting
outside companies on board, the
date for the study to begin is set
for Dec. 1.
We have the opportunity to
do research that we have been
wanting to do for years, Gold-
stein said. Were all very excited
about the experience.
Te research site for studying
the process of geologic CO2 se-
questration is Wellingon Oil and
gas feld in Sumner County.
Te stimulus grant is to be
used within a three-year period.
Goldstein said this would allow
the study to begin quickly and
would ensure that the money
from the grant would be prompt-
ly put back into the economy
afer being spent
on the resources
needed to com-
plete the research.
Receiving this
grant enhances
the schools rep-
utation in the
geological com-
munity, Rex Bu-
chanan, associate
specialist for KGS, said. Tis
makes it clear that Kansas has
the capabilities and expertise to
make a diference in the feld.
Te study will attempt to not
only determine the likelihood of
sequestering or trapping CO2 in
depleted oil and gas felds, but
also the possibility of using CO2
to force trapped oil from felds
that are no longer economi-
cally capable of harvesting oil
and gas. Some of the CO2 will
be pumped into the depleted oil
feld, which will saturate and dis-
solve into oil then push it to the
surface also making it easier to
move. Another storage site will
be deep underground in a rock
unit composed of dolomite, an
old sedimentary, porous rock,
called Arbuckle Group. CO2 will
dissolve into the salty water that
naturally exists in the pores.
We need to evaluate the risk
involved and ensure that it can
be done in a safe way, Watney
said.
Drilling, coring and seismic
imaging, which uses sound waves
to create an image of the subsur-
face, are some of the methods
that will be used to determine
whether the feld and the under-
lying water supply are capable of
storing CO2 permanently and
safely, Watney explained.
Te goal is to be able to store
commercial size amounts of
carbon dioxide, Watney said.
Teres even a possibility of at-
tracting the construction of a
pipeline if our fndings are suc-
cessful.
Te study will provide the in-
formation needed to make a de-
cision on the next steps to take
in dealing with greenhouse gases
and the preservation of the envi-
ronment, Buchanan said.
Along with
Goldstein, two
other University
personnel from
the department of
geology will serve
as co-principal in-
vestigators: Evan
Franseen, profes-
sor and senior
scientist, and Da-
vid Fowle, associate professor.
Tis is the start of something
fairly major, Goldstein said. Its
exciting to work closely with col-
leagues on such a heavy duty re-
search project. Te opportunity
is amazing, for students and for
us professors.
In 2008, Kansas produced
around 40 million barrels of
oil, according to the KGS web-
site, www.kgs.ku.edu. Sumner
County, where the research site
Wellington feld is located, pro-
duced 451,639 barrels of oil last
year, while 45,585 barrels were
produced in Douglas County.
Teres a good sense of where
storing CO2 could be possible,
Buchanan said. Wellington feld
is a prime candidate because of
its geology, the characteristics of
the underlying rocks could be
the sub-surface needed to cap-
ture and keep potentially harm-
ful Greenhouse gases.
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politics
Sanfords wife endorsing rep. Haley
By JIM DAVENPORT
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. Disgraced
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford
might not have much political
capital these days, but his wife is
using hers.
Jilted first lady Jenny Sanford
endorsed Republican state Rep.
Nikki Haley in a letter made public
Wednesday to succeed her term-
limited husband in 2011.
Mark Sanford has long com-
plimented Haley for her efforts
to make the Legislature more
accountable, including by forc-
ing more roll call votes. Haleys
Internet home page once displayed
his photo, but that disappeared
after Sanford skipped the state in
June and returned to confess a
yearlong affair with an Argentine
woman.
Jenny Sanfords letter support-
ing Haley could help a campaign
that finished the third quarter with
$273,061 in cash on hand the
least in a five-way GOP primary
in June.
Jenny Sanford was a former Wall
Street executive, has ties to wealthy
donors and a reputation for run-
ning her husbands political cam-
paigns.
It gives her some credibility
when Jenny Sanford says Im sup-
porting her, said Danielle Vinson,
a Furman University political
scientist. Were not used to first
ladies just openly endorsing people
and when they do, its news. That
brings a little attention, at least for
a while.
She has proven to be politi-
cally savvy when it comes to
helping candidates get elected,
College of Charleston political sci-
entist Kendra Stewart said. And
right now having Jenny Sanfords
endorsement is certainly more
valuable than having the endorse-
ment of her husband.
Sanford mentions her husband
once in the letter, saying she was
proud of the work Mark and his
administration have done over
almost seven years now.
assoCiated Press
gov. mark sanford smiles as he is joined by his wife, Jenny, after he won the gubernatorial
nomination in Columbia, S.C. Jenny Sanford has endorsed Nikki Haley to succeed her husband.
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zwhite@kansan.com
The death of a student wreaks
havoc on families. It is a trag-
edy that is difficult if not seem-
ingly impossible to come to terms
with. When it happens, though,
University administrators try to
assist families dealing with the
tragedy.
According to Jane Tuttle,
assistant vice provost of Student
Success, the goal is to work with
families and their varying needs.
It is the goal of the University to
take care of the situation on its
side while remaining respectful of
the family.
We dont bother the family,
Tuttle said. Sometimes a family
will call and want to know what
they need to do. We tell them that
they dont need to worry about
the University. We are here to help
them in any way we can.
As soon as Student Success
receives news of the students death,
it ripples through the departments,
making all the necessary changes
as quickly as possible. The follow-
ing outlines how the University
handles a student death.
news reAches cAmpus
Student Success is notifed
of a student death through a
variety of ways, sometimes by
law enforcement or by the family.
If the family calls, they are either
directed to Student Success or
have their information taken and
passed along to Student Success
to avoid being shufed around.
student success
After Student Success is noti-
fed, it contacts all departments
relating to that student. Student
Success ofers a variety of services
to the family, including help in
claiming the students posses-
sions. It fnds out about services
for the student and sends fowers.
It also does what it can to facili-
tate any peer services on campus.
The students professors are
contacted and ofered counseling
services for their classes.
Information provided by Jane
Tuttle, assistant vice provost of
student success
registrAr
When the registrar receives
word of a students death, it
changes the students records.
The student is withdrawn from all
of his or her classes. The record
is made to indicate the student
is deceased. The registrar makes
sure that the family doesnt re-
ceive any mail from the Universi-
ty. This information is then passed
to the Bursar.
Information provided by Marla
Herron, associate Registrar
BursAr
The Bursar has two options: If
the student has already paid all
of the tuition and housing fees,
these are refunded to the family.
If the student has not paid his or
her debt, the debt is forgiven.
Information provided by Marla
Herron and Diana Robertson, direc-
tor of Housing Ofce Administra-
tion
univeristy relAtions
University relations is con-
tacted. It issues a condolence
statement and contacts the
chancellors ofce to include the
chancellors statement. It also
handles any sort of media rela-
tions concerning the student.
Information provided by Todd
Cohen, director of the Ofce of
University Relations
liBrAries
When the libraries are notifed,
employees check to see if the stu-
dent had anything that belonged
to the library. If the student had
any library material, the library
makes no efort to reclaim the
materials. It waits for the family
to fnd and return any item when
they are able. It also makes sure
notices are sent back to the
library, instead of to the family.
Information provided by Kent
Miller, associate dean of libraries
student housing
If the student was living in
student housing when he or
she died, or had in the past, the
Student Housing Department of-
fers support to anyone who knew
the student. It collaborates with
Student Success to help the fam-
ily reclaim the students posses-
sions. It also passes any fnancial
information to the Bursars ofce.
Information provided by Diana
Robertson, director of Housing Of-
fce Administration
FinAnciAl Aid
Financial Aid returns aid to the
government and cancels any aid
that has not been given to the
student. It then passes informa-
tion on any debt back to Student
Success, so the family can have it
discharged.
Information provided by Joan
Weaver, associate director of Stu-
dent Financial Aid
Student Success
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Activist and Uganda Jewish
leader visits Kansas Union
Ugandan Jewish community
leader J.J. Keki will speak and sing
at a free event tonight at the Kansas
Union.
Keki is a Grammy-nominated musi-
cian and activist for the sale of fair
trade cofee in Africa. He will give an
hour-long presentation, play guitar
and take questions from the audi-
ence in a program called Kulanu,
which in Hebrew means All Together.
Jonathan Eisen, St. Louis senior and
volunteer for the event, said Keki led
a community of about one thousand
Ugandan Jews. He said Keki was a
good example of the diversity of the
worldwide Jewish population.
Having a large Jewish community
in Africa is pretty unique, and having
their leader come here to Lawrence
is a pretty special opportunity,Eisen
said.
The event is sponsored by KU Hil-
lel, the Kansas African Studies Center
and the School of Social Welfare. It
will begin at 7 p.m. in Alderson Audi-
torium, in the Kansas Union.
Justin Leverett
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DUBLIN A 79-year-old Irish
Roman Catholic priest abduct-
ed in the Philippines a month
ago was freed early Thursday
and neither country paid any of
the kidnappers $2 million ran-
som demand, Irish and Filipino
authorities said.
The Rev. Michael Sinnott said
he was not harmed but com-
plained of arduous journeys as
kidnappers took him by sea and
through jungles to evade govern-
ment troops.
I was treated well. Once I had
been kidnapped and brought to
the boat, that was very rough, he
told Manilas ABS-CBN television
from a military camp in southern
Zamboanga city.
He said he was not angry
with the kidnappers, whom the
Philippine government suspected
had ties with a large Muslim rebel
group. They gave me lectures on
their ideology but apart from that,
they treated me well.
Irish President Mary McAleese
called Sinnotts freedom the
answer to the shared prayers of
millions in both countries.
He is clearly a man of great
resilience, strength and courage
and we wish him well as he seeks
to recover from such a trying
ordeal, McAleese said.
And Prime Minister Brian
Cowen said the government
would help the priest enjoy a
speedy reunion with his family
and friends.
Six armed men abducted
Sinnott Oct. 11 from his mis-
sionary home on the southern
Philippine island of Mindanao,
escaped by speedboat, and took
him into the jungle.
Officials had feared he could
suffer a fatal heart attack because
he was still recovering from heart-
bypass surgery. Rumors persisted
that he had died in captivity.
Philippine security officials
blamed Sinnotts kidnaping on the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a
separatist group that has fought
for decades for Muslim self-rule
in the predominantly Catholic
country.
But the rebels denied involve-
ment.
Rebel leader Mohagher Iqbal
said his group applied pressure
and our moral authority on the
kidnappers to release Sinnott.
Chief Philippine negotia-
tor Rafael Seguis credited Moro
rebel leadership with persuading
the kidnappers to hand over the
priest.
Senior military commander
Maj. Gen. Benjamin Dolorfino
said Sinnott was debriefed in the
southern military camp before
flying to Manila later Thursday.
Priest released after month-long captivity in Phillipines
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rev. Michael sinnott, center, a 79-year-old irish catholic priest abducted in the
Southern Philippines a month ago, is escorted to his plane in Zamboanga city for a fight to
Manila. Sinnott was released early Thursday.
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after he threw away her bottle
of vodka as she slept in their
suburban Detroit home. Claw-
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told The Daily Tribune of Royal
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BY ZACH WHITE
zwhite@kansan.com
The exhibits of the Spencer
Museum of Art will set the scene for
a reading of three of the Universitys
preeminent poets this afternoon.
The reading will feature the works
of three English professors: William
J. Harris, Kenneth Irby and Joseph
Harrington.
The same three professors held
a poetry reading at the museum
two years ago, which drew about 40
people, nearly filling the court.
We had a great time a couple
of years ago, Harris said. A lot of
people came out. Now a couple of
years have passed and we all have
written new things.
Each of the poets has produced
new work since the past reading.
Harris is working on a pocket-
sized booklet, called a chapbook,
which will be published in Italy. The
chapbook, which is in both English
and Italian, is part of a series meant
to introduce Italian audiences to
American poetry. Harris said he
would focus on poems produced
during his year-long sabbatical in
Brooklyn this afternoon.
Irby is currently compiling his
collected works, which he has writ-
ten over the past 40 years. Irby said
he plans on reading some older
works from his collection this after-
noon.
Harrington has continued to work
on a collection about his mothers
life, which details her battle with
cancer in the mid-1970s.
During the last reading, Joseph
Harrington read with an accompa-
nying PowerPoint slideshow, pre-
senting pieces about mothers life in
a multimedia format.
I thought I will be reading in an
art museum, I should include some
kind of visual element, Harrington
said.
This time, Harrington will again
use PowerPoint to accompany his
presentation. He plans to focus on
a piece about his mothers battle
against cancer, which occurred dur-
ing the Watergate hearings. The
poem highlights the turmoil hap-
pening in both the country and his
family at that time.
According to Bill Woodard,
Public Information Officer for the
museum, these and other readings
are a part of the museums effort to
be more than just a gallery, but also
a performance space.
We welcome a wide variety
of art forms into the museum,
Woodard said. Poetry readings
are something that is right in that
wheelhouse.
Though reluctant to say that
their work is similar, all three poets
agreed that they come from the
New American tradition. This
style, born after World War II, is
characterized by an informal style,
and is less focused on the strict
structural rules of other forms.
Robert Knapp, 2009 graduate,
said he was excited for the reading.
Knapp said that during his time in
the English department, he found
each of the three writers very influ-
ential.
The faculty at KU rarely perform
their own work, so its a treat, Knapp
said.
Knapp attended the reading two
years ago and said it was fantas-
tic. He said he was excited to see
what the poets had been doing
since then. He further said that he
thought anyone with an interest in
writing should be excited about the
reading, too.
The event will being at 4:30 p.m.
in the central court of the museum.
POetry reading
WHO: English professors
William J. Harris, Kenneth
Irby and Joseph
Harrington
WHat: Poetry reading
WHen: 4:30 p.m.
WHere: Spencer Museum
of Art
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English professors Kenneth Irby, Joseph Harrington and WilliamJ. Harris will read newworks this afternoon at the Spencer Art Museum.
The group held a similar reading two years ago.
Poems and paintings: Spencer Museum hosts reading
arts
ArTs
Film screening adds to
museums current exhibit
The Spencer Museum of Art
is hosting a screening of the
Senegalese flm Moolaade.
The flm tells the story of one
woman protecting a villages
girls from female circumcision
and the controversy her stand
causes.
The screening, tonight at
6:00 p.m. is a supplement to
the museums current exhibit
Earthly Vessels, a collection
of pottery from across Africa.
Some of the pots are from
Burkina Faso, where the movie
takes place.
Some of the pieces show the
recent use of plastic and other
materials instead of clay.
Nancy Mahaney, curator for
arts and culture of the Ameri-
cas, Africa and Oceania, said
the introduction of these new
methods, and the controversy
around them, are shown in the
flm as metaphor for cultural
change.
Bringing this flim is an
efort to bring recognition to
some of the cultural issues
that people are dealing with in
Africa, Mahaney said. The flm
focuses on female circumcision
and the controversy surround-
ing it. If you watch the flm
carefully youll see some of the
ways the pottery is a subtle
underlying theme, how it repre-
sents the tradititonal culture.
Zach White
BY CELEAN JACOBsON
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG A newly
discovered dinosaur species that
roamed the Earth about 200 mil-
lion years ago may help explain
how the creatures evolved into the
largest animals on land, scientists
in South Africa said Wednesday.
The Aardonyx celestae was a
23-foot-long small-headed herbi-
vore with a huge barrel of a chest.
It walked on its hind legs but also
could drop to all fours, and sci-
entists told reporters that could
prove to be a missing evolution-
ary link.
This is a species that no one has
seen before and one that has a very
significant position in the family
tree of dinosaurs, said Australian
paleontologist Adam Yates.
Yates, who is based at the
University of the Witwatersrands
Bernard Price Institute for
Paleontological Research, led the
research with a number of other
local and international scientists.
Their findings were published
Wednesday in the Proceedings of
The Royal Society B, a London-
based peer-reviewed journal.
The Aardonyx celestae species
dates back to the early Jurassic
period. Yates said the creature
found in South Africa stood nearly
6 feet high at the hip and weighed
about 1,100 pounds. It was about
10 years old when it died, and its
death may have been caused by
drought.
The newly discovered species
shares many characteristics with
the plant-eating herbivores that
walked on two legs, Yates said.
But the new species also has simi-
lar attributes to dinosaurs known
as sauropods, or brontosaurs, that
grew to massive sizes and went
about on all fours with long necks
and whip-like tails.
The discovery of Aardonyx
helps to fill a marked gap in
our knowledge of sauropod evo-
lution, showing how a primar-
ily two-legged animal could start
to acquire the specific features
necessary for a life spent on all-
fours, said Paul Barrett, a pale-
ontologist at the British Natural
History Museum who assisted on
the dig that led to the finding but
was not directly involved in the
research.
Why and how dinosaurs grew
into such massive creatures is a
question that scientists have been
trying to answer for a long time.
Walking on all fours allowed
animals to carry more weight, and
size was often their only defense
against sharp-toothed carnivores,
said one of the reports co-authors,
Matthew Bonnan of Western
Illinois University, by video confer-
ence from the United States.
The discovery of the new species
was made by postgraduate student
Marc Blackbeard, who was exca-
vating two sites in central South
Africa about five years ago.
It was a site that had been largely
ignored by scientists who felt the
bone fragments found there would
prove to be a common dinosaur
species found across the country.
On the first day of excavation, a
bone too large to belong to this
ordinary species was found.
We knew we had something
new, something very, very excit-
ing, Yates said.
The scattered bones were col-
lected and cleaned of the heavy
cement-like rock that clung to
them. Scientists then began the
slow process of studying the bones
and trying to order them.
They were pleased with how
much of the skeleton they could
reconstruct and especially that a
large part of the skull was found.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A camera man and photographer record images of fossilized bones of a newdinosaur spe-
cies during an announcement of the discovery in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dino discovery may be missing link
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Charges dropped in
city council fst fght
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
Prosecutors have decided
to drop charges against two
men who got into a raucous
fst fght at a St. Petersburg
City Council meeting.
Frederick Dudley and Ron-
ald Deaton were arrested in
October after the two began
throwing punches during
an argument regarding a
decision to privatize a public
sidewalk.
The men, ages 76 and
61, respectively, were both
charged with disorderly
conduct.
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jrangel@kansan.com
With the harshness of winter
approaching, the Lawrence Com-
munity Shelter is preparing to har-
bor the homeless.
Te Bachelor of Social Welfare
Club, a service-oriented group of
students, has committed to help
through a silent auction.
With the lack of resources and
space available to the Lawrence
Community Shelter this winter,
the club is now focusing on help-
ing the shelter in any way it can.
Te group will donate proceeds
from its annual auction tonight
exclusively to the shelter.
Anna Bailey, Wamego senior
and president of the Bachelor of
Social Welfare Club said there
would be two live bands.
She also said many items would
be auctioned of, such as a portable
grill, beauty products, gif certif-
cates from local veterinarians and
KU sports memorabilia, including
a basketball signed by the mens
basketball team.
Ali Finkelshtyne, Dallas senior
and vice president of the club, said
the club chose to sponsor the LCS
this year because its need became
so great afer the Salvation Army
shelter, at 946 New Hampshire St.,
closed during the summer. She
said the state of the economy had
increased the homeless population
not just nationally, but in Law-
rence as well.
Its a big, big need and we
see that, Finkelshtyne said. We
thought this would be a great time
to do it. Tis is our big project for
the Fall.
Loring Henderson, director of
the LCS, said the shelter must raise
80 percent of its funds through in-
dividual and group donations.
Tats why we appreciate so
much what theyre doing, Hen-
derson said.
Henderson said the LCS was
speaking with other agencies to
fgure out how it is going to deal
with the challenge of being the
only shelter in town this winter.
Finkelshtyne said that the group
raised about $2,000 last year for
the East Central Kansas Economic
Opportunity Corporation, but that
the need would clearly be greater
this year.
Tat was mostly turnout from
the School of Social Welfare, peo-
ple afliated with it, she said. We
just think it could be so much big-
ger than that.
Bailey said the money would
go to the shelters immediate need
this season.
Obviously in the winter, I
would assume they would have
higher demands, Bailey said. We
felt that the Lawrence Community
Shelter and some recognition in
the community, and we have not
recently done something to spe-
cifcally support them.
Te auction will be held from
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Abe & Jakes
Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.
Edited by Jacob Muselmann
About the event:
WhAt: Bachelor of Social
Welfare Group Silent
Auction
When: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
tonight
WheRe: Abe and Jakes
CoSt: $34,973.99
Money raised goes to
Lawrence Community
Shelter.
Silent auction to beneft Lawrence Community Shelter
ChARity
BY MICHAEL TARM
Associated Press
WHEATON, Ill. A suburban
Chicago jury said Wednesday that
a convicted murderer should be
executed for the rape and killing of
a 10-year-old girl kidnapped from
her home 26 years ago a case
that helped lead to landmark death
penalty reforms in Illinois, includ-
ing a moratorium on executions.
Patricia Nicarico gasped and put
her hand over her mouth as a bai-
liff announced that Brian Dugan
who admitted yanking her 10-year-
old daughter, Jeanine, out of the
familys home in 1983 should
die rather than receive another life
sentence.
We are shedding tears of joy,
Nicarico told reporters. A death
sentence is never really a joyful
thing. But Brian Dugan is someone
who deserves it.
Dugan showed no emotion even
as Nicarico family members cried
behind him, giving each other the
thumbs-up sign.
The 53-year-old, already serving
a life sentence, had been convicted
in two other murders, including
that of a 7-year-old girl in 1985.
The jurys decision follows years
of court battles in which two other
suspects were tried, convicted,
sentenced to death, and spent more
than 10 years in prison before being
exonerated. They ultimately were
awarded millions of dollars to settle
wrongful prosecution lawsuits.
The case was cited by former
Gov. George Ryan as one of several
that led to his decision to stop all
Illinois executions in 2000, as well
as clear the states death row just
before he left office in 2003.
The moratorium remains in
place.
Dugan had long offered to
plead guilty to Jeanines slaying if
prosecutors agreed
not to seek the death
penalty.
P r o s e c u t o r s
steadfastly resisted
and Dugan eventu-
ally pleaded guilty
in July in hopes of
persuading a jury
to sentence him to
life in prison with-
out the possibility of
parole.
During the penalty
trial, DuPage County prosecutors
described the day in 1983 when
Jeanine, home sick from school,
was abducted from her Naperville
home.
They presented chilling details,
starting with the fingernail marks
the struggling child left on a wall
as she struggled to free herself
from Dugans grasp.
Jurors heard how her raped and
beaten body was found two days
later in a nearby nature preserve,
her head still wrapped in the towel
and duct tape Dugan had used to
blindfold her.
Patricia and Thomas Nicarico
described in sometimes tearful
testimony the daughter who had
been the joy in
our lives, with the
childs mother tell-
ing them she still
thinks about how
scared and terri-
fied her daughter
must have been.
DuPage County
States Attorney
Joseph Birkett has
been dogged by
questions about his
offices handling of
the case for years and has defended
the time it took to indict Dugan,
whom he called a vicious mon-
ster Wednesday.
Brian Dugan is going to where
he belongs, to death row, where
his fantasies of raping little girls
will now turn into a nightmare,
Birkett said.
Birkett even took a swipe at the
moratorium, calling it a joke,
and said reforms in recent years
have improved the death penalty
process.
Dugans attorney, meanwhile,
reiterated what others have said
for several months: that Dugan
deserved to have his life spared
because he came forward and
confessed, and had been offering
to confess for years.
I dont expect anyones going
to put flowers on his gravestone
... but people may look back and
say this is the person who changed
the way we do capital punishment
in Illinois and across the country,
said Steven Greenberg.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karen Schweitzer holds a teddy bear made fromclothing belonging to her sister, and her husband Kurts hand, left, as DuPage County States At-
torney Joseph E. Birkett addresses the media onWednesday. A jury said that convicted killer Brian Dugan should be executed for the 1983 kidnapping,
rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico in Naperville, Ill. Dugans second murder victimwas Donna Kay Schnorr, Karens Schweitzers sister.
Ill. jury sentences man to death for rape, murder of child
nAtionAl
Brian Dugan is going
to where he belongs,
to death row, where
his fantasies of raping
little girls will now
turn into a nightmare.
JoSePh Birkett
DuPage County
states attorney
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southern district.
Nick Popaditch announced
tuesday that he is seeking the
republican nomination to un-
seat Democrat Bob Filner.
known as Gunny Pop, the
42-year-old Popaditch was
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that April 2004 attack came
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JARRATT, Va. Sniper John
Allen Muhammad refused to
utter any last words as he was
executed, taking to the grave
answers about why and how he
plotted the killings of 10 people
that terrorized the Washington,
D.C., area for three weeks in
October 2002.
The 48-year-old died by injec-
tion at 9:11 p.m. Tuesday as rela-
tives of the victims watched from
behind glass, separated from
the rest of the 27 witnesses at
Greensville Correctional Center,
south of Richmond.
Muhammad was executed
for killing Dean Harold Meyers,
who was shot in the head at a
Manassas gas station during the
spree across Maryland, Virginia
and Washington, D.C.
He never testified or explained
why he masterminded the shoot-
ings with the help of a teenage
accomplice. That left questions
unanswered about why he hunt-
ed people going about their daily
chores, why he chose his victims,
including a middle schooler on
his way to class, and how many
victims there were.
Muhammad stepped into
Virginias death chamber and
within seconds was lying on a
gurney his arms spread wide
with a needle dug into each.
Muhammad, looking calm
and stoic, said nothing.
Meyers brother, Bob Meyers,
said watching the execution
was sobering and surreal. He
said other witnesses expressed a
range of feelings, including some
who were overcome with emo-
tion.
I would have liked him at
some point in the process to take
responsibility, to show remorse,
Meyers said. We didnt get any
of that tonight.
After the first of the three-
drug lethal cocktail was admin-
istered, Muhammad blinked
repeatedly and took about seven
deep breaths. Within a minute,
he was motionless.
Nelson Rivera, whose wife,
Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera, was
gunned down as she vacuumed
her van at a Maryland gas sta-
tion, said that when he watched
Muhammads chest moving for
the last time, he was glad.
I feel better. I think I can
breathe better, he said. Im glad
hes gone because hes not going
to hurt anyone else.
J. Wyndal Gordon, one
of Muhammads attorneys,
described his client in his final
hours as fearless and still insist-
ing he was innocent.
He will die with dignity
dignity to the point of defiance,
Gordon said before going inside
to watch the execution.
news 7A THURsdaY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009
Lawrence
Food drive helps families
with Thanksgiving dinners
BY BetH BeAVers
bbeavers@kansan.com

Putting together the traditional
Thanksgiving meal, complete with
green casserole, stuffing and mashed
potatoes and gravy, may be a strug-
gle for some families.
To make the holiday more
enjoyable for local families in
need, downtown merchant White
Chocolate will be accepting non-
perishable food donations for its
annual food drive.
Customers who bring in three
food items will receive a coupon for
20 percent off their purchase at the
store, which specializes in skate-
boarding shoes and apparel.
Rod Smith, manager and owner of
White Chocolate, 933 Massachusetts
St., said this is the fifth year the
store has done the food drive. The
drive began in the original location
in Hays, and the Lawrence loca-
tion continued the tradition when
it opened.
Smith said he doesnt keep a count
of the food collected, but the drive
always brings in customers.
It gives people an incentive to
shop pre-holiday, Smith said. And
its another way for us to give back to
the community.
Smith said White Chocolate
didnt do much to promote the food
drive. He said the drive was success-
ful enough on its own, and he didnt
feel the need to advertise that the
store was doing something good for
the community.
Its all about helping, he said.
It really helps out people who are
buying something and helps peo-
ple receiving the food at the food
bank.
He said the drive allowed cus-
tomers who didnt have coupons
to come in and still get a discount.
Smith said customers looking for
gifts usually took advantage of the
incentive to donate.
Jake Zacharias, Lawrence junior,
skateboards for White Chocolates
amateur team, which competes
across the state. He said it was a
great way for White Chocolate to
support the community.
It always goes well, he
said. It always gets
good support from
the customers.
The food
drive runs until
Thanksgiving. The
food collected will go
to Penn House, 1035
Pennsylvania St., a
non-profit organization
that provides clothing
and food to people in
need. It is run by people
who directly benefit from
its services.
Linda Lassen, program
director at Penn House,
said White Chocolates food drive
was helpful because Penn House
did not like to make a big deal of
Thanksgiving.
Christmas is a worse time, she
said. We dont like begging two
months in a row.
Lassen said people often thought
to go to the Salvation Army
before Penn House for food at
Thanksgiving time. She said Penn
House appreciated the support and
that having the food from White
Chocolate gave the organization
extra resources to help people who
came in for assistance.
Edited by Sarah Kelly
nationaL
D.C. sniper ofers no fnal
words before execution
AssociATed Press
A corrections ofcer walks past a guard tower at the Greensville Correctional Center in
Jarratt, Va. Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed at the facility Tuesday.
Virginia Gov. TimKaine refused to spare the life of Muhammad and cleared the way for his
execution for the 2002 sniper attacks that left 10 dead.
nAtionAl
Virginia, North carolina
prepare for tropical storm
RICHMOND, Va. Virginias
governor declared a state of emer-
gency Wednesday as unrelenting
rain from the remnants of a tropi-
cal storm soaked the state, while
ofcials in North Carolina braced
for another day of heavy rain.
Gov. Tim Kaines declaration mo-
bilizes state agencies to prepare
for the threat of fooding over a
wide swath of Virginia.
The National Weather Service
forecasts 3 to 8 inches through
Friday morning for parts of Virginia
as the remains of Tropical Storm
Ida, which was once a hurricane,
crawl across the state. Old Domin-
ion University in Norfolk canceled
classes Thursday.
A coastal food warning was
posted for some areas thanks to
a storm surge coinciding with
high tide. A food watch is out for
central, eastern and southeastern
areas farther inland.
Kaines declaration urges Virgin-
ians in tidal food plains and areas
prone to fash fooding to be on
alert.
In North Carolina, the eastern
two-thirds of the state was braced
for another day of signifcant rain.
National Weather Service
meteorologist Phil Badgett said
heavy rainfall is expected east of a
line from the Triad to the Research
Triangle area and down to Wilm-
ington.
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By Brandon SayerS
bsayers@kansan.com
Leaders of a project that would
create a lighted pathway connect-
ing the University campus and
Downtown Lawrence settled on
details of the project Wednesday,
including deciding on a proposed
location and types of lighting.
Elise Higgins, Topeka senior and
community afairs director for Stu-
dent Senate was one of the leaders
who met Wednesday at the Kansas
Union. She said the group would
like to see construction begin next
summer.
Weve come to a consensus on
a number of key issues to this proj-
ect, Higgins said. Were well on
our way.
Afer walking the proposed
paths yesterday, the leaders came to
an agreement on the location. Un-
der the proposal, the path would
run directly down 12th Street from
Vermont to Louisiana streets. If
funding is available, project lead-
ers said they would also like to add
lighting to sections of 14th and
Ohio streets.
Higgins said the proposed path
would be constructed over the ex-
isting sidewalk on the north side
of 12th Street. Pedestrian control
crosswalks would be constructed
near Kentucky and Tennessee
streets.
Higgins said leaders of the proj-
ect would also like a similar path
to run down 14th Street between
Louisiana and Ohio streets, and
down Ohio Street to meet up with
the other pathway. Depending on
funding, this portion of the project
could happen later than the frst
phase of the path construction.
If we get all the money weve
asked for we could get this done at
the same time, Higgins said.
Higgins said leaders agreed on
the lighting system of the path,
which would consist of motion-
sensor LED lighting structures
standing between 3 and 4 feet tall.
Te lights would remain on during
the evening hours at a dimmer set-
ting and would brighten as people
walked by. Tey would remain of
during daylight hours.
I think this will help very much
with the light pollution and energy
efciency concerns, Higgins said.
Te lack of lighting in the area
had been a safety issue for many
years, Higgins said, but recent at-
tention to violent crimes in the
neighborhood had students and
community members asking about
a safe walkway. A number of cam-
pus and community organizations
came together in August and began
discussing options for such a path.
Leaders of the project will now
begin asking for the communitys
opinion on the project, especially
property owners in the area of the
proposed path. Leaders are also
working on requesting funds for
the project from the City of Law-
rence, the University and federal
and state grant programs.
Mark Tiel, assistant director of
the citys public works department,
said the citys preliminary estimates
suggested the path could cost as
much as $350,000.
Final cost estimates will be de-
veloped once the specifcs about
the project are worked out, Tiel
said.
Te citys public works depart-
ment has identifed the lighted
pathway as one of three projects it
plans to submit for consideration
of a Community Development
Block Grant.
In a memo to the city manager,
Tiel said the staf was requesting
$150,000 in CDBG money for the
pathway project.
A lighted corridor from campus
to downtown will improve public
safety and encourage economic
growth, Tiel said in the memo.
Margene Swarts, assistant di-
rector for the citys planning and
development services, said the
city was accepting applications for
CDBG grants through Dec. 1 and
expected to have about $800,000
in available funds. CDBG funding
is provided annually by the federal
government.
Swarts said the Community De-
velopment Advisory Committee
would review the applications and
make recommendations on grant
allocation in May. City Commis-
sioners will make the fnal decision
on grant allotment.
Additional funding would
potentially come from the
University, the City of Lawrence
and a state Transportation
Enhancement Grant, Tiel said.
He said the city had not yet
determined the amount in TE
grants or city funding they would
be requesting.
Higgins said she planned to re-
quest funds from the Student Sen-
ates reserve funds and the Campus
Safety Advisory Board. Higgins
said she would ask for a total of
$150,000 in University funds.
Stakeholders who have, at some
level, been involved in the project
so far include Student Senate, the
Campus Safety Advisory Board,
the All Scholarship Hall Council,
representatives from GSP-Corbin,
the Panhellenic Association, In-
terfraternity Council, the Oread
Neighborhood Association, GaD-
uGi Safecenter and the KU Public
Safety Ofce, among others.
Edited by TimBurgess
Graphic by Andrew Taylor/KANSAN
The red area on the map is where the frst phase of the path will be built. If enough funds exist, construction will start on the blue portion.
Proposed path
Potential
addition
Leaders agree on plan to create lighted campus path
lawrence
By JUdy LIn
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. In
Arizona, the budget has grown
so gloomy that lawmakers are
considering mortgaging Capitol
buildings. In Michigan, state offi-
cials dealing with the nations
highest unemployment rate are
slashing spending on schools and
health care.
Drastic financial remedies are
no longer limited to California,
where a historic budget crisis ear-
lier this year grew so bad that state
agencies issued IOUs to pay bills.
A study released Wednesday
warned that at least nine other big
states are also barreling toward
economic disaster, raising the
likelihood of higher taxes, more
government layoffs and deep cuts
in services.
The report by the Pew Center
on the States found that Arizona,
Florida, Illinois, Michigan,
Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon,
Rhode Island and Wisconsin are
also at grave risk.
Double-digit budget gaps, ris-
ing unemployment, high foreclo-
sure rates and built-in budget con-
straints are the key reasons.
While California often takes
the spotlight, other states are
facing hardships just as daunt-
ing, said Susan Urahn, managing
director of the Washington, D.C.-
based center. Decisions these
states make as they try to navi-
gate the recession will play a role
in how quickly the entire nation
recovers.
The analysis, Beyond
California: States in Fiscal Peril,
urged lawmakers and governors
in those states to take quick action
to head off a wider fiscal catas-
trophe.
The 10 states account for more
than one-third of the nations
population and economic output,
according to the report.
Historically, states have their
worst tax revenue year soon after
a national recession ends. At the
same time, higher joblessness and
underemployment mean more
people need government-spon-
sored health care and social safe-
ty-net programs, further taxing
state services.
California leads the most vul-
nerable states identified by the
report, which describes it as hav-
ing poor money-management
practices.
Since February, California has
made nearly $60 billion in budget
adjustments in the form of cuts
to education and social service
programs, temporary tax hikes,
one-time gimmicks and stimu-
lus spending, according to the
Legislative Analysts Office.
Many of those fixes are not
expected to last.
The states tempo-
rary tax increases
will begin to expire
at the end of 2010,
while federal stim-
ulus spending will
begin to run out a
year after that.
Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger
estimates California will run a
deficit of $12.4 billion to $14.4
billion when he releases his next
spending plan in January. The
governor warned that the tough-
est cuts are ahead.
I think that we are not out of
the woods yet, Schwarzenegger
said this week.
At the same time, the Legislature
is hamstrung by requirements that
budget bills and tax increases be
passed with a two-
thirds majority, a
mandate that the
report labeled a
recipe for gridlock.
The Pew report
was written based
on data available as
of July 31 and scored
all 50 states based
on revenue changes,
unemployment, foreclosures and
budget requirements. It also gave
them grades.
California and Rhode Island
scored worst with D-pluses, then
New Jersey and Illinois with
C-minuses.
In reviewing why some states
are suffering more than others,
Pew found that the 10 states tend
to rely heavily on one type of
industry, have a history of persis-
tent budget shortfalls or face legal
constraints making it extra diffi-
cult to implement major changes,
such as tax increases.
Many require a supermajority
vote for passing tax increases or
budget bills.
Several state legislatures were
unable to enact long-term fixes.
Instead, they asked voters or gov-
ernors to make the call, or used
accounting gimmicks to put off
the hard choices until later.
economy
Pew Center study:10 states face economic disaster
By CHUCK BarTeLS
Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark A
man was convicted of capital
murder Wednesday for beating
an Arkansas TV anchorwoman
so brutally that her face was
shattered and she never regained
consciousness before dying five
days later.
Curtis Lavelle Vance could face
the death penalty for the assault
on Anne Pressly at her Little
Rock bungalow. The same jury
that convicted him reconvened
to hear testimony about whether
he should be put to death or
imprisoned without the possibility
of parole.
After the verdict, Presslys moth-
er, Patti Cannady, raised a hand
and said, Praise God. Praise God.
She burst into sobs.
Vance, 29, of Marianna, was
also convicted of residential bur-
glary along with rape and theft of
property in the Oct. 20 attack.
Once jurors delivered the guilty
verdict, Vance gestured toward the
empty jury box, pointed to his
eyes and ears and shook his head.
The weekend before she was
attacked, Pressly, a 26-year-old
local celebrity, had been celebrat-
ing her bit part in the President
Bush biopic W. Due on KATVs
Daybreak program at 5 a.m.
that Monday morning, she never
answered more than 40 wake-up
calls made by her parents.
In various confessions made
to police, Vance said he went to
Presslys neighborhood looking to
steal laptop computers.
After entering her home through
a Dutch door she left open for
her dogs, authorities said, Vance
found the computer he sought
and Pressly.
Cannady, who was in town, told
jurors that she drove to Presslys
house and found her battered and
lying in a fetal position on her
bed.
Anne, Mommas here. Mommas
here, Cannady called to her daugh-
ter, according to her testimony.
Pressly reached weakly with her
right arm, moaning.
After calling for an ambulance,
Cannady closed her eyes, lifted
her head and prayed. When she
opened her eyes, she saw blood on
the ceiling.
Thats how horrific ... her attack
was. She was beyond recognition,
Cannady told jurors.
An emergency room doctor
at St. Vincent Infirmary believed
Pressly, a blonde, had red hair
because there was so much blood.
Dr. Therese McBride testified that
the front of Presslys skull and jaw
were beaten so severely that she did
not appear human.
Pressly slipped into a coma after
the attack and died five days later
without regaining consciousness.
Vances legal team argued that
their client was innocent.
Jury convicts man for anchors death
legal
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Anne Pressly, KATV Television anchor of
Little Rock, Ark., died after being beaten.
I think that we are
not out of the woods
yet.
Arnold
schwArzenegger
governor of california
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BY ERIC TALMADGE
Associated Press
TOKYO Japans Emperor
Akihito, marking the 20th anniver-
sary of his coronation Thursday,
says he is concerned young people
are forgetting their history.
Akihito said Japan must not
forget its past and especially
the turbulent years his father, the
late Emperor Hirohito, was on the
throne if it is to learn from its
mistakes.
What worries me most is that
the history of the past will gradu-
ally be forgotten, the 75-year-old
monarch said at a brief news con-
ference before Thursdays anni-
versary. He said it was regret-
table Hirohito will be remembered
by history for World War II and
Japans military advances into Asia
prior to its defeat in 1945.
The reign of my father began at
a very difficult time, he said, not-
ing that Japan invaded Manchuria
six years after Hirohito ascend-
ed the Chrysanthemum Throne.
There are many lessons that we
can learn from the 60-some years
of his reign.
He viscerally knew the impor-
tance of peace, Akihito said.
Japan has often been criticized
by its neighbors who bore the
brunt of Japanese colonialism
for whitewashing the countrys
role in World War II in its school
textbooks. Although Akihito has
visited China, he has yet to travel
to South Korea, largely because
of lingering animosities over the
war.
Until Japans surrender, Hirohito
was officially considered a living
god and loyalty
to the throne was
used to rally the
nation behind the
war, though his-
torians generally
agree that it was
more often the
generals, admirals
and politicians
who made the
major decisions
that set the countrys disastrous
course.
Over the past 20 years, Akihito
and his wife, Empress Michiko,
have grown quietly into their
roles as ceremonial symbols of
the nation, a definition of the
Japanese monarchs imposed by
U.S. military leaders during the
Japanese occupation.
Akihitos primary role is that of
a figurehead. He presides over rit-
uals at the palace shrines, gives out
awards, meets foreign dignitaries
and swears in new Cabinets.
His public comments are
famously circumspect, avoiding
subjects that might have politi-
cal implications, and off-the-cuff
remarks are almost
unheard of. The ques-
tions he answered at
the pre-anniversary
news conference were
submitted to the pal-
ace well in advance,
and he had written
answers prepared.
Akihito was coro-
nated nearly a year
after Hirohito died
on Jan. 7, 1989 because the coun-
try was officially in mourning.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Japans Emperor Akihito, center, greets guests during the annual autumn imperial garden party at Akasaka Imperial Garden inTokyo Oct. 22.
Akihito, 75, will celebrate the 20th anniversary of his accession to the ChrysanthemumThrone, the worlds oldest hereditary monarchy, today.
Oldest US city preserves
ancient Catholic records
BY RON WORD
Associated Press
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Sister
Catherine Bitzer slowly opened
a file box and carefully removed
a brittle page, scarred by years
of neglectful storage, mold and
insects. At 415 years old, the mar-
riage record written by a Roman
Catholic priest is still readable
and is one of the oldest known
European records from the United
States.
Its among thousands of artifacts
detailing the lives of the Spanish
soldiers, missionaries and mer-
chants who settled St. Augustine,
the nations oldest permanent city.
The church kept the only official
records, a role that today is filled
by government.
After being scattered from
Florida and surviving destruction
for centuries, they are now safe
in a newly renovated waterproof,
fireproof and climate-controlled
building at the Diocese of St.
Augustine, said Bitzer, the archi-
vist of the diocese.
Michael Gannon, a profes-
sor emeritus of history at the
University of Florida, calls the
archives a pocketful of miracles.
He tracked down most of the
documents, which had traveled to
Cuba, back to St. Augustine and
then Notre Dame, Ind.
The earliest documents detail
the births, confirmations, mar-
riages and deaths of the Spanish
residents in St. Augustine from
1594 to 1763, when the British
took over Florida.
Dated Jan. 24, 1594, and hand-
written by Father Diego Escobar
de Sambrana, the record held by
Bitzer details the marriage of sol-
dier Gabriel Hernandez to Catalina
de Valdes in St. Augustine, some
26 years before the Pilgrims landed
at Plymouth Rock.
Other treasures in the archives
include the records, headboard,
and a piece of the coffin belong-
ing to Pedro Menendez de Aviles,
the Spanish Navy admiral who
founded St. Augustine in 1565.
There are also records of the
dioceses nine bishops and the
Spanish colonial government, and
microfilm of records on explora-
tions, the attacks of English and
French corsairs, the development
of slavery and reports on Indian
customs and languages.
Missing from the collection
are the documents from the first
29 years of Catholic life in St.
Augustine. Gannon believes they
may have been destroyed by Sir
Francis Drake, the English priva-
teer, who sacked the town in 1586.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sister Catherine Bitzer holds a document at the Diocese of St. Augustine in St. Augustine, Fla. Oct. 4. The records are about 415 years old.
BY JONATHAN M. KATZ
Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
Haitis new prime minister was
inaugurated Wednesday and
promised to attract more invest-
ment and create jobs, while forg-
ing good relations with lawmak-
ers who have ousted two heads of
government in as many years.
Jean-Max Bellerive, the sixth
person to hold the post since
2004 in the politically unstable
Caribbean nation, said he will
work closely with lawmakers in
Haitis Parliament.
The Parliament recently fired
his predecessor in part for sticking
too closely to international
development plans.
We will take care of put-
ting (members of Parliament)
more in accordance with what
we are doing, Bellerive told The
Associated Press as the just-fired
former prime minister, Michele
Pierre-Louis, drove away from
the hilltop mansion that is now
Bellerives headquarters.
Its the same program, basical-
ly. We have the same priorities as
the previous government, he said.
Bellerive, 51, officially
took power as Haitis No. 2 in
Wednesday ceremonies. He has
served in a wide variety of Haitian
administrations, including those
of former populist President Jean-
Bertrand Aristide and the military
junta that once ousted Aristide.
Bellerive was sworn in by
President Rene Preval, who praised
an orderly transition that took
little more than 12 days from the
ouster of one prime minister to the
swearing-in of her replacement.
But Bellerive said he intends to
see those plans through and, in
fact, speed some investment deals
along by continuing in his previ-
ous role as minister of planning
and external cooperation.
The only way that we are going
to change Haiti is through private
investment, through creating jobs
in Haiti, he told reporters.
Haitis prime minister inaugurated
national international
international
What worries me
most is that the
history of the past
will gradually be
forgotten.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lutiy, an endangered Amur tiger, roams in his cage at the Wild Animals Rehabilitation
Center in Sikhote-Alin. Russia wants to double the tiger population by 2022.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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2009. This is the frst time the Church of Latter-day Saints has supported gay marriage legislation.
national
Mormon church backs gay rights laws
Russia hopes to
hold tiger summit
BY GARY PEACH
Associated Press
MOSCOW Vladimir Putin
has made headlines by champi-
oning the endangered Siberian
tiger posing with a cuddly cub
and placing a tracking collar on a
full-grown female in the wilds of
his countrys Far East.
Now Russia is helping plan an
ambitious program it hopes can
double the global tiger popula-
tion by 2022.
Russia hopes to hold a tiger
summit in the Far East city of
Vladivostok in September to
coordinate multinational efforts
to protect the Amur tiger, its
habitats and increasingly scarce
food sources, representatives
of Russias Natural Resources
Ministry, the World Bank and
the World Wildlife Fund said
Wednesday.
We decided that this time we
should do something serious in
order to preserve tigers on our
planet, said Igor Chestin, direc-
tor of the Russian branch of the
World Wildlife Fund. The situ-
ation is catastrophic.
The meeting would be hosted
by Putin, Russias powerful prime
minister, and include leaders
of countries such as India and
China, according to Chestin
and Deputy Natural Resources
Minister Igor Maidanov.
The goal of the program,
which could involve as many as
13 countries, would be to double
the number of tigers worldwide
to some 6,500 by 2022.
Chestin said this would require
a total $1 billion from all par-
ticipating countries a target
he said could be met with both
government funds and private
sponsorship.
Putins support, which
Maidanov said was expected,
would likely give the effort a
major boost.
Last year, Putin was given an
Amur cub on his birthday and
showed it off to journalists inside
his home before putting it in
other hands.
Months earlier, Russian televi-
sion networks showed him pat-
ting a grown female on the cheek
after shooting it with a tranquil-
izer gun as part of a program to
track the rare cats on a Russian
wildlife preserve.
BY ERIC GORSKI
Associated Press
It looked like a stunning rever-
sal: the same church that helped
defeat gay marriage in California
standing with gay-rights activists
on an anti-discrimination law in
its own backyard.
On Tuesday night, after a
series of clandestine meetings
between local gay-rights back-
ers and Mormons in Salt Lake
City, the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints announced it
would support proposed city laws
that would prohibit discrimina-
tion against gays in housing and
employment.
The ordinances passed and
history was made: It marked the
first time the Salt Lake City-based
church had supported gay-rights
legislation.
The Mormon church which
continues to suffer a backlash over
its support last year of Proposition
8, the measure banning gay mar-
riage in California emphasized
that its latest position in no way
contradicts its teachings on homo-
sexuality.
But the action is one of the
strongest signs yet that even con-
servative religious groups that
oppose same-sex marriage might
be willing to support legal protec-
tions for gays that fall short of
that.
IntERntIOnAl
Head of U.N. food agency
fasting to raise awareness
ROME The head of a U.N.
food agency called on people
around the world Wednesday
to join him in a day of fasting to
highlight the plight of under-
nourished people, whose ranks
have surged past 1 billion in the
global economic crisis.
Jacques Diouf, director-gen-
eral of the Food and Agriculture
Organization, said he hoped the
move would encourage action by
world leaders who will take part
in a three-day food summit at the
agencys headquarters starting
Monday.
Associated Press
BY ElEnA BECAtOROS
Associated Press
KABUL Military divers
have found the body of a U.S.
paratrooper who disappeared
last week along with another
soldier as the two tried to re-
trieve airdropped supplies from
a river in western Afghanistan,
NATO said Wednesday.
Relatives said they believe
Spc. Benjamin Sherman of
Plymouth, Mass., died afer
jumping into the river to try to
save his comrade, who was also
swept away by the current.
Afghan and international
forces are still searching for the
second missing paratrooper in
the remote, Taliban-infested
province of Badghis, which bor-
ders Turkmenistan. He has not
been identifed.
Shermans wife, Patricia, said
military ofcials told her that
the circumstances of his death
remain under investigation, but
his family believes Spc. Sher-
man died trying to rescue his
friend.
I know that day he jumped
into the river to try to save his
comrade was not because he
didnt just see another soldier
in the water, he saw his brother,
said his sister, Meredith Sher-
man. He didnt jump in be-
cause he was trained to, but be-
cause thats what his heart told
him to do.
Te two paratroopers, both
from the 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 82nd Airborne Division,
disappeared Nov. 4 in the Bala
Barghab area of Badghis during
a routine resupply mission.
Missing
soldiers
body found
by divers
military
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issue drops november 16
A
midst the rampant excite-
ment surrounding Kansas
highlight-reel exhibition
victories and the pending regular
season, its easy to forget that foot-
ball season isnt over.
Old habits do die hard, after all.
And for many Kansas fans, football
season falling out of mind once the
ball tips in Allen Fieldhouse is a
habit as old as they themselves are.
Fans tread lightly through fall, wait
til basketball season! a retort held
taut on their tongue, ready to be
fired at a moments need.
But despite the fact that it was
employed as a weapon by Kansas
fans, that refrain was equal parts
damnation and praise for the
Jayhawks. Certainly, it implied a
strong level of confidence that the
Kansas mens basketball team would
play up to its lofty reputation. But
it also implied that Kansas football
would play down to its and, further-
more, that Kansas fans were willing
to grant as much.
Which is why this Saturday a
Senior Day showdown against
Nebraska is crucial for Kansas
football. Not because the Jayhawks
have any aspirations of winning the
Big 12 North, or of vaulting back
in to the rankings. Both of those
aspirations were specters before last
week, and theyre altogether ban-
ished now. Kansas does not need
to defeat Nebraska to achieve any
impossible level of national noto-
riety, or to grasp at out-of-reach
straws. But, as much as the envelop-
ing circumstances allow, Saturdays
game is indeed a must win for
Kansas.
Because, the night before, the
wait for basketball season will have
ended. Barring some confluence
of unfathomable events, the No.
1-ranked Kansas mens basketball
team will demolish Hofstra. And
the Jayhawks will do it in style.
Enough style that Kansas fans may
be tempted to forget that theres a
football game the next day. And
it is on ABC, so maybe they wont
even bother showing up. The fan
base had enough of a hard time
staying for an entire game when
the Jayhawks were undefeated and
ranked, after all. Now, far removed
from those utopian circumstances,
an even greater level of disinterest
ought to be expected.
A loss, and those expectations will
be fulfilled. The level of disinterest
will persist, or maybe even grow.
Of course, theres a simple, if not
terribly easy, way to stop that from
happening.
Kansas football simply must
rediscover its winning ways. Hurt
or not, Todd Reesing needs to play
with the same reckless abandon
that turned him in to a star with-
out turning over the football. The
Kansas offense, as a whole, must
rekindle a fire that burned bright
not so long ago. They need big
plays, and more importantly, points.
Theres responsibility on the other
side of the ball, too. An improv-
ing Kansas defense must continue
that trend, and clamp down on a
Nebraska offense which is, at best,
mediocre.
Again, Kansas must win. The
Jayhawks need to defeat the
Cornhuskers, so that they can defeat
a more threatening enemy: the
growing ambivalence of Kansas fans.
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
Senior safety Darrell Stuckey,
junior cornerback Chris Harris
and senior running back Jake
Sharp admitted Tuesday that this
season just didnt go the way the
team expected.
For sophomore cornerback
Daymond Patterson, nothing has
gone as expected in his career at
Kansas.
He was switched from wide
receiver to cornerback last year
just three weeks after an eight-
catch, 130-yard performance
against Louisiana Tech. Patterson
said he thought he was moved
because of a dropped pass and
a fumble in Kansas loss against
South Florida in the third week
of the season.
He opened this year as a starter
at cornerback but has been seeing
less time on the field in recent
weeks. Mangino said Pattersons
hobbling ankle injury, suffered
in the Oct. 31 loss at Texas Tech,
is a cause for concern, and other
cornerbacks are playing better.
Were also getting a lot of
competition at that position,
coach Mark Mangino said. I
was hoping it would play out that
way and it is.
Sophomore Anthony Davis
and freshman D.J. Beshears have
both seen significant time at
cornerback since the Colorado
game. Davis started the first
game of the season but barely
saw the field until Saturdays loss
at Kansas State. Beshears took a
redshirt until he saw the field on
special teams against Colorado
and replaced Patterson at cor-
nerback on Colorados second
possession.
Patterson said he doesnt want
to jump back in the revolving
door that is the left cornerback
position before hes recovered
from his ankle injury. Freshman
receiver Bradley McDougald also
replaced him at punt returner
against Kansas State.
Its not going to do us any
good going out there trying to
hop around and make plays
when youre not 100 percent,
Patterson said.
Patterson said he is unsure if
he will play this weekend against
Nebraska. He is working hard
with athletic trainers and said he
was eager to play. His struggles
with the injury and the competi-
tion grabbing his spot havent
brought him down.
I keep going out there
and working hard every day,
Patterson said. When I get a
chance to come in the game, I
feel like Im going to do the best
I can to help this team.
When asked if he would ever
welcome a position change back
to wide receiver, Patterson said
he would be more than happy
to help out on the offensive side
of the ball. He said he wants a
chance to make up for the two
mistakes he made in the South
Florida game.
Mangino said the team is liv-
ing for today and not consider-
ing future positional changes at
this time.
When the seasons over, well
reassess things, Mangino said.
We need him where he is right
now.
Follow Clark Goble at twitter.
com/cgoble89.
BY COREY THIBODEAUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
The Jayhawks are laden with star power,
but newcomer Xavier Henry is quickly leav-
ing his mark.
He stands 6-foot-6 and weighs 220 pounds
at 18 years old. Hes one of Kansas all-time
most sought-after recruits.
Everyone from fans, coaches, teammates
and experts agrees: Freshman guard Xavier
X Henry is worth all the hype.
Kansas coach Bill Self went through quite
the ordeal this summer recruiting him,
traveling to Oklahoma City to iron out com-
mitment issues with Henrys father. All that
is behind them and Henry said he is happy
in to be Lawrence as if his constant smile
werent convincing enough.
Its a great time to be here, he said. I
want to be a part of it and I want my brother
to be a part of it.
When Henry first arrived
at camp, Self said he was
immediately impressed
with how fit his new weap-
on was.
There are not too many
18-year-olds like that, Self
said. There are not too
many guards that power-
ful.
Henry has the rare ability
to drive to the basket or
make shots from long
range. His versatility with the ball, mixed
with his speed and physicality, makes Henry
a mismatch for opposing defenses. His
teammates say his physical presence is his
greatest asset.
Hes really, really strong, junior guard
Tyrel Reed said. I think people underesti-
mate his strength. He can get to the basket
at any time and hes also a threat from the
outside, so hes going to be a great player
for us.
Senior guard Sherron Collins tried his
hand in practice against Henry, but even he
had trouble guarding him.
Its tough, he said. I tried to guard him a
few times and caught myself under the rim.
Hes naturally strong. You just have to put a
body on him and try to block him out.
Henrys first shots in each exhibition game
were both three-pointers. In two games, he
scored 24 points, but that doesnt tell the
whole story. He showed his ability to race
down the court, push around defenders and
finish while drawing contact.
Every freshman has to adjust to the col-
lege game. Henry will most likely have his
ups and downs, Collins said,
but his overall skill set will
make up for it.
Itll take him a while,
Collins said, but hes a natural
scorer so hell be alright.
To finish out his repertoire,
Henry is keen on grabbing
offensive rebounds, which
is rare to find in the guard
position.
I always like to crash the
glass because thats where you
get free points, he said. Its a good thing
and it will get you involved real quick.
He is one of five freshmen on the Naismith
Preseason Watch List and is on the cover of
the Nov. 16 issue of ESPN the Magazine
along with teammates Sherron
Collins and Cole Aldrich. Henry
was pleased with the cover,
though he said he has not
looked at the inside.
It was nice, he said.
It came out better than
I thought it would.
All the signs are
good for Henry so far,
but these are a lot
of accolades for
someone who
has not played
a college game
yet, Aldrich
said.
I t s
tough to
put a fresh-
man out
like that
b e c a u s e
he hasnt
played any
and just the lack
of experience play-
ing the college game, he
said. But I think he can really
be a good college player. Hes
becoming a better teammate
every day.
Follow Corey Thibodeaux at
twitter.com/c_thibodeaux.
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Sophomore fghts for playing time
Oh hENRY
BY ALEX BEECHER
abeecher@kansan.com
FOOTbAll
Don't forget football
in basketball frenzy
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Sophomore cornerback Daymond Patterson breaks free of a tackle for a 49 -yard punt return at UTEP Sept. 12. Patterson led the defense
with six tackles in Kansas' 34-7 victory.
Newcomer living up to hype
Freshman guard's solid exhibition performances meet expectations
I think he can be a
really good college
player. He's becoming
a better teammate
every day.
Cole AldriCh
Junior center
Photo illustration by Adam Buhler/KANSAN
sports 2B
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I always turn to the sports
section frst. The sports page
records peoples accomplish-
ments; the front page has
nothing but mans failures.
Earl Warren
Jayhawk football season is dead
MORNING BREW
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas has scored 100 points
or more in three consecutive
exhibition games.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA
Q: How many consecutive
exhibition games has Kansas
won?
A: 35, dating back to 1995.
Kansas Athletics
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009
TODAY
No events scheduled
FRIDAY
Mens
Basketball
vs. Hofstra,
7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Football
vs. Nebraska,
2:30 p.m.
Volleyball
vs. Baylor,
11 a.m.
Cross Country
NCAA Regional
Championships,
Springfeld, MO
SUNDAY
Womens Basketball
vs. Oral Roberts,
2 p.m.
THIS WEEk
IN kANSAS
ATHlETICS
D
early beloved, we gather
here today to say our
goodbyes to the 2009
Kansas Jayhawk football season.
Just four weeks ago it was a
season full of promise, but fate
cruelly took it away all too soon.
With last weeks fall to intrastate
rival Kansas State, we realized
it was time to commemorate
the remnants of Todd Reesings
awe-inducing ability to create
miracle plays out of nothing and
send them into the beyond. With
that ability, we learned, go the
Jayhawks chances.
The bard William Shakespeare
once wrote: When sorrows
come, they come not single
spies, but in battalions. And so
it was for this years Jayhawks.
It started with the plethora of
off-the-field problems in the
offseason. There was the bizarre
Jocques Crawford-Ben Lueken-
somebody-hit-somebody-with-
a-car-W.T.F.-just-went-down
situation. There was Dezmon
Briscoes early one-game suspen-
sion. There was Jake Sharps early
season injury.
But the Jayhawks prevailed.
It seemed as if they couldnt
be stopped early. Reesing was
his usual spectacular self. The
defense was inspired in Mark
Manginos new 4-2-5 package.
Toben Opurum helped us quickly
forget that Jake Sharp once
existed.
So, for awhile, there was pros-
perity. Until the sorrows piled on
once more. There was the mid-
season fight with the basketball
team. Reesing, the unflappable,
infallible leader of the Kansas
football revolution, was suddenly
human. His miracle scrambles
ended in sacks or interceptions.
His sure-handed receivers led
by Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry
Meier suddenly werent catch-
ing everything. The defense
couldnt stop the Browns, let
alone a Big 12 offense. And
Mangino once Mangenius
was coaching admittedly bad
games.
But this is not a time for
grieving. Let us forget the four
consecutive losses. Let us forget
the inglorious end to Reesings
career. Let us instead celebrate
what Reesing accomplished in
his time as a Jayhawk. He was the
best quarterback at the school
since John Hadl maybe the
best ever. He turned a laughing-
stock football program into one
that does not accept losses to
intrastate rivals. Into a BCS bowl
champion. Into a North division
contender.
Let us remember Kerry Meier
and his hands. The hands that
caught that beautiful pass from
Reesing that smote the Missouri
Tigers in last years Border
Showdown. The hands that
caught everything.
Let us remember Dezmon
Briscoe and his raw athleticism
and pray that he may revive for
one more year in college.
Let us remember Darrell
Stuckey, the hustle and heart of
the Kansas football revival.
Let us remember Jake Sharp
and his ability to hit a seam that
wasnt really there.
Let us also look forward. Life
wont be the same without the
Reesing-led Jayhawks. But, dear
friends, rejoice! For with death
comes rebirth. Tomorrow a new
sun will rise. A sun that will shine
brightly on the bronze statue of
Phog Allen that sits outside of his
church of basketball. And tomor-
row, mass will be held for the first
time this year.
Tomorrow, we baptize a new
Kansas basketball season. May its
life be filled with joy and wonder
and live up to all the promise it
brings.
Follow Tim Dwyer at
twitter.com/timdwyer.
BY Max RoThMan
mrothman@kansan.com
The year was 1891 and James
Naismith was simply doing what
he did best his job.
Assigned by Luther Gulick,
dean of the physical education
department at the YMCA in
Springfield, Mass., Naismiths
challenge was to find a game that
would entertain a class of 18 rigid
students and could also be played
indoors during the long frozen
months of the New England
winter.
Naismith nearly gave up on his
task after failing to enthuse the
group for nearly two weeks of
ineffective experiments. However
he loathed the idea of conced-
ing to failure, and continued his
search for a gym-friendly game
for grown men.
Once realizing that finesse, and
not brute force, was the key to
fluid indoor activity, Naismith
knew that he was on to some-
thing. Shortly after, the first 13
rules of a new game were written
and a peach basket was nailed to a
railing ten feet high. The game of
basketball was born.
This is what James Naismith is
remembered for today. However
James Naismith: The Man Who
Invented Basketball, by Rob Rains
the first definitive biography of
the Canadian-born innovator
was written for more than just the
game he founded.
The book was also written to
illuminate Naismith not just as an
inventor, but as a good father and
husband and a man with strong
morals and a relentless and inal-
terable work ethic.
Compiled with the help of
Naismiths granddaughter, Hellen
Carpenter, and the 300 documents
from Naismiths old files in her
possession, this biography is an
insightful testament to a man that,
as Naismith once said, was look-
ing to leave the world a little bet-
ter than he found it.
Rains and Carpenter will make
an appearance at the KU Bookstore
in the Kansas Union tomorrow
from 4:00-5:30 p.m. to discuss and
sign their new book.
Today basketball is played
and celebrated by both men and
women worldwide.
Naismith, who once aspired to
be a doctor and a minister, never
envisioned his idea would snow-
ball as it did.
However the simplicity of the
general rules and the lack of much
required equipment makes bas-
ketball practical for any athlete,
regardless of background.
The biography commences
with a heartfelt foreword by for-
mer Kansas basketball coach Roy
Williams and an introduction
from a personal family perspec-
tive by Carpenter.
Think of this book as a reminder
of why Allen Fieldhouse will be
stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey
tomorrow night.
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The authors of a book about James Nai-
smith will appear at the KU Bookstore Friday.
Biography closely examines the life of basketballs inventor
BOOk REVIEW
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: ROB RAINS
n He is a former National League beat writer for USA Todays
Baseball Weekly.
n For three years, he covered the St. Louis Cardinals with the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
n He is the author/co-author of autobiographies and/or
biographies of several famous sports heroes ranging from Ozzie
Smith to Marshall Faulk.
n He is a graduate of the University and wrote for The Kansan
and the Lawrence Journal-World.
n His son, B.J. Rains, also attended KU and wrote for the sports
section of The Kansan.
n He currently lives in St. Louis with his wife, Sally Tippett
Rains, and teaches in the school of communications at Webster
University.
MEns BaskETBall
C.J. Henry to return to
practice on Wednesday
Freshman guard C.J. Henry,
who has missed about two
weeks of practice with a knee
injury, was going to do light
workouts Wednesday, Kansas
coach Bill Self said.
I think he said he may do
a few things today, Self said.
Probably not full court but
maybe do some half court
stuf today, see how he feels.
Self said he isnt a believer
in putting players into games
when they havent practiced,
so it may be a while before
Henry sees some game action.
Corey Thibodeaux
BY CoREY ThIBoDEaUx
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
High school senior Royce
Woolridge signed a letter of
intent in a ceremony at his high
school Wednesday, making his
commitment to Kansas official.
Woolridge, a 6-foot-3, 175-
pound guard from Sunnyslope
High in Phoenix, Ariz., aver-
aged 28.5 points and 2.1 steals
per game last season.
Woolridge said Kansas rich
basketball tradition and atmo-
sphere made Kansas his ideal
choice.
Im excited,
Woolridge said.
Theres history
behind the school
and the stands
were crazy.
He verbally
committed to
Kansas in May
2008 after gain-
ing interest from
other schools such as UCLA,
Georgetown and Arizona.
Woolridge was present for
Late Night in the Phog and said
he had great time, justifying his
decision.
The interest in Kansas for
Woolridge, coach Bill Self said,
started right after the Jayhawks
won the National Championship
in 2008.
He liked how we played and
we notified each other, Self
said. They got word to us, we
went and watched him play,
offered him a scholarship and,
boom, it was done.
This is the first signing for the
Jayhawks this year. Woolridge
was a perfect recruit, Self said,
because of his loyalty and com-
mitment to Kansas.
He was the first one to jump
on board and well always have
a fond appreciation of that, Self
said.
Currently, Rivals.com has
Woolridge ranked at 117th over-
all in the country
and ESPNU 100
has him at 94.
Self said he
was looking to
see that number
climb after his
senior season.
You watch,
Self said. When
the rankings
come out at the end of the year,
hell be one of those guys that
I would say definitely has a
great chance to be a top 50-type
player.
Follow Corey Thibodeaux
at twitter.com/c_thibodeaux
Woolridge signs
with Jayhawks
MENS BASkETBAll
nhl
Tucker activated from
Avalanche injured list
DENVER The Colorado
Avalanche have activated
forward Darcy Tucker from the
injured reserve list.
He was activated in time for
the game Wednesday night
against the Blackhawks.
Tucker missed eight games
after sufering a concussion
Oct. 23, when he was checked
into the boards against Caro-
lina.
He has four goals and two
assists in 10 games for Colo-
rado this season.
The Avalanche also said
Wednesday that defenseman
John-Michael Liles was placed
on the injured reserve list be-
cause of a shoulder injury.
Associated Press
Im excited. Theres
history behind the
school and the stands
were crazy.
ROyCE WOOLRIDGE
Mens basketball commit
BY assoCIaTED PREss
COLUMBIA, Mo. Te shock
of losing at home to Baylor, and
the frustration of losing four of
the last fve games, is weighing on
Missouri coach Gary Pinkel.
Its just one big ball of frustra-
tion, Pinkel said. Its not a great
feeling. Its not fun losing and our
fans have a better expectation level
than what theyre seeing.
Afer an impressive win over
Colorado on Oct. 31, Missouri
(5-4, 1-4 Big 12) was a 14-point fa-
vorite to beat Baylor. Instead, Mis-
souri blew an 11-point halfime
lead and lost 40-32.
For the Bears, it was just the
third win in their last 55 Big 12
road games and the frst in Colum-
bia since 1972.
I was just shocked, senior line-
backer Sean Weatherspoon said.
So shocked.
Te loss knocked Missouri out
of the running for its third straight
Big 12 North title, a goal that both
players and fans had considered
achievable despite losing the frst
three conference games.
Te hardest part of the schedule
is over, with only games at Kansas
State on Saturday, a home game
against Iowa State and a game
against rival Kansas in Kansas City
remaining.
Now, the Tigers have to focus
on winning at least one of the re-
maining games to become bowl-
eligible.
Obviously, the goal now is to
fnish out the season winning,
center Tim Barnes said. We want
to win every game thats lef, and if
we obtain that goal we can go to a
good bowl game.
One issue Missouri has to work
out is the second-half performance.
In Big 12 play, Missouri has yet to
score a second-half touchdown
and has been outscored 80-11 afer
halfime.
We cant let these things contin-
ue to happen, quarterback Blaine
Gabbert said. Teyve happened
more than once this year and we
have to come out with a renewed
focus to make sure they dont hap-
pen again.
Pinkel discounted the notion
that he and his staf were not mak-
ing the proper halfime adjust-
ments.
Ive always said that if youre
waiting until halfime to make ad-
justments, youre not a very good
coach, Pinkel said. We make ad-
justments all the time, afer every
series, so Ive always said that I
thought that was very, very over-
rated.
Tat doesnt mean he isnt
searching for answers.
You can stop practice, you can
say this is the second half or this
is the fourth quarter, Pinkel said.
But obviously, were not doing a
good enough job.
As surprising as Missouri has
been on the down side, the Wild-
cats have been one of the success
stories of the Big 12 in Bill Snyders
return as coach.
Kansas State (6-4, 4-2) is in the
hunt for the Big 12 North cham-
pionship.
Losing streak discourages Mizzou
BIG 12 FOOTBAll
AssoCiATed Press
Missouri coach Gary Pinkel argues a call during a game against Baylor on Saturday in Columbia, Mo. The Bears won 40-32.
SPORTS 3B THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009
womens basketball
BY MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
In her six-year tenure at Kansas,
coach Bonnie Henrickson has
recruited many different kinds of
talent. Sometimes those skills are
in the form of a 6-foot-5 center
who can run the floor like a chee-
tah. Other times that translates to
a 5-foot-4 point guard with great
court vision.
Three guards from Texas, CeCe
Harper, Keena Mays and Diara
Moore, as well as Coloradan
Brooke Jelniker signed letters of
intent to join Henricksons squad
for the 2010-2011 season.
Harper was a teammate of
current freshman guard Monica
Engelman at Madison High School
in San Antonio. She averaged 17.4
points per game and 5.1 rebounds
per game as a junior and was
rated the 29th best point guard
in the class of 2010 by ESPNs
HoopGurlz.com. Her familiarity
with Engleman, another definite
up and comer for Kansas, could
help Harper squeak into the point
guard rotation next year.
CeCe has an extremely high
basketball IQ, Henrickson said.
She is a good shooter who can
extend the defense with her range.
At the same time she is effective
off the dribble and has great court
vision. She is the complete pack-
age.
Mays averaged 10 points per
game and 3 assists per game as a
junior at Timberview High School
in Arlington. She was honored as
the District 8-4A Offensive Player
of the Year and was rated the 61st
best player overall in the class of
2010 by ESPNs HoopGurlz.com.
Mays potential has no ceiling
and could be a huge difference
maker for the team once the tran-
sition from high school to college
becomes a smooth one.
Keena has the ability to make
plays all over the court, Henrickson
said. She is great at getting her
teammates the ball in a position to
score and can also knock down the
shot herself. She has good range
and can get to the rim and finish.
Moore led Cedar Hill High
School in Cedar Hill to a 25-7
record in the 2008-2009 season,
averaging 13 points per game, 4
assists per game and 2 steals per
game. Her strength and leadership
skills will serve as a valuable asset
at Henricksons disposal.
Diara is a strong, athletic
guard, Henrickson said. She is
very physical and really knows how
to attack the hoop. In addition, she
is a great rebounder and will bring
an element of toughness to our
program.
Jelniker averaged 14 points per
game, six rebounds per game and
two blocks and steals per game
for Thunder Ridge High School
in Highlands Ranch as a junior.
She was named a First Team All-
Conference player and rated as
the 19th best small forward by
HoopGurlz.com and 45th best
overall prospect by GregSwaim.
com. Her versatile skills will be a
welcome addition to a squad that
will be without its star small for-
ward Danielle McCray next year.
Brooke is a fantastic shooter,
Henrickson said. She is long and
athletic and comes from one of the
top high school programs in the
state of Colorado. She is an aggres-
sive rebounder and really knows
how to play the game.
Jayhawks want to reload
with new hoops recruits
wOMeNs BAskeTBAll
Rankings name McCray
third best small forward
ESPN.com rated superstar
senior guard/forward Danielle
McCray as the third best small
forward in the nation in the
2009-2010 preseason rankings.
McCray was already honored as
the 2009 Big 12 Preseason Player
of the Year after averaging 21.6
ppg and 7.7 rebounds per game
as a junior. The Olathe native
has her sights set on the NCAA
Tournament after a Kansas loss
in the WNIT championship game
last year.
Max Rothman
nba
Rookie Jennings scores 32
in victory against Nuggets
AssOciATed PRess
MILWAUKEE Brandon
Jennings never expected to start
his NBA career this way.
The rookie point guard scored
14 of his 32 points in the fourth
quarter, and Andrew Bogut added
23 points and 10 rebounds to lead
the Milwaukee Bucks to a 108-102
victory over the Denver Nuggets
on Wednesday night.
I came in here, wanted to
learn and take (it) step-by-step,
Jennings said.
It appears to be leap-by-leap
for the player who decided to skip
college for the pros in Europe
before being picked 10th overall.
Fortunately, everything I
learned over there seemed to
impress the coaches and every-
body, he said. I just go out there
and play with a chip on my shoul-
der.
And the results couldnt be bet-
ter for Milwaukee. Expected to
be one of the worst teams in the
NBA, the Bucks (4-2) are leading
the Central Division.
Weve got a long way to go, but
its a great game to win, Bogut
said.
Carmelo Anthony had 32
points and 10 rebounds for
Denver (6-3).
He ran out of gas a little bit,
Nuggets coach George Karl said.
We werent good enough offen-
sively and we werent good enough
defensively.
Jennings, who also had nine
assists, had already played his
best game to date before Denver
whittled a 10-point deficit with 10
minutes to play down to 91-90 on
a layup by Chauncey Billups.
Jennings answered with con-
secutive 3-pointers, dribbling
aimlessly on the second for most
of the shot clock before slowing
down and stepping back behind
the 3-point line to make it 97-90
with Billups guarding him.
I was feeling it from the first
one, Jennings said. I knew it was
in right as it left my hands. That
was a great feeling.
Billups, who finished with 19,
was impressed with Jennings
confidence.
Give him credit, he stepped
up and made some big, big shots.
He was great all night, Billups
said. That, to me, is sometimes
more than the result. That you
have the ultimate confidence than
you can hit those shots. That was
impressive.
After another defensive stop,
the Nuggets frustration began
to run over. Kenyon Martin was
whistled for a technical foul and
Ersan Ilyasova made it 100-90 on
three free throws with 2:41 left.
But Denver rallied, cutting it to
100-97 with 46 seconds to go on a
3-pointer by Billups. Bogut hit a
7-foot floater in the lane and J.R.
Smith answered with a 3 with 21
seconds left to make it 102-100.
But Jennings kept up the pres-
sure, hitting his final six free
throws to seal it.
AssoCiAted PRess
denver Nuggets Carmelo Anthony, left, fouls Milwaukee Bucks Brandon Jennings in a game Wednesday in Milwaukee. The Bucks won
108 -102.
NBA
Loss drops Nets to worst
start in franchise history
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
Marreese Speights converted a
go-ahead three-point play with
1:10 to play and the Philadelphia
76ers beat New Jersey 82-79 on
Wednesday night, extending the
Nets franchise worst start to 0-8.
Thaddeus Young had 20 points
to lead the 76ers, and Speights
fnished with 19 points and nine
rebounds.
Brook Lopez had 23 points
and 14 rebounds, but the center
did not get a call on a drive
to the basket with about 14
seconds to play that could have
given the Nets the lead.
New Jersey missed three
shots that would have given it
the lead in the fnal minute and
turned the ball over with less
than 5 seconds to play on an
inbounds play.
Andre Iguodala added nine
points, nine rebounds and six
assists on 4 of 14 shooting, while
Louis Williams had 10 points for
Philadelphia.
The undermanned Nets
seemed on the verge of their
frst win when Lopez hit two free
throws with 1:26 to play to put
New Jersey ahead 79-77.
Associated Press
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McHales Navy actor
Carl Ballantine dies at 92
LOS ANGELES Carl Ballan-
tine, a comedian, magician and
actor who was in the 1960s TV
sitcom McHales Navy, has died.
He was 92.
His daughter said he died Nov.
3 in his sleep at his home in the
Hollywood Hills.
Ballantine, who was born
Meyer Kessler, switched from
straight magic to comedy in the
1940s. He appeared in Las Vegas,
in nightclubs and on TV variety
shows, including The Tonight
Show.
Ballantine was crewman Lester
Gruber in McHales Navy and
had roles in several other TV
shows and movies.
He also did voiceovers in many
cartoons and commercials.
Hes survived by two daughters
and a sister.
Associated Press
music
Swift wins 2nd award
for song of the year
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Tay-
lor Swift started what could
be an interesting week with
her second straight song of
the year award at the BMI
Country Awards Tuesday,
when Kris Kristoferson was
honored as an icon.
Swift won for her song
Love Story the night
before she contends for en-
tertainer of the year at the
Country Music Association
Awards Bobby Pinson
won songwriter of the year
and Sony/ATV Music was
named publisher of the
year.
Associated Press
First black Disney princess excites fans
associated Press
NEW YORK Holly Price
Alford is over the moon about
Disneys first black princess. Her
8-year-old daughter is, too, but not
because the princess is black.
She understands that this is a
princess who is African American,
said Alford, who is black and lives
in Meadowbrook, Va. But do I
think its a big deal to her? No.
Princess Tiana debuts in The
Princess and the Frog in New
York and Los Angeles on Nov.
25 and nationwide Dec. 11, and
grown-ups have certainly been
buzzing. But for many little black
girls growing up with Malia and
Sasha Obama in the White House,
the historic nature of Tianas debut
in Disneys mostly white princess
lineup doesnt quite seem to reg-
ister.
Girls of all races have already
caught princess fever, and young
black girls embrace the white
stars of Hannah Montana, the
Jonas Brothers and High School
Musical without worrying about
race.
The movie has not been without
controversy its been criticized
because the prince is not black and
because Tiana is a frog for much of
the movie, among other things.
But little girls are simply excited
about the story, said Alford.
Shes another princess, she
said. In the end, if she gets to kiss
the prince, thats all that matters.
Disney has expanded its princess
lineup in recent years to include
multicultural princesses Mulan,
Pocahontas and Jasmine, but Tiana
is the first black princess and
the first princess of any color in
more than 10 years.
ASSoCiATed PreSS
Tykeisha Crockrell said she is excited about Disneys frst black princess. When I heard that Tiana
was going to be an African-American princess that made me more proud to be black,she said.
T
he University should quit
hiding behind neutrality
and stand up for the
protection of the Baker Wetlands.
The land owned by the
University is located at 31st Street
and Haskell Avenue, and is part
of 573 acres of wetlands. It is
being threatened by the proposed
South Lawrence Trafficway, the
construction of which would
damage the ecosystem.
The land belonged to Haskell
University until the 1950s, when
the federal government deeded
the land to the University,
said Lynn Bretz, director of
communications for the University.
Under the terms of the deed,
the land is supposed to be used for
the public benefit, Bretz said.
The University has not yet taken
a side on the issue. The side it
should take is using the
land for educational
use.
The University
understands and
respects the interests of
all parties, Bretz said.
It is a controversial issue dating
back more than 20 years with
strong and legitimate opinions on
all sides.
If the University understands all
sides of the issue, then it should be
knowledgeable enough to take a
position.
The trafficway would connect
the K-10 and the Kansas Turnpike.
Those who support its construction
think it would make the two
highways work more efficiently and
would remove traffic between them
from Lawrence.
The argument that the trafficway
would increase traffic flow in
Lawrence is ridiculous, said Jason
Hering, Hutchison senior and
president of Eco-Justice on campus.
Hering said the city conducted a
study and that the majority of the
traffic is local.
The need for this is not there,
Hering said.
Hering also said the
University has taken a
stance of approval for
the trafficway by not
taking action. He said
if the University were
to start using the land for research,
it would show the Universitys
effort to not have the trafficway
built.
Bretz said the University itself
doesnt conduct research.
The University recruits and
hires expert research faculty and
staff scientists, Bretz said. They
determine what they research.
As a top research institute,
the University should be
encouraging students and faculty
researchers to use this property
for educational purposes. Herring
said Eco-Justice has teamed
up with Wetlands Preservation
Organization at Haskell.
The reason we are so
concerned is because we still use
the wetlands, Millicent Pepion,
president of the WPO, said. The
20 acres KU owns is right behind
Haskell.
There are always students on the
land whether they are praying or
meditating, researching or studying
or just taking a walk, Pepion said.
Pepion said she originally
got involved to help bridge the
gap between the University and
Haskell.
Its KU students and Haskell
students coming together to stop
the SLT, Pepion said.
The construction of the
trafficway is something that will
take away an area filled with
tradition still used today. The
University should quit playing it
safe, take a stance and encourage
its faculty to begin research in the
area. Students from the University
and Haskell need to keep working
together to protect the wetlands.
Kate Larrabee for
The Kansas Editorial Board
Opinion
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
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I
n the 1957 film Funny
Face, Audrey Hepburn
dances around in a black
turtleneck and a pair of match-
ing skinny pants. In 2006,
Gap used footage of Hepburn
in its ads for their version of
the skinny black pant. Today,
women can be seen emulating
Hepburns look by wearing leg-
gings as pants.
In the mid 90s, my mother
dressed me in leggings all the
time. Back then, leggings were
about as cool as bicycle shorts,
also a staple in my adolescent
wardrobe. None of the hip,
Abercrombie-wearing kids
would dare wear them.
But, along with the return
of 80s fashion a few years ago,
leggings are back, and now the
cool kids are wearing them, too.
Although it seems as if every
girl on campus owns at least
one pair, wearing leggings
as pants has developed some
opposition. The hatred may be
fueled by misunderstanding
and abuse of this trend.
To clear things up, tights as
pants is not the correct ver-
biage. Of course, most men
have never worn tights or
leggings, so the confusion is
understandable. Nonetheless, if
women wore sheer pantyhose to
class, their naughty bits would
be on display for everyone, and
the student body would be com-
plaining to a different tune.
The real opposition to leg-
gings as pants, is that, like any
trend, wearers ignore the fact
that they dont look good on
everyone. If you wouldnt nor-
mally dress in tight, form-fitting
pants or dresses this look isnt
for you.
No matter how popular leg-
gings are, if they dont flatter
your figure, dont wear them as
your sole bum cover. If youre
comfortable leaving no part of
your lower body to the imagina-
tion, go for it.
Dont make your classmates
or professors uncomfortable
by wearing ill-fitted leggings
that show off your panty line,
give you a muffin top or create
some camel toe. If this happens
to you cover it up, or try going
up a size. If you dont have the
shape to pull them off as pants,
you can still wear leggings taste-
fully by pairing them with a
long shirt that goes past your
crotch and rear area.
When worn properly, leg-
gings can work wonderfully in
your wardrobe. On cold days
pair them with a dress or skirt
to keep you warm and look
season appropriate. If you want
something comfortable to
exercise or lounge around in,
leggings are the perfect fix. And
if youre going to the Border
Showdown football game, wear
them under jeans to protect you
from frost bite.
If youre still undecided about
this look, consider trying a pair
of knit skinny pants. They have
the fit and comfort of leggings,
but pockets and a zipper to keep
the look of pants. Splurge on a
pair from Marc by Marc Jacobs
at Bloomigdales.com or a more
affordable pair by Jolt available
at Macys and Von Maur.
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LeTTer TO THe ediTOr
jAmES FARmER
Republicans gain momentum with recent wins
getting it right
Tere is a T-shirt that says, I
reject your reality and replace
it with my own. I remember
when I thought this was cute,
but now it has just become
annoying. And worse, its
represents something thats
very popular to do: Dont face
what you dont like, and instead
ignore the truth and make up
your own. Reality does not work
that way.
Chet Compton wrote in
Politically Correct: Obamas
grade card on Tuesday that the
presidents approval rating was
plummeting. Being curious, I
checked.
Te short version of what I
found is: not really. Most polls
still put him within a few points
of election levels, unless your
source is known for a right-wing
slant.
Tis may be the science major
in me talking, but you should
be looking for the least-biased
source. If you dont like what it
says, too bad.
I particularly enjoy the com-
parisons of both our current
president and our previous
president to Hitler. A note to the
tea party protesters: It is logically
impossible for Obama to be a
Nazi-hippie-Communist- Social-
ist-Kenyan-Indonesian Jew. Could
you at least whittle it down to a set
thats theoretically possible?
Sept. 11 truthers: I give you
more leeway because the George
W. Bush administration did nail
many of the historically agreed
signs of a fascist government.
However, at no point did Bush
and friends implement policy
with the express purpose of
killing people. And the cunning
required to do what you say
is like a child making crayon
drawings suddenly recreating
the Mona Lisa.
In short, you can have
opinions. But they should be
subject to facts; not the other
way around. Ask yourself, If
everyone stopped believing in
it, would this go away? If the
answer is yes, you are doing it
wrong.
Jason Forson is a graduate student
fromKansas City, Mo.
FAsHiOn
I
t wasnt supposed to hap-
pen this way. One year ago,
the media were fanatically
sounding the death knell for
the Republican Party. The ris-
ing minority and youth vote
were supposed to bury the party
for years to come. One book
even declared The Death of
Conservativism.
The celebration didnt last long.
This year, the Republicans took
back Virginia with a vengeance
and upset the incumbent gover-
nor in the dark-blue state of New
Jersey.
President Barack Obama car-
ried Virginia by six percentage
points in 2008 and this year the
Republican gubernatorial candi-
date won by 17. Obama carried
New Jersey by 16 points and this
year the Republican won by four.
That is an astounding 23- and
19-point swing respectively
and all in only one year. No
matter how you spin it, thats bad
news for Democrats.
The mainstream media have
always been excited about the
idea of a rift from within the
Republican Party. On a tough
night for Democrats, this manu-
factured story became big news.
It centered on the upstate New
York congressional race where
the Republican candidate was
forced to drop out of the race due
to extraordinary opposition from
leading Republicans.
When major national GOP
figures clamored to endorse
the Conservative Party candi-
date over the Republican, it was
said that the Republican Party
no longer accepted moderates.
Suspicions of a battle between
the moderate-wing and the right-
wing of the party seemed to ring
true. But in reality, what hap-
pened in this race was a sign of
unity, not division.
Because it was a special elec-
tion, there was no primary
process. Dede Scozzafava, the
Republican candidate, would
have never won a Republican
primary. The reason Scozzafava
was attacked by Republicans is
not because of her stance on any
one issue. She was pro-choice,
for card-check, for higher taxes,
received financial support from
labor unions and had close ties
with ACORN. It is because she
embodied all of these characteris-
tics at once that she was attacked
by Republicans.
If you find that argument
unpersuasive, all you need to
know is that after dropping out
of the race she endorsed the
Democratic candidate. Enough
said.
So how does anybody reach
the conclusion that Republicans
attacking Scozzafava is a sign
of division from within the
Republican Party? The idea that
Republicans refused to endorse
her simply because she has an R
next to her name shows courage,
discipline and unity of purpose.
Aside from the bizarre special
election in New York, the simi-
larities between events leading
to the Republican Revolution of
1994 and now are striking. In
1994, Republicans picked up 54
seats in the House and 8 seats in
the Senate. These sweeping victo-
ries put the GOP in the majority
in both houses of Congress.
Virginia and New Jersey
showed the limits of Obamas
influence. It remains to be seen
whether congressional Democrats
will be able to show enough
humility to vote against the
highly unpopular government
takeover of health care. To do
anything different is to repudiate
the lessons of history. Thats the
right idea.
Compton is a Wichita senior
in political science.
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A few minutes ago I thought
about how awesome itd be to
be paid for sex. Then I realized
that already exists and it
isnt too great.
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Im in the mood for another
National Championship.

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The less motivated I am to
write this paper, the more I
want ice cream. I wish I could
write my paper about that.
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Second game of the year and
we already made number one
on Sportcenters Top 10.
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KU football sucks again and
basketball is still good. All is
right with the world. The year
the football team did well I
thought the apocalypse was
coming.
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Does anyone remember the
Pizza Street commercials with
the little devil child?
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for demons!
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Gump, you are not American.
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going to put some mistletoe
in my back pocket so I can tell
everyone to kiss my ass. KU
students are horny.
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A third of the FFAs yesterday
were about sex. On that note, I
cant wait to have sex with this
guy I like.
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Free White Owl!
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My boyfriends dog watched
us have sex and then
humped me.
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watching Veronica Mars
always makes me feel better.
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Know what the perfect cure
to a terrible football season is?
Jayhawk Basketball!
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I still cant believe I met hot
girls in Manhattan.
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Hey bikers on Jayhawk Boule-
vard: If you want to be treated
like cars then you too should
yield to pedestrians. Just a
thought.
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A few weeks ago I came home
to fnd my roommate set the
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The womens rugby club has had
a lot of success so far this year,
posting a 2-1 record going into
its final match of the fall against
Benedictine Saturday at home. The
team started the season with a
tough loss to Truman State 25-0.
However, the team has managed
to rattle off two straight victories
against Kansas State and Missouri
with scores of 35-5 and 17-0
respectively.
Club president Briana Slayton,
Round Valley, Ariz., freshman,
credits her teams early success to a
new work ethic in practice installed
by new coach Kjersten Abel.
Coach has helped a lot, Slayton
said, She knows everything and
how to answer our questions.
Coach Abel is the Heart of
America, or Midwest region
select side coach, as well as an
International Rugby Board Coach
educator in the United States. Shes
spent the last 12 years around
rugby, playing for 10 years and
coaching since 2007.
Our practices have become
more player-centered and now our
players are much more adaptable
on the field, Abel said.
The team this year is more well-
rounded than ever before. It pos-
sesses a strong forward pack and
also has a quick, elusive backline
that makes the opposition play
honestly.
Flanker Emily Knight, Toronto
junior, credits this balance to the
success against rivals.
We like to hit
them with our
forwards and
make them tired,
and then spin
the ball wide and
let our wings get
out in the open,
Knight said.
The support
the players give
one another has
also been crucial for the teams
success. When someone makes a
break, someone is always there in
support should she need to pass or
need help in the tackle.
The backs support the forwards
as much as the forwards support
the backs, Abel said.
Benedictine poses an interesting
opposition because it is a rela-
tively new team. Although inexpe-
rienced, it always plays hard and
presents a tough opponent.
They are very gritty and for-
ward-heavy, Knight said.
Players said that they felt Kansas
is the stronger team and that if
they did everything they have been
practicing they should come out of
the match 3-1 on the
season.
Flyhalf Sarah Riley,
Overland Park junior,
knows that what the
team does in prac-
tice will help in the
game.
Our work on
tackling and rucking
has gotten a lot better
and has a lot to do
with our last two wins, Riley said.
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Womens rugby strives to fnish season on high note
NFL
Struggling Chiefs to face
Raiders without Mike Gof
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The
beleaguered ofense of the
Kansas City Chiefs took another
hit on Wednesday when right
guard Mike Gof went on injured
reserve.
That means the Chiefs (1-7)
and their struggling ground
game will be without their start-
ing right guard and their most
accomplished running back, Larry
Johnson, against Oakland on
Sunday.
Johnson, just 75 yards away
from breaking the team rushing
record, was released on Monday
after being suspended for making
inappropriate posts on his Twitter
account.
Averaging fewer than 97 yards,
the Chiefs rushing game will
depend now on Jamaal Charles
and Kolby Smith. Both ofer
more speed and a better chance
of breaking a long play than
Johnson, a two-time Pro Bowler
who was averaging only 2.7 yards
per carry this year behind spotty
blocking.
Smith saw his frst action last
week in a year and had 17 yards
on four carries.
We like to hit them
with our forwards
and make them tired,
and then spin the ball
wide.
EMILY KNIGhT
Junior fanker
NFL
Broncos change direction
after two blow-out losses
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Kyle
Orton showed up at Dove Valley
clean-shaven, his splotchy beard
and mangy mustache having
swirled down the drain much like
the Denver Broncos ofense the
last two weeks.
he didnt go with the clean
look just to fnally comply with
his wifes wishes, either.
No, lost two games in a row,
the superstitious quarterback
explained Wednesday. Might as
well change something up.
Orton and the Broncos (6-2)
need to change a lot more than
just his ragged appearance if
theyre going to bounce back
from back-to-back blowout loss-
es to Baltimore and Pittsburgh in
which the ofense reached the
end zone just once.
Well, weve got to score
points, Orton said. Weve got
plenty of areas to improve on.
Since starting of 6-0 before
their bye, the Broncos have seen
their low-risk ofense stuck in low
gear, their ground game screech
to a halt and Orton return from
outstanding to ordinary.
Associated Press
cLub sports
By Zach GetZ
zgetz@kansan.com
The Kansas volleyball team
swept Kansas State 3-0 in from of
a sellout crowd on Wednesday. The
sweep marked the first time Kansas
swept Kansas State for the season
since 1993. It was also the first time
the Jayhawks beat the Wildcats in
just six sets for the season.
Kansas has now earned bragging
rights until next season, coach Ray
Bechard said.
I told the players it wasnt about
the two hours tonight. Its about the
next eight months, Bechard said.
Its pretty important because we
are familiar with a lot of players on
their team.
Nine of 15 players are from
Kansas, and the season sweep could
also help affect future recruitment,
Bechard said.
Kansas wanted to play extra hard
for this match because Kansas State
is a rival, sophomore setter Nicole
Tate said.
We were very determined.
The whole team was ready to go,
Tate said. The girls that are from
Kansas on the team really want this
game more than anything.
Bechard said he was impressed
with how Kansas played, and that
the Jayhawks had a lot of players
that made big plays.
It looked like tonight we were
the aggressor, and we had them on
their heels a lot, Bechard said.
Sophomore outside hitter Allison
Mayfield led Kansas with 16 kills
while junior outside hitter Karina
Garlington was right behind her
with 13 kills. Senior libero Melissa
Grieb led Kansas with 10 digs.
Kansas got some confidence
going into the match after defeat-
ing Kansas State in Manhattan,
Mayfield said.
We know we have to win
games and felt like this was a big
opportunity, Tate said. Everyone
came together, and everyone
played awesome.
Kansas built a 10-4 lead early in
the first set and held a healthy lead
for most of the set. Kansas State
pushed late, but Kansas held on,
winning the set 25-19.
Kansas again came out strong in
the second set, building a 6-2 lead
very early. Kansas State quickly tied
the set at 11-11, and then both
teams traded points until Kansas
finally pulled away late in the set
25-19.
Kansas started the third set with
back to back aces on its way to a
quick 6-2 lead. Kansas State fought
back and tied the set at 11-11 and
took its first lead of the match at
13-12. Both teams traded points
until the set was tied up at 19-19.
Kansas then scored three in a row
to help top Kansas State 25-23.
Kansas improved to 14-11 (6-9)
on the season, which surpassed
the number of victories Kansas has
had in its last three seasons. Kansas
State has continued to struggle and
falls to 10-15 (4-11) for the season.
Four of the Jayhawks final five
games are against ranked teams,
and the victory against Kansas
State could help give Kansas some
momentum for those final match-
es, Bechard said.
Its a good win to put us in a
position Saturday, Bechard said.
Follow Zach Getz at
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Editedby TimBurgess
SPORTS 7B THURsdaY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009
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Sophomore Outside Hitter Allison Mayfeld winds up for a kill past two Kansas State blockers in Kansas 3-0 win over Kansas State. Mayfeld recorded 16 kills in the victory Wednesday night.
at the Horejsi Family Athletic Center.
volleyball
Kansas earns sweep against Kansas State
Heyward-Bey has hard time with jump to pros
nFl
associated Press
ALAMEDA, Calif. Darrius
Heyward-Bey has done nothing in
the first half of his rookie season
to quiet the critics who questioned
why the Oakland Raiders drafted
him seventh overall ahead of many
more accomplished receivers.
Brought in for his breakaway
speed that Oakland hoped would
revive the vertical passing game,
Heyward-Bey has only five catches
for 74 yards and no touchdowns in
his first eight games as a pro.
I havent made the plays I want-
ed to make, but Ive definitely been
solid just looking at my grades that
come out of the game. ... Ive been
very solid. Theres always room for
improvement as a whole receiving
corps. Weve been all right. Weve
been all right.
Oaklands receivers have been one
of the worst groups in the league,
catching just 28 passes the entire
first half of the season.
But coach Tom Cable last week
singled out Heyward-Beys perfor-
mance in the previous two games as
one of the highlights of the first half.
Heyward-Bey had three catches for
38 yards in those two games, hardly
the production expected out of a
top 10 pick but better than what he
had done in the first six games.
The Raiders drafted him ahead
of receivers like Michael Crabtree
and Jeremy Maclin in part because
he was the fastest player at the NFL
combine. The pick was criticized but
the Raiders defended it, saying that
Heyward-Beys experience in a pro-
style offense at Maryland would make
for an easier adjustment to the NFL.
But that has not been the case as
Heyward-Bey has failed to devel-
op a chemistry with quarterback
JaMarcus Russell and failed to
match the numbers put up so far by
Crabtree and Maclin.
Maclin has caught 25 passes for
337 yards and three touchdowns
for Philadelphia, while Crabtree has
14 catches for 167 yards despite
missing five games in a contract
holdout.
ASSOciAted PreSS
Oakland raiders wide receiver darrius Heyward-Bey, right, is brought down by New
York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis. Heyward-Bey has failed to live up to expectations.
James
scores 36
in Cavs
victory
nba
By aNtoNio GoNZaLeZ
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. LeBron
James scored 36 points, Shaquille
ONeal provided an inside pres-
ence and the Cleveland Cavaliers
beat the Orlando Magic 102-93 on
Wednesday night in a rematch of
the Eastern Conference finals.
Only this one had a different
look.
ONeal battled boos and bruises
to score 10 points and keep Dwight
Howard in foul trouble for most
of the night, giving James and Co.
all the inside strength they sorely
lacked last season. Mo Williams
added 28 points to help the Cavs
take a 15-point halftime lead, go
ahead by 20 after three quarters and
roll to an easy victory.
Vince Carter had 29 points, and
Howard had only 11 points for the
Magic. Orlando was without sus-
pended All-Star forward Rashard
Lewis, and his replacement, Ryan
Anderson, who missed the game
with a sprained right ankle.
But this one had all the muscle
and tussle.
ONeal and Howard were bang-
ing bodies on the inside, their 500
pounds of combined weight jos-
tling, their powerful elbows swing-
ing large with every move. Each
team even went with two centers
on the floor Howard and Marcin
Gortat, ONeal and Zydrunas
Ilgauskas at the same time for
stretches that crowded the paint and
made rebounds a physical punish-
ment.
It was Superman vs. Superman.
Past vs. Present.
Showered with boos on every
touch, ONeal gave glimpses that he
could be Clevelands missing piece
even though the 37-year-old is no
longer the unstoppable force that
put the Magic franchise on the map.
But he helped put Howard in foul
trouble for most of the first half,
helping the Cavs build a 66-51 half-
time lead.
The former Magic big man
soaked up all the attention, too. He
had amped-up Amway Arena at his
pulse, even leaving his hand up a little
longer after making free throws and
scoffing at the Superman anthem
played after Howards dunks.
Orlando fans have long consid-
ered ONeal their biggest villain.
ONeal helped the Magic to the
1995 NBA finals, returned them to
the conference finals in 96, then
bolted for Los Angeles that offsea-
son. He won three titles with the
Lakers and another with Miami.
NBa
Buzzer beater situation
called correctly by ofcials
NEW YORK The NBA said the
review that overturned a winning
shot by Chicagos Brad Miller was
correct and handled appropri-
ately.
Referees looked at video replay
for about 3 minutes before de-
termining that Millers shot came
after the fnal buzzer, giving Den-
ver a 90-89 victory Tuesday night.
Though a review is supposed to
be completed in a two-minute
period, crew chief Mark Wunder-
lich then asked the truck if there
were any additional angles.
He was provided with the
overhead view that showed the
ball was still on Millers fngertips
at the buzzer.
NBA spokesman Tim Frank
says Wednesday the replay was
handled by the book and the
referee made the right decision,
adding there was no issue with
the ofcials taking extra time.
Nuggets coach George Karl
said he appreciates having
instant replay and that he had
no problems with what seemed
like an 8-minute wait before the
fnal decision.
Losing is so painful, when you
win a game and lose (it) because
of a technicality, I think its better
we dont do that, we dont put
that stress, that frustration on
teams and on coaches and to-
ward referees, Karl said Wednes-
day night.
Associated Press
By JOEL PETTERSON
jpetterson@kansan.com

Kansas concluded its soccer
season last week, after losing in
the first round of the Big 12 tour-
nament to Missouri and failing
to repeat last years berth in the
NCAA Tournament. In case you
missed it, The Kansan recaps a
wild season for the Jayhawks.
Three SeaSon
STorylineS
1. Freshmen leaders
It didnt take long for fresh-
men Whitney Berry, Shelby
Williamson and Sarah Robbins
to begin contributing to the team.
Berry and Williamson earned a
starting spot at the beginning of
the season and became two of
just four team members to start
every single game during the year.
Robbins earned her spot in the
starting lineup in the fifth week
and played significant minutes the
rest of the year.
Thanks to her six goals and
eight assists, Berry earned All-
Big 12 Second Team and All-
Big 12 Newcomer Team selec-
tions. Williamson scored seven
goals and helped senior Monica
Dolinsky control the midfield. She
received the Big 12s Newcomer of
the Week award Nov. 3 after her
goal against Missouri.
Robbins logged one goal from
the defensive midfield position,
filling the spot left last year by
Missy Geha and aggressively
breaking up opposing offenses.
All three played more than 1,000
minutes, a mark met by only 10
players on the team.
2. Knee trouble for McCabe
Last year, senior forward
Shannon McCabe co-led the team
with nine goals, but this year she
only managed one. This wasnt
because of any drop-off in skill,
but rather a lingering knee injury
that kept her out most of the year.
McCabe sustained the injury
during a team exhibition game in
Brazil last May, but felt ready to
go this season. But in the second
game of the season, she aggra-
vated the injury.
After rehabilitating her knee
for most of the season, however,
McCabe started playing again on
Oct. 9. She slowly built back her
fitness and logged more minutes.
But at the climax of the regu-
lar season Senior Day against
Missouri on Oct. 30 she injured
her knee once again during warm-
ups and had to be helped off the
field. The injury kept her out for
the remaining two games.
3. Season-ending chaos
The final six days of Kansas
season sent the team on an up-
and-down ride bookended by
close, hard-fought matches
against border rival Missouri. The
Jayhawks needed a victory against
the Tigers, among other things, to
get into the Big 12 Tournament.
The pieces fell into place when
they defeated Missouri, Colorado
beat Texas Tech, and Baylor tied
Oklahoma. That night, the Big 12
ruled that Kansas had made the
Big 12 tournament after a four-
step tiebreaker between Texas
Tech, Kansas and Baylor.
But the next day, the Big 12
changed its decision because of
disputed language in the rule
book and announced that Kansas
and Texas Tech would face off
in a play-in game Nov. 2 in San
Antonio.
Kansas won that game in a
dramatic penalty shootout and
earned the last spot in the Big 12
tournament.
Two days later, Kansas lost to
Missouri 3-2 in overtime in the first
round of the tournament. After that
loss, the Jayhawks lost any hope of
making the NCAA Tournament.
SeaSon highS
1. Sept. 18 vs. San Diego
Kansas rebounded from a winless
weekend in Colorado to defeat
then-No. 18 San Diego 5-0. Five
different players scored in the
match, which helped give the
Jayhawks a 7-1-1 record in non-
conference play.
2. Oct. 30 vs. Missouri On
a chilly, wet Senior Day when
Kansas desperately needed a victo-
ry, Emily Cressy scored two goals
and Shelby Williamson added a
third, dealing the Tigers their first
Big 12 loss of the year. The 3-2 vic-
tory also kept Kansas hopes of a
Big 12 tournament hopes alive.
3. Nov. 2 vs. Texas Tech In an
unprecedented Big 12 Tournament
play-in game, Kansas stayed equal
with Texas Tech for 110 minutes.
In the penalty shootout, both
teams hit all their shots, until
Kansas goalkeeper Kat Liebetrau
stopped Texas Techs fifth shot
to send her team through to the
tournament.
SeaSon lowS
1. Oct. 4 at Texas Two Big
12 losses had put a damper on
Kansas early season success, and
any opportunity to win on the
road was huge for conference play.
But the Jayhawks squandered a
one-goal advantage and gave up
a penalty kick in the 78th minute,
resulting in a 2-1 loss in Austin,
Texas.
2. Oct. 18 at Baylor Kansas
needed to turn its season around
after a 2-4 start to Big 12 play, and
a victory against Baylor in Waco,
Texas, would have gone a long way.
But an own goal and a free kick in
the 106th minute gave Baylor the
2-1 victory in overtime.
3. Oct. 23 vs. Nebraska After
losing to Baylor, Kansas hoped for
victories from its next three games
at home.
But Nebraska ruined that
plan, picking apart the Jayhawks
defense en route to a 7-4 vic-
tory the highest-scoring game in
Kansas Soccer history.

Soccer
Tumultous season yields ups and downs alike
Weston White/KANSAN
Senior midfelder Monica Dolinsky battles to maintain possession in the midfeld Friday afternoon against Texas Tech. Kansas won 3-2 to move to 9-4-1 on the season after the win.
Jayhawks bid for
NCAA Tournament
berth an epic saga
Weston White/KANSAN
Freshman midfelder Sarah Robbins
wins a tackle against a Texas Tech midfelder
Nov. 2. Robbins played 73 minutes in Kansas
3-2 win.
Tanner Grubbs/KANSAN
Sophomore midfelder Emily Cressy delivers a pass in the frst half against Texas Tech Nov.
2. KU won the game 3-2.
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Defensive Player of the
year
Senior Estelle
Johnson This
one was a toss-
up between
Johnson and
junior Lauren
Jackson. Both
were cor-
nerstones of
Kansas defense
all year long, but
Johnson, a captain and four-year start-
er, provided an anchor for the unit with
her leadership. She was also named to
the All-Big 12 Second Team at the end
of the season.
offensive Player of the
year
Sophomore Emily Cressy Cressy,
a 2008 Soccer Buzz and Soccer
America All-
Ame r i c an,
built on her
success from
last year
to lead the
teams offense
in Senior
S h a n n o n
Mc C a b e s
a b s e n c e .
Cressy scored a team-high 11 goals,
the most by a Kansas player since 2004.
After scoring two goals against regu-
lar season champions Missouri, Cressy
earned CollegeSoccer360.coms Top
Performer and Big 12 Offensive Player
of the Week awards.
Most valuable Player
Senior Monica Dolinsky Dolinksy
was the lone returning midfielder from
last years squad
after Missy Geha
and Jessica Bush
graduated. So this
year, Dolinsky
was the clear
focal point of
Kansas offense,
especially in the
beginning of the
year. She led the
team in assists for
the second year in a row with nine,
and racked up numerous awards
during the year, including Big 12
Offensive Player of the Week, and
a spots Topdrawersoccer.com, Soccer
America, and CollegeSoccer360.coms
Team of the Week.
Most valuable
freshMan
Shelby Williamson Both
Williamson, Berry, and Robbins all
had impressive
freshman sea-
sons. Williamson
adjusted quickly
to college soccer,
and her physical-
ity helped bal-
ance the midfield
with Dolinsky.
She also had a
knack for find-
ing space from her midfield position
and firing off long-range shots. Her
goal against Missouri earned her the
Big 12s Newcomer of the Week award
Nov. 3.
Joel Petterson
By JOEL PETTERSON
jpetterson@kansan.com
At the beginning of this season,
the soccer players marked the end
of each practice by yelling their goal
into the air: Big 12 Champs!
But over the course of the sea-
son, that chant faded. Eventually, it
wasnt heard at all. When the year
ended, Kansas stood tied for eighth
place in the conference and barely
slipped into the Big 12 Tournament.
The team was eliminated in the
first round. Hopes for a berth in
the NCAA Tournament, which the
team had achieved last year, van-
ished as well.
Last year, we
did those things,
so I felt like we rea-
sonably could do
those things again,
senior forward
Kim Boyer said.
Unfortunately we
didnt get any of
those goals.
Last years team
made the semifi-
nals of the Big 12
Tournament and advanced to the
second round of the NCAA tourna-
ment for the first time since 2004.
But Kansas failed to come close to
last years success. Now, at the sea-
sons close, the team must address
several questions. First, why did it
fall so far short of its goal? Second,
how it can change next year? Some
players put it down to inconsistency
or bad luck, but its hard to put a fin-
ger on what exactly caused them to
fall short of their own expectations.
Sure, the team had some injuries,
most notably those to senior for-
ward Shannon McCabe and fresh-
man Amy Grow. But those injuries
werent much different from a typi-
cal season.
Sure, the team had some exhaust-
ing road stretches. On one occasion,
the team played two road games for
three weeks in a row. However, every
Big 12 team faced that obstacle.
Boyer said she thought the team
lacked a must-win intensity until
the last three games of the season.
According to her, that sentiment
starts at the top.
Once we started losing and get-
ting into conference play, I dont
feel like we changed anything to
motivate us or do
something different
to instill that drive to
win, she said. I can
blame myself, too,
because I could have
spoken up, too. I think
we needed to do some
team reflecting some-
times.
It isnt like the
Jayhawks opponents
completely outper-
formed them, however. Six of the
teams eight losses were by just one
goal. Freshman midfielder Shelby
Williamson chalked the losses up to
exhaustion and bad fortune.
I think we just got really unlucky
with some stuff, and we got tired,
Williamson said. You could tell,
like on Sunday games, definitely.
Whether the sub-par season was
due to consistency, leadership, fitness
or just bad luck, its nevertheless
behind the team now. The biggest
change for next year will be the
absence of the five seniors who
formed the teams core this year.
The team will have to readjust to
life without Monica Dolinsky and
Shannon McCabe, who have worked
their way onto the programs top 10
points and goals lists.
Were losing some key play-
ers, but hopefully we have a class
come in that can fill that, said
Williamson.
Next years class wont be
announced until early 2010, but
coach Mark Francis already has a
promising class of freshmen from
this year that will provide a new
foundation for the team. Freshmen
Williamson, Whitney Berry and
Sarah Robbins should be joined next
year by classmate Amy Grow, who
sat out this year with an injury.
news 9B THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009
soccer
I think we just got
really unlucky with
some stuf, and we
got tired. You could
tell, like on Sunday
games, defntely.
shelby williamson
freshman midfelder
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Senior forward Shannon McCabe needs the assistance of others to get of the feld before
the game. McCabe injured herself in warm-ups before the game against Missouri.
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Sophomore midfelder Emily Cressy attempts to get a shot of against the Colorado goal-
keeper. Despite outshooting Colorado 20-7, the Jayhawks fell to the Bufaloes 1-0.
Team in the shadows: failing to measure up to last year
Johnson
Cressy
Dolinsky
williamson
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Freshman midfelder Shelby Williamson rips a shot in the game against Missouri. Williamson had one goal in the 3-2 win.
Tanner Grubbs/KANSAN
Freshman midfelder Whitney Berry slams a ball in a tense game. Berry earned All-Big 12 Second Team and All-Big 12 Newcomer Team
selections.
Soccer stars, team leaders, success stories shine from each class
By ANDREW TAyLOR
ataylor@kansan.com
The womens basketball regu-
lar season hasnt even started
and freshman point guard Angel
Goodrich has already made an
effect on the Kansas Jayhawks that
goes far beyond her play on the
court. Goodrichs skills and on-
court intuition have begun to rub
off on junior guard Rhea Codio and
the rest of her teammates.
I think its contagious, coach
Bonnie Henrickson said of
Goodrichs effect on the team.
While Goodrich turned in a solid
seven assist, two point performance
in the Jayhawks 85-48 exhibition
victory against the Emporia State
Hornets Nov. 8, the point guards
behind her on the bench strived to
make their presence known as well.
In 14 minutes of backup work
to Goodrich, Codio, a junior col-
lege transfer, tallied four assists.
Codio seemed to borrow many of
those assists right out of Goodrichs
playbook.
When I sit by Rhea on the
bench, I can just feel her knowing
she wants to go out there and do the
same thing as Angel, senior guard
Danielle McCray said.
About halfway through the
first half against Emporia State, as
McCray and Codio both sat on
the bench, Goodrich led a three
on two charge for the Jayhawks.
As she drove the ball down the
court she confused defenders by
first looking right and then back
left before making an outstand-
ing, no-look, behind-the-back pass
to junior center Krysten Boogaard.
Although Boogaard missed the
shot. Goodrich received an ova-
tion from the fans. One man sport-
ing a Jayhawk sweater and base-
ball cap even stood up to applaud
Goodrichs efforts.
I thought Angel threw some
beautiful passes and I told the post
players they got a couple of them
that need to take her out to dinner
tonight, Henrickson said.
Codio was at the helm of the
Jayhawks transition offense in a
nearly identical play late in the first
half. As the Jayhawks flew down
the court, Codio seemed to mimic
Goodrich by bouncing a no-look
pass behind her back to freshman
Annette Davis, who laid it in for
two points.
Sometimes when were running
plays or doing drills, I go in the
back just to watch how she does the
drill, Codio said of Goodrich.
In those same practices, however,
Goodrich also takes note of Codios
skill set as she continues to learn
the Kansas offense.
We push each other in practice,
Goodrich said.
The play made by Codio, how-
ever, simply exemplifies one intan-
gible aspect that Goodrich provides
for the team. Her presence and abil-
ity to find open players at any point
in the offense causes her teammates
to try to step up their game.
As a group, were moving to be
more aggressive without the ball,
trying to get into a passing lane,
Henrickson said.
McCray nicely summed up the
need for players to be constantly
aware when Goodrich was on the
court and handling the ball.
If were not running and not
looking up the court shes going
to hit us in the back of the head,
McCray said.
Follow Andrew Taylor at
twitter.com/andrew_taylor11
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Freshman guard Angel Goodrichs efect hasnt just been seen during games for the Jayhawks this season. Goodrichs clever moves and on-court
intuition is being picked up by other players on the Kansas team.
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WOmENs BAskETBALL
Freshman guard will
take redshirt this season
Coach Bonnie Henrickson
announced Tuesday that she
will redshirt freshman forward
Tania Jackson for the 2009-2010
season.
After missing her entire
senior season at Lawrence High
School because of a knee injury
sufered in practice, Jackson has
recovered slower than expected
from her surgery.
This is really the best thing
for Tania, Henrickson said in a
prepared statement. Taking
a redshirt will allow her to get
completely healthy.
Jackson will still be permitted
to travel and practice with the
team.
Not only will she be able
to improve her own game,
but she can also challenge her
teammates day in and day out
and help grow their game,
Henrickson said.
In limited action in the
preseason, Jackson scored
one point and grabbed three
rebounds over eight minutes
of play.
She will look to come back
next year fully healthy and
ready to contribute to a team
that will be without primary
scorers Danielle McCray and
Sade Morris.
Max Rothman
Guards learn from Goodrich
AssOciATED PREss
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga.
Heres a change in Atlanta: A
Falcons player showing some love
for animals.
Providing quite a contrast to
Michael Vicks gruesome dog-
fighting operation, tight end Tony
Gonzalez and his wife, October,
posed in the nude for an anti-fur
advertisement from People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The newly released ad, which
was photographed over the sum-
mer in Los Angeles, shows the
couple sitting together on green
turf for the groups Wed Rather
Go Naked Than Wear Fur cam-
paign. Theyre following celeb-
rities who have posed in the
buff, including Dennis Rodman,
Pamela Anderson and Dominique
Swain, while others such as Paul
McCartney and Charlize Theron
have worn clothes in the cam-
paign.
It looks good, Gonzalez
said Wednesday, glancing at the
photo on a reporters cell phone
while standing at his locker. Its
something me and my wife talk-
ed about. Its something we feel
very strongly about. Thats a great
cause, especially when you educate
yourself and find out what is hap-
pening out there in the world.
The long-running PETA cam-
paign has relied on star power in
an attempt to persuade people
not to wear furs or other cloth-
ing made from animal skins. The
group claims that animals are
often beaten, strangled, stomped,
electrocuted and even skinned
alive.
Gonzalez said he was appalled
when he saw pictures and videos
provided by the group.
Gonzalez poses naked in
PETA anti-fur campaign
ASSOcIATEd PRESS
Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez and his wife October pose nude for an
animal rights campaign. Gonzalez said animal rights were something he felt strongly about.
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