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Kansas athletics' board of directors considers changes to its structure and outside opinions. Jets 6a Designs made by students won the top three spots at the aviation, technology, Integration and Operations conference in Texas. Freshmen lead team Jordan Webb, Keba Agostinho and Keeston Terry have made successful college transitions.
Kansas athletics' board of directors considers changes to its structure and outside opinions. Jets 6a Designs made by students won the top three spots at the aviation, technology, Integration and Operations conference in Texas. Freshmen lead team Jordan Webb, Keba Agostinho and Keeston Terry have made successful college transitions.
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Kansas athletics' board of directors considers changes to its structure and outside opinions. Jets 6a Designs made by students won the top three spots at the aviation, technology, Integration and Operations conference in Texas. Freshmen lead team Jordan Webb, Keba Agostinho and Keeston Terry have made successful college transitions.
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directors has new leadership and considers changes to its structure and outside opinions. Uncertain future for Athletics Jets | 6a Designs made by students won the top three spots at the Aviation, Technology, Integration and Operations conference in Texas. Engineers take top three slots at contest WAve | inside Breakout freshmen lead team Jordan Webb, Keba Agostinho and Keeston Terry have made successful college transitions. Friday, SEPTEMBEr 24, 2010 www.kanSan.coM voluME 123 iSSuE 27 D AILY K ANSAN T HE U NIVERSITY The student voice since 1904 All contents, unless stated otherwise, 2010 The University Daily Kansan Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6A Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A Cryptoquips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5A Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10A Sudoku. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4A todaYs WeatHer weather.com Sunny 77 50 Isolated T-Storms 77 51 SAtUrdAy Few Showers 67 44 SUNdAy indeX HIGH LOW BY MEG LOWRY mlowry@kansan.com For every 1,000 children in the United States, three to five will develop scoliosis severe enough to require surgery. However, there are zero model pediatric spines to guide the course of treatment. Lisa Friis, assistant professor in mechanical engineering, said there are no available spines from deceased children with scoliosis to be modeled off of. Unfortunately, a 75-year-old males spine does not really repre- sent a 12-year-old girls, but this is what they are using to test spinal implants on, Friis said. A federal grant of more than $1 million was awarded to the engineering department to fund spinal replica research. Friis, who has worked as a research scientist in orthopedics since 2001, said the grant was well-founded. The spinal industry is about 15 to 25 years behind other areas of orthopedics, Friis said. Some spinal surgery procedures still dont have as high of success rates as other surgeries, so these are the types of things we are looking at now. These kinds of surgeries include spinal implants and fusions, which are used to treat scoliosis. The spine is a series of con- nected joints, Friis said. If you do something to one level, it will affect all levels up and down. If we can create models and find how treatment influences functions on adjacent levels, we will be able to design implants better. The lab has successfully created a model of an adult lumbar spine, which has enabled researchers to now begin creating a pediatric model spine. Erin Lewis, a graduate stu- dent in bioengineering from Fort Scott, said medical device compa- nies rely on a scaled-down model of an adult spine, which can lead to error and confusion. Babies are much more flex- ible, for example, and in some places have cartilage instead of bone, Lewis said. Those kinds of properties just dont change overnight, so we are trying to find out how surgeries can work with that. Lewis leads a group of graduate students and undergraduate stu- dents who help with the research. The group works closely with a pediatric surgeon from Childrens Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., and medical device com- panies, which offer their insight. Creating a pediatric spine rep- lica with nothing to work off of and measure from creates many challenges. For example, the engineers know that children are more flexible and their tissues are less dense, and that they will grow. However, they do not know to what extent. Its extremely difficult to cre- ate a model of a spine when we dont know the target values and also incorporate somehow the physiological changes that occur in kids, Lewis said. Scoliosis surgeries involve BY SAMANTHA COLLINS scollins@kansan.com A small, young woman walks up to the stage. She begins to tell a story about one night that changed her life. Kristen Tebow, a woman from Manhattan, just wanted to make friends her freshman year at Kansas State University. On a typi- cal weekend night, she made plans with a new friend from marching band. She and her newly found friend visited a typical bar on the outskirts of Manhattan. Tebows friend got her a drink; a few moments later she felt like the world went crazy and passed out in the bars bathroom. The next morning she woke up naked in a hotel room just outside Manhattan, covered in bruises and scratches. Seven naked men slept on the floor around her. The men paid Tebows friend to drug and bring her to the hotel. Her friend set her up for a night she would never forget. She turned into a vic- tim of sex trafficking that night. All she wanted to do was have a little fun in college. I just wanted somebody to hold me at that point, Tebow said. I was crying for my dad. Thursday night, Tebow took back that night from those seven men and her friend. Incidents like Tebow are not uncommon. And just like Tebow, survivors of sexual assault, rape, signs of A Controlling relAtionship 1. rapid Attachment Fast attachment to a signifcant other is often the frst sign of a controlling person. 2. Mood swings People who become easily angry often turn out to be controlling. 3. putting you down The controller doesnt only want to be in control of your actions, but also your emotions. other signs: - Isolating you from friends and family - Discouraging you from pursuing outside interests - Perpetually blaming you for his or her own actions (anger, cheating, yelling, etc.) - Embarrassing you in public - Constantly discounting your feelings - Cycling through moods Adapted from the Midwest Center for stress and Anxiety speAking out Victims take Back the night dalton Gomez/Kansan Attendents of Take Back the Night endure the rain while Ellie Smith sings a song she wrote about human trafcking. The night was cut short due to inclimate weather, postponing the candle light vigil and march up Mass St. to a later date. Local event promotes awareness of sexual violence dalton Gomez/Kansan The Clothesline Project was a visible contribution to Take Back the Night Thurdsay evening. Victimand supporters created shirts to hang on the clothesline to tell their stories or to send a message about domestic violence. see AWARENESS on paGe 3a heAlth Filling the gap in childrens scoliosis treatment University researchers are working on a more accurate spinal model Check out our interactive guide for the diferent areas of the spine at kansan.com/ see SpiNE on paGe 3a 2A / NEWS / FridAy, September 24, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnSAn.com QUOTE OF THE DAY one who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground. Samuel Butler FACT OF THE DAY thomas Anderson (1819-74) was the frst person to discover what turnips are made of. qi.com Friday, September 24, 2010 Featured content kansan.com one hundred thirty one years ago, rutherford b. Hayes became the only sitting U.S. president to visit kU and give a speech on campus. He was our 19th president. ET CETERA the University daily kansan is the student newspaper of the University of kansas. the first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the kansan are 25 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at the kansan business office, 2051A dole Human development center, 1000 Sunnyside dr., Lawrence, kan., 66045. the University daily kansan (iSSn 0746-4967) is published daily during the school year except Saturday, Sunday, fall break, spring break and exams and weekly during the summer session excluding holidays. periodical postage is paid in Lawrence, kS 66044. Annual subscriptions by mail are $120 plus tax. Student subscriptions are paid through the student activity fee. postmaster: Send address changes to the University daily kansan, 2051A dole Human development center, 1000 Sunnyside dr., Lawrence, kan., 66045 kJHk is the student voice in radio. each day there is news, music, sports, talk shows and other content made for students, by students. Whether its rock n roll or reggae, sports or special events, kJHk 90.7 is for you. MEDIA PARTNERS check out kansan.com or kUJH-tV on Sunflower broadband channel 31 in Lawrence for more on what youve read in todays kansan and other news. Updates from the newsroom air at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. the student-produced news airs live at 4 p.m. and again at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., every monday through Friday. Also see kUJHs website at tv.ku.edu. CONTACT US tell us your news. contact Alex Garrison, erin brown, david cawthon, nick Gerik, Samantha Foster, emily mccoy or roshni oommen at (785) 864-4810 or editor@kansan.com. Follow the kansan on twitter at thekansan_news. kansan newsroom 2000 dole Human development center 1000 Sunnyside dr. Lawrence, kan., 66045 (785) 864-4810 STAYING CONNECT- ED WITH THE KAN- SAN Get the latest news and give us your feedback by following the kansan on twitter @thekan- san_news, or become a fan of the University daily kansan on Facebook. n Student Union Activities will host tunes at noon, featuring Quiet corral, from noon to 1 p.m. on the plaza outside of the kansas Union. n Student Union Activities will show the movie Sex and the city 2 at 8 p.m. in the Woodruf Auditorium at the kansas Union. Whats going on? FRIDAY September 24 SATURDAY September 25 SUNDAY September 26 nthere will be a carillon concert from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at the memorial campanile. n the kU School of music Student recital Series will feature Zach bachert and Justin davidson on alto sax from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Swarthout recital Hall at murphy Hall. MONDAY September 27 nben eggleston, professor of philosophy, will lead a Lunch and conversation session on managing grade expectations, which will focus on helping students appreciate the realities of grade distributions in large classes from noon to 1 p.m. in room 135 at budig Hall. nFormer kU quarterback todd reesing will sign cop- ies of his new book in the kU bookstores at the kansas Union from 3:30 to 5 p.m. n Student Union Activities will host free cosmic bowl- ing from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Jaybowl at the kansas Union. http://www.facebook.com/doleinstitute TUESDAY September 28 nthe School of music will host the kU Symphony orchestra from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lied center. tickets cost $7. WEDNESDAY September 29 nkU Army rotc and the School of engineering will host race day at the burge! from 10 a.m.. to 2 p.m. in the burge Union parking lot. CAMPUS SLAB to register voters in Union mid-term elections are right around the corner, so its time to register in order to have a voice in the election process. the Student Legislative Aware- ness board will host weekly voter registration every thursday and Friday until oct. 18, which is the last day to register in kansas. Students can fnd SLAbs voter reg- istration tables during tea time on thursdays in the kansas Union at 3 p.m. and on Fridays during tunes at noon in front of the Union. the dole institute Advisory board will also host voter registration on Wescoe beach in the upcoming weeks before the deadline. Alex earles, legislative direc- tor and chairman of the board, said the goal of these registration events is to give all students the opportunity to register and vote. politicians are making decisions about our futures and we should care and elect those that make the best decisions for our futures, earles, a senior from Salina, said. Students can register with their Lawrence address. He said stu- dents should register if they have moved in the past two years, or are unsure of where they registered. it never hurts to register again, earles said. Students can also register in their home districts or states and have an advance ballot sent to them. the last day to register in kansas for the upcoming elections is oct. 18. the election is on nov. 2. registering is only part one of the process. remember to educate yourself on the issues and candi- dates and then vote on nov. 2. Samantha Collins THURSDAY September 30 nSUA to show toy Story 3 at Woodruf Auditorium in the kansas Union from 8 to 10 p.m. tickets are free with Student Saver card, $2 with valid kU id and $3 for the general public. CAMPUS Arts center holds dance fundraiser For Janet. those two words, spoken by chuck berg before his fute performance of over the rain- bow, encapsulated the night. berg was one of 15 musi- cians and dancers who ap- peared thursday night in mad for dance, a fundraiser hosted by the department of dance at the Lawrence Art center. the event was dedicated to Janet Hamburg, a former dance professor who died on Sept. 4 in new york city. Her legacy lives on in all of us who were touched by her, said berg, a flm and media studies professor who knew Hamburg for more than 30 years. it may be a clich, but i cant help but think she was up there looking down. the fundraiser raised more than $4,000 in scholarship money for the department. Students, colleagues and friends of Hamburg, 189 people in total, attended the event. its amazing how many people came out for tonights performance, said michelle Hefner Hayes, chairwoman for the department of dance. i think tonight is the frst mo- ment of joy for a lot of us be- cause we havent had a chance to gather as a group. Hayes said Hamburg had been a passionate fund raiser for scholarships during her 30 years at the University of kansas. Weve all been devastated since she passed away, Hayes said. the fact that were gathering for her favorite cause in the whole world, i think, is pretty signifcant. Had Hamburg been there, said kara Vaglio, her former stu- dent assistant, shed be smiling. Michael Holtz Listen to the latest Podcasts from KJHK on kansan.com/podcasts mLeft Lawrence, in limbo? mScary Larrys bike polo mcrunchy chicken cheddar wraps: the story behind the icon mpixies light up kc mdevil (with of course a twist) Kansan Newsroom Updates check kansan.com/videos at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. for news updates. Hamburg ODD NEWS Woman fghts of bear with zucchini HeLenA, mont. A montana woman fended of a bear trying to muscle its way into her home thursday by pelting the animal with a large piece of zucchini from her garden. the woman sufered minor scratches and one of her dogs was wounded after tussling with the 200-pound bear. the attack happened just af- ter midnight when the woman let her three dogs into the backyard for their nighttime ritual before she headed to bed, missoula county Sherifs Lt. rich maricelli said. Authorities believe the black bear was just 25 yards away, eating apples from a tree. two of the dogs sensed the bear, began barking and ran away, maricelli said. the third dog, a 12-year-old collie that wasnt very mobile, remained close to the woman as she stood in the doorway of the home near Frenchtown in west- ern montana. before she knew what was happening, the bear was on top of the dog and batting the col- lie back and forth, maricelli said. She kicked the bear with her left leg as hard as she could, and she said she felt like she caught it pretty solidly under the chin, maricelli said. but as she kicked, the bruin swiped at her leg with its paw and ripped her jeans. the bear then turned its full attention to the woman in the doorway. She retreated into the house and tried to close the door, but the bear stuck its head and part of a shoulder through the doorway. the woman held onto the door with her right hand. With her left, she reached behind and grabbed a zucchini that she had picked from her garden earlier and was sitting on the kitchen counter, maricelli said. She threw the vegetable. it bopped the bruin on the top of its head and the animal fed, maricelli said. Associated Press fusing the curve, which requires a surgeon to join two or more vertebrae. Then, a spinal implant is inserted to keep the spine straight after the operation. Both surgeons and medical device companies will benefit from a model pediatric spine that allows them to make measurements and predictions. Different spinal surgeons approach how they would cor- rect that disfigurement differently, Lewis said. There is no cookie- cutter method or way of fixing it, because right now its impos- sible to understand how different operations or implants will change and grow with a child. Bioengineering is one of the fastest growing graduate programs at the University with 46 students after only three years in existence. Friis said every student she has worked with in a bioengineering lab has gone on to work in the field. The subject just really interests me, Lewis said. Helping people and all the research when I was in high school I tore my ACL and became really interested in medi- cal devices and technology. I went into engineering knowing I wanted to go into the medical field. The pediatric spine model may be a difficult project, but Friis is confident in her students abilities. There are different and new challenges being brought up, Friis said. But we have the experience behind us of making the adult model work that should really jump-start the project. Edited by Alex Tretbar KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / fridAy, SepteMber 24, 2010 / NEWS / 3A BY CARLO RAMIREZ cramirez@kansan.com Te Pre-med Engineers want to be prepared in an emergency situation which is why they are ofering a free CPR certifca- tion class from 4 to 7 p.m. Sun- day in the Spahr Engineering Classroom in Eaton Hall. Pre-med Engineers was started last spring by engineering stu- dents who wanted more hands-on experience in the medical feld. Jack Xu, president of the club and a junior from Fayetteville, Ark., said he thought it was important to have that experience. Its something worthwhile and can potentially save a life, he said. Chemical engineering major Sean Parsel, a senior from Over- land Park, is a basic life support instructor for the American Heart Association and will be teaching the CPR class. Parsel became certifed for his job at the University of Kansas Medical Center as an electrocar- diogram technician. He said he saw the benefts of teaching prop- er technique afer responding to multiple codes at the hospital and witnessing improper technique on compressions. It could be easy to forget ones skills in an actual situation where someones life is in jeopardy, he said. Parsel has the credentials to certify all students who attend. He has taught about 10 classes so far, and said it is a skill that can come in handy at a moments notice. Maybe youll pull up on an accident on a freeway, or maybe someone will collapse in class or at work, he said. Currently, 12 students are signed up to take the class. Jake Hopkins, a senior from Albu- querque, N.M., is planning to at- tend. He said this will be a good resume builder and an opportu- nity to prepare himself for any situation. My worst fear is actually hav- ing to use it, he said. Edited by Lisa Curran FREE CPR CLASS WHEN: Sunday, 4 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Spahr engineering Classroom in eaton Hall domestic violence and human trafficking spoke out against the violence at Take Back the Night on Massachusetts St. last night. Audra Fullerton, director of community engagement at The Willow Domestic Violence Center, said this event occurred all over the nation to promote awareness of violence against women. She said the idea that a woman cannot go out at night in a developed country is just ridiculous, so we are going to take back the night. We live in a very violent cul- ture, Fullerton said. We think of America as a very safe place, but its not. The leading cause of injury of a college-aged woman, 18 to 24, is from a violent partner, she said. But, that doesnt mean every per- son will report the violence. Only a handful of people report cases of domestic violence. Fullerton said domestic violence happens between two people in an inti- mate relationship. In more than 85 percent of domestic violence cases, the woman is battered by the man. She said domestic vio- lence is a combination of tactics of battering that have to do with power and control. Its happening at staggering rates, Fullerton said. Me r e d i t h Pavicic, a coor- dinator of Take Back the Night and a junior from Leawood, said one in four college students will be sexually assaulted. Just like domestic violence, many students wont report sexual assault. Its some- thing that people dont want to think about, but it affects every- one. She said the definition of sexu- al assault tends to be fuzzy, espe- cially when it comes to the law. Because of this, many students wont report domestic or sexual violence. Its easy for people to ignore, Pavicic said. In Tebows case, she said the police laughed at her because she didnt have any defensive wounds or evidence. She said she was unconscious during the incident and was unable to defend herself. The only way they would believe her was if they spoke with the friend who drugged her. Tebow was stuck. She said she waited too long to go to the hospital to be evaluat- ed for sexual assault. But Chris Keary, assis- tant chief of police at the KU Public Safety Office, said a problem is that sexual assault is a generic term, not a legal term. Sexual assault is a catch-all phrase used by people who dont really know what to call it, Keary said. Sexual assault can range from rape to a person giving an inap- propriate look to another, which makes it difficult to define legal- ly. However, he said that domes- tic violence has a more straight- forward definition. According to the Kansas Legi sl at ure, domestic vio- lence is when s o m e o n e intentionally causes harm to a fam- ily or house- hold member against the family mem- bers will. But, Fullerton said that physi- cal abuse is not the most com- mon form of abuse. Abuse doesnt usually start out with physical violence; it usually starts with economic, emotional and spiri- tual abuse. The early signs of a controlling relationship include rapid attachment, mood swings and emotional abuse. Fullerton said younger women are more likely to be victims of violence because they date often, which causes them to be exposed to many types of people. Batterers are attracted to someone they can easily control. Its sort of ripe for abusive relationships come out of that, Fullerton said. Both women and men can prevent these incidents from h a p p e n i ng . Its important to recognize the signs of an unhealthy rel at i onship, und e r s t a nd what it means to be in a healthy rela- tionship, recognize what early power control looks like and learn how to be supportive of people who are in this situation. Students can get help. The Willow Domestic Violence Center focuses on shelter, help and hope. The Willow offers a 24-hour crisis hotline, emergency shelter, advocacy services, court advocates and support groups. The victims of domestic violence will never be held accountable for their batterers behavior, Fullerton said. Were here for you, were here to support you and were doing things to stop this from happen- ing to other people. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To further promote awareness, The Willow Domestic Violence Center will host a Rally at Wescoe on Oct. 1. Students can visit The Willows website at www.willowdvcenter. org to learn more about events throughout the month. If a stu- dent needs help, he or she can call The Willow 24-hour crisis line at 785-843-3333. Edited by Abby Davenport Girl Power Ben Pirotte/KANSAN Members of the Commission on the Status of Women, (fromleft) Amanda Allison, PrairieVillage senior; Meredith Pavicic, Leawood junior; Haley Miller, Kingman sophomore and Kelly Bogdan, Overland Park senior, informstudents about healthy sexuality and relationships Thursday. Students who visited the booth outsideWescoe Hall could also sign a petition to end theTitleV Abstinence Education Program. Settled: hot, greasy mess of a lawsuit ALeXANdriA, Va. A man has settled his lawsuit against a Mcdonalds restaurant that alleg- edly served him a sandwich that exploded with hot grease. in 2005 when frank Sutton ordered a fried chicken sandwich at a Mcdonalds in dufeld, Va, he said he sufered burns to his mouth and lips when it spewed scalding grease after he bit into it. Associated Press ODD NEWS AWARENESS (continued from 1a) We live in a very violent culture. We think of America as a very safe place, but its not. AudrA fuLLertON director at the Willow Sexual assault is a catch- all phrase used by people who dont really know what to call it. CHriS KeAry Ku assistant chief of police ORGANIzATIONS Club hosts CPR training class Jessica Janasz/KANSAN Graduate student Damon Mar, fromLawrence, tests a piece of a human spine replica for move- ment onWednesday in Learned Hall. The spinal research is part of a nearly fnished project that has been funded and worked on for eight years. SPiNE (continued from 1a) 4A / ENTERTAINMENT / FridAy, September 24, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnSAn.com 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. HoRoScopES ARIES (March 21-April 19) Today is a 5 today you manage best by following your outline. dont deviate. Willpower is the single most valuable quality in your toolkit. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Today is a 5 other peoples comments are not as straightforward as they frst appeared. Utilize research tools to clarify questionable points. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is a 5 take your happiness out and show it of at a social event. reveal an engagement or other steps towards personal com- mitment. cANcER (June 22-July 22) Today is a 6 to make this the best day so far this week, spend time in an exotic location, even if its just around the corner. your partner helps you discover balance. LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7 todays luck comes in the form of awareness. balanced between magic and logic, you choose whichever satisfes your heartsong. then do the practi- cal work. VIRGo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 your personal sense of respon- sibility seems to interfere with the desires of others. recon- sider your intentions before drawing a line in the sand. LIbRA (Sept. 23-oct. 22) Today is a 7 Use all your intellectual talents and skills to manage a power struggle at work. Avoid getting in the middle between two emotional volcanos. ScoRpIo (oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 7 As you learn secrets, bring them into the open and request oth- ers to explain. that way each person presents their side and gets heard. Listen. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 5 to fnish work on time, follow your intuition. A shortcut saves everyone a lot of energy. Spend a little extra to save days of work. cApRIcoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 6 today you arrive at a point where your responsibilities overtake your optimism. dont lose faith. youll get through this just fne. AqUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 6 take time to contemplate your next action, even if it means closing the door to prevent interruption. this way you meet your own needs. pIScES (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7 Let someone else take charge of everything you can possibly delegate. this leaves you time to handle unexpected sur- prises. you may have a few. cooL THING Ian Vern Tan Nick Sambaluk bEYoND THE GRAVE MoVIES Documentary hopes for educational reform Mcclatchy-tribune LOS ANGELES In his previ- ous Oscar-winning documentary, filmmaker Davis Guggenheim handled Al Gore, manmade cli- mate change and imminent global peril. This time, hes really grabbing something hot: education reform. In Waiting for Superman, Guggenheim vies to do for educa- tion reform what An Inconvenient Truth did for global warming: raise awareness, make people care and push toward a solution. But this latest docu-editorial will divide some of his biggest fans. With the global-warming film, carbon dioxide and its producers made convenient, relatively non- controversial targets for the films core audience and among the direc- tors Democratic Party friends. This time, the pervasive, harmful force he depicts is teacher unions, which have driven Democratic education policy for decades. This idea is succinctly expressed in the movie by Newsweek com- mentator Jonathan Alter. Its very, very important to hold two contradictory ideas in your head at the same time, Alter says in the film. Teachers are great, a national treasure. Teachers unions are, generally speaking, a menace and an impediment to reform. The quality of public education has become a charged topic of late and, in various iterations, Alters point is sounded in other educa- tion documentaries released this year, including The Cartel, writ- ten and directed by Bob Bowdon, and The Lottery, by director Madeleine Sackler and cinematog- rapher Wolfgang Held. Paramount Pictures Waiting for Superman portrays five stu- dents from around the country, and their parents efforts to gain admis- sion into a charter school: Four are minority stu- dents seeking to flee or avoid lousy, tradi- tional, urban public schools; one white girl wants to escape a mediocre suburban high school that isnt adequately pre- paring her for college. Over ahi tuna salads at a downtown L.A. cafe, an earnest Guggenheim said his goal is to spread responsibility among all the adults for pervasive problems in education. He includes himself, a parent who drives past three public schools on the way to his childrens private school. Im tough on the Democratic Party, he said. Im tough on the centralized system of bureaucrats. And the lip service you get from all politicians. And Im tough on the unions. He also concedes: The union thing ... screams the loudest in the movie. With solid writing, strong sto- rytelling, persuasive graphics and clever animation, Guggenheim portrays how difficult it is to fire a bad teacher, how resistant unions are to reforms and how the dance of the lemons allows ineffective teachers to move from school to school. He portrays Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, as a bulwark against reform, an interesting choice given that some union stalwarts worry that Weingarten has given away the store to anti-union reformers. Weingarten has worked with both Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg in New York City and the Obama a d mi n i s t r a - tion. Shes also e n c o u r a g e d her locals to make standard- ized test scores part of teacher e v a l ua t i ons , something unthinkable for a union leader not long ago. In public forums, Weingarten has characterized the film as a pow- erful, well-intentioned narrative that ultimately misleads in myriad ways. For one thing, she said, it overlooks research suggesting that charters, some of which have sub- stantial philanthropic support, are performing no better than tradi- tional schools overall. All the players in the education reform wars tend to cite research that aligns with their views. In an interview, Weingarten said she wonders why every desir- able school in the film is a charter school. Charters are publicly fund- ed free schools but privately owned and independently operated. Most are nonunion. MoVIES Facebook movie may hurt image Teachers are great, a national treasure. Teachers unions are, generally speaking, a menace and an impediment to reform. JonAthAn ALter newsweek commentator Mcclatchy-tribune PALO ALTO, Calif. The company Mark Zuckerberg founded in his Harvard dorm room six years ago was built on the idea that people would want to share personal information even very personal information on the Web. Yet the 26-year-old self-made billionaire has managed to keep a low public profile even as Facebook Inc. shot to star- dom in Silicon Valley, catapult- ing Zuckerberg past Apples Steve Jobs to become the worlds 35th- richest American on the latest Forbes list. That is about to change. The Social Network, from director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin, about the messy and con- tentious founding of Facebook, is making its debut at the New York Film Festival on Friday, and the world will soon know a lot more about Zuckerberg or at least Hollywoods version of him. The movie, with the provoca- tive tagline You dont get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies, is an unflatter- ing portrait focusing on the legal clashes between Zuckerberg and Harvard classmates over who should get credit for the social networking phenomenon. Worried that the film could damage Zuckerbergs image, Facebook executives pressed the filmmakers for changes they did not get. Now the company often criticized for being too cavalier with the intimate details of other peoples lives is brac- ing for a movie that casts its chief executive as a scheming backstab- ber accused of stealing the idea for Facebook. If this movie becomes big, a lot of people will be exposed to a side of Mark Zuckerberg that wont reflect positively on privacy issues on Facebook, said senior analyst Augie Ray, who follows social networking companies for Forrester Research. Neither Zuckerberg nor his close associates cooperated with the Sony Pictures film set for wide release Oct. 1. That has raised thorny questions about how much artistic license filmmakers should take in telling the story of an ambitious entrepreneur who gave birth to an Internet sensa- tion while still a teenager. The film is at its most fic- tional in its portrayal of Mark, Facebook investor and board member Peter Thiel said. Its a pretty good portrayal of how business gets done in Hollywood, but not how business gets done in Silicon Valley. The filmmakers say they set out to capture a generation-defining moment, weaving a story from several different points of view over the founding of Facebook. I would not want a movie made when I am 26 years old about decisions I made when I was a 19-year-old kid. I am very sympathetic, producer Scott Rudin said. accessibiIity info (785) 749-1972
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As of June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Kansas unemployment rate is 6.5 percent, which translates into about 183,000 residents. It seems that the state has it relatively easy when considering that just across the border, my home state of Missouri has a 9.2 percent rate, while for the United States as a whole its 9.6 percent. Thats a whole lot of unemployed people, and many of them must fight daily to keep food on the table and a sense of hope within themselves after the unemployment checks stop coming in the mail. As a country, we need an extension of unemployment insurance benefits, and there is currently a solution waiting in the Senate. According to OpenCongress.org, the Americans Want to Work Act would add a fifth tier of unemployment insurance benefits in states with unemployment rates above 7.5 percent, adding an additional 20 weeks of benefits payments. It would also create more incentives for businesses to hire unemployed workers. If the thought of so many millions of American adults and children facing a daily struggle to exist, much less thrive, is not enough to make you pick up the phone and call your senators, then consider the economic implications of extending unemployment. Extending unemployment benefits stimulates the economy in a disarmingly simple process. When a person is out of a job, his or her household experiences a considerable decline in the amount of money they have to spend in relation to their normal spending habits. Because of this, when unemployment benefits are offered the household is likely to spend a high percentage of this money, almost always on basic consumer necessities such as food and housing. The unemployment insurance benefits go directly back into the economy. This line of reasoning leads the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities to conclude that unemployment insurance is a particularly effective stimulus. So call your senators, tell them you want a vote on this important bill. If youre from Kansas, tell Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback to get their acts together and begin prioritizing the needs of actual people, rather than playing political games and making a big fuss about the all of a sudden crucial national debt. Calling your senators and representatives does make a difference. Even Lady Gaga knows this thats why shes telling her considerable fan base to call up Washington and ask for a repeal of Dont Ask, Dont Tell (which, by the way, you should also do). You will probably not speak directly to your senator, but the staff member taking your call tabulates how many constituents call and what stance each has. You can help change the lives of millions for the better. Free is a sophomore from Blue Springs, Mo., in womens studies. H eres your frst warning: Im going to make a lot of sweeping generalizations in this column. I suspect that frst statement might entice some of the contrary (I mean this in a fattering way including myself in that audience) among you to read further, so heres my second warning: Im going to be talking about my sweeping generalizations good and bad about journalists. Journalists like to talk. Journalists also like to listen. Good journalists learn eventually to listen more than they talk. Tis very rarely comes naturally. Journalists like confict. Journalists like controversy, scandal, downfall; indeed, the rush of news coverage is almost always related to the challenge of quickly processing information about someone elses hardship. Journalists enjoy knowing things other people do not. As someone interested and involved in media, I have always had an amused fascination with the way the collective media conscience perpetuates stereotypes of itself. Te archetypal image of the prodding busybody stirring up trouble shows up not just in countless movies and the like, but also in various forms of news media itself. I think this is because heres one last possibly negative generality we journalists like this reputation. But heres where I get to the good part. Bear with me, I promise it gets better. Journalists are all these things listed above because we really like people. And because we really like people, we really care deeply for people. Te Kansan campus media staf this semester, as a selection of budding journalists, is likely the most diverse of any of the many semesters I have worked with. We come from many diferent parts of the country (with many of us having lived across the world), from many diferent socioeconomic backgrounds, from diferent religions, diferent ethnicities, even, despite our college setting, many diferent ages. But and forgive me now if this is too fundamentally hokey and sentimental what really brings us together is that were all journalists. And as journalists, were bound by a common care for our communities. Were gossipy newshounds, believe it or not, because we love people and we want to serve them. Unfortunately, though, what frequently stands in the way of us better serving our communities through information is the difculty of getting constructive feedback from the people we serve. In short, we need you to help us serve you better. Im proud to say that I have gotten a lot of this feedback so far this semester, and I want to make an open and public commitment to working hard to respond to this feedback. I want to thank our readers for making their voices heard, and I want to encourage even more readers to come forward with their suggestions. In short, I want to listen more than I talk. To get in touch with me, you can always e-mail me at editor@ kansan.com or through my personal e-mail, agarrison@ kansan.com. You can also fnd me in the newsroom 2000 Dole Human Development Center for open ofce hours from noon to 5 p.m. every Friday. I think journalists are good people. Te journalists I get the extreme pleasure of working with on the Kansan are, at least. Expressing your views on our journalism with us can help us become better journalists and, together as a community of KU students, we can all become better people. Garrison is the editor-in-chief of The Kansan and a senior from Kansas City, Kan., in journalism and Arabic and Islamic studies. Making the switch to being a vegan someone who does not consume or use any products that contain animal products is un- doubtedly a huge lifestyle change, and an admirable one at that. Walking by those big tubs of ice cream, leaving the gooey cheese of your sandwich and skipping the omelet bar line can be dif- cult, and making the change takes some extreme dedication. Even all these measures may not be enough. Animal products are lurking in the most obscure places, sneaking their way into your foods, your beauty products, and your clothing, even when you thought you had escaped them completely. Ever heard of Amino L- cysteine? Me neither, but its creeping into your baked goods. Its a product derived from animal hair and feathers, and it can be found in the ingredient lists of bread and crackers. Breads enriched with whey protein or omega-3 fatty acids also dont fall into the vegan-friendly category since whey is a milk product and omega-3s can contain fsh oil. Scan your bread labels carefully for these ingredients, but chances are a bread with a laundry list of chemicals shouldnt be entering your stomach anyway. One of the most ambiguous categories of food where you would never expect to fnd animal products (with the exception of milk chocolate) is candy. Marsh- mallows and Jell-O both contain gelatin, a product made from animal bones. Any food or candy containing lard (pie crusts, many fried frozen foods, cookies, candy and everything else dangerously delicious) are a no-no; lard is pig fat and thats defnitely not vegan. Even some food coloring can slip onto the prohibited list. Red food coloring is generally made from cochineal. If being vegan doesnt deter you from eating this, learning what cochineal actually is will. Ready? Its a parasite native to South America and Mexico. Yes, it is made from insects and that should be a food group strictly confned to Fear Factor. Hidden animal products dont just creep into what you eat they can be around your house, too. First, any product that doesnt have a label that says something along the lines of, Tis product was not tested on animals, most likely was. Many soap products are made with sodium tallowate, which is just a fancy name for animal fat. If youre ever not sure of an in- gredient in a product or a food, it never hurts to do a quick Google search before you buy anything. Do your homework if you commit yourself to the lifestyle of elimi- nating animal products from your life. Being a vegan isnt about de- priving yourself of everything you once loved, but rather exploring new options and choices that suit you and your new lifestyle too. From UWIRE. The Daily Campus at The University of Connecticut To contribute to Free For All, visit Kansan.com or call (785) 864-0500. nnn Is it acceptable to revisit my childhood and watch Barney sing-alongs? nnn I dont understand my dentists need to schedule appointments three months out. I have no idea what Im going to be doing three months away from now, but chances are its more important than going to the dentist. nnn Using the word bestie makes you sound like a 13-year-old girl. nnn Since were paying about $4,000 a semester here, I dont think its too much to ask for to have bathroom tissue thats thicker than won ton paper. I am far too old to worry about getting poop on my hand.
nnn I think its safe to say I have at least four cavities right now ... Sad panda.
nnn Anything unrelated to elephants is irrelephant. nnn I cant tell you how satisfying it is to cheat your way through your last year of law school. nnn Smoke a J and Silly Bandz will be for you too. nnn My teacher pulled out a BOX of rectal dilators in class that were bought on eBay and previously loved ... nnn I realized that I do not have any strong friendships with people who use Macs. That is proof Macs appeal to a specifc range of people that I tend to dislike. nnn I could eat this entire bowl of confetti cake batter. Oh wait, I am. nnn Im tired of people saying, Sorry for partying. You shouldnt be sorry for partying. You should be sorry for being a drunk idiot. nnn Why did I choose to take an early class again? nnn My dad owes me $600. Lap dances dont come cheap anymore. nnn Its not academic misconduct, its called academic teamwork. nnn Wear a Jimmy hat and save the big cat condoms? Yes please! nnn LeTTer GuIdeLIneS Send letters to kansanopdesk@gmail. com. 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Find our full letter to the editor policy online at kansan.com/letters. how to submit A LEttER to thE EDitoR Alex Garrison, editor 864-4810 or agarrison@kansan.com nick Gerik, managing editor 864-4810 or ngerik@kansan.com erin Brown, managing editor 864-4810 or ebrown@kansan.com david Cawthon, kansan.com managing editor 864-4810 or dcawthon@kansan.com emily McCoy, Kansan TV assignment editor 864-4810 or emccoy@kansan.com Jonathan Shorman, opinion editor 864-4924 or jshorman@kansan.com Shauna Blackmon, associate opinion editor 864-4924 or sblackmon@kansan.com Joe Garvey, business manager 864-4358 or jgarvey@kansan.com Amy OBrien, sales manager 864-4477 or aobrien@kansan.com MalcolmGibson, general manager and news adviser 864-7667 or mgibson@kansan.com Jon Schlitt, sales and marketing adviser 864-7666 or jschlitt@kansan.com THe edITOrIAL BOArd Members of The Kansan Editorial Board are Alex Garrison, Nick Gerik, Erin Brown, David Cawthon, Jonathan Shorman and Shauna Blackmon. contAct us CArTOOn MARIAM SAIFAN Feedback on campus media welcome and encouraged On CAMpuS MedIA GueST COLuMn Animal products in goods not limited to usual suspects Opinion Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. www.kAnsAn.com PAGE 5A United States First Amendment The University Daily Kansan fRiDAy, sEPtEmbER 24, 2010 Follow Opinion on Twitter. @kansanopinion Unemployment extentions important to help families uneMpLOyMenT I dont think using $2-5 of student fee money to expand a popular fast food eatery on campus is a victory for students. Sounds kind of like a scam to me. With so many people visiting the Underground getting pizza hut pizzas, ho-hum sushi and Christ-fil-a sandwiches it really baffles me how the Memorial Union Board doesnt make enough money to fund this themselves. Is this the future of business? If you want to expand, you need to take out a government subsidy, even if you are making a healthy profit? Sjschlag in response to Underground expansion a wor- thy project on Sept. 15. Nice editorial idea, but this barely even describes what the actual issues at hand are, how much money is being taken away, etc. The decision to cut funding has already happened so what is the action you want taken? What do you expect to happen?. Douglasco in response to Health of high school jour- nalism important to campus media on Sept. 21. Chatterbox Responses to the news of the week on Kansan.com By alex garrison agarrison@kansan.com Editors Notes Progressive Perspective By ali Free afree@kansan.com 6a / NEWS / friday, september 24, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kansan.com New leaders consider the future of Kansas Athletics BY STEPHEN MONTEMAYOR smontemayor@kansan.com The temporary chairman of Kansas Athletics board of directors sat by the interim athletics director and offered sentiments no more set in stone, albeit in jest. Congratulations I think, Jerry Bailey said to Sean Lester, who is in his second week as interim athletics director. Tasked with rethinking its c ompos i t i on and purpose, the board main- tained a light mood in its Thursday meet- ing, despite the existential ques- tions hanging in the balance. Chancel l or B e r n a d e t t e Gray-Little told the board that outside repre- sentation should be considered, as should the means of selecting a permanent chairperson. The boards role in reviewing personnel and financial matters is also up for revision. Gray-Little removed the athletics director as chairman of the board in August and appointed Bailey, asso- ciate professor of education, to the position for the rest of the year. The Chancellor recommended adding one to two members to the six-member board who are not affiliated with the University. Kansas Board of Regents chairman Gary Scherrer has urged this change. Outside eyes and outside per- spectives are healthy, Scherrer said last week after the regents meeting. Bailey researched how other universities structured their athlet- ics advisory boards, finding that in most cases the university chief executive officer typically a uni- versitys chancellor or president led the board. Gray-Little said this was illogical to her. She said she would consider serving as chairwoman for the board only if the boards members were compelled to have her fill that role. Otherwise, she said it didnt make sense to have the chancellor lead a board overseeing Athletics when the athletics director already reports to her. The boards bylaws require it to meet at least four times a year, though members sug- gested more corre- spondence may be nec- essary considering its tasks this year. The board agreed to gather feedback on who should serve as chair- person in the future and possible additions to its structure. It agreed to gather this information by Oct. 14 and discuss it in its next meeting in early November. The boards members include the athletics director, provost, student body president, vice provost for Student Success, a faculty athletics director and the Universitys chief business and financial planning officer. Edited by Alex Tretbar Engineering students win top slots at jet conference BY ALLYSON SHAW ashaw@kansan.com For the first time in the his- tory of the Aviation, Technology, Integration and Operations con- ference, one university took the top three spots. Three students at the University of Kansas created designs that won the university those spots. The conference was held by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics last week in Fort Worth, Texas. Competitors, such as MIT, Stanford and Cal. Tech, were asked to design a business jet that had a large cabin, could use relatively short runways and fly farther. The contest drew competitors from 55 universities worldwide, but KU students didnt have any- thing to worry about because they have won more awards for aerospace engineering than any university in the world. Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, associate pro- fessor of aerospace engineering, said the competition was like the Indianapolis 500 of aerospace competitions. The first-place winner, Lauren Fitzpatrick, a 2010 graduate from Stilwell, is the first black woman to ever win this award. She used an old design to build her model aircraft. Most business jets hold fuel in a compartment under the plane or in the tail cone, Fitzpatrick said. But she used a fuel-storage system called slipper tanks under the wings of the aircraft. These slipper tanks were last used in the 1960s but were abandoned because they created extra weight and drag, Barrett-Gonzalez said. Fitzpatrick also used the slipper tanks to store the main landing gear to make up for the slipper tanks problems. Lauren is a student of history, Barrett-Gonzalez said. She res- urrected an idea, updated it and improved it. Fitzpatrick said this design was safer than other storage fuel options because in the event of a crash in regular jets the passen- gers are in the same space as the fuel so theyd be incinerated. NASA contacted Fitzpatrick after her presentation to inquire about her design. I started with a blank sheet of paper, and I finished with a win- ning design, Fitzpatrick said. Its such an honor. Fitzpatrick and the runners- up completed the project as part of a senior design class for the aerospace engineering program. Sarah Kulhanek, a graduate stu- dent from Deerfield, Ill., designed the second-place plane. She said her design was unique because her plane was the same size from end to end. Other busi- ness jets are tapered like a Coke bottle and you have to crouch to get into them, she said. She said their designs represented the next phase in business jets. Kulhaneks jet would cost $14 million to build and operate. This project was the integra- tion of all our classes from fresh- man to senior year, Kelhanek said. Its most exciting that KU swept the top three spots. Barrett-Gonzalez said this proj- ect was important for Kansas tax- payers because aerospace is one of the top two industries in the state. More than two-thirds of airplanes made in the Western Hemisphere come from Kansas. Competitions like these are more important than the acco- lades, Barrett-Gonzalez said. Our program directly supports one of the most important indus- tries in our state. Edited by David Cawthon Howard Ting/KANSAN Fromleft: Jerry Bailey, associate professor for the School of Education and chairman of the board of directors; Sean Lester, interimathletics director; and Student Body President Michael Wade Smith discuss the agenda of the Athletics Advisory Board meeting at Wagnon Hall on Sept. 23. Outside eyes and outside perspectives are healthy. Gary scherrer kansas board of regents chairman Lester bailey AcADEmIcS ADmINISTRATIoN NATIoNAL Feds object to injunction against DADT ban ASSOciATEd PRESS SAN DIEGO Attorneys for the Obama administration objected Thursday to a proposed worldwide injunction being con- sidered by a California federal judge that would halt the mili- tarys ban on openly gay troops. 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The players poured out of the dugout and began sprinting to the outfield as Price said to them, Lets go to work. Its a great day to be a Jayhawk. Fall balls 45 day practice regimen has begun, and yet another sea- son of Kansas Baseball is on the way. This years squad will have a different look to it as the team has lost many important seniors and the field has undergone a facelift. Still, senior outfielder Jimmy Waters could not hide his excite- ment to get back onto the field. Its an exciting time just with a lot of new faces with the team to go along with the stuff theyve done to the field, Waters said. Hoglund Ballpark is now boast- ing brand new $1.2 million turf that will put the cleats of the Jayhawks on some of the nicest ground in baseball. Its probably the finest play- ing surface in the country right now, coach Rich Price said. Gone are the days of funky hops that make infielders cringe and coaches nau- seous. The new surface is supposed to hold the ball true, and make things much easier across the infield. It should make an average infielder really good. The reality of it is there are no bad hops, coach Price said. Having such a state of the art field does put more pressure on the infielders. Its a perfect playing surface. There are no excuses. If you kick the ball, its all on you, Price said as he cracked a wry smile. As for the team, Kansas looks very young, but they still have an array of tal- ent. The team lost its second, third and fourth hitters in the lineup. A lot of the positions are open, and the 42 days of fall ball are where players look to solidify their positions on the team. Everybody is focused on how they are going to get better indi- vidually, and when they do that, the whole team comes along, Waters said. Hopefully I can come out here every day and improve. This years team is in a unique situation as they had seven players drafted and six of them signed. We basically have turned over almost three quarters of our roster, Price said. We have talent; were just really young. Pitching for Kansas will be as big of a question mark as any. Senior Pitcher T.J. Walz leads the rotation as the returning KU Pitcher of the Year. The pitch- ing staff for Kansas last year was ravaged by injuries, and as a result, consis- tency was a seri- ous issue for the them. Walz hopes the team can fix that this season. We need to have a killer-instinct attitude and also just throw more strikes, he said. The youth of the Jayhawks wont change their expectations as they look to come out onto the field and take care of business. The goal has got be to win a Big 12 champion- ship, said Waters. Edited by Abby Davenport comes from their special teams unit, which allowed a blocked punt, kicked a ball out of bounds on a kickoff and over-snapped an extra point attempt, all in one game last Friday against Southern Miss. Senior punter Alonso Rojas said he believes the Jayhawks special teams woes are self-inflicted and correctable. I dont want to take away any credit from the other teams, Rojas said. Theyre executing what theyre taught to do. On our part, its little things. Its the miscues. Well get it fixed; its nothing that cant be fixed. I have faith in all of my teammates. I know that they have my back and I dont need to think about it. Just keep execut- ing. The Kansas offense will have to work around Aggies senior corner- back Davon House, one of the top pass defenders in the nation during the last three years. In his career, House has 39 pass break-ups, 156 tackles and nine interceptions. House should test freshman Jordan Webb, but ball security has not been an issue for the Jayhawk quarterback thus far. The matchup with House should be key in the progression of Webb as a player. He definitely puts it in a place that we can go up and make a play on the ball, said sophomore wide receiver Bradley McDougald. A lot of quarterbacks throw it to a place that makes it easy for the defender to make a play, but he puts it in a place that usually only his receivers can go get it or hes going to locate it for us down field. Edited by Lisa Curran Season begins with some new faces and a new feld Its an exciting time just with a lot of new faces with the team to go along with the stuf theyve done to the feld. JIMMY wATERS Senior outfelder Its a perfect playing surface, there are no excuses... RICh PRICE KU baseball coach Team starts first practice of the year with a Big 12 championship in mind Chris Neal/KANSAN Freshman infelder Ka'iana Eldridge runs through drills Thursday afternoon during the frst practice of the season. This was the teams frst practice on the newturf. MLB footbAll (continued from 10A) blue Jays' bautista hits 50 home runs TORONTO On a day of milestone hits, Jose Bautistas big shot won the game. Bautista hit his major league- leading 50th home run, con- necting of Felix hernandez and sending the Toronto Blue Jays over the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Thursday. Seattles Ichiro Suzuki also became the frst player with 10 straight 200-hit seasons, breaking his own record with a ffth-inning single. we got to see some things happen today that Ive never seen before, Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said. Its a day Ill always remember. Bautista became the 26th player in baseball history to reach the 50-home run mark with a frst-inning drive of hernandez (12-12). Its really a big honor to be put in that elite group of hitters, Bautista said. To tell you the truth, I really havent let it sink in yet, I havent thought about it too much. Once I do that, then Ill probably have more feelings to describe. Right now Im really honored and happy. All 50 of Bautistas homers have been to left or left center. he exchanged hugs and fst bumps with his teammates before trying to get the attention of his par- ents, who were in the crowd. I tried to wave at them, Bautista said. Everybody was standing up so I dont think they could see me.
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Macrina Abdouch Lauren Armendariz Nikki Austin Chelsey Burton Sarah Coplen Alex Dakes Ali DeBoest Emma Donachie Taryn Eby Codi Ehrlich Erin Goodman Calle Hammers Brie Harmer Aubrey Hood Shelby Hurd Nicole Jones Rachel Kaiser Kailyn Keplinger Allison Kohn AXO AXO Holly Lafferty Madelynne Lockhart Adrienne Mather Allie Mikulka Sarah Morris Sara Patrick Stephanie Pollack Stacie Robinson Lauren Schauwecker Caitlin Scheckel Jordan Sova Ashley Srna Leah Swartz Bailey Thayer Kristen WatsonPaige Watson Alex Wenson Jordan Wisdom Shelby Yardley 8A / SPORTS / friDAY, september 24, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnsAn.com BY JACKSON DELAY jdelay@kansan.com There will be no easing into conference play for the Jayhawks, as their first Big 12 test comes at the hands of Missouri, the defend- ing Big 12 champions, at 6:30 tonight. This will be the first time since 1999 that Kansas has opened Big 12 play against Missouri. Although Kansas usually plays Missouri closer to the end of the season, coach Mark Francis said that the team is ready. Missouri is currently 2-4-2 and was picked to finish third in the Big 12 preseason poll, while Kansas was picked to finish eighth. During Francis time at Kansas, the team has had an 8-6-1 record against Missouri. Francis said the Missouri team is athletic and physical, with an average of just less than 15 fouls per game. However, senior midfielder Erin Ellefson said this is nothing unlike past matchups. Kansas versus Missouri is always physical, Ellefson said. Francis said his team has been through highly physical matchups before, which gives him confi- dence for the Missouri game. I think we will be ready, Francis said. The game will match the Jayhawks against some of the con- ferences top players, including Missouris leading scorer, forward Alysha Bonnick. Bonnick is the best offensive threat for Missouri, netting five goals throughout this seasons eight games. Francis noted that Bonnick is a big time player and he said that the Jayhawks would have to play good one-on-one defense against her. The game also comes with the high stakes of competition, which Francis said should serve as motivation. Big game, big, big rivalry. If the kids arent ready to play Friday, they might as well pack it in and go home, he said. The players also have their own reasons to stay motivated. Ellefson, from Overland Park, she said has had a lot of exposure to the border rivalry. Growing up in Kansas its always KU versus MU, she said. It means a lot to go out and play for Kansas and represent our school. Ellefson also expects her team to show up ready to play. It is Kansas and Missouri so everyone brings their A game. Its a battle, she said. Edited by Emily McCoy SOccER Border Showdown kick of Kansas unforced errors lead to a loss at Nebraska KANSAS VS. mIzzOU DAY: friday DATE: sept. 24 LOcATION: columbia, mo TImE: 6:30 p.m. Karlie Brown/KANSAN Junior forward Kortney Clifton outpaces a Missouri State defender during a game last week. The Jayhawks open Big 12 play this evening, facing of against Missouri in Columbia at 6:30 p.m. KANSAS VS. IOwA DAY: sunday DATE: sept. 26 LOcATION: Ames, iowa TImE: 1 p.m. BY IAN CummINgS icummings@kansan.com While the Jayhawks were dropping a four-set match to the Cornhuskers Wednesday night in Lincoln, Neb., Colorado broke a three-match losing streak by top- pling Kansas State. Kansas will hit the road again to play Colorado in Boulder, Colo., on Saturday. Kansas was off to a good start when it won the opening frame against Nebraska for the first time in series history 25-21. In her second start of the season, junior setter Nicole Tate put up 15 assists in the first set, later reach- ing a career high of 42. Senior outside hitter Karina Garlington scored four kills. Kansas best- ed Nebraskas hitting efficiency in that set with .243 over the Cornhuskers .133, helped by senior outside hitter Jenna Kaiser, who racked up six kills with an efficiency of .556. From there, the Jayhawks ran into trouble as their hitting efficiency dropped off and the Cornhuskers consistently stayed on top. Freshman middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc said Nebraskas response was aggressive. I feel like the other side just stepped it up, Jarmoc said. Kaiser said the team had pre- pared for a tough match and felt confident and disciplined at the outset, but the last three sets were problematic. We ran into some unforced hitting errors and blocking errors, Kaiser said. Nebraska just played really well. Nebraska won the second, third and fourth sets 25-13, 25-18 and 25-18, respectively. Kansas made 30 attack errors in the match, com- pared with Ne b r a s k a s 20. The Cornhuskers had no ser- vice errors in the match and the Jayhawks had three. On the way back to Lawrence, coach Ray Bechard said the errors were a big reason that Nebraska took the match. Thats too many, he said. But I thought our passing was solid. Garlington and Kaiser led the Jayhawks with 11 kills apiece and freshman libero Brianne Riley topped all players in the match with 18 digs. It was the Cornhuskers 10th straight win, improving their record to 11-1 overall and 3-0 in conference play. Kansas dropped to 10-4 overall and 1-2 in confer- ence play. For Colorado, the five-set match was its first victory in conference play this season, and it leaves them 4-5 overall. Sophomore outside hitter Kerra Schroeder recorded career-high numbers across the board: a hitting effi- ciency of .327, 24 kills and 12 digs. It was her third double- double of the season. Two middle block- ers also scored doubl e-di gi t kills, as junior Anicia Santos and freshman Nikki Lindow contributed 15 and 11, respec- tively. The Buffaloes also have a group of freshmen in the back row that made a difference in the match against the Wildcats. Freshmen liberos Megan Beckwith and Elysse Richardson each contributed 17 digs, and freshman libero Hannah Walker chipped in seven. Edited by Alex Tretbar KANSAS VS. cOLORADO DAY: saturday DATE: sept. 25 LOcATION: boulder, co TImE: 7:30 p.m. Chris Bronson/KANSAN FILE PHOTO Senior outside hitter Karina Garlington competes against Northern Iowa on Sept. 10 in Lawrence as part of the Kansas Invitational. The Jayhawks lost 3-2. We ran into some un- forced hitting errors and blocking errors. Nebraska just played really well. JennA kAiser senior outside hitter VOLLEYBALL Thank You to Naismith Hall for donating food Football tailgate September 25, 2010 4-6 pm memorial hill Stop by for some free food and tailgate festivities before KU takes on New Mexico State Crazy? Not in the sports world Morning Brew QUoTe oF THe DAY At one point in your life, you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you dont. Andy Roddick FACT oF THe DAY This is Kansas footballs 20th straight television appearance. Kansas Athletics TriViA oF THe DAY Q: When was the last time Kan- sas had a losing record during its non-conference schedule? A: 1993 when the Jayhawks were 1-3. Kansas Athletics E SPN has been pretty good about coming up with clever commercials. Its latest humorous ads use the theme, Its not crazy. Its sports. I particularly like the commercial that opens with a group of jocks sitting around a table, over-analyzing baseball statistics for fantasy baseball. Then, some stereo- typical nerds are seen walking up. Kids with glasses, weirdly shaped bodies you know, the type of kids who are always seen getting a swirly in the movies. They stop, call the jocks nerds, laugh and walk off. The commercial finishes by saying, Its not crazy. Its sports. This motto definitely applies to the sporting world. Just look around. A couple of things jump to mind that are crazy, but somehow happen because Its sports. Most people would be happy to have any type of job after spending 18 months in jail. Michael Vick didnt just find any job, he found a spot on the roster of a pro- fessional football team. Many scoffed at the Philadelphia Eagles when they signed Vick and fig- ured he wouldnt last that long, playing a backup role to Donovan McNabb at best. However, after the Eagles traded McNabb during the offseason and Kevin Kolb was injured in their first game, Vick had an opportunity. He took that opportunity and played so well that coach Andy Reid had to give him the starting job. The former first round pick has done his time and is now back with a second chance to prove himself. Another ridiculous incident in sports involves the Oregon State football team. On Saturday, No. 24 Oregon State will travel to No. 3 Boise State to take on the Broncos on their infamous blue turf. But, for once, the visiting team wont be awed by the abnormal playing surface. Oregon State painted its practice field blue this week to get ready for the Boise State game. This may seem foolish, but I dont blame Oregon State for trying anything to prepa- reto break Boises 56-game winning streak at home. My final example is one that most people know about. A 40-year-old man fake-retiring every year, only to skip train- ing camp and still somehow start on an NFL team is amazing. Whether you are a Brett Favre fan or not, you have to admit you dont see something like this very often. I would like to see how Brett Favre walks when he is 60 years old. By then he will probably be tearing up the wheelchair league with an insane passing rating. Favre is a grandfather and a starting quarterback in the NFL try to figure that one out. My point in saying all this is that you cant try to rationalize events that happen in sports; they are too spontaneous and sometimes defy common sense. So the next time you see a mascot fight, or hear of a player allegedly shooting himself in the foot at a strip club, just remember: Its not crazy. Its sports. Edited by Dana Meredith THiS weeK in KANSAS ATHLETICS SATUrDAY Football New Mexico State K-Club Weekend 6 p.m. Lawrence Volleyball Colorado TBA Boulder, Colo. SUnDAY Soccer Iowa State 1 p.m. Ames, Iowa MonDAY womens golf 2010 Marilynn Smith Sunfower Invitational All Day Lawrence Mens golf Colorado Invitational All Day Erie, Colo. Tennis KU Tournament All Day Lawrence TUeSDAY Mens golf Colorado Invitational All Day Erie, Colo. womens golf 2010 Marilynn Smith Sunfower Invitational All Day Lawrence weDneSDAY Softball Baker 6 p.m. Lawrence Volleyball Missouri 6:30 p.m. Lawrence ToDAY By Jackson delay jdelay@kansan.com Swimming Alumni Meet 4 p.m. Lawrence Soccer Missouri 6:30 p.m. Columbia, Mo. Lester to be guest on KJHK show today Interim athletics director Sean Lester will be a guest on Jayhawk Happy Hour today on KJHK, 90.7 FM. The show, which runs from 6 to 7 p.m., is hosted by Jay Ingber, Peter Knutson and Matt Bauer. Lester will join the trio at approximately 6:10 p.m. via phone. The group will discuss Lesters role as interim director, his future after that role and the Universitys search for a permanent replace- ment for Lew Perkins. Fans are encouraged to call in to the show at (785) 864-4044. The hosts will relay the questions to Lester. TimDwyer Team to sign items in Hy-Vee Hawk Zone The mens basketball team will participate in pregame festivi- ties Saturday at the Hy-Vee Hawk Zone, which is south of Memorial Stadium and east of the practice felds. The team will sign autographs from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The football game is scheduled to kick of at 6 p.m. The entire team will be present, including all 12 returning letter winners. Fans are asked to bring just one item per person. TimDwyer ATHleTiCS MenS BASKeTBAll Lester College FooTBAll Rebuilt team shocked by recent loss Mcclatchy-triBune PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas _ There was a time in the not- so-distant past when handling defeat was like rolling out of bed to the Prairie View A&M football team. It was routine, rote, all too regular. Holders of the NCAA record for consecutive losses at a mind- boggling 80 from 1989 to 1998, the Panthers did not post a win- ning season from 1976 through 2006. Yet there was nothing been- there, done-that about their lat- est loss. A last-minute 47-yard field goal by Alabama State resulted in an 18-15 defeat Saturday in front of a shocked crowd at Blackshear Stadium. Walking off the field with a 15-game Southwestern Athletic Conference winning streak in tatters, players sank into an abyss of remorse and pain. This is awful, said senior receiver Shaun Stephens. We just dont do this. Not anymore, anyway. Rebuilt into one of the top black college programs in the nation, Prairie View A&M no longer takes losing in stride. The Panthers went 9-1 last season and won the SWAC with their only defeat a 21-18 non- conference loss to New Mexico State. Two seasons ago, they also went 9-1, losing only to Grambling State in the State Fair Classic. Saturday, they will return to the Cotton Bowl for the State Fair Classic against Grambling, which last year lost to the Prairie View for the first time since 1986. Id forgotten what it was like to handle a loss, and it really did sort of take all of us by surprise, P a n t h e r s coach Henry Frazier III said Monday. Our players felt like it was the end of the world . . . and its not. Thats a lesson right there that we need to learn. We have a big game this week, and we need to learn how to bounce back and how to respond to a loss. Frazier could write a book on lessons. Taking over in 2004 at Prairie View A&M, he has changed not only the structure of the program but the feel. Bringing in coaches he knew from Maryland, where he was first a successful player at Bowie State and then a successful coach, he has constructed a staff that simply gets the job done. Prairie View, located north- west of Houston, has historically been a strong academic school that produced engineers, teach- ers and nurses. Once a power- house in the 1950s and 60s, it produced NFL Hall of Famers Kenny Houston and Otis Taylor. But things started to slip in the 1970s and 80s, and the school finally shut the program down for a year in 1990 after coach Haney C a t c h i n g s pleaded guilty to expense report fraud. But instead of rebuilding, the football team limped back with no schol- arships. The Panthers were outscored 617- 48 that first sea- son back, which included a 92-0 loss to Alabama State. A decade later, coach Greg Johnson led the team to a 14-12 win over Langston to end the 80-game losing streak and started the ball rolling. When Dr. George C. Wright was named president in 2003, he dedicated funding to shore up outdated facilities and hired Frazier away from Bowie State. Slowly, things changed. In 2007, the Panthers went 7-3 and lost to Grambling, 17-14, at the State Fair Classic. I think we really felt the pride of the program and understood we could do anything, said senior punter Pedro Ventura. All of the coaches are very positive and they push you to believe, to have pride, to put the work in. And we believe. Quarterback K.J. Black trans- ferred from Western Kentucky two years ago and said he doesnt look at the past. We do have high expecta- tions, but we think weve earned it, Black said. We want that pressure to win every game, because we know it will drive us. As good as last year was, it was last year. We have new goals for this year. Black missed the first two games of the season with a knee injury and is still shaking the rust off. The defending SWAC Offensive Player of the Year said that with one conference loss already, the pressure will inten- sify. Grambling is a great team and we cant afford another loss, he said. We have to win. No excuses. Thats a sign that the pro- gram is exactly where it needs to be. When players pick up the expectations and push each other, thats when tradition and consistency can take over.
Grambling is a great team and we cant aford another loss. We have to win. No excuses. K.J. BLACK Prairie View A&M quarterback Cardinals kill Pirates season-high streak PITTSBURGH Albert Pujols hit his 40th and 41st home runs and Matt Holliday reached the 100-RBI mark, leading the slumping St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-2 victory Thursday over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cardinals snapped a three- game losing streak and won for just the 13th time in 38 games since Aug. 14, the last day they were in frst place in the NL Cen- tral. St. Louis chances of defend- ing its division title remain slim. The Cardinals trail idle Cincinnati by 7 games with only 10 games left. Pittsburgh had its season-high fve-game winning streak come to an end. The Pirates are one defeat short of their frst 100-loss season since 2001. Pujols got three hits, drove in three runs and scored three times. Cardinals rookie Daniel Descalso had four hits, including a double, in his second major league start. Holliday and Nick Stavinoha each had two of the Cardinals 15 hits. Jef Suppan (2-7) won for just the second time in 13 starts this season, allowing one run and four hits in fve innings. Both of Sup- pans victories have come against the Pirates and he is 16-3 against them in his career, including win- ning his last nine decisions. Brian Burres (3-4) was tagged for four runs and six hits in 2 1-3 innings. Associated Press MlB KANSAN.COM / THe UniVerSiTY DAilY KAnSAn / FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 / SPorTS / 9A The Student All-Sports Combo package is on sale now for the 2010-11 season. Only $ 150! 1-800-34-HAWKS KUATHLETI CS. COM The Student All-Sports Combo package is on sale now for the 2010-11 season. Only $ 150! Student Football Season Tickets are just $ 45 Single Game Tickets are just $ 10 Pickup your combo pack at the Ticket Office located at the Southeast corner of Allen Fieldhouse. The purchase of an all-sports combo is good for student admission to regular-season home KU football and mens basketball games! Get your tickets today! HEAD COACH TURNER GILL Student Football Season Tickets are just $ 45 Single Game Tickets are just $ 10 Pickup your combo pack at the Ticket Office located at the Southeast corner of Allen Fieldhouse. The purchase of an all-sports combo is good for student admission to regular-season home KU football and mens basketball games! Get your tickets today! BY KORY CARPENTER kcarpenter@kansan.com Monica Johannessen had to adapt to college life a little differ- ently than her teammates. When the sophomore swimmer decided to make the University of Kansas her new home, her first trip to Lawrence was a long journey. The Haugesund, Norway native left her family and friends behind for a chance to study abroad and con- tinue her swimming career. Johannessen committed to the Jayhawks without so much as a recruiting visit to Lawrence. She says the coaches, along with the beautiful campus, made her deci- sion easier. I just talked to the coaches and they made me really confident, and I just went for it, she said. During her freshman campaign Johannessen placed in numerous events while earning a spot on the senior Norwegian National team. That gave her opportuni- ties to travel home to see family, including her twin sister who also swims. Her favorite event is the 100 meter freestyle, where she boasts a career best time of 49.93 seconds and a first-place finish against Nebraska last season. After fail- ing to qualify for the NCAA championships as a freshman, Johannessen said she hopes her sophomore campaign is different. She had a qualifying time last year, but the time was set in Norway, not in America. The time obviously didnt transfer over to KU, but I feel like I can make that time in Lawrence this year, she said. My biggest goal this season is to qualify for the NCAA championships. Being away from home pres- ents challenges to Johannessen, who has been thrown out of her comfort zone while being in the United States. She said her quali- fying time from back home was attributed to familiarity with her long time teammates and twin sister. I had confidence back home, Johannessen said. I was able to swim with my sister as well, which really helped me out. It was also my first year of college so I was still getting used to everything. Another year in Lawrence should help Johannessen gain confidence, who last season was a First Team Academic All- American and was also named to the Big 12 Commissioners Honor Roll both semesters while study- ing psychology. After graduating from the University, Johannessen plans on returning home to Norway to con- tinue her career with the National Team. Edited by David Cawthon SportS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN I m not going to say Im happy to see Nebraska and Colorado leave the Big 12. Thatd be crazy. Nebraska fans are always listed among the most hospitable in the country and, for my money, Boulder is the best town in the Big 12. (If you havent been, picture Lawrence with a mountainous backdrop.) The revenue that both schools bring in especially now that Bo Pelini has the Cornhuskers competing for BCS berths again will also be missed by whoever is named athletics director, starting June 30 next year, per Tuesdays announcement. Also, Turner Gill wont draw the same lucky slate that helped Mark Mangino to an Orange Bowl. If he goes BCS bowling, itll be with wins over the big guns of the South Texas and Oklahoma are on the schedule every year from here out. So no, Im not happy theyre leaving. But, man, I am geeked for basketball next year. I almost wish I could be around one more year to cover it for The Kansan. With only 10 schools, the league will go to a double round robin schedule eighteen conference games, with each team playing all the others twice. Texas twice. Baylor twice. Maybe Bill Self can get his record in Stillwater to .500 if he gets a crack at his alma mater every year. College basketball fans have loved the Big East over the last few years even though late finishes have been cutting into the beginning of Kansas games on ESPN. Every week in the Big East it seems like theres at least one top-10 matchup and no games off. It looks like the Big 12 (they really need to get a new confer- ence name, by the way), will be in that upper echelon come the 2011-2012 season. This conference has always been in the discussion of which is the best in the country for basketball. Drop the bottom two teams in the league, and it just may not be a discussion anymore. There will obviously be bot- tom feeders Im skeptical that new coach Fred Hoiberg can turn around Iowa State and Jeff Capel wont keep getting top-tier talent to Oklahoma if he keeps losing but there will be seven, eight or nine teams every year that are in serious contention for NCAA Tournament bids. Last year, for example, accord- ing to the RPI, there were eight Big 12 teams that ranked above the worst at-large team. If they play each other twice, thats 14 games that are eminently losable for each one of those teams. There wont be another undefeated team in the Big 12 because there will be just too much competition. And that will make the games all the sweeter. Edited by Abby Davenport BY Tim DwYER tdwyer@kansan.com DAY: Saturday DATE: Sept. 25 LOCATION: Lawrence TIME: 6 p.m. TV: Fox College Sports KANsAs Vs. NEw MExICO sTATE Day: Friday Date: Sept. 24 Location: Lawrence Time: 4 p.m. ALUMNI MEET Friday, SEPTEMBEr 24, 2010 www.kanSan.coM PaGE 10a BY mATT GALLOwAY mgalloway@kansan.com twitter.com/themattgalloway When the Kansas football team takes the field Saturday against New Mexico State, it will not be looking to make history. It will be looking to avoid it. The Jayhawks (1-2) host the Aggies (0-2) at 6 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. A Kansas loss would mean the teams first losing record in non-conference play since 1993. Right now it is the time to turn it up, said senior defensive end Jake Laptad. This week we have to concentrate on ourselves and get better every day. Last week was a disappointment for us but this week is a new week. The matchup pits the two strug- gling programs, both in rebuild- ing mode, against each other for the first time since 1991, when the Jayhawks defeated the Aggies 54-14 in Lawrence. Both programs come into the game with very different problems. For the Aggies it is a defense that has allowed at least 40 points in every game this season. While they have yet to show it, their offense has the potential to make up for their frequent lapses on defense. Obviously their strengths are passing, Laptad said. They are a big passing team so it will be a big test for the front four, getting pressure on the quarterback with a four-man rush. It is a lot of stand in the pocket. The quarterback gets rid of the ball fast, so it will be up to the defensive linemen to put pres- sure on him. Getting pressure on junior quar- terback Matt Christian will be easi- er said than done. The Aggies have only allowed one sack this season despite already recording 74 pass attempts through two games. For a Jayhawk defense that has only three sacks under its belt, none from its front four, the matchup against the Aggies offensive line could be a true test. Defensively, I am looking for them to play more physical and to be more consistent with their passion of the game, said coach Turner Gill. Like they did with Georgia Tech, we have to have some more consistency game after game, week after week and hope- fully as we go along year after year. The Jayhawks problem area COMMENTArY Big 12 realignment leaves mixed feelings grOwINg pAINs rebuilding Jayhawks look to rebound Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN FILE pHoto Junior linebacker Steven Johnson misses a tackle in the frst quarter against Southern Miss Friday. The Jayhawks lost the game and fell to 1-2 overall but are looking to bounce back against NewMexico State Saturday. SEE football oN pAGE 7A The team begins season with a 45-day practice schedule on the brand new $1.2 million turf. Hoglund Ballpark gets a facelift BASEBALL | 7A swIMMINg & DIVINg Norwegian returns for second year Adam Buhler/KANSAN Sophomore Monica Johannessen moved fromNorway to swimat the University. Last season she fnished frst against Nebraska in the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 49.93 seconds.