2007-02-22

The Piano Man
In this weeks Jayplay, read about Tom Eversole, the pianist

responsible for keeping the Universitys pianos in tune.
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womens basketball
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mens basketball
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legislature
Brady Morning-
star and Brennan
Bechard have gone
from teammates, to
rivals and back to
teammates in nearly
six years.
A new bill defnes
fetal crimes as a
punishable ofense,
but intentionally
excludes abortion.
HBO Def Poet Kevin
Coval talked about
the hip-hop gen-
eration for a small
crowd Wednesday
night.
The Jayhawks give
the nationally-
ranked Sooners a run
for their money on
senior night.
student senate
election 2007
candidates from students Rights, United
students and Delta Force released por-
tions of their platforms as election sea-
son quickly approaches. Each coalition
created platforms at the beginning of
the semester.
for more coverage go to page 4a
legislature
house passes language bill
By TylEr hArBErT
The Kansas House of
Representatives passed a bill
Wednesday that would make English
the official state language.
Similar legislation has been
passed in Missouri, Colorado and
California.
The bill, passed 118-2, is wide-
ly viewed as a symbolic measure
because it calls for no significant
legal changes. Some Kansans specu-
late the underlying meaning of the
bill has less to do with language and
more with culture.
Theres always that suspicion,
because we know theres some anti-
immigration and jingoist thinking
out there that could have some influ-
ence on the writing of the bill, said
Chuck Seibel, director of the Applied
English Center.
Seibel said he didnt want to dis-
parage the people who supported
the bill, but he said the bill could
create harmful effects in a coun-
try dominated by the English lan-
guage.
I think it sends the wrong
message to English speakers: that
English is so much more important
that other lan-
guages, Seibel
said. It sends
the message
to non-native
speakers that
their language is
devalued in our
state.
He said the
bill would be
more significant if it gave money
to programs that help non-native
speakers learn English.
U.S. English, Inc., is a Washington,
D. C . - b a s e d
or gani z at i on
that advocates
English-as-offi-
ci al - l anguage
legislation.
Spokes man
Rob Toonkel
said states rou-
tinely enact-
ed policies
designed to benefit their popula-
tions and that non-native English
speakers knew that learning English
was beneficial to living in the United
States.
According to a March 2006
Zogby poll, 77 percent of Hispanic
Americans supported legislation
making English the official nation-
al language.
Toonkel said this type of legisla-
tion wouldnt affect languages spo-
ken in business or private life.
One non-native speaker, Julio
Castillo, vice-president of the
food
Union
may add
Panda
Express
By MATT Erickson
Panda Express, a national Chinese
fast-food chain, wants to open a loca-
tion on campus, but fans of the chain
shouldnt get their hopes up quite yet.
Panda Express and the University
have been unable to reach an agree-
ment for an on-campus location partly
because the University worried that a
Panda Express might be too successful,
David Mucci, KU Memorial Unions
director, said.
There was never a debate about
whether they would be a great addi-
tion, Mucci said.
He said Panda Express first contact-
ed the University during the summer of
2005. They asked to open a location in
The Underground at Wescoe Hall that
would replace Jump Asian Express.
However, Mucci said the University
didnt want to add Panda Express to
The Underground because Jump Asian
Express was doing good business and
Panda Express would pack even more
customers into an already overcrowded
area.
We had a genuine fear that it would
make that place completely mad,
Mucci said.
He said Panda Express then pro-
posed a location at the newly remod-
eled Market in the Kansas Union in Fall
2006. Mucci said their proposal was
denied because of concerns that the
chain could take all the revenue from
the other food shops there.
This could cause the other shops to
close, he said. He compared the situa-
tion to Wal-Mart running other shops
out of business.
Its not an unlimited market, Mucci
said.
Truman Yeh, Panda Express area
manager, declined to comment on
the reasons Panda Express had not
yet reached an agreement with the
University.
He said the chain had 18 locations
on college campuses, including one at
Kansas State that he said produced
30 to 40 percent of the revenue at the
unions food court.
Its a really huge success, Yeh said.
Mucci said discussions with
Panda Express were not finished. The
University will look at the possibility
of a Panda Express location after the
Market arrangement has been open
for a year.
kansan staf writer Matt Erickson
can be contacted at merickson@
kansan.com.
Edited by Lisa Tilson
enrollment
University numbers decline
By nAThAn Gill
Spring enrollment at Fort Hays
State University rose dramatically
this year compared to other Board
of Regents universities, including
the University of Kansas.
While the Universitys 2007
Spring enrollment dropped 273 stu-
dents, a decline of 1.1 percent com-
pared with last year. Hays gained
582 students, an increase of 8.3
percent, during the same period.
K e n t
Steward, direc-
tor of univer-
sity relations at
Hays, said the
biggest reason
for Hays enroll-
ment boom was
an increase in
students taking
online classes
and the univer-
sitys general affordability.
According to Hays university
relations, Hays has 540 more online
students in Spring 2007 than it did
in Spring 2006. While per-semester
undergraduate tuition and fees at
Kansas rose 98.7 percent from 2001
to 2006, tuition at Hays rose only
40.1 percent.
Steward said
Hays lower
tuition helped
attract students
to the univer-
sity.
Im confi-
dent that that
is an important
factor for a fair
number of our
students, Steward said.
Todd Cohen, interim director of
University Relations, said he didnt
see a correlation between tuition
increases and enrollment. He also
said that the enrollment dip was
statistically insignificant.
Tuition increases are not driv-
ing people away, Cohen said. You
get what you pay for.
Jackie Hosey, interim asso-
ciate news director at University
Relations, said the Universitys 2006
spring enrollment matched a record
of 25,379 set in 2005. The 2007
number is 25,106.
Last year was a record-high
enrollment, Hosey said. You cant
break a record every year.
kansan staf writer nathan Gill
can be contacted at ngill@kan-
san.com.
Last year was a record-high
enrollment. You cant break a
record every year.
JackIE HosEy
University Relations
Accessibility,
afordability
draw students
to Fort Hays State
see language on page 5a
Those who only speak Span-
ish are automatically frowned
upon.
cHRIsTopHER mUnoz
Topeka junior
1B
hip-hop
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and water, but all of our labor
will not fnd for us another
hour.
KennethPatton
Russia is the country that
spans the most time zones. The
country covers 12 of them but
only ofcially observes 11.
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5. Lets do brunch
An article in Wednesdays
contained an error. The column,
Let the madness begin, incor-
rectly identifed Brad Wither-
spoon. Witherspoon plays for
Kansas.
An article in Wednesdays
contained an error. In the col-
umn, Let the madness begin,
Oklahoma mens basketball
coach Jef Capels name was
misspelled.
Jefrey Middents of Ameri-
can University will present
the lecture The Question of
Peruvian Cinema (Or: Hold On,
Since When Are Movies Made
in Peru?) at noon at 318 Bailey
Hall.
Ellen ONeil Rife will present
a Gallery Conversations lecture
at 12:15 p.m. in the Spencer
Museum of Art.
Shanan Guinn and Katie
Lillie will present the seminar
Women in Politics Achieving
Senior Staf Positions at 12:30
p.m. at the Malott Room in the
Kansas Union.
Free tea and treats will be
served at Tea Time at 3 p.m. at
the Kansas Union Lobby.
Warren M. Washington of the
Nation Center for Atmospheric
Research will present the Cli-
mate Modeling of the 20th and
21st Centuries at 3:15 p.m. at
1005 Haworth Hall.
Maria Todorova of the
University of Illinois will present
the lecture Understanding the
Balkans at 4 p.m. at the Kansas
Room in the Kansas Union.
The opening reception for
A Saint in the City: Suf Arts of
Urban Senegal will be held at
5:30 p.m. at the Central Court
and Galleries in the Spencer
Museum of Art.
The Latin-American flm
The Take with commentary
by Tamara Falicov, associate
professor of theater and flm,
will be shown at 7 p.m. at 3139
Wescoe Hall.
Elissa Sampson will pres-
ent the lecture Synagogue
Hip/Hop Scotch: The Lower East
Side Today at 7:15 p.m. in the
Lawrence Jewish Community
Center.
The flm Casino Royale will
be shown at 8 p.m. at Woodruf
Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Tickets are $2 or free with an
SUA Card.
with
Associate Professor Erik Herron
&
Q
A
What do you think?
bY jennifer mohwinkle
James Gunn, professor
emeritus of English, was named
the 2007 grand master of sci-
ence fction. The distinction
is like a lifetime achievement
award for science fction writers.
Check out his Web site at www2.
ku.edu/~sfcenter.
Source: kuinfo.ku.edu
AMBER HARLEY
Wichita freshman
Ill go with Greys just because
everyone does.
whats your favorite tv show right now?
HAVAH JAZAIERI
Lawrence junior
The Girls Next Door. I just like
watching it. Theyre just funny.
CHRIS MEHTA
Chicago junior
The Price is Right; I shouldnt
have to say why.
KYLE MENDENHALL
Lawrence freshman
South Park has always been my
favorite because they get away
with political and controversial
topics because people think its
just a cartoon.
bY richelle buser
Erik Herron
Associate Professor, Political Sci-
ence and Director, Center for Rus-
sian, East European and Eurasian
Studies
Where did you go to col-
lege/what degree did you
receive: I received a B.A. in Rus-
sian and East European Studies
from Michigan and an M.A. in the
same feld from Indiana. My Ph.D.
in Political Science is from Michigan
State University.
What are your hobbies
outside of class: I spend most of
my time playing with my two-year-
Scott Braucher/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nine- to 11-year-old girls race in a pancake race tuesday during Pancake Day in Liberal. festivities included an international competition with runners in olney, england, where Pancake Day dates back to
1445, when, according to legend, a rushed olney housewife ran to shrove tuesday church services still carrying a pancake in a frying pan.
old son Carter, reading him stories,
playing hide-and-seek and so on. I
also play ice hockey.
Why did you decide to
study Russian: I began studying
Russian when the Soviet Union still
existed. I thought the Soviet Union
was a mysterious place and wanted
to learn more about it. A high
school in my hometown had a Rus-
sian class, so I began studying the
language during my senior year. I
continued studying Russian in col-
lege, including a semester abroad
in the U.S.S.R. After graduating
from my M.A. program, I worked
for a few years helping immigrants
from the region resettle in the U.S.
and was able to use my language
skills every day.
What is your favorite thing
about Lawrence: I really enjoy
the college-town atmosphere.
When I frst moved here, it re-
minded me a lot of Ann Arbor and
Bloomington. Although it is not a
big city, there are lots of cultural
activities all year-round.
If you could live anywhere
else, where would you, and
why: Although I love college
towns, I also enjoy the excitement
of Washington, D.C. There is so
much to do there, and also lots of
great restaurants. If I didnt live in
Lawrence and could aford to live
in D.C., thats where I would go.
What is something your
students dont know about
you: I grew up in Flint, Michigan,
a rust-belt city that was profled in
the movie Roger and Me. I visit the
city once a year and always say that
conditions could not possibly get
worse. But each year they do.
Why did you decide to teach
at the University of Kansas: The
University has great resources, an
excellent political science depart-
ment and a Title VI program in Rus-
sian, East European and Eurasian
Studies. Also, the University ofered
me the job.
What was the best class
you took as a college student:
I cant say that I had one favorite
class, but I enjoyed the opportunity
to explore lots of diferent classes
as an undergraduate everything
from Russian language and po-
litical science to printmaking and
urban planning.
Edited by Mark Vierthaler
International fapjack festivities
news
3A
By Erick r. Schmidt
The term mistrial has been a hot
topic recently after one of the big-
gest trials in recent Douglas County
memory was declared a mistrial. The
label, though, may not be as contro-
versial is it seems.
David Gottlieb, professor of law,
said the term mistrial didnt nec-
essarily mean something was done
incorrectly. He said a number of cir-
cumstances could lead to a mistrial,
and there was no magic formula for
one.
Its a regular part of the system,
Gottlieb said. Anytime when you
have to stop and start, a mistrial is
likely.
Mistrials happen when a substan-
tial change occurs and results in no
option besides restarting the trial,
Gottlieb said. The most common
type of mistrial is for a hung jury,
when the jury
cannot decide on
a verdict. If a trial
is determined to
have unfair cir-
cumstances or
misconduct, such
as an attorney
saying something
that cannot be
wiped from the
courts record, a
mistrial could be
called. Another
circumstance would be jurors being
dismissed and not having enough
alternates to continue the hearing.
In the case of the Jason Allen
Rose trial, the jury never became a
factor.
Rose was being tried for set-
ting the October 2005 Boardwalk
Apartments fire that killed three
people.
On the fourth day of witness tes-
timony, Assistant District Attorney
Amy McGowan attempted to call
a surprise witness. Judge Jack A.
Murphy said the witness testimony
should be heard, but that admit-
ting of the witness would not allow
defense attorney Ron Evans ample
time to prepare. Murphy told the
state that if it wished to admit the
witness, the trial must be declared
a mistrial and a new trial must be
scheduled. All sides agreed and a
new trial was scheduled to begin
April 30.
Gottlieb said he was not famil-
iar with any cases exactly like the
Rose trial, with all sides agreeing to
reschedule. He said he didnt suspect
the prosecution was guilty of any
mistakes or foul play.
What appears to be the case is
probably the case, Gottlieb said.
Associate clinical professor Jean
Phillips operates a defense clinic in
the School of Law, and said nobody
dropped the ball in the Rose trial.
She said mistrials were standard pro-
cedure.
What if
he would have
been acquitted?
Phillips said. If
they didnt bring
all the evidence
and he walked,
then they would
be looking at this
witness.
Phillips said
the new witness,
who was found
on an online
message board, told more about the
evolution of evidence gathering than
any flaws in the trial procedures.
This was something they stum-
bled upon. It just happened to catch
the eye of law enforcement, Phillips
said. It doesnt mean mistakes were
made; thats not what mistrials are
about.
kansan staf writer Erick r.
Schmidt can be contacted at es-
chmidt@kansan.com.
boardwalk trial
Mistrial not as negative
as commonly thought
Anytime when you have to
stop and start, a mistrial is
likely.
david gottlieb
Professor of law
Hip-Hop
Poet pleased with smaller crowd
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Hip hop poet Kevin Coval performs inWoodruf AuditoriumWednesday evening. Covals frst book, Slingshots (A Hip-Hop Poetica),was published in 2005. Coval talked to students about the positive
infuence hip-hop has had on his life and the importance of fnding your own identity.
By BEthany Bunch
Kevin Coval, an HBO Def Poet,
spoke candidly and in rhymed,
poetic spoken word to a small
group of students Wednesday night
in Woodruff Auditorium.
Among other things, Coval talk-
ed about his Jewish background,
race and cultures in unmetered
rhyme but to an engaging beat.
Writing became my date. To
pick her up Im never late, he said.
As director of public relations
for Student Union Activities, Adam
Collins, Paola junior, helped SUA
put out flyers, posters and set up
small time slots on Lazer 105.9 to
promote the event. He said before
the show that he expected a good
turnout.
But more
than 75 percent
of the audito-
rium was empty
chairs. Coval
said he pre-
ferred the small
setting and
spoke pacing
the floor instead
of onstage.
I think hip-
hop needs to get smaller, anyway,
Coval said.
Coval teaches creative writing at
a Chicago high school. He said his
writing constantly changes because
if it didnt, hed
be extremely
bored. During
his visit to the
University he
visited a poetry
class.
Wr i t e r s
block doesnt
exist, Coval
said. I just have
to write through
it.
Coval performs more than 150
shows a year and has been touring
since 1998. He said his poetry was
representative of hip-hop.
Our generation has been influ-
enced so inevitably by hip-hop, he
said. My art is just representative of
the culture.
Coval was brought to the
University as part of hip-hop week.
SUA worked with KU Hillel, the
Black Student Union and the Unity
Hip Hop Dance Troupe to offer
Covals performance for free to the
public.
kansan staf writer Bethany
Bunch can be contacted at
bbunch@kansan.com.
Our generation has been infu-
enced so inevitably by hip-hop.
My art is just representative of
the culture.
Kevin Coval
Hbo def Poet
Find out more about the University of Kansas Army ROTC's
Summer Leader's Training Course!
Contact Major Ted Culbertson at 785-864-1113 or email tculbert@ku.edu.
By joE hunt
A bill, passed 94-28 by the
Kansas House of Representatives on
Monday, identifies a fetus as a per-
son, making crimes against the fetus
punishable by law. The bill does not
apply to abortions.
If the bill passes the Senate and is
approved by the governor, murder-
ing a pregnant woman in Kansas
would result in two murder charges:
one for the mother and one for the
fetus.
Under the bill, the fetus is consid-
ered a person after conception.
Rep. Terrie Huntington (R-
Mission Hills) supported the idea of
the bill but voted against it because
she disagreed with its definition of a
fetus as a person.
A group of cells three days old
would be a person, Huntington
said. The definition is not consis-
tent with everyones beliefs.
Rep. Steven Brunk (R-Bel Aire)
voted for the bill. He said that the
definition was scientific and had
nothing to do with religious beliefs.
We have all these different
names for a human person through
the stages of its life, but it starts at
the point the egg is fertilized, Brunk
said. It is a being that is human in
different stages of development.
Brunk said that opponents of the
bill thought that it could affect a
womans right to have an abortion,
even though the bill was specifically
worded to exempt abortions.
Rachel Geurian, Hutchinson
freshman, said that she thought the
bill was a good idea, even though
she did not agree with its definition
of a person.
I dont think it has any cognitive
ability, Geurian said of the fetus.
But I do think it would be good for
the mother and child.
The bill is called Alexas Law.
Brunk said it was named after the
unborn child of a 14-year-old who
was murdered last June.
Kansan staf writer joe hunt can
be contacted at jhunt@kansan.
com.
Students Rights
Johnathan Wilson, Paola sopho-
more and presidential candidate for
Students Rights, and his running
mate Caitlin Ballard, Overland Park
junior, focused their platform issues
on lowering the cost of education
for students.
DECREASED TUITION
The coalition wants to decrease
diferential and out-of-state tuition.
Wilson said a steady increase in tu-
ition and the Universitys spending
of tuition were reasons why tuition
should decrease.
It seems like some of the money
is misallocated,Wilson said.
TEXTBOOKS
Wilson and Ballard researched
the possibility of implementing a
textbook rental option at campus
bookstores.
The rental service could save
students between $600 and $800 a
year, depending on their course of
study,Wilson said.
Wilson plans to meet with ad-
ministrators at the University book-
stores and Jayhawk Bookstore to
discuss the issue.
ROLL ON
Roll on proposes to give stu-
dents the opportunity to roll over
any unused meals from their meal
plans into Beak em Bucks.
Most students dont use up all
of their allotted meals from their
purchased meal plans, Wilson said.
This gives students the chance to
use what they paid for.
Wilson and Ballard want to let
students roll over meals to the next
semester, but put a cap on how
many meals can be rolled over.
Although some of the issues may
seem a bit progressive, Students
Rights will work to make them a re-
ality, Wilson said.
Weve made a lot of progress
so far, he said. Were fguring out
what needs to be done and then
take action.
United Students
Hannah Love, Dodge City junior
and presidential candidate for Unit-
ed Students, and running mate Ray
Wittlinger, Olathe junior, use input
from students and administrators
to develop platforms.
United Students addresses issues
that are important to students on a
daily basis, Wittlinger said.
ENHANCED CAMPUS SAFETY
The enhanced campus safety
platform is United Students com-
mitment to making the University
one of the safest in the nation. The
platform calls for the most compre-
hensive safety plan the University
has seen in a long time, Love and
Wittlinger said.
Were looking at all aspects of
safety, Love said.
One issue United Studentshopes
to address in their plan is their con-
cern that the Blue Light emergency
phone system on campus is inefec-
tive, Love said.
The fnalized platform will likely
address United Studentss concern
that students are forced to park far-
ther away.
CONVENIENT STUDENT LIFE
AND STUDENT SERVICES
United Students platform for
student life and student services
calls for better accessibility when
searching for groups and services.
Many groups and aids for stu-
dents exist but are often overlooked
and unexplored, Love said.
Love said the platform would ad-
dress all groups and services from
parking to the career center.
Through their platform, Love and
Wittlinger hope to expand and pro-
mote groups and services through
eforts such as public relations.
INCREASE AND UPGRADE
TECHNOLOGY
United Students thinks that
classrooms must be equipped with
updated technology to better pre-
pare students for the future.
The platform would update
technology that is currently in class-
rooms along with places students
frequently visit.
Its time to sit down and make
this a reality,Wittlinger said.
United Students continues to
strengthen and develop additional
platforms.
The conversations with students
and administrators is the most im-
portant part of the process, Love
said.
Wittlinger said the conversations
would continue.
Were excited about the ideas
and want to meet with more stu-
dents,Wittlinger said
Delta Force
Ryan Rowan, Kansas City, Mo., ju-
nior and presidential candidate for
Delta Force, along with John Cross,
Kansas City, Mo., junior and vice
presidential candidate, released
a platform focused on students
safety.
Releasing platforms isnt a light
subject for Delta Force, Cross said.
THE BLUE LIGHT SYSTEM
An important issue for the Delta
Force campaign is the safety of stu-
dents.
After considerable research, in-
cluding work with the Lawrence
Police Department, Delta Force
uncovered a serious issue in stu-
dent safety of-campus, particularly
between Ninth and 13th streets
between Iowa and Massachusetts
streets.
According to statistics from the
Lawrence police, Delta Force de-
termined there were 15 rapes and
forced acts of fondling, 359 as-
saults, 18 robberies, three kidnap-
pings and one murder in the area
last year.
To address these dangers, Delta
Force proposes to expand the Blue
Light system to of-campus areas of
high crime.
The Blue Light system is an
emergency phone system that al-
lows students to immediately place
a call to police. The system has al-
ready been successful on campus,
Cross said.
We have been working on this
issue for several months and have
support from city ofcials as well
as the KU police department, Cross
said.
Delta Force plans to release more
platform issues once it fnishes re-
searching the details.
Kansan staf writer Ashlee Kieler
can be contacted at akieler@kan-
san.com.
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International Student Association
and Sucre, Bolivia, junior, said he
didnt like the bill.
I think it will affect people who
dont speak English but live here,
he said.
Castillo said he enjoyed the mix-
ture of cultures in the U.S. and spe-
cifically in Kansas.
He said the bill wasnt good
because people should understand
how important different cultures
languages are to them.
Kansas is a pretty conservative
place and they want to conserve
their own culture, Castillo said.
Christopher Munoz, Topeka
junior and member of the Hispanic
American Leadership Organization,
said other states would be more
affected by similar legislation and
that in Kansas the bill is merely a
statement.
Those who only speak Spanish
are automatically frowned upon,
Munoz said. It seems like the bill
is going to make a lot of individuals
lives harder in Kansas.
Kansan staf writer Tyler Harbert
can be contacted at tharbert@
kansan.com.
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Candidates focus on confict in Iraq
uniteD nations
Iran contiues
nuclear defance
By GEORGE JAHN
AssOciATEd PREss
VIENNA, Austria Iran called
Wednesday for talks with the United
States but despite a U.N. Security
Council deadline did not budge on
council demands that it mothball
its uranium enrichment program or
face harsher sanctions.
Amid Irans nuclear defiance, the
U.N. nuclear watchdog finalized a
report to be released Thursday that
is expected to formally confirm the
Islamic republics
refusal to freeze
enrichment a
conclusion that
could subject it
to tougher U.N.
sanctions.
Officials at
the International
Atomic Energy
Agency said
the report by
M o h a m e d
ElBaradei, head
of the Vienna-
based U.N. agen-
cy, would say Iran has expanded
enrichment efforts instead of freez-
ing them.
Once released, the report will
be sent to the agencys 35-nation
board and to the Security Council,
which set a deadline of Wednesday
for a freeze and said Iranian defi-
ance could lead to sanctions in
addition to those imposed in
December.
In remarks directed at Washington
the key backer of tougher
U.N. action Iranian Foreign
Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said
Wednesday the dispute has to be
decided peacefully with the United
States.
But other top Iranian officials
used harsher language and none
showed signs of compromise on the
main demand of the U.S. and other
world powers a halt to enrich-
ment and related activities.
The enemy is making a big mis-
take if it thinks it can thwart the
will of the Iranian nation to achieve
the peaceful use of nuclear technol-
ogy, Iranian state TVs Web site
quoted that President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said. On Tuesday, he
said Iran was ready to halt its enrich-
ment program, but only if Western
nations do the same.
The White
House dismissed
Ahmadinejads
call.
Do you
believe thats a
serious offer?
White House
press secre-
tary Tony Snow
asked. Its pret-
ty clear that the
i nt er nat i onal
c o m mu n i t y
has said to the
Iranians, `You
can have nuclear power but we dont
want you to have the ability to build
nuclear weapons. And that is an
offer we continue to make.
The United States and its allies
suspect Iran is using its nuclear pro-
gram to produce an atomic weapon
charges Iran denies, saying its aim
is to generate electricity. Enriched
to a low level, uranium is used to
produce nuclear fuel, but further
enrichment makes it suitable for a
bomb.
Iran has rejected the Security
Council resolution as illegal,
and said it would not give up its
right to enrich under the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty.
No new sanctions were expected
immediately.
By BETH FOUHy
AssOciATEd PREss
CARSON CITY, Nev. Former
Sen. John Edwards jabbed gently
at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on
Wednesday in the first all-candi-
dates forum of the 2008 Democratic
presidential campaign, saying her
refusal to disavow a 2002 vote on
Iraq was between her and her
conscience.
Its not for me to judge, said
Edwards, who like Clinton
voted in 2002 to authorize the
invasion of Iraq, but unlike her,
has since apologized for his vote.
The event format did not permit
Clinton to respond to Edwards
swipe, which stood out on an after-
noon in which Democrats launched
serial attacks on President Bushs
war policies.
The worst we can do is tear
each other down, said New
Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who
called on his Democratic rivals
to sign a pledge to avoid nega-
tive campaigning and concentrate
their energy on taking the White
House away from the Republicans
next year.
Among Democratic presi-
dential contenders, only Barack
Obama skipped the event, which
was hosted by the American
Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees Union. The
Illinois senator campaigned in
Iowa instead.
The convergence of so many
candidates underscored Nevadas
newfound importance in the 2008
nominating campaign. The state
will hold caucuses on Jan. 19, five
days after the lead-off Iowa cau-
cuses and presumably only a few
days before New Hampshires first-
in-the-nation primary.
In their time on stage, several
of the candidates made an explicit
pitch for the votes of union mem-
bers, stressing their backing for
legislation designed to make it eas-
ier to join unions, for example.
Edwards, Clinton and others
drew cheers when they voiced sup-
port for universal health coverage,
and Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio
vowed to pull the United States out
of NAFTA soon after taking office
in the White House.
But the Iraq war overshadowed
all else at the two-hour event,
Democrat after Democrat vying to
show their eagerness to end U.S.
participation in a conflict that has
resulted in the deaths of more than
3,100 U.S. troops.
Sign me up. No negatives, Sen.
Joe Biden of Delaware said just
after Richardson made his appeal.
Moments later, though, he spoke
dismissively of congressional
efforts merely to stop Bushs plan
to deploy additional troops.
Rich Pedroncelli/aSSOCIaTeD PReSS
Democratic presidential candidates, fromleft, former alaska Sen. Mike gravel, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, former Iowa gov. Tom
Vilsack, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Conn. Sen. Christopher Dodd, and former north Carolina Sen. John edwards, appear together before
the Nevada Democratic Presidential Candidate Forumheld by the AFSCME in Carson City, Nev., Wednesday.
outer space
two exoplanets atmospheres missing water
By sETH BORENsTEiN
AssOciATEd PREss
WASHINGTON The first
sniffs of air of two huge far-away
planets reveal that they seem to be
missing water, a surprising finding
amid weather unlike any planets in
our solar system with blast furnace-
like gusts amid supersonic winds.
The absence of water from the
atmosphere of both these Jupiter-
sized gaseous bodies upsets one
of the most basic assumptions of
astronomy.
One of the researchers, Harvard
University astronomy professor
David Charbonneau, called the
planets very different beasts
unlike any other planets in the solar
system.
So far, scientists have found 213
planets outside our solar system
they are called exoplanets. But
only eight or nine are in the right
orbit and location for the type of
study reported by three teams using
NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope.
The closest of the two planets
studied, HD 189733b, is 360 trillion
miles from Earth in the constella-
tion Vulpecula. The other planet,
HD 209458b, is about 900 trillion
miles away in the constellation
Pegasus and it has a strange cloud
of fine silicate particles. Two differ-
ent research teams studied it.
The two suns the planets orbit
closely have hydrogen and oxygen,
the stable building blocks of water.
The planets atmospheres exam-
ined for the first time using light
spectra to determine the airs chem-
ical composition are supposed
to be made up of the same thing,
H2O.
We had expected this tremen-
dous signature of water and it
wasnt there, said Carl Grillmair
of the California Institute of
Technology and Spitzer Science
Center. He and Charbonneau stud-
ied the closer of the two planets,
and their work is being published
online in The Astrophysical Journal
Letters.
Our own solar system has two
planets without water in the atmo-
sphere, Grillmair noted: Mercury,
which doesnt have an atmosphere,
and Venus, which is a different type
of planet from the huge gaseous
ones that would be expected to have
the components of water in the air.
the enemy is making a big
mistake if it thinks it can thwart
the will of the iranian nation to
achieve the peaceful use of nu-
clear technology.
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President of iran
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aries (March 21-april 19)
Today is an 8
Youre collecting the reward.
Dont spend it all in one place.
Dont tell anybody how much
you got, either. Keep it invisible.

Taurus (april 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
You may be getting tired of the
nervous, excitable types. Might
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are drawn to your self-assur-
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GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
As you expound your theory,
with data to support it, the oth-
ers realize how smart you are.
Dont skip the data. Although
youre charming, thats the
important part.

cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Of course you care about oth-
ers. Its OK for them to under-
stand how much youve already
done for them, and how much
you can do, in the future. Let
them fgure it out, from hints.

leo (July 23-aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Youre advancing but now
youre getting into somebody
elses territory. Remember your
manners and see what you can
do for the person in power.
VirGo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is an 8
New possibilities open up, and
you want to go check them out.
Your main problem is fguring
out how to make this trip work-
related. Dont worry youll
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libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 5
You can stash away quite a bit
for the future now, if you will.
That, and fxing up your place,
are your best fnancial options.
scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21
Today is a 7
Set up a partnership now
thats about teaching as well
as learning. This will be solid
and supportive for many years,
most likely.
saGiTTarius (nov. 22-dec.
21)
Today is an 8
The works getting steadier, if
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Today is an 8
Often, its up to you to make
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This time, youll notice a greater
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Today is a 6
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Today is an 8
The next assignment is for you to
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Technology
Illegal downloads put
college students at risk
WASHINGTON College
students who illegally share large
music collections over campus
computer networks are at risk
of being unplugged from the
Internet or even suspended over
lesser complaints by the recording
industry.
In a nationwide crackdown, the
music industry is sending thousands
more copyright complaints to uni-
versities this school year than last.
A few schools Ohio University
and Purdue University are at the
top of the list already have re-
ceived more than 1,000 complaints
since last fall. For students who are
caught, punishments can vary from
e-mail warnings to semester-long
suspensions from classes.
Ohio University said students
caught twice sharing music online
would face the same disciplinary
sanctions as classmates accused
of violence or cheating: suspen-
sion, probation or an assignment
to write a homework paper on the
subject. Ohio said no student ever
has been caught twice.
The trade group for the larg-
est music labels, the Recording
Industry Association of America,
which has long pressured schools
to act more aggressively, said
software tools are improving
to trace illegal fle-sharing on
campuses.
We are taking advantage of
that technology to make universi-
ties aware of the problem on their
campuses, RIAA President Cary
Sherman said.
Associated Press
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.
Editorial: Be safe when drinking and dont
drive. leave your car parked overnight and
chance a ticket rather than drive after a few
drinks.
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In any basic
economics class
students learn
cost benefit anal-
ysis. However,
most students
dont need a
book because we
all do this multiple times a day.
Heres an easy one: a $2 ticket
for leaving your car downtown
or a DUI? The answer should
be obvious. However many
Massachusetts Street connois-
seurs have trouble answering
this one after a few too many
drinks.
Clearly in negative wind chills
driving is optimal to walking.
The problem with this is many
students are determined to leave
with everything they came with;
this includes the car.
If drinkers cant get Safe Ride
leave your car downtown. Call a
sober friend to pick you up. Cars
are just as safe downtown as they
are in an apartment parking lot.
Have a friend drive you to your
car in the morning. Its a slight
inconvenience, but anything
involving police is going to be
more than an inconvenience.
If youre picking up your
car after a wild
Friday night,
try to get there
before 9:30
a.m. Anything
after this early
morning wake
up is fair game
for a parking ticket. For the
lucky partiers that put off their
fun until Saturday night, dont
worry about rushing to your car
Sunday morning. Sunday is a
day of rest for Lawrence Parking
Control too. There are no park-
ing tickets issued on Sundays or
holidays.
Even if your car does receive
a ticket for its extended stay
downtown, its only two dollars.
You dont even have to know
what a cost benefit analysis is to
know that two dollars is cheaper
than the legal fees from a DUI.
Two dollars is cheaper than two
Cokes on campus. Besides, the
drive to your car in the morning
can provide a great opportunity
for your roommate to fill you
in on the missing pieces of the
night.
Tasha Riggins for the edito-
rial board.
cOmmenTary
Technology still
changing the world
We live in a
technological age
with instant com-
munication; wire-
less connections
and life-saving,
medical technol-
ogy. Yet some peo-
ple seem to think
of these things as
trivial. This is anything but true.
When I was a kid, I was told the
future would contain flying cars,
robots and a daily commute to the
moon. We dont quite have those
things yet, but were getting closer
to them everyday. We live in an
age of amazing technological break-
throughs.
Many of the items you use every-
day are more advanced than they
are given credit for. Coffee makers,
do a number of things that are quite
remarkable. They heat water, and
percolate coffee grounds. Both of
those actions are things that dont
occur naturally. Some coffee mak-
ers even have a timer so they can
automatically make you a morning
pick-me-up. The ability to make a
device that can do all of that in such
a small container is no easy feat.
If that doesnt convince you that
technology today is advanced, try
this. Computers are arguably one of
the most important inventions of
our time. They are capable of calcu-
lating thousands of bits of problems
a second. Thats not something
you can do. Computers are also
advancing at an
exponential rate,
theres no knowing
what they will be
capable of tomor-
row.
There are
more amazing
things that will be
around in the next
few months and years. One amazing
new thing coming out is the Apple
iPhone, which will combine a phone
and iPod into one compact albeit
expensive package.
Another one of the more spec-
tacular things coming along is space
tourism. Several small companies
are currently developing crafts that
will take people into space for a few
minutes of weightlessness. Hilton
also has plans to build a hotel in
space. Start saving now.
The technology of today is
nowhere near what science fiction
can dream up. At the current rate
itll be several decades before we
have any of those things. Dont be
discouraged, even though youre not
drinking cocktails on Mars while
your robot butler waxes your hover-
car. We have some amazing tech-
nology right now. We may not have
all of the awesome technologies we
dreamed wed have when we were
younger, but the future is here.
Saverino is an Albuquerque,
N.M., junior in aerospace engi-
neering.
By AdAm sAvErino
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
Last week, after grueling negotia-
tions, representatives of six nations
announced that in a few months
North Korea now has a new set
of promises to break. The United
States and others will supply North
Korea with enough oil to keep their
prison-camp nation running. In
doing so, the U.S. has thrown Japan
under the bus by insisting they
remain defenseless.
In violation of previous prom-
ises, North Korea began a nuclear
program, turned it towards weapons
development and tested a finalized
weapon. Now North Korea has won
substantial concessions, none of
which will feed its perpetually starv-
ing populace.
North Korea is a mere intellectu-
al exercise to the U.S., a threat that
wont mature for a decade or more,
but North Korea has tested missiles
over Japan and kidnapped Japanese
citizens. To Japan, the threat is
immediate and immense.
A nation as destitute as North
Korea sees Japan as nothing more
than the defenseless treasure it is.
Post-war insistence on a demilita-
rized Japan has
weakened it too
much. By accept-
ing another round
of North Korean
promises when
world opinion is
most ripe for seri-
ous pressure, the
U.S.s special brand
of attention-deficit diplomacy has
put Japan in real danger.
The stable democracy of Japan
is no more a threat than Canada or
Britain. Asian nations who oppose
a rearmed Japan
are fighting a half-
century old battle
that has already
been won, and
are hurting their
prospects in the
looming future.
The time has come
to allow Japan to
protect itself like any other nation.
The U.S. must initiate this step
to assuage the fears of allies such
as South Korea and Taiwan, who
could interpret a Japanese effort as
a threat.
What such allies must under-
stand is that a strong and indepen-
dent Japan is in their best interest.
South Korea and Taiwan will be
safer with a rearmed Japan to coun-
terbalance aggressive nations such
as North Korea and China. The U.S.
will also be safer and richer, too
as Japan defends itself. North
Korea will be faced with a commit-
ted counterpart who will be less
accepting of broken promises.
A North Korean threat is too
close for Japan to not take it seri-
ously. History has tied Japans
hands, but the U.S. can lead the way
to regional acceptance of a rearmed
country. Last weeks deal could have
been announced with the headline,
United States has better things to
do. How much longer this will be
true is uncertain. What is certain
though, is that by then, it will be
too late. The remedy for todays
U.S. attention-deficit diplomacy is
Japanese strength.
Minster is a Lawrence junior
ine conomics.
By BrAndon minstEr
kansan columnist
opinion@kansan.com
Wes Benson/KanSan
You dont even have to know
what a cost beneft analysis is
to know that $2 is cheaper than
the legal fees from a DUI.
Minster: north Korea not a threat to U.S., but Japan needs protection
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i found an iPod in wescoe second
foor bathroom, and i sold it.
n
if youre not a Fine arts student,
dont park in the Fine arts parking
lot. we actually need them. we
carry a lot of stuf!
n
to the girl who just punked mario
chalmers in the courtyard of the
towers: Good job.
i wish you could say fucktard in
the paper. come on, put it in!
n
damn! i dont know how many
other people saw this, but mario
chalmers just got bitched out!
n
the naked guy in my chemistry
class could beat up chuck norris.
n
dear britney spears, you cannot
be in V for Vendetta 2.
n
to the person that called in and
said antarctica is the largest
continent in the world: its not. its
actually the ffth largest continent
in the world.
n
sherron collins should have his
own theme song.
the red-headed girl that works at
watson is probably the most
beautiful woman alive, so who-
ever is dating her is probably the
luckiest man alive.
n
Ladies of ku, my roommate is hav-
ing trouble with the ladies. Hes
struggling. Please do me a favor
and help a brother out. He needs
to get laid.
n
some of the girls in oliver are
so fucking stupid. God, what a
bunch of retards.
n
Free-for-all, why dont you ever
print anything that i say?
n
to the person who put a hole in
my blow-up sex pal cathy: i will
fnd you!
Josh, dont forget to tape ameri
can idol for me, okay?
n
i just found porn on my boy-
friends computer, and im pissed!
n
i thought i saw a naked guy in
chem class, too! Hes not bad
looking, and im a guy!
n
i just want to let all of you know
that if you follow someone too
close on the highway, you can get
a ticket for it.
n
to the girl that got punched in
the face on the fourth foor of
elsworth: its about time, and
im surprised it hasnt happened
earlier.
n
no, its skirt and fip-fop weather!
Yay!
n
i think the campanile was just
playing scotty doesnt know
from eurotrip.
n
to the girl in the grandma shoes:
Zoh my God is greater than, or
equal to, oh my God.
n
ive got an idea for the new
wescoe renovations. How about
we get some desks that dont hurt
your ass after sitting in them for
10 minutes?
n
blue Volvo, believe it or not, Yield
to Pedestrians means dont hit
me.
n
i just saw someone driving around
with a parking ticket on their win-
dow. obviously, they dont read
Free-for-all.
n
caution: beer + Pizza shuttle =
explosive diarrhea. weird things
come out of me.
n
some idiot hung the ku fag
upside down on top of Fraser Hall,
today.
n
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in st. Louis: thank you. that was
awesome.
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Yay! warm weather! the uggs
epidemic is fnally over!
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Jurors to continue deliberation today in Libby trial
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
ASSoCIAtEd PrESS
WASHINGTON Jurors delib-
erated Wednesday without reach-
ing a verdict on whether former
White House aide I. Lewis Scooter
Libby obstructed the investigation
into who leaked the identity of a CIA
operative married to a prominent
Iraq war critic.
The eight women and four men
heard 14 days of testimony, a full day
of closing arguments and more than
an hour of instructions from U.S.
District Judge Reggie Walton before
beginning their discussions. After 4
1/2 hours of deliberation, the jurors
went home until Thursday.
The jurors include a former
Washington Post reporter, an MIT-
trained economist, a former muse-
um curator, and several retired or
current federal workers.
Libby, who was the chief of staff
to Vice President Dick Cheney, faces
five felony counts that carry a com-
bined top penalty of 30 years in
prison. If convicted, Libby probably
would be sentenced to far less under
federal guidelines.
The trial provided behind-the-
scenes details of the interaction
between top reporters and govern-
ment officials and of Cheneys efforts
to rebut criticism of him and the
administration.
The investigation began with the
public identification of CIA opera-
tive Valerie Plame on July 14, 2003,
eight days after her husband, ex-
ambassador Joseph Wilson publicly
accused the Bush administration of
distorting intelligence to push the
nation into war with Iraq.
Months later, Libby told the FBI
and a grand jury that he first learned
that Plame worked for the CIA from
Cheney on June 11. But he said
that amid the press of war issues
and other national security concerns
he forgot that and was surprised
to learn it from NBC Washington
bureau chief Tim Russert on July
10 or 11. Thereafter he said he told
reporters he had heard the informa-
tion only from journalists and could
not confirm it.
Russert testified he and Libby
never discussed Plame. Judith Miller,
who had been a reporter with The
New York Times, testified Libby told
her about Plames CIA job before the
Russert conversation. Matt Cooper,
then of Time magazine, testified
Libby confirmed her employment
for him. Six government officials
testified they either told Libby about
Plames job or discussed it with him
between June 11 and July 10 or 11.
Prosecutors argued that Libby
concocted lies to make his discus-
sions of Plame with reporters appear
to be innocent gossip so that he
would not risk losing his job for giv-
ing them classified information.
The defense argued that Libby
had an innocent lapse of memory
and tried to show that government
witnesses also had memory flaws.
Pablo Martinez Morsivais/ASSOCIATED PRESS
I. Lewis Scooter Libby, former chief of staffor Vice President Dick Cheney, leaves U.S.
Federal Court inWashingtonWednesday. Jurors will continue deliberating in Libbys trial today.
IrAq wAr
Dancing into frst place
Jorge Saenz/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dancers performon aBeija Flor samba school foat during the carnival in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday. The Beija Flor samba group won its 10th carnival
championshipWednesday, gaining the top spot with a parade celebrating Brazils African roots.
By dAVId StrINGEr
ASSoCIAtEd PrESS
LONDON British troops have
achieved many tangible successes
in Iraq securing oil platforms,
rounding up rogue police units and
driving smugglers carrying weap-
ons and contraband from water-
ways and border crossings.
Now some of these tasks will be
ceded to Iraqi troops for good.
Under proposals laid out by Prime
Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday,
Britain will withdraw about 1,600
troops from Iraq during the coming
months and hopes to make other
cuts to its 7,100-strong contingent
by late summer.
British troops would likely stay
in the southern Basra region until
at least 2008, training local forces,
working to secure the Iran-Iraq bor-
der and maintaining supply routes
to U.S. and coalition troops in cen-
tral Iraq, Blair told legislators.
Britain could further reduce its
force level to below 5,000 once a
base at Basra Palace is transferred
to Iraqi control in late summer, the
prime minister said.
What all of this means is not
that Basra is how we want it to be.
But it does mean that the next chap-
ter in Basras history can be written
by Iraqis, Blair said.
T h e
a n n o u n c e -
ment comes
as the U.S. is
i mpl ementi ng
an increase of
21,000 more
troops for Iraq
putting
Wa s h i n g t o n
on an opposite
track as its main
coalition allies.
S e c r e t a r y
of State Condoleezza Rice played
down the British pullback, saying
it is consistent with the U.S. plan
to turn over more control to Iraqi
forces.
The British have done what is
really the plan for the country as a
whole, which is to transfer security
responsibility to the Iraqis as the
situation permits, Rice said. The
coalition remains intact and, in fact,
the British still have thousands of
troops deployed in Iraq.
British troops have performed
many humanitarian tasks helping
open hundreds
of schools, fit-
ting hospitals
with modern
equipment and
replacing leaky
water pipes
but some say
the real British
legacy is likely
to be a consoli-
dation of Shiite
control.
British forces
already acquiesced to a situation
of quiet sectarian cleansing in the
south, said Anthony Cordesman, an
expert on Iraq at the Washington-
based Center for Strategic and
International Studies. The decision
to pull out of Basra only under-
scored the political reality of Shiite
primacy in the region, he said.
Rear Adm. Richard Cobbold,
director of the military think tank
Royal United Services Institute in
London, said Britains decision to
pull back needed to be made.
I would admit that there is a
sense of uncertainty, but things are
not getting better with the British in
Basra, he said.
Some analysts fear a militia resur-
gence once British troops withdraw
and warn Iran may attempt to step
up its influence in the region.
Blairs official spokesman, on
customary condition of anonym-
ity in line with policy, acknowl-
edged British officials still believed
Iranian supplied ordinance is com-
ing across the border.
But Blair said the decision to
withdraw was made because the
south had no Sunni insurgency, no
al-Qaida base, little Sunni on Shia
violence. Baghdad, however, was
suffering from what he called an
orgy of terrorism unleashed upon
it in order to crush any possibility
of it functioning.
ConstruCtIon ACCIDent
Firefghters work
to reach victim
By ANdALE GroSS
ASSoCIAtEd PrESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. A con-
struction worker was trapped
Wednesday and presumed dead
after a 10-foot trench collapsed in
a new housing development in the
northern part of the city, authori-
ties said.
The emergency call came in
around 12:40 a.m., said Nathan
Dougan, a supervisor for the
Metropolitan Ambulance Services
Trust. Firefighters continued work-
ing to free the man three hours
later.
He is totally enveloped in
the earth, said Fire Department
Battalion Chief Joe Vitale. There
is nothing visual regarding the vic-
tim.
Vitale said firefighters had shored
up the walls of the trench and were
using shovels to reach the victim, a
process he described as long and
tedious. The ground was unstable,
making the work difficult. Workers
put wood around the site to stand
on and created a pulley system to
remove firefighters or the victim.
You cant put a lot of heavy
machinery around it because youre
already working with an unstable
environment, he said. You dont
want to create more victims than
you have. You cant rush into it.
Vitale said the man was working
in the trench when the upper por-
tion collapsed on top of him.
He appeared to see the wall com-
ing in, Vitale said. And he took a
step to avoid it but it caught him.
No one else was in the trench.
Other workers who saw what hap-
pened and called for help.
The man was believed to be 51
years old. His name and the name of
his employer were not immediately
released.
Britain plans to withdraw about 1,600 troops
I would admit that there is a
sense of uncertainty, but things
are not getting better with the
British in Basra.
RichaRd cobbold
Royal United Services institute
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Mens basketball
Local players take advantage of past
CoNtrIBUtED pHoto
By KylE CArtEr
F
reshman guard Brady
Morningstar and sophomore
guard Brennan Bechard
poured on the points against the
previously undefeated Santa Fe
Trail, ballooning the lead to nearly
30 points and allowing reserves to
play most of the fourth quarter.
It was 2002 and the two Lawrence
natives on the mens basketball team
played for Southwest Junior High,
leading the team to a 35-1 record
for two seasons and back-to-back
city titles.
Maybe its only fitting that now
the two Southwest legends are the
ones coming off the bench for
Kansas during the late stages of
blowout victories.
Morningstar is averaging about
six minutes a game and competing
with junior guard Jeremy Case for
minutes. Bechard scored his first
points of the season in the closing
minutes of Saturdays blowout vic-
tory against Nebraska, adding insult
to injury for the Huskers with a
three-pointer from the wing.
Ive always been a three-point
shooter, so I figured that was my
best shot to get on the board,
Bechard said.
Their coach at Southwest in
eighth and ninth grade, Mike
Lewis, said a three-pointer was fit-
ting for Bechards first points as a
Jayhawk.
He could really shoot the ball,
Lewis said. We always gave him
a tough time about his defense,
though.
Lewis said the team was tight-
knit because many had played
together in the off-season for years
before.
They liked to razz each other,
he said. Brady and Brennan were
both pretty goofy.
David Freeman, Lawrence sopho-
more, played with both Morningstar
and Bechard at Southwest. He said
the team suffered the consequences
of joking around when Bechard
threw a battery against a wall in
the auditorium before practice one
afternoon.
It exploded and it was so loud,
Freeman said. It probably wouldve
killed someone if it hit them.
Lewis recalled the battery inci-
dent as well.
Mens basketball
Star freshmen average double digits
By MiChAEl PhilliPs
After an impressive outing
Monday night against Kansas State,
freshman guard Sherron Collins is
now averaging 10 points per game
this season.
Freshman forward Darrell Arthur
is also averaging double-digits, with
10.8 points per game.
This ranks the two freshmen
fourth and fifth on the team in
scoring, an impressive feat consid-
ering they arent even in the starting
lineup.
Both players performed well in
Manhattan, making plays in the
clutch that are tough for some vet-
erans.
I wouldnt even call them fresh-
men right now. They just stepped up
big, junior guard Russell Robinson
said of the two freshmen.
Arthur also managed to stay out
of foul trouble, having notched just
one foul in each of the previous
two games, something that came
in handy when sophomore guard
Brandon Rush found himself in foul
trouble early in the game. Being able
to play smart may also be an indica-
tion that Arthur is on more stable
footing now that he has played sev-
eral games.
Hes been a freshman, coach
Bill Self said. Hes had some great
moments, some bad moments and
some average moments. Hes on an
uptick right now. Hes relaxed a
bit and is playing not so sped up
offensively.
Chicken-gate
As is Kansas State tradition, three
chickens were snuck into Bramlage
Coliseum and thrown onto the
court before the game. The only
thing remaining to be determined is
whether the birds were alive when
they were thrown. This newspaper
reported that at least one of them
was alive, but it was reported that
all three were alive and that all three
were dead.
Self was just happy that none
of the birds hit him, which hap-
pened his first year in Manhattan.
Sophomore guard Mario Chalmers
was disappointed that he didnt see
it.
Thats something that I look for-
ward to every year, he said.
waiting to graduate
Students
should
always
wear blue
By jonAthAn KEAlinG
kansan sports columnist
jkealing@kansan.com
T
he horror! Dean Smith came
to a Kansas basketball game
wearing Carolina Blue.
I could hear the gnashing of
teeth for miles around when Smith
stood up and the crowd realized he
wasnt wearing the beloved Crimson
and Blue, but instead chose the
despised powder blue. After the
game, Smith told several members
of the local media that he didnt
even think about what color he was
putting on.
OK, Dean, fine. I dont begrudge
you anything. In fact, I celebrate
you as one of the best basketball
alumni this University has pro-
duced, but please, take a minute
and look at what you put on next
time you return and I hope you
come back many times to Allen
Fieldhouse.
Judging by the outcry regarding
Deans blazer, and the comments I
got this past week after my column,
it should be obvious that the color
you wear to a basketball game or
any sporting event, for that matter
can send a powerful message. We
saw what a difference a little coordi-
nation can make when the Jayhawks
traveled to Manhattan for the semi-
annual installment of the Sunflower
Showdown.
Every individual in Bramlage
Coliseum not wearing Jayhawk
Blue, and there werent many in
the blue hue this year, was wearing
black. The crowd extended like one
dark mass up into the rafters. On
TV, it looked very impressive.
Now, imagine how it would look
in the seats of Allen Fieldhouse
where many of the seats are already
blue. A little coordination in shirts
and theres a chance to truly recreate
a sea of blue here in the middle of
Kansas.
Ryan Grass, St. Louis junior, sent
a letter to the editor this week on
the very same topic. Im going to
reiterate some of what he wrote
Such a display of sports solidari-
ty (at K-State) was amazing, a touch
intimidating and more than a little
embarrassing. It becomes all the
more embarrassing when one real-
izes that this shouldnt be that hard
to do! Theres a store on every street
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time is quickly counting down to the NCaa tournament. Who has a guaranteed spot?
Whos on the bubble? Who doesnt have a chance? see inside for the breakdown.
3B
Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
shaquina Mosley, se-
nior guard, passes after
getting caught between
Oklahoma defenders.
Wednesday night was
Mosleys last game in
Allen Fieldhouse.
woMens basketball
Tense game ends home season
By CAsE KEEfEr
Going into a game against the
team thats ranked No. 13 in the
nation and has the countrys most
dominant player, the Jayhawks were
supposed to be intimidated.
They didnt play like it. Kansas
nearly pulled off an improbable vic-
tory against Oklahoma Wednesday
before eventually falling 76-70.
I thought they fought, scrapped,
and competed every possession for
40 minutes, Oklahoma coach Sherri
Coale said, They just did a terrific
job.
From the opening tip-off,
where Jayhawk 5-foot-9 freshman
guard Kelly Kohn out-leaped 6-3
Oklahoma forward Ashley Paris, to
senior guard Sharita Smiths second
three-pointer of the season with 23
seconds remaining, Kansas played
with a never-say-die attitude.
Definitely we showed a lot of
heart tonight and a lot of improve-
ment, Kohn said. We wouldnt have
done that earlier in the season and
that shows a lot about our team.
Sooner forward Courtney Paris, an
All-American, had her 53rd straight
double-double with 32 points and
13 rebounds. Despite her standout
performance, Kansas coach Bonnie
Henrickson didnt think the sopho-
more won the game for Oklahoma.
Courtney did what we thought
shed be capable of, she said, We
needed to step up and guard the
complementary players better.
Henrickson was referring to
Oklahoma guard Britney Brown.
The senior came off of the bench
to score 14 points and, more impor-
tantly, played suffocating defense
on Kansas senior guard Shaquina
Mosley.
At halftime, Mosleys 15 points
made it look like she was on pace to
set a career-high on her senior night
and that the Sooners had no answer.
Enter Brown. In the second half,
Brown held Mosley to 2-for-7 from
the field and forced her to commit
six turnovers.
Shaq was really hurting us,
Coale said, and Brittanys our best
on-ball defender as far as limiting
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Brady Morningstar and Brennan Bechard played together in junior high at Southwest Junior High (inset). The two players went on to play against each other in high school, then eventually became teammates once again at the University of Kansas.
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Commentary
Collins ultimate clutch player
S
herron Collins doesnt under-
stand that hes just a fresh-
man. Freshmen are not sup-
posed to be this clutch. Freshmen
are not supposed to as the over-
used sports clich goes have ice
water in their veins.
Most players would like to think
the same of themselves. They say
they live for the big moments. They
want the ball when the game is on
the line in a packed arena where
they cant hear themselves think.
They love pressure. They play their
best when the lights are on.
Most players are liars.
But not Collins. He has proven
that he revels in pressure situations.
The Jayhawks have played five close
games in conference play the
rest have been blowouts. These five
games were all played on national
television: the four-point victory
at Iowa State, the three-point vic-
tory against Missouri at home, the
five-point loss at Texas Tech, the
three-point loss to Texas A&M and
Mondays nine-point victory at
Allen Fieldhouse West.
In these five games, Collins has
averaged 16.2 points per game (6.2
points more than his average), shot
65.6 percent from the field, 52.4
percent from three-point range and
went 8-for-10 from the free-throw
line all above his season aver-
ages.
Collins has been at his best in
two of these games Missouri
and K-State when the game
was on the line. He scored seven
of the Jayhawks final nine points
against the Tigers and scored 10 of
his 20 points in the final 11 min-
utes Monday night. And without
the freshman point guard, Kansas
probably would have lost both
games, especially the Missouri
game.
Collins is the anti-Jason Bennett,
the 7-foot-3 waste-of-space fresh-
man Wildcat (zero points, nine
fouls and one rebound in two
games against the Jayhawks).
Unlike the Big Whiner from K-
State, Collins just plays ball. In the
clutch, Collins plays as though hes
playing in a weekend pickup game.
He doesnt get nervous. He doesnt
realize his age. He doesnt have a
deer-in-headlights look about him.
This happens to some players
every once in a while. They get in
what they like to call the zone.
The game slows down. They feel
like they cant miss. Their nerves
disappear.
This is pretty much every game
for Collins. Its why hes going to go
down as a Kansas legend some day
and put the Jayhawks back in the
Final Four multiple times (knock
on wood).
Collins cool demeanor in pres-
sure-packed situations makes him
a unique player and he didnt need
much else to make him unique.
After all, Collins defies what he
should be able to do with his body
type. He shouldnt have that many
gears. He shouldnt be that quick
and balanced. People who are 5-9
and weigh 200 pounds should be
dunking doughnuts, not dunking
basketballs (And yes, Collins is
listed at 5-11 and Britney Spears
once claimed to be a virgin).
Earlier this season Bill Self was
asked if he knew who he would go
to at the end of a game when his
team needed just one basket.
Self said, yeah, he knew. Hed
go to Mario Chalmers. That made
sense at the time. But if Self was
asked this same question today and
didnt answer Collins, he should
be locked in his office and forced
to watch the previous mentioned
five games over and over and over
again.
Self has had Collins finishing
games as of late. He made the mis-
take of pulling Collins in the Texas
A&M game after he turned the ball
over trying to force feed the post.
Collins had scored 18 points in that
game and when he left the game,
the Jayhawks didnt have anybody
on the court who wanted to shoot
down the stretch. Coincidentally
or not the Jayhawks lost that
game.
So when the NCAA tournament
rolls around and Kansas needs a
basket, Self should turn to Collins.
He might just be a freshman, but he
isnt scared.
Moore is a Shawnee senior in jour-
nalism.
By CJ Moore
kansan sports columnist
cjmoore@kansan.com
athletics calendar
FRIDAY
ntrack at big 12 indoor cham-
pionships, all day, ames, iowa
nSoftball vs. kent state, 1 p.m.
louisville, ky.
nSoftball vs. louisville, 3 p.m.
louisville, ky.
nBaseball vs. stanford, 7 p.m.
stanford, calif.
SAtuRDAY
ntrack at big 12 indoor cham-
pionships, all day, ames, iowa
nSwimming and diving
at last ditch Qualifer, all day,
columbus, ohio
nWomens golf at Fsu chrys-
ler challenge, all day, destin, Fla.
nSoftball vs. iowa, noon,
louisville, ky.
stanford, calif.
nmens basketball vs. iowa
state, 5 p.m. allen Fieldhouse
nWomens basketball vs.
colorado, 8 p.m. boulder, colo.
SunDAY
nWomens golf at Fsu chrys-
ler challenge, all day, destin, Fla.
stanford, calif.
nSoftball vs. tba, louisville,
ky.
mLB
Red Sox still expecting player
Ramirezs absence from spring training remains mystery
ASSoCiAted PreSS
Manny Ramirezs absence from
Red Sox camp is becoming a bit of
a mystery.
The enigmatic slugger received
permission from the team to report
late to spring training for family
reasons but he was slated to
attend a car auction in New Jersey
on Saturday, according to the pro-
moter of the event.
It wasnt immediately clear if the
club was aware of Ramirezs sched-
uled appearance at the Atlantic City
Classic Cars Auction. Bostons first
full-squad workout is Thursday.
Under the collective bargaining
agreement, the deadline for players
to report to camp is next Tuesday.
Boston general manager Theo
Epstein said Wednesday that
Ramirez has an excused absence
and will report on March 1 for the
second straight year. On Monday,
pitcher Julian Tavarez, Ramirezs
close friend, said the sluggers
mother recently had surgery and
Ramirez was with her in Florida.
Hes got a family situation,
Epstein said in Fort Myers, Fla. I
think the important thing from our
perspective at this point is when
he does show up on March 1 that
hes ready to go, accountable to
his teammates, accountable to the
organization.
But later Wednesday, Ramirezs
plans to appear at the car show
surfaced in a report posted on The
Boston Globes Web site. It said
Ramirezs mothers condition might
prevent him from attending and
it wasnt known when the appear-
ance was initially scheduled.
Louise Cunningham, who works
for G. Potter King, the Berlin, N.J.,
car dealer promoting the auction,
told The Associated Press that
Ramirez was still expected at the
event.
All we know, hes coming at
noon on Saturday, nothing else,
she said.
Ramirez is a collector of classic
cars. His 1967 four-door Lincoln
Continental Sedan convertible is
listed in Saturdays auction as num-
ber 1747A. In parentheses on the
auction list is a note: Owned by
Manny Ramirez.
Epstein said he spoke Tuesday
with Ramirezs agent, Greg Genske.
The GM also said manager Terry
Francona had talked with Genske
and Ramirez. But Epstein made no
mention of the car show.
Another big-money outfielder,
J.D. Drew, showed up at camp with
no complaints about the Red Sox
adding conditions to his new con-
tract to protect them in case he
re-injures his shoulder.
Drew said hes as healthy as hes
ever been in his career and hes
sure his right shoulder will hold up
throughout the duration of his $70
million, five-year deal.
Absolutely, Drew said. Ive
been in a situation over the last
three years where Ive changed
some things in the way I kind of
manage myself off the field, and
thats really paid off.
GoLF
Tiger Woods earns award
for leadership, sports
ST. LOUIS Tiger Woods is the
most infuential black leader in
sports, according to a list compiled
by Sporting News announced
Wednesday.
The top 10 list appears in the
edition now available on news-
stands. Charlotte Bobcats owner
Bob Johnson was second, followed
by Magic Johnson.
Woods dominates golf and is
a major force of the course as
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He said he called the team in
and demanded to know who had
thrown the battery, which put a
dent in the wall. Bechard stepped
up and admitted his guilt.
They earned some E.C.O.
that day, Lewis said, adding that
E.C.O. stood for extra condition-
ing opportunities.
Freeman said he kept in touch
with many of the players from
the team and that they still talked
about Bechards infamous battery
toss and the following punish-
ment.
Sprints, wall sits, just about any
kind of conditioning activity you
can think of, we did it, he said.
Despite the antics before prac-
tice that day, Lewis said the team
left a legacy at the junior high that
wont soon be forgotten.
They took a lot of pride in
wearing the Southwest jersey, he
said. With Brady, the way he car-
ried himself, how he was coachable
and just how much of a complete
player he was, you could just tell he
was going to be a special player.
As for their only loss while
wearing the Southwest uniform,
Morningstar was out with a sepa-
rated shoulder that hed hurt run-
ning into a screen during a victory
against the same team two weeks
prior.
I kept saying Coach, I can play,
put me in but he made me sit out,
Morningstar said. Things wouldve
turned out differently if hed played,
he said. I know we would have
won.
After finishing ninth grade
at Southwest, the two split ways
during high school. Morningstar
attended Lawrence Free State
and Bechard was across town at
Lawrence High.
The two teams met in sub-state
play and Morningstar hit a game-
winning shot to end Lawrence
Highs season.
In a lot of peoples minds, that
shot was the start of a lot of big
things to come, Lewis said.
Morningstar played for a year
at New Hampton Prep School in
New Hampshire after graduating in
2005. Bechard spent a year at Barton
County Community College before
he reunited with Morningstar at
Kansas.
It was good to have a friend on
the team from the start, Bechard
said.
Morningstar agreed.
It has helped because we can
always talk to each other about
whatever, he said.
Kansan staf writer Kyle Carter
can be contacted at kcarter@
kansan.com.
Big-game atmospheres
Festivities seem to follow Kansas
wherever it travels. Three weeks
ago in Lincoln, Nebraska fans held
a Red Out, where all the fans wore
red. Similarly, Manhattan held a
Black Out on Monday during the
Kansas State game. Next Monday
the Jayhawks travel to Norman to
face the Oklahoma Sooners. Two
years ago fans there held a White
Out. If they repeat that, it would be
the third monochromatic crowd of
the year for the Jayhawks.
I like playing in hostile environ-
ments, when the crowd is against
us, Collins said.
Rush said that there was nothing
better than defeating a pumped-up
crowd.
I love shutting up the crowd
after the game with a big win in
their place, he said.
He didnt do too much celebrat-
ing in Manhattan, though, after
finishing the game 0-for-5 from the
three-point line.
Kansan senior sportswriter Mi-
chael Phillips can be contacted at
mphillips@kansan.com.
Edited by Jyl Unruh
corner that sells KU apparel, and if
nothing else, just wear a plain blue
t-shirt or something; it works just
as well, he wrote.
Ryan, I couldnt have said it any
better.
Getting the crowd to wear one
color at Kansas shouldnt require
flash videos, it shouldnt require
letters to the editor and it shouldnt
require the campaign of one overly
self-important sports columnist.
All it requires is you. Well, and
the guy next to you. And the one
next to him.
Start talking about this in class.
Light up the message boards and
the sports call-in shows.
Or dont.
In which case, remember,
Kansas State has already done it.
Do you want to let them tell you
that theyre better at anything than
you?
The Jayhawks play their last
home game of the season on
March 3 when the University of
Texas comes to town. Texas is
famous for its Burnt Orange pride,
and more than one of the fans they
bring will probably be in that color.
The game will be broadcast on
CBS to a vast swath of the nation.
What a chance to show what
Kansas fans can do.
Tell your friends, tell your fam-
ily and tell the old men you see
at the game this Saturday: Wear
Kansas Blue on March 3.
Kealing is a Chesterfeld, Mo., se-
nior in journalism and political
science.
southwest (continued from 1B)
basketball (continued from 1B)
kealing (continued from 1B)
By MarK Dent
Before conference season started,
Texas A&M coach Billy Gillispie and
Kansas coach Bill Self said the con-
ference was the deepest it has been
in years. Well, their prediction was
a bit off.
The Big 12 Conference ranks sixth
of the six BCS conferences in the
Ratings Percentage Index and is start-
ing to lose its reputation as a quality
basketball conference. In 2002 and
2003, the Big 12 sent six teams to the
tournament each year and had two
teams in the Final Four each year.
It would take a miracle for either of
those things to happen this season.
When the tournament selection
committee picks teams, it doesnt
discriminate based on conference. It
picks teams based on key victories,
strength of schedule, overall record
and RPI.
You have to, in your head, weight
it out and think, which team could
beat another team, ESPN analyst
Fran Fraschilla said after Mondays
game in Manhattan. Its more about
individual teams than conferences.
The Big 12 still has a chance to
get five teams, but only three are
guaranteed at this point.
Start the Dance Party Early
(These teams are in)
Kansas (24-4, 11-2) RPI: 17
Key Victories Florida, Boston
College, Oklahoma State
Bad losses Oral Roberts, DePaul
Whats left At this point it doesnt
matter. Kansas has hit its stride.
A home game against Texas and
an away game against Oklahoma
could be challenging, but the
Jayhawks should cruise to the Big 12
Tournament.
The bottom line Kansas will get a
No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament
if it wins out, including the Big 12
Tournament. More than likely, the
Jayhawks will have a No. 2 seed.
Texas A&M (23-4, 11-2) RPI: 14
Key Victories Kansas, Texas,
Oklahoma State (twice)
Bad Losses Texas Tech (twice)
Whats Left The Aggies still have
to play at Texas but otherwise have
an excellent chance to win out.
The bottom line Texas A&M
is in the same shoes as Kansas. Its
possible that both will receive No.
2 seeds.
Texas (20-7, 10-3) RPI: 47
Key Victories Arkansas,
Oklahoma State, Texas Tech (twice)
Bad Losses Kansas State
Whats Left A home game with
Texas A&M gives Texas a chance to
finish second in the Big 12.
The bottom line The Longhorns
were on the bubble until last week
when they blew out Oklahoma State
and Texas Tech. Two knocks on
Texas are that it has lost to all of its
quality non-conference opponents
and has a high RPI.
Hey, It Could Happen
(One or two of these teams
will probably make it)
Kansas State (19-9, 8-5) RPI: 50
Key Victories Texas, USC
Bad Losses California, New
Mexico, Nebraska
Whats Left The Wildcats play
Oklahoma State Feb. 27 in Stillwater.
That game could decide both teams
NCAA Tournament fates.
The bottom line Fraschilla
said K-State had a 50-50 chance
to make it. Two victories in the
Big 12 Tournament would help the
Wildcats a lot.
Oklahoma State (19-8, 5-7) RPI:
36
Key Victories Pittsburgh,
Missouri State, Syracuse
Bad Losses Colorado, Missouri
Whats Left Oklahoma State, win-
less on the road, plays three of its last
four games away from home. Uh-oh.
The bottom line The Cowboys will
not make the NCAA Tournament.
They are too pitiful on the road and
will play their way out.
Texas Tech (17-11, 6-7) RPI: 41
Key Victories Kansas, Texas
A&M (twice), Arkansas
Bad Losses Nebraska, Baylor
Whats Left The Red Raiders
should win their last three games.
They play Oklahoma State, Baylor
and Iowa State.
The bottom line Few teams in
the country can match the three
victories against top 10 teams that
Texas Tech has. But the Red Raiders
have been too inconsistent and need
to win their last three games and two
games in the Big 12 Tournament to
make it.
Do You Believe in Mira-
cles? (This team has a slim
chance)
Missouri (17-9, 6-7) RPI: 73
Key Victories Arkansas, Texas
Tech, Oklahoma State
Bad Losses Iowa State, Nebraska
Whats Left The Tigers have two
winnable games before playing at
Texas A&M in their season finale.
The bottom line If Mizzou wins
its last three games and wins one
game in the conference tournament,
the selection committee will have a
tough choice to make. The Tigers
RPI could still be too high for them
to make it.

Kansan sportswriter Mark Dent
can be contacted at mdent@kan-
san.com.
The good, bad and ugly
Rankings, records outline NCAA tournament outlook
BIg 12 BASKETBAll
AlTERnATIvE fuElS
NASCAR may consider ethanol
By CHrIS JenKInS
aSSoCIateD PreSS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
While working for General Motors
in Brazil in the 1990s, Brent Dewar
got a firsthand look at the countrys
successful switch from an oil-based
economy to ethanol.
Dewar wants to see the same
thing happen in the United States,
and he thinks NASCAR can help.
Hes lobbying officials to consider a
switch from gasoline to ethanol.
We would embrace it, said
Dewar, GMs vice president of field
sales, service and parts. We think
it would be great on a lot of fronts,
because obviously it would send a
signal to the public.
Other racing series already
are embracing renewable fuels.
Beginning this season, the Indy
Racing Leagues IndyCar Series will
race on 100 percent ethanol, and the
American LeMans Series will race
on a 10 percent ethanol blend.
Now, Dewar and others in the
garage said they believe NASCAR
should explore alternative fuels.
Without a doubt, I think we
should look into it, driver Jeff
Burton said. Although our impact
on environmental issues is prob-
ably very, very small from an actual
use standpoint, from a marketing
standpoint, we could have a major
impact.
NASCAR is taking one step in the
direction of environmental responsi-
bility by getting the lead out, catch-
ing up with a change most consum-
ers made in the 1980s by switching
from leaded to unleaded fuel.
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey
Poston said officials are willing to
consider renewable fuels, too.
In terms of looking at the
next step, obviously were open to
options, Poston said.
NASCAR driver Kyle Petty thinks
the whole country will use renew-
able fuels at some point, so it makes
sense for NASCAR and its fuel sup-
plier Sunoco to lead the way.
You would like to think that
they would take a leading role in it,
especially through Sunocos involve-
ment, Petty said.
NASCAR teams would have to
modify their cars to run on ethanol,
but Dewar said the switch wouldnt
be a major investment, and it
would be worth the hassle.
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mlb
Manager trying to fnd positions for players
By ALAN ESKEW
ASSociAtEd PrESS
SURPRISE, Ariz. There will be
no tardy slips, no late arrivals, no visa
hold ups. All 59 players have shown
up at the Kansas City Royals spring
training camp.
Everybody is here, Royals man-
ager Buddy Bell said Wednesday.
That is quite unusual. That is a
good sign.
Although Kansas City has lost at
least 100 games in each of its last
three seasons (100 losses in 2006,
106 in 2005 and 104 in 2004), Bell is
optimistic about this year.
The chemistry is good. The guys
we brought in are good people, too,
so it is a pretty easy group to handle,
Bell said.
With the first official full-squad
workout today, the Royals have few
position spots open, Bell said.
But theres a lot of things we have
to decide as far as the versatility of
our guys. Where do they fit? Where
are they going to play? How often are
they going to play? Theres a lot more
decisions that we need to make this
spring as opposed to last year. Weve
got a lot more options, he said.
Key offseason acquisitions were
pitchers Gil Meche, Octavio Dotel
and David Riske, all free agents. The
Royals must figure out who will fill
the final two rotation slots and three
bullpen spots.
Alex Gordon, who hit .325 with
39 doubles and 29 home runs last
season in the Texas League, will be
given every opportunity to win the
third-base job. If he has a solid spring
training, then Mark Teahen will move
from third base to right field.
Teahen is going to get most of
his work in right field, Bell said.
Brownie (Emil Brown) is going to
do all of his work in left field.
Brown, who started 48 games in
right field last year, led the team with
81 RBI.
If Teahen, DeJesus and Brown are
the starting outfielders, its unclear
what will happen with veteran out-
fielder Reggie Sanders, one of only
six players in the majors to have
300 career home runs and 300 sto-
len bases. Sanders, the Opening Day
right fielder last year, had knee sur-
gery on Aug. 31 and hit just .246 in
88 games.
Reggie certainly fits somewhere
in there. He can DH and he can play
left and can play right, Bell said.
Hes a versatile guy.
Bell said Teahen would hit third,
and Mike Sweeney, who appeared in
only 60 games last year because of
back injuries, would bat cleanup.
Utility players Esteban German,
who hit .326 in 106 games last sea-
son, and Ross Gload, who hit .327
in 77 games with the Chicago White
Sox, could make it into the lineup at
different positions.
Bell said Gload would get some
time at first and in the outfield, while
German will be used just about
everywhere.
Hell play all four infield posi-
tions and well probably use him in
the outfield, Bell said.
John Buck, the starter the past two
seasons, and Jason LaRue, who was
acquired in a November trade with
the Cincinnati Reds, will be battling
for the catching job.
I would personally like to have a
guy just emerge as the No. 1 guy, Bell
said. That is the way I would like to
do it. If they make it hard on us and
we cant just make a decision on who
is ahead of the other, then well have
to be creative enough to get them
both some time.
Orlin Wagner/ASSOCIATED PRESS
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AssocIATED PREss
Tommy Morrison was in his hotel
room, talking about life, love and
Mike Tyson when he suddenly grew
silent for a couple of seconds.
Sorry, he said, I was just watch-
ing myself on the news.
The news on this day, in the ham-
let of Chester, W. Va., was positive.
Morrison was
ready to return
to the ring for
the first time in
11 years, eager
to resume his
former career as
a heavyweight
fighter.
Even more
important was
what was nega-
tive. He had taken
several HIV tests,
Morrison said, and they showed no
trace of the virus that causes AIDS.
Gone, just like the last 11 years
of his life.
The bottom line is we passed
every test on the market, even one
they dont have on the market,
Morrison said. That tells me it was
never there.
Hes 38 now, with nothing left
to lose.
The wife, the kids and the house
are all gone. So is the $16 million he
earned in the ring, and the manager
he claims took a big portion of it.
Hes in a hotel room far from the
glittering lights of the Las Vegas
Strip, a new fiancee at his side and
what he says is a new lease on his life.
He fights Thursday night in a sched-
uled four-rounder for a few hundred
dollars, hoping it will lead to a con-
tract for bigger fights with promoter
Bob Arum.
Hes been
training seri-
ously for a few
months now. He
believes he can
win the heavy-
weight title,
believes he can
be bigger than
ever.
I was one of
the most popu-
lar fighters of
my era, Morrison said. I believe
this time around it will be even big-
ger.
The day before the fight he talked
about the time he spent in prison,
including 125 days of solitary con-
finement, the drugs he took, and the
ones he refused to take for a disease
he now claims he never had.
He wants this to be about what
is ahead. But he realizes people will
pay attention only because of what
is behind.
Its such a positive story; I dont
know why people are not behind it,
Morrison said. Its not like Anna
Nicole Smith or Britney Spears, trag-
ic things that sell. This is a positive
story, a good story.
The story hasnt always been a
pretty one.
The Duke, as he was known, had
flowing blonde hair and a big left
hook. The combination took him
near the top of the heavyweight divi-
sion, and landed him a role oppo-
site Sylvester Stallone on the silver
screen in Rocky V.
In real life, Morrison beat George
Foreman, stopped Razor Ruddock
and fought Lennox Lewis. Not only
could he fight, he was a white fighter
one big reason Don King wanted
to give him $4 million to meet Mike
Tyson in 1996.
That February in Las Vegas, he
was getting ready to fight a tuneup
for Tyson Stormy Weathers
when he refused a doctors request
for a blood sample a few days before
the bout. Nevada boxing authorities
said he couldnt fight without the
blood test, so he came back the next
day to have blood drawn.
A few hours before the fight, it
was suddenly called off. Morrison
had tested positive for the HIV
virus.
He fought only once more,
knocking out a human punching bag
named Marcus Rhode a few months
later in Japan.
Then things got really bad.
Life is awfully quiet when you
retire, Morrison said. My life start-
ed spinning out of control. People
thought I was crazy. My own family
turned against me because I wouldnt
take the medication that they were
giving me because it would have
killed me.
Twice he was arrested for drunk-
en driving, one time shortly after
speaking to high school students
about AIDS. He got a two-year pris-
on sentence in Arkansas after plead-
ing guilty to cocaine and firearms
possession, and his health got so
bad he was hospitalized on several
occasions.
He says hes clean now and HIV
free.
I believe it was just a misdiagno-
sis, Morrison says. People do make
mistakes.
Jeff Kirchner of the American
Academy of HIV Medicine said
three separate tests would have had
to be done to confirm Morrisons
original sample, and that once a
person tests positive he is positive
for life.
More likely, Kirchner said, is
that Morrison, like Magic Johnson,
has been taking HIV drugs and
they have worked so well that the
disease is more or less in remis-
sion. Kirchner said such patients
can often function at a high level
athletically, and are not at great risk
to others.
If the virus level is undetect-
able, the risk of passing that virus
to another person is close to zero,
he said.
Morrisons opponent is John
Castle, who was knocked out in the
first round of his last fight and has
had only six fights in his career.
The Duke cant wait to get going.
Charles Saus/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tommy Morrison is shown onTuesday in Chester, W.Va. Morrisons last fght was in 1996. He is scheduled to fght John Castle at Mountaineer Race Track
Thursday in Chester, W.Va.
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The bottom line is we passed
every test on the market, even
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market.
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Directors reputation eases transition from former job
By JENNA FRyER
AssociAtEd PREss
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Robin
Pemberton stepped out of the spot-
light when he gave up a successful
career as a top-level crew chief fol-
lowing the 2001 season.
Six years later, hes a far bigger star
than he ever wanted to be.
NASCARs competition director
became the center of attention at
Daytona as he led the crackdown
on cheating. The sport-coat clad
Pemberton paced through the garage
investigating corruption, then grimly
faced the media on three consecutive
days to announce the toughest pen-
alties in NASCAR history.
Were going to grab this one by
the horns, Pemberton said on Day
One.
Weve got peoples attention now,
he declared on Day Two.
You couldnt stage this stuff, even
if you wanted to, he wearily offered
on Day Three.
It was trying times for Pemberton,
one of the first people in the garage
and one of the last to leave each day
as he worked with NASCARs top
officials to prevent the Daytona 500
from becoming a joke.
When the race finally began last
Sunday, six crew members had been
thrown out of the garage, $250,000
in fines had been levied and five
drivers had been docked points.
Most important, NASCAR had con-
vinced a skeptical racing community
the Daytona 500 would be fair.
I dont think theres any doubt
that Robin has helped NASCARs
credibility and confidence among
the competitors, NASCAR presi-
dent Mike Helton said. He is a nice
complement to the NASCAR staff,
particularly as it relates to the high
visibility of the competition depart-
ment.
Pemberton, who led Rusty Wallace
to 15 victories, joined the staff almost
three years ago,
and hes still try-
ing to get com-
fortable in the
job.
The transi-
tion from being
on one side
of the fence to
the other, how
I manage rela-
tionships, how I
work the garage
area and work
the teams, its something that takes a
while to figure out, said Pemberton,
who spent 22 years working side-by-
side with the people he now polices.
When he left Wallaces team
after 230 races a streak that had
been the longest active driver-crew
chief tandem in the Cup series
Pemberton had hoped to scale back
a bit and spend some time with his
two sons before
they left for col-
lege.
But after brief
stints with Petty
Enterprises and
Ford Racing,
NASCAR wooed
him to a posi-
tion that requires
more work and
even longer days
than he ever
put in as a crew
chief.
It was everything the 50-year-old
Pemberton had been trying to escape
after a career in which he missed less
than a dozen races since 1979.
I wont be the first to admit that
plan didnt really go right for me, he
said. Maybe its because Ive always
worked seven days a week, even
before I was in racing. I just gravitate
to jobs that take seven days a week.
Because of Pembertons experi-
ence in the garage and the relation-
ships he had built, NASCAR felt he
was the perfect fit.
The competitors agree.
Robin brings a perspective to our
sport that, for someone in that job,
is much needed, said Jeff Burton.
He is someone who has been there
recently, understands how this thing
works, understands the mental-
ity of the teams. It used to be that
NASCAR never had that. It was their
group, and it was our group.
But Robin has made NASCAR
understand some things and made
us understand some things. Hes
very open-minded. Hes very fair.
Hes easy to talk to, and hes not
afraid to disagree with you.
Its important that Pemberton
retain all those qualities. He had the
unpleasant task of removing Michael
Waltrips competition director from
the garage last week after the team
was caught using a fuel additive
before qualifying.
Pemberton has known Bobby
Kennedy for years and did his best
to keep the escorted walk out of
the garage professional, not a perp
walk.
Ive got a really strong relation-
ships with quite a few people in the
garage area, he said. The trick now
is maintaining those relationships
from being able to go in the back (of
the NASCAR truck) to going to have
dinner with a friend.
You look at those cars as dots on
the screens, not as drivers or num-
bers, he said. I have no problem
with that.
Cardinals closer
hoping to start
pga
By doUG FERGUsoN
AssociAtEd PREss
MARANA, Ariz. Tiger Woods
got the first match out of the way
Wednesday, although this time he
had to work for it.
One year after he set a tourna-
ment record with a 9-and-8 victory
in the opening round, Woods relied
on a big par save early and a near
ace on the 14th hole to put away
Ryder Cup teammate J.J. Henry, 3
and 2, in the Accenture Match Play
Championship.
For the second straight year,
Stephen Ames had the shortest day.
He was on the losing end of that
record rout by Woods at La Costa,
but experienced the flip side of this
fickle tournament by making seven
birdies in 11 holes to bury Robert
Karlsson of Sweden, 8 and 7.
Fourth-seeded Phil Mickelson got
a minor scare, trailing fellow lefty
Richard Green of Australia and not
taking the lead until the 14th hole.
Mickelson won, 1-up, when Green
missed a 20-foot birdie putt on the
18th hole.
Jim Furyk, the No. 2 seed, also
trailed at the turn until making three
straight birdies and beating Brett
Quigley, 2 and 1.
Shaun Micheel, who ended
Woods worldwide winning streak
last September by beating him in the
first round of the World Match Play
Championship, was up to his old
tricks. He knocked out one of the top
seeds Adam Scott at No. 3 in 21
holes. Scott made a birdie on the 18th
to force extra holes, then three-putted
on No. 3, missing a 5-foot par putt.
Woods said only the score made it
look like an easy day.
It was actually a pretty tight
match, Woods said. J.J. hit a lot of
beautiful putts in the middle part
of the round and even on the back
nine, and those putts just didnt go
in. Had they gone in it might have
been a different story.
Woods advanced to face Tim
Clark of South Africa, a 3-and-2
winner over Robert Allenby.
Some feel this might be the tough-
est hurdle in Woods unlikely quest
to win 11 straight PGA Tour events,
the record Byron Nelson set over five
months in 1945. But on a warm day
of swirling winds in the high desert
and on The Gallery course with
tight pins he did himself a favor
by not getting behind.
But there was one close call.
Woods pulled his tee shot into
the desert on the second hole and
was lucky to have a play. He hit the
ball short of the green, and his pitch
stayed on the front of the green some
20 feet from the hole. Henry, mean-
while, had a 12-foot birdie putt and
was poised to go 1-up.
But the holed was halved when
Woods made the putt and Henry
missed his. Two holes later, Woods
won with a par and never trailed.
Hitting the ball in the desert like
this, its pot luck, Woods said. I had
a shot. More than likely, I should
have been in a bush or some kind
of unplayable (lie), and J.J. should
have won the hole with a 4. But I got
lucky, got a break and was able to
make a putt.
He was 2-up until the 14th, when
his 8-iron spun back to within a foot
of the cup for birdie.
Ames, who grew up in Trinidad
and Tobago and now lives in Calgary,
didnt even realize he had won the
match after chipping in for birdie on
the 11th and final hole.
Mickelson, coming off a victory
at Pebble Beach and a playoff loss at
Riviera, was surprised to see the pins
tucked on the corners, especially on
smooth greens that dropped off at
the edges.
I thought they were ridiculous,
Mickelson said. But everyone had
to play them, so it was fair. You
couldnt play aggressively. You had
to play defensively away from the
flags.
That worked out for him when he
holed a 35-foot birdie on the 13th
hole to square the match, then won
the 14th and 16th with pars and
hung on for the victory.
Matt York/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tiger Woods drives on the ffth hole at the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Cham-
pionship in Marana, Ariz., Wednesday. Woods defeated J.J. Henry 3 and 2 during the opening round.
mlb
Competitors face tight match on tough course
AssociAtEd PREss
JUPITER, Fla. The last
time Adam Wainwright was on
the mound he was closing out the
World Series clinching victory for
the St. Louis Cardinals. The next
time the right-hander pitches a
meaningful game, it likely will be
as a starter in the teams rebuilt
rotation.
But Wainwright isnt assuming
anything.
Im competing to start,
Wainwright, 25, said Wednesday.
Saying to myself Im starting right
now is selling short a couple of
big names and big arms in this
clubhouse and I am not going to
do that.
Still, Wainwright is expected to
open the season as part of the
rotation, as long as closer Jason
Isringhausen doesnt suffer a set-
back in his rehabilitation from hip
surgery. It was Isringhausens inju-
ry that thrust Wainwright into the
closers role last October, one the
rookie handled with poise.
Wainwright did not allow an
earned run in 9 2/3 postseason
innings and saved the clinching
games against the Mets in the
NLCS and the Tigers in the World
Series.
Wainwrights ability to com-
mand four pitches made him a top
prospect as a starter in the Braves
and Cardinals organizations, where
he was 49-40 with a 3.76 ERA in
135 minor league starts.
Then, for the first time in his
career, he found himself pitch-
ing out of the bullpen. Working
mostly as the setup reliever until
taking over the closer role for
Isringhausen, Wainwright had a
3.12 ERA in 75 innings during the
regular season and four saves in the
postseason.
I feel like I could help this team
either way but I grew up starting,
Wainwright said. I always wanted
to start in the big leagues so that
is another thing I get to say I have
done if I get to do it but at the same
time theres nothing like getting
those last three outs.
I dont think theres any doubt
that Robin has helped NASCARs
credibility and confdence
among the competitors.
Mike Helton
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penetration so I felt like that was a
good position for her.
Mosley still wound up with 20
points for the fourth time in the last
five games, but she felt like she could
have done more in the second half.
I was pretty gassed and getting a
little frustrated that I couldnt push
in transition as well, she said. But it
didnt have anything to do with who
was guarding me.
The Sooners also came out with a
back to basics offensive approach in
the second half. Courtney Paris had
23 points including Oklahomas first
nine of the half.
Kansas always found a way to stay
in the game, however. With Mosley
being shut out for the first 15 min-
utes of the second half, freshman
forwards Sade Morris and Danielle
McCray teamed up with Kohn to
score 18 points.
Give our kids credit for battling
and staying in and being resilient
again by trying to find a way to stay
in the game. Henrickson said.
Oklahoma never led by more than
four until Ashley Paris made one of
two free throws with 3:57 remaining
to make the score 62-57. The pesky
Jayhawks answered, though, when
Kohn hit a wide-open three-pointer
from the left wing to cut the lead to
two. It was only 30 seconds later that
Sooner guard Erin Higgins hit one of
her own to finally put Kansas away
for the game.
Most people thought wed lose
by 30 but I think we played really
well stuck together and played like
a team, Mosley said, Im proud of
that.
Kansan sportswriter Case Keefer
can be contacted at ckeefer@kan-
san.com.
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Kelly Kohn, freshman guard, goes up strong against the Oklahoma defense. Kansas gave No. 13 Oklahoma a run for its money until the last minute of
the game.
SeNiorS
(continued from 1B)
By Asher fusCo
All season, the freshmen have
been the focal point of the Kansas
womens basketball team. Guard
Kelly Kohn and forwards Danielle
McCray and Sade Morris have dis-
played toughness and provided
highlights throughout the season as
the most heralded members of the
freshman class.
In Wednesday nights closely-
contested loss to Oklahoma, two
Jayhawk seniors showed where some
of the youngsters toughness comes
from. On senior night, guards Sharita
Smith and Shaquina Mosley used
their final game at Allen Fieldhouse
to leave a lasting impression on fans
and teammates alike.
Smith scored nine points and
grabbed five rebounds and Mosley
posted a team-high 20 points and
four assists. As has been the case
many times this season, the seniors
contributions were more important
than the statistics would suggest. On
senior night, their teammates senti-
ments spoke much louder than any
numbers could.
Ive learned so much from
Sharita and Shaq, Kohn said. They
always set a great example, especially
on defense.
Morris agreed.
Their intensity and passion for
the game is unbelievable, Morris
said. They never take a play off. No
one wants to be guarded by either
of them.
Smith and Mosleys trademark
tenacity has clearly rubbed off on
Kohn and Morris. At one point in the
second half, Kohn was flattened by
hulking Oklahoma center Courtney
Paris. When Kohn got back to her
feet, the look in her eyes was a carbon
copy of Smiths intense glare.
Morris, who has struggled to find
her offense at times this year, took a
page from Mosleys book and drove
hard through the lane to draw a foul
on several occasions.
The small seniors did more than
their share of the work in a game
that was even closer than the final
score of 76-70 suggests.
No one expected the Jayhawks to
hang with the No. 13 Sooners for the
entire game. No one expected Smith
to emerge as a starter or Mosley to
become one of the best guards in the
conference.
As they have done throughout the
season, the seniors exceeded expec-
tations on Wednesday.
Even after strong individual
performances and valiant efforts,
Mosley and Smith were quick to put
the team ahead of themselves.
I think we played pretty well,
Smith said. But the team still has
some things to work on.
Two games and the conference
tournament remain before the ink
dries on the seniors portfolios at
Kansas. They have already made an
indelible mark on many in the pro-
gram.
They have been so great with
the young kids, coach Bonnie
Henrickson said. These kids should
learn from the way Sharita and Shaq
have played.
Kansan sportswriter Asher fusco
can be contacted at afusco@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Jyl Unruh
No. 13 Oklahoma 76, Kansas 70
Oklahoma 37 39 76
Kansas 35 35 70
Oklahoma A. Paris 7-10 2-4
16; Thompson 2-3 0-0 4; C. Paris
12-17 8-16 32; Plumley 0-3 3-4 3;
Higgins1-50-03;Stevenson0-10-
00;Moore0-00-20;Welch1-20-0
2;Rush1-40-02;Brown4-65-614.
Totals28-5118-3276.
Kansas McCray 4-9 0-0 8;
McIntosh 2-5 0-0 4; Smith 4-8 0-0
9;Kohn6-161-316;Mosley8-182-
220;Jacobs0-00-00;Zinic0-00-0
0;Morris2-89-1213;Weddington
0-20-00;Feickert0-00-00.Totals
26-6312-1770.
Records 21-4, 11-3 Big 12;
Kansas9-18,3-11.
Seniors lead in
last home game
top 3
shaquina Mosley scored a team-high
20 points and grabbed fve rebounds
in 40 minutes of play in her fnal game
in allen fieldhouse.
Mosley
Smith
sade Morris was clutch for the
Jayhawks from the free-throw line,
shooting 9-for-12. Morris scored 13 total
points and had two steals.
Morris
sharita smith had a great game for
her last in the feldhouse. she scored
nine points, had three assists and two
steals in 22 minutes.
Jayplay
february 22, 2007
and courtney hagen remembers her younger brothers struggle with anorexia. page 15
Super
SweaterS
living with
and treating
hyperhidrosis
page 5
Salad dayS
how to choose the
healthiest fast
food veggies
page 13
the piano man
from his school days with the carpenters to jam sessions with
kansas, tom eversole has seen it all. today, he tunes the 115
pianos at the university of kansas. page 8
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PHOTOGRAPHERS GO EVERYWHERE
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HEALTH GOOD FOR YOU
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Elyse Weidner
PEOPLE KNOW EVERYONE
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Anne Weltmer
OUT HIT THE TOWN
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Courtney Hagen
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NOTICE TAKE NOTE OF IT
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Christina Aguilera, the Shrine Circus and more
Tom Eversole tunes and maintains KU pianos
Helpful tips to keep B.O. at bay
A family battles anorexia together
How to avoid fattening fast food salads
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Exhibit: The Dead Sea Scrolls.
Science City at Union Station,
9:30 a.m.7:30 p.m., $2036,
www.sciencecity.com. The Dead
Sea Scrolls will be on display
through May 13.
Workshop: Jumpstart Your Job
Search. Burge Union, 3:30 p.m.,
FREE, www.ucc.ku.edu.
Gallery Exhibit: Remix Da
Kickz. Union Gallery, Kansas
Union, 4 p.m. Get a look at Air
Force One sneakers custom-
designed by KU students.
UMKC Jazz Matinee. Mikes
Tavern, 6 p.m., 21+, FREE.
Film: The Take. 3139 Wescoe, 7
p.m., FREE.
Film: We Interrupt This Empire.
Solidarity! Revolutionary Center
& Radical Library, 7 p.m., FREE.
Robin Thicke. Beaumont Club,
7:30 p.m., 21+, www.robinthicke.
com.
Cirque Du Soleil: Delirium.
Kemper Arena, 8 p.m., $39.50
$99.50, www.cirquedusoleil.com.
Film: Casino Royale. Woodruff
Auditorium, Kansas Union, 8 p.m.,
$2 or FREE w/ SUA movie card.
Little Brian Zydeco Travelers.
Knuckleheads Saloon, 8 p.m.,
21+, $10, www.lilbrian.com.
Diskreet/The Cats Pattern/
Eyes of the Betrayer/
Unmerciful. Granada, 8 p.m.,
all ages, $5, www.myspace.com/
diskreet.
Drakkar Sauna/The Horns of
Happiness. Jackpot Saloon, 9
p.m., 18+, www.drakkarsauna.com.
Suttercane/Greta/Seventh
Day. The Hurricane, 9 p.m., www.
myspace.com/suttercane.
Sarah Blacker. Jazzhaus, 10
p.m., 21+, $3, www.myspace.
com/sarahblacker.
Nomathmatics. Record Bar, 10
p.m., 21+, www.myspace.com/
nomathmatics.
Fast Food Junkies/The
Dewayn Brothers. Replay
Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2.
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Gallery Exhibit: Jennifer
Steinkamp. Kemper Museum
of Contemporary Art, 10 a.m. - 9
p.m., FREE, www.kemperart.org.
Steinkamps art will be on display
through May 13.
Gallery Exhibit: Josh Adams.
The Olive Gallery and Art Supply,
noon6 p.m., FREE. Adams work
will be on display until Feb. 27.
Zico/The Downtrunks. The
Hurricane, 5 p.m.
Trivia Riot. The Brick, 7 p.m., $5,
www.thebrickkcmo.com. Come
as a team or alone; cash prizes
will be awarded.
68th Annual Shrine Circus.
Kansas Expocentre, 7:30 p.m.,
$15.50, www.shrine-circus.com.
Paul Sanchez. Daveys Uptown
Ramblers Club, 7:30 p.m., 21+,
$10, www.paulsanchez.com.
Mike McClure. The Grand
Emporium, 8 p.m., 21+.
Cirque Du Soleil: Delirium.
Kemper Arena, 8 p.m., $39.50
$99.50, www.cirquedusoleil.com.
Slick Ballinger w/ Eoff
Brothers. Knuckleheads Saloon,
8 p.m., 21+, $15.
Yip Yip/Ssion/The Show is the
Rainbow/The Pistol. Record Bar,
8 p.m., 21+, www.yip-yip.com.
Tony Mendez/Matt Ludwick.
Boobie Trap Bar, 8:30 p.m., all
ages, $6, www.myspace.com/
tonymendez.
The New Alligators: A Tribute
to the Grateful Dead. Fatsos,
9 p.m., 21+, www.myspace.com/
thenewalligators.
Albino Fly/Sidewise/
Dollhouse Rumor. The
Hurricane, 9 p.m., www.myspace.
com/thedivinesophia.
Trucker. Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+,
$4, www.truckerrocks.com.
Brasilian Carnival w/
Sambrasil Band. Beaumont
Club, 10 p.m., 18+.
Roman Numerals/Youngmon
Grand. Jackpot Saloon, 10 p.m.,
18+, www.theromannumerals.com.
Squiggle Puppet Productions
Shows. Kansan Union, 10:30 a.m.,
FREE, www.oreadbooks.com.
68th Annual Shrine Circus.
Kansas Expocentre, 1:30 p.m.,
$15.50, www.shrine-circus.com.
Mens Basketball: Kansas vs.
Iowa State. Allen Fieldhouse,
5 p.m., ticket required, www.
kuathletics.com.
Right Between the Ears.
Liberty Hall, 5 p.m. and 8
p.m., all ages, $15.50, www.
rightbetweentheears.org.
Emergenza. Mikes Tavern,
7p.m., 21+.
George Winston. Lied Center,
7:30 p.m., $28$34, www.
georgewinston.com.
Christina Aguilera. Kemper
Arena, 7:30 p.m., $50.50$86,
www.christinaaguilera.com.
Metal Wars Semi-Final. Grand
Emporium, 8 p.m., all ages.
DJ Morse Code. VooDoo
Lounge at Harrahs Casino, 8
p.m., 21+.
Echo Lake/Nothing Much.
Boobie Trap Bar, 8:30 p.m., all
ages, $6, www.myspace.com/
echolake.
True North/Mootz Moody/
Summer Wardrobe. The
Hurricane, 9 p.m., www.myspace.
com/thenorthmusic.
Hip-Hop Dance Battle.
Ballroom, Kansas Union, 9 p.m.
Majestics Rhythm Revue.
Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+, $4.
Dead Girls Ruin Everything/
Shhh/Jonathan. Replay Lounge,
10 p.m., 21+ $2, www.myspace.
com/deadgirlsruineverything.
Daft Punk Night w/DJ Pile.
Gaslight Tavern, 10:30 p.m.
Film: American Hardcore.
Liberty Hall, 11 p.m., FREE, www.
libertyhall.net. The history of
American punk rock from 1980
to 1986.
Myra Fest. Knuckleheads
Saloon, 21+, $15.
1-on-1 Basketball Tournament.
Robinson Gymnasium, 1 p.m.
Grand prize: two tickets to the
Big 12 tournament.
X92.9 Prom Fashion Show.
Granada, 1 p.m., all ages, FREE.
Red Carpet Showdown.
Ballroom, Kansas Union, 5:30
p.m. Films made by KU students.
Oscar Watch Party. Ballroom,
Kansas Union, 7 p.m.
Damn the Maker: Trials of a
Man Made Man. Lawrence Arts
Center, 7 p.m., $6.
Faculty Recital: Julia Broxholm.
Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy
Hall, 7:30 p.m., FREE.
The Championship/The
Afterhours. Replay Lounge, 10
p.m., 21+, $2.
Does HIV Look Like Me?
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas
Union, 7 p.m., FREE. This lecture,
presented by Hopes Voice,
shows that HIV can impact
anyones life.
Film: The Constant Gardener.
3140 Wescoe Hall, 7 p.m., FREE,
www.theconstantgardener.
com.
Jim Lauderdale.
Knuckleheads Saloon,
7:30 p.m., 21+, $10, www.
jimlauderdale.com.
Gomez/Ben Kweller.
Beaumont Club, 8:30 p.m., all
ages, $20, www.gomeztheband.
com.
The Aural Exciter. Record Bar,
10 p.m., 21+, www.myspace.
com/theauralexciter.
Chess night. Aimees
Coffeehouse, 7 p.m., FREE.
Film: Little Miss Sunshine.
Woodruff Auditorium,
Kansas Union, 7 p.m.,
www.foxsearchlight.com/
littlemisssunshine.
Dayton Contemporary Dance
Company: The Jacob Lawrence
Project. Lied Center, 7:30 p.m.,
$12$14.50, www.dcdc.com.
Jazz Gala. Ballroom, Kansas
Union, 8 p.m. Free hors doevres
and poker.
Brett Dennen. Grand
Emporium, 8 p.m., all ages, $10.
That Acoustic Jam Thing.
Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+, $2.
The Heavy Hitters. Harbour
Lights, 10 p.m., 21+, $2.
Stardeath/White Dwarfs/
Blackout Gorgeous. Jackpot
Saloon, 10 p.m., 18+.
Liverpool: A Tribute to the
Beatles. VooDoo Lounge at
Harrahs Casino, 21+.
Open Jam w/ Matt Ward.
Knuckleheads Saloon, 21+, FREE.
Beaumont Club
4050 Pennsylvania St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 561-2560
Bottleneck
737 New Hampshire St.
Lawrence
(785) 841-5483
The Brick
1727 McGee St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 421-1634
Fatsos
1016 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 865-4055
Gaslight Tavern
317 N. Second St.
Lawrence
(785) 856-4330
Grand Emporium
3832 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 531-1504
Harbour Lights
Lawrence
(785) 841-1960
Jackpot Saloon
Lawrence
(785) 843-2846
The Jazzhaus
926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence
(785) 749-3320
The Record Bar
1020 Westport Road
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-5207
Replay Lounge
Lawrence
(785) 749-7676
Signs of Life
Lawrence
(785) 830-8030
Uptown Theater
3700 Broadway St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-8665
VooDoo Lounge
1 Riverboat Drive
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 889-7320

THURSDAY
february 22
MONDAY
february 26
february 27
SUNDAY
february 25
SATURDAY
february 24
FRIDAY
february 23
WEDNESDAY
february 28
VENUES
where?
Gallery Exhibit: AIDS Quilt.
Union Gallery, Kansas Union,
9 a.m. Exhibit runs through
March 9.
Film: The Constant Gardener.
3140 Wescoe Hall, 7 p.m., FREE,
www.theconstantgardener.
com.
Saturday Looks Good to
Me. Grand Emporium, 8 p.m.,
all ages, www.myspace.com/
saturdaylooksgoodtome.
Holmes Brothers.
Knuckleheads Saloon, 8 p.m.,
21+, $12.
The Autumn Defense.
Record Bar, 10 p.m., 18+, www.
theautumndefense.com.
Pete Yorn/Aqualung. Granada,
8 p.m., all ages, $20, www.
peteyorn.com.
Damn the Maker: Trials of a
Man Made Man. Lawrence Arts
Center, 10 p.m., $6.
Service Industry Night w/ DJ
Metal Mark. Mikes Tavern, 10
p.m., 21+, FREE.
Mike Melvoin Trio. Blue Room,
7:30 p.m., $10.
TUESDAY
While carrying your backpack or purse on the way to class,
you may also be carrying thousands of bacteria that can make
you sick.
Chuck Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona,
studied womens purses and found that a few tested positive
for bacteria found in human and animal waste.
Avoid placing your bags on the foor, especially in
bathrooms and restaurants. When you get home, dont throw
your bag on counters where food is prepared. And every so
often, give it a good cleaning or, depending on the material,
throw it in the washer. Your immune system will thank you.
Source: www.sixwise.com
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Purses harbor bacteria that can cause illness
that's disgusting
Lindsey St. Clair
add volume, enhance color and
Put off shamPooing for another
day with just one sPray
health tip
If your lovely locks suffer from excess
oil, Bumble and Bumbles line of hair
powders provide a healthy alternative
to those pesky, twice-daily shampoos.
After a few quick sprays of the powder
on oily areas, the product absorbs the
extra grease, leaving behind a dry
texture more suited for styling.
The hair powders allow people to go
longer between shampooing, which is
better for the overall health of your hair,
says Penny Strasser-Tuckel, manager
and master designer at Color Hair Spa
and Retail Studio, 2330 Yale Road.
The aerosol styling powder,
available in white, blond, red, brown
and black to match any hair color, can
also temporarily blend away roots to
make hair that has been colored last
longer between appointments. You
can purchase a 1-ounce bottle of hair
powder for $19 and a 4-ounce bottle
for $34 at any Bumble and Bumble
salon. In addition to Color Studio,
both Avanti, 1540 Wakarusa Drive,
and the Green Room Salon, 924
Massachusetts St., carry Bumble and
Bumble products.
Elyse Weidner
Im a real sweaty guy. I can
break a sweat sitting calmly in
the air-conditioning, like seven-
inch pit stains, says Luke Ball,
Roland Park sophomore.
Fortunately, hes not
alone. About 3 percent or 9
million Americas suffer from
hyperhidrosis,which is perspiring
in excess of the bodys need, but
many are too afraid to seek help
because of embarrassment.
Hyperhidrosis is a bigger
problem than anybody knows
because people dont talk
about it or know that theres
anything they can do, Amy
McDaniel, Target pharmacist
says. But there are treatments
available. The International
Hyperhidrosis Society was
founded to promote research
and advocate for patient
access to treatments including
antiperspirants, iontophoresis,
Botox injections, oral
medications and even surgery.
The mildest treatment can be
found at local drugstores. Unlike
regular antiperspirant, Certain
Dri is 12 percent aluminum
chloride, McDaniel says.
Although aluminum chloride
works by clogging sweat ducts,
not much is actually absorbed so
its safe. Apply it at bedtime and
use a regular non-antiperspirant
deodorant during the day.
If Certain Dri doesnt produce
the desired results, doctors can
prescribe Drysol, a solution with
20 percent aluminum chloride.
Apply Drysol at bedtime to
a dry surface and wash it off
in the morning so it doesnt
stain clothes, says Dee Anna
Glaser, a founding member and
secretary of the International
Hyperhidrosis Society. Drysol
can sting, so dont apply it
after shaving (the pain is
excruciating). Also, apply a
regular non-antiperspirant
deodorant during the day.
If sweating is most
problematic on the hands and
feet and Drysol isnt cutting it,
try iontophoresis. Iontophoresis
is a fancy word for immersing
the hands or feet in a shallow
pool of water with a mild
electric current for 20 to 40
minutes. Apply petroleum jelly
to paper cuts, hangnails and
damaged cuticles because the
electric current can sting. The
International Hyperhidrosis
Society recommends a machine
made by the R.A. Fischer
Company. The machine comes
at a price about $615
but is more than 80-percent
effective in stopping sweating
completely.
The FDA recently approved
Botox injections to treat
hyperhidrosis. Although Botox
might sound scary, its one
of the most studied drugs
around and is more than 80-
percent effective, Glaser says.
Botox prevents the release of
transmitters from nerve endings
to sweat glands. Unfortunately,
it wears off, and injections are
required every 6 months. Each
treatment costs from $1,200 to
1,500 for the underarms and
$2,000 or more for the hands,
Glaser says. Many insurance
companies cover the injections.
If all else fails, some doctors
will prescribe oral medications.
However, none are approved
by the FDA for the treatment
of hyperhidrosis, Glaser says.
Like Botox, oral medications
work by preventing the release
of transmitters, but with more
side effects, including dry
mouth, blurred vision, impaired
speech and taste, diffculty
chewing and swallowing,
urinary retention, constipation
and heart palpitations.
If none of these treatments
work, doctors may consider
surgery to remove sweat glands.
However, as a side effect, many
patients develop compensatory
sweating, usually on the back,
chest, abdomen, legs, face or
buttocks.
Luke Ball takes a different
approach.
To avoid embarrassment, I
tell people to check out my pit
stains, he says. For the more
conservative types, he suggests
wearing darker colors and
lightweight clothing. But always
wear deodorant.
Being sweaty and stinky are
two different things, he says. I
dont stink; Im just constantly
moist.
Living with and
treating hyperhidrosis
dont sweat it
02.22.2007 JAYPLAY 05
HeaLtH
by Lindsey st. Clair

Shower daily to reduce the
amount of bacteria on your
skin.

Apply antiperspirants in the
morning and before you go
to bed.

Wear fabrics that breathe,
such as cotton, wool and
silk.

Use dress shields (pads
applied to the inside of the
shirt) to absorb pit sweat.

Change clothes frequently.

Put sweat-absorbing inserts
inside your shoes.

Change socks frequently.

Dont drink caffeinated
drinks, hot drinks or alcohol.
Relax. Take a yoga or

meditation class at The
Student Recreation and
Fitness Center to control
stress.
Source: www.sweathelp.org
simple sweat solutions
PHoTo ILLUSTRATIon/ AnnA FALTERMEIER
Luke Ball,Roeland Park
sophomore, raises his
hand in a lecture class,
unconcerned that he
has sweated through
his shirt.
WESCOE wit
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Girl: (hands Guy some cash)
Guy:What? Are you tipping me?
Girl: Would you just take it?
(tries to hand him the cash
again)
Guy: Im not taking my clothes
off here! This isnt a PG-13
movie!
Guy: Why didnt you tell me
she had a boob job?
Girl: I dont know.
Guy: I mean, I wouldnt have
looked or anything, but I
would have looked!
Girl 1: Hola!
Girl 2: That means hello.
Both: (screaming) In Puerto
Rican!
Guy: I went to Cabelas this
weekend.
Girl: Oh really, whats it like?
Ive never been there.
Guy: Well, its kind of like Bass
Pro Shop.
Girl: Ive actually never been
there either.
Guy: Well, its kind of like
Cabelas.
Guy: (opens newspaper) Did
you know that theres a section
in Jayplay called Wescoe wit?
Girl: No, whats that?
Guy: Well, apparently they
record funny things people say
and put it in the newspaper.
Girl: Oh
Guy: Dude, he totally got
high and then took off his
pants.
Laura Evers
Kevin Honan, Independence, Kan., senior, is
standing naked in front of a class and everyone
is staring right at him.Other peoples nightmares
are Honans job hes an art model.
As an art model, Honan poses naked on a
podium while an art class sketches him for
anywhere between 45 minutes to three hours.
Honan says being a model is harder than
people think.
It is more than sitting and standing,Honan
says. You have to be dynamic and interesting
and put thought into your poses or youll be
boring and possibly uncomfortable.
The frst time was the most intimidating
because he didnt know how he would react
and was worried about how people thought
he looked physically. Honan says this passed by
his second class and now he focuses on what
hes doing and what people do with his poses
in their drawings.
He looks at art history books and takes note
of different styles and eras and watches sports
and action movies to get ideas for
his poses, Honan says.
I do spend time in front
of the mirror seeing what
looks good from an artistic
standpoint, Honan says. There
is some pride and a bit of ego
involved, despite the fact that I am
completely naked in a classroom full
of students.
Katrina Mohr
WHAT its likE
to be a nude
model
ILLuSTRATION COuRTESY Of TREvvOR GORMAN
ROCK SINGER
CHRIS CORNELL
QUITS THE
SUPERGROUP
AUDIOSLAVE
AFTER PERSONAL AND
CREATIVE CONFLICTS
WITH OTHER BAND
MEMBERS.
THE FDA ISSUES A BROAD WARNING
AFTER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY BECOME SICK FROM
EATING CONTAMINATED PETER PAN
PEANUT BUTTER.
HAWK TOPICS
RAINE REVIEWS
NEWS YOU CAN USE
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Chris Raine
BRITNEY SPEARS
SHAvES HER HEAD,
GETS NEW TATTOO.
The huge loss of money is particularly discouraging
considering that before the war Saddam Hussein offered
to sell the entire country of Iraq for a paltry $5 billion.
COunTry SInGer
Kenny CHeSney
DenIeS rumOrS
THAT He IS GAy.
PRESIDENT BUSH HAS TWO
NON-CANCEROUS MOLES
REMOvED FROM HIS FACE.
FEDERAL ACCOUNTANTS FIND THAT
MORE THAN $10 BILLION HAS BEEN
SQUANDERED OR LOST IN IRAQ.
The FDA also said that while theyre
reasonably sure salmonella cant be
contracted by smearing your genitals
with peanut butter and allowing your
dog to lick it off, they still strongly
discourage it and other borderline acts
of bestiality.
neW meDICAl STuDIeS fInD THAT men WHO GeT vASeCTOmIeS Are
mOre lIKely TO DevelOP DemenTIA.
In a classic chicken or the egg conundrum, the studies also revealed that a man who
allows scissors anywhere near his junk is probably already suffering from dementia.
Prince HArrY, son
of tHe LAte Princess
diAnA And currentLY
serving in tHe BritisH
ArmY, couLd Be sent
to irAq BY tHe end of
feBruArY.
So, while Prince
Harry is dodging
sniper fre and
car bombs, Jenna
and Barbara
Bush will be
downing Jello
shots and Jger
bombs. God
bless America.
If Kenny Chesney isnt gay,
then Paris Hilton isnt a
disease-spreading whore,
Britney Spears isnt batshit
insane, and Anna Nicole
Smith isnt drop-drunk dead.
Unfortunately, despite repeated attempts,
doctors could not remove Bushs head
from his ass.
The band is reportedly set to
join former Rage Against the
Machine singer Zack de la
Rocha in his group Pissed Off
at the Toaster. (submitted by
senior David Damm)
Britney chose her new look after unfortunately confusing a recent TRL appearance with a
Make-a-Wish Foundation visit to the cancer ward of a childrens hospital.
HOLLYWOOD MOvIE PRODUCERS
ANNOUNCE A NEW PROjECT BASED
ON THE MULTI-PLATINUM-SELLING FRAUDS
MILLI vANILLI.
Modern pop stars
have learned valuable lessons
from Milli Vanilli: for instance,
platinum-selling, no-talent
clowns like Fergie dont even
pretend to sing their own
songs.
A NEW STUDY FINDS THAT
THE HUMAN BRAIN CAN
PRODUCE NEW BRAIN CELLS
TO REPLACE DEAD ONES.
Doctors warn that theres still no hope for fans of Greys
Anatomy, as the brain damage is simply too severe.
T-bone,as heis fondly referred
to by the Lied Center technical
staff, is the best replacement that
they could have ever hoped for
after the former piano technician
left, says Ann Hause, Lied Center
technical director. He has a great
sense of humor and hes good at
his job, she says. Because its not
a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. job, hes there all
different hours and any day taking
care of the performers needs.
He really cares about taking
good care of the pianos,
especially the $90,000 Steinway
& Sons, she says.
I think hes thrilled to be
working on it and takes pristine
care of it, she says. To him, she
says, its not just a piano. He takes
interest in it and the musicians
who play it.
Hause says Eversole even plays
it himself after his tunings. She says
he plays the K-State fght songs for
her husband, Andy Hause, who is
the associate technical director.
In his lifetime, Eversole thinks
hes tuned over 22,000 pianos, and
his arm is paying for it. Hes taken
a Cortizone shot in his shoulder to
alleviate some of the problems. He
intends to stay at the University
and keep tuning, though. Hes
been playing the piano since
he was 7 years old, and hes not
stopping now.
08 JAYPLAY 02.22.2007 02.22.2007 JAYPLAY 09
On the second foor of Murphy
Hall, at the end of a hallway best
accessed by a back door left ajar, in
an offce with cement foors, neon
lighting and tool chests lining the
walls, sits a vital part of the KU
Music Department.
His name is Tom Eversole. In his
computer chair, back turned from
thedoor, eatinga MarieCallenders
frozen dinner, Eversole types a
list of the musical celebrities hes
met. Like his offce, hes casually
dressed. His green button-down
shirt and red, gray and black plaid
jacket hang on his large frame and
match his thinning gray hair. Hes
wearing brown work boots.
Eversole likes to be called a
piano technician. He rebuilds,
refnishes and, primarily, tunes
all of the pianos at the University
of Kansas. The job may sound
antisocial, especially with his out-
of-the-way offce, but hes had the
privilege of meeting every music
star whos been at the University
since 1974: Johnny Cash, Natalie
Cole, Harry Connick, Jr., Elton John,
Winton Marcellus, Arlo Guthrie,
Ben Folds, The Doobie Brothers.
He has several stories from
working in Lawrence. His favorite
story involves the sound check
before Arlo Guthries performance.
When Guthrie came for the
sound check, his hair was missing.
Eversole says he was astonished
to fnd out Guthrie wore a hair
piece. He also regrets not staying
for the Johnny Cash show at the
Lied Center after being invited and
says being tired just wasnt worth
missing the show in the end.
But the University of Kansas
isnt the only place hes met
famous musicians. Eversole was
born in Hollywood and grew up
in the Los Angeles area. At Long
Beach State University, he had a
two-year stint as a business major.
But because he had been playing
piano since age 7, the music soon
won him over.
After switching his major to
music, he had Richard and Karen
Carpenter, who later formed The
Carpenters, and John Bettis, a
Grammy-winning songwriter, as
classmates. He says seeing the
Carpenters on their album covers
after they became popular was
hard for him; it was rough seeing
the music business at work on
his own friends. Richard, formerly
chubby, had become thin, and
Karen, a girl with a great fgure, he
says, looked emaciated.
Eversole continued to play at
night clubs after he graduated
from college. He says he didnt
have the vocal power or correct
imageto makeit big, so hepursued
classical piano.
The clubs he played were not
glamorous. A piano at a club
would usually havea dead mouse
in it and two stuck keys right in
the middle, Eversole says. So once
he saw what was under the piano
lid, he was compelled to learn
more about how the instrument
worked. He started learning in
Los Angeles, but when his brother
moved to Lawrence in 1968 to fll
a faculty position at the KUEnglish
department and his parents
moved back to Kansas, Eversole
was quick to follow.
Hecameto Lawrencein 1971and
got a jobat Rose Keyboard Studios,
where he taught piano lessons
and did organ demonstrations.
There he met an elderly German
immigrant named Paul Polsenger,
who shaped his piano technology
career. Polsenger nearly stomped
his foot on the ground because
he was so insistent on Eversole
learning how to tune traditionally
by ear, with a single tuning
fork instead of using an electronic
tuner. Besides, an electronic tuner
can cost around $1,600 while a
fork is $12.
During his frst few years in
Lawrence, Eversole was invited
to jam with a group of young
musicians, including Robby
Steinhardt, the co-lead singer and
violinist for the band Kansas. He
turned down playing with them
after a few invites because the
house they practiced in was an
opium den, the epitome of the
1960s drugculture that spilled into
the early 1970s. He was too afraid
of getting in trouble with the law,
but never had any clue that Kansas
would become so famous, he says.
Later, he learned the art of
piano-building with a job at Jones
Piano House in Kansas City, Mo.,
which closed in 1986. He says
he saw the warehouse of old,
restored pianos and soon realized
he wanted piano restoration to be
his life-long vocation.
I had no idea an old piano
could be brought back like that
and I wanted to learn it, he says
in his soft-spoken, friendly voice.
He has a partially disemboweled
piano that hes working on sitting
in his triangular-shaped offce at
the moment.
He pulls out a single key from
a grand piano thats mounted on
a wooden platform to show how
complicated and interesting it is.
He says there are 10,000 to 12,000
parts on a grand piano and up to
50 possible adjustments to be
made to a single key. Hes been
learning for 20 years, he says, and
theres still a lot more to learn.
He worked freelance as Eversole
Piano Service from 1971 to 2003
tuning and restoring pianos for
people all over the region out
of his own garage, Elizabeth
Eversole, his daughter, says. He
says there wasnt enough demand
in Lawrence to keep him busy, so
he traveled to Colorado, Nebraska
and Missouri.
All of the time he spent
repairing pianos, he still played.
Elizabeth remembers her father
playing every day and how
much she liked to hear it echo
throughout the house.
Now he takes care of the 115
pianos in Murphy Hall and the Lied
Center. Hes one of three related
Eversoles who works on campus:
his brother still works in the
English department and his ex-
wife, Ann Eversole, is the assistant
vice provost.
He downplays himself so
as not to take away from the
performers because they are who
people want to see, Eversole says.
However, this school year, he has
over 290 events to tune for, and
many of them take more than one
tuning per event. Some pianists
have specifc touch weights and
tuning preferences for every
single key, he says.
Getting to know the man who
works behind the keys and before
the curtains rise
By Anne Weltmer
WhAt is tuninG?
Heres a quote Eversole gave
from The Piano Book by Larry
Fine regarding piano tuning:
Tuning means adjusting
the tension of each of the
piano strings (approximately
230), using a tuning hammer
to turn the tuning pins, so
that the pitch of each string
sounds pleasingly in harmony
with every other string
according to certain known
acoustic laws and aesthetic
rules and customs.
Tuning is just one step in
the care and maintenance
of a piano and does not
include repairs and other
adjustments (squeaky pedals,
broken strings, keys that
wont strike). By placing the
tuning hammer on a tuning
pin, the pitch can be altered
to the desired frequency.
By the numBers
It takes one hour and 15
minutes to tune a piano.
There are more than 115
pianos on the KU campus.
Eversole will tune for 290
events this year.
Eversole has tuned around
22,000 pianos in his lifetime.
Eversole has tuned for more
than 50 high-profle musical
artist and more than 100
regionally famous ones.
There are 88 keys in a piano:
52 white and 36 black
(although some antiques and
special pianos have a few
more or less).
1:15
115
290
88
50
22,000
some exAmples of
Adjustments
How fast a note repeats
(This one can involve numerous
adjustments in the repetition lever
alone.)
Touch weight or amount of
force it takes to propel the key
with ones fnger. Two and one-half
ounces of pressure per key is ideal.
Touch response or control of
sound, getting the note to play at
the anticipated amount of volume
level.
Key height: are the keys level
or do they sag at different parts of
the keyboard?
Do the keys travel at the right
distances when depressed?
Is the sound even from one
note to the next or are some notes
too bright or to dull?
Do the pedals work when
pressed with ones foot?
Adjusting the dampers so that
the note sings when depressed
or cuts out after releasing the key.
Keeping the keys clean.
Lining up the hammer hitting
on the string for the optimum
strike point, in order to achieve the
best overall sound.
i hAd no ideA An old
piAno could Be BrouGht
BAck like thAt And i
WAnted to leArn it,
tom eversole
(above) To prepare for an upcoming concert, TomEversole tunes a piano at the Lied Center of Kansas on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
PHOTO/ANNA FALETERMEIR
TomEversole, Lawrence resident, works on a piano in his offce in Malott Hall.

PHOTO/ JON GOERING
PHOTO/JON GOERING
PHOTO/ANNA FALETERMEIR
Back in the day: Alderdice
was busy completing her
apprenticeship with the Alumni
Association while working on
her masters.
The grad life: After graduation,
Alderdice was promoted to
director of Student Programs
at the Alumni Association.
She then began advising
the Homecoming Steering
Committee, Student Alumni
Association, the Lambda
chapter of Chi Omega and
other student organizations.
Today: Alderdice continues to
work at the Alumni Association
and with student leaders. She
is already working with the
2007 Homecoming Steering
Committee. Between advising
student groups and spending
time with her husband, Patrick,
and black lab, Sydney, she
has traveled on four Flying
Jayhawks trips, guiding alumni
on trips to Switzerland, Hawaii,
France and Russia.
She says: Alderdices proudest
moment was being appointed
the Homecoming Steering
Committee advisor. Focus
on your academics, but also
remember to enjoy the
experience of college, she
says and laughs. And join the
Alumni Association when you
graduate.
Jennifer Denny
GRAD
CHECK
Jennifer Alderdice
Year: 1999
Degree: Masters in
Higher Education
Administration
Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
Listener: Dan Dakhil,
Wichita senior
Tune: Falling Off the
Face of the Earth by
Matt Wertz
While pumpin the
jams, he was: Headed to
Summerfeld Hall for his
marketing class
He says: He came to
town and me and a
couple of my buddies
went to check it out. I
loved his stuff.
Listener: Derek
Arnold, Overland Park
sophomore
Tune: Better Man by
Pearl Jam
While pumpin the
jams, he was: Studying
for a geology test in
Anschutz Library
He says: I just listen to
them all the time.
MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU
Whether youre singin along, groovin by yourself or
just studying in the library, well catch you with the
Listener: Yaslyn Howey,
Topeka sophomore
Tune: Eyes Have Miles
by G. Love
While pumpin the
jams, she was: Headed
to Summerfeld Hall for
her fnance class
She says: It puts me in
a good mood when its
cold.
Listener: Alexandra
Bazaliyeva, Shymkent,
Kazakhstan, freshman
Tune: Mit Dir by
Freundekreis
While pumpin the
jams, she was: Leaving
Wescoe Hall after her
German class
She says: Theyre
German and I like
German bands.
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Sam Carlson
Lied Center of Kansas
Tickets: www.lied.ku.edu 785-864-2787 TDD: 785.864.2777
D C C
d
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m.
T e Dances Of
Jacob Lawrence
New England
Foundation
for the Arts
Powerful and provocati ve!
Hal f- pri ce for students
Please send your
questions and
concerns to
bitch@kansan.com
moan
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with Niloofar Shahmohammadi
My girlfriend refuses to get
tested for stds, but i told
her i wont have sex with her
until she does. she seeMed to
feel rejected by this. what
should i do?
greg, senior
Your girlfriends Bermuda
Triangle has obviously sucked
in a few sailors, and who knows
which ones had scurvy or,
more pertinent to you, a VD. Shes
probably just afraid to fnd out
the truth, as her cooch might have
caught something that could be
costly and, depending on what shes
got, deadly.
Dont do the deed until shes seen
a doctor. You should help her out by
paying for the procedure and realize
that, unlike peeing in a cup, the
standard for men, the procedure for
women is much more invasive.
12

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If its been months and its
clear that youre in an exclusive
relationship, then it should be clear
on Facebook as well. If that makes
him uncomfortable then:
a) Hes seeing someone else (or
multiple someones)
b) Hes afraid of commitment
c) Hes embarrassed by you
d) All of the above
Your choices are:
a) Settle for someone who feels like
hes settling for you
b) Lose your self-respect
c) Walk away
Hint: The correct answer is c.
ive been waiting for Months,
and My boyfriend has yet to
Make our relationship official
on facebook.coM. should i
do it Myself? do you think
theres a reason for this?
alice, sophoMore
02.22.2007 JAYPLAY 11
My boyfriend said he wants to pee on Me during sex. i got totally freaked
out, but he told Me to just think about it. is this norMal?
sandy, junior
It sounds like a dog marking his
territory, but its called urophilia and
its actually practiced by a small but
signifcant percentage of humans. Should
you give it a try? Maybe you should
watch the movie Golden Girls before you
do these golden girls arent four little
old ladies. After that, if youre feeling like
a golden shower, go ahead and try it. But
if the thought isnt leaving you feeling
too clean, then go ahead and tell him you
arent comfortable with that. He might
be pissed off, but so what? Better to be
pissed off than pissed on!
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THIS WEEKEND
Will DiCaprio take the gold? Will Scorsese fnally get a statuette?
Guess correctly and you could be a big winner at Louises Downtown,
1009 Massachusetts St., Oscar Party beginning at 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Buy a ballot for $5 and guess the nights big winners. The participant
with the most correct guesses wins the loot, while runners-up will
receive genuine 2006 movie posters. This is Louises second year to
broadcast the Academy Awards on the bars big screen, says bartender
Adam Marinello. He says the 21-and-over bar will also offer $3 single
premium cocktails and popcorn for full viewing pleasure.
For more information and to print off a ballot visit www.scene-
stealers.com.
Courtney Hagen
Louises Downtown
Oscar Party
Q&A Q&A
Truckstop
Honeymoon
Katie Euliss and Mike West, the banjo-
pickin, bass-plunkin couple who are Truckstop
Honeymoon, spent their wedding night on
the road in Louisiana. They lost their house to
Hurricane Katrina, and when they arent traveling
the world on tour, they now call Lawrence home.
Jayplays Jaime Netzer caught up with Euliss as
she picked up her daughter from a nature class at
Prairie Park Nature Center in Lawrence.
Q: DiD you anD your husbanD
really have a truck stop
honeymoon?
We had a gig on our wedding night in Lafayette,
La. We played all night in this disgusting, smoky
bar, and we were so tired driving home that we
had to stop at this place called the Tiger Truck
Stop. Its this seedy place that has live tigers
pacing around in these horrible cages and hotel
rooms for rent by the hour in back, but we pulled
up to a well-lit area and slept under the neon
glow of the truck stop lights.
Q: how woulD you classify
your sounD?
Its like a vaudeville, punk rock, bluegrass,
country, rockabilly, R & B sound. Thats the
fun of it, its hard to pin down.
Q: how has hurricane
katrina changeD your lives?
We had a lot of depression about losing
our home, but I think we landed on our feet,
and weve been nothing but constructive and
positive about the change. It felt like a blessing in
disguise. Lawrence feels safe compared to where
we lived; I dont have to worry about getting shot
going to get milk for the kids.
Q: Do you anD mike write
your songs together?
Its a joint effort. A lot of times Ill come up with
ideas or a hook line, and then Mike is a wizard at
fguring out the form and shape of a song.
Truckstop Honeymoon will host a party at the
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., on March 2
for the release of their new CD, Diamond in the
Asphalt. The 18-and-over show starts at 9 p.m.
Jaime Netzer
STOUT
SALADS
02.22.2007 JAYPLAY 13
by Kim Wallace
Health-conscious college
students who eat on the run
may want to rethink ordering a
loaded salad at the nearest fast
food restaurant. Some salads
pack on more fat, calories and
cholesterol than traditional
hamburgers, according to
the Physicians Committee for
Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a
nonproft group.
The group found that the
McDonalds Crispy Chicken
Bacon Ranch Salad has more
fat and calories and just as
much cholesterol as a Big
Mac sandwich. The salad, with
dressing, has 51 grams of fat,
660 calories and 85 milligrams of
cholesterol. The sandwich has 34
grams of fat and 590 calories.
An analysis released by
the PCRM in 2003 rated fast
food salads from Au Bon Pain,
Burger King, McDonalds, Panera
Bread, Subway, Taco Bell and
Wendys. The committee, made
up of registered dieticians and
nutritionists, judged salads
based on the amount of fat,
saturated fat, cholesterol, fber
and sodium. It measured salads
with two ounces of the dressing
it was served with or the lowest-
fat dressing available.
You have to be wary of
these bigger chains. Theyre not
trying to cater to health, says
Susan Levin, a staff dietician
with the PCRM.
To avoid extra calories at the
drive-thru, be cautious of salads
advertised as crispyor crunchy,
because that actually means
fried and fatty, says Levin.
Aim for fast food restaurants
that allow you to make your
own salads and choose mix-ins
such as spinach leaves, carrots,
beets and other brightly colored
vegetables, Levin says. Most
meat, if not lean, adds extra
calories and unnecessary fat, she
says. Even if its skinless, roasted
chicken, its still high in fat. Top
off your salads with chickpeas or
kidney beans for protein.
Lona Sandon, a registered
dietician and national
spokesperson for the American
Dietetic Association, agrees that
salads are usually a good option
at the drive-thru, but you must
order with caution.
Choose low-fat dressing,
and even with that, use half
the packet of dressing to
save yourself some calories,
Sandon says.
Opting for grilled meat
instead of crispy or crunchy meat
1. Keep portion sizes small.
Pick smaller sandwich sizes
or order half a sandwich.
Skip multiple-patty burgers
and stick to regular or kid-
size burgers. Load up on
vegetables to keep your
belly full.
2. Choose a healthier side
dish. Order a fruit cup or
side salad instead of fries
or a baked potato.
3. Go for the greens. Get
grilled meat on your salads
and choose low-fat or fat-
free dressing on the side.
Steer clear of deep-fried
anything, breaded meats
and other fried toppings.
4. Opt for grilled items.
Choose grilled or roasted
lean meats for your
sandwiches for a lower-fat
meal.
5. Have it your way. Dont
take your salad or sandwich
as is. Ask for low-fat options,
no- or low-fat mayonnaise
on your sandwich and
make the meal the way you
want it.
6. Watch what you drink.
Order diet soda, water,
unsweetened iced tea or
sparkling water to save
hundreds of calories from
sugary drinks.
Source: Mayo Clinic
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salad at the drive-thru
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
PHOTO ILLuSTRATIOn/ AnnA FALTERMEIER
A McDonalds Crispy Chicken Salad
with Ceasar dressing contains more
calories than a McDonalds Big Mac.
Asian Salad with Crispy
Chicken with newmans Own
Creamy Caesar Dressing
570 calories
320 calories from fat
35 grams of fat
65 milligrams of cholesterol
1530 milligrams of sodium
37 grams of carbohydrates
Big Mac
540 calories
29 grams of fat
75 milligrams cholesterol
Source: mcdonalds.com
mcDOnALDS cOmpAriSOn
Director Billy Ray is like the youngest
sibling who just found out that the biggest
present under the tree belongs to him. The
colossal gift is the true story of FBI Agent
Robert Hanssen which would normally be
reserved for a well-established Hollywood
heavyweight. The movie Ray has crafted
from it is his sophomore effort, Breach.
Hanssen (Kansas City, MO., native Chris
Cooper) is a quiet family man, who enjoys
nothing more than a Sunday morning mass
followed by a romp in the backyard with
his grandchildren. But he has a secret: $1.4
million worth of FBI secrets sold to the
Russian KGB. Eric ONeill (Ryan Phillippe) is
the agent-hopeful chosen to try to expose
Hanssen while posing as his aide.
The incredible story eager to unveil itself,
Ray employs a rather laisse faire approach.
This is a smart, modest decision, and one
that Rays older, more egotistical Hollywood
brothers would no doubt have trouble
making (imagine what Peter Jackson might
do with the largest security breach in US
history at his fingertips). Rays only directorial
indulgence ends up costing him: the
overuse of his soundtrack in the early goings
a transparent attempt to generate the
suspense that is not properly created with
plot results in a pervading melodrama that
lingers for the first 45 minutes.
Cooper elevates the performance of those
around him, and deserves partial credit for
completing Phillippes resurrection from
heartthrob depths. At home in his acting
element, Cooper plays a more or less tweaked
version of his American Beauty character, Col.
Frank Fitts. His ability to appear so genuinely
straight-laced convinces Phillippes character
and the audience, who both must be
periodically reminded that hes a traitor.
The attitude-action dichotomy makes for
a compelling finish; the magnificently shot
scene of Hanssens arrest packs wonderment
tantamount to the penultimate scene of
Beauty, when Fitts reveals his homosexuality.
PG-13
90 minutes
www.breachmovie.net
Chris Brower
Maria Taylor is no stranger to the indie-
pop world. She frst made a name for herself
with the ambient-pop duo Azure Ray,
releasing three critically acclaimed albums
alongside her musical partner, Orenda Fink.
The soft-spoken vocals and soothing music
were free from the harsh sounds of typical
indie rock, but were different from the
bubblegum pop ruling the airwaves.
Taylors second solo release, Lynn Teeter
Flower, sees her continuing her affectionate
pop music backed by several new sounds
and infuences. It showcases some of Taylors
most diverse and interesting work to date,
and does just what a second album should
do show growth.
The album dabbles in a little bit of
everything, from the synthesizer-and-drum-
driven A Good Start to Irish Goodbye, in
which Taylor tries a breezy acoustic-pop
tune backed with a hip-hop-style drumbeat.
On ReplayTaylor dabbles in jazz with
offbeat drum accents and a light swing feel.
No Stars shows the usually relaxed Taylor
showcasing her agitated side with the lyrics,
And there was nothing in my clenching fst,
and I just cant wait
But perhaps the best song on the album
is the intimate folk of Clean Getaway, in
which Taylors usually quiet voice rises to an
emotional high note that makes it one of the
most beautiful songs Taylor has penned.
With Lynn Teeter Flower, Taylor shows new
sides to her talent and, like a young fower,
proves her talent is still growing.
Breach
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All rAtings Are out of A possible five stArs.
Music
Movie
Lynn Teeter Flower
by Maria Taylor
Ian Stanford
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13

is always a better choice for the
carnivore in you, she says.
Though fast food restaurants
are on the right track by offering
large salads as dinner options,
Sandon says its whats loaded
onto these vegetable plates
that is racking up the calories.
Cheese is good, but its going
to add on extra calories. Sprinkle
a small amount and leave off
the bacon bits and those other
add-ons like fried noodles and
roasted nuts, she says.
She also advises that fast
food patrons hold the croutons
and other salty toppings, which
add more sodium to the meal.
The body only needs 1,500
milligrams of sodium a day to
function properly, but most
Americans eat upwards of 6,000
to 8,000 milligrams of sodium
per day, Sandon says. A healthy
intake to shoot for is 2,000 to
3,000 milligrams per day, she
says.
If youre counting calories,
know that women need about
1,800 a day and men can have
up to 2,200 a day, Sandon says.
This breaks down to about 600-
730 calories per meal, based on
a three-meals-a-day plan.
Sandon advises that
consumers factor in their drinks
and side orders too, because
even though a salad, such as
the McDonalds Crispy Chicken
Caesar Salad, may have 500
calories, what you have with
that meal water, soda or juice
is also going to affect your
calorie intake for that meal.
Watch your waistline by
educating yourself on whats in
your salad.Fast food restaurants
keep nutrition facts updated
on their Web sites for each item
on their menus. Know what
youre up against when you
are tempted by a seemingly
healthy salad.
Arbys
Chicken Club Salad
504 calories
26 grams of fat
209 milligrams of
cholesterol
Beef n Cheddar Sandwich
445 calories
21 grams of fat
51 milligrams of
cholesterol
Source: arbys.com
Wendys
Chicken BLT Salad
710 calories
120 milligrams of
cholesterol
Hamburger and Medium
Fries
660 calories
30 milligrams of
cholesterol
www.healthlibrary.net
Burger King
Chicken Caesar Salad
460 calories
70 milligrams of
cholesterol
Hamburger and Small Fries
540 calories
40 milligrams of
cholesterol
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My younger brother and I
were born a year apart. When
we were growing up he was my
closest ally, best playmate and
only sibling. I taught him how
to swim and he
showed me the
fne art of armpit
farts. Since we were
so close in age, we
shared everything
from Legos and
Cabbage Patch
Kids to the same
taste in food.
We were
intensely picky
eaters. We refused
broccoli, wouldnt
touch fsh and always insisted
on spaghetti noodles without
the meat sauce. By age 11, I grew
out of most of my picky eating
habits. My brother didnt. When
he started refusing not just
lettuce but also Chucky Cheese
pizza, my parents started to get
concerned.
To get him to eat my mother
offered him an incentive: He
could eat his favorite foods while
watching TV. But just a week
later, our housekeeper, led by
a mysterious smell, discovered
his meals hidden away in the
bookshelves that lined our
media room. Moldy macaroni
and cheese was stuffed into
Monopoly boxes and crusty old
chicken fngers were hidden
behind Dr. Seuss books.
My brothers picky eating
turned into a full-blown aversion
to food. He began throwing
violent tantrums at mealtime,
refusing to swallow anything.
My parents began compiling
research and looking for answers
to his unusual behavior.
I was in the seventh grade and
my brother was in the sixth when
he was offcially diagnosed with
obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The disease manifested itself in a
severe case of anorexia, a disease
that affects about 1 million men
in the United States, according
to the National Association
of Anorexia Nervosa and
Associated Disorders. Anorexias
infiction on males is rarely
spoken about, as the condition
has long been characterized as
a womans problem connected
to body image. My brothers
condition was even more
unusual, because his anorexia
stemmed, not from wanting to
look like Kate Moss, but from
an extreme psychological need
for control. He developed a
paranoia of germs in food and
the only way he could control it
was to not eat.
Eventually he stopped
eating completely. My family
tried everything,
even physically
restraining him
at mealtimes, but
our efforts were
fruitless. His hair
grew frizzy and
started to fall out
in clumps, and
his dry, nutrient-
starved skin
faked and wafted
to the foor like
snowfakes. He
was a tall 11 year old but he
weighed between 50 and 54
pounds. I no longer recognized
the brother I once shared tree
forts and toys with.
This disease isolated us
for years. There were no more
birthday parties and no more
joyous holiday celebrations.
I stopped asking my friends
over to play and instead would
make frantic phone calls to their
parents to pick me up when
things got too intense at home.
The Legos and Cabbage
Patch Kids lost their importance
and gathered dust. I knew my
childhood had ended and I was
being pushed toward serious
adulthood too fast. I learned
to fend for myself because my
parents were so fxated on my
brothers condition that they
had no time for me, for anything.
We were living our lives in a
fy-trap, caught in a sticky glue
between living and dying.
I fought the urge I had to
scream at my brother, to lash
out. I wanted to make him
stop, to knock some sense
into him somehow. I thought
his delusional behavior was a
desperate cry for attention. I
was horrifed that I was losing
my closest friend. I started to
resent him.
Each day of our lives became
a battle against this monster
that was slowly taking over
my brothers body. The doctors
and specialists whom my
parents found to treat him
said he would be dead before
he fnished middle school if
he kept going the way he was.
They said his starved body
was in the process of shutting
down, and if he ever recovered
his organs would most likely be
irreversibly damaged.
My parents were determined
not to accept that prognosis.
They fought to keep him at
home. They converted our guest
bedroom into a hospital room of
sorts. My brother spent his days
in bed with a feeding tube down
his throat that pumped protein-
rich nutrients into his body.
My parents hired a day nurse, a
nutritionist and a psychologist
to make house calls. My mother
moved a second bed into the
guest room and woke up in
three-hour increments each
night to check his vital signs
and his tube. I no longer had my
mother or father to tuck me in at
night; instead the dull humming
and beeping of his machine was
my lullaby.
My familys loving care of my
brother worked. After months
of the feeding tube, countless
hours of therapy and a steady
dose of medications, the illness
began to lose its grip and he
slowly returned to the brother
and friend I had always known.
Its been nearly a decade
since my brother got sick. It took
me a long time to forgive him for
the thing that took control of his
body and ate up the last bits of
our childhood together. The boy
who once needed to be carried
downstairs because of his
crumbling frame now attends
college eight hours from home,
eats junk food and still enjoys a
good armpit fart.
We fnd the time to chat
on the phone every once and
awhile. We dont talk about the
past; we cant change it. We cant
go back to reclaim what was lost,
so theres no point in feeling sad
or angry anymore. We have too
much lost time to make up for.

My brother and I were close friends and
playmates until a devastating illness
dissolved the last of our childhood.
sPeAK
02.22.2007 JAYPLAY 15
by Courtney Hagen
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editors note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
fnding the right housing . . . . . . . 4
stadiumfront living . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
proximity to campus . . . . . . . . . . . 6
what do you think . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
popular complexes . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
buying, not renting . . . . . . . . . . . 10
to do list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Finding a place to live of campus for the
frst time can be a daunting task.
The frst time I moved of the KU campus,
deciding where and with whom to live and
making sure I wasnt getting myself into
a questionable lease are just some of the
obstacles I faced.
This apartment guide is designed to get
you thinking about where youre going to live
next fall. Its divided into four sections that
follow the order of decision-making in your
quest to fnding your perfect dwelling.
This issue covers fnding the right hous-
ing situation and location. Weve included
a checklist that should take you all the way
through the process of getting a new apart-
ment. Its small and easy to carry around, so
take it apartment hunting with you.
In the next issue, we will cover what to look
for when inspecting your apartment before
signing the lease, what is expected of you as
the tenant and of the management company
you chose, and how to review your new lease
before you sign and its too late.
From personal experience, I can say that
I wish Id asked a few more questions before
moving into the apartment complex I have
lived in for the past two years. For example,
I never considered the possibility of being
without the option of cable Internet, but our
apartments are too old for it. We use DSL
instead, but it has cost us more than we had
originally bargained for.
In the third issue, you can look for stories
on how to set up utilities in your name, what
you can expect to pay for them, and what op-
tions you have. We will give tips on getting
along with your new roommates, and, if you
decided that apartment living isnt for you,
well include a story on the pros and cons of
buying a house instead.
The last issue will cover all the topics
related to moving in: fnding a fun, yet
inexpensive, way to decorate your new pad
and making sure your management company
has followed through with the promises they
made before move-in.
Good luck in your search!
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By Chris horn
This spring, KU students will rigorously
search for a special place they can call home
for next year. Its important for students to
know what they want and where to find it, as
well as which type of living arrangement best
suits their lifestyles.
Apartment living is a top choice for most
students because of its accessibility and all
of the values that come with living in a com-
plex.
Apartments offer an engaging social scene
and allow residents to meet one another and
form friendships. Some apartment complexes
are very close to campus and many are along
bus routes, offering students a variety of ways
to get to class. R.W. Smith, Pleasanton, Calif.,
junior, has lived in the dorms his first year,
the Jayhawker Towers his second year and is
now living in an apartment off campus. He
likes the social aspects of apartment living
the most.
My apartment is socially comfortable,
Smith said. Its the ideal college atmosphere
and provides a very strong opportunity to
develop close friendships.
Despite the positives, Smith points out
that apartment living does have its negative
effects.
Occasionally, dealing with large manage-
ment companies can be hit or miss when it
comes to maintenance and requests. Also,
because college students predominantly occu-
py many complexes in Lawrence, the strains
of the social lifestyle can take a toll on a
students schoolwork and job. Smith intends
to move next year to a west Lawrence com-
munity that has less college students, where
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he thinks he can focus more.
The farther you get from campus, Smith
said, the less likely you will be distracted by
people.
Although apartments offer social networks
and a lot of amenities, one KU student has
enjoyed living in a house for a majority of his
years at the University.
Nick Estrada, Overland
Park junior, rents a house
with his partner, Nate.
Estrada has lived in a
house two out of his three
years in Lawrence and pre-
fers his arrangement to the
dorms or apartments.
Estrada and his partner
were interested in finding
a residence that offered a
large amount of space for
Estradas workout equip-
ment and his partners
band instruments. Estrada found a lot of
space in the house that he chose with his
partner, but has also realized that the privacy
that comes along with a house is a good thing
too.
There are no noise complaints and there
is a lot more freedom to have people over,
Estrada said. I dont have to have friends
check in and we can have a good time without
worrying about anybody bothering us.
Estrada and his partner have also noticed
that although the benefits of a house were too
good to pass up, they are spending somewhat
more on house expenses than their friends
who live in apartments.
Houses tend to have a single landlord
rather than a management company that
runs them, so residents have to do their own
basic maintenance, such
as yard work and small
house repairs. Houses are
also larger in square foot-
age than most apartments,
so the costs of heating and
cooling a house are greater
than the costs in an apart-
ment. Also, a lot of newer
apartments are switch-
ing to electric-only heat-
ing and cooling systems
while a majority of the
older homes surrounding
campus have not attempted to do this. Despite
having to do most everything in his house,
Estrada finds positives in his living situation.
Because our rent is a little lower than a
lot of apartments, Estrada said, were paying
just as much a month as our friends who live
in apartments are.
There are some other options for housing
in Lawrence, but renting an off-campus prop-
erty works out for most people, you just have
to be willing to find exactly what you need.
Continued from page 4
By Matt EldEr
With the football season long over, many
KU students who lived near Memorial
Stadium encountered spring cleaning early
after the semesters tailgating ended.
The Stadium View Apartment complex,
1040 Mississippi St., was often students
second choice for tailgating after Campanile
hill during game days.
The complexs parking lot was often over-
flowing with students because of its prox-
imity to Memorial Stadium, but it was the
complexs residents who were left to clean
up the mess of hundreds of Jayhawks fans.
Jarred Kolar, Libertyville, Ill., junior, lived
on the second floor at Stadium View. After
the last game, Kolar had to invest both his
time and money to return his apartment to
the way it was when he initially moved in,
despite taking several precautions.
It came to the point where we were put-
ting down plastic lining on the carpets and
leaving it there, Kolar said. We bought 200
yards of the stuff and covered every inch
of our living room and still had to have it
steam-cleaned.
Kolar and his three roommates first began
the reconstruction process by patching holes
in their apartments walls from the fists and
chairs of disgruntled KU fans. Kolar had to
pay to patch the holes and for local hard-
ware stores to match the paint on the walls.
But that didnt stop them from hosting more
parties because people expected them too,
Matt Green, St. Louis junior, said.
There were a lot of people you dont see
every day but that you expect to see every
weekend theres a game, Green said.
Greens apartment was on the complexs
first floor, adjacent to the parking lot. While
both Green and Kolar tried to limit their
guests to close friends and acquaintances,
strangers still managed to work their ways
inside the apartments.
Since we were on the first floor we got
most of the traffic, Green said. Strangers
would check scores and use our bathroom
just because we were closest, just adding to
the mess we had outside.
Stadium Views management send peo-
ple to inspect the apartments for dam-
ages sometime after the footbal season ends,
Green said. He, like Kolar, had to invest in
the repair of his apartments walls and car-
pets so he wouldnt be charged large fees by
the complexs management.
Kansan staf writer Matt Elder can be con-
tacted at melder@kansan.com.
Stadium living requires fexibility
There are no noise complaints
and there is a lot more freedom
to have people over.
Nick Estrada
Overland Park junior
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When it comes time to find a place to live,
students are faced with
many options. The biggest
of these may be decid-
ing whether to live on or
off campus. This dilemma
often boils down to which
is more important to the
student: the convenience
of living on campus or the
privacy of living off cam-
pus.
The University
Department of Student
Housing offers several different living envi-
ronments for students. Some of the perks
of KU student housing are security, variety,
savings, proximity, convenience, resources, an
endless supply of activities and only one bill.
Living on campus is really being part of the
heart of campus life, said Jennifer Walmelink,
interim associate director
for Residence Life.
Some of the living
environments offered
by the University are the
eight residence halls, the
Jayhawker Towers and the
11 scholarship halls.
Sloane Schulz, Hill City
sophomore, lives in Miller
Scholarship Hall and said
she enjoyed the buildings
convenient location to
Living on campus is really be-
ing part of the heart of campus
life.
Jennifer Walmelink
interim associate Director
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campus.
I like living on campus because I never
have to worry about finding a parking spot
and I dont have to ride the bus, she said. I
have like a seven-minute walk to class; prob-
ably the best location on campus.
For some students, however, campus liv-
ing isnt for them. For that reason, Lawrence
is home to several apartment complexes and
rental homes.
Hawks Pointe Apartment Homes has three
locations near the KU campus. Some of the
advantages it offers are a good location and the
right to have pets and paint the walls.
Location is a big deal when looking for an
apartment to a lot of college students, said
Ashley Minden, Hawks Pointe leasing agent.
But location isnt everything. One downfall
to apartment living is bills. Some apartments,
like Hawks Pointe, dont pay the gas or electric
bill for its residents.
I dont like living off campus because its
much more expensive to pay for gas and a
campus parking pass, said Justine Ogdon.
Leawood sophomore, I dont feel like Im
experiencing campus life as much as I could
be.
Legends Place Apartments, 4100 W 24th
St., is another housing option for University
students. The complex offers students week-
day morning breakfast, a bus service to and
from campus and one monthly, flat-rate for
all their bills.
Our apartments come fully furnished,
which is helpful for students who come from
the dorms and dont have anything, said April
Keller, Legends Place leasing agent.
With many housing options available in
Lawrence, deciding where to live comes down
to a students personal preference. Which is
more important: convenience or privacy?
anna faltermeier
all girls housing, like in margaret amini Scholarship Hall, provides an opportunity to meet new friends.
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EVAN THIES
Topeka sophomore
Something like a scholarship hall
or a dorm, maybe even a fraternity
or sorority. You defnitely get more
friends and better social interac-
tions.
KYLE SMITH
Kansas City senior
Tuckaway; its close to campus
and the bars.
RACHEL RICCI
Topeka junior
Apartments because youre close
to your neighbors so you can meet
people, and you have more free-
dom than in a dorm or scholarship
hall.
JORDAN WILLIAMS
Cofeyville sophomore
I think the greek system because
its a chance to foster great rela-
tionships and networks, and its a
chance to serve the community.
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apartments from $480 to $590 a month per
person (including utilities).
the reserve, 2511 W. 31st st.: three and
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Students decide
to enter real estate
world during college
By Matt EldEr
While many students shun the idea of add-
ing more responsibility to
their academic workloads,
two KU students have wel-
comed real estate owner-
ship as an investment dur-
ing college.
Jesse Conrad,
Libertyville, Ill., junior, co-
owns his house at 901 West
22nd St. with his father.
Conrad began looking at
houses in Lawrence for
investment property while
he lived in McCollum Hall during his fresh-
man year. After sending pictures and informa-
tion to his father in Libertyville for approval,
Conrad made the decision to purchase his
house located near Alabama Street.
I pretty much did all the work except
pay for it, Conrad said.
I didnt have the credit to
buy it just under my name
and now Ill have a better
credit score when I get out
of school.
Conrad has been able
to pay the majority of his
mortgage payment during
the past year and a half by
charging his roommates
rent. When he gradu-
ates from the University,
I didnt have the credit to buy it
just under my name and now Ill
have a better credit score when I
get out of school.
Jesse Conrad
Libertyville, Ill., junior
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Conrad will sell the house. Ultimately,
Conrad could have lived in Lawrence after
his freshman year for free.
Anything you can save living out-of-
state obviously helps, Conrad said. In the
long run thats the plan.
The investment property Jason Flohrs
family purchased at 1812 Maine St. came
with a greater responsibility.
Flohrs, Overland Park senior, spent more
than three months renovating his one-bed-
room, one-bathroom home on Maine Street
that was built in 1906. Flohrs was forced to
live in the front half of his house while the
back was gutted during the renovation.
For the first month I was there I didnt
have cold water, Flohrs said. My kitchen
sink was my bathroom sink and bathtub,
like half a step above roughing it here.
The house has been expanded to include
three new bedrooms and bathrooms, a
kitchen and a laundry room after more than
$40,000 in renovations.
Flohrs has since moved elsewhere in
Lawrence, but his sister Jennifer is living in
the renovated house with two roommates.
The family originally purchased the house
using college funds saved for both Jason and
Jennifer, and their father paid the remain-
ing amount. The Flohrses plan to sell the
house in August 2008 and expect to make
a profit. The good news for Flohrs is that a
three-bedroom, two-bathroom home a few
doors down recently sold for $175,000. He
hopes the renovations and the houses loca-
tion near campus will help it sell for a larger
amount. If the Flohrs house were to sell for
the same amount, the family would split
$40,000 in profit after renovation costs.
But playing landlord doesnt come with-
out worries for students investing in real
estate properties. Conrad said collecting
rent checks from friends or roommates
who have become friends can be rough.
He also said he had to be more careful
with college guests, as the owner of the
home, than if he had been renting a home.
We try to keep track of who were invit-
ing and letting in, Conrad said, especially
people I dont know or trust.
But for Marcus Walker, Hays junior and
Conrads roommate, the personal relation-
ship with his landlord has offered several
otherwise unavailable amenities.
Jessie e-mails my dad at the end of every
month with the bill, and reminds him about
the payment, Walker said. That way we
havent run into any problems.
Kansan staf writer Matt Elder can be con-
tacted at melder@kansan.com.
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Houses ofer students more space and the opportunity to enjoy benefts that an apartment does not allow, like pets.
Think about how far away from campus you want to be. Are you willing to drive 10 to 15 minutes to get to campus, or would you rather be able to walk to classes? Chet Batson, community assistant at the Reserve Apart- ments, said to check if theres a bus route nearby, especially if you dont have a car.
To Do LisT: ApArTmenT HunTing
Take this handy guide with you while searching for your perfect apartment.
1. Locate:
2. price:
3. prepare:
4. Visit:
5. scrutinize:
6. Communicate:
7. remember:
Before choosing the apartment with crystal chandeliers and gilded faucets, take into consideration how much
money youre willing and able to spend on housing per month. As much as you would enjoy living in a better
place than your parents, The Ritz-Carlton is probably not in the budget.
Jessica Rogers, Hawks Pointe Apartments employee, said you should make a list of questions before visiting
potential apartments. Make up a list of important questions you might have concerning furnishing or pets,
for example. Some places charge extra for or dont allow animals, so if you cant live without Fido, dont
choose a place that doesnt allow dogs. Batson said to ask whether the apartment is furnished or not so you
have an idea of what youll need to bring when you move in.
Rogers suggests narrowing down your choices then visiting each apartment so you
can get a feel for the diferent places. You might fnd that the choice you were lean-
ing towards isnt as good a deal as it seemed in the advertisement.
Dont sign the lease, until you have read through it carefully and picked out any extra fees you didnt no-
tice before. Batson said to check to see if utilities are fgured into the monthly rate or if you have to pay
an additional amount. He said renters should be sure to fll out an inventory checklist when they move
in so they arent charged extra for previous damages, such as nail holes, when they move out.
Between the time you sign the lease and when you move in, check with your leasing agent periodi-
cally so you dont encounter any surprises when the time comes to move into your new apartment.
Contact the utility company and put your name on the utility service. Rogers said people have the
most difculties remembering this step, and the apartment complex cant give new residents a key
until they have switched the name on the utilities.
Sources: Jessica Rogers, Hawks Pointe Apartments employee
Chet Batson, community assistant at the Reserve Apartments
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