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BY JESSE TRIMBLE

jtrimble@kansan.com
Jon Lanes small frame hides among
the tubes and machines enveloping his
bed in the intensive care unit of the
University of Kansas Medical Center.
A large tube protrudes from his mouth
beneath an oxygen mask. A quarter-
filled catheter bag hangs at the end of the
bed. He cant hear because of fluid build-
up in his ears and cant speak because of
tubes supplying his body with oxygen.
His blood is filtered every few hours to
keep his kidneys from failing. If he could
still talk, he would tell you that the auto-
immune disease that has ravaged his
liver will kill him soon. That is, unless he
gets a liver transplant.
On the YouTube video he posted a
month before the presidential election,
Jon talks about how electing Barack
Obama could save him and others
doomed by preexisting conditions by
requiring heath insurance for everyone.
In that grainy 10-minute video, he lifts
up his shirt to show the red bruise
over his enlarged and failing liver. Two
months later, 40 days before Obamas
inauguration, Jon lies, gravely ill, in a
Kansas City hospital.
How he went from a state champion
high school debater and straight-A stu-
dent to fighting for his life includes
two medical calamities. One is a rare
disease that is killing his liver, the other
involves a stress ball, Doritos and Jons
tendency to walk in his sleep. Add the
medical bills that only continue to grow,
and one can see why Jon, a Tonganoxie
freshman with a quirky sense of humor
and a head of curly brown hair, con-
cluded that his fate rested in the hands
of a future president and a promise to
change the health care system.
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His freshman year of high school,
Jon joined the debate team. After debate
practice, when Jon was researching
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Jon lane, tonganoxie freshman, is fghting an autoimmune disease that causes his body to reject his liver. In October, Lane posted a video onYouTube, voicing his support for presidential candidate Barack Obama based on his own medical situation and his belief that an Obama presidency would
be better for those like Lane, whose chronic medical conditions make health insurance difcult to acquire. Among Lanes other afictions, he was born with Coloboma, a rare congenital condition that causes a crescent-shaped defect in the iris.
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X-rays courtesy of Jon lane
During Jon lanes junior year of high school, he
unknowingly ate a stress ball, a small balloon flled with
lead pellets, while sleep walking. The pellets, visible in these
X-rays, spread through Lanes intestines, causing severe lead
poisoning, with lead levels at 20 times the acknowledged
danger level for adults.
Three coalitions announce
their presidential candidates
Stress and finals go hand-in-
hand. Professors of music and dance
say students can take advantage of
a number of relaxation strategies to
battle their way through the upcoming
week. Listening to music, exercising
and getting enough sleep are some of
their suggestions.
Student Senate coalitions recently
announced their presidential and vice
presidential for the upcoming spring
elections. The three parties running for
office in the 2009-10 school year are
the incumbent United Students, new
coalition Envision and Students for
Liberty.
The Universitys Italy study abroad pro-
gram is now sponsored by the University
of Iowa. For more than eight years, the
University sponsored the business, jour-
nalism and communications program.
University of Iowa gets
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Two months ago, Jon Lane, a Tonganoxie freshman, posted a video on
YouTube to ask that the country vote for a president who, he says, would
change the health care system and help him live. Now all he can do is wait.
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X-rays courtesy of Jon lane
Doctors took X-rays of Lanes intestines each day once
chelation therapy began. The chelation therapy was used to
gather the lead pellets in Lanes intestines. During chelation
therapy, a synthetic solution is injected into the bloodstream
to grab foreign metals and removes themfromthe body
through the kidneys.
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BY hAleY Jones
hjones@kansan.com
For most students, stress levels
will decline afer fnals. But for
students running in the Student
Senate spring elections, the stress
of running a campaign is just
beginning. Student Senate presi-
dential and vice presidential hope-
fuls are gearing up for next semes-
ters elections and several Student
Senate coalitions have announced
their nominees for president and
vice president.
United Students nominated
Mason Heilman, Lawrence junior
and Student Executive Committee
chairman, for president, and May
Davis, Clay Center junior and stu-
dent senator, for vice president. A
new coalition called Envision will
be led by presidential candidate
J.J. Siler, Overland Park junior and
chairman of the academic services
board, and vice presidential can-
didate Alex Porte, Great Falls, Va.,
senior and Senate treasurer. Adam
Wood, Lawrence senior and stu-
dent senator, will run for the sec-
ond time as the presidential candi-
date for Students for Liberty. Wood
said he had not yet selected a vice
presidential candidate, but expects
to announce his pick next semester
in March.
United StUdentS
United Students, the incumbent
coalition, will face new competi-
tion this year. Heilman and Davis
were nominated and have both
been involved in Senate since their
freshman years at the University.
Heilman said he loved the
University and Student Senate, so
running for student body president
seemed like the logical next step.
One of the main roles is advo-
cating for students at KU because
they have such a large voice in stu-
dent governance, he said. It takes
someone who knows the system
and knows the people involved in
it and can hit the ground running.
enviSion
Siler said Envision is made up
of students who were formerly
involved in United Students and
former coalition ConnectKU,
which is not running this year. Siler
said the coalition would create a
partnership of the best individuals
from varying perspectives.
To serve the student body, you
have to have a partnership, he said.
We want to get the best people in
a single coalition and go out and
do the most good for the most
people.
Envisions main focus is to
involve students who have not par-
ticipated in Senate before and to
increase voter turnout. Te coali-
tion, which is composed of about
30 students, will center its cam-
paign on outreaches next semes-
ter in order to engage the student
body in what Siler said was its most
direct form of government.
Were trying to position our-
selves to be the biggest competition
to the incumbent party, United
Students, he said.
StUdentS foR LiBeRty
Wood, who has lead the third-
party coalition for the last few
years, decided to run again as pres-
idential candidate. Wood said he
had not yet selected a vice president
for the coalition but that he would
pick someone who could carry the
coalition on afer he graduates next
year.
Im looking more at long term
than short term, he said. Last year
was our establishing year, this year
is where we solidify our presence
on campus.
Wood said the coalition would
maintain a few of its major plat-
forms such as green energy and
fscal responsibility. He said he
expected Students for Liberty to
do better this year in voter turnout.
Last year, it had 305 votes com-
pared to United Students 2,005
votes and ConnectKUs 1,805 votes.
But, Wood said, getting elected isnt
everything.
I dont have the same ideas as
other coalitions about who is a
good candidate, he said. Im not
worried about who can win, who
looks best, who can speak the best
or who knows the most people.
Im worried about someone who is
vocal, active, passionate and who
is really honest. Im going to pick
someone who has those qualities.
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StUdent Senate
Coalitions announce their candidates
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Italy business program moves to University of Iowa
Study AbroAd
BY KEVIN HARDY
editor@kansan.com
A popular KU study abroad
program that draws more than
150 Jayhawks each year to Italy,
has moved from the University of
Kansas to the University of Iowa.
The program, called CIMBA,
the Consortium Institute of
Management and Business
Analysis, has been sponsored by
the University for more than eight
years and offers classes in business,
journalism and communications in
Paderno del Grappa.
Al Ringleb, a former professor
of business at the University, is the
programs executive director. An
Iowa native who has close ties to the
University of Iowa, Ringleb moved
the program to Iowas university
when the Universitys contract with
the program expired this summer.
We fully expect that this transi-
tion will not have a negative impact
on students attending from KU,
Ringleb said in a telephone inter-
view from Italy.
Tim Shaftel, professor of busi-
ness and faculty advisor to the
Office of Study Abroad, said that
KU students would still be able to
participate but must obtain credit
from the University of Iowa.
Shaftel said he expected most
classes would transfer and that there
would be no change in the price for
KU students.
Several KU professors travel to
Italy each semester to teach classes.
KU professors and students have
predominantly led the program in
attendance, but that is expected to
now shift to Iowa.
Iowa was interested in running
it, Shaftel said. KU was feeling
that the administration of the pro-
gram was more of a burden than it
wanted to take on.
Iowa faculty, in the meantime,
see the takeover of the program as
an opportunity.
Like Kansas, we work hard to
maintain a national reputation, and
heading this international program
really aids in that mission, said
Gary Gaeth, a professor of market-
ing and faculty director of the pro-
gram on the Iowa campus. Its great
for our students, our reputation,
and faculty development.
Gaeth said he still expected a
high level of participation from KU
students. Last spring, 56 KU stu-
dents attended the program, though
21 attended this fall semester.
Updated enrollment figures antici-
pate 70 KU students will attend this
spring semester.
Ringleb said although the switch
to Iowa was a tough decision, it was
necessary. He pointed to Iowas prog-
ress in neuroscience, brain imaging
and leadership development as moti-
vating reasons for the move.
Ringleb said that growing up in
Iowa did leave him a little biased in
regards to the move, as did friendly
relations with other University of
Iowa leaders. He said that Sally Frost
Mason, now the president of the
University of Iowa, and the former
dean of the KU College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, also helped in
his decision to take the program
to Iowa.
Ringleb said he had always hoped
to see more involvement from the
University of Iowa, which was not a
participating school in the program
until it took over in August.
If it hadnt been at Iowa, I prob-
ably wouldnt have been as inter-
ested, Ringleb said.
Although the University of Kansas
no longer oversees the program,
Ringleb said that he still would like
it to play an important role.
There was a strong sense of loss,
even though it was a move forward,
Ringleb said.
The University still maintains a
program office on the KU campus,
although with a much smaller staff
than it once had.
The KU student has really set an
impressive standard, Ringleb said.
With a KU student, youre starting
with a product that has a high sense
of value and purpose.
Students now wishing to attend
the program in Paderno can find
more information at www.cimbait-
aly.com or by visiting the Italy
Program office in Summerfield
Hall. Applications for the summer
semester are due Feb. 1.
Editedby Jennifer Torline
PoliticS
Obama will use full name
for inauguration ceremony
BY JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON President-
elect Barack Obama says he will try
to reboot Americas image among
the worlds Muslims and will follow
tradition by using his entire name
Barack Hussein Obama in his
swearing-in ceremony.
The U.S. image globally has
taken a deep
hit during
P r e s i d e n t
George W.
Bushs two
terms in
office, primar-
ily because of
o p p o s i t i o n
to the U.S.-
led invasion
of Iraq, harsh
interrogation
of prisoners,
the indefinite detention of terror-
ist suspects at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, and mistreatment of inmates
at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Obama promised during his
campaign that one of his top pri-
orities would be to work to repair
Americas reputation worldwide,
and that one element of that effort
would be a speech delivered in a
Muslim capital.
He pledged anew to give such a
speech, though he declined to say
whether it would happen during
his first year in office.
Its something I intend to fol-
low through on, Obama said in an
interview published Wednesday
in the Chicago Tribune and the
Los Angeles Times. Weve got
a unique opportunity to reboot
Americas image around the world
and also in the Muslim world in
particular. So we need to take
advantage of that.
Obama said his message would
be twofold: that his administra-
tion will be unyielding in stamp-
ing out terrorist extremism but
also unrelenting in our desire
to create a relationship of mutu-
al respect and partnership with
countries.
I think the world is ready for
that message, he said in the inter-
view, conducted Tuesday.
During the campaign, Obama
repeatedly faced questions about
whether he is a Muslim, particular-
ly in whisper campaigns that noted
his middle name, that his father is
Kenyan, and
that he lived
for a time
as a child in
I n d o n e s i a .
Obama is a
p r a c t i c i n g
Christian.
Asked if he
would drop his
middle name
during his
inauguration
on Jan. 20, the
president-elect said he would not.
The tradition is that they use
all three names and I will follow
the tradition, not trying to make
a statement one way or another,
he said.
Obama also talked about the
spiritual support he sought dur-
ing his White House bid, particu-
larly since he
and his family
left Chicagos
Trinity United
Church of
Christ after
inflammatory
comments by
its pastor, the
Rev. Jeremiah
W r i g h t ,
became a cam-
paign issue.
Obama said
he set up a sort of prayer circle
across the country of pastors who
would pray for him every morn-
ing on a conference call. Obama
said he sometimes joined the call,
which involved leaders from vari-
ous Christian denominations and
other religious faiths.
Im not even sure that all of
them voted for me, Obama said.
But they were willing to pray for
me, and thats something that was
wonderful.
On other topics:
Obama would not put a
timetable on issues important to
organized labor, what he called
his promise to put an end to the
kinds of barriers and roadblocks
that are in the way of workers
legitimately coming together in
order to form a union and bargain
collectively. Among other things,
he has promised support for a
card-check system for unions try-
ing to organize a new workplace
and for adding labor and environ-
mental protections to the North
American Free Trade Agreement.
I dont want to anticipate right
now what sequences will be on
these issues, Obama said.
The man about to be the
nations first black president said
he will make enforcing civil rights
laws and making the criminal jus-
tice system color-blind top pri-
orities for his administration. The
Justice Departments Civil Rights
Division over the last eight years
has had a lot of problems and
really declin-
ing morale,
he said.
Obama
said he, his
wife Michelle
and their two
young daugh-
ters will make
frequent vis-
its during his
pr e s i de nc y
back to their
home in
Chicago, perhaps as often as every
six weeks. My Kennebunkport is
on the South Side of Chicago, he
said. Our friends are here. Our
family is here. And so we are going
to try to come back here as often
as possible.
The tradition is that they use
all three names and I will follow
the tradition, not trying to make
a statement one way or another.
BArAck OBAmA
President-elect
Weve got a unique opportu-
nity to reboot Americas image
around the world and also in the
Muslim world in particular.
BArAck OBAmA
President-elect
In an effort to reboot Americas image worldwide,
Obama to use Hussein when swearing in next month
NAtioNAl
Ill. governor says business as usual;
ignores Obamas pleas to step down
BY DEANNA BELLANDI
AND CHRISTOPHER WILLS
Associated Press
CHICAGO His career in
shreds, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
clung defiantly to power Wednesday,
ignoring a call to step down from
President-elect Barack Obama and a
warning that Senate Democrats will
not let him appoint a new senator
from the state.
Everyone is calling for his
head, said Barbara Flynn Currie,
a leader in the Illinois Senate and,
like the governor, a Democrat.
One day after Blagojevichs
arrest, fellow Illinois politicians
sought to avoid the taint of scan-
dal-by-association.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said at a
news conference in Washington that
he was Senate Candidate 5 in the
governments criminal complaint
a man Blagojevich was secretly
recorded as saying might be will-
ing to pay money to gain appoint-
ment to Obamas vacant Senate seat.
Jackson said he had been assured by
prosecutors he was not a target of
the investigation, and he emphati-
cally said he had not engaged what-
soever in any wrongdoing.
Other Democrats in Washington
edged away from calls for a special
election to fill Obamas place in the
Senate, hoping that Lt. Gov. Pat
Quinn would soon become gov-
ernor and fill the vacancy on his
own. That would assure the party
of holding the seat, and on a far
faster timetable than any balloting
would allow.
Ensconced in his downtown
office, Blagojevich gave no sign
he was contemplating resigning,
and dispatched his spokeswoman,
Kelley Quinn, to say it was busi-
ness as usual in his 16th-floor
suite, situated a few blocks from
Obamas transition headquarters.
At the end of the day, the top
priority for our office is to serve
the people, and we have not lost
sight of that, nor will we lose sight
of that, Quinn said.
One day earlier, federal prosecu-
tors released a thick document that
included excerpts of wiretapped
conversations in which the gover-
nor allegedly schemed to enrich
himself by offering to sell Obamas
Senate seat for campaign cash or a
lucrative job.
Blagojevich, whose 52nd birthday
was Wednesday, is charged with con-
spiracy and solicitation to commit
bribery, punishable by up to 20 years
in prison and 10 years, respectively.
More than 24 hours after the
arrest, Obama joined other promi-
nent Democrats from his state in
calling for Blagojevichs resignation.
The president-elect agrees
with Lt. Gov. Quinn and many
others that under the current cir-
cumstances it is difficult for the
governor to effectively do his job
and serve the people of Illinois,
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs
said in response to questions from
The Associated Press.
Asked whether Obama sup-
ports a special election, Gibbs said
Obama believes the Illinois General
Assembly should consider how to
fill the Senate seat and put in place
a process to select a new senator
that will have the trust and confi-
dence of the people of Illinois.
Top Senate Democrats were more
pointed in a letter circulated among
the rank and file for signatures.
Blagojevichs resignation, fol-
lowed by an appointment made
by a new governor, would be the
most expeditious way for a new
senator to be chosen and seated
in a manner that would earn the
confidence of the people of Illinois
and all Americans, wrote Majority
Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and
the partys second-ranking leader,
Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois.
They added that if Blagojevich
chose to ignore the request of
the Senate Democratic Caucus
and make an appointment we
would be forced to exercise our
Constitutional authority ... to
determine whether such a person
should be seated.
The Constitution gives the
Senate authority to refuse to allow
a member to be sworn in.
Top Illinois lawmakers have
said they are preparing to call the
Legislature into session as early
as next week to set a special elec-
tion to choose Obamas successor.
Many officials said Blagojevich
should be impeached if he refuses
to leave.
Still, it was unclear what incen-
tive the governor had to give up
his office.
His attorney said Tuesday that
he is innocent, and a resignation
might make him appear guilty.
The office also gives him a certain
amount of clout, which can help
him raise money for his defense.
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, center, leaves his home through a back alley Wednesday, a day after he was arrested on federal corruption
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international
By ELENA BECATOROS
ASSOCiATEd PRESS
ATHENS, Greece Five days
of rioting that saw bands of youths
marauding through the streets has
shocked a generally tolerant Greek
public and led many to question
how the situation was allowed to
degenerate. The police and govern-
ment are now under intense scru-
tiny, despite saying they went out
of their way to avoid bloodshed.
The government, which also
faced a crippling general strike
Wednesday, insists it has acted
in the publics best interests, safe-
guarding lives over property amid
an unprecedented explosion of
rage sparked by the shooting death
by police of a 15-year-old in one
of Athens often volatile neighbor-
hoods.
The two officers involved in the
shooting were quickly arrested,
charged and ordered jailed.
The government sought to
show it was trying to act with
restraint when it came to dealing
with the protesters.
Human life is top prior-
ity. Property comes next, Interior
Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos
said during the worst of the riot-
ing Monday, as masked youths
overturned cars, erected blazing
barricades across city streets and
smashed stores at will.
Prime Minister Costas
Karamanlis, whose conserva-
tives are hanging with a single
seat majority in the 300-mem-
ber Parliament, is under threat.
Already on the ropes after a series
of financial scandals and wide-
spread opposition to unpopular
economic, pension and education
reforms, the riots could be his
undoing.
The general strike shut down
schools, public services, hospitals
and airline flights, increasing the
pressure on Karamanlis.
To try to reassure businesses,
Karamanlis pledged financial aid
to those who lost property in
the riots cash payments of
$12,800, delays in tax payments
and three-month guarantees for
employee salaries.
It is unclear if that will satisfy a
shocked public.
Society is frightened, but also
angry at the rioters, the loot-
ers and the government, said
political science professor Haris
Papasotiriou of Athens Pantion
University. They demand a more
dynamic response (to the riots)
and better policing.
Separate opinion polls pub-
lished Wednesday, before the
financial aid package was made
public, showed 68 percent of
Greeks disapproved of the govern-
ments handling of the crisis, and
gave a nearly 5 percentage-point
lead to the Socialists.
This country is not being
governed, senior Socialist party
member Evangelos Venizelos said
in Parliament. There is no way
Mr. Karamanlis can come back
from this.
But Karamanlis has ignored
calls for early elections.
The exact circumstances of the
death of the youth, Alexandros
Grigoropoulos, are disputed. But
one thing is clear: the boy was
killed in a shooting by police, who
have often been accused of heavy-
handed tactics.
Alexis Cougias, a lawyer for
one of the policemen, told report-
ers that a ballistics examination
showed that the teen was killed
by a ricochet and not a direct
shot. One officer said he had fired
warning shots but did not shoot
directly at the boy.
Because he fired in the air
to save his life, as a result of this
accident ... he faces family and
personal ruin, Cougias said of
the officer.
Still, students joined masked
youths in the riots, chanting that
favorite Greek slogan: Cops!
Pigs! Murderers!
So authorities wanted to avoid
forceful police tactics.
But that has been of little com-
fort to shopowners, who saw their
businesses go up in flames.
Nobody seems to care about
the employees at the burnt shops.
What will their fate be now over
the Christmas season? asked
one shop assistant on the popular
Ermou shopping street who would
only give her first name, Eleni.
Although riot police fired tear
gas, they did so mainly when
attacked themselves and did not
intervene when businesses were
torched.
Soon, local media were report-
ing instances of enraged civilians
confronting looters.
Violence is nothing new in
Greeces frequent demonstra-
tions, where the right to protest
is considered an intrinsic part of
democracy. The student uprising
in 1973 against the 1967-74 mili-
tary dictatorship has gained near
mythical status.
Despite general public grum-
bling, the occasional Molotov
cocktail and tear gas volley dur-
ing a protest march is considered
normal.
By JULiE HiRSCHFELd dAViS
ASSOCiATEd PRESS
WASHINGTON A $14 bil-
lion rescue package for the nations
imperiled auto industry sped to
approval in the House Wednesday
night, but the emergency bail-
out was still in jeopardy from
Republicans who were setting out
roadblocks in the Senate.
Democrats and the Bush White
House hoped for a Senate vote
as early as Thursday and enact-
ment by weeks end. They argued
that the loans authorized by the
measure were needed to stave off
disaster for the auto industry
and a crushing further blow to the
reeling national economy.
The legislation, approved 237-
170 by the House, would pro-
vide money within days to cash-
starved General Motors Corp. and
Chrysler LLC. Ford Motor Co.,
which has said it has enough to
stay afloat, would also be eligible
for federal aid.
Republicans were preparing a
strong fight against the aid plan in
the Senate, not only taking on the
Democrats but standing in open
revolt against their partys lame-
duck president on the measure.
The Republicans want to force
the companies into bankruptcy or
mandate hefty concessions from
autoworkers and creditors as a con-
dition of any federal aid. They also
oppose an environmental mandate
that House Democrats insisted on
including in the measure.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
said the House-passed bill repre-
sented tough love for U.S. auto
companies and giving a chance
this one more chance to this
great industry.
The White House, struggling
to sell the package to congressio-
nal Republicans, said earlier that
a carmaker bankruptcy could be
fatal to the auto industry and have
a devastating impact on workers,
families and the economy.
We believe the legislation
developed in recent days is an
effective and responsible approach
to deal with troubled automakers
and ensure the necessary restruc-
turing occurs, said Dana Perino,
the White House press secretary.
But the measure faces a difficult
road in the Senate, where it needs
60 votes to advance. Rank-and-file
Senate Republicans skewered the
bill during a closed-door luncheon
with White House Chief of Staff
Josh Bolten, who was dispatched
to Capitol Hill to make a case for
the rescue package.
economy
Gerald Herbert/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Auto executives, fromleft, General Motors Chief Executive Ofcer Richard Wagoner,
UAWPresident Ron Gettelfnger, Ford Chief Executive Ofcer Alan Mulally, and
Chrysler Chief Executive Ofcer Robert Nardelli testify on Capitol Hill inWashington before
a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the auto industry bailout onThursday.
House approves $14B
auto industry bailout
5-day Greek riots shock country
Lefteris Pitarakis/ASSOCIATED PRESS
An anarchist with a fag attacks a photographer as more rioters in the background smash a free press distribution booth in central Athens
onWednesday. Journalists and especially photographers have been the targets of enraged rioters over the fve days of mayhemthat have
followed the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old youth by a police ofcer. More rioting took place Wednesday in the Greek capital outside Parliament
and adjoining streets.
international
Assisted suicide shown on TV
By GREGORy KATZ
ASSOCiATEd PRESS
LONDON The scene is dif-
ficult to watch, even for viewers
inured to the subject of dying by a
steady diet of violent Hollywood
and television fare.
Craig Ewert, a former computer
scientist from Chicago, is shown
lying in bed with his wife at his side
while he takes barbiturates. He asks
for a glass of apple juice to mask
the bad taste and help him swallow.
Then he uses his teeth to turn off his
ventilator and dies on camera.
Britains obsession with reality
television reached new heights or
depths Wednesday night with
the broadcast of the assisted sui-
cide of the 59-year-old terminally ill
American at a Swiss clinic.
Showing the final moment of
death had long been a final taboo,
even for no-holds-barred British
TV, where sex and violence are com-
mon, and the broadcast unleashed
debate on an issue that strongly
divides public opinion.
Photographs of Ewerts final
moments dominated Britains news-
paper front pages Wednesday
SUICIDE TV screamed one tab-
loid and prompted a debate in
Parliament, where Prime Minister
Gordon Brown was quizzed about
the propriety of the decision to air
the program.
Before he died, Ewert said taking
his own life would mean less suffer-
ing for himself and his family.
If I go through with it, I die as I
must at some point, he says in the
documentary, which chronicles his
2006 decision to take his own life
after being diagnosed with degen-
erative motor neuron disease.
If I dont go through with it, my
choice is essentially to suffer, and to
inflict suffering on my family, and
then die.
Care Not Killing, an anti-
euthanasia group aligned with the
Catholic Church and other religious
organizations in Britain, denounced
the broadcast as a cynical attempt
to boost television ratings and per-
suade Parliament to legalize assisted
suicide.
There is a growing appetite
from the British public for increas-
ingly bizarre reality shows, said the
groups director, Peter Saunders.
Wed see it as a new milestone. It
glorifies assisted dying when there
is a very active campaign by the pro-
suicide lobby to get the issue back
into Parliament.
Mary Ewert wrote in the British
press Wednesday that her husband
had been enthusiastic about having
his final moments televised.
The documentary by Oscar-
winning director John Zaritsky has
previously been shown on Canadian
and Swiss TV and at numerous film
festivals, where it provoked little
controversy.
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topics at home, he would often
get distracted and end up posting
YouTube videos.
Almost four years later, Jon
would use YouTube to plead for
his life.
In high school, Steve Harrell,
Tonganoxie High School debate
coach, said, Jon was one of those
guys you like to hang around, and
he always had a kind of off-center
view of the world in an entertain-
ing sort of way.
Harrell said Jon was goal-ori-
ented. He was very driven, and he
wanted to participate in as many
activities as he could and that
just became stronger as he went
through high school.
It was in debate that Jon met his
best friend, Matt Williams. At first,
Jon said he would never debate
with Matt again.
He thought I was cocky and
stuck-up, Matt said, laughing. Jon
had told team members that Matt
seemed like a know-it-all and that
he wanted no part in being Matts
debate partner.
However, twice-weekly debate
practices forced the two to spend
time together and eventually Matt
became Jons most reliable friend
the one he would call when
things started to get bad.
The first of Jons medical prob-
lems began the summer before his
senior year of high school.
In the dead of night Jon sat up
in bed. His were eyes open, but he
wasnt conscious of his surround-
ings. He was sleepwalking. He
picked up one of two bags on his
nightstand and began to eat its con-
tents. One bag contained Doritos,
the other lead pellets from a favorite
stress ball that had broken and that
Jon had planned to resew.
Two weeks later, Jon began
to vomit blood. He checked into
Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Doctors ran lead poisoning tests
and ordered a CAT scan. What it
showed was literally gut-wrench-
ing: thousands of tiny pieces of
lead imbedded in Jons stomach
and intestines. X-rays made the
lead pellets look like lights on a
Christmas tree.
Jon hadnt eaten the Doritos.
At that point it was too late to
pump my stomach, Jon said.
The tests showed lead levels in his
blood 20 times the 10 micrograms
that are considered dangerous.
Jon was sent to Childrens Mercy
Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., where
doctors inserted a nasogastric tube
through his nose, down his throat
and into his stomach. Only two
options remained: Doctors could
either cut him open and retrieve
the scattered lead or he could
undergo chelation treatment.
Doctors opted for chelation,
which, according to WebMD,
means to grab or to bind, and
is a chemical process in which a
synthetic solution of ethylenedi-
aminetetra acetic acid, or EDTA,
is injected into the bloodstream to
attract heavy metals or minerals in
the body, which are then expelled
through the kidneys as urine.
It took two weeks to remove
most of the lead from Jons body.
After treatment, Jon spent most of
the summer in the hospital. Matt
visited frequently. The two would
joke about Jons misfortune.
I would say stuff like, I love lead
pellets, they taste like Doritos, Matt
said. He always knew I was kid-
ding, and we would laugh about it.
After the lead poisoning, Jon
threw himself back into debating at
the Kansas State
High School
A c t i v i t i e s
As s o c i a t i o n
debate cham-
pionship in
Garden City.
Tonganoxie fin-
ished first and
second in two-
speaker debate
with Matt and
Jon placing sec-
ond.
Dressed in
their best suits, Tonganoxies cham-
pions posed for photos. One shows
Jon, wearing a striped tie and smil-
ing childishly, holding up his index
finger to indicate number one. He
left the tournament hoping to have
a good nights sleep free of the pain
in his side that had been keeping
him awake lately.
But the pain in his right side
refused to go away. He woke up
one night vomiting repeatedly.
He drove himself to KU Medical
Center in Kansas City, Mo., and
once again, found himself in a hos-
pital bed.
This time the doctor pulled aside
the curtains to Jons bed, clipboard
in hand, and gave him the worst
diagnosis an 18-year-old can hear.
The enzyme levels in your liver
are extremely high and your liver
might fail, the doctor said. You
have an autoimmune disease. He
explained that Jons bodys immune
system was attacking his liver. You
will die unless you receive a new
liver, the doctor said.
Jon listened and willed himself
not to cry.
Kevin Latinis, a physician
specializing in allergies, clinical
immunology and rheumatology
at KU Medical Center, said such
autoimmune diseases are poorly
understood and affect less than 5
percent of the population.
Latinis described the disease as
the opposite of AIDS, which is
when the immune disease doesnt
function.
Instead, its the immune system
working too well, he said.
Its a system thats familiar with
our body because it sees it every
day, he said. The immune system
needs to be
smart enough
to recognize
cancer, bacte-
ria or a virus.
It doesnt want
to recognize
as enemies the
normal parts
of your body
that are sup-
posed to be
there.
Latinis said
that, for peo-
ple with autoimmune diseases, the
immune systems get confused.
It begins attacking normal
parts of the body, thinking its a
foreign invader, he said.
Jons immune system attacked
his own liver.
Latinis said doctors worry about
giving new livers, which are in short
supply, to those with autoimmune
diseases for fear the autoimmunity
will simply attack the new organ.
n n n
A month later, Jon was among
Tonganoxie seniors, throwing his
mortar board into the air after
graduation. Hed overcome the lead
incident without the mental defects
often associated with lead poison-
ing. He even scored a 33 on the
ACT. He was a 4-A state champion
debater and would soon enroll as a
KU student.
But his liver was failing and the
autoimmune disease could kill it
and him before he finished
a degree from the KU School of
Engineering.
In August, Jon and Matt moved
together to the Triangle fraterni-
ty for engineering students near
Joseph R. Pearson Hall. After only
a week of school, Matt received a
desperate phone call from Jon.
He rushed back to Triangle and
found Jon sitting on the edge of
his bed.
I think I need to go to the
hospital, Jon said, heading to the
bathroom to vomit.
At the hospital, Jon checked in
and was given a bag, which he
immediately vomited in. They sat
in the lobby in silence, waiting.
Jon Lane? A nurse called. Jon
walked toward the nurse. Matt
heard another patient in the wait-
ing room murmur, Ive been sit-
ting here forever and he gets to go
back.
Matt clutched his fists and
walked out of the E.R.
Jon was given medication to
reduce his nausea and was released
later that night.
After that autoimmune attack,
Jon moved back home to his moth-
ers Tonganoxie apartment and
commuted to KU every day.
As Jon got worse, his expand-
ing liver created a red bruise on
the surface of his bulging skin.
He regularly woke up in the night
with sharp pain and had to rush
to the toilet to vomit blood. One
night in early October, he drove
himself to the Lawrence Memorial
Hospital E.R.
Doctors there told him he would
need a liver transplant within the
week. His liver was expanding
quickly and there was nothing else
they could do.
A liver transplant, if he could
get one, would cost $250,000. Jons
student health insurance through
the University would pay only 55
percent; he would have to come up
with $112,500.
I couldnt afford that, and I
knew that the system needed to
change, Jon said.
Ultimately, Jon would stay alive
only with a series of liver trans-
plants, because in most cases auto-
immune diseases re-attack new
organs. After much debate with his
health insurance company, Jon was
put on a waiting list for a liver. He
is still waiting.
Less than a month before Election
Day, Jon knew his time was run-
ning out. To Jon, Barack Obamas
proposal to provide health care for
everyone regardless of preexisting
conditions offered the only way for
him to get a liver transplant.
At 6 a.m., with disheveled
hair and a tired look on his face,
Jon recorded a video support-
ing Obamas health care plan and
pleading for the chance to live.
Toward the end of the video,
Jons voice takes on a disheartened
tone. He says his time is running
out and that a vote for Obama will
give him and others in the same
position some hope.
Jon made the video because of
his frustration with the health care
system.
Its not all about me, Jon said.
Its more about the message that I
have to bring. Quite a few people
are dying because they arent get-
ting the coverage that they need.
Jon admitted himself to the
hospital again on Nov. 1. He was
vomiting and had blurry vision
and back pain. Doctors said that
Jons kidneys were beginning to
shut down and ordered tests and
dialysis, since his kidneys werent
cleaning his blood for him.
Because he anticipated spend-
ing Election Day in the hospital,
Jon asked his mother to drive to
Leavenworth to pick-up his absen-
tee ballot.
Hes fighting for his life, Debra
Lane, Jons mother said in a phone
message left for a Kansan reporter.
I know exactly what Jonathan
wanted with the health care issues
to be addressed in the United
States, and Ive always admired
Jonathan for that. Hes a fantastic
kid and has always been... an amaz-
ing child actually. Other than that
message, Debra has declined to talk
about her sons health.
n n n
A mustache is starting to grow
on Jons upper lip. His hair hangs in
moist clumps around his forehead
and sweat beads run down his face.
Hes been at KU Medical Center for
nearly a month now, and he still lies
helplessly as finals week looms. His
ICU room curtain is closed, but he
can see several pairs of feet gather-
ing around his bed, their voices seri-
ous as they discuss his case.
Doctors have discovered the
cause of Jons failing kidneys and
think they can treat it successfully.
His autoimmune disease, however,
will continue attacking his liver
until nothing is left. Although his
illness is classified as terminal,
Jon tries to live day-to-day with
a determined outlook that still
includes hope.
Its just a roll of the dice, Jon
said. At any moment my liver
could fail and I dont really know
when that day will come or even if
that day will come. All I have to do
is just keep fighting and I can live.
Jon hopes to live to see Obama
take office on Jan. 20 and fight to
change the health care system, so
he and everyone like him can
receive care.
My situation currently doesnt
change because of that, Jon said
about Obamas victory. Whatever
happens, it will take a while for the
health care system to change.
It could be time he doesnt
have.
Edited by Becka Cremer
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
On Oct. 20, Lane and his mother drove to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency room
when he began vomiting repeatedly. The incident was just one of an increasingly regular emer-
gency visits to hospital rooms, many of which ended in the intensive care unit. While doctors
have determined that he will need a newliver, Lanes ongoing battle with autoimmune disease
casts doubt on his chance of long-termsurvival.
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Nurses at Lawrence Memorial Hospital administer emergency dialysis to Jon Lane on Nov. 2. Lane had been diagnosed with acidosis, a condition of high acidity in the blood or plasma, three
days earlier. When Lane returned two days later, doctors discovered elevated levels of creatin in his blood and decided to administer the dialysis in combination with antibiotics and intraveneous
therapy in order to stabilize his blood chemistry.
Its not all about me. Its more
about the message that I have
to bring. Quite a few people are
dying because they arent get-
ting the coverage they need.
Jon Lane
Tonganoxie freshman
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
A series of encouragements, collected fromfortune cookies, adorn Lanes computer. Because
Lanes medical condition often makes it difcult to socialize outside his home, he spends much of
his time on social networking sites such as Facebook or posting videos onYouTube.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Jon Lane, Tonganoxie freshman, graduated fromTonganoxie High School in May 2008. Jon and his best friend, Matt Williams, Tonganoxie
freshman, had planned to joinTriangle, the engineering fraternity, together. But when Lane began vomiting blood during the frst week of classes
in August, medical expenses drained Lanes fnancial resources, leaving himno choice but to live at home with his mother.
How organ transplants work
There are 128 liver transplant programs within the United States
according to the United network for organ Sharing Web site.
Recipients are chosen based on a variety of factors, one being the
severity of their medical condition. organDonor.gov states that
every organ recipient is required to pay the costs of their trans-
plant and treatment if not fully covered by their health insurance
policy. Since every transplant case is situational, the decision for
a transplant procedure is made between the transplant center
and the recipients health insurance company. Jon may not be
high on the waiting list to receive a liver because his autoimmune
disease may destroy the new one. Making doctors and insurance
companies wary.
Source: OrganDonar.gov
on the Web
YouTube Terminally Ill: A
Political Case for Change
Jon Lanes Facebook group
www.facebook.com/
inbox/?ref=mb#/group.
php?gid=30053837549
Obamas Platform on
Health Care
www.barackobama.com/
issues/healthcare/
HOPE
(contInued from 1A)
news 5A thursday, december 11, 2008
autoimmune disease: an illness that occurs when the body
tissues are attacked by its own immune system . The immune
system is a complex organization within the body that is
designed normally to seek and destroy invaders of the body,
including infectious agents. Patients with autoimmune diseases
frequently have unusual antibodies circulating in their blood
that target their own body tissues.
Source: Emedicinehealth.com
Chelation therapy: Chelation therapy is a chemical process in
which a synthetic solution-eDTa is injected into the blood-
stream to remove heavy metals and/or minerals from the body.
Kidney dialysis: Dialysis is a process that flters your blood when
your kidneys no longer can. It is not a cure, but it can help you
feel better and live longer.
Source: WebMD.com
medical defnitions
entertainment 6a THursday, december 11, 2008
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
Horoscopes
Aries (March21-April 19)
Today is an8
As you learn more, youll realize
youve been doing some things
the hard way. Dont worry, this
always happens when youre
growing. However, proceed with
caution.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Theres more money coming in,
but dont get talked into a wild
shopping spree. Gather up more
before you do that. As you well
know, you make the best deals
when you pay in cash.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
You have lots of strong opinions,
and thats good. Youll soon get
a chance to debate with some-
body who feels otherwise.
cAncer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
Now youre the one whos start-
ing to feel a little bit squeezed
for time. Delegate a few of those
jobs to others. Have somebody
else do the cooking.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an8
Its one party after another, a
furry of activity. Its fun, and
youre very popular, but it can
get expensive. Contribute, but
dont pay for everything. Let
others pitch in.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Your workload is getting done
smoothly and efciently. This is
usual for you, but it is not going
unnoticed. If you get asked to
take on more tasks, protect your-
self. Get something in return.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is an8
Youre ready to race of and do
great things, but theres a slight
problem. Youll have to play by
the rules, so youd better know
what they are.
scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 6
Youll be tempted to spend too
much. Youll push your credit
cards to the limit if you dont
stop yourself. There are times
you can do this successfully.
sAGiTTArius (nov. 22-Dec.
21)
Today is a 7
Advise your partner not to start
a fght with an older person.
Theres more to lose than to gain
right now from any confronta-
tion with authority fgures.
cApricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Delays and various other hassles
threaten your happy mood.
Reschedule anything you can,
so you can focus on whats
important.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an8
Your friends are interested in
what youre doing, but you dont
have to tell them. Keep your
ideas to yourself for a while. You
may want to change a few of
them.
pisces (Feb. 19-March20)
Today is a 6
Conditions are changing rapidly
now. Only jump into the fray
if you like to play high-speed
games. Otherwise, sit this one
out.
Jackson to auction glove,
other items for charity
ceLebriTy news
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES Michael
Jacksons glittery glove is going on
the auction block.
The glove, which inspired count-
less copycats, quips and Halloween
costumes after it was unveiled in
the 1983 video for Jacksons hit
Billie Jean, will be part of a five-
day auction next year, Juliens
Auctions announced Wednesday.
Jackson is also unloading the
grandiose gates that once led to his
Neverland Ranch, along with more
than 2,000 other personal items.
The King of Pops possessions
will be on display before the auc-
tion begins on April 21, 2009. Bids
will be accepted in person and
online. The sale is to be broadcast
live on Auction Network.
Jackson plans to donate a por-
tion of the proceeds to MusiCares,
a charitable organization founded
by the Recording Academy to help
musicians in need.
The singer has been plagued by
financial woes since he was acquit-
ted of child-molestation charges
in 2003. He went into default on
his sprawling Neverland property
earlier this year, before an invest-
ment company bought the loan.
Last month, Jacksons lawyers
reached a settlement in a $7 million
breach-of-contract case brought by
a Bahraini sheik.
As Jackson marked his mile-
stone 50th birthday in August, the
reclusive star hinted that he would
be back to work eventually.
(Im) looking forward to doing
a lot of great things, he told ABC
News. I think the best is yet to
come in my true humble opin-
ion.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Michael Jackson poses on the red carpet during the RainbowPUSH Coalition Los Angeles 10th
annual awards. Jackson will hold an auction for more than 2,000 of his possessions in April.
nATIOnAl
Musicians protest use of
their songs as weapons
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL
BASE, Cuba Blaring from a
speaker behind a metal grate in
his tiny cell in Iraq, the blister-
ing rock from Nine Inch Nails hit
Prisoner No. 200343 like a sonic
bludgeon.
Stains like the blood on your
teeth,Trent Reznor snarled over
distorted guitars. Bite. Chew.
The auditory assault went on
for days, then weeks, then months
at the U.S. military detention cen-
ter in Iraq. Twenty hours a day. AC/
DC. Queen. Pantera. The prisoner,
military contractor Donald Vance
of Chicago, told The Associated
Press he was soon suicidal.
The tactic has been common in
the U.S. war on terror, with forces
systematically using loud music
on hundreds of detainees in Iraq,
Afghanistan and Guantanamo
Bay. Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez,
then the U.S. military commander
in Iraq, authorized it on Sept. 14,
2003, to create fear, disorient ...
and prolong capture shock.
Now the detainees arent the
only ones complaining. Musicians
are banding together to demand
the U.S. military stop using their
songs as weapons.
A campaign being launched
Wednesday has brought to-
gether groups including Massive
Attack and musicians such as
Tom Morello. It will feature min-
utes of silence during concerts
and festivals, said Chloe Davies
of the British law group Reprieve,
which represents dozens of
Guantanamo Bay detainees and
is organizing the campaign.
Morello, of Rage Against the
Machine, has been especially
forceful in denouncing the prac-
tice. During a recent concert in
San Francisco, he proposed taking
revenge on President Bush.
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This holiday season (words we
hear so many times), the economy
is obviously on everyones minds.
Deluges of advertisements
promising big savings are swamp-
ing my television (but I wonder
how much those promotions cost).
Given this widespread anxiety,
its tempting to sneak away from
it all to the movie theater for some
holiday cheer. But if youre smart
(and you are), youll resist temp-
tation. Because, lets face it, good
holiday movies are hard to come
by.
Weve been somewhat spared
the influx of new holiday flicks
that usually invade theaters each
season.
Of course, Four Christmases
is in theaters, and Nothing Like
the Holidays opens on Dec. 12.
Although the former presents itself
as an alternative to the usual home-
for-the-holidays movie, it doesnt
manage to escape its genre.
But theres really no need to
cough up that cash to get in the
holiday spirit. After all, weve had
Christmas for more than 2000
years. Thats plenty of time to make
some movies that are worth watch-
ing twice.
And the best one of all celebrates
its 25th anniversary this year.
Sure, maybe weve all seen it a
couple (hundred) times. But the
nostalgic, satiric, epic classic A
Christmas Story is also, quite sim-
ply, perfect.
Its combination of world-weary,
dry humor and unalloyed exuber-
ance has yet to be matched by
any movie since. It perfectly cap-
tures how it felt to be a kid at
Christmas.
There are, of course, other good
Christmas classics that never let
you down.
Instead of sucking viewers into
a sentimental vortex, they buoy
them up above the holidays tin-
seled trappings. They may not have
the jingles or the pretty people, but
the true holiday classics all have
what it takes.
Edmund Gwenns Oscar-
winning performance as Kris
Kringle in the 1947 Miracle on
34th Street never fails to make
me believe that maybe, just maybe,
the old bearded man is really out
there.
Elf has its flat moments, but in
the end its irresistible. And Linus
soliloquy in response to the bald-
headed kids appeal for someone
who knows what Christmas is
all about, in A Charlie Brown
Christmas, makes all the commer-
cial breaks worthwhile.
This year, Im content to re-
watch. Maybe I can recapture when
perfect happiness could be con-
tained in just one day and one
thing. Like a Red Ryder BB gun,
with a compass in the stock, and
this thing that tells time.
Blankenau is a Lincoln, Neb.,
sophomore in journalism.
Eight minutes left in the second
half. Matt Kleinmann checks into
the game. Kansas brings the ball
up court. Kleinmann moves to
screen Shooty McHoopster and
What just happened? A flash of
light lit up the Fieldhouse. Where
is McHoopster? There appear to
be twin trails of fire where he was
running. Ive never seen anything
like this, folks.
n n n
It took Shooty McHoopster a
moment to realize he was stand-
ing on the very court he had just
left. But things were different.
The scoreboard read
GloboKlein Fieldhouse. Another
game was going on around him,
but he didnt see a ball. The play-
ers were only setting screens.
Everyone, fans included, wore
blue jumpsuits displaying the
number 54.
A siren began to wail as offi-
cers with Klein-Men on their
jumpsuits rushed forward and
roughly dragged him off the
court.
Let go! McHoopster
demanded. Where are you tak-
ing me?
To see the Boss.
The KleinKar pulled up to a
monolithic structure, its glittering
marquee scrolled GloboKlein
Industries. Reaching the pent-
house, McHoopster stood before
a shadowy, enthroned figure sur-
rounded by a harem of women.
The closing doors echoed off the
marble as McHoopster and the
man were left alone.
The man rose, moving into the
light. McHoopster gasped. Matt
Kleinmann?! But how?
Kleinmann knocked on his
skull. Hello! McHoopster!
Anybody home? Everything
changed after that pick I set
on you. People finally began
to respect me, even fear me. I
realized I had the power to do
anything. I started GloboKlein
to extend my dominance world-
wide. Now I own 95 percent
of the planet! I converted the
Campanile into my ivory tower
and rebuilt Lawrence into the
thriving Kleinopolis. I rule all I
see with a freckled fist!
Youre crazy!
Kleinmann grinned. Now Ill
make sure you fall in line with
the others.
The doors flew open as Klein-
Men poured into the room.
McHoopster quickly escaped
through a side door, Kleinmanns
laughter following close behind.
Bursting outside, McHoopster
didnt see the shadow looming
over him until it was too late.
Everything went dark.
n n n
He woke with a start. Youre
safe. A figure rose from behind
a nearby stack of books.
Cole Aldrich? Whats going
on here?
It is the Year 27 ACP, or
After Chaos Pick. I was exiled
shortly after the event. It was
Kleinmanns first act to ensure
his role in the starting lineup.
Once he changed the game com-
pletely there was no room for
me. Without a ball, what am I
supposed to block? I wouldve
broken the school record. Now
I live here in the abandoned
Watson Stacks. Fortunately, Ive
found a way to send you back
and fix this mess.
All thats needed is enough
force to generate the 1.21
Gingerwatts required for time
travel. For that, you must do
something never done before
pick Matt Kleinmann. Ive
gathered some materials Cole
began, but McHoopster was
already gone.
n n n

Kleinmann relaxed on his
throne as his gorgeous servants
hand-fed him grapes. A bas-
ketball bounced into the room,
coming to rest at his size 27
feet. Whats this? I thought I
destroyed every last one of these
cursed spheres!
McHoopster stepped from the
doorway. Im surprised you rec-
ognize what that is. I challenge
you, if you can still remember
the right way to play.
You fool. Do you know who I
am? No one can defeat me! I am
basketball!
Unfortunately, the game was
not as epic as this story warrants.
Kleinmann failed to realize a life
of excess does not keep one fit for
competition, and he was quickly
defeated. McHoopster finished
by posterizing the giant with a
thunderous dunk.
You run the whole world and
you cant even ball? How could
anyone be afraid of you?
Ill show you fear! Ill pick
you out of existence! Kleinmann
charged forward furiously, but
at the last moment McHoopster
side-stepped the attack.
Frantically recovering, the big
man collided with McHoopsters
commanding counter-pick. The
world, and Kleinmanns screams,
faded to nothing.

n n n

McHoopster came to on the
Campanile hill Kleinopolis
was Lawrence once more.
Stealing himself a disguise from
a couple having sex nearby, he
sprinted to the Fieldhouse, pray-
ing he was not too late.
He arrived before the Chaos
Pick was fated to occur and
crouched behind the Jayhawk
bench. Matt Kleinmann, not yet
planet overlord, anxiously await-
ed his time to shine. McHoopster
quickly tied Kleinmanns shoe-
laces together.
Matt, youre in. He rose tri-
umphantly only to fall flat on
his face. Nevermind. Teahan,
get in there.
OK, Coach, just let me finish
fixing my hair.
McHoopster smiled. The
world was again safe from red-
headed rule. Before disappear-
ing, he tapped Aldrich on the
shoulder.
Youre welcome.
Aldrich looked around, con-
fused. What?
Pope is a Kansas City senior
in English. Snyder is a
Leawood senior in English.
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FROM THE DRAWING BOARD
Best holiday movies
arent the recent ones
Dear pizza delivery guy, shot-
gun another beer with us.
n n n
On Saturday night, my friends
and I heard some wolf calls
from across campus, and we
really want to know who you
are.
n n n
I would like to thank whoever
left a newspaper in the Mar-
vin Hall bathroom. It worked
wonderfully after the toilet
paper ran out.
n n n
Ive been making Facebook
video clips instead of writing
my six-page English paper.
n n n
Winston Churchill once said,
If youre not a liberal at 20,
you have no heart. f youre
not a conservative at 40, you
have no head. Well, I guess I
am heartless.
n n n
I need to get out my key-
blade and fght you. But then,
of course, there would be a
nobody that I would have to
fght as well.
n n n
Dont get me wrong, I love
The Wheel, but sometimes I
look around at all of the frat
guys and wonder, Is this a
gay bar?
n n n
Because my roommates
totaled my car this weekend, I
guess I will have to fnd hous-
ing closer to campus.
n n n
Happy birthday, Jason! You
slut.
n n n
I really hate wearing clothes.
n n n
I want to say thank you Chan-
cellor Robert Hemenway for
what you have done for our
University during the last 14
years.
n n n
I hate being constantly afraid
Im going to slip and fall in
this slushfest.
n n n
State of emergency: Its fnals
time.
n n n
I love you.
n n n
Dear Free for All, Since when
did xenophobic remarks
become something clever?
Really. You can do better.
n n n
Id say a big 10 on both of
them.
n n n
Sweetheart, its not smart to
go outside in a V-neck. Your
boobs will freeze.
n n n
The snow punched me in the
face.
n n n
Study break! Need sex!
n n n
MICHAEL POPE &RYAN SNYDER
YOURE
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matt to the Future:
Double Overtime
by Alex Porte
I was disappointed to discover
a misrepresentation of my knowl-
edge about the current financial
crisis in the Student Senate in The
University Daily Kansan article
Student Senate money depleting
early this year published Dec. 4.
I am fully aware of our current
financial situation, and I have stood
up at both the Finance Committee
meetings and full Senate meet-
ings throughout the semester to
warn the Senate about how quickly
money in the Unallocated Account
is being spent.
After doing research and con-
ferring extensively with Libby
Johnson, Student Senate Executive
Secretary, we came to a startling
conclusion: Student Senate has yet
to fail a funding bill this semester.
For reference, Student Senate
had failed two bills at this time
last year.
The Finance Committee had
failed only one bill this year before
last Thursdays meeting.
The amount of funding in the
Unallocated Account last year at
this time totaled $51,303; currently,
we only have $31,524.66 remain-
ing, with one more Senate cycle to
go until the end of the semester.
Implementation of the following
three policies would begin to put
us back on the track toward fiscal
responsibility.
1. Place funding caps on large
academic projects, such as
Jayhawk Motorsports, the KU
Steel Bridge Team and the KU
Experimental Balloon Society.
Many groups come to Student
Senate for funding for academic
projects, but limiting the level of
funding would prolong the longev-
ity of the account.
2. Fund student groups at a
level comparative to their respec-
tive academic departments. Many
groups, regardless of their content,
have academic backing in some
form, and Senate should weigh this
heavily when evaluating funding
requests. No such rule exists now.
3. The Finance Committee
needs to enforce the requirement
that budgets and proper paperwork
must accompany every bill before
it will be heard by the Committee.
It has been too lax on this in the
last couple of sessions.
This is a reasonable and neces-
sary request for student groups to
fulfill when requesting thousands
of dollars in funding from their fel-
low students.
It is the job of the treasury to
document and account for the
movement of student funds and to
ensure it is being spent responsibly,
and it is difficult to do this without
proper documentation.
I recommend that student
groups take a closer look at how
they plan to fund the activities of
their organization.
Many student groups come to us
saying that their event hinges on
our funding. This puts the Finance
Committee and Student Senate on
the whole in a difficult position, as
we would like to fund every event
that is worthy, but we simply do
not have the funding unless we
raise student fees, a proposition
many are opposed to.
I would recommend that stu-
dent organizations and students
support a fee increase of $2.50 to
provide assurance that their events
will be supported next year and to
seek their own financial security
by exploring avenues for funding
beyond Student Senate.
The blame for this lack of fis-
cal responsibility cant be laid at
one persons feet because the true
root of this crisis stems from the
fact that students are becoming
more active and running success-
ful events.
The Student Senate Activity Fee
has not been raised in five years.
We need everyone to be a part
of finding a solution to this prob-
lem. Blame will not put more
money back into the Unallocated
Account.
Putting policies in place would
begin to curtail spending and
turn Student Senate toward fiscal
responsibility.
If you have any suggestions or
would like to make your voice
heard, attend the next Finance
Committee Meeting on Jan. 23 or
e-mail me at aporte@ku.edu.
Porte is the student body
treasurer.
How to guide Senate
back to its fscal duties
GuEsT cOLuMN
NEWS 8A thursday, december 11, 2008
Music, exercise and sleep keep stress at bay
HealtH
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
Jordan Harper walks into her
class, ready to turn in the paper
she spent the previous night writ-
ing. She sits in her seat and reaches
into her bag to
pull it out, only
to realize shes
forgotten it at
home. Its due
today.
Enter stress.
H a r p e r ,
Chicago senior,
is one of the 6.5
billion people in
the world who
sometimes find
themselves in
stressful situa-
tions. Harper
will take five
finals in the upcoming week, and
that provides her with all she can
handle.
Janet Hamburg, professor of
music, said students could man-
age stress in many ways during
finals. She said exercising and stay-
ing active were two of the most
important factors in diminishing
stress levels while studying and
finishing classes. Hamburg said a
simple walk helped in more ways
than students realized. Along with
pushing blood through the body,
the alternate swinging of arms and
legs during walking stimulates both
hemispheres of the brain, allowing
for increased productivity.
Alicia Clair, professor of music
education and music therapy, said
exercise, when done properly,
helped students relax. She said
running lengthy distances one day
and then not
running for a
month would
not be benefi-
cial. Clair said
that stress was
e ver ywhere,
and that it
could be both
positive or
negative.
If you dont
have stress,
your life is
very boring,
Clair said.
Stress comes
from getting an A on a final. Stress
comes from getting that first kiss
on that first date.
She said students often neglect-
ed their normal workout routines
during finals week because they
were pressed for time. Clair said
this break in activity negatively
affected students because exercise
was good for the body.
Hamburg said students should
also remember to take breaks
and move around during their
study sessions. She said students
often remained stationary during
studying.
You need a change in rhythm,
Hamburg said. You have to get up
and move around. You have to have
wiggle breaks.
Listening to music also plays a
role in relaxing during the week
of finals.
Clair, who is also a board-certi-
fied music therapist, said music is
associated with positive times and
feelings in life. She said the areas
in the brain associated with emo-
tion worked closely with the areas
that dealt with music, which could
account for the paired
sensations.
Clair said the kind of music that
helped people relax depended on
the person. She said people had
different experiences with music
throughout their lives, which
accounted for their varied prefer-
ences in relaxing tunes.
For some people, the music
that makes them feel calm might be
rap music, Clair said. Others cant
cope with it. Its a very individual-
ized kind of thing.
Hamburg said students over-
looked the value of sleep during
finals, which only com-
pounded the
effects of stress. She said students
used caffeine to stay awake instead
of succumbing to sleep. Hamburg
said caffeine was effective for
short-term needs, but ultimately
the stimulant resulted in a drop in
blood sugar, which caused more
fatigue. Dealing with the stress
of finals was all about planning
ahead, she said
Finals week is like an endur-
ance test, Hamburg said. You cant
spend all your time just studying or
you wont make it.
Edited by Becka Cremer
Professors of music and dance say students can take action to manage the pressures of finals week
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POlItIcs
La. gov. says he wont
run for president in 2012
RICHMOND, Va. Loui-
siana Gov. Bobby Jindal said
Wednesday hes not interested
in a 2012 Republican presiden-
tial bid and will seek a second
term as governor in 2011.
Jindal, who appeared at
a news conference to back
Virginia Republican gubernato-
rial candidate Bob McDonnell,
was asked if he was interested
in being president.
No, he replied.
Jindals trip to Iowa last
month fueled speculation that
he was laying the groundwork
for a presidential campaign,
and he did not rule out chang-
ing his mind over the next few
years.
Instead, he said Americans
are weary after the longest,
most expensive election cycle
in U.S. history.
I think anybody who is
even thinking of running
would be well served to roll up
their sleeves and support our
new president, Jindal said. I
told our people, It doesnt mat-
ter whether youre Republican,
Democrat or independent, it
doesnt matter whether you
voted for him or not, President-
elect Barack Obama is our
president.
In the wake of Republican
losses in Congress and a blow-
out defeat in the presidential
race, Jindal is an early favorite
among many Republicans for
2012.
Hes young, 37, and has
strong support from conserva-
tives for his income tax-cutting
initiatives. Many of them advo-
cated for John McCain to pick
Jindal as his vice presidential
running mate.
Jindal also enjoyed
broad-based approval for his
handling of back-to-back hur-
ricanes, Gustav and Ike, that
menaced his state and New
Orleans in particular in August
and September, just three
years after Hurricane Katrina
devastated the area.
Associated Press
If you dont have stress, your
life is very boring. Stress comes
from getting an A on a fnal.
Stress comes from getting that
frst kiss on that frst date.
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Rich Clarkson witnessed, photographed three of KUs
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new years Clash
After defeating Missouri, Kansas prepares to face
Minnesota in the Insight Bowl on Dec. 31
kansan file
sophomore receiver Dezmon Briscoe leaps into Kansas center Ryan Cantrells
arms after Briscoes only touchdown of the game. Kansas will head to Tempe, Ariz.,
to meet Minnesota in the Insight Bowl on Dec. 31.
kansan file
Junior quarterback todd Reesing jumps into the crowd during celebrations following Kansas 40-37
victory against Missouri in the Border Showdown at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Reesing hit junior
receiver Kerry Meier for a late fourth quarter touchdown on a fourth down pass, giving the Jayhawks a three-
point lead with less than a minute to go in the game.
BY B.J. Rains
rains@ku.edu
They sat and watched, but there
wasnt much they could do.
Members of the Kansas football
team, fresh off a 40-37 upset of No. 12
Missouri two weeks ago, watched the
Tigers face the Oklahoma Sooners in the
Big 12 Championship the game they
wanted to be in.
After last years 12-1 season, reaching
the Big 12 Title game in 2008 was the
teams goal. It failed.
It was frustrating watching the Big 12
Championship, safety Justin Thornton
said. We were one game away and it
was a game that we all feel like we could
have won. But thats the way the cookie
crumbles and thats how the season went.
Were looking to finish strong though.
Thornton and the Jayhawks will get
a chance to finish strong when they face
off against Minnesota on New Years
Eve in the Insight Bowl. Its not a BCS
bowl and they arent receiving any of the
national attention they did a year ago
but that doesnt mean the Jayhawks dont
have much to play for.
The Jayhawks could win eight games
while playing one of the hardest sched-
ules in the nation. They could win 20
games in a two-year span and could
become the first team in school his-
tory to win bowl games in back-to-back
years.
Our class wants to leave a legacy
here, linebacker Joe Mortensen said.
We want to win this game. Especially us
seniors, we want to finish out on top. We
want to win back-to-back bowl games
so bad.
Minnesota finished 7-5 on the sea-
son and 3-5 in the Big Ten but lost four
consecutive games to end the season.
They are led by wide receiver Erick
Decker, who was a First-Team All-
Big Ten selection, led the Big Ten in
receptions per game and was number
two in receiving yards per game. His
76 receptions were a Golden Gopher
single-season record.
Decker also stars on the schools
baseball team, hitting .329 with 7 dou-
bles, four triples and three home runs
Markief gets
community
service for his
BB gun incident
CRIME woMEns BaskEtBall
Jayhawks recover from disappointing
frst half to defeat Westerwinds 66-43
BY CasE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Freshman forward Markieff Morris
accepted a diversion Thursday for the
charges filed against
him in August after fir-
ing an Airsoft rifle BB
gun out of a Jayhawker
Towers window.
Morris will be
required to complete
20 hours of commu-
nity service. Morris
said he learned a les-
son from the situation
and wanted to put it behind him.
I apologize for any embarrassment this
caused KU and the basketball program,
Morris said. Im going to do my commu-
nity service so I can conclude this matter.
The incident occurred on the week-
end before classes began when a BB hit
a 47-year old woman in the arm out-
side of the Towers. The KU Public Safety
Office filed an offense report that indi-
cated Morris was also suspected of being
intoxicated at the time.
Morris faced battery charges and
was scheduled to appear in Lawrence
Municipal Court Friday before he agreed
BY DannY noRDstRom
dnordstrom@kansan.com
Junior guard LaChelda Jacobs had wide
eyes with her sights set on two easy points
after intercepting a Western Illinois pass.
As Jacobs drove in for the open layup,
everything seemed fine. To her dismay,
however, the ball spun around the rim
and missed the hoop.
Enter junior guard Danielle McCray.
Out of nowhere, McCray swooped in,
grabbing the ball out of the air. She
bounced it off the glass and into the hoop
for two points.
Coaches always say to stay in the
play, McCray said. You never know
whats going to happen. I just stayed with
the play and followed it and put it back in.
It was kinda cool.
McCray helped lead the Jayhawks (6-1)
to a 66-43 victory against the Western
Illinois Westerwinds (2-7) last night
at Allen Fieldhouse. The junior guard
dropped 18 points and five rebounds
on the night, as Kansas tasted victory
again after its first loss to Marquette on
Dec. 7.
Kansas improved on its ability to take
care of the ball after committing a sea-
son-high 29 turnovers at Marquette. The
Jayhawks turned the ball over 16 times
against Western Illinois, with six turn-
overs caused by offensive fouls.
16 was still a lot for us and I guess we
have to take it one step at a time, McCray
said. From 29 to 16 is a huge difference,
but its still not what were looking for.
After a disappointing first half in
which the Jayhawks shot only 40 percent
from the field and looked lazy on defense,
coach Bonnie Henrickson delivered a
stern halftime speech.
Halftime wasnt fun at all, but thats
what we needed, McCray said.
The Jayhawks didnt look any better
during the first four minutes of the sec-
ond period, as Western Illinois immedi-
ately went on a 7-0 scoring run to make
the score 33-28. The team battled back,
however, as McCray and sophomore
forward Nicollette Smith led Kansas on
a 10-4 scoring run to give the Jayhawks
a comfortable 12-point lead. Smith was
Markief Morris
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BY CasE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
If a performer ever fails to show up
for a halftime show at Allen Fieldhouse,
the organizer could always grab Mario
Little off the end of the Kansas bench.
After all, the junior guard has served
as the team comedian since being side-
lined with a stress fracture in his left leg
before the season began. During games,
he points. He laughs. He dances.
Little does anything he can to keep
teammates wired. Little says he loos-
ens the mood at practice even more by
cracking jokes in the ears of teammates
who are struggling.
He might do something stupid or
say something stupid, junior guard
Sherron Collins said. Even Coach has
to laugh, and then we all laugh.
And everyone loves it. No one, how-
ever, is dreading Littles entertainer role
inevitably changing soon.
Little returned to practice Friday and
has participated in half-court drills. Hes
eyeing the Dec. 20 game against Temple
at Allen Fieldhouse as his first official
appearance as a Jayhawk. Although his
comedic relief has entertained coaches
and teammates, they think Little will be
even more valuable on the court.
I think hes a very important piece
to our team that we need, Kansas
coach Bill Self said. I think its pretty
evident that we need a big wing.
Sophomore guard Brady Morningstar
is currently starting at Littles position
of small forward. Sophomore guard
Tyrel Reed also logs 22 minutes per
game playing mostly at small forward.
Problem is Morningstar and Reed are
only 6-foot-3 and are naturally shooting
guards. Its more difficult for them to get
into the paint and compete with big men
for rebounds and loose balls.
Little shouldnt have the same prob-
lems. Hes 6-foot-5 and weighs 210
pounds. He even spent time playing in
the frontcourt during Kansas three exhi-
bition games in Canada where he aver-
aged nearly 13 points and five rebounds
per game because the freshmen Morris
twins hadnt qualified academically yet.
Little takes pride in his rebounding
ability and lists it and defense as his
strongest skills. Collins agrees. Collins,
who was teammates with Little on
a Chicago-based AAU team in high
school, knows what Little will add for
the Jayhawks.
A sense of toughness, Collins said.
Suddenly, weve got someone else who
is going to get in there and fight. Hes
going to bring a whole other dimension
to the team.
Toughness is a word thats often
attached to Littles name. Sometimes,
Little might be too tough.
He transferred to Kansas from
Chipola, a junior college in Marianna,
Fla., as the top-ranked junior-college
prospect in the nation. But he also had
that stress fracture in his leg.
He played through the pain all sum-
mer and in Canada. It didnt bother him.
He said he was Chicago tough. In the end,
however, playing irritated his leg more
and forced him to miss the past month.
Its against Littles nature to not prac-
tice as hard as he can, but after that
experience he knows its necessary.
I tried to go out there full speed before
and it cracked it in a different spot, Little
said. So I cant do too much stuff.
Little plans to start working out at
full speed either Friday or the prac-
tice after Saturdays game against
Massachusetts at the Sprint Center in
Kansas City, Mo.
Self said there was no way Little
would play against Massachusetts. That
means hell once again be at the end of
the bench trying to keep his teammates
calm. The smile and laughs will make it
look as though Little is content. But he
says he wont truly be happy until he is
playing again.
Ive never been injured like this,
Little said. Its hard to sit down and
watch everyone else have fun out there.
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Junior guard Danielle mcCray puts up a layup during the frst half. McCray led all Jayhawks with 18 points and
added fve rebounds to her stat line in Kansas 66-43 victory against the Western Illinois Westerwinds onWednes-
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quote of the day
trivia of the day
fact of the day
The Kansas football program
has played in 11 bowl games.
Kansas is 5-6 all-time in bowl
games and has won four of its
last fve.
Kansas Athletics
Minnesota has made huge
strides in their second season
under Tim Brewster. They are
making outstanding progress
and will be a formidable bowl
opponent.
Kansas football coach Mark Mangino
Q: How many passing yards
did Todd Reesing throw for
during Kansas Orange Bowl
victory last season?
A: 227 yards. Reesing
completed 20-of-37 passes
with one touchdown and one
interception.
Fill Stop Day eve with activities around town
NHL
Canucks pull out 3-1
victory over Predators
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The
Vancouver Canucks are trying to
fnish of their longest road trip of
the season in better fashion than
they started.
Alexander Edler scored a pow-
er-play goal 24 seconds into the
third period and Alex Burrows
added an empty-netter with
44 seconds left as the Canucks
defeated the Nashville Preda-
tors 3-1 Tuesday night for their
second win in three games.
Its a nice turnaround after
starting a seven-game road trip
with three straight losses.
It is a huge two points for us,
goaltender Curtis Sanford said.
We had to get back in the win
column. We have been playing
really strong hockey lately.
Pavol Demitra also scored for
the Canucks, who wrap up their
trip Saturday at Edmonton.
In the only other NHL games
Tuesday night, it was: Philadel-
phia 4, the New York Islanders
3; Montreal 4, Calgary 1; and
Vancouver 6, Colorado 1.
The Predators dropped their
second game in as many days
after winning three straight. They
were angry with the Canucks
over three head shots, including
one in which captain Jason Ar-
nott retaliated and was slapped
as an instigator in a batch of
penalties that put Vancouver on
the man advantage for seven
minutes.
All we keep hearing about,
and they keep saying, is head
shots, Arnott said of the NHLs
warnings to players. There were
three of them out there. Thats
what we have to cut down on
in this league. You dont see a
whole lot of suspensions being
handed out. ... Theyve got to cut
down on that stuf.
Nashville coach Barry Trotz
tried to watch himself and said
the league would handle the
three hits, one that knocked
forward Scott Nichol out of the
game with an upper body injury
in the frst period.
Were talking about peoples
lives. Head injuries are the main
subject in the National Hockey
League right now. I thought there
was a lot of that,Trotz said.
Burrows hit angered Arnott
the most. Arnott accused Barrows
of leaving his feet and using his
forearm to hit the Predators top
scorer, J.P. Dumont, in the face
barely fve minutes into the sec-
ond. Burrows said he hadnt seen
the replay.
I jumped? The puck was in the
air. I dont want to injure the guy,
Burrows said.
Vancouver coach Alain
Vigneault said a lot went on dur-
ing a game with a combined 21
penalties for 70 minutes.
Today is one of those magical
days that only happens for those of
us lucky enough to call ourselves
college students: Stop Day eve.
Right now youre probably kill-
ing time until your last class or
maybe even scrambling to finish
that project you just couldnt find
the motivation to finish. But by
tonight, none of that will matter.
Classes are over, and only finals
week stands between you and win-
ter break.
Consider it a free night, 12-odd
hours do whatever it takes to blow
off the steam that has accumulated
from a semesters worth of school-
work. With that thought in mind,
here are five ways to spend your
Stop Day eve.
1. Head down to Massachusetts
Street for free popcorn and a cou-
ple games of darts with friends
at the Red Lyon Tavern, 944
Massachusetts St.
2. Plan your Insight Bowl trip
to Tempe, Ari. Those tickets arent
going to buy themselves, you
know.
3. Check out the opening per-
formance of A Christmas Story at
the Lawrence Community Theatre,
1501 New Hampshire St. Its never
too early to get in the holiday spirit.
4. Find your warmest blanket,
toss on some sweats, pop some
popcorn and plant yourself in front
of the nearest television.
5. Watch Brody Buster play
the mean blues at Fatsos, 1016
Massachusetts St.
MAGAZINE GIVES KU
ATHLETICS PROPS
Kansas checked in at No. 25 in
STACK Magazines most recent Elite
50 list, a ranking of the best schools
for academically-minded athletes.
The rankings are based on five
factors: 2009 U.S. News & World
Report on Americas Best Colleges,
Academic Progress Rate, teams with
national rankings, win-loss record
and the STACK Factor, which takes
into account the Universitys college
community.
The Jayhawks paced the Big
12 mostly because of a victory in
the Orange Bowl and the National
Championship. STACK ranked
Kansas basketball third overall and
baseball and football were each
16th in the nation. The Big 12 had
four other schools included in the
Elite 50: Texas finished second to
Stanford, Texas A&M finished 11th,
Nebraska was 39th and Oklahoma
State rounded out the list at 44th.
DIVISION I-AA SHOUT
OUT
While college footballs big boys
are busy preparing for another ho-
hum bowl season, four of their I-AA
counterparts will fight for a spot in
Division Is other national champi-
onship game this weekend.
Todays shout-out goes to
Northern Iowa. The No. 1-seeded
Panthers take on the Richmond
Spiders this Saturday at the UNI-
Dome in Cedar Falls with the
opportunity to play for I-AAs big-
gest prize. Northern Iowas only
other appearance in the national
title game was in 2005 when it lost
to Appalachian State.
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By aNdrew wieBe
awiebe@kansan.com
Takin the bull by the horns
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votes to keep play
PHILADELPHIA The Arena
Football League has voted not
to suspend play in 2009, a sharp
reversal in a tumultuous week
in which the indoor league was
poised to cancel next season.
The AFL has not released
the 2009 schedule, and its still
possible there could be big
changes to the 22-year-old
league.
The 16-team indoor league
repeatedly has delayed the
start of free agency and the re-
lease of its 2009 schedule after
an ofseason of uncertainty.
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last season as Minnesotas starting
left fielder.
Hes like Bo Jackson, Mortensen
said of comparing Decker with the
former pro two-way star. Watching
on him film, he can definitely make
some plays. Hes a great wide receiv-
er. Its going to be a great challenge
for our defense to stop him.
Kansas has 20 more days to both
prepare for Decker, to rest and to
heal some nagging injuries before
it faces Minnesota. Quarterback
Todd Reesing, running back Jake
Sharp and wide receiver Kerry Meier
all played at less than 100 percent
against the Tigers but were able to
contribute to a victory.
It wasnt the season they had
hoped for, but the Jayhawks enter as
10-point favorites and appear set to
finish on a winning note.
This year weve just battled
through with guys getting banged
up, said defensive tackle Caleb
Blakesley. But were fighting and
were going to go out and finish this
season on top.
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to a diversion.
Kansas coach Bill Self declined
to say if he disciplined Morris any
further. In August, Self said the
matter would be handled inter-
nally.
Self did indicate, however, that
he had spoken with the players
multiple times about their behav-
ior following the incident.
Ive told Markieff and our
guys that obviously they have
to make better decisions and be
much wiser in their judgment,
Self said.
Self said it all started with
communication from the coach-
ing staff.
We need to do a better job as
a staff to educate them of not only
on-campus policies, but housing
policies, Self said. If we would
have done that, they would have
known these types of Airsoft guns
were not allowed on campus.
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
KANSAN FILE
Junior receiver Kerry Meier pulls in the game-winning touchdown to
put Kansas ahead 39-37 before a made feld goal against Missouri two
weeks ago. Meier put forth 106 yards receiving and two touchdowns on a
bum hamstring in a 40-37 win against the Tigers.
FootbALL (continued from 1B)
MoRRIS (continued from 1B)
NFL
St.Louis makes defensive
changes late in season
ST. LOUIS Corey Chavous
could have sulked after getting
benched. Instead, the veteran St.
Louis Rams safety made it easy
on coach Jim Haslett when he
delivered the news.
We had a great discussion,
Haslett said Wednesday. Before
I even got it out of my mouth,
he told me what I was going to
tell him.
Todd Johnson takes Chavous
job on Sunday against the
Seahawks, giving the secondary
somewhat younger legs. Hes
been used mostly on special
teams in two seasons with the
Rams (2-11), getting his only
other start last season when
Chavous was sidelined by a
pectoral injury.
The Rams made one other
move in the secondary, placing
cornerback Tye Hill on injured
reserve. Hill, a first-round pick
in 2006, has been unable to
recover from arthroscopic
surgery on his right knee after
Week 4.
Haslett has been considering
elevating Johnson, who made
10 starts for the Bears in 2004,
for a few weeks.
Respect for the 32-year-old
Chavous, an 11-year veteran and
Pro Bowler in 2003 voted a team
captain by the players, made
him hold of until now.
Haslett considers Chavous
the leader of the secondary and
credits him for the rise of free
safety Oshiomoghe Atogwe,
who has four interceptions,
seven forced fumbles and two
fumble recoveries.
Associated Press
college football
tebow, two big 12 quarterbacks selected as Heisman fnalists
By RALPH D. RUSSO
ASSOciAteD PReSS
NEW YORK Tim Tebow will
go for two against a pair of tal-
ented quarterbacks from the Big
12 when the Heisman Trophy is
handed out Saturday night.
Sam Bradford from Oklahoma
and Colt McCoy from Texas
joined Tebow as Heisman finalists
announced Wednesday.
The last time all the Heisman
finalists were quarterbacks was
2001, when Nebraskas Eric
Crouch won the award and QBs
held the first six spots.
Tebow, the rugged and multi-
talented junior from Florida, was
the first sophomore to win the
Heisman last year and is trying to
become the second player to win
it twice.
Archie Griffin won the Heisman
as a junior in 1974 for Ohio State
and again in 1975.
Tebows Gators will play
Bradford and the Sooners in the
BCS national championship game
Jan. 8 in Miami.
Its a good thing I dont have a
vote, Bradford said while attend-
ing an event with Tebow and
McCoy in Orlando, Fla., where
numerous college football awards
will be handed out Thursday
night. I couldnt decide. Its just
an honor to be one of the guys
going up to New York.
Tebow became the first college
football player with 20 touchdown
passes and 20 rushing touchdowns
in 2007, carrying a Florida team
that finished 9-4.
This season, Tebows stats were
down, but his play has still been
stellar. He is fifth in the nation
in passer rating (176.7) with 28
touchdown passes and only two
interceptions.
He hasnt been asked to run
as much this season, but still has
564 yards rushing and 12 touch-
downs.
Most importantly, the Gators
are 12-1 and a victory away from
their second national title in three
seasons.
Tim is a winner, Florida
coach Urban Meyer said during a
news conference in South Florida
with Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops
to promote the national title game.
He wants to win. Hes motivated
like all of us are. But hes a team-
first guy.
Thats why statistically he might
not have the Star Wars stats like he
had a year ago. However, he won
12 games. And if he could have
either-or, hes going to take 12
wins and the chance to hold that
crystal ball.
Tebow made a strong final case
to win another Heisman, lead-
ing Floridas 14-point fourth quar-
ter and comeback 31-20 victory
in the Southeastern Conference
title game against Alabama last
Saturday.
As a former winner, he also has
a vote.
Tebow said 1996 Heisman win-
ner Danny Wuerffel suggested he
not tell people what he did with
his vote.
Im taking his advice, Tebow
said.
Bradford has directed the high-
est scoring team in major col-
lege football history, leading the
nation in passer rating (186.3) and
TD passes (48) while throwing for
4,464 yards.
The Sooners have scored 702
points and became the first col-
lege team in 89 years to reach 60
points in five consecutive games
when they won the Big 12 title
game 62-21 over Missouri last
Saturday.
Players just follow him because
of his commitment to them and
how tough he is and how impor-
tant the team is to him, Oklahoma
coach Bob Stoops said.
McCoy, who had the impos-
ing task of following Vince
Young as Texas starting quar-
terback, has turned out to be a
multiple threat much like his
predecessor.
McCoy set a major college
record with his 77.6 completion
percentage, breaking the mark set
by Daunte Culpepper for Central
Florida, and is the Longhorns
leading rusher with 576 yards
and 10 touchdowns. Texas fin-
ished 11-1, with a victory against
Oklahoma.
If youre going to play quarter-
back in our league, you better be
able to put a lot of points on the
board, McCoy said. There are
just so many good offenses in this
league.
That victory wasnt enough to
get McCoy and Texas into the Big
12 or national championship game
instead of the Sooners.
Heisman organizers generally
invite three to five players, based
on vote totals.
Texas Tech quarterback Graham
Harrell was surprisingly not invit-
ed to the ceremony, to be held at
the Sports Museum of America
in downtown New York for the
first time.
Harrell, the latest in a long line
of prolific passers to run coach
Mike Leachs Air Raid offense,
leads the nation with 4,747
yards passing and has thrown 41
touchdown passes. He also led
Texas Tech to a school-record
11 victories and a tie for first in
the Big 12 South with Texas and
Oklahoma.
NBA
Anthony leads Nuggets
in victory over Minnesota
DENVER Carmelo Anthony
matched the NBA record for
points in a quarter with 33 in the
third and fnished with a season-
high 45 points in the Denver
Nuggets 116-105 victory over
the Minnesota Timberwolves on
Wednesday night.
Anthony tied the NBA mark
of 33 points set by San Antonios
George Gervin in the second
quarter against New Orleans
on April 9, 1978. Anthony broke
the franchise record of 32 set by
David Thompson against Detroit,
also on April 9, 1978.
That was one of the greatest
quarters Ive ever been apart of,
Anthony said. The most impor-
tant thing is we won the game
tonight.
Chauncey Billups added 22
points in Denvers eighth straight
win over Minnesota.
Al Jeferson had 26 points
and 12 rebounds, and Randy
Foye also scored 26 points for
Minnesota, which has lost seven
straight games and two in a row
since Kevin McHale took over as
head coach on Monday.
Anthony, who had nine points
at halftime, took over the game
in the third quarter, scoring 24
straight points for the Nuggets
at one point. His steal and dunk
sparked the Nuggets rally from
a 12-point halftime defcit, and
he pumped his fst after hitting a
3-pointer that tied it at 60.
Anthony, who also had a
team-high 11 rebounds, wasnt
done. His putback layup gave
Denver its frst lead since midway
through the frst quarter, and he
followed that with a 3-pointer
and a fast-break dunk to make it
68-62 with 4:35 left in the third.
He hit two 3-pointers to
extend Denvers lead to 82-76,
and he fnished the quarter with
a driving layup with 1.8 seconds
left to give the Nuggets an 84-78
lead.
Minnesota didnt go away
quietly. Foye and Jeferson made
back-to-back baskets to cut Den-
vers lead to 94-92 with 6:47 left,
but J.R. Smiths three-point play
and a layup by Anthony made
it 101-92. Billups and Anthony
Carter hit consecutive 3-pointers
to push the lead to 10 with 3:38
left. Minnesota got no closer then
eight the rest of the way.
Anthony scored only three
points in the fourth quarter but
left to a standing ovation with
52.7 seconds left in the game and
Denver ahead by 11.
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sophomore center krysten boogaard tries to get a shot up in trafc during the frst half of
Wednesdays game. Boogaard scored just four points in 11 minutes in Kansas 66-43 victory.
phenomenal from behind the
three-point line, making four of
eight attempts with 16 points
and six rebounds on the night.
Henrickson was also pleased with
defensive intensity the Jayhawks
showed in the second half.
We got five stops in a row in
the second half and then fouled,
she said. Thats an expectation
and an intensity that we need,
especially coming off a tough loss
at Marquette.
Kansas hopes it can build
momentum from last nights
performance as the Jayhawks
schedule toughens during finals
week. The team will play at
Creighton this Saturday to kick
off a three-game road trip. The
added pressure of finals doesnt
faze McCray.
Its a lot of stress, but once
youre on the court you have to
forget about it. Its a place where
you can forget about things. And
once its over, youve got to get
back to it, she said.
Edited by Tara Smith
BY JAYSON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
Around lunch time yesterday,
sophomore Krysten Boogaard
received the news that avoided her
for nearly three weeks. After talk-
ing with doctors, coach Bonnie
Henrickson informed Boogaard
shed been cleared to play.
Playing in her first game since
Nov. 18, Boogaard, who missed
four games with a stress reaction
in her leg, totaled four points and
three rebounds in 11 minutes as
Kansas defeated Western Illinois
66-43 Wednesday night.
Its a good time for her to come
back, junior Danielle McCray said.
I think she got that feeling back
tonight.
At times, though, Boogaard
appeared a step or two behind,
while struggling early on the offen-
sive end. In the first half she
missed both field goal attempts and
all three of her free throws.
That first half was a little dif-
ferent, Boogaard said. I used it in
a way to get me back into things.
Getting back into a game situation
was a little bit different.
Still, in the second half Boogaard
showed flashes of why the Jayhawks
so eagerly awaited her return. The
6-foot-5 center scored two easy
baskets after sealing her defender
in the low post while playing just
five minutes.
Missing in Boogaards absence
was consistent interior play from
the Jayhawks. Sure, sophomore
forward Nicollette Smith averaged
7.8 points per game playing in
Boogaards starting spot. But Smith
said that Boogaards presence cre-
ates easier chances for Kansas
other players.
People feel like they need to
sink in on her, Smith said. That
opens it up for the rest of us. Then,
when were hitting shots from out-
side, that opens it up for her inside.
And shes a great one on one post
player.
Without Boogaard, junior for-
ward Porscha Weddington became
Kansas best threat near the bas-
ket something that she wasnt
always used to with Boogaard in
the lineup.
In the four games Boogaard
missed, Weddington averaged
7.8 points and four rebounds per
game.
It opens her eyes and shows
her how much more she needs to
do, McCray said. With Krysten
back, shell still have that mental-
ity where she thinks I still need to
do more. She knows she cant hide
behind Krysten and let her score all
the points. I think shes getting the
idea now.
Henrickson said doctors cleared
Boogaard to play more than 11
minutes, but the Jayhawks wanted
to cautiously ease her back into
things. The real test, though, will
come tomorrow when the pain in
Boogaards leg is reevaluated.
And Boogaard is hoping her
time spent on the bench with an
injury is finally done.
Ive grown a better apprecia-
tion for the bench now, Boogaard
said. Its hard sitting on the bench,
especially when you cant play.
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boogaards return to court
helps Jayhawks in victory
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simpsons accomplices
get probation in robbery
LAS VEGAS The luckiest
guys in Las Vegas this week were
four O.J. Simpson accomplices
who walked out of court with
probation while the former foot-
ball star sits in prison for his role
in an armed confrontation over
memorabilia from his past.
Sentencing of the man who
wielded a gun during the rob-
bery sparked a courtroom out-
burst Tuesday from one victim
of the hotel room heist who said
Michael McClinton should have
been sent to prison.
Im just very disappointed,
said Bruce Fromong, one of the
two sports memorabilia dealers
robbed by Simpson and the
other men. I agreed completely
with probation for the two guys
who were just there backing
up O.J. But McClinton stood a
couple of feet from me with
a gun in my face and said, Ill
shoot your (expletive).
Use a gun, go to jail. Thats
my theory, Fromong said.
The collectibles dealer was
ejected from the courthouse
during sentencing of four of
the men who joined Simpson
on Sept. 13, 2007, at a casino
hotel room where he confronted
Fromong and Alfred Beardsley,
who were peddling mementoes
of Simpsons career.
Youve got to be kidding me!
Fromong exclaimed after Clark
County District Judge Jackie
Glass sentenced McClinton
to eight years probation. She
suspended a prison term of two
to seven years.
The judge told McClinton:
You were the one that had
a gun. You were the one that
brandished a weapon. But Glass
said she considered McClintons
cooperation in testifying and the
fact that he had no criminal re-
cord in granting him probation.
She handed probation terms
of six years to Charles Ehrlich,
four years to Walter Alexander
and three years to Charles
Cashmore.
All three spoke of being lured
into the plan by Simpson, who
asked for help in retrieving his
personal items.
On that day, everybody was
a snake. O.J. Simpson was the
snake charmer, said Robert Den-
nis Rentzer, Alexanders attorney.
The man has charisma. There
is something about him that
captures individuals and draws
them into his circle.
The sentencing was not the
end of the seamy saga.
The judge scheduled a Dec.
19 hearing to discuss restitution
for articles taken from the hotel
room. Fromong has claimed he
lost about $150,000 worth of
memorabilia, while others have
called that fgure infated.
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sports 5b thursday, december 11, 2008
Photographers book chronicles 3 KU championships
mens basketball
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
Rich Clarkson was the last
photographer left. A young Clyde
Lovellette had just helped Kansas
win its first NCAA title, beating
St. Johns inside Hec Edmundson
Pavilion in Seattle.
As Phog Allens Jayhawks pre-
pared to accept the championship
trophy, Clarkson readied himself.
The rest of the photographers were
gone.
They had to go meet their
deadlines, Clarkson says today.
Fifty-six years later, Clarkson
sat on the baseline of the court at
the Alamodome in San Antonio,
aiming his camera as Kansas won
its third NCAA title.
Clarkson, a University alum-
nus, has worked as a photographer
for such publications as Sports
Illustrated and Time. He was also
present for all three of Kansas
NCAA basketball championships.
Clarksons photos from those three
seasons 1952, 1988 and 2008
are the focus of Clarksons new
book, The Champions: Kansas
Basketball at the Pinnacle.
The book, published by the KU
Alumni Association, is now avail-
able at local bookstores.
The book tells the story of
Kansas three national champi-
onships through Clarksons vast
catalog of photos. It also includes
written chapters from report-
ers and players, including Sports
Illustrateds college basketball writ-
er Grant Wahl, a Kansas native
who covered Kansas run to the
championship last spring.
Bill Houglund, a guard on the
1952 team, and Mark Dent, who
covered the 2008 season for The
Kansan, also contributed chapters
to the book.
To take the aura and tradition
of Kansas basketball, first Hoch
Auditorium, then Allen Fieldhouse,
to todays superdomes and the high
ratings of prime time television,
this is something that creates spe-
cial pride, Clarkson writes in the
books introduction.
Clarkson has photographed 53
Final Fours.
I have seen many great games,
he writes. But the KU games have
always been special.
And he still remembers the day
he was the only photographer left
when Allen won his first and only
NCAA championship.
Hopefully, theres a lot of stories
that people havent heard before,
Clarkson said.
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
By NANCy ARMOUR
AssOCiAted PRess
CHICAGO The Rangers are
out, the White Sox are in, and the
mountain bikes are headed for the
basement. As for that White House
bowling alley well, that hard-
wood might be in for a complete
makeover.
As promised, change is com-
ing to Washington, and were not
just talking policy and politics.
President-elect Barack Obama may
be as big a sports junkie as his
predecessor, but hes got a totally
different game.
Hes a hoops aficionado, said
Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois trea-
surer and a regular in Obamas
pickup games.
Not to mention a hard-core
Chicago White Sox fan. South
Siders can no longer gripe about
the crosstown rival Cubs getting
all the love, not when the future
leader of the free world sports his
well-worn White Sox cap wherever
he goes these days.
Remember the day after the
election, when he dropped his
daughters off at school wearing his
beloved hat? Or when he headed
off to the gym, wearing that same
hat?
TV newscasts around the coun-
try mentioned Obama and that
hat 60 times in the three days after
the election alone, the White Sox
found, a number that equates to
millions of viewers.
To have the first fan be a
White Sox fan is a pretty cool
thing, White Sox spokesman Scott
Reifert said.
No matter their party, American
presidents have tended to have one
thing in common: They love their
sports.
Dwight D. Eisenhower report-
edly found time to play 800 rounds
of golf during his eight years in
office, Bill Clinton was spotted
running the streets of Washington
with an occasional stop at
McDonalds mixed in, of course
and the first George Bush liked
horseshoes so much he built a pit
near the White House swimming
pool.
The current president, George
W. Bush, is, of course, a base-
ball fan. The former Texas Rangers
owner even hosted T-ball games
on the White Houses South Lawn
no outs, no strikes and nobody
loses.
Though he hung up his running
shoes a few years back after it got to
be too much for his knees, hes also
an avid mountain biker.
sports 6B thursday, december 11, 2008
Yankees nearing huge deal with pitcher CC Sabathia
mlb
By RONALd BLUM
AssOCiAted PRess
LAS VEGAS CC Sabathia
and the New York Yankees agreed
Wednesday on the framework for a
$161 million, seven-year contract,
the richest for a pitcher in baseball
history.
The Yankees and Sabathias
agents still need to work out all the
details, a baseball official familiar
with the talks told The Associated
Press on Wednesday. The person
spoke on condition of anonym-
ity because the deal has not been
completed and the pitcher must
pass a physical.
Sabathia has the right to opt out
after three seasons and become a
free agent again.
Im sure every team in baseball
would love to have him. Hes a guy
whos an intimidating factor on the
mound, Yankees captain Derek
Jeter said at the winter meetings.
Yankees general manager Brian
Cashman left Las Vegas on Tuesday
for a quick trip to the pitchers
home in the San Francisco area,
sparking the final stages of nego-
tiations.
Theres a lot of layers in the
process, Until that process is com-
pleted Im kind of prevented from
saying too much, Cashman said.
Legally Ive got to protect myself.
And, you know, youre never done
until youre done, and so, were not
done.
Cashman made a six-year offer
to the former AL Cy Young Award
winner on Nov. 14, the first pos-
sible day to negotiate with free
agents, and met with Sabathia in
Las Vegas on Sunday and Monday.
He had told the pitchers agents that
it would be helpful, he was willing
to travel to meet with Sabathia and
his family in California.
At 3 p.m. Tuesday, Cashman
received the invitation.
I said, Lets go, he recalled.
When the opportunity was given,
thats a flight I had to take.
He bought a one-way ticket for
a 5 p.m. flight to Oakland and took
a car service to Sabathias home
in Vallejo, where he met with the
pitcher, Sabathias wife and chil-
dren and Brian Peters, one of the
stars agents.
Cashman joked about flying
commercial.
Were not the Red Sox, he said,
a reference to the teams use of
owner John Henry private plane
during negotiations with Daisuke
Matsuzaka two offseasons ago.
They certainly are not, thank
goodness! Red Sox president
Larry Lucchino responded in an
e-mail to the AP.
Cashman couldnt recall ever
before making a recruiting trip to a
free agents home. He had remem-
bered seeing it on an episode of
MTV Cribs.
When I walked in, I did tell
him, it was like: Ive been here
before, Cashman said.
After putting the framework for
an agreement in place, Cashman
spent the night at a San Francisco
hotel before taking an 8 a.m. flight
back to Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Yankees officials, meanwhile, par-
ticipated in negotiations by phone.
Sabathia will give the Yankees
a new marquee star as they head
into the new $1.3 billion Yankee
Stadium, where seats sell for up to
$2,500 each.
His deal will top the previous
mark for a pitcher, a $137.5 mil-
lion, six-year contract agreed to
by Johan Santana and the New
York Mets last winter. His $23 mil-
lion average salary is just ahead of
Santanas $22.9 million
Among all players, it will trail
only Alex Rodriguezs $275 mil-
lion, 10-year contract with the
Yankees, A-Rods earlier $252 mil-
lion, 10-year agreement with Texas
and Derek Jeters $189 million,
10-year contract with the Yankees.
Hes left-handed. Hes a tre-
mendous competitor. His talent is
obvious, Cashman said. And he
matches that with his character at
the same time.
Signing Sabathia was the No. 1
offseason priority for the Yankees,
whose streak of 13 consecutive
playoff appearances ended this
year. He would join a rotation that
includes Chien-Ming Wang and
Joba Chamberlain.
New York hopes to re-sign Andy
Pettitte, who also is a free agent,
and has had talks this week with
Ben Sheets and the agents for A.J.
Burnett.
Many of Sabathias questions to
the Yankees had been about what it
would be like to pitch in New York,
and part of the reason Cashman
traveled to California was to meet
with the Sabathias wife, Amber,
along with the player to discuss
that issue.
The only times people tend
to struggle is when they put pres-
sure on themselves, Jeter said. Its
still the same game whether youre
playing in New York, or youre
playing in Cleveland, Milwaukee,
Tampa.
Milwaukee acquired Sabathia
from Cleveland in July, and he
went 11-2 for the Brewers. Sabathia
was a workhorse, throwing seven
complete games and three shutouts
in 17 starts as the Brewers made
the playoffs for the first time since
1982.
GM Doug Melvin, who had
offered a five-year deal worth
about $100 million, said he was
notified at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday
that the Brewers were no longer in
the running.
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Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher CC Sabathia pitches to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the frst inning of a baseball game in Milwaukee.
Sabathia and the NewYork Yankees are closing in on a seven-year contract worth about $160 million, a deal that would be a record for a pitcher.
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sports 7b thursday, december 11, 2008
Pavin to lead as Ryder Cup captain;
will aim for consecutive U.S. victories
PGA
By DOUG FERGUSON
ASSOciAtED PRESS
Corey Pavin has been selected as
the next U.S. captain in the Ryder
Cup, leading the team 15 years
after last competing in the matches,
two officials with knowledge of
the discussions told The Associated
Press.
Pavin, who will be introduced
as captain
T h u r s d a y
morning in
New York, will
be responsible
for bringing the
Americans con-
secutive victo-
ries in the Ryder
Cup for the first
time since 1993.
The offi-
cials spoke on
condition of anonymity because
Pavins selection has not been
announced.
The PGA of America elected
not to give Paul Azinger the cap-
taincy for the second straight time
after the Americans, without Tiger
Woods, ended a decade of losing to
Europe with a 16-11 victory at
Valhalla.
The 2010 Ryder Cup will be
played at Celtic Manor in Wales.
The Americans have not won in
Europe since The Belfry in 1993.
Pavin won 15 times on the PGA
Tour, including the 1995 U.S. Open
at Shinnecock Hills, during a career
in which his grit, ball control and
short game made up for his lack of
power off the tee.
He went 8-5-0 in his three Ryder
Cup appearances, two of them on
winning teams, but has not played
since 1995 at Oak Hill. He was an
assistant to Tom Lehman in 2006
in Ireland, where Europe won by
a record margin for the second
straight time.
It makes
sense to
choose Corey,
with his history
and everything
in the event,
Justin Leonard
said. I think
hell do a great
job. As a team,
we learned a
lot this year
that well be
able to apply to the Presidents Cup
next year and the Ryder Cup in
10.
Only one other U.S. captain has
been selected after such a long
gap since playing Dave Marr in
1981, after last playing in 1965.
The Americans have not had
a captain in consecutive Ryder
Cups since Ben Hogan in the 1947
and 1949. U.S. players lobbied
for Azinger to return the night of
their victory at Valhalla, and only
recently has he said he might be
interested.
It was Azinger who persuaded
the PGA to modernize its qualify-
ing process by basing the points
strictly off money, emphasizing
performance the year of the match-
es, and doubling his captains picks
to four.
I would have liked the oppor-
tunity to do it again, Azinger said
when contacted Wednesday. But
I support their decision to move
on.
Pavin likely will face more scru-
tiny than any other captain since
Lanny Wadkins in 1995, when the
Americans were coming off con-
secutive victories. The only other
U.S. captain since who tried to
defend the cup was Curtis Strange
in 2002, but the emphasis that year
was on restoring civility to the
matches and the one-year post-
ponement brought on by the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks.
PGA of America chief execu-
tive Joe Steranka seemed cool to
the idea of a repeat captain, saying
there were more candidates than
Ryder Cups to go around.
Even so, Pavin appeared to be
the only logical choice from the
PGA model a major champion
in his late 40s with Ryder Cup
experience. Davis Love III, a lock
to be captain one year, said in
September he still felt he could
make the team as a player.
Leonard thought Azinger was
at least half-interested in return-
ing, but was not surprised by the
decision.
The PGA of America kind of
views those Ryder Cup captain-
cies as a real career achievement,
he said. When youve played as
many Ryder Cups as guys like
Zinger and Corey and you see
how important it is to those guys,
its natural for them to want to be
captain. And the PGA of America
realizes that.
They want whats best for the
event, he said. At the same time,
they want to spread that around.
The 49-year-old Pavin last
won in 2006 at the U.S. Bank
Championship in Milwaukee and
thought he might make the Ryder
Cup team. Instead, he served
as one of the assistants for Tom
Lehman as the Americans lost all
five sessions for the first time in an
18-9 European victory.
His best performance in the
Ryder Cup was his last one, when
he went 4-1 in 1995 at Oak Hill. His
signature moment came in a four-
balls match Saturday afternoon,
when he chipped in for birdie on
the 18th hole to team with Loren
Roberts for a 1-up victory over
Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer,
giving the Americans a 9-7 lead
going into the final day.
Pavin was among only four
Americans to win singles matches,
however, and Europe rallied for a
victory to start a stretch in which
it won five of the next six Ryder
Cups.
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United States teamcaptain Paul Azinger waves to spectators while speaking at the Ryder Cup opening ceremonies at the Valhalla Golf Club, in Louisville, Ky. in September. Azinger will not return
as U.S. captain in the Ryder Cup after leading the Americans to their only victory this decade. The PGA of America will announce the newcaptain, Corey Pavin, Thursday.
It makes sense to choose Corey,
with his history and everything
in the event. I think hell do a
great job.
Justin Leonard
PGa golfer
BiG 12 FOOtBAll
Red Raiders Harrell is
no-brainer for Heisman
LuBBoCK, texas Heisman
trophy voters probably needed
no introduction to Graham Harrell
before the season started.
the texas tech quarterback
had produced Heisman-like
numbers for two years, just like
his predecessors in coach Mike
Leachs passer-friendly ofense.
the numbers were similar his
senior year, except in the stand-
ings. thats where Harrell set
himself apart.
With Harrell leading the way,
the red raiders had their frst
10-0 start in 70 years, beat a no.
1 team for the frst time and
climbed higher in the polls than
ever before, to no. 2.
along the way, Harrell moved
within two touchdown passes of
breaking the nCaa career record
and set plenty of Big 12 marks
likely earning a spot among the
fnalists headed to new York for
saturdays Heisman ceremony.
He doesnt have the support-
ing cast a whole bunch of those
other guys have and yet hes
more productive, hes got more
yards, more touchdowns, more,
more, more, Leach said.
Last week, Leach called Harrell
a no-brainer to win the Heisman
because of his leadership, poise
and courage.
But heres the problem: a late-
season 65-21 loss at oklahoma,
where Harrell had one frst-half
touchdown while tech fell behind
35-7 in a showdown with one of
the Heisman favorites, sooners
quarterback sam Bradford. Harrell
said his 4,747 yards and 41 touch-
downs probably wont be enough
to overcome techs only loss.
in the past it didnt matter so
much about a team, but now i
think thats all it does matter, is
how well your team did, Harrell
said.
NFL
Rookie linebacker
is a playmaker
By ARNiE StAPlEtON
ASSOciAtED PRESS
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. The
Denver Broncos were about to go
down for the count when rock-
et-armed quarterback Jay Cutler
came to the rescue along with
a most unlikely sidekick an
undrafted, undersized and large-
ly unknown rookie linebacker
named Wesley Woodyard.
Things looked bleak for the
Broncos when D.J. Williams, fresh
off signing a six-year, $32 million
contract that solidified his stand-
ing as Denvers defensive leader,
went down with a knee injury on
Nov. 2.
Pro Bowl cornerback Champ
Bailey had just chewed out his
teammates for lacking a nasty
attitude and the bungling Broncos
were sitting ugly at 4-4 with a
three-game losing streak.
The injury-riddled Broncos,
who had already lost strongside
linebacker Boss Bailey for the
year and would lose middle line-
backer Nate Webster the follow-
ing week, turned to a free agent
from the University of Kentucky
who is generously listed at 230
pounds and was ignored in the
draft because hes too small.
Or so everybody thought.
During Williams absence,
Woodyard has recorded 50 tack-
les in his five starts on the weak
side, leading Denver (8-5) to the
brink of a playoff berth with four
wins in five weeks.
Carolina quarterback Jake
Delhomme, whose Panthers
(10-3) host the Broncos on
Sunday, said hes impressed with
Denvers entire makeshift defense
but one guy stands out above
the rest.
Ill tell you what, the more
film you watch ... Woodyard keeps
on making plays, especially the
last couple of weeks, Delhomme
said.
Two weeks ago, Woodyard had
13 tackles, 11 of them solo, and
forced a fumble by Brett Favre in
Denvers statement win over the
New York Jets.
Against Kansas City last week,
he led the team with eight solo
tackles and broke up a pass in
another crucial win.
Wesleys one of those things
you call a diamond in the rough,
teammate Kenny Peterson said
Wednesday. Hes 200-what?
Two-hundred-30 pounds.
Oh? Peterson reacted, sur-
prised. I was going to say 210
soaking wet with two jogging
suits on.
But he hits like a 280-pound
guy.
Williams is inching his way
back to health, and that begs the
question: How can the Broncos
possibly take Woodyard out of the
lineup when Williams returns?
Yeah, hes a playmaker, coach
Mike Shanahan said. Well try to
keep him out there as much as we
can. Hes fun to watch, both on
defense and special teams.
It doesnt seem likely the
teams savior will spend much
time on the sideline in December,
though.
If he keeps playing like that,
theyll find a way to keep him
on the field, cornerback Dre Bly
said.
One possibility is keeping
Woodyard where he is and mov-
ing Williams back to the middle.
Woodyard said hes ready for
a reduced role if thats what it
comes to.
D.J.s the captain of our defense.
Youve got to give all respect to
him. Im ready to accept my role
on the team like I did in the
preseason, Woodyard said. Im
going to be a playmaker whether
on special teams or defense.
The way Woodyard sees it, the
more depth at his position, the
better.
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An Insight Bowl against a Big
12 team that can score in bunches
will bring back nightmares for
Minnesota fans. Two years ago,
Texas Tech overcame a 38-7 half-
time defcit to win 44-41 in over-
time. This time around the Gopher
ofense isnt as good, relying solely
on the suddenly unsure arm of
sophomore Adam Weber. Min-
nesota fans can rest easy knowing
their team wont improve on its
record 31-point bowl collapse,
because theres no way this team
will even break 30.
(2008 Averages and National Rank)
81st
scoring ofense (23.4 ppg)
57th
passing ofense (216.4 ypg)
104th
rushing ofense (162.9 ypg)
49th
scoring defense (23.3 ppg)
88th
passing defense (231.6 ypg)
71st
rushing defense (124.5 ypg)
Eric Decker
Deckers not
a great wide re-
ceiver, but in this
run-happy con-
ference hes as
close as you get.
Decker leads
the Big Ten with
6.9 receptions
per game and
ranks second with 84.1 receiving
yards per game. Adam Weber will
target him early and often in an
efort to stretch Kansas secondary
and open up the run.
Can Minnesota rush for 100
yards?
It doesnt sound too tough, but
the Gophers average just more
than a C-note per game. If they
can crack 115 or 120, then Kansas
must at least respect the run. That
could open up the pass.
Can the Gophers win the
turnover battle?
Minnesotas defense does it
better than almost any team,
but recently its ofense has been
giving the ball right back. The
Gophers likely need at least four
or fve turnovers to keep this
game close.
Jayhawk nation will roCk if
Kansas can score more than 28 points. Min-
nesota was 7-1 when holding opponents to 28
points or fewer during the regular season but
0-4 when teams scored more than 28 points.
Gale SayerS
will weep if
Kansas commits turnovers
and allows Minnesota to hang
around early. The Golden Gophers are 6-0 when
they win the turnover battle, so its imperative for
the Jayhawks to take care of the football.
prediction:
Kansas 36, Minnesota 28
8B Thursday, december 11, 2008
COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF
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VanDeSteeg
Stoudemire
Stuckey
Briscoe
Briscoe
offenSe
A month of will surely help heal a badly
bruised and injured KU ofense. Quarterback
Todd Reesing, running back Jake Sharp
and wide receiver Kerry Meier all played at
well less than 100 percent against Missouri
but were still able to upset No 12 Missouri
40-37. More than a month between games
will likely heal the wounded Jayhawks, who
should have success through the air against
a Minnesota pass defense that ranks 10th out of 11 teams in the
Big 10.

DefenSe
The senior linebacker trio of James Holt,
Mike Rivera and Joe Mortensen appear on
a mission to end their college careers on a
high note. The 33-day break should help heal
lingering injuries to Rivera and Mortensen,
and a poor Golden Gopher ofense could
make for a dominating performance by
the KU defense. Safety Darrell Stuckey was
the lone Jayhawk to make the All Big 12s First Team and wants
to end his breakout junior campaign with back to back bowl
victories.

SpeCial teaMS
Dezmon Briscoe stormed onto the scene
during his frst game as the teams kick
returner against Missouri, returning seven
kicks for 195 yards. Kansas had recorded
only four kick returns of at least 25 yards in
their frst 11 games of the season but Briscoe
had four 25-yard plus returns by himself
against the Tigers. The Jayhawks ranked
dead last, 119th out of 119 teams, in yards
per kick return before Briscoe took over for
the Missouri game.

CoaChinG
After going 0-8 in the Big 12 and 2-10 overall in his frst year in
2002, coach Mark Mangino is taking the Jayhawks to their fourth
bowl game in the past six years. Manginos hiring of ofensive
coordinator Ed Warriner before the start of last season
could go down as one of the better hires in recent
KU football history. Warriners spread ofense
has made the Jayhawks one of the top ofensive
teams in the nation and could help the Jayhawks
win 20 games in the last two years.

MoMentUM
The momentum couldnt be more in favor
of the Jayhawks, who are coming of one of
the biggest victories in school history a
come-from-behind 40-37 victory against rival
Missouri two weeks ago. The Jayhawks have a
lot to play for, including an eight-win season,
back-to-back bowl victories and the opportuni-
ty to have 20 victories over the last two seasons.
Mangino should have the Jayhawks rolling on
all cylinders come Dec. 31.


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Dec. 29
Valero Alamo:
No. 25 Missouri vs. No. 22 Northwestern 8 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 30
Pacifc Life Holiday:
No. 13 Oklahoma State vs. No. 15 Oregon 8 p.m. ESPN
Jan. 1
Konica Minolta Gator:
Nebraska vs. Clemson 1 p.m. CBS
Jan. 2
AT&T Cotton:
No. 8 Texas Tech vs. No. 20 Mississippi 2 p.m. FOX
Jan. 5
Tostitos Fiesta:
No. 3 Texas vs. No. 10 Ohio State 8 p.m. FOX
Jan. 8
BCS National Championship:
No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 1 Florida 8 p.m. FOX
Kansas has an opportunity to
win bowl games in back-to-back
years for the frst time in school
history when it faces 7-5 Min-
nesota in the Insight Bowl on
New Years Eve. The Jayhawks
have plenty of things still left to
accomplish by beating the Golden
Gophers, including an eight-win
season with one of the toughest
schedules in the nation and am
opportunity to win 20 games in a
two year span for the frst time in
school history. The Jayhawks will
arrive in Tempe on Dec. 27 before
practicing at a local high school
the next three days in preparation
for the New Years Eve bowl.
(2008 Averages and National Rank)
33rd
rush defense (126.67)
113th
Pass defense (275.50)
87th
Scoring defense (29.5)
80th
rush ofense (128.92)
8th
Pass ofense (302.33)
27th
Scoring ofense (32.67)
Dezmon
Briscoe
Briscoe aver-
aged nearly 28
yards per kick
return against
Missouri
his frst time
returning
kicks this year. The Jayhawks had
started with worse feld position
than their opponent in eight of
11 games before Briscoe took the
Jayhawks near midfeld on several
of his seven returns. The sopho-
more sensation should have a big
game at wide receiver as well, as
Minnesotas pass defense ranked
10th out of 11 teams in the Big 10.
will the Jayhawks be healthy?
Kansas has had several injured
and banged-up players for much
of the season. Kerry Meier said
he had not played at 100 percent
since the frst game of the season
and the month of should allow
Meier and the other injured play-
ers to get near 100 percent.
will there be any surprises?
Aqib Talib surprised everyone
by returning punts in the Orange
Bowl last season and it will be in-
teresting to see if any similar posi-
tion changes occur for the Insight
Bowl. Mangino loves to throw a
wrinkle at opposing teams when
he has extra time to prepare, so
only time will tell which player will.
Dexton fields
Decker
offenSe
Michigans espically terrible season is the
only thing keeping Minnesotas ofense from
the bottom of the barrel in the Big Ten (+1).
The Golden Gophers accumulate just more
than 322 yards (Michigan: 291) and 23 points
per game (Michigan: 20). Sophomore quar-
terback Adam Weber completes 63 percent
of his passes to lead the conference, but it
doesnt counteract Minnesotas complete
lack of a running game. The Gophers barely
crack the century mark on the ground.

DefenSe
Minnesotas ability to create turnovers makes an other-
wise average defense very dangerous. The
Gophers have 30 takeaways this season
tied for eighth-best in the nation. Thing is,
its not one guy, either. The entire second-
ary gets involved with picks and each start-
ing lineman has at least one forced fumble.
If you had to pick one catalyst, though, itd
be defensive end Willie VanDeSteeg. The
senior has two forced fumbles and his 9.5
sacks lead the team.

SpeCial teaMS
Minnesota is solid yet unspectacular in special teams.
Troy Stoudemire averages more than 25
yards per kick return but doesnt have a
touchdown. Marcus Sherels gets 12.4 yards
per punt, but thats on just 14 returns. The
Gophers punt coverage unit is impressive,
giving up just more than eight yards per
return. There simply arent any dynamic
talents on Minnesotas special teams. But
neither are there any players who screw up
and surrender yardage.

CoaChinG
Tim Brewster walked into a hellish situation at Minnesota
in 2007. How does someone make football relevant in a state
that would rather play hockey? Its not easy. Just ask Glen
Mason. But Brewsters recruiting eforts have netted some
early gains, and a weak nonconference slate helped him get
his program of the ground foor with a 7-1 start. Now well
fnd out a lot more about Brewsters abilities. His team is
down in the dumps, so what can he do with fve weeks of
practice?

MoMentUM
Minnesota felt on top of the world
then reality came along and punched
the Gophers in the mouth. They still havent
gotten of the canvas. Brewsters team wasnt
supposed to compete this season, but they
did. Then they werent supposed to fall of
the face of the earth, but they did. As if four
straight losses werent bad enough, Iowas
demoralizing 55-0 victory at the Metrodome left
the Gophers in a stupor. They have a small chance
for redemption, but fve weeks may not be long
enough to shake that one of.

B.J. Rains
Meier
Weber
Game Time Channel
Dec. 20
Eagle Bank: Wake Forest vs. Navy 10:00 a.m. ESPN
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Dec. 21
New Orleans: Southern Miss vs. Troy 7:15 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 23
Poinsettia: Boise State vs. TCU 7 p.m. ESPN
Dec. 24
Sheraton Hawaii:
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Dec. 26
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