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The Kansas Geological Survey prepares to use new techniques to
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student life
Seniors to
celebrate
their last
spring break
BY RACHEL BURCHFIELD
rburchfeld@kansan.com
Snorkeling and scuba diving are
on the agenda for Katie Carr and 14
of her friends this spring break.
Carr, Tecumseh senior, is driv-
ing to Florida before embarking on
a fve-day cruise from Port Canav-
eral. She and her friends will go to
Nassau and Coco Cay in the Baha-
mas before her spring break ends.
And when her trip ends, well, her
spring breaks end for good.
Carr and other members of the
senior class are days away from ex-
periencing their last spring break.
Although spring break accounts
for just one week of every spring
semester for students, it is a week
most students will miss when they
begin their careers.
It will be difcult, Carr said.
Hopefully Ill get it all out of my
system. I have no idea its going
to be a shock.
Next year Carr will move to the
northwest coast of Australia to work
for Schlumberger, an engineering
company. She will sometimes work
more than 120 hours every week on
ofshore drilling rigs to help make
them more efcient and to fnd oil
or gas. Carr interned at Schlum-
berger for the past two summers
and knows from experience that
she will enjoy her job but she
will miss vacations, she said.
Te main thing for me is vaca-
tioning with friends since Im
moving overseas, I wont see every-
one for a long time, Carr said. I
cant vacation like I did in college.
I cant see everyone. Ill have some
time of, but no vacations with my
best friends.
Ann Hartley, University Ca-
reer Center associate director, said
she discussed the transition to the
world of work in her job search
strategies class. One of the issues
the class focused on, she said, was
the reality that her students would
have less vacation time as profes-
sionals than they did as students.
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Clean & Clear Soft Purifying Cleanser Scrub
Clean & Clear Daily Pore Cleanser
Clean & Clear Blackhead Clearing Scrub
Clearasil Stayclear Daily Facial Scrub
Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub
LOreal Pure Zone Pore Unclogging Scrub Cleanser
Dove Daily Exfoliating Wash
natural Alternatives
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at the Merc. All scrubs contain natural exfoliating materials de-
rived fromwalnut, sunfower, sugar, peach, almond and more.
St. Ives Apricot Scrub
Bior Detoxify Daily Scrub
Burts Bees Peach and Willowbark Deep Pore Scrub
Kiss My Face Scrub
MyChelle Dermaceuticals Fruit Enzyme Scrub
Emerita Exfoliating Face Cleanser
Desert Essence Gentle Stimulating Facial Scrub
Avalon Organics Exfoliating Enzyme Scrub
Sensuous Beauty Cleansing Grains with Chick Pea
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environment
BY AMANDA THOMPSON
athompson@kansan.com
Exfoliating face wash scrubs rough skin,
leaving it feeling smooth and sof. Tis
feeling is why Kelsey Simpson, Spring Hill
sophomore, uses Clean & Clear Morning
Burst facial scrub every day.
It makes my face feel really clean, like it
actually feels sof, Simpson said.
Tough these little beads may feel good
on skin, they can cause problems with the
environment and human health when they
pass through water treatment systems.
Some of the most popular facial exfoliat-
ing brands, including most Clean & Clear
scrubbing products, contain plastic called
polyethylene. Te plastic is in the form
of tiny scrubbing microbeads, which can
lead to pollution in nearby water supplies
because the plastic cannot biodegrade.
Stephen Randtke, professor of civil en-
gineering, said the scientifc community
was concerned about nanoparticles mak-
ing their way through water treatment sys-
tems. Plastic can be broken up into smaller
pieces of plastic, but it never goes away.
Mike Tate, chief of the bureau of water
for the Kansas Department of Health and
Environment, said plastics could be broken
down into a number of compounds that
could prove hazardous to human health,
but he was not sure of the exact efects.
I dont think there has been enough
study and looking into it yet to really look
into the issues that exist, Tate said.
Companies including Aveeno, Clean &
Clear, Clearasil, Neutrogena, LOral and
Dove produce facial scrubs that contain
polyethylene plastic. Attempts to contact
those companies for comment on the use
of polyethylene in products were unsuc-
cessful.
Tate said that afer the beads were washed
down drains, they could potentially make it
through waste water treatment systems.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 WWW.kansan.coM voluMe 120 issue 88
cAmpus
Father calls for change after sons death
Jason Wren
signs of
Alcohol poisoning
n Unconscious or
semiconsciousness and cannot
be awakened
n Vomiting while sleeping or
passed out.
n Not waking up after vomiting
n Slow respiration of eight
or fewer breaths per minute, or
lapses between breaths of more
than eight seconds
n Cold, clammy, pale or blue skin
What to do:
n Call 911 and seek help
immediately
n Stay with your friend until
help arrives
n Turn your friend on his or
her side
n Monitor your friends
breathing closely
What not to do:
n Dont leave your friend alone
or let them sleep it of
n Dont allow your friend to drive
n Dont give your friend food,
liquid, medication or drugs
n Dont make or let your friend
walk, run or exercise
n Dont put your friend in a cold
shower
Source: KU Student Health Services
BY ALEXANDRA GARRY
agarry@kansan.com
The father of Jason Wren said
Tuesday he blamed his sons death
partially on what he called the
fraternity environment. He said he
didnt blame the members of Jasons
fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
and said he hoped the SAE house
would become a dry chapter house
in Jasons honor.
Jason Wren, who was a 19-year-
old freshman from Littleton, Colo.,
was found dead Sunday afternoon
at his fraternity house, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, 1301 West Campus Road.
The Shawnee County Coroners
office confirmed Monday that an
autopsy had been completed but
said the report was not yet finalized
and might take up to eight weeks
to complete. Spokespersons for the
police could not be reached for
comment on Tuesday.
Jay Wren spoke from Colorado,
saying how much Jason would be
missed and how he hoped students
and others would honor Jason by
pledging to give up drinking.
He was a good kid. He was loved
by many, and his life got cut short,
he said. In his honor, I want kids
to put the drinks down, and every
time I want to have a drink now, Im
going to say no. Its in honor of my
son, because alcohol killed him.
He said he wanted alcohol posses-
sion rules at fraternities to change,
saying the current system was a
contributing factor in Jasons death.
Uninformed students who
didnt know the dangers ended up
putting his life in a terrible circum-
stance, he said, and I know that
theyll live with that guilt forever.
Jay Wren said he had been told
that Jason had drank in excess both
at a restaurant and at the house
the night of his death, and passed
out at the house, where fraternity
members put him to bed.
What they should have done is
take him to the hospital, Jay Wren
said.
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1. Panel says sea levels
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COPENHAGEN Top climate
scientists warned Tuesday that
sea levels could rise twice as
much as previously projected
as they presented the latest
research on global warming.
A 2007 report by the Inter-
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Change predicted a sea level rise
of seven to 23 inches (18 to 59
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than 20 inches (50 centimeters).
2. Chinas government
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BEIJING China has rejected
a United States accusation that
a U.S. Navy mapping ship was
harassed by Chinese vessels in
the South China Sea, saying the
American ship was breaking
international laws.
Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said Tues-
day that the U.S. claim is totally
inaccurate and wrong.
He said the ship broke inter-
national and Chinese laws in the
South China Sea without Chinas
permission.
The U.S. Defense Department
says Chinese ships surrounded
and harassed the Navy vessel in
international waters Sunday, at
one point coming within 25 feet
(8 meters) of the American boat
and strewing debris in its path.
3. Protestants, Catholics
unite in Northern Ireland
BELFAST, Northern Ireland
The Protestant and Catholic lead-
ers of Northern Ireland mounted
an exceptional display of unity
against rising violence from Irish
Republican Army dissidents
and vowed Tuesday to defeat
hard-liners with the power of
popular will.
Former IRA commander Martin
McGuinness, who long hoped
that slaying police ofcers would
help him achieve his dream of a
united Ireland, stood shoulder to
shoulder with his Protestant part-
ner atop the government, Peter
Robinson, and Northern Ireland
police commander Hugh Orde.
The scene itself was an unprec-
edented surprise. More stunning
were the clear-cut words from
McGuinness, whose Sinn Fein
party has faced years of outside
pressure to embrace British law
and order.
He pledged his personal
support to the English police
chief, and demanded that his
own police-loathing supporters
abandon their traditional code
of silence and expose the IRA
dissidents in their Irish Catholic
communities.
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4. Collector might have
found Lincolns last photo
WASHINGTON A collector
believes a photograph from a
private album of Civil War Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant shows President
Abraham Lincoln in front of the
White House and could be the
last image taken of him before he
was assassinated in 1865.
If it is indeed Lincoln, it would
be the only known photo of the
16th president in front of the
executive mansion and a rare
fnd, as only about 130 photos of
him are known to exist. A copy of
the image was provided to The
Associated Press.
Although authenticating the
2-by-3-inch photo beyond
a shadow of a doubt could be
difcult, several historians who
looked at it said the evidence
supporting the claim was com-
pelling and believable.
5. Citigroup spurs best day
on Wall Street this year
NEW YORK Wall Street
has had its best day of the year,
storming higher after some good
news from Citigroup.
Citigroup Inc. says it operated
at a proft during the frst two
months of the year. That ener-
gized fnancial stocks and in turn,
the entire market. Surprised in-
vestors drove the major indexes
up more than 5.5 percent to their
biggest one-day rally of the year.
The Dow Jones industrials shot
up nearly 380 points.
However, many analysts are
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the guy who really did know
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surprised and a little sad.
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just another job, Doyle said. It
was the perfect job.
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news 3A wednesday, march 11, 2009
BY AMANDA THOMPSON
athompson@kansan.com
Te Kansas Geological Survey
will soon begin testing new ways of
getting oil out of Kansas ground.
Te KGS received a $248,000
contract from the Research Part-
nership to Secure Energy for Amer-
ica last week.
Lynn Watney, senior scientifc
fellow with the KGS, said the end
goal of the new research and testing
was to revitalize older, depleted oil
sources in Kansas.
David Newell, assistant scientist
with the KGS, said most oil wells in
Kansas drilled straight down into
the earth.
Te new procedure the KGS will
test will involve a spider-like series
of tubes extending from a single
oil drill. Te tubes would allow for
more contact with the ground and
more contact with potential oil.
Watney said research would be
conducted primarily at the Hills-
boro oil well in western Kansas.
Te well currently produces about
10 barrels of oil a day, far above the
state average of three.
He said he hoped to increase the
number to 40 barrels per day with
new pumps and tubing technolo-
gies.
It isnt bad right now, were just
trying to make it a lot better, Wat-
ney said.
Ben Ramaker, Allegan, Mich.,
graduate research assistant, has
been involved with other oil energy
research at the University in the
past, and he said he had high hopes
for this research project.
For every barrel of oil produced
here it gives revenue generated
from taxes to the state, Ramaker
said. Local companies like truck-
ing move the oil to pipelines, so
they can also make money. Its good
for the state of Kansas.
Newell said about 95 percent of
the fuid drawn out of the ground
was water, with a small amount of
oil mixed in.
Tese new pumps will pull a lot
more fuid, Watney said. When
you pull more fuid, you pull more
oil. Te efciency is what were test-
ing.
Newell said the spider-like tubes
would be several thousand feet
under the ground, and said there
would be less of an environmental
impact with the new pump and tub-
ing system.
Instead of drilling eight difer-
ent wells, its just a single well with
perhaps seven or eight laterals ex-
tending out from it, Newell said.
Tere will be less of a footprint on
the earth.
Watney said the new pump de-
sign would stand only a couple of
feet of the ground.
It doesnt leave a footprint
theres no big hole, no pits, Watney
said. Its low impact in terms of
working the well over, and extend-
ing the reach of the well eliminates
the need for another well. Your pro-
fle is lessened.
Watney said there were a few
hundred thousand oil wells like the
well in Hillsboro that produced a
marginal amount of oil, 10 barrels
or less per day. Watney said about
18 percent of national oil produc-
tion came from wells such as those.
Potentially our technology could
be extended to these other wells in
addition, Watney said. Te idea
of going with domestic energy pro-
duction could help us reach our
goal of being energy independent
and in this case helping rural Kan-
sas economy.
Edited by Chris Horn
Scientists to test new
oil extraction methods
research
Tis is just the reality of the work-
place, and you will have to adjust to
it, Hartley said. I think everyone
coming out of school and starting to
work full-time goes through a period
of adjustment to the work schedule.
Many people are not used to having
to be at work every day at 8 a.m.
Hartley said she worked through
college and never had time of for
spring break. She said not having
vacations as a professional was not
a big adjustment for her and said
it might not be for some students,
either.
Students who work of-campus
jobs do not typically get a spring
break from work, so it may not be
much of an adjustment for them,
Hartley said.
Jarrod Morgenstern moved to
New York City last August and works
as an assistant account executive for
MS&L, a communications frm.
Morgenstern works between 45
to 55 hours every week and said it
was sobering to decide when to
take vacations. He said it would be
most difcult working through the
coming summer his frst as a full-
time employee with no break.
Its what adults do, Morgen-
stern said. You dont have a fall
break, a winter break, or a spring
break, but you do get a paycheck,
and thats not that bad. Its what life
is. Everybody can do it but it
takes a bit of getting used to.
Morgenstern said he remembered
last years spring break, when he took
a camping trip for a couple of days
in Southeast Missouri. Te year be-
fore that, he went to Chicago, where
he watched the Jayhawks play in the
NCAA mens basketball tournament.
Tis year, Morgenstern is using
part of his two weeks of vacation
time to come back to Kansas and
breathe the Midwestern air, he said.
Im getting a little mini-spring
break, Morgenstern said. But the
work is piling up while Im gone, so
its a little diferent.
Carr said that although she would
miss vacations like her spring break
cruise, in this tough economy she
was thankful just to have employ-
ment next year vacations or not.
Oh, Im extremely grateful,
Carr said. Im grateful to even
have a job anywhere. I have a job
I absolutely love and Im moving to
an awesome place to do it. Im def-
nitely grateful.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
I would assume there would be
a fair amount of them caught and
trapped, Tate said, but they might
be light enough to foat and then
wouldnt settle well. Settling is an
important part of the treatment
process.
Tate said beads would be washed
back into the Kansas River if they
made it past the treatment process.
Te Kansas River connects with
the Missouri River, then the Mis-
sissippi River, and ultimately emp-
ties into the Gulf of Mexico. Plastic
beads could add to the degradation
of marine life in the Gulf.
According to the American
Chemical Society, plastic can easily
be ingested by marine animals and
can cause health problems with
animals because of the persistent
presence of plastic.
According to a study by the Al-
galita Marine Research Founda-
tion, the worlds oceans contain
about 100 million tons of plastic,
and 80 percent of the plastic comes
from incorrect plastic disposal on
land.
Te foundation said that plastic
outweighed zooplankton, which
are small animals at the base of the
marine food chain, by a ratio of six-
to-one, and that marine animals
could easily confuse the plastic for
food.
Alexis Friskel, body care buyer
for the Community Mercantile, 901
Iowa St., said exfoliating washes at
the Merc contained only natural in-
gredients, not plastic.
She said she thought MyChelle
Dermaceuticals Fruit Enzyme
Scrub and Desert Essence scrubs
were the most popular face scrubs
sold. Friskel said customers at the
Merc appreciated the clean prod-
ucts it ofered.
Weve been very conscious with
what weve chosen, Friskel said.
And I think our customers see
that.
Edited by Heather Melanson
break (continued from 1A)
beadS (continued from 1A)
Shane Glenn, president of
SAE, declined to comment. He
said no members were speaking
publicly about Jason Wren or
the circumstances surrounding
his death.
n n n
Before moving into the SAE
house a week before his death,
Jason Wren lived in Oliver Hall.
Several Oliver residents said he
was fun-loving, athletic and out-
going.
He was one of the first peo-
ple to come up to me and make
me feel welcome when I moved
in, said Nick Voroshine, Sydney,
Australia, junior.
Students at Oliver said Jason
Wren had been kicked out of the
residence hall for alcohol-related
violations.
University Relations confirmed
Jason Wren was a former resident
of Oliver but would not comment
on whether he had been forced
out.
Jay Wren said Jason had been
given until Feb. 28 to leave Oliver.
Jay Wren said that he had then
contacted the Department of
Student Housing to ask why Jason
had been forced to leave, but that
a representative told him a pri-
vacy policy dictated that details
remain confidential.
Jay Wren said Jason had down-
played his infractions, saying a
resident assistant wrote him up
after finding a shot glass, and
later a beer can, in his room,
and finally because he had been
seen holding a beer can for a
friend while the friend used the
restroom.
Jay Wren said he would like
to see student housings privacy
policy changed, giving parents
more access to student housing
records, especially records con-
cerning behavioral issues.
I looked up the law theyll
release full records to other scho-
lastic institutions, theyll release it
to financial institutions, but they
wont release it to the parents,
he said. There needs to be an
exception; they cant block out the
parents.
Jill Jess, director of University
Relations, said all housing issues
were private, even after a former
residents death.
The Department of Student
Housing declined to comment.
n n n
Brandon Weghort, national
SAE spokesman, said a network
of alumni was working to support
the fraternity members and the
polices investigation.
Weghort said SAE had always
educated members about the dan-
gers of alcohol.
Weghort said that disciplinary
action for the KU chapter was
a possibility but that it was not
being considered as of Tuesday
afternoon.
Rueben Perez, director of
the Student Leadership and
Involvement Center, which over-
sees greek life, said the University
had not yet considered revoking
its chapter and would not make
any decision until the police had
completed their investigation.
He also confirmed that there
had been no sanctioned house
event the night of Jason Wrens
death.
Perez said University officials
planned to bring more attention
to the problem of drinking
especially underage drinking
by KU students.
Its a problem that permeates
not just the greek community but
the whole campus, Perez said.
He said members of the greek
community were working to sup-
port the men of SAE.
The sororities are all bring-
ing by cookies, things like that,
Perez said. Theyre focusing on
the good that can come out of a
horrible situation.
Interfraternity Council mem-
bers declined to comment.
n n n
Jay Wren said he acknowledged
that Jasons death was also due in
part to Jasons actions.
He said Jason was a Christian
and had planned to have in God
I trust added to a cross tattoo on
his back.
Support from community
members in Kansas and Colorado
as well as the familys faith were
helping him through the grieving
process, he said.
I know hes in Gods hands and
in a better place. Its the only thing
that keeps my wife and I going
that one day, when our time is up,
were going to see him again. And
Im going to love him and hug
him, and then Im going to slap
him on the side of the head and
say, What in the heck were you
thinking?
I know hell say, Im sorry
Dad, I know I messed up. Can we
go throw the ball?
He has no idea how much hes
going to be missed.
SAE is holding an open memo-
rial service at 6:30 p.m. Thursday
on their lawn. Jay Wren and his
family plan to attend.
Another memorial service
will be held in Highlands Ranch,
Colo., on Monday.
Additional reporting
by Adam Samson
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Senior goalie Adam Paulitsch fghts to put on his jersey in the locker room before the KU Club Hockey teams game against Missouri State on Feb. 13 at Ice Midwest in Olathe. Paulitsch appeared in 11 games for the
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the best teams in its
league. After hold-
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a 2-2 tie well into the
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rivals. With two Kansas
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box and a crushing final
goal in the final 10
seconds, Missouri State
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NEWS 5A WEDNESDay, MaRCH 11, 2009
hockey Senior night
Above: coach tom Prendergast talks to his players before they take the ice for the start of the game. With a 17-14 regular-season record to that point, Prendergast spoke on
senior night about wanting the team to play its best for the seniors, most of whom would be playing hockey competitively for the last time.
Above left: Sophomore defenseman kevin klobenschlag gives a somber high-fve to a fan as he exits the ice following the games end. The fan support for the Jayhawks,
despite sufering a tough defeat, was near-deafening throughout the game.
Above right: Senior forward Matthew Zellmer struggles for the puck with a Missouri State defender during the frst period. Zellmer, who scored one goal in the game, was
also the captain of the team and a vocal leader in the locker room.
Senior goalie Brent Pitts looks onto the ice as he waits with seniors Adam Pau-
litsch (left) and Mattew Zellmer to be introduced in a pregame ceremony honoring
the senior members of the team.
Senior goalie Brent Pitts lunges for a save during the frst period as his teammates
watch. Pitts, who appeared in 19 games for the Jayhawks this season, gave up fve
goals during the game.
Above: Sophomore defenseman Justin Jez takes a knee after the fnal buzzer. Though the Jayhawks had struggled to contain their opponent throughout the entire
third period, Missouri States fnal goal, scored in the games fnal 10 seconds, was particularly demoralizing.
top left: Sophomore forward J.D. Malone, left, sits with junior defenseman Glen Brandt in the penalty box during the third period, in which the Jayhawks gave up
three unanswered goals to Missouri State. I think we just kind of died in the third,team captain Matthew Zellmer said. Got a little tired, a little lackadaisical.
Bottom left: in a heated, emotional argument, head coach tom Prendergast screams at senior goalie Brent Pitts moments after the conclusion of the game.
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the
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Aries (March21-April 19)
Today is a 5
The job gets easier as you go along.
This is partially because youre get-
ting better at it. Youre also able to
lighten your load, through the help
of a very good friend.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Your work shouldgo more smoothly
now. It should be getting clear
whats required and whats not
necessary. That certainly makes the
whole mess easier to untangle.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
Frustrations will start to lessen
soon. Try to be patient. Something
thats got you upset now could
look funny by tomorrow. Mean-
while, dont say anything youll
regret, especially in public.
CAnCer(June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
You might want to pass on
adventures for now and stick
closer to home. An evening spent
with a good book or movie looks
better than going out. Take care
of yourself.
Leo(July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Put of a major purchase for just
a little while. You might discover
you didnt even need whatever it
was. Maybe you can make a better
one than you could buy. Review
alternatives.
VirGo(Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 7
The combatants are beginning
to tire. It shouldnt be long now
before theyre willing to try to get
along with each other. Provide an
interesting diversion and they may
forget they ever fought.
LibrA(sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Hold of on changes for now;
theyll just increase the confusion.
Get everybodys opinions, and take
plenty of notes. You can choose
the best course of action tomor-
row. Sleep on it.
sCorpio(oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Continue to review your alterna-
tives. Dont make your decision
yet. Ask for more suggestions and
interview more candidates. Give
extra points for ideas that have
never been heard before.
sAGiTTArius(nov. 22-Dec. 21)
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tions at your own peril. Somebody
thinks theyre important, even if
you dont. And if that person signs
your checks, its best to comply.
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Its a proftable skill to acquire.
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is watching and is favorably
impressed. If you can handle this
much well, maybe you can handle
more.
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planning an expedition to some
exotic location. That ought to be
enough to keep you on rice and
beans for dinner.
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fore either of you goes shopping.
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from your lists, due to limited
funds. Make sure you get what
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Administration faces
major changes as the
University bids farewell to
Chancellor
Robert
Hemenway
and Provost
Richard
Lariviere.
In these
economically
uncertain
times, both
top-ranking
positions will need to be filled
quickly by a search committee
selected by the Kansas Board of
Regents.
In December, Hemenway, after
14 years of leadership, announced
that he would retire at the end of
the 2008-2009 academic year.
As the Universitys chief
executive, Hemenway directed
all the Universitys campuses,
research facilities and educational
centers.
On March 2, Hemenway
announced that Lariviere, provost
and executive vice chancellor,
had been selected to become the
president of the University of
Oregon, a position he would take
on July 1.
As the chief operations
and academic officer on the
Lawrence and Edwards campuses,
Lariviere is tasked with fulfilling
the mission of the University
alongside the chancellor,
administrators, faculty, staff and
students. Lariviere has been at the
University for three years.
Hemenway has chosen Joseph
Steinmetz, dean of liberal arts and
sciences, as the interim provost
and he will work alongside
Lariviere until
his departure.
In January,
the Kansas
Board of
Regents
announced
that it had
selected a
committee to
search for and
enlist three to five contenders to
replace Hemenway.
The committee consists
of 18 members, including
students, faculty,
administration, staff
and members of the
Board of Regents.
Drue Jennings of
Prairie Village chairs
the committee.
Todd Cohen, director of
University Relations, said that
the process of finding a new
chancellor for the University
was ongoing and that the search
committees goal was to have
the position filled by July 1. The
new chancellor will choose the
permanent provost.
The chancellor created a very
strong institution, Cohen said.
This should be a very exciting
time. Its the end of an era with
the two stepping down; change is
definitely coming.
At a press conference
Hemenway gave on Dec. 8 to
announce his retirement, he
discussed what he would do to
ensure that the next chancellor
would be the right one.
I think that the things that
should be looked for in the
next chancellor are an ability to
understand and handle difficult
economic times. We all know
were going to be facing those
kinds of times, Hemenway said.
My goal is going to be to do
everything I can to prepare the
way for the next chancellor and
make sure that weve got a good
method of succeeding in this very
difficult time.
But Sam Littman, Chicago
senior, said hearing that both
the chancellor and provost were
leaving made him
nervous.
It seems like the
University is already
in trouble with the
state budget cuts,
Littman said. And with the
chancellor and provost leaving,
its a little scary because were
going to get people that might not
have the experience that they do
in these situations.
Although both Hemenway
and Lariviere have worked hard
to look out for the Universitys
interests, especially as the state
Legislature pushed to cut funding
for higher education, their
departure leaves the University
without crucial leadership during
a moment of unprecedented
uncertainty.
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M
y roommate hates
documentaries. He
argues that they are
boring and misleading because
they adopt a narrative that
appears to be objective, when in
fact certain biases and interests
drive their production.
For the most part I do not find
documentaries to be boring. I like
them just as much as I like other
movies. But my roommate has
a point. There is no such thing
as an objective documentary, or
for that matter truly objective
newspapers, news shows,
academic papers, etc. Every
medium is unavoidably subjected
to some form of bias; there is
always an author.
Because of this unavoidable
condition, I have grown to
appreciate documentaries that
delve into their own subjectivity.
This past weekend I went
to the True/False Film Fest,
a documentary festival in
Columbia, Mo. There I was able
to watch a documentary that
embraces its own limitations,
both in its form and in its
approach to the story presented.
Waltz with Bashir is a unique
animated documentary by Israeli
director Ari Folman. I left the
movie theater floored.
The film portrays Folmans
efforts to remember his
experiences in the Israeli Defense
Forces during the 1982 Lebanon
War, memories he apparently
repressed. It specifically focuses
on where he was during the
Sabra and Shatila massacres that
occurred after the assassination
of Bashir Gemayel, the Lebanese
president at the time. A Lebanese
Christian militia massacred
hundreds of Palestinian refugees,
and the IDF played a role in
enabling the violence.
So what makes Waltz with
Bashir different from other
documentaries?
First, it doesnt attempt to
give the audience an objective
assessment of the Lebanon War
or of the massacres. Instead
it makes it clear that the plot
is based on Folmans and the
interviewees experiences. Folman
emphasizes that this is the story
told from the perspective of a
40-something trying to gain
access to the memories of terrible
events he experienced when he
was 19. And he makes us aware
that war is hell.
Another compelling aspect of
Folmans documentary is that its
almost entirely animated. Though
some may argue that this form
runs the risk of aestheticizing
violence (which it does), it also
provides a counter benefit: By
relying on animation, Folman
recognizes and makes it clear to
the audience that these are his
and his interviewees memories,
and thus personal and subjective.
Perhaps all media can learn
from Waltz with Bashir.
Although striving for objectivity
is commendable, it is, in fact, only
an ideal, something impossible
to be achieved. It might be better
for news media to recognize this
and, instead of presenting an
objective faade, actually admit
and discuss the limitations of
being observers who are, no
matter what, involved in the
issues reported. Their message
would become more powerful by
recognizing, and even embracing,
their unavoidable subjectivity.
De Oliveira is a Belo
Horizonte, Brazil senior in
journalism and history.
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Never cut in front of short
people. We get pissed of
easily. Just a warning.
n n n
I went down to K-State this
weekend and used their
computers. I changed the
background of 15 of their
computers to KU Basketball. I
love being an asshole.
n n n
Dont want no short people
round here.
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The Apartidment of Slovenly
Balkanizing Languishes Ofals
Constipation in Posterior
Chaldean Cabalistics.
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I fnished todays Sudoku in
about four minutes. Come on,
UDK, get some hard Sudokus
in there.
n n n
So I skipped my Italian class a
couple times, walked in today
and found out were taking
our midterm. FML.
n n n
So not only was the guy in
the bus today wearing a gold
grill that said Big Daddy, he
also pulled out a huge bag
of chicken wings and was
drinking a two-liter bottle of
Diet Sprite.
n n n
To the dumb girl in my
psychology class: Quit asking
the most idiotic questions I
have ever heard in my life.
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Is she blonde and sits
toward the front? Because I
completely agree.
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Im still crying about a mistake
I made years ago.
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concerned?
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O
ne sunny afternoon in
February, I came out of
Wescoe Hall, walking
toward Watson Library. The
sunlight was reflected on a lawn
and dazzled my eyes. As I turned
my eyes away from the lawn,
I spied a girl in a white coat.
She was walking in my
direction, holding a cigarette
between two fingers. She inhaled
deeply, took a long puff, and blew
the smoke slowly into the air. It
was smooth and elegant. She then
tossed away the cigarette casually,
as if fixing her hair.
As she passed me by, I stared
at her, trying to send a signal.
She quickly walked away without
looking at me. I looked at the
lawn by Stauffer-Flint Hall. It
was scattered with a number of
cigarette butts.
Cigarette debris tops the
list of campus litter. You can
see hundreds of cigarette butts
dumped on sidewalks, lawns
and parking lots, around the
doorways and stairwells of
buildings and dorms. While
many people hesitate about
throwing away plastic bottles or
newspapers at random places,
some smokers are immune to
the consequences of dropping
cigarettes anywhere.
Many of those cigarette butts
stay where they are discarded
without being picked up or
biodegrading. Its frustrating
that a small number of careless
smokers can ruin our beautiful
campus. And it is not just us
who are bothered by the cigarette
litter. Birds may eat it, and
cigarette butts can also pollute
the environment once storm
water sweeps them off campus
and carries them into creeks and
rivers.
The KU campus is not very
smoker-friendly in terms of
the availability of ashtrays, but
that doesnt mean smokers can
drop cigarette butts anywhere.
If smokers think looking for an
ashtray is inconvenient, they
should carry a portable ashtray.
Most people think littering is
bad manners, but when it comes
to smoking, people are more
tolerant and the awareness of
smokers is lower, too. Smokers
who have littered campus with
cigarettes should give their
actions a second thought. Careful
smokers and non-smokers should
politely show that cigarette-butt
littering is unacceptable and
embarrassing.
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Kansas will need to advance through a tough
feld in Oklahoma City to win its fourth
consecutive Big 12 tournament.
FULL COVERAGE OF THE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT ON PAGE 3B
A
t 11:30 a.m. today,
Nebraska will face off
against Baylor for the
right to get drilled by Kansas.
I know, making assumptions
can be dangerous. Choose any
clich you like; they all make
the same general point.
Nothing is guaranteed in
sports, much less in conference
tournaments. But seriously,
what could go wrong? Whats
the worst that could happen?
Its not like Kansas could actu-
ally lose to either of those two
teams.
Actually, hold up. Im getting
a sense of dj vu. I seem to
remember reading something
similar to that recently...
Here it is. From The Kansan,
March 4: As stupid as it is for
sportswriters to make assump-
tions even apparently safe
ones such as this Ill do it
anyway. Kansas will defeat
Texas Tech tonight, thus giving
it at least a share of the Big 12
Championship for a fifth con-
secutive season.
Man, what an idiot.
Everyone knows that (insert
favorite clich having to do
with the uncertainty inher-
ent in sports here). The writer
even acknowledges the faux
pas while hes making it. I bet
he also thought that Matt Ryan
would be a bust, that Emeka
Okafor projected as a bet-
ter NBA center than Dwight
Howard, and that HD DVD
would beat out Blu-ray.
I really ought to send who-
ever wrote that an e-mail. He
needs to know hes an idiot,
after all. So lets see what
clown is responsible. Some guy
named ... Alex Beecher.
Oh.
This is the part where I fess
up to and (ideally) learn from
my own mistakes. First of all,
as I was so generously remind-
ed of via an e-mail, one should
never speak of championships
(of the national variety, any-
way) during March.
To do so is to invite the kind
of karma that allowed Alan
By alex Beecher
abeecher@kansan.com
Advancing
is no sure
thing in
tournament
COMMENTARy
SEE beecher ON PAgE 7B
Ryan Mcgeeney/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Junior guard Danielle McCray signals to a teammate. McCray helps carry the team, but other
players must step up if the teamhopes to make the NCAA tournament.
wOMEN's BAskETBALL
McCray improves, but 'can't do it all' herself
By JaySON JeNKS
jjenks@kansan.com
During her first season at Kansas
three years ago, when she was still
a raw shooter from Olathe, junior
forward Danielle McCray played
the four position a spot usu-
ally reserved for post players larger
than her 5-feet-11-inches.
In high school, as is the case
for most talented players, McCrays
principle focus was scoring. But in
college, where players are expect-
ed to score as well as adequately
defend, McCray struggled.
From the time she got here,
shes not the same player, coach
Bonnie Henrickson. We played
her at the four because she couldnt
guard anybody. She couldnt guard
me in my heels. And then it was
real simple for her: If she caught it,
she shot it.
McCray has come a long
way since those days. Although
Henrickson still views defense as
an area in need of improvement,
McCray is no longer a liability on
that end of the floor.
But the most obvious develop-
ment in McCrays game occurred
on the offensive end.
An All-Big 12 First Team selec-
tion this season, McCray is aver-
aging 20.2 points and, down the
stretch of the season, she has placed
Kansas offense on her shoulders.
Shes always been the kid that
wants to take the tough shot,
Henrickson said. Shes a kid under
pressure that performs better
offensively.
Theres little doubt that McCray
will need to be at her best in the Big
12 tournament if Kansas is to sneak
into the NCAA tournament. But
the question that has circled the
Jayhawks all season still remains:
Will others step up?
Throughout the season,
Henrickson has continually prod-
ded McCrays teammates for more
support. And that lack of produc-
tion has cost Kansas victories this
season.
Shes not going to do it all by
herself; she cant do it all by her-
self, senior guard Ivana Catic said.
There is some pressure for her to
perform but unless everybody else
steps up ... We really need every-
body to play.
The most obvious candidate
on offense is junior guard Sade
Morris, the teams second-leading
FIRsT ROUND
kansas vs. Nebraska
Thursday, 1:30 p.m.
Cox Convention Center
Oklahoma City
SEE basketball ON PAgE 7B
BAsEBALL
Kansas reserves beat up on Missouri Valley
By JOSh BOWe
jbowe@kansan.com
It may have been a warmup game
a tuneup before Wichita State
tonight but dont tell that to
Kansas, especially freshman out-
fielder Jason Brunansky.
Brunanskys first career home
run highlighted a 10-3 Kansas vic-
tory against Missouri Valley College
Tuesday afternoon at Hoglund
Ballpark.
Im more of a line-drive hitter,
Brunansky said. Home runs are
accidents.
Brunansky barely snuck his home
run over the right-center fence. He
admitted that he didnt think the
ball was going to make it.
I was hauling the entire way,
Brunansky said. I rounded first
base thinking double, triple, but I
saw him stop running.
It was a pleasant accident to say
the least for the Jayhawks. In what
could have been an overlooked
makeup game against a lesser
opponent, Kansas came out with
three runs in the bottom of the first
inning to take away any hints of a
lack of focus.
Were pretty much kept on alert
everyday, Brunansky said. To
come out and play today was a bet-
ter alternative to practice.
The game scheduled because
of rain outs over the weekend
was an opportunity for coach Ritch
Price to rest his regulars and give
his younger players some at bats
and log innings. Price was especial-
ly pleased with the way Brunansky
battled back after his first few at-
bats of the game to hit a home run.
I really like him, Price said. Hes
got tremendous tools. For a little
guy, hes got surprising power.
Normally a relief pitcher, junior
Brett Bollman started the game for
Kansas, his second appearance of
the season and the first start of his
career. In three innings of work
Bollman gave up one run on one
hit, a home run, while striking out
three. He said he didnt have to
change his preparation drastically
to adjust to a new role.
I warmed up and everything
like it was out of the pen than a
start, Bollman said. I didnt really
do the whole starting stretch or
that stuff.
The only regular starter to start
Tuesday was shortstop David
Narodowski. He responded with a
3-for-3 effort, including a double
and three runs scored. Narodowski
wasnt originally slated to play, but
with junior second baseman Robby
Price sidelined for the afternoon,
Ritch Price had no alternative. Price
said he thought the game would
give Narodowski a boost at the plate
as Kansas begins playing against
better competition.
I actually think it was good for
his confidence, Ritch Price said.
He got his three knocks and pulled
his average to .300.
REsERVEs sEE ACTION
Eight of the nine starters for
Kansas hadnt played in more than
eight games. The one exception was
shortstop David Narodowski, who
has started all 11 contests for the
Jayhawks.
Coach Ritch Price said regular
second baseman Robby Price, who
doubles as the backup shortstop,
was hurt; otherwise Narodowski
wouldnt have played.
Edited by AndrewWiebe
SEE More baseball
coverage ON PAgE 7B
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Kansas vs. Baylor/Nebraska
Thursday, 11:30 a.m.
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Oklahoma city
TV: eSPN2 (channel 34)
TODAy
Kansas vs. Wichita State
6 p.m.
Hoglund Ballpark
Radio: 1320 AM
Admission is free for
students with a KUID.
S
enior Nights in sports
usually consist of the fol-
lowing: flowers, thank
yous and tears.
But during the Senior Night
speech Oklahomas Courtney
Paris gave last Wednesday, Paris,
the three-time Big 12 Player of
the Year, made a vow.
Were gonna win a national
championship, Paris said. If we
dont which is not even an
option I will
pay back my
scholarship
because I didnt
do what I said I
was going to do.
Paris noble
idea got the
Brew thinking:
What if others
followed suit
and returned money after insuf-
ficient performances in sports?
Bode Miller
No sporting event unites
this country
quite like the
Olympics.
And Miller
couldnt have
been a big-
ger bonehead
during the
2006 Winter
Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Not only did Miller, one of the
United States best skiers, fail to
win a single medal, but he also
failed to grasp the magnitude of
the Games.
Its been an awesome two
weeks, Miller told reporters. I
got to party and socialize at an
Olympic level.
Verdict: Miller should be forced
to return all the money spent to
support his training, as well as any
money spent on booze.
david BeckhaM
Upon Los Angeles signing
of Beckham, the sporting world
instantly
declared him
the savior of
soccer in the
United States.
Yet, Beckham
has done little
if anything
to grow the
sport.
Beckham
is making 43 times the average
league salary and is currently
playing overseas with AC Milan.
Worse, reports are saying he
may not return to the United
States.
Verdict: Eh, I feel like the win-
ner in this deal. Heres to hoping
Becks and his pampered wife stay
overseas for good.

kelvin SaMpSon
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice shame on Kelvin
Sampson.
Sampson started his moronic
behavior at
Oklahoma,
where, accord-
ing to an
NCAA report,
he made 577
impermissible
phone calls.
Fine, every-
one makes
mistakes.
But then Sampson repeated the
behavior at Indiana.
He made 100 impermissible
phone calls in his first year and
resigned in less than two years at
the school.
Verdict: Sampson should pay
back his entire salary and should
never be allowed to own a cell
phone again.
neifi perez
Because I am a Kansas City
Royals fan, this ones personal. In
2001, the Royals traded eventual
World Series MVP and my
favorite player
Jermaine
Dye.
The Royals
picked up
Perez in the
trade, which
still may go
down as one
of the worst
moves in Royals history and
thats really saying something.
Perez couldnt hit and couldnt
really field, so the Royals let him
go before the 2003 season.
Verdict: On second thought,
spending time playing for some
bad Kansas City teams is punish-
ment enough.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
sports 2B
coMMentary
By JAySON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
wednesday, March 11, 2009
QUote of the day
Any time you play, you play
to win. If youre going to go
ahead and do it, you might as
well try to win. That obvi-
ously means something. For us
personally, were going down
there to try to have a success-
ful weekend, get better and
prepare for the NCAA tourna-
ment.
Kansas coach Bill Self on the
Big 12 tournament
fact of the day
Kansas is 25-6 in the Big 12
tournament, including an 11-2
record under coach Bill Self.
Kansas last loss in the Big 12
tourney was a 78-75 loss to
Oklahoma State in 2005.
trivia of the day
Q: How many Big 12 tourna-
ments has Kansas won?
a: Six. Entering this years
tournament, the Jayhawks
had won three consecutive
conference tourneys. Coach
Roy Williams accomplished the
same feat from 1996-99. Those
were the frst three years of the
Big 12, and all three tourna-
ments were played in Kansas
City, Mo.
thiS week
in kanSaS
athleticS
today
womens basketball
Nebraska, 1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City
Baseball
Wichita State, 6 p.m.
Lawrence
thUrSday
Mens basketball
Baylor/Nebraska,
11:30 a.m.
Oklahoma City
Softball
Missouri State, 2 p.m.
Springfeld, Mo.
friday
tennis
Nebraska, 3 p.m.
Lincoln, Neb.
Baseball
Arizona State,
5:30 p.m.
Surprise, Ariz.

Swimming & diving
Zone Diving
Championships
All Day
track & feld
NCAA Indoor
Championships
College Station, Texas
SatUrday
tennis
Iowa State, 3:30 p.m.
Ames, Iowa
Baseball
Arizona State,
5:30 p.m.
Surprise, Ariz.
Swimming & diving
Zone Diving
Championships
TBA
track & feld
NCAA Indoor
Championships
College Station, Texas
Sports need money-back guarantee
Miller
Paris
Beckham
Sampson
NFL
Chiefs sign free agent
cornerback Travis Daniels
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The
Kansas City Chiefs have come to
terms with free agent corner-
back Travis Daniels, who played
at Cleveland last year.
The 6-foot-1, 195-pound
Daniels began his NFL career
as a fourth-round draft pick for
Miami, where he played from
2005 to 2007 before going to the
Browns.
A native of Hollywood, Fla.,
Daniels was a two-year starter at
Louisiana State University, where
he was teammates with Kansas
City wide receiver Dwayne Bowe
and center Rudy Niswanger on
the 2003 BCS championship
team.
Terms of the contract were not
announced Tuesday.
NFL
Rams let veteran Pace go
because of his injuries
ST. LOUIS Orlando Pace, a
seven-time Pro Bowl ofensive
tackle dogged by injuries in
recent seasons, was released
Tuesday by the St. Louis Rams.
The 33-year-old Pace was
the frst overall pick of the 1997
draft. The move cleared $6 mil-
lion in cap space for the Rams,
who were 2-14 last season.
Owner Chip Rosenbloom said
in a statement that Pace would
be remembered as one of the
fnest Rams of all time. Pace
started 14 games last year, but
missed half of 2007 and virtually
all of 2006 due to injuries.
I cant begin to thank Orlando
for all he has meant to the Rams
organization, Rosenbloom
added. It is never easy to end
a relationship that has had as
much success as ours, but in
the interest of Orlando and the
Rams, we feel now is the right
time.
NFL
Federal authorities object
to transferring Vick for
case
RICHMOND, Va. Federal
authorities filed court papers
Tuesday objecting to a plan to
bring former Atlanta Falcons
quarterback Michael Vick from
the federal penitentiary in Leav-
enworth, Kan., to testify at his
bankruptcy hearing in Virginia.
Vick, who is serving a
23-month sentence for bankroll-
ing a dogfighting operation,
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection in July.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank
Santoro said last month that Vick
must testify in person at a hear-
ing in Norfolk on April 2, even
if the suspended NFL stars at-
torneys had to get a court order
to make it happen. Santoro said
he would deny confirmation of
Vicks bankruptcy plan if he fails
to appear.
The federal prosecutors
office in Alexandria, Va., said in
its objection that Mr. Vicks tes-
timony will offer relatively little
that cannot be accomplished by
alternative means.
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Big 12 tournament champion
1. Kansas
9. Baylor
8. Nebraska
4. Kansas State
12. Colorado
5. Texas
10. Iowa State
7. Oklahoma State
11. Texas Tech
6. Texas A&M
2. Oklahoma
3. Missouri
NO. 1 KANSAS (25-6, 14-2)
Collins
At A Glance
The Jayhawks are clearly the team to beat not
only because of their No. 1 seed, but because
theyve won the past three Big 12 tourna-
ments. Kansas depth could come into play,
because its bench players have begun to play
better and produced 39 points in Saturdays
victory against Texas.
Player To Watch
Junior guard Sherron Collins
Collins is fnally getting the recognition
he deserves. After he averaged 18 points
and fve assists per game this season, ESPN
analysts are praising him, and he was one of
only two unanimous choices for the All-Big
12 frst team. But, as Kansas coach Bill Self
would say, its dangerous for a player to
read his press clippings.
BIG 12
TOURNAMENT
The bracket has NCAA selection
and seeding implications as
teams vie for positioning
Warren
NO. 2 OKlAhOMA (27-4, 13-3)
At A Glance
Oklahoma coach Jef Capel swears the Soon-
ers are not in a slump. But they have gone
only 2-3 in their past fve games, and the
victories against Texas Tech and Oklahoma
State were close. Of course, the likely Na-
tional Player of the Year, sophomore forward
Blake Grifn, didnt play in two of the losses.
Player to Watch
Freshman guard Willie Warren
Everyone knows how good Grifn
averaging 22 points and 14 rebounds can
be and that this will likely be his last Big 12
tournament before declaring for the NBA
Draft. But Warren averaging 13 points and
three assists is quietly having the best
freshman season in America and improving
his draft stock.
Tiller
NO. 3 MISSOurI (25-6, 12-4)
At A Glance
Sorry, Kansas fans, but Missouri is having a
dream season. It went undefeated at home,
beat Kansas once and fnished four spots
ahead of where it was projected in the Big 12
before the season. But Missouri could be fac-
ing a matchup against nemesis Texas A&M,
which has beaten the Tigers fve consecutive
times, in the second round.
Player To Watch
Junior guard J.T. Tiller
Tillers statistics arent outstanding eight
points and four assists per game but hes
been invaluable to Missouri. Thats because
Tiller is one of the best perimeter defenders
in the country and is usually able to shut
down opposing teams best scoring option.
NO. 4 KANSAS STATe (21-10, 9-7)
At A Glance
Kansas State won nine of its past 12 games in
the Big 12 and can play with anyone. The bad
news is the NCAA tournament sounds like
a long shot because the Wildcats struggled
early in the season and played a weak non-
conference schedule.
Player To Watch
Junior guard Denis Clemente
Kansas State coach Frank Martin has said
the Wildcats success came because they
found their leader, Clemente, and followed
him. Clemente averages 15 points and three
assists per game. And who doesnt want to
see how Clemente deals with Kansas in a
potential semifnal showdown?
Clemente
Balbay
NO. 5 TexAS (20-10, 9-7)
At A Glance
If the Longhorns play as they did in the frst
half against the Jayhawks last weekend, they
could win the whole tournament. Texas led
Kansas by seven at halftime and played like
the team many expected to see at the begin-
ning of the year when it was picked to fnish
second in the conference.
Player To Watch
Sophomore guard Dogus Balbay
Balbay can do a little bit of everything.
Against Kansas, he scored four points with
six assists, three steals and two blocks in 38
minutes. He runs the Longhorn ofense faw-
lessly and is a premier defender.
NO. 6 TexAS A&M (23-8, 9-7)
Carter
At A Glance
No team is hotter than Texas A&M, which has
won six in a row, including a 96-86 victory
against Missouri last weekend. The Aggies
have done it with a balanced attack that
includes four scorers averaging double digits
Josh Carter, Donald Sloan, Bryan Davis
and Chinemelu Elonu.
Player to Watch
Senior guard Josh Carter
Carter is already the winningest player in
Texas A&M history, with 97 career victories.
If the Aggies make the NCAA tournament,
which seems almost assured with a frst-
round victory in the Big 12 tournament, he
will be the frst player in school history to
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NO. 7 OKlAhOMA STATe (20-10, 9-7)
At A Glance
The Cowboys havent made the NCAA tour-
nament in four years. The dry spell is crazy
considering the amount of talent on their
team, headlined by guards Byron Eaton and
James Anderson. All they have to do is beat
Iowa State and they will be in.
Player to Watch
Senior guard Byron Eaton
Eaton came to Oklahoma State as a highly
regarded recruit and McDonalds All-Ameri-
can. He fgured hed be playing in the NCAA
tournament every year. In his fnal season,
hes still fghting to make his frst tourna-
ment.
NO. 8 NeBrASKA (18-11, 8-8)
At A Glance
The Cornhuskers recorded their best Big
12 record in 10 years despite not having a
player taller than 6-foot-8 on their roster.
Doc Sadler has done a great coaching job
exploiting opponents weaknesses to make
up for the size disadvantage.
Player To Watch
Freshman guard Toney McCray
McCray scored 18 points of of the bench in
a victory at Baylor Saturday. Maybe Baylor
will have an answer for him in the rematch
today at 11:30 a.m. But maybe not.
NO. 9 BAylOr (17-13, 5-11)
At A Glance
Baylor might be the most disappointing
team in the nation this season. Loaded with
talent and picked to fnish third in the Big 12
this season, the Bears have instead decided
not to play defense and struggled.
Player to Watch
Sophomore guard LaceDarius Dunn
Dunn is a perfect symbol for Baylors season.
Coming of the bench, he averages 15
points and is third in the Big 12 in three-
point shots. But he rarely defends and never
shares, as illustrated by his 13 assists and 50
turnovers.
NO. 10 IOWA STATe (15-16, 4-12)
At A Glance
The Cyclones are competitive at home and
went 13-6 overall at Hilton Coliseum this
year. On every other court, Iowa State went
a combined 1-12. Unfortunately for the
Cyclones, the Big 12 Tournament is not in
Ames, Iowa.
Player to Watch
Sophomore forward Craig Brackins
Brackins is the only All-Big 12 frst team
selection in action on the frst day of the
tournament. He fnished second in the con-
ference in points with 20 per game and third
in rebounds with nine per game.
NO. 11 TexAS TeCh (13-18, 3-13)
At A Glance
The Red Raiders appeared to be one of the
weakest major conference teams in college
basketball before an 84-65 victory against
Kansas. Was it a fuke or a sign? Find out at
the Big 12 tournament.
Player To Watch
Sophomore guard John Roberson
In only his second year, Roberson already
has the schools single-season record for
assists with 201. He can score, too, and aver-
ages 14.4 points. Hes the Red Raiders only
hope for competing in Oklahoma City.
NO. 12 COlOrAdO (9-21, 1-15)
At A Glance
Colorado shocked everyone in the Big
12 tournament last season by upsetting
ffth-seeded Baylor in the frst round as a 12-
seed. Could a similar upset be forthcoming
against Texas? Probably not, as this Colorado
team is worse than last years.
Player To Watch
Sophomore guard Cory Higgins
Higgins carries the Bufaloes and at times
appears to be the only player on their roster
worthy of playing in the Big 12. He averages
nearly 18 points, six rebounds and two as-
sists per game.
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Wichita State has a history of
producing great pitchers and
pitching coach
Brent Kemnitz
is widely re-
garded as one
of the best in
college base-
ball. Hes again
grooming a
solid young
staf. Starting
for the Shock-
ers is freshman Brian Flynn, who
has a 11.12 ERA through two
appearances, but the strength
will come from the bullpen in
Wednesdays game.

With Tony Thompson riding a

19-game hit streak, Buck Afenir has
been taking
advantage
of his good
fortunes, too.
Afenir is hitting
.500 in seven
games played
with two home
runs, seven RBIs
and an absurd
slugging percentage of .900. Eight
home runs in four games deserves
some kudos even if it came against
less than stellar competition.

A double-dip of fve stars this

early in the season? It sounds
crazy, but this team is clicking on
all cylinders
right now. Sure,
its against
inferior com-
petition but,
regardless, this
team is leaps
and bounds
ahead of where
it was at this
time in 2008 in
terms of pitching. Lee Ridenhour
has lived up to his high-school
hype and leads the team with two
victories and a solid 2.77 ERA.

Taylor Brown leads the Shock-

ers with an even .500 batting
average. Wichita State, much like
Kansas early in
the year, has
struggled with
power at the
plate. Through
its frst 11
games, Wichita
State has man-
aged only two
home runs,
one each from
frst baseman Clinton McKeever
and catcher Cody Lassley.

sports 7b Wednesday, March 11, 2009

scorer with 11.4 points per game.
In Kansas 59-49 loss to Iowa
State on Saturday, Morris scored
eight points and made just three
of 10 shots.
After the game, Henrickson
voiced her displeasure to
Morris.
Id be more worried if she
didnt say any-
thing to me,
Morris said.
Then Id be like,
Oh man, what
did I just do? But
thats part of play-
ing basketball. I
can take that. Im
not going to be great every day
but I cant be horrible. And thats
what shes telling me.
Morris less-than-stellar per-
formance against Iowa State was
more of an aberration than the
norm this season. But in the past
two games, Morris has scored 10
points and struggled shooting
the ball: She made just four of 15
attempts.
The same situation cant unfold
in the Big 12 tournament.
She loves to compete and
when she doesnt show up and
play like shes capable of, she
takes it hard and gets down on
herself, McCray said of Morris.
Shes not going to let us down.
She hates letting teammates
down.
For Kansas to
have a chance at
qualifying for
the NCAA tour-
nament a tall
order for sure,
but not impos-
sible McCray
and Morris must carry the load
offensively.
But, as always, the remaining
Jayhawks contributions play just
as pivotal a role in determining
Kansas success.
This is the time in the sea-
son, Morris said, where players
just have to play.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
BASKETBALL (continued from 1B)
Voskuil to invoke the spirit of
Larry Bird for a night and drain
nine-of-14 threes.
But even if you arent super-
stitious, the second lesson still
applies.
That is, as clich as it might
sound, no victory can be taken
for granted in sports. Anyone
really can beat anyone else on
any given night. It might take
the underdog catching fire from
downtown while the superior
team cant hit anything, but that
sort of thing can and does hap-
pen.
Reflect on the events of
Kansas loss in Lubbock for
proof. It may be easy to dismiss
the game as a fluke. And it may
very well have been just that.
Texas Tech probably couldnt
play that well in its next hun-
dred games, whereas Kansas
might not play that poorly again
for a similar stretch.
But just because the Red
Raiders may have been the
recipients of some good luck
does not mean the game should
be tossed out.
Quite the contrary it
should serve as a reminder to
fans and overzealous sportswrit-
ers alike that clichs are as often
repeated as they are for good
reason. Which brings us back
to today, and the apparently
less-than-compelling Nebraska-
Baylor matchup.
Sure, its not sexy. And yes,
Kansas ought to defeat which-
ever team it ends up facing
on Thursday without any real
drama.
Thats what ought to happen.
But just because something
ought to happen doesnt neces-
sarily mean that it will. I learned
my lesson; lets hope that those
who actually decide the games
did, too.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
BEECHER (continued from 1B)
I'm not going to be
great every day but I
can't be horrible.
DAnIELLE McCRAy
Junior forward
WICHITA ST.
(6-5)
KAnSAS
(8-3)
pitching
offense
momentum
pitching
offense
momentum
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
Seniors are hard to come by on
the Kansas roster. In fact, there are
only four of them.
Thats why its understandable
that senior catcher Buck Afenir has
a little more invested in tonights
game against Wichita State than the
32 players on Kansas roster with eli-
gibility remaining after this season.
Honestly, I want to win. We
havent beat these guys in a long
time, Afenir said. A win against
Wichita State is always a good thing
for the program.
The truth is that victories against
the Shockers have been hard to
come by for the Jayhawks during
the past three years. The Shockers
have taken the last five matchups
dating back to 2006.
I think its important that we
get this streak stopped and headed
in our direction, coach Ritch Price
said.
Fortunately for Kansas, this isnt
the same Wichita State program its
accustomed to facing. The Shockers
enter this evenings game with a
pedestrian 6-5 record. They werent
even picked to finish first in the
Missouri Valley Conference in the
preseason. A program that is used
to playing in the NCAA tourna-
ment now is hoping just to keep its
winning record.
The only record Afenir cares
about, though, is the series history
between the two teams. He knows
that the Shockers are a quality pro-
gram and should be treated as such
every season.
Theyre a tough club, always
every year, Afenir said. They
always roll out somebody thats
pretty crafty, so hopefully we can
keep the bats going.
And the bats sure are going right
now. Kansas clubbed six home runs
in its series sweep of Northwestern
last weekend. The Jayhawks didnt
hit a home run until sophomore
third baseman Tony Thompson
went deep in their sixth game. But
Price sees potential power in his
batting order, even though he isnt
ready to make any guarantees.
Buck has hit double-digit home
runs before, and thats our expec-
tation of Thompson, Price said.
There are other guys in the lineup
capable of hitting four or five and
then we can be OK.
So is Kansas a small-ball ori-
ented team that has to manufacture
runs, as it showed in the first six
games of the season? Or is it the
power-hitting team that roughed
up Northwestern pitching?
Im hoping the second one
that would be real nice, Thompson
said with a smile. I think weve got
the potential to put up some pretty
good power numbers.
Regardless of whether or not the
power surge continues, one thing is
certain. The Jayhawks can pitch.
Kansas has a team ERA of 2.82, a
vast improvement on last years 5.49
mark. Its one of the main reasons
why the Jayhawks (8-3) have a bet-
ter record than the Shockers enter-
ing the two teams first meeting of
the season.
Certainly, our strength is our
ability to play defense and our
pitching is vastly improved, Price
said. As long as we continue to
pitch, I think its a good mix.
Edited By Andrew Wiebe
Seniors hope to hand
defeat to rival Shockers
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Kansas has won six in a row and
its easy to see the confdence in
the players. The players are loose,
smiling and laughing during
interviews and jovial in the dugout.
The Jayhawks will be geared up
to play their in-state rival and they
have a chance to put the Shockers
on a fve-game losing streak, which
hasnt happened since 2001.
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The Shockers, after winning six
of their frst seven games, are on
a four-game skid, losing at home
to Brigham young and getting
swept during the weekend at no.
11 TCU. The Shockers, however,
were the only nonconference
opponent to win at Hoglund
Ballpark in 2008. The Jayhawks
havent defeated them since the
two teams met in 2006.
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For a trio of Jayhawks, pro-
visional qualifications werent
enough to cement spots at
the NCAA Indoor National
Championship.
Freshman sprinter Keith Hayes,
junior distance runner Lauren
Bonds and senior distance runner
Colby Wissel had provisionally
qualified for the meet last week-
end, but they learned Monday
night they had not been selected
to compete.
Junior pole-vaulter Jordan
Scott, who had automatically
qualified earlier in the season, will
be the lone Jayhawk competing
at nationals, which take place in
College Station, Texas, on Friday
and Saturday.
Only the top 14 in the coun-
try go on to compete at Indoor
Nationals, whether they qualify
automatically or provisionally for
an event.
Of the three, Wissel had the best
chance of making it to nationals
provisionally. In his final indoor
season, Wissel was 16th in the
nation in the 5,000-meter run
with a time of 13 minutes, 54.95
seconds, at the Washington Husky
Classic on Feb. 14.
For Hayes, the news that he
had missed the cut wasnt surpris-
ing. Hays took third place and
also met the provisional time in
the 60-meter at the Iowa State
Qualifier, running a time of 7.86
seconds.
Hayes said that everything fell
into place like it was supposed to
and that he got a personal record
at the right time.
I dont know, Hayes said Its
just how things go sometimes.
Coach Stanley Redwine said
that although the news was disap-
pointing, it was also encouraging.
In Keiths case, hes one of the
top three freshman in the nation,
Redwine said. But unfortunately
it wasnt enough to make it to the
NCAAs. Its just, we have to con-
tinue to work harder.
Bonds was more disappointed
about not having a good perfor-
mance in the one-mile run last
weekend at the Alex Wilson
Invitational than not making it
to nationals. Bonds finished 11th
with a time of 4 minutes, 48.5
seconds.
It probably would have boost-
ed my chances, Bonds said.
She said it was less than likely
that she would have made the
cut unless she had an automatic
qualifying time. Despite the dis-
appointment, Bonds said this was
her best season so far.
Looking at the whole season in
its entirety, its been a good year,
Bonds said. But it wasnt a good
ending.
While Scott will go on to com-
pete next weekend at the Indoor
Championships, the rest of the
team will focus on the outdoor
season, which begins March 27 at
the Missouri Relays.
Its a work in progress right
now, Hayes said. We got to
rebuild, reestablish the foundation
and keep putting in work to get to
those goals.
Edited by Grant Treaster
sports 8B Wednesday, March 11, 2009
By sTePHen MonTeMayor
smontemayor@kansan.com
Shut out from this years NFL
combine, 11 former Jayhawk foot-
ball players had their opportunity
to impress NFL scouts Tuesday with
Kansas annual pro day.
Scouts from eight NFL teams were
on hand to observe wide receiver
Ray Brown, center Ryan Cantrell,
wide receiver Dexton Fields, cor-
nerback Kendrick Harper, wide
receiver Marcus Herford, linebacker
James Holt, offensive guard Adrian
Mayes, linebacker Joe Mortensen,
safety Pat Resby, linebacker Mike
Rivera and defensive lineman James
McClinton.
The players were weighed and
measured, and then participated in
a series of drills including the
40-yard dash, bench press and ver-
tical leap, among others before
finishing the day with positional
drills.
It was an awesome day, Rivera
said afterward in a released state-
ment. It was a lot of fun to come
back out here one more time with
this group of seniors to see what we
can do.
A fixture alongside Rivera at line-
backer, Mortensen also participated
as a fullback in some drills.
I was all-state at fullback in
California, Mortensen said. I just
love to hit, so it doesnt really matter
which side of the ball it is.
For McClinton, pro day was a
second chance to land on a pro
roster. A senior in 2007, McClinton
missed the East-West Shrine Bowl
in 2008 after suffering a seizure
prior to that week. He didnt place
in the top 10 of any combine tests
posted by NFL.com and returned to
campus as a student assistant coach
for the 2008 season.
This time out, McClinton tied
with Mayes to top the bench press
with 23 reps of 225 pounds. Each
of his 40-yard dash times were
unofficially clocked at 5.2 seconds,
which if official would be an
improvement on the 5.47 he was
clocked running at the 2008 NFL
combine.
This years NFL hopefuls follow
a 2008 draft that saw four Jayhawks
land on NFL rosters: Aqib Talib
(Tampa Bay, first round), Anthony
Collins (Cincinnati, fourth round)
Derek Fine (Buffalo, fourth round)
and Marcus Henry (New York Jets,
sixth round). Fine joined several
of his former teammates Tuesday
watching the evaluations.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
football
Pro day brings opportunity
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Former Kansas football player James McClinton runs a drill for scouts at Kansas pro day at Anschutz Sports Pavilion onTuesday morning. The
event is organized as an opportunity for KU players with hopes of being drafted to work out for pro scouts in a comfortable setting.
Mark your
calendars
today: Practice open
to public, 3:30 p.m.
March 27: Practice open
to public, 3:30 p.m.
april 11: Spring game,
2 p.m.
Check the Through the
Uprights blog for more on
the start of spring practice.
Former Jayhawks show off for NFL scouts at Anschutz Pavilion
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Jordan Scott, Watkinsville, Ga., junior, practices the pole vaut in the Anschutz Sports
Pavilion in late February. Scott will compete at the Indoor Nationals in College Station, Texas.
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