BY AMANDA THOMPSON

athompson@kansan.com
T. Boone Pickens will speak
about the Pick-
ens Plan at a
town hall-style
meeting today
at 4:30 p.m. in
the Robert J.
Dole Institute
of Politics.
Ac c or di ng
to the Pickens
Plan Web site, www.pickensplan.
com, the plan aims to end foreign
oil dependence by increasing wind,
solar and natural gas production in
the U.S. Pickens said that since the
plan kicked of in July of 2008, he
had visited more than 20 city halls.
About half of those visits involved
college campuses.
We havent had a real energy
plan in 40 years, and I want to get
everybody on board, Pickens said.
In addition to visiting town halls
to gather support, Pickens institut-
ed a virtual march on Washington
through his Web site from April 1
to April 3. Nearly 5 million people
submitted online requests to Con-
gress to take note of the Pickens
Plan.
Were applying grassroots pres-
sure and I think thats somewhat
unusual, Pickens said. If were go-
ing to do it, its going to happen for
all the right reasons.
In a video blog on the Web site,
Pickens said that in the month of
March, the U.S. imported 386 mil-
lion barrels of oil. Te oil cost the
U.S. $18 billion and accounted for
65 percent of the oil used in the
U.S. that month.
Pickens said his plan came in
two parts and outlined the need
for drastic change in the way the
U.S. was fueled in the next 10 to 20
years. He said the frst part of his
plan addressed the need for renew-
able forms of energy.
Tis is what we took to the
Obama transition team, that we
would have wind, solar and a 21st-
century grid to go along with it,
what we call a smart grid, Pickens
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BY MICHELLE SPREHE
msprehe@kansan.com
Trees are budding, flowers
are blooming, people are
sneezing.
With an abun-
dance of rainfall in
the past couple
of weeks,
t h r i v i n g
plants are
wreaking
havoc on
s t ude nt s
with season-
al allergies.
Patricia Denning, senior staff physician
at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said
Watkins saw more cases of students with
allergies in the spring versus in
the fall.
We have seen some patients
with mild allergy problems, and
were going to see an increase as
more plants bud and bloom and
pollen is released, Denning said.
More than half of all United
States citizens test positive for one
or more allergens, according to
a nationwide survey conducted
in 2005.
Whitney Heitman, Clearwater sophomore,
discovered she had allergies six years ago but
was not officially tested until last year.
It was good to know what exactly Im
allergic to because then it can be treated cor-
rectly, Heitman said.
Now Heitman
takes Allegra, a
prescription allergy pill, every day to help
control her symptoms, and she puts a drop of
customized allergy medicine on her tongue.
The drops are like an allergy shot,
Heitman said. Youre taking what youre
allergic to so you can build up your immu-
nity.
Sarah Fettke, Wichita senior, has seasonal
allergies to pollen, dust and mold that wors-
en in the fall and spring.
Its definitely been worse this season
the pollen count has been pretty high, Fettke
said.
Fettke also uses Allegra and a nasal spray
when her symptoms arise.
Allergies vary in presence and strength
according to a persons environment.
Denning said she frequently heard students
say they had never had allergies until com-
ing to Kansas.
If you live in Kansas
and are allergic to rag-
weed, youll have some
trouble, Denning said.
But if you live in Arizona
then you may not have
any.
Seasonal allergies
sometimes lead to sinus
infections if mucus does
not drain from sinus cav-
ities in the face, she said.
Fettke said she usually had about three
sinus infections a year, and Heitman said she
experienced three to five per year.
Denning said sinus infections could be
treated with antibiotics and over-the-counter
medicine such as Mucinex D.
Edited by Grant Treaster
How do you know its allergies?
POTENTiAl
AllERGY
TREATMENTs
NAsAl sPRAY
Steroid nasal sprays
work by stopping mucus
production in the nose. This
is efective for runny noses.
Any swallowed medicine is
deactivated by gastric acid.
EYE DROPs
Eye drops are prescribed for
eye allergies and usually have an
antihistamine or a steroid in them.
Patricia Denning,
Watkins Memorial Health Center
Forecasted
Pollen levels
Today
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awFul allergies
Fighting the
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n Stufy nose
n Runny nose
n Itchy nose
n Clear, thin,
watery mucus
n Sneezing n Red eyes
n Watery eyes
n Itchy eyes
n Pufy eyes
n Absence of
fever
Source: Patricia Denning,
Watkins Memorial
Health Center
wHat are
allergens?
Allergens are proteins that
your body reads as foreign
and irritating, so it sets up
a line of defense to protect
itself. In your eyes, nose and
throat, thats mucus to wash
those proteins away. Thats
your bodys way of trying to
put a protective layer against
allergens. Also, blood vessels
under the skin dilate, which
causes oozing and causes
us to drip and allergens set
of little nerves that make us
itch.
Source: Patricia Denning,
Watkins Memorial HealthCenter
If you live in Kansas
and are allergic to
ragweed, youll have
some trouble.
PATRICIA DEnnIng
Senior staf physician,
Watkins Health Center
Budding plants contribute to students battles with pollen, dust and mold
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BY LAUREN HENDRICK
lhendrick@kansan.com
Some students trying to kick
their cigarette habits have more
incentive afer the federal tax on
cigarettes raised was raised on
April 1. Te tax increase ranges
anywhere between 39 cents to
$1.01.
Alex Abel, Wichita junior, said
he had been trying to cut back af-
ter four years of smoking.
For a little while you justify it as
a phase, but its a disgusting habit,
Abel said. He said that at the peak
of his smoking habit he smoked a
pack a day but had since limited
himself to half a pack a day.
Abel said he had been taking
small steps to quit, including not
smoking while driving and not
smoking between
classes. Tough he
wants to quit alto-
gether, his next step
is limiting smoking
to weekends only.
Te new fed-
eral excise tax on
cigarettes is part of
President Obamas efort to pro-
vide universal health care. Te
San Francisco Chronicle reported
Feb. 5 that the childrens health bill
would provide health care for 4
million uninsured children.
Ken Sarber, health educator at
Watkins Memorial Health Center,
said he had visited with students
concerned about the increased
price of their
smoking habits.
Sarber said
most smokers had
a difcult time
parting with the
lifestyle of smok-
ing. He sometimes
suggests peeling
and eating oranges to satisfy the
habit of taking a cigarette to the
mouth.
A lot of students dont realize
how addicted they are, he said.
econoMy caMPus
Pickens will discuss plan
to end dependence on oil
Cigarette tax increase makes
smoking a drag on fnances
Its amazing how
much money students
spend on cigarettes.
KEn SARBER
Watkins health educator
see pickens on page 4a see smoking on page 4a
Pickens
basKetbaLL team
has no regrets
Jayhawks look ahead to next years season. sports 1b
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half as well as I should like;
and I like less than half of you
half as well as you deserve.
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FACT OF THE DAY
No two Orcs are alike. Each
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The Lord of the Rings trilogy
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A 22-year-old KU student re-
ported someone disturbing
the peace at The Hawk, 1340
Ohio St., on Monday.
Campus police reported an
aggravated battery about
2 a.m. Sunday in KU parking
lot110. According to the
report, the victim was struck
by a vehicle and transported
to Lawrence Memorial
Hospital.
Criminal damage to a
trailer at Arrocha Ballpark
was reported April 2
with damages of $1,000.
According to campus police,
an unknown person spray
painted foul language onto
the trailer.
ON CAMPUS
The KU Libraries Book Sale
will begin at 9 a.m. on the
Main Floor in Watson Library.
The University Support
Staf Senate meeting will
begin at 10:30 a.m. in the
International Room in the
Kansas Union.
The Wakarusa Wetlands:
Protecting Sacred
Geography and Critical
Habitat university forum will
begin at noon in the ECM
Center.
The Womens Landholdings
in West Feliciana Parish,
Louisiana: A Geospatial
Analysis workshop will
begin at 12:30 p.m. in the
Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The Anthropology in
Practice: Amazonia & the
Prospects for Human Rights
seminar will begin at 2 p.m.
in The Town Hall in the
Brandon Woods Retirement
Community.
Environmental Action to
Revitalize the Heartland,
or EARTH, will hold its frst
planting day at the Campus
Garden from 4 to 6 p.m. The
garden is on Louisiana Street
between 13th and 14th
streets.
The Pickens Plan Town Hall
Meeting will begin at
4:30 p.m. in Hansen Hall in
the Dole Institute of Politics.
The KU Jazz Combo concert
will begin at 7 p.m. in
Regnier Hall auditorium on
the Edwards Campus.
The Massive Change: The
Future of Design and Life
on Earth lecture will begin
at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruf
Auditorium in the Kansas
Union.
The Anna in the Tropics
play performance will begin
at 7:30 p.m. in William Inge
Memorial Theater in Murphy
Hall.
The Faculty artist Eric
Stomberg, bassoon concert
will begin at 7:30 p.m. in
Swarthout Recital Hall in
Murphy Hall.
NEWS NEAR & FAR
INTERNATIONAL
1. Castro meets with U.S.
after three year hiatus
HAVANA Fidel Castro met
with three members of the
Congressional Black Caucus on
Tuesday, marking the former
Cuban presidents frst meeting
with American ofcials since he
fell ill nearly three years ago.
Coming after lawmakers met
with his brother Raul, the current
president, the session appeared
to underscore the Cuban gov-
ernments desire for improved
relations with the United States
under new President Barack
Obama.
Greg Adams, a spokesman at
the U.S. Interests Section in Ha-
vana, said Castro met with Rep.
Barbara Lee, a California Demo-
crat, and two other lawmakers.
2. Israel tests anti-missile
system, cites Iran as threat
JERUSALEM Israel suc-
cessfully tested an anti-missile
system designed to protect the
country against Iranian attack, the
Defense Ministry said, perfect-
ing technology developed in
response to failures of similar
systems during the 1991 Gulf War.
The intercept of a dummy mis-
sile was the 17th test of the Arrow
system, a U.S.-Israeli joint venture.
Israeli defense ofcials said the
interceptor was an upgraded Ar-
row II, designed to counter Irans
Shahab ballistic missile.
Israel has identifed Iran as its
biggest threat, citing the coun-
trys nuclear program.
3. Obama: U.S. troops will
be phased out of combat
BAGHDAD President Barack
Obama told U.S. troops and Iraqi
ofcials alike Tuesday it was time
to phase out Americas combat
role in a confict he opposed as a
candidate and has vowed to end
as commander in chief.
Iraqis need to take respon-
sibility for their own country,
Obama told hundreds of cheer-
ing soldiers.
You have given Iraq the op-
portunity to stand on its own as
a democratic country. That is an
extraordinary achievement, he
told the troops.
NATIONAL
4. Army nurse enters plea
for hepatitis C infections
EL PASO, Texas A former
Army hospital nurse accused
of infecting more than a dozen
patients with hepatitis C pleaded
guilty Tuesday to assault and
theft.
Jon Dale Jones, a 46-year-old
retired Army captain, entered
into a plea agreement that
includes one count of assault
and one count of stealing
drugs.
A federal grand jury in El Paso
indicted him on nine counts last
year.
Federal prosecutors said Jones
infected at least 15 patients with
hepatitis C in 2004.
5. Sex ofender posing as
middle-schooler sentenced
PRESCOTT, Ariz. A
youthful-looking sex offender
who posed as a 12-year-old
boy to enroll in several Arizona
schools was sentenced Tues-
day to more than 70 years in
prison.
Neil Havens Rodreick II
pleaded guilty last year to
seven criminal charges. Most
involved child pornography
but two stemmed from the
charade he pulled off for two
years.
Rodreick, 31, didnt speak at
his sentencing.
6. Government takes back
trailer from storm survivor
JACKSON, Miss. Thanh
Nguyen will soon give up the
cramped travel trailer thats been
her home for more than four
years, pack her belongings into
an old Toyota Corolla and rely on
the kindness of others for a place
to live.
She has no choice: The govern-
ment is taking back the trailer.
Im going to pack everything
I have in a car and go to my
friends houses and move on and
on until I fnd something I can af-
ford, the Vietnamese immigrant
said through a translator. Its for
however long they allow me to
stay.
Associated Press
Jayhawk Shuffle
Chance Penner, Wichita freshman
The frst 10 songs on shufe on his iPod:
1. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by Lady Gaga
2. Dirrty by Christina Aguilera
3. Powder Puf Girls by the Toonetts
4. Piece of Me by Britney Spears
5. The Garden by Mirah
6. Single Ladies by Beyonc
7. Today 4 U from Rent
8. Livin La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin
9. Mickey by Toni Basil
10. Wannabe by the Spice Girls
Emily McCoy
What kind of
music are you
drawn to?
I listen to a lot of
pop, female singers. I
like music that is fun
and upbeat.
CAmpus
Candidates laptop seized
and apartment searched
The Lawrence Police Depart-
ment confiscated the computer
of Tutu Lee, a student body
presidential candidate, from the
Student Senate office Tuesday
morning.
Diana Rhodes, Senate office
secretary, said the police arrived
at the office about 10 a.m. with
a warrant to
take Lees com-
puter, which
was stored in
a cabinet near
her desk.
Rhodes
said she often
stored stu-
dents personal
belongings in the cabinet so
students would not have to
worry about them during the
day.
Rhodes said that the police
tried to take the computer
around 3 p.m. Monday, but
that they were unable to do
so because they didnt have a
warrant.
Tutu Lee said the Lawrence
Police Department carried out
a warrant on Monday to search
his apartment and his electronic
equipment in response to a You-
Tube video he posted online.
Lee said he was questioned
about an investigation of reck-
less communication of a crimi-
nal threat. He said he didnt
think the investigation began
because of the rumored threats
to the Student Senate debate.
Kayla Regan
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BY BRIANNE
PFANNENSTIEL
bpfannenstiel@kansan.com
Student Senators have spent
countless hours reviewing and
revising fees during the past several
weeks. As they prepare to make
final recommendations regarding
fee cuts to the full Senate tonight,
some senators have noticed a con-
spicuous lack of change in one area
of funding: womens and nonrev-
enue sports.
The fee began when the student
body passed a referendum in 2006
to increase funding for womens
sports. More students voted on the
referendum than voted for the stu-
dent body president and vice presi-
dent that year.
Senators have the author-
ity to overturn any referendum 12
months after it passes.
The fee review committee and
a good portion of student senators
would really like to see that fee cut
instead of other fees that provide a
lot more tangible and substantial
benefits to students, said Eric Foss,
student senator and member of the
fee review subcommittee.
Each student currently pays a
$40 sports fee every sememster,
$35 of which is part of a contrac-
tual obligation. The remaining $5
is not under contract and could be
cut to save money.
But Chancellor Robert
Hemenway, who must approve
any fee recommendations made by
Senate, has made it clear to sena-
tors he would not support any such
decrease in funding.
Last year, Senate proposed a cut
of 25 cents to the sports fee in order
to provide funds for the sustain-
ability fee. Foss said that the deci-
sion was unilaterally overturned
by the chancellor and that no cuts
were made to the sports fee.
Foss, along with other senators,
expressed the idea that if Senate
proposed a similar cut this year, the
chancellor would again overturn
the decision.
I dont think hed blink twice
doing it, said Brian Hardouin,
chairman of the Senate fee review
subcommittee. When he removed
the 25 cents before, he didnt seem
to give a whole lot of pause at it
and I dont know that anythings
changed since last time. The chan-
cellor has already taken the posi-
tion that its the students responsi-
bility to fund womens sports.
Hemenway said in an e-mail that
he originally vetoed the cut to the
sports fee because he was in favor
of providing funding to Title IX
sports.
Title IX states that no person in
the United States shall, on the basis
of sex, be excluded from participa-
tion in, be denied the benefits of,
or be subjected to discrimination
under any education program or
activity receiving Federal financial
assistance.
The most public application of
this bill has been to high school
and collegiate athletics.
The administration should
be supportive of Title IX fund-
ing, Hemenway said. Seeing
16,000 womens basketball fans on
Saturday speaks for itself.
Other senators, however, said
they did not think it was the stu-
dent bodys responsibility to sup-
port Title IX funding.
Title IX is a requirement of the
athletics department, Hardouin
said. The purpose of Title IX was
to distribute some of that revenue
from revenue-generating sports to
other sports. I think students pay-
ing for it is kind of deceiving.
Associate Athletics Director Jim
Marchiony said it was important
for everyone to take responsibility
for providing funding for Title IX.
He said that if the athletics depart-
ment did not comply with Title IX
requirements, the entire University
would lose federal funding.
Saving money has been the main
objective of the fee review sub-
committee since Senate received a
mandate from Hemenway and the
Kansas Board of Regents saying no
overall increase in fees would be
accepted.
Alex Porte, Great Falls, Va.,
junior and student senator, said
the extra $5 in the sports fee was
used to fund things such as office
supplies and travel expenses, and
that he didnt feel guilty cutting it.
He said he thought Athletics would
able to absorb the cost of the $5 cut
without much difficulty.
Athletics runs a pretty sig-
nificant profit, Porte said. The
profit margin between revenue and
expenses is more than what that fee
generates. So to me it seems like
they can still have a profit if that
fee were cut.
Marchiony said that Athletics
would have to find ways to make
up the cuts, and that possibilities
included raising the cost of the
student combo ticket package.
Hardouin said the final fee
recommendations presented to
Senate tonight would not include
funding cuts to the sports fee. He
said that the bill could be amend-
ed to include cuts to the sports fee,
but that it would need a two-thirds
vote. Hardouin said he did not
think a bill with a cut to Athletics
would receive much support.
Foss said he thought it was
important for both the student
body and the chancellor to under-
stand that the money would have
to come from Athletics or from
other programs.
Its probably better if we cut
it out of Athletics, but its unlike-
ly that will happen, because the
chancellor has already shown that
hes reluctant to do that, Foss
said.
Editedby Brandy Entsminger
news 3A Wednesday, aPRIL 8, 2009
Penguin parade
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A group of Humboldt Penquins enters the water area of their newhabitat for the frst time, Tuesday, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
Twenty of the endangered penguins, which normally inhabit the hot, dry coastlines in Peru and Chile, will live in the zoos new$6.5 million
exhibit, which is scheduled to open to the public on May 2.
student senate
Athletics fee gets left out
of proposed budget cuts
IRAq
More than 4,000 from
U.S. military have died
As of Tuesday at least 4,266
members of the U.S. military
had died in the Iraq war since it
began in March 2003, according
to an Associated Press count.
At least 3,425 military person-
nel died as a result of hostile
action, according to the militarys
numbers.
The AP count is two fewer than
the Defense Departments tally,
last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m.
EDT.
The British military has
reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33;
Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria,
13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven;
El Salvador, fve; Slovakia, four;
Latvia and Georgia, three each;
Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand
and Romania, two each; and Aus-
tralia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and
South Korea, one death each.
Since the start of U.S. military
operations in Iraq, 31,169 U.S.
service members have been
wounded in hostile action, ac-
cording to the Defense Depart-
ments weekly tally.
cRImE
Jurors fnd owner guilty
of harboring illegal aliens
KANSAS CITY, Kan. A federal
jury in Kansas City, Kan., has con-
victed a Topeka restaurant owner
accused of abusing illegal work-
ers from India and forcing them
to work at his business.
Acting U.S. Attorney Marietta
Parker announced in a news
release Tuesday that jurors found
33-year-old Amarpreet Singh
guilty Monday of three counts of
harboring illegal aliens.
The release said one of the
workers at his Globe Restaurant
died after complaining he was
being forced to work.
Singh faces a maximum pen-
alty of 10 years in federal prison
and a fne up to $250,000 on
each count.
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NEWS 4A wednesday, april 8, 2009
said. And now thats pretty much
in place.
Pickens said the next installment
of his plan was to have natural gas
and domestic fuel reduce the con-
sumption of foreign oil. On April 1,
Pickens presented the Natural Gas
Act of 2009, which emphasized the
importance of using natural gas as
transportation fuel.
Were progressing right on
track, Pickens said. Te plan is
holding together.
Ryan Wing, San Jose, Calif., ju-
nior, said he researched the Pickens
Plan but wanted to learn more from
Pickens in person.
Im interested to see how he
presents it with the current eco-
nomic climate and if he has any
adaptations to it because of that,
Wing said. I know hes having
trouble fnding funding for the
wind project given the climate, so it
will be interesting
to hear that.
Wing said he
thought the pro-
posal was inter-
esting because
Pickens was a suc-
cessful oil busi-
ness man.
Clearly it ben-
efts him, but I
think he has an
interest in making renewable and
sustainable energy economically
viable, Wing said.
Chelsea Mertz, Topeka junior,
organized a discussion panel that
will meet at the Dole Institute afer
the conclusion of Pickens speech.
Like Wing, she said she looked for-
ward to hearing how
the economy played a
part in Pickens plan.
So ofen the criti-
cism for sustainable
or environmentally
friendly things is
the economic aspect
of it, if its feasible,
Mertz said. But with
Pickens, hes creating
something to show
that this is the wave of the future
and this is the way we need to go.
He sets an important example.
Te panel will consist of City
Commissioner Dennis Boog
Highberger, Sen. Marci Francisco
(D-Lawrence), Rep. Tom Sloan
(R-Lawrence) and Susan Kang,
assistant secretary for policy and
external afairs with the Kansas
Department of Health and Envi-
ronment.
Wing said that whether the Pick-
ens Plan worked in the long run or
not, it was important that renew-
able and sustainable energy pro-
posals continued to be presented to
the public.
If multiple people have multiple
plans, were likely to have a solu-
tion, Wing said.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
Sarber visits with students every
week to help them quit and runs
the KanUquit program at Watkins.
Te program started last January
and has helped 32 students quit out
of an initial 35 participants.
Jonathan Freeman, McLouth ju-
nior, said he was able to quit within
a month and half afer beginning
the KanUquit program. He said he
tried to quit in the past on his own
but was never successful.
It was nice to know someone
else expected me to quit, Freeman
said. Freeman met with Sarber once
a week to discuss his gradual transi-
tion to living a smoke-free life.
Freeman said he knew he wanted
to quit when he realized he spent
an average of $50 a week on ciga-
rettes.
Its amazing how much money
students spend on cigarettes, espe-
cially considering the other expens-
es these days, Sarber said.
One of the students Sarber is cur-
rently working with told Sarber he
was spending $4 per pack every day
and had smoked for the past nine
years.
Sarber helped the student calcu-
late that he spent more than $1,000
in a year, and in his nine years of
smoking he had spent more than
$13,000 on cigarettes.
Even under fnancial stress,
some students say they cant seem
to quit.
Ryan Campbell, Olathe senior,
said he had been battling cigarettes
for 10 months.
I think for most smokers,
our addiction seems to be severe
enough that were not willing to
quit, Campbell said. He said smok-
ing soothed his stress and the desire
to smoke accompanied many of his
daily moods.
Campbell said he made some
progress in cutting back.
A lot of students dont want help
and think they can quit on their
own, and thats fne, Sarber said.
Its just really hard to do.
Any students who want addi-
tional information about KanUquit
can call Sarber at (785) 864-9573
or email him at ksarber@ku.edu.
KanUquit is free to KU students.
Edited by Chris Horn
Week 1:
n Delay. When you reach for a
tobacco product, delay usage
for 30 minutes.
n No early morning use. Do
not allow yourself any tobacco
products before 10 a.m.
n Support. Have friends, fam-
ily, and coworkers sign your
Adopt-A-Tobacco-User form.
n Consider helpful products.
Decide whether you are going
to use a tobacco cessation aid,
then purchase that product
quickly before changing your
mind.
To learn more about your
options, talk to your doctor
or a Student Health Services
pharmacist at
(785) 864-9512. Follow the in-
structions carefully when using
any product.
n Get additional support at the
Student Health Services Well-
ness Fair on Wednesday, April
8th from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. in front of Anschutz
Library.
Week 2:
n Delay longer. Delay usage
for 1 hour after your craving
starts. No tobacco use before
11:30 a.m.
n No tobacco use in any cars.
Thoroughly clean your car.
n Dont use tobacco indoors.
n Start an exercise routine.
Contact Amber Long at
ajlong@ku.edu or (785) 864-
1822 at the Ambler Student
Recreation Fitness Center if
you have any questions about
ftness or exercise.
Week 3: Quit Week
n Throw away all tobacco
products. This includes ash
trays, lighters or other personal
objects that remind you of
tobacco use.
n Take it one day at a time
or one hour at a time. Keep
reminding yourself you can do
this, so that tobacco
will no longer control your life.
Source: http://www.studenthealth.ku.edu
KanUquit Challenge steps
SMOKING (continued from 1A)
PICKENS (continued from 1A)
Student rescued 22 hours after natural disaster
MARTA FALCONI
Associated Press
LAQUILA, Italy Relatives
of the missing waited in agony
Tuesday as rescuers dug des-
perately by hand for earthquake
survivors, jarred by a strong
aftershock that drove home the
continuing danger in this historic
central Italian city.
The death toll from Italys
worst earthquake in three decades
jumped to 207 as bodies were
recovered and identified. Tent
camps housed some of the 17,000
left homeless by the earthquake,
but many spent the night in the
chill mountain air without blan-
kets or covers.
Officials said some 10,000 to
15,000 buildings were either dam-
aged or destroyed; teams planned
to begin surveying those build-
ings still standing on Wednesday
to see if residents could move
back in.
Aerial footage showed the
scale of the destruction in this
city of Romanesque, Gothic,
Baroque and Renaissance archi-
tectural treasures. Roofs were
missing from modern buildings,
old churches had fallen walls and
parts of medieval buildings had
tumbled to the ground.
Rescuers located four students
trapped inside a partially col-
lapsed dormitory Tuesday after-
noon. Tearful emergency work-
ers declined to say whether they
were alive or dead, telling report-
ers that doctors would have to
announce that.
Unless there is a miracle,
Ive been told (by rescuers) that
they probably are dead, LAquila
University rector Ferdinando Di
Orio said.
Chief firefighter Sergio Basti
ordered the area evacuated so
rescue crews could surgically
remove big chunks of fallen
masonry since the four were in a
hard-to-reach spot and the build-
ing was so unstable.
Firefighters briefed relatives of
the victims on the rescue effort,
explaining that civilians had to
leave the scene for security rea-
sons.
The ANSA news agency said
a 24-year-old student, Marta
Valente, was pulled alive with
the help of expert cave explorers,
from the rubble of a four-story
building in LAquila more than 22
hours after the quake.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi sur-
veyed the devastated region by
helicopter and said the rescue
efforts would continue for two
more days until it is certain
that there is no one else alive.
He said some 15 people were still
missing.
Berlusconi said that at least
100 of the roughly 1,000 injured
people were in serious condition.
Rescuers ran from the rubble
of the four-story dormitory when
the 4.9-magnitude aftershock hit
at 11:26 a.m., the latest in a series
of aftershocks.
Search continues
for quake survivors
Hes creating some-
thing to show that
this is the wave of the
future and this is the
way we need to go.
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Topeka junior
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election
Candidate ran hoping to inspire younger lawrencians
BY MIKE BONTRAGER
mbontrager@kansan.com
Tom Johnson, 2005 graduate and
general manager for KJHK, was
one of eight candidates running for
city commission. Johnson ran in
order to represent younger people
he saw as underrepresented.
Ryan Lawler, Bolingbrook, Ill.,
senior and community affairs
director for the Student Legislative
Awareness Board, said most of the
candidates for city commission had
not expected a large response from
the student body.
As a whole, were not expecting
too much from students, Lawler
said. Its that time of year finals
and projects are on the forefront of
students minds.
But some KU alumni said they
thought student involvement
in city elections was important
because their input could improve
Lawrence, city commissioners
decide on issues such as safe hous-
ing and the availability of jobs.
Its an extremely important set of
responsibilities thats given to our city
commissioners, Johnson said. Its
literally five people who vote on the
future of the town that you live in.
Johnson said he decided to run
because of a lack of involvement
from the younger generation in
Lawrence politics.
I think that there are not enough
young professionals taking an
active role in city affairs, Johnson
said. Id like to encourage earlier
civic involvement from students,
newly graduated professionals and
the younger generation in general.
Johnson said that his time at the
University had influenced his cam-
paign and that the city shouldnt
take the University and students
for granted.
The city should create policies
that work for KU and respect its
students and the benefits they bring
the town, Johnson said.
Instead of investing in
advertisements to get his name
recognized across town, Johnson
ran as a one-man band, relying on
word of mouth and online activity
to promote his campaign. Johnson
pledged to spend less than $500 on
his campaign because he thought
candidates raising thousands of
dollars to promote themselves was
selfish during an economic crunch.
Jacob Beaumont, May 2008 grad-
uate, helped with candidate Aron
Cromwells campaign and said that
in order for young people to have
their voices heard, they needed to
be involved in city politics and
elections.
Citizens are closest to their gov-
ernment at the city level, Beaumont
said. It is hard for us, as indi-
viduals, to influence a decision that
the president makes, but reaching
out to your city commissioners is
incredibly easy.
Johnson said the outcome of the
election wasnt as important as rep-
resenting those who needed a voice
in the city. Johnson finished last
among the candidates.
Whether I win or lose, Johnson
said. Ive had a great opportunity
to be a voice for under-represented
individuals in our community and I
think I made the most of it.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
Low turnout of college-age and young
professional residents a staple of city elections
NATIONAl
Vermont is fourth state to
approve same-sex marriage
MONTPELIER, Vt. Vermont,
which invented civil unions, on
Tuesday became a pioneer again
as the frst state to legalize gay
marriage through a legislatures
vote, suggesting growing popular
acceptance of the idea.
The House barely achieved the
votes necessary to override Gov.
Jim Douglas veto of a bill that
would allow gays and lesbians to
marry beginning September 1.
Four states now have same-sex
marriage laws and other states
soon could follow suit.
Bills to allow same-sex marriage
are currently before lawmakers
in New Hampshire, Maine, New
York and New Jersey. The three
other states that currently allow
same-sex marriage Connecti-
cut, Massachusetts and Iowa
each moved to do so through the
courts, not legislatures.
For a popularly elected legis-
lature to make this decision is a
much more democratic process,
because lawmakers have to
answer to the voters every other
November, said Eric Davis, a re-
tired Middlebury College political
science professor.
Courts typically deal with
arcane points of constitutional
law. While legislatures debate
some of the same principles, the
process may become much more
personal. In Vermont, some of the
most gripping debate came when
gay and lesbian lawmakers took
to the House foor last Thursday
and told their own personal love
stories.
Getting gay marriage approved
in a political, rather than purely
legal, forum is a big step, said
Boston University law professor
Linda McLain, an expert on family
law and policy.
What may give courage to
other legislatures is that this legis-
lature managed to do it, she said.
She added that using the civil
rights language of equality the
measure in Vermont was dubbed
the marriage equality bill could
help make gay marriage more ac-
ceptable elsewhere.
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client wouldnt have done anything
to hurt Smith, who died of a drug
overdose two years ago.
Howard loved Anna Nicole
with all of his heart and would nev-
er have done anything intentional
to harm her, Sadow said without
taking questions from reporters.
Stern and Drs. Khristine Ero-
shevich and Sandeep Kapoor face
charges they conspired to provide
prescription drugs to the former
Playboy model before her acciden-
tal overdose death in February 2007
at a Florida hotel. Each defendant
faces up to fve years, eight months
in prison if convicted.
Stern, 40, and Eroshevich, 61,
made their frst court appearance
Tuesday, but Superior Court Com-
missioner Kristi Lousteau resched-
uled their arraignments to May 13.
Kapoor is also scheduled to be ar-
raigned May 13. All three are free
on bond.
Sadow criticized the two-year
probe by the state attorney general,
state medical and insurance of-
fcials and the Drug Enforcement
Administration. He said California
Attorney General Jerry Brown has
maliciously and viciously labeled
Anna a drug addict knowing full
well that its legally unsupportable
under California law.
Sadow suggested the attorney
general fled the case merely to ad-
vance his political career. Brown, a
Democrat who served two terms as
governor beginning in 1974, is con-
sidering another run for governor
next year.
Brown should simply be
ashamed of himself, he said.
Brown, not Howard K. Stern, is
the real enabler in this misguided
and unprecedented prosecution.
Brown called the accusations
silly and completely out of line.
Brown held a press conference
last month to announce the charg-
es, which were actually fled by
county prosecutors.
Anna Nicole was dead from
multiple chemicals put into her
body. Tats the tragedy and for
the defense lawyers to try to ex-
ploit that for their own purposes is
shocking, Brown said.
Tese people are whistling in
the dark if they think this accusa-
tory rhetoric is going to save them,
he said.
Prosecutors alleged Stern was
the principal enabler in a conspir-
acy with the two doctors to provide
Smith, 39, thousands of prescrip-
tion pills between June 2004 and
January 2007, just weeks before her
death.
Medical examiners have said Ero-
shevich, a Los Angeles psychiatrist
and friend of Smith, authorized all
11 of the prescription medications
found in her hotel room.
Eroshevichs attorney, Adam
Braun, has said Eroshevich began
treating Smith in September 2006
when she sufered a nervous break-
down stemming from the death of
her 20-year-old son, Daniel Smith,
who died of an accidental drug
overdose three days afer his moth-
er gave birth to a girl.
Outside court, Braun said he
hopes that all the facts of the in-
vestigation will be made public to
show that Eroshevichs treatment of
Smith were all done with the best
interest of the patient in mind.
Dr. Khristine Eroshevich had
two choices, Braun said. To turn
her back on her patient or do her
best under some difcult circum-
stances. She chose the latter.
Sadow added Smith was in con-
trol of her life and made her own
decisions.
No one told her what to do or
when to do it. She was her own per-
son, Sadow said.
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t is a welcome trend to see
that the University and its
students have embraced
the green movement, taking the
three Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle)
and applying them in full-force.
Next year wind energy will help
power Anschutz Library, and
beginning this fall, 15 elliptical
machines at the Ambler Student
Recreation Fitness Center will
turn the energy exerted by active
students into electric
power. A new student
group, KU Students
for Bar Recycling, has
made notable progress
in raising awareness
about recycling in the Lawrence
community.
Andrew Stanley, Overland
Park senior and president of KU
Students for Bar Recycling, said
the group established partnerships
with local bars to increase the
recycling of aluminum, cardboard,
glass and plastic. Students for
Bar Recyclings vision is that one
day there will be local and state
legislature support for a viable bar
and restaurant recycling service
through more recycling bins and
pickup routes downtown, Stanley
said.
The clubs April 17 Green Pub
Crawl will have participating
bars recycling materials all night
in order to raise awareness. The
project will show how much
accumulates in one night up in
a landfill. Stanley said the group
had received positive feedback
from Abe & Jakes, Replay Lounge,
Jackpot and the Eldridge.
Once we have collected
evidence that implementing a bar
recycling program is possible,
we plan on going to the city to
pass a city ordinance requiring
bars to separate their
waste, Stanley said.
There is a need for
a convenient and
frequent recycling
pick up service,
especially downtown.
According to the KU
Environmental Stewardship
Programs Web site, glass from
Lawrence is sent to Okmulgee,
Okla., where it can be turned into
tile, insulation or glass bottles,
among other products. Aluminum
cans sent to Topeka can be turned
into beverage cans, furniture,
pans and more. Stanley said
Cans for the Community, a non
profit organization that provides
financial support to other non-
profit organizations in the area by
recycling aluminum containers,
generated a significant amount of
money through its bins at Replay
Lounge. He said the group was
planning on adding new locations
to the program, specifically
places such as Jo Shmos and The
Wheel, which sell high volumes of
aluminum cans.
To reduce the amount of
waste at house parties, Stanley
suggested that students take their
own mugs to keggers instead of
using disposable cups. He also
suggested drinking tap beer in
reusable glassware rather than
in cans. Students should endorse
this movement to green-up
local drinking establishments by
supporting the bars that are taking
steps to recycle the mass quantity
of glass bottles and aluminum
cans used by thirsty party-goers
every weekend.
Amy Johnson for
The Kansan Editorial Board
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W
hat comes up when
you think of spring
break? Loud parties?
Tequila shots? Landscaping? If
you answered with the last one,
you probably had a spring break
experience similar to mine, which
is to say you went on an alterna-
tive break. Alternative breaks
send people out for a week or
so to spend time helping a com-
munity. I took mine through
Hillel and found myself join-
ing several other students from
the University, Maryland and
Tufts (its in Boston) traveling to
Tampa, Fla., to perform various
acts of service.
Programs like this are great,
and I encourage everyone to
experience one at some point in
their college career. But they put
people to work for only a few
days out of the year, and gener-
ally the only benefits to people
participating are good times and
a warm fuzzy feeling. Wonderful
as those things are, the life of
a college student is busy, and
though many people have the
drive to perform frequent acts of
social service, not all can afford it.
So welcome, my friends, to HR
1388, also known as the Edward
M. Kennedy Serve America Act.
The bill was originally referred to
as the Generations Invigorating
Volunteerism and Education, or
GIVE Act, and was introduced
by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy
(D-NY). The bill was passed in
March and expands opportuni-
ties for college students to per-
form acts of social service.
Among its many provisions,
the bill adds several new pro-
grams to AmeriCorps, provides
additional funding to col-
leges with strong social service
programs and makes certain
service-based awards equal to
Pell grants. Basically, it makes life
a little easier for people who are
involved in social service work
and rewards the higher educa-
tion institutions that encourage
them.
In his Address to Congress,
President Obama spoke highly
of the GIVE Act, which was then
still under debate, saying that
it would encourage a renewed
spirit of national service for this
and future generations.
In private conversation, Ive
heard some strange criticisms of
the act. Some people have even
told me they liken it to inden-
tured servitude. But the Serve
America Act gives people who
are willing to do so the oppor-
tunity to perform beneficial acts
and then receive compensation
for it. Now, I usually refer to a set
up like this as employment, but
apparently not everyone sees it
the same way.
There will always be a need
for service work. Disadvantaged
people will need help, dilapidated
houses will need rebuilding,
communities will need brighten-
ing up, etc. Hopefully there will
always be college students will-
ing to do this work. In Lawrence
there will be projects like Jubilee
Caf, Up Til Dawn, and Dance
Marathon, as well as the occa-
sional alternative break program.
By providing greater incentives
for students to give back to their
communities, the Serve America
Act allows the spirit of those
students not only to carry on, but
also to thrive.
Cohen is a Topeka junior in
political science.
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Why is there not a midnight
showing of the Hannah
Montana movie?
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To the girl who works at
Garden Gourmet in the Union:
The sunset wishes it was as
beautiful as you.
n n n
Last week I heard two guys
talking about Pokemon, and
here I thought we were in
college.
n n n
Who is leaving This is a
free piece of art posters
around campus? I took one
and it made my day. Thanks,
mysterious artist.
n n n
Whens Ask a Catholic coming
back? I need to ask a Catholic
question.
n n n
Its OK for my parents to tell
me I was adopted. Just not
every day.
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Because everyone whos a
proper age to see the Hannah
Montana movie is in bed by
then.
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Hookah House is where its at.
n n n
I think a girl on the ninth foor
of McCollum showers with
maple syrup.
n n n
Girl who wrote the article
about guys not stepping
up: Do you want to go out
Saturday night?
n n n
Bob Dylan: Talented or the
talentedest?
n n n
Its crazy how racist people
on the Enterprise are towards
Vulcans. Wheres the Space-
ACLU when you need them?
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People who loan their books
are amazing and so are the U.
Scholars.
n n n
My biology teacher told our
class that he once had scurvy
and goiter ... all in one class
period. Impressive.
n n n
Chivalry basically encouraged
gentlemanly behavior
between knights, and
between knights and ladies.
So if you want chivalry, I
expect a broadsword and
armor!
n n n
To the frat guys at Applebees
the other night all wearing
polos, Sperrys and the
same white hat backwards:
Congratulations on looking
like a quad of d-bags. Very
entertaining.
n n n
Who else thinks KU should
have a show choir?
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pOLiTics ediTOriAL BOArd
Recycling group reminds
what parties leave behind
Serve America Act
rewards goodwill
KAnsAns
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OpiniOn
BY Michael holtz
mholtz@kansan.com
M
y next step after arriv-
ing in Frankfurt Airport
on March 2 was to catch
a train to Bonn. Germans have
a reputation of being extremely
punctual, especially when it comes
to trains. Finally it was my chance
to test this familiar stereotype.
Sure enough, at precisely 13:58
Germans officially use military
time my train had arrived.
One hour and 44 minutes later, I
arrived punctually in Bonn.
While the train made its way
across the German countryside,
I remembered my lone Amtrak
experience back in the States,
when what I expected to be a
relaxing eight-hour ride from
Chicago to Kansas City turned
into nearly 12 hours of sudden
stops and long delays.
When it comes to public trans-
portation, much can be learned
from the Germans.
The Kansas City Metropolitan
Area has an estimated population
exceeding two million more
than six times the size of Bonn.
Yet Bonns array of public trans-
portation light rails, subways
and buses included dwarfs that
of Kansas Citys meager metro bus
system.
And thats only inner-city trans-
portation. Regional commuter
trains and even international high-
speed trains make regular stops
at Bonns central station in typical
German fashion.
And as for Kansas City? It
boasts the most freeway lane miles
per capita of any major metropoli-
tan area in the US, according to a
1999 report.
Those of us in the States can
only hope the $8 million set aside
for inter-city rail projects and
high-speed trains, courtesy of the
economic recovery package, will
provide a much-needed boost to
our public transportation.
Yet with $27.5 billion reserved
for highway and bridge construc-
tion projects, it is obvious where
the United States priorities
remain.
Holtz is a Topeka sophomore
in journalism and German.
BY helen MuBarak
hmubarak@kansan.com
D
espite nearly three
months of living in
Santiago de Compostela,
I know of only two gas stations in
the entire city. Yet in Lawrence, its
not unusual to see more than two
gas stations within a one-block
radius.
This contrast demonstrates
Spains lack of dependence on
cars. Spaniards rely instead on
the countrys excellent system of
public transportation. Once one
calculates the price of gasoline
here in Spain, its easy to see why.
Santiago de Compostela is a
college town similar to Lawrence,
but the two cities differ greatly
when it comes to the citywide
bus system. Santiagos system
surpasses the struggling T-system
in terms of both cost and
convenience. Residents of Santiago
can purchase a bus card with a
certain number of trips for the
equivalent of approximately 60
cents per ride.
The buses run throughout the
city. My bus, No. 15, picks me up
from a bus station just around the
block and drops me off 10 minutes
later in front of the building of
my morning classes, saving me a
35-minute walk.
In addition to the citywide
buses, there are buses that run to
and from the airport, as well as
to other cities within the region
of Galicia. Like many students
at the University of Kansas, the
majority of Spanish students at
the University of Santiago de
Compostela are from the region.
These students often return home
on weekends by bus or train. I
often used The Jos K-10 connector
to get to Overland Park, but it
doesnt run on weekends and
the stops arent very close to my
house. Students living in Kansas
but outside of Johnson County
dont even have the choice of
returning home by bus.
As for national travel, the
United States has nothing to
compare with Spains extensive
system of trains and buses. My
Spanish roommates could not
believe Americans dont normally
use trains or buses to travel to
other states.
I once tried to take the
Megabus from Kansas City,
Mo., to St. Louis. The company
was very unorganized the
complete opposite of the well
ordered Spanish system and,
unless one purchases a ticket
months in advance, costly, too.
Public transport in the U.S. lacks
inexpensiveness and convenience
of the Spanish system.
Mubarak is a Shawnee
sophomore in journalism
and Spanish.
Transportation across the ocean
Spanish bus systems fit students to (and better than) a T
German punctuality bests American mass-transit attempts
ben cohen
LIBERAL
LOUDMOUTH
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On liberal democrats
and double standards
BY chris GirGis
U. of South Florida
The Oracle
H
ow is the hypocrisy of
politicians so welcome
in this country after an
election run by Barack Obama
promising to rid government of
petty politics and corruption?
Democrats, from Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner and
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to
Nancy Killefer and Tom Daschle,
have one thing in common a
failure to adhere to what they
preach. They claim that taxing
the rich benefits the lower class,
but the twisted fact is that while
they call for taxes on the rich,
they do not pay their own.
These politicians claim to
have ousted the Republican
Party to rid Washington of
secrecy and corruption, but
these past months have shown
that the situation is the complete
opposite.
With their unpaid taxes, these
Cabinet nominees are in no
position to speak about fixing
Washington while they simply
forget to pay their own share.
All talk and no action seems
to be the new attitude of the
Democrats.
Had this occurred during for-
mer President George W. Bushs
term, the Democrats would
have called for indictments and
immediately responded with
trials for not paying those taxes.
This is simply a double stan-
dard perpetrated by the liberal
Democrats in Congress, who can
apparently get away with any act
they choose to commit.
This is not a blind accusation.
That so many of Obamas nomi-
nees have forgotten to even
pay their taxes makes it obvious
that these politicians are simply
deceiving people who will blind-
ly follow them.
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BY TOM POWERS
tpowers@kansan.com
Todays doubleheader against
Nebraska is pivotal for the
Jayhawk softball team and could
be the turning point for the 2009
season.
For the Jayhawks (12-24 over-
all, 2-4 Big 12) time is run-
ning out to make a push for
the NCAA tournament. The two
games against Nebraska mark
the seventh and eighth games
of conference play for Kansas,
which is at nearly the halfway
point in its Big 12 regular sea-
son.
And the toughest chal-
lenges might lie ahead, as the
Jayhawks have yet to face No. 11
Oklahoma, No. 20 Texas and a
surging 26-14 Baylor team. But
the Jayhawks need to take it one
game at a time.
This team doesnt need to
worry about any game but the
one thats in front of us, Bunge
said. We need to focus all of our
BY JUSTIN HILLEY
jhilley@kansan.com
The Jayhawks will be fac-
ing their rival, the Kansas State
Wildcats, today at 3 p.m. in the
Sunflower Showdown.
Kansas State is on a nine-match
losing streak and has a conference
record of 0-7, and today is almost
a must-win if the Jayhawks plan
to achieve coach Amy Hall-Holts
goal of finishing in the top half of
the conference. Last year this was
accomplished with a conference
record of 5-6; the squad is now
3-5 with three Big 12 matches
remaining. The other two are
against No. 31 Texas and No. 33
Texas A&M.
Defeating Kansas State will be
a great Big 12 win for us, Hall-
Holt said. It is something that the
girls take great pride in. Hopefully,
theyll take a lot of pride in the
match against K-State.
The Jayhawks should be fully
aware of the fickleness of tennis.
They have lost to teams that statis-
tically they should have defeated,
but have also been on the edge of
defeating some of the best teams
in the nation.
K-State is a tough team, Hall-
Holt said. Theyve been strug-
gling a little bit, but they always
bring their A-game when they
come out to play us. We definitely
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BY cASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Perspective is hard to find in the
losers locker room after a season-
ending defeat.
Players talk about what could
have been. They stammer. They
mumble. They look down.
Kansas locker room at Lucas Oil
Stadium after losing to Michigan
State two weeks ago definitely
fit that description. For 30 min-
utes after the loss, junior guard
Sherron Collins struggled to find
the right way to wrap up Kansas
2009 season.
In the end, five of Collins words
turned out to be the most telling.
It was a fun ride, Collins said.
Fun, according to Collins,
because the Jayhawks were able to
get to the second weekend of the
NCAA tournament. They became
the 26th team in school history to
reach the Sweet Sixteen.
But Collins best memory from
this season will be Kansas win-
ning its fifth consecutive Big 12
Conference championship. Despite
being picked to finish fourth in the
Big 12 at the beginning of the sea-
son, Kansas won its 52nd confer-
ence championship.
To come to the Sweet Sixteen
and win the league with the team
we had, Collins said, no one
expected it.
Kansas gathered plenty of
awards to commemorate this sea-
son. The Associated Press named
Collins, who averaged 19 points
and five assists per game, a third-
team All-American. Sophomore
center Cole Aldrich, who aver-
aged 15 points and 11 rebounds,
received honorable mention. It
also awarded Kansas coach Bill
Self with Coach of the Year rec-
ognition.
Not a bad haul for what some
called a rebuilding year after Kansas
lost seven of its top eight players
and all five starters from 2008s
national championship team.
I dont have any regrets at all
about this teams season, Self
said.
Neither do the rest of the
Jayhawks. Aldrich, freshman
guard Tyshawn Taylor and fresh-
man forward Marcus Morris all
gave the same response to what
they would remember best about
this season: how far they came.
All three of them mentioned
the beginning of the year, when
Kansas went on a Labor Day
weekend trip to Ottawa, Canada,
no room for regrets
beyond all expectations
Self and young team pleased with progress, have high hopes for next year's tournament
C
hicks dig the long ball.
Having a grand total of
zero home runs in my
little league career, I certainly dont
know from personal experience.
But despite a lack of first-hand
knowledge, I know this to be true.
Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and
Greg Maddux told me so in a late
90s Nike ad. And the first thing
they teach you in journalism school
is that you can always trust every-
thing youre told in commercials.
But, true as the ad may be,
it could have taken things even
further. Other demographics love
home runs as well. Like, oh, I dont
know, Kansas baseball coaches
named Ritch Price. Like the afore-
mentioned trio of then-Braves
pitchers, Price would probably like
to see a few more balls leave the
yard. Not so he can get a date (at
least I dont think so), but so his
Jayhawks can register a few more
victories.
Not that there isnt value in play-
ing small ball. And of course, every
old-timer will swear by the tru-
ism that pitching and defense win
championships. Thats all well and
good, but that tried-and-(maybe
not so)-true phrase omits one fact:
No matter how well your pitchers
perform, you still have to put runs
on the board. Kansas, currently sit-
ting at 20-12 (4-5 in Big 12 play),
illustrates that point quite well.
As of Sunday, Kansas had the
28th-best ERA in all of college
baseball at 3.96. Although a recent
pummeling by Baylor helped bump
that number up, Kansas hurlers
have generally performed well.
The offense... not so much.
Kansas 17 home runs (eight of
which have been provided by
sophomore third baseman Tony
Thompson) sit firmly in the bot-
tom half of the NCAA rankings
and fall well behind what the elite
teams produce. Oklahoma, the
top-ranked team in the Big 12 right
now, has 57.
And yes, there are other ways to
score runs. If Kansas was excelling
in those, there wouldnt be cause
for concern. But that isnt happen-
ing. The Jayhawks have scored five
runs or less in 11 of their 30 games.
In college baseball, where the bats
go ping, not crack, that kind of
production doesnt cut it.
Of course, all the numbers in the
world dont count for jack if they
dont factor into wins and losses.
Thankfully, theres a pretty direct
correlation to be found between
Kansas hitting home runs and
Kansas winning. When Kansas
fails to leave the yard, its 10-8.
Admittedly, thats pretty good.
Credit the Jayhawk pitching staff
and bullpen on that one. But when
Kansas does manage one homer or
more, its record improves to 9-4.
Unfortunately, that doesnt bode
well for Kansas in Big 12 play. With
nine games and 298 at bats in the
books, conference play has yielded
only two Jayhawk home runs and
four wins.
Which is why all due respect
to Glavine, Smoltz, and Maddux
no one digs the long ball more than
managers whose teams hit them.
Price would probably like to dig
them a lot more often.
Edited by Brandy Entsminger
K-State match crucial to Big 12 fnish
tennis
SEE tennis oN pAGE 6b
Ryan mcGeeney/KANSAN
Freshman Ekaterina morozova and senior Edina Horvath encourage each other
between points during a March 22 doubles game against Missouri in Lawrence.
softball
Hawks need victory
before tough stretch
SEE softball oN pAGE 6b
season in review
Check pages 4B and 5B
for player grades, stats
and a roundup of the
season's highs and lows.
Kansas vs.
nebrasKa
wHat: Doubleheader
wHen: Today,
4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
wHere: Arrocha
Ballpark
Admission is free with a
valid KUID.
Home run
shortage is
hurting the
Jayhawks
SEE basketball oN pAGE 4b
Wednesday, april 8, 2009 WWW.kansan.com paGe 1B
Graphic by Nick Gerik/KANSAN
Walking in downtown Law-
rence the night before Kansas
WNIT championship game last
Saturday, junior forward Dan-
ielle McCray experienced a rare,
although growing, phenomenon
around Lawrence.
People not only recognized
the 5-foot-11 McCray, which in
itself represents a change from
the norm, but they also wished
Kansas top scorer well in the next
days game against South Florida.
Tat was pretty cool, McCray
said. Its not just the guys getting
all the love.
For much of this season and
for much of recent history the
excitement, talk and crowds for
womens basketball paled when
measured against nights when
Bill Self paced the sideline.
Although the womens
program may never be on the
same popularity level, the WNIT
semifnal and championship
games hinted that womens
basketball is on the rise at
Kansas.
A record 16,113 people focked
to Allen Fieldhouse for the WNIT
title game, flling concourses and
concession stands more than an
hour before the game tipped of.
Tey were so upset in the
locker room because it means so
much and hurts so much, Hen-
rickson said. But we said guys,
look what youve done.
When players exited a nearby
parking garage headed for Al-
len Fieldhouse, fans ofered en-
couragement. When Henrickson
pulled up for Saturdays game,
people had all ready begun tail-
gating.
It was the most people to ever
see a game in a Big 12 arena.
And it happened for a team that
ranked eighth in attendance in
the conference this season.
Just by this game, even though
we didnt win, it will help bring
fans in for next year, McCray
said. Tey know how hard we
work and how we came from the
bottom.
But the near-sellout wasnt
something Kansas expected afer
drawing paltry crowds in its frst
two WNIT home games.
Before Kansas semifnal game
against Illinois State Henrickson
stood in a large room with re-
porters surrounding her and one
question kept coming back up.
Tat one question, asked in a va-
riety of ways, that no one seemed
fully sure of the proper or ac-
curate answer: Could womens
basketball draw a healthy-sized
crowd?
Id be shocked if we dont have
fve or six thousand people, Hen-
rickson said before the game. I
really would be.
At the time, that answer ap-
peared realistic, although consid-
ering Kansas combined for just
3,857 fans in its frst two WNIT
games, it may have been ambi-
tious.
But the Jayhawks drew 8,360
people in the semifnal and
doubled that number in the
championship.
Terein lies the question: Were
those two totals merely a fad, a
trend people latched onto for the
time being, or do they represent
the foundation of consistent fan
support?
Te next time we roll it out,
were going to be at Late Night
in front of 16,000 people again,
Henrickson said. Tats awful ex-
citing, and I think we build from
here.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
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WEDNESDay, aPRIL 8, 2009
TODAY
Tennis
Kansas State,
3 p.m.
Lawrence

Baseball
Iowa, 4 p.m.
Iowa City, Iowa
Softball
Nebraska, 4 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
Nebraska, 6 p.m.
Lawrence
THURSDAY
No events
FRIDAY
Tennis
Tulane, 2 p.m.
Lawrence

Baseball
Oklahoma State,
6 p.m.
Lawrence

Softball
Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
Lawrence
Mens golf
River Landing
Intercollegiate
Wallace, N.C.
SATURDAY
Softball
Oklahoma, 1 p.m.
Lawrence
Soccer
Arkansas, 2 p.m.
Lawrence
Baseball
Oklahoma State,
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Mens golf
River Landing
Intercollegiate
Wallace, N.C.
Womens rowing
Kansas State, TBA
Kansas City
Track & feld
John Jacobs
Invitational, All Day
Norman, Okla.
SUNDAY
Baseball
Oklahoma State,
1 p.m.
Lawrence
THIS Week
IN kANSAS
ATHleTIcS
QUOTe OF THe DAY
John: Is this heaven? Ray: No,
its Iowa.
Dwier Brown and Kevin Costner in the 1989
flm, Field of Dreams, which was flmed in
Dyersville, Iowa.
FAcT OF THe DAY
Kansas and Iowa played their
frst baseball game against each
other in 1900. The Hawkeyes won
the game 10-3. That season the
Jayhawks went 18-7, the high-
light of which was a 20-0 victory
against Lawrence Athletics.
TRIVIA OF THe DAY
Q: When is the series record
between Kansas and Iowa in
baseball?
A: 6-6. Last season the Jayhawks
defeated the Hawkeyes 9-5 as
part of the Music City Classic in
Nashville, Tenn. This is Kansas frst
baseball series in Iowa City, Iowa.
cOMMeNTARY
By JAySON JENKS
jjenks@kansan.com
Big crowds for women may stick around
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Manchester Uniteds Nemanja Vidic, top, goes for the ball with Portos Hulk during their
Champions League quarterfnal frst leg soccer match at Manchester Uniteds OldTraford
stadiumin Manchester, England, onTuesday.
Head and shoulders above
NFL
Judge rules Vick should
remain in jail for hearing
RICHMOND, Va. Michael
Vick will head back to a Kansas
prison after a judge rejected
an efort Tuesday to keep the
suspended NFL star in Virginia to
work on a new bankruptcy plan.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank
J. Santoro denied a motion
Tuesday to require Vick to attend
an April 28 status hearing on
his case in Newport News. Vicks
lawyers had hoped such an or-
der would prompt U.S. marshals
to leave him at the Western
Tidewater Regional Jail in south-
eastern Virginia until then.
Santoro had ordered Vick to
testify in person at a hearing last
week, but the judge ruled Tues-
day that he did not need Vick
at the next hearing because no
evidence will be presented. Vick
and his lawyers are developing a
new plan for the 28-year-old for-
mer Atlanta Falcons quarterback
to pay back his creditors after
Santoro rejected Vicks Chapter
11 reorganization plan on Friday.
It just means hes going to
end up back in Leavenworth,
and well have to deal with the
case long distance, said Paul
Campsen, one of Vicks bank-
ruptcy attorneys.
Vick remained in the Sufolk
jail late Tuesday, and it was un-
clear when he would be return-
ing to the federal penitentiary
in Leavenworth, where he is
serving a 23-month sentence for
bankrolling a dogfghting ring.
Vick is scheduled for transfer to
home confnement in Hampton,
Va., on May 21 and for release
from federal custody July 20.
Associated Press
MLB
Sabathia, Yankees upset
with opening day efort
BALTIMORE CC Sabathia
and the New York Yankees know
all about getting of to a slow
start.
That didnt make their poor
showing on opening day easier
to digest.
Sabathia gave up six runs in
his Yankees debut, and New
York fell to the Baltimore Orioles
10-5 on Monday.
Signed to a $161 million,
seven-year contract during the
ofseason, Sabathia (0-1) al-
lowed eight hits in 4 1-3 innings,
walked fve, threw two wild
pitches and did not record a
strikeout for the frst time since
July 25, 2005, at Oakland.
I was terrible. I battled from
the frst inning on, Sabathia
said. At some point Im usually
able to fnd it. Today was just
one of those days where I didnt.
When I have one of those days,
this is the result you get.
Associated Press
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for three exhibition games. They all
look back and laugh about it now.
The Jayhawks werent so good
back then. It took some late-game
heroics from freshman guard
Travis Releford and sophomore
guard Tyrel Reed to beat one of
the Canadian teams, Carleton, by
one point.
Although it should be noted
that Collins and the Morris twins
didnt play in Canada, Aldrich
was still amazed that the same
team lost by five points to the
eventual national runner-up six
months later.
These guys are phenomenal,
Aldrich said of his teammates.
We came and practiced and every
day worked hard and battled until
the end.
Sure, it got bumpy along the
way. For as many positive memo-
ries as the Jayhawks have, there are
also a few moments theyd like to
forget including but not limited
to a 61-60 defeat to Massachussets
at the Sprint Center and a 19-point
shellacking at Texas Tech.
But ask the Jayhawks and theyll
tell you thats part of growing up.
Five of Kansas top nine players this
year were newcomers.
Being so young this year and
doing what we did this year,
Morris said, who knows what we
can do next year?
Collins has an idea. Collins said
that if he and Aldrich came back
for another year instead of entering
the NBA Draft, Kansas could get
back to Indianapolis.
Next year, Lucas Oil Stadium
doesnt have the Sweet Sixteen and
Elite Eight. Its the host of the Final
Four.
Its always easier to look ahead.
But Collins said there were plenty
of reasons to remember Kansas
2009 season.
I dont think its a disappoint-
ment, Collins said. I think its a
success.
Edited by Heather Melanson
sports 4B WEDNESDay, aPRIL 8, 2009
basketball (continued from 1B)
Men's basketball season in review
The Kansan's 2008-2009 report card
Sherron Collins, junior guard
Kansas leader on the court and in the locker room, Collins had more to do with this seasons surprising success than any other player. He shrugged of preseason doubts and aver-
aged 18.9 points and fve assists per game. In addition to his late-game heroics (think Oklahoma) Collins played a big role in the maturation of the newcomers, especially freshman
Tyshawn Taylor.
Cole Aldrich, sophomore center
Aldrich was tapped as a veteran on this team after just one season in which he played mostly mop-up minutes. He delivered on the preseason hype with 14.9 points and 11.1
rebounds per game. Aldrich capped his tremendous sophomore campaign with a historic triple-double against North Dakota State. The scary thing for Big 12 teams is that Aldrich
has barely tapped into his ofensive arsenal.
Tyshawn Taylor, freshman guard
Taylor looked like he was going to be that consistent third scoring option everyone was searching for. That was the case every now and then, like during his 26-point performance
against Oklahoma. But Taylor often disappeared late in the season, especially in the NCAA tournament. Still, he was the Big 12 Rookie of the Week four times, and spending more
time under Collins wing would only make him better.
Marcus Morris, freshman forward
Morris was shufed in and out of the starting lineup for the frst two months. Coach Bill Self moved him in permanently against Texas A&M and he responded with 10 points, in-
cluding two three-pointers. Morris, a freshman, wasnt perfect he didnt score against Dayton but he was solid down the stretch, including a career-high 15 points at Kansas
State.
Brady Morningstar, sophomore guard
Self has called this super-sophomore the anchor of his team. Like an anchor, Morningstars game isnt pretty he hit 12 of 43 shots in the fnal eight games but his defense
was crucial to keep Kansas close in many of its games. Hes not an outstanding talent, but Morningstar gives maximum efort and he has carved a place for himself in Selfs system.
Tyrel Reed, sophomore guard
Reed was a one-trick pony this season. However, any coach in the country would love to have a guy on the bench who could come in and hit a three-pointer late in the game.
Reeds defense is mediocre, at best, but he clinched a handful of games with clutch shots. Although this season was a success, Reed will probably get lost in the shufe next year.
Mario Little, junior guard
Without the injuries, perhaps Little would have lived up to his preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year award. Alas, well never know, as a pair of injuries (ankle, wrist) kept him out
until January. By then the lineup was mostly set and Little was forced to play out of position most of the time. If he stays healthy throughout the ofseason, Little has a chance to
be Kansas most-improved player next season.
Markief Morris, freshman forward
Whos the better Morris twin? Marcus answered that question with a tremendous second half of the season. Markief scored in double-digits just once all year and scored a total of
six points in three NCAA tourney games. The focus for him in the ofseason has to be defensive control. Markief led the team with 98 fouls and fve foul-outs. He cant contribute
when he cant stay on the foor.
Travis Releford, freshman guard
Speaking of court time, Releford was expecting to see more of it when he committed to Kansas last year. Releford, a Kansas City, Mo., native, scored nine points at Missouri but
failed to crack the main rotation and averaged just seven minutes per game. Depending on who rounds out Selfs recruiting class, Releford may see the court even less next sea-
son. Taking a redshirt, like Morningstar did after his freshman season, may be best for Releford in the long run.
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Top Five MoMenTs
1. March 1: Kansas 90, Mis-
souri 65 at Allen Fieldhouse. The
best Kansas played all season,
the Jayhawks avenged their frst
Big 12 defeat with a thrashing of
their rival.
2. March 7: Kansas 83, Texas
73 at Allen Fieldhouse. In the last
game of the regular season the
Jayhawks clinched their 52nd
conference title and ensured that
the nations longest home court
winning streak 41 games
would extend into next season.
3. March 22: Kansas 60, Day-
ton 43 in Minneapolis. A triple-
double from Cole Aldrich and a
dominating performance from
Sherron Collins sent the Jay-
hawks to Indianapolis for their
third straight Sweet Sixteen.
4. Feb. 23: Kansas 87, Okla-
homa 78 in Norman, Okla. Kan-
sas took sole possession of frst
place in the Big 12 in this victory
against the Sooners. Tyshawn
Taylor and Sherron Collins scored
26 points and Cole Aldrich had
20 rebounds.
5. March 20: Kansas 84,
North Dakota State 74 in Minne-
apolis. Sherron Collins and Cole
Aldrich combined for 55 points
to escape the upset attempt
from the Bison, who had nothing
short of a home court advantage
with thousands of fans, in the
frst round of the NCAA Tourna-
ment.
Low Five MoMenTs
1. Dec. 23: Arizona 84,
Kansas 67 in Tucson, Ariz. This
is a tough decision, but it was
probably the worst point of the
season because of how physical-
ly dominated the Jayhawks were.
After this defeat the Jayhawks
were 8-3 and possibly in position
to miss the NCAA tournament.
2. Dec. 13: Massachusetts 61,
Kansas 60 at the Sprint Center.
Sherron Collins was extremely
sick and Kansas coach Bill Self
told his team everyone needed
to play their best to relieve him.
It didnt happen. Collins played
38 minutes and couldnt save
the Jayhawks from their biggest
upset of the season.
3.March 12: Baylor 71, Kansas
64 in Oklahoma City. Kansas had
won three straight Big 12 tourna-
ment championships. This year it
couldnt even win its frst game.
4. Feb. 9: Missouri 62, Kansas
60 in Columbia, Mo. Any loss to
Missouri is miserable for Kansas.
But especially one where the
Jayhawks play their worst of the
season and commit 27 turnovers.
5. March 4: Texas Tech 84,
Kansas 65 in Lubbock, Texas. This
one was embarrassing. The 11th-
place team in the Big 12 con-
trolled Kansas and might have
ultimately cost it the opportunity
to play its frst two NCAA Tourna-
ment games in Kansas City.
Case Keefer
HiGH/Low
1 2 3
oveRALL HoMe AwAY neUTRAL
ALL GAMES (27-8) (18-0) (6-4) (3-4)
CONFERENCE (14-2) (8-0) (6-2) (0-0)
NONCONFERENCE (13-6) (10-0) (0-2) (3-4)
KU OPP
sCoRinG 2674 2290
Points per game 76.4 65.4
Scoring margin +11.0
FIELD GOALS-ATT 945-1979 773-2019
Field goal pct .478 .383
3 POINT FG-ATT 217-585 230-688
3-point FG pct .371 .334
3-pt FG made per game 6.2 6.6
FREE THROWS-ATT 567-782 514-708
Free throw pct .725 .726
F-Throws made per game 16.2 14.7
REBOUNDS 1371 1119
Rebounds per game 39.2 32.0
Rebounding margin +7.2
ASSISTS 555 439
Assists per game 15.9 12.5
TURNOVERS 508 473
Turnovers per game 14.5 13.5
Turnover margin -1.0
Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.9
STEALS 239 256
Steals per game 6.8 7.3
BLOCKS 155 115
Blocks per game 4.4 3.3
sUMMARY Gp-Gs Min FG% 3pT% FT% R/G A/G sTL BLK pTs/G
Collins, Sherron 35-35 35.1 .434 .376 .795 2.9 5.0 39 0 18.9
Aldrich, Cole 35-35 29.6 .598 .000 .792 11.1 1.0 21 94 14.9
Taylor, Tyshawn 35-33 26.5 .506 .364 .724 2.2 3.0 38 8 9.7
Morris, Marcus 35-22 18.5 .495 .400 .604 4.7 1.1 36 12 7.4
Morningstar, Brady 35-34 30.4 .419 .420 .793 3.0 2.6 43 5 6.5
Reed, Tyrel 35-2 20.7 .407 .389 .825 1.9 1.1 24 0 6.5
Little, Mario 23-3 12.5 .512 .375 .625 3.2 0.9 11 4 4.7
Morris, Markief 35-7 15.6 .448 .188 .650 4.4 1.0 14 25 4.6
Releford, Travis 32-0 7.0 .569 .375 .531 1.4 0.2 8 0 2.7
Thomas, Quintrell 26-1 5.4 .440 .000 .680 2.0 0.1 1 4 1.5
Appleton, Tyrone 21-0 2.2 .538 .000 .500 0.3 0.3 1 1 0.8
Teahan, Conner 21-0 3.9 .182 .118 1.000 0.9 0.1 3 0 0.7
Kleinmann, Matt 17-2 2.1 .600 .000 .333 0.6 0.0 0 2 0.4
Buford, Chase 11-0 1.2 .500 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0 0 0.4
Bechard, Brennan 11-1 1.5 .000 .000 .500 0.1 0.2 0 0 0.1
Juenemann, Jordan 5-0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
TEAM 34-0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 3.1 0.0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 35 .478 .371 .725 39.2 15.9 239 155 76.4
Opponents 35 .383 .334 .726 32.0 12.5 256 115 65.4
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WASHINGTON Mike
Gilligan was there when Vermont
hockey mattered for all the right
reasons, coaching the Catamounts
to the 1996 Frozen Four, the
sticks-and-pucks version of bas-
ketballs Final Four.
He was there, too, when
Vermont hockey mattered for all
the wrong reasons 3 years
later as a hazing scandal, a law-
suit, a cover-up and the canceling
of half a season devastated the
program.
A sad part of Vermont hock-
ey history, Gilligan said in a
telephone interview with The
Associated Press. But it was
something that I think everybody
in the country learned from.
Nearly destroyed a decade ago,
Vermonts beloved college hockey
team was rebuilt thanks in part
to a university that regrouped and
set an example for how to deal
with hazing, an issue that con-
tinues to be a problem at colleges
around the country.
On the ice, the Catamounts are
all the way back. Frozen Four par-
ticipants for the second time, they
will play Boston University in the
NCAA semifinals here Thursday
night.
Its great to see them develop-
ing their program, doing such a
good job after a setback like that,
said Boston Bruins goalie Tim
Thomas, a member of Gilligans
1996 team along with fellow NHL
players Martin St. Louis of Tampa
Bay and Eric Perrin of Atlanta.
Gilligan himself is still
employed by the Burlington, Vt.,
school with about 10,000 under-
graduates, no longer as coach of
the mens hockey team but as an
assistant to the athletic director.
Now on medical leave as he fights
throat cancer, he hopes to make
the trip to the nations capital to sit
in the Verizon Center and see the
Catamounts try to win their first
NCAA hockey championship.
Its been a few years, Gilligan
said, but its certainly worth the
wait.
nnn
On Oct. 2, 1999, Vermonts
hockey players held a party. The
theme was freshman humiliation
in the name of team bonding.
The agenda included sexually
degrading acts, including forcing
the new players to parade around
in a line, naked.
The first-year players were
pressured to drink warm beer
until vomiting, then had to eat
until they vomited some more.
A report by the Vermont attor-
ney general would later find that
those sorts of initiation rituals
with older players belittling
underclassmen had been going
on for years.
About two weeks before the
party, freshman goalie Corey
LaTulippe tried to warn the school
what was about to happen.
The party took place anyway.
About two months later,
LaTulippe sued the school, its
president and athletic director,
Gilligan and several teammates,
blowing the whistle on the most
popular team in a state without
professional sports.
Im glad that I did it, LaTulippe
said, but it was really tough.
LaTulippe was a local, from
Williston, Vt., excited to be play-
ing in a place where college hock-
ey mattered, where the wait was
an estimated 20 years to get a
season ticket.
These days, he has no interest
in what happens on the ice, no
desire whatsoever to know how
Vermont fares this week.
I just dont really care any-
more, LaTulippe told the AP
when contacted at the Florida
golf course he runs. I dont really
follow college hockey, dont really
care about it. Its not important in
my life now.
LaTulippe eventually dropped
his lawsuit and was paid $80,000
by the university. He reached
other out-of-court settlements
with ex-teammates.
Some people see him as a hero.
To others, he will always be the
troublemaker.
Thats exactly the way I was
made to feel, he said.
nnn
Page 2 of the NCAA handbook
Building New Traditions: Hazing
Prevention in College Athletics
defines hazing this way: Any act
committed against someone join-
ing or becoming a member or
maintaining membership in any
organization that is humiliating,
intimidating or demeaning, or
endangers the health and safety of
the person.
Vermont is hardly the only
school where hazing has taken
place, of course.
It was something that was
going on, said Graham Mink,
one of the players on Vermonts
1999-00 team originally sued by
LaTulippe. Obviously, it wasnt
the right thing, but it could have
happened at a number of other
universities or other teams.
Not only could have, but most
certainly did. A study released last
year by two University of Maine
professors and supported by
the NCAA found that 74 per-
cent of respondents who were
students on varsity athletic teams
experienced some form of haz-
ing.
Its not necessary. Its some-
thing that can hurt people and
cause a lot of problems, obvi-
ously. Ive seen that firsthand,
said Mink, who appeared in two
games with the NHLs Washington
Capitals this season and is now
with their top minor league affili-
ate. It was something that was
done. It was a once-every-year
thing, and it was over with, and
that was it. It was part of being on
the team at the time. Certainly, Id
be shocked if that still happened
at most universities now.
Maybe not at Vermont, but a
simple Internet search will find
unsavory examples from around
the country.
Theres a denial of the real-
ity, and part of that is a code
of silence: What goes on in the
locker room stays in the locker
room, said Susan Lipkins, a New
York psychologist and author of a
book on hazing.
When she speaks to high school
or college students, Lipkins some-
times will point to Vermont as a
warning.
We say, You could lose your
season, she said.
sports 6B Wednesday, april 8, 2009
softball (continued from 1B)
energy and passion into the game
at hand.
Coming off a series split with
Texas Tech, Kansas is set to square
off against a solid Nebraska
squad. Despite having lost its
last four contests, most recently
against Oklahoma, Nebraska is
25-10 overall and 2-4 in confer-
ence play. Nebraska heads into the
doubleheader with a .294 team
batting average, led by sophomore
second baseman Julie Brechtels
.380 average.
From the circle, Nebraskas
staff boasts an impressive 1.88
ERA and has allowed only 62
earned runs on the season. The
Cornhusker defense has been
equally effective. Its 28 errors are
good for second-least in the Big
12. Nebraskas most notable win
came on March 22 when it upset
then-No. 19 Texas A&M 3-2 in
extra innings.
I have a lot of respect for
Nebraska, Bunge said. They are
disciplined, well-coached, and
they play the game the right way.
They play very aggressively and
they dont beat themselves.
Nebraska is largely the same
team as last year, returning 15
letter-winners from the previ-
ous year. Kansas went 1-2 against
Nebraska last year despite out-
scoring the Huskers 13-12 overall
in the series. The Kansas pitching
staff currently has an ERA of 3.07
and will have to see solid outings
from both Val George and Sarah
Vertelka in order to come away
with the two victories. Liz Kocon
leads the Jayhawk bats with a .321
average and a team-high 21 RBIs.
She has hit three home runs in the
past four games.
Were looking for revenge this
year, Kocon said. Theyre not
going to push us around on our
home turf. Were looking for the
sweep.
The doubleheader kicks off
at 4 p.m. at Arrocha Ballpark.
Admission is free with a KUID.
Edited by Grant Treaster
All-time record Last meeting Current streak
Kansas State 39-7 2008 Won 1
Tulane 1-1 1987 Lost 1
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Grifn plans to join the nba
AssociAted Press
Blake Griffins coach called it a
no-brainer for the Oklahoma for-
ward to leave for the NBA.
Griffin will give up his final two
seasons of eligibility after the he
was honored by The Associated
Press and several other groups as
college basketballs player of the
year.
It wasnt a decision to really
debate because its the right one,
and its the best thing for Blake,
Sooners coach Jeff Capel said, sit-
ting alongside Griffin at a campus
news conference.
Arizona junior forward Chase
Budinger is also headed to the
NBA. Two star SEC junior guards
Kentuckys Jodie Meeks and
South Carolinas Devan Downey
have declared for the draft without
hiring an agent, leaving the option
of returning to school.
Griffin led the nation with 30
double-doubles and 14.4 rebounds
per game while averaging a Big
12-best 22.7 points. In the NCAA
tournament, he was even better
averaging 28.5 points and 15
rebounds to lead the Sooners to the
regional finals, where they lost to
eventual national champion North
Carolina.
Its tough to walk away from
something like this but at the same
time, its a big opportunity and I
felt like I was ready for it this year,
Griffin said.
Budinger said he was hiring an
agent, which would end his eligi-
bility.
He averaged 18 points and 6.2
rebounds and scored 19 points per
game in the Wildcats three NCAA
tournament games.
Arizona point guard Nic Wise
said he would make himself avail-
able for the draft but wouldn't hire
an agent.
Meeks averaged 23.7 points
last season eighth in the coun-
try and tops in the Southeastern
Conference and poured in a
school-record 54 points in a win
over Tennessee in January.
He also led the SEC in 3-point
percentage (40.6), 3-pointers per
game (3.25) and free-throw per-
centage (90.2).
Meeks sounded optimistic about
coming back last week after the
Wildcats hired John Calipari.
Underclassmen have until June
15 to remove their names from
the draft.
assoCiateD PRess
oklahoma forward blake Grifn, left, is consoled by assistant coach Oronde Taliaferro, and
guard Austin Johnson, right, as Grifn leaves the Elite Eight game against North Carolina late in
the second half. Grifn plans to leave Oklahoma for the NBA.
Oklahoma forward
will hire an agent
CoLLege hoCKey
University rebuilds program
big 12 bASKeTbALL
Team to play in Frozen Four
almost a decade after
freshman hazing incident
assoCiateD PRess
University of Vermont players cheer during practice Sunday. Nearly destroyed by a hazing
scandal almost a decade ago, Vermonts beloved hockey teamhas been rebuilt. On the ice, the
Catamounts are all the way back, and playing in the Frozen Four.
nfl
Chiefs pick up two players,
including former baker Qb
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Kan-
sas City Chiefs have signed wide
receiver Rodney Wright and long
snapper Tanner Purdum.
Wright, as the seventh-round
draft pick of Bufalo in 2002,
spent portions of the 2002 and
2003 seasons on the Bills practice
squad. He played four seasons
with the San Jose Sabercats
(2005-08) of the Arena Football
League, where Wright caught 292
passes for 3,229 yards and 42 TDs
to go with fve TDs rushing and
113 kickof returns for 2,450 yards
and four scores.
Purdum was a four-year
letterman as a long snapper and
quarterback at Baker Univer-
sity (2004-07) in Baldwin City,
Kansas. He served as a graduate
assistant with the Wildcats in
2008, working with the wide
receivers.
Associated Press
have to be mentally prepared for a
tough K-State match.
Last weekend the Jayhawks
dropped two close matches: 5-2
to No. 3 Baylor, and 4-2 to No. 69
Texas Tech.
Even though junior Kuni Dorn
and freshman Erin Wilbert were
the only victorious KU players
against Baylor, the match proved
that Kansas could seriously chal-
lenge top squads.
Senior Yuliana Svistun and
sophomore Maria Martinez took
their match to three sets, but they
narrowly lost the doubles point
8-3, 8-6 and 8-7.
Hall-Holt said that all season
she had emphasized the value
of vigorous court play because
you never know when things
are going to turn around, and
things could have turned around
majorly against Baylor. The
match could have gone either
way.
It should be a big win for us,
but we cant take any team for
granted, Hall-Holt said. Every
match is a big match for us here
on out. We have got to keep
building and keep preparing for
each time we step out on the
court.
Edited by Chris Horn
A Gift For You
Season Wrap Up
Kansas Mens Basketball
Coming Monday, April 20th
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T U D K
BY DOUG FERGUSON
Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. He was on
the practice range at first light,
only his coach and caddie at his
side. Then it was off to the putting
green, where he kept pressing an
Augusta National official for per-
mission to start his practice round
before the course was open.
Its a familiar story for Tiger
Woods each year at the Masters.
But on that frigid Tuesday morn-
ing, the routine belonged to Phil
Mickelson.
They have kept different sched-
ules this week Mickelson play-
ing early, Woods the late arrival
with his most limited practice in
his Masters career. They were one
group apart Sunday afternoon
when both arrived at Augusta and
played the front nine.
Tiger and Phil are out there
playing, one of the club members
said before adding with a smile,
Not together, obviously.
They are not particularly close,
except in the world ranking.
The top two players in golf and
the best rivalry of their generation
could be on a collision course at
the first major of the year.
Woods returned from an eight-
month break after knee surgery
to win at Bay Hill two weeks ago
when he rallied from a five-shot
deficit to beat Sean OHair with
a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th
hole in the dark. It was the type of
putt Woods always seems to make,
one summed up perfectly by Geoff
Ogilvy: Everyone is impressed,
but no one is surprised.
Mickelson already has won twice
this year, repeating at Riviera and
winning at Doral for his first World
Golf Championship.
They have not gone head-to-
head at the Masters since 2001,
when they played in the final group
and Woods won by two shots to
become the only pro to capture
four consecutive majors.
Mickelson has won the Masters
twice, and while the first one is
the most memorable it was equally
gratifying in 2006 to have Woods,
the defending champion, help him
into the green jacket.
I do have a picture of him slid-
ing that jacket on me, Mickelson
said with a smile. That felt good.
They are considered the top two
contenders at the Masters, which
starts Thursday, even in a year
when there is no shortage of story
lines, from Padraig Harrington
going for a third straight major to
Greg Norman returning to a major
he loves, but has received no love
back.
Mickelson could go to No. 1 in
the world for the first time in an
otherwise stellar career if he were
to win the Masters and Woods
finished out of the top five.
It would be an incredible feat,
given who is currently No. 1,
Mickelson said.
That would be Woods, who
intends to stay there.
The No. 1 ranking takes care of
itself, just by winning golf tourna-
ments, Woods said.
The last time Mickelson was so
prominently featured at a major was
three years ago in the U.S. Open at
Winged Foot, when he had a one-
shot lead on the 18th hole with a
chance to join Woods (who had
missed the cut) and Ben Hogan
as the only players to win three
straight majors. Mickelson made
double bogey to lose by one, and he
has not contended in a major since.
I think the whole idea is to
handle your own business and on
Sunday, see where you are, Woods
said.
Woods knows that from recent
experience at Augusta.
He has been a Masters runner-
up the last two years. He couldnt
make enough birdies to make a
run at Trevor Immelman last year,
and he couldnt buy a putt in 2007
when he was trying to track down
Zach Johnson. It was the only time
he played in the final group at the
Masters without winning.
Even so, Mickelson is among the
few who relishes a chance to take
on Woods, especially in a major.
Hopefully, we will both play
well, Mickelson said. We have 54
holes where we have to play great
golf. I think hes playing some great
golf, and I think hes going to be
there. I think that Ive been playing
some of the best golf of my career,
and I believe Im going to be there,
too.
On a tough golf course where
birdies have become more rare,
that might be enough to bring back
some roars to the Masters.
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Kansas City Royals catcher Miguel Olivo, left, tags out the Chicago White Soxs
Jermaine Dye during the second inning of their season-opening baseball game Tuesday in
Chicago.
BY ANDREW SELIGMAN
Associated Press
CHICAGO Jim Thome got to
totally enjoy his opening-day home
run.
Thome hit a three-run homer
in the eighth inning, rallying the
Chicago White Sox past the Kansas
City Royals 4-2 Tuesday in a season
opener delayed a day because of bad
weather.
Chicago trailed 2-1 when Thome
hit his 542nd career home run, con-
necting with two outs off Royals
newcomer Kyle Farnsworth.
Thomes shot gave Chicago the
victory on a day when Mark Buehrle
struggled, and it erased a solid out-
ing by Kansas Citys Gil Meche.
Meche pitched seven strong
innings, Alex Gordon homered and
the Royals were in line for the vic-
tory until Farnsworth (0-1) came on
in the eighth.
Josh Fields led off with a bunt sin-
gle and moved to third with one out
on Chris Getzs single. After Carlos
Quentin struck out, Thome hom-
ered to center field and a crowd that
had been listless went wild, drawing
a curtain call from the slugger.
Winning pitcher Octavio Dotel
(1-0) struck out the side in the
eighth after Clayton Richard threw
two scoreless innings. Bobby Jenks
pitched a scoreless ninth for the
save.
Gordon gave Kansas City a 1-0
lead when he connected off Buehrle
in the second. Chicago tied it in the
bottom half on Fields RBI single,
and the Royals went ahead in the
fifth when Jose Guillen scored on
Gordons forceout.
That looked like it might be
enough for Meche, who won 14
games last season. The right-hand-
er allowed one run and seven hits,
struck out six and did not walk
a batter, but Farnsworth couldnt
protect the lead.
It was a rather forgettable after-
noon for Buehrle, who tied Billy
Pierces club record by starting his
seventh opener. That bit of trivia
aside, the three-time All-Star strug-
gled with his control and consis-
tently found himself in jams.
A 15-game winner last season,
he allowed two runs and six hits
while striking out three, walking
three and hitting two batters over
five innings.
A single by Thome helped the
White Sox load the bases with none
out in the bottom half. Fields hit an
RBI single, but Jermaine Dye was
easily thrown out at the plate when
he tried to score from second.
Fields, replacing the departed
Joe Crede at third, also saved a
run in the fifth when he stabbed
Billy Butlers grounder behind the
bag and threw home to force Mark
Teahen with the bases loaded.
MLB
PGA
Woods and Mickelson to compete for No. 1 at Masters
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Patrons watch as Tiger Woods practices on the putting green in preparation for the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Tuesday. Woods and Phil Mickelson
will be competing for No. 1 in the Masters.
MLB
Cardinals rookie pitcher
misses frst opportunity
BY R.B. FALLSTROM
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS Rookie Jason Motte
botched his first chance as the St.
Louis Cardinals closer. And because
he threw so many pitches, it was
likely that bad taste would linger for
a day before he got a chance at mak-
ing a better impression.
Motte, who won a three-man
battle for the job in spring training,
was victimized in
a four-run ninth
in the Pittsburgh
Pirates 6-4 open-
ing-day victory on
Monday. Plus, he
threw 29 pitches.
Before the sec-
ond game of a
four-game series
Tuesday, manager
Tony La Russa
planned on giving the hard-throw-
ing right-hander a day off.
I think its a little early to push
it, La Russa said. If youve got one
hitter to get out to win the game,
send him out there. But I dont plan
to use him.
Ryan Franklin, who had 17
saves last year while the Cardinals
struggled to find a replacement for
Jason Isringhausen, was likely the
top choice to finish on Mottes day
off. The third pitcher in the spring
competition, Chris Perez, is now
the closer at Triple-A Memphis.
Motte, a former catcher who
moved to the mound in 2006, had
a 1.46 ERA and five saves in spring
training and his fastball has been
timed in the high 90s. He debuted
in the major leagues last season
with an 0.82 ERA in 11 games.
Motte has Isringhausens old lock-
er stall. In the opener,
he inherited the former
closers troubles.
After the game, he
watched some video for
clues. On Tuesday, he
was affable in discuss-
ing the breakdown.
It was a big deal,
but I didnt let it eat
me up, Motte said. Its
one of those things that
you cant really do anything about.
Im not stupid to the fact that
its like, Oh, well, whatever. But I
cant let it bother me because if Im
already defeated Im going to get
beat up again.
Motte said the big problem was
getting some fastballs up in the zone.
He threw three straight fastballs to
Jack Wilson, whose bases-clearing
double was the go-ahead hit.
It was a big deal, but I
didnt let it eat me up.
Its one of those things
that you cant really do
anything about.
JAson Motte
st. Louis pitcher
White Sox defeat Royals in opener
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BY DOUG FEINBERG
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS With one final
blowout, UConn grabbed the
national title and a piece of basket-
ball history.
Tina Charles had 25 points and
grabbed 19 rebounds Tuesday
night as UConn routed Louisville
76-54 and captured the Huskies
sixth national championship.
It wasnt just that Connecticut
claimed another title. It was how
they did it.
UConn won every one of its 39
games by double digits, an unprec-
edented run in college basketball.
Charles commanded both ends
of the floor and Louisville, which
lost badly to UConn for the third
time this season, had no one who
could stop her.
Coach Geno Auriemma had
said before the tournament that
his junior center would be the key
to UConn winning the title. A year
after he benched her in the NCAAs
for inconsistent play, Charles deliv-
ered.
Im really happy for her,
Auriemma said.
I told Tina before the game,
I said Sunday night you played
against an All-American center
and you played defense and you
worked as hard as the best center
in America and now you have to
prove it tonight and she did.
She was 11-for-13 from the field,
and fell just one rebound short of
becoming only the second player
ever in a championship game to have
at least 20 points and 20 rebounds.
Charles was named the outstanding
player of the Final Four.
Maya Moore and Renee
Montgomery each added 18 points
for the Huskies.
Angel McCoughtry finished off
her stellar career for Louisville with
23 points. Candyce Bingham was
the only other Cardinal in double
figures with 10 points as Louisville
(34-5) shot a dismal 31 percent
from the floor.
Leading by six, the Huskies turned
up their defense. Louisville missed
18 straight shots spanning the half
as Connecticut turned a 30-24 lead
into a 19-point advantage.
Its the big stage, our first time
playing in a national champion-
ship game, Louisville coach Jeff
Walz said. The first five minutes
was what I was most concerned
about. We went back and forth
and I felt really good about things.
Then we started to rush some
shots.
Louisville (34-5) came into its
first title game with little pres-
sure. The Cardinals were big
underdogs, bidding to knock off
three No. 1 seeds on their way
to a title.
Busloads of Louisville fans made
the 250-mile trip to pull for the
Cardinals, and even though the
game wasnt sold out for the first
time in 17 years, the matchup of
Big East schools still had a raucous
feel to it.
The victory put the Huskies in
the same class as UConns other
unbeaten teams, in 1995 and 2002.
With UConns victory, the Big
East also became the first con-
ference ever to sweep the NCAA
and WNIT championships in the
same season. South Florida topped
Kansas 75-71 on Saturday to win
the WNIT, which began in 1998.
8B WEDNESDay, aPRIL 8, 2009
baseball
Ninth-inning single brings victory against Iowa
BY JOSH BOWE
jbowe@kansan.com
Zac Elgie may have come to
Kansas instead of going to play
professional baseball, but until
Tuesday, Elgie, a freshman first
baseman, hadnt had a memorable
moment yet in college.
He had not had a breakthrough
game to prove to his teammates
and himself why major league
scouts were willing to draft him
last summer.
For Kansas, Elgies emergence
was better late than never.
Elgies two-run single with one
out in the top of the ninth propelled
Kansas to a gritty 5-4 victory against
Iowa on Tuesday night. And Elgie
can finally relax.
It definitely feels good to get
it out of the way and finally start
seeing multi-hit games, Elgie said.
It feels good to get that off your
chest and contribute to help the
team win.
Elgie went 3-for-5 at the plate,
a career-high in hits with another
career-high of three RBI. The final
two are what sent the Jayhawks
back to their hotel happy. They
came off a first pitch fastball that
coach Ritch Price told Elgie in a
previous at-bat to not lay off of
again.
Coach Price said you should be
looking for that first-pitch fastball
that you see in the strike zone,
Elgie said. I took that advice into
the last at-bat and it worked out
for us.
Following a game that saw
Kansas and Baylor combine for
eight home runs, neither team had
an extra-base hit in Tuesdays con-
test. Thats the main reason the
Jayhawks had only five runs total
while collecting 16 hits.
I dont think Ive ever been a
part of a game where there was
no extra-base hits before, Elgie
said. But 16 hits, Ill take that
every day.
Five of those 16 singles came
off the bat of sophomore right
fielder Brian Heere. Heere set a
career-high in hits and was not
retired in any of his five at-bats.
As much as Heere was ready to
talk about Elgies clutch hit, Heere
couldnt recall the last time he went
5-for-5.
It was probably junior high or
little league or something, Heere
said, chuckling.
It was Heeres fourth hit in the
top of the seventh that tied the
score at three, setting the table
for Elgies magic two innings later.
Heere raised his batting average
to .360 after struggling to keep his
average above .200 in February.
Heere said that before the game
he had some of his best batting
practice work.
I felt really good in batting prac-
tice. I felt like I had a good batting
practice session, Heere said. I was
just seeing the ball well and putting
good swings on the ball.
But Heere was just as quick to
turn the focus to Elgie. Kansas
failed to produce in a couple of
run-scoring situations before the
ninth inning even started and
Elgies bat bailed them out.
We didnt have very many
clutch hits early on in the game,
Heere said. Then Elgie comes up
and gets a really big hit.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
Patrick Larkin/The DaILy IowaN
Iowa third baseman Kevin hoef fumbles the ball after Kansas Robby Price stole two bases at once in the seventh inning of the game at Duane
Banks StadiumonTuesday. Price went 2-for-5 on the day and also scored a run in the Jayhawks 5-4 victory.
Kansas 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 16 3
Iowa 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 9 4

E Iowa: Zeise (3); McQuillan (5); Schreiber (2); Schatz (2) Kansas: Stanfeld (1).
box score
Kansas ab R H RbI
Lytle, Casey rf 5 0 0 0
Price, Robby 2b 5 1 2 0
Heere, Brian cf 5 2 5 1
Afenir, Buck dh 5 1 1 0
Thompson, Tony 3b 5 1 3 1
Waters, Jimmy lf 2 0 0 0
Faunce, Nick pr/lf 1 0 0 0
Elgie, Zac 1b 5 0 3 3
Lincoln, Joe c 3 0 0 0
Stanfeld, James ss 5 0 2 0
Totals 41 5 16 5
Iowa ab R H RbI
Toole, Justin ss 4 0 0 0
Hoef, Kevin 3b 4 2 2 0
Willis, Trevor pr/rf 0 1 0 0
Ewing, Andrew ph 0 0 0 0
Muller, Kurtis cf 4 0 2 0
Brown, Nick dh 5 0 3 3
Cataldo, T.J. 1b 2 0 1 1
Keppler, Phil 1b 3 0 0 0
Zeise, Chett 2b/3b 3 0 0 0
Durant, Ryan rf/lf 3 0 1 0
McQuillan, Mike lf 1 0 0 0
McCool, Zach ph/lf 3 0 0 0
McManis, Kody c 3 0 0 0
Burke, Dallas ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
WOMeNs COlleGe basKeTball
Huskies cap perfect season with sixth NCAA title
aSSoCIaTeD PReSS
Connecticut coach Geno auriemma is carried ofby his players after Connecticut won the
championship game at the womens NCAA college basketball tournament onTuesday in St. Louis.
Connecticut defeated Louisville 76-54.
Pitchers
Kansas IP H R eR bb sO
Selik 6.0 6 2 1 3 2
Burk 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Murray W (1-0) 2.1 2 1 1 2 6
Iowa IP H R eR bb sO
Schreiber 5.2 9 2 1 0 1
Schatz 1.0 3 1 1 1 0
Turnbull 1.1 1 0 1 0 1
Heim L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Schurz 1.0 2 1 0 0 0
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