BY JUSTINE PATTON

jpatton@kansan.com
Finals Week and late-night study-
ing often go hand-in-hand. There
are some nighttime snacks that will
actually help sleep-deprived stu-
dents study hard late into the night
and others that will only make
them wish for bedtime.
Ann Chapman, the dietitian at
the Wellness Resource Center at
Watkins Memorial Health Center,
said students are tempted to snack
during stressful times, especially
finals week, because food can be
soothing.
How do you feel when you put
a Hersheys Kiss in your mouth?
Its instant gratification, Chapman
said. All the measures of stress are
reduced slightly.
However, Patty Quinlan, the
nursing supervisor at Watkins, said
foods high in sugar and fat are the
last thing students should be eating
while studying. Quinlan said the
fast foods and comfort foods stu-
dents often turn to would only slow
them down.
That cookie, that doughnut,
theyre just not helpful to push
through finals week, Quinlan said.
Theyre going to make you feel
more lethargic and decrease your
concentration.
Instead, Chapman suggested
munching on foods high in protein
and carbohydrates, like cheese and
crackers. Chapman said the car-
bohydrates in the crackers would
boost blood sugar quickly and give
students a little burst of energy. The
body breaks carbohydrates down
quickly, which is where the cheese
comes into play. The protein in
cheese takes longer to digest, so its
going to provide students with ener-
gy for about three to four hours.
Barbara Bell, a sophomore from
Lancaster, Texas, said she usually
doesnt eat when she is stressed.
I guess I do the opposite of
everyone else, Bell said.
However, Chapman suggested
students put food in their systems
about every four hours.
Just like a car needs gasoline, the
body needs glucose, Chapman said.
Your glucose level drops below
what it needs to be if you go without
food for three to four hours.
Patricia Denning, the chief of
staff at Watkins, said breakfast was
especially important during finals
week.
Studies prove that students in
the classroom perform better when
theyve had breakfast, Denning
said. If youre going to spend all
this time and effort, I think its
worth setting your alarm 10 to 15
minutes early to get a healthy break-
fast.
Chapman warned students to
avoid stress-eating while they
study. Chapman said students often
eat as a means of procrastination or
stress relief.
Students often eat while theyre
studying because theyre nervous
about flunking exams, Chapman
said. So then they eat constantly,
which is really unhealthy. Those are
calories you dont need.
Chapman said when students
snack during finals week, they
should take a break from studying
and simply focus on the food theyre
eating. Then, when they go back to
studying, they can concentrate and
wont be shoveling in extra calories
in the process.
If students do find that they cant
study without eating, Chapman rec-
ommended they leave their apart-
ment and go to the library, so food
would be out of sight and out of
mind. She suggested students take a
100-calorie snack with them in case
they do get hungry.
Editedby Leslie Kinsman
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BY KELLY STRODA
kstroda@kansan.com
Warren Corman strolls down Jayhawk Boulevard
on a sunny autumn morning, a chilly breeze at his
back.
Wisps of his grayish-white hair peek out from
beneath his navy blue ball cap the front reading
We fight, we build in bold yellow embroidery.
Hes wearing khakis with a blue windbreaker over a
navy button-down shirt buttoned to the top button,
but no tie that brings out his soft, blue eyes. He has
a gentle chuckle that can put anyone at ease.
Each building he passes, from Bailey Hall with
its facade of Oread limestone to Strong Hall and its
glazed, stain-resistant terracotta, helps define the
Universitys character.
Each building, in turn, helps define Warren
Corman.
Corman has had a hand in the design or develop-
ment of nearly every building project at the University
in the last half century. From Allen Fieldhouse in 1955
to the dorms on Daisy Hill in the 1960s to Wescoe
Hall in 1974 to the School of Pharmacy that opened
this August.
Corman himself is an institution: 84 years old,
the University architect and special assistant to the
Chancellor, designer of the Santa Fe Depot in north
Lawrence, husband to his wife Mary for nearly 30
years, father of six, grandfather of 22, great-grandfa-
ther of six and World War II veteran.
On Thursday, hell add one more descriptive note
to his long list of accomplishments, incredible as that
may seem.
After 63 years as the king of design and architecture
at the University and across Kansas, Warren Corman
will retire.
Hell climb into his silver 2008 Honda coupe in
parking space 002 behind Strong Hall and make a trip
past the elegant and striking buildings on campus and
drive into the sunset.
As he travels down Bob Billings toward his house
two miles away, hell see Fraser Hall in his rearview
mirror marking the top of Mount Oread.
Hell leave behind more than just a job. Hell leave
a storied career and tales about how campus came
to be.

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BEGINNING A LEGACY
Corman has acted as University architect
since 1997. He spent 31 years as Kansas
Board of Regents chief architect and a stint
in private practice before that.
His relationship with the University goes
back further, though. He studied architec-
ture at the University from 1946 to 1950.
Cormans Jayhawk roots run deep. His
father graduated from the University with
an architecture degree in 1925.
Corman sits in his office in the
Chancellors Suite on the second floor of
Strong Hall.
Sketches and drawings of buildings across
campus cover the walls of his office. Even
more sketches are rolled up and standing on
end in boxes next to his desk.
A 5-foot wide and 3-foot tall poster of the
Master Landscape Plan one of his first
projects as University architect hangs on
the wall behind him. A white hard hat with
KU decals on each side and Corman on
the front rests on the table.
Slowly, Corman is moving boxes of
belongings out of his office. He guesses hes
moved 30 boxes full of papers, awards and
other belongings. A few weeks ago, he took
home a lamp he made out of a Japanese
mortar shell from World War II.
Corman spent two years as a Seabee a
member of the Construction Battalion in
the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.
After fighting in the Battle of Okinawa,
the last and bloodiest battle of World War
II, Corman came back home to the United
States. He came home on Mothers Day
1946. It happened more than 60 years ago,
but talking about it still brings tears to his
eyes.
Its hard to talk about, he says.
Cormans personal history ties to the
growth and development of the University
in more ways than one.
When Corman and other soldiers came
back from World War II in 1946, enroll-
ment jumped from 3,412 to 8,846 students.
When he was a student, campus didnt cover
the 870 acres it does now. West Campus
wouldnt be designed for nearly 50 years,
when Corman would start his career as
University architect.
Iowa Street wasnt Iowa Street. It was just
US-59. It was just a two-lane highway west
of town.
Campus had only about 20 buildings.
Jayhawk Boulevard was it, he said.
The early Kansas Union was the farthest
building to the east. Lindley Hall was the
farthest building to the west.
Beyond that, there
wasnt much mostly
cornfields and farm-
houses. The future spot of
Allen Fieldhouse was just
a golden cornfield south of
campus.
Lawrence was a lazy
river town with a total
population of about 23,000
people. (For the record,
26,266 students are enrolled at the Lawrence
campus this year.)
Back then campus was just a string of
buildings on the edge of town.
When Corman graduated from
the University in 1950 with a B.S. in
Architectural Engineering, his first job paid
$260 a month.
I thought My gosh, what am I going to
do with all of that money? he said.
The University has changed and
expanded in his time. In his first five years
as University architect, he worked with
$300 million in design and construction
on campus.
The development of West Campus can
be especially credited to his hard work.
Thats one of the reasons former
Chancellor Robert Hemenway hired
Corman in 1997.
He always seems to find a way to
solve problems, Hemenway said. Then
he moves on to the next challenge.
When Hemenway began his career as
Chancellor, West Campus was a mere
three buildings: the Simons, Higuchi and
Smissman labs.
It was one of Hemenways goals to
expand West Campus in order to propel
the University toward research success
and recognition.
Corman was part of that plan.
Hes been at the center of all of that,
Hemenway said.
Now, West Campus encompasses
a myriad of facilities including the
Multidisciplinary Research Building,
Park and Ride and the new School of
Pharmacy.
Hemenway appreciates Cormans regard
for moving forward in the construction
process even under tight timelines.
Cormans consistent forward thinking
has been crucial to the development of
buildings and renovations.
Thats one of Warrens great talents,
Hemenway said.
During Cormans career, hes been
connected to nearly every building on
campus.
WITH EVERY BUILDING COMES
A STORY
As an architect, Corman sees more
than bricks and mortar when he looks at
a building. He sees the steel frame of Allen
Fieldhouse. Beyond the porous, cast-con-
crete shell on Wescoe, Corman can see the
lack of money that prevented the building
from being 25 stories like Chancellor Clarke
Wescoe hoped.
Theres so much work that goes into it
thats on paper, he said. And you throw
it away.
He sees memories. Buildings mean
stories.
n Carruth-OLeary. Wilt the Stilt.
n Nunemaker Center. Thats Avon.
n The Dole Institute. Bob Dole, of course.
When he sees Carruth-OLeary, he
doesnt see the adminis-
trative offices. He recalls
when the building was a
mens dormitory in the
1950s. He sees 71 Wilt
the Stilt Chamberlain
ducking through its stan-
dard 68 doorways.
He remembers when
Irene Nunemaker gave
the University $415,000 in
1971. Nunemaker was a 1922 graduate of
the University and went on to become an
executive at Avon, a cosmetics company.
Nunemaker Center on Daisy Hill was built
with the money.
In the early 2000s, Corman was in charge
of building the Robert J. Dole Institute of
Politics. The building needed to be complet-
ed before Doles 80th birthday in July 2003.
Inside, the institute harbors the worlds larg-
est congressional archive. But the outside
of the building was designed to represent
Dole himself.
The back is rough stone, like post rock
in western Kansas and as you come more
toward the front it becomes more like
Washington, D.C., with a lagoon and
smooth stone and monuments, Corman
said. That was our idea.
One of his favorite projects, though, is the
Hall Center for Humanities. The old power
plant from the 1880s was transformed into
a reservoir of ideas and research about
humanities and creative works acting as a
home for faculty with Hall fellowships.
Nine white and yellow limestone arches
in front of the building are the oldest
surviving structures on the Universitys
campus.
Don Steeples, distinguished professor
of geology and former senior vice provost
for scholarly support, said he considers
Corman to be one of his best friends.
Steeples said Cormans continual sharp-
ness and intelligence radiates when he
talks about buildings on campus and the
history.
You dont want to criticize any old
buildings around here, Steeples joked.
Chances are Warren had something to
do with it.
One of the most prominent of those
buildings might be Allen Fieldhouse.
Corman helped design it.
LOUDEST FIELDHOUSE
IN AMERICA
When Corman walks through Allen
Fieldhouse, he knows the names of almost
everyone he runs into.
From Debbie Van Saun, associate athletic
director and senior womens administrator,
to Scott Ward, associate athletic director for
academic and career counseling, to Susan
Wachter, the chief financial officer for KU
Athletics.
He addresses almost everybody no
matter their age as kid or guy.
This guy knows all about the fieldhouse,
Van Saun says, grinning.
He sure does.
In the early 1950s, Corman worked in the
state architects office in Topeka. Back then,
state laws required the office to design any
buildings built by the state.
That included the fieldhouse.
He was the youngest architect on the
project and is the only surviving member.
Drawings for the fieldhouse were done by
hand using ink on starched linen.
Before Allen Fieldhouse was built, basket-
ball games were played in Hoch Auditoria,
where Budig Hall is now. There were only
3,000 seats available, so students could only
go to every third game (some things dont
change).
A bit of controversy surrounded where
the fieldhouse would be built. The place
where the fieldhouse is located was just a
cornfield back then.
People said Well, thats not even on
the campus, Corman said. Students wont
even know where that is.
They built it anyway.
Steel was hard to come by because of
the Korean War. A few older architects
on the project who served as officers in
World War II traveled to Washington, D.C.,
dressed in their uniforms to add leverage to
their case of trying to get steel. After some
negotiating, they got the steel they needed,
but had to rename the building, adding
Physical Education Building and Armory
and design a room where guns could be
stored.
Of course, no guns were actually stored
there, he said.
Upon its completion in 1955, the build-
ing was renamed Allen Fieldhouse.
Corman had no idea he was helping
design the loudest basketball arena in
America.
Now it has a lot of tradition and every-
body thinks its really important, he said.
It was just a big barn to house about 17,000
students. That was it.
He remembers the first game played in
Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas took on Kansas
State in the inaugural game. Phog Allen was
the coach. The Jayhawks won 77-67.
Thats not his favorite game in the field-
house, though.
I think thats an easy one, Corman said.
On Dec. 9, 1989, the Jayhawks faced the
Kentucky Wildcats. Roy Williams was in his
second year as head coach. (A few months
before Williams was hired, the Jayhawks
won the 1988 National Championship.)
Rick Pintino, Kentuckys swaggering, young
first-year coach, promised to throttle the
Jayhawks.
The Jayhawks were ranked No. 2 and
Kentucky wanted a win.
They were coming to just beat the heck
out of us, Corman said.
Kansas was playing extra well that day.
Kentucky said they could beat Kansas on
the fast breaks. They couldnt keep up.
Kansas was way ahead at halftime.
Williams tried persuading Pintino to
slow down the pace of the game and save
Kentucky from embarrassment.
Pintino wouldnt have it.
Kansas won 150-95.
It was the craziest game I think Id ever
been to, Corman said.
Corman has seen a lot of craziness, but
enthusiasm for his job and his life has a
spill-over effect. Sometimes, others even
start thinking like him.
WHAT WOULD WARREN SAY?
Corman first started working in the state
architects office in 1947 while he was still
a student. Plans were being drawn up for
Ahern Fieldhouse at Kansas State University
then. One afternoon, the state architect
called Corman into his office.
I thought, Boy, Im in trouble now. He
said, Warren, are you having fun? and I
didnt know. This was 60 years ago. I wasnt
sure if I was allowed to have fun.
Before I could think up an answer, he
said, Warren, if youre not having fun in
your job every day, youre in the wrong
job. And I never have for-
gotten that. He believed
it. He believed it and he
made me believe it.
He still reflects back
to that moment, and it
shows.
David Mucci noticed
Cormans enjoyment from
the start.
This place is going to
be so much less vivid and
vital when Warren Corman leaves the cam-
pus, he said.
Mucci, director of Kansas Memorial
Unions, has worked with Corman for the
last 11 years. Mucci said Corman played
an instrumental role in building The
Underground in 2005, among other proj-
ects.
Cormans enthusiasm reflected the love
he had for his job and the University.
It wasnt a job for him, he said. He
lived KU.
Mucci describes Corman as being
fiercely protective of the University to
the point of almost giving a voice to the
University.
At the annual Chancellors Luncheon for
graduating seniors, Corman always greeted
seniors first with a charismatic smile and
handshake. For students and families that
was one of the most friendly embraces and
memories they could have in their final days
at the University, Mucci said.
This year though, the Chancellors
Luncheon will retire, too.
Mucci said he thought it was altogether
fitting. The luncheons wouldnt be the same
without Corman.
In other instances though, Mucci said,
Corman didnt even need to be there for his
voice to be heard.
Occasionally in meetings about building
projects when he was absent, Mucci said
there was an air of What would Warren
say?
You always felt the Warren Corman
presence, Mucci said.
At any given time, Corman was usually
overseeing 100 or so projects ranging from
renovations to new buildings.
When projects werent going well,
Corman had a way of putting the situation
in perspective.
Steeples said when the Multidisciplinary
Research Building, or Mr. B, on West
Campus was under construction, about 20
people were huddled into the J.E. Dunn
construction trailer.
The building was supposed to be finished
in four months, Steeples said, but things
werent going as planned.
Tempers were getting short, Steeples
said. People were pointing fingers.
Steeples said there was a moment of
silence.
Steeples vividly remembers what Corman
said in that moment:
Well, fellas, I was in World War II in
the Battle of Okinawa and this isnt as bad
as that.
Working on Mr. B turned out to be one of
Cormans favorite projects.
When he was a Seabee in the Navy,
they had a saying: If its difficult, we do it
immediately. If its impossible, it may take
a week.
Corman likes challenges.
Mr. B wasnt going to be an easy proj-
ect. The building needed to be finished
quickly. Construction started in December.
Everybody said they could never do it
because the ground would freeze or snow
would fall hindering construction. They
moved in 15 months later.
That was really something, Corman
said.
The building was the largest building in
record time that the states ever done in his-
tory, Corman said.
Its fun to take on challenges and solve
them, he said. I guess thats what its all
about.
RETIREMENT
Most dont seem to be surprised that
Corman waited until the age of 84 to retire.
His age is masked by constant dedication to
the University and genuine love of life.
Hes an amazing specimen for someone
in his 80s, Steeples said.
Corman likes to stay
active. He runs three miles
a day, rain or shine, around
his neighborhood near
Alvamar Golf Course.
Corman said hes not
sure what hell do when
hes not working anymore.
He likes woodworking. He
jokes that maybe hell start
playing golf.
Hell still be a loyal KU
fan and plans to attend football and bas-
ketball games. He and his wife, Mary, are
already planning on going to the 2011 EA
Sports Maui Invitational to watch Kansas
play basketball.
He said maybe he and Mary would do
some other traveling too. They have plenty
of places to visit. Their family is scattered
across the country in Alaska, Alabama,
Arizona and Topeka.
When Corman wakes up Friday morn-
ing, he wont need to get to campus to get
to the office.
For Corman, Stop Day will be more than
the end of the semester it will be the end
of his extensive and impressive career.
Jayhawk Boulevard will lack the bustle
that day, but his work and legacy will still
stand tall.
Cormans mark isnt going anywhere.
Edited by Roshni Oommen
corman (continued from 1a)
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Warren Corman, retiring university architect, poses with Big Jay, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, his wife Mary, Sean Lester and Baby Jay, at Allen Fieldhouse last week when
Kansas faced UCLA. Corman is retiringThursday.
Its fun to take on
challenges and solve
them. I guess thats what
its all about.
WArreN COrMAN
university architect
Kelly Stroda/KanSan
The Multidisiplinary Research Building, Mr. B,onWest
Campus is one of Cormans favorite projects. The build-
ing was built in 15 months.
Kelly Stroda/KanSan
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics onWest Campus
was built for Robert Dole, a former U.S. senator from
Kansas. The building is the nations largest congressional
archive.
Photo courtesy of the Spencer research Library
Allen Fieldhouse was built in a cornfeldway out
southwestof campus in the 1950s. Corman helped
design the feldhouse and additions since.
Photo courtesy of the Spencer research Library
The 1950s skyline of the Universitys campus is quite diferent fromthe skyline today. Lindley Hall was the building farthest to the west. The early Kansas Union (not shown) was the farthest to the east.
Theres so much work
that goes into it thats on
paper. And you throw it
away.
WArreN COrMAN
university architect
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 6
Focus attention on public or social
activities. Get out and meet people
to take advantage of multiple
opportunities. Anticipate career
openings.
TAurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9
Multiple long-distance contacts
provide your partner with every-
thing necessary to complete a
change. Take of on your own and
allow others to work.
GeMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
Associates have gathered the
fnancial information needed to
make a decision. Work together
and the desired changes fall into
place efortlessly.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Close relationships provide op-
portunities for practical action.
Whether its work or play, enthu-
siasm increases and imagination
carries you forward.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
A new person enters the work-
space, bringing new opportuni-
ties and possibly some tension.
Everything works out if you dont
push too hard. Use fnesse rather
than force.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 6
A females desire for changes
inspires everyone to take a chance
on creative elements. The pieces
come together on a practical level
with great results.
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Healing potential expands now.
This could involve yourself or fam-
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into each act.
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Dress up your style and message
today. Even the most practical con-
cepts can use a bit of marketing.
Dont be afraid to sing your own
praises, with compassion.
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Today is a 9
Pay your own way today. That way,
you maintain as many possibilities
as possible, while enjoying great
company. Stay close to home
rather than traveling far.
CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Ideas come together today in
unusual ways. What appear to be
very diferent directions actually
arrive at the same place. If one fails,
try another.
AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
Private gatherings take advantage
of multiple possibilities. Each
group member can pursue an idea
independently and then bring it to
the table for consensus.
pisCes (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
Pay close attention to the role
independent action plays regard-
ing physical well-being. Listen to
professionals. Then check with
your own body for confrmation.
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having a fantastic day.
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I stretched today before
getting on my bike to come
to campus, just so that I
could procrastinate an extra
minute or two.
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I love the smell of napalm in
the morning.
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I like Viki and she likes me
back! And, she showed me
her boobies, and I like them
too!!
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You know how long it takes
a monkey to eat a banana
without peeling it frst?
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Last night there was a long
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over all the orgasms weve
had. I love my roommates.
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These new facebook pages
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creep. WHAT THE HELL!
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If the moon were made of
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its way out alien style ... just
saying.
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You wake up the next day
looking like Kesha.
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Just bought glow-in-the-
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jealous :)
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But someone will steal my
shoes ...
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The call number on the Bob
Marley biographies in the KU
library system is 420. How
ironic is that?
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State Farm commercials, Im
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in the mouth.
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McCollum Hall problems not
getting any better for students
PersOnAL riGHTs
TSA trying wrong techniques
to protect passengers safety
I find it interesting that Big 12 fans (mostly in the North division)
have no real resentment towards Missouri (for starting the whole
leaving the Big 12 thing in the first place) or for Colorado, who
actually left first. No, its just Blame Nebraska. Theyre the big jerks
that killed the Big 12. So, then, just why is it that its no big deal for
a Missouri or a Colorado team to leave, but its practically the end of
the world if NU does?
lwrennie212 in response to Sooners victory one for the Big
12 on Dec. 6.
I support public smoking bans. I didnt buy the arguments that it
would force bars to close.
However, there may be a link between smoking in bars and money
spent on booze.
When there is a toxic amount of fumes in the air, one needs more
libation to provide relief to a throat which is being ripped up. All that
hacking and coughing means the body needs more liquid to quench
an artificially induced thirst.
Maybe bars should clean carpets (you know with a beating stick) to
foul the air.
Oh wait, dust is toxic according to the EPA. Point retracted. Sorry to
waste your time.
Metacognition in response to Local bars adjust sales tactics
on Dec. 5.
So can you tell me what qualifies the current resident in the white
house? If not then your whole article is a mistake.
Conserve in response to Show doesnt qualify Palin for
presidency on Dec. 5.
Chatterbox
Responses to the news of the week on Kansan.com
T
he time around
Tanksgiving is the
busiest travel time in the
country. Afer hearing about the
new TSA pat-down procedures,
I was a little scared about
traveling. Luckily, I just walked
through the machine.
A TSA agent explained to
a man behind me that he
would be feeling the inside
of his thighs and sensitive
areas with the back of his hand.
Tis is completely unnecessary,
unconstitutional and doesnt keep
people any safer.
I dont know about you, but
I certainly wouldnt want to be
sexually assaulted by anyone,
let alone a TSA agent. And
why should you? Te Fourth
Amendment of the Constitution
protects us against unreasonable
searches and seizures. In a CNN
article, CNN employee Rosemary
Fitzpatrick was randomly picked
for the pat-down. She explained
that a female screener ran her
hands around her breasts, over
her stomach, buttocks and her
inner thighs, and briefy touched
her crotch.
Te problem here is that she,
and every other traveller, cannot
do anything about it if they want
to fy. If this behavior were done
anywhere else, it would constitute
being thrown in jail. Tis new
TSA rule legitimizes sexual
assault. Te last time I checked,
a pat-down didnt involve being
inappropriately touched.
If anyone condones this
behavior claiming that it is for
security reasons, then they
are absolutely out of tune with
reality. Consider how the safest
airline in the world, Israels El Al
Airlines, conducts its security
measures.
Each passenger of El
Al Airlines is individually
interviewed and scrutinized by
highly trained security ofcers.
Tey are trained to specifcally
read body language and analyze
a passengers intentions by asking
sets of questions. Tis interview
process can be lengthy or short.
If necessary, they will go entirely
through a passengers bag.
Tere are also air marshals on
every fight that are disguised as
normal passengers, yet they have
guns to use in case of a terrorist
attack on the fight. Tey are the
safest airline in the world, and
they dont require passengers
to be sexually assaulted before
getting on a plane.
President Obama agrees that
these new pat-down procedures
are necessary for our security.
He even told Barbara Walters in
an interview that ,If there was
an explosion in the air that killed
a couple of hundred people ...
and it turned out that we could
have prevented it possibly ...
that would be something that
would be pretty upsetting to
most of us including me. If
this were sincerely the case, then
we should try doing what El Al
Airlines does. I guarantee that if
President Obama, the First Lady,
or Nancy Pelosi had to follow
these same procedures, the new
pat-down procedures would be
quickly eliminated. Tese new
procedures dont apply to them,
so everything is great and dandy.
Here it is, the grope and
change we wanted!
robinson is a civil engineer-
ing major from Houston.
Science not always used for good
sKePTiCisM
I
n 1893, among the hundreds
of exhibits at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago, was an
exhibit dedicated to the study
of anthropometry, the physical
measurement of humans.
Te exhibit detailed a method
used to identify criminals from
a witness account based on
body dimensions things
like height, fnger length, and
shoulder width that at the time
proved an efective method for
obtaining more accurate detail of
perpetrators than what before had
only been a vague description.
Photos of criminals were grouped
according to their physical
characteristics, allowing a better
system of cataloging their records.
Te system was useful in the
identifcation of previous ofenders
and cleared the name of many
falsely accused men; there was,
however, a more insidious quality
to anthropometry.
Although the display at
the Worlds Fair concerned
the measurements of a single
person that were restricted to
that individual, anthropologists
as early as the 1770s had used
diferences in the size and shapes
of skulls to identify and catalog
people of diferent races. In the
mid-19th century, Samuel George
Morton hypothesized that the
skulls of white Europeans had the
largest interior capacity and could
therefore contain bigger brains,
supposedly lending caucasians the
greatest intelligence of all races.
Te scientifc basis for claims
like Mortons is completely
unfounded, but the purpose of
such studies was not truly for
the sake of scientifc inquiry and
to better understand the natural
biology of humans; rather, they
were performed by one group of
people to justify the mistreatment
of other human beings by deeming
them biologically inferior.
If it had been found that an
entire spectrum of people was
somehow naturally less equipped
intellectually to make appropriate
decisions for themselves, then
by the
researchers
opinion,
it would
only make
sense that
those who
were well
equipped
should have
authority
over them.
In Mortons time, establishing
a scientifc basis for superiority
made it much easier to defend
the obviously immoral policies of
colonialization and slavery that
had both begun to come under
serious ethical opposition as the
19th century progressed. Scientifc
racism continued to be an area of
serious study even into the 1930s
and 40s when Nazi Germany
used pseudoscientifc rhetoric to
employ and rationalize the heinous
atrocities committed against those
groups deemed inferior to the
regimes ideal racial standards.
Even the 1990s saw the
publishing of two highly
infammatory books dealing with
IQ and race: Te Bell Curve and
Te g Factor: General Intelligence
and Its Implications. Te g
Factor, written by Chris Bran,
proposed that general intelligence
(the g in g Factor) was strongly
infuenced by genetic factors and
was lower than average in certain
groups (particularly blacks). Te
book was widely discredited
upon its release in the UK due to
the authors documented racial
biases and support of eugenics,
but, most importantly, unsound
scientifc reasoning. Te Bell
Curve, which is ofen compared to
and generally regarded as a better
piece of scholarship than g Factor,
presented as part of its thesis that
genetics and heritability played a
large role in the diference between
IQ scores among ethnic groups in
the U.S. (black Americans usually
score lower than white Americans,
while Asian Americans usually
score higher than whites). Much
of the criticism of Te Bell Curve
relates to critics,
like Steven Jay
Gould, opinion
that the book
violates the
logical fallacy
of correlation
without causation;
that is, although
race correlates
with IQ, it does
not mean that a
lower IQ score is due to a groups
biological diference from another,
but could be caused by any number
of social factors.
Other critics like Robert T.
Carroll, assert that too much
is vested in IQ altogether, and
that something as complicated
as intelligence is difcult to
quantitate accurately. Te
proposed relationship between
human physical classifcation and
intelligence has proven a perfect
example of the possibility of
science to be used benefcially or
detrimentally.
In one instance, being able to
classify a person based on physical
characteristics proved useful as in
the example of anthropometry of
criminals, but when the genetically
determined physical characteristics
of an entire group of people are
extended to include something
intangible like intelligence and
permit the assertion of dominance,
the misuse of science becomes
apparent.
In the United States,
where minorities experience
disproportionate economic woes, a
falsely perceived racial connection
to low IQ scores and the poverty
that strongly correlates with them
would allow the unscrupulous to
remove responsibility from society
and place it on nature.
In the words of Charles Darwin,
If the misery of our poor be
caused not by the laws of nature,
but by our institution, great is our
sin.
Holtzen is a junior from
Fayetteville, Ark., in chemistry
and spanish.
CArTOOn
MARIAM SAIFAN
D
espite numerous
complaints by student
residents, McCollum
Hall remains in less-than-pristine
condition, with no chance of
renovations until the year 2013.
In October, one of the worst
incidents in McCollum Hall was
reported to Te University Daily
Kansan regarding a resident who
opened his door to fnd water
fowing out from the ceiling in
his dorm room. In that case, only
a few of the residents belongings
were found to be salvageable.
While this circumstance
seems to be the one of the worst
accounts, other residents have
reported similar issues. Many
residents have said that because
of the buildings consistent leaky
pipes, mold has grown in their
dorm rooms. One resident who
found mold in their room said the
maintenance staf fxed the moldy
pipes by placing duct tape on the
pipe, putting a foam insulator
over it and painting the insulator
white. Once the pipe continued to
leak, maintenance placed a bucket
under the leak. Now, possibly as a
result of breathing in the constant
mold, the student has sufered
from respiratory infections that
the students doctor said might
have been brought on by the mold
and bacteria.
More consideration defnitely
needs to be paid to these prob-
lems, but unfortunately, McCol-
lum Hall is the last residence hall
to be renovated on Daisy Hill.
In the meantime, we call on the
Department of Student Housing
to allow a third party to perform
an environmental/health inspec-
tion and to release the results to
the public.
More particular attention
should be made to the largest
dorm, which houses up to 900 KU
students. Fixing the dire problems
and investing in repairs for such a
large portion of the student com-
munity is a necessary step student
housing should take very soon.
Stefanie Penn for the Kansan
Editorial Board
Good
Science,
Bad Science
By Andrew Holtzen
aholtzen@kansan.com
Seths Scoop
By setH roBinson
srobinson@kansan.com
BY MEG LOWRY
mlowry@kansan.com
Sitting among his peers from
Outlaws and Allies in the Burge
Union, Joseph Jarvis intently
watched the opening oral argu-
ments of Perry v. Schwarzenegger,
a same-sex-marriage case based
in California.
Jarvis, a third year law student
from Lenexa, was interested in
the case not because he worried
about it showing up later on an
exam. Rather, he knew that the
ruling had the potential to affect
his life.
As one half of a same-sex rela-
tionship, the case is of course very
important to me, Jarvis said.
The most recent rulings are
only chapters in an already
extensive debate about same-
sex marriage in California. In
May 2008, California legalized
same-sex marriage. The follow-
ing November, Proposition 8 was
passed and outlawed same-sex
marriage.
Today, three judges on the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
began the second trial regarding
the legislation, which means that
the case may have effects on the
rest of the country.
Up to now, all of the challenges
have been under state law, Jarvis
said. California has won under
the state, so now the debate will be
at a federal level.
Although the law has a lot at
stake, Ryan Rash, a law student
from Tahlequah, Okla., and the
president of
Outlaws and
Allies, was opti-
mistic.
This would
be huge if
upheld, Rash
said. It would
give all couples
the federal
rights that only
oppos i t e - s e x
couples have now.
The central issue in the debate
today was that of the constitu-
tional right to marry. The defense
attorneys argued that marriage is
an individual liberty, given by the
Constitution. He compared out-
lawing same-sex marriages with
outlawing interracial marriages.
In the most absolute scenario,
the court would allow the same
federal rights and benefits to all
couples in every state, Rash said.
But it could go the other way,
also.
Rash points out that the court
could overturn the previous deci-
sion, and uphold the California
voters decision to outlaw same-
sex marriages.
This is the fundamental ques-
tion, Charles Cooper, a defense
attorney in the
case, said dur-
ing the trial.
Whether the
definition of
marriage is one
for the people
to resolve
through demo-
cratic process,
or whether it
takes that out
of the hands and decides it for
them.
Regardless of the ruling, Jarvis
said that it is likely the case would
likely be appealed and taken to the
Supreme Court.
It has the potential to be the
Roe v. Wade of our time, Jarvis
said. It was like watching history
in the making.
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CAmpUS
BY SAMANTHA FOSTER
AND KELLY STRODA
sfoster@kansan.com,
kstroda@kansan.com
At 4:20 p.m. Monday, KU Public
Safety received a call reporting an
unknown chemical smell on the fifth
floor of Malott Hall. The building was
then evacuated.
Jill Jess, spokeswoman for
University Relations, said at about 7
p.m. that the source of the smell was
still undetermined but that it had
disseminated. Malott was reopened
except for one room on the fifth floor
that was still being investigated as the
source of the smell.
Two University employees com-
plained of headaches from the
smell, Jess said. One employee was
transported to Lawrence Memorial
Hospital. Another employee was
treated at the scene.
Around 4:55 p.m., two firefighters
escorted a man out of the north side
of Malott Hall. The man later got
into an ambulance in the parking lot
behind Haworth Hall.
Justin Douglas is the director of the
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Core
Lab, which is housed in Malott. He
came to work after the building was
evacuated and said that in his experi-
ence evacuations of chemical build-
ings should be taken seriously.
Douglas said alarms like this one
happened all the time when he was
attending grad school but not as often
here at the University.
Here, when it happens, it seems
legitimate, he said. You just never
know. It could be something serious
or it could just be a bad tuna fish
sandwich.
Malott Hall houses the chemistry,
physics and astronomy departments.
There were also two chemical spills
on campus this semester. There was a
spill in Malott Hall on Oct. 29 and a
spill in Haworth Hall on Aug. 26.
Editedby Emily McCoy
Malotts
scare was
secured
Local band to compete for recording time
BY NICOLAS ROESLER
nroesler@kansan.com
The hit 2001 film Legally
Blonde is making its way to the
Lied Center Theatre in form of a
Tony-nominated musical tonight
at 7:30 p.m.
Legally Blonde The Musical
is following a current trend in
the production of musical the-
atre on Broadway, the Moviecal,
said John Staniunas, University
of Kansas associate professor and
chair of theatre, in a press release.
The Broadway adaptation of
the popular movie starring Reese
Witherspoon received seven Tony
Award nominations after its first
year on Broadway in 2007. The
show also won three Touring
Broadway awards and was con-
sidered one of the years best new
musicals.
The story follows Elle Woods,
played by Nikki Bohne, on a jour-
ney of self-discovery trying to win
her ex-boyfriend back by going to
law school along with her sidekick,
a Chihuahua named Bruiser.
She is great role model to play;
I learn something new from her
every time I perform, Bohne said.
She is completely selfless with a
huge heart, which is why I think
people connect with her so well.
Bohne said that one of the best
behind-the-scenes stories is that
of her dog Bruiser, played by both
Roxie and Chico the Chihuahuas.
She said both dogs are rescue
dogs, and Chico is the dog from
the original Broadway show.
He is such a pro, Bohne said of
her canine sidekick.
A memorable moment in the
movie is when Elle Woods learns
how to bend and snap to attract
the attention of her man. The
Lied Center made this popu-
lar move into a competition
for two free tickets to the show
and a chance to meet the cast.
People submitted videos to the
Lied Center of themselves doing
bend and snap. Andrea Romero,
a graduate student from Miami,
and Vaughn Lower, a senior from
Wichita, were those two talented
bend and snappers.
My technique is just one quick
swift movement, Romero said.
She said she was completely
surprised when she received the
e-mail saying that she had won
and was looking forward to meet-
ing the cast.
Ive never talked to anyone
who has been in a Broadway play
before so that is kind of cool,
Romero said.
Despite audiences attachment
to certain moments from the
Hollywood film, some had to be
altered to fit musical parameters.
The interesting aspect of
watching a Moviecal is having
the chance to study the film before
you go so you can see first-hand
the changes and addition of songs
to the structure of the original
work, Staniunas said.
One scene that changed is how
Elle Woods applied to Harvard
Law. Instead of sending in a video
tape of her bragging about her
assortment of skills, she brings
a marching band from UCLA to
invade the Harvard Campus and
perform a huge musical number
to gain entry.
Bohne said this musical fits in
perfectly with the college town
atmosphere because most of it
takes place at Harvard.
Its a great time in their lives
where kids find themselves and
develop their passions, Bohne
said, This musical just looks at
that in a unique and really fun
way.
Cotributed Photo
Actress Nikki Bohne plays Elle Woods in the musical adaptation of Legally Blonde.The Broadway
musical debuted in 2007 and has been nominated for several Tony Awards.
Evan Palmer/KANSAN
The Louisiana Street Band practices Sunday night in lead guitarist Evan Eppersons garage. The
Louisiana Street Band includes Epperson, a senior fromWichita (second to the right), saxophonist
Scott Marks, a senior fromLawrence (second to the left), keyboardist Austin Quick, a senior from
Shawnee (back), rhythmguitarist JohnMarc Skoch, a senior fromHastings, Neb. (far right), Brad
Feagan, a sophomore fromOswego (far left) and drummer Nathan Deel (not pictured). The
band, who will be performing in Lawrence on December 2nd at the Granada, is fnalists in the
General Mills Battle for the Band Contest being held on college campuses nationwide.
BY NICOLAS ROESLER
nroesler@kansan.com
The Louisiana Street Band is
headed to Los Angeles to compete
for recording time in the famous
Firehouse Recording Studio.
Members include lead guitar-
ist Evan Epperson, a senior from
Wichita; saxophonist Scott Marks,
a senior from Wichita; key-
boardist Austin Quick, a senior
from Shawnee; rhythm guitarist
John Marc Skoch, a senior from
Hastings, Neb.; Brad Feagan, a
sophomore from Oswego; and
drummer Nathan Deel. Baldwin
City resident.
The band placed in the top
three of a national competition
sponsored by General Mills called
U Rock! Battle for the Best. When
interviewed in November with
two weeks left in the competition,
The Louisiana Street Band had
twice as many votes as the second-
place band.
Originally a strictly blues band
that started in Grace Pearson
Scholarship Hall on Louisiana
Street, the band has evolved to
play everything from Cajun style
music to classic rock.
Joining the local band in Los
Angeles will be The Jerry Olea
Trio from Cal State San Marcos in
California, and The Acree Brothers
from Longwood University in
Virginia.
General Mills provides all three
bands airfare to Los Angeles as
well as $100 spending money for
the trip. The total value of the trip
itself is approximately $2,000, all
provided by General Mills.
The battle of the bands compe-
tition there will be judged by stage
presence, interaction with and
reaction from the crowd, origi-
nality, and overall entertainment
value.
We hope to just keep going
with it as high and as long as we
can, Quick said in an interview in
November.
Now they can. Te national
competition performance in Los
Angeles will be held January 15.
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Legally Blonde takes stage at
Lied Center in its musical form
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poLITICS
California case carries real
stakes for some law students
It would give all couples
the federal rights that
only opposite-sex couples
have now.
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Law student
NATIoNAL
Edwards copes with
terminal diagnosis
rALeIGh, n.c. elizabeth
edwards, who has battled cancer
publicly since 2005, said in a
statement monday that doctors
have no hope that further treat-
ment will ward of her cancer.
edwards, who is separated
from former u.s. sen. John
edwards, is resting at home with
her family.
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The Blue Devils earned the No. 1 spot with a unanimous vote for the second straight week in a row.
Duke, Kansas hold positions in AP poll
NCAA BASKEtBALL | 2B
Defective Defense
F
or the third time in four
years, Kansas will face
Memphis tonight when
the two teams tip-off in one of
the grandest basketball arenas
in the world, Madison Square
Garden in New York.
Of course, it was Memphis
that Kansas defeated to win
the National Championship in
2008. Although there are still
players left who were on the
roster for that game, no one
who played in that game is left
from either team.
Last year, the two teams faced
off in the first 2008 National
Championship rematch. The
game featured a Memphis
team that was almost com-
pletely different than the team
that the Jayhawks had faced
two years prior. Coach John
Calipari was gone, replaced
by his assistant coach Josh
Pastner, and the majority of
the stars who helped Memphis
reach the title game in 2008
had also moved on.
Consequently, last year
Memphis was a young team
with a new, young coach. That
didnt stop the Tigers from
looking to avenge their schools
title loss, showing up ready to
compete. Cole Aldrich led the
Jayhawks with 18 points and
the 2008 National Champions
were able to win a close game
in St. Louis, 59-57. In fact,
Kansas and Memphis have
historically played close
games. Kansas leads the all-
time series 5-2 and every game
but one has been decided by a
score of five points or less, or
has gone to overtime.
This year, a Memphis team
that is more experienced and
is currently undefeated at 7-0
and ranked in the top 15 in the
country should again be able
to compete and give Kansas a
close game.
Six-foot-nine forward/
guard Wesley Witherspoon
averages 13.7 points per game,
who leads the Tigers who as a
team average 85.3 points per
game. This type of player has
given the Jayhawks trouble the
last two games.
Six-foot-eight forwards
Derrick Williams and Tyler
Honeycutt both scored 33 and
27 points respectively, against
the Jayhawks. Honeycutt,
who made 11 of 15 field goals
including five of six three-
pointers, was held in check
two nights ago by Montana.
He scored 11 points on three
of 12 shooting in a game at
UCLA.
So in what could be the
best team Kansas faces in the
non-conference season this
year, look for the Jayhawks to
attempt to fend off the Tigers
in what could be another
close game between the two
schools.
Edited by Leslie Kinsman
By Max vosBurgh
mvosburgh@kansan.com
commentary
Memphis
brings
the heat
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Junior forward Marcus Morris and junior guardTyshawnTaylor try to stop UCLA guardTyler Lamb during the frst half of the Jayhawks game against the Bruins last week at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas will face of against the nationally-ranked Memphis
Tigers tonight at Madison Square Garden in NewYork.
By TIM DWyEr
tdwyer@kansan.com
Bill Self knows his team has a
weakness. Anybody whos watched
the last two games knows, as a
matter of fact.
Find a long, athletic wing, get
him the ball, and have him either
take an uncontested three or drive
straight at the Morris twins, or
whoever happens to be playing
post for Kansas.
If I was coaching against us,
Self said, I would attack our bigs
every position. Im just going to
put that out there because every-
body can see it.
That plan of attack worked
brilliantly for Arizonas Derrick
Williams and UCLAs Tyler
Honeycutt, who knocked down
threes when Kansas typically
stellar perimeter defense failed,
and barring that forced Kansas
bigs, notably Marcus and Markieff
Morris, into foul trouble. Williams
finished with 27 in Arizonas loss,
while Honeycutt finished with 33.
It doesnt take a guy who stud-
ies a ton of tape to know, just
throw it to the big guys, because
our big guys dont guard very
well, Self said. If I was scouting
us right now, I would say throw
it at Marcus and Markieff s and
Thomas man every possession.
Five times this year Markieff
has been limited to less than 20
minutes in a game because of foul
trouble, including both of the last
two games. Against UCLA, he
fouled out in just 19 minutes of
action. Marcus has been better,
but in the last two games has
picked up his fourth foul with the
game still on the line.
I thought about what if we had
these guys in when the game was
tough? junior guard Tyshawn
Taylor said. They have to play
with their hands up so they can be
aggressive without fouling.
Memphis lacks the big-bodied
post that UCLA had in Josh Smith
(the 305-pounder finished with
17 points and 13 boards against
Kansas), but has two prime can-
didates to do what Williams and
Honeycutt had such great success
doing.
Wesley Witherspoon, a 6-foot-9
swingman who leads the Tigers
with 13.7 points per game, has the
same ability to either stretch the
floor with his outside game or put
the ball on the floor and attack
the paint.
The second option will be 6-6
freshman guard Will Barton,
Rivals No. 11 player in the class
of 2010. Barton scored just five
total points in the Tigers first two
games, but hes scored 20 or more
in three of five games since.
Self s faith rests mostly in
Brady Morningstar defensively
(he said Morningstar did a nice
job against Honeycutt, while the
others didnt guard him worth
a flip). Morningstar, at 6-foot-
4, is the tallest of the Jayhawks
trio of starting guards, but he still
gives five inches to the lengthy
Witherspoon.
Self has said several times that
the Jayhawks third-in-the-nation
scoring offense was partially to
blame for the lax defense.
When you start hitting shots,
Self said, the tendency is to relax
on defense.
But the Jayhawks may finally be
facing an opponent that they cant
outscore.
These two games have helped
us moving forward, I think, Self
said after the UCLA game. But
well need to play a lot better
against Memphis on a neutral
court on Tuesday.
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By Ian CuMMIngs
icummings@kansan.com
The Jayhawks, left out of this
years NCAA tournament, are
already beginning to prepare for
the 2011-2012 season. In the mean-
time, the team will be transformed
by departures and new arrivals that
change the equations of both the
offense and defense.
Junior outside hitter Allison
Mayfield has seen this before.
Its always a drastic change,
Mayfield said.
2010
2010 wasnt a bad year for the
Jayhawks. They started off unde-
feated for the first seven matches,
and the 17 wins they recorded was
their best since 2004. Kansas scored
victories over five of the teams that
are in the tournament now.
Coach Ray Bechard said mak-
ing or not making the tournament
came down to a narrow margin
this year. One or two road games
in the first half of the season, or a
couple of home games later on, he
said, couldve made the difference.
Mayfield said she thought, over-
all, the season went well.
We had some big wins; we also
lost some games we didnt think
wed lose, she said.
Mayfield said one lesson the
team could draw from the season
was that every match was impor-
tant.
You cant overlook anyone, she
said.
Departures, arrivals
Among the four outgoing seniors
are two outside hitters Karina
Garlington and Jenna Kaiser
who played important roles in the
Jayhawk offense over the past sea-
son. Another Mel Townsend
is one of the teams top defensive
specialists. But Kansas has also
signed two new freshmen.
Garlington led the team in kills
in 21 matches in 2010, and her
career total of 1,309 kills is the
second highest in program his-
tory. This year, her season aver-
age of 3.51 kills per set was No.
8 in the conference. The league
named Garlington to the All-Big
12 Honorable Mention Team at
Jayhawk weakness lies in defense
volleyball
Departures and arrivals will change next season
SEE volleyball oN pAgE 3B
Freshman libero
Brianne Riley digs
the ball against
Colorado Saturday.
Riley led the team
with 18 digs in the
3-0 victory.
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Game provides useful lessons
MORNINg BREw
QUOTE OF THE DAY
now, its almost like our ofense
needs to bail our defense out. We
need to do a role reversal.
Bill Self
FACT OF THE DAY
kansas is 0-2 in the Jimmy V clas-
sic, an event that raises funds and
awareness for cancer research.
no. 4 kansas will play no. 14
memphis in the Jimmy V classic
tonight on esPn.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many of the six games
against memphis have been
within fve points or decided in
overtime?
A: all but one.
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Volleyball
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colorado state
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A
s if I need another distraction from
schoolwork in these last few weeks
before break, I have recently taken
up yet another hobby courtesy of ESPN.
After spending hours honing my fantasy
football team, I thought nothing could
come close to rivaling that.
That is when I learned of ESPNs Beat
the Streak. This game doesnt have an entry
fee, but offers one lucky/wise sports fan a
chance to win $100,000 each month. The
game is easy; make the right picks regard-
ing different sporting events and accumu-
late the longest streak of correct picks. At
the end of the month $100,000 is given to
the player who had the longest win streak
at any point in the month. (For more rules
check out streak.espn.go.com)
I realize that the chance of me having
the longest streak is slim to none. However,
the prize is so enticing that I stay glued
to ESPN, checking the scores of games I
would never have known about had it not
been for this fantasy game. How many
other people knew of Sundays soccer game
in which Newcastle United lost 3-1 to West
Bromwich? I know, I didnt think West
Bromwich had it in them either.
Since the game makes me focus more on
sports, I wonder if I would pay more atten-
tion to certain things in my life if there was
a Streak for Cash everyday edition.
Items up for bet will include things
such as how many phones my journalism
teacher will take from students in class
today. Or perhaps how many times my
friend Kevin twitches and falls, or barely
avoids injury.
I could even bet on things that involved
me, such as my performance on tests.
I have found it true that turning sports
into fantasy games makes them even more
exciting to watch. Why wouldnt this be
true in life as well?
The other night I was watching the game
cast of the Detroit Red Wings overtime
period. I am not a hockey fan and I cant
even remember ever watching it on TV. If
a fantasy game makes hockey interesting
to me, then what could it do for my math
class?
Some will study like crazy in order to do
well on their finals. For me, I have my goal
in mind to finish off the semester strong:
beat the streak.
Edited by Michael Bednar

By Jackson Delay
jdelay@kansan.com
NFL
McclaTcHy-TRIBUne
Don Meredith, both an original
Dallas Cowboy and an original
member of the Monday Night
Football cast, died Sunday at 72
after suffering a brain hemor-
rhage.
He was the best there was, his
wife, Susan, told The Associated
Press. We lost a good one.
Many fans of the old Monday
night telecast would agree.
Meredith was the funny, folksy
counterpoint to brash New Yorker
Howard Cosell on a show that
became a pop culture phenom-
enon.
The two began with play-by-
play man Keith Jackson in 1970,
then were joined by Frank Gifford
from 1971-73. Meredith left for
three years but returned from
1977-84, retiring one year after
Cosell did.
In the quarter century since,
Meredith had maintained a low
public profile, rarely granting
interviews and living in Santa Fe,
N.M.
But he never was forgotten by
football fans who grew up with
a telecast that was unlike any-
thing that had been seen before on
sports television.
As ESPNs Chris Berman put
it in a statement issued by the
network Monday: Don Meredith
was a television pioneer who made
pro football real, even for non-
football fans.
Steve Hirdt, executive vice
president of Elias Sports Bureau,
worked with Meredith in the early
1980s and said, I had enjoyed
him as a viewer for years, but it
wasnt until I started working on
the show that I learned that he was
a whole lot smarter than he liked
to portray himself on television.
Meredith, widely known as
Dandy Don, was a key figure
in the development of two iconic
brands of his era, because he was
an early star of the Cowboys, even
though he never led them to a
championship and was booed at
times.
Craig James, a fellow Texan
and fellow former SMU star, said
Monday, He was a guy I grew up
idolizing as a Cowboys fan.
Meredith abruptly retired before
the 1969 season despite being only
31 and coming off three straight
Pro Bowl seasons. (He was the
losing quarterback in the 1967
Ice Bowl NFL Championship
Game against the Packers.) Frank
Gifford suggested he speak to
ABC Sports Roone Arledge about
a new prime-time football series
set to debut in 1970.
By 1971, Meredith and Gifford
were in the booth together, help-
ing remake sports TV history.
He occasionally would try his
hand as an actor, Gifford said in
a statement issued by the Giants,
but it wasnt long before he real-
ized that for millions of football
fans, he would always be the one
who topped Howard Cosell with
one-liners or a simple, Come on,
Howard.
Commissioner Roger Goodell
wrote on his Twitter page, Don
Meredith was one of the most col-
orful characters in NFL history.
Cowboys legend dies of brain hemorrhage
NBA
McclaTcHy-TRIBUne
For weeks this past summer,
there was no shortage when it came
to comparing the Miami Heat to
the Los Angeles Lakers. The reign-
ing champions and the would-be
champions.
Then something rather curious
happened last week: Comparisons
began in the other direction, with
the Lakers emulating the Heats
mid-November slide by coming up
with their own losses to the Utah
Jazz, Indiana Pacers and Memphis
Grizzlies.
The Heat went into the season
lacking quality front-line bulk; the
Lakers joined the Heat in that pre-
dicament with Theo Ratliff joining
Andrew Bynum on the sidelines.
The Heat went through the early
stages of the season torched by
opposing point guards; the Lakers
remain unable to contain dribble
penetration.
The Heat had LeBron James
bemoaning his big minutes early;
Lakers coach Phil Jackson is now
lamenting the big minutes being
force fed to forward-turned-center
Pau Gasol.
The Heat, amid their struggles,
all too often relied on James and
Dwyane Wade forcing the action,
running little in the way of a system;
the Lakers have become less triangle
and more high-volume Kobe.
The Heat has had Erik Spoelstra
feverishly waving his arms as his
players all too often walk the ball
up court; Bryant has said of his
Lakers, It looks like were running
in quicksand.
When the Heat slipped to 8-7 a
week ago in Orlando, forward Chris
Bosh spoke of how the truest les-
sons come through failure, and that
it was better than opening 15-0 but
with a flawed approach that would
be exposed later in the season.
L.A. Lakers
struggle to
stay afoat
COLLEgE BASKETBALL
Duke remains on top afer series of victories
assocIaTeD PRess
Another Duke victory over a
top 10 team and the Blue Devils
win in a rematch of last seasons
national championship game had
them a unanimous No. 1 for a
second straight week.
The Blue Devils capped a tough
two-week stretch by beating
Michigan State and Butler, and
that meant they again got all 65
first-place votes from the national
media panel on Monday.
Duke (8-0) was No. 1 in the pre-
season poll and has stayed there
for the first four polls of the regu-
lar season.
Ohio State, Pittsburgh,
Kansas and Kansas State, which
also lost to Duke, were second
through fifth for the second
week in a row.
Connecticut, which went
from unranked to seventh last
week in the second-best insea-
son poll jump ever, moved up
one place to sixth.
Michigan State, Syracuse,
Georgetown and Baylor round-
ed out the top 10.
It is the first-ever appearance
in the top 10 for Baylor, which
was 11th last week and moved
up with wins over Prairie View
A&M and Arizona State.
Tennessee jumped two spots
to lead the second 10 and was
followed by Villanova, Memphis,
San Diego State, Missouri, Illinois,
Kentucky, BYU, Purdue and
UNLV.
Washington,
Mi n n e s o t a ,
Notre Dame,
Louisville and
Texas rounded
out the Top 25.
Loui s v i l l e
(6-0) moved
into the rank-
ings for the first
time this season. The Cardinals
biggest win was over thenNo.
16 Butler in the opening game
at their new downtown arena. In
2008-09 they were in the Top 25
all season, reaching No. 1 for the
first time in school history in the
final poll.
Florida (6-2) lost to Central
Florida last week and dropped
out from 18th. The Gators, whose
other loss was to Ohio State, were
No. 9 in the preseason poll and
they are the
first member
of that top 10
to fall out of
the rankings.
Loui s vi l l e
is the seventh
Big East team
in the rank-
ings, while the
Big Ten and
Big 12 have five each. The Big
East has four of the top 10
Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Syracuse,
Georgetown and the Big 12 has
three Kansas, Kansas State and
Baylor.
Georgetown moved into the
top 10 for the first time this
season, making the weeks big-
gest jump from 16th to No. 9.
Kentucky, which lost to North
Carolina, and Minnesota,
which lost to Virginia, had the
weeks biggest drops falling
seven places to 17th and 22nd,
respectively.
The Jimmy V Classic at
Madison Square Garden on
Tuesday will have Kansas fac-
ing Memphis and Syracuse
against Michigan State.
Another Duke victory...
had them a unanimous
No. 1 for a second straight
week.
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volleyball (continued from 1b)
that end of this season.
Kaiser, recovering from last
years injuries, had a slower start
in 2010 but emerged later in the
season as a major offensive force.
She led the Jayhawks with better
than 3.48 kills per set in the last six
matches and finished the season-
closing victory over Oklahoma
with a team-best 14 kills.
2011
With the Jayhawks losing
Garlington and Kaiser, junior
setter Nicole Tate said the two
new freshmen, both outside hit-
ters, might help fill out the teams
offense.
Hopefully, they can step up and
help us out, Tate said.
Incoming freshman outside
hitters Chelsea Albers and Sara
McClinton both Nebraska
natives will join the team in the
2011-2012 academic year.
Albers helped Papillon La Vista
High School to two state titles and
two district championships and
leads the state of Nebraska in kills,
carrying a 4.6 kills per set average.
McClinton took district titles in
2008 and 2010 with Millard North
High School and was twice an all-
state honorable mention.
But Tate pointed out that the
defense, as well as the offense, was
in for an annual shakeup.
Were also going to need some
help with the back row, she said.
One of the departing seniors is
defensive specialist Melissa Manda.
She is the programs all-time digs
leader and was recognized by the
league as Defensive Player of the
Week in early October.
Bechard said that the team
would also see several important
players return next year. He count-
ed three quality setters and two
returning starters, and said fresh-
man middle blocker Jessie Allen
had made improvements. As to the
incoming freshman, Bechard said
it remained to be seen how quickly
they would influence the team.
How quickly can they adapt
to the speed of Big 12 volleyball?
Bechard said.
With Garlington gone, Mayfield
will be the senior outside hitter
and the teams top scorer of kills.
She and Tate will have the most
experience on the court when it
comes to organizing next years
offense.
Itll be a whole new role,
Mayfield said. As to how things
will work out, she said it was too
soon to tell.
Were hoping that the spring
goes well, she said.
In the meantime, Mayfield said,
the Jayhawks are holding weekly
practices and lifting weights four
times per week. The 2011-2012
season begins next August.
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Ryan Waggoner/KaNSaN
Freshman setter Kara Wehrs hits the ball over the net during Kansas game against Winthrop Friday. Wehrs recorded a career-high 50 assists in the
Jayhawks three sets to one victory over Winthrop.
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cOLLEgE fOOTbALL
Sarkisian puts Washington football back on track
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
SEATTLE Two years to
the day after he was announced
as Washingtons football coach,
Steve Sarkisian began planning
for a Holiday Bowl rematch with
Nebraska.
And as he took a break from
those duties to talk to report-
ers on Monday, Sarkisian said the
bowl berth is tangible evidence
the rebuilding process that started
when he was hired on Dec. 6, 2008
is on track.
I think that for our players and
for this program this is another
step in the right direction, he
said. There have been a lot of
things accomplished here in two
years, whether its road wins, wins
in Los Angeles, Pac-10 wins to
break streaks, as weve moved
along. This is another one of those
milestones.
Agreeing with that sentiment
is Sarkisians boss, Washington
athletic director Scott Woodward.
It was Woodward who hired
Sarkisian as his first significant
move after being named perma-
nent AD.
My philosophy is that I want a
solid base foundation of building
this program and I think we made
a very, very good step forward
in achieving postseason play,
Woodward said. He inherited an
0-12 season with a lot of unrest
and Steve did a hell of a job last
year to turning that around to
a 5-7, very competitive football
team. And this year we achieved
that next step, which is postseason
play. So from that standpoint I
couldnt be more pleased.
Do you want more wins? Of
course you do. But we want this
to be built on a solid founda-
tion, which means solid coaching
and solid character kids and great
recruiting, and I see all of those
things happening. And they need
to continue happening going for-
ward.
Woodward said he felt the
same way when UW was 3-6 a
month ago, a time when some
national observers were including
the Huskies on their lists of most
disappointing teams, and some
Huskies fans were questioning the
progress of Sarkisians program.
I had no doubts in my mind,
even at 3-6, Woodward said, say-
ing that even after disappointing
losses you have to look at the
big picture. And that, he said,
has been moving in the right path
since day one, citing improved
recruiting and the fact that our
kids were believing in what they
were doing.
He said the comeback from 3-6
to a bowl berth is a testament to
the kids and the coaching job that
coach Sarkisian and his staff did.
Sarkisian signed a five-year
contract when he was hired, which
runs through the 2013 season, and
Woodward said it is possible that
deal will be extended after the
season. He said sure, when asked
if he would be amenable to giving
Sarkisian an extension, but said
that has not been discussed. He
and I will have that discussion at
the appropriate time, Woodward
said.
On Monday, Sarkisian was more
concerned with figuring out a way
to beat the Cornhuskers, whose
56-21 win over the Huskies in
Seattle on Sept. 18 was one of the
low points of the season.
Sarkisian said the Huskies are
embracing the opportunity to have
another shot at the Cornhuskers
and said, Id just like to go out
and put our best foot forward.
Sarkisian said the bowl game
was a proper reward for a senior
class that he said had done all that
was asked of it to help turn the
program around, saying this is a
very special time for them.
But he also said the work is far
from done, We are going there to
play a football game and to win
the game, he said. This isnt a
vacation.
wOmENS cOLLEgE bASKETbALL
Connecticut stays on top of
womens AP basketball poll
AssoCIATEd PREss
Connecticut remained the
unanimous choice at No. 1, while
Michigan State shot up the Top 25.
The Huskies have won an NCAA
womens basketball-record 86
straight games and received all 40
first-place votes in The Associated
Press Top 25 poll Monday. It was
the 48th straight week they sat atop
the poll.
UConn will host Marquette on
Thursday before going on break
for exams. The Huskies will try for
their 88th straight which would
match the record set by the UCLA
mens basketball team on Dec. 19
against No. 6 Ohio State at Madison
Square Garden.
Baylor, Stanford, Xavier and
Duke followed UConn for the sec-
ond consecutive week to round out
the first five. The Blue Devils will
face No. 7 Texas A&M on Monday
night in the Jimmy V Classic.
Michigan State made the biggest
jump in the poll, climbing 10 spots
to No. 15 after beating Florida State
and Texas. Its one of the biggest
leaps in the Top 25 since Rutgers
climbed 10 spots in consecutive
weeks during the 2004-05 season.
The Spartans beat then-No. 15
Florida State before topping 17th-
ranked Texas.
Tennessee, West Virginia, and
UCLA rounded out the top 10.
Georgetown and North Carolina
were 11th and 12th, passing
Oklahoma, which fell to 13th after
its loss to Ohio State on Sunday.
Kentucky dropped six places to
14th following a blowout loss at
Louisville on Sunday.
The Spartans were followed by
Iowa State, Florida State, Notre
Dame, Iowa, and St. Johns.
Texas, Maryland, Wisconsin-
Green Bay, DePaul, and Georgia
round out the poll. The Longhorns
dropped four places after their loss
to Michigan State.
Both Wisconsin-Green Bay and
DePaul had runs in the Top 25 last
season. The Phoenix visit Eastern
Michigan on Monday night.
We want to be in the Top 25
all the time, DePaul coach Doug
Bruno said. What weve learned
through the years is that you have
to earn your way in. Once youre in,
it takes a lot of work and effort and
stay in.
DePaul opens its Big East season
Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. The
Blue Demons will play five games
in the next 10 days, culminating
with a visit from No. 2 Stanford on
Dec. 16.
Were in the midst of a tough
stretch, Bruno added. Throw in
the two locals we have on our sched-
ule and every game is going to be a
battle.
Nebraska fell out of the Top 25 a
week after entering. Vanderbilt also
dropped out of the rankings.
NfL
MRI shows sprain in Favres
shoulder, ending starting streak
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.
Logic says Brett Favre might have
suffered the injury that will end
his record streak of consecutive
starts.
A magnetic resonance imaging
exam Monday confirmed Favre
sprained the sternoclavicular
joint in his throwing shoulder on
his first pass attempt Sunday. He
wasnt able to return to the Vikings
38-14 victory over Buffalo and
later admitted he couldnt have
even thrown a football.
This type of damage to a quar-
terbacks throwing arm ordinarily
would qualify as grim news. It
looks even more bleak when that
player is 41.
But we learned long ago that
logic does not apply when it comes
to Favre and injuries. Perhaps
thats why Vikings interim coach
Leslie Frazier did not hesitate to
answer when he was asked if he
expected that Favre would be able
to make his 298th consecutive
NFL start Sunday against the vis-
iting Giants.
No question, Frazier said.
Someone asked me that same
question yesterday. I really
thought hed come back in the
game (against Buffalo), just know-
ing Brett. As hard as I saw him get
hit, Ive seen him take harder hits
and bounce back and come back
and play. Theres nobody tougher
than Brett Favre to ever play the
quarterback position. I was a little
surprised he wasnt able to make
it back, and Id be surprised if hes
not able to play this weekend.
Frazier said the injury is not
something that can surgically be
attended to, and added that doc-
tors did not give him any type
of degree on a sprain that affects
Favres neck and sternum area.
Favre made a brief appearance in
the Vikings locker room Monday
but declined to comment about
how the shoulder was feeling.
He then ducked into the training
room to receive treatment.
If the doctors say he is fine and
he is functional and not at risk
and Brett feels good about it, it
wont be a hard decision, Frazier
said. The only thing that makes it
difficult is if the doctors say he is
fine and he says, Im not ready to
go. ... Between the two, between
what the medical people tell me
and what Brett tells me, we will
make a decision based on that.
Favre will spend much of this
week receiving treatment, and
Frazier acknowledged rest will be
a key, so its likely Favre will do
little to no work in practice.
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MEMPHIS
7-0
StartErS
Charles Carmouche, guard
Carmouche is in his frst season with the
Tigers. He is eligible to play this season as a
result of New Orleans athletics moving from
NCAA Division I to Division III. He is averaging
7.6 points per game and leads the team with
15 steals. Carmouche has started every game
this season.

Joe Jackson, guard

Jackson is one of four freshmen from
Memphis, Tenn., and is one of seven fresh-
men overall. Jackson is second on the team in
points, 12.1 per game. He leads the team with
4.2 assists per game, on a team that averages
17.2 per game. Jackson, however, is quite reck-
less with the ball, which is understandable as
a freshman. He averages 3.5 turnovers a game,
which is a 1.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Chris Crawford, guard

Crawford, along with Will Barton, is the
teams primary three-point shooter. They have
taken 33 and 34 shots, respectively. He leads
the team with 12 three pointers made. Craw-
ford is another one of coach Pastners home-
grown recruits. Crawford is averaging eight
points per game and 3.4 rebounds. Crawford
has made 4 starts through seven games.

Will Coleman, forward

Coleman is the only senior on Memphis this
season. Coleman is a shot blocker, but does
not lead the team this year. He has seven shot
blocks behind Tarik Blacks 10. Coleman is only
averaging 5.6 points per game, but has been
the most efcient, shooting 65.2 percent from
the feld.
.

Wesley Witherspoon, guard

Witherspoon comes into tonights matchup
leading almost every statistical category for
Memphis. He is the teams leading scorer and
rebounder, 13.7 points and fve rebounds per
game. Long like the Morris twins, Witherspoon
can shoot from the outside, where he is 5-8 on
the season.

Sixth Man
Will Barton, guard
Barton has only made one start in seven
games for Memphis, but he is averaging 11.9
points per game in his role. He is shooting 42.5
percent from the feld and 32.4 percent from
three. Barton is averaging 24.9 minutes and
should see that number increase against a
Jayhawk team that loves to run.

Mike Lavieri
Kansas has been torn apart
defensively in its last two games
by a long, athletic wing. Memphis
has that piece to the puzzle, and a
much better supporting cast than
Arizona and UCLA. If the Jayhawks
have found a way to stop the
bleeding over the last four days,
they should be able to hold of
the Tigers. If Wesley Witherspoon
or Will Barton becomes the third
straight opponent to go for 25-
plus, the Jayhawks will be staring
down their frst loss of the season.
Memphis has too many ofensive
weapons for the right-now sloppy
Kansas defense to handle.
BRADY MORNINGSTAR
Morningstar is the key to
everything the Jayhawks do de-
fensively. He almost always draws
the assignment of guarding the
opponents best ofensive threat.
That means Tuesday hell have
the unenviable task of guarding
either Wesley Witherspoon, who
leads the Tigers with 13.7 points
per game, or Will Barton, who has
three games of 20-plus scoring
in his seven-game old career. If
Morningstar can keep his man
to single digits, the Jayhawks
chances would take a huge boost.
Who can stop (slow) Wesley
Witherspoon?
Witherspoon is a matchup
nightmare for the Jayhawks. Hes
listed at 6-foot-9, which makes
him taller than all but one of the
Jayhawks starters (Markief Morris).
That wouldnt be a problem, but
Witherspoon plays the three for
the Tigers, which means, unless
Self trots out a new starting fve
(which I wouldnt rule out after the
last two games) either Taylor, Reed
or Morningstar will have to handle
the primary duties on Wither-
spoon. Taylor and Reed are 6-foot-
3. Morningstar is the tallest of the
bunch at 6-foot-4. Six inches (or
fve) is a whole lot to be giving up,
and Witherspoon would be able to
post whichever Kansas guard drew
the defensive assignment.
I actually thought Brady did
a nice job on him. I dont think
anybody else that guarded him
guarded him worth a fip.
Bill Self on the teams defensive efort
against Tyler Honeycutt
KaNSaS
7-0
StartErS
Tyshawn Taylor, guard
Taylor was one of the few bright spots for the
Jayhawks in last Thursdays heart-stopping 77-76
victory over UCLA. His 17 points were his most
since the season opener, and he carried the
reeling Jayhawks during a crucial second half
stretch. He needs to cut back on the turnovers,
though.

Tyrel Reed, guard

Reed remembered how to knock down
threes, which, even though he wouldnt admit it
after the game, must have felt nice after a rocky
start to the season for Reed.He also kept up his
surprisingly efective dribble-drive game, which
if he continues to hit outside shots could make
him lethal ofensively.

Brady Morningstar, guard

Self said Morningstar did the best job against
UCLAs Tyler Honeycutt Thursday night. Of
course, Honeycutt poured in 33 points, so even
the guy doing the best wasnt doing very well.
The 6-foot-4 Morningstar will have to overcome
a size mismatch once again Tuesday, facing
either 6-6 Will Barton or 6-9 Wesley Witherspoon.

Marcus Morris, forward

Morris needs to become a better rebounder
for the Jayhawks. Hes had two games where he
hasnt pulled down a single defensive rebound,
and he (and the rest of the Kansas bigs) were
feasted on by Josh Smith, UCLAs 305-pound
freshman. Hes been the ofensive force the
Jayhawks need, but he needs to develop defen-
sively to be a top-fight NBA prospect.

Markief Morris, forward

Like his brother, Markief still has some work
to do to be a bona fde star for Kansas. The
biggest faw in his game? He cant stay on the
foor. Five times this year hes been limited to 20
minutes or less because of foul trouble. In the
two games hes played more than 20 minutes,
hes averaged 12.5 boards. In the others, hes
averaged just 7.8.

Sixth Man
Travis Releford, guard
Releford only played nine minutes against
UCLA, but was one of the victims in the defen-
sive efort that got lit up by the Bruins Tyler
Honeycutt. With his length and athleticism, Rel-
eford has the potential to become a lockdown
defender in the mold of Brandon Rush, but he
has to get better, and in a hurry.

TimDwyer
6B / GAME DAY / TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
MEMPhiS
tipoff
At A GlAnce
KaNSaS VS. MEMPhiS
6 p.m., MadiSon SquarE gardEn, New York City
Ku
tipoff
COUNTDOWN TO tiPoFF
date opponent tV Channel time
Dec. 11 Colorado St. ESPN2 5:30 p.m.
Dec. 18 USC ESPN 2 11 a.m.
Dec. 22 Cal FSN 10 p.m.
Dec. 29 UT-Arlighton ESPNU 8 p.m.
At A GlAnce
PlAyer to wAtch
question mArk
heAr ye, heAr ye
Taylor
Reed
Morningstar
Morris
Morris
Releford
Game
Wed. Dec. 8 Time (CT) TV Channel
Alcorn State at Nebraska 7:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Tulsa 7:00 p.m. CBSCS
TCU at Texas Tech 7:00 p.m.
Prairie View at Texas A&M 7:00 p.m. FSSW
Carmouche
Jackson
Crawford
SYLVESTER WILL CATCH TWEETY BIRD If
The Jayhawks dont have the defensive answers. Kansas can score.
Thats not the question. The Jayhawks are third in the nation in points
per game. But Memphis (ninth in the country in points per game) can
score, too. So it will fall on the shoulders of Kansas defense. Valparaiso
and Ohio were gimmes. Arizona and UCLA? Whole diferent story.
THE ROCK CHALK CHANT WILL SOUND IN THE GAR-
DEN If
The Jayhawks can hold two of the trio of Joe Jackson, Wesley With-
erspoon and Will Barton to fewer than 15 points. If the Jayhawks can
keep a duo from going of, the should be able to subdue the Tigers
ofense enough to top them.
Prediction:
Kansas 81, Memphis 73
Big 12 SChEdulE SChEdulE
Memphis comes into tonights
game ranked 13th in the Associ-
ated Press Poll and 14th in the
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. Its
7-0 ranking should be taken with
a grain of salt. The only quality win
to date is against Miami, a 72-68
victory on Nov. 15 at home. Last
week Memphis saw an 18-point
frst-half lead become a 78-71
overtime victory against now 1-6
Arkansas State. The Tigers can get
up and down the court. Tonights
game at Madison Square Garden
will only be the second time for the
Tigers being outside of Memphis
this year. Their only other game
was in Tupelo, Miss., a 70-61 victory
against LSU on Nov. 21.
WESLEY WITHERSPOON
Watt leads the team in scoring
and rebounding. He is 23-38 from
the feld (.605) without attempting
a three-point shot. He is a low-
post player that will be difcult
to guard. Kansass defenders will
want to get Watt as far away from
the basket as possible to make it
uncomfortable for him. Once he
has the ball in the post, he can
make a strong move to the basket
or if he is double-teamed, he will
be able to fnd his open team-
mates, who are shooting over
45 percent from the feld on the
season. He has a young, inexperi-
enced backcourt getting him the
ball, but it does not seem to be a
problem so far this season.
Is the third time a charm?
The 2008 National Champion-
ship game is still probably fresh in
the Tigers mind as opposed to last
years 57-55 loss. Memphis comes
in scoring 85.3 points per game,
which is 9th in the nation, while
giving up 65.7. Kansas scores 89.9
points per game, third in the na-
tion. Kansas also does a better job
of handling the ball, leading the
nation with 21.1 assists per game.
The Jayhawks also are leading the
nation in shooting percentage,
.569. Memphis hasnt faced a team
like Kansas that takes care of the
ball as well as it does and forces as
many turnovers as it does. Mem-
phis has a 1.07 assist-to-turnover
ratio, a recipe for disaster in the Big
Apple.
This is my second year as head
coach. I have never been more dis-
appointed in a group of guys and
the way they played. Absolutely
disappointed in them. We got
outplayed by Arkansas State, and
we were fortunate to get the W.
Memphis coach Josh Pastner after the Tigers
78-71 overtime victory over Arkansas State on
Dec. 1 (fromESPN)
PlAyer to wAtch
question mArk
heAr ye, heAr ye
Barton
Witherspoon
Coleman