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Faculty welcomes social

media policy revisions
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRol

In a message sent to all University email accounts Monday, the University of Kansas
asked students and staff to
suggest any changes to the
Universitys procedure regarding improper social media use.
The Kansas Board of Regents
finalized a social media policy
in May 2014. Each university
in Kansas uses its own procedures to handle discipline.
Those include Wichita State,
Kansas State and Pittsburg
State.
The procedure that the University of Kansas creates will
not have any change on the
Board of Regents social media policy.
Over the summer, a committee met to determine how to
implement the policy on Lawrence Campus. The committee had to create a procedure
that assessed the scenario in
which a staff member used
social media improperly.
John Mayhew, president of
the University Senate, wanted students to know that the
procedure does not apply to

students or hourly student

employees. These social media guidelines only apply to
University faculty or staff.
If the procedure is ratified
by the University Senate, then
the Provost office will add it to
the policy library of the university, Mayhew said. Were
not changing the Board of
Regents social media policy.
All we can do is come up with
a policy that is fair to everybody if someone were accused
of improper use of social media.
The University Senate will
have a series of meetings regarding the social media procedure starting Feb. 12.
The No. 1 goal of the committees discussions were to
make sure that freedom of
speech and academic freedom are accounted for and
balanced against the Board of
Regents policy, said Marta
Caminero-Santangelo, who
served on the committee that
worked to draft the procedure. The committee drafted
the procedure [and sent it to
students] because it was satisfied with [the draft].

ANNA WENNER/KANSAN
Jameelah Jones listens to a senators question just before she is voted in as the new director of diversity and inclusion at Wednesdays meeting.

STAMP OF APPROVAL
Full Senate approves first director of diversity and inclusion
ALANA FLINN
@alana_flinn

The proposed director of

diversity and inclusion, Jameelah Jones, has been approved in full Senate and she
will begin her duties immediately. Jones is a second-year
graduate student in African
and African-American studies.
Jones will be the first to hold
this position. According to
Jones, her position will include various jobs revolving
around creating coexistence
among all students and faculty on campus.
I am generally the voice in
Senate for the students of diverse populations, Jones said.
Im drawn to social justice
and ensuring that every voice
matters and every voice is
heard, no matter how small
that voice may be in a room.
If even one person is uncomfortable or underrepresented,
that is enough for someone to
step in and rectify the situation. Thats how we keep students happy and keep them
feeling like part of the family
at the University of Kansas.
After reviewing 14 applicants, Student Body President Morgan Said said Jones
was selected because of her
positivity and drive to create
change.
Jameelah brings such a pos-

Edited by Mitch Raznick

Campus groups not

accommodative to all
CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boese

While many students find it

easy to join campus groups, for
students with disabilities, joining a campus organization may
require more than signing up
for an email list or attending a
monthly meeting.
Lauren Wismer, a senior
from Overland Park who is
deaf, attempted to join a number of organizations when she
first started college, including
AbleHawks and Allies, the KU
Equestrian Team and a few
campus ministries.
Some of the organizations she
tried to join did make an effort
to accommodate her.
There were other members
in the group that knew sign language and they would provide
me with a written script of the
service in the campus ministry,
Wismer said.
Unfortunately, there were
other groups in which Wismer

did not feel as accommodated.

At some meetings she could not
follow what was happening and
had difficulty communicating
her needs to those in charge.
I hate saying it happens, but
sometimes when you tell someone that you have a disability,
they kind of withdraw and you
kind of get pushed to the side as
if you can't do anything, Wismer said.
Students who may need special accommodations can look
for help at the KU Student Access Center, which is part of the
Academic Achievement and
Access Center.
Andrew Shoemaker, director
of the KU Student Access Center, said students can submit
requests for accommodations
and it will do their best to fulfill
them.
However, some students
with disabilities are reluctant

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ANNA WENNER/KANSAN
Jameelah Jones answers a senators question during Wednesday nights Senate
meeting. Soon after, Jones was voted in as director of diversity and inclusion.

itive energy to the staff, especially in second semester as

everyone starts to wear down
on the year, Said said. Shes
got exactly the spunk that
we need to keep us all motivated and accountable. She
was someone who was very
vocal in the open forum last
semester, and I admired that
she was able to come forward
and call Student Senate out,
but also offer to help us right
what has been wronged.
Jones chose to apply for the

newfound position right after

the bill for the job passed.
I applied because I really want to make a difference
and I was happy when I saw
this position still open, Jones
said. I want the opportunity
to affect people and create a
change.
To Jones, this new position
has been needed in Senate for
years.
As we saw from last semesters Senate meetings,
there is disconnect between

the Student Senate and the

multicultural population on
campus, Jones said. I think
there needs to be a bridge for
those who feel they are underserved. This position will
create that bridge for those
who need a voice.
During her acceptance
speech, Jones said her first act
as director of diversity and
inclusion will be to create a
connection between administration and multicultural
students through the Cultural
Competency Training.
We need to ask the broad
questions when we say diversity or multiculturalism,
Jones said. If there is not
equal representation in all of
these aspects, multicultural
students will fall through the
cracks.
Chief of Staff Mitchell Cota
said this position was created
to fill a void of a large concern
on campus that the University and Student senates did not
care about the rights of minority students.
Right now shes working on
cultural competency for the
entire University, Cota said.
I think instilling a value of
inclusion on campus is really
relevant right now in a time of
which there are protests and
people advocating for these
rights.
Edited by Emma Seiwert

Environmental group urges frackers for safer fix

ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK

If some get their way, the

days of hydraulic fracking in
Kansas may be numbered, so
long as the disposal process
stays the same.
The Kansas Sierra Club is
calling for a halt on the fracking until scientists can find injection wells that wont cause
earthquakes, or a different
solution entirely.
Fracking drills into rock
formations and pumps a variety of chemicals, sand and wa-

Index

CLASSIFIEDS 8A
CROSSWORD 6A

ter into these rocks under high

pressure in order to extract oil
and natural gases.
However, the problem isnt
with fracking, but rather the
aftermath of leftover fluids
being dumped into disposal
wells; this process has actually
been linked to earthquakes.
The places where these earthquakes have been occurring
are located on or near geological faults. After the disposal
process, the faults often unclamp and start sliding.
When fluids are pumped
into these [faults], they serve as

CRYPTOQUIPS 6A
OPINION 4A

JOE SPEASE OF THE KANSAS SIERRA CLUB/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

The foundation beneath the floor of this persons home in south central Kansas has a crack that is getting wider and wider with each round of quakes.

a lubricant and end up slipping

and causing an earthquake,
said Joe Spease, fracking chair

SPORTS 1B
SUDOKU 6A

All contents, unless stated otherwise, 2015 The University Daily Kansan

Dont
Forget

of the Kansas Sierra Club.

In 2015 alone, Kansas has
already experienced 10 earth-

Happy Kansas Day!

quakes, according to the Kansas Geological Survey. Luckily for Lawrence, there have
not been any earthquakes in
Douglas County.
Lawrence is about as earthquake-free as any place in the
state because there are no major faults, said Don Steeples,
KU geology professor and
interim dean of the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The major fault in Kansas
runs from Oklahoma, through
areas like Manhattan and
Wichita to Hays, all the way
up to the Black Hills in South

Todays
Weather

Dakota.
Kansas residents in these
earthquake-affected areas are
starting to face issues with
their insurance companies
because their premiums dont
cover earthquake damage.
Spease said foundations in
some homes have already begun to crack from the damage
of past, small trembles.
One family was told by their
insurance company that the
growing crack in their house
foundation would cost $30,000

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news

Election reform bill

passes in Senate

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Several new rules passed

through full Senate Wednesday night and will be added
to the Elections Code for the
upcoming Student Senate
elections this spring. The bill
authored by Government Relations Director Will Admussen and Chief of Staff Mitchell
Cota, among others, and was
introduced when Miranda
Wagner, student body vice
president, opened the floor for
discussion. The bill did not go
through any committees last
week.
The goal of this reform is to
create a fairer campaigning
season, Wagner said. The most
crucial change in the bill is that
there will no longer be button
deals.
In past elections, coalitions
could give out buttons with
their logos on them. Students
could wear these buttons to
receive discounts at local businesses.
The new rules also include
limitations on distributing
materials. Coalitions will
purchase no more than one
T-shirt per slated candidate
and no candidate or coalitions
poster will cover the readability of an opponents poster.
Cota said stricter election
rules are now needed to help
keep organization throughout
election season.
These were created just to
address lots of holes within the
election code last year and to
be able to make a more efficient and fair election for both
the elections commission and
coalitions, Cota said.
During discussions about

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Chairman John Rubin, right, a Shawnee Republican, asks a question during a Kansas House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee hearing on legislation reducing penalties for first- and second-time marijuana possession,

Capitol weighs reduced

penalty for pot possession
NICHOLAS CLAYTON
Associated Press

TOPEKA Penalties for

marijuana possession could
be softened in Kansas as
legislators seek to lower prison
populations and reduce costs.
State
officials
testified
Wednesday in favor of a bill that
would drop first- and secondtime marijuana possession
offenses below the felony level.
The hearing before the House
Corrections and Juvenile
Justice Committee comes on
the heels of discussions last
week in a Senate committee
on a bill that would legalize
marijuana for medical use.
While a second marijuana
conviction can currently
land a person in jail for 10

Bill proposed in
Kansas legislature
would increase
statewide minimum
wage to $10.25 in
2018
A bill in the Kansas
House proposes to raise the
statewide minimum wage by
$3 over the next three years.
Rep. Jim Ward (D-Wichita)
sponsored
the
Kansas
Working Families Pay Raise
Act, or House Bill 2012. The
bill states that minimum
wage will be no less than
$8.25 per hour after Jan.
1, 2016, a dollar more than
the current statewide rate.
It would then increase again
by $1 each year, topping out
at $10.25 in 2018.
The last time Kansas
raised its minimum wage
was back in 2009, according
to the United States
Department of Labor.
This bill may affect workers
and
small
businesses
differently depending on
their situations.
Brandi Bradfield, an
employee at Java Break and
Lawrence resident, said even
though it might mean more
money for employees, she
said she believes the result

to 42 months, the legislation

would remove the risk of
prison time for offenders with
no prior convictions until
their third offense, said Scott
Schultz, executive director
of the Kansas Sentencing
Commission, which proposed
the bill.
Republican Rep. Tom Moxley
of Council Grove said after the
hearing that it was time for the
state to re-examine the way it
punishes marijuana offenses.
The issue of proportionality
has been brought up by
a number of legislators
because we incarcerate an
extraordinary number of
people for pretty light crimes,
nonviolent crimes, particularly
in the drug arena, Moxley said.
No opponents of the bill

would be more money spent

from customers pockets.
I feel like it would make
prices raise, she said. Its
not like we get money from
anywhere else.
If passed, HB 2012 would
also affect servers and
bartenders whose hourly
rates are much lower than
what you would expect to find
when working at a grocery
store or in other minimum
wage positions, according to
the Kansas legislature. After
Jan. 1, 2018, the hourly rate
for servers would be no less
than $3.08.
Ariel Miller, a bartender
and employee of Paisanos
restaurant, said she doesnt
believe this bill would have
a large effect on her and
others working in similar
jobs. Her current minimum
wage rate is $2.13 per hour
as a server and $5 per hour
bartending.
Miller said that even
though her minimum wage
rate would increase, it would
ultimately have little impact
on her.
For me, it wont mean
much because Im a server
and a bartender, Miller
said.
Lane Cofas

appeared to testify during

the hearing, and committee
members acknowledged that
the states budget woes made
the cost-saving potential of the
bill more attractive.
Schultz said it would result
in about 46 fewer prisoners
per year, saving the state about
$800,000 annually. Jennifer
Roth, a public defender,
testified that the move would
save the state even more in
the courtroom and probation
administration expenses.
We recognize a need for
frugality in this state. We want
bang for the buck, and right
now were just locking people
up at great cost, and we need
to think that through, Moxley
said. If ever there was a time,
this is the time.

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to step forward and ask for
accommodations, said Jennifer Marcinkowski, president
of AbleHawks and Allies and
accommodation specialist for
the Office of Accessibility and
ADA Education.
There already is someone
with a disability in every student organization on campus,
just based on the numbers,
said Marcinkowski, a senior
from Jefferson City, Mo. Statistically, its impossible for
there not to be at least one
person with a disability. Now,

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to repair. Since they cannot
cover the cost themselves,
Spease said he believes the
ones who did the fracking,
which involved the disposing,
should be held responsible.
"Who should pay for this?
The oil and gas companies,"
Spease said.
Cracked foundations arent
the only concern of Speases.
He finds the Wolf Creek nuclear plant in Burlington to be
an extreme danger to different
parts of Kansas.
There are faults within a
reasonable distance of the
plant, and earthquakes have

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whether or not that person has

identified openly with having a
disability and whether or not
those organizations are aware,
theres still somebody who has
a disability.
To make organizations more
accessible, Marcinkowski said
organizations need to offer
more accessible options.
We need to make sure that
were being mindful of inclusiveness on campus, she said.
According to Wismer, accommodating disabilities starts
with understanding them.
People don't fully understand what it means to accom-

modate, or they don't understand how actions they may

not think of might be discriminating, even though there's no
intent for that whatsoever. It
just kind of happens, unintentionally, Wismer said. I think
a lot of the problem is that
there needs to be more education and awareness.
If you or someone you know
needs disability accommodations, you can contact the KU
Student Access Services at disability.ku.edu or at (785) 8644064.

occurred there, Spease added.

If the concrete cylinders full
of nuclear waste were to topple
and crack, a radioactive cloud
would be released, blowing
toward Lawrence, Topeka and
Kansas City.
To prevent earthquakes and
situations like this, Spease,
along with the rest of the Sierra
Club, is calling for a standstill
on the fracking until scientists
can find injection wells that
wont cause earthquakes.
There needs to be more research done, said Mike Taylor,
associate KU professor of geology. But, I would say that we
need to decrease the volume
and rate at which these fluids

are injected. Maybe if theyre

done over long time periods
with lower volumes, it wont
be such a shock to these fractures.
Steeples said despite the lack
of progress toward a solution,
the connection between the
disposal and quakes has been
known for quite a long time,
dating back to the 1960s.
We know the cause, and yet
fracking continues. It doesnt
make sense, Spease said. The
oil and gas industries are the
only ones benefitting.

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these new rules, Wagner said

the reason for many of the
new rules are to prevent coalitions making profits off of
something like a t-shirt.
People should never be
making a profit off of our elections at the student senate level, Wagner said.
A major debate which resulted in several positive and
negative speeches was the decision on whether coalitions
could spend their entire campaigning budget on T-shirts
or not.
Some speeches argued that
a competition to put a T-shirt
on well-recognized people
such as Bill Self or the chancellor would create an unfair advantage, while others argued
spending $1,000 on T-shirts
for coalitions would be absurd.
Senate tabled the discussion
on T-shirt purchases after a
lengthy debate. Once the discussion was brought back up,
it passed.
Another bill that passed
through Senate authored by
the finance committee will
fund a documentary about
human trafficking within the
US. The bill will allocate $130
to the KU Coalition Against
Slavery and Trafficking.
Admussen also discussed
three other bills Student Senate members will propose at
Higher Education Day on Feb.
10.
One bill includes medical
amnesty for underage students
who seek medical attention after drinking. This bill would
ensure an underage student
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

Happy 154th birthday, Kansas! Kansas became a state in 1861 and created the coolest university in the country just
four years later.

Grad students to present

research at 2015 summit
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@KansanNews

On Feb. 12, eight graduate students will represent the University at the 2015 Capitol Graduate Research Summit.
The students will join 10 Kansas State representatives, 10
d from Wichita State, five from
e Pittsburg State and five from
- Fort Hays State at the summit to
f present their research. KU Medical Center and KU Law School
are also represented with eight
- and five representatives, respec- tively.
This summit is wonderful
- because those in the Capitol
d and at other universities can see
- what other graduate students
are doing, KU Assistant Dean
- of Graduate Studies Roberta
s Pokphanh said. It is a lovely
event that shows the impact of
t what our graduate students are
t doing.
The summit was created in
- 2001 by a group of graduate stu- dents.
d The ability to impact the
community and the state of
Kansas for these students is a
n big opportunity, Pokphanh
said. The summit was created
- by students themselves, so this
,

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y
l from alcohol use.
t The committee will also be
proposing taxless textbooks.
0 Admussen said both Republit cans and Democrats seem to
be in support of this bill, and he
d thinks that will help the bill pass
- successfully.
Finally, Admussen said the
. higher education committee

is an initiative theyve taken

themselves.
Many students who were selected were overjoyed with the
opportunity.
I was really excited; its a big
event in my life to represent
KU at the Capitol so there was
a lot of excitement and joy,
said Cyrus Maleki, a graduate
student from Iran who holds
masters and bachelors degrees.
Maleki will represent the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
program at the summit.
Maleki studies carbon dioxide
emissions in the atmosphere
and has worked to stop the gas
from deteriorating the environment. He will work to raise
awareness at Capitol, where
policy-makers and government
officials will see him present.
I have been doing research
since 2008, so it has kind of
formed my philosophy of life
and my job, Maleki said. I live
with research. I like the job that I
do for the society, especially the
subject that I work on.
Maleki said he hopes the impact of his and others work is
felt not only around the state of
Kansas, but around the world.
CO2 is one of the most important gases regarding climate

change, he said. The research

that I do is to mitigate the effect
of these greenhouse gases. I feel
really good for the work that I
do, I see myself as part of a big
team that tries to create a better
society for global citizens.
Another graduate student
representing the University
is Christina Amaro, who has
been working toward providing
healthy food for low-income
families. Amaro will represent
the Clinical Child Psychology
program at the University.
What I look forward to most
is speaking to policymakers in
order to implement programs
that could provide healthier
food choices for kids, Amaro
said.
Over the course of the past
year, Amaro has worked with
organizations that work to
achieve this goal. Amaro is
hopeful that her presentation in
Topeka will benefit Kansas.
This issue is important to
farmers in Kansas as well as
the people in the state, so my
research can have a big impact
on the community, Amaro said.

could be on the chopping

block as far as funding goes, so
they will lobby to prevent funding cuts.
A bill authored by Michael
Walker to fund keynote speaker
Dr. Mary Beltran at the 18th annual Graduate Symposium also
passed through full senate.
The approved bill will allocate
$1,000 to the Film and Media
Graduate Council for the funding of the speaker.

A bill also passed which will

fund a bachelor of social welfare event featuring social justice
writer Michael Patrick MacDonald. He will visit in April
and give a public presentation,
and $4,780 will be allocated to
the event.

Edited by Andrew Collins

Edited by Laura Kubicki

LON HORWEDEL/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tommy Thompson holds a $50 pioneer gold piece retrieved earlier in 1989 from the wreck of the gold ship
Central America. According to the US Marshals Service, Thompson, a fugitive treasure hunter wanted for more
than 2 years was arrested in Florida on Tuesday.

Treasure hunter who found a

fortune in gold is captured
ANDREW WELSH
Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio A
treasure hunter accused of
cheating his investors out of
their share of one of the richest hauls in U.S. history $50
million in gold bars and coins
from a 19th-century shipwreck
was captured at an upscale
Florida hotel after more than
two years on the lam.
Federal marshals tracked
Tommy Thompson to a Hilton
in West Boca Raton and arrested him Tuesday. A warrant had
been issued for him in 2012
in Columbus after he failed
to show up for a hearing on a
lawsuit brought by some of his
backers.
The U.S. Marshals Service
called him one of the most intelligent fugitives ever sought

by the agency and said he relied

on cash and employed other
means to stay under the radar.
Authorities gave no details on
how they found him.
Thompson, 62, made history
in 1988 when he discovered the
sunken SS Central America,
also known as the Ship of Gold.
The sidewheel steamer went
down in a hurricane about
200 miles off South Carolina
in 1857; 425 people drowned
and tons of gold from the California Gold Rush was lost,
contributing to an economic
panic.
In a modern-day technological feat, Thompson and his
crew brought up thousands of
bars and coins, much of them
later sold to a gold marketing
group in 2000 for about $50
million.
The 161 investors who paid

Thompson $12.7 million to

find the ship never saw the
proceeds. Two sued a
now-deceased investment firm
president and the company
that publishes The Columbus
Dispatch newspaper and had
invested about $1 million.
Thompson was arrested on
the civil contempt warrant
issued in August 2012 and a
criminal contempt warrant,
which was issued in spring
2013 but was only made public
on Wednesday.
Columbus attorney Rick
Robol, who at one time defended Thompsons company, has
said there is no proof Thompson stole anything. He said
Wednesday that he has been
concerned about Thompsons
health, calling the arrest the
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If someone were to sell donuts
and coffee during camping in the
mornings, they would make
a fortune. #realtalk
Perfect day for the dog park!
Taking a samurai class
cause why not. #senior
Theres probably no one who
hates pop quizzes more than me.
There was no horoscope in the
paper. How will I know what
will happen today?!
There are two types of people
at 6 a.m. camping: the scrubs
and the flawless.
Woke up in a great mood
two days in a row, now!
Thank you, weather!
Hey, honey, take a walk
on the wild side.
Class feels so much longer
when its nice out : (
Anybody know where to find
some red huskys?!
Suns out guns out
every bro on campus.
Wondering if Bill Self has
had an ulcer yet?
I dont get how people can eat
peanut butter...aint even good.
Got to leave work early and its
the cherry on top of my day : )
Can I pay my rent with the
textbooks I bought? I promise
theyll be the same price
I honestly dont mind smokers on
campus, but thats just me.
I just want Miley Cyrus to be
back to her old self again
#HannahMontana
I love how K-State fans think they
have a shot at a Big 12 title. #lol

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

Unfriending dilutes social media feeds

Anrenee Reasor
@anreneer

ver the course

of a year, many
media-garnering
events took place, from
Michael Browns death in
Ferguson, Mo., to the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris.
Friends on social media
posted divisive articles,
statuses or links proclaiming
an allegiance to one side or
another.
One friend refused to align
with Je suis Charlie, because he feels the magazine
promotes racist, offensive
material. Although he recognized that no lives should
have been lost over the
cartoons and he values free
speech, he does not identify
as a supporter of Charlie
Hebdo. Other friends voiced
opinions regarding the
grand jurys decision in the
Ferguson case. Some believed the grand jury made a
fair decision with the available information, and many
more believed Browns family was not served justice. In
less serious topics, friends
criticized Iggy Azalea for
cultural misappropriation,
Taylor Swift for her Shake

It Off video and the Oscar

nominations for not being
diverse enough.
The fabric of my friends,
co-workers and social
media circle weaves in many
different directions. While
I do not think I have the
most diverse network in the
world, I do see a fair amount
of debate and discussion
on my news feed. There are
people who constantly bring
my attention to womens issues, LGBT rights and other
passionate topics. Often I
click on articles my friends
have posted, even if I do not
agree with the friend or the
article. I see value in having
diverse friends.
From day one, I did not
say, I need a Republican
friend, a Hindu friend and a
gay friend. But those people
made their way into my life,
along with many others.
When they post articles or
statuses I disagree with, I
do not wish to unfriend
or unfollow them, as some
people may demonstrate. If
I only remained friends with
the people who hold the
same beliefs, viewpoints and
value systems as I do, my life
would be much less interesting. The real world is not
a bubble where we can pick

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY COLE ANNEBERG/KANSAN

and choose our co-workers,

clients and acquaintances.
Maybe being friends with
people who lead different
lives from you will help
you empathize with a wider
audience.
I do not suggest keeping
friends who are explicitly

racist or ignorant, but to

unfriend individuals because they are stuck in the
social justice sewer or post
political leanings that dont
go your way is a shame. We
can all benefit from variety
and different viewpoints.
If you have gone through a

2015 friend purge, maybe its

time to reconsider why you
unfriended these people in
the first place. Are your reasons valid? Is it because you
barely knew them in high
school? Is it because you
never actually met them, but
just blindly accepted their
requests? Or is it because
they keep posting conservative or liberal propaganda?
In many cases, we cant cut
ties permanently because the
person making incendiary
remarks is a family member
or roommate. We can simply
hide them from our news
feeds. But if we constantly
hide people from our feeds,
why are we friends with
them in the first place?
If someone close to you
repeatedly posts flagrantly
offensive content, maybe
you could talk to him or her
about it.
But, sometimes our
thoughts are best left in our
heads. Next time you unfriend or unfollow someone,
think about why you are
doing it. Maybe you need
that friend around.

Anrenee Reasor is a senior

from Thayer studying
economics and East Asian
languages and culture

Medication is most efficient method to fight flu

Monica Saha

@sahahahahaha

his flu season has

been an epidemic
problem, according
to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
The agency determined the
H3N2 strain was responsible for many of the illnesses
and found that there were
29.9 hospitalizations per
100,000 people affected
by H3N2 this year. Unfortunately, this seasons flu
vaccine does not cover this
strain, so you can still catch
the flu even if you prophylactically received the
vaccine.
One cannot cure the flu,
but its possible to relieve
some of the symptoms
and shorten their duration. Many students often
self-medicate rather than

spending time at the doctor.

The most common alternative remedies include
Airborne and vitamin C
supplements. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of
these alternative remedies
have not been scientifically
justified.
Airborne is a supplement
that contains synthetic
vitamins, amino acids and
antioxidants its marketed to strengthen the
immune system in order
to fight off colds. However, the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission fined the manufacturer of Airborne for
showing no competent and
reliable scientific evidence
to prove reduction of colds
and the flu.
Vitamin C is necessary
for metabolic reactions in
the human body. In 1970,
Dr. Linus Pauling, a Nobel
Prize-winning chemist,

wrote about the importance

of vitamin C in treating the
common cold. After the
release of Paulings book,
Vitamin C and the Common Cold, sales of vitamin
C quadrupled, according
to the Atlantic. However,
the University of Maryland and the University of
Toronto conducted studies
that found vitamin C is
ineffective in preventing
cold- or flu-like symptoms.

The immune system is
complex there is no simple way to make it stronger,
other than vaccinations,
of course. The best way
to treat the flu or cold is
to target each symptom
with medication. Some
students prefer the natural
ingredients in homeopathic
treatments like Airborne
and supplements of vitamin
C rather than over-the-

counter (OTC) medication.

But it is important to know
that OTCs mimic what our
bodies are unable to do as
a result of an illness, and
some can reverse the side
effects of an illness.

can progress to serious

infections like pneumonia.
It is never safe to ignore
symptoms of the flu in
hopes that it will get better
on its own with sleep and
natural remedies. Medica-

THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS COMPLEX

THERE IS NO SIMPLE WAY TO MAKE IT
STRONGER, OTHER THAN VACCINATIONS,
OF COURSE.
For example, NSAID
products like ibuprofen and
aspirin will treat flu aches
and pains; antihistamines
and decongestants will
treat congestion. However,
OTCs are only so effective.
If symptoms worsen after
three days, you should go
see a doctor for antivirals.
Complications of the flu

tions are our bodies friends

when we are ill. Airborne
and vitamin C can supplement a treatment, but
alternative medicine should
not be the sole source on
fighting the flu.

Monica Saha is a graduate

student from Overland Park
studying pharmacy

HOW DO YOU TREAT THE FLU?

I would take vitamin C or Airborne
before I would take an OTC.

Will wait it out without taking

medication. I will go to the
doctors if it gets worse.

Yasmin Bashir
Freshman from St. Louis

Zunwu Zhou
Senior from Wuhan, China

My dog chewed his leash.

Thats completely on him.
No more walks.
Koch brothers just need
to get their pockets out
of KU and politics.
This week its nice, next
week its the arctic.

Never have had the flu, but I

would go to Watkins to get it
treated.
Katie Cantlon
Sophomore from Chicago

Anyone else pumped for

March Madness??

I would take Zinc and stay in bed

until I felt better.
Tim Schaefer
Sophomore from Atlanta

Does the Superbowl even

matter now? #Deflatriots
Sitting through all these basic
classes with basic teachers
thinking what am I doing here.
Will twerk for scholarships.

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arts & features

TRENDING

All-female cast of
Ghostbusters remake
fuels gender controversy

LYNDSEY HAVENS
@LyndseyAlana

Who ya gonna call? Well,

maybe no one. These days,
thanks to Twitter, all you
have to do is click a button
to be heard.
As more female figures
dominate the entertainment industry, from Beyonc to Katniss Everdeen,
it may seem logical or
maybe surprising that
the next step would be to
rewrite classic films with
female leads in place of the
original male leads.
It was announced this
week that the film Ghostbusters will undergo a
remake with one drastic
change: The cast will consist of all female leads.The
cast includes Kristen Wiig,
Melissa McCarthy, Kate
McKinnon and Leslie Jones
four women who are no
strangers to comedy. Three
of the four have either been
or still are cast members of
Saturday Night Live, with
the exception of McCarthy,
though she has hosted the
show three times.
The controversy over the
remake has nothing to do
with the choice of cast but
rather its gender. While
some are reveling in the
remake, others are far less
enthused.
Jezebel published an article written by A Hysterical
Man, in which the writer
satirically vents about his
misguided definition of
feminism and his seemingly ruined childhood.
Bad news, manosphere:
F-F-F-F-FEMINISTS have
seized the Ghostbusters
franchise, replacing all of
the characters that weve
grown to know and love,
the article says. Ghostbusters? MORE LIKE
BALLBUSTERS.
The article hits on several
far less satirical sentiments
shared by others as well.
Countless tweets regarding
the new film can be neatly
filed into three separate
categories: those in favor of
female role models, those
who are simply confused
with the concept of feminism and those who are
stuck in the past.
However, as Rolling
Stone reported, after
Harold Ramis, who played
Egon Spengler, passed in
February 2014, any hope
of reuniting the original
Ghostbusters crew ended.
The article said when the
remake was announced,
director Paul Feig clarified
the film was certainly not a
Ghostbusters 3.
I love the first one so
much, I dont want to do
anything to ruin the memory of that, he said.
The backlash from some
has come along with praise
from others. Women on
Twitter have said they
wish there had been more
females in leading roles
when they were growing
up.
Twitter has also become
infused with commentary
on the concept of feminism, or at least what it
is thought to be, as some
claim the film has a feminist agenda.
Amidst all the controversy, it is important to
remember that in the end,
people are taking time out
of their days to debate over
a fictional film in which
people hunt ghosts.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

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YO-YO YOUNGSTERS
Students skill toy club establishes confidence in kids

TIM MCGINNIS
@tim_mcginnis

Mac Crider picked up a yoyo for the first time in middle

school. Crider, a sophomore
from Topeka, is a yo-yo and
kendama expert who teaches a
class on the art of skill toys.
He teaches the class how to
do yo-yo tricks, juggle and,
most importantly, he helps his
students establish a sense of accomplishment.
One of my favorite parts of
teaching these classes is playing with the toys, Crider said.
But, more importantly, Ive
always had an interest in teaching younger folks about things
I like.
Crider is well known in the
Lawrence community and by
his work colleagues for his yoyo skills. Nick Guffey, Criders
co-worker at the Toy Store
downtown, said he thinks its
special that Crider is able to
share his abilities with others.
Mac is very talented with the
yo-yo and kendama, Guffey
said. He can do a lot of tricks
other people in the store cant.
When Crider is not busy
working or doing homework
for his computer engineering
classes, he can be found with
a yo-yo or kendama in his
hands, fine-tuning his skills.
He attends classes and clubs
where he learns new tricks and
interacts with other yo-yo enthusiasts. He said he practices
tricks he finds on the Internet
nearly every day, and sometimes he even invents his own.
Typically I just play around
with the toys until I do something that I think is cool, he
said.
Crider said playing with
yo-yos helped him with the
self-confidence issues he had
as a child. When he created the
Skill Toy Club in March, one

of the clubs main objectives

became helping kids gain confidence. He understands what
it is like to lack confidence, and
he said he hopes that skill toys
will impact the kids in his class
the same way they impacted
him.
Whenever I see a kid learn
how to use a new toy, it is an
incredible feeling, he said. I
love to see the smile on their
face and know that they are
already becoming more confident.

Everyone has an inner

child; you just have to keep
it alive. Playing with yo-yos
and kendamas keeps it alive
in me.
MAC CRIDER
Sophomore from Topeka

Criders love for teaching

others how to use yo-yos and
kendamas doesnt only apply
to children. He said he loves to
teach his friends how to use the
toys, and sometimes he brings
them to parties and teaches
people there.
People always get excited
when I take the kendamas out,
he said. Their first reaction is,
Wow, what is that?
Crider said playing with his
yo-yo or kendama is a great
way to take a step back from
the pressure of college. His passion for toys is what keeps him
going every day, and without
it he would not be the person
he is.
Everyone has an inner child;
you just have to keep it alive,
Crider said. Playing with yoyos and kendamas keeps it
alive in me.
Edited by Callie Byrnes

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Mac Crider preforms a yo-yo trick at the Lawrence Toy Store downtown where he works.

5 things to expect from Super Bowl performers

LYNDSEY HAVENS
@LyndseyAlana

Idina Menzel will sing

the national anthem at
this years Super Bowl
and Katy Perry will
perform during halftime.
While both of these female powerhouses boast
full rsums, what can be
expected of them during
their upcoming performances on Sunday?
1. Perry told ESPN she
will squeeze in as many
familiar hits as possible.
Expect a medley of songs
from old favorites like
Hot n Cold to recent
chart-toppers like Roar.
2. Lenny Kravitz will
make an appearance, as
Perry announced weeks
ago via Twitter.
3. The collaboration of
Perry and Kravitz will
sound very different from
the fabricated song Tim
Heidecker leaked earlier
this week.
4. Perry hinted she
will have fun with her
entrance and exit, causing
some to speculate she
will put the University of
Phoenixs retractable roof
to good use. Diana Ross
departed from her 1996
performance by helicopter. How will Perry top
that?
5. Idina Menzel, or
Adele Dazeem as John
Travolta once said, will
sing the national anthem.
After her New Years Eve
misfortune in which she
failed to hit the high note
at the end of Let It Go,
viewers should (hopefully) expect a flawless
redemption performance.

CHRISTIE GOODWIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Katy Perry performs on stage on the opening night of her Prismatic World Tour at Odyssey Arena on May 7, 2014 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Edited by Laura Kubicki

Edited by Callie Byrnes

JOHN SHEARER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Idina Menzel performs during the 2014 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Celebrate Kansas Day with

films besides Wizard of Oz
ALEX LAMB

@Lambcannon
On Jan. 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as
the 34th state, according to
Time and Date. Since then,
the day has been deemed
Kansas Day. On Kansas Day
2011, the state celebrated its
150th birthday. Outside of
The Wizard of Oz (1939),
Kansas doesnt really get due
credit in the movies. So, in
honor of the states birthday
today here are some films
with notable Kansas ties.
Quantrills Raid, or the
Lawrence Massacre, is fictionalized in Civil War
westerns Dark Command
(1940), starring John Wayne,
Kansas Raiders (1950)
and most notably Ang Lees
Ride with the Devil (1999).
Some of In Cold Blood
(1967), the adaptation of
Truman Capotes classic true
crime novel about the murder of a family in Holcomb,
was filmed at the real Kansas
locations. Both films about
the author researching the
case, Capote (2005) and
Infamous (2006), take
place in Kansas as well.
RED RIVER (1948)
In this Howard Hawks western, John Wayne and Montgomery Clift clash over the
handling of a cattle drive
on the Chisholm Trail from
Texas to Kansas.
PICNIC (1955)
William Holden and Kim
Novak star in this play adaptation, primarily shot
around Hutchinson, about a
drifter who comes to a small
Kansas town and positively

affects everyone he encounters in his 24-hour stay.

CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
Much of this influential horror cult classic about a woman hired to play the church
organ in a strange town,
made by KU alumnus Herk
Harvey, was shot in Lawrence, some in what is now
Oldfather Studios.
THE LEARNING TREE (1969)
Kansas native Gordon Parks
autobiographical comingof-age film follows an African-American
teenager
growing up amidst harsh
racism in late 1920s and early 1930s rural Kansas.
THE GYPSY MOTHS (1969)
Burt Lancaster and Gene
Hackman star in this drama
about a skydiving squad performing in a small Kansas
town. It was shot in Benton.
PRIME CUT (1972)
Lee Marvin is sent to take
down Gene Hackman in this
thriller where a Kansas City
slaughterhouse also sells
sex slaves.
PAPER MOON (1973)
A con man and his nineyear-old daughter travel
across Kansas and Missouri during the Great Depression in this road movie.
THE DAY AFTER (1983)
This legendary TV movie
depicts the effects of a nuclear war on regular Americans as it shows Lawrence
and Kansas City, Mo., hit
by an attack and the resulting nuclear fallout. Most
of the film was shot in and

News from the U

Watch Parties at the U!

KU basketball. Free hot
popcorn and Coke products.
Big 132 screen. Comfy
chairs. Fellow Jayhawks.
Whats not to love?
For the remaining away
mens basketball games that
the Jayhawks play in the
evening, the KU Memorial
Unions and the UDK will be
hosting WATCH PARTIES
at the Kansas Union!
We started the tradition last
year, where for each away
game, huge crowds
LOUDLY cheered our
beloved Jayhawks on to
victory, while enjoying free
snacks and relaxing
(if thats possible when
the Jayhawks play) in
theatre-style seating.
The first watch party this
season was last night against
TCU, where fans packed the
Traditions Lounge and
rallied the team through
every minute of a
great game!

Weve got three more

evening away games to go
before the Big 12 Championship, so mark your calendar
with these watch party dates!
We start a half
hour before tip off, so that
fans can settle in and watch
the pre-game intel:
2/10 v. Texas Tech, 7:30pm,
Traditions Lounge, Level 4
2/16 v. WV, 7:30pm,
Hawks Nest, Level 1
2/23 v. K-State, 7:30pm,
Traditions Lounge, Level 4.
SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN! Well be ramping
up the party with additional
food freebies
And if we make the Big 12
Championships, the parties
will continue every time the
Jayhawks play!
There are lots of options out
there for watch parties, but
ours is the best! Join us at the
U for the next game,
February 10, when we take
on Texas Tech. Well save
you a seat.

Union.KU.edu

takes place in Lawrence.

THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS

(1987)
Michael J. Fox plays a
K-State graduate and Kansas
farm boy who figures out the
easy way to executive success
in New York in this comedy.

PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (1987)

Steve Martin and John Candy play strangers who must
work together to reach Chicago for Thanksgiving after they are left stranded in
Wichita in this comedy classic.

DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)

Dances with Wolves (1990)
Kevin Costners best picture winner, partially filmed
in Kansas, follows a Union
Army lieutenant during the
Civil War who leaves Fort
Hays and joins a tribe of Lakota Indians on the frontier.

Edited by Casey Hutchins

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

New England digs out after getting 2 feet of snow

MARK PRATT

Associated Press
BOSTON Trudging
through knee-high snow,
New Englanders began digging out from a blizzard
Wednesday with grudging
respect for the forecasters,
who missed the mark in New
York but were right on the
money in the Boston area.
The storm buried the region in more than 2 feet of
snow Tuesday and lashed it
with howling winds of over
70 mph.
By Wednesday morning,
the city was bouncing back
quickly. Boston buses, subways and commuter trains
were running again, and Amtrak trains to New York and
Washington were rolling on
a limited schedule. Flights
began arriving at Logan Airport just after 8 a.m.
Capturing the citys resilient spirit, an unidentified
man was hailed as a folk hero
after he was photographed
clearing snow from the finish
line of the Boston Marathon,
where twin bombs killed
three people and wounded
260 in 2013.
Morning commuters highstepped their way through a
warren of snowy paths and
towering snowbanks that
gave much of Massachusetts
an almost alpine feel.
I had to jump out the window because the door only
opens one way, Chuck Beliveau said in hard-hit Westborough. I felt like a kid
again. When I was a kid, wed
burrow through snowdrifts
like moles.
As the storm gathered earlier in the week, forecasters had warned that Philadelphia, New York and
New Jersey could get 1 to 2
feet of snow. But in the end,
they didnt even see a foot,
as the storm tracked farther

east than expected and vented most of its fury on New

England.
In New England, meteorologists had warned the
city would receive more
than 2 feet, and the National Weather Service said it
got 24.4 inches, the citys
sixth-highest total on record. Other areas received 2
to 3 feet, pretty much as predicted.
They actually got it right,
James Hansen said as he
cleared a Boston sidewalk.
Boston is accustomed to
nasty noreasters and big
snowstorms, and with ample
warning that a blizzard was
coming, officials mobilized
thousands of snowplows and
called up the National Guard
to ensure a speedy recovery.
Early on, Gov. Charlie Baker made a key decision, ordering a driving ban to give
crews a chance to clear the
mounting snow. Baker said
he wrestled with that, but it
worked pretty much as we
hoped.
Weve come out of this in
relatively good shape, he
said Wednesday.
Still, bitter cold threatened
to complicate efforts to clear
clogged streets and restore
power. Around 7,200 people
remained without electricity,
about half of them on hardhit Nantucket Island.
Forecasters warned that it
wont get above freezing in
Boston for a week, and more
snow though nothing major is expected later in the
week.
Snow blanketed Boston
Common, where the Redcoats drilled during the Revolution, and drifts piled up
against Faneuil Hall, where
Samuel Adams agitated for
rebellion against the British.
The storm also punched a
gaping hole in a seawall and
caused flooding in Marsh-

ROBERT BUKATY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tyler Whitney throws a load of snow on top of a growing snowbank in front of his home while shoveling out after a winter storm Wednesday in Portland, Maine.
Tuesdays blizzard dumped about two feet of snow in Portland.

field, Mass., and it flipped a

110-foot replica of a Revolutionary War ship in Newport,
R.I., snapping its mast and
puncturing its hull.
Around
Massachusetts,
Worcester got 33.5 inches
the highest amount recorded
since 1905 and Auburn
and Lunenburg each reported 36 inches.
Parts of the New Hampshire
coastline got 31 inches. Burrillville, R.I., got 26.5 inches.
Thirty-one inches piled up
in Sanford, Maine, and 33.5
inches in Thompson, Conn.
Orient, on the eastern end of
New Yorks Long Island, got

about 30 inches.
Our snowblower broke
down a couple of times because it couldnt handle all
the snow, said Jodi McKim,
struggling to free her car in
Whitman, south of Boston.
It was a lot of work.
A 53-year-old man collapsed and died in New Bedford, Mass., while shoveling
snow Tuesday night, officials
said.
Police tied two other
deaths, both on Long Island,
to the storm: a 17-year-old
who crashed into a light pole
while snow-tubing down a
street and an 83-year-old

man with dementia who was

found dead in his backyard.
In Providence, R.I., a man
and his two small children
were hospitalized with suspected carbon monoxide
poisoning after drifting snow
covered a boiler vent on their
home.
A forecaster outside Philadelphia tweeted an apology
for the off-target forecast
there, and National Weather
Service director Louis Uccellini said his agency should
have done a better job of
communicating the uncertainty in its forecast.
New York Mayor Bill de

Blasio again defended his

administrations decision to
prepare for the storm by banning travel.
You cant put a price on
safety, he said Wednesday on
NBCs Today show.
In rural Maine, Leo Moody
hoped to dig his ice-fishing shack out of the snow.
Sounding like a typically
matter-of-fact Downeaster,
he brushed it all off as just a
snowstorm.
Back in the 70s and 80s,
this was a typical winter,
Moody said. Now you get a
couple feet of snow and everybody freaks out.

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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

Colleges begin tracking data to boost grad rates

JANEL DAVIS

ule with Fifields guidance

through graduation.
To get these kinds of outcomes, Georgia State ramped
up its advising staff, with
each adviser responsible for
about 300 students, down
from almost 1,000 a couple of
years ago.

Tribune News Service

ATLANTA When Aundrea Nattiel goes in for a session with her college adviser
at Georgia State University,
there are no secrets.
A detailed computer profile
provides information about
every class taken and every grade earned by Nattiel
during her time at the school,
as well as her academic history at the college she attended before transferring. If the
junior sociology major withdraws from a class, forgets to
take a prerequisite or doesnt
register for enough credit
hours to keep her on track
for graduation, her adviser
receives an alert and summons Nattiel.
The high-level tracking and
advising done by Georgia
State is part of the universitys
work to improve retention
and graduation rates, prevent
students from taking unnecessary classes, and ultimately
lower college costs and student loan debt. Its progress
has gained the school national attention. It was also one of
the key factors in state college
leaders deciding to merge the
university with Georgia Perimeter College, which has
struggled in these same areas.
Using 10 years of collected
data, Georgia State has developed intervention initiatives,
including a robust advising
program, to help its students
stay on track. The work
headed by Tim Renick, Georgia States vice president for
enrollment services and student success, as well as vice

This is about what is going

to be good for them, what will
help them be successful.

LINDSEY FIFIELD
Georgia State adviser

BRANT SANDERLIN/TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Aundrea Nattiel, who has changed her major five times, credits the George Washington University advisement program for getting her back on track.

provost has become part of

a national focus on improving college outcomes. Recent
data on college students are
discouraging. Most students
are not graduating on time,
according to a report from
Complete College America,
and loan debt has skyrocketed to more than $1 trillion,





exceeding auto and credit

card debts. In this area, Georgia State has received awards
from academic associations,
and President Barack Obama
lauded the school in November during the White Houses
college opportunity summit.
Call it Big Brother for college
students.
When Renick moved into
the vice provost office six
years ago, he realized there
were deeper challenges for
Georgia States students.
The college has a nonwhite
population of slightly more
than 60 percent, and almost
60 percent of the colleges
roughly 32,000 students receive federal needs-based
Pell Grants, Renick said.
We knew our approach had
to be different because of our
population, he said.

In a recent piece in The New

York Times, Renick noted
that for students, particularly
low-income students, there
is a need to complete college
expeditiously. If they run
out of financial aid, theyre
dropping out and theyre
dropping out with debt and
no college degree, he said.
Were giving them at least a
fighting chance.
To better help students,
Georgia State began using its
collected historical data on
grades and student outcomes
to predict student performance in other classes. The
data collection led to the use
of a web-based tracking system of more than 700 items
that alerts advisers when
students have gotten off
track. Last year, the system
found that 2,000 students

had signed up for the wrong

classes.
Having the kind of intensive
advising that Georgia State
does can be a bit disconcerting at first, but it is generally
appreciated.
Nattiel, the sociology major, participated in required
advisement at her previous
state school in Georgia, but it
was more about what classes
were interesting to her, leaving a less-than-focused Nattiel taking classes she didnt
need.
This is about what is going
to be good for them, what
will help them be successful,
said Lindsey Fifield, one of
Georgia States roughly 70
advisers for students such as
Nattiel. With about two years
of school left, Nattiel has
mapped out her class sched-

Other colleges within the

state are also working toward some form of advising
and data analytics similar to
Georgia States. The work is
key to the states Complete
College Georgia initiative,
launched by Gov. Nathan
Deal three years ago with the
goal of increasing the number of college graduates by
250,000 in the state by 2020.
Georgia States intervention work has yielded tangible gains. Although state
funding has declined and
the number of economically
disadvantaged students has
increased, the college has
seen a rise in its graduation
rates for students who earned
their degrees within six years,
including those for minority
students.
Ten years ago, Georgia
States graduation rate hovered around 32 percent. It increased to almost 54 percent
last year, approaching the
national six-year rate of 59
percent reported by the National Center for Education
Statistics. The college also
ranks among the highest in
the nation in the number of
bachelors degrees awarded to
black students.
The major successes have
not been with programs
aimed at certain demographics, said Renick, who
has set a graduation goal of
60 percent. Its an issue of
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Team prepares for final indoor meet | PAGE 10B

CLOSE CALL

COMMENTARY
NFL no longer
cares about the
sport, just money

Kansas survives late surge by TCU, pulls out 64-61 win

BEN FELDERSTEIN
@Ben_Felderstein

Amie Just

@Amie_Just

hats up with all

the fines and
hypocrisy in the

NFL?
Wearing Beats by Dre cost
San Francisco quarterback
Colin Kaepernick $10,000.
Why? Because the NFL has a
contract with Bose.
Earlier this season, Seattle
Seahawks cornerback Richard
Sherman called out the NFL in
one of the more strange press
conferences of the season.
Sherman had a conversation
with a cardboard cutout of
teammate Doug Baldwin,
which Baldwin was holding
himself.
Gee Louise, Sherman said.
You know who does pay
me a lot of money? Beats by
Dre, the wonderful headphones that Im wearing. But
the league doesnt let me say
anything about them. Why
is that? That seems a little
hypocritical. It seems like were
in a league where they say,
Players, you dont endorse any
alcohol. Please dont endorse
alcohol, no DUIs, please, but
a beer sponsor is their biggest
sponsor.
Want to wear something
with your own trademarked
name on it? Well, thats too
bad. Seahawks star running
back Marshawn Beast Mode
Lynch could get fined for a hat
he wore at NFL Media Day on
Tuesday.
Lynch was also threatened
with fines if he wore his
24-karat gold cleats in the
NFC Championship game.
The cleats violated the NFLs
uniform code.
Cleats have been a hot commodity in the league.
Chicago Bears wide receiver
Brandon Marshall was fined
$15,000 back in December
2013 for wearing orange cleats.
That one reminds me of the
time I was fined back in middle school for not having the
same shade of brown on my
belt and shoes.
The Bears primary color is
orange, so why did Marshall
get fined for that? Its because
the cleats werent approved by
the NFL.
With all of the fines the NFL
doles out over the season, you
would think they would make
enough money along with
ticket and merchandise sales,
right? Wrong.
In October, the NFL Shop
sells pink NFL gear, with the
proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. Thats
what the NFL wants you to
think.
A Business Insider article
reports for every $100 in sales
of the pink gear, only $3.54 is
actually going toward research.
Whats so shady about that?
The NFL is a for-profit company, right? Not quite. The NFL
takes in more than $9.5 billion
a year and is a non-profit
organization.
With everything that is going
on, its pretty easy to see that
the NFL doesnt really care
about football anymore. It just
cares about money.
Edited by Mackenzie Clark

In front of a crowd no
bigger than 4,700 people due
to TCUs arena being under
construction, the Horned
Frogs gave the Jayhawks
a run for their money in
Wilkerson-Greines Activity
Center. Behind strong bench
play and a good defensive
effort,
the
Jayhawks
outlasted the Horned Frogs,
64-61.
After a strong performance
against West Virginia that
ended in an overtime loss,
TCU came out of the gate
strong
against
Kansas.
Since their inception into
the Big 12, TCU has only
two conference wins. One
came earlier this season
against Texas Tech, and the
other came two seasons ago
against Kansas.
Kansas starters struggled
in the first half of the game
as they were outscored by
the bench 20-16. Freshman
Devonte Graham led the
way off the bench with five
points on 2-2 shooting.
Graham was strong on the
defensive end as well, forcing
Horned Frog turnovers on
consecutive
possessions.
Grahams turnovers were a
part of a 15-2 run that had
the Jayhawks up big.
The Horned Frogs chipped
away at the Kansas lead
as the Jayhawks starters
struggled to score to close
out the first half. Kansas
was only able to take a 36-30
lead into the break with all
of their bigs in foul trouble.
All five of Kansas forwards
ended the first half with two
fouls.

TONY GUTIERREZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sophomore guard Frank Mason III dribbles up the court against TCU guard Kyan Anderson during the first half of Wednesday nights game in Fort Worth,
Texas. Mason had 16 points, three rebounds and two assists.

TCU came out of the half

on fire, going on a 7-0 run to
grab a 37-36 lead while the
Jayhawks looked lost on the
offensive end. For the next
few minutes, the two teams
traded buckets and leads.
After a 13-5 TCU run,
sophomore Frank Mason
took control of the Jayhawks
and the game. Mason scored
in double figures for his

17th straight game, scoring

16 points on 8-12 shooting
with three rebounds and two
assists.
On the back of another
Jamari Traylor hustle play
that ended in a Traylor block
and an empty TCU offensive
possession, Kansas was
playing strong and staying
ahead. With two minutes to
play, TCU sparked a 9-0 run

to get the game to within

two. But five free throws
from sophomore Brannen
Greene iced the game for the
Jayhawks.
Kansas bench continued to
outplay their starters, putting
up 38 points. Despite the
foul trouble, the Jayhawks
big men used their size to
their advantage, dominating
TCU with 12 blocks. Traylor

and sophomore Landon

Lucas led the way with three
each.
Up next for the Jayhawks
is the Sunflower Showdown
against in-state rival Kansas
State Saturday afternoon
in Allen Fieldhouse. The
Jayhawks still sit atop West
Virginia in the Big 12.

Edited by Laura Kubicki

Late defensive stops give Jayhawks win

DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

The Jayhawks were seeking

their third consecutive win
when they traveled to Ames,
Iowa, to take on the Cyclones
on Wednesday night. Kansas
had not won at Iowa State
since Feb. 18, 2006, but
key stops late in the game
secured a 61-56 win over
Iowa State.
The Jayhawks (12-9, 3-5)
snapped a four-game losing
streak to the Cyclones.
Kansas controlled the game
for the first half, leading
for the majority of the half
before Iowa State took a
24-22 lead into halftime.
In the second half, Kansas
was trailing by as many as
eight in the early going before
coach Bonnie Henrickson
called a timeout to talk to her
team. Kansas kept fighting
back, one possession at a
time. Iowa State led 47-40
with 11 minutes remaining.
But the Jayhawks werent
about to go without a fight.
In a matter of a five-and-a
half-minute stretch, Iowa
State did not score a field
goal. That was until Seanna
Johnson hit a jumper, as
Kansas trailed 49-43 with
6:30 remaining.
Senior
guard
Natalie
Knight, who was held
scoreless in the first half,
came out in the second half
answering with back-to-

BEN BRODSKY/KANSAN
Senior gaurd Asia Boyd drives to the hoop in the win against West Virginia last Saturday. The Jayhawks defeated the Cyclones last night for a third straight win.

back three-pointers to tie

the game at 49-49 with 5:21
remaining.
Reigning Phillips 66 Big 12
Player of the Week senior
forward Chelsea Gardner
had another big night, giving
Kansas a two-point lead off
a mid-range jumper. On the
next defensive possession
she had a block, where she
turned it into a layup with an
and-one.

Iowa State cut the deficit

to one with 13 seconds
remaining,
but
Kansas
made free throws when they
counted. Iowa State put up
a misfire from long range.
Gardner rebounded and
made two from the line to
seal the deal for Kansas.
Kansas shot 42 percent
on 23-of-55 shooting from
the field, five of 13 from the
3-point line for 39 percent

and were 10-of-16 from the

charity stripe for 63 percent.
The
seniors
again
controlled the offense against
Iowa State, scoring 49 of the
61 points. Gardner led the
way with another doubledouble of 23 points and 11
rebounds. This is Gardners
third consecutive game with
20 or more points. Senior
guard Asia Boyd added 15
points and Knight had 11

points all in the second half.

Kansas, with this victory,
pulls within a half game
of Texas for fifth in the
conference. Kansas is tied
with Texas Tech for sixth
in the Big 12. Kansas will
travel to Waco, Texas, to
play Baylor at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Kansas fell to Baylor 71-63 in
their first meeting on Jan. 17.
Edited by Mackenzie Clark

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

Mario Little, Rodney McGruder reflect on Big 12 days

SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU

I miss college.
This famous Tiger Woods
quote sums up the thoughts
shared by many graduates and
athletes alike, following their
entrance into the proverbial
real world. These words
also ring true for Mario Little
and Rodney McGruder, two
former Big 12 basketball
standouts.
The two were among
the dozens of professional
basketball
players
who
gathered in Santa Cruz for the
D-League Showcase earlier
this month, and both said they
loved to reminisce about their
glory days while doing what
they can to stay connected to
the school.
I still keep my ties with
Kansas (because) being there
was just different, Little
said. Even something like
running out of the tunnel (in
Allen Fieldhouse) was just so
special.
Although Little has moved
on to playing for the Oklahoma
City Blue of the D-League, he
still has kept in regular contact
with the Jayhawks. Little
said he enjoyed going back
to Kansas to play against the
players on the current roster,

but more than anything,

he appreciated the bond he
shared with the coaches.
I talk to the coaches all the
time and wish them good
luck, Little said. I love that
Coach Self really knows what
hes doing. Hes been so good
at winning (Big 12) titles,
especially with teams that
really didnt have anybody.

I still keep my ties with Kansas (because) being there

was just different.
MARIO LITTLE
Former Kansas guard

Little played a fairly

significant
role
in
extending Kansas Big 12
Conference (regular season)
championship streak in his
senior season, where he had
seven performances with at
least eight points in conference
play. Littles best outing came
against the rival Missouri
Tigers, as he finished with 17
points on 7-of-9 shooting,
adding five rebounds in a
17-point Kansas victory.
Kansas won the Big 12 that

year, which has been the case

in six of the last 10 seasons.
However, a couple of years
after Little had moved on,
the team would only manage
a share of the conference
championship, finishing with a
record of 14-4.
That same year, Rodney
McGruder led Kansas State
to tie with Kansas. McGruder
posted 15.6 points and 5.4
rebounds per game while
playing an average of 33.5
minutes per night. Like
Little, the former Kansas
State standout was fond of
his college years, and he
was especially fond of the
opportunities he had to play in
the Sunflower Showdown.
When I was a freshman,
one of my favorite guys to play
against [was] Sherron Collins,
McGruder said. Then the
next year, it was awesome to
get to beat Kansas, especially
because whenever we play the
Jayhawks, we know its a bigtime deal.
The former Wildcat went on
to add that the atmosphere
in Bramlage Coliseum when
the Jayhawks came to town
made it a top-two arena in
the Big 12, falling just short
of only one other venue: Allen
Fieldhouse. Little also claimed
Allen Fieldhouse as the best

BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN
The Sunflower Showdown is coming to Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday.

college venue.
This year, the Fieldhouse
has certainly lived up to the
hype, as the Jayhawks are 3-0
in conference games played
at Allen Fieldhouse, and they
are 11-0 at home this year
(one of which was played at
the Sprint Center in Kansas
City). The team has racked up
an impressive 16-3 record, but
Little didnt think they were
anywhere close to where they

could finish the year.

Over the break is usually
when Kansas starts to get a lot
better, Little said. Once they
get back, everyday, youll start
to see that improvement.
Overall, Little said he was
happy with the way the team
had played so far this year, and
he wasnt the only one enjoying
the season. McGruder said
he loved seeing Kansas State
in the top tier of the Big 12

Kansas has edge in

cross-state rivalry
BEN FELDERSTEIN
@ Ben_Felderstein

One of the most heralded

rivalries in college basketball
is the Sunflower Showdown.
Twice a year, Kansas and Kansas
State square off to prove who
truly runs the state of Kansas
on the basketball court. While
Kansas State has had the better
of Kansas on the gridiron, the
Jayhawks have had the edge of
late on the hardwood.
In the all-time series record,
the Jayhawks lead the Wildcats
187-92 including five victories
in their past six appearances.
The first matchup against the
rivals took place in 1907 and
the two have matched up yearly
since 1912.
During the first 60 years of
the rivalry, things remained
even between the two teams.
It wasnt until 1938 that Kansas
sparked a 22-game win streak
against Kansas State until 1947.
From 1945 to 1978, Kansas
and Kansas State won their
conference title a combined
26 times. During the 2012-13
season, Kansas and Kansas
State shared the regular season
Big 12 title.
In the 2014-15 campaign,
Marcus Foster leads the
Wildcats in scoring with an
average of 13.8 points per game,
shooting 42.1 percent from
the field. Nino Williams leads

Kansas State in rebounding

with only 4.9 boards per game.
The Wildcats are 12-9 on the
season with a 5-3 conference
record. Kansas State lost two
of its previous three games,
including West Virginia and
Iowa State. In its loss to West
Virginia, Foster scored 15
points on 5-9 shooting from
the field.
On the other side, Perry
Ellis and Frank Mason III
lead Kansas in scoring with
12.8 points and 12.7 points
per game, respectively. Mason
has scored 10 or more points
in 16 consecutive games while
averaging 4.2 assists per game
and 3.9 rebounds per game.
Ellis leads the Jayhawks with
6.6 rebounds per contest.
Kansas two star freshmen,
Kelly Oubre Jr. recorded
double-digit points in four of
his past five games and Cliff
Alexander had a total 28 points
and 22 rebounds over his past
two games.
The Jayhawks have surged
to the top of the Big 12, with
a half-game lead over West
Virginia. Kansas State has
fallen to fifth in the conference,
right behind Iowa State. A
win for the Jayhawks would
do a great deal in eliminating
the Wildcats from Big 12 title
contention.
Edited by Mitch Raznick

standings, and he said he

thought the team could even
go on to win the Big 12.
Little, on the other hand, had
a different answer when asked
who he thought would win
the Big 12. The former Kansas
guard laughed to himself,
flashing a big smile before
answering, Im always going
with Kansas.

Edited by Callie Byrnes

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Associated Press

NEW YORK Super Bowl

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GoDaddy decided not to run
an ad that showed a dog being
sold online so as not to offend
dog lovers. The Victorias Secret
angels are fully clothed in its
teaser spot, at least, although they
reveal more in their actual Super
Bowl ad. And an anti-domestic
abuse commercial will have a
high profile-spot during the game
after a year of domestic violence
scandals in the NFL.
Advertisers have to find a
balance between grabbing
peoples attention and not going
too far to shock or offend a broad
base of more than 110 million
viewers. They want to be sure to
make the estimated $4.5 million
theyre spending for a 30-second

Super Bowl ad worth it. This year,

that seems to mean erring on the
side of caution.
Companies are being more
prudent,
said
MediaPost
columnist Barbara LIppert. Its
also a very weird atmosphere with
all the coverage about deflated
balls and domestic abuse. Maybe
advertisers want to be a little more
careful in that climate.
Its a far cry from the dot.com
commercial attempts in 2000,
when an E(asterisk)Trade ad
showed a monkey in a garage and
touted the fact that the company
had just wasted $2 million dollars,
but MediaPosts Lippert says it
makes sense to be restrained.
Even GoDaddy, which made
its name with racy Super Bowl
spots since it began advertising 11
years ago, has been moving away
from being edgy; last year one of
its Super Bowl ads focused on a
woman running a small business.

This year, they promised a

warm and fuzzy ad featuring a
puppy, spoofing a Budweiser ad
from last year that also featured
a puppy. But the twist at the end
of GoDaddys spot showed the
puppy was being sold online via
a web site created with Godaddy.
com. After it debuted early, a
social media storm erupted, with
pet lovers finding the ad offensive.
GoDaddy said late Tuesday it
wouldnt air the ad.
At the end of the day, our
purpose at GoDaddy is to help
small businesses around the
world build a successful online
presence, said CEO Blake
Irving. We underestimated the
emotional response. GoDaddy
says it has another ad it plans to
run.
Wix.com, which helps people
build web sites, has taken a
lesson from GoDaddy. Instead
of debuting as a Super Bowl

advertiser with a racy spot like

GoDaddy did when it was a new
advertiser, Wix.com went for nonedgy laughs with an ad that shows
retired football players coming up
with funny fictional businesses.
Brett Favre, for instance, invents
a charcuteries business called
Favre and Carve).
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be playing it safer too by not
focusing so much on bare skin
and sophomoric humor. A
Victorias Secret 90-second teaser
ad showed supermodels fully
dressed as football players. The
actual Super Bowl ad shows the
models dressed in Victorias Secret
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And the NFL is airing a public
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AT A GLANCE
After a long road trip with stops at Texas and TCU, Kansas returns home for
the Sunflower Showdown, looking to
defend the state and its claim to No.
1 in the Big 12. The Jayhawks won six
straight over the Wildcats before their
85-82 loss last year in Manhattan.
Kansas hasnt lost to Kansas State in
Allen Fieldhouse since 2006.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Devonte Graham, freshman,

guard
Kansas is a different team when
Devonte Graham can come off the
bench and spell Frank Mason at the
point. Graham has just one turnover
since returning from his toe injury a
few weeks ago, and has added three
or more assists in each of the past five
games.

PAGE 7B

THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

No. 9
(17-3, 6-1 Big 12)

PROJECTED STARTERS

KSU

(12-9, 5-3 Big 12)

PROJECTED STARTERS

Wayne Selden Jr., sophomore, guard

Seldens points are down from a year ago, averaging 8.9 points (down
from 9.7 in 2013-14), but his assists are up to 3.1 from 2.5 in 201314, while his turnovers have held even at 1.8. His game does seem
limited when driving into the lane, but he hits 36.1 percent from
behind the three-point arc.

Marcus Foster, sophomore, guard

The Wildcats leading scorer averages 14 points per game
and scored double figures in past seven consecutive games.
Foster is the not just the leading scorer, he is the actual
leader on this team. Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said
the Wildcat offense runs through Foster, who has scored more
than 20 points in a game four times this season.

Frank Mason III, sophomore, guard

The five-foot-eleven guard averages 12.7 points, 4.2 assists and 3.9
rebounds this season. His best asset may be his consistency, as hes
scored in double-figures in 17 straight games. Bill Self has said on
numerous occasions that Mason is the decided team MVP.

Nino Williams, senior, forward

The first-year starter has become an offensive force in the Big
12 this season. Williams averaged over 16 points in the past
four games, and grabbed over five rebounds in three of the
last four games. The senior doesnt shoot many three-pointers, but he often goes to the foul line. Whenever Williams
scores over 20 points, he has shot at least six free throws.

Kelly Oubre Jr., freshman, guard

A unique blend of length and quickness, Oubre is an opposing
coachs nightmare in late-game situations. He frustrated Baylors offense with deflections and blown by Oklahomas defense
to the rim. The freshman averages 8.6 points per game along
with 4.8 rebounds and 1.1 steals.

Jevon Thomas, sophomore, guard

Kansas State likes to start with three point-guard-like
guards. The 6-foot Thomas leads the Wildcats with three assists per game. Even though the offense runs through Foster,
there arent many possessions where Thomas doesnt touch
the ball or set up the offense. Thomas is also Kansas States
leading defender with just over one steal per game.

17

Sophomore guard Frank Mason has

scored in double-digits in 17 straight
games

Perry Ellis, junior, forward

Its been sort of a bipolar season for Perry Ellis so far. He either
looks like the best player in the conference or new to the game
of basketball. Since his five turnover, 1-of-8 shooting day
against Oklahoma State, Ellis has averaged 16.3 points over
his last three games.

Wesley Iwundu, sophomore, forward

In the loss against West Virginia, Iwundu was the Wildcats
best player. The sophomore scored a season-high 12 points
and tied a season-high of six rebounds. Iwundu is a 6-foot-7
swing-forward who has a great shot, shooting 45.7 percent
from the field. The Kansas State offense has too many
shooters on the team, so Iwundu hasnt shot more than nine
attempts in one game, but he will hit the shot if left open.

After Kansas State lost seven of its

first 13 games, the Wildcats won
four of their first five Big 12 games
but they havent won a Big 12 game
on the road. The Wildcats are at the
bottom on the NCAA rankings, averaging 65 points per game, which has
haunted them after losing their last
contest against No. 15 West Virginia,
scoring only 59 points.

PLAYER TO WATCH

The Jayhawks must fear the sixth

best scorer in the Big 12. Foster has
the ability to put up 20 points on any
given day, and the Kansas State offense gain momentum when Foster
is rolling. Foster didnt shoot well the
last time he was at the fieldhouse,
shooting 3-for-12 from the floor.

Can Kansas State compete for

rebounds?
Sandwiched between Texas and
second-place Kansas State rival
and championship contender the
Jayhawks find themselves in prime
upset territory Wednesday in Fort
Worth, Texas. Bill Self will be the first
to tell you that in the conference this
year, if you play poorly against anyone, youre going to get beat (thats
echoed by every other coach in the
league).

2.7

Kansas State wins games by an

average of 2.7 points

49

The Wildcats have 18 fewer blocks

than West Virginia (67)

Kansas State is last in the Big 12,

making only four three-pointers per
game

Kansas has the highest RPI in the country

BABY JAY WILL CRY IF

BIG JAY WILL CHEER IF

Perry Ellis sets the tone. Ellis
knows the importance of this basketball game to the state and to
each of the two schools as well
as anybody on the roster. Kansas
could use him taking matters into
his own hands early and take
some of the pressure off newcomers.

AT A GLANCE

BY THE NUMBERS

BY THE NUMBERS

Heading into Saturday, the Jayhawks

rank first in the Big 12 Conference

@RealBlairSheady

QUESTION MARK

How much does Self use his bench?

BLAIR SHEADE

Marcus Foster, sophomore,

guard

QUESTION MARK

Against TCU, it was Landen Lucas,

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and Hunter
Mickelsons first minutes played
since the Iowa State game. Foul
trouble and an inferior opponent may
have contributed. But against Kansas State, who does Self have faith
in when his starters run into trouble?
Graham, Brannen Greene (in spots)
and Cliff Alexander are in that class,
but who else?

KSU
TIPOFF

Jamari Traylor, junior, forward

Never the loudest name on the stat-sheet, but often the most
visible player on the floor, Traylor consistently gets Kansas a
couple boards, maybe a bucket or two, and all the hustle you can
ask for. In just 20.4 minutes per game, the junior averages 1.3
blocks per contest.

Thomas Gipson, senior, forward

This senior started every game this season and has the best
field goal percentage on the team (57 percent). Gipson is the
only starter from last season besides Foster, but Weber said
Gipson is an extremely hard-working player for his 6-foot-7
frame. Gipson is the tallest player in the starting lineup, and
hell have to keep the Kansas frontcourt off the offensive glass.

Prediction: Kansas 82 Kansas State 73

If Marcus Foster scores 20 or more

points. Last season, when Kansas
went to Manhattan, the Jayhawks
couldnt stop Marcus Foster in an
85-82 overtime loss. Foster scored
20 points and made four of his five
three-point attempts, and he isnt
much of a passer, only averaging
two assists per game this season.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

THE DAILY DEBATE

Who should start in the NBA All-Star Game to replace Kobe?

Evan Riggs
@EvanRiggs15

JAMES HARDEN
Its rare to be a top-three
candidate for the NBAs Most
Valuable Player and not be a
starter in the NBA All-Star
Game. James Harden found
himself in that very situation
Sunday when the fan voting
for the 2015 NBA All-Star
Game concluded.
In the ultra-competitive
Western Conference, its almost impossible to name just
five starters for the 2015 NBA
All-Star Game. But every year,
NBA fans are asked to vote on
the All-Star Game starters,
and these are the top picks
in the Western Conference:
Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant,
Blake Griffin, Anthony Davis
and Marc Gasol.
However, Bryant had surgery
yesterday on his torn rotator
cuff in his right shoulder and
will need a replacement in the
All-Star Game. Golden State
coach Steve Kerr will choose
a starter to replace him. His
choices are James Harden or
his own player Klay Thompson. I think Harden deserves
the nod over Thompson.
Harden has performed at an
MVP level this season, averaging 27.6 points per game,
6.8 assists per game, 5.6 rebounds per game and a Player Efficiency Rating (PER)
of 27.99.

Mens golf team looks to

capitalize on successful
fall season
The fall season was a
successful one for the mens
golf team. The team played in
six tournaments: the Wolverine
Intercollegiate at the University
of Michigan, Ram Masters
Invitational
at
Colorado
State, Badger Invitational at
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Led by coach Jamie Bermel
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Masters champion Zach Johnson
and Martin Laird when they were
college athletes the team
hopes to carry their success into
the spring season. The Jayhawks

Harden currently leads the

NBA in points per game, as
well as win shares at 9.9. Also,
the Houston shooting guard
is ranked second in PER behind only Anthony Davis, and
second in assists per game behind a non-point guard.
Although I think Harden is
the clear choice, Thompson
has had a fantastic season as
well. He is averaging 23 points
per game, 3.6 rebounds per
game, 3 assists per game and
1 steal per game.
Nevertheless,
Thompson
has had the benefit of playing

was probably the best display

of shooting I have ever seen.
Thompson can flat out shoot
the ball, and he would certainly be very entertaining if
he started alongside Curry.
But lets not act like Harden
is not an entertaining player,
too. His driving ability is unparalleled. And in past AllStar games, he has been more
than willing to throw lobs to
other high-flyers.
Since Kerr gets to decide
who the starter will be, I think
its important that the better player gets the nod, not

HARDEN IS ASKED TO CREATE

SHOTS FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS,
AND IS STILL PUTTING UP BETTER
NUMBERS THAN THOMPSON.
alongside Curry, who ranks
fifth in assists per game at 8.2.
That is not to say Harden does
not have a good team, because
he does. But Harden leads his
team in assists, and second is
Patrick Beverley, who averages just 3.2 assists per game.
Harden is asked to create
shots for himself and others,
and is still putting up better
numbers than Thompson.
I will admit that Thompsons 37 points in one quarter
against the Sacramento Kings

did not finish lower than

eighth in the six tournaments
in the fall, coming in as high
as second place at the Ram
Masters Invitational.
The team was led all season
by sophomore Chase Hanna, who
played in all six events and shot
in the 60s seven times. Hanna
tied for second at the Ram
Masters Invitational. Another
leader for the team in the fall
season was Logan Philley, who
also played in all six events and
scored three rounds in the 60s.
Hanna and Philley will play in
six tournaments and start play
in Palm Desert, Calif., at the
University of Wyoming Desert
Intercollegiate on Feb. 20.
Nick Couzins

the more entertaining player.

Harden has been better than
Thompson in almost every
category this year, excluding
field-goal percentage, blocks
and turnovers. If Harden is
not rewarded for his MVP
caliber year thus far with a
starting position, it sets a dangerous precedent that entertainment is more important
than talent.
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James Harden is a better

basketball player than Klay
Thompson this is not
something that can be debated, but it also isnt the
question being asked.
If starting an All-Star
game were based solely on talent, Kobe Bryant
wouldnt have originally
been voted in before getting
injured. And if you look at
the voting, there are other
instances where this is the
case. Jeremy Lin, who has
struggled to find minutes
while with the Lakers, has

WHEN FREE THROWS ARE

REMOVED FROM THE EQUATION, HE
AVERAGES FAR MORE POINTS PER
40 MINUTES THAN HARDEN.
more All-Star votes than Ty
Lawson, who is second in
the NBA in assists and fifth
in the Western Conference
for scoring at the point
guard position. This isnt
just a recent development
either.
James Harden is a great
player, no doubt about it.

BARRY WILNER
Associated Press

PHOENIX Almost as
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performance in the AFC
championship game was the
showing for Pro Picks in both
conference title matches.
A sweep.
Now comes the toughest
choice of all, and even the
odds makers are uncertain
on this one. The Seahawks
(No. 1, AP Pro32) have gone
from a 3-point favorite to,
well, no favorite at all. The
Patriots are a slight favorite,
and that seems logical for the
top two seeds.
The Patriots (No. 2, AP
Pro32) seek their fourth
championship in the Tom

Brady-Bill Belichick era. Seattle is after a second straight

crown, the first team to manage that in a decade. Guess
who did it most recently?
Yep, New England.
Of course, the Patriots (144) also lost their past two
trips to the big game.
Weve had some pretty
tough losses in past Super
Bowls, but none of those matters at this point, quarterback Tom Brady said. Weve
got to go out there and weve
got a big challenge. Weve got
a team that is the defending
Super Bowl champs. Those
guys worked hard. Theyve
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best starting backcourt in
the NBA, known to many
as The Splash Brothers.
He also had a historic performance recently, scoring
an NBA-record 37 points
in one quarter against
the Kings. For comparison, in Wilt Chamberlains

fight.
Styles make for great fights,
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matchup: potent offense for
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In many of those, the defensive team winds up the
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100-point game, he only

scored 31 points in a quarter. Thats a 20 percent difference. Thompson also set
an NBA record by hitting
on nine out of nine threepoint shots in that quarter;
who wouldnt want to see
that in an All-Star setting?
Finally, its important to
take into account not only
the record of the two teams,
but their record against
each other. Golden State
currently sits atop the NBA
at 36-6, while Houston is
more than six games back,
and Golden States average
point differential of +11.9
is nearly three times that of
Houston (+4). The teams
have met four times this
year, and Golden State has
won each meeting by more
than 10 points. Additionally, Golden States coach,
Steve Kerr, will be the coach
of the Western Conference
All Stars this year.
With all that taken into
account, there really is only
one answer to who should
start in the All-Star game.
Its the man who is shooting
nearly 3 percentage points
better from the field and
7 percentage points better
from the three-point line
than Harden, and is widely regarded as one of the
NBAs best scorers: Klay
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But his style doesnt really

match the way the All-Star
game is played. Harden
averages 27.6 points per
game, but nearly one-third
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on the other hand, scores
fewer than 11 percent of
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line. When free throws are
removed from the equation,
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BASKETBALL

REWIND
HALF SUMMARIES
1st half
The Jayhawks got off to a strong start, thanks to Perry Ellis, who scored on the
each of the teams first two possessions. However, after picking up a couple of
fouls, he headed to the bench, where he spent the rest of the half. At the
break, eight of the 11 Jayhawks to play had a field goal, and
two of the three players that didnt score were
starters.
2nd half
TCU came out firing, taking
the lead off a 7-0 run, but
Mason quickly answered,
giving the Jayhawks
the lead, and the
team would barely
hold on down
the stretch,
KU STATS
as Brannen
FIELD-GOAL PERCENT: 46.2
Greene
3-POINT FIELD GOAL
made
PERCENT: 37.5
5-of-6
REBOUNDS: 40
free throws.
ASSISTS: 9

KANSAS

TCU

64 61
36 28

TOP KANSAS
PERFORMER
FRANK
MASON
POINTS: 16
REBOUNDS: 3

30 31

TCU STATS

FIELD-GOAL PERCENT: 30.6

3-POINT FIELD GOAL
PERCENT: 15.4
REBOUNDS: 49
ASSISTS: 9

TOP TCU
PERFORMER
KENRICH
WILLIAMS
POINTS: 13
OFFENSIVE
REBOUNDS: 7

PHOTOS BY TONY GUTIERREZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS

GAME TO REMEMBER

Mason

While he did miss a couple of free throws down the stretch that couldve ended the
game, Frank Mason was absolutely the Jayhawks best player on the night. Mason
led the team in points (16) and made field goals (8), and it wasnt even close. Every
time TCU went on a run, he was there to respond.

GAME TO FORGET

Oubre Jr.

Oubre was not at 100 percent coming into this game, as he was recovering from flulike symptoms, and it certainly showed. The freshman missed all three of his field
goal attempts, finishing the game with no points for the first time since Nov. 30,
when the Jayhawks defeated Michigan State.

UNSUNG HERO

Lucas

With Perry Ellis in foul trouble, Landen Lucas came off of the bench and made his
presence felt. The redshirt sophomore racked up eight points and seven rebounds,
and it was just the second time in his career he recorded more than five points and
five rebounds in a game. Without him, the team shot just 50 percent at the line.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

Swimming and diving team returns to Robinson

AMIE JUST
@Amie_Just

Kansas swimming and diving returns home Saturday for

the first time since early December. The Jayhawks (9-2)
take on the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-3) at 10 a.m. in Robinson Natatorium.
AT HOME/ON THE ROAD
Kansas is 5-1 on its own
turf.
Arkansas is 2-1 on the road.
FAST FACTS
1. Kansas is the only Big 12
opponent Arkansas has faced
all season.
2. Arkansas is the only SEC
opponent Kansas has faced all
season.
3. Last season, Arkansas hosted Kansas and won
207-91. The season previously,
Arkansas came to Kansas and
won 219-81.
4. Kansas and Arkansas have
competed every year since
2007. Arkansas has won every
time.
COMMON OPPONENTS
Kansas and Arkansas have
competed against one com-

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Swimmers prepare for a heat in Robinson Natatorium last season. The
Jayhawks take on Arkansas at 10 a.m. Saturday.

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
A Kansas swimmer does the breaststroke at a home meet last season. The swimming and diving team returns home
Saturday for the first time since December.

mon opponent: Missouri State.

The Razorbacks hosted the
Bears on Jan. 23 and made easy
work of them, winning 191-96.
Kansas faced Missouri State

on Oct. 25 and dominated

them 277-75.
STAR COMPARISONS
Kansas junior Haley Mold-

ens fastest time in the

200-yard freestyle of the year
is 1:50.94. Arkansas junior
Anna Mayfield posted a comparable time of 1:49.90 earli-

er this season.
Kansas freshman Hannah
Driscolls fastest time of the
year in the 50-yard freestyle
is 23.78. Arkansas senior Susanna Whites season best in
the event is 23.68. If the two
swim against each other on
Saturday, Robinson Natatorium could get loud.
ALMOST THE END
Saturdays dual against Ar-

kansas is the second-to-last

meet in Robinson Natatorium before championship season. Its also the last non-conference meet Kansas has for
the season.
The meet is Arkansas last
dual meet of the season before the Virginia Tech Invitational and the SEC Championships.

Edited by Emma Seiwert

Track to host final home indoor meet of the season Friday

G.J. MELIA
@gjmelia

The Kansas track and field

team will host its final home indoor meet Thursday and Friday
in Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
Most events will take place
Friday, beginning at 9 a.m.
with the womens weight throw
and mens pentathlon 60-meter hurdles. The heptathlon
60-meter dash, shot put, long
jump and high jump will take
place Thursday afternoon starting at 2 p.m.

In its previous meet, the

Kansas State Indoor Triangular in Ahearn Field House on
Jan. 17, Kansas took third place
behind Kansas State and Wichita State. The field will be much
larger Friday, with 20 schools
competing in the meet. Some
notables include Kansas State,
UMKC and Fort Hays State.
Coach Stanley Redwine said
the meet would be more reliant on the team aspect because
more players will be able to
compete than in the triangular.
I have confidence in our ath-

letes, Redwine said. I think

thats the most important thing.
If our athletes are competing at
their very best, the team will do
well.
Two events to key in on are the
mens 1,000-meter and mens
3,000-meter. Senior Evan Landes, freshman Chris Melgares
and senior James Wilson finished with a 1-2-3 sweep of the
top spots in the 3,000 meter in
Manhattan two weeks ago. In
the 1,000-meter, senior Josh
Munsch and sophomore Daniel
Koech took the top two spots.

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10am- 2pm

There are four separate heats

for each event. The first two
1,000-meter heats will start
at 1 p.m. and 1:15 p.m, and
the final two at 5:35 p.m. and
5:40 p.m. The 3,000 meter will
start at 2:20, 2:50, 6:40 and 6:55
p.m.
Senior Jonathan Fuller will
also look to build on an impressive performance in Manhattan, jumping a career high
6 feet 10.25 inches in the high
jump. The event is scheduled
for 3 p.m.
Week by week and meet by
meet, you want to perform better than you did the previous
week, Redwine said. I think if
we are doing those things, were
moving in the right direction.
The coaching staff has done a
great job in preparing the athletes to compete well.
The final event of the day will
be the mens 4x400 relay, the
first of two heats set to start at
7:45 p.m. and the second at 8:05
p.m.
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FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Senior Kenneth McCain explodes off the starting line in the 200-meter last
season.

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Then-sophomore Jessica Murray jumps over a hurdle at a meet last season. Kansas has one last indoor meet left.

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