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Advance KU coalition discusses platforms

ALANA FLINN
@Alana_Flinn

Advance KU, the second

Student Senate coalition,
held its first meeting Monday
night.
Advance KU affiliate Zach
George, a senior from Ottawa, said the name came from
the Universitys need to make
progress through Student
Senate.
I think the reason why this
coalition really grasped onto
Advance is because theyve
seen our student government
right now falling back, and we
want to be more forward with
our thinking, George said.
Advance is something we can
rally behind to advance different departments and organizations on campus and KU.
Advance KU affiliate Jessie
Pringle, a junior from Chanute, said choosing the right
name is important for the coalition.
This is a name you rally
behind, a name you work for,
a name that initiates impact
and everything you want to
do in the next year, Pringle
said.
Advance KU affiliates discussed its mission statement,
but moved to revisit it at the
next coalition meeting. Elections Commission standards
require coalitions to establish
their mission statement at the
first meeting, but coalitions
can table the discussion if

BEN BRODSKY/KANSAN
Advance KU affiliate Zach George addresses the crowd at their first coalition
meeting Monday night.

needed.
The coalition also decided
some of its platform initiatives, which include education
and safety, increasing student
opportunities such as internships, and making Student
Senate more accountable.

Chance Maginness, a freshman from Westmoreland, was

elected the Elections Commission liaison. He will be
responsible for ensuring the
coalition follows Student Senate election rules.
Future meetings are open

BEN BRODKSY/KANSAN
Advance KU affiliate Jessie Pringle discusses bylaws Monday night. The
coalition will include education and safety in their platform initiatives.

to any students interested in

getting involved with the coalition.
We want to work together because how our Student
Senate functions and how it is
led is only as good as the coalition charge, George said. If

we want a Student Senate that

is passionate about having an
open Senate and committed
to being inclusive and having
quality representation, the
start is here tonight.
Edited by Emma LeGault

Kansas Board of Regents

makes top 10 list of
worst threats to free
speech on campus

On Monday, the Kansas Board of

Regents (KBOR) made the Foundation for Individual Rights in Educations (FIRE) annual list of top 10
threats to free speech on campus.
This is the fourth year the list has
been published.
KBOR is noted for its overly broad
policy on improper use of social
media according to the article.
The Huffington Post published an
in-depth look at all 10 threats on
the list.
Many advocates for free speech,
including advocates at FIRE, wrote
to express their dismay with the
policys sanctions over speech that
goes against the best interest of
the university according to the
Huffington Post author Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO of FIRE.
The policy first went into effect in
December 2013, following Professor David Guths comments on his
personal Twitter account against
the National Rifle Association in
September. Guth was suspended
from teaching because of his comments.
The policy has caused concern
with many faculty members, due
to the limits it could potentially
impose on what faculty members
could and could not say.
The policy was revised in May
2014, but the language is still hindering and problematic according
to the article. The University has
also been adjusting the policy as it
would apply to the University specifically.
Riley Mortensen

Professors, analysts meet

for security conference
SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolNews

Monday, at an annual security conference held by the

Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
(CREES), University professors and representatives from
the Universitys organizations
in Fort Leavenworth discussed global topics like Russian involvement in Ukraine
and ISISs presence in the

Middle East.
The conference included two
panels of professors, analysts
and experts on military elements. The first panels speakers analyzed Russias motives
in its military involvement
in Ukraine and discussed the
potential outcome of the situation Ukraine is facing.
The second panel gave presentations about the Islamic
State of Iraq and Syrias (ISIS)
presence in the Middle East

and how the organization

has managed to build a network of terrorists in Asian
countries like Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and
Russia.
Presentations also explained
the difference between Western and Asian nations perceptions of issues like Russian
involvement in Ukraine and

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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Annika Wooton, a junior from Richmond, Va., speed paints during the talent portion of beauty pageants she competes in.

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KU Dining recycles, works to

reduce campus food waste
RYAN MILLER

@Ryanmiller_UDK
After students put their
dishes and food waste on the
dining hall conveyor belt and
it moves out of sight, they
dont give it a second thought.
Thats where KU Dinings
sustainability efforts come in.
According to its website,

Index

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annually, KU Dining recycles 158 tons of cardboard,

steel and plastics, about as
much as four semi-trailers. It
also donates more than 300
pounds of food weekly to local farmers and KU Student
Gardens, as well as 150 gallons of used cooking oil each
week to the KU Biodiesel Initiative. Its compost program

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also redirects over 500 tons of

compostable materials from
the landfill every year.
Thats a lot of food.
The majority of the waste
that we see is post-consumer
waste, said Sheryl Kidwell,
an assistant director for KU
Dining. Its usually food

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Dont
Forget

Student takes unique talent

to Miss America Pageant
RYAN MILLER

@Ryanmiller_UDK
While many pageant participants sing or dance for their
talent, Annika Wooton, a junior from Richmond, Va., ups
the ante she speed paints.
Last year, Wooton began using
speed painting as her talent for
the very first time.
Wooton, a longtime participant in the Miss America program, is in her third year competing in Kansas and recently
won Miss Greater Wichita a
few weeks ago. At Miss Greater Wichita, Wooton painted

To ask your roommates

before you eat their food.

Batman in just 90 seconds as

the Hans Zimmer soundtrack
blared in the background.
One of her favorite parts
about speed painting competitively is when she flips the canvas on her spinning easel made
by her father.
Every time I flip my canvas, I just hear the audience
in surprise, or like when I did
Batman, I heard someone go,
Wow, and its just awesome,
she said.
Now, Wooton has advanced
to the state-level competition
which will be in June. Shell
compete for the title of Miss

Todays
Weather

Kansas. If she wins that, she

will move on to compete in
Miss America. Until then
though, Wooton said she has
big plans for Miss Kansas.
I am doing very new things.
I dont want to say entirely, but
theres a new surface, and a
new direction, Wooton said.
Wooton said one of her
biggest inspirations for speed
painting and live painting has
been the small community of
people who do it.
They inspire me to do bigger

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Proposed bills would

change Supreme
Court justice selection
ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK

Kansas lawmakers will end

their congressional recess on
Wednesday and begin going over the 97 bills the two
chambers passed last Friday.
Two of these bills call for
amendments to the Kansas
Constitution.
HCR 5004 calls for judges
to run in partisan elections,
and HCR 5005 allows direct appointment of judges
by the governor with Senate
confirmation (the federal
model).
The current system allows
a nonpartisan nomination
commission to accept applicants and then screen and
interview them before sending three nominations to the
governor.
Recently, there has been a
lot of controversy surrounding the federal model bill,
with some of it coming from
former Sen. Tim Owens.
Owens was chair of the
Kansas Senate Judiciary
Committee for four years.
Owens said it was during
that time that Gov. Sam
Brownback began wanting

Kansas' largest
electric company
seeking $152M rate
increase
The largest supplier of electricity in Kansas is asking state
regulators to increase its rates
by $152 million annually to cover upgrades at power plants and
other costs.

Studies: Global
warming worsened
droughts in California,
Syria, contributing to
Syrian chaos
WASHINGTON The conflict
that has torn Syria apart can
be traced, in part, to a record
drought worsened by global
warming, a new study says.
In what scientists say is one of
the most detailed and strongest
connections between violence
and human-caused climate
change, researchers from Columbia University and the University
of California Santa Barbara trace
the effects of Syria's drought from

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ISIS.
You saw a really interesting
cross-section of people across
different faculties talking
about these issues, said Bart
Redford, the assistant director of CREES. I tend to
think of that as one of the
great accomplishments of
these security conferences.
Director of the Universitys Foreign Military Studies
office in Fort Leavenworth,
Tom Wilhelm, said he found
it important to bring together people of several different
backgrounds for the conference.
You really have this
multi-generational association here at this particular
conference and thats not
true at every single venue,
Wilhelm said. So thats what
makes this one special.
CREESs security confer-

to change the way judges are

selected.
Owens said Brownback
called him into his office
four different times in attempts to convince him to
support a change.
Governor
Brownback
pointed his finger at me and
said, Tim, why cant you go
along with us on this judicial selection issue and let
us change the way we select
judges so we can get judges
who will vote the way we
want them to? Owens said.
Owens was surprised at the
gesture, especially because
he and Brownback are both
lawyers.
Thats not something a
lawyer or a governor should
even vocalize, Owens said.
It just shows how adamant
he is on wanting to control
the courts.
Despite the situation that
Owens described with
Brownback, he remains adamant about the bill for additional reasons.
I believe the system to appoint judges should be based
on merit, not on politics,
Owens said.
Also in disagreement with

HCR 5005 is State Rep. Dennis Highberger.

Its main purpose is to give
the Republican party control
over the judicial system in
Kansas, Highberger said.
Highberger also believes
the bill is in search of a problem, as he said there is nothing wrong with the current
system.
I cant imagine practicing
in a system like that, Highberger said. It would destroy my faith in it.
Another concern with
HCR 5005 is the potential
amount of conservative influence.
Brownback already has a
great deal of control in the
legislature, as well as the
executive branch, Owens
said. If he gains the ability to control the judiciary,
where would the separation
of powers thats mandated in
the constitution be?
State Rep. John Barker who
is the Chair of the Judiciary Committee, and Gov.
Brownback could not be
reached for comment at the
time of publication.

Westar Energy Inc. of Topeka

said that the request it filed
Monday with the Kansas Corporation Commission would
increase its rates 8 percent
and most residential customers
would see monthly costs increase by between $9 and $13.
Westar has about 595,000 residential customers in Kansas.
The company said the higher
rates would cover upgrades re-

quired by federal air pollution

standards, particularly at a
plant in LaCygne in east-central
Kansas.
Westar also is part-owner of
the Wolf Creek nuclear power
plant near Burlington, and upgrades there will keep it operating until 2045.
The commission must decide
by late October.
Associated Press

the collapse of farming, to the migration of 1.5 million farmers to

the cities, and then to poverty and
civil unrest. Syria's drought started in 2007 and continued until
at least 2010 and perhaps
longer. Weather records are more
difficult to get in wartime.
"There are various things going
on, but you're talking about 1.5
million people migrating from
the rural north to the cities," said
climate scientist Richard Seager
at Columbia, a co-author of the
study published Monday in the
journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "It
was a contributing factor to the
social unravelling that occurred
that eventually led to the civil
war."

The study's authors do not

claim climate change caused Syria's civil war. It's not that simple.
Lead author Colin Kelley at the
University of California said there
are numerous factors involved,
including the oppressive Assad
regime, an influx of more than 1
million refugees from Iraq, the
tumult of the Arab Spring, as well
as the drought. Kelley and Seager
said they couldn't say which factors were the most important.
But, Seager said, this is the
"single clearest case" ever presented by scientists of climate
change playing a part in conflict
because "you can really draw a
blow-by-blow account with the
numbers."
Associated Press

Edited by Kelsi Kirwin

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scraps and inedible portions,
peelings, that kind of thing.
We see it, but to be honest
were seeing less of it.
Cost-wise, Kidwell said that
recycling and composting is
beginning to balance out. KU
Dining has cut back costs on
going to the city landfill by
about 80 percent through
composting. However, the
cost of composting and the
addition of costly biodegradable trash bags counterbalances the savings KU Dining
creates through the use of the
city landfill.
The commitment to a more
sustainable KU and to the
Lawrence community is important to us, and I joke it always costs green to go green,
Kidwell said. We know that,
but were committed to it, so
we just work that into the budget.
Trying to figure out how
much food to prepare can result in making too much, a
problem KU Dining is trying
to curb.
There will be waste just because its difficult to predict
exactly the amount you need
and the amount [of people]
who are going to show up for
a meal, but we try to get as
close as we can to the actual
amount, said Nona Golledge,
director for KU Dining.
Kidwell and Golledge said
KU Dining has taken steps
to handle food waste and to
avoid sending it to the landfill,
such as implementing trayfree dining in the residential
dining halls in 2008. Kidwell
said KU Dining hasnt tracked
how much waste it has saved
since its implementation, but
she estimates it has had a significant impact.
KU Dining uses a menu
management system that relies on data to help dining
staff make decisions about
how much food to make and
what to serve. Kidwell said this
system tracks how much of a
menu item is used. KU Dining
then uses the data to decide
whether to maintain or reduce
usage to help limit overproduction of food.
Another key factor to reducing food waste is proper portion size, Kidwell said.
Serving smaller portions,
specifically of what were considered center of the plate
entrees or proteins, is fast becoming the more nutritional-savvy way of eating, she
said.
KU Dining partners with
local farmers, the Center for
Sustainability, KU Recycling,
KU Biodiesel Initiative, Daily
Bread at the Center for Community Outreach, KU Environs and KU Fights Hunger to
help reduce its food waste by
giving leftover food to these
programs.

ence has taken place for

several years, Redford said,
but this year is the first year
that the conference has not
received funding from an
Army research grant.

You saw a really interesting cross-section of people

across different faculties
talking about these issues.
BART REDFORD
Assistant director of CREES

It was a short-term grant. It

ran for the four years it was
supposed to run. It wasnt
unexpected that we would
lose that, we are just trying
to keep the tradition going,
Redford said.
Edited by Chandler Boese

LAUREN MUTH/KANSAN
Senior Fellow Roger McDermott of the Jamestown Foundations Eurasia Program and fellow colleagues set up his presentation on conflict in the Ukraine.
The global hotspots security conference was held in the forum of Marvin Hall
on March 2 from 1-4 along with free admission and was open to the public.
Many members of the local military community attended the event to converse

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We look at KU Dining as
contributing to the educational mission of the University,
Golledge said. Were considered a learning laboratory, if
you will, for students.
The University has partnered
with Missouri Organic, a company that composts food waste
located in Liberty, Mo., to
compost the rest of KU Dinings compostable waste not
donated to KU programs and
local farmers.
Four years ago we decided
to be proactive knowing that
KU Dining does probably
have the largest portion of
compostable material waste,
so we went and did research
[and] partnered with them,
Kidwell said.
She said that KU Recycling
picks up the rest of KU Dinings recyclable waste.

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MINEAR/KANSAN

Golledge said the University has received recognition

for its efforts to decrease food
waste. The University has participated in Recyclemania, a
nationwide college recycling
competition, as well as competitions between Big 12 schools
at home football games.
In the 2013 Recyclemania
competition, Kansas came in
228th out of 273 colleges and
universities with 17.15 percent
of its waste redirected from
the landfill by composting
or recycling. Kansas did not
compete in 2014 or 2015.
Kidwell said everyone can
help to reduce waste at the
University, too.
We can all help by simply
watching portions, not taking
more than we intend to consume, [being] more mindful
when were eating, Kidwell
said.
Kidwell said KU Dining is
always looking to help limit
food waste.
We always want to take every opportunity to let campus
know that this is an area we
take really seriously, and we do
work daily to help limit over
production and food waste,
both pre- and post-consumer
waste, she said.
Edited by Emma LeGault

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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015

Yesterday would have been Dr. Seuss 111th birthday. There used to be a Dr. Seuss fan club at KU that would do a 24-hour
reading on Wescoe Beach each year on this date.

Suspect said Heil Hitler after Jewish site shootings

HEATHER
HOLLINGSWORTH
Associated Press

OLATHE
A man
accused of fatally shooting
three people at Jewish sites in
Kansas declared Heil Hitler!
and asked how many Jews he
had killed after the attacks, a
police officer testified Monday
during a hearing in which
the mans apology to some
survivors was rejected.
Frazier Glenn Miller, 74, is
charged with capital murder in
the April 13, 2014, shootings
at the Jewish Community
Center of Greater Kansas City
in Overland Park, Kansas, and
at a nearby Jewish retirement
home. None of the victims
were Jewish.
Prosecutors plan to seek the
death penalty.
At a preliminary hearing to
determine if there is enough
evidence to put Miller on trial,
Overland Park police Sgt.
Marty C. Ingram, who was
working off-duty at the Jewish
Community Center, testified
that he heard shots and saw the
doors of the centers theater
shatter. He said he took cover
as more shots hit the buildings
facade.

Ford Motor Co. will

award $10,000
scholarship
The Ford Motor Co. will award
a $10,000 scholarship to one
student studying industrial
design or automotive engineering
next year.
The Alan Mulally Leadership
in Engineering Scholarship
sponsored by the Ford Motor

Dust, smoke was flying

everywhere at that point, he
said. The gunman then drove
away.
Miller is accused of killing Dr.
William Lewis Corporon, 69,
and his 14-year-old grandson,
Reat Griffin Underwood,
who were attending a singing
contest audition at the Jewish
Community Center.
Ingram found Corporon and
his grandson, who was barely
alive, outside in a truck.
I realized the gentleman had
sustained such horrendous
head wounds that there was
nothing I could do, he said,
recalling how he then heard
a tremendous scream when
Reats mother saw her mortally
wounded son.
When he heard that a
suspect had been arrested
nearby, Ingram accompanied
some witnesses to the arrest
scene to determine if they
could identify him. As they
approached the patrol car
where Miller was detained,
he shouted Heil Hitler! and
asked how many Jews he had
killed, according to the officer.
Another
police
officer,
Charles Wimsatt, testified that
Miller tried to recruit him to
his cause, asking him if he was

Co. will be awarded to one

applicant with the eligibility
of having a 3.5 GPA or higher,
being an automotive engineering
or industrial design student as
a junior or a senior in the 2015
fall semester. The application
deadline is March 25.
Alan Mulally, a University
graduate and former president
and CEO of Ford Motor Co., is the
key sponsor for this scholarship.
Mulally and Ford primarily

German.
Miller, of Aurora in
southwest Missouri, is also
accused of killing 53-year-

old Terri LaManno, who was

visiting her mother at a nearby
Jewish retirement home.
Miller, who has emphysema

RICH SUGG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Frazier Glenn Miller, suspected of killing three people at two Jewish sites in
Kansas in April 2014, is wheeled into a courtroom for a hearing at the Johnson
County Courthouse in Olathe on Monday. The hearing will determine whether
there is enough evidence to put Miller, of Aurora, Mo., on trial. Prosecutors
plan to seek the death penalty.

chose the University because of

Mulallys ties. The University has
completed four projects with Ford
in the past.
Mulally worked for Ford since
2006. After he stepped down from
his position in 2014, the company
wanted to honor his outstanding
service through a scholarship.
We have a good relationship
with [Ford], said Greg Thomas,
professor of design and director of
Center for Design Research. They

kind of chose [industrial design]

as opposed to engineering mainly
because we are perceived to be
doing more automotive work in
the Center for Design Research.
The University is one of the five
schools in the nation selected for
a scholarship grant. The other
schools selected are Georgia
Institute of Technology, Carnegie
Mellon University, University
of Michigan and Kettering
University, according to Thomas.

and needs oxygen from a tank

to breathe, muttered during
breaks in the hearing about
how Jews owned Hollywood.
Google it, he urged the
court.
Thomas Bates, a former
combat medic who worked at
the community center, said he
grabbed his medical kit when
he heard about the shootings.
When he reached the victims,
Corporon was dead but Reat
was still breathing. Bates said
the teen had been shot in the
head and there was little that
could be done for him.
As court adjourned Monday,
Miller turned to LaMannos
family, apparently assuming
they were Reats relatives, and
apologized.
I very much regret the
little boy, he said, adding
he thought Reat was 21 and
Jewish.
The family told Miller they
didnt accept the apology.
They declined a request to be
interviewed.
Paul Temme testified that he
was getting his gym bag from
his car when he heard gunfire.
He dialed 911 and chased the
shooters vehicle in a failed
attempt to get his license
details. But then the shooter

stopped.
He pulled a handgun out
and fired at me, said Temme,
who ran for cover.
In phone calls to The
Associated Press, Miller has
said he thought he was dying
because of his emphysema
and felt he was fulfilling a
patriotic duty by killing Jews.
He regretted shooting the
teenager, who he said looked
older.
Miller, a Vietnam War
veteran also known as Frazier
Glenn Cross, founded the
Carolina Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan in his native North
Carolina and later the White
Patriot Party.
After a nationwide manhunt
in 1987, federal agents found
him and three other men at a
rural Missouri home stocked
with hand grenades and
automatic weapons. Miller was
indicted on weapons charges
and accused of plotting
robberies and the assassination
of the Southern Poverty Law
Centers founder. He served
three years in federal prison.
Miller also ran for the U.S.
House in 2006 and the U.S.
Senate in 2010 in Missouri,
each time espousing a whitepower platform.

Its a great addition to anyones

resume, I mean it is a national
scholarship, said Charles D.
Linn, director of communications
for School of Architecture, Design
& Planning. Who wouldnt want
$10,000?
This is the first year for this
particular scholarship. Basically,
a student could get a free year of
schooling with this scholarship.
An annual average in-state
tuition cost for 2014-15 students

is between $8,000 to $10,000 for

30 hours of credit, according to
the Universitys website.
The scholarships are very
important to the students. If
you are in-state, we dont have
a wealth of scholarship funding
available to our students,
Thomas said. It really enables
us to support the students who
deserve it.

Kwang Hyun

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When your professor says her
books are required yet we go only
over 2-3 chapters during the
whole semester... #smdh
I could use 36 hours of uninterrupted sleep right now.
If you havent finished
House of Cards this weekend...
Its too late.
Impromptu ice skating around
campus...
PSA: Insurance is something you
invest in so that you are covered
in the case of an unforeseen
event. It is NOT something you
enroll in after the event takes
place in order to avoid paying
for it.
The clap from the Friends
theme should be the internationally recognized way of clapping
at any event.
That awkward moment when you
take a 10-minute study break
and it lasts all semester.
American Horror Story:
My Bank Account
Fun drinking game: take a shot
for every chapter youre behind in
textbook reading.
I have so much to do this week
that all I can do is lay on the floor
and cry. :(
College is nice. You can wear the
same shirt two days in a row if
you have to because your MWF
people dont know about your
TR life.

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Climate change messages should inspire

Gabrielle Murnan
@GabrielleKansan

riting while
uninspired is like
driving while
drunk. Everything looks a
little funny and there is a high
margin for disaster. Similarly,
communicating the science
of climate change without
innovation is awkward and
risky. Scientists have tried
and failed to articulate the
atmospheric and biological
science behind a changing climate. In the same way, many
citizens have failed to grasp
the severity of the situation
and the necessity for behavior
change. But what if there was
a better way to make people
understand that they are part
of both producing and mitigating climate change? When
I think about the things that
truly move people, I think of
the arts. In order to connect
to a wider audience, climate
change science needs to get
sexy through art and music.
When I say art, I mean the
real stuff not infographics.
I mean artwork that depicts
climate change and elicits a
visceral response. In order to
create an emotional response
to climate change we have to
show behaviors, mitigation
strategies and consequences of climate change. For
example, Cape Farewell is a
project based in the University of Arts London: Chelsea,
which strives to change the
way we think about climate

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Opinion columnist Gabrielle Murnan believes that those who want to inspire people to care about climate change should be more innovate in their messages.

change. The project brings

climate change to a human
level through creativity
and innovation in the arts.
Climate poetry summits,
sustainability exploration
through sculpture, or partnerships between technology,
science and culture to envision energy independence,
are just a few ways that Cape
Farewell brings the complicated world of climate science
to a level with which we can
all connect. Projects like these
effectively attack the complexities of climate change
with innovative reimaginings

of a changing world. Unprecedented problems deserve

unprecedented ideas.
If we can show climate
change through art, then we
can feel it through music
too. Throughout the last few
decades, artists have written
and composed songs that
describe great environmental predicaments. In 2006,
Melissa Etheridge wrote and
sang, I Need to Wake up
for Al Gores documentary,
An Inconvenient Truth. The
beauty of this song is that
there are no direct references
to climate change, but a re-

lationship between the lyrics

and climate change is created
in the minds of listeners.
With this idea in mind, the
lyrics, Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant
rumblings, suddenly take
on a new meaning that
we need to face the reality of
climate change.
Whether it is through film,
music, art or other media,
innovative thinking is the
wave of the future in regard
to climate discussions. In
a country where only 61
percent of citizens believe in
climate change, according

to the Pew Research Center,

(and even fewer rank it as a
top policy priority), scientists
and scholars need to adopt
new ways of framing this
issue. Statistics and probabilities are no longer enough to
sway public opinion. In order
to make citizens understand
the reality and the danger
of climate change we must
take a human approach an
artistic approach.
Gabrielle Murnan is a junior
from Pittsburg studying
environmental studies and
political science

Capitalism not to blame for countrys problems

John Olson

@JohnOlsonUDK

t is not an exaggeration
to say that capitalism is
responsible for everything we love. Market forces
combine to give us everything from cars, PlayStations
and Chipotle to our careers.
According to economic
historian Robert Hessen, no
other economic system has
worked out quite as well as
capitalism over the course of
human history. Despite this,
capitalism has more recently
taken on a negative connotation, according to The
Economist. People associate
the term with massive gaps
between the rich and poor,

systematic oppression and

out-of-touch politicians.
The problem is that these
assumptions are not based
on capitalism, but something
else entirely.
What exactly is capitalism?
Websters dictionary defines
it as a way of organizing
an economy so that the
things that are used to make
and transport products are
owned by individual people
and companies rather than
by the government. That
sounds like something the
United States has, right? Not
entirely. In my view, the U.S.
is currently based on crony
capitalism, or an economic
system in which instead of
success being determined
by a free market and the
rule of law, the success of a
business is dependent on the
favoritism that is shown to
it by the ruling government
in the form of tax breaks,
government grants and other
incentives, according to
Investopedia.

This is what has given capitalism a bad rap. Politicians

claim to be capitalists but
follow crony capitalism. For
an example, observe Gov.
Sam Brownback. According
to the New York Times,
his tax cuts favored specific groups of people and
businesses, rather than being
across-the-board. His social
policy entirely disregards individuality, and instead curbs
womens control over their
own bodies and tramples
on LGBTQ+ lives, according to On The Issues. In my
opinion, Brownback is not a
capitalist, and every time he
proclaims himself to be, it is
an insult to capitalism itself.
People often think of capitalism as pro-business, but
this is a false notion. There
must be a sharp distinction
between pro-business and
capitalism. By definition,
true capitalism does not
favor any one group, such as
businesses, over the other.
Instead, it is a system where

individuals can compete

openly and fairly under rule
of law to improve themselves. Capitalism, when left
unsoiled, treats individuals
with dignity and respect,
according to economic
philosopher Tibor Machan.
It creates a society where no
one assumes they know how
to live others lives better
than they do.
True capitalism promotes
economic equality. The way
I see it, the present crony
capitalist system has enabled
vast disparities between the
rich and poor. For example,
if ExxonMobil were not protected by subsidies and regulations from the government,
it would face significant
competition under a truly
capitalist system. According
to CBS News, it would not
have the resources to give
a $4.5 million bonus to its
CEO. The huge incomes we
hear about are the result of
government protections and
intervention, according to

economist Bill Conerly. Remove these, and the wealthy

have to make their fortunes
in a more fair, competitive
environment.
The next time you hear politicians claim to be capitalist,
look at their record. Are they
favoring some groups over
others? Are they supporting
the wealthy and big businesses while ignoring the poor?
Do they give special rights to
some individuals, but deny
them to others? If the answer
to any of these is a yes, then
they should not be considered a capitalist. Do not let
backward politicians cause
you to reject the greatest system of economic growth on
our planet. Todays system
must be changed from crony
capitalism, but capitalism
itself ought not to be entirely
disbanded.
John Olson is a sophomore
from Wichita studying
economics

The more I talk, the more I understand why Im single.

My Snapchat has gotten to the
point where if you snap me twice
youre in my best friends.
That awkward age when half of
your friends are engaged and the
other half are too drunk to find
their wallet
Rush Chi Potle.
Forever a loan. #collegeproblems
Beyonce has a documentary.
Youre welcome.
German sausage humor
is the wurst.
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arts & features

HOROSCOPES

Because the stars

know things we dont.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9
A career window opens. This
could cause changes and
complications. Actions get
farther than words. Theres
abundant money available
today and tomorrow (if you work
for it). Balance emotional with
pragmatic factors.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Work in partnership, and be
willing to take the lead today
and tomorrow. Dont get caught
up in the words (miscommunications happen). Gossip leaves
a bitter taste... avoid it. Sort out
the common aim, and go for it.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is an 8
Get introspective, and find what
youre looking for. Retreat from
the world today and tomorrow.
Sometimes if you get quiet
enough, the answer arises
unbidden. Nurture health with
rest, exercise and good food.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is an 8
Today and tomorrow favor
fun with friends. Put a family
event on the schedule. Play in
a group or community project,
and contribute your piece of the
puzzle. Find materials at home
or nearby.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 9
Focus on your career today and
tomorrow. Ask for what you need,
and be patient... transmission
breakdowns or slips in translation could warp the meaning.
Repeat, and relax. Find multiple
routes to your goal.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Take a trip or explore a new
scene. You dont need to go far.
Backyard journeys can be quite
satisfying. Keep communications
channels open, and expect some
delays (especially with transportation or shipping). Saving is
better than spending now.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
Get straight about what
doesnt work. Gain more than
expected. Attend to finances and
administration for the next two
days. Avoid talking about money
with partners, or risk misunderstanding.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 9
You have plenty of support.
Teamwork is your secret weapon.
Ignore doubts. You can succeed.
You dont have to do it all,
personally. Delegate! Take care
with a change in plans.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
Take on more work, and earnings
increase. Gather ideas and
feedback. An important person
is feeling generous. Take the
student role. Put your heads
together. A feisty argument could
curtail travel. Relax at home.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Today can be really fun, especially avoiding miscommunication and arguments. A private
conference spells out the facts.
Now is the time to get creative.
All is not as it appears. You get
really lucky. Follow through.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Your hearts at home and in the
garden. Pare down to make more
space with a cleaning or renovation project. In a disagreement
about priorities, listen to the
opposing view. Consider all
possibilities.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 9
Desire for more income guides
your decisions. Maintain
objectivity. The funding will be
available. A purchase becomes
possible. Finish a study project
now. Practicing something you
love to do goes well now.

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TRENDING

ISIS SNL skit deemed both tasteless and brave

Kelly Cordingley
@kellycordingley

Saturday Night Live aired

what some called a failed
attempt at humor Saturday,
Feb. 28 depicting 50 Shades
of Grey actress Dakota
Johnson being dropped off at
the airport by her father to
join the terror group ISIS.
In the skit spoofing a Toyota car advertisement, actor
Taran Killam tells his daughter, Johnson, to be careful as
she travels. Johnson responds
Dad, its just ISIS and proceeds to climb into a truck
bed with armed militants.
It seems the terror group
ISIS makes headlines and
causes controversy in both
real and fictional situations.
Reports of teens fleeing to
Syria seem to be more and
more common in the news.
In early February, the
fourth American, Kayla
Jean Mueller, was killed by
the terror group. She was
an aid worker captured in
2013 while leaving a Doctors
Without Borders clinic,
according to and ABC News
article.
James Foley was beheaded
in August and Steven Sotloff
was beheaded in September,
both were American journalists. Former U.S. army ranger
Peter Kassig was beheaded
in November, according to a
CNN article. While America
has mourned the loss of four
individuals, ISIS has contin-

DANA EDELSON/NBC
Dakota Johnson, left, plays a young woman going off to fight with the Islamic State militant group in a fake ISIS commercial on Saturday Night Live.

ued to behead, capture and

torture hundreds of people
from varying nations.
Such awful actions and
evil being depicted as trivial
brought a barrage of tweets
criticizing SNL for lacking
good taste.
Steven Bucci, Director of
The Heritage Foundations

Douglas and Sarah Allison

Center for Foreign Policy
Studies, questioned why
something so vile and despicable was made into a joke.
Other tweets were similar
in outrage, calling the skit
tasteless, despite general
praise for SNL.
Another Twitter user was

Absolutely floored that

anyone would find the #SNL
ISIS skit funny.
However, not all the
responses to the skit were
negative. Some praised SNL
for bringing to light the issue
of young women flocking to
ISIS, while others praised the
show for using our freedoms

of speech to combat terror

with humor.
ISIS and the terror it embodies is something America
wont turn a blind eye to,
but it seems our individual
perceptions of the group is
where we differ.

Edited by Emma LeGault

PAINT FROM PAGE 1

and better projects because
I see what theyre capable of,
and I want to push myself as
well, Wooton said.
Earlier in February, Wooton
chose to compete in KUs Got
Talent to keep her skills polished and nourish her competitive spirit.
It was just really a place
for me to practice my talent
for the competition. Id never
painted on three canvases before, so that was a first time
thing, Wooton said.
Wooton began speed painting in high school after she
was asked by her friends in the
theatre program if she wanted to live paint while the jazz
band played at an assembly.
After being thrown into
the prospect of live painting,
Wooton decided to take her
talent to a competitive level.
I guess it was just me and
the crazy idea to take provisional art on stage, she said.
She participated in the Miss
America pageant in the teen
division for a few years during
high school, but quit to focus
on school. Wooton recalled
the first time she competed
for the Miss America pageant
program.
I was terrified, but once the
music started, the adrenaline
hit, she said. I ended up having more time because I was
going so fast, I had that adren-

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The first painting I did

for competition, I actually
recorded the song I was
painting to. So it was me
singing. It was Brave by
Sara Bareilles. It was kind of
like me being Hey, Im being
really brave in doing this.

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ANNIKA WOOTON
Junior from Richmond, Va.
aline. At the end, it was really
rewarding.
Wooton said that usually
after selecting her subject for
painting, she then selects the
music to accompany it.
The first painting I did for
competition, I actually recorded the song I was painting to.
So it was also me singing. It
was Brave by Sara Bareilles. It
was kind of like me being Hey
Im being really brave in doing
this, Wooton said.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
K
Annika Wooton, a junior from Richmond, Va., shows off her unique talent of speed painting in a pageant. Wooton said she started speed painting in high
school, when a friend asked her to paint while the jazz band played at an assembly. Wooton said she first selects a subject to paint, then selects the music to
accompany it. Wooton will be competing in the upcoming Miss Kansas pageant.

She said a fun part to speed

painting is having to be quick
thinking.
If something doesnt go according to plan, I just have to
fix it, Wooton said.
Dailey Tasker, a junior from
Wichita and a friend and collaborator of Wootons, has
attended several of her live
painting events. The two met

in the art school, and Tasker helps provide critique for

Wooton.
Shes really self-motivated in
all that, she said. Thats her
spot, thats where she shines,
and its cool to see an art form
thats more individualized and
her bring it to the stage, and
to bring people in on her process.

Wooton said shes excited

for the upcoming Miss Kansas pageant despite the stress
that accompanies it. She said
she looks forward to spending time with close friends she
made in the pageant, but also
excited to build really good
experiences painting.
For Wooton, speed painting
and art is more than just a tal-

ent for a pageant.

Art is what Im devoting my
life to, she said. Im studying that here, so its neat to
put that on stage in front of a
bunch of people.

Edited by Valerie Haag

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Amber was like a walking
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birth name Forrest Gordon,
the more feminine Foreest
Leona Gordon and Foreest
Leona Giordani.
I thought it sounded like
a movie star name, so I liked
it, she said of the last name.
She acknowledged that
police found a fake passport,
Social Security card and New
York drivers license during
searches of some of the five
Philadelphia-area properties
linked to her in the years
before her 2012 arrest.
Windslowe is charged with
third-degree murder in the

death of the 20-year-old

Aderotimi, who was injected
with low-grade silicone at a
Philadelphia airport hotel.
Doctors have told jurors
during the two-week trial
that the syringe hit a vein and
sent silicone to the womans
lungs. Two other women
testified they spent months
in the hospital with similar
injuries after visits with
Windslowe, including one
who received an injection
on a dining room table at a
pumping party.
Defense lawyer David
Rudenstein seemingly hoped

PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT/ASSOCIATED PRESS

This undated file photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department
shows Padge Gordon, also known as Padge Victoria Windslowe. An aspiring
rapper known as the Black Madam, Windslowe is accused of killing a
20-year-old dancer from London during a procedure that involved silicone
buttocks injections and Krazy Glue. Her third-degree murder trial is expected to start Feb. 19 in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.

to show jurors through

Windslowes testimony that
she prepped them with
alcohol before and after the
injections and took other
safety measures.
However, prosecutors say,
she mostly used nonsterile,
industrial silicone, not the
medical-grade silicone that
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standard cosmetic surgeries.
I told (clients) Ive been
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done it to myself and my
friends, and I was trained
by a nurse up in Washington
Heights (in New York City)
back in 1995, Windslowe
said Friday, explaining her
credentials.
On the stand Thursday,
Windslowe said she was
trained by a doctor in
Thailand
and
another
in South America who
performed her sex-change
operation.
She said she started doing
body sculpting two decades
ago to help transgender
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often want to plump up an
indent in the side of the
buttocks they call the boy
pocket, she said.
Windslowe charged about
$1,000 to $2,000 depending
on the amount of silicone
requested. Some clients,
including a pole dancer she
discussed Friday, saw her a
half-dozen times.
Windslowe told jurors
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Christian Garrett prepares for

final game at Allen Fieldhouse
BEN FELDERSTEIN
@Ben_Felderstein

When Christian Garrett was

growing up, it was his dream
to play basketball at a place
like Kansas. In Garretts five
years on the Kansas basketball
team, hes had the chance to
live that dream and tomorrow
night he will suit up and start
for his final home game tomorrow night as he is honored
as the sole senior on this years
Jayhawk roster.
When I was young I said I
wanted to go to a school with
a lot of tradition and has a
chance to win a national championship. Im at exactly where
I said I wanted to be, senior
guard Garrett said. Its been a
dream come true, I cherish it
and Im glad to be a part of it.
Garrett, from Los Angeles, is
studying sports management.
While he has not seen a lot
of playing time in his years
at Kansas, he is still a crucial

Garrett
member of the team.
He gives up 100 percent in
practice, freshman guard Kelly Oubre Jr. said. Even though
he doesnt play in the games,
he gives us his all in practice
and its inspiring to all of us.
Garrett redshirted his first
year with the program in the
2010-11 season and has been
a part of four Big 12 championships in his tenure and will
go for a fifth Tuesday night.

Garrett will leave Kansas having been a part of several very

decorated teams.
On top of four regular season
titles, Garrett has been a part
of two Big 12 tournament titles, two Elite Eights and one
Final Four appearance. Kansas
has lost only two games inside
Allen Fieldhouse in Garretts
five years on the roster while
posting a 128-31 overall record in his time at Kansas.
The first ring was cool, I
kind of lucked into that one,
Garrett said. Ive been blessed
that every year weve won the
Big 12. Some people dont get
the opportunity. We expect to
get two every year.
Garrett was recently named
to the Academic All-Big 12
roster for the first time in
his tenure at Kansas. He was
named to the Academic AllBig 12 rookie team and the
Academic All-League second
team last season.
Garrett said he has built in-

credible relationships and

bonds between people that
he has met during his time at
Kansas. He has been a part of
great teams and learned a lot
about the game of basketball.
The Final Four freshman
year was a crazy memory,
Garrett said. Every person on
this team, every coach, people
you meet, these relationships
will last a lifetime.
Like all seniors under Bill
Self before him, Garrett will
lace up with the starting lineup and will have a post-game
speech in front of the crowd of
16,300 attendees. Garrett will
replace Oubre in the starting
lineup.
Christian is a great kid
and teammate, Self said. He
gives us everything he has
in practice and even though
that hasnt reflected in playing
time, he has done a lot for this
program.
Edited by Miranda Davis

Jayhawks take on Lopes in Arizona

JOEY ANGUIANO
@Joey_Anguiano

After a two-run loss to Boston College (4-6) to end the

Snowbird Classic, Kansas (47) heads to Arizona to take
on the Grand Canyon Lopes
(9-3).
Earlier in the season, Grand
Canyon showed their ability to
hit the ball well in a 30-7 drubbing of Bradley. The Lopes
recorded 28 hits against the
Braves. Behind senior second
baseman Chad De La Guerra,
who had 9 RBIs, Grand Canyon amassed 29 RBIs.
Last time out for the Lopes
saw little success from the batters box. Grand Canyon only
collected three runs on 18 hits
through a two game series
against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Lopes
allowed 14 runs over the two
game series to UW-Milwaukee.
As the Jayhawks head down
to Phoenix, there are a few
things to keep your eyes peeled
for. For the Jayhawks, junior
second baseman Colby Wright
has found himself on base
every game this season, and

BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN
Junior forward Perry Ellis dunks the ball against Texas on Saturday. The
Jayhawks won 69-64. Ellis was the Big 12 Player of the Week last week.

Kansas forward Perry

Ellis named Big 12
Player of the Week
Perry Ellis was named the
Phillips 66 Big 12 player of the
Week for last week, the league
announced on Monday.
Over Kansas two games in the
last week, Ellis scored a combined 52 points, while averaging
11 rebounds and two blocks per
game. The junior also made 19 of
his 37 field goal attempts while
playing a combined 76 minutes.
Perry has just kind of carried
us, said Kansas coach Bill Self

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After losing to Boston College in the Snowbird Classic, Kansas travels to Arizona this weekend to face Grand Canyon.

is looking to extend his fourgame hitting streak. Additionally, be on the lookout for how
the Jayhawks pitching staff
performs. If the pitchers can
get two strong starting efforts
against Grand Canyon, there is
no reason to think that Kansas
wont leave Arizona without at
least one win added to their
season total.

For Grand Canyon, De La

Guerra was selected as the
Western Athletic Conferences Player of the Year. He
showed off his batting abilities
against Bradley with nine RBIs
and more recently against
UW-Milwaukee with a fourhit game, including a home
run. De La Guerra has been
attacking the ball with ferocity

this season, so be sure to keep

a look out when he steps in the
batters box.
The games themselves can be
viewed on a local news station
out of Phoenix. The first game
starts Tuesday at 8 p.m., and
the second game of the series
will be Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

following the teams victory over

the Texas Longhorns on Saturday.
For the first time, I think since
hes been here, hes actually
playing at the level we all see
him playing at.
This marks the third time Ellis
has won the award this season
and the fifth time hes won it in
his career.
Ellis is averaging 15.8 points
and 7.6 rebounds per game in
conference play, and hes scored
at least 18 points in each of his
last five games, while shooting
53.8 percent from the field in
that stretch.
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Kansas defeats Iowa to remain perfect at home

JACOB CLEMEN
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Kansas tennis picked up its

second home win of the year
Monday defeating the unranked Iowa Hawkeyes 4-1.
The Jayhawks started the
day strong, jumping out to an
early lead with two quick doubles wins. On court three, the
freshman pair of Alexis Czapinski and Summer Collins
won handily. The Jayhawks
got an early 5-0 lead before
surrendering two games and
rallying to a 6-2 win.
Shortly after, the number one
pairing of junior Maria Jose
Cardona and senior Maria
Belen Luduea finished tightly contested. The two teams
battled back and forth in the

first four games to a 2-2 score

before the Kansas pair pulled
away to win 6-3 and seal the
doubles point for Kansas.
The freshman duo of Smith
Hinton and Madison Harrison
were ahead 5-4 when the Jayhawks took the doubles point,
but did not finish their match.
In singles, the Hawkeyes
were able to even the score at
1-1 when Iowa senior Shelby
Talcott defeated Cardona 6-3,
6-2 on court one. It would
be the only point for the
Hawkeyes of the day.
On court three, Hinton made
quick work of Anastasia Reimchen, the Hawkeye freshman,
dominating her first set 6-1
and cruising to a 6-3 victory in
the second set. Kansas moved
ahead 2-1 with the win and

never surrendered its lead.

Harrison was able to battle
through a back-and-forth first
set on court four, edging Iowa
junior Annette Dohanics 7-5.
Harrison then jumped out to a
4-1 lead in the second set before winning 6-2.
Luduea was able to back
up her doubles-clinching win
with the match-clinching
singles win for the Jayhawks.
After securing a tidy first-set
win 6-2, Luduea battled with
Iowa senior Morven McCulloch to a tiebreak. Neither
player ever lead by two games
the whole second set until Luduea finally won 7-6(3).
I think it was big for Belen
to clinch, coach Todd Chapman said. Shes had a couple
close matches in a row where

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its work the next eleven days,
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game was the first of a fivegame homestand for Kansas.

It makes us all really excited
to come out here and play our
next matches because we are
undefeated [at home] so were
all just pretty pumped about
that, Harrison said.
Meanwhile, Iowa falls to 4-4
on the season and its six-game
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AT A GLANCE
No. 9 Kansas is looking to tie the
season series against No. 20 West
Virginia after the Mountaineers
held off the Jayhawks 61-60 in
West Virginia. Kansas coach Bill
Self and the Jayhawks own a 3-2
series advantage over the Mountaineers, two of the three wins
coming in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas is ranked No. 2 nationally in
the Ratings Percentage Index for
the second toughest schedule in
the country. West Virginia will be
the 12th ranked opponent Kansas
has faced this season.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Landen Lucas,
sophomore, forward
Without Cliff Alexander, Self said players like sophomores Hunter Mickelson
and Landen Lucas need to step up.
Self said Lucas provided quality minutes against Texas, scoring five points
and grabbing four rebounds. In the
last two games, besides Ellis, the Kansas frontcourt combined for five points
and Self thinks the frontcourt needs to
take the pressure off Ellis by providing
a lift on offense.

QUESTION MARK

Can Kansas protect

the rim without
Alexander?

Perry Ellis said the two things

Kansas will miss while Alexander is on the bench is his
toughness and shot-blocking
ability. Alexander was the best
rim protector on the team, but
that doesnt mean Kansas cant
block shots in his absence.
Without Alexander, Kansas
blocked a season-high 10 shots
against Texas. In the four previous games with Alexander, Kansas didnt surpass four blocks
in each of those contests.

BY THE NUMBERS

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No. 9
(23-6, 12-4)

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No. 20

WEST VIRGINIA
(22-7, 10-6)

PROJECTED STARTERS

PROJECTED STARTERS

Wayne Selden Jr., sophomore, guard

All the players consider Selden the vocal leader of this team.
Even though Selden is the glue this young Kansas team, his
on-court performance has struggled. Since the last game
against the Mountaineers in Morgantown, W.Va., Selden has
averaged six points, two rebounds and two assists per game.
Before the first meeting against WVU, Selden had a fourgame run when he averaged 17 points.

Juwan Staten, senior, guard

The preseason Big 12 Player of the Year is averaging 14
points and four assists per game. Staten was awarded Big
12 Player of the Week four times this season after going on
week-long scoring binges. When Staten scored 20 points
against Kansas, he also scored 22 points against Oklahoma
State later that week. Staten is third in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.4 and leads WVU with 125 assists.

Frank Mason III, sophomore, guard

Mason is the floor general for this Kansas team and is third
in the Big 12, averaging four assists per game, with 41
assists in his last eight games. Against Texas, Mason scored
12 points with three assists, but his lone three-pointer
helped Kansas secure the win. That three-pointer was his
34th of the season, the third-highest on the team. Mason is
also Kansas best on-ball defender with 40 steals.

Gary Browne, senior, guard

Browne, who averages just seven points per game, is the best
on-ball defender among the WVU guards. Playing around 29
minutes per game, Browne has 33 steals on the season. In the
last Mountaineer contest, Browne scored zero points and had
zero rebounds against No. 19 Baylor. If West Virginia wants
a chance to win, Browne will have to hit more than one field
goal.

Kelly Oubre Jr., freshman, guard

Oubre was named to the Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the
Year award watch list for the most talented freshman in the
country on Monday. In Big 12 play, Oubre has started every
game and averaged 10 points. Against Texas, Oubre scored
15 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Oubre was one of three
Kansas players with double-figures, scoring 14 points in the
last matchup against WVU.

Daxter Miles Jr., freshman, guard

In the last two games against Texas and Baylor, Miles has
averaged 11 points in each of those contests. Before those
games, Miles averaged just five points and two rebounds
per game. Miles was a non-factor shooting the basketball
against Kansas in its first meeting, not connecting on his
three three-point attempts. Miles had three of the teams 22
offensive rebounds against Kansas.

Perry Ellis, junior, forward

Winning his third Big 12 Player of the Week award, Perry Ellis
leads Kansas by averaging 14 points and seven rebounds
the only player in the Big 12 to rank sixth or higher in scoring
and rebounding. Against Texas, Ellis scored a season-high
28 points and grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds. Ellis
Saturday performance was his third-straight 20-point game,
and his seventh double-double of the season.

Johnathan Holton, junior, forward

Holton is the best rim protector on WVU, blocking a teamhigh 26 shots this season. The junior also leads the team
with six rebounds per game. For an undersized power
forward at 6-foot-7, Holton is an impressive post player,
averaging seven points per game. Kansas was able to hold
Holton to five points on Feb. 16, but Holton crushed Kansas
on the offensive glass. Kansas needs to keep Holton offensive glass to prevent another 22 offensive rebounds.

50

In the last 12 games,

sophomore guard Brannen
Greene shot 50 percent

BIG JAY WILL CHEER IF

Kansas holds Juwan Staten under
20 points. Staten is the preseason Big 12 Player of the Year and
scored 20 points while playing 32
minutes against Kansas during
the Feb. 16 matchup. The Mountaineers needed all 20 points to
beat Kansas as the deciding basket came from Statens layup with
less than four seconds.

BLAIR SHEADE
@RealBlairSheady

AT A GLANCE

No. 20 West Virginia is coming

off a 78-66 Baylor loss, losing
three of their last four away
games. West Virginia has its
best conference record in the
three seasons under Bob Huggins, who is 172-98 in eight
seasons at WVU. West Virginia
averages 74 points per game,
but the last three losses, the
Mountaineers havent reached
their 74-point average. With
only two games left, West
Virginia must win to have a
chance at winning the Big 12.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Jevon Carter,
freshman, guard

Carter is a front-runner for Big 12

sixth man of the year. The freshman is the best shooter off the
bench, averaging eight points per
game and leading the Mountaineers with 44 three-pointers made
this season. Carter gives Staten
the ability to play the shooting
guard because Carter can run
the offense Carter is second
on the team with 50 assists with
season, 75 less than the leader
Staten. Carter also provides help
defensively and leads with team
with 52 steals.

QUESTION MARK

How can WVU take

advantage of the
Kansas frontcourt?

In the first meeting in Morgantown, the Mountaineers

grabbed a season-high 22 offensive rebounds against Kansas and that was with Cliff
Alexander in the starting lineup.
Self said the WVU guards were
getting the majority of the offensive rebounds because long
shots mean long rebounds
and the Mountaineers took 21
three-pointers and 10 of the 22
offensive rebounds came from
guards.

BY THE NUMBERS

45

45

Among the WVU rebounding,

45 percent of its rebounds
come on the offensive glass

Wayne Selden Jr. has a teamhigh 45 three-pointers this

season.

The only senior to graduate this

season will be Christian Garrett

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Jamari Traylor, junior, forward

Traylor is starting his second consecutive game in place of
Cliff Alexander, who sat out against Texas as a precautionary measure. Traylor isnt uncommon in the starting lineup,
starting 15 games and averaging four points and three
rebounds this season. Against Texas, Traylor played 11 minutes, scoring zero points and grabbing only two rebounds.
Traylor will need to become an offensive threat.

Devin Williams, sophomore, forward

Standing at 6-foot-9, 255 lbs., Williams is a force inside.
Williams is the second best scorer on the team, averaging
10 points and eight rebounds per game. Williams could be
a better player if he could stay on the court longer. Against
Kansas, Williams scored eight points with four rebounds.
The sophomore is still learning how to find his role, but
Williams can cause problems for Kansas with his size.

Prediction:

Kansas 78, WVU 70

20

The Mountaineers force 20

turnovers per contest

327

WVU leads the Big 12 with 327

total steals, averaging 11
per game

BABY JAY WILL CRY IF

WVU hits over 40 percent of its

three-pointers. WVU is ninth in
the Big 12, shooting 31 percent
from behind the arc this season.
Against Kansas, the Mountaineers shot 38 percent (8-21) from
three and only won by one on a
last second layup by Juwan Staten. If WVU was able to hit over
40 percent from three, Kansas
will have trouble staying with the
Mountaineers, who score over 74
points per game.

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COMMENTARY
Greene crucial to
postseason
success

Evan Riggs

@EvanRiggs15

rom mid-January
to the first week of
February, the Kansas
Jayhawks were playing their
best basketball of the season.
One of the biggest reasons
was sophomore Brannen
Greene playing the best
basketball of his collegiate
career.
From Jan. 19 to Feb. 10,
it seemed like every time
Greene lined up a jumper it
would go in.
In those seven games, he
shot a scorching 71 percent
from three and averaged
11 points per game. In that
stretch, the Jayhawks were
6-1, with their only loss occurring at Oklahoma State, a
place where they traditionally struggle under Bill Self.
In the last three weeks,
Kansas has lost three games
and it is not a coincidence
that Greenes play has
slipped. If the Jayhawks are
going to have a successful
NCAA Tournament, it is
crucial for Greene to find his
shooting stroke once again.
Last year, when Kansas lost
to Stanford in the second
round of the NCAA Tournament, many fans quickly
pointed to Andrew Wiggins
as the reason why. He may
have only had four points,
but he had no room to work.
Every time he caught the
ball, Stanford packed into
the paint to take away all
driving lanes.
Greene can prevent teams
from doing that with his
shooting ability. If he is
making shots, that creates
room for guys like Frank
Mason III, Perry Ellis and
Kelly Oubre Jr. to operate.
It doesnt take a basketball
purist to figure out that if
they have more room to
work, it will make it easier
for them get to the basket
and either make a basket, get
fouled or create a shot for
somebody else.
In the last five games,
Greene has made just two
of his last 14 three-point
attempts (14 percent), and
averaged four points per
game. In that stretch, the
Jayhawks have sputtered to a
3-2 record.
It is no secret that Greene
is a very up-and-down
player, like most three-point
marksmen often are. He has
had nine games where he
has scored in double figures.
The Jayhawks are 8-1 in
those games. But Greene
has had seven games where
he scored zero points. The
Jayhawks have been able to
overcome that on occasion,
but are just 4-3 in such
games.
If the Jayhawks are going
to make a deep NCAA
Tournament run, Mason,
Oubre and Ellis need to play
well. They will be the ones
under the microscope, and
if Greene can hit shots and
stretch the floor, that will
make life much easier for the
Jayhawks in the tournament.
Edited by Kelsi Kirwin

TENNIS

Jayhawks beat Iowa on Monday afternoon | PAGE 12

Jayhawks pick up win on Senior Night

DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

On Senior Night, Kansas

needed to make free throws
down the stretch as senior
forward Chelsea Gardner and
senior guard Natalie Knight
made seven-of-eight from the
free-throw line in the last 30
seconds of the game to give
Kansas a 68-64 win.
For the first time since 2006,
the Jayhawks swept the Cyclones during the regular season.
It was great for the seniors
to end it for us at the line
down the stretch, coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
Kansas got off to a quick
start as the seniors would start
to contribute early in their final game in Allen Fieldhouse.
Three of the four Kansas seniors got the start as forward
Bunny Williams, Gardner and
Knight made their final starts
at Allen Fieldhouse. Williams
played the first four minutes of the game, recorded a
bucket and blocked a shot.
Rebounding was the key in
the game as the Jayhawks got
things started.
Offensive rebounding was
hurting us in losses this season and we got better at that
in the last two games, Gardner said.
Kansas outrebounded Iowa
State 43-34, and 17-12 on the
offensive glass.
Kansas led 9-5 early, but
Iowa State came back to tie
the game 9-9 and 11-11. Kansas then sparked on a 10-2
run and led 21-13 with 7:49
remaining. The Jayhawks led
throughout and had just one
turnover in the first 20 minutes of the game, committing
their first turnover with 40
seconds remaining in the first
half. Freshman guard Lauren

MISSY MINEAR/KANSAN
Senior forward Chelsea Gardner works toward the basket Monday night
against Iowa State. Kansas won 68-84 against the Cyclones.

Aldridge continued her effort

with seven points and five assists in the first half.
You cant stop Lauren (Aldridge), she is doing a great
job for us right now, Henrickson said.
Kansas led 31-25 at halftime.
The Jayhawks were a perfect
five-for-five from the line in
the first half. Against Oklahoma on Saturday, Kansas was
17-of-18 from the line.

The Cyclones got within one

point with 1:02 remaining, but
clutch free-throw shooting by
the Jayhawks sealed the deal
for their second straight win
to end out the regular season.
Gardner recorded her ninth
double-double of the season
with 25 points and 13 rebounds.
It was awesome with the
emotions of senior night,
Gardner said.

MISSY MINEAR/KANSAN
Sophomore forward Jada Brown waits for the ball Monday night against Iowa
State. Brown scored six points and played 22 minutes in the game.

Kansas shot 22-of-59 from

the field for 37 percent, seven-of 20 from beyond the arc
for 35 percent, and 17-of-21
from the line for 81 percent.
Knight and Aldridge each
added ten points.
Gardner is the fourth player to record 1,400 points and
850 rebounds in her career as
a Jayhawk.

Kansas (15-16) will find out

its seed in the Big 12 Tournament after tonights games in
the conference. Kansas will
play either at 6:00 p.m. or 8:30
p.m. on Friday in Dallas, Texas.
Its win or go home time,
Knight said.

Edited by Valerie Haag

Kansas looks to grab 11th straight Big 12 title

BEN FELDERSTEIN
@Ben_Felderstein

With at least a share of the

Big 12 regular season title
already in hand, No. 9 Kansas (23-6, 12-4) will play its
final home game of the season against No. 20 West Virginia (22-7, 10-6) on Tuesday
night.
An Iowa State win against
second-place Oklahoma on
Monday night gave the Jayhawks a one-and-a-half game
lead with two games remaining, giving Kansas at least a
share of its 11th straight Big
12 title. Kansas can clinch the
conference outright with a
win over West Virginia.
The game will also be the
last in Allen Fieldhouse for
the senior Christian Garrett,
who has been at Kansas since
2011. The 6-3 guard from Los
Angeles has appeared in 33
games as a Jayhawk.
The Mountaineers defeated
the Jayhawks in Morgantown
at the buzzer earlier this season, 62-61. West Virginia
has won three of its past four
games and have surged back
into the Big 12 contention,
tied for third with a 10-6 record against Baylor and Iowa
State.
Senior Juwan Staten leads
the Mountaineers in scoring
this season with 14.5 points
per game on 42.3 percent
shooting from the field. Staten hit the go-ahead spinning
layup in the lane against the
Jayhawks to give the Mountaineers the win in their previous matchup. Staten posted
20 points with four assists

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Sophomore forward Landen Lucas swings around Texas freshman Myles Turner after dunking during the Jayhawks Saturday matchup against the Longhorns.
Lucas put in 25 minutes in the absence of freshman Cliff Alexander. Kansas put together a win, coming back from six points behind to win 69-64.

and zero turnovers.

Sophomore Devin Williams nearly averages a double-double with 10.8 points
and 8.1 rebounds per contest.
Against Kansas, Williams recorded eight points on 4-7
shooting.
Junior forward Perry Ellis has been on an absolute
tear as of late, averaging
22.4 points over his past five
games. Ellis recorded a season-high 28 points in Kansas
last win against Texas.
Ellis has put his name in

contention for Big 12 Player

of the Year along with Staten.
Both stars lead their teams
with an average of 14.5 points
per contest.
Freshman guard Kelly Oubre Jr. recorded 15 points and
nine rebounds against the
Longhorns, providing help
for Ellis when needed. Oubre
was 4-9 from the field and 7-9
from the free throw line. The
freshman put up 14 points
and seven rebounds the last
time Kansas played West Virginia.

Kansas enters play-winners of four of its previous

six games. The Jayhawks will
need to deal with the full
court pressure of the Mountaineers once again in Tuesdays matchup.
West Virginia coach Bob
Huggins knows his defensive
scheme is one of the strongest
to combat Kansas offense and
will continue to run it most
of the game. It took the Jayhawks a while to adjust earlier in the season, but having
faced it already, they should

have a better time adjusting.

Tuesdays final home game
is senior night for the Jayhawks who have only one senior, walk-on Christian Garrett. Garrett was just named
to the Academic All-Big 12
Team for the first time in his
four years at Kansas.
On Saturday, Kansas will
travel to Norman, Okla. for
the Big 12 finale. The Jayhawks defeated the Sooners,
85-78 earlier this season in
Allen Fieldhouse.
Edited by Valerie Haag