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University sees uptick in smaller classes

PAIGE STINGLEY
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A decline in enrollment and

the hiring of additional faculty
has lead to a decrease in class
sizes, but the University still
offers several large classes.
Since the 2003-04 school year,
the University has started offering an extra 200 classes.
The number of classes offered
hit a peak during the 2006-07
school year with 2,812 classes.
The University is offering
more classes with fewer than
20 students. The number of
classes with fewer than 20 students has increased to 1,311 in
the 2014-15 school year, from
881 in 2003-04.
Large lecture halls have decreased in recent years after
their popularity increased between 2004 and 2010. The University has seen larger declines
in the number of classes with
20 to 49 students.
These additional classes allow
the University to keep some
class sizes smaller, particularly higher level classes, which
some professors think is more
beneficial for students.
The University has hired additional professors and faculty
members, which has made it
easier to create and maintain
smaller class sizes. Between
the 2008-09 school year and
2009-10, the University hired
384 faculty members. The

student-to-faculty ratio has

dropped to 16.6 to 1 in 2015,
from 19.8 to 1 in 2005.
Genelle Belmas, a professor in
the School of Journalism, said
she fears that big class sizes
dont allow students to connect
with their professors or teaching assistants and doesnt allow
for in-depth discussion inside
the lecture.
Underclassmen "have the
ability to disappear into big
classes, Belmas said. Ideally, every class should be little.
That cant always be the case
though because its not cost
effective. If I had to choose, I
would put 20 students in every
classroom.
But the large, introductory
classes are part of the reason
programs can afford to have
smaller upper level classes.
The University can have
smaller classes because we
have bigger classes to support
them, Belmas said. Course
fees for big classes bring in
enough money to have teachers for smaller classes.
Bill Beedles, director of undergraduate programs in
the School of Business, said
course fees for taking business
school classes go toward hiring enough teaching assistants
each year to keep discussion
classes small.
We have to hire additional
faculty to maintain even class
sizes, Beedles said. We invest
a lot of that money into mak-

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ing sure were hiring teaching

assistants that are going to be
beneficial to our students.
While some teachers worry
students can get lost in big lecture halls, others feel that the
system works.
The big lecture classes have
been big lecture classes for 40
years, Beedles said. But weve
always had success with this
model. This system works.
Beedles said the new business
school building would include
a dedicated space for teaching
assistants to meet with and
work with students who come
in.

The way the system works

is that students meet twice a
week in the big lectures where
they are given the information, Beedles said. Then they
have a discussion class period
where the class meets in smaller groups with their TAs to
process the information from
lecture. The students build
relationships with their TAs,
which improves their learning
experiences.
Some departments, including the English department,
choose to keep classes smaller.
Anna Neill, an English department chair, said most

classes in the department are

capped at a low number. Many
of the 100- and 200-level classes have a maximum of 30 to 35
students. The upper level classes are capped at 25 students
per section.
Rick Ginsberg, dean of the
School of Education, said
many professional schools including the School of Education cap their class sizes at 25
students to guarantee that each
student is getting the most out
of their education.

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Professor explores inequality in Chiraq

RYAN WRIGHT
@ryanwaynewright

Growing up in Junction City,

filmmaker Kevin Willmott
rarely saw black people in film.
He didnt know of any film
schools in Kansas or any classes he could take.
To satisfy his interest in film,
he and his family went to the
movies every weekend. Al-

though the majority of the

movie casts were white, he
remembers one casting that
would change his life.
[The theater] showed Gordon Parks making The Learning Tree, and he was shooting
it in Fort Scott, Kansas. When I
saw this black man in this cowboy hat from Kansas, making
a movie in Kansas about black
people in Kansas, it was like

Oh, my God, Willmott said.

Thats when its like you could
see yourself being a filmmaker.
It was a reality.
Today, Willmott, a professor
in the department of film and
media studies, works with one
of the most recognizable black
filmmakers in Hollywood
Spike Lee. Their newest film,
Chiraq, premieres in December.

Willmott wrote the original

Chiraq script 13 years ago,
but the initial idea for the film
came about when Willmott
was in a production of the
ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata in college during the
1970s. The women in Lysistrata withhold sex to stop the
Peloponnesian War; likewise,
Chiraq is a satirical, modern retelling where women use

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this same tactic to stop blackon-black violence in Chicagos

inner city.
The play with its antiwar,
antiviolence themes could be
adapted into something that
could be adopted today, Willmott said. Gang violence was
a problem when I wrote [Chiraq] 13 years ago and now its
even a bigger problem.
Lee, a fan of Willmotts prior
work, asked Willmott if he had
more scripts shortly after the
release of C.S.A.: Confederate States of America in 2004.
Willmott gave him Chiraq,
but their original attempt to
create the film failed. Over a
decade later the two reconnected to try again.
When [Lee] called me he
said, Lets set it in Chicago
and call it Chiraq, Willmott
said. We both rewrote it and
it was a real give and take, back
and forth. Id write things, hed
write things. Its really both of
our scripts.
While making the film, Willmott worked directly with
former gang members to gain
insight on the problem of
black-on-black violence.
Black-on-black violence is
something that comes out
of the fact that most of these
neighborhoods [in Chicago]
are devastated, Willmott said.
You go to these neighborhoods and theres no businesses, no stores its like its Ger-

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bill to fund graduate
student printing center
ALANA FLINN
@alana_flinn

The most heavily debated bill

at the first full Senate meeting
of the year was the bill to fund
the graduate student printing
center on the fourth floor of
Watson Library. The bill passed
66-1-4.
Graduate Affairs Director
Angela Murphy wrote the bill,
which requested $5,000 to reopen and fund printing services
for graduate students, following
Watson Librarys decision to
defund the service. She said she
had been trying to reopen the

center for eight months.

Printing a dissertation for
your committee can cost $60,
and thats not including additional drafts for copy editing,
Murphy said. My colleagues
and I are expected to pay for
this on our own. The University
at large has made it clear that
funding a small resource on
this campus is not an important
item on their agenda.
Murphy said during her
speech that $7,500 would be the
most appropriate amount to
fund the printing center. Madeline Dickerson, student rights
committee chair, then gave
a speech against the original

bill, which requested $5,000;

she proposed allocating an additional $2,500 to the original
bill. All of the money is allocated from the Student Senate
Reserves Fund.
It is necessary that we raise
this to $7,500 because we were
elected into these positions to
help out students at this University, and this is a darn good
reason to pull the money from
reserves, she said.
Adam Moon, chief of staff,
gave a negative speech following Dickersons and said
Student Senate could not give
payouts to organizations when
administration refuses to fund

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them.
Murphy said she hopes to
have the printing center reopened within the next week
or two.
For now, Murphy said the
$5,000 would be enough until
a more permanent allocation of
funds can be made.

It buys me time, but I dont

know what that time will do in
those conversations, Murphy
said. I cant guarantee anyones
response except my own.
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Finding value in a University liberal arts

degree despite a decline in enrollment
CONNER MITCHELL
@connermitchell0

Christopher Downing, a
57-year-old San Diego resident,
came to the University of Kansas in 1976 as an engineering
major focused on electrical and
computer sciences. However,
during his first year, he realized
something was missing in his
education. He found the answer
in a liberal arts degree.
"I came in as an engineering major, but in high school I
wasn't really a math and physics
person. I was more of an English
and forensics and debate person," he said. "I actually later declared as a history major before I
left KU and later came back motivated to finish the engineering
degree."
Downing left without a degree
in 1981 and later returned to
finish his engineering degree.
Downing said the reason he was
able to work in engineering and
build relationships was because
of the critical thinking skills he
learned in his liberal arts education.
"In engineering especially,
there is always an answer you
can arrive at and show how
you got there," he said. "Liberal
arts requires a different way of
thinking. You think more about
the relationships between things
that, on the surface, don't appear
related."
However, the College of Liberal Arts has seen a decline
in enrollment in recent years.
Paul Kelton, an associate dean,
said the number of total credit
hours students take within the
college has declined by roughly
15 percent, and the number of
students majoring in a liberal
arts field has fallen by around 16
percent since the spring semester of 2009.
College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences majors include art, humanities, mathematics, linguistics and different sciences.
To regain enrollment, Kristi
Henderson, communications
director for the college, said
the college is taking an active
role departments and on social
media to market the value of a
liberal arts degree to prospective
students. Kelton said the college was emphasizing beneficial
skills that students may not realize they can get from a liberal
arts degree.
We, as faculty members in the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, are letting others do the
speaking, and students are not
really understanding when they
come in what the value of a liberal arts degree really is, Kelton
said. Employers are looking for
students that can think critically,
write well, communicate, solve
complex problems, and those
skills you can get in the college
of liberal arts and sciences.
The college also recently did
away with a rule that required
liberal arts majors to take 100

credit hours inside the college,

Kelton said. The requirement
made it difficult to double major
in a liberal arts department and
professional school. Kelton said
he hopes the elimination of the
rule will help increase enrollment.
Downing said he believes
students enter college with the
perception that careers in technology are more lucrative and
glamorous and that a liberal arts
degree is easier compared with
a degree in a field such as engineering or technology sciences.
He has worked in engineering jobs since he completed his
engineering degree in 1989 and
now works independently in
project management. He said
that while his degrees advanced
his career in some ways, the liberal arts path was what set his
education apart.
"I have all of this quantitative
stuff, and that is great. It gets
people a long way. It is essential
to an organization. But it is not
quite enough without understanding how the pieces of that
organization relate, it won't take
you all the way there," he said.
"Without an understanding of
how the world works outside
of engineering, it can be hard to
make progress."
Shaun Goodwin, a freshman
psychology major from Overland Park, said he chose a liberal
arts major over a professional
school so he could be knowledgeable about a variety of subjects. Goodwin also has an emphasis in pre-medicine.
"People who pursue a professional major are well versed in
their field, but not so much in
topics outside of their field," he
said. "Of course, I will have a
greater understanding of psy-

chology than any other field, but

because I'm a liberal arts major
I will be covering other topics,
too, making my knowledge a lot
more broad."
Goodwin said his decision to
pursue psychology as a major
could initially cause financial
stress, but he said he believes it
will eventually pay off.
"Straight out of college and
heading into graduate school,
yes I believe it will be financial-

A shrinkage in liberal
arts education means
students are not as
broadly prepared as
they could be.
PAUL ATCHLEY
Psychology Professor

still seeking employment.

Over half of the graduates
employed full time reported
earning between $25,001 and
$45,000 annually.
For comparison, 63 percent
of University business school
graduates reported being employed full time by graduation
with a salary range of $20,000 to
$72,000, according to a survey
conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers from the same year.
According to the Office of
Institutional Research and
Planning, 71 percent of engineering graduates in 2013 were
employed within six months
of graduation. 2012 graduates
make an average of $62,341,
according to the School of Engineering's salary survey.
Paul Atchley, a psychology

professor and associate dean

for online and professional education, said it was important to
look beyond the economic outcomes of a liberal arts education.
He said that students enrolled in
liberal arts programs were being
trained to be more well-rounded individuals.
It is not as easy to make an
economic case for liberal arts,
but ethically it is important to
look beyond the economic outcomes and focus on personal
growth as well, he said. A
shrinkage in liberal arts education means students are not as
broadly prepared as they could
be. Liberal arts isn't just about
training for a job, but being a
better human being as well."
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ly hard," he said. "Saying this, I

know psychiatrists do make lots
of money, so if I can get a good
place to work out of graduate
school, I believe I can pay off my
student loans fairly quickly and
be able to live a comfortable life."
The most recent data from the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Destination Survey from
2012-13 found that 68.4 percent
of graduates who responded
were employed full time. Another 21.7 percent said they
were pursuing higher education,
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Newly-elected freshman senator Ashley Dunn listens to a speaker at Student Senate.

Freshman class elects

five student senators
ALANA FLINN
@alana_flinn

After two days of voting, the

unofficial freshman elections results are in.
The elected senators are: Seth
Eaton of Overland Park with
135 votes; Ashley Dunn of Lawrence with 117 votes; Nobus
Oghenekaro of Warri, Nigeria
with 130 votes; Thomas Green
of Shawnee with 133 votes; and
John Foster of Mission Hills with
109 votes.
Eaton, Green and Dunn will
represent freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Oghenekaro and Foster will represent freshmen in the School of
Engineering.
After running on three initiatives, including improving Information Technology for students
by combining BlackBoard, Enroll and Pay and the KU Portal,
Foster said he was ready to get
involved with Senate right away.
I felt really excited when they
announced my name, Foster
said. Now that Im in office, I
want to get the feel for the Senate
and see how it works, and then
represent all of the freshmen and
also get through all of the initiatives I ran on.

Dunn said she's looking forward to learning the ins and outs
of Senate.
It was super nerve-racking
with 40 plus people running,
but really fulfilling, Dunn said.
First, I want to learn the ropes,
make connections and network
before I take any course of action.
For Oghenekaro, figuring out
what issues matter to students is
key before he moves further with
planning initiatives.
Right now Im asking people
what issues they want addressed,
Oghenekaro said in an interview
on Friday. So far, Ive heard
parking and more access for undergraduate research. I want to
go up to anybody and ask them
what issues they see and want
fixed.
Eaton said he plans to focus
on freshmen outreach instead of
general initiatives and issues.
I want to vocalize the freshmens voice more, Eaton said in
an interview on Friday.
As for Green, working on issues
at the state level is his priority.
I like defending students rights
and I feel like public school kids,
especially in Kansas, are getting
stepped on, and I think they need
more power, Green said in an in-

terview on Friday.
In last year's freshman elections, only four candidates ran.
The current Senate staff members ran on an initiative of increasing freshman outreach.
Communications
Director
Isaac Bahney spearheaded the
work on the initiative by increasing Senates social media use at
freshman orientation, making
himself accessible to all freshmen
with questions and adding the
elections applications online for
easy access.
Student Body President Jessie
Pringle said the large turnout of
candidates pointed to the success
of this years freshman elections.
It shows two things: That Isaac
did a really great job with freshman elections and this freshman
class is really going to make a
difference on campus, Pringle
said. Theyve already taken the
initiative to run, and Im so excited to see the next generation of
student senators.
The five freshmen will begin
their senatorial roles tonight at
the first full Senate meeting of
the year.
The official elections results
will be available by the end of the
week.
Edited by Abby Stuke

KU Endowment, established
in 1891, is a nonprofit organization providing financial
support to KU though donations. Endowment is "America's oldest foundation for a
public university," according
to its website.
How much money
does KU Endowment
bring in each year?
KU Endowments 2014 annual report states $253.2
million was raised through
private giving. This money
came from current gifts and
pledges, deferred gift commitments and realized bequests and life income gifts,
according to the 2014 annual
report, meaning the $253.2
million includes cash donations pledges donors commit
to pay in the future.
How does KU Endowment receive this
money?
KU Endowment receives two
types of gifts: expendable gifts
and endowed gifts. Expendable gifts can be spent now.
Endowed gifts are made to

be invested and provided for

KU in perpetuity, said Rosita
Elizalde-McCoy, senior vice
president for communications and marketing.
Then the donor is telling
us, you cannot spend the totality of this gift. You cannot
spend the principle. You have
to spend a portion from this
every year. Elizalde-McCoy
said.
The amount donated to KU
Endowment each year is not
going to coincide with whats
given to KU because many of
the gifts donated are endowed
gifts, said Paul Borchardt,
tax and compliance reporting officer for KU Endowment. Elizalde-McCoy said
the funds establish a pool of
money to be used over time.
Where does money
raised by KU Endowment go?
Of that $253.2 million, KU
received about 4.9 percent
or $124.1 million. With the
$124.1 million received by
KU, $30.8 million is provided for student support, $32.6
million for faculty support,
$43.1 million for program
and educational support,
$17.6 million for facilities
support, including construc-

tion, equipment and supplies,

furnishings. Each year, about
6,500 scholarships are given
to students
for example
John Castellaw, a junior
from Wichita, according to
the 2014 annual report.
Before receiving the Christina M. Hixson Opportunity
Award and scholarship, Castellaw said he wasnt sure he
could afford college. Castellaw, a first generation student,
is one of many who received a
scholarship through Endowment.
If it wasnt for the scholarship, I wouldnt be able to
afford college, he said. The
Hixson scholarship provided
a huge support system.

Where else does the

money go?
The money given to KU last
year also helped fund Capitol
Federal Hall, DeBruce Center,
McCarthy Hall, renovations
of the Spencer Museum of
Art and the Swarthout Recital
Hall, the Forum Building for
the Architecture School and a
new Earth, Energy and Environment Center.
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$253.2 million

raised through KU Endowment in 2014

and from that $253.2 million, the university received

$124.1 million:
$43.1 million for program and educational support
$32.6 million for faculty support
$30.8 million for student support
$17.6 million for facility support
Source: KU Endowment's 2014 Annual Report

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more often?!
Following @babylfk
on Instagram was
the best decision Ive
made in my 3 years
at KU.
KU Parking is a
wretched hive of
scum and villainy
GSP lost their power
during the storm..
then had a fire drill
when the power
came back on
Can the university
send a warning text
when there are angry
religious protestors
on campus?
Im gonna start
sending starship
enterprise pics to
the ladies
Bring me Chik-Fil-A
and youll be bae.
Brellas no longer lets
you put vegetables
on snack wraps. Help
me, Im broke.
YikYak is like FFAs
but trashier
Lets help save our
future children from
the high tuition
and insane debt so
many of us face #berniesanders2016
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S/O to the N. & S.
Dakota FFA: not true!
Coming from South
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your facts straight.
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PSA: 4th floor of
Watson is the *silent*
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Go yay band!
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Since 1964, approximately 2.5 million nonsmokers have died from health problems caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, according to the CDC.

RACHEL GONZALES
@KansanNews

At least 1,577 colleges and

universities in the United
States are entirely smoke free,
according to Americans for
Nonsmokers Rights. The University of Kansas, however, is
not one of these campuses.
Americans for Nonsmokers
Rights say it expects the number of smoke-free campuses to
grow rapidly as a result of the
growing social norm supporting smoke-free environments,
and support from within the
academic community for such
policies for campus health and
well being.

It is important to the health

and individual rights of KU
students that administrators
follow the lead of fellow
universities in accepting the
responsibility of policing
tobacco smoking on campus. To protect the rights of
smokers is to limit the rights
of everyone else.
Smoking should be banned
from campus because having
a smoke-free campus doesnt
just protect smokers health;
a ban on tobacco use would
protect all students right to
breathe clean air.
A ban is not about punishing
those who choose to smoke.
Smokers still have the right
to smoke off campus if they

wish. Non-smokers shouldnt

be forced to breathe toxic
smoke-filled air while trying
to attend class.
The University administration needs to exercise its
right to regulate smoking on
campus because smoking
is harmful to everyone, not
just the person who chooses
to smoke. If administrators
were to police what a student
could eat, in an effort to
create a healthier campus, that
would be a violation of rights
because it only affects the
individual. But it is no secret
that secondhand smoke is
harmful to a persons health.
Since 1964, approximately 2.5
million nonsmokers have died

from health problems caused

by exposure to secondhand
smoke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
It is absolutely the administrations right to ban smoking
on campus. Its also their
responsibility to display an intent to improve the health and
well being of students. It is in
the best interest of the University administrators to create a
safe and clean learning environment for both themselves
and the student body.
The University needs to join
in the effort to make smoking
socially unacceptable because
smoking has the potential to
seriously harm or even kill

people. Tobacco companies

feed on young adults and
target 18- to 24-year-olds
according to Americans for
Nonsmokers Rights.
A 2012 surgeon general
report on tobacco use among
youth and young adults said
that college attendance could
be a turning point in choosing
not to use tobacco. That is, of
course, if students can attend
college without getting smoke
blown in their faces.
Rachel Gonzales is a junior
from Fort Collins, Colo., studying journalism and sociology.

Edited by Amber
Vandegrift

Before a second cup,

Ask Anissa:
learn
the
caffeine
facts
Do I pursue a
girl who keeps
telling me that
shes too busy
to hang out or
eat with me?
ABBY PETRULIS AND
KENDALL SULLIVAN
@KansanNews

Petrulis and Sullivan are

seniors and second-year pharmacy students.

ANISSA FRITZ
@anissafritzz

Q: There is this cute girl that

I work with, and we talk and
joke around all the time at
work. I have asked her twice
if she wanted to get a burrito
with me, but every time I've
asked, she says she's too busy
because of her involvement in
school. Should I try to find a
time that works for both of us,
or just give up?
I am actually very glad this
question came up because this
has become a very common
issue when trying to start up
a romantic relationship in
college. I cant speak for everyone, but personally I have
dealt with this exact problem.
It can be scary because this
girl may actually be busy all
the time. Or maybe she is just
using the common excuse
Im busy to blow you off.
Then there's also the fear of
being too annoying.
In all seriousness, I am a
firm believer that work ethic is
a very attractive quality. Being
involved is a choice, so this
girl chooses to be busy and
active. I know it can seem intimidating to be with someone
who works so hard and does
so many things. But if it wasnt
for her work ethic, you two

wouldn't have met, since you

met at work.
However, if you are trying
to be romantically involved
with this girl, you need to
understand that driven people
don't tend to change their
schedules just because they
are in a relationship. Take
some time to think about
how much you like this girl,
and whether or not you could
cope with having a girlfriend
who is always doing other
activities. From what you have
told me, the activities she
partakes in are school-related.
It seems like her involvement
is for stuff that is beneficial to
others and holds a high level
of importance, rather than her
not getting a burrito with you
because she would rather get
drunk with her girlfriends.
As clich as it may sound,
nothing great usually comes
from giving up, but sometimes
the best things in life happen
when we continually keep
trying. If you feel like her
being a hardworking person is
attractive and worth waiting
for, then wait and be patient.
Im sure she would appreciate
a person who understands
how busy her life can get and
would separate you from all
the other people around her.

How caffeine works

The routine is simple. Wake
up groggy, stumble out of
bed, find your way to the
kitchen and fumble around
until you can get that first
sip. A sip of what, exactly? It
doesnt matter as long as it
has caffeine.
Ninety percent of the
worlds population consumes
caffeine on a daily basis,
making it the worlds most
common stimulant, according to The Huffington Post.
To most college students,
caffeine is an old friend, the
one we turn to in times of
desperation. But how exactly
does caffeine wake us up?
Basically, caffeine blocks
you from being sleepy. But
lets get a little more technical. To help natural chemicals in your body act where
they are supposed to, we have
chemical-specific receptors.
Some chemicals will have
the wrong shape for receptor
and cant bind kind of like
trying to put a square peg in
a round hole.
When your nerve cells send
signals, they release a chemical called adenosine. This
chemical then binds to its
specific receptor and alerts
your body that you are feeling tired. The longer youve

gone without sleep, or the

less rested you are, the more
adenosine there is swimming
around your body.
It is precisely this mechanism that caffeine blocks.
Because caffeine is shaped a
lot like adenosine, it can also
bind to this receptor. While it
doesnt exert any action itself,
it stops adenosine from reminding your cells how tired
they are. However, you are
still producing adenosine
it just cant attach. Thats why
caffeine can end up causing a
crash. Once all of the caffeine
has been eliminated, adenosine swarms to the receptors
and makes you feel even
more tired than before.
Advantages
Thankfully, before a crash
happens, there are several
benefits from taking caffeine.
To increase alertness, taking
anywhere from 50 to 200 mg
of caffeine can help you out.
Caffeine is eliminated from
the body fairly quickly, so
its okay to have this amount
about every four hours.
With this typical dose,
caffeine can also decrease
fatigue and elevate thinking processes and mood.
Caffeine also has analgesic
properties; it can help treat
pain, like headaches.
Another somewhat
controversial benefit of
caffeine is increased athletic
performance. For some
people, increased caffeine
intake is a form of doping.
For this reason, the Olympic

Games limited the amount

of caffeine an athlete could
consume and still compete.
That ban was lifted in 2004,
and now athletes will often
take extra caffeine to give
themselves an extra edge
over the competition.

Disadvantages
Unfortunately, caffeine has
its limits. If you take too
much caffeine (anywhere
from 200 to 500 mg at a
time) it can actually reverse
the beneficial effects. Tremors, nervousness, insomnia,
irritability and headaches can
occur if you take too much
caffeine at once. Taking more
than 600 mg of caffeine a
day can lead to some longterm disadvantages like acid
reflux.
Some people think that
ingesting caffeine will reverse
the effects of alcohol quicker.
In studies on these effects,
patients often think they
are doing much better, but
coordination is not improved
meaning its still not safe
to drive.
It is possible to develop
a physical dependence
on caffeine. Withdrawal
symptoms may cause fatigue
or a headache, similar to if
you have taken too much
caffeine. These symptoms can
start anywhere from 12 to 24
hours after your last caffeine
dose but typically last less
than a week, a fairly short
recovery period.
Edited by Amber
Vandegrift

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HOROSCOPES
WHATS YOUR SIGN?
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Postpone mundane
rituals for something
unexpected. Trust a crazy
hunch. Make a delightful
(profitable?) discovery.
Follow your moms advice
and win. Putter and clean.
Make happy plans. Count
blessings. Visualize perfection. Relax into blissful
peace.

Let children read whatever they want and

then talk about it with them. If parents and
kids can talk together, we wont have as much
censorship because we wont have as much
fear.

JUDY BLUME AS QUOTED FROM WILLIAM

SAFIRES GOOD ADVICE (1993)

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Circumstances startle
you. Consider an outrageous request. Your
community can provide
whatever is needed. Put
together a sweet deal
that speaks to your heart.
Meet the perfect people. Follow through on
commitments and gain
respect.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Accept an unusual assignment. Verify the investment of time and money
first. Close a deal or sign
papers. Team projects go
well. Go for excellence.
Reward yourself with
some private time and
relax. Savor peace and
beauty.
Cancer (June 21-July22)
Youre especially charming and attractive. Share
something joyful with
loved ones. Good news,
maybe? Reaffirm a
commitment for positive
changes. Your team is
hot, and getting hotter.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Start from a point of balance. Change is inevitable. You gain new insights
regarding resources. Conditions seem unsettled.
Use your popularity to
encourage participation.
Get expert support.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.22)
Make an artistic or
creative beginning. Take
steps to realize a beautiful dream. Start with
whats available. Get the
best. Add muscle and
intuition. Prepare everything in private. Youre
magnetically attracted.

ZOE LARSON/KANSAN
Judy Blume has written 28 novels in 46 years, and they focus on teen issues such as sexuality and bullying.

Why Judy Blumes books are banned

COURTNEY BIERMAN
@KansanNews

After her most recent adult novel, "In the Unlikely Event," which
published this summer, Judy
Blume plans to retire.
At 77, Blumes career has
spanned decades. The author is
an anti-censorship activist and
has spoken at many book tours
about her book themes of sexuality and puberty. She is also a regular on the nationally observed
Banned Books Week, which will
run from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3 this
year.
Some of Blumes most beloved
works, "Are You There, God? Its
me, Margaret"; "Deenie"; "Forever" and more have been targeted

by various religious groups and

conservative organizations.
Giselle Anatol, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the English department,
specializes in childrens and
young adult literature. Anatol
grew up with Blumes books and
the blunt way she portrayed
teenage life.
When I was young, she was everything, Anatol said. I remember being so taken by her books
when I was younger because she
not only spoke to a lot of feelings
and the thought and anxieties
that young people were having
at various stages of young adulthood and adolescence, but some
of the places she mentioned were
near to the town I grew up in."

"I dont think the works are particularly well written," she said.
"Theyre not going to win any
grand literary prizes, but theyre
very accessible.
Blume is not the only author
who aimed to help young girls
navigate adolescence Beverly
Cleary, author of "Beezus and
Ramona," and Barbara Park, author of "Junie B. Jones," had similar goals.
Like Anatol, graduate student
LeAnn Meyer, communications
coordinator at the University's
libraries, grew up with Blumes
books and said she is grateful for
the impact the stories had on her.
Depending on the book, it
speaks to my inspirations as a
child and my drive to achieve

great things, she said. I think

her characters were distinctly
strong-minded and empowering
in their own ways. Were I deprived of the literature options I
had as a child, I would certainly
be a much different person today.
Anatol said she believes that
withholding information can be
harmful to some of the most formative years of life.
It can be really dangerous when
people dont have knowledge
when they dont have information, and if you are dealing
with a topic like sexuality and
the things that [Blume] writes
about," Anatol said. "Whether its
masturbation or a young womans first sexual experience, losing

her virginity, or even things like

bullying that are not really related
to sex and sexuality at all that
seeing various ways of handling
those situations is really important and especially when those
topics arent really talked about
openly.
Anatol said she thinks censorship of female sexuality is more
than a safety issue; its a society
issue.
If books are not on the shelves
for kids to learn about particular
ideas, then I think were at a disadvantage in terms of learning
about our world," Anatol said.

Edited by Minami
Levonowich

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Passions get stirred. Plans
shift. Speak your heart
and figure out how to do
it later. Make bold promises that may include a
graceful exit. Come up
with a realistic budget,
and get others on board.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Ignite creative fires. Invite
participation. Accept advice from loved ones and
especially children, who
speak their views straight
and unfiltered. Provide
support to the process.
Your full attention is a gift
your family appreciates.
Sagittarius(Nov. 22-Dec.21)
Get assistance to realize
a home improvement
project. Upgrade your
infrastructure. Find new
ways to save resources.
Question the status quo.
Your greatest strength is
love. Share your appreciation with family and
friends. Theyre your rock.
Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.19)
Learn new tricks for
earning and saving money from trusted experts.
Discuss family finances
to determine priorities.
Listen more than talking.
Find out what others
want.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
If finances seem uncertain, track them carefully.
Short tempers spark with
little provocation. Verify
balances before spending, and reduce unnecessary expenses. Accept
gifts, when offered,
gracefully. You can find
another revenue source.
Follow a creative hunch.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Follow a leader who
knows where he or she
is going. Work out plans
together. Go for harmony,
beauty and satisfaction.
Pursue a brilliant idea. It
may take you in a new
direction. Toss out the
superfluous.

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Fifth season of
Portlandia is
alive on Netflix
VICKY DIAZ-CAMACHO
@vickyd_c

IFC is about to release the

fifth season of the eccentric
sketch-comedy show on Sept.
12. The two creators and stars
of the show, Fred Armisen
(former "Saturday Night Live"
cast member) and Carrie
Brownstein (rock goddess from
Sleater Kinney), will be back
with fan favorite characters
such as the feminist bookstore
owners, Toni and Candace,
Tiny House couples and more.
The duo has truly been unstoppable. Who knew an SNL

cast member and songwriter

would be such a comedic power couple?
Since its inception, the shows
portrayal of Portland, Ore., has
garnered a wide audience and
much applause. The sketches
point at the smallest quirks of
Portland culture and exaggerate them hilariously.
The show will be available to
stream in its entirety on Netflix, and the Portlandia fun
doesnt stop there. After classes,
homework and work, partake
in the How Well Do You Know
Portlandia? quiz.
May the Netflix binges commence.

CONTRIBUTED BY TIM DUGGAN

Connor Leimer, who is from a Kansas City suburb, recorded his first album, The Telephone Takes, on his phone.

Artist drops video before tour

also been teasing clips on social media of the music video,
which dropped on Wednesday.
He released the Coast to Sea
EP last year, which featured five
tracks.
Leimer, who is from a suburb
south of Kansas City, started
his career with an album he
recorded on his phone The
Telephone Takes that he
released during his freshman
year of high school. He then at-

MADI SCHULZ
@Mad_Dawgg

At 18 years old, Connor

Leimer is about to drop his
second album, "Postcard, on
Oct. 2.
The album follows the Sept.
4 release of the single Keep
Knocking, featuring Grace
Schram, which is available on
iTunes and Spotify. Leimer has

tended the Grammy Project, a

summer workshop for emerging musical artists, in 2013.
Later this month, Leimer will
start his dorm room tour at
Belmont University in Nashville and end at the University
of Kansas on Oct. 16.
Leimer will also play at KU on
Sept. 10 and at the Crossroads
Music Festival in Kansas City,
Mo., on Sept. 12.
"This record represents a

big chunk of my high school

years," Leimer said in a news
release. "It's everything that
you face while growing up. All
my friends came together and
played on it, or helped me with
artwork, or helped out with
production. It's just a bunch of
friends helping each other out."

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Its a new addition this year that you may not be aware of. But
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10. Its easy. Located on Level 4, you cant miss it. Its to the
right of the Jayhawk Blvd. entrance.
9. Theres FREE stuff. Food samples, giveaways. Whats not
to like about that?

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8. Find your meeting location. The staff has a complete list

of daily events.
7. Pick up event tickets. This is the box office for all Union
concerts, lectures and events!
6. Hours are convenient. Open Mon-Fri, 9-6m.
5. Take the Kansas Union Walking Tour. Especially for you
freshmen, find out about services youll need while youre here.

September 10th-13th

4. See whats going on this week. Movie, cooking class,

Tea @ 3:00.too many to mention.

For Her

3. Voice your opinion! Students conduct quick surveys regularly

so that Union services can be tweaked to better meet your needs.

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access to coupons for cheap eats or KU Bookstore discounts!

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Where to see shows for under $10 in September

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Stik Figa w/ Approach,

Barrel Maker, DJ Johnny
Quest and D/Will
When: Friday, Sept. 11 / Doors
at 8 p.m. / Show at 9 p.m.
Where: The Bottleneck - 737
New Hampshire St.
Price: $5

Band That Saved The

World
When: Saturday, Sept. 12 /
Show at 10 p.m.
Where: Jazzhaus - 926 Massachusetts St.
Price: $5

One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk (Outdoor Show)

When: Wednesday, Sept. 16 /
Doors at 6:30 p.m.
Where: The Granada - 1020
Massachusetts St.
Price: Free

Arc Flash w/ Ex Specter,

Youngest Children and
Nevada Greene
When: Thursday, Sept. 17 /
Doors at 9 p.m. / Show at 10
p.m.
Where: Replay Lounge - 946
Massachusetts St.
Price: $3 for 21 and over

Sharp 9
When: Friday, Sept. 18 / Show
at 10 p.m.
Where: Jazzhaus - 926 Massachusetts St.
Price: $5

Youngblood Supercult w/
88er and Pets With Human
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When: Saturday, Sept. 19 /
Show at 10 p.m.
Where: Jackpot Saloon - 943
Massachusetts St.
Price: $5 for 21 and over / $7 if
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When: Saturday, Sept. 19th
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Where: Replay Lounge - 946
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Price: $3 for 21 and over

Jeff Brown w/ Crabalocker and Witfield

When: Monday, Sept. 21 /
Show at 9 p.m.
Where: Jackpot Saloon - 943
Massachusetts St.
Price: $5 for 21 and over / $7
if under 21

Toughies EP Release
Show w/ Dreamgirl and
Maybe Not
When: Friday, Sept. 25 / Doors
at 9 p.m. / Show at 10 p.m.
Where: Replay Lounge - 946
Massachusetts St.
Price: $3 for 21 and over

SUNU
When: Friday, Sept. 25 / Show
at 10 p.m.
Where: Jazzhaus - 926 Massachusetts St.
Price: $5

Real Adults w/ Buffalo

Rodeo and Dreamgirl
When: Monday, Sept. 28 /
Show at 9:30 p.m.
Where: recordBar - 1020 Westport Rd., Kansas City, Mo.
Price: $7 for 21 and over

Shyamalans The Visit

beguiles with flawed, but
weirdly comical, horror
ALEX LAMB
@Lambcannon

The biggest mystery surrounding The Sixth Sense

writer and director M. Night
Shyamalan is no longer his
trademark plot twists. Nowadays we wonder how he keeps
getting money to make movies
in the disastrous second half
of his career, which includes
the laughably awful The Happening, The Last Airbender
and After Earth.
With his found-footage
horror comedy The Visit, at
least now hes embracing his
role as a schlock filmmaker.
The simple premise two
young teenagers have increasingly unsettling experiences

WILLMOTT FROM
PAGE 1A
many in 44.
After visiting several neighborhoods in Chicago, Willmott said he realized that
more development in these
neighborhoods would lead to
less violence.
America has a huge problem
not investing in black neighborhoods, he said. If that
[investment] would happen,
I think you would see a big
turnaround with this kind of
stuff.
After he earned his bachelors

while staying with their

off-kilter grandparents
allows Shyamalan to fill the
movie with humor and to craft
all sorts of bizarre moments.
Sometimes his attempts at
creepiness are so weird they
result in laughter, but those
bits can still engage.
The Visit primarily draws
on the awkward interactions
that juvenile siblings have
when stuck with elder relatives whom they dont really
know. That feeling permeates
throughout to make the movie
both relatable and squirrelly as
Becca (Olivia DeJonge) tries
to make a documentary about
her and her brother Tyler's
(Ed Oxenbould) first visit to
their grandparents' Pennsylva-

degree in drama from Marymount College in Salina, he

participated in activism work.
He was a crucial part to the integration of the Junction City
Fire Department in the 1970s,
which had never had a black
firefighter before Willmott and
his colleagues launched a protest.
Chiraq is a step toward a
different kind of activism. The
films title is a nickname for
Chicago, which is alludes to its
high murder rate.
When Lee announced in
April that the film would be
shot in Chicago, residents and

nia home.
Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and
Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie)
live in the country without
TV and Internet, so after the
initial warm, home-bakedcookies welcome, the curious
Tyler and Becca get creative in
entertaining themselves. The
responsible older sister and
ridiculous younger brother
dynamic between them is
quite funny.
As Nana and Pop Pop reveal
one odd behavior after another, the line between strange
comedy and intriguing horror
flick is sliced with seemingly
little discernment, resulting in
a confounding B- movie.
Pop Pop tells the grandkids
not to leave their room after

You knew you were

black, but Dr. Kings assassination really taught
me that being being
black had social and
political ramifications

KEVIN WILLMOTT
KU Professor and
Filmmaker

even the Chicago Mayor Rahm

Emanuel thought the film
would exploit the problem, but
Willmott said that was not the

UNIVERSAL PICTURES/AP PHOTO

In this image released by Universal Pictures, Ed Oxenbould, from left, Olivia DeJonge and
Kathryn Hahn appear in a scene from The Visit.

9:30 p.m., which, they discover, is when Nanas condition

takes hold she becomes the
freakiest sleepwalker youve
ever seen. She gets kooky
during daylight sometimes,
too, like in the simultaneously
hilarious and creepy scene
where she chases Tyler and
Becca underneath the porch
deck where they were playing
hide and seek.

Nana and Pop Pop only turn

into scarier, more peculiar old
people as the week goes on.
The grandkids try to figure
them out, sometimes jokingly
and eventually seriously.
Yet The Visit never exactly
gels together, veering as wildly
as 13-year-old Tyler, who
spits several mildly enjoyable,
dorky freestyle rhymes and
several severely obnoxious

ones over the course of the

movie. Its more of a curious
oddity than a worthwhile
attraction.
But one things for sure:
This is a trip to grandma and
grandpas you wont soon
forget, even though its usually
memorable for the wrong
reasons.

case.
I think the mayor and people in Chicago thought this as
another 90s gang movie with
a lot of violence, so I think
theyll be pleasantly surprised
when they see the film that its
got a really positive message,
Willmott said.
Wilmott remembers one incident in particular as a catalyst
for his future interest in race
relations and productions, like
Chiraq, exploring the issue.
On April 4, 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, a 10-yearold Willmott sat in front of the

television in his familys living

room in Junction City.
The day after the assassination, Willmott eagerly raised
his hand in class to discuss it.
His teacher replied, We wont
be talking about that.
Thats really when I understood that I was black in a
political or social way, Willmott said. You knew you were
black, but Dr. Kings assassination really taught me that being being black had social and
political ramifications.
With Chiraq, Wilmott
hopes to address these issues
and, hopefully, reduce them,

but he admits the American

society has a long way to go in
regards to racism.
It will always probably be
a problem, he said. Its not
very optimistic sounding but
because of human nature, you
always have to be willing to
combat it, fight against it. Its
always going to be a problem.

Two out of four stars.

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efforts of our student athletes

and the award-winning Pride
of Wildcat Land marching
band," Kirk Schultz, the president of Kansas State, said in
the release.
Despite rumors, Kansas athletics said it had no intention
of filing a complaint with the
Big 12 over the halftime performance.

"I know that KU did not file

any kind of complaint with the
Big 12 and we don't intend to,"
said Jim Marchiony, the Kansas associate athletics director.
Over the past weekend, the
Kansas State marching band
caused a stir on social media
when videos and pictures of its
halftime performance during
Saturday's game against South

Dakota went viral.

Kansas State has since apologized for the marching band
formation, which according to
K-State, was intended to depict
the Starship Enterprise attacking a Jayhawk.

Edited by Miranda Davis

Defense improvements
will be crucial as Kansas
prepares for Memphis
CHRISTIAN HARDY

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ence for violation of the league

sportsmanship policy and a
single-game suspension for the
university director of bands.
This suspension would take
place during the Nov. 28 game
against the Jayhawks.
"Good sportsmanship is part
of the Wildcat way; we do not
want to do anything that takes
away from the tremendous

Disappointed, but not discouraged.

That was David Beatys mindset after his first game as head
coach of a Division I football
program.
Of course, disappointment
was the best way to characterize the Jayhawks opening
game of the season, which
started with a host of missed
tackles and turnovers and ended on a botched snap. It was
Kansas first loss to an FCS
program since 2010, when the
program was under Turner
Gill.
But it was not discouraging
for a handful of reasons: It
was the best game of Montell
Cozarts career (he admitted it
this week), the offense looked
revitalized and the Jayhawks
blitz packages started getting
pressure on the quarterback in
the second half. Considering
the number of Jayhawks playing college football or Division I football for the first
time, it wasnt a bad outcome.
Theres a lot of things Im
disappointed in, but theres 23

new players out there on the

football field for the first time,
Beaty said. They are going to
make mistakes, and I think the
thing that was kind of a ringing tone all the way across all
of our positions was just trusting your training and playing
with technique and not getting
out there and abandoning your
teaching or your training.
Beatys team will have another week of training a week
to improve on what it saw after
the disparities in its week 1 loss
before coming up against its
first FBS opponent, the Memphis Tigers (1-0) on Saturday
at Memorial Stadium.
The biggest improvements
will need to be made on the
defensive side of the ball,
where the Jayhawks gave up
463 yards against South Dakota State.
We've got to do a better job
stopping the run, Beaty said.
We've got to do a better job of
holding gaps. This team we are
about to play can run the ball
effectively. They can out leverage you, they can out-gap you,
they can misdirection you if
you eye is in the wrong place.
The misdirection is a huge

piece of Memphis coach Justin Fuentes offensive arsenal.

The team brings four running
backs to the table junior
Sam Craft, sophomores Jarvis
Cooper and Doroland Dorceus, and freshman Jamarius
Henderson. All four should
be involved equally in the run
game, though Craft first on
the teams depth chart at running back can line up all
over the field and is listed on
the roster as an athlete.
If your eye is in the wrong
place with these guys, with
Justin, you're going to be in for
a long day, because they will
be in the end zone and you
don't even know who has got
the football, Beaty said. He
will misdirection you; he will
option you; he will drop back
and become a drop-back pass
team.
Add 6-foot-7 quarterback
Paxton Lynch and his 13 rushing touchdowns from 2014
to the mix and its sure to be
quite the battle for the Kansas
defense.
Kansas offense just might be
able to hang with the Tigers
despite being 13-point underdogs. Cozart is following a

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Kansas coach David Beaty paces the sideline on Saturday,
Sept. 5.

game where he passed for almost 300 yards and rushed for
a career-high 94 yards. Running back Keaun Kinner, who
averaged 5.8 yards per carry on
27 rushes last week, is a threat
that Fuente has talked up this
week as well.
They've got a quarterback
that can run it and throw and
his incredibly dangerous. They
have a tailback that looks extremely quick on film and
rushed for 157 yards, Fuente
said in his press conference
this week. They will run it and
throw it going as fast as humanly possible; were going to
have to be able to defend that.
Defensively, too, the Tigers
50 scheme is uncommon and
deceptive.
They like to do a lot of different things to try to confuse
the quarterback, Cozart said.
They blitz, move guys around
a lot, they run that type of defense where guys are dropping
all the time, or rushing three

and dropping eight.

Fuente also noted another
huge part of this Kansas offense: the tempo. Kansas ran
90 plays last week, which was
good for seventh most in the
NCAA, and offensive coordinator Rob Likens said the
team can run even more up
to 100 plays in a single game.
If the Jayhawks can tire down
the defense and keep their own
off the field, they might just be
able to pull an upset against
Memphis.
Weve just got to get the
ball snapped a little bit quicker, Likens said. Everything
comes down to whether youre
getting first downs with it. If
you go three-and-out really fast, it actually is counter
productive, and it helps them,
hurts you. It all goes along with
drives.
Were going to try to do better this week, he said.

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Former KU point guard will join mens

basketball team as an assistant director
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AARON MILES

Former Kansas point guard

Aaron Miles is back with the
team, according to a University news release.
Miles will join the staff as
the assistant director of student-athlete
development,
although the move could be
short term.
Miles, who is dealing with a
torn labrum, said his playing
career may not be over, but the
golden opportunity to work
alongside Bill Self was too
much to pass up.
Miles attended the University from 2002-05 where he
finished atop the boards in

numerous guard categories.

Miles holds the Big 12 Conference record for career assists
with 954, which is ninth in
NCAA Division I history.
With Miles on the team, the
Jayhawks finished with a fouryear record of 110-28, going
54-10 in Big 12 play. In Miless
first season, the Jayhawks went
a perfect 16-0 against conference foes and advanced to one
of two Final Fours that Miles
would play in during his four
years.
Since that time, Miles
has spent time in the NBA
D-League, NBA and Eurole-

ague. Right now, though, he

said he's focusing on learning
and helping out the players.

I love helping people,

I love basketball and I
love the University of
Kansas.
AARON MILES

I love helping people, I love

basketball and I love the University of Kansas, Miles said
in the release. This is an ideal
situation for me to be able to

do all three of those things.

He added: Everybody in this
office is special, and I can learn
from them all.
At 32 years old, Miles is far
from being the most experienced member of the basketball staff, but he isnt the
youngest. Director of Basketball Operations Brennan Bechard, who graduated in 2009,
holds that distinction. Miles
is also younger than assistant
coach Jerrance Howard, 35,
who played for Bill Self at Illinois.
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Will KU womens golf improve from last year?
BRIAN MINI
@daftpunkpop

NO
Having a team with a lot of
underclassmen can be exciting.
Fans are excited to see which
sophomores make huge strides
from their freshman season, and
freshmen often surprise us with
a high level of skill in their first
years.
Juniors and seniors usually
lead winning teams, but having a
young team doesnt automatically set a team up for failure.
Having an underclassmen-dominated roster put a
team in a tough spot.
Of the eight players on the
womens folf team, six of them
are either freshmen or sophomores. While its not completely disastrous, its difficult
to improve from last year when
the majority of the roster is
somewhat new to the team. Of
course, this makes them fun to
watch, but last years team had
experience, which led them to
success early in the season.
Kansas roster dropped to eight
golfers from 10 and lost some
of its key players to graduation.
Former Jayhawk Gabriella
DiMarco might have been the
biggest loss from last season. In
Kansas second tournament last
year, DiMarco finished in sixth
and helped the Jayhawks finish
third out of 14 teams. While she
was not the most individually
successful player on the team,
losing her is definitely a hit to
the Jayhawks talent level.
There are a few freshmen on
the roster that could eventually
replace DiMarco, but the key

word is eventually. Freshman

Victoria Chandra, who is from
Indonesia, still has to settle in
after finishing tied for 55th in
the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower
Invitational.
Laine Evans, a freshman from
Wichita, had a strong showing
in the tournament and finished
24th. That was a great finish for a
freshman, but the Jayhawks still
finished in seventh place out of
12 teams.
The Jayhawks are capable of
playing better, but even if they
improve, it will still be a struggle
to replicate what Kansas did last
year. While last seasons ending
was disappointing, it may have
overshadowed a great start to the
season.
In last years Sunflower
Invitational, Kansas finished in
second and followed that with
a third-place finish in its next
tournament. This is the kind of
success thats hard to find with a
very young team.
Despite a good recruiting class,
the star of the team is the same;
senior Yupaporn Kawinpakorn
finished this weeks tournament
in seventh and seems to be
carrying over her success from
last year.
Until the underclassmen
develop to their full potential,
Kawinpakorn will essentially be
asked to carry the team. She had
no trouble doing this last year,
but being the lone senior on the
team certainly doesnt bode well
for the youthful Jayhawks.
There will be a lot of great
individual performances from
this team, but its hard to expect
an improvement given the short
period of time.
Edited by Dani Malakoff

GRIFFIN HUGHES
@GriffinJHughes

YES

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Former Kansas golfer Michelle Woods sizes up her
target on Sept. 8, 2014.

After Kansas first tournament

of the womens golf season, the
team left a lot to be desired on
the course. But after an offseason of training and recruiting,
the Jayhawks are just getting
started.
The Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational, which was
on Monday and Tuesday, was
strictly for sophomores and
freshmen. Teams were allowed
to bring one senior with them,
meaning Kansas could not
bring Pornvipa Sakdee, a junior
from Thailand.
Kansas did bring the rest of its
team. Besides Sakdee and senior
Yupaporn Kawinpakorn, known
as Mook, the rest of the team
is freshmen and sophomores.
This early tournament gives
them a good look at themselves
and how theyre going to play.
Theres a learning curve for
them, and theyre hitting that
now.
Mook was by far the best
golfer on the team from last
year. Her season low score of
67 was a team low; she was one
of three golfers to finish with a
top score in a tournament and
her 11 rounds under par was
more than the rest of the team
combined.
Sakdee was one of the other
two golfers to finish a tournament with the lowest score, and
her five rounds under par were
second only to Mook. Sakdee
also had a score range of just 13
strokes, the lowest on the team,
among players who played more

than 15 rounds.
The two most effective golfers
from last years team are back
for coach Erin ONeil, and she
adds a complement of sophomores who are now much more
poised and polished than they
were last year.
Pitsinee Winyarat leads that
group. She is the only sophomore that recorded a round
under par as a freshman last
year, and her average stroke
number and highest finish are
both second among sophomores. Her biggest problem last
year was consistency she had
a shot range of 18 strokes but
with one more year under her
belt, she seems to have figured
out those issues.
Sophomore Kallie Gonzales
also returns to the team. She is
first among sophomores in average strokes and highest finish.
She also had 80 percent of her
rounds counted last year, third
among returning players.
The Jayhawks also add three
talented freshmen to bolster
an already deep rotation of
golfers. Freshman Laine Evans,
a Wichita native, shot a 10 over
par in her first collegiate tournament. She joined Mook as the
two Jayhawks in the top 20 in
individual scoring.
Despite some losses from
last year, coach ONeil has her
team primed for an even better
season. With experience and
talent to spare, the Jayhawks
seem prepared for a successful
2015-16 campaign.

Edited by Dani Malakoff

start school right with the

best
beer
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Junior shortstop Chaley Brickey throws the ball to first base in the first game in the
series against Texas at Arrocha Field on March 26.

Softball brings in more

talent to a strong team
NICK GEIDNER
@nickgeidner

The Jayhawks are looking forward to another season with

an even more experienced
roster as they open their 2016
season at home against Baker
University on Oct. 1.
Seven starters will return for
this years upcoming season,
including All-Big 12 First
Team selection Chaley Brickey and Daniella Chaves, who
shared the title last year of Big
12 Freshman of the Year.
Instead of focusing on the
returning players who helped
the Jayhawks reach their
second straight NCAA tournament last season, lets take
a look at the newest members
of the Jayhawk family. Coach
Megan Smith said she believes
that transfers Jordan Zolman
and Andie Formby will be key
to this years success.
They will both add valuable
experience and depth to an

already talented roster, Smith

said in a news release.
After spending her last two
seasons playing infield as a
Missouri Tiger, Zolman joined
Kansas as a junior.
I chose KU because of the
family atmosphere and it felt
like home, Zolman said.
Smith hopes Zolman will
add a powerful bat to the
Jayhawks lineup. During her
sophomore year at Missouri,
Zolman proved her batting
skills by posting a .346 batting
average along with a .645
slugging percentage.
She [Zolman] has pure
power and has been successful
against some of the top pitchers and teams in the country,
Smith said. It will be exciting
to see what she can do in a
Jayhawk jersey.
Along with the signing of
Zolman, the Jayhawks also
signed a second year transfer
in pitcher Andie Formby.
Originally playing for the
University of Virginia her

freshman year, Formby made

appearances in 33 games last
season, 24 of those being
starts.
Similar to Zolman, Smith
said she sees potential in
Formby. Pitching 12 complete
games for the Cavaliers last
year while topping 100 strikeouts during that time (102),
Formby is a perfect example
of why Smith thinks she will
definitely add experience to
our young pitching staff.
Formby chose to hang up
her navy and orange uniform
and switch to crimson and
blue this off season because
of Kansas ability to compete
and the high expectations the
program had for its student
athletes, she said.
While the first home game
is still considered a preseason
for the Jayhawks, Smith, along
with others, will be able to
get a good look at the strong
additions to the team.

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Ryan Butler (22) during the second half of game on Saturday. South Dakota State won 41-38.

Brew: Should KU attempt to

shield athletes from criticism?
MATT HOFFMANN
@MattHoffmannUDK

None of the fortune and all of criticism thats the dilemma of

modern collegiate athlete. While professional athletes are paid,
which has to make condemnation easier to swallow, collegiate
athletes on national TV can be criticized just as freely as their
professional counterparts.
The prevalence of social media has brought fans closer to athletes than ever before. Fans often interact with players and coaches with encouragement and excitement, along with disdain.
Some colleges have taken steps to minimize athletes exposure
to the disdain, even going so far as to tweet out messages, such as
this one from Arizona State.

The responses to the programs official Twitter account got me

thinking: If fans will tweet disparaging messages to the team,
what would they say to the players?
Over the weekend, Kansas football lost 41-38 to South Dakota
State, a team it was favored to beat by two and a half points. Its
not just the loss that stung Jayhawk fans, it was the way in which
the team lost: fumbling the snap in an attempt to spike the ball
which ran the clock out, negating any chance to tie the game with
a field goal.
For a football program that has seen its share of hardships the
last few seasons, I couldnt imagine the reaction was all that positive on social media, and I was curious how far some fans would
go in directly criticizing the collegiate players, all of whom are
unpaid.
A search of junior quarterback Montell Cozarts handle brought
up a plethora of tweets. Many praised the way he handled the
media following his blunder in the final moments. Some told him
to keep his head up. And then there were these responses:

But does it work? Can the athletic department really shield student athletes from harsh comments, or do tweets like Arizona
States just make the situation worse?
Simply looking at the responses to Arizona States tweet, the
passion of NCAA fans is evident.

Its easy to see why athletic programs across the country would
want to shield athletes from criticism. Both Arizona State and
Kansas football are heavily invested in keeping team morale up,
and its interesting that the Sun Devils would have to publicly ask
for fans not to criticize athletes.
This open disdain toward 18 to 22 year olds certainly doesnt
reflect well on fan bases across the nation, and colleges attempts
to change this behavior may just be making it worse.
Edited by Dani Malakoff

@amie_just

Tiana
Dockery
came
through on her approach.
The words Match KU rang
out over the PA system. Kansas had just won its sixth
straight match and twelfth
straight set.
The current six-straight
match streak is tied for seventh best in Kansas volleyball
history. The 1998 and 2011
teams also started out the
season with six wins in a row.
The longest win streak to
start a season is nine in a row.
Two teams, both coach Ray
Bechards teams, from 2000
and 2001 started out the season with nine straight wins
before suffering their first
loss.
The goal is to come out and
play our best every game,
junior libero and Kansas Invitational MVP Cassie Wait
said on Saturday. We talk
about how controlling our
side of the court is such a
big part of the game. When
we do that, we give ourselves
the best opportunity to come
out and win like we did this
weekend. Its pretty awesome.
Are they going to lose at all
this season? In the words of
Wait: Hopefully not.
In Kansas first match of
the Kansas Invitational, the
Jayhawks handedly defeated
the Western Illinois Leathernecks in three sets (25-14,
25-16, 25-6).
Sophomore right side hitter
Kelsie Payne, and eventual
member of the All-Kansas
Invitational
Tournament
Team, hammered out 14 kills
to lead both teams. Sophomore setter Ainise Havili
registered 34 assists, three
kills and seven digs. Wait
sprawled all over the court
for 14 digs.
[Her performance] was
awesome, senior outside hitter Ashlyn Driskill said after
the match. Shes brought so
much energy to the team.
Paynes energy continued
over into Kansas second
match of the day. The Jayhawks faced off against the

Duke Blue Devils, the only

team Kansas had faced that
received votes in the AVCA
poll, collegiate volleyballs
version of the AP Top 25.
Despite Duke being Kansas
most talented opponent, the
Jayhawks handled the Blue
Devils in three sets (25-17,
25-18, 25-23).
The third set proved to be
the most difficult for Kansas, as it couldnt seem to put
Duke away.
The third set was a bit of
a struggle, but we found a
way to get some things going late against a good team,
Bechard said. I really liked
the offensive balance. The
kids game planned extremely
well.
During the Duke match,
Payne recorded 10 kills, the
top mark of anyone on either
team. Havili totaled 36 assists
and Wait tallied 14 digs.
And after a day of rest, Kansas had one more opponent
on its radar: UMKC.
Payne continued her dominance, adding 13 kills to
the Kansas offensive unit, as
the team won in three sets
(25-17, 25-23, 25-16). The
UMKC match was the first
game of the tournament
where Payne didnt lead in
kills, but it wasnt by much;
Dockery edged Payne out
with 14 kills.
Havili notched her 16th career double-double against
the Roos. She recorded 44
assists and 11 digs in the win.
Next up for Kansas is the
Pistol Pete Showdown in
Laramie, Wyo., which will
take place on Sept. 11 and
12. And its not going to be a
cakewalk.
In last weeks AVCA poll,
both Marquette (5-1) and
Wyoming (3-2) received
votes. However, Kansas
third opponent in the event,
Northern Colorado, has a 2-3
record.

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LeGault

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Football mailbag: Looking at

Memphis, leading receivers,
and a long season ahead?

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Shane Jackson estimates that this Saturdays game against Memphis in Lawrence will be the next-best chance for Kansas fans to have something to cheer about.

SHANE JACKSON
@jacksonshane3

What does the game

against South Dakota
State look like with
the same offense and
a... more characteristic
Kansas defense?
James Hoyt
(@jamesjhoyt)
Kansas offense looked good
scary good on Saturday.
This new air raid offense ran
91 plays, which was the seventh most in the country. The
Jayhawks accumulated 576
yards on offense, the first time
since 2006, in the 41-38 loss.
However, defensively Kansas
fell short. The Jayhawks gave
up 463 total yards on 72 plays
to an FCS team. The South
Dakota State Jackrabbits
jumped out to an early 31-7
lead. Defensive players after
the game said they lacked the
juice, which seems shocking
since it was the season opener
and this was the one game in
which they were favored.
Its evident that Kansas
has a couple of really good
defensive players, but as a
whole, this team may not be
able to execute, particularly if
the players cant learn to bring
guys down at first contact.

its one loss but it

was sdsu. Are we in for
another long season?
#HeyShane #ShaneMailbag Farzin Vousoughian (@Farzin21)
Depends on what you view
as a long season. Personally, I
left the game feeling optimistic about this offense despite
the loss. One thing to keep in
mind is that its only going to
get better. Both David Beaty
and junior quarterback Montell Cozart believe this team
can average up to a 100 plays
a game. If you love offense
as much as I do, this team is
going to be fun to watch.
If you view a long season as
losing most, if not all, games
this year, then yes, this is
going to be a long season. This
defense is going to get better,
but every opponent Kansas
plays will be more talented.
For that reason, the offense
wont be as good as it was
against the Jackrabbits, but it
will be good enough to keep
the Jayhawks in some games.
Realistically, this team is staring down a 0-12 record this
year, but that doesnt mean its
going to be a long season.
Despite the loss, I was
really impressed with

how #kufball responded to adversity. What

say you, @jacksonshane3? Derek Skillett (@derek_skillett)
Many people, myself included, thought Kansas was going
to come away with a win on
Saturday. If it werent for a
botched snap at the end of the
game, the Jayhawks had a real
shot at tying the game at the
end and forcing overtime. Had
the game gone into overtime,
Kansas had the momentum.
Considering the Jayhawks
even had a chance to send
the game into overtime was
impressive. With 12:38 to go
in the first half, Kansas trailed
South Dakota State 31-7.
The Jayhawks then scored 21
unanswered points to cut the
deficit to 31-28 with 9:12 to go
in the third quarter.
The Jayhawks could have
given up with so many inexperienced players, but instead
this team dug in and faced its
first true test, and punched
right back. It was good to see
this team face that challenge
so early in the season, and
now fans can still feel confident when the Jayhawks gets
into an early deficit because
they can score points quickly.

.@jacksonshane3 Most
likely WIN and most
likely LOSS for the rest
of the season? #KUfball
Sam Davis (@SamDavisKU)
Kansas football actually
made highlights on ESPN on
Saturday night. ESPN showed
the botched snap, but then
it showed a graphic with the
best chances for Kansas to
pick up a win the remainder
of the season.
Only four games made the
radar, with Memphis rated
the highest at 38 percent. The
consensus is that this weekend
is the best chance for Kansas
to pick up a win. However,
Memphis is no slouch.
The most likely loss for the
Jayhawks is the road game
against the best team in
conference, TCU. The Horned
Frogs have likely been held
out of the playoffs because
they played much closer to the
Jayhawks in Memorial Stadium than most expected.
I have a feeling thats in
a lot of the Kansas players
minds this year in their home
contest. TCU is arguably one
of the best five teams in the
country and will have plenty
of motivation for a home date
with Kansas. Not exactly a

game that screams upset alert.

@jacksonshane3 how
should the defense approach Memphis, who
had one of the best
offenses in the nation
last season? #AskShane Wesley Dotson
(@WesleyDee23)
It appears the Memphis
offense is not taking any steps
back in 2015. In the Tigers
home opener, the offense
accumulated 519 total yards,
and 317 of those came on
the ground from six different
running backs. Tack on the
fact that Memphis has a huge
quarterback, Paxton Lynch at
6-foot-7, this offense looks to
be near unstoppable.
The good news is that, much
like Kansas, Memphis is going
through some growing pains
defensively as well. The Tigers
must replace eight starters
from one of the leagues best
defensive units in 2014. In
addition, Memphis has a new
defensive coordinator on the
sideline directing the unit.
The defense doesnt have to
be flawless to win the game;
the Jayhawks just have to walk
off the field on Saturday evening with more points than
their opponent. So Kansas

must find a way to maintain

the Memphis offense, not shut
it down. In the meantime, its
up to the offense to put points
on the board.
@jacksonshane3
bobby hartzog or Josh
Stanford to be the leading receiver? Devon
Pyle (@PyleDevon)
Joshua Stanford is far more
talented, and all through camp
he was the clear leader of
the receiving unit. However,
because of the last practice
before the game, Bobby
Hartzog got the nod and saw
more time on the field in the
first half than Stanford did.
Beaty said after the game that
was because Hartzog earned
it more than Stanford did in
practice.
Beaty is sticking to his guns
and has no problem playing
eight to 10 receivers every
Saturday, so it doesnt appear
that one guy is going to get
the lions share of the targets.
Senior Tre Parmalee currently
leads the unit with three
catches.
Stanford is a talented player,
and Beaty admitted that. I
have to imagine talent will
win in the end, so Id go with
Stanford.

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Backup quarterback Deondre Ford greets Montell Cozart as coaching staff leads him off the field after a hard hit on Saturday, Sept. 5.

Cozarts brief departure changed the

game and future at quarterback for KU
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@ByHardy

On third and eight early in

the second quarter during
Saturdays game against South
Dakota State, Montell Cozart
took off scrambling. First past
the line of scrimmage, then a
couple more yards, and finally into a wall of South Dakota
State defenders who popped
the ball loose and recovered it.
Cozart took a hit, which left
him stammering off the field
with trainers by his side. He
returned on the third play of
the next drive after a chinstrap malfunction on the sideline, but that hit would alter
the course of the game and, in
another way, the future of the
Jayhawks offense.
Something clicked for Cozart
after what was his second
turnover of the day. He didnt
sit on the turf and wallow, or
call himself out of the game.
He kept his head up and lived
up to the captain role his teammates nominated him for;

Cozart came through.

After the Jackrabbits turned
Cozarts blunder into a touchdown drive that took only 14
seconds, the junior quarterback was at the forefront of
the Jayhawks rally. Down 31-7
early in the second quarter,
Cozart played almost spotless
football for the next 45 minutes of game time, including
three touchdowns over the
next four drives.
The thing that I was the most
pleased with is Montell, said
offensive coordinator Rob Likens. He got hit pretty good
and he could have laid on the
turf, and he could have found a
very convenient way to get out
of the ball game at that point.
That dude got off the ground,
put it all on his shoulders, and
went back out there and played
really well. That was the most
we got out of the game.
Beaty echoed the same sentiments: the way Cozart carried
himself after going down was
impressive.
[After the game], what I

told him was, Hey, listen, we

wouldnt have been in that
game without you, bro, Beaty
remembered saying to an upset Cozart. He got the wind
knocked out of him pretty
good, and he came back and
continued t help us move the
ball down the field with his
arm, which is something Im
now sure we knew he could
consistently do going into [the
game.]
When Cozart was on the
sideline fixing his chin-strap
and prepping to get back into
the game, it briefly opened the
door for another quarterback,
though no one knew who it
would be. Freshmen Ryan Willis and Carter Stanley, as well
as junior-college transfer Deondre Ford, were all listed on
the teams depth chart as the
back-up to Cozart.
Willis started warming up,
then stood beside Beaty on the
sideline as South Dakota State
nabbed a quick seven points. It
was clear who the back-up was
for the first game.

We felt like it was a situation

where we could throw the ball
in that game, Likens said of
the decision to bring in Willis.
We were down a little bit, and
hes got a really nice arm. We
felt like he was the best option
at the time.
Before Saturday, there was
a chance that Willis who
Beaty said was the most accurate quarterback through fall
camp could be redshirted
and used in the future. As he
stepped onto the field, the Jayhawks burned any chance of
that happening. Though Willis
still is likely the future for the
Jayhawks under center, hes
only going to have three more
years of eligibility after 2015.
As he shows development,
that gives us the opportunity to use him more, not just
him but all the players that we
have., Beaty said. I told those
guys a long time ago, dont
plan on trying to red-shirt any
of you. We dont have enough
scholarships to do that. Every
one of you have to be prepared

to play somewhere, some time.

And hes not any different than
the rest of those guys.
But, for now, Willis will continue to sit behind Cozart,
and maybe even behind transfer-junior Deondre Ford. That
will continue to be a week-toweek decision, as the quarterbacks have to fight it out. Or,
as Beaty always says, earn it.
It was the next step in his
progression, his maturation
of trying to become a quarterback at this level, Beaty said of
Likens. But right now, Montell Cozart is our starter and
he did a good job of leading us
back.

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KEY CONTRIBUTORS

KEY CONTRIBUTORS

TYRONE MILLER
FRESHMAN CORNERBACK

JACKSON DILLON
JUNIOR, LINEBACKER

This rating may seem a bit low for a guy who led the Jayhawks in both
tackles (eight) and pass deflections (two) in week 1. One of those numbers,
his pass deflections, is positive, but Millers tackle number is concerning since
it indicates that he gave up receptions. Then again, he was the final string on
a lot of those tackles. Over all, last week he showed he has plenty of talent.

Dillon stands at a monster 6-foot-6 and is the anchor of the Tigers defense
at the hybrid linebacker position or the dawg spot. Hes in his third year
as starter and can do just about everything: pass rush, cover the tight end,
play run defense and simply lead the defense. He was quiet last week, but hes
going to be all over the field in Memphis 50 defense.

TRE PARMALEE
SENIOR, WIDE RECEIVER

MOSE FRAIZER
SENIOR, WIDE RECEIVER

The talented receiver showed he could do a little bit of everything last

Saturday, including make a crucial grab through a pass interference. He was
the Jayhawks leading receiver with three receptions for 82 yards and ran for
a 19-yard touchdown. As the young receivers continue to grow, Parmalee is
clearly the guy Cozart trusts the most.

Fraizer caught six passes for 89 yards and two touchdowns in the Tigers
week 1 win. At 5-foot-10, his size isnt intimidating, but his speed (4.45
second 40-yard dash time) will present a challenge for the young Jayhawk
secondary that struggled to contain South Dakota States sophomore wide
receiver Jake Wieneke last week.

MONTELL COZART
JUNIOR, QUARTERBACK

PAXTON LYNCH
JUNIOR. QUARTERBACK

After a career day in both passing yards (291) and rushing yards (94), Cozart
had to be elevated from last weeks two-star status. However, Cozart still
committed two turnovers (plus his blunder at the end) which is too many
for the starting quarterback.

At 6-foot-7 and 247 pounds, Lynch is bigger than almost every Jayhawk
player on defense. In week 1, he was just 8-of-12 for 78 yards and one touchdown through the air, but production wasnt needed in the Tigers 63-7 win.
Last season, Lynch proved hes a productive quarterback by throwing for
3,031 yards and 22 touchdowns.

BEN GOODMAN
SENIOR, DEFENSIVE END

WYNTON MCMANIS
SENIOR, LINEBACKER

He was mostly quiet in week 1, but he is still one of the few Jayhawks who
has performed in a FBS game. His two tackles and one sack (two half sacks)
from week 1 arent overly impressive, but Goodman is the unquestioned
leader of the defense.

McManis is one of the veteran leaders of the impressive Tigers run defense,
which only allowed 18 yards rushing to Missouri State last week. McManis
recorded three tackles and recovered a fumble. Dont let the lack of tackles
fool you because of the lopsided score; the Tigers had 20 players make at least
one tackle.

KEAUN KINNER
JUNIOR, RUNNING BACK

MEMPHIS
RUNNING BACKS

Kinner was a workhorse for the Jayhawks in week 1 with 27 carries for 157
yards and two touchdowns. Those 157 rushing yards lead the Big 12 and are
fifth in the NCAA. Hes expected to get about the same workload moving
forward, and hell be a go-to option this year.

RB

Week 1 was a running back by committee system for the Tigers. Junior
Jarvis Cooper, sophomores Doroland Dorceus and Sam Craft and freshman Jamarius Henderson rushed for 266 yards and five touchdowns. With
how much the Jayhawk defense struggled tackling last Saturday, the Tigers
backfield should be in for another big day.

PREDICTION: MEMPHIS 42, KANSAS 24

By the Numbers

576

294

42

The amount of total yards the

Jayhawk offense produced
in week 1. The last time they
topped that number was in
2007 with Todd Reesing at
quarterback.

The amount of turnovers

forced by the Jayhawk
defense. They were one of 29
teams in the FBS to force no
turnovers in week 1.

Cozarts 294 passing yards

were the most passing yards
by a Jayhawk quarterback
since Dayne Crists 303 yards
on Sept. 15, 2012 against
TCU.

The amount of points the Tigers

scored in the first half of their
season opener. The first team offense didnt play long, but when
they did they were extremely
effective.

92

79
The height of Memphis junior
quarterback Paxton Lynch
in inches, which equates to
6-foot-7. Thats a big advantage for the quarterback when
looking over the line and
when he decides to scramble.

The Memphis offense

committed nine penalties for
92 yards in week 1, which was
the 12th most penalty yards in
the country.
Edited by Dani Malakoff

Opposing sideline: KU vs. Memphis

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@ByHardy

Coaches are hard to get a

grasp on, especially when
talking about an opposing
team. They dont always say everything they know and often
skew the truth. Thats why we
have the opposing sideline: to
find out the truth about Kansas footballs opponents.
This week I talked to Tom
Schad, the Memphis football
beat writer for The Commercial Appeal, the top newspaper in Memphis, Tenn. We
touched on everything from
the teams recent success to the
size advantage of junior quarterback Paxton Lynch to what
Memphis coaches have raved
about when talking about
Kansas.
UDK: Memphis has sort of
changed face in a matter of a
year. Have they seen the benefit of winning through recruiting, through fan support?
Schad: I think you see a
lot of effects of last year. The
coaches would tell you that it
wasnt really a one-year turn
around. The year before, 2013,
I think they finished 3-9, but
the coaches would tell you that
they made huge strides that
year, too. So, it was kind of

since coach [Justin] Fuente

got here a three-year process. The last year, winning
10 games, winning the Miami
Beach Bowl, especially in the
fashion that they did it was
one of the best bowl games of
the season last year I think
thats had ripple effects everywhere. Youve seen, kind of,
a new buzz in the city. They
had 41,700 fans at their season
opener against Missouri State,
which, for Memphis playing
an FCS team was pretty impressive.
Then, especially in recruiting, too, the biggest guy that
theyve gotten, at least from
the cycle so far, was three-star
quarterback Keon Howard
from Mississippi, a kid who
had a bunch of other FBS offers, who maybe Memphis
wouldnt have been able to get
in the past. For a while, Fuente was selling this dream or
this thing that might happen
someday, and then last year
it happened. So, now he can
say, you know, especially to
recruits, This is what we can
accomplish here, because we
did it last year. Its really had
an effect in a lot of areas.
UDK: How would you characterize head coach Justin
Fuente?

Schad: I would basically describe him as someone, coming from TCU, under coach
[Gary] Patterson, he saw the
success that they had there
and he knows, kind of, what
is needed to replicate that success. Hes a guy that is extremely detailed oriented. Every
second of practice is carefully
scripted. Everything they do
throughout the course of the
week, from when they watch
film, even in the offseason too,
all their spring practices, when
they were lifting in the summer, when they scrimmage
all the stuff is pre-scripted and
most of it comes from what he
learned from when he was at
TCU. Very detailed oriented,
very demanding, and like I
said, I think he has a very clear
idea, and a clear goal of what
he wants to see. Hes very ...
demanding would be the best
word in order to get the players
to meet that standard.
UDK: The biggest player
for Memphis is quarterback
Paxton Lynch. Hes 6-foot-7.
How does he use his height to
his advantage, because thats
something that stands out on
paper?
Schad: The obvious thing is,
when youre a taller quarterback, you have an easier time

seeing the throwing lanes.

You can see over the offensive
lineman, and the field just becomes a lot easier to read. The
biggest thing that people might
now appreciate with Paxton is
how agile he is, and how quick
he is. He added 15 pounds in
the summer, that was a big story line. He said that he wanted
to kind of bulk up a bit because
he thought it would make
him tougher to bring down
when hes running the ball.
Memphis likes to run a lot of
options, a few QB draws, and
I think thats one of the areas
that Paxton is underrated a little bit... Just having that sheer
size, again, the height and the
weight, makes him harder to
bring down and makes him a
dangerous rusher when he has
the ball in his hands, too.
UDK: The coaches and junior quarterback Montell
Cozart on Tuesday talked
about the misdirection of this
Memphis team both offensively and defensively. Their goal is
to confuse you. Have you seen
that, or noticed that in practice
or in the first game?
Schad: I definitely agree with
that. On offense, they have
Paxton, being able to run the
ball helps, but then they have
four running backs that all

kind of bring different skill sets

to the table, and theyve proven
themselves to be pretty solid
throughout the preseason and
in the opener. That creates a
lot of versatility. They have
one player, junior Sam Craft
who is listed on their depth
chart as the starting running
back, but can also split out
wide as a wide receiver, they
can do some reverses, and
some screens with him, as they
showed in the opener.
Theres definitely versatility
there, then on defense, the key,
they run a 50 defense, but they
have a hybrid linebacker, they
call it the dawg linebacker
position. Thats [junior] Jackson Dillon, just probably their
best defensive player, so hes
typically an edge rusher, but
he can kind of move from one
side of the line to the other to
confuse the opposing offensive
line, he can drop into coverage.
He just does a lot of different
things, and especially when
you get into third down situations, defensive coordinator
Galen Scott does a lot of different things to try to confuse
opposing offenses.
UDK: Theres a lot of running
backs on this team; is there
anyone that will separate and
maybe become a work horse?

Schad: Yeah, itll be interesting to see. Six guys got carries [last week], but four are
expected to share the load as
the season goes on. Redshirt
sophomore Doroland Dorceus
is kind of the best all around
back. He tore his ACL in Week
4 last year against Ole Miss;
hes back and healthy and ran
for a pair of scores last week.
Youve got a true freshman,
Jamarius Henderson, who ran
for about 3,500 yards in his senior year of high school, which
is pretty ridiculous, and we
saw in the opener and we saw
all preseason what hes capable of. Hes got a nice blend of
speed and power, and hes kind
of forced coaches to play him
immediately. Then, youve got
a thunder and lightning duo. I
mentioned junior Sam Craft,
hes kind of the lightning, the
quick, chance of pace back,
then sophomore Jarvis Cooper
is a 250-pound, former linebacker who just plows people
over.
I dont know if any one of
them will be the guy. I think
theyre going to ride the hot
hand at various points over
the course of the season. If one
guy is particularly effective
against a particular scheme,
or is just having a good day...
I think theyre prepared to give
that guy the bulk of the carries.

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They also know that all four
of them also arent going to be
healthy for every game they
play this season.
UDK: Defensively, who
stands out? Is it just Jackson
Dillon?
Schad: It has to be Jackson
Dillon. We talked about Paxton Lynchs size at 6-foot-7,
well, junior Jackson Dillon is
6-foot-6, 245 [pounds]. Hes
just this rangy pass-rusher,
and he does a lot of things. He
was the guy who recovered a
fumble on the third defensive
play from scrimmage in the
first season opener. He had
an incredible performance
in the Beach Bowl last year.
Hes a guy thats started at
the dawg linebacker position
for two years, and this is his
third year now. Hes the key
guy, and hes a guy if youre
Kansas you have to try to
neutralize, which can be dif-

ficult, because they shift him

around, and hell come at you
in a lot of different ways at a
lot of different angles.
The biggest thing is just kind
of the pace of their offense,
and thats something (Memphis) coaches have really
hammered this week.
UDK: Is it hard to get a feel
for a team after a game like
last week, where Memphis
won 63-7?
Schad: Coach Fuente, in his
own self-evaluation said there
was some good and some bad.
Specifically of the defense, he
said they did a good job for
what they faced... Its hard
looking back to tell the things
that Memphis did really well,
or the things that Missouri
State didnt do so well. This
week will be the first real test
for them. This is I dont
want to say when the season
actually starts but this will

be their first true test of the

year.
UDK: What have Memphis
coaches talked about, and
what has stood out to them?
Schad: The biggest thing is
just kind of the pace of their
offense, and thats something
the coaches have really hammered this week, just kind of
preparing for the game. Any
team that runs 90 plays on
offense is going to present
some problems, and especially given that Memphis doesnt
have a particularly experiences group of defensive backs,
or defense for that matter
they lost eight starters from
last year. Ill be interested to
see how this new group of
defenders can handle that offense and can handle Cozart.
Memphis hasnt lost since
Oct. 25 of last year, theyve
won eight straight games,
they ended last year on a seven-game winning streak, but

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the last quarterback to beat

them was a guy at the University of Houston, [junior]
Greg Ward, who was kind of
a dual-threat guy. Theyve had
problems with dual-threat
quarterbacks in the past, so
Ill be interested to see how
they handle Cozart.
Coach Fuente also raves
about [Keaun Kinner]. He
just loves the running back
and is worried about him, too.
UDK: The spread is about
13 or 13.5 points right now,
which is up from when it
opened. Whats your pick?
Schad: I described it to
somebody as a game that
Memphis should win, but
theres a definite possibility
that they could not win it.
Its not going to be a game
where theyre going to kind of
stroll in and run away with it.
Theyre going to have to play
really well to have a shot. The

spread was really interesting to me, because Memphis,

against Power 5 teams, has
won four of its last 45 games.
Granted, thats against a bunch
of SEC teams, but historically,
they havent been very good
against the Power 5. So, to be
favored, on the road, I think is
really interesting, but I think
it was fair given where Memphis is as a program, and given Kansas struggles.
If I had to make a pick, I
would say Memphis wins, but
I think theyre going to have a
to do a lot of things well, particularly on the defensive side
of the ball to have a shot.

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