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5, 2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 13

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DOWN FOR THE

COUNT. The 38-13
loss to Iowa State
was bad, but the
photos are good.
Read the game
recap and see the
photo gallery.
Sports 10 & 12
DETROIT 67
touches on current
issues about race in
the United States
by highlighting past
stories of the Civil
Rights Movement in
Detroit 1967.
Arts & Culture 7

Students get
scholarships
for pursuing
STEM research
CONNER MITCHELL
@connermitchell0

From the time she was in fifth

grade, Jenny Stern, a senior
from Lawrence, knew she was
interested in whales. As someone from the Midwest, she was
"captivated" from the first time
she saw whales in an aquarium.
As she grew older, that fascination became an interest in
the effect climate change has
on whales the cornerstone
of her undergraduate research
at the University.
Stern has focused her research on the arctic regions of
the world. She said the arctic
is one of the first areas that
would be affected by climate

change, and she wants to know

how arctic whales will adapt to
the changing climate.
When I joined Dr. Joy Wards
lab, I really learned to have an
environmental perspective,"
Stern said. "Through that I saw
the impact that research can
make, but also the impact that
outreach can make."

This just enhances my

opinion that we have
top students here nationally at the University of Kansas.
JOY WARD
Biology Professor who
nominated Stern

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
University students Jenny Stern and Jessica van Loben Sels are two recipients of the
$10,000 Astronaut Scholarship Foundations Astronaut Scholarship.

Stern and Jessica van Loben

Sels, a senior from Albuquerque, N.M., were announced
last week as the first-ever
University recipients of the
Astronaut Scholarship Foundations Astronaut Scholarship. The $10,000 recognition
was founded in 1984 by the
six surviving members of the
Mercury 7 mission with the
goal of encouraging students

to pursue scientific endeavors,

according to the website.
To be considered for the
scholarship, applicants had to
be nominated from multiple
professors in their STEM fields
and have extensive research
experience.
Stern and van Loben Sels
were selected as recipients
from a field of four University
students after KU was added to

the program this year. According to a news release, the ASF

board of directors selected the
University because of success
in STEM fields. A University
committee selected the four
nominees, and the ASF board
chose Stern and van Loben
Sels.
It is a huge honor, and sharSEE SCHOLARSHIP 2

KUs goal: Retain 90 percent of first-year students

ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN

PLASTIC BAGS AS
ART. Art professor
and artist Yoonmi
Nams exhibit is
inspired by takeout
boxes and bags.
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@KansanNews

Freshman year was the best

year of Andy Larsons life. He
said he double-majored in music education and vocal performance, had a strong group of
friends and maintained good

grades in the two semesters of

classes he completed.
Larson, however, was unable
to return this fall for his sophomore year after a missing signature on his FAFSA disqualified him for the aid he needed
to continue at the University.
Larson said he was never con-

tacted by the financial aid office about the mistake.

Larson was part of the nearly
20 percent of the 2014 freshman class who wont return for
their sophomore year, and his
case illustrates one of the biggest challenges the University
faces as it tries to retain more

students: finances. The retention rate rose slightly last year,

to 80.4 percent, and the University aspires to raise that to
90 percent by 2022.
That wont be easy, some
current and former University officials say. Programs like
First-Year Experience, fresh-

man seminars and an effort to

get freshmen into small classes have worked to provide a
better initial experience for
students, but making it to 90
percent retention will still be a
challenge.
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International
experience and
youth bolster a
little-known rugby
club

BY CLAUDIA CLOSE | @CLAUDIAHEALY

att Harmon straps on his ankle braces, laces up his cleats and puts on
his crimson and blue jersey except its not the typical process of
most athletes. Its not in a locker room, and its not in a gym. Instead,
hes getting ready in a grass field behind a barn, out of the trunk of an SUV.
Harmon steps out of the trunk which doubles as the teams locker room
and into the huddle, prepared for the match ahead. Hes the captain for one of
Kansas lesser known teams: rugby.
The Kansas Jayhawks Rugby Football Club was established in 1964 by George
Bunting, a law student at the University. The first season began after he published
an advertisement in The University Daily Kansan searching for anyone interested
in joining the first rugby club in the state.
Thirteen years later, following the beginning of the 1977 season, rugby at the
University started to progress. In addition to traveling to, competing in and hosting international tours, three graduating club members decided to establish a
home for the club. They purchased Johnnys Tavern and converted the upstairs
into an official clubhouse.
Today, Johnnys Tavern is still the clubs home. Because of the work and dedication from that team 51 years ago, todays team comprises 36 players who have
a true love for the sport. The passion remains the same; only the names are different.
One of those names is Harmon, a sophomore captain from Lake Forest, Ill. Hes
leading the team, which is currently 3-0, into this season with high hopes.
I think we all have similar personalities, and we all get along very well, Harmon said. Everyone is pretty committed and all have similar interests when it
comes to rugby.
And those similar interests are what Harmon believes really brings the whole
team together.
Every single one of these guys is a hard worker and willing to try new things,
which is why rugby works so well, he said. Everyone is always on the same page
and has the same goal.
Lately, the team has gained the experience and knowledge from three international students. Junior exchange students Marty Brown and Thomas Wakim, who
came to the University from Australia, as well as junior Englishman Lewis Owen,
have made an impact on the team.
Harmon said the team has been lucky to have these three because they have
been playing rugby for almost their entire lives and have consistently been around
the game.
Playing rugby here is very different, especially when it comes to the skill level
of the team, just because we have been playing a lot longer, Owens said. But with
that said, the attitude of the guys [at KU] is amazing. Some of them have never
played before but they just throw themselves at it and really want to learn.
The main difference is that just about everyone has grown up playing American football and converted over to rugby,
Wakim added. Its great, [and it] shows the Rugby PAGE 9

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Matt Harmon
holds the ball and
attempts to run
through Truman
States players.

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RETENTION FROM PAGE 1
Retention rates have hovered
around 80 percent for the decade, and improving on that
will require a mix of strategies
the University is working on,
including a hike in the admissions requirements for incoming freshmen. The goal is to
keep nine out of 10 freshmen
at the University.
Why do students
leave?
Students leave the University
for many reasons, but two issues dominate the conversation: finances and poor grades,
according to administrators.
Katie Treadwell, associate director for the Office of FirstYear Experience, said finances
are the largest contributor to
dropout rates. She deals primarily with those students
who drop out near the beginning of the school year.
Finances are often a large
concern for students, but Matt
Melvin, vice provost for enrollment management, said he
thinks grades are a larger issue
for those who drop out further
into their college careers. He
said students may cite finances
as a reason for dropping, but
the data his office collects indicates a correlation between
grades and attrition.
Finances could lead to grade
struggles, though. A number
of factors, including health
or even feeling like they dont
belong, can cause students to
be unsuccessful in their classes. Correlations between race,

ethnicity, income and ACT

score and retention rates are
easily identifiable, Melvin said,
but the struggles those students face can be more difficult
to pinpoint.
Ann Cudd, former vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies, who left in August
to become the dean of Boston
Universitys College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, said a sense
of belonging can affect a students success rate.
If they feel like theyre the
only one or if they feel like
there arent people who really
understand their challenges, then I think its harder for
them to be motivated, to have
the kind of motivation thats
needed to overcome academic
challenges, Cudd said.
Finances can lead straight
into grade problems for
low-income students. That
struggle can come in the form
of feeling like theyre alone or
the sheer difficulty of working
and taking classes, Cudd said.
They have to work to make
enough money to pay tuition
and room and board and keep
themselves going, she said.
If students work more than
say 10 hours a week, I think
that gets pretty challenging,
especially when theyre first
learning how to make it in the
academic realm and the University.
Treadwell stresses the importance of advisors helping
their students get into smaller
classes so they can have the
opportunity to build relationships with teachers and make
connections with their peers.

What can the

University do?
The University has invested
resources into raising retention
rates, including an emphasis
on the first-year experience,
which includes smaller classes,
freshman seminars and an Office of First-Year Experience,
where Treadwell works.
For every student who drops
out before the 20th day of
classes, she said she sends a
personal email hoping to find
out why.
A quarter of them never respond, which is expected, she
said. For most it is finances,
for some they found better
classes somewhere else or had
a better offer.
Melvin, whose office looks
at progression and retention
data each semester, said he
thought retention rates would
rise with the higher admissions standards for the fall
2016 freshman class because
higher achieving students are
significantly more likely to be
retained than those with lower
grades or high school GPAs.
But he said the goal isnt to
eliminate the bottom of the
incoming classes. He said the
admissions team will look at
essays and motivation when
considering students who
dont make the minimum requirements.
We want to make sure that
were also meeting the needs of
those students who dont have
the benefit of that are first
generation, that are from lower incomes, that are students
of color, historically underrep-

resented, Melvin said.

For the University, its a matter of balancing high academic
profile with accessibility, Melvin said. He said Kansas would
struggle to have the retention
rates of more selective schools
because the goal of a state university is to be open to all students. Being able to track students who are in trouble might
help drive both the retention
and graduation rates.
Students have to maintain a
2.0 GPA to be in good standing in the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, the largest
section of the University. Policies can vary for professional schools, though. Students
who are not in academic good
standing risk being dismissed.
But Melvin said he thinks
progression rates are a good
early indicator if a student is
struggling. A student with a
2.5 GPA who tried to take 12
hours but only completed six is
one the University should worry about, he said.
That students not going to be
on anybodys radar from a probationary standpoint because
of their GPA, he said. But it
impacts their progression. Its a
kind of signaling behavior that
were not generating some academic momentum.
Will the University
make it to 90 percent
retention?
The University should see a
bump in retention rates from
the higher admissions standards, Melvin said. But reaching 90 percent a figure Melvin described as aspirational

will be difficult.
Schools that are at 90 percent
retention are typically highly
selective, Melvin said They
tend to be fewer Pell eligible.
They tend to be wealthier
a lot wealthier. So I think you
could get there, but whats the
impact on the mix in terms of
making sure that we have the
quantity of the class, the quality of the class, the diversity of
the class?
Cudd said she thinks the 90
percent goal is achievable with
the higher admissions standards and targeted help for
those students who are at risk.
I think its achievable with
a combination of strategies,
she said. One is that the admissions requirements are going to have to be a little more
stringent. The other thing
thats required is really a lot of
help, one-on-one help for students who are in those groups
that are more likely to struggle,
whether thats students who
havent done particularly well
in high school, or students who
are minorities where there arent very many like them, or its
low income students.
Unable to afford tuition after
failing to qualify for aid this
year, Larson now works as a
manager at Jimmy Johns in his
hometown, Overland Park. He
pays $600 a month on the loan
he took out to cover last years
college expenses. He still owes
$5,600, but he hopes to return
to the University as soon as
next fall.

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SCHOLARSHIP FROM 1
ing it with Jessica is also a huge
honor, Stern said. "The fact
the ASF puts aside money and
that KU also contributes to
sustained leadership in science
is really meaningful, but being
the inaugural recipient makes it
even more of an honor.
Joy Ward, a biology professor, nominated Stern for the
scholarship along with assistant biology professor William
Leo Smith. Ward said she was
impressed with Sterns contributions to the "intellectual climate" of her lab and her passion
for finding solutions to problems in both her research and
class work. She said she had no
doubt Stern would become a
leader in the future of the environmental scientific arena.
This award is intended to support top future scientists in our
country and keep us competitive at the national level. I view
Jenny as a very top researcher,
one of the best coming out in
biology, Ward said. This just
enhances my opinion that we
have top students here nation-

ally at the University of Kansas.

Van Loben Sels, the other
inaugural winner, was not interested in research when she
came to the University, and
she originally wanted to major
in clinical laboratory sciences.
Since then, she has decided she
wants to be a research professor.
The turnaround came at the
beginning of her sophomore
year when she joined David
Davidos research lab about
the development of the herpes
simplex virus. Since she joined
Davidos lab, she has tutored
students and done some undergraduate teaching, a feature she
wants to incorporate into her
future career.
I want to become a researching professor and study diseases in a context where you would
be able to identify targets for
therapies, she said. Ive been
tutoring for several years now,
so I wanted the teaching to
be an aspect of whatever job
I ended up wanting. Being a
researching professor kind of
merged both of those.
Davido and Robert Ward, an

associate biology professor,

nominated van Loben Sels for
the scholarship. She said her
professors have been instrumental not only in applying for
the scholarship, but throughout her college experience.
They have helped her with research papers, interviews and
presenting and publishing her
research. Theyve also written
reference letters for her.
They have been very helpful
in pushing me to present my research at conferences and publish my research, she said. I
actually taught with Dr. Ward
and he has been very encouraging and written me letters
as well. All of these professors
have been really helpful not
only in giving me the scientific foundation, but the tools Ill
need to be able to present it and
get other people involved in research as well.
Van Loben Sels pointed to her
enthusiasm as a reason she won
the scholarship. She said she
would encourage other students to take advantage of similar opportunities.
If someone presents you with

an opportunity and says, Do

you want to apply for this? the
answer is always yes, she said.
That is honestly the whole
reason I got any of these scholarships. As long as you have a
stable foundation with your lab
director and your professors, all
it takes is you taking the time
to present yourself as someone
who wants to make a better future for other people."
Stern and van Loben Sels will

JOE WHITE

Topic: Is Jesus
Relevant Today?

speak and be recognized in an

event on Monday commemorating the 25th anniversary of
the Hubble Space Telescope at
Spooner Hall at 5 p.m. Steven
Hawley will also give a presentation about the telescope following the recognition.
Editors note: Jenny Stern is a
science columnist for The Kansan.

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First Friday forum at the Office of Multicultural

Affairs discusses transgender issues on campus
LARA KORTE
@lara_korte

Students and faculty gathered

in the Office of Multicultural
Affairs early Friday afternoon
to discuss issues surrounding
transgender people and gender identity.
The event was the first of the
offices First Fridays, held this
year. First Fridays are a series
of brown-bag forums held every month where students are
invited to engage in conversation over their lunch hour. The
topic this month was over the
Stonewall Riots, a movement
sparked in 1969 by protests
from the LGBT community
against police in New York
City.
At the forum, participants

discussed the controversy surrounding a recent film inspired

by the riots called Stonewall.
The film, which came out last
week, has received negative
reviews from the LGBT community.
Its controversial for a lot of
reasons but one of the main
reasons is because the protagonist is someone that actually
isnt an identity that was at the
forefront of the movement,
Program Director Emily Gullickson said.
It was actually transpeople,
specifically transpeople of color who were at the forefront of
the things that happened with
pushing back at the police. It
was not a cisgendered white
man, Gullickson said.
Assistant director of the Center for Sexuality and Gender

Diversity Vanessa Delgado

said many people are about the
severe nature of the Stonewall
Riots.
Stonewall was a gay bar at
a time before there were gay
bars. This is also a time in our
history when homosexuality
and the act of homosexuality
was still criminalized and it
was still considered a mental
disorder, Delgado said.
This is at a time when it was
still illegal to be gay, to be out
and to be gay. Because it was
criminalized and you could actually be incarcerated for a lot
of these things, Delgado said.
Furthermore, Delgado said,
the Stonewall riots and other
LGBTQ+ movements havent
been properly documented in
history.
In the course of history,

queer and LGBTQIA movements have really been left out

of our textbook, have been left
out of the discourse. Ive taken
college-level history courses
that focused on American history and this was never talked
about, Delgado said.
Katherine Rainey, a senior
from Shawnee, said she believes that, although there has
been more conversation about
transgendered people, there
are still limits to their acceptance.
When someone is transgender, its like that becomes
their only identity and thats
the only space you see them in.
So while someone may be like
oh, okay, there are transgender
people, it wouldnt necessarily
be acceptable to have them
as your boss or to see them

educating you as a professor.

So theyre visible, that doesnt
mean their accepted.
Theyre really just seen as
like entertainment pieces.
Theyre no longer people,
Rainey said.
Mauricio Gomez Montoya,
Retention Specialist for the
the Office of Multicultural Affairs, said that when it comes
to trans students on campus,
its difficult to anticipate their
needs because the University
has no way of identifying or
tracking them.
KU doesnt track this. We
dont know what is making
these students drop out or be
successful. We dont know the
metrics on population. So we
cannot be here to solve problems if we dont even understand, Montoya said.

According to Delgado, there

are organizations on campus
working towards making the
University better equipped to
meet the needs of transgender
students.
The center for sexuality and
gender diversity has got this,
Delgado said.
Were working on it.
The First Friday brown-bag
forums will continue next
month on Nov. 6. Each month
will feature a new topic regarding sexuality, gender diversity,
women, multicultural groups
or any intersection of the the
four. All students are welcome
to attend.

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Paris parties all

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Thousands of Parisians
danced in eerie silence at the
Gare du Nord train station and
galleries left their doors open
all night for the French capital's annual "Sleepless Night"
festival.
At the train station, twelve
DJs performed for crowds
wearing headphones at a special "silent disco" event from
Saturday to Sunday. The party-goers could choose from
three different music channels,
dancing to their own rhythms.
Dancer Clementine Schal
said she sees the station "differ-

ently now." It's normally used

for Eurostar trains to London
and trains to other points
around France and Europe.
In a reference to U.N. climate
talks that Paris is hosting in
December, City Hall hosted an
all-night exhibit of 270 colorful blocks representing melting ice. About 130 events were
held throughout the city.

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If we recognize our privileges, we can

be more accepting and understanding
VANESSA ASMUSSEN
@VanessaAsmussen

Boys are hot but

pizza is hotter.
Just rode a bus with
an open water bottle
hidden my hoodie
was wrapped around
it. What can I say?
I live my life on the
edge.
Cant believe I spent
140 McChickens on
T-shirts this year.
Oh you're excited
for college? I just
put pasta sauce on
a piece of bread and
called it a meal.

Contrary to some beliefs,

certain privileges exist that
can put a person ahead of
someone else simply based
on todays societal standards.
These certain advantages or
opportunities can shape how
a person is treated and the
opportunities they have access
to throughout their life.
There are several different
parts of a persons life that
can determine how they got
to where they are today. Hard
work and sacrifice are a major
part, but a lot can also be the
circumstances that person

TBH catching the

KU plague sounds
more appealing than
catching feelings ever
again.
yeah its fine,
everything is fine.
-famous last words

sounds like a buncha

teeny bopper girls at
a sleepover but no
its a buncha 20 year
olds at limestone
#Stfu

Squirrels are cute

and all, but when
they throw acorns at
me, my patience has
limits.

@mcloughsofly

Just as the personal computer started to gain popularity

at the turn of the century,
the term eSports came into
existence. It continued to
gain notoriety since online
multiplayer video game tournaments and competitions
have become more common.
Yet the term "eSport" assumes
something controversial about
video games that it's a
sport.
Video game tournaments
share many similarities with
accepted, conventional sporting events. Video game competitions draw in massive audiences, like the 2013 League
of Legends Championship,

The professor who

didnt let their
students leave their
math test while
Snows fire alarms
were going off
should be fired.
I panic at a lot of
other places besides
the disco
Sometimes I go to
the bar and take pics
with my ex boyfriend.
AKA the trashcan.
This game for KU is
like that scene in Hot
Rod where he falls
down the mountain
for like 5 minutes
and you just want to
know when it ends
Ayyyy girl GOP
debate and chill??

The Chiefs scored

21...just how youd
expect...7 field goals

grades might not slip because

you dont have to work 40
hours a week to afford to go to
school. You might never have
to imagine a time in which
marriage wasnt legal for you.
The issue of privilege is a difficult one to discuss because
many people want to believe
that everyone has the same
advantages and opportunities.
While people in our country
are fortunate enough to have
many privileges that others
around the world dont have,
there are parts of our lives
that are out of our control and
create inequality. Sometimes,
no amount of hard work can
make up for the gap that sepa-

rates certain individuals.

While hard work and effort
is a factor in where we are
today, it would be ignorant to
believe that part of that didnt
have to do with the privileges
some people have. Taking
into account the privileges
you were fortunate enough to
have and understanding the
circumstances of others will
help create understanding and
acceptance of people who are
less fortunate.
Vanessa Asmussen is a junior
from Neodesha studying journalism and sociology.
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which attracted 32 million

online viewers. Professional
gamers can earn thousands
in winnings, not including
profits from streaming their
practice games or potential
sponsorship deals. Competitive online games demand
rigorous skill and split-second
decision making, much like
conventional sports.
But none of these things
change the fact that playing
video games does not require
physical exertion or athletic
ability.
Last spring, ESPN broadcasted college students squaring
off against each other in the
game Heroes of the Storm,
with tuition winnings on the
line. Even before this, the
network aired the DOTA 2

tournament championship.
This decision was met
with a significant amount
of criticism from those who
feel the network should be
reserved for exclusively physical sports competition. The
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
defines sport as a contest or
game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules
and compete against each
other. While video games can
be highly competitive, no aspect of them requires physical
activity.
Video games, particularly
ones that are online multiplayer, require a tremendous
amount of training in skill,
strategy and coordination. In
many situations, teamwork

is vital to success. But video

games are largely an exercise
in mental ability and lack any
component of bodily exertion.
According to Sports Blog
Nation, less than 25 percent of people think competitive video gaming is a
sport. Although eSports are
becoming an increasingly
popular pastime, the general
public seems to be hesitant in
granting them status among
well-known sports.
If the general public perception wasn't enough, John
Skipper, the president of
ESPN, stated video games are
simply a competition. Skipper
denied its classification as a
sport and suggested he was
more interested in doing real
sports for his network.

Theres no doubt that video

games require an immense
amount of strategy and mental
sharpness. Video game professionals should be renowned
for their impressive skills and
dedication to their practice.
But with little physical fitness
required, video games should
not be elevated to the status
of sport and should not be
featured on official sports
networks.

I think once per year is good,

maybe more frequently if you
arent with the same person.

It depends on how often ... I

think they should get tested every time they have a new partner.
John Rosa, first-year
pharmacy student from Olathe

Matthew Clough is a junior

from Wichita studying English
and journalism.
Edited by Abby Stuke

Students should be tested

for STIs more frequently
ABBY PETRULIS
@apetrulis

I look like a child

when I eat salad. Leaf
fall all over my face
before it get in me
mouth.

obstacles. It also doesnt mean

a person should feel guilty for
the privileges that they may
have over others. No one is
able to choose these things.
What it does mean is that
people should be grateful
for what they are fortunate
enough to have and gain some
perspective and understanding for others who have had to
live a little differently based on
things they couldnt choose.
It means that you may have
never been called a racial
slur nor have been bullied in
school based on the clothes
you wore. You may never
have to worry about equal pay
based on your gender. Your

Video games should not be classified as a sport

MATTHEW CLOUGH

Did you see that

Sukkah Hut outside
the Union all week?
Pretty cool stuff.

didnt choose.
The topic of privilege can
oftentimes cause people
to become defensive. Its
understandably hard for some
people to see the effects of
privilege who may be, for
example, a straight, white,
able-bodied male who grew
up in a stable environment
and had access to a good education. But this is not the way
it is for everyone.
Its not to say that growing
up a certain way with certain
privileges guarantees that
youll never struggle in your
life, or that youll never face
hardships. Everyone has their
unique circumstances and

There are nearly 20 million

new cases of sexually transmitted infections per year.
About half of those occur in
young people ages 15-24.
Thats 10 million cases of STIs
about one of every four
college students.
But what many people dont
realize is that STIs, even the
treatable ones like chlamydia,
can have pretty devastating
effects on your health. Its
important to be aware of how
many partners you have and
remember to get tested every
so often.
This isnt meant to scare you
many STIs are treatable,
thanks to 21st-century medicine. Its just that more college
students are at risk, and this
occurs at a time in our lives
that is highly variable. Were
becoming adults and taking
control of our lives. Sometimes we forget that making
our own doctors appointments and watching out for
our sexual health is a part of
that.
Getting tested
I believe part of the reason
that more students dont get
tested is because they see it as
an unnecessary expense. They
arent experiencing symptoms.
Most think when they get an

STI, theyll immediately know

something isnt right down
there.
Unfortunately, thats not
true.
Sometimes, symptoms can
take weeks to show up. For
example, chlamydia can cause
damage to female reproductive organs even while no
symptoms are showing. If it
continues to be left untreated,
it can get even worse.
Fertility problems may not
seem like a big deal now. I
dont know many women
in college who plan to get
pregnant while in school, but
it can hurt chances of getting
pregnant later in life, too. The
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention recommends
every sexually-active woman
under age 25 gets tested for
chlamydia at least once a year.
Its also important for young
women to start getting pap
smears once they turn 21.
Human papillomavirus is
incredibly common. There
are many strains of the virus,
and some are harmless. Other
strains are the known cause
of cervical cancer, which is
treatable as long as it is caught
early with regular pap smears.
If you didnt get Gardasil as
a child, it is now possible for
both males and females to get
the shot until age 21 for guys
and 26 for women.

Preventing STIs and

where to get tested
Theres one simple step that
many of us arent taking to
prevent STIs practicing
safe sex. Its all too easy after a
night of fun to care less about
condoms and more about the
moment.
Condoms are cheap. They
are a small inconvenience if
its someone you dont know
too well. Its also important to
remember that if you change
sexual partners frequently,
you should be getting tested
more often.
Its not that you shouldnt
trust all of your partners, but
take initiative to take care of
yourself maybe they arent
experiencing symptoms, but
still carry the infection. The
more partners you have, the
more youre at risk. Im definitely not saying to have fewer
partners you do you. If its
consensual, go to town. Just be
sure to take care of yourself,
and that includes STI testing.
Dont assume that every
person you sleep with is going
to be untrustworthy and is
definitely carrying an STI. The
point is to begin taking care
of yourself, and that starts
with sexual health. I think
every college student should
be tested at least once per
year for STIs. If you change
partners frequently, theres no
harm in getting it done every

Emily Derrick, junior from

Independence

six months.
Watkins Clinic offers various
STI testing bundles, but you
can also do walk-in appointments. Most of the tests rely
on urinalysis, so dont pee for
about an hour before you are
planning to go. Its quick and
easy, and they cant release the
results of that test to anyone
except for you including
your parents. However, if you
use your health insurance to
help pay for the test and you
are still on your parents plan,
they will most likely find out
that you had the test done but
will not know the results.
Getting tested is a routine
part of taking care of your
health that is all too easy to
forget about. Since many STIs
can be taken care of with
a course of antibiotics, its
important to know whether
or not you have one. Because
some can cause damage
without any symptoms and

I think its important to get

tested at least once per year.
Katie Strnad, second-year
pharmacy student from
Munden.

leaving them untreated can be

devastating, its time that more
college students take responsibility for their health and
potential partners health and
get tested.
Abby Petrulis is a senior and
second-year pharmacy student.

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HOROSCOPES
WHATS YOUR SIGN?
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Think it over longer. Things
dont go as expected.
Confusion reigns. Proceed
with caution. Prepare for
all the contingencies you
can imagine. Travels better
tomorrow. Emotions spark
unprovoked. Check mechanical equipment. Wait
and rest.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Work productively, but
dont take on more than
you can handle. Avoid big
risks. Dont touch the credit
cards as the cash flow
situation fluctuates. Pay off
debts as much as possible. Dont make expensive
promises. Ponder possibilities.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Finish whats already on
your lists before launching
new projects. Opposites
attract. Generate some
controversy together. Stand
up for yourself. Dont react
without thinking. Disagree
respectfully. Dont let a
heckler distract you. Surprises reveal new possibilities.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Dig deeper. Consider the
consequences before taking action. Co-workers tell
you the score. Full understanding requires some
work. Travel plans are easily
disrupted. Work out emotional aspects in private.
Dont forget an important
detail.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Get caught up in a controversy. What you learn
shakes up what you
thought you knew. Find
another way to cut costs.
You dont know everything,
especially about money.
Disagreement requires
compromise. Wait to make
decisions. Listen.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Changes could rock your
boat. Dont rush into
anything. Calm a partners
anxieties. Ask family to
wait a little. The danger of
breakage is high now. Offer
advice only if asked. Let
emotions flow, and provide
comfort. Rest.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Investigate all options.
Emotional tension crackles.
There may be goodbyes involved. The more planning
youve done, the better.
Discover something about
to be left behind. Distractions abound. Dont forget
to do a necessary chore
before you go.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Romance and games may
not go as planned. Things
could get messy and
chaotic. Dont spend more
than necessary. Adapt to
the new moves. Anticipate
changes and maneuver
as gracefully as possible.
Clean up later.
Sagittarius(Nov.22-Dec.21)
Youre in the middle of a
complicated situation. Challenge the generally held
opinion if you have facts
to back you. Oversee and
manage the outcome, and
the sooner done, the better.
Get terms in writing.
Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
You could lose money if
youre over-extended. Its
not a good time to gamble.
Stick to tried and tested
moves. Do it for love, rather
than money. Things seem
unstable, so shift to higher
ground.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Youre confronting a difficult puzzle. Encourage,
without forcing. Talk about
money later. Take extra care
with sharp objects. Stay
patient with a communications breakdown. Look at
things from a new angle.
Admit impracticalities. Craft
a backup plan.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Your idea looks different in
reality than the sketches.
New tricks dont work as
planned. Spend extra time
on infrastructure. Build it
to last. You may have to
change your overall objective. Accept all the help you
can get.

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Artist and associate professor Yoonmi Nam poses with her series of pieces called Take Out made of porcelain and lithographed Gampi paper on
display at Wonder Fair at 841 Masschusetts St.

Art professor creates

Japanese-inspired art
exhibit for Wonder Fair
SAMANTHA SEXTON
@Sambiscuit

Typically, friends made in

college tend to be friends for
life going to each others
weddings, becoming godparents and maybe even helping
to raise each others children.
Artists who become friends in
school, however, can do a little
bit more.
Take for example Yoonmi
Nam, an associate professor
in the University's visual arts
department. Nam recently
opened an exhibit entitled
Wood + Paper + Box: a project inspired by mokuhanga
in downtown Lawrence at the
Wonder Fair gallery.
When I was a student in
2004, I applied for an artist
residency where youre funded
to either work alone or with
others on whatever style of art
you want to learn about, Nam
said. I went to a small island
in Japan called Awaji where I
learned the Japanese style of
mokuhanga printing.
Nam was among other artists
who applied for the residency
to learn the ancient Japanese
art; two other artists, Katie
Baldwin and Mariko Jesse,
were in residency with her.
We each brought different
experiences and perspectives
to the art, which really helped
to learn about the printing itself," Nam said. "Sharing our
points of view, helping each
other with different aspects of
the art and learning from each
other as we went was what
brought us together and made
us stronger artists.
The three artists grew to be
good friends and, even though
they separated after the residency ended, Nam and the
others continued to keep in
touch. In 2014, roughly 10
years after they met and the
announcement of the first International Mokuhanga Conference, the three began working on a collaborative box of
art.
We would send each other
pieces of art through the mail
that would fit in a small box

and give each other feedback

and ideas, Nam said. "Eventually we traveled among our
galleries in Kansas, California
and Alabama, drawing on our
collective experiences and personal perspectives. We decided
to create something together.
What we were really doing
was trying to recreate the experience we had together in
Japan."
Together the trio collected
and sent dozens of mokuhanga prints, personal experiments and ephemera across
the country. Their collaboration became one of the eight
boxes presented at the conference. Because the art had to
be shipped among the three
friends and kept within a box,
the pieces on display are all
very small.
One such piece, which Nam
created by using the mokuhanga technique, is affectionately and very accurately
named Tiny Chairs. The

When you see the

take-out boxes and
the plastic bags, they
appear to be normal,
but look closer and
the oyster containers
are made of porcelain
and the plastic bags
are made of Gampi
paper an incredibly
delicate Japanese
paper.
YOONMI NAM
Artist and Professor

piece is nothing more than two

finger-nail sized chairs that
one would miss altogether if
not paying particular attention
to the display at the Wonder
Fair gallery.
Her delicacy and deliberateness strike me most, said
Meredith Moore, curator from
the Wonder Fair, referring to
Nams artwork in the show.

"Yoonmi's work always feels

breezy and effortless, playful,
content, even though it's been
made with the utmost care and
concentration."
Such concentration can be
particularly seen in Nams
personal work, in which shes
produced what appears to be
nothing more than take-out
containers and plastic bags.
I wanted to experiment with
something I had little experience in, Nam said. When you
see the take-out boxes and the
plastic bags, they appear to be
normal, but look closer and
the oyster containers are made
of porcelain and the plastic
bags are made of Gampi paper
an incredibly delicate Japanese paper.
Indeed, the plastic bags look
so mundane at first glance, but
the fragility of them at a second glance is alarming.
Connoisseurs of printmaking can see how laborious
and carefully-made her work
is, and that's what I love most
about it, Moore said. It feels
good to look at her work. And
to think about it conceptually
is even more rewarding.
Nams inclusion of personal pieces in the gallery is an
experiment with common
packaging materials such as
wrapping paper, brown paper
bags and other disposable containers.
Im really interested in this
idea of man-made things that
are both ephemeral and eternal," Nam said. Plastic bags
are meant to just be used once,
but they really last forever.
This experiment with materials and concept value drew
Moores attention to Nam's art
and made her want to display
the work.
I enjoy having the opportunity to make haters admire the
work, Moore said. Because
the 'take-out' series looks almost indistinguishable from
actual trash, some viewers enter the gallery and dismiss the
pieces, thinking they're just
modern found object sculpture or someone's lunch left

ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN
Take Out (Csirke-Fogo) is a piece on porcelain and
lithographed Gampi paper on display at Wonder Fair.

ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN
Smiley Bag is mokuhanga on Gampi and just large
enough to be held by one finger. The artwork is on display
at Wonder Fair until Nov. 15.

behind in the gallery."

The mokuhanga box collection and Nams personal
sculptures can be seen at the
Wonder Fair gallery at 841
Massachusetts St. and shown

until Nov. 15. Each piece is for

sale.

Edited by Rebecca Dowd

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Theatres Detroit 67 touches on current race

relation issues by telling stories from the past
SAMANTHA SEXTON
@SamBiscuit

In the wake of Ferguson

and the cases of Sandra
Bland and Freddie Gray, a
national conversation about
race relations has come to
the foreground. Continuing
the conversation about racism in America, the Universitys Theatre Department
is performing Dominique
Morisseaus Detroit 67.
In this story about four
black people trying to keep
their lives together during
the race riots of 1967 in Detroit, brother and sister Lank
and Chelle, played by Brianna Woods and Zechariah
Williams, butt heads while
trying to figure out how best
to spend their parents inheritance. Joining them are
characters Bunny and Sly,
played by Ayzia Underwood
and Izzy Lee, who help to foil
the main characters and add
a little drama to the story by
playing Lank and Chelles
love interests.
By itself, the story would be
interesting enough, but with
the added conflict of the riots and an unknown white
girl named Caroline showing
up, the play shines a light on
tensions between races and
the way law enforcement
sees the black community as
a whole.
My goal here is to discuss
issues involving race and
gender, said Zachary Sudbury, the director of Detroit
67. These are issues that I
find really important, and I
want to try to highlight the
conversations that we should
be having.
Through being exposed to
performances similar to Detroit 67, Sudbury said his
eyes were opened to issues
that he knew existed, but, be-

cause of his background, had

never experienced firsthand.
I knew that this was something that I needed to address, Sudbury said. Especially with what has been
going on in society recently;
these are important issues.
Ayesha Hardison, a Detroit
native and audience member,
said she appreciated the use
of music in each scene.
I was interested in seeing
how we remembered the
Civil Rights Movement in
Detroit, Hardison said. I
was really impressed by the
use of history in the posters
and the music used. Music
is really an important part
of the Detroit culture, and it
was used well here to move
the story along.
Each change of scene, rath-

My goal here is
to discuss issues
involving race and
gender. These are
issues that I find
really important,
and I want to try to
highlight the
conversations that
we should be
having.
ZACHARY SUDBURY
Director

er than simply fading to

black, begins and ends with a
Motown piece from the time.
Most tracks had a significant
role in the theme or action of
the scene, with the characters singing along or talking
about the artist. The play
opens with Chelle having an
argument with her record
player for refusing to play
one of her favorite songs.
Darren Canady, a member

of the audience and friend

of the playwright, said he
was pleased with the production of the play and said
that Morisseau herself would
be happy with how it turned
out.
I think Dominique would
be particularly happy with
how her work is being played
at a college, Canady said.
Shes really interested in
educating young people and
young artists, and her work
since Ferguson has been a
real response to whats been
going on in society.
Canady drew parallels between race relations now and
what was going on during
the Civil Rights Movement.
Theres an unfortunate
continuity in this conversation of racism and what
communities of color go
through, Canady said. This
is not something that weve
just started talking about;
this is something that weve
been dealing with as a nation
for generations.
Despite the strong social
message, or perhaps because
of it, Detroit 67, as performed at KU, has a magnetic charm that draws audiences into the characters
and their struggles as each
of them tries to live out their
dreams despite obstacles.
Sudbury said his favorite
part of the play was seeing
Bunny explain to Chelle that
we are who we are, and at the
end of the day theres nothing that can change that.
Its a powerful scene thats
both uplifting and tragic as
you watch Chelle have to be
told that its OK for her to be
who she is, Sudbury said.
Its tragic to watch because
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to hear from her friend that
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Thats not something that
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Gradecard: Kansas vs. Iowa State

Quarterbacks
Montell Cozart got the start after missing the beginning of
last week with flu-like symptoms, and he wasnt terrible, especially behind the offensive line that gave him few chances to
get comfortable in the pocket. He completed 15-of-21 passes
for 150 yards and a 47-yard touchdown to wide receiver Tre
Parmalee. We got a chance to see him let loose three deep
balls, but none were complete, as one was overthrown by a
step and two were well defended.
Either way, it was encouraging that Kansas took shots down
field and tried to take the top off the defense. Cozart really
looked antsy in the pocket in this game confused about
when to scramble and when to step up. When he did step up,
he hesitated.
This was the first chance for Beaty and company to get a
long look at freshman Ryan Willis as well, with regular backup
Deondre Ford out with strained ligaments in his thumb. Willis
looked accurate when his first option was open, but forced
it even when his first read wasnt open. Thats almost exactly
what was expected of Willis; coaches have repeatedly told us
that he has a fantastic arm but wasnt great with his progressions and understanding of the offense. Willis completed
passes of 38, 29, and 14 yards. He rushed for a 13-yard gain,
though it was offset by penalty.

D+

Offensive line
As mentioned, the offensive line didnt give the quarterbacks
or running backs much room to work. Cozart was constantly
under duress and rarely had time to go through progressions.
Oftentimes, he was forced to leave the pocket and throw on
the run, where he tends to force wonky passes that rarely end
up in receivers hands. To make it worse, guys are constantly
switching in and out and theres no solid starting five on the
line. At one point, freshman Clyde McCauley came into the
game and was nearly pancaked by an Iowa State defensive
tackle. In the first quarter, guard Bryan Peters was given a
false start on a 4th and 1, where it looked like Kansas was set
to convert; Beaty ended up deciding to kick the field goal and
the team missed it. Both were indications of the teams youth,
inexperience and prowess on the line.

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@ByHardy

Running backs
Again, many will chalk this up to the offense line being
terrible, and it has been. But coach David Beaty was quick
to attribute the run game struggles in part to the guys who
are actually heading that run game. Kansas has rushed for
an average of 51 yards per game on 1.6 yards per carry over
its last two games and rushed for only 38 yards in this game.
Whether the offensive line is atrocious or not, thats not going to cut it. If you cant run the ball, you cant open up the
pass and the offense falls flat on its face.
Junior Keaun Kinner rushed for 4.2 yards per carry on
11 carries and probably needs to be a bigger part of the
running game if Kansas wants to have any chance of getting something going here. In week 1, when Kinner rushed
the ball 27 times against South Dakota State, there were
no problems in getting the offense going. Maybe offensive
coordinator Rob Likens should go back to that as a way to
get the offense which scored only seven points this week
going.

Front seven
What makes Kansas running more of a struggle is that the
Jayhawks are getting pounded by the run on the other end
of the ball. Iowa State running back Mike Warren broke the
schools freshman rushing record with 175 rushing yards.
He averaged 9.7 yards per carry on 18 carries. The defense,
whether it be the defensive line or the linebackers, is constantly failing on gap assignment and opening up holes in
the defense. Gap assignment is not where it needs to be,
and the run defense has to get better. The run game is bad,
but the pass rush isnt there either unless Kansas brings six
or more guys, which is where the Jayhawks got both of their
sacks this week.

Notes
Kansas is giving up the seventh most rush yards
per game (251.1) and eighth most points per game
(40.3) in the nation. Kansas next game is against
Baylor third in rushing yards (376.8) and tops in
points (63.8) per game. In Las Vegas, Baylor opened
up as a 38-point favorite in this weekends game at
Memorial Stadium; the line has been bumped to 41
points in favor of Baylor in the same day the original line went live. The Baylor game is followed by

Texas Tech, third in the nation in points per game

(50).
Senior wide receiver Tre Parmalees receiving
touchdown on Saturday was the first receiving
touchdown of his career.
Sophomore Chevy Graham started at nickel back
over sophomore Tevin Shaw. Sophomore linebacker Michael Zunica was seen occasionally as a fullback in a few off-the-wall sets for Kansas.

Cozart strained his left shoulder his non-throwing arm and never returned to the game. Beaty
has no update after the game and KU Athletics provided no update on Sunday afternoon.
Junior linebacker Marcquis Roberts interception
return for a touchdown was the first interception
of his Kansas career and the first interception returned for a touchdown since former Jayhawk
JaCorey Shepherd in 2013.

Solid offense will Tennis duo sweeps singles

be key for softball and finishes third in doubles
BRIAN MINI
@daftpunkpop

Kansas softball had one of its

best seasons in recent history
last year, going 40-15. Behind
a high-powered offense, the
Jayhawks look to head back to
the NCAA Tournament for the
second straight year as they began fall ball this past week.
Team outlook
Through five games, the Jayhawks have outscored their
opponents 36-5. If you dont
count their last game against
Butler, that becomes 29-1.
Despite losing key starting
pitcher Alicia Pille to graduation, Kansas opponents are
only averaging one run per
game against the likes of pitchers junior Sophia Templin,
sophomore Andie Formby
and freshman Alexis Reid.
Although pitching has been
great, the offense has been the
main strength of the team.
Last year, infielder Daniella
Chavez, now a sophomore, set
the Kansas record for RBIs in a
season and had the most home
runs by a freshman with 16.
This preseason, she has 6 RBIs
and a grand slam.
Top performer
Junior utility player Taylor Dodson was everywhere
during the start of fall ball. Defensively, shes a solid infielder,
and her ability to play multiple
positions will give her time in
the lineup during the regular
season. She finished the first
five games with six RBIs and
two home runs.
She has outworked everyone, been the most focused
player and the most intense
player, head coach Megan
Smith said of Dodson in a
news release.
Dodson hasnt had the chance
to shine over the last two years,
but this might be her year.
Best newcomer
Reids performances through

the first five games earned her

best newcomer. In her two
starts shes 2-0. She also has 13
strikeouts in four appearances.
These strikeouts and wins
may be against inferior competition, but Reid is a freshman
who has stood out in a lineup
with great pitchers like Templin. Her role will most likely
be limited in her first year, but
the speed at which she pitches
will give her a role against any
team Kansas will play.
Biggest surprise
If Taylor Dodson hadnt been
the top performer, this would
be her. But since she has been
an offensive juggernaut, the
biggest surprise goes to sophomore Jessie Roane.
As a freshman last year, she
started all 55 games at the
catcher position after redshirt
sophomore Harli Ridlings injury. Roane was named to the
Big 12 All-Freshman team, so
it isnt her skill thats surprising.
What is surprising, however,
is how well shes played in the
infield during preseason. What
stood out, besides her constant
hustle to prevent extra base
hits, was a key play in the game
against Butler where Roane
made a leaping grab on a line
drive and threw out the runner
at first for the double play that
ended Butlers threat.
Improvements
The only game that exposed
the problems the Jayhawks
may have was the second
game on Sunday against Butler. Butler scored three runs in
the fifth inning after a series
of walks and hits given up by
Templin and freshman pitcher
Ania Williams.
It the first action of the fall for
Williams; the pitchers on this
Kansas roster are very young.
Of the five pitchers listed on
the roster, two are freshmen
and one is a sophomore. Templin will see the majority of
starts, but young members of
the team will need to progress
quickly.

SHELBY DUFOUR
@shelbsdu456

The Jayhawks competed in

the Purdue Invitational over the
weekend and they dominated,
finishing with a perfect singles
record. Representing Kansas were
sophomore Smith Hinton and
freshman Anastasiya Rychagova;
both won out in their respective
single draws and finished third as
a collective in doubles play.
Kansas kicked off the first day of
the tournament on the right foot.
Hinton and Rychagova competed
in doubles, and after an opening round bye, they won their
first match 6-3 against Purdue's
Deborah Suarez and Marta Ruedas-Burgos. They would close out
the day with another victory, topping Athena Trouillot and Davina
Nguyen of Michigan State 6-3.
Hinton and Rychagova also
competed well individually,
as they both won their singles

matches. Rychagova competed

against Georgiana Patrasc (Mississippi State), ranked No. 83 in
the country, and won in two sets:
6-2, 6-3. Hinton defeated Ines
Vias from Illinois: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
The next day, Kansas returned
to the doubles competition, albeit
without the same success the team
experienced on day one. The duo
fell 6-0 to the eventual champions, Louise Kwong and Ines Vias
(Illinois). Hinton and Rychagova
redeemed themselves somewhat,
however, as the pair defeated Notre Dame's Mary Kloss and Allison Miller 6-4, earning them third
place in the competition.
"Today didn't start the way we
had hoped," Kansas assistant
coach Caroline Lilley said in a
news release. "Smith and Anastasiya bounced back and finished
the day on a much better note."
When it came singles competition there was no redemption
necessary.

Kansas continued to dominate

as Hinton bested Nicole Robinson of Purdue in two sets: 6-4, 6-2.
Rychagova was matched against
Purdues Deborah Suarez, and she
also won in two sets: 7-6 (3), 6-3.
They both moved on to compete
in Sundays competition.
On the final day of the tournament Hinton completed her
singles competition with a perfect 3-0 record. Hinton defeated
Janina Berres (Memphis) in two
sets 6-1, 6-3 to become the
Boiler Up Draw champion.
Rychagova also had success in
her singles competition, as she
won the Black Draw title with her
victory over Allison Miller (Notre
Dame): 6-2, 7-6 (3).
Smith and Anastasiya competed great all weekend and have a
lot to be proud of," Lilley said.
"Our goal is to keep improving
every match and that is exactly
what they did throughout this
tournament."

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ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN
Sophomore Riley Botz chants along with the rest of the Kansas rugby team after their victory over Truman State on Sept. 25.

RUGBY FROM PAGE 1

sport is growing in popularity.
Sophomore Riley Botz, the
business secretary and publicity chairman for the team, said
the club is able to work with
the Office of Study Abroad to
help foreign exchange students
come and play rugby.
Recently, we have had a
boom of Australians come
over with loads of experience,
which is good because we get
to learn tips and tricks that
we cant always get here in the
U.S., Botz said. Their experience brings a lot of power to
the team.
In the last two years, the current sophomore and freshman
classes have found their way
into making a difference in the
way the team has approached
this season.
In his second year of coaching, Matt Schwartz, a KU

alumnus and former player on

the rugby team, said the club is
fortunate to have all the players that joined in the last two
years.
There was a large group of
[freshman and sophomore

I want to see how far

we can go I honestly
think we can go undefeated. We have solid
players at each position fast guys in the
back line, role players
at forward and from
what weve played so
far, I dont think we can
be beat.
RYAN HARRIMAN
Rugby Player

players] that all had high

school rugby experience and
had intentions to play serious
rugby at KU, Schwartz said. I
think they came in at a good
time, and theyre molding the
direction of where [the team]
is going now.
Freshman Ryan Harriman,
who was selected to be on the
Florida High School All-Star
Rugby Team, has loved being
a part of the team here at the
University, continuing his love
for the game.
The sophomores have been
great they have all helped
me a lot [as a player], he said.
Matt [Harmon] is a great
leader and really has control of
the team.
Harriman, along with his
captain and coach, has big
goals for the team this season.
I want to see how far we
can go I honestly think we
can go undefeated, Harriman

said. We have solid players

at each position fast guys
in the back line, role players
at forward and from what
weve played so far, I dont
think we can be beat.
Botz said the freshmen this
year are strong in numbers
and experience, while previously the team consisted of
beginners.
Before the sophomore class,
it was uncommon to see such
a large class come out with
previous rugby experience, although that is not the case this
year, which is a great thing,
he said. We have a lot of guys
who know what they are doing.
The rugby team goes on international tours every two
years, playing teams from all
over the world and gaining
experience. In 2014, the team
traveled to Ireland. Harmon
said the trip was incredible

both for the purpose of rugby

and team bonding.
It was amazing being able to
go over there and play against
people who have been playing [the game] since they can
remember. Their whole lives
have been rugby, Harmon
said. I had never been to
Ireland before, so to have the
opportunity to take in all the
culture and visit all the places
with the rest of the team was
just surreal.
For the 2016 trip, the team
will travel somewhere in the
southern hemisphere. The
three possibilities are Australia, New Zealand or South
Africa.
Looking forward to the rest
of the season, the team will
attempt to win all of its merit table matches. Merit table
matches include the collegiate
games that count for the teams
chance to make it to national

playoffs. They are among many

other school rugby teams that
are competing for a spot to
win the National Championship in the Heart of America
conference. Coming off of a
win against last years Division III National Champions,
Wichita Rugby Club, in their
first game, the Jayhawks have
defeated both Iowa State and
Truman State in their first two
merit table matches.
The rugby team practices
and competes at Westwick
Rugby Complex about 15 minutes southwest of campus, and
its next home game is Oct. 10
against the KC Blues.
Edited by Leah Sitz

ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN
Dan Buescher runs the ball after its capture from the scrum.

HOW RUGBY IS PLAYED

The object of rugby is to score as
many points as possible by carrying,
passing, kicking or grounding the ball.
It is a game of continuous flow and
constant competition between the
15 players on each team. The game
goes 90 minutes total with 45-minute halves. When players are tackled
to the ground, they release the ball,
which results in what is called a ruck.
This allows for the continuous playing
time. A goal is called a try which
counts as 5 points. The two extra
points are converted through either a
place or drop kick.

ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN
Sam Billman attempts to take the ball past a Truman State defender.

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DOWN FOR THE COUNT

Photos from Kansas loss to Iowa State

MISSY MINEAR/KANSAN
Junior cornerbacks Brandon Stewart and Chevy Graham attempt to make a tackle on Saturday afternoon at Trice Stadium. The Jayhawks fell to the Cyclones 38-13.

MISSY MINEAR/KANSAN
Kansas coach David Beaty speaks with Mark Mangino,
former KU head coach and current Iowa State offensive
coordinator, after the game.

MISSY MINEAR/KANSAN
An Iowa State defender sacks freshman quarterback Ryan Willis. Iowa State defeated Kansas 38-13 on Saturday, Oct. 3.

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A Kansas fan lays her head down while watching the
game.

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Junior cornerback Marnez Ogletree puts his gloves together to form a Jayhawk as
Kansas takes the field at Jack Trice Stadium in Iowa. Iowa State defeated Kansas 38-13.

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Blog: Not going to Late Night? You should be.

DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

As Kansas football continues to

struggle, the start of the season
for Kansas men's and women's
basketball is right around the corner. The 31st annual Late Night in
the Phog, the celebratory kick-off
to basketball season, will take
place Friday in Allen Fieldhouse.
Attendees will be able to get a
good look at the Jayhawks before
their first games in November.
This will give fans, new and old, a
sample of what the Jayhawks will
have to offer by the time the season starts. They will also get to see
skits from both teams and watch
them take the floor for practice
scrimmages.
The mens basketball team has to
be feeling good about themselves after such a productive

summer. The team participated

in the World University Games
in Gwangju, South Korea, and
walked away with a gold medal.
All the hype from this summer
will return this week as Late
Night approaches.
For the womens basketball
team, a new era is set to begin. In
March, Kansas let go of 11-year
coach Bonnie Henrickson and
hired former Emporia State and
Stephen F. Austin coach Brandon
Schneider to revamp the womens
basketball program.
Schneider has landed two
Division-I transfers, a junior
college transfer and two new
freshmen while bringing back
just six players from last years
squad. As for the rest of the roster,
Schneider inherits four freshman,
who committed to Kansas prior
to the release of Henrickson. All
four incoming freshman were

McDonalds All-American Nominees in their respective states.

Kansas fans should be ready for
Late Night because its something
they have been waiting for since
the seasons ended last March.
This could be a year where the
mens team could have a special
season which could include their
12th-straight Big 12 Championship. On the womens side, its
a rebuilding season. While the
lady Jayhawks could possibly be
a surprise team in the Big 12, its
still unsure of who will replace
two 1,000-point scorers in former
players Chelsea Gardner and
Natalie Knight.
If fans want to get their minds
off the struggles of Kansas football, go to Late Night in the Phog
and get there early. Two years ago,
when former Jayhawk Andrew
Wiggins played at Kansas, at least
5,000 fans had to be turned away.

Last year, with the Kansas City

Royals in the playoffs, it was still a
capacity crowd but not filled with
16,300 people.
Consider this: if you dont have
Kansas mens basketball tickets,
this might be your best shot at
attending anything involving the
mens team at Allen Fieldhouse
this upcoming season. If you have
not been to Allen Fieldhouse
before, go to Late Night. You will
get to see what it feels like to be
in The Phog without a game
happening.
Expect Late Night to be a fun
and entertaining night. Hopefully
fans will be ready for what could
be a fun ride for Kansas basketball coming up in the next several
months.
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Sweet success: Volleyball

cruises to 15th straight win

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Junior libero Cassie Wait passes the ball on Sept. 23.

AMIE JUST
@Amie_Just

Another day, another win. Its

been as simple as that for the
Kansas volleyball team this
year. The Jayhawks defeated
the West Virginia Mountaineers 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-12),
moving to 15-0 on the season.
No. 12 Kansas (15-0) dominated offensively, posting a
program record of .597 in at-

tack percentage.
Major factors in the high attack percentage were sophomore outside hitter Madison
Ridgon, sophomore right side
hitter Kelsie Payne and junior
middle blocker Janae Hall.
The trio came through on all
of their attacks without an error. Ridgon led Kansas with
11 kills. Payne recorded nine
kills; Hall added six. Senior
outside hitter Tiana Dockery
also posted a double-digit kill

total (10).
The first number that pops
out is that .597 hitting percentage, coach Ray Bechard
said. Thats a pretty ridiculous
number. [There were] only
four hitting errors in three
sets, which is another great
number.
Junior libero Cassie Wait has
moved to No. 10 all-time in
program history in digs. Wait
has 1,034 digs over her career
thus far. Waits nine on the

Beaty adamant about fixes

for a mistake-prone team
EVAN RIGGS
@EvanRiggsUDK

In his first season as head

football coach, David Beaty
has put a big emphasis on
winning the special teams
battle each week. A lot of that
responsibility falls under special teams coach Gary Hyman,
who started at the University
in January 2015. Until Saturday, the Jayhawks had been
pretty successful in that regard.
Special teams has been a
strength of ours, in my mind,
Beaty said.
On Saturday, the Jayhawks
came up short at Iowa State,
38-13, and special teams were
a big reason why. They missed
their first field goal and first
extra point of the season in addition to committing their first
turnover on special teams.
Weve talked a lot about
[special teams] having to be
the hidden third that we have
to win to put us in position to
win games, Beaty said. We
didnt do that today. The turnover and missed extra point
was uncharacteristic for us.
Those things come back to
haunt you.
In the first quarter, after a
false start penalty that set the
team back five yards, junior
kicker Nick Bartolotta missed
a 44-yard field goal that could
have given the Jayhawks a 3-0
lead after their first drive of the
game. It was the first missed
field goal for the Jayhawks all
season.

When you block a field goal

or miss a field goal, it always
gives the other team momentum back, senior defensive
end Ben Goodman said. It
didnt affect us on defense, but
it got the crowd back in the
game, so thats where it hurt
us.
In the second quarter, the
Jayhawks were faced with a
fourth-and-three on the Cyclones 35, still down 3-0. Junior kicker Matthew Wyman
lined up to attempt the kick,
but Beaty called a timeout and
opted to punt the ball. Unfortunately for the Jayhawks, the
punt sailed into the end zone
and netted just 15 yards.
I felt like the best thing to do
was give our defense good field
position, Beaty said. I felt like
we needed to change the field;
the defense was playing pretty
good [and] I didnt want to put
them in bad field position.
There was a little bit of wind
coming to [Wymans] face; that
was the only thing keeping me
from trying [the field goal]. It
was a little too long to go for
it.
In that situation, the numbers show that Beatys decision
not to take a risk by kicking the
field goal or even going for it
was not a good one.
The Jayhawks finally got on
the board in the third quarter with a 47-yard touchdown
pass from junior quarterback
Montell Cozart to senior receiver Tre Parmalee to cut the
deficit to 24-6. However, a lot
of that momentum was lost

when Bartolotta missed the

extra point, and the rest of it
was lost when Wymans kickoff sailed out of bounds, giving
Iowa State the ball on the 35.
[The missed extra point]
is difficult to deal with, no
doubt, Beaty said. That was
tough to see. [Bartolotta] has
kicked the ball well for us all
year; well get him right.
On the ensuing kickoff, Wyman proceeded to drill a kick
out of bounds, which started
the Cyclones drive on the 35
and helped propel them to a
seven-play, 65-yard touchdown drive.
But it wasnt just kicking that
gave the Jayhawks trouble.
Parmalee fumbled their lone
punt return, and their seven
kick returns only amounted to
97 yards.
We didnt return it well to
set us up in good field position, which is uncharacteristic
for us, Beaty said.
The Jayhawks, now 0-4,
struggle in every facet of the
game, but the special teams
struggles are something Beaty
is adamant on correcting to
give his team a chance to win.
We have to look ourselves in
the eye tomorrow and figure
out exactly what went wrong
and how were going to fix it,
Beaty said.
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afternoon bumped her above

Katie Martincich (2006-09).
She has three more digs to go
to move to No. 9 all-time to tie
Emily Brown (2004-07). The
Kansas digs leader is Brianne
Riley (2010-13); she amassed
2,053 digs over her career.
[Wait]s in her third year
and in that first year she was
playing behind Bri Riley, so
she didnt get to play as much.
So that number would be a lot
higher, Bechard said. Shes as

good as they get when it comes

to being a coachable kid and
being a kid that is pretty ferocious in her attitude about how
hard she plays. I think shes, for
me, the ultimate in what you
want to see in a competitor in
that position.
Both Ridgon and sophomore
setter Ainise Havili sung Waits
praises after the match.
I definitely take [Wait] for
granted at times, [for] how
much she really does, Havili

said. I cheat, so much, and she

covers more than her share of
everything. It really shows out
there.
Next up for the Jayhawks is a
road match in Lubbock, Texas
where Kansas takes on Texas
Tech. First serve is scheduled
for 6 p.m. on Oct. 7.

Edited by Scott Chasen

Explosive offense nets 4

goals against Iowa State

ZOE LARSON/KANSAN
Ashley Pankey dribbles toward the goal on Sept. 25.

SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolSports

Kansas soccer rebounded

from a Big 12 opener loss
with an emphatic 4-0 win
over Iowa State on Sunday
afternoon. Freshman midfielder Grace Hagan scored
for the second week in a row,
while senior midfielder Liana
Salazar added her fourth goal
of the season. Salazar also
registered two assists.
Salazars first assist opened
scoring. She found freshman
midfielder Parker Roberts
making a run into the box
in the 28th minute. Roberts
finished into the right side of
the goal for her second on the

season.
Salazar then assisted the
first goal of junior midfielder Jackie Georgouliss career
from a corner kick in the
30th minute. Hagan scored
at the back post from a pass
from senior forward Ashley
Williams in the 56th minute
before Salazar capped off the
afternoon with a goal of her
own from a free kick from 20
yards away.
I thought we played really
well today, coach Mark Francis said in the teams news release. The thing I was more
pleased about though was
that, we not only played well,
but we converted our chances, which we havent necessarily been doing recently.

We had a lot of people

score today which is something that is really encouraging, he added. Today was a
good result for us. We really
needed it.
The scoring output from the
Jayhawks is the highest in a
regular season game since
a 4-0 win over St. Marys in
September 2014. On Sunday
the Jayhawks overpowered
the Cyclones with 22 shots,
which Iowa State goalkeeper
Lindsey Hendon responded to with 10 saves. Kansas
sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Dobyns made four saves.
Francis said the teams attacking chemistry is also
building as a result of positional changes for Hagan and
Roberts. Starting last Friday,
in a 2-1 loss to Texas, Hagan
was moved from forward to
right wing and Roberts was
moved into the central midfield. Those changes have
both seemed to pay off in the
short-term.
After defeating the Cyclones, the Jayhawks have
now won four of their last
five games, with the lone loss
coming to the Longhorns
in the Jayhawks conference
opener. Kansas returns to
Rock Chalk Park on Friday
night against Baylor. Kansas
will be seeking its second
conference win and looking
to win its third match in a
row against Baylor.
Edited by Abby Stuke