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    By John Jordan

    jjordan@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    A task force for improving
    transit on campus is prepared to
    promote several different ways
    to improve the bus system on
    campus.
    Danny Kaiser, chairman of
    the group and assistant dean of
    students, said the report would
    recommend three systems for
    buses: a system ran entirely by
    the University; a transit author-
    ity formed with representatives
    from students, the city and Uni-
    versity; or a system contracting
    bus services from the city to ex-
    pand and coordinate with KU
    bus routes.
    The three recommenda-
    tions are equally viable, Kaiser
    said.
    The report also recommends
    the University hire a consultant
    to work with the task force on
    details of each of the plans.
    Kaiser said members of the task
    force would vote on approving the
    recommendations this week.
    The document will go to the
    Parking Commission and then to
    the provost and the chancellor.
    Tom Mulinazzi, parking com-
    mission chairman and profes-
    sor of civil, environmental and
    architectural engineering, said
    after seeing a draft of the report,
    the parking commission was un-
    likely to make changes.
    See TRANSIT oN pAge 4A
    By Travis roBineTT
    trobinett@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    The Drug Policy Forum of
    Kansas will present its case to
    the City Commission next Tues-
    day for an ordinance banning
    the possession of marijuana
    and drug paraphernalia in Law-
    rence.
    If the ordinance passes, an
    adult caught and charged with
    possession of marijuana or par-
    aphernalia would be issued a
    ticket and notice of a court date,
    rather than being arrested and
    taken to the county jail.
    Society needs to conserve its
    resources in terms of police and
    district attorneys, said Laura
    Green, executive director of the
    Drug Policy Forum of Kansas.
    Green said that making a city
    ordinance would divert mari-
    juana prosecution to the Law-
    rence Municipal Court instead
    of the Douglas County District
    Court, allowing district attor-
    neys to prosecute more serious
    crimes. Second offenses would
    still be prosecuted in the District
    Court.
    Green said the accused would
    have the same type of hearing
    in the Municipal Court as they
    would in the District Court, and
    the penalties would remain the
    same.
    She said one of the main dif-
    ferences between the two courts
    would be that students would
    not lose federal fnancial aid if
    found guilty of a frst offense in
    Municipal Court because the
    offense would not show up on
    their records.
    According to a letter Green
    wrote to the City Commission,
    a 1998 revision of the educa-
    tion act included a provision
    that makes students ineligible
    to receive fnancial aid after be-
    ing convicted for possession of
    drugs. The period of ineligibility
    is one year for the frst offense,
    two years for a second and in-
    defnite for a third.
    Andrew Belgum, Kimball,
    Neb., freshman, said he thought
    Municipal Court was the proper
    place to prosecute marijuana ci-
    tations.
    I dont think marijuana
    is that big of a deal, and you
    shouldnt lose fnancial aid over
    it. Belgum said.
    Nationally, more than 160,500
    students have lost their federal
    aid since the Higher Education
    Drug Amendment was added in
    1998,
    Green said this ordinance
    would keep people from losing
    federal aid, housing, food and
    job training after their frst drug
    convictions.
    The 1996 Welfare Act denies
    aid or assistance to persons con-
    victed of a felony drug offense,
    she said.
    The ordinance also would
    make marijuana a low priority
    for the Lawrence Police Depart-
    ment.
    Sgt. Dan Ward of the Law-
    rence Police Department said
    even though his comments were
    premature because he didnt
    have all the details, the change
    would not seriously change any-
    thing.
    Commissioners David
    Schauner and Mike Amyx both
    said they had not decided how
    they would vote.
    I guess my opinion is Im
    trying to fnd out what the effect
    will be on the Municipal Court,
    Amyx said.
    Student aid is tough enough
    to come by, and I hate to see
    them lose it for any reason,
    Schauner said. My jury is still
    kind of out on this. At this mo-
    ment I need more information.
    Amyx said he did not think
    Lawrence would break new
    ground if the ordinance passed,
    because other cities in Kansas
    have passed similar ordinances,
    including Topeka, Overland
    Park, Wichita, Manhattan,
    Olathe, Leavenworth and Win-
    feld.
    Edited by Theresa Montao
    Todays weather
    All contents, unless stated otherwise,
    2005 The University Daily Kansan
    Tomorrow
    Chance of storms
    Thursday
    Sunny skies
    89 64
    Sunny skies
    Christina Flowers KUJH-TV
    Index
    Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7A
    Comics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6A
    Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6A
    Horoscopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6A
    Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5A
    Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12A
    One with everything
    Kansan reporter Frank
    Tankard looks into the life
    of graduate student and
    Kung-fu club president
    Frank Liu in the premiere
    of On the Boulevard, a
    new feature that puts the
    spotlight on students,
    faculty, and staff. Page 2a
    Snow Halls elevator to be fixed
    After weeks of inconvenience for students and
    staff, repairmen should have the elevator working
    again by the end of the day. Page 2a
    Mangino announces his first string
    With the Jayhawks season opening game against
    Florida Atlantic approaching, coach Mark Mangino
    named his starting quarterback. Page 12a
    86 60 85 59
    Taylor Miller/KANSAN
    Scott McMahon, Omaha senior,
    waits for the bus outside of Murphy
    Hall last week.
    t policy
    KU transit task force
    to give bus proposals
    By GaBy souza
    gsouza@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    Students may need to bring
    out the bicycles as gas prices are
    on the rise once again.
    This time it is due to Hur-
    ricane Katrina, the storm that
    devastated the Gulf Coast yes-
    terday.
    The United States govern-
    ments oil supply is located un-
    derground along the Louisiana
    and Texas Gulf Coast. The storm
    already caused the shutdown of
    more than one million barrels of
    refning capacity along the Gulf
    Coast, which limits the amount
    of oil ready to be used.
    Anne Brand, the manager
    of the Louisiana BP Amoco at
    2301 Louisiana, said that gas
    prices would probably be raised
    at 3 p.m. yesterday.
    She said she guessed prices
    would be raised by 10 cents.
    Regular unleaded prices yester-
    day were at $2.69 per gallon be-
    fore 3 p.m.
    Got to love a hurricane,
    Brand said.
    Molly Athricks, an assistant
    at Presto Convenience Store at
    1802 W. 23., said she was hop-
    ing that she would not have to
    raise gas prices.
    The price of regular unleaded
    at Presto was $2.59 at 3 p.m.
    yesterday.
    Were keeping our fngers
    crossed, Athricks said.
    Casi Evans, Des Moines soph-
    omore, said that it was probably
    a good thing that she had flled
    her gas tank about three days
    ago. Now she will probably start
    carpooling and limiting her ac-
    tivities.
    Nate Miller said even though
    he was low on gas, he didnt
    plan on flling up any time soon
    because gas prices are so high.
    The Salina freshman also said
    he didnt plan on driving much
    this week and that he would
    wait until it was absolutely nec-
    essary before flling up.
    Anonymous administration
    offcials have confrmed that
    President Bush is likely to au-
    thorize an oil loan from the
    Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
    But the loan still remains in
    question as no offcial decision
    has been made.
    The last time oil was loaned
    from the reserve was in Septem-
    ber of 2004 after Hurricane Ivan
    had hit the Gulf of Mexico. The
    oil was repaid by April of 2005.
    President Bush made verbal
    emergency disaster declarations
    for Louisiana and Mississippi
    yesterday.
    The declaration allows for
    federal funds to be used for di-
    saster relief and recovery.
    The Associated Press con-
    tributed to this story. Edited
    by Erick R. Schmidt
    Gas prices continue to rise
    following Hurricane Katrina
    City considers
    reeferendum
    Ordinance would
    change severity of
    frst offense
    F The ordinance would
    direct the Lawrence Police
    Department to issue a
    mandatory Municipal
    Court appearance for pos-
    session of marijuana or
    marijuana paraphernalia.
    FIf an adult is found guilty
    for possession of marijua-
    na, the penalties would be
    the same as they would
    be in the District Court.
    FMarijuana possession
    would be a low priority
    for the Lawrence police
    department.
    FPersons charged with a
    second marijuana pos-
    session, which is a felony,
    would be prosecuted in
    District Court.
    Source: Drug Policy Forum of
    Kansas
    Adult Possession of Marijuana Ordinance Proposal
    proposal
    t transportation
    t weather
    Kim Andrews/KANSAN
    gas prices are on the rise again, nearing three dollars per gallon for ultimate unleaded at the BP Amoco at
    2301 Louisiana St. The rise in price in response to Hurricane Katrina.
    President Bush
    may tap oil loan
    from reserve
    The task force on KU transit
    will be presenting three dif-
    ferent recommendations to
    the parking commission and
    provost to improve campus
    transportation. Here are the
    three choices:
    F Maintain KU on Wheels
    as a separate campus
    transit system.
    FForm a new transit au-
    thority that would have
    representatives from
    students, the city and
    the University.
    FWork with the city by
    contracting buses and
    coordinating routes to
    create a more unifed
    system.
    Source: Task force chairman
    Danny Kaiser
    F Voice
    your
    opinion
    with our online poll on the
    recommendations
    proposals
    Three ideas to
    be presented for
    approval
    VOL. 116 issue 10 www.kAnsAn.cOm tuesday, august 30, 2005
    The sTudenT vOice since 1904
    kansan
    .com
    The storm al-
    ready caused the
    shutdown of more
    than one million
    barrels of refning
    capacity along the
    Gulf Coast, which
    limits the amount
    of oil ready to be
    used.
    By Frank Tankard
    ftankard@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    Editors note: University Daily
    Kansan reporter Frank Tankard
    writes a regular feature on KU stu-
    dents, faculty, and staff who have
    a story to tell. If you have an inter-
    esting story or know someone who
    does, e-mail Frank at ftankard@
    kansan.com.
    Frank Liu sits at a table in the Kan-
    sas Union, his fngers touching tip to
    tip, his palms resting against his chest.
    A bright afternoon sun from a window
    illuminates his back.
    He bows his head and says one
    word: Amitabha. He repeats it 10
    times. Amitabha: endless light, end-
    less life.
    He raises his head slowly and
    smiles. Its hard not to sense the calm
    hes been cultivating for the past three
    years.
    A peaceful mind will give you a
    very happy life, he says softly.
    Liu, 29 and from Taipei, Taiwan, is
    a peaceful man. Hes also a busy man.
    Hes working on his doctoral thesis in
    political science. He should graduate
    in December, maybe May.
    Hes president of KU Kung-fu Club,
    former president and current mem-
    ber of the KU Buddhist Association,
    former president of the Taiwanese
    Student Association and a graduate
    teaching assistant in political science.
    Liu says he has two secrets to con-
    trolling his busy life: Pure Land Bud-
    dhism and tai chi, a Chinese exercise
    of balance and meditation. He says
    the disciplines work in combination
    to calm his mind.
    You can say Buddhism is different
    than tai chi, he says. You can say
    theyre the same thing.
    Liu started learning both disciplines
    in the spring of 2002 while wrapping
    up his masters degree in political sci-
    ence.
    He describes his mind, his life, as
    being hectic then. After spending two
    years at the University and serving as
    president of the Taiwanese Student
    Association, everything seemed to un-
    ravel.
    He applied to six colleges to pursue
    his doctorate and got two rejection let-
    ters and four non-responses.
    Now my dreams broken, its
    gone, he says. I was very sad.
    Liu hadnt considered staying at the
    University of Kansas. He didnt even
    renew the lease on his apartment.
    Liu leans forward in his chair, re-
    membering the moment when his life
    changed. It was May 2002, and he was
    alone at midnight in a room of Sum-
    merfeld Hall, putting the fnal touch-
    es on his masters dissertation, due the
    next morning.
    He hadnt saved his work for fve
    hours. His computer crashed. The
    only trace of the culmination of two
    years of study was the incomplete pa-
    per from fve hours ago. He searched
    every folder. Nothing. So he wished.
    Liu leans closer.
    I made a wish in my mind to the
    universe, he says. I was talking to
    myself, saying, Right now I need a mir-
    acle, but I dont believe in that at all. If
    I get a miracle, I say, I will study Bud-
    dhism. So I say, Amitabha, the Bud-
    dhist chant. I say to myself this, and I
    reboot my system. Its midnight, or 10
    past 12, and the documents back.
    The moment wasnt magic, Liu says,
    but it wasnt dumb luck either.
    Dont think Buddhism will give
    you magic powers, he says. A peace-
    ful mind will make you happy and
    thats where good luck comes from.
    Its not about being a vegetarian or
    not. Its not about bowing to Buddha
    or not. Theres no mystery in Bud-
    dhism.
    Since that moment, Liu says hes
    dedicated himself to the study of Pure
    Land Buddhism, a sect of Buddhism
    popular in East Asia. He started regu-
    larly attending the KU Buddhist As-
    sociations Wednesday night medita-
    tions, reading the Sutra and chanting.
    He served as president of the KU Bud-
    dhist Association for two years.
    Liu also began practicing tai chi
    with the Kung-fu Club on Tuesday
    nights. He became president of that
    organization as well, and he still holds
    that position.
    Shortly after that May night, Liu
    received an e-mail from Robert Huck-
    feldt, a well-known scholar from In-
    diana University, who advised him to
    study under a KU professor named
    Paul Johnson.
    Liu had taken one of Johnsons
    classes but didnt know Johnson was
    interested in the same brand of politi-
    cal science that interested him.
    So he decided to stay at the Univer-
    sity under Johnsons tutelage. It would
    be a challenge because he was no lon-
    ger enrolled and he didnt have a place
    to live.
    After a month-long search for af-
    fordable housing, one of his friends left
    for Taiwan and leased an apartment
    to him. Then Liu found an opening
    for a teaching assistant for a Chinese
    class in the East Asian Languages and
    Cultures department. Its been smooth
    sailing since then.
    Liu now wears chanting beads on
    his right wrist and keeps a card con-
    taining a picture of Buddha in his wal-
    let to remind him to chant. He tries to
    chant Amitabha continuously and
    clear his mind of all other thoughts.
    Its just my personal story, he says,
    but Ive seen many, many stories like
    mine since I started Buddhism. Theres
    something very profound out there.
    Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
    2A The UniversiTy DAily KAnsAn TUesDAy, AUgUsT 30, 2005 news
    By Erin CasTanEda
    editor@kansan.com
    Kansan correspondent
    Editors note: As part of our new daily 2A
    features, each week The Kansan will provide you
    with a Top 10 list about life at the University.
    Top 10 reason why
    sTudenTs go To waTkins
    10. Allergies
    9. Contraception Management
    8. Tonsillitis (sore throat)
    7. Sprains and Strains
    6. Urinary Tract Infection
    5. Sinusitis (infammation of
    nasal sinus)
    4. Allergic Rhinitis (infammation
    of the lining of the nose)
    3. Pharyngitis (infammation of
    the throat)
    2. Gynecological Exams
    1. Upper Respiratory Infection
    Source: Diana Malott, assistant director of Watkins
    Memorial Health Center
    t On The BOulevard
    Student fnds time for peace
    President of Kung-fu Club uses Buddhism to balance his busy schedule
    Kristin Driskell/KANSAN
    Cheng-Shan Frank Liu, graduate student, displays his Kung-fu skills. He is the presi-
    dent of KU Kung-fu club and former president of KU Amitabha Buddhist Association.
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    Broken
    elevator
    gets a lift
    By Malinda OsBOrnE
    mosborne@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    Repair work for the out-of-service elevator
    in Snow Hall began yesterday. The elevator
    stopped working Aug. 18.
    While the elevator was out of service, Glo-
    ria Prothe, office supervisor in Snow Hall, said
    many people were inconvenienced.
    I know of at least one student who is in
    a wheelchair and couldnt get to his class,
    Prothe said. We havent seen him around and
    no ones contacted us.
    The student did not contact the office, said
    Melissa Manning, associate director for dis-
    ability resources at the University of Kansas.
    If they had just called the math department
    or our office, the class could have very easily
    been moved, Manning said.
    Some faculty members and housekeeping
    service also encountered difficulties because
    of the broken elevator. Prothe said faculty
    who needed to move furniture from their of-
    fices could not do so. Housekeeping staff had
    to drag supplies and trash up and down the
    stairs.
    Some students had not noticed the prob-
    lem.
    I did not even know Snow Hall had an ele-
    vator, said Molly Wells, Austin, Texas, senior.
    Atanas Stefanov, assistant professor of math-
    ematics, has an office on the top floor. He said
    he had taken the elevator daily.
    It is an inconvenience, but then again, may-
    be its not such a bad thing for me, Stefanov
    said.
    The Universitys Facilities and Operations
    department has a contract set up with Otis Ele-
    vators for maintenance and repairs. Prothe said
    she had tried to contact the company several
    times in the past few weeks. All she had heard
    was that a supervisor would contact her.
    I dont know why it takes so long to replace
    a motor, Prothe said.
    Mark Sindors works for Otis Elevators and
    helped repair the broken elevator. He said the
    motor had burned out because the building was
    overheated and a brown-out occurred, mean-
    ing the voltage was too low, which strained the
    motor.
    Sindors said the repair delay was due to the
    size of the motor.
    Usually when ordering a new motor, you
    can get one overnight, Sindors said. But we
    had to order a 50 horse-power motor, and that
    took some time to find one.
    The repairs began yesterday morning and
    Sindors said the elevator should be working by
    the end of the day.
    Edited by Theresa Montao
    t weaTher
    Hurricane Katrina hits Gulf Coast states hard
    By allEn G. BrEEd
    the associated press
    NEW ORLEANS Announc-
    ing itself with shrieking, 145-mph
    winds, Hurricane Katrina slammed
    into the Gulf Coast just outside New
    Orleans on Monday, submerging en-
    tire neighborhoods up to their roofs,
    swamping Mississippis beachfront
    casinos and blowing out windows in
    hospitals, hotels and high-rises.
    For New Orleans a dangerously
    vulnerable city because it sits mostly
    below sea level in a bowl-shaped de-
    pression it was not the apocalyp-
    tic storm forecasters had feared.
    But it was plenty bad in New Or-
    leans and elsewhere along the coast,
    where scores people had to be res-
    cued from rooftops and attics as the
    foodwaters rose around them.
    At least fve deaths were blamed
    on Katrina three people killed
    by falling trees in Mississippi and
    two killed in a traffc accident in
    Alabama. And an untold number
    of other people were feared dead
    in fooded neighborhoods, many of
    which could not be reached by res-
    cuers because of high water.
    Katrina knocked out power to
    more than three-quarters of a mil-
    lion people from Louisiana to the
    Floridas Panhandle, and authorities
    said it could be two months before
    electricity is restored to everyone.
    Ten major hospitals in New Orleans
    were running on emergency backup
    power.
    The federal government began
    rushing baby formula, communica-
    tions equipment, generators, water
    and ice into hard-hit areas, along
    with doctors, nurses and frst-aid
    supplies. The Pentagon sent experts
    to help with search-and-rescue op-
    erations.
    Katrina was later downgraded to
    a tropical storm as it passed through
    eastern Mississippi, moving north at
    21 mph. Winds were still a danger-
    ous 65 mph.
    Forecasters said that as the storm
    moves north through the nations
    midsection over the next few days,
    it may spawn tornadoes over the
    Southeast and swamp the Gulf Coast
    and the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys
    with a potentially ruinous 8 inches
    or more of rain.
    Oil refners said damage to their
    equipment in the Gulf region ap-
    peared to be minimal, and oil prices
    dropped back from the days highs
    above $70 a barrel. But the refn-
    ers were still assessing the damage,
    and the Bush administration said it
    would consider releasing oil from
    the nations emergency stockpile if
    necessary.
    Katrina had menaced the Gulf
    Coast over the weekend as a 175-
    mph, Category 5 monster, the most
    powerful ranking on the scale. But it
    weakened to a Category 4 and made
    a slight right-hand turn just become
    it came ashore around daybreak near
    the Louisiana bayou town of Buras,
    passing just east of New Orleans on a
    path that spared the Big Easy and
    its fabled French Quarter from its
    full fury.
    Ive never encountered anything
    like it in my life. It just kept rising
    and rising and rising, said Bryan
    Vernon, who spent three hours on
    his roof, screaming over howling
    winds for someone to save him and
    his fancee.
    Louisiana Governor Kathleen
    Blanco said 200 people have been
    rescued in boats from rooftops, attics
    and other locations around the New
    Orleans area, a scene playing out in
    Mississippi as well. In some cases,
    rescuers are sawing through roofs
    to get to people in attics, and other
    stranded residents are swimming
    to our boats, the governor said. In
    one dramatic rescue, a person was
    plucked from a roof by a helicopter.
    Elsewhere along the Gulf Coast,
    Mississippi was subjected to both
    Katrinas harshest winds and highest
    recorded storm surges 22 feet.
    Let me tell you something, folks:
    Ive been out there. Its complete
    devastation, said Gulfport, Miss.,
    Fire Chief Pat Sullivan.
    In Gulfport, young children clung
    to one another in a small blue boat
    as neighbors shuffed children and
    elderly residents out of a fooded
    neighborhood.
    In Alabama, Katrinas arrival was
    marked by the fash and crackle of
    exploding transformers. The hurri-
    cane toppled huge oak branches on
    Mobiles waterfront and broke apart
    an oil-drilling platform, sending a
    piece slamming into a major bridge.
    Muddy six-foot waves crashed
    into the eastern shore of Mobile Bay,
    fooding stately, antebellum man-
    sions and littering them with oak
    branches.
    It was Katrinas second blow: The
    hurricane hit Florida on Thursday
    and was blamed for 11 deaths. It was
    the sixth hurricane to hit Florida in
    just over a year.
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    10
    T U E S D AY
    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Hurricane Katrina destroyed houses and fooded neighborhoods in the Historic District
    of New Orleans as it hit the Gulf Coast states on Monday. Katrina was downgraded to
    a tropical storm while moving through eastern Mississippi.
    news
    By Aly BArlAnd
    abarland@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    KU sports apparel retailers
    on Massachusetts Street may see
    stiff competition from a new store
    in the developing southern part of
    Lawrence.
    Construction of several store-
    front buildings near the corner of
    31st and Iowa streets is making the
    area a destination for Lawrence
    residents and students.
    The owners of D3 Sports, Law-
    rences newest provider of sports
    apparel, are optimistic about their
    future owning the only business in
    Lawrences southern shopping dis-
    trict to specialize in KU merchan-
    dise. D3 Sports, 2040 W. 31st St.,
    is co-owned by David Timmons,
    who previously managed Jocks
    Nitch Sporting Goods, 1443 W.
    23rd St, and Doug Dobbins, who
    managed the Jocks Nitch at 837
    Massachusetts St. The two had
    planned to open their own busi-
    ness, but were awaiting a location
    that suited them.
    We were just ready to do some-
    thing on our own, Timmons said.
    The owners of D3 Sports had
    planned to make $350,000 in their
    frst year of business, and Dobbins
    said since the businesss open-
    ing on May 29, they had been on
    schedule.
    Traffc out here has been pretty
    good, Dobbins said.
    He said that business gener-
    ated by nearby stores had attracted
    shoppers to his store.
    Pretty much everyone in Law-
    rence goes to Best Buy and Home
    Depot, Dobbins said.
    Emi Ibarra, Wichita freshman,
    said that because there were other
    stores around D3 Sports, customers
    would see D3 Sports if they were
    not aware of its existence already.
    Dobbins considered their current
    location to be the other main shop-
    ping district in Lawrence.
    We thought this was the place
    to be if youre not on Massachu-
    setts Street, he said.
    Derek Keller, Marysville senior,
    said he usually purchased his KU
    apparel at Sports Dome, 1000
    Massachusetts St. He had shopped
    at D3 Sports before, but he said he
    had been disappointed with the
    merchandise he had seen.
    It defnitely has a lot of KU
    stuff. It had a lot of accessories, but
    on Massachusetts, they have more
    variety of T-shirts and jerseys,
    Keller said.
    Keller said he thought that D3
    Sports, however, had a good lo-
    cation for business because of its
    proximity to Best Buy and On The
    Border.
    Pam Peterson, realtor for Block
    and Co. Inc. of Kansas City, Mo.,
    said they were in lease negotiations
    with The UPS Store to fll the rest
    of the building currently housing
    D3 Sports.
    Edited by Theresa Montao
    Tuesday, augusT 30, 2005 The universiTy daily Kansan 3a
    August 30, 2005
    THIS WEEK
    PAID FOR BY KU
    ON CAMPUS
    KU Mock Trial will be
    meeting for the rst time
    Thursday, September 1 at
    7pm in Room 203 of
    Green Hall, the law school
    building. We will be having
    try-out sign ups.
    For more information check our our
    website at www.ku.edu/~kumtrial/.
    You can also email kansasmocktri-
    al@hotmail.com
    Kansas Connections will be
    gathering at the Hawks Nest in the
    Kansas Union @ 7:00 Thursday
    September 1st before going in for
    bowling at the Jaybowl. Please
    bring money.
    Visit our website at www.ku.edu/~connect
    for more information.
    Interested in student
    senate elections?
    Dont plan on running but
    want to be involved?
    Join the elections
    commission for the spring
    student senate elections!
    Contact Jason Boots by email or phone
    at jboots@ku.edu or (785) 864-1265.
    Q & A
    Queers & Allies, First Meeting of the Year
    7:30PM
    August 30th
    Big 12 Room, Kansas Union
    on The record
    F A 20-year-old, a 19-year-old
    and a 22-year-old, all KU
    students, reported that a 19-
    year-old and a 46-year-old,
    whom Lawrence police later
    apprehended, attempted to
    steal $410 in valuables from
    a motor vehicle about 12:10
    a.m. Aug. 27 on the 1000
    block of New Hampshire
    Street.
    F A 22-year-old KU student
    reported $6,000 in $100 bills
    stolen sometime between 1
    a.m. and 9 p.m. Aug. 26 on
    the 1000 block of Louisiana
    Street.
    F A 21-year-old student
    reported a $1,519 Gateway
    laptop computer and $530 in
    valuables stolen sometime
    between 7:45 a.m. and 11:30
    a.m. on the 800 block of
    Michigan Street.
    campus
    KU engineering
    team wins contest
    KU mechanical engineering
    students took frst, second
    and third places at a national
    contest to make amusement
    park rides more easily acces-
    sible by those with limited
    mobility.
    Teams participated with
    four members each. First place
    won $5,000, second place won
    $500 and third place received
    $200 in the Access to Fun
    contest. The contest was spon-
    sored by International Associa-
    tion of Amusement Parks and
    Attractions.
    The contest was open to
    universities, professional en-
    gineers and design frms. The
    goal was to develop a device to
    transfer people who use wheel-
    chairs into and out of rides.
    For the contest, the stu-
    dents entry was computer
    modeling and graphic based.
    The frst place team won
    funds to construct a three-
    dimensional miniature of its
    design that will be shown Nov.
    14 to 19 at the IAAPA Attrac-
    tions Expo 2005, an annual
    conference and trade show, at
    the Georgia World Congress
    Center in Atlanta.
    Aly Barland
    Spencer Museum
    to hold fundraiser
    The Spencer Museum of Art
    is holding Dollars for Scholars
    Tag Sale, an event to beneft
    the museums Childrens Art
    Appreciation Classes from 4:30
    to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9.
    The sale will include paintings
    by local artists, costume jewelry,
    antiques, collectibles and ethnic
    art.
    Last year the Docent Scholar-
    ship Program was established to
    enable children from all Law-
    rence schools to attend Saturday
    art classes. Scholarships are
    awarded to pupils based on inter-
    est in art.
    Gaby Souza
    on campus
    F The movie Dead Man on
    Campus will be shown
    in the lobby of McCollum
    Hall, located on Daisy Hill,
    on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
    Student Union Activities and
    the Association of University
    Residence Halls will provide
    snacks and prizes.
    Note: The University Daily Kansan
    prints campus events that are free
    and open to the public. Submission
    forms are available in the Kansan
    newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall.
    Items must be turned in two days in
    advance of the desired publication
    date. On Campus is printed on a
    space available basis.
    correcTion
    F Yesterdays University
    Daily Kansan contained
    an error. The feature This
    Week in KU History
    should have included:
    2005 University of Kansas
    Memorial Corporation, All
    rights reserved.
    KU merchandiser opens
    t Business
    sTaTe
    Shareholders fle
    suit against Kansas
    City pasta maker
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. Share-
    holders of American Italian Pasta
    have fled a third class-action
    lawsuit, claiming offcials lied
    about the health of the company
    to unfairly infate stock values.
    The suit, fled in U.S. District
    Court in Kansas City, names
    current offcers and a former
    offcer.
    The lawsuit came after the
    Kansas City-based pasta maker
    announced it would delay
    the release of third-quarter
    earnings as an internal inves-
    tigation looked into possible
    accounting lapses.
    After the Aug. 9 disclosure,
    founder and former chief exec-
    utive offcer Richard Thompson
    announced he was resigning
    from the companys board.
    No reason was given for
    Thompsons resignation.
    He is president and chief
    executive of The Meow Mix Co.
    in Secaucus, N.J.
    The Associated Press
    Retail development on Iowa Street
    offers shoppers and retailers new
    locations in southern Lawrence
    Kim Andrews/KANSAN
    Jayhawk merchandise lines the racks at D3 Sports, 31st and Iowa streets.
    The store is the newest to open in the area.
    news 4A The UniversiTy DAily KAnsAn TUesDAy, AUgUsT 30, 2005
    Transit
    continued on page 4a
    We probably could, but if we
    did, itd be stupid, Mulinazzi
    said. It looks good to me.
    A n t o n
    Be ng s t on,
    Salina ju-
    nior and stu-
    dent mem-
    ber of the
    task force,
    said he had
    worked with
    the group to
    ensure that
    s t u d e n t s
    w o u l d n t
    lose author-
    ity over their
    bus sys-
    tem, KU on
    Wheels, and said he thought the
    task force had done a good job.
    KU on Wheels is managed by
    the Student Senate Transporta-
    tion Board and also has a student
    coordinator who manages day-to-
    day operations of KU on Wheels.
    Lindy Eakin, vice provost of
    administration and fnance, said
    the University should work to
    solve problems of campus tran-
    sit before dealing with the pos-
    sibility of merging with the citys
    bus system.
    With the future addition of park-
    ing on West Campus, Eakin said
    transit between there and main
    campus would become a larger
    issue. Eakin said it would make
    sense to use city buses for routes
    that havent attracted many stu-
    dents to make the system more
    effcient.
    Edited by Theresa Montao
    By Travis roBineTT
    trobinett@kansan.com
    Kansan staff writer
    The Lawrence City Commis-
    sion gave Lawrence Freenet
    permission last week to mount
    wireless internet transmission
    equipment on city property,
    without paying the normally re-
    quired fee of $1,000 to $1,500 a
    month.
    Joshua Montgomery, presi-
    dent of Lawrence Freenet, said
    the goal of the project was to
    provide broadband Internet to
    all of Lawrence by January 2006
    regardless of location or income
    and was started to bridge the
    digital divide.
    Lawrence Freenet, a non-
    proft organization, has already
    provided limited service imme-
    diately around the area of 28th
    Street and Kasold Drive since
    Aug. 1.
    Montgomery said the service
    has been very straight forward,
    there has been positive feedback
    from Lawrence Freenet users
    and it will continue to expand
    the service.
    Lawrence freenet is very in-
    terested in working with KU,
    Montgomery said. We would
    love to have access to roof tops
    on campus, but havent been
    able to penetrate the bureau-
    cracy.
    According to www.lawrence-
    freenet.org, bandwidth is pur-
    chased by Lawrence Freenet
    while each user purchases an
    access point. The access point
    is a one-time fee of $150. Along
    with internet access, Lawrence
    Freenet plans to provide donat-
    ed computers to citizens who
    cannot afford them.
    Montgomery said students
    would beneft the most from the
    service.
    If they get rid of their cable
    or DSL bill, they would have
    more money to spend on books,
    pizza or beer, he said.
    Mayor Boog Highberger said
    he thought the project would be
    good for the city in general.
    I think some of our kids will
    get a better education, other
    people will notice that we are a
    technological progressive com-
    munity and our attraction ef-
    forts will improve, he said.
    Patrick Knorr, general man-
    ager of Sunflower Broadband,
    said he was not concerned
    with Lawrence Freenets
    service affecting Sunflower
    Broadbands sales because
    Lawrence Freenet has a differ-
    ent business focus.
    Wireline service is less prone
    to interference and technical
    problems than wireless service,
    Knorr said. It isnt concerning
    as long as we stay focused.
    Highberger said that he did
    not think for-proft providers
    would be affected by Lawrence
    Freenet.
    They cant offer the same
    kind of technical support and
    they are not offering their ser-
    vice to businesses, he said.
    Montgomery said Lawrence
    Freenet wouldnt provide its
    service to businesses because it
    wouldnt have the infrastructure
    to support them and there would
    be no billing system in place.
    Knorr said he was worried
    about the City Commissions de-
    cision to waive the fee to mount
    on city property.
    As long as they are providing
    free access, its one thing, he
    said. If their focus changes to
    paid access, it results in compe-
    tition, and that is concerning.
    Montgomery said Lawrence
    Freenet needs volunteers in ar-
    eas involving everything from
    technical service to business
    needs. Along with volunteers,
    the service also needs dona-
    tions, including 400 square feet
    of offce space around town.
    Montgomery said Lawrence
    Freenet would like to raise an
    additional $5,000 to $10,000 to
    speed up the roll out.
    Edited by Ty Beaver
    t CommuniCation
    Liberty and cheap Internet for all
    Group seeks
    wireless access
    throughout city
    Joshua Bickel/KANSAN
    Lawrence Freenet, a non-proft organization, wants to install wireless access points throughout the city, which us-
    ers can purchase for a one-time fee of $150. The service has been available around the 28th Street and Kasold Drive
    area since Aug. 1.
    Kit Leffer/KANSAN
    Bicyclists stop at the light at 11th and Mass on Sunday evening as a thunderstorm blows into town. The late evening storm lasted about an hour and brought
    with it heavy rain and wing gusts- nothing compared to the vast damage done to New Orleans and other coastal cities the same evening by hurricane Katrina.
    And the thunder rolls
    Union continues
    negotiations
    with Boeing
    By Tim Klass
    the associated Press
    SEATTLE Days before a
    contract between Boeing Co.
    and the Machinists union is to
    expire, labor leaders said the
    two sides remain far apart and
    warned of a possible strike.
    Seattle-based Machinists
    Lodge 751 on Monday coun-
    tered the aerospace companys
    latest contract offer with their
    own proposal, but the union de-
    clined to provide details.
    The latest Boeing proposal,
    submitted late Sunday, would
    boost cash bonuses by at least
    $1,500, but Machinists union
    leaders representing 18,400 pro-
    duction workers say it missed
    the point pensions.
    The important thing is that
    were still negotiating. Were still
    discussing the issues, Boeing
    spokesman Charles Bickers said.
    Bickers had characterized
    those changes, which carry an
    immediate price tag of at least
    $27.2 million, as an important
    improvement, a substantial im-
    provement.
    Machinists spokeswoman
    Connie Kelliher said the two
    sides remained far apart and
    dismissed the companys three-
    year offer as a minimal ad-
    vance.
    The companys latest offer
    showed no substantial improve-
    ments on our top three issues,
    which are pensions, health care
    and job security, Kelliher said.
    Workers represented in the
    talks now receive an average of
    $59,000 a year. No general pay
    increase has been offered, but
    Boeing estimates that cost-of-
    living provisions would boost
    base wages by about 1 percent
    in each year of the contract.
    She said Boeings latest offer
    made no changes in job security
    or pension provisions. Boeing
    has offered to boost pension
    contributions by less than the
    amount they were raised in the
    last contract. That agreement
    was reached in the year follow-
    ing the 2001 terrorist attacks,
    when the company was reeling
    from the worldwide economic
    and airline slump.
    The three-year contract with
    Boeings biggest union, which
    represents mostly hourly work-
    ers who assemble passenger
    and cargo jets and build com-
    ponents for those aircraft in the
    Seattle area, Wichita and Gresh-
    am, Ore., expires Friday. Under
    a negotiating timetable cited by
    both sides, Boeings fnal offer is
    due Tuesday.
    The release and discussion of
    proposed Boeing contract terms
    is a marked departure from the
    past, when details were with-
    held until the fnal proposal was
    submitted to a union member-
    ship vote. On Friday the compa-
    ny released details of a revised
    offer, complaining that its frst
    offer had been leaked and mis-
    represented.
    The biggest apparent change
    in the latest offer was in bonus-
    es: $4,500 on ratifcation plus a
    new $1,000 payment in March
    recognizing employees contri-
    butions to Boeings performance
    this year. Thats $1,500 more
    than Boeings previous offer of
    a $2,000 ratifcation bonus and
    $2,000 in cash the frst year of
    the contract.
    The statement said the sec-
    ond bonus amounted to a jump
    start on an earlier incentive pay
    offer that would provide fve
    days of pay to Seattle-area and
    Gresham workers if the com-
    pany meets fnancial targets and
    up to 15 days worth if the tar-
    gets are exceeded.
    Workers also could put all or
    some of their ratifcation bonus-
    es into their voluntary invest-
    ment plans a Boeing version
    of 401(k) plans and the com-
    pany would match 50 percent of
    the frst $2,250 rather than a 50
    percent match on a $2,000 roll-
    over as proposed Friday night.
    Bickers said he did not have
    aggregate cost fgures that would
    cover other changes in the lat-
    est offer, including a new health
    coverage option that would re-
    quire no premiums for a worker
    and partner and a premium of
    $10 per paycheck to add cover-
    age of other family members.
    The zero-premium plan in
    effect would be continued but
    Boeings proposal would require
    workers to pay some premiums.
    Premiums would be increased
    for the majority of health plans.
    t terrorism
    Report illustrates immigration law failures
    By lara JaKes Jordan
    the associated Press
    WASHINGTON Suspect-
    ed or convicted foreign-born
    terrorists have routinely ex-
    ploited federal immigration laws
    over the last decade to enter or
    remain in the United States il-
    legally, according to a report set
    for release Tuesday.
    Once in the country, some of
    them became naturalized citi-
    zens, says the report distributed
    by the Center for Immigration
    Studies, an advocate for stricter
    immigration policies.
    The report provides newly
    compiled data on U.S. terror
    arrests to illustrate gaps in the
    nations border security, visa
    approval and immigration sys-
    tems. It was written by Janice
    Kephart, who served as counsel
    to the 9/11 Commission that
    investigated missteps leading to
    the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
    The attack of 9/11 was not an
    isolated instance of Al-Qaeda infl-
    tration into the United States, the
    46-page report found.
    In fact, dozens of opera-
    tives both before and after 9/11
    other than the 9/11 hijackers
    have managed to enter and
    embed themselves in the Unit-
    ed States, actively carrying out
    plans to commit terrorist acts
    against U.S. interests or sup-
    port designated foreign terrorist
    organizations, the report con-
    cluded. For each to do so, they
    needed the guise of legal immi-
    gration status to support them.
    Overall, 59 of 94 foreign-
    born nationals who were either
    convicted or indicted on terror
    charges broke federal immigra-
    tion laws to enter or remain in
    the country between 1993 and
    2004, the report found. It also
    noted:
    Twenty-two of the 94 either
    had student visas or other appli-
    cations approving them to study
    in the United States; another 17
    used visitor visas to enter the
    country.
    In at least 13 instances, sus-
    pected and convicted terrorists
    overstayed their temporary vi-
    sas.
    Seven of the 94 were indicted
    for using false drivers licenses,
    birth certifcates, Social Security
    cards and immigration records.
    Twenty-one became natural-
    ized citizens.
    The report identifed many of
    the immigrants as affliated with
    at least one terror organization,
    including 40 with Al-Qaeda, 16
    with Hamas, 16 with the Pales-
    tinian or Egyptian Islamic Jihad,
    and six with Hezbollah.
    Tightening U.S. borders
    has become a top priority for
    Homeland Security Secretary
    Michael Chertoff, who last
    week called immigration en-
    forcement an issue of utmost
    importance. The department
    has enacted a slew of pro-
    grams including stricter
    background checks, visa secu-
    rity systems and sharing intelli-
    gence with international allies
    to harden immigration laws
    against terrorists, said spokes-
    man Russ Knocke.
    Since June 2003, the department
    has investigated 7,100 cases of im-
    migrants suspected of violating
    temporary visas, resulting in 1,339
    arrests, Knocke said.
    These programs and oth-
    ers would have placed a sig-
    nifcantly greater amount of
    scrutiny on the 9/11 hijackers,
    vastly improving the odds of
    stopping them before they could
    have completed their attacks,
    Knocke said.
    Recent studies indicate im-
    migration-related cases made
    up for nearly 33 percent of all
    federal prosecutions last year
    more than any other crime.
    A spokesman for the Nation-
    al Immigration Forum, an immi-
    gration advocacy group, did not
    immediately return telephone
    calls seeking comment Monday
    evening.
    Center for Immigration Stud-
    ies spokesman John Keeley said
    the report serves as a chilling
    reminder of vulnerabilities that
    still exist nearly four years after
    the 9/11 attacks.
    When you dont do anything
    about specifc categories that
    have been exploited, you really
    are leaving the back door wide
    open, Keeley said.
    The important
    thing is that were
    still negotiating.
    Were still discuss-
    ing the issues.
    Charles Bickers
    Boeing spokesman
    The attack of
    9/11 was not an
    isolated instance of
    Al-Qaeda infltra-
    tion into the United
    States.
    Report
    Center for Immigration Studies
    Source: Lawrence Freenet
    W e
    pr obabl y
    could, but
    if we did,
    itd be
    stupid.
    Tom Mulinazzi
    Parking commission
    chairman
    t Business
    Tuesday, augusT 30, 2005
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    Free for All callers have 20 seconds to speak about any topic they
    wish. Kansan editors reserve the right to omit comments. Slanderous
    and obscene statements will not be printed. Phone numbers of all
    incoming calls are recorded.
    Im pretty sure that Army officer isnt fighting for my voice,
    hes fighitng so Donald Rumsfeld can have more money for
    his oil company, Halliburton!. (Editors note: Dick Cheney has
    stock in Halliburton, not Donald Rumsfeld.)
    F
    Its funny how the so-called liberal open-minded
    people on our campus are too close minded to
    let people choose whether they want to serve
    our country on our campus.
    F
    The bus map has the key in black and white. You suck.
    F
    Oh my God. Cruel Intentions is on ABC Family. ABC Family?
    Are you kidding me?
    F
    Enforcing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights would
    require the abolition of prisons within the United States. I wish
    John Brown was still alive.
    F
    Please dont breast-feed your children while ordering food
    at Quiznos. Its gross.
    F
    Did anyone else find the picture of the three
    linebackers a little gay?
    F
    When Tracy told me that Hanson was playing at Liberty
    Hall in November, I couldnt believe my ears!
    F
    Thats what I love about these freshman girls, I get older,
    they stay the same age.
    F
    I just want to say Lewis 516 aint got nothing
    on McCollum 353.
    F
    Travis Robinetts article on the new woman
    gynocologist at Watkins rocked!
    F
    Is it an all-time low if a professor calls you
    dumb to your face?
    F
    So I just saw this chick get an M.I.P. at On the Border
    How lame is that?
    F
    We are the music makers. We are the
    dreamers of dreams.
    Assimilated students lose culture
    t Brownie poinTs
    tkaTe The greaT
    Bolt on Bolton for U.N.
    www.kansan.com page 5a
    Public schools teach stu-
    dents more than the curricu-
    lum. Interactions between
    different cultures, races and
    classes can be far more edu-
    cational than what the teach-
    ers put on the board. When
    many students come to the
    University, these lessons be-
    come more acutely notice-
    able. These lessons are also
    incredibly valuable.
    When I refer to myself as
    being a brown person, nine
    times out of 10 the person Im
    talking to, who, needless to
    say, is white, starts laughing
    at me because I am catego-
    rizing myself as a color. I do
    not find it offensive to refer to
    myself as brown, nor do I find
    it offensive when people refer
    to me as being brown.
    After I classify myself as be-
    ing brown, the [white] person
    Im talking to asks what the
    criteria are for being a brown
    person. The guideline I use is
    that they have to be Indian,
    Pakistani, Afghani, Bengali
    or originally from somewhere
    in that region. And of course,
    they have to have a skin tone
    that matches a shade of olive-
    brown.
    The real question is, as we
    start to lump people of the
    same skin color into groups
    such as black, white and,
    more recently, brown, does it
    make people forget that their
    peers, as well as themselves,
    have an original heritage?
    It is obvious that within
    secondary schools, both pub-
    lic and private, the value of
    culture is not presented to the
    degree it should be.
    True, this is a terrific move-
    ment to end race and gender
    discrimination, but there has
    to be some way to conserve
    culture and feel open to talk
    about it before getting to a
    big university. I know first-
    hand that it has always been
    hard to refer to myself as be-
    ing Pakistani, because some
    people do not know where or
    what that is.
    Therefore, I have started
    to classify myself as being
    brown. But as I continue to
    characterize myself by my skin
    tone, I can say that I have for-
    gotten the little things that I
    took into account while I was
    living at home with my brown
    parents, who exposed me to
    Pakistani and Indian culture
    every day.
    The same is true for white
    people and African Ameri-
    cans, who are referred to as
    black. Honestly, when is the
    last time you asked a Cau-
    casian person where they or
    their families were from? The
    term white person has been
    around for much longer than
    the term brown person and
    it is noticeable that American
    white people of our genera-
    tion do not know too much
    about their original heritage.
    If we continue to use colors
    instead of countries to repre-
    sent people, it will lead to a
    mixing of cultures that may
    offend some people. We must
    find a way to balance our cul-
    ture as an American white,
    black, Asian or brown person
    while maintaining the more
    acute aspects of our heritage.
    F Fareed is a Lenexa junior
    in biochemistry.
    No, kids, this is not the frst time,
    nor will it be the last. The recess
    nomination of John Bolton to act
    as the United States Ambassador
    to the United Nations is just the
    latest of many atrocities George W.
    Bush has perpetrated since taking
    offce. Although recess nomina-
    tions are not a rarity, it is rare for
    a position of this magnitude to be
    flled through a recess nomination.
    Bolton failed to receive Senate
    conformation, not once, but twice.
    And perhaps the best reason why
    Bolton should not be allowed to
    serve as U.N. ambassador is the
    cowardice of allowing a man, who
    has repeatedly referred to the U.N.
    as a meaningless entity, act in such
    a powerful position. According to
    an article by Edith M. Lederer of
    The Washington Post, Bolton said
    the following in reference to the
    validity of the U.N., [There is] no
    such thing as the United Nations,
    just an international community
    that occasionally can be led by the
    only real power left in the world,
    and that is the United States. And
    so the question remains.
    Why is this man, who obviously
    possesses no faith in the work of
    the U.N., now holding a position
    that will soon be responsible for
    contributing to the vast changes
    that the U.N. will undergo in Sep-
    tember? John Bolton should be as
    far away from the U.N. as George
    Bush is from alternate fuels. Our
    system of government, which in-
    cludes checks and balances, is
    made to prevent extremists on
    either side of the political spectrum
    from gaining too much power.
    When the Senate twice rejected the
    nomination of Bolton, this should
    have been a clear indicator to our
    pretentious president that Bolton
    was not the right man for the job.
    Instead Bush acted in typical
    Bush fashion. He ignored what so-
    ciety and the majority of Senators
    had to say, and did whatever he
    wants. Senators, both Democrat
    and Republican, have expressed
    concerns about the ability of
    Bolton to carry out his responsibili-
    ties in a positive fashion. According
    to a May 2005 issue of Time, Sen.
    Joseph Voinovich (R-Ohio), went
    on record saying My conscious
    got me ... and prevented him from
    agreeing with his Republican coun-
    terparts in supporting Boltons
    nomination. Bolton also tripped
    over his words to Congress when
    asked if he had been questioned
    by government offcials about Iraq
    attempting to smuggle arms from
    Africa before the war. Somehow
    this little investigation must have
    slipped his mind when asked if he
    had been questioned by the State
    Department. Still, this oversight did
    not stop Bush from making Bolton
    his new wingman for the U.N..
    Bush has praised Bolton as the
    right man for the job saying Am-
    bassador Bolton believes passion-
    ately in the goals of the United
    Nations Charter, to advance peace
    and liberty and human rights, ac-
    cording to The Washington Post.
    Maybe the President was off va-
    cationing on the ranch when The
    Post also quoted Bolton as say-
    ing that it, wouldnt make a bit
    of difference if the top 10 foors
    of the United Nations which
    include the secretary-generals of-
    fce vanished from the 39-story
    headquarters building. Although
    the majority of Senators saw right
    through John Bolton and his series
    of lies and blatant disregard for the
    U.N., he will now act as Ambas-
    sador to the U.N. until January of
    2007.
    Instead of fnding out just how
    much damage Bolton can do in
    New York in the next year and a
    half, citizens must hold Bolton ac-
    countable for all actions he takes
    in his new offce while advocating
    that he is not now and will never
    be the right person for the job.
    As for the president, its hardly
    a surprise that George would pick
    someone as dishonest as John
    Bolton for a position that requires
    a great magnitude of respect for the
    other 190 nations of the world. Af-
    ter all, it takes a liar to love a liar.
    F Kimball is a Newton junior in
    political science and journalism.
    t ediTorial
    What does possession of mari-
    juana and speeding on the high-
    way have in common? Nothing
    yet, but if the executive direc-
    tor of the Drug Policy Forum of
    Kansas, Laura Green, success-
    fully persuades the City Com-
    mission at the upcoming Sept. 6
    meeting, then getting caught with
    marijuana would be treated as a
    speeding ticket. That is if they are
    caught at all.
    Penalties for having marijuana
    should remain at the State and
    Federal Courts level and not
    brought down to the City Courts
    just because people feel like its
    too harsh.
    Of course, the majority of the
    people in Lawrence that took the
    Lawrence Journal-Worlds poll
    asking should marijuana posses-
    sion be treated as a traffc ticket,
    the response was predictable.
    518 of the 734 votes were in favor
    of this proposal that should just
    go up in smoke.
    As Green wrote in her letter
    to the City Commissioners, her
    reasoning was for the welfare of
    students. As it stands now, a KU
    student found in possession of
    marijuana will be arrested and
    the case would be held at Doug-
    las County Courthouse. Because
    the case would be in a State or
    Federal Courthouse, the student
    would be denied fnancial aid be-
    cause of the drug conviction.
    If marijuana possession cases
    were held in City Court, then a
    drug possession would not ap-
    pear on a students record.
    The proposal also asks that
    marijuana enforcement would
    become a low priority. Making
    the punishment less severe for
    this offense would increase the
    number of incidents. If there is
    no incentive to stay drug-free,
    then the drug problem will rise.
    Its like making all speeding tick-
    ets $10 or $50 no matter how fast
    you were traveling over the speed
    limit. This would just produce
    more people speeding because
    the consequence isnt that great
    of a punishment.
    Green states in her letter to
    the City Commission, The long-
    term beneft will be less young
    people with criminal records
    This is the line shes used to win
    over Lawrences mayor, Boog
    Highberger, and District At-
    torney Charles Branson, who
    handles the marijuana cases for
    Douglas County.
    In August 24, 2005 edition
    of the Lawrence-Journal World,
    Highberger said, It wouldnt bar
    a student from getting fnancial
    aid[its] appropriate because
    I think that would be a pretty
    harsh penalty for getting caught
    with a little pot. What, then,
    does qualify as a little pot, Mr.
    Mayor? The Lawrence-Journal
    World article says the criteria is
    small amounts of marijuana for
    personal use, not cases involving
    drug dealers.
    So, its a little pot, thats okay.
    But what about drug dealers who
    make money here in Lawrence
    by selling by the bowl full? They
    arent selling it by the kilo, after
    all.
    And what about those stu-
    dents who need fnancial aid
    who didnt get caught with pot?
    This law makes it possible for a
    student without a drug convic-
    tion to get passed up for student
    loans by a student with a drug
    conviction.
    Green said the penalties
    would be similar to those already
    existing: a combination of diver-
    sion, treatment, probation and a
    maximum fne of $2,500 or a year
    in jail. - the Lawrence-Journal
    World, Aug. 24, 2005. If the pen-
    alties are the same except for the
    arrest and the drug felony, then
    this should be a moot point.
    If you smoke pot and you get
    caught, its simple - you go to
    jail. Lawrence is not a monopoly
    game; there should be no get out
    of jail cards here.
    Certainly the fnes and jail-time
    remain the same, but the long
    lasting effects of being caught
    with an illegal substance become
    virtually nil for frst time offend-
    ers, provided they get caught do-
    ing the offending at all.
    If drug users and dealers in
    other Kansas towns hear that
    they can get their frst time of-
    fenses stricken from the record,
    wont they fock to a town where
    they know that there wont be
    any long term consequences to
    their record?
    Combine that with marijuana
    enforcement becoming a low
    priority, and its almost a given
    that marijuana use in Lawrence
    will increase, and it seems like
    our law-makers are okay with
    that.
    Well, the editorial board is not.
    The proposed plan is a complete
    lapse in moral judgement.
    F Sara Garlick for
    the editorial board.
    To all the freshman sucking up the
    Free For All, stop calling.
    F
    With the increased popularity of the Free For All, I hereby
    make the claim that it has become the new
    crossword puzzle.
    F
    You know its over when your girlfriend
    changes her status from In a
    Relationship to Single.
    F
    This is a question for Bauer, with Wisconsin in
    the Big 12 now, are they projected to win the
    Big 12 championship? (Editors note: Bauer had
    nothing to do with the headline)
    F
    This guy used the word bereft in one of my classes
    the other day, and it made me want to jump his bones.
    F
    My girlfriend just told me that she cheated on me.
    She told me after we had sex.
    F
    This is the guy whos girlfriend cheated on him.
    Im gay now.
    F
    To the guy I almost hit on 15th and Naismith on Friday
    night, I am so sorry!
    F
    Dear KU, if maintaining the highest collegiate rank
    isnt a top priority, then could you at least let some
    hotter girls in the engineering program?
    F
    A piece on the Red Cross and homosexuality is
    the last thing I would ever read, but as soon as I
    saw Megan Logues picture in the opinion page,
    believe me, I read the whole thing.
    F
    Is it just me, or do the Union bathroom stalls
    get narrower and narrower every year?
    F
    I would like to announce that I just joined the
    facebook.com.
    F
    I think Wal-Mart has the most handi-capped
    spots ever! Thats it, Im going to Target.
    F
    I have a gas leak, which means my girlfriend and
    I cant have sex. Thanks Aquila.
    F
    M.I.P. at O.T.B.? W.T.F.!
    F
    Brandon Ringwoods brief should have been front-page
    material. Grow a pair, Kansan.
    F
    To the people at 12th and Ohio, sorry that
    we just stole your keg.
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    opinion@kansan.com
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    Forward
    continued from page 12a
    effort in workouts and time on
    the feld does little to tire a girl
    with a goal.
    All I can do is what I can
    control, she said. I train as
    hard as I can and work as hard
    as I can. Individually, its good to
    be recognized but if I was on the
    worst team in the nation then
    nobody would know me. Its a
    team thing and Im just a part of
    it, just like everybody else.
    After working with Smith
    throughout her entire collegiate
    career, Kansas soccer coach
    Mark Francis has come to know
    his star forward and what to ex-
    pect from her.
    Shes hard on herself, but
    thats one of the things that
    makes her good. Shes never re-
    ally satisfed so shes continually
    pushing herself to get better.
    She is extremely competi-
    tive. Whether it be in practice,
    an exhibition game, or a NCAA
    tournament game, she always
    brings the same every day,
    Francis said.
    He also admitted that Smith
    can be a challenge to coach, but
    not because of her lack of any-
    thing. He said sometimes they
    dont see eye to eye when he com-
    pliments her. That sometimes he
    has to convince her that she is do-
    ing a good job because she is so
    tough and demanding of herself.
    Ive learned so much from
    coach that I feel like I am some-
    times a coach on the feld. I just
    understand it, she said. Some-
    times I say too much and coach
    doesnt like it, but we usually
    work it out.
    As her senior season gets up
    and running after last weekends
    opening games against Michigan
    and Wisconsin, Smith faces a
    new set of expectations brought
    on by others, but mainly those
    she puts on herself.
    Im looking at my senior
    year right now and every minute
    I put in. In three months its go-
    ing to be over for me. But I still
    come out here every day because
    I want to be the best I have ever
    been, she said.
    Francis said he thought the
    team could return to the NCAA
    tournament and Smith could
    help lead them there, and that
    statistically she was looking at
    having her best season.
    Smith is not measuring her f-
    nal season in terms of champion-
    ships or all-conference accolades.
    Success to her is more than that.
    It doesnt have to be [a cham-
    pionship]. It has to be having the
    best teammates on the feld and
    enjoying every moment, every win,
    I have with them, Smith said.
    I wont have these team-
    mates again. I just want to leave
    here with my teammates know-
    ing that I gave everything I have
    and me knowing that they gave
    everything that they have.
    Edited by Ty Beaver
    The AssociATed Press
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. Nick
    Punto hit a two-run double in
    the 10th inning, leading the
    Minnesota Twins over the Kan-
    sas City Royals 3-1 Monday
    night.
    Shawn Camp (1-4) walked
    Jason Bartlett and Michael Ryan
    with one out in the 10th and
    Punto, in a 2-for-17 slide, dou-
    bled to gap in left-center.
    Juan Rincon (6-4) worked
    out of a bases loaded jam in the
    ninth and pitched two score-
    less innings. Joe Nathan got
    three outs for his 33rd save in
    36 chances, completing a fve-
    hitter.
    Minnesota, struggling to stay
    in contention in the AL wild-
    card race, had lost four of fve
    coming in.
    The Twins are 13-6 in ex-
    tra-inning games, the most
    extra-inning wins in the major
    leagues.
    Kansas City has lost four
    straight after winning four of
    fve following a 19-game losing
    streak. The Royals are 4-20 in
    August.
    After Aaron Guiels leadoff
    single in the ninth, Kansas City
    loaded the bases with two outs,
    but Angel Berroa hit an inning-
    ending grounder.
    Scott Baker, just promoted
    from Triple-A Rochester, held
    the Royals to one run and four
    hits in seven innings.
    He struck out fve, walked
    one and had two double plays
    turned behind him.
    Lew Ford doubled and scored
    on Michael Cuddyers two-out
    single in the fourth. It was the
    frst time in seven games that the
    Twins had scored before the sev-
    enth inning.
    Emil Browns two-out RBI
    double tied the score in the
    bottom half following Terrence
    Longs infeld single.
    D.J. Carrasco, 0-3 in fve
    starts since July 24, allowed one
    run and six hits in fve innings.
    Kansas Citys starting line-
    up was without Mike Swee-
    ney, who has lower back
    problems; David DeJesus,
    who injured his right shoul-
    der Sunday making a diving
    catch; and designated hitter
    Matt Stairs, who missed his
    fourth consecutive start with
    a strained left hamstring.
    Stairs pinch hit in the
    10th and hit a game-ending
    groundout.
    Notes:
    F RHP Runelvys Hernandez, on
    the Royals disabled list, had a
    MRI exam Monday of his sore
    shoulder and is to be evalu-
    ated Wednesday by Dr. Lewis
    Yocum in Los Angeles.
    F Twins rookie DH Terry Tiffee
    stole his frst career base in the
    second inning.
    F Mike MacDougal struck out
    two in a perfect ninth. He has
    not allowed an earned run in
    20 of his past 23 appearances.
    Ed Zurga/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Kansas City Royals starting pitcher D.J. Carrasco delivers a pitch to Minnesota Twins Michael Ryan in the frst inning yesterday, in Kansas City, Mo. The
    Twins defeated the Royals 3-1 in 10 innings. The Royals had the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth.
    Royals close August play in another slump
    t MLB
    By EddiE PElls
    The AssociATed Press
    DENVER The reason run-
    ning back Maurice Clarett isnt
    with the Denver Broncos any-
    more is pretty simple.
    We have four guys I believe
    can play, coach Mike Shana-
    han said.
    And Clarett never made his
    way into that mix.
    The Broncos returned to
    practice Monday and Shana-
    han answered questions about
    why he decided to waive Clar-
    ett, the surprise third-round
    draft choice who was slowed
    by a groin injury and never
    made any impact in Denvers
    training camp.
    That Clarett was a bust isnt
    a shock to most around the
    league. He was out of football
    for two years and performed
    badly at the NFL scouting com-
    bine. And thats to say nothing
    of the troubles he endured off
    the feld.
    In Denver, the pick is being
    viewed as a bad example of hu-
    bris for Shanahan, the Master-
    mind, who has turned lower
    pickslike Terrell Davis, Rue-
    ben Droughns and Mike An-
    dersoninto stars and probably
    thought he could do the same,
    even with a prospect as check-
    ered as Clarett.
    To his credit, Shanahan didnt
    linger on this mistake, decid-
    ing to cut ties quickly instead of
    forcing something to work. And
    the coach conceded he did err by
    picking the star of Ohio States
    2002 national championship.
    I think any time you cut
    somebody in the third round, you
    feel like you made a mistake,
    Shanahan said. When you do
    that, you make a mistake and
    you go on. At least you evaluate
    it. Thats not to say that Maurice
    doesnt have a chance to go to
    another football team and make
    that team and contribute. But in
    a true evaluation of your own
    organization, when you use a
    third-round draft choice and he
    does not make your team, obvi-
    ously its not good.
    The Broncos had not off-
    cially announced their cuts as of
    Monday afternoon. When Clar-
    ett does offcially land on waiv-
    ers, teams will have 24 hours
    to claim him and the incentive-
    laden contract he signed with
    Denver.
    It is more likely that Clarett will
    become a free agent, free to nego-
    tiate a new deal with anyone.
    Im not real confdent of any-
    thing at this point, Claretts agent,
    Steve Feldman said Sunday. Well
    see what happens now.
    Clarett missed about two
    weeks of practice with a nag-
    ging groin injury that prevented
    him from making the trip to
    Houston, where the Broncos
    practiced three days and played
    the Texans in their preseason
    opener.
    When the Broncos returned
    from the trip, Shanahan was no
    longer in the mood to defend
    the player he took a chance on,
    saying instead that he couldnt
    evaluate Clarett if he wasnt at
    practice.
    Last week, Shanahan said he
    planned on getting Clarett some
    playing time Friday in Denvers
    preseason fnale against Ari-
    zona. But when Quentin Griffn
    made his preseason debut last
    Saturday against the Colts and
    showed his surgically repaired
    knee was healthy, the Broncos
    knew they had their foursome
    at tailback: Griffn, Ron Dayne,
    Tatum Bell and Mike Anderson.
    Meanwhile, Cecil Sapp can
    play tailback and fullback and
    will likely earn a roster spot.
    I felt so good about the run-
    ning backs and what theyve
    done, Shanahan said. I wasnt
    going to give him playing time
    and take away from our other
    four.
    Second-round draft pick Dar-
    rent Williams said Clarett got
    down about his lack of reps dur-
    ing practices.
    I tried to give him encour-
    agement. At times he was down
    because he was used to start-
    ing, Williams said.
    Hardly anyone thought he
    had a chance to start for the
    Broncos. That he never played
    a down, not even in the pre-
    season, came as a surprise.
    Weve made mistakes be-
    fore, Shanahan said. Well
    make mistakes in the future.
    Just because we draft somebody
    in the third round doesnt mean
    theyre automatically going to
    be on our football team. Weve
    cut our frst-rounders, second-
    rounders before. You dont feel
    very good about those scenari-
    os, but they do happen.
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    AT T H E T O P O F T H E H I L L
    t NFL
    Broncos re-evaluate
    running back pick
    Shanahan cuts
    Clarett after
    lack of play
    Im not real
    confdent of any-
    thing at this point.
    Well see what
    happens now.
    Steve Feldmen
    Maurice Claretts agent
    sports
    By Daniel Berk
    dberk@kansan.com
    Kansan senior sportswriter
    Editors Note: This is the
    ninth of 11 articles previewing
    Kansas competition in the Big
    12 Conference. The articles will
    run every day from now until
    Sept. 1. Tomorrow, the Kansan
    will look at Kansas State.
    While some teams in the Big
    12 Conference opted for easier
    non-conference games this sea-
    son, Colorado did not shy away
    from diffcult opponents.
    Colorado will travel to Mi-
    ami to take on the University of
    Miami in its third game of the
    season.
    The Buffaloes also open their
    season with a tough home game
    against rival Colorado State in
    a nationally televised contest.
    Colorado coach Gary Barnett
    said the hard schedule would
    prepare his team well for con-
    ference play, while also helping
    with recruiting.
    It is part of the tradition,
    Barnett said. You come to
    Colorado, you get to play those
    great teams.
    Barnett said part of the reason
    he felt comfortable scheduling
    diffcult games was because of the
    experience that senior quarter-
    back Joel Klatt would provide.
    Klatt started 12 of the Buf-
    faloes 13 games last season, in-
    cluding the teams appearance
    in the EV1.net Houston Bowl.
    He threw for 2,065 yards and
    nine touchdowns.
    Joel can coach our offen-
    sive line, Barnett said. He has
    taken all the young guys this
    summer, coached all the young
    quarterbacks and receivers. He
    is literally a coach on the feld
    for you.
    Klatts main target will be
    senior tight end Joe Klopfen-
    stein. Klopfenstein earned sec-
    ond-team All-Big 12 honors last
    season and caught 28 passes for
    four touchdowns.
    Klatt said he would be look-
    ing to throw more long passes
    this season and avoid missing
    opportunities in the red-zone.
    We need to have the ability
    to strike for touchdowns over
    25, 30 yards so that we dont
    get into the games where all of a
    sudden we are beating our heads
    against the wall trying to run the
    football in the end zone, Klatt
    said.
    The running game will be led
    by senior tailback Lawrence
    Vickers, who could see action
    at running back and fullback.
    Vickers ran for 248 yards last
    season and also caught 27 pass-
    es for 274 yards.
    On defense, the teams biggest
    strength will be its linebackers.
    Senior linebacker Brian Iwuh
    racked up 98 tackles last season
    and should lead the linebacker
    unit again this season. He is the
    teams most experienced defen-
    sive player with 16 career starts.
    Iwuh will be joined by sopho-
    more linebacker Jordan Dizon.
    Dizon was named the Big 12s
    Defensive Newcomer of the Year
    last season, after tallying 82 tack-
    les. Junior linebacker Thaddaeus
    Washington will also return after
    starting much of last season.
    A weapon that went unno-
    ticed by some college football
    fans was junior placekicker Ma-
    son Crosby. Crosby was named
    to the Big 12 Preseason Football
    Team by the media, and has re-
    ceived All-American attention
    from various publications. Cros-
    by will enter his third season at
    Colorado already third on its
    all-time list in feld goals made,
    with 26. He is tied for sixth in
    scoring by a kicker with 137
    points. Crosby also had a 60
    yard feld goal last year and was
    a perfect 15-for-15 from inside
    the 40 yard line.
    We wouldnt have won eight
    games last season without Ma-
    son, Barnett said. He is a
    weapon for us. He is a once-in-
    a-25-year player.
    Colorado will open its con-
    ference schedule with a game at
    Oklahoma State Oct. 1 and will
    fnish the regular season Nov.
    25 with a home date against Ne-
    braska.
    Edited by Erick R. Schmidt
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    Kansan fle photo
    Greg Heaggans, then junior wide receiver, attempts to spin past Gerrett Burl, then Colorado sophomore cornerback,
    while Darren Rus, then junior linebacker, looks to block during the game against Colorado last season. The Jayhawks
    will travel to Boulder, Colo., Oct. 22 to take on the Buffaloes.
    t Big 12 FootBall
    Schedule doesnt scare Buffaloes
    Barnett says games against Miami
    and Colorado State draw recruits
    Date Opponent Location
    09/03/2005 ColoradoState Boulder,Colo.
    09/10/2005 NewMexicoState Boulder,Colo.
    09/24/2005 Miami Miami,Fla.
    10/01/2005 OklahomaState Stillwater,Okla.
    10/08/2005 TexasA&M Boulder,Colo.
    10/15/2005 Texas Austin,Texas
    10/22/2005 Kansas Boulder,Colo.
    10/29/2005 KansasState Manhattan,Kan.
    11/05/2005 Missouri Boulder,Colo.
    11/12/2005 IowaState Ames,Iowa
    11/25/2005 Nebraska Boulder,Colo.
    Source: Colorado Athletics Department
    colorado 2005 schedule
    The associaTeD Press
    COLUMBIA, Mo. Aaron
    ONeal, who died July 12 during a
    voluntary summer football work-
    out, will never step inside the Uni-
    versity of Missouris planned $16
    million athletics training center.
    But those who follow in his
    footsteps will work out, study
    and watch game flms in a ren-
    ovated building with a room
    named after ONeal one of a
    series of season-long and perma-
    nent remembrances for the back-
    up middle linebacker announced
    Monday by coach Gary Pinkel.
    The Tigers frst two games of
    the season Saturday against
    Arkansas State in Kansas City
    and Sept. 10 in Columbia
    against New Mexico will in-
    clude a moment of silence for
    ONeal. Tiger players will line
    up at their 25-yard line in honor
    of ONeals uniform number.
    They will wear his number
    on the back of their helmets,
    display No. 25 on two grassy ex-
    panses inside Memorial Stadium
    and keep his locker vacant until
    2008, the year the redshirt fresh-
    man from suburban St. Louis
    was scheduled to graduate.
    This is not my decision at
    all, said Pinkel. The players
    came up with this.
    Boone County medical exam-
    iner Valerie Rao determined last
    week that ONeal, 6-foot-3 and
    220 pounds, died of viral men-
    ingitis, a rare infammation of
    the tissues and infection of the
    fuid covering the brain that is
    rarely fatal. ONeals father has
    fled suit against Pinkel, athlet-
    ics director Mike Alden and 12
    football trainers and strength
    coaches, alleging negligence
    in the moments leading up to
    ONeals death.
    t Big 12 FootBall
    Mizzou
    plans to
    honor
    player
    tuesday, august 30, 2005 the university daily Kansan 11a sports
    Players ready for early practice
    By Michael PhilliPs
    mphillips@kansan.com
    Kansan sportswriter
    With six weeks remaining until Late
    Night in the Phog, the womens bas-
    ketball players are already practicing
    together.
    NCAA rules allow the coaches to
    spend eight hours a week with the
    players before the formal start of the
    season on Oct. 14.
    Kansas womens basketball coach
    Bonnie Henrickson used six hours of
    that time away from the court, where
    she focused on the strength and con-
    ditioning of her players. The other two
    hours were spent on the court, where
    players worked on individual skills.
    Were going to stay with all the
    individual work weve done, and I
    think with so many new kids, thats
    important for us, Henrickson
    said.
    This years Kansas team will have a
    mix of six newcomers and six veterans.
    As the month progresses, the
    coaches will split their allotted time
    differently. The team will spend three
    hours on the court this week.
    Veterans back together
    Senior forward Crystal Kemp
    stayed in Lawrence, but she said it
    was hard to fnd available leagues.
    A lot of the things during the
    summer have to be certifed by the
    NCAA, so you cant play in just any
    league, Kemp said. I just worked
    individually and played in pickup
    games.
    Senior guard Erica Hallman re-
    turned home to Kentucky to play in the
    Northern Kentucky Womens Summer
    Basketball League. The league consist-
    ed of mostly collegiate players.
    Hallmans team went undefeat-
    ed during the season and won the
    championship.
    She said she mostly played the
    shooting guard position because she
    probably would play that position
    more this year.
    Shaquina Mosley, a junior-college
    transfer from Arizona, was invited to
    try out for the USA womens nation-
    al team along with 57 of the nations
    top players.
    That was really exciting, to meet
    so many new people, Mosley said.
    While at the trials, she played
    with junior guard/forward Camille
    Little of North Carolina, senior
    guard/forward Monique Currie of
    Duke, and junior guard Nikki Blue
    of UCLA.
    The players went through drills
    and workouts in the mornings be-
    fore scrimmaging in the afternoons.
    Edited by Nate Karlin
    athletics calendar
    TOMORROW
    F Soccer vs. Missouri State, 5 p.m.,
    Jayhawk Soccer Complex

    THURSDAY
    F Volleyball vs. Utah Valley State (BYU/
    UVSC challenge), 8 p.m., Orem, Utah
    FRIDAY
    F Volleyball vs. Montana State (BYU/USVC
    challenge), 1 p.m., Provo, Utah
    F Soccer vs. Arkansas, 6 p.m., Jayhawk
    Soccer Complex
    F Volleyball vs. BYU (BYU/USVC challenge),
    8 p.m., Provo, Utah
    SATURDAY
    F Cross Country, Bob Timmons Invitational,
    9 a.m., Rim Rock Farm
    F Football vs. Florida Atlantic, 6 p.m.,
    Memorial Stadium
    intramurals
    New club allows students to
    go to bat for themselves
    A new club sport is taking form at the Univer-
    sity of Kansas.
    The Kansas Club Baseball team will prepare to
    start its premier season at an informational meeting
    tonight. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in Room 202
    of the Student Recreation Fitness Center.
    Anyone is permitted to participate in the
    league, but participants who intend to play
    must help with fundraising events as well.
    Despite the teams club sport category, the rules
    of the game will be like any other baseball team.
    The team will be part of the National Club Baseball
    Association and compete in the Mid-Plains Confer-
    ence. Other members of the conference include
    Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Iowa State.
    Although the season will not start until
    spring, the baseball club will still be active in
    the fall. They plan to have practices one or two
    times a week for a month, and then have try-
    outs during the beginning of November.
    For questions about the club, or if you are
    interested in participating but cannot attend the
    meeting, contact BJ Rains, also a Kansan sports-
    writer, at stlku27@ku.edu.
    Eric Ammerman
    Kansas hopes to emulate Baylor this season
    By Michael PhilliPs
    mphillips@kansan.com
    Kansan sportswriter
    When the Kansas womens basket-
    ball team plays Baylor this year, the
    Jayhawks will be going up against
    more than just the defending nation-
    al champions. It will be a match up
    against a team whose story the Jay-
    hawks would like to emulate.
    It took Baylor womens basketball
    coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson just fve
    years after coming to Waco, Texas, to
    turn the team into national champions.
    As Kansas womens basketball
    coach Bonnie Henrickson enters
    her second year, she said she saw
    the Baylor national title victory as a
    positive for Kansas.
    It helps us to be able to look at
    how quickly they were able to turn it
    around and win a national champi-
    onship, Henrickson said.
    The quality of play in the Big 12
    Conference is as high as anywhere
    else in the country. The conference
    has led the NCAA in attendance at
    womens games for the last six years,
    according big12sports.com.
    Its such a tough league to win
    on the road because of the crowds,
    Henrickson said. It is hard to play
    in front of six or seven thousand
    people a night. That doesnt happen
    in any other league.
    Senior forward Crystal Kemp said
    she expected the league to be even
    tougher than it was last year, when
    the conference had fve teams ranked
    in the top 25.
    Its going to be more competitive,
    and were going to try to prove that
    we can play with them, Kemp said.
    Kansas ranked 11th in the league
    in home attendance last year with a
    total of 34,031. Its biggest crowd was
    when Kansas State brought its fans
    down I-70 and visited Allen Field-
    house. The game attracted 5,551
    people, according to kuathletics.com.
    Henrickson said she was confdent
    that success would generate fans for
    the Fieldhouse to be an intimidating
    venue for visiting opponents. She
    said she compared the style of the
    womens game to that of the NBA in
    the 60s, which put an emphasis on
    fundamental passing and scoring.
    If that holds true, Baylor will
    stand as the Los Angeles Lakers of
    the league, with its national title last
    season.
    Kansas will look to thrive on in-
    creased attendance and success on
    the court to work its way toward
    Baylors level of success on the hard-
    wood last season.
    Edited by Patrick Ross
    2004-05 Big 12 Womens Basketball Attendance
    Team (National Rank) Total Attendance Average
    1. Texas Tech (3) 201,621 12,601
    2. Kansas State (8) 98,874 7,606
    3. Iowa State (9) 110,944 7,396
    4. Baylor (12) 95,688 6,835
    5. Texas (13) 95,360 6,811
    6. Oklahoma (17) 74,032 5,695
    7. Nebraska (25) 64,348 4,022
    8. Texas A&M (36) 49,729 3,108
    9. Missouri (52) 28,848 2,219
    10. Colorado (53) 30,735 2,195
    11. Kansas (55) 34,031 2,127
    12. Oklahoma State (68) 26,472 1,765
    Source: Big12sports.com
    Filling the House
    2004-05 NCAA Division I Womens
    Basketball Conference Attendance
    Leaders
    1. Big 12 - 937,611 (5,180 per game)
    2. Big Ten - 799,605 (4,998 per game)
    3. SEC - 687,655 (3,799 per game)
    4. Big East - 565,912 (3,290 per
    game)
    5. ACC - 461,760 (2,654 per game)
    Source: Big12sports.com
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    tuesday, august 30, 2005
    Forward shrugs off her laurels
    By AlissA BAuer
    abauer@kansan.com
    Kansan sportswriter
    Caroline Smith hasnt expe-
    rienced a season at Kansas that
    wasnt followed by a shower of
    awards and accolades.
    The senior forward holds the
    all-time scorer role with 45 ca-
    reer goals and 104 points,
    She has been an All-American
    twice, not counting ESPN the
    Magazines academic All-Amer-
    ican 2nd team nod in 2004.
    Smith was named Big 12 aca-
    demic All-American; All-Big 12
    frst team; and Big 12 All-Tour-
    nament selection.
    Each not once, but twice.
    Still trying to fully grasp just
    how valuable this 5-foot-2 Min-
    nesota native is? Smith was
    also named to the 2002 All-Big
    12 newcomer team, was an All-
    American and named to the
    Central Region all-freshman
    team in the same year.
    It is nearly impossible to think
    of the Jayhawks recent success
    without bringing up her name,
    not to mention her statistics.
    So, what is the big deal about
    Caroline Smith?
    People that score goals get a
    lot of attention, she said.
    The press constantly hound-
    ing her after games means little
    to Smith. Even in the long list
    of awards that shes earned, she
    said her favorite award wasnt
    amongst those.
    It wouldnt be an award,
    Smith said. It would be our Big
    12 Championship from last year.
    That was special for us, we won
    games that we were supposed to
    win. I think thats the best one.
    She said she had no trouble
    seeing through the hype and
    the talk surrounding her name
    and instead listens to those who
    mean the most to her.
    The most important compli-
    ment Ive ever gotten is that my
    teammates like to play with me,
    she said. I dont want to be one
    of those people that scores goals
    but people hate stepping on the
    feld with.
    And that stepping on the feld
    is something the senior doesnt
    take for granted, especially since
    she has battled injuries for much
    of her career. She now wears a
    head piece to protect her from
    another concussion.
    Shes a tough kid, Coach
    Mark Francis said of his four-
    year starter. She gets knocked
    around a lot. Thats her style of
    play, but she always gets up.
    Smith cant remember her life
    before her frst soccer game at
    only three years old. She said
    she had no idea what her life
    would be like without it.
    I absolutely love it, she said.
    Soccer is the most demanding
    and the most complex sport out
    there. I cant imagine what my
    life would be like if I didnt have
    it. It takes up so much of my
    time and I love that.
    Soccer takes up so much of
    her time because of the hours
    she spends training and thinking
    about the game. Her skills come
    from a lifetime of dedication to a
    sport that she loves. Extra
    see FORWARD On pAge 8A
    www.kansan.com page 12a
    sports
    sports
    Mangino names starters
    By ryAn ColAiAnni
    rcolaianni@kansan.com
    Kansan sportswriter
    Kansas football coach Mark
    Mangino named junior quarter-
    back Adam Barmann the teams
    starter during the weekly Big 12
    teleconference yesterday.
    He has performed at a high
    level throughout August, Mangi-
    no said of Barmann, who will start
    Saturdays game against Florida
    Atlantic at Memorial Stadium.
    Adam has won the job and has
    had a great summer and a really
    effcient month of August.
    Barmann started eight games last
    season and completed 53.8 percent
    of his passes. He had 12 touch-
    downs and nine interceptions.
    Mangino said that the competition
    is still not fnished, though.
    That doesnt mean you wont
    see some quarterback play from
    some others, Mangino said.
    Also competing are senior Brian
    Luke and freshman Kerry Meier.
    Kerry Meier is very much com-
    peting for the position as the num-
    ber two guy right now, Mangino
    said. He is not out of the mix so
    we are just going to wait and see.
    Mangino also announced that
    senior cornerback Ronnie Amadi
    will start with junior Charles Gor-
    don at the cornerback position.
    Amadi will take the place from se-
    nior Theo Baines, who started nine
    games last season.
    Ronnie looks sharp. He is a
    company guy, Mangino said. He
    has worked hard since he has been
    here, he has made himself a really
    good player.
    Amadi started the teams fnal
    four contests last year and had
    34 tackles.
    Baines suffered from injuries
    during the end of last season
    as well as throughout training
    camp. This enabled Amadi to see
    more time working with the frst
    team. Baines had one intercep-
    tion last season.
    Mangino said that competi-
    tion was ongoing, specifcally at
    guard, defensive tackle and safe-
    ty. I think competition at various
    positions is an ongoing thing, and
    I think that is healthy and I think
    that is good, Mangino said.
    Jerome Kemp will start at strong
    safety on Saturday with Rod-
    ney Fowler starting at free safety,
    Mangino said.
    The intense competition at
    these positions raises the level of
    play for our team, Mangino said.
    Edited by Ty Beaver
    Kim Andrews/KANSAN
    D.L. Smith Companies employee Louis McCarter fnishes his work with the
    new electronic scoreboard at Memorial Stadium. KU fans will be able to
    enjoy the new addition at the game this Saturday, against Florida Atlantic.
    Brandon Rush has enrolled at
    the University of Kansas. Hes as
    good as in, a done deal, a lock.
    Just one more academic clearing
    from the NCAA Clearinghouse
    and Jayhawk basketball fans can
    put to rest their Rush doubts for
    good.
    The Jayhawks couldnt be
    more fortunate to fnd this gold
    rush so late in the recruiting
    season. With the addition of the
    6-foot-6 Rush, this young KU
    hoops team just gained so much
    more potential.
    If the theory of basketball
    skills run in the family holds
    any water, then this kid has
    some scary potential. Throw him
    into an already
    outstanding re-
    cruiting class
    that includes
    McDonalds All-
    Americans Mario
    Chalmers, Micah
    Downs and Ju-
    lian Wright, and
    suddenly Kansas
    mens basketball
    coach Bill Selfs
    dilemma is that
    there are too
    many players ca-
    pable of starting.
    When coaches
    have so much
    talent that its a
    tough decision
    to choose start-
    ers, thats what
    they call a good
    tough decision.
    Lets not forget about the fve
    sophomores that are returning
    to the squad. Guards Russell
    Robinson and Jeremy Case and
    big men C.J. Giles, Sasha Kaun
    and Darnell Jackson are all go-
    ing to battle for starting posi-
    tions. Senior Christian Moody
    is the teams only returning
    starter, and hes not going to
    want to give up his spot in his
    fnal season.
    Moody and the sophomores
    have some experience under
    their belts, and the freshmen
    dont, but the crazy thing is that
    every one of these freshmen has
    the ability to start.
    How many freshmen classes
    contain three McDonalds All-
    Americans and a player who de-
    cided not to go into the NBA?
    This is something that isnt
    often seen in college basketball.
    There are no Stephen Vinsons
    or Nick Bahes in this class.
    Those guys didnt have a prayer
    of starting as freshmen. All of
    these freshmen have NBA talent
    and are here to get playing time
    immediately.
    This up-
    coming season
    could see a
    starting fve of
    freshmen and
    sophomores,
    but the ques-
    tion of which
    ones is en-
    tirely up in the
    air. Another
    positive from
    these battles
    for starting po-
    sitions will be
    the develop-
    ment of qual-
    ity backups.
    The Jayhawks
    are going to
    have a long
    bench with
    plenty of talent.
    If Self isnt happy with the
    way his starting fve play, he
    could bench all of them and
    throw in fve other players with
    just as much speed and size.
    You might think youre watch-
    ing a line change in a hockey
    game.
    This is why Self is here. This
    is what this guy is capable of
    when it comes to recruiting.
    Hoops fans can prepare to
    watch four impact freshmen
    mixing in with the other second-
    year youngsters. If nothing else,
    theyll be fun to watch.
    FHall is a Woodbridge, Va.,
    junior in journalism.
    tim HAll
    thall@kansan.com
    Starter selection a
    tough call for Self
    Kansan fle photo
    Adam Barmann was named starting quarterback for the 2005 season. He earned the position over freshman Kerry
    Meier and seniors Brian Luke and Jason Swanson.
    For recording victories
    Taylor Miller/KANSAN
    Senior forward Caroline Smith answers questions from reporters during
    a press conference last week. Smith is the all-time leading scorer in KU
    womens soccer with 45 goals.
    Football
    Fans to beneft
    from special offers
    The Kansas Athletics De-
    partment announced several
    giveaways and promotions for
    the frst three football games,
    starting this Saturday against
    Florida Atlantic.
    The frst 25,000 fans at the
    frst game will receive a 2005
    football magnet schedule,
    courtesy of Dodge. For the
    second home game against
    Appalachian State, Sept.
    10, the frst 25,000 fans will
    receive a Jayhawk football
    T-shirt, courtesy of adidas and
    Crown Automotive.
    The Sept. 10 game, will also
    be Band Night, featuring a
    half-time performance by over
    30 area high school bands.
    The third home game
    against Louisiana Tech, Sept.
    17, is Faculty and Staff Appre-
    ciation Night. All University
    faculty and staff can purchase
    tickets for $15, by contacting
    the ticket offce.
    That weekend will also
    be Family Weekend, and
    families are welcome to
    participate in numerous
    campus activities, including
    the football game.
    Ryan Schneider
    There are no
    Stephen Vinsons
    or Nick Bahes in
    this class. Those
    guys didnt have a
    prayer of starting
    as freshman. All
    of these freshmen
    have NBA talent
    and are here to
    get playing time
    immediately.
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