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Boardwalk was engulfed in fames in minutes and
burned to the ground within hours. Many of the factors
that contributed to the speed of the fres progress were
built into countless other Lawrence apartments.
builT FoR DiSASTER
Part 4: Apartment complexes can be death traps
boardwalk
remembered
oNLiNe
To see the rest of the series, more pho-
tos from the series and to leave com-
ments, go to kansan.com/boardwalk.
Part 6
The court process moves on for Jason
a. Rose, the lawrence man accused of
setting the deadly fre. See PaGe 5a
Part 5: Mother remembers
impact of daughters death
In the flaming orange
hours after midnight on
Oct. 7, 2005, many resi-
dents of Boardwalk
Apartments had two ways
to escape death: the bed-
room window or the burn-
ing stairway beyond the
front door.
Leigh McHatton, a KU
senior living on the second
floor, chose the stairway.
She was left with third-
degree burns to her hands
and feet and second-degree
burns to her face. Doctors
said her reddish skin may
look normal in about six
years.
David Heller, a KU
senior living on the third
floor, chose the window.
For 20 minutes he clung by
his fingertips from a ledge
as flames spewed from his
apartment and covered his
face in ash. He dropped
onto the hood of a parked
car, smashing it, and some-
one caught his head before
it hit the pavement. He
considers himself lucky.
A year after the
Boardwalk fire killed
three, injured 20 and left
more than 80 homeless,
KU sophomore Danny
Doherty goes to bed each
night in his third-floor
apartment at Hawks Pointe
III knowing that in case
of fire, he has the same
grim choices for escape as
McHatton and Heller.
Doherty and countless
other KU students live in
apartment buildings that
share some of the same safe-
ty problems as Boardwalk
inadequate exits, pos-
sible firewall damage, and a
lack of sprinklers and cen-
tral fire alarms that mod-
ern codes often require.
By dAvid linhArdt
Nancy Bingham had
planned a birthday party
for her daughter Nicole the
weekend of Oct. 12, 2005.
But instead, when the day
came, she found herself
signing Nicoles cremation
papers.
Nicole, a Wichita senior,
was supposed to have grad-
uated in May 2006. She
was supposed to visit the
Crested Butte Mountain
Resort in Colorado with
her mom as they did each
year.
She was supposed to die
from a dangerous heart
arrhythmia that gave her
heart a 9-percent chance
of stopping each day, if she
were going to die at all.
Nicole Bingham died in
the Boardwalk Apartments
fire on Oct. 7, 2005.

Nancy hung up the

phone. A friend of Nicoles
had just called; there had
been a fire at the Boardwalk
Apartments. No word from
Nicole. She hadnt been at
work that morning, either.
Nancy had planned
to come to Lawrence for
Nicoles birthday on Oct.
12, and now she had a dif-
ferent reason.
Several contradictions
were running through her
mind. Nicole could still be
alive. But, she would have
Register to vote;
now pass it on
By Erin CAstAnEdA
The power of peer persuasion
is the motivation behind Rock the
Vote and Facebooks union Tuesday
to encourage young adults to register
to vote.
A Rock the Vote page, We Will
Rock the Vote, on Facebook now
allows students to register online.
Young Voter Strategies, a nonpartisan
political organization at The George
Washington Universitys Graduate
School of Political Management,
coordinated the Rock the Vote regis-
tration program on Facebook.
The organizations goal is to
educate political campaigns about
ways to reach young voters. Heather
Smith, director of Young Voter
Strategies, said the organization had
done about 12 briefings on Capitol
Hill since February and met with
about 100 campaigns or consultants.
Peer-to-peer contact is the most
powerful force in politics, said Hans
Reimer, political director of Rock the
Vote. You talking to your friends
about the importance of register-
ing and you trying to register your
friends to vote works better than
anything else.
The nonpartisan organization
Rock the Vote registered 1.2 mil-
lion young adults in 2004 through
its Web site. Reimer said it was easy
to get young adults to vote; the hard
part was getting them to register.
If peer-to-peer is sufficiently
effective, I think it will have a lot
of consequences for how you reach
young people online, Reimer said.
And in turn, how you engage them
in the process.
He said once young adults regis-
tered to vote in 2004, 80 percent of
them voted. What deters some, he
said, was knowing how to register.
Young people can go to our Web
site, fill out the form, print it out,
sign it and mail it in, he said. So
it gets around the administrative
problem of young people asking,
Where do I take this? The DMV?
The library?
Katie Loyd, community affairs
director of Student Senate, coordi-
nates voter registration and election
education efforts across campus.
She said students had the power to
change local politics through their
participation.
By dArlA sliPkE
Harold and Alberta Leach watched
with tears streaming down their
faces Wednesday night as different
scenarios of their sons mysterious
disappearance were depicted in the
rehearsal of a play by University of
Kansas graduate student Tim Macy.
Eighteen years ago, Randy Leach,
then a Linwood high school senior,
disappeared on the night of a pre-
graduation party. The mystery of his
disappearance was never solved, but
Macy examined the circumstances
surrounding it in his play, Leaves
of Words.
The play presented various sce-
narios that could possibly explain
Leachs disappearance, including
suicide and him running off to
California.
Macy sat next to the Leaches on
Wednesday night and watched the
rehearsal for his play performed
by the English Alternative Theater.
Macy said it was nerve-wrecking
waiting to see how the Leaches would
react to the play, which showed their
son being killed multiple times in
gruesome ways.
But the Leaches were grateful for
Macys work.
At intermission, they turned to
me and said I did a good job, Macy
said.
Harold Leach, who welcomed the
idea of the play, said Macy did a
fantastic job. He said the play was
done in very good taste.
The investigation surround-
ing Leachs disappearance has been
ongoing for eighteen years. He said
he would like Macys play to generate
more awareness of his sons disap-
pearance and encourage people to
come forward with information.
Stephen Lim, professor of English
who advised Macy during the play-
writing process, said that the hardest
part of writing the play was filtering
through all of the information.
When: Today and Saturday at 8
p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Where: Lawrence Arts Center,
Ninth and New Hampshire
streets
Cost: $6 for students and $10 for
others
Anyone with tips or information
about Randy Leachs disappear-
ance should call Harold and
Alberta Leach at 785-840-6270.
leaves of Worlds information
artS
Play explores mystery
of vanished student
see bingham on page 5a see boardwalk on page 4a
see vote on page 5a
see theater on page 5a
By frAnk tAnkArd
Photo illustrAtion By JArEd GAB
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into an open sewer and die.
Mel Brooks
You may think that Blazing
Saddles and Young Franken-
stein are Mel Brooks best work
as a director, but his biggest
video sales came from Space-
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An 18-year-old student re-
ported the theft of a Visa debit
card from a room in Oliver Hall.
The incident occurred Sept. 30,
and the suspect is known to the
victim.
A 28-year-old student re-
ported the theft of a Visa debit
card, a checkbook, and a hunt-
ing license from Wescoe Hall.
The incident occurred Sept. 29
and the total loss is estimated
at $290.
A University employee
reported the theft of two
aluminum handcarts from the
Burge Union loading dock. The
incident occurred between Oct.
3 and Oct. 4.
Latino artist, Joe Rocha, will
display and speak about his art
work today at the Centennial
room in the Kansas Union from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rueben Flores
will provide political commen-
tary.
Get ready for the
Beakend
By katie hoBson
Celebrate Halloween this season
by facing your fears at a haunted
house. Kansas City, Mo., is home
to several haunted houses, includ-
ing The Edge of Hell, The Beast
and Main Street Morgue. All three
are within walking distance of one
another on West 12th and 13th
streets.
Kyla Velaer, Blue Springs, Mo.,
freshman, a devoted haunted house
visitor, recommends The Edge of
Hell, not for the scare factor but
for the unique exit. When people
reach the end of the maze on the
top floor of the house, they are
handed a sheet of wax paper to slide
from heaven down a spiral slide
to the devils lair.
Velaer has been going to haunted
houses since sixth grade. She said
she loved to get scared. However,
she said newcomers must walk in
with the right mindset.
You have to know its fake and
that they cant touch you unless you
touch them, Velaer said.
Though Velaer no longer thinks
haunted houses are scary, she said
she still liked to go with friends
to laugh and for something fun
to do. She said the best time to go
was before Halloween: fewer people
were at the houses, which increased
the element of surprise.
The Edge of Hell, The Beast and
Main Street Morgue are open for
business in September. The remain-
ing dates are Oct. 5 through 8, 12
through 15, 19 through 22 and 25
through 31. The cost for a one-per-
son pass at The Edge of Hell and
The Beast is $20. For directions
on how to get to any of the three
houses, visit their Web sites at www.
theedgeofhell.com (The Edge of Hell
and The Beast) and www.scared-
shirtless.com (Main Street Morgue).
kansan correspondent katie
hobson can be contacted at edi-
tor@kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
Want to know what people
are talking about? Here is a list
of Thursdays most e-mailed
from Kansan.com.
1. Rock and roller derby
2. Cartoon sparks discussion,
confict
3. Putting of until tomorrow
4. Pulitzer prize winner to visit
campus
5. Colaianni: Losing respect for
K-State coach
Chalking one up for Homecoming
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Marlesa Roney, vice provost of student services, judges the chalk mural created by the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Roney was one of three judges critiquing the
murals, which were evaluated on such criteria as originality, theme and use of color. The murals were created as part of HomecomingWeek activities.
Japanese man recites pi,
sets unofcial digit record
TOKYO A Japanese mental
health counselor recited pi to
100,000 decimal places from
memory, setting what he claims
to be a new world record.
Akira Haraguchi, 60, needed
more than 16 hours to recite the
number and broke his personal
best of 83,431 digits set in 1995,
his ofce said Wednesday. He
made the attempt at a public hall
in Kisarazu, just east of Tokyo.
Pi is a physical constant
defned as the ratio of a circles
circumference to its diameter. It
is usually written out to a maxi-
mum of three decimal places, as
3.141, in math textbooks. But the
number, which has fascinated
scientists for centuries, has no
theoretical limit to the number of
decimal places it can be written
to.
What I am aiming at is not
just memorizing fgures, I am
thrilled by seeking a story in pi,
Haraguchi said.
The Guinness Book of Records
lists Hiroyuki Goto, also from Ja-
pan, as the ofcial record holder
for reciting pi from memory. He
recited the ratio out to 42,195
decimal places in 1995.
Guinness never entered
Haraguchis 1995 feat in its
record book. The editors of the
book could not be immediately
reached for comment regarding
Haraguchis latest attempt.
Haraguchi, a psychiatric coun-
selor and business consultant in
nearby Mobara city, took a break
of about 5 minutes every one
to two hours, going to the rest
room and eating rice balls during
the attempt, said Naoki Fujii,
spokesman of Haraguchis ofce.
Fujii said all of Haraguchis
activities during the attempt, in-
cluding breaks, were videotaped
and will be sent for verifcation
by the Guinness Book of Records.
Australian robber escapes
with dufe full of snakes
ADELAIDE, Australia A man
held up a woman and two chil-
dren at gunpoint before feeing
with a dozen snakes worth more
than $74,535, police said.
The man demanded the 12
green tree snakes, which are not
venomous, when he approached
the door of the womans home
near the South Australian state
capital, Adelaide, on Wednesday,
state police said Thursday.
He then stufed the snakes
measuring up to 31 inches
long into a dufel bag and
bound the womans ankles and
the hands of two boys before
feeing the scene.
The snakes are valued at
$6,708 each, police said.
Police were investigating the
alleged theft, but no suspect
had been arrested Thursday. The
women and children were not
identifed.
Skydiving Elvis fractures
pelvis at casino opening
BROWNING, Mont. There
was Elvis the Pelvis. Then there
was the Flying Elvis who broke
his pelvis during the grand open-
ing of Glacier Peaks Casino.
Paul Moran is a member of The
Flying Elvi, a 10-member skydiv-
ing team made up of Elvis Presley
impersonators hired to para-
chute into the parking lot at the
casinos grand opening Friday.
Members of the troupe said
the Las Vegas man apparently
misjudged the landing and hit
the ground at 50 mph.
I talked to his family and they
said he is doing well, but he did
break his pelvis, said Gary Green,
casino manager.
Associated Press
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odd news
Police tag modern-day
Robin Hood as thief
HONOLULU A boat
refnisher wanted for a series of
bank robberies dating back to
last October said he was driven
by Robin Hood syndrome, or
taking from the rich to give to
the poor.
A handcufed Michael
Rosario, 40, spoke Wednesday
with news crews shortly after
arriving at police department
headquarters.
I was going to turn myself
in today after I see my face in
the paper, Rosario said. I was
just checking in with my bosses
frst.
The arrest was made at
Pacifc Diversifed Finishers Inc.
after his boss tipped police that
Rosario was coming in to pick
up his last paycheck.
Rosario neither confessed
nor denied he was responsible
for nine bank heists he is ac-
cused of committing.
The serial robber was known
for donning wigs and dressing
up as a woman, an injured sol-
dier and a hospital employee.
When asked how many
banks he had robbed, Rosario
said, Im not going to say that.
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Kansan launches free online classifeds
By Jack Weinstein
Lawrence freshman Jordan Gouge
bought some books at the beginning
of the semester that he knew he
would have to sell back when his
classes were over. He started looking
for a classified site where he could
post his books without costing him
any money.
I figured I could sell the books
for more than I would get at the
bookstore and cheaper than what
someone else would pay for them,
he said.
He said he couldnt find a good
site to do that for free.
Starting today, students can
access a local online network to sell
unwanted items, look for jobs or
roommates or try to find things
theyve lost.
The University Daily Kansan
launched hawkchalk.com, a free
online classified community avail-
able to anyone with a valid KU e-
mail address.
Spencer McElhaney, Prairie
Village sophomore, said he would
use the site to find a job because he
didnt have one right now.
Something like this coming to
campus could be pretty beneficial,
he said.
Kansan online sales manager
Ashley Bolton said they decided to
do it because there was not an easy
way for students to find jobs, hous-
ing, and to get rid of stuff.
When youre moving out in
August, so many people have stuff
that other people can use, but dont
have anything to do with it, Bolton
said. So we created this online com-
munity so people could do that.
Hawkchalk.com will allow its
users unlimited classified posts each
month. Users can post as many as
four print ads each month that last
five days.
Kansan sales and marketing
adviser Jennifer Weaver said classi-
fieds were making a dramatic shift to
the Web. She said she hoped hawk-
chalk.com would become a widely
used institution at KU.
Kerry Benson, journalism profes-
sional-in-residence, thought hawk-
chalk.com could have the same ben-
efits as craigslist.org, another free
classified Web site.
It connects a community in a
way that nothing else can, Benson
said. There are no strings attached,
no faces, no hoops to jump through.
It makes things easier.
Weaver said The Kansan adver-
tising staff would lose revenue as a
result of offering free classified ads,
but she wasnt concerned.
We want students to realize its
created by students for students,
she said.
Bolton is excited about the pos-
sibilities for the site.
We just want students to be able
to use hawkchalk.com, Bolton said.
Its all for them.
kansan staf writer Jack Weinstein
can be contacted at jweinstein@
kansan.com.
Edited by Catherine Odson
Nutrition labels
get little interest
organizations
Students receive opportunity to network at Black Alumni Weekend
By kim Lynch
The KU Black Alumni chapter
hopes the number of alumni in
town to attend Homecoming will
increase the turnout at Black Alumni
Weekend.
Marshall Jackson, KU Black
Alumni chapter leadership team
member, said about 55 alumni had
registered for the weekend.
He said he hoped attendance
would increase yearly, although this
years numbers looked similar to last
years.
Weekend activities will include
an alumni panel of entrepreneurs
and a tailgate before Saturdays
Homecoming game against Texas
A&M.
University alumni Gale Sayers,
Pro Football Hall of Fame member,
and Walt Wesley, former NBA play-
er, are honorary co-chairs of Black
Alumni Weekend.
Christopher Reine, Kansas City,
Mo., junior and president of the
Black Student Union, said there were
several events during the weekend,
including tonights banquet, allow-
ing students to meet and network
with alumni.
Reine said the Black Student
Union was involved in the weekend
because it was a way to repay the
support the group received from the
Black Alumni chapter.
Amanda Altoro, Prairie Village
senior and president and assistant
director of the Inspirational Gospel
Voices, said the choir would sing at
Fridays banquet.
She said Black Alumni Weekend
gave African-American alumni the
chance to see how programs they
were a part of had grown and pro-
gressed since their graduation.
Jackson said Black Alumni
Weekend started in 1998 and had
been occurring off and on since it
began, but had occurred consecu-
tively for the last three years.
kansan staf writer kim Lynch can
be contacted at klynch@kansan.
com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
KU Black Alumni Chapter Homecoming Reunion Weekend
Friday
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. KU black
alumni chapter dinner Program
Kansas Union in the Kansas
room
Presentations by various student
organizations
Performance by inspirational
Gospel Voices
african american innovators and
Leaders awards Presentation
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. KU black alumni
chapter Social adams alumni
center
saturday
9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. tailgate KU
Memorial Stadium
11 a.m. Homecoming Game
Memorial Stadium
KU vs. texas a&M
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. KU black alumni
chapter Social adams alumni
center
sunday
10:45 a.m. church Service
Ninth Street Missionary baptist
church, 847 ohio St.
Source: Marshall Jackson
By anna FaLtermeier
A recent study found most
people dont properly read nutri-
tion labels on foods, but many
college students dont read them
anyway.
Registered dietician Lynn Dunn,
research coordinator for the Energy
Balance Lab at the University of
Kansas, 1301 Sunnyside Ave., said
many college students didnt take
time to read nutrition labels.
The study, released in September
and led by Russell Rothman, assis-
tant professor of medicine and
pediatrics at Vanderbilt University,
found most people didnt properly
decipher the labels because they
lacked necessary reading or math
skills.
Dunn said the percent daily
value of all nutrients was the most
important part of a nutrition label.
Percent daily value is based on a
2,000 calorie diet.
Matthew Slaboch, Cary, Ill.,
graduate student, said he didnt
look at nutrition labels because
they werent important to him.
The self-described junk-food
vegetarian bought two bags of
cheddar potato chips and a bag
of pretzels at the Hawk Shop
Thursday afternoon. His purchase
totaled 1,185 calories, 53.5 grams
of fat and 104.5 percent of the daily
value for sodium.
Dunn said the ingredients on
the top half of the label, which
included fat, sodium and choles-
terol, should be consumed in mod-
eration. People should consume
more ingredients on the bottom
half of the label, such as fiber, vita-
mins and minerals.
kansan staff writer anna
Faltermeier can be contacted at
afaltermeier@kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
internet
Chapter looks to Homecoming, tailgate, banquet, legendary co-chairs to swell attendance
Graphic by Anna Faltermeier
boardwalk remembered 4a
friday, october 6, 2006
Other apartment buildings take
advantage of a code loophole that
allows them to build without having
to install sprinklers and fire alarms
or include a safe second exit.
For days after the 76-unit, block-
long Boardwalk building burned,
dazed, displaced residents paced
beyond the yellow caution tape look-
ing for answers to how and why it
happened as firefighters dug through
their charred belongings.
The questions were answered in
part four days after the fire, when
police arrested Jason A. Rose, a then-
20-year-old Boardwalk resident with
a troubled past, and charged him
with starting the fire. His trial is
scheduled for Feb. 6.
Other puzzles were not so eas-
ily solved: Why did Boardwalk go
so quickly? How was it that when
firefighters arrived at 1:25 a.m., only
six minutes after the first 911 call
was made, the building was already
an inferno with several residents
trapped inside?
The answer to that question has
implications for people who live
today in buildings with many of the
same problems as Boardwalk.
An ignored warning
One part of that answer lies in a
box in city storage, on a 36-year-old
inspection record that ominously
predicted the fates of McHatton,
Heller and dozens of others trapped
in the Boardwalk fire.
In October 1970, a city inspec-
tor inspecting the five-year-old
Boardwalk complex, then called
Ridglea Apartments, noted that if
the front balcony stairways caught
fire, the only way out would be
through windows on the back side,
two-thirds of which were two and
three stories high.
I personally feel these struc-
tures in no way provide a reasonable
degree of safety to the occupants in
case of a fire, the inspector wrote.
The inspector noted that the
buildings had three stories, though
under city code they were classified
as two stories because the first stories
were halfway below ground. If the
buildings had been classified as three
stories, they would have been subject
to more stringent building codes.
What happened after the inspec-
tion? Nothing. The buildings were
up to code. Unsafe in the eyes of the
inspector, perhaps, but up to code.
The Lawrence city manager did
write a letter to the apartment own-
ers, saying, We do point out that the
Building Code is to be considered
minimal I am sure you will agree
with us that all apartments should
provide a very minimum degree of
safety for their residents, and we
encourage you to take whatever
steps you deem necessary to provide
safety for the occupants.
The problems the inspector noted,
while recorded decades ago, are nei-
ther old nor uncommon to apart-
ments where KU students live.
In all my years, said Tim
Pinnick, building inspections super-
visor for the Lawrence Department
of Neighborhood Resources and
an inspector of 29 years, its not
about what you can do. Its about the
money.
A common, dangerous
construction type
Eighty percent of KU students
live off campus, and students natu-
rally gravitate to housing where rent
is cheap. This often means living in
old apartment buildings built under
outdated codes. It also means living
in buildings built to fit a well-known
loophole in the fire code. Boardwalk
was built to fit that loophole, and so
were many newer apartment build-
ings.
Danny Doherty, of De Soto, and
his three roommates chose to live in
Hawks Pointe III because monthly
rent is affordable at $325 a person
and its about as close as one can get
to campus at 1145 Louisiana.
Unlike Boardwalk, Dohertys
building is not very old. It was built
in 1986 under fire and building
codes far ahead of those Boardwalk
was built under.
However, the building shares some
important traits with Boardwalk
Apartments: It is a two-and-a-half
story, outside-exit building, a com-
mon type of apartment building
where KU students live. In case of
fire, Doherty would have the same
two choices as Boardwalks residents
brave the stairs, or drop from the
third story.
In theory, city codes are designed
to require extra safety measures for
buildings that have floors too high
for residents to safely jump out of a
window meaning three or more
stories. For the top story of a three-
story building, two safe exits are
required not including windows
while only one safe exit is required
for many two-and-a-half-story build-
ings. To residents, buildings where
the bottom level is halfway below
ground may look like they have three
stories, but according to the city, they
only have two-and-a-half.
As Doherty recently looked down
from his third-floor balcony at the
parking lot about 20 feet below, he
said he would rather take his chances
on a flaming set of stairs, as McHatton
did, than on jumping, as Heller did.
Ive never actually looked at
the structure of it, Doherty said.
Depending on how extreme the fire
was, I would probably go through
the fire rather than risk jumping out
the window. Its a pretty high jump
from here.
Other students, like Marie
Clements, Stilwell senior, pay more
for a new apartment with modern
safety features. Clements pays $620 a
month for her one-bedroom, third-
floor apartment. She lives at Chase
Court Apartments, 1942 Stewart
Ave. a three-story, outside-exit
building built in 2002 that is required
to have both a sprinkler system and a
central fire alarm system.
In the late 80s, Lawrence codes
started requiring sprinkler and cen-
tral fire alarm systems for all new
apartment buildings with three or
more stories or 16 or more units
between firewalls. In the 90s, the
city a passed retroactive law requir-
ing fire alarm systems in enclosed
common areas for all existing apart-
ment buildings of that type.
According to a decade-long study
by the National Fire Protection
Association, sprinklers decrease the
number of apartment fires by 93
percent and civilian deaths by 81
percent.
But sprinklers cost $1 to $2 per
square foot in new construction,
according to the American Fire
Sprinkler Association, which can
mean tens of thousands of dollars in
costs for builders. And a fire alarm
system can cost $6,000 to $10,000 for
a small three-story building.
With builders trying to maximize
their space and build inexpensive-
ly, this translates to a slew of two-
and-a-half story, outside-exit build-
ings with fewer safety restrictions,
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire
Inspector Russell Brickell explained.
We have a ton of these in town,
he said. They build them that way
on purpose just to avoid sprinkling
buildings.
However, neither Brickell nor city
building inspectors could provide
exact numbers of how many apart-
ment buildings fit the code loophole.
George Waters, former owner of
George Waters Management and
longtime Lawrence apartment man-
ager, said he was required only once
to install sprinklers in an apartment
building, in 1996 for an 11-unit,
three-story building at 1712 Ohio.
He said the sprinklers cost him more
than $25,000.
Sprinklers would definitely
save more lives than anything else,
Waters said, but its so impractical
you cant do it.
Soon, however, sprinklers could
be required. The Fire Code Board
of Appeals is drafting an ordinance
to adopt the 2006 International Fire
Code, which, for the first time, would
require sprinklers for all new apart-
ment buildings. The city commission
is expected to consider adopting the
new code this month.
But, Brickell warned, the old
buildings will still be there.
August Dettbarn, a residential
appraiser for the Douglas County
appraisers office, said the market
generally dictates what safety features
builders will pay for. If buyers or
renters refused to live in apartments
not equipped with sprinkler and fire
alarm systems, owners would have to
install them to stay competitive.
But if renters dont demand such
systems, cash-strapped owners wont
pay the extra expense. Dettbarn said
tragedies such as the Boardwalk fire
typically create a market demand for
fire safety systems, but that demand
lasts only a few months to a few
years.
Then it will fade from the radar
screen, he said.
A danger between the walls
Only one number mattered when
Leigh McHatton moved into her
Boardwalk apartment: $375 pretty
cheap for a single-person apartment,
even if it was far from campus on the
500 block of Fireside Drive.
Another number she now wishes
she would have considered: 1965
the year the complex was built.
Aside from common-sense stuff
safe exits, sprinklers and fire
alarm systems one far less visible
but equally important factor in fire
safety is firewalls.
In 1965, firewalls, fire-resistant
walls built within buildings to stop
or slow fire from spreading from
one part to another, were not tightly
regulated by the city. Today builders
can build no more than 16 apart-
ment units between firewalls with-
out being required to install sprin-
klers, and firewalls have to be certi-
fied to withstand fire for two to four
hours. In addition, each unit must be
separated by construction that can
withstand fire for one hour.
What now we consider standard
and you have to do for safety rea-
sons, many years ago you didnt have
to do, explained Dennis McCreary,
leader of architectural and engineer-
ing services with the International
Code Council.
Large buildings made of non-fire-
resistive wood such as Boardwalk
were required to have firewalls, but
the firewalls were not always as
strong then and builders could build
more units between them.
If it would have had a two-hour
separation wall between buildings, it
wouldve been OK, Brickell, the fire
inspector, said of the Boardwalk fire.
But even if a building was built
with sturdy firewalls, its a safe bet
that the older a building is, the more
ravaged its firewalls have become by
anyone who has done utility work to
the building.
As soon as were done inspect-
ing, the cable guy comes and knocks
a hole in the firewall, said Cortez
Lawrence, director of the National
Fire Programs Division of the U.S.
Fire Administration.
The aftermath
October 10, 2005.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire
and Medical Chief Mark Bradford
held a press conference across the
noisy street from where investigators
scoured the rubble. Questions cen-
tered on two words: How? Why?
The fire spread rapidly, Bradford
explained, eating through time-rav-
aged firewalls and roaring over oxy-
gen-fed outdoor stairways as resi-
dents slept soundlessly.
The 40-year-old building was
built under outdated codes that
didnt ensure an adequate degree
of safety, he told a swarm of cam-
eras and microphones. And its con-
struction problems were common to
Lawrence apartments.
As long as we continue to build
buildings of this fashion, he said, it
will probably continue to result in
this type of damage and loss of life.
As for McHatton, of Winona, and
Heller, of Manhattan, they found
newer apartments with safer exits,
and finished their senior years.
McHatton got new cats, Simon and
George, to replace the two who died
in the fire, Frankie and Joey. Heller,
who also lost everything, got new
clothes.
Hopefully this is a once-in-a-
lifetime experience, McHatton said.
I certainly wouldnt wish this on
anyone.
Kansan senior staf writer Frank
Tankard can be contacted at ftan-
kard@kansan.com.
Edited by Erin Wiley
boardwalk (continued from 1A)
kansan fle photo
russell brickell, lawrence-douglas County Fire Inspector, checks Lawrence apartment build-
ings each year. But most of what makes a building safe goes on during construction, he said.
kansan fle photo
It wasnt thebell of afrealarmthat wokeLeighMcHatton. It was the heat,
andmaybe some smoke. All she knows is that she hadfallenasleepwatching
TVonher livingroomcouchona cool Thursday night inOctober, andwhenshe
awoke, somethingwas of. She endedupdroppingout of what was to be her
fnal semester to spendmonths recoveringfromsevere burns to her hands, feet
andface after runningdownthe famingstairway of her second-story apartment.
After graduatinginMay, she nowlives ina safer buildingandgot newcats, Simon
andGeorge, to replace the two she lost inthe fre, Frankie andJoey. Doctors said
after the fre that her skinwouldlook normal inabout six years.
how to fnd a safe apartment
Just because an apartment build-
ing has passed city fre and build-
ing codes doesnt mean its safe for
fres. Lawrence-Douglas County
Fire Inspector Russell Brickell said
to look for the following traits in a
fre-safe apartment:
two safe, easy exits
Working smoke detectors
I wouldnt rent from some-
body thats not keeping that
stuf up,
brickell said.
a sprinkler system
a central fre alarm system
a working fre extinguisher
fire-resistive construction (ask
the landlord what the building is
made of )
a bedroom window that opens
Not all of these are code
requirements, but thats some-
thing you want to be looking
for if youre looking for a safe
place to live,
brickell said.
Frank Tankard
In 1970, fve years after the boardwalk complex was built, a city inspection ofcer found
faults with the buildings that would doomresidents in 2005.
News 5a
friday, october 6, 2006
called if she was OK. But maybe
she was unconscious in a hospital
somewhere.
Her friends hadnt seen her after
the fire but Nicoles body had not
been found, either. Nancy drove to
Lawrence.
When she arrived, firefight-
ers asked her to help them search
for Nicoles car. Five people were
still missing and Nicole was one of
them. Nancy knew where to look
Nicole always liked to park around
back.
The car was there. Flames had
ravaged it. Firefighters checked the
license plate to be sure.
Nothing was left of Nicoles apart-
ment, firefighters told her. The fire
eviscerated the entire floor. Nancy
wanted to leave, to isolate and to
go numb.
Nancy said she had a pretty good
idea of what happened to Nicole
that night. Nicoles heart couldnt
take a lot of stress. She couldnt
withstand heat, either. Temperatures
higher than 90 degrees sapped her
strength.
On the Friday of the Boardwalk
Apartments fire, the temperature
inside the flaming buildings was
more than 10 times that hot.
I believe all the fire caused her
heart to stop, Nancy said. I believe
it was why she didnt get out.
Several months earlier, chest
pains had sent Nicole to the emer-
gency room. After the scare, Nancy
had broached a sensitive subject:
We know what well do with me,
in terms of her own death, she said
to Nicole. But what should we do
for you?

Jack Davis, Lawrence firefighter,

brought friends from Nicoles Alpha
Delta Pi sorority to comfort Nancy.
They insisted Nancy stay at the
sorority house.
I could hear their tears and my
tears that night, Nancy said. They
just made me part of the house.
Nicoles friends consoled her,
gave her space and checked on her
often. The girls shared stories about
how wonderful and caring a friend
Nicole was. In a rare moment of
lightheartedness, Nancy said, Dont
forget how argumentative she was.
The girls laughed. It was true
Nicole could be pretty bossy
sometimes.
Sharing continued and more
members of Alpha Delta Pi quietly
entered the room.
Eventually 20 to 30 girls had
gathered, telling stories about
Nicole, crying and laughing and
experiencing a tremendous amount
of healing, Nancy said. The more I
comforted others, the more comfort
I got.
Meghan Denchfield, Pickering,
Canada, senior, said the way Nancy
opened up was one of the biggest
factors in her own healing.
We got to hear about all the
stuff Nicole did when she was little,
and all the friends she made, and
the things she did in high school,
Denchfield said. Nancys being
there gave us the ability to open
up.

On the day before Nicoles birth-

day, officials located her body in
the rubble of her ruined apartment.
Nancy observed Nicoles birthday
the next day with her sorority sis-
ters and signed Nicoles cremation
papers.
Several days later, a friend of
Nicole made a tribute DVD with
a special sound track: a Melissa
Etheridge song called This is Not
Goodbye.
Nancy was struck by a line from
the song: All my strength, all my
desire cannot numb this present
fire.
Theres just a numbness that
comes, like a protective shell against
the shock, Nancy said.
She stopped working after
Nicoles death. A Wichita-based
software designer, Nancy couldnt
make her mind focus on the detailed
job. Days became weeks. Winter
came. Depression and nightmares
enveloped her for a time.
Nancy wanted to stay in the
moment, just like Nicole lived her
life. Stay in the moment, dont focus
on the future. Live right here. She
didnt talk to the media at all, mak-
ing only brief public appearances
at Nicoles memorial services in
Lawrence and Wichita.
Friends of Nicole kept in close
contact via e-mail and phone calls.
Spring arrived. Mothers Day.
Many phone calls, letters and e-
mails flooded to Nancy on that day.
A couple of months later, Nancy
took the yearly trip to Crested Butte
with several of Nicoles friends.
They climbed the mountain, just
like Nicole had always wanted to.
Her heart condition had always
stopped her.

Nancy is planning a short candle-

passing ceremony at Alpha Delta Pi
to mark the one-year anniversary
of Nicoles death. She also wants
to be in Lawrence when Jason A.
Rose, the man charged with start-
ing the Boardwalk fire, stands trial
in February.
Nancy said people have asked
her if she will feel strong enough
to work through the trial. Though
many dark months have passed, she
said shes ready to face the memo-
ries the trial will bring.
Nancy is such a strong lady, she
knows how to cope with things,
Meghan Sullivan, a KU gradu-
ate who spent time with Nancy at
Alpha Delta Pi, said. I think she
gave me the strength. If she can
make it through, then I can.
The passing of time and walking
through memories have been inte-
gral to Nancys emotional healing,
she said. Remembering Nicole is
both the hardest and the best thing.
She touched so many lives,
Nancy said. I believe that we go
through hard times so we can have
experiences to share with others so
we can help others through. She
continues to touch people who
never knew or even met her.
Kansan staf writer David Lin-
hardt can be contacted at dlin-
hardt@kansan.com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
bingham (continued from 1A)
Lisa Lipovac/KanSan
nancy bingham, mother of nicole bingham, sits on her daughters bed holding a Big Bird stufed animal that replaced the one lost in the Board-
walk Apartment fre last year. Nicole died as a result of the fre. Fewitems in Nicoles bedroomat her house inWichita have been moved since her death.
Part 6: Rose trial
set for February
By MarK vierthaLer
The individual charged with
starting the fire that burned down
the Boardwalk Apartment Complex
in July is awaiting a district judges
decision on whether to exclude cer-
tain evidence from the trial.
Jason A. Rose, 21, of Lawrence,
faces three charges of murder and
one count of aggravated arson with
substantial risk of bodily harm.
The Oct. 7 fire killed University of
Kansas student Nicole Bingham and
Lawrence residents Jose Gonzales
and Yolanda Riddle.
Through his attorneys, Timothy
Frieden and Ron Evans, Rose filed a
claim on July 21 claiming his ques-
tioning on Oct. 10 and 11 was coerced
out of him. A statement prepared by
his attorneys said interrogators used
information illegally from Roses
records at the Kansas Department
of Social and Rehabilitation Services
without his permission.
The statement also said Roses
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and 14th
Amendment rights had been vio-
lated. The district attorneys office
challenged the statement, saying
there was no evidence presented on
how the interrogators violated Roses
rights.
At the hearing on Sept. 20, the
defense questioned the mental sta-
bility of Rose and how truthful his
confession was. Evans used Roses
history of sexual and emotional
abuse, his history of mental-health
issues and his use of drugs as evi-
dence of his state of mind.
The agencys files on Rose said
Rose had a history of starting fires.
A representative from Judge Jack
A. Murphys office said the judge was
still reviewing recordings to deter-
mine if any wrongdoing was commit-
ted. Murphy will then decide whether
to admit evidence at the trial.
When Rose was brought to the
scene of the crime, he repeatedly
changed his story concerning the
origin of the fire, according to court
documents.
Repeated calls to the district
attorneys office were not returned
during the last week.
Kansan staf writer Mark viertha-
ler can be contacted at mviertha-
ler@kansan.com.
EditedbyShanxi Upsdell
vote (continued from 1A)
Students votes are examined to
see how many people vote in that age
group, Loyd said. The more stu-
dents vote, the more local candidates
will see that this group of people do
vote and do participate and in turn,
local candidates will target student
issues.
Jessica Alexander, Shawnee fresh-
man, said she thought the effective-
ness of peer persuasion was great
only if your friends were as passion-
ate about politics as you were.
Alexander said she was heavily
involved in politics but her friends
werent. She said she thought she
could have only a small influence on
her friends.
She said the Internet was a good
way of advocating and promoting
people to register online.
Mariel Alfaro, Wyandotte junior,
said she thought that people need-
ed to vote and that many students
would register on Facebook because
it was a site students visited.
I know on KUs campus theres
just a lot of kids that would probably
do it because kids are on Facebook all
the time versus kids whose parents
who send them in a ballot theyre
never going to mail back in, she said.
Kansan staf writer erin Castaneda
can be contacted at ecastaneda@
kansan.com.
EditedbyShanxi Upsdell
theater (continued from 1A)
We had to telescope the eighteen
years down to a story that we could
tell in an hour and a half, Lim said.
Macy sat down to visit with the
Leaches in Linwood for several
hours at a time on multiple occa-
sions. He also spoke extensively to
Harold Leach during phone conver-
sations and read through hundreds
of pages of documents related to the
case that included rumors, tips and
court papers.
Despite all of Macys research,
he said his play was not a historical
account of what happened. Rather,
its loosely based on what was
believed to have happened on the
night of Leachs disappearance.
The play is being considered for
several awards and is an entry in the
Kennedy Center American College
Theatre Festival.
Kansan staf writer Darla Slipke
can be contacted at dslipke@kan-
san.com.
EditedbyShanxi Upsdell
Timeline
on oct. 7, 2005, Lawrence-
douglas county and fire and
Medical receive a call at ap-
proximately 1:25 a.m. that the
boardwalk apartments are on
fre. the fre department gets the
blaze under control by 4:30 a.m.
an estimated 18 are injured at
the end of the night.
three days later, emergency
personnel fnd three bodies in
the wreckage of the building.
the building has burnt down to
the foundation. an estimated 35
KU students are left homeless.
on oct. 12, 2005, a probable
cause warrant for the arrest of
Jason a. rose is issued by the
Lawrence Police department
and signed by Judge Jack Mur-
phy. He is arrested after ofering
conficting stories about what
happened. He confesses in a
videotaped interrogation that
he started a small fre, but he
didnt intend for it to rage out of
control.
one day later, ofcial charges
are brought against rose. these
include three counts of murder
in the frst degree and one count
of aggravated arson. He appears
in court 11 days later for his
preliminary hearing.
a list of witnesses three pages
long is presented as evidence
against rose. Lawrence police
detective troy Squire presents
evidence consisting of 911 calls,
victim testimony and a transcript
of roses testimony.
on March 11, roses attorneys
submit a motion to get the 911
call from Helen riddle thrown
out as evidence.
one month later on april
10, the defense requests the
case be thrown out because of
lack of evidence to convict the
defendant. the court document
argues that the state of Kansas
has not presented enough evi-
dence to show any wrongdoing
on behalf of their client.
on July 21, rose submits a
request to have his previous
statement to court be thrown
out, citing his mental health. He
appears in court on Sept. 20 to
defend this request. a decision
by Judge Murphy is still pending.
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told The Associated Press in a tele-
phone interview.
The show is planned as a
continuation of the Emmy-win-
ning Clone Wars that aired in 25
episodes on the Cartoon Network
from 2003 to 2005. That series used
limited animation. The new version
will use 3-D computer graphics.
Its one of many projects being
pursued by Lucas, including a
fourth Indiana Jones movie.
Were working on it. We havent
agreed on a script yet, Lucas said.
Associated Press
opinion
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or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
erickson: On the agenda for the Lawrence City
Commission last week? Deciding whether to decide
the fate of the war in Iraq. Whats next, abortion?
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Jonathan Kealing, Erick R. Schmidt, Gabriella Souza, Frank
Tankard, Dave Ruigh, Steve Lynn, McKay Stangler and Louis
Mora
The great City of Lawrence let us
down last week.
Our city commission shot down
an attempt to allow Lawrence
citizens to vote in November on
whether to immediately withdraw
U.S. troops from Iraq, according to
the Lawrence Journal-World.
It was a sad day, especially in
light of this recent statement from
President Bush: If only a moderate-
sized, liberal, Midwestern college
town would tell me to remove our
troops from Iraq, Id probably do it.
Im ashamed of the city commis-
sion for refusing to answer this call.
City commissioner Boog
Highberger offered some weak
excuses for refusing to take action.
Im afraid it would be awfully
divisive for the community,
Highberger said in the Journal-
World article.
Nonsense. Whos divided about
the Iraq war?
The problem with the Iraq
issue is that everybodys way too
informed about the conflict and its
foreign policy implications. People
need to stop reading up about the
conflict and just form a knee-jerk
opinion about it, already.
We must understand that the
Iraq war is not a complicated issue
at all. Its basically a yes-or-no ques-
tion, and Lawrence needs to pick an
answer now.
Look around the country:
Dozens of communities in
Wisconsin and Vermont have
passed referendums calling for the
withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq,
according to the Journal-World.
Even the city of San Francisco
passed a similar referendum.
The San Francisco vote was
perhaps the most eventful. It shook
the countrys political foundation
with the stunning news that San
Francisco is home to lots of anti-
war activists. Who knew?
Lawrence must follow suit and
go even further. Why dont we
officially inform the world of our
black-or-white opinions on every
national political issue? Stem cell
research, immigration and scores
of other issues are badly in need of
some passionate yet misinformed
rhetoric.
The problem is that Lawrence
is spending too much time worry-
ing about its own problems silly,
petty things like hiring a new city
manager, improving traffic safety
and issuing funds for city projects.
Its time we started spouting our
opinions on the things that really
matter.
In order for Lawrence to find its
place in todays tenuous political
landscape, I propose a change.
Its time to abolish the city com-
mission and, in its place, institute
a Board of Talking Heads. I dont
mean Talking Heads as in the 1980s
rock band; I mean talking heads as
in Bill OReilly, Keith Olbermann
and other squabbling commentators
on television.
Well find our loudest, boldest
and meanest citizens to argue with
each other once a week and craft
provocative opinion statements on
different national issues. TV ratings
for the weekly meetings would soar.
The entire nation will hold its
breath each week in anticipation of
what the city of Lawrence will say
next.
Our Founding Fathers estab-
lished a representative democracy,
thinking that elected leaders could
be more informed about impor-
tant issues than the public. Our
Founding Fathers obviously did
not know how to attract a viewing
audience.
Let the people vote on every
issue, no matter how ill-informed
they might be. And let Lawrence
lead the charge.
Or Lawrence and its government
could stick to what actually goes on
in Lawrence. But wheres the excite-
ment in that?
Erickson is an Olathe sophomore
in journalism and political sci-
ence.
Ah, the wonders of a Ziploc bag.
Have some grapes you dont want
to shrivel or licorice you dont want
to reach a form thats impossible
to chew? Thats a job for a Ziploc.
Want to bring some Cheerios to
munch on in class? That also calls
for a Ziploc. Need something to
hold all your pencils? Ziploc. Cant
get on an airplane? Well, grab a
Ziploc and youre as good as sitting
in your window seat, eating your
personal pouch of peanuts. Yes,
the newest addition to the uses of
plastic zip-top bags involves airport
security.
The Department of Homeland
Security issued a statement on
Aug. 10 stating that it had raised
the nations threat level to Severe,
or Red, for commercial flights
originating in the United Kingdom
bound for the United States. The
threat level for all commercial
flights in or bound for the U.S. was
raised to High, or Orange, at the
same time. These actions were in
response to the arrests of several
people in the U.K. who were alleg-
edly planning to bomb passenger
airplanes bound for the U.S. At
the time the statement was issued,
all liquids, gels and lotions were
banned from being carried on air-
planes.
Then, on Sept. 26, the Trans-
portation Security Administration
adjusted restrictions to allow pas-
sengers to carry certain liquids,
gels and aerosols through security.
Now, to pass inspection and take
your liquids of choice onto the
plane, you must store them in one
of those wonderful bags previously
mentioned. According to the TSA
Web site, one can bring travel-size
toiletries that fit comfortably in one
quart-sized, clear plastic zip-top
bag. However, the toiletries must be
three ounces or less. Any item that
is more than three ounces is prohib-
ited. If you dont have a plastic bag,
you must check the items with your
other baggage or throw them away.
Passengers are also required to
remove their shoes during inspec-
tion to be X-rayed. Gel shoe heels
are allowed, but gel inserts are not
permitted under any circumstances.
Are you gellin? Well, thats great,
but you and Dr. Scholl cant get on
an airplane. Not even a Ziploc can
save you. However, you can bring
your gel-filled bra. In fact, you can
wear that right on through security.
You dont even have to take it off.
What a relief.
The terrorist attacks five
years ago warranted a number of
increased security strategies at air-
ports, most of which I understand
and support. I want to keep our
airports safe as much as anyone.
Sometimes, though, I wonder
about it. I wondered about it
when I watched my grandma get
pulled aside for a random check
at each airport during our trip to
Port Aransas, Texas, three years
ago. I wondered about it as this
sweet woman I was referring to as
Granny took off her shoes and
stood with her arms spread while
a few shady characters, whom I
wouldnt even feel comfortable
standing next to on a department
store escalator, passed by and
chuckled. I wonder how much secu-
rity a Ziploc offers and how much
violence is prevented by allowing
Mr. Aching Feet to have his gel
heels but not his gel inserts. I take
an all or nothing stance on this.
Either I can bring all the toiletries
in my carry bag, or I can put all of
them in my other baggage to be
checked. Id rather be told to keep
it all or leave it all, rather than to
keep this and leave that, put this in
a clear bag and never bring that.
Im sure the government knows
how to protect its people better than
I do, but I think selling plastic bags
at airports might have just become
the hottest industry to tap in to.

Syring is a Salina junior in journal-
ism.
The Kansas Legislature should
rework its stringent law on
license suspension for underage
possession of alcohol.
Students less than 21 years of
age who are convicted of con-
suming, possessing or purchas-
ing (or attempting to purchase)
alcohol face a 30-day license sus-
pension, according to a five-year-
old state law. The second offense
carries a 90-day suspension and
the third a one-year suspension.
The city must comply with the
law because city code cannot be
less restrictive than state law.
Kansas is one of 29 states that
have enacted a version of the
use/lose law as of January 1,
2006, according to the Alcohol
Policy Information System Web
site. The laws began to emerge in
the mid-1980s.
The state should suspend or
revoke licenses of drunk driv-
ers, who are more likely to kill
or maim others. But the use/lose
law unfairly punishes those who
avoid drinking and driving.
The penalty is already harsh
enough. Underage drinkers pay
a minimum fine of $300 and a
maximum fine of $500 if con-
victed.
The law has failed to reduce
minor in possession offenses.
The number of offenses has nei-
ther increased nor decreased in
Douglas County from 2002 to
2004, according to Kansas Bureau
of Investigation statistics.
The law has failed to signifi-
cantly reduce underage drinking
in Kansas. Studies fall short of
showing a casual relationship.
But they do indicate that alco-
hol use among 12-to-17-year-
old Kansans has not decreased
significantly from 2002-2004,
according to the governments
National Survey on Drug Use
and Health. Alcohol use among
18-to-25-year-old Kansans has
increased from 2002-2004.
Kansas has consistently ranked
in the top 20 states for alcohol
use in both age groups.
The public loses if young
Kansans cannot work because of
license suspensions. Productivity
and tax revenue could decrease if
those convicted rely on a vehicle
for transportation.
If the state must suspend
underage drinkers licenses, it
should suspend those of drinkers
under the age of 18, as 12 other
states do.
The Kansas Legislature should
treat college students as adults
and nix license suspensions for
underage drinkers.
Steve Lynn for the editorial board
Caught
The number of Douglas
County ofenses of minor in
possession in the last four
years:
2005: 288
2004: 195
2003: 209
2002: 296
Source: Kansas Bureau of Investigation
By saying that students dont
care about homecoming week
(Homecoming week no longer
matters to students, Thursday), the
Kansan staff shows it clearly did not
do its research on the topic.
The week is designed for all
students, not just the greek commu-
nity. Students on the Homecoming
Steering Committee are active in
other student groups, like the Black
Student Union, Student Senate and
student housing. Only five of the 13
members are greek.
The committee has been plan-
ning events for the last nine
months, improving past events to
include more students. One change
in this years homecoming is the
awarding of points. Greek Life and
Student Life categories encourage
more involvement. Even the loca-
tion of the pep rally was moved to
encourage student attendance.
ROTC members ran in the Spirit
Sprint, scholarship hall residents
won games in the 3-on-3 basket-
ball tournament, and the Asian
American Student Union plans to a
decorate a vehicle for the parade.
Homecoming has been a KU
tradition since 1912 and the com-
mittee has worked hard to provide
opportunities for fans to show their
spirit. Next time you criticize a tra-
dition because you are tired, think
of all those Jayhawks still waving
the wheat at athletic events.
Jennifer Denny
Plano, Texas, junior
Homecoming 2006 co-director
COMMENTARY OUR VIEW
Automatic license suspensions for
underage drinkers not a fair law
If Lawrence wont ofer President Bush its opinion on the war in Iraq, who will?
COMMENTARY
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this is for all the boys in oliver Hall:
You suck and i hate you.
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is it me, or do campus bus drivers
purposely aim for pedestrians?
n
why does dr. Holmes always wear
the same outft?
n
i remember when Fatsos used
to be mulligans and before that
the best bar in Lawrence the
benchwarmer. oh God, i need to
get a job. a real job.
n
Luke axtel: i found your wallet. i
turned it into the Hawk shop in
the union.
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i ride my bike. i do what i want.
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to the Gdis who wrote rethink
how you drink: stop going to the
ranch.
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Hash is full of free love and stds.
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well, today was the best western
civ class ive ever had. a lady with
a pirate map came in.
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Crime
Prosecutors drop porn suit
State drops charges ex-JonBenet Ramsey suspect Karr
By KIM CURTIS
ASSoCIATed PReSS
SANTA ROSA, Calif. A
judge dismissed child pornography
charges Thursday against former
JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect
John Mark Karr after prosecutors
said they didnt have enough evi-
dence to take the case to trial.
Sonoma County Superior Court
Judge Rene Chouteau ordered Karr
released immediately, bringing
an end to his two-month odyssey
in the U.S. criminal justice sys-
tem after he was extradited from
Thailand on suspicion of killing the
6-year-old beauty queen.
Karr, 41, was returned to
California last month to face the
five-year-old pornography case
after DNA evidence cleared him
of killing the girl in her Boulder,
Colo., home in 1996.
The misdemeanor pornography
case fell apart almost as quickly, as
investigators admitted losing vital
computer evidence that was seized
from Karr in April 2001 when he
was working as a substitute teacher
in Sonoma and Napa counties.
Defense lawyers tried twice
unsuccessfully to get the charges
dismissed and were seeking to have
evidence barred from trial when
prosecutors gave up. They said they
couldnt establish when the child
porn images had been downloaded
on Karrs computer.
Prosecutors acknowledged that
if Karr were convicted he would
not have served any additional time
in jail, because he spent several
months behind bars awaiting trial
in 2001. They said they were seek-
ing to have him register as a sex
offender.
Karr was not in court for the
hearing. He was expected to be
released from jail later in the day.
It was not immediately clear where
Karr would go or what he might
do.
Karr had fled the state after
being released from jail in 2001
and had been on the lam until his
arrest in Bangkok. He first came
to the attention of Sonoma County
officials after an informant told
authorities about alarming e-mails
he had been sending her.
Investigators looked at Karr in
connection with the unsolved 1997
murder of 12-year-old Georgia
Moses, whose body was found
dumped along a highway in Sonoma
County, Karrs lawyers said.
The sexually explicit pictures of
children were later found during
a search of his home, authorities
said.
His arrest led school officials to
strip him of his teaching credential,
and his marriage ended in divorce
later that year.
In hearings over the past two
weeks, the defense accused pros-
ecutors of misconduct for failing to
alert the judge sooner that evidence
was missing, and they questioned
the strength of the evidence that
remained. The defense also said the
search warrants were based on an
unreliable witness with a history of
mental illness.
Sheriff Bill Cogbill said he
accepted the prosecutors decision
to drop the charges.
Were conducting an internal
affairs investigation into these
issues, and were continuing an
audit of our evidence handling pro-
cedures, he said in a statement.
Business
Goodyear workers walk out
By CARL MANNING
ASSoCIATed PReSS
TOPEKA Like many co-work-
ers on the picket line, Steve Huston
wasnt happy Thursday about going
on strike at the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Co. plant, but he felt there
was no other option.
Nobody is glad to be on strike,
but were trying to hold onto what
we have and they are trying to take
more benefits and wages from us,
said Huston, of Topeka, who has
worked at the plant for 36 years.
Were trying to keep benefits for the
retirees, too.
Huston was among 1,300 to 1,400
members of United Steelworkers
Local 307 striking, joining work-
ers at 15 other Goodyear plants
in nine other states and Canada
after talks broke down between the
worlds third-largest tire maker and
the union, which represents some
15,000 workers at all the plants.
The union said the companys
latest proposal would have includ-
ed two plant closings, although the
company refused to say whether its
latest offer involved plant closings.
The Akron, Ohio-based company
said it would keep its plants open.
About 20 workers formed a sin-
gle-file picket line outside the plant,
many holding signs declaring they
were on strike for unfair labor prac-
tices. A trucker drove to the plant
entrance, saw the picketers, turned
around and left as several strikers
cheered.
Workers said they will maintain
the picket line around the clock out-
side the Topeka plant, which makes
tires some as big as 12 feet tall
for commercial vehicles such as
dump trucks and tractor-trailers and
for Humvee military vehicles.
The company contends the offer
rejected by the union protects jobs
and secures pensions while mirror-
ing agreements other companies
have.
But Huston said workers are con-
cerned about proposals that would
have them paying more for health
insurance, losing a cost-of-living
adjustment and accepting a pay plan
that could result in some workers
earning less.
The strike was no surprise for
the workers, many sporting blue T-
shirts with a slogan on the back:
Unity today. Protection for retirees.
Security for the future.
The old contract expired July
22 and both sides agreed to an
indefinite day-to-day extension. On
Monday, the union served notice
it would terminate the contract at
midday Thursday if no agreement
was reached.
As the noon hour approached,
union stewards told workers to pack
up their tools and clock out. Bob
Dolezilek, who has been at the plant
39 years, said he shut down his tire-
making machine and left.
Dolezilek, of nearby Holton, said
he has some savings stashed away
and his wife works. But like other
strikers, he will pinch pennies and
look for part-time work. Still, he has
no regrets with walking out.
This time, they asked for the
moon, he said.
Lloyd Brown, of Topeka, a six-
year veteran at the plant, said hes
striking for more than any personal
gain its because of other workers
who went on strike in the past.
They sacrificed in past strikes
to get us what weve got. Im an old-
fashioned guy. If somebody does
you a favor, you do them a favor,
he said.
AssociAted Press
topeka Goodyear rubber and tire company employees Mike Munoz, left, ernest Allison, center, ron thomas, right, stand outside the
gates of the Topeka Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company just after noonThursday. Thousands of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. employees nationwide went
on strike after rejecting the companys latest contract proposal.
Topeka employees among nationwide strike in company
HealtH
Spinach inquiry begins in California
By LISA LeFF
ASSoCIATed PReSS
SAN FRANCISCO In opening
a criminal investigation into two
produce companies involved in the
contaminated spinach outbreak, fed-
eral agents are following a script
first written a decade ago to hold
companies responsible for mass food
poisoning.
Federal officials do not think any-
one deliberately contaminated the
spinach with E. coli, which has killed
two and sickened at least 190 oth-
ers. Instead, the probe is focused on
whether the companies took appro-
priate steps to make sure their prod-
ucts were safe to eat.
FBI and Food and Drug
Administration agents spent 11
hours Wednesday searching Natural
Selection Foods LLC and Growers
Express, sifting through records for
evidence indicating the spinach pro-
ducers skirted proper food-handling
procedures.
Also Thursday, health officials in
Idaho confirmed that the death of a
2-year-old boy was caused by tainted
spinach. Test results showed that
Kyle Allgood was infected with the
same E. coli strain that also killed an
elderly Wisconsin woman.
Legal experts say the companies
do not need to have known that
their products were contaminated
to be convicted of criminal charges,
only negligent in their duties to keep
tainted foods from the market.
Lawyers involved in previous
food-poisoning cases said the gov-
ernment will likely try to charge the
companies under the 1938 Federal
Food Drug and Cosmetics Act,
which makes it a crime to sell or dis-
tribute adulterated products any
item deemed unsafe for human or
animal consumption.
The result of prosecution under
this statute is that you can be consid-
ered a criminal, and you may even go
to jail, and it may simply be because
you made a mistake, or one of your
employees made a mistake, said Eric
Greenberg, a law professor at the
Illinois Institute of Technology.
Tests on spinach recalled from
grocers point to nine spinach farms
that supplied produce to Natural
Selection, one of the nations larg-
est distributors of bagged salads.
The company issued a statement
Wednesday saying it was confident
in the cleanliness of its plant and
pointing the finger at growers.
Companies involved in tainted
food cases are not always prosecut-
ed. In 1993, a major E. coli outbreak
sickened about 700 people and killed
four who ate undercooked Jack in the
Box hamburgers. That outbreak led
to tighter Agriculture Department
safety standards for producers and
the chain paid millions to victims
families to settle lawsuits.
sports
The Kansas soccer team was left out
of the NCAA tournament last year
despite defeating Texas. The
teams meet tonight.
2B 3B
After getting swept by Missouri
on Wednesday, the volleyball team
faces oklahoma this weekend.
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sports
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ryan schneiders
fridAy five
The burning questions surrounding saturdays game.
Q:
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A:
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Who will start at quarterback?
It appears it will be the third-straight game-time de-
cision for coach mark mangino on his starting quar-
terback. He said throughout the week that freshman
kerry meier continued to improve, but was still listed
as day-to-day. If meier is ready to go this weekend,
hell have to show that he has no lingering side ef-
fects of the injury he sufered nearly a month ago.
can Kansas defense stop texas a&Ms
rushing attack?
The aggies boast the Big 12 conferences best rushing
ofense, averaging nearly 215 yards a game. kansas
has had one of the leagues most dominating rushing
defenses in the conference over the last two years,
giving up less than 90 yards a game. something has
to give saturday. Playing at home, the edge goes to
kansas front seven shutting down a&ms run game.
Who will replace eric Washington at linebacker?
after sufering a serious concussion against nebraska, washington will be out for at least a few
weeks. Until he returns, it appears mangino will split playing time at one of the outside linebacker
spots between sophomore James Holt and freshman arist wright. Both saw playing time in Lin-
coln after washingtons injury.
Who will start in the secondary?
In his frst start of the season, freshman anthony webb was burned early and often by nebraskas
passing attack. He was replaced before the end of the frst quarter by junior Blake Bueltel, who
didnt fare much better. mangino said following the game that webb would keep his starting
spot, but that could still change before kickof.
is this a must-win for Kansas?
kansas seemed to gain respect throughout the conference for its near-comeback victory against
nebraska. If the Jayhawks come out fat against a talented aggies squad, they can kiss that mo-
mentum, and their home-game winning streak, goodbye. anything short of a performance like
the team put together in the second half last week may not be enough to get the victory.
Jared Gab/KANsAN
paul Como (98), senior defensive end, and the Kansas defense expect to slowdownTexas a&Ms strong rushing ofense saturday.
Jared Gab/KANsAN
Blake Bueltel (23), junior cornerback, is not expected to start saturday against Texas a&M,
despite replacing freshman anthony Webb during last weeks loss at nebraska.
football
By shAwn shroyEr
Texas A&M hasnt done any-
thing fancy to get to 4-1 this season.
Instead, the Aggies have used their
bulk to overpower opponents.
Their game plan looks like this:
run the ball, complement the run
with the pass, keep teams from scor-
ing in the red zone, defend the pass
and run the ball some more.
Behind 6-foot, 274-pound sopho-
more running back Jorvorskie Lane,
the Aggies are leading the Big 12
Conference in rushing offense.
Through five games, Texas A&Ms
206 carries, 1,074 rushing yards, 5.2
yards per carry, 17 touchdowns and
214 rushing yards per game are all
tops in the conference.
Lane has accounted for nearly
30 percent of those yards and 11 of
those touchdowns, having scored in
half of Texas A&Ms 20 quarters this
season. Kansas sophomore corner-
back Aqib Talib, who is nearly 100
pounds lighter than Lane, said he
wouldnt be intimidated by Lanes
size.
Im going to tackle him, Talib
said. Im going to do what I do with
any other running back Im going
to tackle him.
The Aggies have another running
quarterback in sophomore Stephen
McGee. Hes second on the team
with 261 rushing yards. However,
McGee has given Texas A&M con-
sistency in its passing game that
it didnt always have with Reggie
McNeal.
This season, McGees completion
percentage is at nearly 65 percent,
and he has six touchdown passes to
just one interception. Last season,
McNeals completion percentage
hovered around 50 percent, and he
threw 16 touchdowns to nine inter-
ceptions.
As a team, Texas A&M is averag-
ing more than 200 passing yards per
game, making it one of eight schools
in the nation to average more than
200 rushing and passing yards per
game.
Junior defensive tackle Red Bryant
anchors the Texas A&M defensive
line, weighing about 325 pounds.
However, hes looking to improve
upon his 13 tackles and one sack on
the season.
Senior linebacker Justin Warren
leads the Aggies with 38 tackles, but
only six are solo and he has yet to
force a turnover.
Texas A&M excels on defense by
preventing offenses from scoring in
the red zone. This season, the Aggies
have kept offenses off the board on
five of 11 red zone visits, which is
best in the Big 12.
Conversely, Kansas is next-to-
last in the conference in red zone
scoring, doing so only 66.7 percent
of the time. Nevertheless, Kansas
junior receiver Marcus Henry didnt
expect the Kansas offense to adjust
for Texas A&Ms strong red zone
defense.
Right now were not chang-
ing anything going into the game,
Henry said.
Texas A&M might be vulnerable
from outside the red zone. With less
than 30 seconds to play last week,
Texas Tech connected on a 37-yard
touchdown pass to steal the victory
from Texas A&M.
Freshman cornerback Jordan
Peterson had the coverage on the
crucial play, but Texas A&M coach
Dennis Franchione said he still had
faith in Peterson.
Of all of our corners I still have
no hesitation that he was the best
one to be in that situation, and gosh,
looking at yalls pictures and the
film, he covered it pretty darn well,
Franchione said.
Before giving up 392 passing
yards to the Red Raiders, the Aggies
had the sixth-best pass defense in
the nation. If the Jayhawks offense
cant handle the Aggies roadblocks
up front, the Jayhawks may find it
hard to move the ball and keep up
with the Aggies scoring machine,
Jorvorskie Lane.
Kansan sportswriter shawn shroy-
er can be contacted at sshroyer@
kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
Texas A&M capitalizes on rushing ofense, red zone defense to crush foes
HoMecoMing
Committee,
fans dislike
kickof time
By C.J. MoorE
Put Jennifer Denny in the group
of those against the early homecom-
ing kickoff Saturday against Texas
A&M.
The 11 a.m. start, which was
determined by Fox Sports Net,
has created obstacles for tailgaters
and Denny, the co-director of the
Homecoming Steering Committee.
It sucks, Denny said. Wed rath-
er it be later in the evening.
The Homecoming parade had to
be moved from 10 a.m. to 9 a.m.,
which will cause Denny and her
committee to be in a rush Saturday
because of the early kickoff. They
learned last year when the home-
coming game against Missouri was
at 3 p.m. that early kickoffs put a
cramp in their style.
It was just very, very rushed,
Denny said. Because after the
parade is over, we calculate all the
scores for the homecoming points
throughout the week and we have to
have that ready for halftime.
football
Washington
admitted
to iCU
washington
By ryAn sChnEidEr
Kansas senior linebacker Eric
Washington has
been admitted
to a Kansas City,
Mo., hospital, an
individual close
to the team has
confirmed.
St. Lukes
Hospital staff
said Washington
was in the intensive care unit.
The source, who asked not to be
named, said that Washington was
fine but had been taken to the hospi-
tal for precautionary reasons.
Eric is fine, the source said.
Hes talking, laughing, walking. Eric
is doing real good.
The source said he was unsure
when Washington would be
released.
At his weekly press conference
Tuesday, Kansas football coach Mark
Mangino said Washington had com-
plained of weakness in his left leg
earlier in the week. Mangino said at
the time that he was told by doctors
that it was nothing to be concerned
about.
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NEW YORK The
Columbia University Athletic
Department ofcially announced
the reinstatement of the mens
ice hockey club on Wednesday
in a statement, citing a possible
miscommunication over the club
sports policy.
The team will be required to par-
ticipate in leadership training and
will be suspended from preseason
competitions. The team will be on
probation for one year. The former
punishment suspended the team
until the spring and put it on two-
year probation.
Columbia Daily Spectator
Bonds trainer ends
second prison stay
SAN FRANCISCO
U.S. District Judge William Alsup
said Barry Bonds personal trainer
Greg Anderson must be freed
because a federal appeals court
hadnt afrmed the contempt order
within the 30 days after Anderson
was jailed. He could be returned to
prison if the appeals court afrms
the Aug. 28 contempt citation.
The trainer has been imprisoned
twice for refusing to testify before
a grand jury investigating whether
the Giants slugger committed
perjury when he said he never
knowingly used steroids.
Associated Press
Rangers dismiss
dugout leader
ARLINGTON, Texas
Jon Daniels marked his one-year
anniversary as the Texas Rangers
general manager with his toughest
decision yet: he fred manager Buck
Showalter.
Daniels expected more than
an 80-82 record and the Rangers
sixth losing season in seven years.
He saw the need for a change in
leadership, a diferent kind of com-
municator in the dugout.
Showalter was 319-329 in four
seasons with the Rangers, his
third managerial job. Texas never
fnished above third place.
Associated Press
Duquesne gunmen
to face trial for
shooting
PITTSBURGH Two men ac-
cused of shooting fve Duquesne
University basketball players out-
side a school dance were ordered
Wednesday to stand trial.
William Holmes, 18, and Derek
Lee, 18, face fve counts each of at-
tempted homicide and aggravated
assault and one count of carrying
a frearm without a license in the
Sept. 17 shootings. Neither is a
Duquesne student.
The most seriously injured of
the fve players, Sam Ashaolu, was
moved Monday from critical care
into a rehabilitation center. The
others are back on campus.
Associated Press
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athletics calendar
TODAY
nSwimming & Diving, Intra-
squad, 4 p.m., Robinson Center
nSoccer vs. Texas, 4 p.m.,
Jayhawk Soccer Complex
nTennis, Indiana Tournament,
all day, Bloomington, Ind.
SATURDAY
nFootball vs. Texas A&M,
11 a.m., Memorial Stadium
nVolleyball at Oklahoma,
7 p.m., Norman, Okla.
nSoftball, Big Red Fall Classic,
2:30 and 4:45 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
nTennis, Indiana Tournament,
all day, Bloomington, Ind.
Player to watch: elizaveta avde-
eva, obninsk, russia, junior, was
a member of last seasons big 12
conference
frst team
for both
singles and
doubles.
avdeeva
won the
most
matches on the
team last fall and will be making
her season debut at this week-
ends indiana tournament.
SUNDAY
nSoccer vs. Texas A&M, 1 p.m.,
Jayhawk Soccer Complex
nMens golf, Windon Memorial
Classic, TBA, Skokie Country Club,
Glencoe, Ill.
nSoftball, Big Red Fall Classic, 10
a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
nTennis, Indiana Tournament,
all day, Bloomington, Ind.
Avdeeva
Volleyball
Kansas to continue road stretch at Oklahoma
By Drew Davison
Historically, the Kansas volley-
ball team has had success against
Oklahoma.
The Jayhawks have not lost to
the Sooners since 2001.
The team hopes history will hold
true when it travels to Norman,
Okla., to take on the hot Sooners on
Saturday at the Howard McClasland
Field House.
Kansas (8-8, 1-6 Big 12
Conference) was swept Wednesday
at No. 17 Missouri, while No. 25
Oklahoma (13-3, 5-1) swept Baylor
at home, increasing its win streak
to four.
We need to keep looking for-
ward to win, Jamie Mathewson,
senior libero, said. Every game
someone can beat someone, so we
need to keep our hopes up.
Oklahoma has a strong offen-
sive front that Kansas will need to
contain. The Sooners rank second
in the Big 12 with a .253 hit-
ting percentage. They rank third
in kills, with an average of 16.09
per game.
Kansas coach Ray Bechard said
he talked with his team about
everyone needing to do a better job
individually.
Its under their control, he said.
Things like not tracking the hitter
you are supposed to track.
Bechard said the team needed to
limit the number of runs opponents
were able to go on to get going in
the right direction.
If you have a five-point swing
in a volleyball match, youre taking
yourself out of the game, he said.
Missouri had separate five-
and-six point unanswered runs
Wednesday, which enabled it to
sweep Kansas.
The Jayhawk defense will need to
improve as well, especially against
Sooner outside hitter Joanna
Schmitt, who averages 4.31 kills
per game.
Kansas outside hitter Jana Correa
said the team had practiced well,
but it has not transitioned to the
games.
Were working hard, trying our
best, she said. But it seems like in
a game it doesnt work out the same
way like it does in practice.
Kansas returns home next to face
in-state rival Kansas State on Oct.
11.
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davi-
son can be contacted at ddavi-
son@kansan.com.
Edited by Erin Wiley
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
The Jayhawks travel to Norman, Okla., to play the Sooners on Saturday. The Kansas
defense, including Savannah Noyes (18) will have to play strongly against Oklahomas top-notch
ofense in order to win.
sailing
Clinton Lake event draws
schools to tournament
The University of Kansas sailing
team will play host to a national
qualifying tournament this week-
end at Clinton Lake.
More than 20 schools from the
Southeastern division will travel
to Lawrence for the opportunity
to qualify for the ICSA national
tournament.
The events will begin at 10 a.m.
at Clinton Lake and will last all
day. For more information, visit
collegesailing.org.
Michael Phillips and Drew Bergman
swimming
Intrasquad meet allows
for unique order, lineups
The season gets under way for
the Kansas swimming and diving
team this afternoon. The tradi-
tional intrasquad meet will take
place at 4 p.m. at the Robinson
Natatorium and is free to students
and the public.
The meet will split the team
into Blue and Crimson squads for
the competition. It will feature a
unique order of events to allow
the team to experience new
lineups diferent from a regular
season meet.
Coach Clark Campbell, enter-
ing his ffth year as coach for the
team, continues the ongoing
tradition. Campbell prepares to
lead a team that returns 20 letter-
winners. The team will also feature
12 incoming freshmen who look
to add to the success experienced
last season.
The Jayhawks start the season
ranked in the College Swim
Coaches Association of America
(CSCAA) Division I Top 25 Poll as
a result of the success the team
achieved last season. The Jay-
hawks fnished 8-2 and a perfect
3-0 in Big 12 meets last season
and look to continue this success.
The team was also recognized
in the ofseason for its academic
achievements during the 2005-06
season.
The team will begin its regular
season next weekend when it
travels to Nebraska for two meets.
The Big 12 relays take place in
Lincoln on Friday, October 13. The
team will then travel to Omaha
to take on Nebraska-Omaha on
Saturday, October 14.
Daniel C. Weixeldorfer
tennis
Jayhawks travel to Indiana
to play in Hoosier Classic
The University of Kansas tennis
team will take part in the Hoosier
Classic today. The tournament will
take place at the University of Indi-
ana in Bloomington, Ind., and will
last through Sunday afternoon.
This will be the second tourna-
ment for the Jayhawks so far this
season. Earlier this season, the
Jayhawks competed in the Dea-
con Classic tournament, where
sophomore Yuliana Svistun won
the championship in the Flight D
bracket.
Svistuns frst-place fnish was
the highest fnish in the tourna-
ment that Kansas had all week-
end.
In-state rival Kansas State is
also scheduled to play in the
tournament. This will be the frst
time this season that Kansas and
Kansas State will be competing in
the same tournament.
Antonio Mendoza
sports
3b
friday, october 6, 2006
By Mark Dent
Its been almost 11 months now,
but the bitter feelings remain.
Kansas players gathered together
last November during the NCAA
Tournament selection show confi-
dent of receiving a bid, but were
turned down, while Texas was sur-
prisingly chosen for postseason play.
When youre sitting in a room
with your team waiting to hear your
name called and dont, Kansas coach
Mark Francis said, Thats motiva-
tion.
The Jayhawks finally have
their chance to get even with the
Longhorns when the two teams play
at 4 p.m. today at the Jayhawk Soccer
Complex.
The animosity Kansas feels toward
Texas isnt just sour grapes over the
Longhorns being selected for the
dance and the Jayhawks being left
home. It comes from knowing that
they not only finished with a better
record and higher ranking in the
Big 12, but also beat the Longhorns
in their head-to-head matchup last
season.
The victory over Texas last year
was the first in Kansas soccer his-
tory, and was one of the most memo-
rable moments of the season for the
Jayhawks. The Jayhawks went on to
finish second in the conference with
an 11-7-2 record while the Longhorns
went 11-9-1 and placed sixth.
Since they got in the tournament
last year and we didnt, theres a little
extra confidence that we can beat
them, sophomore goalkeeper Julie
Hanley said. Itll be good to play
them.
This season, Texas (8-3-1, 2-1-1)
returns 10 starters and is the No. 18
team in the country. The Longhorns
are tied for second in the conference
in goals scored per game, but they
are coming off a bad weekend that
included a loss to Oklahoma State and
a tie against Oklahoma, a team that
has yet to win a conference game.
Kansas faces Texas on the heels of
one of its best performances of the
season, according to Francis. The
Jayhawks only beat the Cornhuskers
1-0 Sunday, but Francis said the
offense created more opportunities
than it had in the last two weeks.
The Jayhawks lead the conference
in shutouts and have allowed the
least amount of goals compared to
the other Big 12 teams.
Kansas stingy defense will be key
in its second match of the weekend
against No. 8 Texas A&M on Sunday
at 1 p.m. The Aggies (8-3-1, 4-0)
won the Big 12 regular season and
tournament championships last year.
The Jayhawks have only defeated the
Aggies once.
These are two of the toughest
teams in the conference, Francis
said. Im just glad were playing
them at home.
kansan sportswriter Mark Dent
can be contacted at mdent@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Brett Bolton
By ryan SchneiDer
Kansas defense has had little
trouble stopping running backs this
season. But that could change come
Saturday.
In its first four games, Kansas has
faced teams that have thrown the
ball on more than 50 percent of their
plays. This weekend, though, the
Jayhawks will take on this seasons
first rushing opponent.
This season, Texas A&M has run
the ball an average of 41 times a game
for 214 yards. Thats an average of 5.2
yards a carry. With Kansas defense
giving up less than 90 yards a game,
something has to give on Saturday.
A&Ms rushing attack is led by
its running back, Jorvorskie Lane,
who stands at 6-foot, 274 pounds.
By comparison, Kansas Jon Cornish
is listed at 6 feet, 204 pounds. This
season, Lane is averaging 60 yards a
game on 12 carries.
We will definitely hunker down
so that he does not get too many
rushing yards, sophomore defensive
lineman John Larson said.
Lane is not known as a back that
can rush for big yardage. Instead, hes
used more in short yardage and goal
line situations. Already this season,
Lane leads the Big 12 Conference
with 11 touchdowns in five games.
Kansas defense hasnt allowed a
100-yard rusher in nearly two seasons.
The last back to rush for more than
100 yards was Texas Cedric Benson
in 2004, who rushed for 161 yards.
The key for Kansas during that
stretch has been getting good pres-
sure up the middle by the defensive
line and linebackers.
Weve played downhill as line-
backers, Mangino said. Were
jumping gaps and getting up field on
the defensive line.
The defensive fronts success
comes as a surprise, considering
Kansas returned just one starter.
Nearly all of the new starters this
season saw some time last year, but
not significant time.
Senior linebacker Eric Washington
left the game on a stretcher last
weekend because of a concussion
and is expected to miss at least two
games. Mangino said Washingtons
outside linebacker spot would be
filled by either sophomore James
Holt or freshman Arist Wright.
kansan senior sportswriter ryan
Schneider can be contacted at
rschneider@kansan.com.
Edited by Dianne Smith
Soccer
Jayhawks to play Longhorns, Aggies
Aggies tough test for Jayhawk defense
football
Kansan fle photo
Michelle Rasmussen, senior midfelder, and the Jayhawk soccer team take on Texas at 4
p.m. today and Texas A&M at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex. This weekends games
could be key in determining positioning for the Big 12 tournament at the end of the season.
The source said he had no reason
to believe Washington had suffered
any recurrence of the temporary
paralysis he suffered after a hit in
last weeks game against Nebraska.
Repeated attempts to reach
Washingtons mother, Linda
Hobbs, at her home in Detroit,
were unsuccessful.
Mason Logan, associate media
relations director, said he couldnt
confirm or deny that Washington
had been admitted to the hospital.
It is Kansas football policy not
to comment on injuries.
Washington was injured in the
third quarter of last weekends
game at Nebraska. He attempted
a head-first tackle, bounced off a
Nebraska running back and fell to
the ground.
Teammate Joe Mortensen said
he knew something was wrong
after the hit.
I tried to pick him up and he
went limp, Mortensen said at the
game.
Team trainers attended to
Washington as he remained on
the turf for nearly 15 minutes.
Washington was taken off the field
on a stretcher and transported to a
Lincoln hospital. Washington had
no feeling in his extremities while
on the ground, but his feeling had
returned as he was transported to
the hospital.
Washington suffered a con-
cussion and temporary paralysis,
Mangino said after the game. He
was kept at a Lincoln hospital until
Monday morning.
Mangino said Tuesday that
Washington would visit a doctor
who specializes in head- and neck-
sports injuries. He said Sunday
night that Washington might play
again this season.
Washington came to Kansas as
a junior last season. He spent his
first two seasons of his eligibil-
ity at the University of Minnesota
and Minnesota West Community
College.
kansan senior sportswriter ryan
Schneider can be contacted at
rschneider@kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
Denny is not the only student
who would like to see a later kick-
off. Kyle Hake, Olathe freshman,
usually tailgates before games;
Saturday, he is choosing to head
straight to the stadium instead of
the grill.
You know its early when you
have to set an alarm clock for a KU
football game, Denny said.
If the game was not on TV, Jim
Marchiony, University of Kansas
associate athletics director, said
the game would start later in the
day to allow for Homecoming
activities. However, the networks
have the final say on the game
time.
If we had the best scenario,
it would be on TV at 6 oclock at
least until the middle of October,
Marchiony said. Because it seems
from the feedback weve received,
some majority of fans would prefer
it at 6.
Jimmy Humphrey, Fredonia
sophomore, lives in Tau Kappa
Epsilon fraternity house, 1111 W.
11th St., and is setting his alarm
for 6:30 a.m. Saturday to welcome
alumni and prepare to park cars in
TKEs parking lot. Humphrey said
he would have gone to the parade
if the game was later in the day.
Instead, hes heading to the sta-
dium early to get good seats.
The parade, which features for-
mer voice of the Jayhawks Max
Falkenstien as the grand marshal,
should last about an hour, Denny
said, and should leave enough time
for fans to make it to kickoff.
kansan staf writer c.J. Moore
can be contacted at cjmoore@
kansan.com.
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MLB
San Diego continues postseason woes
Cardinals drop Padres for ninth straight loss in playoffs
By RONALD BLUM
AssOciAteD PRess
NEW YORK Justin Verlander
overpowered Alex Rodriguez with
100 mph heat. Joel Zumaya topped
that, his fastball whizzing by at 102.
The New York Yankees never saw
what was coming, and the Detroit
Tigers headed home with a split.
Verlander and Detroits bullpen
held down New Yorks mighty offense,
Curtis Grandersons go-ahead triple
off Mike Mussina capped a come-
back, and Detroit beat the Yankees
4-3 Thursday to leave them tied at
one game apiece in their best-of-five
AL playoff series.
Theres a lot of people doubting
us, Zumaya said. A lot of people
dont expect the Tigers to come out
and play as good as we did. We have
to prove ourselves and, obviously, we
proved it a little bit today.
Verlander, like Zumaya one of
Detroits rookie sensations, pitched
in and out of trouble for 5 2-3
innings, allowing seven hits and
four walks. He gave his only runs
on Johnny Damons fourth-inning
homer, which put New York ahead
3-1.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland then
made the unusual move to pull him
with a runner on, one out and a 1-
1 count on Robinson Cano. Jamie
Walker came in, threw two balls,
and induced an inning-ending 6-4-3
double play.
It was that type of up-and-down
day for the wild-card Tigers, who
ended a six-game losing streak that
cost them the AL Central title last
weekend.
I just didnt like the fastball
before that. It was 92, Leyland said.
I just said, This is it. Im going to
make my move now. I know theres a
count on the hitter, but Im going to
make it right now. Just all of a sud-
den, your instincts take over and say,
Look, this is just not right.
Those type of against-the-book
moves helped Leyland turn around
the Tigers in his first year as manag-
er, stopping Detroits streak of losing
seasons at 12.
Hes a feel guy, Yankees manager
Joe Torre said.
Walker, Zumaya and Todd Jones
combined for one-hit relief, making
New Yorks modern-day Murderers
Row resembled overmatched kids.
Jones pitched the ninth for the save,
giving up a leadoff single to Hideki
Matsui. A soft tosser when com-
pared to his hard-throwing pen
mates, Jones then retired the next
three batters.
MLB
Detroit evens playof series
Speedy pitching leads Tigers to victory against Yankees
Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals closer AdamWainwright throws to the San Diego Padres during the ninth inning in Game 2 of their National League Division
Series baseball game Thursday in San Diego.
Associated Press
Detroit Tigers Carlos Guillen, right, is congratulated by third base coach Gene Lamont after hitting a solo home run against the NewYork Yankees
during the sixth inning in Game 2 of the American League Division Series onThursday at Yankee Stadiumin NewYork.
By BeRNie WiLsON
AssOciAteD PRess
SAN DIEGO Getting out of
September intact was the hard part
for the St. Louis Cardinals, who
clinched a division title while stuck
in reverse.
And the San Diego Padres? Well,
after coming into the playoffs with
all the confidence in the world
and rare home-field advantage
they may not make it through the
weekend.
The Padres appear to be headed
for their same ol postseason fate
against the Cardinals, who won 2-0
on Thursday behind Albert Pujols
and reclamation project Jeff Weaver
to take a 2-0 lead in the NL division
series.
Its very big because coming into
these playoffs we didnt really know
what to expect, Cardinals shortstop
David Eckstein said.
Well, history suggests the best-
of-five series will end Saturday in St.
Louis, unless the popgun Padres can
find their missing bats. The Padres
are hitting an embarrassing .164 in
the series, getting just 10 hits and
one run so far, while striking out 20
times. Theyre 0-for-10 with run-
ners in scoring position, and have
stranded 13.
The crowd booed after Cardinals
rookie closer Adam Wainright
retired the side in the ninth.
Weve got to get on the board,
score some runs, said San Diego
native David Wells, who may have
pitched his final big league game.
I think one run in two games isnt
going to cut it. This continues, then
you know thats the end of it.
Right now, I mean its about as
flat as it can get, said the 43-year-old
Wells, who plans to retire when the
season ends.
St. Louis, which barely avoided
one of the biggest September col-
lapses ever, improved to 8-0 in the
postseason against San Diego. That
includes division series sweeps last
year and in 1996.
I think its a huge step in the
right direction to come into some-
body elses park and win the first
two, especially in the short series,
said Weaver, who used his curveball
to baffle a lefty-dominated Padres
lineup. Were looking forward to
getting back home and trying to
make the series as short as pos-
sible.
Pujols had three more hits after
homering in the 5-1 victory in Game
1. He and Jim Edmonds hit RBI sin-
gles off Wells in the fourth inning.
Weaver and four relievers, three
of whom are rookies, combined on a
four-hitter. Making his second career
postseason start, Weaver outpitched
Wells, who was making his 17th
postseason start and 27th appear-
ance dating to 1989.
Weaver gave up two singles in five
innings, allowing only two Padres
baserunners as far as second base. He
struck out three and walked three.
Aware that the Padres liked fast-
balls, Weaver didnt throw very
many. San Diego leadoff batter Dave
Roberts estimated that more than
50 percent of Weavers pitches were
curveballs.
I just wanted to stay away from
the extra-base hits and things of that
nature, and was able to throw a lot of
quality breaking balls to keep these
guys off-balance, said Weaver, who
dodged jams in the first and fifth
innings.
And to think Weaver struggled
so badly with the Angels this year,
going 3-10, that he was traded to
make room in their rotation for
his younger brother, Jered. But he
earned this start by going 4-1 with
a 4.03 ERA in eight road starts with
St. Louis.
Relievers Randy Flores, Josh
Kinney, Tyler Johnson and
Wainwright pitched four innings of
two-hit ball. Wainwright got the last
four outs for the save.
Padres rookie Josh Barfield dou-
bled off Wainwright with two outs in
the eighth before Adrian Gonzalez
grounded to second.
So why have San Diegos bats gone
AWOL?
Its one of those things where we
struggle at home offensively, Brian
Giles said. Theres no sugarcoating
it. I wish we had an explanation. We
dont.
About the only thing the Padres
have going now is that they were 45-
36 on the road, including winning
two of three at St. Louis last week.
We battled our tails off through
September to get here, said Geoff
Blum, whos filled in for injured
shortstop Khalil Greene. Hopefully,
there are some remnants of that
floating around and well return to
some of the magic in St. Louis.
San Diego hadnt lost consecutive
games in almost a month.
Wells lost his third straight post-
season start, allowing two runs and
seven hits in five innings. He struck
out two and walked none. Overall,
the hefty lefty is 10-5 in the post-
season.
The Padres obtained Wells from
the Boston Red Sox on Aug. 31,
mostly because of his history of
postseason success, which included
World Series championships with
Toronto in 1992 and the Yankees
in 1998, when he beat San Diego in
Game 1.
The Padres havent led in a
postseason game since being up 3-
2 against the Yankees after seven
innings of Game 3 of the 98 Series.
Scott Brosius stunned the Padres
with a three-run homer off Trevor
Hoffman in the eighth inning his
second shot of the night and the
Yankees won 5-4.
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Friday, OctOber 6, 2006
Texas A&M sophomore
quarterback Stephen McGee.
In limited action last season, Mc-
Gee showed
potential, but
compl et ed
just 45.3 per-
cent of his
passes, had
a 98.8 pass-
ing efciency
and two
touchdowns
to one interception. This season
his completion percentage is up
to 64.5. McGee is also a threat
to run the ball, with the second
most rushing yards on the team.
However, he has yet to play a
game outside of Texas this sea-
son.
James McClinton. The junior
defensive lineman recorded a
career-hi gh
seven tackles,
including four
solo tackles,
last week-
end against
Ne b r a s k a .
Against a Tex-
as A&M team
that runs the
football nearly 41 times a game,
itll be important for McClinton
to get adequate pressure up
the middle to stuf the run. Mc-
Clinton has been among the
leaders of the defensive line,
which hasnt allowed a 100-yard
rusher since the end of the 2004
season.
game of field position
Kickers may make the diference
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No. 7 Texas (4-1) vs. No. 14 Oklahoma (3-1) in Dallas,
Saturday 2:30 p.m. on ABC
Last year Texas rode Heisman hopeful Vince Young to its frst victory
over Oklahoma since 1999. This year, Oklahoma hopes its Heisman hope-
ful, running back Adrian Peterson, will get it back on the winning track
against the burnt-orange rivals.
Young is gone at quarterback for Texas, but freshman Colt McCoy has
played well so far this season, completing 71.1 percent of his passes for
846 yards, 10 touchdowns and just two interceptions. However, he will
need to improve upon his last performance against a ranked opponent.
Against Ohio State, McCoy completed 59.3 percent of his passes for 154
yards, one touchdown and one pick.
Peterson has steamrolled opponents this season on his way to 643 rush-
ing yards, which is ffth-best in the nation, and seven touchdowns. Texas
will be unlike any team Peterson has faced, though, allowing just 36.6
rushing yards a game, which is second-best in the country.
No. 23 Missouri (5-0) at Texas Tech (4-1), Saturday 6
p.m. on TBS
This match-up will prove pivotal for a pair of teams with hopes of play-
ing in the Big 12 Championship game. Missouri leads the all-time series
3-2, but Saturday will mark Texas Techs homecoming. The Red Raiders
have won 13 of their last 14 homecoming games, including a 52-38 victory
against Missouri in 2002.
Texas Tech is king of the Big 12 when it comes to passing ofense, but
Missouri is one of two conference teams that have more total yards of of-
fense per game than the Red Raiders. Quarterback Chase Daniel is a huge
reason why. Hes averaging 254.6 passing yards per game and is second on
the team with 130 rushing yards.
Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell and receivers Robert Johnson
and Joel Filani have given defenses headaches this season. Harrell and
Johnson connected for the game-winning touchdown last week against
Texas A&M.
No. 22 Nebraska (4-1) at Iowa State (3-2), Saturday 7
p.m. on ABC
Both teams are coming of home victories last week, but neither came
easily. Kansas took Nebraska to overtime after trailing by as much as 17
points. Sandwiched between games against Texas and Nebraska, North-
ern Iowa was supposed to give Iowa State a break. Instead, the Cyclones
escaped with a 28-27 victory.
Nebraska will likely try to pound Iowa State with its running game. The
Cornhuskers are tied for second in the Big 12 in time of possession and the
Cyclones are 10th in the conference in rushing defense. No matter what
Nebraska does, it should have no problem reaching the end zone. The
Huskers are frst in the conference in scoring, and the Cyclones have the
worst scoring defense in the Big 12.
As usual, Iowa State will depend on quarterback Bret Meyer Saturday.
He has scored 66 of the teams 120 points this season and has accounted
for 75 percent of the Cyclones total yards of ofense.
After dropping another road
game in overtime, Kansas re-
turns to Memorial Stadium for
its home Big 12 Conference
opener. The Jayhawks havent
won a game against a South
Division team since 2003. If Kan-
sas wants to have a chance in
its Homecoming game, it must
get an early lead. Because Texas
A&M likes to run the football
and use up the clock, Kansas of-
fense will get fewer possessions.
If A&Ms running backs are suc-
cessful, and Kansas gets of to
a slow start like it did last week
in Nebraska, this game could be
over very quickly.
9 - consecutive home wins
at Memorial Stadium, a school-
record
4 - consecutive Kansas games
on television
15 - Kansas average margin
of victory at home during its
nine-game winning streak.
1- Kansas number of all-time
wins against A&M
2- the number of players,
Brian Murph and Dexton Fields,
that had at least 100 yards re-
ceiving against Nebraska
SeCONDAry - Kansas sec-
ondary was burned early and
often in last weeks overtime
loss at Nebraska. The Corn-
huskers had three touchdown
passes of 75 yards or more. The
secondary seemed to be im-
proving since a horrifc outing
against Louisiana-Monroe, but
last weeks game showed that
Manginos young secondary
has some work left to do. They
wont be tested much this week
by Aggies quarterback Stephen
McGee, but when they are, the
Jayhawks cant aford to keep
giving up the big play.
Texas A&M is coming of a
heartbreaking, conference-
opening 31-27 loss to Texas Tech
last week. However, the Aggies
havent lost back-to-back games
to begin their conference sched-
ule since 1995. Although Texas
A&M played Army at a neutral
stadium three weeks ago, Satur-
day will be the Aggies frst true
road game. Texas A&M hasnt
played its frst road game of the
season this late since 1984. The
only time Kansas native Den-
nis Franchione faced Kansas as
head coach, his Aggies defeated
the Jayhawks 45-33 at home in
2003.
8 ofenses in the country,
including Texas A&M, that are
averaging 200 passing and 200
rushing yards per game
13.2 points per game run-
ning back Jorvorskie Lane has
averaged entering Saturdays
game
26 seconds remaining in
last weeks game when Texas
Tech scored its game-winning
touchdown
36.8 average yards per kick
return for junior Kerry Franks,
which is tops in the conference
54.5 percent of the time
Texas A&M has allowed oppo-
nents to score in the red zone,
which is best in the Big 12 by
12.2 percent
STepheN MCGee McGee
sufered a slight concussion in
the second quarter of the Texas
Tech game, but played through
it. Hes been cleared to play, but
how will he handle the frst hit
he takes Saturday?
TIMe Of pOSSeSSION Tex-
as A&M is tied for second in the
Big 12 in time of possession,
trailing Kansas by 13 seconds
per game. Can the Aggies con-
trol the ball like they have all
season?
McClinton
Ofense
Freshman quarterback Kerry Meier has been medically
cleared to play Saturday, but that doesnt mean a thing.
Instead, Meier must show Mangino that hes ready to be
handed the ofense once again. Minus a terrible frst quarter,
Kansas ofense played its best game of the season against
Nebraksa. If Meier does return this week, you have to wonder
how much of an adjustment period there will be back to Mei-
ers run-pass option. The safe bet would be to start Barmann
another week to keep the ofenses momentum going.
Defense
Kansas will face the best rushing attack it has seen all sea-
son on Saturday. The Aggies lead the Big 12 Conference in
rushing, averaging nearly 215 yards a game. Aside from its
two running backs, Jovorskie Lane and Courtney Lewis, A&M
quarterback Stephen McGee also rushes the ball for more
than 50 yards a game. The game will likely be decided by
Kansas front seven and their ability to stop the run.
Momentum
Kansas played well enough for most of
the game last week to get the victory against
Nebraska, but mistakes plauged the team all night
long. In its frst fve games, Kansas has turned the ball
over 15 times. Mangino has made forcing turnovers
an emphasis this season, but if his team doesnt stop
committing turnovers, they will be in trouble. The
frst quarter against Nebraska showed that if Kansas
turns the ball over against a quality opponent, the
Jayhawks will pay.
McGee
Ofense
Theres no secret to Texas A&Ms recipe for success on
ofense. The Aggies lead the Big 12 in rushing at a clip of
214.8 yards per game and theyre doing it by committee.
Sophomore running back Jorvorskie Lane leads the team
with 301 yards and 11 touchdowns. Sophomore quarter-
back Stephen McGee isnt far behind with 261 rushing
yards and a touchdown. Freshman Mike Goodson and se-
nior Courtney Lewis have combined for 337 rushing yards
and two touchdowns. McGee has also been an efective
passer, completing 64.5 percent of his passes for 923 yards
and six touchdowns. Senior Chad Schroeder has been his
most reliable receiver, averaging 20.1 yards per catch and
hauling in three touchdowns.
Defense
Texas A&M is toward the bottom of the Big 12 against the
run, allowing more than 100 yards per game, but thats par-
tially because it has been so successful in its pass defense. Be-
fore playing pass-happy Texas Tech last week, Texas A&M was
sixth in the nation in pass defense. The Aggies
have slipped to 46th in the nation since, but
are still allowing just 180.4 passing yards
per game. While the Texas A&M
defense has bent, it rarely
breaks. The Aggies are
frst in the Big 12 in red
zone defense. Senior Jus-
tin Warren is ninth among
conference linebackers,
averaging 7.6 tackles per
game. While he has 38
tackles on the season,
only six have been solo.
Junior defensive end
Chris Harrington is sixth in
the Big 12 with 3.5 sacks this season.

Momentum
Texas A&M can win the feld
posi- tion battle with its special teams.
Sophomore punter Justin Brantly is averaging
49.5 yards per punt, which would lead the nation
by more than two yards if he had enough attempts
to qualify. The Aggies are also frst in the nation in kick-
of return average, and junior Kerry Franks returned a
kickof 99 yards for a touchdown last week against Texas
Tech. This game will have a little added importance for
coach Dennis Franchione, who was born in Girard and
raised in Cherokee. Saturday will be his frst game at Memo-
rial Stadium as a head coach.