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Darren Kennedy,
Overland Park senior,
drew this self-portrait
earlier this year. His
leukemia relapsed in
August.
white surgical mask
covers Darren
Kennedys nose and
mouth. You notice
this right away when
he opens the door at
his Missouri Street duplex on a late
September day.
He needs the mask. His lungs cant
handle the air, which becomes obvious
when you see the breathing machine
connected to his arm by a tube and
slung over his shoulder like a small
backpack. Hes had that since his right
lung collapsed.
I only have nine more days with
it, he says cheerfully, pointing to the
machine.
Bacteria got into the lung somehow,
maybe from this crusty old house, and
boom, the lung collapsed. These things
happen when your immune system is
down. And his has been down since
Aug. 7.
It was on that day Darren, an
Overland Park senior, learned his leu-
kemia had returned. After two years
of maintenance chemotherapy, he had
only two months left before hed stop
treatment, and he relapsed.
His mother, Fe, moves about the
house, washing dishes and pack-
ing clothes. Two days later, in early
October, Darren and his parents drove
to Boston, where he is now, in isolation,
recovering from a stem cell transplant.
Doctors told Darren that patients his
age who have relapsed have a 10 per-
cent survival rate.
On this September day, his words
coming from behind the mask are slow
and slurred because the collapsed lung
keeps his breaths swift and short. But
the charisma comes through clearly.
Hey, Im Darren, and Ive got a lot of
shit wrong with me, he jokes.
Why not joke? He always makes
fun of the wannabe dancers on So
You Think You
Can Dance and
recites lines from
Chappelles Show.
He took his race,
half-black and half-
Filipino, which
could have been an
obstacle for some-
one growing up in
Johnson County,
gave it its own cool
name, Blasian, and
never let it affect
anything he did.
Hell admit hes a little goofy. But that
happens after years of watching Soul
Train and sci-fi, listening and dancing
to obscure funk music (ever heard of
Oh Sheila?) and reading comics and
graphic novels.
I had to go back to school with a
cane, but I got a handicapped pass. I
used that baby for a week after I didnt
need it, he says.
Why would he complain about not
being able to fully walk for a while?
He used to run everywhere. Wanted to
be a college runner. But leukemia took
that dream away. A cane for a few days
didnt make a difference.
Im going to be a bubble boy for like
a month, he says.
Why not approach isolation in good
humor? An industrial designer, he has
time to work on art projects. Maybe
hell do some comic book illustrations
or portraits of himself and friends like
hes done in the
past.
Mary Dinges,
a nurse at the
University of
Kansas Medical
Center, has seen
patients who sit
around and wait
for the doctors to
do all the work and
patients who dont
follow directions.
Shes seen patients
who do everything right, and then shes
seen Darren. The college kid whos
had so much taken away yet stretches
and rides a stationary bike at 5 a.m.
because he knows its good for his body,
who comforts his parents when they
thought they would need to comfort
him, and who got off the table and
danced after getting a biopsy because
one of his nurses was curious about
popping and locking.
He knows theres a chance he could
die, Dinges said. But he says, You
know, Im not dead yet.
n n n
The air conditioner is off inside the
duplex, and sweat stains dampen the
sweatshirt on Darrens body. Its gray,
just like his sweatpants. A Kansas Track
and Field logo is emblazoned on both.
Darren always wanted to run track and
cross country here.
Three years ago, as a freshman, he
met up with coach Stanley Redwine
and the KU runners in early August
ready to forget about the summer. This
was his shot to become a walk-on, to
realize his dream.
The problem was Darren didnt feel
well. Hadnt since June. He struggled
through most of his workouts and
ended each run with the mindset that
when he made it to Lawrence and ran
in a group, hed feel much better.
He didnt.
Darren always lagged. The estab-
lished runners set the pace, and hed
bound along for one mile, two miles,
three miles, and then he couldnt take
it.
He didnt feel tired. He wasnt out
of breath. His legs didnt ache. He just
couldnt keep up.
Then-KU runner Paul Hefferon
KU senior refuses to
let leukemia and a
stem cell transplant
crush his positive
state of mind.
He knows theres a chance
he could die. But he says, You
know, Im not dead yet.
MAry Dinges
nurse
By Mark Dent
mdent@kansan.com
Team of 4
to work at
Tibetan
school
InternAtIonAl
By BranDy entSMInGer
bentsminger@kansan.com
Mayul Multi-Disciplinary Technical
School in Qinghai, China, is working to
preserve Tibetan culture and teach finan-
cial independence. A team of four people
from the University of Kansas will spend
next summer in China, helping to get a new
technical school started.
The team members will survey local cul-
ture and conduct research in the area. Their
plan is to develop an art curriculum in the
school, which is sponsored by the Mayul
Gesar Foundation. They will return the
summer of 2010 to continue their work.
Eric Rath, associate professor of history,
will go on the trip. He said he wanted to
expand the curriculum at the school to
include things such as machine mainte-
nance and other occupations that will help
students make a living.
I think were going to be able to create
some things that we havent even imagined
yet, Rath said.
The Tibetan school is located in one of
the poorest regions of China and will serve
a traditionally nomadic Tibetan popula-
tion.
While the team members are work-
ing at the school, they will choose five
Mayul teachers or students to attend the
University of Kansas in 2010.
In preparation for the trip, the team
members will share research on Tibetan
Graduate
wins second
Hearst award
Writing award-winning stories is
becoming a norm for Thor Nystrom,
2008 graduate. His story, To Hell and
Back, placed second in the 49th-annual
William Randolph Hearst Foundations
Journalism Awards Program.
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School of journAlISm
Student SenAte
Plans for pool
at Rec Center
take shape
Student Senate began showing blue-
prints to student groups last week for
a possible aquatics center addition to
the Student Recreation Fitness Center.
Senate received three possible designs
for the pool and is conducting focus
groups to gage what students want.
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The student group event
Ceramics Club: Holiday Craft
Sale will begin at 8:30 a.m. on
the fourth foor in the Kansas
Union.
The Unclassifed Senate
Executive Council Meeting
will begin at noon in Alcove G
in the Kansas Union.
The seminar Biodiversity
Cycles and Galactic Dynam-
ics will begin at noon in 6092
Malott Hall.
The international program
Performing Afect: Filmic
Representations of Nicara-
guan Immigrants in Costa
Rica will begin at noon in 318
Bailey Hall.
The seminar Voices of the
Prairie: Prairie Fiction Writers
from Willa Cather to Kent
Haruf will begin at 2 p.m. in
Continuing Education Build-
ing.
The workshop Excel 2007:
Functions & Data Analysis will
begin at 2 p.m. in the Budig
PC Lab.
The public event FREE Tea
at Three will begin at 3 p.m. in
the lobby in the Kansas Union.
The seminar Addressing
Consumers Dilemmas in a
Globalized World will begin
at 3:30 p.m. in the Conference
Hall in Hall Center.
The public event James
Grauerholz presentation and
book signing will begin at
3:30 p.m. in Oread Books in
the Kansas Union.
The seminar Come to Afri-
ca and it is here! will begin at
3:30 p.m. in the International
Room in the Kansas Union.
The international program
World at KU will begin at 4
p.m. in the Ballroom in the
Kansas Union.
The lecture Geology Collo-
quium Series: The fossil record
of predator- prey interactions
will begin at 4 p.m. in 103
Lindley Hall.
The lecture Art Talk with
Curator Kris Ercums will begin
at 6:30 p.m. in the Asia Gallery
in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The flm Robot Taekwon
V will begin at 7 p.m. in
the Spencer Museum of Art
auditorium.
The lecture Compassion-
ate Activity: Tibetan Schools
in China will begin at 7 p.m.
in Hall Center.
The University Dance Com-
pany Concert will begin at
7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
A glimpse of the world
daily KU info
The frst ofcial American
casualty of World War I was
Army doctor, and KU alum, Wil-
liam T. Fitzsimons. He was killed
September 7, 1917, during a
German air attack on the hospi-
tal he was serving in France.
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Emily Welch, West Des Moines, Iowa, senior, admires photographs fromaround the world in the Kansas Union Gallery onWednesday afternoon. The gallery, comprised of images taken by
students abroad, are part of International Programs annual showing and will end this Friday. Welch described the works as beautiful and intriguing.
Athletics
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
Fans attending the Feb. 22 wom-
ens basketball game against Iowa
State wont see the Jayhawks don-
ning their traditional home whites.
They wont be wearing their blue or
red jerseys either.
Instead, the Jayhawks and
Cyclones will both wear pink uni-
forms as part of the WBCA Pink
Zone and Kansas Athletics new
initiative, Jayhawks for a Cure.
The new program, launched last
month, will raise awareness and
funds to help in the fight cancer.
Its a great way for us to be
involved in the community, said
Chris Lansdell, marketing coordi-
nator for the program. Its a good
opportunity to give back.
Two female sports, swimming
and diving and soccer, have already
had events as part of the effort.
The soccer team took donations
at a game earlier this season and
also offered fans the opportunity
to pledge a dollar amount per goal
scored by the Jayhawks.
Lansdell said both events were
a success.
People have been very support-
ive, Lansdell said. Weve done
several events in years past but the
ones so far this year have been well
attended. People have shown up
and been supportive.
All of the money raised by
Jayhawks for a Cure will ben-
efit The Breast Center at Lawrence
Memorial Hospital and the KU
Cancer Center.
The womens basketball team
did a similar event last year when it
hosted Nebraska.
In addition to the teams wearing
pink, fans were given a pink shirt as
they entered the building.
Other future events sponsored
by Jayhawks for a Cure include
a 5K run through campus and
the Kansas softball game against
Oklahoma. Both of those events
are set for April 11.

Edited by Jennifer Torline
Jayhawks for a cure helps fght against cancer
Odd NewS
Man really, really wants
his cat back from shelter
DALLAS Police are looking
for an irate pet lover so intent
on liberating his lost cat that he
wielded a bat to fend of animal
shelter employees.
Dallas Animal Shelter manager
Kent Robertson says the man
found his missing gray and blue
short-haired cat at the shelter,
where it had been brought by
someone who thought it was a
stray.
He blew his stack when told
he had to pay a $132 fee to take
his cat.
Police say the man returned
Monday, loaded his cat into a
carrier without paying the fee,
and threatened the staf with the
baseball bat. No one was injured.
Most people thank shelter
workers. Says Robertson: This
was pretty extreme.
The man could be charged
with aggravated robbery and ag-
gravated assault.
Police Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse
says police have a clue the
man signed the shelter guest
book before feeing.
People pay blind womans
1 cent overdue water bill
ATTLEBORO, Mass. A
74-year-old blind womans 1 cent
debt to a Massachusetts city has
been settled.
People from across the country
called Attleboro City Hall on
Tuesday ofering to pay the 1 cent
balance owed by Eileen Wilbur for
an overdue water and sewer bill.
Antonio Viveiros, a former city
councilor who does not know Wil-
bur, wrote a check for one penny.
He says he was irked by the fact
that the federal government can
spend billions for bailouts, yet
a senior citizen was threatened
with a lien on her home over 1
cent.
Wilburs daughter frst noticed
the letter that warned of a lien
and a $48 penalty if the overdue
bill was not paid by Dec. 10.
Mayor Kevin Dumas says the
whole situation was blown out of
proportion.
Universities beneft from
librarians bequest
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. A retired
Virginia school teacher and
librarian who died two years ago
left more than $2 million to split
between the universities she
attended, the schools announced
Tuesday.
Jane Iris Crutchfelds estate
will donate $1.1 million each to
the School of Information and Li-
brary Science at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
the Curry School of Education at
the University of Virginia.
Crutchfeld earned her bach-
elors degree from the former
Mary Washington College in Fred-
erickburg, Va., then her masters
degree at U.Va. in 1952 and the
equivalent of a masters degree at
UNC in 1955.
She taught for the Virginia
Public Schools system for almost
two decades before becoming
a school librarian in 1960. She
never married or had children.
Friends said they didnt realize
how much money she had saved
until they began disbursing her
estate after she died in 2006 at
the age of 92.
I had no idea, said Mary Kay
Lanzillotta, Crutchfelds long-
time neighbor, guardian and
co-trustee. It was only after her
passing that we looked through
her estate and realized, Wow,
this is going to be a signifcant
contribution.
NAtIONAl
Cheney, Gonzalez, others
arraigned by Texas judge
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas A
Texas judge has set an arraign-
ment for Vice President Dick
Cheney, former Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales and other of-
fcials accused of involvement in
prisoner abuse.
Presiding Judge Manuel
Banales said Wednesday he will
allow them to waive arraignment
or have attorneys present rather
than appear in person Friday.
Banales also said he would
issue summonses, not warrants.
That allows them to avoid arrest
and the need to post bond.
Willacy County District Attor-
ney Juan Guerra accuses Cheney,
Gonzales, a state senator and
others of involvement in prisoner
abuse at a federal detention cen-
ter in south Texas.
Defense attorney Tony Canales
accuses Guerra of prosecutorial
vindictiveness and not following
procedure.
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BY HALEY JONES
hjones@kansan.com
Plans for the addition of a pool
to the Student Recreation Fitness
Center are beginning to take shape.
Adam McGonigle, Wichita junior
and student body president, who
campaigned for Senate elections last
spring with the swimming pool as
one of his platforms, is showing
student groups blueprints depict-
ing three possible designs for the
aquatic center.
Last week, Student Senate began
meeting with 30 groups, including
the Athletics Department and the
KU swimming and diving team,
to find out what each group would
want from an aquatic center and
how much they were willing to pay.
We all want the best facility,
McGonigle said.
The three plans for the aquatic
center, drafted by Counsilman-
Hunsaker, a St. Louis-based aquat-
ics planning and engineering firm,
vary in cost and size. Last year, the
proposed aquatic center was pro-
jected to cost $20 million.
McGonigle said he did not
know the cost of the three differ-
ent designs for the center because
he said it depended on how much
the Athletics Department would
contribute. McGonigle and Michael
Gillaspie, Ashland junior and stu-
dent body vice president, met with
15 groups, totalling more than 300
students, last week. They presented
the floor plans to get feedback and
gauge what students wanted.
The plans were not modeled
after any other universitys aquatic
center, McGonigle said.
Whats best for another univer-
sity may not be best for KU, he said.
The plans weve given students will
give us a plan of whats best for
KU.
McGonigle said the third design
was the most complete. It would
include a 50-meter competition
pool with divider walls to allow
multiple users simultaneously. The
center would also include a separate
diving well with a springboard and
a platform diving board.
The design also includes a rec-
reational pool with a lazy river, an
open-swim area for water basketball
or volleyball, and a vortex pool, in
which water travels in a circular
motion. This aquatic center would
also include a 25-person hot tub
that would have an indoor and an
outdoor portion. It would also have
an outdoor wet-deck lounge area
and multipurpose classrooms for
fitness classes.
McGonigle said the other two
plans were scaled-back versions of
the more elaborate center depicted
in the third plan. Plan two would
not have an outdoor area or out-
door hot tub and the diving well
would be in the main pool. Plan one
is the least complete plan and the
diving board would be in the deeper
part of the competition pool.
Hannah McMacken, Lake Tapps,
Wash., senior and member of the
swimming and diving team, said the
third plan would increase the swim-
ming and diving team members
confidence and skill. McMacken
said it was difficult to compete in
a pool she hadnt practiced in. The
pool in Robinson Center is not offi-
cial competition-size and is open to
students only three hours a day.
I really see it benefitting the
entire University, bringing more
attention to Lawrence and to
Kansas, she said. I think its exactly
what we need.
McMacken said the pool would
also be a helpful recruiting tool
because the only universities in the
Big 12 conference that had compe-
tition-size pools were the University
of Texas, Texas A&M University
and the University of Missouri. She
said the Student Athlete Advisory
Committee, or SAAC, which
McGonigle met with last week, gen-
erally preferred plan three.
Paul Hefferon, Overland Park
senior and SAAC senator, said the
focus groups were helping Senate
get a taste of what students wanted
so the final project would meet
everyones needs.
There will still be people who
want something different, he said.
But, in general, there will be some-
thing that people will be happy to
support.
Edited by Jennifer Torline
Student groups discuss plans for possible aquatics center
BY kEviN frEkiNg
ASSOCiATED PrESS
WASHINGTON Former
Senate Majority Leader Tom
Daschle has accepted President-
elect Barack Obamas offer to be
Secretary of Health and Human
Services, Democratic officials said
Wednesday.
The appointment has not been
announced, but these officials said
the job is Daschles, barring an
unforeseen problem as Obamas
team reviews the background of the
South Dakota Democrat. One area
of review will include the lobbying
connections of his wife, Linda Hall
Daschle, who has lobbied mostly
on behalf of airline-related com-
panies over the years. The officials
spoke on condition of anonymity
because they werent authorized to
discuss the matter publicly.
Daschle was a close adviser to
Obama throughout the former
Illinois senators White House cam-
paign. He recently wrote a book on
his proposals to improve health
care, and he is working with former
Senate leaders on recommenda-
tions to improve the system.
Organizations seeking to expand
health coverage were quick to praise
the selection.
Sen. Daschle has a deep com-
mitment to securing high-quality,
affordable health care for everyone
in our nation, said Ron Pollack,
executive director of Families USA.
His new leadership position con-
firms that the incoming Obama
administration has made health
care reform a top and early priority
for action in 2009.
After losing re-election to the
Senate in 2004, Daschle became a
public policy adviser and member
of the legislative and public policy
group at the law and lobbying firm
Alston & Bird. Daschle isnt reg-
istered as a lobbyist. He advises
clients on issues including health
care, financial services and taxes
and trade, according to the firm
Web site.
Health care interests, includ-
ing CVS Caremark, the National
Association for Home Care and
Hospice, Abbott Laboratories and
HealthSouth, are among the firms
lobbying clients.
His wife was acting adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation
Administration in the Clinton
administration. She is one of
Washingtons top lobbyists. Her
lobbying clients over the past
year included American Airlines,
Lockheed Martin and Boeing,
Senate lobbying records show.
Daschle is a senior fellow at
the Center for American Progress,
a liberal think-tank run by top
Obama transition adviser and for-
mer Clinton White House chief of
staff John Podesta.
According to his biogra-
phy for the think tank, Daschle
serves on the advisory boards of
Intermedia Partners and the BP
America Inc. external advisory
council, and on the boards of CB
Richard Ellis, Mascoma Corp.,
Prime BioSolutions, The Freedom
Forum, the Mayo Clinic, the
Center for American Progress,
the LBJ Foundation, and the
National Democratic Institute for
International Affairs. He is also a
member of the Council on Foreign
Relations.
Daschles strong Capitol Hill ties
and knowledge of how HHS works
mean it is a perfect appoint-
ment, said former Republican
Congressman John Porter, who
chairs the medical research advo-
cacy group Research!America.
Hell do an outstanding job.
Besides health reform, the next
HHS secretary will deal with the
growing budgetary woes of some
of the nations critical health agen-
cies.
One example: Years of fund-
ing that didnt keep up with infla-
tion means the National Institutes
of Health has lost 14 percent of
its buying power, said Dr. Harold
Varmus, NIHs former director
and a science adviser to Obamas
campaign. That has left promising
disease research without money to
move forward.
Obama also announced several
transition working group lead-
ers, including Daschle, who will
oversee the health policy work-
ing group. They include former
Environmental Protection Agency
administrator Carol Browner on
energy and environment and for-
mer Clinton White House adviser
Jim Steinberg and Obama cam-
paign senior foreign policy adviser
Susan Rice on national security.
Former Senate leader Daschle accepts Obamas ofer for Cabinet position
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Former Senate Majority Leader TomDaschle, left, and current Senate Minority Leader
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knew Darren. He had run against
him in high school, knew Darren
was as intense as anyone. He
thought something was wrong,
maybe an iron deficiency, some-
thing physical. It would never be
anything mental with Darren.
Id talk to him every day,
Hefferon said, and hed be like,
Man, Im trying.
The disappointments piled up.
By late October, Redwine told
Darren to come back the next
year.
But Darren kept running by
himself. He still couldnt break out
of his funk and started questioning
his health. A large bump had swol-
len on his neck. Hives appeared
on his arms at random times. He
broke into sweats at night.
Friends on his floor at Templin
Hall assured him the bump on his
neck was nothing, that it would
go down. That was enough for
Darren. He knew he didnt feel
right, but he didnt do anything
about it. He wanted to run.
When he ran, the dream was
alive. Somehow he could still be
a college runner. If he stopped, he
was giving up. The dream would
end.
Then, one November day,
Darren was walking uphill to class.
He panted and struggled to make
it to the top. Three months earlier
hed been running 60 miles a week.
Around him, out-of-shape kids
didnt breathe heavily at all.
Darren gave in. He threw his
running shoes in the closet and
called his father, Keith, who was
living with Fe near Boston, telling
him about all his health problems.
Before then, Keith had had no idea.
He told Darren to see the family
doctor in Kansas City.
So Darren went. The doctor felt
the bump on Darrens neck and
found several smaller ones. He told
him they were lymph nodes, and he
found more swollen ones around
his groin and armpits. Darren felt
as if he was in a bad movie. Alien
parasites were inside his body, try-
ing to burst out.
The doctor ordered a biopsy for
the lymph node on his groin, and
Darren limped around Lawrence
for a few days waiting for the
result.
Back in the same doctors office
on Nov. 22 about to hear the results,
he played the dream scenario in his
head while he waited. His doctor
would rush in with a grin on his
face and say he had mono. Hed
have to take a couple weeks off and
then start running again.
Then his world collapsed.
The doctor walked in slowly
and scratched his head. No smile.
He told Darren his bone marrow
was creating abnormal leukemia
cells that were crowding out his
normal red and white blood cells.
It was serious, something called
acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
He sat there, shocked. He mut-
tered one word, a question.
Yeah?
We have to get you in right
away.
Then silence. Just thoughts of
losing his running career. His rou-
tine at KU. His life.
Alone, Darren wanted familiari-
ty, comfort. He left the hospital and
drove toward his familys old home
in Johnson County. He stopped at
a Burger King and then pulled up
to a neighborhood park. Hed done
running workouts there before.
In that car, visions of himself
from a few months earlier crept
into his mind. He was running,
killing himself to improve his
times. He was healthy. He was nor-
mal.
In the coming weeks and
months, the vision of that runner
dissipated as his body underwent
punishing amounts of chemother-
apy in Boston. When he left the
hospital after a week of chemo
and got back to his parents house,
he looked at his scrawny figure in
the mirror. He didnt see a youth-
ful, 6-foot-2, half-black, half-Fili-
pino athlete. He thought he saw a
Holocaust victim.
Darren had always lived an
independent life, rarely asking for
favors and letting nurses find out if
something hurt rather than telling
them. He never wanted to bother
anyone. For the first two months
of chemotherapy, his body was so
weak that his mother had to help
him bathe and even then, he shook
uncontrollably from the activity.
His dependence on others
would have torn him apart inside,
but for a while, Darren could hard-
ly piece together thoughts. The
chemo messed with his mind. He
spent the bad days lying on his bed,
staring at the ceiling.
But in that car, all he thought
about was the runner. The tears
came.
n n n
He wanted to dance. Thats how
he felt after six months of chemo.
There was no day they told him he
was cured, just a step-by-step pro-
cess that made him stronger and
put him in remission by May 2006,
when normalcy started again.
Darren had plans when he
moved back to Lawrence. He
took up dancing again with the
Rhythm Kingz and won several
popping and locking competitions.
His running dreams were over, but
he filled the void by becoming a
manager for the track and cross
country teams. When Darren saw
Colby Wissel win the 2006 Big 12
Championship, he felt the fire, as
though he was the one running.
And instead of pushing him-
self with his runs, Darren did that
at the industrial design building.
He would go there in the early
evenings and sometimes would
work on art projects until the next
morning.
Hed tell me that for his proj-
ects he could easily do enough to
get 100 percent on them, said his
friend and Overland Park senior
Jim Schweiker, but hed always
force himself to work harder to
become the best of anybody.
Darren didnt talk about leuke-
mia unless someone asked. And
none of his friends asked. They say
they forgot he had it. The laugh-
ing, dancing bundle of energy was
back.
Then came the harsh reminder
in August.
Darren was almost a free man.
Two months of maintenance chemo
separated him from the end. But
on Aug. 7, Darren was back at the
doctor. The leukemic blasts in his
bone marrow had gotten used to
his medication. Relapse.
The news surprised him but
only for a second. He didnt think
about how the doctors would sure-
ly overwhelm him with chemo for
the next month. He didnt sense
a loss of invincibility. He didnt
wander to his old neighborhood
for comfort. At that moment, one
thought crossed his mind fight.
And that attitude hasnt changed.
Keith Kennedy got a phone call
from Darren a few weeks ago. His
son started talking about parallel
universes.
This was out of character. Keith
had never heard anything like this.
Darren talked about an alternate
version of himself who was run-
ning track, doing art projects at
school and living like everyone
else.
Then, Keith asked him a simple
question. Would he change into
that Darren, if he could?
No, Darren said.
He wouldnt. If he did, he
wouldnt have met all the doctors,
nurses and patients hes befriended
on the way. He wouldnt be as close
to his friends
and parents.
He wouldnt be
himself.
I will tell
you, his father,
Keith, said, he
is the strongest
person I know.
His resolve, his
focus, his sense
of humor. He
approaches this
thing with such
courage.
He is my hero.
n n n
Theyre calling it his new birth-
day. If everything goes to plan,
Darren, his family and his friends
will forever recognize Oct. 31,
2008, as a new beginning, the day
tiny cells from two umbilical cords
gave him life.
The procedure was a cord
blood stem cell transplant. Stem
cells from the cord blood worked
their way into his bone marrow
through an IV line for about an
hour. Ideally, those cells will settle
and start forming healthy red and
white blood cells and platelets.
Now Darren is in the midst
of the toughest part for him yet:
day 20 of 40 in isolation at the
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in
Boston. Doctors say the stem cells
are adjusting to his body according
to schedule, but the process has
been difficult. Since the transplant,
Darren has experienced several
normal side effects. His weight has
ballooned from 172 to 208 pounds
because of a liver complication.
Every time he coughs, his organs
throb. Hes fed through a tube.
Darren finds himself apologiz-
ing often, to the medical staff for
having to baby him, and to his
family for having to see him like
this.
But on the better days he walks
around. He checks his computer.
Hes even showed off a few dance
moves to the
nurses. Darren
passes time
in isolation,
where hes
around only
his parents
and the medi-
cal staff, with
phone calls
from friends
and Redwine
and a steady
stream of
cheesy mov-
ies on the Sci-Fi Channel. A ban-
ner signed by tons of his friends
and flowers sent from Lew Perkins
decorate his room.
Although he is about halfway
through the isolation period, the
risks remain. Darrens body is
brand new. He has no immunity.
No way to fight infections. A com-
mon cold would be a major com-
plication. The flu could kill him.
Aside from infection, the new
stem cells could attack his body
and cause severe trauma. Its called
graft-versus-host disease.
Best-case scenario is this:
Darren builds immunity, suffers
minor complications with the new
cells and leaves the hospital shortly
after the 40 days. After about 100
days, hell have enough strength to
exercise briefly, and hell make rou-
tine visits to the hospital, probably
weekly. Hell take lots of medica-
tion. In one year, hell be able to eat
at restaurants again. For the next
few years, hell have to take antibi-
otics or antiviral meds. Long-term,
hell probably have to take some
form of medication routinely to
live a healthy life, but always with a
chance that complications with the
stem cells could arise at any time.
Worst case: Darren dies. About
60 percent of cord blood trans-
plant patients at Dana-Farber live
until the next year. That means 40
percent dont. Of course, Darren
has heard all about the 10 per-
cent long-term survival rate for a
relapse patient his age.
But Darren dismissed that right
after he heard it.
Im not some statistic, he said.
Im me. Why cant I be in the 10
percent?
Thats what he tells his friends
and family. Darren knows he could
die, and he knows life wont be
easy in the coming weeks. But he
pushes the complications to the
back of his mind. All he thinks
about regarding the leukemia is
how hell spend the rest of these 40
days in isolation.
His life is like one of his favor-
ite poems, Langston Hughes A
Dream Deferred. This disease, this
setback, as Darren calls it, deferred
his old dreams of running and liv-
ing at KU like a normal student,
but hes got plenty of new ones.
Hes going to do art projects he
wouldnt have time for in school
and try to learn Filipino while hes
in the hospital. That way, he can
talk to his mother, Fe, in her native
language so he can truly under-
stand her. Long term, when its all
over, hes not sure yet. But he never
says if regarding the future. Its
when.
One day Im going to get that
ultimate goal Darren says on
that September afternoon, not
quite finishing the thought.
He explodes with laughter. The
white mask can hide the smile, but
not the sound.
Edited by Tara Smith
Darren recommended
these organizations for
anyone wanting to help
leukemia patients like
himself.
The Kansas City Hope
Lodge
The University of Kansas
Medical Center
The Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The cord blood cells fromthe transplant work their way into Darren Kennedys body. Darren
received the transplant on Oct. 31.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Darren Kennedy rests in his isolation roomat the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He has been in isolation since Oct. 31 and will remain
there be for at least another three weeks. Except for a rare guest, the only people allowed around Darren are his parents and the medical staf.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Darren Kennedy smiles during his stay at the University of Kansas Hospital in August. He re-
lapsed on Aug. 7, when he was two months away frombeing considered cured of his leukemia.
WHAT A disease that
occurs when the bodys
bone marrow produces
abnormal red and white
blood cells and platelets.
The abnormal cells crowd
out the good red and
white blood cells, weaken-
ing the bodys ability to
fght infections.
HOW MANY About
4,000 people get diag-
nosed in the United States
each year.
TREATMENT Almost all
patients receive che-
motherapy to treat the
disease. In the case of a
relapse, the next option is
usually a bone marrow or
cord blood transplant.
fromthe National Marrow Donor
Program
Darren has won several
competitions for popping
and locking. He enjoys
dancing around friends,
family and nurses. Pop-
ping and locking can be
best defned as a dance
in which you contract the
muscles of your body in
rhythm with a song. As
Darren says, you want to
use your best moves when
the beat of the music
reaches its highest points.
To see Darren dance go
to vids.myspace.com and
search Rhythm Kingz Mix.
I will tell you. He is the stron-
gest person I know. His resolve,
his focus, his sense of humor. He
approaches this thing with such
courage.
KEITH KENNEDY
Darrens father
culture at monthly meetings and
will learn to speak the Tibetan lan-
guage. Rath said Champa Lhunpo,
lecturer in East Asian languages
who teaches a Tibetan language
course at the University had been
helping the other team members
learn to speak it.
Sooa Im, a Seoul, South Korea,
graduate student who will go on the
trip, said the most challenging part
of learning the Tibetan language
was spelling because many Tibetan
words are spelled differently, even
though they have the same pro-
nunciation.
The U.S. State Departments
Ngwang Choepal Fellowship
Program made the project possible
with a $215,000 grant.
Rath said Marsha Haufler, direc-
tor of the Center for East Asian
Studies, approached him about
applying for a grant from the pro-
gram. He served as principal inves-
tigator and located a Tibetan char-
ity to work with.
Hungkar Dorje, abbot of
Thubten Chokorling Monastery in
Golok China and director of the
Mayul Multi-Disciplinary Technical
School, will speak at the University
about Tibetan education tonight at
7 at the conference hall in the Hall
Center for the Humanities. The
event is free and open to the public.
Edited by Becka Cremer
TIBET (contInued from 1A)
team members traveling to China this summer
Eric Rath, associate professor
of history
Rath worked as principal inves-
tigator for a grant that will fund
the project. He said he hoped
to develop a service-learning
program for students at the
University of Kansas in the fu-
ture. The program would allow
KU students to volunteer at the
Tibetan school in areas such as
English education.
I think theres great opportu-
nity for all of us to learn about
each other, Rath said. Rath
worked as principal investiga-
tor for a grant that will fund
the project. He said he hoped
to develop a service-learning
program for students at the
University of Kansas in the fu-
ture. The program would allow
KU students to volunteer at the
Tibetan school in areas such as
English education.
Yoonmi Nam, associate
professor of art
Nam specializes in print mak-
ing techniques of East Asian
countries. She said the main
focus of the frst trip would
be to discover what skills the
population needed most to be
incorporated in the schools
curriculum.
As an artist, most of the time,
youre just in your studio work-
ing on your artwork, Nam said.
And to have this opportunity
that you can somehow use your
skill and your background to
help somebody is really excit-
ing, Nam said.
Champa Lhunpo, lecturer in
East Asian languages
Lhunpo was born in Tibet, but
fed to India with his fam-
ily when he was 4 years old in
1959 when China took over the
country.
Next summers trip will be
Lhunpos second since he left
in 1959.
Lhunpo has a background in
Buddhism and is familiar with
the symbolism of Tibetan art.
He is also familiar with the
traditional sand paintings, or
Mandala, of monks.
Sooa Im, Seoul, South Korea,
graduate student
Im began studying Tibetan two
years ago as part of her research
on the relationship between
Chinese and Tibetan painting.
Her native language is Korean,
but she has studied Chinese,
Japanese, Spanish and English.
I always wanted to go to Tibet.
AssociAted Press
CAIRO, Egypt Al-Qaidas No.
2 slurred Barack Obama with a
demeaning racial term for a black
American who does the bidding
of whites in a new Web message
Wednesday intended to dent the
president-elects popularity among
Arabs and Muslims and claim he
will not change U.S. policy.
Ayman al-Zawahris speech was
al-Qaidas first reaction to Obamas
election victory and it suggested
the terror network is worried the
new American leader could under-
mine its rallying cry that the United
States is an enemy oppressor.
Obama has been welcomed by
many in the Middle East who hope
he will end what they see as American
aggression against Muslims and
Arabs under President George W.
Bush. Some believe his race and
Muslim family connections could
make him more understanding of
the developing worlds concerns.
Al-Zawahri dug into U.S. racial
history to try to directly knock down
that belief and argue Obama will
be no more sympathetic than white
leaders to what the al-Qaida leader
called the oppressed of the world.
He said Obama was the direct
opposite of honorable black
Americans like Malcolm X, the
1960s Muslim African-American
rights leader, who is known among
some in the Arab world and seen as
a symbol of anti-imperialism.
Al-Zawahri also called Obama
along with secretaries of state
Colin Powell and Condoleezza
Rice house Negroes.
The video included old footage
of speeches by Malcolm X in which
he explains the term, saying black
slaves who worked in their white
masters house were more servile
than those who worked in the
fields. Malcolm X used the term to
criticize black leaders he accused
of not standing up to whites and
discrimination.
Al-Zawahri addressed all the
worlds weak and oppressed, and
warned them: America has put on
a new face, but its heart full of hate,
mind drowning in greed and spirit
which spreads evil, murder, repres-
sion and despotism continue to be
the same as always.
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AssociAted Press
JERUSALEM Israel stood
fast Wednesday by its decision to
clamp shut cargo crossings at the
Gaza Strip, brushing off pleas to
ease the blockade from United
Nations chief Ban Ki-moon.
Israel sealed the passages two
weeks ago after a 5-month-old
truce between Israel and Gaza
militants started unraveling in an
effort to halt rocket and mortar fire
at Israeli border towns.
The crossings, a main source of
imports to Gaza, have been cracked
open occasionally to allow in fuel
and vital supplies.
But the closures have drasti-
cally reduced the amount of goods
entering the already impoverished
seaside territory of 1.4 million
people, causing shortages of many
basic goods.
On Tuesday, Ban called Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to
express his deep concern over the
consequences of the deteriorating
humanitarian situation in Gaza,
the U.N. said in a statement.
He strongly urged the prime
minister to facilitate the freer
movement of urgently needed
humanitarian supplies and of con-
cerned United Nations personnel
into Gaza, the statement said.
Olmert said Israel was not to
blame for the deterioration of con-
ditions in Gaza, according to the
prime ministers office.
Gazans have only Hamas
regime of terror to blame, he
said.
Hamas, an Islamic mili-
tant group committed to Israels
destruction, has ruled Gaza since
violently overrunning the territory
in June 2007.
Israels Gaza blockade has led
to frequent blackouts throughout
Gaza and resulted in shortages of
food, supplies and even cash.
Gazas largest flour mill halted
operations Wednesday, saying it
had run out of wheat, and the
United Nations said it was being
forced to suspend cash grants to
98,000 of Gazas poorest people
because of a shortage of Israeli
currency.
The Israeli closure also prompt-
ed major international media orga-
nizations, including
The Associated Press, BBC,
Reuters and the New York Times,
to send a rare protest letter to
the prime minister, requesting that
foreign journalists be allowed into
Gaza.
Israel has barred reporters from
entering the area for the past two
weeks.
There was no immediate com-
ment from Olmerts office.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak
told Army Radio on Wednesday
that there has to be quiet for the
crossings to open.
At nightfall Wednesday,
Palestinians reported a large explo-
sion east of Gaza City.
Hamas officials said the blast
was caused by a shell, but it was
not clear if it was an Israeli or
Palestinian device. No one was
hurt. Often homemade rockets
and mortars fired by Palestinians
at Israel fall short and explode in
Gaza.
Israel and Hamas have been
observing a truce since June. The
cease-fire has largely held until
Israeli troops entered Gaza early
this month to destroy a tunnel they
said militants had dug to attack
Israel.
At least 17 militants have been
killed since, and militants have
fired about 150 rockets and mor-
tars at Israel, by the militarys
count.
Both Israeli and Hamas officials
have said they hope to restore the
calm, though Barak has said the
military is ready for a large-scale
operation if necessary.
The Hamas prime minister in
Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, met with
leaders of other Palestinian fac-
tions Wednesday. He said they sup-
port maintaining the truce as long
as the occupation (Israel) commits
to it.
Before the truce was reached,
militants pelted Israel with near-
daily rocket attacks, provoking
sometimes harsh military retali-
ation that killed hundreds of
Palestinians, including many civil-
ians.
U.S. President-elect Barack
Obama called Abbas on Tuesday to
tell him he would spare no effort
to facilitate a peace agreement
between Israel and the Palestinians,
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat
said Wednesday.
In the West Bank, meanwhile,
a court-ordered deadline expired
for Jewish settlers to leave a four-
story building in the volatile city
of Hebron.
The settlers ignored the ruling,
which also said they must be evict-
ed within 30 days if they dont leave
voluntarily.
Barak said the government
would comply with the court order,
but added defense officials would
first try to persuade the settlers
to leave.
About 500 of the most extreme
Israeli settlers live in Hebron in
heavily guarded enclaves among
170,000 Palestinians.
If Israeli security forces evict
them from the building, violent
clashes are likely.
Media reports Wednesday said
about 600 people have gathered
around the building to prevent its
evacuation.
Settlers moved in early last year
after claiming they bought the
building from a Palestinian. The
Palestinian denies the claim, and
Israeli authorities have not recog-
nized the sale as legal.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Jewish settler walks up the stairs in a disputed building in the West Bank town of Hebron. A court-ordered deadline expiredWednesday for Jewish settlers to leave a four-story building in the
volatile West Bank city of Hebron. The settlers ignored the ruling, which also said they must be evicted within 30 days if they dont leave voluntarily.
Israel ignores UN pleas, continues Gaza blockade
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In a frame froma video provided by IntelCenter, posted on the Internet on April 13,
2006, al-Qaidas deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri praises insurgents in Iraq. Al-Zawahri
insulted Barack Obama in the terror groups frst reaction to his election, calling hima demean-
ing racial termimplying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding
of whites. Al-Zawahri said in a message onWednesday that Obama is the direct opposite of
honorable black Americanslike MalcolmX, the 1960s African-American civil rights leader.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. A paint-
ing forcibly auctioned by Germanys
Nazi government should remain
with the estate of a late Jewish art
dealer who lost it when his gallery
was liquidated, a federal appeals
court ruled Wednesday.
The ruling by the 1st U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals in Boston blocks
an attempt by German baroness
Maria-Luise Bissonnette to recoup
the painting Girl from the Sabine
Mountains, which has been valued
by appraisers between $67,000 and
$94,000.
The painting is believed to be a
work of Franz Xaver Winterhalter,
a 19th-century artist famous for
painting Queen Victoria, the czar of
Russia and other European nobles.
Last year, a federal judge in
Providence ordered Bissonnette
to give the painting to the estate
of Max Stern, who lost about
400 paintings and his familys
Dusselldorf art gallery when the
Nazis forced its closure in 1937.
Bissonnette then sought to over-
turn the lower courts ruling and
win the painting back.
In Wednesdays three-judge rul-
ing, Judge Bruce Selya said the
court was righting a wrong com-
mitted during one of historys
bleakest periods, the Holocaust.
The mills of justice grind slow-
ly, but they grind exceedingly fine,
Selya said.
Bissonnette, who lives in
Providence, declined to comment
on the ruling.
In 1935, Nazi officials warned
Stern he had four weeks to regroup
or dissolve the family business. He
resisted until 1937, when he was
denied a chance to transfer his
business to a professor and closed
the gallery.
This decree is final, a Nazi offi-
cial warned in a letter preserved by
Sterns estate. It includes an ominous
note to the Gestapo: Stern is a Jew
and holds German citizenship.
Bissonnette stepfather, Dr. Karl
Heinrich Christian Wilharm,
bought the painting at an art auc-
tion house in Cologne in 1937.
Wilharm was a member of the
Nazi Party and a medical officer for
the Sturmabteilung, or SA, a Nazi
paramilitary force.
After his gallery closed, Stern fled
to England, eventually resettled in
Canada and became a successful art
dealer in Montreal. He died in 1987
and left his estate to three universi-
ties that are trying to reclaim Sterns
paintings; most are still missing.
Girl from the Sabine Mountains
is in Germany, but estate officials
hope to eventually display it inside
the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
I think this is a historic judg-
ment, said Clarence Epstein, who
works at Concordia University in
Montreal and heads the restitution
effort for Sterns estate.
Bissonnette moved to the
United States and later inherited
the painting from her parents.
Sterns estate tracked down the
missing artwork when Bissonnette
attempted to sell it in 2005. After
negotiations broke down, lawyers
for Sterns estate filed a lawsuit
seeking the paintings return.
The lawsuit argued that since
Nazi authorities illegally auctioned
Sterns artwork, any sales that fol-
lowed were invalid.
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Today is an8
The work youre doing now is
attracting positive attention. The
bigwigs are impressed, and this
could mean more work for you.
Make sure you put in for a raise
or a promotion, too.
TAUrUs (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9
Familiarity breeds contentment
in this situation. Do something
that worked really well before. It
will work again.
GeMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
You havent had much time to
relax at home with family lately.
There are a couple of issues to
resolve. Dont worry, the most
important thing you can ofer is
your full attention.
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Today is a 7
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nichOlas sambaluk
In a society that has become
obsessed with sex selling it,
having it, labeling it the conse-
quences of our sexual escapades
have come to fruition with the
increasing number of sexually
transmitted infections every year.
This brings up the tedious job
of trying to remember all of the
people youve had sex with so you
can call and let them know they
may have an STI. With 15 million
new cases of STIs in the U.S. every
year, this could take awhile.
However, I discovered a Web
site that will send STI e-cards to
ease the embarrassment of reveal-
ing youve got something less than
appealing going on down there.
The Web site, called inSPOT,
was created by Internet Sexuality
Information Services Inc., sup-
posedly as a public health response
to the increasing rates of STIs. It
was originally geared toward a
gay-male audience, but it features
cards that can be sent to any gen-
der or sexual orientation.
Guidelines urge users to send
these cards only if they feel they
could have actually given some-
one an STI, but there is no way to
regulate how many legitimate ones
are actually sent and how many are
sent as a joke or out of spite.
I sent five e-cards after warning
my friends, but you can enter up to
six e-mail addresses to bulk send
a card to different partners, espe-
cially convenient to people who
have been getting around.
To enter the site, you click on a
city or state. Kansas isnt an option
yet, so I chose California.
Then you are prompted to click
Tell Them or Get Checked.
The Tell Them link then takes
you to the pick a card portion
of the Web site. The e-cards fea-
ture various slogans, such as I
got screwed while screwing. You
might have too with pictures of
screws in the background. Another
card reads, Got laid. Was happy.
Got tested. Wasnt healthy, with
pictures of smiley and sad faces.
My personal favorite has a man
with no shirt and a towel wrapped
around him saying, Youre too hot
to be out of action.
Because we were born in the age
of the computer, weve forgotten
how to communicate face-to-face
or even through phone calls.
Facebook, texting and dating
sites depersonalize communica-
tion. Technology has eliminated
the necessity of conversation, and
as a result what should be personal
was instead sent to your inbox.
What happened to owning up
to the responsibility of having sex?
A simple phone call saying, I may
have given you chlamydia would
be appreciated as opposed to get-
ting an anonymous e-card.
The idea behind the site is
valid, but the main focus should
be on preventing these diseases
instead of coming up with cheesy
cards to give cowards a way out of
facing the consequences of sex.
If you are mature enough to
have sex, you should be mature
enough to make the phone call.
Thornbrugh is a Lenexa ju-
nior in creative writing.
cAitLin thoRnbRugh
FEMME
FIRE
The case of Larry Sinks vs. KU
Athletics Department reached its
conclusion in July. Sinks, owner
of Joe College, would soon be
$127,337 poorer.
The ruling was that Sinks could
not sell nearly 50 of his shirts
although the rationale behind why
he couldnt sell these particular
shirts still remains a mystery.
Trademark infringement was
the given reason yet no defini-
tion of how these shirts infringed
on the Universitys trademark was
ever given. The University simply
thought its reputation was dam-
aged as if it were a person.
Apparently Sinks is guilty of
using the color blue and the word
hawk and of taking money away
from the Church of the Athletics
Department.
What the decision amounted to
was a classic 70s obscenity trial
where Sinks was the pornographer
and the University was the ultra-
moral religious right.
Like the cases brought against
Larry Flynt of Hustler magazine,
no one could define the term
obscenity beyond the classic, I
dont know what it is, but I know it
when I see it.
More disturbing than the
Athletics Departments harassment
of a local business owner who did
no wrong is the reason it seemed
adamant about pursing him.
In the last 20 years, taxpayer
support of higher education has
dwindled, leaving colleges search-
ing for other revenue sources.
In the process, universities have
looked to other revenue to cover
their losses, like T-shirt sales.
Although the football and bas-
ketball games have become the
main attraction, in the background
blares the real game that is being
played the quiet privatization of
Americas universities.
The University, according to a
KU news release, receives only 24
percent of its funding from the
state and another 20 percent from
federal research grants and con-
tracts. This means that most of
KUs funding comes from private
sources.
So the free market must be
working wonders for the University
then, right? No. In a study of high-
er education in Kansas, the non-
profit group Citizens for Higher
Education found that per student,
the University of Kansas is tied
with K-State for last place among
Big 12 schools for funding of high-
er education.
Among faculty, for its size, sala-
ries are lower in Kansas than the
average among the Big 12 schools
and below the national average.
The study concluded, Kansas,
once a leader in supporting higher
education, has reduced its finan-
cial support to the point that it is
below national averages and nearly
the lowest among Big 12 states.
Less support has meant skyrock-
eting tuition for students, lower fac-
ulty salaries and less accessibility to
college for the poor and the middle
class. This is alarming because a
college education is increasingly
becoming a prerequisite in main-
taining a middle class lifestyle.
Kansans value higher education,
but they dont want to pay for it. Just
last week Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
ordered KU to cut its budget by 3
percent, which is the opposite of
what should have happened.
The value of higher educa-
tion cant be overstated, but it will
require more tax payer support if
its going to thrive.
Higher education will become
what the elites decide it should
be and not what the general pub-
lic decides. College will become
nothing more than a business that
serves the rich.
Rock Chalk Rich Jayhawks, go
top 10 percent! Thats my vote for a
new KU T-shirt.
Mangiaracina is a Lenexa
senior in journalism.
nick mAngiARAcinA
THE
CYNICAL
OPTIMIST
Quick name the student
body president, the person who
presides over the $768.50 that
you pay each year in fees. Can
you name one of your student
senators, the people who decide
if we continue getting cheap
prescriptions at Watkins Health
Center and wireless Internet on
campus and decide whether we
should be paying more or less for
these services?
Chances are you didnt know
Adam McGonigle, the student
body president, or any of your
senators, because chances are
that you didnt vote in
the campus elections
last April.
Its puzzling that we
students came out in
droves to elect a man
who will rule us from
more than a thousand miles away,
but only about 15 percent of us
vote for people whose decisions
affect us more directly than the
person sitting in the Oval Office.
This is not a high school
StuCo election that were talking
about, where candidates get the
opportunity to pick crappy DJs
for prom.
This is the real deal. Student
Senate holds the strings on an $18
million purse of your money.
Senates decisions determine if
that purse gets bigger or smaller
and how that money will be allo-
cated. Our student politicians
today will be some of our nations
politicians tomorrow. It does not
bode well for the future of our
democracy that these politicians
debut in an arena where barely
any of their constituents care
enough to authorize them into
office or hold them accountable
for their actions.
Our apathy is not a protest
against a system that some per-
ceive as ineffective or powerless.
Its a white flag, a message to
the coalitions that we dont care
whether senators are keeping our
interests in mind or not.
Joe the Student not voting
gives more power to the two
largest interest groups that vote
in strong numbers:
greeks and athletes.
The coalition that
best appeases these
groups with represen-
tation and fee money,
has the best shot at
victory come April.
Blame for this bleak politi-
cal reality doesnt rest solely on
the shoulders of non-voters. It
is The University Daily Kansans
job to inform students about sen-
ate affairs, and coverage could be
beefed up and made more inter-
esting and presented in a way stu-
dents can understand. But Senate
must also figure out how to work
its $5,000 clickers so that voting
records can be posted online.
Ultimately though, nothing
will change the status quo unless
students wake up and demand it
through words and votes.
Ian Stanford for the
editorial board
I thought I would never be
saying this, but some of us
need to go to the library on
game-day, so leave some
parking open.
n n n
Conner Teahan, cut your hair!
n n n
I am trying to wrap my
head around why OReilly
Auto Parts is sponsoring the
hardwood of our basketball
team.
n n n
My sorority sisters guilty
pleasure is strangers in skinny
jeans. Any takers?
n n n
Brady Morningstar should be
at Duke.
n n n
To the guy who said whats
up, girl to me and then
tripped: youre awesome, you
just made my day.
n n n
The FFA does not care for your
frivolous assorted vampire
characters.
n n n
I missed my bus today
because it was fve minutes
early and didnt wait. Thanks
KU On Wheels.
n n n
Love.
n n n
I just got spanked.
n n n
To the guy who wanted to be
my sugar daddy: OK!
n n n
I wish my roomate would
understand what its like to
be in a loving, supportive
relationship. Maybe then
would she stop telling me
that I dont need to see my
boyfriend all the time. She
has no idea.
n n n
My ceiling is dripping. Makes
me wonder whats going on
in the apartment above mine.
n n n
Im about to go out, and I
look hot. But I would bet
money no one will hit on me
where Im going. Too bad.
n n n
I have blue eyes. They change
intensity with my mood. Feel
free to fall in love with me.
n n n
That makes me feel so much
better, thanks.
n n n
My house has a basement,
but my landlord wont let us
use it and keeps it locked.
Does she want us to die?
n n n
Confessions of unrequited
love to anonymous internet
strangers. Too cheap for a
shrink, too embarrassed for
one or simply copping out?
FrOM THe ediTOriAL BOArd
Why dont students
vote in this election?
kansan file phOtO
LeTTer TO THe ediTOr
mob rule should not
decide rights of all
Unfortunately for the letter
to the editor writer of Why
is Proposition 8 being pro-
tested? Nov. 19, the United
States is precisely not a nation
that prides itself on being a
democracy. We are a republic;
and to the republic for which
it stands. The fact that Obama
won the popular vote really
means nothing. What mattered
was that he won the electoral
vote.
There is still a diference
between protesting the presi-
dential election and protest-
ing the vote on Proposition 8
in California. To protest the
election would indeed be to
protest wrongly. It would be
to disagree with the fact that
Obama won even though he
did so, fair and square. But
those who are protesting Prop
8 are not protesting the fact
that the ayes have it. They are
protesting the fact that there
was even a vote at all.
We do not live in a country
run by mob rule. We cannot
vote over what people should
and should not have the right
to do. There was a time when
the majority would have voted
that blacks should not have the
right to vote.
Even so, it would be absurd
to say they should not have
had that right at that time.
But according to the writers
reasoning, protesting such a
vote would be folly, for it would
be tantamount to protesting
his beloved democracy.
I would protest such a vote,
just as I protest the vote on
Prop 8. I would be protesting
democracy. But it is a fanciful
fact that we do not live in one.
Otherwise, the mob would
rule, and you might fnd that
you just lost your right to vote
or perhaps to marry the one
you loved dearly.
Lamar Hunt is a junior
from Overland Park.
the easy way out of
saying you have an sti
We wont be national
champions in this
Our
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NEWS 8A thursday, november 20, 2008
Red Lyon
Tavern
944 Mass.
832-8228
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
Thor Nystrom never thought
about how people would react to
his Depth Reporting final proj-
ect. He also never thought his per-
sonal story of battling with mental
illness would earn him thousands
of dollars.
Nystrom, 2008 graduate, placed
second in the 49th-annual William
Randolph Hearst Foundations
Journalism Awards Program for
feature writing. The awards, which
were announced by the Foundation
Tuesday, were the result of judging
stories from 110 colleges and uni-
versities across the nation.
It is the second competition in
which Nystroms project, To Hell
and Back, has earned him both
money and national recognition.
Nystroms story placed first in a
Rolling Stone Magazine college
writing contest in October. That
award netted Nystrom, Minnesota
native, $5,000. The Hearst award
added an additional $1,500 to
Nystroms grand total. Despite the
accolades his story has received,
Nystrom said it was more impor-
tant for him to know he had writ-
ten the story in the manner he had
promised himself.
The triumph, and really the
award, for me was just actually
writing the story, Nystrom said.
To have it be recognized at this
point is just icing on the cake.
Linda Lee, professor of journal-
ism, had Nystrom in her Ethics
class the semester his story
appeared in The University Daily
Kansan. She said the story had
taken her by surprise.
If you didnt know him, it was a
shocking story,
Lee said. And
if you did know
him, it was even
more shocking.
Lee said
she thought of
Nystrom as an
Al l - Amer i can
kid, someone
who had every-
thing in life go his way. She said
reading the story had evoked many
emotions.
I was so proud of him, and
so sorry for him, Lee said. And
so grateful to him for having the
courage to put his story on paper.
Nystrom placed third in sports
writing in the Hearst competi-
tion last year and considered the
top-three finish to be an unbeat-
able feat. He said the second-
place finish in feature writing
was exciting, but came with a
little competi-
tive sting.
Id be remiss
if I said I wasnt
di s a pp oi nt e d
that I didnt win,
Nystrom said.
Lee, who is a
self-admitted fan
of Nystrom, said
the award came
as no real surprise.
It was so honest, so brave and
so good. Lee said. He deserves
every laudatory award he gets.
Edited by Becka Cremer
Economy
Court to hear lawsuits
against Proposition 8
BY LISA LEFF
ASSOcIAtEd PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO
Californias highest court agreed
Wednesday to hear several legal
challenges to the states new ban
on same-sex marriage but refused
to allow gay couples to resume
marrying before it rules.
The California Supreme Court
accepted three lawsuits seeking
to nullify Proposition 8, a voter-
approved constitutional amend-
ment that overruled the courts
decision in May that legalized gay
marriage.
All three cases claim the mea-
sure abridges the civil rights of a
vulnerable minority group. They
argue that voters alone did not
have the authority to enact such a
significant constitutional change.
As is its custom when it takes
up cases, the court elaborated
little. However, the justices did
say they want to address what
effect, if any, a ruling uphold-
ing the amendment would have
on the estimated 18,000 same-sex
marriages that were sanctioned in
California before election day.
Gay rights groups and local
governments petitioning to over-
turn the ban were joined by the
measures sponsors and Attorney
General Jerry Brown in urging
the Supreme Court to consider
whether Proposition 8 passes
legal muster.
The initiatives opponents had
also asked the court to grant a stay
of the measure, which would have
allowed gay marriages to begin
again while the justices consid-
ered the cases. The court denied
that request.
The justices directed Brown
and lawyers for the Yes on 8 cam-
paign to submit arguments by
Dec. 19 on why the ballot initia-
tive should not be nullified. It
said lawyers for the plaintiffs, who
include same-sex couples who did
not wed before the election, must
respond before Jan. 5.
Oral arguments could be
scheduled as early as March,
according to court spokeswoman
Lynn Holton.
Both opponents and support-
ers of Proposition 8 expressed
confidence Wednesday that their
arguments would prevail.
But they also agreed that the
cases present the courts seven
justices six of whom voted
to review the challenges with
complex questions that have few
precedents in state case law.
The lawsuits argue that voters
improperly abrogated the judicia-
rys authority by stripping same-
sex couples of the right to wed
after the high court earlier ruled
it was discriminatory to prohibit
gay men and lesbians from mar-
rying.
If given effect, Proposition 8
would work a dramatic, substan-
tive change to our Constitutions
underlying principles of indi-
vidual on a scale and scope never
previously condoned by this
court, lawyers for the same-sex
couples stated in their petition.
The measure represents such
a sweeping change that it con-
stitutes a constitutional revision
as opposed to an amendment,
the documents say. The distinc-
tion would have required the bans
backers to obtain approval from
two-thirds of both houses of the
California Legislature before sub-
mitting it to voters.
Graduate wins feature-writing award
BY JULIE HIRScHFELd dAVIS
ASSOcIAtEd PRESS
WASHINGTON A Democratic
Congress, unwilling or unable to
approve a $25 billion bailout for
Detroits Big Three, appears ready to
punt the automakers fate to a lame-
duck Republican president.
Caught in the middle of a who-
blinks-first standoff are legions of
manufacturing firms and auto deal-
ers and millions of Americans
jobs after Senate Democrats
canceled a showdown vote that had
been expected Thursday. President
George W. Bush has no appetite
to act on his own.
U.S. auto companies employ
nearly a quarter-million work-
ers, and more than 730,000 other
people have jobs producing the
materials and parts that go into
cars. About an additional 1 million
work in dealerships nationwide. If
just one of the auto giants were to
go belly up, some estimates put
U.S. job losses next year as high as
2.5 million.
If GM is telling us the truth,
they go into bankruptcy and you
see a cascade like you have never
seen, said Sen. George V. Voinovich
(R-Ohio) who was working on one
rescue plan Wednesday. If people
want to go home and not do any-
thing, I think that theyre going to
have that on their hands.
The automakers hobbled by
lackluster sales and choked credit
are burning through money at
an alarming and accelerating rate:
about $18 billion in the last quar-
ter alone. General Motors Corp.
has said it could collapse within
weeks, and there are indications
that Chrysler LLC might not be far
behind. Ford Motor Co. has said it
could get through the end of 2008,
but its unclear how much longer.
School of journaliSm
national
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Auto industry executives, fromleft, General Motors Chief Executive Ofcer Richard
Wagoner, Chrysler Chief Executive Ofcer Robert Nardelli, and Ford Chief Executive
Ofcer Alan Mulally, testify onWednesday on Capitol Hill before a House Financial Services
Committee.
Senate cancels showdown
vote for automakers bailout
NAtIONAL
Endangered species
could lose protection
WASHINGTON Animals
and plants in danger of becom-
ing extinct could lose the pro-
tection of government experts
who make sure that dams, high-
ways and other projects dont
pose a threat, under regulations
the Bush administration is set to
put in place before President-
elect Obama can reverse them.
The rules must be published
Friday to take efect before
Obama is sworn in Jan. 20. Oth-
erwise, he can undo them with
the stroke of a pen.
The Interior Department
rushed to complete the rules in
three months over the objec-
tions of lawmakers and environ-
mentalists who argued that they
would weaken how a landmark
conservation law is applied.
A Nov. 12 version of the fnal
rules obtained by the Associ-
ated Press has changed little
from the original proposal,
despite the more than 250,000
comments received since it was
frst proposed in August.
The rules eliminate the input
of federal wildlife scientists in
some endangered species cases,
allowing the federal agency in
charge of building, authorizing
or funding a project to deter-
mine for itself if it is likely to harm
endangered wildlife and plants.
Current regulations require
independent wildlife biologists
to sign of on these decisions
before a project can go forward,
at times modifying the design to
better protect species.
The regulations also bar feder-
al agencies from assessing emis-
sions of the gases blamed for
global warming on species and
habitats, a tactic environmental-
ists have tried to use to block
new coal-fred power plants.
Tina Kreisher, an Interior
Department spokeswoman,
could not confrm whether the
rule would be published before
the deadline.
Associated Press
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online at http://www.
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The universiTy daily kansan www.kansan.com Thursday, november 20, 2008 page 1b
reflections on apples,
paul rudd and sports
The frst Thanksgiving Morning Brew looks into what the
sports editor is thankful for. Morning Brew 2B
sooners try to
knock off tech
Red Raiders travel to Norman for clash with
Oklahoma on Saturday night. football 6B
leader of the pack
younger players look to collins
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
Sherron Collins smiles a lot these days.
Collins, junior guard, might to try to hide it,
but he cant stop. The grin that stretches across
Collins face keeps reappearing.
It comes at all different times. When Collins
makes a jump shot or drives to the basket, hes
not afraid to show his joy. He beams when
reflecting on last years national champion-
ship team. Ask him about his new role on this
years Kansas team and thats when his smile
becomes as wide as the Sears Tower in his
native Chicago is tall.
Thats just me, Collins said. Its my per-
sonality, and I just like to smile.
And who can blame him? Collins has
responsibilities for the Jayhawks that no player
has possessed in nearly half a decade. For most
of coach Bill Self s six-year tenure at Kansas,
his teams have defined sharing success. Players
took an equal amount of shots. Go-to guys
filled the roster.
Not anymore. Not with this years team.
The Jayhawks dont have leaders. They have a
leader. Everyone on the team knows whom to
look toward when they need instruction. Its no
secret who will control the game during vital
possessions. Guess who.
Sherron is the guy with us, Kansas coach
Bill Self said. Its his team. Thats how I want
it.
And thats how Self has gotten it thus far.
Through two games, Collins is averaging more
than 20 points. Hes made five of his 10 three-
pointers and more than half of his shots from
the field.
Self only expects his numbers to increase
from here. No wonder Collins is so overjoyed.

A picture of Collins smile is immortalized
in every Kansas fans head. It even graced the
cover of magazines and newspapers.
Collins has called that moment when
he launched the basketball into the air at the
Alamo Dome in San Antonio at the end of
Kansas 75-68 national championship victory
against Memphis one of the best of his life.
Collins played a key role in the game, scoring
11 points and stealing an in-bounds pass and
making a three-pointer seconds later to cut
the Jayhawk deficit to six with less than two
minutes remaining.
In the six months after the game, Collins
reflected fondly on his memories of the cham-
pionship. He watched the film of the game three
times. Perhaps the off-court turmoil during that
span prevented him from watching it more.
No less than two weeks after winning the
championship, Collins underwent arthroscopic
knee surgery. He played through the pain in his
left knee all last year knowing it would have to
be taken care of right away in the offseason.
While recovering from surgery and visiting
his ill father in Chicago, Collins received more
bad news. A Douglas Country judge ordered
Collins to pay more than $75,000 by default
to a woman who accused him of assault in a
Jayhawker Towers elevator in June.
I went through a lot of injuries and tough
times this year, Collins said. I think Ive dealt
with it pretty good and stayed positive.
The district attorney cleared Collins of
criminal charges later in the summer. The
accuser dropped the civil case two weeks ago.
Collins said he couldnt wait to forget about it
and start to focus solely on basketball.
Even that, however, seemed difficult at the
end of the summer. Collins showed up for the
first day of practice before Kansas Labor Day
weekend trip to Canada for three exhibition
games out of shape and overweight.
Self chastised Collins to the media. The
coach openly questioned if Collins could
Key players could miss Showdown
footBall
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
Tankfully for coach Mark Mangino
and the Kansas Jayhawks, they dont play
Missouri for another nine days. Had the
game been this Saturday, running back Jake
Sharp and wide receiver Kerry Meier prob-
ably wouldnt have been able to play.
Te extra week will defnitely be needed,
but the status of the two injured starters for
next weeks Border Showdown is anybodys
guess.
Im hopeful, Mangino said. I cant say
that Im confdent. Im hopeful theyll be
back. Talking with the trainer, its a situa-
tion where theyve just got to get a lot of
treatment and (see) how fast they heal up.
Meier has been banged up most of the
season but appeared to injure a hamstring
or quad muscle afer making a catch on the
frst play of Saturdays 35-7 loss to Texas. He
played sparingly, but wasnt efective and
had just four catches for 32 yards. Sharp
appeared to injure his ribs during the frst
half and lef for the locker room soon afer.
He came back and tried to play in the sec-
ond half, but had to call it a day soon afer.
Tey didnt practice (Sunday), Mangino
said on the Big 12 Coaches Teleconference
Weston White/kansan
Junior tailback Jake sharp attempts to get outside on one of his six runs against the Longhorns. Sharp saw
limited touches Saturday and picked up just 13 yards in Kansas 35-7 loss.
commentary
Top bowl sponsors among
the hardest hit companies
One month after pleading to Congress
for their economic lives, executives of
Detroits Big Three auto makers GM,
Ford and Chrysler will head to Ford
Field and take in the 12th annual Motor
City Bowl, which they sponsor.
The Jayhawks will likely land in the
Dec. 31 Insight Bowl which is sponsored
of an information technology service pro-
vider that has seen its stock price tumble
more than 78 percent in the past year and
recently cut 8 percent of its workforce.
The 34-game college bowl landscape is
rife with events backed by auto, banking
and insurance companies that have been
among the hardest hit by tough times.
Yet while it is a bit early to gauge the
effects of hardships faced by sponsors,
bowl games and sports marketing in gen-
eral appear to remain strong.
Weve found that companies are con-
tinuing to spend more money in sports
marketing each year, said Jason Booker,
general manager of Jayhawk Sports
Marketing/IMG College. Sports are the
only thing consumed live by mass quanti-
ties of people, making it attractive.
Michael Smith, Sports Business Journal
writer, said he expects the bowl landscape
to be somewhat different in two or three
years but contends that college football is
as resistant as any sport in terms of deal-
ing with economic shifts.
If there is a company out there look-
ing for a reasonable sponsorship buy,
college football is as good a place to be
as anywhere in sports marketing, Smith
said. As companies make budget cuts,
college football is among the last places
to go because for what you get for your
money is as good as about anything.
He said the cost of sponsoring smaller,
non-BCS bowl games could be insignifi-
BY StEphEN moNtEmAYoR
smontemayor@kansan.com
Overcoming injury and criticism, junior guard sets example to follow
see mens basketball on page 6B
see Football on page 6B see Commentary on page 6B
sherron collins
tyshawn taylor
travis releford
Jordan Juenemann
sports 2B thursday, november 20, 2008
quote of the day
fact of the day
TodayFriday
No events
Saturday
Volleyball: Texas, 6:30 p.m.
(Austin, Texas)
Sunday
Womens basketball: St. Louis,
4 p.m. (St. Louis)
Monday
Mens basketball: Washington,
9 p.m. (Kansas City, Mo.)
KU sports schedule
trivia of the day
I dont know how the guys
felt, but I got close to tearing
up before the game. That was
pretty cool. I thought the game
day production did a fabulous
job. It was pretty moving. I
thought that it was pretty cool
looking at all the people with
their cell phones out taking
pictures.
Bill Self, on the banner ceremony before
Tuesday nights game
The Kansas basketball
program is 72-8 since losing
to Bradley on March 17, 2006,
in the frst round of the NCAA
tournament.
Q: After Kansas victory
against Florida Gulf Coast,
what is Bill Selfs record at
Kansas?
A: 144-32. Selfs teams have
won 81.8 percent of their
games at Kansas.
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1. No. 2 Texas Tech at No. 5 Oklahoma (pick score)
2. No. 15 Michigan State at No. 8 Penn State
3. No. 17 Brigham Young at No. 7 Utah
4. No. 21 Pittsburgh at No. 22 Cincinnati
5. No. 19 Florida State at Maryland
6. Iowa State at Kansas State
7. Oregon State at Arizona
8. Illinois at Northwestern
9. West Virginia at Louisville
10. Washington at Washington State
Name:
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Year in school:
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3) Beat the Kansans best prognosticator and get your name in the paper.
4) Beat all your peers and get your picture and picks in the paper next to the Kansan staf.
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
Submit your picks either to KickTheKansan@kansan.com or to the Kansan business ofce,
located at the West side of Staufer-Flint Hall, which is between Wescoe Hall and Watson
Library.
Royals buck nights and Plaza Christmas lights
M
y friend Tank loves
Kansas game days.
She loves them so
much that I think she cried last
Saturday. Shes a senior. It was her
last one.
For some reason, that story
came to me as I was walking on
campus on Wednesday. Im not
sure why. Maybe I just like the
notion that sports can bring that
kind of emotion out of people. I
saw more emotion on Tuesday
night when Kansas dropped its
2008 championship banner. We
worry so much about the big things
in life that sometimes we dont
enjoy the little things.
Were seven days away from
Thanksgiving. So I thought Id
write the Morning Brews first
Thanksgiving column. I certainly
have a lot to be thankful for. And
were off.
Im thankful for Sherron Collins
on a fast break. Todd Reesing try-
ing to make something out of noth-
ing. Joakim Soria standing on the
mound in the ninth with a one run
lead. And Tony Gonzalez over the
middle. Im thankful for Stephen
Currys joy, Roger Federers humil-
ity and Rafael Nadals intensity. Im
thankful for Zack Greinkes quirky
remarks and the hit Darrell Stuckey
put on that poor Missouri receiver.
Im thankful for pickup
basketball games with people who
know how to pass and cut and
warm spring days spent on the
tennis court. Im thankful for five-
irons that stick seven feet from the
flagstick.
Im thankful for my last four
years in Lawrence. Im thankful
for 14th and Ohio, long winding
runs through campus, wings and
mac n cheese at Phi Psi and Friday
lunches at the Wheel (followed by a
game of darts). Im thankful for the
Friday night bar band and football
gamedays with good weather and
good company. Im thankful for
professors with energy and the
faces in The Kansan newsroom.
Im thankful for my hometown
the biggest small town in the
world. Im thankful for Royals
buck nights and Plaza Christmas
lights, driving down Ward Parkway
on a sunny day, and the Shawnee
Mission South fight song.
Im thankful for movies with
Kansas Citian Paul Rudd and
sports columns by Kansas Citys
Joe Posnanski. Im thankful for
Arthur Bryants and 18th and Vine.
Im thankful for the smell of the
parking lot at Arrowhead Stadium
and the view from the top of the
Mamba.
Im thankful for cold pumpkin
pie, homemade banana bread
and hot Jose Peppers espinaca.
Im thankful for packed Chipotle
burritos with double meat and
waffles with peanut butter spread
on the top. Im thankful for sushi
at Yokohama and the beer at Free
State. Im thankful for Rock Chalk
Lattes in the morning and Wheel
pizza at night.
Im thankful I have one semester
of college left.
Im thankful for dollar night and
80s music at the Wheel. Im thank-
ful for Tuesday nights with nothing
to do. Im thankful for the KAK
and Shipwrecked.
Im thankful for my mom, dad,
two big sisters and one big brother.
Were almost done. Now for the
big finish.
Im thankful for the way the
light reflects off the windows of
Strong Hall when the sun sets,
movies with Tom Hanks, songs
I cant get out of my head, Allen
Fieldhouse, text messages that are
waiting for me when I wake up,
the dollar bills at Jeffersons, iced
cappuccinos from Quik Trip, Bill
Self s Oklahoma twang, YouTube,
the look on Russell Robinsons face
after the Memphis game, sleeping
in and apples. I really like apples.
Edited by Brenna Hawley
Serving up warm weather
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
AndrewAdams, Olathe freshman, returns a serve during a game of tennis Wednesday afternoon behind Robinson Center. The unseasonably
warmweather Wednesday brought many students to the tennis courts.
nfl
Chiefs sign two players
and promote running back
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Kan-
sas City Chiefs added three more
players on Wednesday to stabilize
their hobbled roster.
Kansas City signed linebacker
Curtis Gatewood and defensive
end Andy Studebaker to two-year
contracts, and promoted run-
ning back Jackie Battle from the
practice squad. Defensive tackle
Antwon Burton also was added to
the practice squad.
Gatewood signed this year
with Washington as a rookie free
agent out of Vanderbilt and ap-
peared in three preseason games
before being released.
Studebaker was the third of
Philadelphias three sixth-round
draft choices and spent the
last 11 weeks on Philadelphias
practice squad.
Battle has appeared in six NFL
games, getting 47 yards and a
touchdown on 14 carries. The for-
mer University of Houston player
started his career with Dallas after
signing as a rookie free agent in
2007.
MlB
Pedroia wins MVP award
for American League
NEW YORK Boston little man
Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP
award, becoming the frst second
baseman to earn the honor in
nearly a half-century.
Pedroia easily beat out Min-
nesota slugger Justin Morneau
and added to his ever-expanding
trophy case. Generously listed at
5-foot-9, the Red Sox star was the
top AL rookie last year while win-
ning a World Series ring.
Associated Press
BY RUSTIn DODD
dodd@kansan.com
naScar
Teams cut stafs to tighten budgets
BY JEnnA fRYER
ASSOcIATED PRESS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Kyle
Busch and Carl Edwards opened
the 2008 season intent on knock-
ing Jimmie Johnson from the top
of NASCAR.
They chased him all year, but
never quite caught him.
Despite a combined 17 Sprint
Cup Series victories, the chal-
lengers came up short in the end
when Johnson won his record-
tying third consecutive champi-
onship.
Its a celebratory conclusion
to another long season, one that
started with the usual hope and
anticipation only to end shroud-
ed in the uneasiness of the eco-
nomic crisis.
The season ended just days
ago, but NASCAR teams are in
the midst of mass layoffs because
the crisis has forced car owners
to tighten their belts. The staff
reductions have creeped toward
the top teams and crippled the
smaller organizations.
Bill Davis Racing is down to
just a handful of employees as
it seeks 2009 sponsorship, and
Michael Waltrip Racing joined
Petty Enterprises and The Wood
Brothers as organizations that
have let go from 18 to 30 employ-
ees in the past few days.
And Hendrick Motorsports, Joe
Gibbs Racing and Roush Fenway
Racing have not been immune:
All three NASCAR super teams
have reduced their staffs to trim
their hefty budgets.
Obviously, its very difficult
... on our whole industry, said
NASCAR chairman Brian France.
But we will come out of this.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyle Busch (18), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Kurt Busch (2) race down the front stretch
during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at Lowes Motor Speedway in Con-
cord, N.C. , in May. Kyle Busch and Edwards opened the 2008 season intent on knocking Jimmie
Johnson fromthe top of NASCAR. NowNASCAR teams are feeling the pressure of a downturned
economy and are cutting back on teamexpenditures.
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classifieds 3b thursday, november 20, 2008
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
ASSocIATEd PrESS
ARLINGTON, Texas The
NFL is giving Adam Pacman
Jones another chance.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry
Jones said Wednesday the suspend-
ed cornerback has been reinstated
by league commissioner Roger
Goodell, but he must miss two
more games this Sunday and the
following game on Thanksgiving.
Hell be back Dec. 7 at Pittsburgh.
He much appreciates the
Cowboys and Jerry Jones for
standing behind him and encour-
aging him, and hes grateful to
the commissioner, said Worrick
Robinson, Adam Jones Nashville-
based attorney.
Jerry Jones would not reveal any
conditions the commissioner may
have imposed and the league office
said it would not have any immedi-
ate comment. However, Robinson,
said, He knows what he has to do.
Its very clear.
Hes a long way, a long way
from having clear sailing, Jerry
Jones said.
Adam Jones was suspended from
the entire 2007 season because of
multiple incidents while with the
Tennessee Titans. Over the off-
season, he was traded to Dallas
and then given another chance by
Goodell. The Cowboys gave him
a security team to help keep him
in line, but on Oct. 7, Jones got
into an alcohol-
related scuffle
with one of
the bodyguards
during a private
party at a Dallas
hotel.
Jones spent
part of his time
away under-
going alcohol
rehabilitation.
He has dem-
onstrated some-
thing very important to all of us,
Jerry Jones said.
It also will be up to Pacman
to police himself. The Cowboys
will no longer be providing body-
guards.
It all starts with him and his
decision-making, Robinson said.
Hes comfortable making deci-
sions for himself.
Robinson said the alcohol ther-
apy was something he needed to
do.
The real
issue was
more than
allegations of
an incident at
a Dallas hotel,
R o b i n s o n
said. There
were per-
sonal issues
that, until
a d d r e s s e d ,
there was a
likelihood of
another incident occurring.
Jerry Jones said Adam Jones can
have limited participation this
week, but would not be part of full-
squad practices or conditioning.
He can return to practice Monday.
Goodell suspended Adam Jones
indefinitely on Oct. 14, saying hed
put a timeframe on it after the
cornerback missed at least four
games. This decision means it will
be a six-game suspension. Jones
also missed the entire 2007 season.
By the time he returns, he will have
been suspended from 22 of a pos-
sible 28 games.
A few hours before the
announcement, teammates said
they would welcome him back.
Tank Johnson, who has the
locker next to Jones and also has
been through an NFL suspension
for off-field troubles, said hes spo-
ken frequently with Adam Jones.
Hes just chomping at the bit
to get back and come back and
be successful, Johnson said. He
knows were all with him and were
never going to turn our back on
him and as soon as he gets back
it will be business as usual. I cant
wait to have 21 next to me in the
locker.
Added quarterback Tony Romo:
When he was here he worked very
hard and he helped us. Hes a good
football player and I dont see why
you wouldnt welcome a guy back
that works hard on the practice
field.
Jones still leads the club with
11 passes defensed; nobody else
had more than five. His 27 tackles
are second-best among defensive
backs. He also forced a fumble and
recovered one.
Jones was Dallas main punter
returner, averaging 5 yards per
return on 16 attempts.
sports 4B thursday, november 20, 2008
commentary
6-5 doesnt look so bad in the state of Washington
Things may seem awfully
glum right now in the land of
Jayhawk football.
Kansas endured a 35-7 drub-
bing at the horns of Texas
on Senior Day, and now is a
week and a half away from a
showdown with the explosive
Missouri Tigers.
The drop in wins and produc-
tion from last year to this year
has been covered ad nauseum.
After an Orange Bowl, fans just
arent happy with a six-win sea-
son.
Oh how times have changed.
Once upon a time, Kansas
football was bad. Really bad.
Wrong Turn 2 bad? Worse
than that, even. At least that
movie had Henry Rollins.
Kansas football was once
such a joke, that the winning six
games in a season would have
been considered a monumental
success.
1987 was such a year.
The date was Nov. 7. The
opponent: the Kansas State
Wildcats. The scene: Manhattan.
The records? About that...
Kansas came in to the game
an astonishing 1-7. Not be out-
done, Kansas State faced their
cross-state rival at 0-8.
National press dubbed the
game the toilet bowl. And boy,
did it ever live down to expecta-
tions. Eight turnovers and one
botched field goal later, and the
game ended in a 17-17 tie.
Now, Kansas football isnt the
most tradition-rich program.
Sure, theres Gale Sayers and
John Riggins, and even last years
Orange Bowl team. But gener-
ally, the Jayhawks have not fared
well on the gridiron. Thus many
of the great achievements KU
football fans can treasure are,
well, less than great.
Unfortunately, one of Kansas
long standing efforts of foot-
ball futility is about to be chal-
lenged. The 1987 edition of the
Governors Cup may be sup-
planted, or at least matched, by
the 2008 edition of the Apple
Cup as the most woeful inter-
state rivalry game of all time.
The Apple Cup, for those who
dont know, pits the Huskies of
Washington against the Cougars
of Washington State. And make
no mistake about it, both teams
are the pits this year.
Washington is the lone
remaining winless team in col-
lege footballs top division.
Theyre minus their quarter-
back Jake Locker, and minus a
head coach. The real strength
of the Huskies is their defense,
though. It comes in ranked as
the 116th best unit in all of
college football. Thats their
strength, because their offense
is ranked 117. But, truth be
told, Washington is a little bet-
ter than their record might indi-
cate. They should have beaten
BYU, and could have mustered
wins over Stanford and Arizona
State. But thats little consola-
tion for a fan base that saw a
national championship in 1991.
Then theres Washington State.
The Cougars, if its possible, are
even worse than their record.
Like the 1987 Jayhawks, Wazzus
only win came over a lower divi-
sion opponent. Unfortunately,
a victory over Portland State
didnt instill Washington States
players with the confidence they
needed to navigate a mediocre
Pac 10 schedule. Arizona and
Stanford, who are less than jug-
gernauts, defeated Wazzu by a
combined total of 83-42. USC
probably could have done worse
than that themselves, but Pete
Carroll called off his Trojans
after they had amassed a 56-0
advantage. But maybe this can
all be chalked up to poor prepa-
ration. After all, the scout team
quarterback is some guy named
Peter Roberts who made the
team via an open tryout held a
few weeks into the season.
Thus the stage is set. The
teams are ready, and sufficiently
terrible. The legendary 1987
Governors Cup finally has a
deserving sequel Toilet Bowl
2: The Crapple Cup. 6-5 never
looked so good.
Edited by Scott R. Toland
Huskies and Cougars take bad football to a new level
Weston White/KANSAN
Senior receiver Marcus Herford gets tackled on a punt return Saturday against Texas. Kansas fell short of a win and lost its second straight game
35-7 against the Longhorns.
By ALEX BEEcHEr
abeecher@kansan.com
nfl
Pacman Jones will get another chance with Cowboys
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Cowboys AdamPacman Jones prepares to participate in practice at the Cowboys
training facility in Irving, Texas in October. Jones, a suspended cornerback, has entered an
alcohol treatment center. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the player has checked into a facility in
another part of the country.The treatment plan is overseen by the NFL.
Hes a good football player and
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hard on the practice feld.
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mlb
Royals obtain leadof hitter,
trade reliever to Red Sox
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Boston Red Soxs Coco Crisp watches the fight of his RBI single ofTexas RangersTommy Hunter in the second inning of a baseball
game at Fenway Park in Boston in August. The Boston Red Sox have traded outfelder Coco Crisp to the Kansas City Royals for reliever Ramon
Ramirez. A baseball ofcial confrmed the trade Wednesday on condition of anonymity because it had not yet been ofcially announced.
By JOHN MARSHALL
ASSOciAted PReSS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The
Kansas City Royals picked up the
leadoff hitter they had been seek-
ing, acquiring center fielder Coco
Crisp from the Boston Red Sox
for reliever Ramon Ramirez on
Wednesday.
K a n s a s
City was 12th
among 14 AL
teams in runs
last season and
added power
last month,
obtaining first
baseman Mike
Jacobs from
Florida.
The switch-hitting Crisp gives
the Royals speed at the top of the
lineup and a superb defender in
center field who has World Series
experience.
The speed aspect of it was very
important, Royals general manag-
er Dayton Moore said. Ive talked
many times about the importance
of a balanced lineup, speed at the
top and the bottom, and Coco
certainly gives us that.
The 29-year-old was the subject
of trade rumors for much of last
season following the emergence of
rookie Jacoby Ellsbury.
The two split time in cen-
ter, with Crisp hitting .283 with
seven homers and 41 RBIs in 98
games. He also stole 20 bases in 27
attempts, the third straight season
hes reached the 20-steal mark.
Ellsbury hit .280 with nine
homers and 47 RBIs last season,
proving to the Red Sox that hes
ready to be an everyday player.
Boston also gains financial sav-
ings by trading Crisp, whos due
to make $5.75 million next season
in a deal that includes an $8 mil-
lion club option for 2010 with a
$500,000 buyout.
He played through injuries. He
played hard, Red Sox general man-
ager Theo Epstein said of Crisp.
With the emergence of Jacoby
Ellsbury, we felt like we would
be able to find a (backup) out-
fielder on the market easier than
we would find
a valuable
member of
the bullpen.
The Royals
got Ramirez,
a 27-year-
old righty, in
a trade with
C o l o r a d o
before last sea-
son. They were so impressed with
his stuff that they projected him to
be their closer.
With a fastball that reaches the
mid-90s mph, Ramirez is a power
pitcher who seems suited for the
late innings. He was one of the pri-
mary setup men for closer Joakim
Soria and flourished in that spot,
going 3-2 with a 2.64 ERA and 70
strikeouts in 71 2-3 innings.
Hes very quietly had a tre-
mendous amount of success in
the major leagues over the last 2
years, Epstein said.
Ramirez figures to play a setup
role for closer Jonathan Papelbon
and could send Justin Masterson
back to the rotation, where he feels
more comfortable.
Masterson was 6-5 with a 3.16
ERA in 36 games as a rookie last
season 4-3 with a 3.67 ERA in
nine starts. As a reliever, he was
2-2 with a 2.36 ERA and worked
nine postseason games with a 1.86
ERA and no decisions.
(He) gives us the flexibility
to start Masterson, Epstein said.
Ramirez potentially could replace
Masterson in the pen.
Boston traded for Crisp after his
breakout season .333, 15 homers,
69 RBIs with Cleveland in 2005.
But a broken finger derailed Crisps
first year in Boston and Epstein said
his offense never fully recovered.
Crisp has always been a superb
fielder and picked up his offense
the last half of 2008, hitting .315.
He also hit .417 (10-for-24) in the
playoffs, driving in the tying run
in the eighth inning to complete
Bostons comeback from a 7-0 def-
icit in Game 5 of the AL champi-
onship series against Tampa Bay.
I play hard and pretty much
stay within myself, said Crisp, a
career .280 hitter. I know what I
can and cannot do, and with that
I think it makes me a pretty good
ballplayer. And to help the team,
besides stepping on the field, I can
hopefully bring a presence into the
clubhouse that will help us win,
the attitude of winning.
Epstein said the Red Sox hope
to replace Crisp with a right-hand-
ed fourth outfielder who can play
center. He probably will look out-
side the organization.
The addition of Crisp could
signify more moves for the Royals,
as well.
Crisp is expected to be the
starter in center and Jose Guillen,
the highest-paid player in fran-
chise history, is locked in at right.
That means Kansas City will have
to find a way to get enough play-
ing time for David DeJesus and
Mark Teahen.
The loss of Ramirez also creates
a hole in the middle of the bullpen
that will likely need to be filled
from outside the organization.
I think its safe to assume
theres possible changes, but if we
have to begin the season with the
core group we finished the season
with, it can be managed easily,
Moore said.
He played through injuries. He
played hard.
Theo epsTein
Red sox gerneral manager
By RALPH d. RUSSO
ASSOciAted PReSS
NEW YORK After years of
relentless expansion, college foot-
balls nearly monthlong holiday
party the bowl season finally
seems to have maxed out.
Those involved in the bowl
business say that, with the nation-
al economy flailing, events which
are as much about tourism and
corporate sponsorship as football
now are staring at a set of chal-
lenges that will level off the num-
ber of second-tier bowls if not
reduce them.
There are a lot of second-tier
bowls to choose from.
Were talking about dispos-
able income and thats drying up
as fast as water in the desert,
said Paul Hoolahan, chairman of
the Football Bowl Association and
CEO of the Sugar Bowl.
The bowl roster now stands at
34, giving 68 teams the oppor-
tunity to play a nationally tele-
vised game and be pampered by
host the community. Thats more
than half of the 119 schools play-
ing college football at its highest
level.
The NCAA has been liberally
licensing new bowls in recent years.
Since 2002, 11 new bowl games
have been established, while only
three have closed up shop. Two
games will debut this season, the
EagleBank Bowl in Washington
D.C., and the St. Petersburg Bowl
in central Florida.
To get a license, organizers
need a stadium, sponsorship, an
agreement with two major college
football conferences to put teams
in the game and a network willing
to televise the show.
People in the industry suspect
that getting licensed and keep-
ing that license will be tougher
because of the economic crisis.
As they are evaluated on an
annual basis, I think a stricter
criteria would probably be imple-
mented to establish the fiscal
viability of the business model,
Hoolahan said.
In other words, can you raise
enough money
to pull this
off?
Hool a han
runs a game
with little to
worry about.
The Sugar
Bowl is part
of the Bowl
Championship
Series, along
with the Rose,
Orange and Fiesta bowls, and the
national championship game.
ESPN agreed this week to a
pay the BCS $125 million per year
over four years, starting in 2010,
to televise its games, excluding
the Rose Bowl, which has its own
lucrative TV deal. Thats up about
$40 million a year from the cur-
rent deal the BCS has with Fox.
The Sugar and the other BCS
games pay about $17 million to
each participating team, and the
school splits that money with the
rest of its conference.
With all that TV money, plus
insurance giant Allstate as the
title sponsor, the Sugar Bowl will
have no problem paying its bills.
Hoolahan expects another sellout
crowd or close to it at the
72,000-seat Superdome on Jan. 2.
Bowls attract thousands of
fans/tourists and media members,
who fill hotels and restaurants and
boost local businesses. Whether
theyll be as big a financial bonan-
za this year is uncertain.
Thats the reason we do a
bowl game, said Scott Ramsey,
executive director of the Music
City Bowl in Nashville. We want
people to come to Nashville and
spend money and to get 3 hours
of television time for our sponsors
and city.
Ramsey said he was seeing
an uptick
in local
ticket sales.
Usually, the
Music City
Bowls goal is
to sell about
20,000 tickets
locally, before
a matchup is
set in early
De c e mb e r.
Each team is
on the hook for between 10,000
and 15,000 tickets. While the
numbers vary, every school that
plays in a bowl is obliged to buy
tickets and do its best to get them
in the hands of its fans.
Ramsey said the Music City
Bowl is already close to its local
ticket sales target.
I dont know if thats more
people staying home for the holi-
days and were creating a local
option for fans, Ramsey specu-
lated.
Ramsey said the Music City
Bowl builds its budget around
55,000-57,000 tickets sold to LP
Field, which seats 67,000. So it,
like many second-tier games,
doesnt need a sellout to meet its
financial needs.
We need to raise $5-$5.1 mil-
lion to break even, said Ramsey,
who has also served as the Football
Bowl Association chairman.
For the majority of bowl games,
breaking even is the goal, Ramsey
said.
college football
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Workers pause to study their work as they paint the logo for the BCS Championship football game on the feld at the Louisiana Superdome in
NewOrleans in January. The seemingly endless roster of college bowl games might fnally be maxed out. With the economy failing, a business
that combines tourism, college football and corporate sponsors is not likely to expand.
Economic woes endanger
second-tier postseason bowls
Licenses may be harder to get when money is sparse
Were talking about disposable
income and thats drying up as
fast as water in the desert.
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Tech, Oklahoma to clash
big 12 football
BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
Titanic clashes have become old
hat for Texas Tech.
Taking down Texas and
Oklahoma State in back-to-back
weeks, thus vaulting itself to No. 2
in the BCS, has given Tech oodles
of respect. But now the Red Raiders
must win once more to solidify
their ranking, and this mammoth
match-up doesnt take place in west
Texas.
On Saturday, coach Mike Leachs
team travels to Norman to face
coach Bob Stoops Sooners in the
biggest game of the week and the
most important game left for each
squad.
An Oklahoma win would cre-
ate a three-team logjam with Texas
at the top of the Big 12 South. A
Tech win means it only has to beat
Baylor and Missouri to play in the
national championship.
Thats a nice idea for Leach, but
to make it happen his team must
end the nations longest home win-
ning streak and beat Stoops at Owen
Field for just the third time in his
career. Asked about his stellar home
record, Stoops focused the attention
on his team, rather than the fans.
I think maybe just our overall
focus and play are the biggest rea-
sons, Stoops said. I dont think
weve ever been known to have an
overly ruckus crowd.
The comment caused a mild
ruckus among OU fans, but noth-
ing Stoops could say would deter
Sooner fans from turning out in
droves or cheering wildly.
Leach said its hard to argue with
Oklahomas numbers at home, but
like Stoops hed prefer to focus on the
players. One player, in particular.
Leach recruited Sooner quar-
terback Sam Bradford out of high
school and said hes not surprised
by his success.
He was a really nice individual
that I was impressed with, Leach
said. Its good to see him do well.
Bradfords numbers suggest
hes doing more than well 3,406
yards, 38 touchdowns but so is
Tech gunslinger Graham Harrell.
His 4,076 passing yards lead the
nation.
Thats just another layer on this
epic Saturday night clash. Barring
a disastrous game from both quar-
terbacks, the winner will lead the
race for the Heisman trophy.
According to most college foot-
ball Web sites, Harrell has led the
way since defeating Texas three
weeks ago. However, Harrell and
Bradfords numbers are so similar-
ly spectacular that a head-to-head
victory will carry the most clout.
If thats not enough, consider
the revenge factor. Last season
Oklahoma had a chance to reach the
national championship game until
a stop in Lubbock derailed those
plans. Before this season the Red
Raiders were used to that spoiler
role (always a bridesmaid) but now
theyre the ones sitting on top.
Texas Tech looked tremendous in
the drivers seat against Oklahoma
State, but now the car is heading
north to a hostile though appar-
ently not ruckus stadium in
Norman. One more revenge fac-
tor? Bradford was knocked out of
last years loss.
Knowing that I wasnt able to
be out there just competing with
all my teammates and wasnt able
to finish the game is really frus-
trating, Bradford said on College
GameDay last week. It kind of
puts a sour taste in my mouth.
The fun begins when the titans
take the field at 7 p.m. Saturday on
ABC.
Edited by Scott R. Toland
cant to the scope of a companys
marketing budget.
Tournament of Roses Chief
Executive Mitch Dorger has lost
little sleep regarding the state of
the Rose Bowl despite almost daily
depressing news from the games
sponsor, Citi. The New York-based
financial services companys stock
price has dropped more than 75
percent in the past year and the
company announced earlier this
week that it intends to cut approxi-
mately 53,000 jobs, or about 20 per-
cent of its workforce.
Citi remains locked in a multi-
year deal as the Rose Bowls sponsor.
Multi-year contracts protect both
parties but do not prevent a spon-
sor from backing out should trouble
occur. Dorger said he had seen that
happen in his dealings with the
Tournament of Roses parade.
Not this year, but in the past,
we have seen a long-term spon-
sors business change rapidly to the
point where they come to us and
tell us they cant do this anymore,
Dorger said.
Companies backing out of spon-
sorship commitment is always a
possibility, Dorger said, but the
attraction of college and major
sporting events remains powerful.
Through sports, sponsors gain
a powerful emotional attachment
and can attract business to their
company, Dorger said. Especially
when the game is a beloved event
in the community.
The wrangling in Congress will
continue. Banks and other firms will
likely suffer for some time as our
leaders scramble to find an answer.
And in an economic age where
the only thing certain is uncertain-
ty, perhaps sporting events such as
the nearing bowl season and their
marketing are the exception.
If our luck runs out, our tickets
will likely have to be pried from our
cold, dead, poverty-stricken hands.
Edited by Becka Cremer
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on Monday. It will just be what
the trainer thinks. Well kind of
go day-to-day with them. But they
have not practiced.
Kansas would have a tough
time defeating No. 12 Missouri
with the two on the feld, mean-
ing having to play without them
would make it a much tougher
challenge. Sharp has rushed for
748 yards and 10 touchdowns and
is the second leading rusher in the
Big 12 in conference play.
Meier has a team high 73
receptions for 826 yards and fve
touchdowns. He is a fnalist for
the Bilentnikof Award, given to
the nations top receiver, but prob-
ably will lose out to Texas Techs
Michael Crabtree.
A status update on the two
wont be available until Monday,
when Mangino makes his week-
ly appearance on the coaches
Teleconference.
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mens baskeTball (continued from 1B)
become the leader the Jayhawks
needed.
Collins got the message. He
didnt hold it against Self for calling
him out. Collins said he deserved
it. Less than a month later, Self s
comments about Collins changed
to phrases such as model citi-
zen and great leader.
Collins worked hard to regain
his standing with Self. Now, hes
not only at the weight he wants
to be 200 pounds but also
in the mind-set he wants to be.
Im 100 percent fine, Collins
said. Nothing is bothering me.
Im good.

Collins would frown.
If he played poorly in practice
or struggled in a game, Collins
found it easy to get down on
himself during his first two years
at Kansas. But veteran Kansas
guards Russell Robinson and
Mario Chalmers would always
help him through it.
Collins is using their example
and applying it to his situation
this season.
Last year, I was the one ask-
ing all the questions, Collins said.
Now, Im answering them all.
Self says he has to be tougher on
this years team, which is filled with
seven newcomers, so they under-
stand the expectations. Collins has
developed a knack for spotting
young players who are disappoint-
ed after a rough practice.
Collins always makes sure to
pull them aside and tell them its
for the better in the long run. He
reminds them of the benefits.
He points to last years National
Championship for reference.
These new guys dont know
everything yet, Collins said.
Sometimes, I have to tell them
what it be. Thats my job, to make
sure everyone is on the same
page.
When Collins himself makes a
bad play or a mistake in practice,
he responds the way he wants his
teammates to.
He doesnt let it seem like
it gets to him, Travis Releford,
freshman guard, said.
But Collins provides far more
than practice support to his team-
mates. When freshman forward
Markieff Morris was nervous
before the first game, Collins
calmed him down.
He encouraged junior college
transfer guard Tyrone Appleton
while he recovered from a hip
flexor injury. Collins has become
inseparable from freshman guard
Tyshawn Taylor and considers
him a brother. Collins spends
time specifically with Taylor help-
ing to improve his game.
Hes been through it, Taylor
said. When Im frustrated a little
bit, he talks me through it a lot.
He helps me a lot.

During the first two games of
the season, Collins looked just as
much like an orchestra director as
a point guard on the floor.
His arms flailed in different
directions to tell his teammates
where to go on the court. Collins
yelled out instructions. He even
ran over to defend sophomore
guard Tyrel Reed after a Florida
Gulf Coast player intentionally
fouled Reed by pulling him down
to the court.
The two games served as an
illustration of how much Collins
teammates mean to him. Its just
as clear how much Collins means
to them.
Hes the best point guard in
the country, Brady Morningstar,
sophomore guard, said.
They all believe in him. They
all think Collins is the one who
can lead Kansas to the top of the
college basketball world.
Even Self. The coach who
doubted Collins leadership ability
three months ago now describes
the upcoming Kansas season as
Sherrons Show. Self said Collins
could take up to 20 shots per
game.
I dont know about the 20 shots
a game thing, Collins said. But
Im glad he gives me the freedom
to go get a shot anytime I want to
or go get something going.
Collins took 11 and 14 shots in
the first two games, respectively.
It worked because it was all the
Jayhawks needed.
When Kansas needs Collins to
be more aggressive offensively, he
says it wont be problem. Collins
has no problem taking the major-
ity of the shots. Its what Self wants
him to do, which greatly contrasts
with what Kansas teams have done
in the past.
Its been a different guy every
night, Self said. Now more than
ever, if Sherron doesnt play good,
theres a better chance of us not
looking good.
So far, Self hasnt had to worry
about that. Collins smile tells the
whole story.
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