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BY KAYLA REGAN
kregan@kansan.com
On game nights, 2,343 of the
closest parking spots to Allen
Fieldhouse are reserved for
Williams Fund donors and other
paying basketball fans.
Michael Gillaspie, Ashland
senior and student body vice pres-
ident, said parking was making
things complicated for students.
He said athletic events and the
people who come to them often
force students to park far from
campus.
Students are first and foremost
the priority, Gillaspie said. Why
not make it more convenient
for students instead of making
it more convenient for game-day
people?
Donna Hultine, director of the
KU Parking Department, said she
had discussed freeing up game-
day parking spots for students
with Student Senate in the past.
Previous efforts failed because no
one was willing to pay the cost,
Hultine said. As the department
and Senate work toward a solu-
tion, Hultine said the fear of losing
money would likely continue to be
a factor for everyone involved.
My position is everything that
I have here, I have as a revenue
generator, Hultine said. So, with
being able to generate $1 million
from basketball games, we were
able to hold permit prices down.
Last semester, Senate proposed
that any student should be able to
park in the Kansas Union parking
garage on game nights for free
after 5 p.m. Because the depart-
ment is still paying for the costs of
building the garage, Senate with-
drew the proposal.
Hutline said if the proposal had
passed it would have been too
much to handle for the depart-
ments budget.
Every year there is a little less
conflict, Hultine said. But Im
not willing to change something
to free when I still have bonds
campus
Parking
problems
unresolved
BY MIKE BONTRAGER
mbontrager@kansan.com
The Lawrence Police Department
reported that it arrested two sus-
pects, Antoine Barber, 21, of Bonner
Springs and Nicholas White, 20, of
Kansas City, Kan., in connection with
the Burger King robbery of four KU
students. The suspects were taken
into custody late Wednesday eve-
ning. Sgt. Bill Corey of the Lawrence
Police Department said both men
were charged with four counts of
aggravated robbery. The robbery
occurred on Jan. 25, 2009 at the 1107
W. 6th Street Burger King location.
crime
Robbery
suspects
arrested
Jayhawk represents 400,000 NCAA athletes
involvement
Photo by Jenny Terrell/kAnSAn
Matt Baysinger, 2008 graduate,
recently took over as chair of the
Division I National Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee for SAACs all over
the country. Baysinger ran track at KU
and was captain of the teamfor
two years.
BY ADAM SAMSON
asamson@kansan.com
Former KU track and field athlete Matt
Baysinger is living proof of what can happen
when a student gets involved on campus.
The night Baysinger participated in the stu-
dent athlete variety show JayRock for the first
time, he had no idea what a student athlete
advisory committee was.
Now, four years later, Baysinger represents
160,000 Division I student athletes and 400,000
athletes from all divisions as the
chairman of the NCAA Division
I Student Athlete Advisory
Committee.
Its truly a testament to when
a student on this campus gets
involved and what can happen
from that, said Mike Harrity,
assistant athletics director for
student athlete development.
And to think four short years
later, hes in the highest leader-
ship position that any student athlete can be in,
in the biggest division of all divisions.
On the institutional level, the Universitys
SAAC deals with community service and builds
teamwork with athletics.
Baysinger, who graduated in December 2008,
is now a student athlete development assistant
with the Athletics Department. He is looking
to go back to school in the fall to get a masters
degree in higher education, educational leader-
ship and leadership studies.
The transition to his position as the national
chairman was a natural progression of events
for Baysinger.
Belief started within Matt, the group believ-
ing in him, me believing in him and our athlet-
ics director believing in him, Harrity said.
Peers in the Big 12 Conference voted
Baysinger vice chairman for the Big 12 in July
2007. Baysinger then became chairman of the
Big 12 SAAC.
From there, student athletes from each
of the 31 Division-I conferences voted
Baysinger to the vice chairman position
of the national SAAC in January 2008.
The higher testament to his abil-
ity to connect with people is that he
got the vote from his peers, Harrity
said.
Former KU track and field team-
mate Paul Hefferon, Overland
Park senior, said Baysinger was
never intimidated
by a situation.
Even as
an under-
classman he
showed leadership
and gave respect to
the upperclass-
men and captains,
Hefferon said. The
way he carried him-
self and the way he
went about his business in practice;
he took a more vocal role when
he was given the responsibility as
captain.
The Universitys SAAC currently
has more than 100 members and meets
twice each month. Harrity said many
SAAC groups across the country
might meet only once a semester and
had less than 10 student athletes in
the group.
Baysinger, along with other SAAC
leaders, led the effort to convince stu-
dents to pass a student ballot refer-
endum to increase student fees to
provide additional support for KUs
womens and non-revenue athletics
teams.
campus
Salsa night returns with extra spicy twist
BY JENNIFER TORLINE
jtorline@kansan.com
Students who attend Salsa Night
tonight will experience two kinds
of salsa: the Caribbean dance style
and the spicy tomato dip.
Student Union Activities is spon-
soring the event at 7 tonight in the
Gridiron Room at the Burge Union.
The event features salsa lessons by
the KU Ballroom Dance Club and
live music from Son Venezuela, a
Kansas City-area Latin band.
Its a fun, free time to dance
to live Latin music and shake it
like Shakira, said Kellen Voss, a
Shawnee graduate student and
president of the dance club.
Doug Brady, Topeka sophomore
and SUAs live music coordinator,
said SUA sponsored Salsa Night
last year and decided to bring it
back because of its success. Brady
said more than 300 students came
last year.
To accompany the salsa theme,
Brady said this years event would
include a new feature: a chips and
salsa competition.
He said that five local Mexican
restaurants donated chips and salsa
for the event and that students
would be able to vote for the tasti-
est dip. SUA will give the winning
restaurant a plaque to hang in the
restaurant.
Members of the dance club will
give free salsa dance lessons from
7 to 8 p.m. and Son Venezuela will
play for the rest of the evening.
Jorge Ortiz, Lima, Peru, doctoral
student, is the dance clubs salsa
instructor for its weekly lessons
on Fridays. He will be teaching
the lessons at Salsa Night and said
he hoped the lessons would help
people be more comfortable on the
dance floor.
The lesson is good because they
can learn the basic steps for salsa
dance and then they can go out
to any dance club in Lawrence,
Ortiz said.
Tom Johnson, trombone player
for Son Venezuela, said the band
consisted of 10 members who
played instruments ranging from
percussion to piano to horns.
Its always fun to get a taste of
different cultures, and especially
the music of different cultures,
Johnson said. Its even more fun
when you can dance to it and meet
people you share something in
common with.
Kelfel Aqui, a 1994 graduate, is
one of the founding members of
Son Venezuela. He and a group of
friends started the band 15 years
ago when they were attending the
University.
The band primarily plays in
the Kansas City and Lawrence
area, although it has traveled to
It is absolutely
important that
theyre [the NCAA]
talking with student
athletes.
Matt Baysinger
saaC Chairman
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COnTRIBuTED PhOTO
Students practice their salsa dance moves in preparation for SUAs Salsa Night. The event starts tonight at 7 in the Burge Union.
BaYsinGers leaDersHip roles
2006 - Present - Jayhawk saaC
executive Board
2006-07 - Vice Chair of Big 12 Con-
ference saaC
2007-08 - Chair of Big 12 Conference
saaC, Division i national saaC mem-
ber, nCaa Minority Opportunities
and interests committee member
2008-09 - Vice Chair of Division i
national saaC, Management Council
member, Legislative Council member
2009-10 - Chair of nCaa Division i
national saaC, Leadership Council
member
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Barton County is the only
Kansas county that is named
for a woman; the famous
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The KU Police reported:
On Jan. 22 an individual was
found in possession of marijua-
na and drug paraphernalia at
Oliver Hall. Another individual
reported theft of a wallet.
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ON CAMPUS
The Writing on the Job work-
shop will begin at 9 a.m. in 204
JRP.
The EndNote II in 60-Minutes
workshop will begin at 12 p.m.
in the Library Computer Lab on
the Edwards Campus.
The Works in Progress: Doc-
toral Research in Performance
and Culture seminar will begin
at 1:30 p.m. in the Seminar
Room in Hall Center.
The Role of Structural Equa-
tion Modeling in Functional
Neuroimaging Studies: Chal-
lenges, Solutions, & New Direc-
tion lecture will begin at 2 p.m.
in 547 Fraser Hall.
The SoftChalk LessonBuilder
workshop will begin at 2 p.m.
in 6 Budig.
The American Yan Taru: A
19th Century Model for 21st
Century Muslimahs: How
Historical Womens Roles
are Shaping Modern Islam
seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m.
in the Seminar Room in Hall
Center.
The SUA: Salsa Night will begin
at 7 p.m. in the Gridiron Room
in the Burge Union.
The Interpreti Veneziani Italian
chamber music ensemble
concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.
in the Lied Center.
The SUA Feature Films: Nick
and Norahs Infnite Playlist
showing will begin at 8 p.m.
in Woodruf Auditorium in the
Kansas Union.
NEWS NEAR & FAR
InternatIonal
1. Diplomat says pirates
hijack tanker of Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya A diplomat
says Somali pirates have hijacked
a tanker in the Gulf of Aden.
The diplomat based in Nairobi,
Kenya, said Thursday there are 12
Filipinos and one Indonesian on
board. He asked that his name
not be used because he is not
authorized to speak to the media.
It was not immediately clear
what the tanker was carrying.
Piracy has taken an increasing
toll on international shipping, es-
pecially in the Gulf of Aden, one
of the worlds busiest sea lanes.
2. Global warming may
put NATO forces in Arctic
REYKJAVIK, Iceland NATO
will need a military presence
in the Arctic as global warm-
ing melts frozen sea routes and
major powers rush to lay claim
to lucrative energy reserves, the
military blocs chief said Thurs-
day.
NATO commanders and
lawmakers meeting in Icelands
capital said the Arctic thaw is
bringing the prospect of new
standofs between powerful
nations.
I would be the last one to
expect military confict but
there will be a military presence,
NATO Secretary-General Jaap
de Hoop Schefer told reporters.
It should be a military presence
that is not overdone, and there is
a need for political cooperation
and economic cooperation.
3. Closed Gaza border
means shipment backlog
RAFAH, Egypt More than
two dozen trucks loaded with
food, aid and goods intended for
the Gaza Strip were stranded on
the Egyptian side of the border
Thursday, leaving truckers with
little to do but sip tea and exude
frustration.
The backlog raises ques-
tions about whether a new U.N.
appeal for $613 million to help
Palestinians recover from Israels
three-week ofensive in Gaza will
do much good without a deal to
open the devastated territorys
borders.
Associated Press
natIonal
4. Weak sales cause
Kodak to fre up to 4,500
ROCHESTER, N.Y. The digital
revolution did away with 40,000
jobs at Eastman Kodak Co. over
the last fve years.
The global recession is reduc-
ing the photography icons ranks
still further to around 20,000, a
level not seen since the Great
Depression.
Kodak said Thursday it lost
$137 million in the fourth quarter
on plunging sales of both digital
and flm-based photography
products. It plans to eliminate
3,500 to 4,500 jobs, or 14 to 18
percent of its work force this year.
Its stock lost nearly 30 percent
of its value, sinking $2.08 to end
at $4.99, a decades-long low.
Shares bottomed at $4.89 earlier
in the session.
5. Texas executes its
second inmate in two days
HUNTSVILLE, Texas Texas
has executed a prison gang
member who fatally injected a
fellow inmate with an overdose
of heroin in retaliation for snitch-
ing on him.
The 46-year-old was the ffth
Texas inmate to die this year and
the second of two executions in
consecutive nights this week in
the nations most active death
penalty state.
6. Colorado man indicted
for threat against Obama
DENVER A Colorado man
has been indicted on charges
of threatening to kill President
Barack Obama and blow up the
Mall of America in suburban Min-
neapolis.
A federal grand jury in Denver
handed up the indictment Tues-
day against Timothy Ryan Gutier-
rez, 20, of Cortez in southwestern
Colorado.
The U.S. attorneys ofce said
Thursday Gutierrez wasnt yet in
custody, and authorities declined
to discuss his whereabouts.
Gutierrez had no listed phone
number and it was not known if
he had an attorney.
Associated Press
CORRECTIONS
Thursdays article Biodie-
sel ofers cheap alternative
misused the word biodiesel.
The vehicle fuel systems in
the article should be called
Straight Vegetable Oil or Waste
Vegetable Oil vehicles. Biodie-
sel is made from modifed oil
and can be used in any diesel
engine without modifcation.
Biggs Barbecue
2429 Iowa St.
1/2 Slab Baby Back Ribs....... $12.99
Type of restaurant: Barbecue
Overall rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Signature dish: Pulled Pork
Tastes like: Bufalo Bobs
Smokehouse
Price range: $5-20
What I ate: 1/2 Slab Baby
Back Ribs (with French fries and
cinnamon apples) $12.99; Pulled
Pork Sandwich (with French
fries) $9.99
Review: This tucked away res-
taurant is a hidden gem. With great
deals like All You Can Eat Ribs
on Monday nights and Catfish
Thursdays, Biggs is a great place
to sit down and enjoy a game on
one of its 16 TVs. Biggs is also a
good place for those looking for
good service and a wide variety of
barbecue at a low price. The food
at Biggs certainly met my expec-
tations and then some. I recom-
mend the pulled pork or any of
the smoked sandwiches, but you
cant go wrong with the baby back
ribs. This restaurant also delivers
if you choose to feast from your
house. From top to bottom, Biggs
Barbecue has it all covered.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Located at 2429 Iowa St., Biggs Barbecue ofers a relaxed, sporty atmosphere. The
variety of inexpensive food and delivery option makes Biggs a top barbecue destination.
Haskell Indian Nations Univer-
sity, our smaller neighbor to
the southeast, opened in 1884.
The frst class was comprised
of only 22 students, but in one
semesters time grew to over
400. That is just under half their
current enrollment.
CoUrtS
Cowley College rape case
completes jury selection
WINFIELD The frst stage of
jury selection has been com-
pleted in the capital murder trial
of a man accused of raping and
killing a Cowley College student
two years ago.
Twenty-fve-year-old Justin
Thurber of Arkansas City is
charged with kidnapping, raping
and killing 19-year-old Jodi San-
derholm, who was a member of
the Cowley College dance team.
Her body was found in the Kaw
Wildlife Area several days after
she went missing.
On Thursday, lawyers fnished
qualifying a pool of 42 potential
jurors. Attorneys will spend Friday
narrowing the pool to 12 jurors
and four alternates.
Cowley County Attorney Chris
Smith says opening statements
will start Monday morning.
natIonal
Townsfolk take too many
buckets of free sand, salt
BUCKLAND, Mass. Residents
of a small Massachusetts town
used to be able to help them-
selves to a free bucket of sand
and salt from the highway de-
partment to treat their steps and
walkways after a snow storm.
But no more.
Ofcials in the western Mas-
sachusetts town of Buckland
have suspended the perk at least
temporarily because it appears
some people have been abusing
the privilege.
Highway Superintendent Steve
Daby told selectmen that people
have been flling the backs of
pickup trucks with the mixture,
and that some people taking ad-
vantage appear to be from out of
town, The Recorder of Greenfeld
reports.
Selectmen say they can no
longer aford to give it away.
ImpeaChment
Blagojevich removed
from governors ofce
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Gov. Rod
Blagojevich was thrown out of
ofce Thursday without a single
lawmaker coming to his defense,
brought down by a government-
for-sale scandal that stretched
from Chicago to Capitol Hill and
turned the foul-mouthed politi-
cian into a national punchline.
Blagojevich, accused of trying
to sell Barack Obamas vacant
Senate seat, becomes the frst U.S.
governor in more than 20 years to
be removed by impeachment.
After a four-day trial, the Illinois
Senate voted 59-0 to convict him
of abuse of power, automati-
cally ousting the second-term
Democrat.
Associated Press
theft
French presidents
ex-wifes jewelry stolen
PARIS It was a clas-
sic burglary in a classy Paris
suburb, except that the thieves
who made of with jewels and
valuables worth 500,000 euros
($650,000) had robbed the
ex-wife of President Nicolas
Sarkozy, police said Thursday.
Cecilias husband, Richard
Attias, a prominent public
relations agent, lodged a com-
plaint with police. .
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BY DAVID UGARTE
dugarte@kansan.com
To protest all forms of oppres-
sion, from police brutality to
military occupation, KU students
and volunteers at Solidarity Revo-
lutionary Center and Radical Li-
brary will lead a march at 7 p.m.
Saturday starting at South Park in
downtown Lawrence.
Te march, called March Against
State Murders, is meant to connect
police killing innocent civilians in
the U.S. to military occupations
of other communities around the
world. Flyers for the march read
From Athens to Augusta, from
Gaza to Oakland, we do mind dy-
ing, refecting the various deaths
that inspired the march, said the
marchs co-organizers, Dave Sch-
neider and Colin Immenschuh.
Sarah Brown, Topeka sopho-
more, said she had a long list of
reasons for joining the march.
She said she hoped it would bring
awareness to people who otherwise
might not know about the most re-
cent killings in Athens and Gaza.
Brown said she hoped those who
participated would feel empow-
ered to work toward longer term
goals and projects in Lawrence.
I will not stand by silently as
young black men continue to be
murdered at the hands of the po-
lice, Brown said. I will not sit by
idly as the Israeli state wages war
on the people of Palestine. Our
fsts and voices will be raised in the
streets this Saturday and the cry
that is heard in Lawrence will echo
out to those in Oakland, Augusta,
Gaza, Greece, and everywhere that
humans are oppressed and impov-
erished by the hand of the state.
Immenschuh, a volunteer at
Solidarity, said the march was in
protest of the recent deaths of Os-
car Grant, Oakland, Calif., Justin
Elmore, Augusta, Ga., and Alexis-
Andreas Grigoropoulos, Athens,
Greece, who were all killed by po-
lice in the last two months. Te co-
organizers said the march is also
protesting the deaths of hundreds
of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
I hope the march shows there
are a lot of people who are out-
raged at continual occupation and
communities being destroyed by
the Israeli state and the U.S. Im-
menschuh said, I hope our com-
munity has the power to voice this
rage and link these things togeth-
er.
Brown said she felt the only Jew-
ish voices represented in regards to
the violence against the Palestin-
ian people were those of Zionists,
while many other Jews and Israelis,
like Brown, disagree with Israels
actions in Gaza.
It was not so long ago that my
own family faced walled ghettos,
mass murder, and horrendous op-
pression in the name of a state,
Brown said, I will never sit silently
by and allow that to happen to any-
one again.
Schneider, a volunteer at Soli-
darity, said he helped organize the
march because of his anger and
frustration with the social, politi-
cal and economic systems in place.
Schneider said the march was
meant to show support and unity
with movements across the globe
responding to state violence such
as the protests in the cities where
the civilians were murdered.
We hope to create a feeling of
collectivity and empowerment,
where our power as a collection
of people can be physically felt
and manifested, Schneider said,
I want to show people that oth-
ers are taking the mechanisms of
state power head on, and we can
too. And, more importantly, when
we act together, we can be unstop-
pable.
Te route of the march will be
decided Saturday night, and will
be determined by how many peo-
ple join.
Edited by Liz Schubauer
Activism
Lawrence protesters to march against police killings
iNterNAtioNAl
Tension escalating
between two Koreas
Puppy love
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Duchess of Cornwall is subjected to the attentions of an enthusiastic Alsatian puppy in the puppy kennels of the Metropolitan Police DogTraining Establishment at Keston, near London,
onThursday, where she met dogs and police ofcers undertaking training.
BY JEAN H. LEE
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea North
Korea declared all military and
political agreements with South
Korea dead Friday, toughening
its stance while accusing Seoul of
pushing the peninsula to the brink
of war.
The Norths Committee for the
Peaceful Reunification of Korea
said Pyongyang was forced to
nullify past peacekeeping accords
between the two wartime rivals
because of South Korean President
Lee Myung-baks hard-line stance
against the North.
The group of traitors has already
reduced all the agreements reached
between the north and the south
in the past to dead documents,
the committee in charge of inter-
Korean affairs said in a statement
carried by the state-run Korean
Central News Agency.
The North warned that Seouls
continued hard-line stance would
only draw a heavier blow and
shameful destruction on the
South.
South Korea expressed regret,
and urged the North to honor
agreements with the South.
Agreements between the South
and the North cannot be scrapped
unilaterally, Defense Ministry
spokesman Won Tae-jae said.
The two Koreas technically
remain at war because their brutal,
three-year conflict ended in a truce,
not a peace treaty, in 1953. The pen-
insula remains divided by a heavily
fortified Demilitarized Zone, with
thousands of troops stationed on
both sides of the border.
Ties have warmed significantly
over the past decade, with North
Korean leader Kim Jong Il meeting
with then-South Korean President
Kim Dae-jung in a historic sum-
mit in 2000. The detente helped
pave the way for first inter-Korean
exchanges in 50 years.
But tensions have been high since
Lee took office in Seoul nearly a
year ago pledging to get tough with
Pyongyang. He questioned the wis-
dom of his predecessors sunshine
policy of nurturing reconciliation.
NEWS 4A Friday, January 30, 2009
Campus
Pregame, Jay Leno style
BY RACHEL BURCHFIELD
rburchfeld@kansan.com
Students attending mens bas-
ketball games will now have pre-
game entertainment, courtesy of
the University Career Center.
The UCC partnered with KU
Athletics and Jayhawk Sports
Marketing to create Center Court,
a pregame show meant to enter-
tain students and inform them of
its presence on campus. The next
show will begin before tomorrows
game against Colorado.
This is the most creative way
to get our name out, said Nancy
Hoch, San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico, senior and UCC employ-
ee. Students seem to enjoy the
pregame show. For any office on
campus to get its name out to
30,000 people is a creative way to
do it.
The show begins with a video
modeled after the Jaywalking
segment on The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno.
Hoch walked around campus
with a camera and a microphone to
record material for the video. She
asked students what the chancel-
lors name is, what the abbreviation
NCAA stands for and where the
UCC is. The last question, Hoch
said, usually stumped students.
Theyll be standing 100 feet
from the UCC and theyll ask
wheres the UCC? Hoch said.
Theyll say I think its at the
Union or I didnt know we had
one.
Brent Blazek, Lenexa senior, saw
Center Court premiere at the
Kansas State game. Blazek said he
and his friends typically show up
to games when the doors open two
hours in advance. He said the pre-
game show got students attention
and that his roommate was one of
the students interviewed by Hoch
for the video segment of the show.
I thought it was a good idea,
because its always kind of a time
when students just sit around,
Blazek said. They have to sit there
for two hours so its a good idea to
stick something in there. Anything
you can do to connect to basket-
ball is good. Thats where you get
a lot of students at basketball
games.
After the video, an emcee wel-
comed students to participate in a
live competition for prizes. A video
and photo submission contest is
also taking place on the UCCs
Web site, KUCareerHawk.com.
Students can submit videos and
photos to the Web site showing
what they will be doing one year
after graduation. Students can then
visit the Web site to vote on their
favorite submissions. Winners of
the contest will take home an iPod
Touch or a Nintento Wii.
Megan Hill, UCC associate
director, said the show was an
unconventional way to get students
thinking about their futures.
The contest provides a fun and
unique way to engage students in
the career development process,
Hill said. We hope it will also
encourage students to take advan-
tage of the many valuable resources
offered by the University Career
Center.
Jason Booker, Jayhawk Sports
Marketing general manager, said
the project began last February, but
on a much smaller scale.
We wanted to hand out T-shirts
as students were waiting to get into
the game, Booker said. But we
thought we could do much more
than that. We thought, Weve got a
captive group, so why dont we do
something to entertain them?
Booker said the Jaywalking
segment made it apparent that
many students were unaware of
the UCC.
It was eye-opening that a fair
amount of people didnt know what
a resume was or what the career
center was, Booker said.
Video and photo submissions
to the contest began on Jan. 13
and are due by Feb. 18 to the UCC
Web site. Winners of the contest
will be announced at the pregame
show before the mens Feb. 21 game
against Nebraska.
-Edited by Justin Leverett
Center Court
pregame show
performanCes
Jan. 13 vs. Kansas State
Jan. 19 vs. Texas A&M
Jan. 31 vs. Colorado
Feb. 7 vs. Oklahoma State
Feb. 18 vs. Iowa State
Feb. 21 vs. Nebraska
Mar. 1 vs. Missouri
Mar. 7 vs. Texas
Mo. woman comes clean, accusing father of rape
Crime
BY ANDALE GROSS
Associated Press
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. The
sister of a girl who was allegedly
molested and impregnated four
times by their father says she
waited until she
turned 18 to come
forward because
she was afraid of
being placed in
state custody.
My dad was
doing all this
crazy stuff, the
18-year-old told
The Associated
Press in an interview Thursday.
I got fed up with it until I finally
ran my mouth. ... I couldnt see
my sister suffer anymore. Thats
why I wanted her out.
She said her sister, now 19,
was 13 when their father started
molesting her. The 18-year-old
said her sibling confided in her
about the abuse after becoming
pregnant the first time.
But I already
knew, she said.
The 18-year-
old told police in
October that her
sister was being
molested by their
father and had given
birth to four of his
children. The tip
led to a search of
a rural property in
Harrisonville, where the family
used to live. The propertys new
owners found two sealed coolers
with the remains of two infants
on Jan. 1.
Authorities said one of those
infants died after not receiving
medical treatment
for pneumonia.
The 47-year-old
father has been
charged with sec-
ond-degree mur-
der in the death of
that baby, who was
born in November
2006.
He also is
accused of father-
ing the other infant whose body
was found in the coolers, and
investigators said they were look-
ing into the circumstances of that
babys death.
Authorities believe a third baby
born in 2004 has been buried
in Oklahoma where the family
once lived. A fourth child, now a
3-year-old boy, is in state custody.
In addition to the murder
charge, the father
also was charged
with endanger-
ing the welfare of a
child, statutory rape
and two counts each
of incest and aban-
doning a corpse. He
was being held in
the Cass County jail
in lieu of a $500,000
bond.
The suspects wife, also 47, has
been charged with endangering
the welfare of a child because
authorities claimed she did little to
stop her daughters sexual abuse.
She was free on bond and due in
court next week for a case review.
The Associated Press is with-
holding the names of the suspects
and other family members to pro-
tect the identity of the daughter,
an alleged sexual assault victim.
A cousin of the suspects four
daughters said the girls were afraid
of their father and thats why none
of them sought help sooner.
He threatened to kill them if
they ever said anything, she said
Thursday. They were petrified.
Janeal Matheson, the public
defender representing the man,
declined to comment when
reached by the AP on Thursday.
No attorney was listed for the
mans wife in court records, and
calls to multiple phone numbers
for her went unanswered.
A preliminary hearing for the
father of the victim was scheduled
for March 5.
who brought the sled?
finanCe
World Economic Forum ofers no answers, apologies
BY BRADLEY S. KLAPPER
Associated Press
DAVOS, Switzerland At Da-
vos, it seems, sorry is the hardest
word.
Amid the profound pain of the
fnancial meltdown enveloping
the globe, this weeks World Eco-
nomic Forum might have been
expected to feature apologies
even a massive mea culpa from
the movers and shakers of the
fnancial community that created
the crisis.
Tere have been plenty of
excuses, recriminations, hand-
wringing and analysis. But scant
few have owned up to the perva-
sive efects of bad business deci-
sions that cost hundreds of thou-
sands of jobs and brought the
world economy to its knees.
Teres a tremendous arro-
gance about the whole process,
Nobel Prize-winning economist
Joseph Stiglitz told Te Associ-
ated Press. Te top bankers think
that it just happened, that it was
nobodys fault. But they should
feel sorry.
Meanwhile, its primarily
midlevel banking ofcials who
are now getting the boot.
Stiglitz said they arent to
blame. Te senior people the
ones who went to Congress and
lobbied for less regulation they
should take responsibility, he
said.
Lord Nicholas Stern, among
Britains most infuential econo-
mists, agreed that captains of in-
dustry and high-fying business
tycoons have not been humbled
or even accepted their role in the
meltdown. Nor
have they recog-
nized the culpa-
bility of an unsus-
tainable economic
system they pros-
pered under for so
long.
Teres some
apologetic ges-
tures. Its not zero,
but I will say it is
embarrassingly small, Stern said.
Many of the businessmen most
tainted by the collapse of global
banks and record industry losses
have skipped this years forum.
Tose who came have taken part
in numerous debates about the
current downturn the focus of
a sober gathering that lost much
of the party atmosphere and lav-
ishness of previous years, even if
private jet and helicopter use were
expected to climb from 2008.
Stephen Green, chairman of f-
nancial services titan HSBC Hold-
ings PLC, did attend his pres-
ence noted by a TV journalist at
the opening news conference.
Green managed an uneasy
smile, saying later: Te banking
sector has not covered itself in
glory. It has made mistakes.
Some businessmen have blamed
poor regulation, arguing that au-
thorities were at fault for permit-
ting bankers and investors to run
amok in a world of
fnancial lawlessness.
Others have cited
spendthrif Ameri-
can consumers for
indebting themselves
beyond repair. Still
others blame the gen-
erous, bailout-giving
governments of to-
day for their policies
a decade ago.
In ofering a response to the cri-
sis, Stephen Schwarzman, chair-
man and CEO of Te Blackstone
Group LP, even went so far as to
suggest less government control of
the fnancial sector was needed.
Schwarzman urged lower capi-
tal ratios, meaning banks would be
allowed to lend more of the money
they are currently required to store
away to cover losses.
Blackstone Group, one of the
worlds largest private-equity
funds, reported third-quarter loss-
es of $340.3 million as the global
credit crisis eroded the value of
companies it controls and locked
up the lending it counts on to fund
deals.
Te suggestion for less regula-
tion was greeted with derision by
economists such as the University
of Berkeleys Laura Tyson, who say
such policies reek of the riskiness
that helped push banks into the
crisis they now fnd themselves in.
Self regulation of fnancial insti-
tutions has not worked in the U.S.,
said Tyson, who was economic
adviser to the Clinton administra-
tion.
Its true that a simple sorry for
mistakes or misjudgments would
not reverse the economic slide.
But it still might be appreciated
by the many taxpayers who are
now propping up their countries
economies.
Te CEO of Swiss insurer Zu-
rich Financial Services AG was a
rare exception.
We didnt deliver on what we
promised and brought (people) to
the state that were in, James Schi-
ro said. Tats the sense of loss of
trust, loss of credibility and loss of
reputation.
Schiro whose companys
profts crashed by 90 percent in the
third quarter last year afer write-
downs of $1.1 billion due to the
fnancial crisis and a costly hurri-
cane season added that business
and government needed to face up
to their shortcomings.
We all have to say We apolo-
gize, he said. We can spend a lot
of time looking at this process, but
I think we have to look forward
and say what are the solutions.
Tat was far from universally
endorsed, however, even by com-
panies far from the center of the
storm.
Chad Hurley, the co-founder
and CEO of YouTube, said the Da-
vos forum was about getting down
to business.
I dont think now is the time to
sit around and apologize, he said.
But Hurley said he also under-
stood the publics anxiety about
how its money was being spent by
businesses that have lost so much.
Companies needed to act wisely,
he said.
Its hard to see what theyre do-
ing internally, to see how theyre
using public funds, he said. Te
public, of course, doesnt like it
when a guy buys a new jet with
government money.
Billionaire and former Repub-
lican presidential candidate Steve
Forbes said those responsible for
the crisis will soon be sorry, even
if they dont say it here in the Swiss
Alps.
I think Davos is for problem-
solving, he said. Te heartfelt
apologies will come when some
individuals are brought before a
court of law.
AssociAted Press
ice climbers edge their way up an icy face on Frankenstein Clif in Harts Location, N.H., Saturday.
He threatened to kill
them if they ever said
anything. They were
petrifed.
UNIdeNTIFIed PerSON
Cousin of alleged
rape victim
I got fed up with it
until I fnally ran my
mouth. ... I couldnt
see my sister sufer
anymore.
UNIdeNTIFIed PerSON
Alleged rape victim
Theres a tremen-
dous arrogance about
the whole process.
JOSePh STIglITz
Nobel Prize-winning
economist
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CADIZ, Ky. Storm-battered
residents of several states hun-
kered down in frigid homes and
shelters Thursday, expecting to
spend at least a week without
power and waiting in long lines
to buy generators, firewood and
groceries.
Utility companies in Missouri,
Kentucky, Ohio, Arkansas and
West Virginia warned that the
estimated 1.3 million people left in
the dark by an ice storm wouldnt
have power back before Saturday
at the earliest, and at worst, as late
as mid-February.
Already, the situation was
becoming dire for some communi-
ties in Kentucky, where the power
outages crippled pumping stations
and cut off access to water. Tracie
and Jeff Augustinovichs home
had very little running water, and
though they stocked up before the
storm, they werent sure their sup-
plies will last.
Were buying up anything
that we can eat cold, Tracie
Augustinovich said.
For heat, the couple were using
a kerosene heater loaned to them
by a friend at least until the fuel
runs out. When it does, she said,
they would go to a shelter.
Utility crews found themselves
up against roads blocked by ice-
caked power lines, downed trees
and other debris. Help from
around the country was arriving
in convoys to assist the states with
the worst outages. But with so
many homes and businesses in
the dark there were more than
600,000 across Kentucky alone
the effort is still expected to take
days, if not weeks.
St. Louis-based AmerenUE said
it had added 800 workers to its
efforts to restore power in south-
east Missouri, and another 800
were expected Friday.
As we restore some, were
losing others. The ice is just so
treacherous, said utility spokes-
woman Susan Gallagher.
Hundreds of shelters opened
their doors, and deputies in some
communities went door to door to
let people know where they were.
Since phone service and Internet
connections are spotty in many
places, there wasnt another way.
In Harrodsburg, Ky., where phone
service was restored, residents
were asked to call 911 if they
needed transport to shelters, said
John Trisler, the countys judge
executive.
At a Red Cross shelter in
Louisville, Joy McKnight was wait-
ing to be reuinted with her fam-
ily. Her three grandchildren and
the family dog were staying with
friends, her daughter was putting
in long hours as a security worker,
and McKnight and her mother
were staying at the shelter.
Im just taking it a day at a
time, she said.
Since the storm began Monday,
the weather has been blamed for
at least 25 deaths, including six in
Texas, four in Arkansas, three in
Virginia, six in Missouri, two in
Oklahoma, two in Indiana, and
one each in West Virginia and
Ohio.
weather
Storm leaves residents of several states without heat
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People without power line up at the EZ Shop in Henderson, Ky., for kerosene to heat their homes Wednesday. More than a million homes and
businesses that were left in the cold without power Thursday in the wake of an icy winter stormcould face a lengthy wait for electricity to come
back, even as federal help was promised to two states hit hardest by the blast.
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aries (March 21-april 19)
today is a 7
It would be OK if you avoid a
potential confrontation. Put
the conversation of at least
until next week. If you never
have it at all, so much the
better.
taurus (april 20-May 20)
today is a 7
Youre lucky and loved. It
doesnt get an awful lot better
than that. Make sure to let your
friends know how much you
care. They bring you up when
youre down.
geMini (May 21-June 21)
today is an 8
Choose the option thats the
most likely to spur you to
take action. A sales job with
commission, for example. Youll
burn it up. You could sell butter
to a cow.
cancer (June 22-July 22)
today is a 7
Its OK to be in love, but also be
discreet. Dont let it interfere
with the job youre supposed
to be doing. Youre as cute as a
button, and therefore attract-
ing attention.
leo (July 23-aug. 22)
today is an 8
Good news fnancially and
professionally, but theres no
vacation. Youll stay busy for
a while, so you might as well
enjoy it. Postpone a personal
trip; you dont have time for
it now.
Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
today is a 7
Somebody thinks a lot of you,
so dont turn this person away.
At least be nice. Dont harden
your heart, no matter what
happened before. This situa-
tion is diferent.
libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
today is an 8
This job requires concentra-
tion. Get aligned with your
muse and the Holy Spirit and
Whomever Else you call upon.
Make a start and you can
always make changes later.
scorpio (oct. 23-noV. 21)
today is a 7
Youd like to sleep late, but you
probably shouldnt. The work
is stacking up. Youll have to
move like a scalded puppy to
get it all done in time. Luckily,
you know how.
sagittarius(noV. 22-Dec. 21)
today is a 7
Somebodys crazy about you.
This is not because youre so
smart or good-looking, al-
though you are. This is because
youre honest and nice. You can
trust this person, too.
capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
today is a 7
Discuss what youve recently
learned with a person whos
always encouraging. Its fun to
share and its fun for others to
be included.
aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
today is a 7
Grab a sweet deal early. If
you wait, it wont be there.
Theres liable to be a confict
this evening, so take that into
consideration when youre
deciding where to go, and with
whom.
pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
today is a 6
Dont plan a hectic weekend.
You wont feel like going. Youll
be happier staying home and
saving your money. Maybe
have a favorite sibling over, for
entertainment.
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since slayings of relatives
NEW YORK Jennifer Hud-
son has fnished flming her
frst video since the slayings
of her mother, brother and
nephew.
The clip for If This Isnt Love
was done in Los Angeles and is
set to debut the week of Feb. 9.
The 27-year-old singer/ac-
tress is slowly starting to return
back to work following the
October slayings of her 57-year-
old mother, Darnell Hudson
Donerson; 29-year-old brother
Jason Hudson; and 7-year-old
nephew Julian King. Her es-
tranged brother-in-law has been
charged in the killings.
She is scheduled to sing the
national anthem at the Super
Bowl on Sunday, and also at
the Feb. 8 Grammy Awards,
where she is nominated for four
awards for her self-titled debut
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WASHINGTON Madame
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Michelle Obama to its collection
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Museum ofcials released
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cess Wednesday and said the
fgure will be revealed in March.
Designers will have spent six
months on the fgure, studying
photos and video of Obama.
General Manager Janine Di-
Gioacchino says having an image
of Obama is an honor because
as our nations frst African-
American frst lady, a proud
working mom and budding style
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A
s the current legislative
session begins,
Kansas lawmakers are
deadlocked on the issue of the
state budget. With the state
facing a $186 million deficit,
Republicans want to cut $300
million from the budget. This
would not only eliminate the
deficit, but would also provide
a cushion if state revenues fall
because of the current recession.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
supports using funds from the
upcoming federal stimulus plan
to erase the current deficit. Such
a plan is irresponsible, as it is
crafted solely for political gain.
While federal aid could erase
the current deficit, it would only
increase future deficits, starting
in fiscal year 2011. Eventually,
cuts are going to have to be
made. To use federal aid as a
temporary solution is only an
attempt to pass unpopular cuts
off to future politicians.
State legislators, both
Republican and Democrat,
agree expenditures must
be slashed and the budget
balanced. They cannot, however,
reach an agreement on how to
accomplish this. Democrats
want to target specific agencies
and departments to make the
necessary cuts. Republicans
favor making cuts across the
board. At this point, neither
side is willing to compromise.
Democrats are opposed to
across-the-board cuts, as they
imply cuts in funding for
education. Republicans counter
that across the board cuts are
the only way to slash the desired
$300 million.
Perhaps, in this case, both
sides are right. The Democrats
plan to target specific agencies
and departments should be
utilized. Huge bureaucracies
should be targeted for
expenditure cuts. While this
plan may be attributed to
Democrats, it should be a dream
come true for Republicans, as
the Republican Party typically
favors limited government
and strives to eliminate big
government bureaucracy.
Unfortunately, because of the
magnitude of the states budget
crisis, targeting government
bureaucracy will not be enough
to balance the states budget.
This will only be accomplished
with expenditure cuts across the
board.
The major resistance to
across-the-board cuts is due,
at least in part, to the threat
it poses to funding for public
education. No one with an
intelligent opinion, on either
side of the political spectrum,
wants to see funding for
education slashed dramatically.
In fact, education is probably
one of the best investments the
state makes. Because education
is the states largest expenditure,
accounting for approximately
45 percent of the total budget
according to the Governors
Budget Report, it will naturally
be an area targeted to cut
spending.
As a public school graduate,
I understand the importance of
properly funding it. Therefore,
I am hesitant to support cuts
to such funding. However, the
Legislative Research Department
estimates that only 60 percent of
education funding makes it into
the classroom.
That means that of the
approximately $6 billion the
state spends on education in the
fiscal year 2009, $2.4 billion of
that will cover administrative,
and other non-classroom, costs.
State legislators would be better
served to ensure that more
money marked for education
makes it into the classroom.
During the next several
weeks, there will inevitably
be many different plans put
forward attempting to balance
the state budget. A resolution
in the best interest of the state
will require a bipartisan effort,
first targeting governmental
bureaucracies followed by
across-the-board cuts. The state
budget must be balanced, even
if it means making difficult, and
unpopular, cuts.
ONeill is a Topeka junior in
economics and history.
LeTTer TO THe ediTOr
bEN COLDHAm
Time for an organic
revolution
With unemployment, food
scares, and demands on food
banks all up, the time is now for
an organic revolution. Presi-
dent Obama and Congress are
currently considering a massive
fnancial stimulus package to
rescue our economy. Absent
from the discussion has been
any reference to supporting a
sustainable and organic food
system.
Our economy and national
security depend on re-localiz-
ing our food system, shifting
away from chemically depen-
dent industrial agriculture, and
assuring that the food system
supports living wages for farm-
ers, farm workers and other
workers in the supply chain.
Redirecting the billions of
dollars in farm subsidies away
from corporate farms and
industrial biofuels toward a just
and organic food system is a
solid long-term investment in
Americas future.
Patrick Suzeau is a professor in the
department of music and dance
n n n
Naismith Hall is not a
drug-free zone!
n n n
I really want to steal the
Wal-Mart foor waxer and ride
it around Wal-Mart.
n n n
To the guy who used to live
here: I miss your pizza rolls and
Kool-Aid. Please come back.
n n n
Im walking home from class
and I saw one guy wearing a
Pokemon sweater, one guy
dribbling a basketball, and
one guy with his shirt of.
Coincidence? I think not.
n n n
After missing an easy
question in biology, my friend
says to me, We should just
stick to partying; we should
just stick to what we know.
n n n
These damn meatballs are
keeping me awake.
n n n
Seriously, Lawrence drivers,
stop sucking and start
following the speed limit.
n n n
If you lost your iPod on
Wednesday and you had class
in Budig, I left it at Budig lost
and found.
n n n
I just pwned the seventh
foor of Ellsworth in a game of
foosball.
n n n
To the guy who just saw me
fall like an idiot on McCollum
stairs: Thanks for getting my
shoe and not laughing at me. I
wouldve said something but I
was too embarrassed.
n n n
Some of you guys need to
stop being so dumb and learn
how to read signals.
n n n
Some of you girls need to
give better signals.
n n n
Like what? You want us to
wear a sign that says Ask me?
n n n
Couldnt hurt. If nothing
else youll meet some new
guys that think the signs for
them. Just pointing out. some
girlssignals are pretty weak.
n n n
I love footie pajamas!
n n n
Stop staring! It is a khaki
uniform I HAVE to wear on
Wednesdays!
n n n
I really should fnish my lab
report, but I think its time for
a nap.
n n n
Dude! The Penguin from
Batman goes to KU. I saw him
walking back from Es.
n n n
I really like your green coat.
ecOnOMy
I
know, the man is everywhere
these days, and rightly so.
Still, as we are all aware, the
election of Barack Obama as our
44th president is an especially
momentous accomplishment,
not only for Obama but for our
country as well. While Americans
celebrate the inauguration of their
first African-American president,
hip-hop artist reactions dont dif-
fer much from the near-national
consensus. Barack has said he likes
hip-hop in multiple interviews,
naming hip-hop moguls Jay-Z and
Kanye West as some of his favorite
artists.
Because of this, hip-hop heads
have embraced President Obama
as one of their own. As a result,
since Obama became the presi-
dent-elect on Nov. 4, 2008, there
has been an overwhelming sense
of pride emanating from the entire
hip-hop community. Rappers have
felt the inspiration and hope that
Barack has provided for millions
of Americans, and it has certainly
begun to come through in their
music. Artists are already proudly
referring to Obama as their presi-
dent in songs and verses, most
notably on Young Jeezys recent
single, My President.
Barack Obama does seem to
have a great deal of love for hip-
hop and its roots, but the love
only goes so far. While praising
hip-hop for creating a channel
of expression for young people,
he voices genuine concern for
some of the lifestyles hip-hop
tends to promote to these young
Americans.
Honestly, I love the art of
hip-hop, Obama stated in an
interview with BET in 2008. I
dont always love the message of
hip-hop. He went on to speak
of meetings he has had with
prominent hip-hop artists such
as Jay-Z and Kanye and speaking
with them about harnessing their
influential powers to send a reso-
nating, more positive message to
their younger fans.
The potential for them to
deliver a message of extraor-
dinary power that gets people
thinking is tremendous, Obama
said. The thing about hip-hop
today is its smart. Its insightful.
The way they can communicate a
complex message in a very short
space is remarkable. A lot of these
kids arent going to be reading the
New York Times; thats not how
theyre getting their information.
The president is absolutely
right. Hip-hop must act as a
vehicle for change within its own
culture for it to progress as one. If
this requirement is not met by its
contemporary representatives, it
will ultimately mean the demise
of hip-hop.
However, if hip-hop begins
to listen to our new president, it
could spark the beginning of a
revolution in hip-hop regarding
its role and influence in our soci-
ety as a whole. Hip-hop has made
a new friend in Barack Obama
for now, but for the friendship to
remain intact, hip-hop must do
its part to adhere to the values
he and his staff have deemed
essential to our prosperity. Ill
leave you with a quote from the
man himself: What I always say
is: Hip-hop is not just a mirror of
what is, it should also be a reflec-
tion of what can be. Peace.
Coldham is a Chicago
senior in journalism and
English.
Music
Hip-hop has a friend
in the White House
Budget crisis needs
bipartisan solution
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Date Opponent Game Time Restriction Begins
Saturday, Feb. 7 Oklahoma State 2:30 p.m. 8 a.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 18 Iowa State 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 21 Nebraska 3 p.m. 8 a.m.
Sunday, March 1 Missouri 1 p.m. 8 a.m.
Saturday, March 7 Texas 3 p.m. 8 a.m.
Restricted Lots Where that is Non-game day pass required
19 West of Burge Union Yellow, Blue, Red
54 West of Murphy Hall Gold, Blue
72 Between Allen Field Yellow
House parking garage
and Burge Union
90 East of Allen Fieldhouse Yellow
125 South of Horejsi Center Yellow
127 West of Oliver Hall Yellow
NEWS 8A FRIday, JaNUaRy 30, 2009
The SAAC also helped convince
students to pass a ballot referendum
for the rowing boathouse.
We came together as an entire
student athlete group, not just
SAAC, but student athletes as one
cohesive group, Baysinger said. I
think of how powerful our voice
can be when we speak up on behalf
of all student athletes.
Baysinger also said he was lucky
to be working with the student ath-
letes at the University.
SAAC is a grassroots thing,
Baysinger said. National SAAC
can only be as strong as the confer-
ence SAAC, the conference SAAC
can only be as strong as the SAAC
groups at each institution.
Hefferon said Baysingers time
with SAAC benefited the large
group of student athletes at the
University.
Hes a perfect reflection of what
weve built, Hefferon said. Seeing
his success wasnt any surprise to
us, but its really encouraging to be
recognized not only by conference
but by all schools.
Baysinger said the importance
of SAAC was paramount in the
legislative process of the NCAA.
The feedback SAAC provides on
legislation is key to helping confer-
ence officials and athletic directors
decide how to vote.
It is absolutely important that
theyre talking with student athletes
to make sure the decisions are in the
best interest of the student athlete,
Baysinger said.
In recent years, Baysinger and the
national SAAC tackled legislation
such as making junior-high athletes
off-limits to college recruiters. At
the recent convention in January,
the NCAA passed the legislation.
Baysinger said that 2008 was a
slow year legislatively, but that he
expected more projects this year.
I think theres going to be a mul-
titude of proposals coming through
this year, Baysinger said. Once we
get into the legislative cycle come
June and July, theres going to be a
lot of work to do there.
Edited by Liz Schubauer
and am paying off the garage
each year.
Hultine and
Gillaspie dis-
cussed a dis-
counted night-
time parking
permit, which
would allow stu-
dents to park in
a well-lit garage
for a cheaper
price than other
student permits.
While the idea wasnt officially
nixed, Gillaspie said he didnt
think students would advocate
spending money on a pass that
would only be useful on a hand-
ful of game nights.
Students would only have to
pay if they want to park on cam-
pus on game nights, Gillaspie
said. That minimal number
of uses wouldnt really justify
a parking pass, so we werent
necessarily sold on the night-
time pass.
Gillaspie said for now, walk-
ing was probably the best option
for students who needed to
get around on campus during
games.
Alex Tretbar,
Wichita freshman,
said he agreed
with Gillaspies
advice. Tretbar
said although he
was annoyed at
the inconvenience
of game-day park-
ing, he would just
continue to grit his
teeth and walk.
Whenever theres a game day,
I dont even bother looking for
a spot on campus, Tretbar said.
Usually Ill have to find a ran-
dom parking spot a long ways
away and just have to walk.
Hultine said she understood
why students would be upset
with game-day parking, but said
the bus system and Park and Ride
were the cheapest alternatives to
walking. Hultine said students
should know that higher forces
than the parking department
were at work if students need to
drive to the library or the resi-
dence halls.
Its so counterintuitive, were
here to go to school, not just
watch basketball, Hultine said.
But Ive always said trying to
stop basketball parking is like
trying to push the tide away
from the shore.
Gillaspie said Senate would
continue to work to find the
cheapest way to give students
more campus parking spots
on game day. He said Senate
was currently looking at areas
around the University Career
Center and Watkins Memorial
Health Center for student-only
game-day lots.
Gillaspie said he didnt know
what would happen.
Edited By Sam Speer
Oklahoma, Nebraska and as far as
Boston, Mass.
Aqui, the drummer and a sing-
er for the band, said the band
had previously performed at the
University and regularly appeared
in clubs around Lawrence.
Aqui said Fridays performance
would feature many Caribbean
rhythms to make people dance,
including Cuban beats, Dominican
Merengues and Colombian
Cumbias.
You can be somebody with
two left feet or you can be
a ballroom dancer and youll
have fun no matter what, Aqui
said.
Brady said SUA plans to
host another dance event on
March 6. The Swing Soiree
is expected to feature swing
dancing with a live band. For
more information about this
event, go to www.suaevents.
com.
Editedby JustinLeverett
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FiNaNce
Budget cuts may keep University planes grounded
BY MICHELLE SPREHE
msprehe@kansan.com
With several departments in the
University facing the possibility
of budget cuts, some may not be
able to afford to continue using the
Universitys two private aircraft.
If departmental budget cuts
make using the University planes
unaffordable, programs such as
medical outreach, grant seeking
and the Kansas Honors Program
would have to restrict their travel
locations. To continue operating as
they are now, the money not spent
on the private aircraft would be
spent on driving costs, commercial
airfare and hotels.
Its a budgeting decision thats
made on a departmental level, said
Lynn Bretz, director of University
Communications.
The planes, a 1997 Cessna
Citation Bravo jet and a 1999
Beechcraft King Air C-90, were pur-
chased with private funds through
the KU Endowment Association.
No state tax dollars and no
tuition dollars have ever been used
for the purchase of either plane,
Bretz said.
The University departments that
use the planes pay per in-flight
hour, which have hourly rates of
$1,625 for the Citation Bravo and
$785 for the King Air. The hourly
rates are used to pay for the fuel and
maintenance costs of both planes.
The planes cost $700,000 in
operational fees each year, which is
covered by state funds, Bretz said.
More than 300 flights are made
each year using the planes; the
majority of the flights are for medi-
cal outreach, when doctors from
the KU Medical Center fly to rural
cities in Kansas to provide medical
care to those who cannot afford to
drive. The medical outreach pro-
gram helps about 2,500 people each
year.
It enables a medical center
based in the extreme eastern part
of the state to serve all of the state,
Bretz said. Our medical mission
thats the thing wed like to protect
most, if possible, Bretz said.
The University of Kansas
Alumni Association makes about
25 flights each year to counties in
Kansas to recognize high school
seniors who rank in the top 10
percent of their class as a part of
the Kansas Honors Program.
Jenny Memmott, Lecompton
graduate student, has flown on
one of the planes as many as 40
to 50 times to play the piano at
Kansas Honors Program dinners
and ceremonies.
It makes a lot of places acces-
sible that wouldnt be, Memmott
said. Its certainly not very feasible
to drive to Garden City and come
back in one night.
Of the 40 Kansas Honors
Program events this year, 25 are
flown to and 15 are driven to.
The plane is essential when we
have to go across the state and get
back to classes and jobs, Jennifer
Sanner, senior vice president of
communications for the Alumni
Association, said.
The use of the planes has also
helped officials from the Spencer
Museum of Art have face-to-face
meetings to discuss grants and
meet with potential donors.
Any time you can meet one-on-
one with donors and granting agen-
cies, they get to know you, Carolyn
Chinn Lewis, assistant director of
the art museum, said. I think its
much more conducive for future
dollars.
Editedby Casey Miles
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
This Beechcraft King air C-90 is one of the Universitys private planes. It is expected to see
less action in the future, as budget cuts make its $785 per-hour charge harder to aford.
The two University planes
cost $700,000 of state-funded
money per year.
This covers:
-Salary and benefts for
pilots and scheduler
-Pilot training
-Insurance
-Fractional ownership pay-
ments for the Beechcraft King
Air, which the University owns
half of through Executive
AirShare
cost of fying
lots restricted on game days
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T
he KU sofball team isnt
lacking experience on its
roster. It returns eight of
nine starters and fve seniors. Te
Jayhawks are not at a lack of talent
either, and that talent is refected
in the senior class.
Te Jayhawks return a pitcher
in senior Valerie George, who led
most of the pitching categories
last year. Tey return a big bat in
senior third baseman Val Chapple,
who led the team in home runs
and RBIs. Tey also return one of
the Big 12s top hitters in senior
outfelder Dougie McCaulley, who
hit .375 last spring.
McCaulley knows that there is
a lot of chemistry between the se-
niors and that they have a chance
to do something special this year.
We all mesh together really
well, McCaulley said.
She said each player has her
own strength that contributes to
making a good overall team.
McCaulley said that she is
slightly sad to know it is her last
season, but that she would do her
best to beneft the team in her fnal
season.
She said she is not one to lead
by words though.
Im generally kind of a silent
leader on the feld and try and lead
more by action, McCaulley said.
It wont be a cakewalk for the
Jayhawks this season. In their frst
three tournaments the team will
face six ranked opponents. McCa-
ulley said the team is excited about
this, though.
We have a really great schedule
playing a lot of top notch teams,
McCaulley said.
Te Big 12 competition will be
tough too, but McCaulley said the
team is still very optimistic about
the season.
We know potentially we could
have the best year KU sofball has
ever seen, McCaulley said.
When you look at the talent,
there is no reason Kansas cant
compete. Te only prime player
the Jayhawks lost from last season
is Betsy Wilson. McCaulley said
the number of players coming
back got a lot of players pumped
for this season.
Its really exciting knowing that
you have all this camaraderie com-
ing back, McCaulley said.
On top of the starters returning,
senior catcher Elle Pottorf is com-
ing back from injury this season,
which could be a big plus for the
Jayhawk lineup. McCaulley said
that out of all of the seniors Pottorf
had been around the longest and
probably knew the program better
than any of her fellow seniors.
McCaulley is keeping her own
personal goals high as well.
To be honest, I want to be an
All-American more than any-
thing, McCaulley said. She knows
her role on the team is important
too. Mainly, my goal is to just be a
leader for my team and contribute
to my part, McCaulley said.
With McCaulley and the rest of
the senior class leading the way the
high hopes for the Kansas sofball
team are warranted. Dont be sur-
prised if the Jayhawks wind up in
the College Sofball World Series
later this spring.
Edited by Liz Schubauer
commentary
Hawks look
promising
with many
returners
By kelly Breckunitch
kbreckunitch@kansan.com
Hot Hand wHen it counts
A new Mr. clutch?
By cASe keeFer
ckeefer@kansan.com
The situation has become rou-
tine for the Jayhawks.
Theyre ahead of an opponent
late in the game, but are struggling
to put them away. Then, sopho-
more guard Tyrel Reed checks in
and everything changes.
Reed swishes a few three-point-
ers sometimes it only takes
one and Kansas coasts the rest
of the way. After the game, Kansas
coach Bill Self says Reed made the
biggest shot of the game. But Reed
wants no credit. He praises his
teammates.
They found me open, Reed
says. Fortunately, I knocked them
down.
It happened again in Wednesday
nights 68-62 victory against
Nebraska. For the third time in
the last four games, Reeds three-
pointers sparked Kansas.
He made two in a row this
time. In less than a minute, Reed
changed the score from Nebraska
50, Kansas 48 to Kansas 54,
Nebraska 50. Kansas never trailed
again.
The Jayhawks will once again
look to Reed if they need a crucial
three-pointer in Saturdays 3 p.m.
game against Colorado in Allen
Fieldhouse. Reed, who is averaging
7.5 points per game and shooting
39.7 percent from the three-point
line, said he doesnt feel the pres-
sure when that situation arises.
I know there are points in a
game where a shot can turn the
tide of things, Reed said. I try
not to think about that and just be
ready to shoot at all times.
But his shots seem to fall more
frequently when the game is wind-
ing down. Take Kansas first game
against Colorado, a 73-56 victory
at the Coors Events Center two
weeks ago, for example.
Reed played poorly in the first
half of the game. He missed his
two three-point attempts and
also committed a turnover. The
Jayhawks continued to toy with the
Buffaloes in the second half and
had not yet established a double-
digit lead with 10 minutes remain-
ing.
In the next three minutes, Reed
converted on three three-pointers.
Game over.
Hes a shooter, junior guard
Sherron Collins said. Thats what
they do. He just shoots the ball
and doesnt worry about every-
thing else.
Self said Reed understood his
role on the team was to make
threes. The fact that Reed rec-
ognizes his purpose makes him
somewhat of a rarity among the
young Jayhawks.
Self has spent the majority of
the season trying to work young
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Sophomore guard Tyrell Reed puts up his second of two three pointers during the second half against Nebraska Wednesday night. Reed has
recently picked up a habit of sinking threes when his teammates need himto most.
By JAySOn JenkS
jjenks@kansan.com
At the beginning of the sea-
son, without the pressures and
responsibilities of conference
play, junior guard Kelly Kohn
and sophomore forward Nicol-
lette Smith positioned them-
selves behind the three-point
line with one purpose: make 100
shots.
But, as the season wore on
and practices became more rig-
orously focused, Kansas three-
point sharpshooters attentions
turned from simply shooting to,
say, scouting reports on an up-
coming opponent.
Tat Kansas percentage has
dipped 15 percent since confer-
ence play started serves as an
example.
When we were shooting
so well, we had the time in the
ofseason to get in the gym and
consistently make 100 threes
every day, Kohn said. And that
just gets kind of tough as you get
in to conference season.
Tis week, though, Kohn and
Smith are once again fnding
time for shooting. With Kansas
in the midst of a bye week before
traveling to Texas A&M on Sat-
urday, Kohn and Smith again set
goals to make 100 three-pointers
before and afer practice.
Each day this week, the two
have grabbed their respective
position coaches and shot three
afer three. Te coaches, in turn,
critique and ofer advice on
technical details such as form or
release points.
We have to have good rhythm
Busy weekend
kicks of season
tennis
womens basketball
By JuStin hilley
jhilley@kansan.com
The Jayhawk tennis team will
begin the spring season with a
trio of matches this weekend at
First Serve Tennis in Lawrence.
At 11 a.m. Saturday the play-
ers will confront Texas-El Paso,
a squad KU has not played since
1987. After concluding the fall
season in October, Kansas has
had plenty of time to prepare.
We had conditioning prac-
tice when we went home. We
ran a lot and practiced, junior
Kunigunda Kuni Dorn said.
So we will be ready for these
three matches.
Exactly twenty-four hours
after the start of the match against
UTEP, Kansas will occupy the
court opposite Drake University,
from Des Moines, Iowa. The
Jayhawks pounded the Bulldogs
4-1 in dual match play in 2007,
but unlike the Jayhawks who
have four freshmen this year, the
Bulldogs have ten returning let-
ter-winners. Kansas coach Amy
Hall-Holt remains pragmatic.
The freshmen right now have
no concept of what the spring
consists of, except for what weve
told them about, she said. So
theyre just going in like I just
gotta play and win. They are still
in individual mode.
The spring tennis season
is played using a dual match
system in which the scoring is
team-based, as opposed to the
fall where the players compete
individually in tournaments. The
format is squad versus squad
instead of athlete versus athlete.
Its a good weekend to start
off, to get those freshmen in.
When we see three teams in one
weekend, it is really tough. You
usually dont play three matches
in a weekend. We are getting
them out there to see what they
need to do and what were talk-
ing about, Hall-Holt said.
Kansas top fall singles player,
sophomore Maria Martinez,
who finished 7-3, said that the
freshmen are in good shape. The
spring is different, but theyll get
used to it.
The atypical weekend con-
cludes across the net from
Saint Louis University at 4 p.m.
Sunday. The Jayhawks shut out
the Billikens 7-0 in February last
year; Edina Horvath, Budapest,
A hundred threes
just for practice
Ryan Mcgeeney/KANSAN
Junior guard Kelly Kohn feels the pressure froma Texas Tech defender during a Jan.
17 game in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks will need Kohn to help themfromdeep if
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By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
MANHATTAN Kansas State
built up confidence during its non-
conference schedule, beating up on
weaker teams and knocking off a
few decent ones on the way to an
11-3 record.
Even without All-American
Michael Beasley, the young
Wildcats believed they could win.
Then came a disheartening loss
to Oklahoma. Rattled and reeling,
Kansas State went on to lose its
next three games. All that confi-
dence, gone in one game.
Now, it seems, Kansas State is
back on track.
A difficult road win in overtime
over Colorado brought the confi-
dence back, and it carried over into
Wednesday nights one-sided 88-72
win over Missouri.
A year ago, Kansas State could
rely on Beasley to hit a key basket,
grab an important rebound and
pull the team through down times.
But this season, with Beasley in
the NBA, the Wildcats have had to
figure out ways to win games on
their own.
It hasnt been easy.
A young team forward Darren
Kent is the only senior in the regu-
lar rotation the Wildcats were
able to get by on talent in the early
part of the season, wearing out
teams like Southeast Missouri State,
Emporia State and Gardner-Webb.
Kansas State had some trouble
in games against big-conference
schools, losing to Kentucky, Iowa
and Oregon in consecutive games,
but bounced back with six straight
wins heading into the Big 12.
The 77-75 win over Colorado
was the first step, and beating
Missouri has the Wildcats back to
believing in themselves.
We went on a losing streak
and we had our heads down, said
freshman Jamar Samuels, who had
18 points against Missouri. We
came out (Wednesday) and played
with more passion.
In a relatively down year in the Big
12 Texas and Oklahoma are the
only ranked teams the Wildcats
have a chance to make a run.
But with Kansas States next game
against No. 11 Texas in Austin on
Saturday, keeping the modest win-
ning streak alive wont be easy.
The Jay Report: Another
matchup with Colorado
looms
on the
horizon
and the
guys attempt to make that
interesting.
BlogAllen: Need more
mens basketball coverage?
Of course you do. Go over
to Blog Allen to read Case
Keefers Double Overtime
after the Colorado game.
The Morning Brew: In the
era of Federer
and Nadal,
The Morning
Brew revisits
the great-
ness of Pete
Sampras.
Courtside: Clark Goble
ofers a quick glance around
the Big
12, while
honing
in on
more
preview
info for Texas A&M.

Give n Go: The guys give
keys for
Kansas
game
with
talented
Texas
A&M and
discuss the return of Sade
Morris.
sports 2B Friday, January 30, 2009
This week
in kAnsAs
AThleTiCs
@
QUOTe OF The DAY
We cant win at home. We
cant win on the road. I just
cant fgure out where else to
play!
Pat Williams,
www.quotemountain.com
FACT OF The DAY
Colorado has seen very
little conference success in
the last fve seasons. The
Bufaloes are 29-51 in Big
12 play during that period,
and, although they have two
seasons with nine victories or
more, the team has lost more
than 12 games three times.
Colorado Athletics
TRiViA OF The DAY
Q: Only one Big 12 team has
an overall record below .500 in
2008-2009. Which team is it?
A: Colorado. The Bufaloes
are 9-10 so far this season,
barely below fellow bottom-
dwellers Texas Tech, which is
11-9.
T
he Super Bowl is depress-
ing.
Strip away the parties,
the advertisements and the half-
time show and its really just the
official end of football season.
The arrival of the off-season of
the greatest sport in the world
deserves no such celebration.
The two weeks in between
conference championship games
and the Super Bowl only add to
the misery. Its a time to listen to
overplayed storylines and realize
the weekends spent glued to the
couch for 24 hours are over until
September.
The only positive that results is
an opportunity to reflect on the
season gone by. Which is exactly
what the Morning Brew intends
to do today. Heres a quick glance
at how the season went for the
four NFL rookies from Kansas.
Aqib Talib (Cornerback,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers) A
future star?
Talib did
nothing to
suggest oth-
erwise in his
first season
in pewter. As
a nickelback
the fifth
defensive back
in certain formations Talib
recorded four interceptions and
27 tackles. Talib could earn a
starting spot as soon as next sea-
son because teams are starting to
challenge current starter Phillip
Buchanon and 33-year-old
Ronde Barber, the other starter,
isnt as quick as he once was.
Anthony Collins (Tackle,
Cincinnati Bengals) Collins
started the
last six games
of the season
at left tackle
after Levi
Jones injured
his right
ankle. Collins
had a rough
first start
against the Super Bowl-bound
Steelers as the Bengals fell 27-10.
But Collins recovered to help the
Bengals win three in a row to end
the season. Cincinnati rushed
for its most yards all season in its
final two contests and a lot of
the yards came running behind
Collins.
Derek Fine (Tight End,
Buffalo Bills) Fine had the
most surprising season out of all
the former Jayhawks. Expected to
play only on special teams, Fine
cracked the tight end rotation by
the end of the season and caught
10 passes for 94 yards and a
touchdown. Fine has developed a
rapport with coach Dick Jauron
and should play a more signifi-
cant role next season.
Marcus Henry (Wide
Receiver, New York Jets) Well,
it cant be all good news for
Kansas. Henry didnt appear in
any games this season, but spent
time on the Jets practice squad.
Maybe Henry was just what
quarterback Brett Favre needed
to save New Yorks season from
slipping away.
sUPeR PReDiCTiOn
Pittsburgh 23, Arizona 17.
When two elite football teams
meet for a championship, the
juggernaut defense beats the
unstoppable offense.
It happens at every level. Ask
Oklahoma how much its streak
of five straight 60-point games
mattered against Florida.
Edited by SamSpeer
COMMenTARY
The ups of the end of football season
By CASe KeefeR
ckeefer@kansan.com
Talib
Collins
The BRew GOes DiGiTAl
Its part blog, part column, part pop-culture melting pot. Its
The Morning Brew. A daily dose of Kansas sports, college life
and pop culture.
You can read daily postings from The Morning Brew guys at
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tions or comments, please give us a holler at morningbrew@
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SwiMMiNg & diviNg
Mayrovich earns Big 12
Swimmer of the Week
Senior swimmer Maria May-
rovich was named Big 12 Swim-
mer of the Week on Wednesday.
Mayrovich said the honor came
as a surprise to her and she said
that she was very pleased that
she won.
Weve been swimming at a
high level in general lately and
it was nice to be awarded for it,
Mayrovich said.
At last weeks meet against
South Dakota and Northern
Iowa, Mayrovichs 50.04 time
in the 100-yard freestyle broke
the pool record. Mayrovich
dominates the short freestyle
events and is also a member of
the medley and freestyle relay
teams.
Mayrovich said that her suc-
cess and awards are the work of
her coaches. Mayrovich said that
she chose Kansas because of
coach Clark Campbells rapport
with his swimmers and the train-
ing that he provided.
I really like Clark because hes
willing to work with you and
push you, Mayrovich said.
Mayrovich and the Kansas
swimming and diving team will
be back in action Feb. 6 and 7
at Robinson Natatorium against
Iowa State.
Hallie Mann
TODAY
(No events)
sATURDAY
Tennis
UTEP, 11 a.m.
Lawrence
Mens basketball
Colorado, 3 p.m.
Lawrence
womens basketball
Texas A&M, 4 p.m.
College Station, Texas
Track and Field
Adidas Classic, all day
Lincoln, Neb.
sUnDAY
Tennis
Drake, 11 a.m.
Lawrence
Tennis
Saint Louis, 4 p.m.
Lawrence
MOnDAY
Mens basketball
Baylor, 8 p.m.
Waco, Texas
TUesDAY
(No events)
weDnesDAY
womens basketball
Colorado, 7 p.m.
Lawrence
Mens golf
Hawaii-Hilo Invita-
tional
Kona, Hawaii
THE FRIDAY GRIDLOCK
A weekly glimpse into the lives,
personalities and opinions of
Kansas athletes and coaches
Favorite
condiment?
kelly kohn
junior guard,
womens basketball
Favorite girl
scout cookie?
weirdest fan
comment
youve heard?
how would you
do on American
idol?
super Bowl
prediction?
Favorite Reality
TV show?
Amanda Miller
sophomore
distance runner,
track and feld
Julie hanley
junior goalkeeper,
soccer
Maria Martinez
sophomore,
tennis
Short bread cookie
Carmel Delites
Thin Mints
Peanut Butter Patties
No. 2, have my baby
The funny one I have
heard was tennis play-
ers have fewer faults.
N/A
Some guy asked if I
was crunchy or creamy
peanut butter
I feel like if Simon and I
could lock eyes, I would
at least get to Holly-
wood.
Probably not
very far
Id get cut
in the frst
round.
Terrible
Steelers 27-21
Steelers 27-24
Steelers 28-17
Steelers 35-27
I leave the TV on VH1
and let all the
shows come
to me
The Amazing Race
Jon and Kate
plus 8
Jon and Kate
plus 8
Butter on my bread
Ketchup
Ketchup
Ketchup
Cats struggling to stay confdent
BiG 12 BAskeTBAll
NBA
All-Star game includes
Shaq, Kobe, Yao Ming
NEW YORK Shaq is back in
the All-Star game.
After being left out of the
NBAs midseason gala for frst
time in his career last season,
Shaquille ONeal received his
15th All-Star selection Thurs-
day night when the reserves
were announced for the Feb.
15 game in Phoenix.
The 36-year-old ONeal was
averaging 18.2 points and 9.1
rebounds entering Thursday
nights showdown against the
Spurs.
ONeal and Suns teammate
Amare Stoudemire give the
host team two Western Con-
ference All-Stars.
New Orleans, San Antonio
and the Los Angeles Lakers
also had multiple players on
the West roster, which will be
coached by the Lakers Phil
Jackson, with help from as-
sistant Abdul-Jabbar.
ONeal isnt the only veteran
on a West roster fush with
experience. The Spurs Tim
Duncan and the Lakers Kobe
Bryant are each making their
11th appearances, while Dal-
las forward Dirk Nowitzki was
picked for the eighth time and
Houston center Yao Ming for
the seventh time.
Associated Press
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Kansas vs. Texas A&M
sports friday, january 30, 2009
7b
players into their niche. Self
wants fresh-
man guard
T y s h a w n
Taylor to
think more
like a point
guard and
find shots for
other people
before taking
his own. Self
has to remind
freshman forwards Marcus and
Markieff Morris that grabbing
rebounds should be their pri-
mary objective.
Reed knows what hes sup-
posed to do.
I come in off the bench
ready to shoot, Reed said.
His teammates have seen it
enough times to foresee whats
going to happen. Before Reed
even released his second three-
pointer in the
Nebraska game,
the players on the
Kansas bench rose
and turned their
eyes toward Reed
on the wing.
If he gets
space, junior
guard Mario Little
said, I know hes
going to let it go.
The situation repeats itself.
Edited by Justin Leverett
basketball
(continued from 1b)
and fnd shooters when theyre not
contested, when theyre not in pres-
sure, when theyre not challenged,
coach Bonnie Henrickson said. We
did that earlier in the year but it
hasnt looked like that recently.
Tat must
change against
Texas A&M on
Saturday. Te
Jayhawks are in
the middle of a
three-game los-
ing streak and
have lost four
of their last fve.
And seventh
ranked Texas
A&M ofers the most athletically
talented and highest ranked
team Kansas has faced this sea-
son.
Facing a team with as much
length and sheer athleticism as the
Aggies posses, the Jayhawks are
well aware that every scoring op-
portunity and every chance to
knock down an open three will
be crucial.
We have to make sure that
we take advantage of every single
chance we get, Smith said. Teams
like that, that are ranked like that,
they arent going to let you have
many errors.
During Kansas current three-
game losing streak, the Jayhawks
have made just seven of 31 three-
pointers (23 percent). Tat num-
ber is nowhere near profcient,
Kansas success behind the arc
earlier in the season makes that
stat more alarming.
Te Jayhawks have ranked in
the top fve nationally in three-
point percentage for
much of the season.
But, since conference
play started, Kansas is
connecting on just 31
percent of its three-
point attempts and
has twice been held
to just one three-
pointer in games.
Its defnitely a
big change once you
get into conference, Smith said.
Youre (playing) against better
coaches who know how to scout
and they have players that can play
against your tendencies better.
But Henrickson hinted that
Kansas struggles have less to do
with opponents and more to do
with how and when the Jayhawks
are shooting three-pointers. In the
frst 13 games of the season, many
of Kansas threes were open looks
created by transition.
Te Jayhawks know that if they
want to compete against the bet-
ter teams in the Big 12, such as
the Aggies, theyll need the three-
point shot to create more space on
ofense. Without it, teams can sag
defensively inside, clogging up the
middle.
And with the extra shooting
this week, Kohn and Smith are
hoping they can provide an out-
side threat.
For me, if Im in the game and I
get the ball, I just think Ive made
100 of these, whats one more in a
game? Kohn said. Tats some-
thing thats defnitely helped us.
MORRIS PROBABLE FOR
SATURDAY

Junior guard Sade Morris has ea-
gerly awaited her return to the court
since sufering a Grade 2 concus-
sion on Jan. 17. And, barring any
setbacks the rest of the week, Morris
should get her wish on Saturday.
What looks like a green light
now, coach Bonnie Henrickson
said, hopefully stays green.
Henrickson said that if Morris is
healthy enough to play, Kansas sec-
ond leading scorer will start against
Texas A&M.
Whats she going to gain from
sitting there watching? Henrickson
said. Id rather get her on the foor,
let her get rid of the jitters she might
have and let her play through that
right away.
Editedby SamSpeer
womens (contin-
ued from 1b)
Hungary, senior, led the swarm win-
ning both her singles and doubles
matches that day.
KU tennis is armed with fresh
wings, a flock of leaders and a dedi-
cation to team play this season.
We have a group atmosphere
and everyone loves each other. We
are going to work well together, so I
am really expecting a good season,
Dorn said.
Predictions for this weekend?
Its gonna be competitive, Hall-
Holt said. We gotta play hard to
win, but all three are very winnable
matches.
Editedby Liz Schubauer
tennis
(continued from 1b)
Kansas (12-6, 1-4) vs. Texas A&M (16-3, 4-2)
P No. Kansas Ht. Yr. PPG
G 3 Ivana Catic 5-8 Sr. 2.8
G 4 Danielle McCray 5-11 Jr. 19.1
G 20 Sade Morris 5-11 Jr. 12.3
F 24 Nicollette Smith 6-2 So. 7.0
C 14 Krysten Boogaard 6-5 So. 10.5
P No. Texas A&M Ht. Yr. PPG
G 51 Sydney Colson 5-8 So. 5.6
G 3 Takia Starks 5-8 Sr. 15.9
F 55 Danielle Gant 5-11 Sr. 14.3
F 21 Adaora Elonu 6-1 Fr. 6.1
C 12 La Toya Micheaux 6-3 Sr. 3.1
When/Where...
Tipof scheduled for 4:00 p.m. Saturday at
Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.
Who to watch for...
Watch senior guard Tania Starks. She has
stepped up her game in conference play,
averaging 38 minutes and nearly 19 points.
Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair says she is
defnitley a next-level player, referring to her
WNBA-style skills. She doesnt shoot the three
well, but she can penetrate as well as any
guard in the Big 12.
What to expect...
An Aggie team that will not overlook the
Jayhawks simply because it plays other Big 12
North teams Iowa State and Nebraska in its
two games after Kansas. Texas A&M came out
of a tough Big 12 South gauntlet with a 2-2
record and is looking to build on its confer-
ence record with a win against Kansas.
Why Kansas will win...
It will all come together for the Jayhawks.
They arguably played their best game of the
conference season so far in a loss against K-
State, and that was without junior Sade Mor-
ris. With Morris back in action, look for Kansas
to get better three-point opportunities of
her penetrations.
How the game is important...
Kansas found out it can hang with a good
Big 12 team in its loss against Kansas State
last Saturday. With the emergence of fresh-
man Aishah Sutherland and the reappearance
of Morris, coach Bonnie Henrickson will fnally
see this teams ultimate potential.
Magic number...
7 Texas A&Ms rank in the USA Today/
ESPN poll. Kansas is in for a test.
Clark Goble
We have to make
sure that we take
advantage of every
single chance we get.
NICoLLETTE SMITH
Sophomore forward
Hes a shooter. Thats
what they do. He just
shoots the ball and
doesnt worry about
everything else.
SHERRoN CoLLINS
Junior guard
TRAcK AND FIELD
Team seeks to bounce back
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
On Saturday, freshman Keith
Hayes will channel his inner Rocky
Balboa.
I gotta go out like the Stallion,
the Wichita freshman said.
The Kansas track and field team
was defeated at home by Missouri
in a dual meet two weeks ago.
Like Rocky, the team has spent its
downtime training for what could
be an important victory at the
Adidas Classic indoor track meet
in Lincoln, Neb., this weekend.
Kansas Coach Stanley Redwine
said the team is adjusting to the
more difficult training routine it
has followed since the beginning
of the year.
When you first come back and
go into two-a-days, your body has
to get used to that, he said.
For Hayes, the last meet was a
learning experience.
It showed that I need to com-
pete at my highest potential, he
said. Even if the competition is
less than the national meet, I still
have to compete hard no matter
what.
Hayes will participate this week-
end in the 60-meter hurdles, the
200-meter dash and the 4x400
meter relay. Hayes said the main
goal this weekend is stepping up
and getting an automatic time in
the 60-meter hurdle event, which
would assure him a place in the
indoor championship.
On the womens side, senior
Victoria Howard will participate in
the 200-meter dash and the 4X400
meter relay. Howard said that the
week off was beneficial for the
team. Competing can get you in
shape. But I feel that being able to
train will always be able to make us
stronger as competitors.
In the distance events, senior
Colby Wissel is looking forward
to competing in his home state of
Nebraska. The Elm Creek, Neb.,
native considers it like a home meet
for himself. Wissel will be compet-
ing in the mens 3,000-meter run.
After coming in a disappointing
second place in the womens mile,
junior Lauren Bonds is looking to
bounce back in Lincoln.
These extra two weeks of mid-
dle distance training definitely
helps, I feel like I have a little bit of
my speed back, Bonds said.
In the long jump event, senior
Dustin Turner said he was feeling
good about this weekend.
There are a lot of teams from
the Big 12, so theyll be a lot of
good competition, he said.
Along with competing against
Nebraska, the Jayhawks will face
off against teams such as Wichita
State, Illinois and nationally ranked
Florida State.
If you want to be the best, you
have to compete against the best,
Redwine said. We want our ath-
letes to know what its like to be
No. 1.
-Edited by Justin Leverett

Ryan mcGeeney/kansan
Jake breth, wichita junior, clears a series of hurddles during a practice sessionThursday afternoon in the Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Breth, a
decathlete, will travel with the rest of the KUTrack and FieldTeamto Lincoln, Neb. this weekend for Saturdays Adidas Classic.
NFL
President to root for Pittsburgh
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON President
Barack Obama said hes pulling for
the Pittsburgh Steelers over the Ari-
zona Cardinals in footballs biggest
game on Sunday and he did so
with a politicians touch.
Obama said Tursday that he
would root for Pittsburgh against
the long-sufering and great
Cinderella story Cardinals. His
spokesman also said the president
would have friends as well as a bi-
partisan group of lawmakers over
to the White House to watch the
game.
I have to say, you know, I wish
the Cardinals the best, Obama said
diplomatically. You know, Kurt
Warner is a great story, and hes
closer to my age than anybody else
on the feld.
Warner, Arizonas 37-year-old
quarterback, came out of nowhere
about a decade ago to take the St.
Louis Rams to two Super Bowls, in-
cluding a title in 2000. Just when he
seemed washed up, Warner rose to
the top again this year with a stel-
lar performance. His team was not
expected to make the playofs, let
alone get to the title game.
Steelers owner Dan Rooney, a
longtime Republican, endorsed
Obamas presidential bid and cam-
paigned for him. During Oval Of-
fce remarks, Obama noted that one
of the Steelers most beloved former
players, Franco Harris, had cam-
paigned for him in Pittsburgh, too.
Other than the (Chicago) Bears,
Obama said, the Steelers are prob-
ably the team thats closest to my
heart.
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs
said the invitation to watch the Su-
per Bowl in the White House is part
of the new administrations eforts
to work across the political aisle,
similar to his bipartisan cocktail
party Wednesday night at the ex-
ecutive mansion.
You know, the president also
wanted last night to be a little bit
more social, you know, so that in-
dividuals could better get to know
each other and understand where
theyre coming from in these leg-
islative disagreements, Gibbs told
reporters Tursday. But, again,
you know, the presidents outreach
on this will continue.
WHAT: Adidas Invita-
tional
WHERE: Devaney Cen-
ter Indoor Track, Lincoln,
Neb.
WHEN: 1:30 p.m.
WHO: Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Wichita State, Florida
State, Illinois, Minnesota
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COUNTDOWN TO TIPOFF
BIG 12 SChedUle COmInG SChedUle
date Opponent TV Time
Feb. 2 at Baylor ESPN 8 p.m.
Feb. 7 OKLAHOMA STATE ABC 2:30 p.m.
Feb. 9 at Missouri ESPN 8 p.m.
Feb. 14 at Kansas State ABC 2:30 p.m.
Feb. 18 IOwA STATE Big 12 Network 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 21 NEBRASKA Big 12 Network 3:00 p.m.
GAME DAY 8B Friday, January 30, 2009
At A GlAnce
PlAyer to wAtch
question mArk
heAr ye, heAr ye
At A GlAnce
PlAyer to wAtch
KANSAS
(16-4)
StArterS
Sherron Collins, 5-foot-11 junior guard
Collins ranks third in scoring, with 20 points
per game, and ffth in assists, with nearly fve
per game, in Big 12 Conference games. He has
played phenomenally.

Tyshawn Taylor, 6-foot-2 freshman guard

Taylor added to his mounting problem in the
game against Nebraska with six more turnovers.
He has to make smarter passes.

Brady Morningstar, 6-foot-3 sophomore

guard
Morningstar kept the Jayhawks afoat
wednesday against Nebraska with nine frst-
half points and a couple of hustle plays on loose
balls.

Marcus Morris, 6-foot-8 freshman forward

Marcus started in the game against Nebras-
ka, but only ended up playing seven minutes.
He still should have recorded
more than one rebound and
fewer than two turnovers.

Cole Aldrich, 6-foot-11

sophomore center
Aldrich is better than hes
played the last two games,
but everyone goes through
a rough stretch at some point.
Look for him to break out of it
Saturday.

SIxTh man
Mario Little, 6-foot-5
junior guard
Little played a career-
high 30 minutes against
Nebraska. That means
hes feeling healthier. That
means opponents should
be scared.

Case Keefer
question mArk
heAr ye, heAr ye
Markief Morris
KanSaS Can COnqUer
Jayhawks look to go 6-0 in Big 12 play
KANSAS vs. COlOradO
3 p.m., allen FIeldhOUSe, Lawrence, ESPNU
Game Time (CT) Channel
Oklahoma vs. Iowa State 12:30 p.m. Big 12 Network
Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M 1 p.m. ESPN
Kansas State vs. Texas 3 p.m. Big 12 Network
Baylor vs. Missouri 5 p.m. Big 12 Network
Nebraska vs. Texas Tech 7 p.m. Big 12 Network
Consider this: If Kansas beats
Colorado Saturday, it will be 6-0
in Big 12 Conference play and of
to a better start in the Big 12 than
last years national championship
team. Crazy to think about, huh?
True, this seasons conference
schedule hasnt started as tough
as last seasons. The Jayhawks
havent dealt with any Michael
Beasleys. But they have won three
road games at Colorado, Iowa
State and Nebraska, and pounded
their two home opponents,
Kansas State and Texas A&M. So
it would still be quite the accom-
plishment. It would be the frst
Kansas team since 2005 to start
the conference season 6-0.
Junior guard Dwight Thorne II
If Cory Higgins is the straw that
stirs the drink, then Thorne is the
tiny umbrella that makes it look
tropical. Against
Kansas State,
Thorne explod-
ed for 30 points
on 8-of-12
shooting. He
also scored 13
against Texas
Tech and nine
in the Iowa
State victory. Hes very athletic and
sometimes plays more aggres-
sively than Higgins. Both guys
get to the free throw line a lot.
Higgins usually makes his, and the
diference for Colorado is whether
Thorne can always follow suit.
Since Colorado and Kansas last
met, the Bufaloes matched wits
with the bottom barrel of the Big
12 and emerged 1-2. Colorado
lost at Texas Tech and sufered an
agonizing 77-75 overtime loss at
home to Kansas State. However,
coach Jef Bzdelik did right the
ship a little with a 55-49 victory
over Iowa State. So fresh of its
frst conference victory of the year,
Colorado comes to Allen Field-
house with little hope of winning
but a chance to maybe play a little
better than the game in Boulder.
Junior guard Sherron Collins
Because if you dont, you might
miss something spectacular.
Collins has a special stretch or
moment in almost every game.
wednesday at
Nebraska, it
came when Col-
lins leapt from
the foor, raised
his right arm
and picked of a
three-quarters
court in-bounds
pass to assure
Kansas victory at the end of the
game. Last weekend at Iowa State,
he scored 18 points in a 12-minute
stretch. what will it be Saturday
when Collins returns to Allen
Fieldhouse? No telling, but it will
be something.
Is Cole Aldrich slumping?
Yes, at least a little bit. Aldrich
scored eight points at Nebraska,
which is the frst time this season
he hasnt reached double-digits.
He also only corralled eight
rebounds two less than his sea-
son average entering the game.
Self even said the game before, at
Iowa State where Aldrich had 16
points and 12 rebounds, was one
of Aldrichs poorest of the season.
Lets be honest: The Jayhawks
can beat the Bufaloes without
Aldrich. But theyre still desperate
to get him going for the rest of the
season.
They know Im not real pleased
with them right now. Im happy
we won, but they know. That was
not as focused of a group playing
out there.
Kansas coach Bill Self after the 68-62
Nebraska victory
I tell our teams all the time,
if you have pretty good players,
you are usually going to win the
games you play really well, but
youve got to fnd some way to
win those games where you dont
play very well.
Kansas coach Bill Self
ALLEN FIELDHOUSE WILL ROCK IF ...
Sherron Collins tells it to. Collins does everything for this team.
Scores. Passes. Steals. Leads. Even interacts with the crowd. Colo-
rado prefers to play sloppy so this game has a chance to drag. If
Collins senses that the crowd has disappeared, hell prompt it to get
up and make noise. Collins will get his wish, too.
PHOG ALLEN WILL ROLL OVER IN HIS
GRAVE IF...
Kansas doesnt blow out Colorado. The Jayhawks need to win
by at least 20 points at home against the Big 12 Conferences worst
team. And the margin will likely be larger than that. Kansas beat
Colorado by 17 points at the Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colo.,
despite a lackadaisical performance. If Kansas plays a complete
game, it is 30 points better than Colorado.
Prediction:
KANSAS 92, COLORADO 65
Thorne
Will Cory Higgins ever sit
down?
The Magic 8 ball says no, but
thats no reason not to keep
an eye on Higgins throughout
Saturdays game. The sophomore
averages 37.1 minutes per game.
He played all 40 when these
teams met in Boulder and all 45 of
Saturdays overtime loss to Kansas
State. Hes by far Colorados best
player, so its not a surprise that he
plays so much. But it just seems
like guys who play that many min-
utes break down now and again.
Maybe hes due.
Our intent was to two-time
him, but he caught the ball so
deep and hes so quick that the
two-time could not get there.
Colorado coach JefBzdelik on Iowa States
Craig Brackins
It took a lot for it to kick in. we
became desperate to make plays.
Junior guard Dwight Thorne II following
Colorados frst conference victory
COLOrADO
(9-10)
StArterS
Nate Tomlinson, 6-foot-2 freshman
guard
The good news for Tomlinson is that he
cant perform any worse than he did the frst
time around. Boulder stat line: zero points,
one assist, three fouls and seven turnovers
in 33 minutes. Rugged.

Dwight Thorne II, 6-foot-2 junior guard

Colorados second option has really
emerged in the last few games. Since scor-
ing 10 against Kansas, Thorne is averaging
17.3 points per game. He needs to play as
well as Higgins for Colorado to hang on the
road.

Cory Higgins, 6-foot-5 sophomore

guard
Coach Bill Self noticed Higgins walking
past as he addressed the media after the
73-56 victory on Jan. 17. Self raised his voice
and said the Jayhawks would have been
fne if they had kept Higgins of the free
throw line. As assassin from the stripe, Hig-
gins just smiled and kept on walking.

Jermyl Jackson-Wilson, 6-foot-6

senior forward
Jackson-wilson occasionally
breaks out for a big game, but
mostly he takes just a couple
shots and is lucky to hit one.
Dont expect him to fgure into
the outcome of this one.

Austin Dufault, 6-foot-8

freshman forward
Like Jackson-wilson,
Dufault struggles to have an
efect game-to-game. Because
of that, Colorado often shuttles
in diferent groups of big men and
usually none play long enough to
get into a rhythm.

SIxTh man
Casey Crawford, 6-foot-9
sophomore forward
One of Colorados many problems is a
lack of depth. Crawford is normally the frst
guy of the bench, but he hasnt played a
quality game this month. The Bufs have
tried a few other guys, but no one brings
much spark to the lineup.

Taylor Bern
Collins
Taylor
Morningstar
Aldrich
Morris
Little
Tomlinson
Thorne
Higgins
Jackson-wilson
Dufault
Crawford
Collins