2009-04-17

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friday, april 17, 2009 www.kansan.com volume 120 issue 138

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BY BETSY CUTCLIFF
bcutclif@kansan.com
Starting Monday members
of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender community will use
kissing, dancing and acting to get
issues not often discussed into the
open.
Ryan Campbell, Olathe senior
and president of Queers and Allies,
said he hoped that Pride Weeks
events would bring students of all
sexual orientations together.
Pride week is the one time of
year when the queer community
can step forward and show KU
that we are proud of our sexual
orientation, Campbell said.
One issue that will be addressed
is the division between the
different groups within the
community. Campbell said one of
the goals of Queers and Allies was
to show members of the LGBT
community that they all stood for
the same thing.
Pride Week coordinator Sarah
Thompson, Salina senior, said she
hoped the week would bring a
sense of community to all students
on campus.
I want straight students and
queer students to be able to
comfortably coexist on campus,
Thompson said.
The kiss-in in front of Strong
Hall will jump start the week, and
Campbell said the point of the
event was to show that the queer
community wasnt any different
than the straight community.
We all make out, the only
difference is the gender of our
partner, Campbell said.
One issue in the LBGT
community that will be featured
during Pride Week is domestic
violence. According to the
Lambda Organization, which
specializes in LGBT studies,
the rate of domestic violence
in same-gender relationships
is about 25 percent roughly
the same as domestic violence
against heterosexual women. An
additional form of abuse unique
to the LGBT community is
threatening to out a partner to
friends and family. This can be
considered emotionally abusive to
the partner.
Rachel Gadd-Nelson, Kansas
City Kan., sophomore and public
relations manager for Queers and
Allies, said the domestic violence
program was unique because it
dealt with problems within the
community.
Its a lot easier to talk about hate
crimes towards our community
than violence within it, Gadd-
Nelson said.
Another unique feature next
week will be a performance by
the feminist hip-hop group Las
Krudas.
Gadd-Nelson said the
performance was a great
United stUdents wins again
heilman wins presidency
stUdent senate
election resUlts
for Presidency
46%
44%
6%
3%
BY BRIANNE PFANNENSTIEL
ANd LAUREN HENdRICk
bpfannenstiel@kansan.com
lhendrick@kansan.com
The Yacht Club echoed with
chants of Mason and May
Thursday night as Mason Heilman
and May Davis of United Students
were named student body president
and vice president by a margin of
95 votes.
I spent every moment Ive been
awake on this campaign, Heilman,
Lawrence junior, said. Its a great
feeling. Its surreal.
The victory came after a long
week of uncertainties for Davis, Clay
Center junior, who was removed
from the election Tuesday evening,
pending results of an appeal by
United Students. Davis was accused
of inappropriately contacting
members of
the elections
commission.
Before the
announcement ,
Davis said she
was nervous to
hear the decision.
She said she was
afraid to get too
excited because
she already knew
what it felt like to lose something
important, referring to the elections
commissions decision.
You dont realize how much you
want something until its taken away
from you, she said.
United Students filed an appeal of
that decision Thursday morning and
is currently waiting for
a hearing date from
the University judicial
board. This is step
one, Davis said. Step
one is to win the
election. Step two is
to win the appeal.
Both Davis and
Heilman said they
were confident the
decision, which
could prevent Davis from holding
any elected or appointed position
in Senate for one year, would be
overturned.
I think the appeals process will
be in her benefit, Heilman said. I
have no doubt shell handle herself
well.
Heilman will sworn in as student
body president during a joint Senate
meeting Wed., April 29. Members
of both the old and new Senate will
be present.
Twenty-seven members of
United Students were elected to
senator positions. Heilman said
he was thankful for the dedicated
group of people who worked on the
campaign.
He said United Students would
soon begin working on its platforms,
but for now, he was excited just to
be able get some sleep.
Edited by Justin Leverett
Jon goering/kansan
united students vice presidential may Davis and president mason heilman celebrate after the announcement that they won this years Student Senate Election onThursday evening at the
Yacht Club.
Incumbent coalition edges out Envision for third straight term by 95 votes
I think we did everything we intended to do throughout
the entire course of this campaign, and I think we handled
everything that was thrown at us spectacularly.
Mason Heilman
@
Check out
Kansan.com and
KUJH for video
coverage of the
election.
Look inside for more cover-
age on this years Student
Senate election results, and
reactions from candidates.
Page 3a
United stUdents
Mason Heilman and
May Davis
enVision
JJ Siler and Alex Porte
stUdents
of liberty
Adam Wood and
Jonathan Wilson
free state
Tutu Lee and
Rahul Desai
To fnd out the results of other
races for Student Senate
ofces, turn to Page 3a
crime
bUdget
lgbt
Student
arrested
in rape
incident
BY ALEXANdRA GARRY
agarry@kansan.com
A 22-year-old KU student
was arrested in connection
with rape, domestic battery and
aggravated burglary in the 5000
block of Clinton Parkway early
Wednesday morning, Lawrence
Police Sgt. Mark Warren said.
The suspect and the 21-year-
old victim knew each other,
Warren said.
The suspect is currently
detained in the Douglas County
Jail. His bond has been set at
$30,000.
Regents
supports
freezing
of tuition
BY AMANdA THOMPSON
athompson@kansan.com
The Kansas Board of Regents
unanimously reaffirmed its
commitment to support the
freezing of state university
tuition for Kansas residents for
the upcoming academic year.
The tuition freeze will
directly benefit Kansas
resident students in all six of
the universities in Kansas,
said Kip Peterson, director
of government relations and
communications for the Board
of Regents.
According to a Board of
Regents press release, the
tuition freeze would be possible
if there were no further budget
cuts to higher education, Gov.
Kathleen Sebelius recent veto
of budget restrictions is upheld
and no additional unfunded
budgetary mandates are
imposed.
Peterson said legislation
would convene in two weeks to
further discuss the decision to
uphold the tuition freeze, but
that the budget and decision
would not be finalized until
May or June.
Theyll be working on it
again, Peterson said. The
Board wont make a final
decision until the budget has
been put to bed.
The Kansas Board of Regents
also approved the Jayhawk
Generations Scholarship,
which will waive partial tuition
for students that meet certain
academic requirements and are
the children or grandchildren
of Kansas alumni.
Edited by Sam Speer
Pride Week plays up everyday issues in community
I spent every mo-
ment Ive been awake
on this campaign. Its
a great feeling. Its
surreal.
MASon HeiLMAn
President-elect
Variety of events
play to similarities
between lifestyles
see PRIDE on Page 3a
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for 23 years.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Ever since I was a young
boy, Ive played the silver ball.
From SoHo down to Brighton, I
must have played them all. But
I aint seen nothin like him in
any amusement hall. That deaf,
dumb and blind kid sure plays
a mean pinball.
The Pinball Wizard, Tommy
FACT OF THE DAY
The original choice to play
the Acid Queen in the flm
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The Kansas Relays will begin
at 8 a.m. in Memorial Stadium.
The conference The Open-
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and Prospects will begin at
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Junior Day (Registration Re-
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The From Blue to Green
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The Refections on the KU
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Globalization student group
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NEWS NEAR & FAR
national
4. Threats of shooting at
Austin State University
NACOGDOCHES, Texas Au-
thorities in Nacogdoches, Texas,
are on alert after signs promising
a deadly mass shooting were
found on and near the Stephen F.
Austin State University campus.
The university said in an alert
posted on its Web site that several
signs warned that students would
be shot and killed Thursday.
5. Ground Zero buildings
will not fnish until 2030
NEW YORK The owners of
Ground Zero, locked in a new
round of heated talks with a
private developer about how and
when to build ofce towers at
the World Trade Center site, have
proposed indefnitely putting of
two of three planned skyscrap-
ers until the real estate market
recovers, ofcials familiar with
the negotiations say.
One analysis prepared for the
Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey predicts World Trade
Center developer Larry Silverstein
wouldnt fnish building all three
towers for decades, with the last
tower fnished by 2030.
6. Program pushes for
animal cruelty awareness
GAINESVILLE, Fla. The
University of Florida and the
American Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals have
teamed up to tackle the shortage
by training crime scene investi-
gators to help prosecute those
responsible for crimes against
animals. The program, which
begins in the spring of 2010, may
be the countrys frst veterinary
forensic sciences program at a
major university, according to the
organizations.
Associated Press
Type of restaurant: Pizza
Overall star rating: 3.5 out of 5
Signature dish: The Slice
Tastes like: New York Style
Price range: $3.50 - $25.00
What I ate: A large slice of cheese
pizza with a medium drink.
Review: Once you walk into Papa
Kenos, you are instantly capti-
vated by a nice local bar scene
that at the same time has the feel
of the old pizzerias seen in movies.
Once you place your order and
take a seat, a very friendly environ-
ment surrounds you. After sitting
for a few minutes, you get your
food and are astounded by the
behemoth-sized slice. These slices
are so large that they actually have
to cut your separate slice into tiny
other slices, and for only $3.50, its
very reasonable. The only down-
side of Papa Kenos is that if you
are going to eat there, you need
to get there early because it gets
very packed very fast. But overall,
this restaurant is a good choice for
a Friday night downtown.
Editedby JustinLeverett andSamSpeer
Papa Kenos Pizzeria
1035 Massachusetts St.
BY Brett phillippe
bphillippe@kansan.com
Papa
Kenos is
located
on Mass.
Street,
and serves
as a
cheap and
delicious
lunch or
dinner
out.
fine arts
Dance company performs
tonight at Lied Center
The University Dance Company
will present its spring concert
tonight at the Lied Center. Perfor-
mances begin at 7:30 p.m.
The concert will feature chore-
ography by Willie Lenoir, Michelle
Hefner Hayes, Joan Stones and
Jerel Hilding. It will also feature a
performance of Twyla Tharps The
Fugue,a guest choreography
piece from when a choreographer
came and worked with the dance
company earlier this semester.
The members of the dance
company have spent more than
six weeks preparing for this per-
formance.
Its an academic program,
but its also an organization, said
Stephanie Taylor, Lenexa junior
and member of the dance com-
pany. Having support from fellow
students would be benefcial for
us just promoting our program
and furthering our passion.
Tickets are $10 for the general
public and $7 for students and
seniors. Tickets can be ordered by
calling (785) 864-2787 or by visit-
ing www.lied.ku.edu.
Jennifer Torline
courts
Witness to students death
testifes, describes collision
A witness to the death in Febru-
ary of an international graduate
student testifed in a Johnson
County court Thursday.
Dwayne Duncan, 25, of Law-
rence, testifed during a prelimi-
nary hearing of Steven Kyle Cum-
mins, the 25-year-old Johnson
County resident who prosecutors
say is respon-
sible for the
death of Dimitri
Mavridorakis,
a 24-year-old
MBA student
from Saint Eti-
enne, France.
Mavridorakis
died in a motor
vehicle col-
lision on I-35 in Merriam on the
morning of Feb. 7.
Duncan said he and Mavrido-
rakis were on their way back to
Lawrence in Duncans car. Duncan
said he and Mavridorakis were
attempting to push the car into
a parking lot when Cummins car
hit Duncans from behind. Duncan
said he was thrown to the ground
and sufered contusions to his
head and cuts to his arms. Duncan
said the next thing he remem-
bered was waking up in a hospital.
Mavridorakis was pronounced
dead at the scene.
Cummins is charged with one
count of involuntary manslaugh-
ter while driving under the infu-
ence of alcohol and one count of
reckless aggravated battery. Each
charge is a felony with a penalty of
about 31 to 43 months of jail time.
Cummins returned to custody
at the New Century Adult Deten-
tion Center in Gardner. His next
court appearance was set for 2
p.m. Monday. A jury trial in the
case will begin June 22.
Alexandra Garry and Mike Bontrager
joBs
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international
1. Chavez votes against
Summit of the Americas
CUMANA, Venezuela Presi-
dent Hugo Chavez said Venezuela
will vote against the declaration
of the Summit of the Americas in
a gesture of protest against the
United States.
The summit brings together all
34 members of the Organization
of American States. But Chavez
says it reinforces a U.S. strategy
that he said treats the rest of
Latin America as subservient to
Washingtons interests.
2. Group arrested for
planning assassination
LA PAZ, Bolivia Bolivias gov-
ernment said police have broken
up a group that planned to assas-
sinate President Evo Morales and
the vice president.
Deputy Interior Minister Mar-
cos Farfan says three people were
killed and two suspects arrested
in a shootout with police in the
eastern Bolivian city of Santa
Cruz, an opposition stronghold.
Police commander Victor Hugo
Escobar says police confscated
explosives, high-caliber weapons
and plans for following the presi-
dents motorcade.
3. YouTube fuels fame of
Britains Got Talent star
BLACKBURN, Scotland In a
week, Susan Boyle has gone from
karaoke and her local church
choir to global fame and an invi-
tation to the Oprah Winfrey show.
The frumpy 47-year-old, who
says shes never been kissed, has
gained celebrity fans and millions
of admirers since she wowed
judges on the TV show Britains
Got Talent.
Her fame has been fueled by
new technology, with a clip of her
performance viewed more than
12 million times on YouTube.
Cummins
news 3A friday, april 17, 2009
RunneRs up
BY ALEXANDRA GARRY
agarry@kansan.com
The party was smaller this year,
but the hopes were higher. As a
result, so was the disappointment.
About 15 students gathered
for the Students of Liberty watch
party Thursday afternoon, joking,
drinking and waiting for the
announcement of the winning
coalition.
Adam Wood, Lawrence
senior and Students of Liberty
presidential candidate, said
he thought the controversies
surrounding the coalitions made
for a race in which anything could
happen.
Im putting everyone on an
equal level, Wood said before the
results were announced.
If Wood was going to put
money on any result, he said, it
would be that United Students
would lose.
When the election was called
for United Students, Wood and
others expressed great surprise.
I just dont understand, Wood
said. It just goes to show, money
wins elections.
Wood and vice-presidential
candidate Johnathan Wilson,
Paola junior, said they would try
to get replacement senate seats
and focus their groups efforts at
the national level.
Students of Liberty will win
somewhere, Wood said. I hope
its KU next year.
Students of Liberty lost the
election with 339 total votes, or
six percent, overall.
Campus Housing Residents
Erin Robinson - United Students
off-Campus Residents
Tyler Enders - Envision
Courtney Rooney - Envision
Matt Rissien - Envision
Libby Johnson - United Students
Patrick Newsum - Envision
CLas: fResHman/sopHomoRe
Megan Ritter - United Students
Ben Wilinsky - United Students
Ian McGonigle - United Students
Monica Saha - United Students
Rachel Schultz - United Students
Hunter Hess - United Students
Sarah Shier - United Students
Paige Blevins - United Students
Tania Salas - United Students
Brad Rector - United Students
Jette Higgins - United Students
Dylan Slaven - United Students
Emily Fike - United Students
Zach Mingo - United Students
CLas: JunioR / senioR
Darrel Stuckey II - United Students
Elise Higgins - Envision
Katie Oberthaler - Envision
Benjamin Cohen - Envision
Matt Erickson - Envision
Alan Schurle - Envision
Jessica Brooks - Envision
Andrea Peterson - Envision
Sam Atherton - Envision
Cans Copple - Envision
Sameer Sharma - Envision
Matthew Shaw - Envision
Marek Brzozowski - Envision
Mike Stock - Envision
gRaduate sCHooL
Kellee Kirkpatrick - Envision
Kelly Dugan - Envision
Rachel Magario - Envision
Sharla Cruse - Envision
Ennie Ndoro - Envision
Tom Cox - Envision
Rob Topinka - Envision
Jim Stoutenborough - Envision
Mark Pacey - Envision
Slade Bond - Envision
sCHooL of fine aRts
Chase Bray - Envision
Jessica Janasz - United Students
sCHooL of aRCHiteCtuRe
Carmen Arriaga-Bucher - Envision
Bailey Knott - Envision
sCHooL of Business
Clark Stinson - United Students
Stephen Sanger - United Students
sCHooL of eduCation
Michael Soto - United Students
Madison Meloy - United Students
sCHooL of engineeRing
Chris Martin - Envision
Nancy Xiao Liang - Envision
Ibrahim Alanqar - Envision
sCHooL of JouRnaLism
Justin Sailer - Envision
Clayton Volker - United Students
sCHooL of Law
Chris Kaufman - United Students
Eric Foss - Envision
sCHooL of pHaRmaCy
Katie Blackbourn - United Students
Emily Littrell - United Students
sCHooL of soCiaL weLfaRe
Matthew Blankers - United Students
Mandi Chervitz - Envision
non-tRaditionaL students
Scott Anderson - Envision
Felix Zacharias - Envision
Aaron Van Rees - Envision
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Students of Liberty presidential candidate AdamWood, Lawrence junior, dejectedly
watches as election results are announced onThursday afternoon at Woods apartment.
Wood, and vice presidential candidate JohnathanWilson, Paola junior, placed third in their
race, receiving 6 percent of the vote.
Woods second run ends
in disappointment again
Matt Bristow/KANSAN
Members of Envision celebrate as the election results are announcedThursday at Alex
Portes house. United Students won the election by 95 votes.
Envisions clouds
have silver lining
BY MICHELLE SPREHE
msprehe@kansan.com
After weeks of campaigning and
two days of elections, Envision
candidates JJ Siler, Alex Porte and
about 45 other members of the
coalition gathered in Portes home
and found that the coalition had
lost by 95 votes. Siler, Overland
Park junior, and Porte, Great Falls,
Va., junior, lost the presidential
and vice-presidential seats to
United Students Mason Heilman
and May Davis.
Both Siler and Porte said they
were frustrated by the results.
Im not content accepting that
because its not certifiable yet,
Siler said.
Davis was eliminated from the
ballot by the election commission
Tuesday night for alleged
improper contact with members
of the election commission, who
were also members of her sorority.
She was put back on the ballot
early Wednesday morning by
Chancellor Robert Hemenway.
Its a constant struggle when
youre dealing with an incumbent
that doesnt know how to behave,
Siler said.
Porte said he wouldnt appeal
the decision of the student body,
but he would complain to the
elections commission that United
Students didnt follow the rules.
Ninety-five votes is such a
close election, Porte said. We
really need to examine how each
coalition got those votes.
Thirty-nine Envision candidates
won senate seats and United
Students candidates won 27 senate
seats.
Our coalition is much bigger
and more important than JJ and
myself, Porte said. The fact we
didnt win every single seat isnt a
disappointment.
BY BETSY CUTCLIFF
bcutclif@kansan.com
After spending $4,000 on a cam-
paign that began with a YouTube
video, Tutu Lee, Manhattan senior,
said it was no surprise to him that
he lost. He said he didnt run to win
back his girlfriend, as he stated in
the video, but instead to take away
votes from the Envision campaign.
Lee received 3 percent of the stu-
dent vote, garnering him last place
in the election.
Even as Lee criticized members
of the incumbent coalition United
Students and its established opposi-
tion coalitions, he said he enjoyed
his run for president and enjoyed
working with them.
Lee said that what he disliked
most about the Envision coalition
was the similarity between its and
President Obamas Web sites. He
said he pissed himself in ecstasy
when he heard the final results of
the student election.
Tyler Waugh/KANSAN
Tutu Lee, Manhattan senior, downs a beer at Jo Shmos with Sandell Stangl, Wichita junior,
after losing the Student Senate election onThursday. Lee and his running mate, Rahul Desai,
won 3 percent of the vote for student body president and vice president.
Tutu Lees $4,000 does
not get girlfriend back
senate seat winneRs
BReakdown of
totaL senate seats
foR 2009-2010
39
seats
27
seats
pRidE (conTinued from 1A)
way to show that even though
traditional hip-hop was thought
of as homophobic and sexist, there
were ways to use the medium to
promote equality and strength.
Campbell said he was excited
to have Scott Turner Schofield
perform his play Debutante Balls
next week. Schofield uses humor
in his performances to educate
others about the transgender
community.
One thing Campbell said he
hoped students would take away
from the weeks events was a better
understanding of the similarities
between the straight and LGBT
communities.
Edited by Sam Speer
monday, apRiL 20:
10:50-1:50 p.m: Kiss-In
Lawn in front of Strong Hall
7 p.m: Lecture by Keith Boykin
Diversity without Division:
Building an Inclusive Campus
Alderson Auditorium, Kansas
Union
tuesday, apRiL 21:
12:30-1:30 p.m: Discussion,
Closeted Violence: Sexual As-
sault in the Queer Community
Big 12 room, Kansas Union
wednesday, apRiL 22:
7 p.m: Performance of play
Debutante Ballsby Scott
Turner Schofeld
Woodruf Auditorium, Kansas
Union
10 p.m.-2 a.m: Pride Prom,
theme: Bottom of the Sea
Wildes Chateau 24 at 24th and
Iowa
tHuRsday, apRiL 23:
7 p.m: Performance by feminist
hip-hop group Las Krudas
Classroom, The Multicultural
Resource Center
fRiday, apRiL 24:
Noon-2 p.m.
Brown Bag Drag show
Kansas Union front patio
satuRday, apRiL 25tH:
Noon
Pride Parade
Meet at playground in South
Park at (approx. 12th and
Massachusetts), marching to
Watson Park
Followed with a performance
by Kristie Stremel
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Today is a 7
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shared with them.

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Today is a 7
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make it look much better than
it is. You be the pragmatist. Let
them be the dreamers.
CAnCer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Nerves are still a bit on edge. You
wouldnt be judged harshly if
you simply took of somewhere
by yourself, or with a very dear
friend. If its during working
hours, have a good business
reason.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
The busier you stay, the more
money youll generate. This is
a wonderful thing. Youll make
some new friends, too, one of
whom is especially fascinating.
Let this person take your mind of
your troubles for a while.
VirGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22)
Today is a 6
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assignment. You can fgure it out
with the help of an expert whos
far away. Its worth the long-
distance call.
LibrA (sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Finishing the job shouldnt be too
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your sweetheart can celebrate
tonight. Do something luxurious
but inexpensive, and make it fun.
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Today is a 7
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temporarily, except for a personal
relationship. Schedule that for
later tonight.
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Youre very good at solving puz-
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CApriCorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
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you can be compassionate and
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AquArius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Youre being watched like a hawk
to see if you make wise decisions.
This is where all your planning
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through your actions.
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Today is a 7
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The Hall of Fame coach spent
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telecast was the Super Bowl in
February.
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I enjoyed the game and the
players and the coaches and the
film and the travel and every-
thing.
Cris Collinsworth will replace
Madden, moving over from the
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Ebersol called Madden abso-
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sTudenT LiFe
Tis summer, take time to
hit the road on your own
Fruit punch juice packets are a
gift from the gods.
n n n
To the girls who stole fowers
from Dole: We got you on
camera. Please turn
yourselves in.
n n n
What am I doing with my life?
All I do is send in stuf to the
Free for All.
n n n
I suddenly realized that I think
euphemisms are ridiculous.
n n n
I cant take guys that wear
pastel shorts seriously.
n n n
I had to dress up for a
business meeting today
and due to my pure laziness
and unwillingness to do my
laundry, I had to wear a North
Carolina-blue tie. God, spite
me.
n n n
Mangino means they eat in
Italian.
n n n
So I was pretending to be on
the phone so I wouldnt get a
pamphlet on campus, then my
phone rang really loud in my
ear and I got a pamphlet. FML.
n n n
Did I seriously see a girl get on
the bus at Fraser and get of at
the Union?
n n n
Procrastination will be the
death of me.
n n n
Girl with green nail polish on
the McCollum bus, I caught
you sneaking a peak.
n n n
I voted for Chuck Norris and
Vince Shlomi for president and
vice president. They ran on a
strict Buy what were selling
or well kick your ass policy.
n n n
Can we make walking across
Wescoe be the new Buckle
game? Because if so, I already
won!
n n n
Is it weird that Ive been using
so much Spanish that I forget
how to spell words in English?
A lot.
n n n
I wasnt staring at you, I was
spacing of and you walked
into my line of sight. I would
have been staring at you but
you were really ugly.
n n n
I would be Chancellor
Hemenways sock puppet any
day.
n n n
Why is my toilet seat not
heated?
n n n
I love the University of Kansas
on days like these! Just saying.
n n n
We fgured it out: Its the
pheromones.
cAMpus
F
un is in, its no sin, its
that time again, to shed
your load, hit the road
on the run again. Summer skies
in our eyes and a warmer sun. Its
one for all, all for one, all for all-
out fun.
With just four weeks until the
official end to the school year
(Ahh, that sounds good!), its
time to put the finishing touches
on your plans for another perfect
summer of internships, jobs,
vacations, camps and, oh, those
summer nights.
But if I may, I would like to
make a suggestion that some-
where in the 12-week outlook
for late May to early August, you
set aside a week or 10 days (but
not at the beginning of summer,
because all youll do is eat, sleep
and party) for a road trip.
I have been on only two in
my entire life, but nothing quite
embraces the summer values of
spontaneity and fun like jumping
in the car and driving around the
country on a complete whim.
Last year, a mere three weeks
before school, I decided to do
just that. So I came up with a few
things to see, an estimated cost
and duration, and then (with
permission), on a sunny August
afternoon, three days before a
concert in Colorado, I took off.
Now, I dont recommend
everyone do this alone nor that
even plan as much of the trip as
I did, but there are a few musts
when road-tripping:
n Choose an interesting, per-
haps novel route: If you live in
Kansas, youve been on I-70 too
many times. I took I-80 across
southern Nebraska and added
Cheyenne, Wy., and the beautiful
northeastern part of Colorado to
my trip. It was a lot better than
seeing Kansas again.
n Stop at anything you feel like:
Driving is meant for particular
destinations, but on a road trip
you can pull off when something
piques your interest, such as a
pony express station or a wind
farm (make joke here).
n Make sure you get out of the
car: Experience all there is in each
place you stop. Dont drive some-
where, hop out to take a picture
and then head to the next spot.
n Run into someone else
you know: I didnt plan it, but I
wound up in Estes Park, Colo.,
because I felt like heading that
direction. I ended up running
into and later staying the night
with a friend of mine and his
family, which saved me money
and made for a nice, relaxing
evening.
n Know whether or not you
have to be 21 to stay in a nice
place: Certain hotel chains have
age requirements, but Super 8
doesnt.
Most of all, enjoy everything.
On my trip, I saw the majesty of
Rocky Mountain National Park
and attended my first two con-
certs, including James Taylor at
Red Rocks Amphitheater outside
Denver (which might be the
best place to see a concert in the
world). But I also drove for four
hours at 11 p.m. because Sturgis
attendees had booked hotels for
miles around Mt. Rushmore.
Instead of it being a negative, I
made something of it by cruising
across South Dakota with the top
down, listening to the Backstreet
Boys.
Life is what you make of it,
planned or not. A road trip this
summer might just put you back
on the high side of life. So, get
through it (school), get with it
(summer) and find a ride.
Holmes is an Overland Park
ediTOriAL BOArd
Statewide smoking ban
would beneft Kansans
For freshmen, frst election
proved complicated process
S
enators in Kansas recently
sent a bill to the House con-
taining a ban on smoking
in public places, including bars
and restaurants, throughout the
state. Last Friday, the
Kansas legislative ses-
sion wrapped up with
the ban never going
to a vote. A statewide
ban is a good idea for
both Kansas businesses and its
residents.
According to the U.S.
Department of Health and
Human Services, the levels of
secondhand smoke in restau-
rants and bars are two to five
times higher than residences
with smokers. This is impor-
tant, because according to
the California Environmental
Protection Agency almost 50,000
adult nonsmokers die each year
in the U.S. from secondhand
smoke. Even short exposures to
secondhand smoke can reduce
heart rate variability, which can
increase the risk of a heart attack
or damage the lining of blood
vessels.
Scott Pelan, Lenexa junior, sup-
ports the statewide smoking ban.
I respect a persons decision
to smoke, Pelan said. But I also
respect a persons decision not
to, and I dont think they should
have to be exposed to smoke.
Currently 21 states* have
banned smoking in almost all
public places, including restau-
rants and bars. Many other states
have partial statewide
bans. For example,
Florida, Idaho,
Louisiana and Nevada
prohibit smoking in
most public places,
including restaurants, but exempt
stand-alone bars.
Many cities throughout the
state already have citywide smok-
ing bans in effect. Overland Park
and Leawood prohibit smok-
ing in restaurants and bars, and
Lawrences ban went into effect
almost five years ago, in July
2004. Johnnys Tavern owner
Rick Renfro said he lost about 25
percent of his business when the
ban passed. He said smokers who
used to frequent Johnnys left
because of the ban and started
going to other nearby bars out-
side Lawrence city limits.
Although Renfro is against
regulations of smoking, saying
he thinks it should be a business
own decision, he supports a state-
wide ban.
The problem with the smok-
ing ban is its city to city, Renfro
said. Id rather it be statewide to
level the playing field.
Shannon Lobb, Kansas City,
Mo., junior, said she didnt mind
the ban even though she was a
smoker herself. Lobb said that
even in restaurants where there
was no smoking ban, she chose
not to smoke out of respect for
the other patrons.
The smell lingers for a long
time, Lobb said. It really doesnt
make a difference if Im in a
smoking section when some-
one is smoking in a restaurant,
everyone can smell it.
Legislature should pass the
statewide smoking ban, which
may reappear during the wrap-up
session starting April 29. The
ban protects the health rights of
nonsmokers by preventing their
exposure to second-hand smoke,
and protects businesses from los-
ing customers because of citywide
bans.
Amy Johnson for
The Kansan Editorial Board
*The 21 states with smoking bans
are: Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii,
Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New ork, Ohio, Oregon,
Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont and
Washington, as well as the District of
Columbia.
KAnsAns
n n n
OpiniOn
W
ell, its over.
Thursday brought
an end to the confu-
sion and craziness that has char-
acterized so much of this Student
Senate election.
Because I am a freshman, this
was my first major student elec-
tion at the University, and its
been quite a show. From what Ive
gathered from upperclassmen,
this election ranks well above
previous elections in the craziness
factor.
The controversy started early
with the suspension of treasurer
Alex Porte, an Envision candi-
date, by student body president
Adam McGonigle, a United
Students member. The suspen-
sion appeared to some students
to have political undertones. The
antics of Free State presidential
candidate Tutu Lee garnered the
attention of media and students
with a YouTube video. Add
in a canceled debate as well.
Anonymous threats led Kansan
editor Brenna Hawley to cancel
the debate. Then, more twists
when less than eight hours before
polls opened, the Student Senate
elections commission suspended
United Students vice-presidential
candidate May Davis.
Looking back, though this
election certainly proved to be
entertaining, Im not sure it was
healthy.
Not one of these dramatic
incidents concerned substan-
tive issues affecting all students,
except the debate, which was
actually canceled the first time
around.
That the issues seemed to
remain on the sideline may
have stemmed from the similar,
though not identical, platforms
of United Students and Envision.
I imagine that if the Envision
coalition hadnt formed and the
race had been between United
Students and Students of Liberty,
issues may have made for more
tension.
But both Students of Liberty
and United Students pushed for
zero fee increases this year, so
maybe even that matchup would
not have resulted in a tight focus
on issues.
Maybe this election cycle was
just ripe for distraction, with little
issue divergence among the three
major coalitions.
Witnessing this election as a
freshman has impressed upon me
the importance of Senate and the
passions it can evoke on all sides.
And thats something I suspect
wont change, even when I log in
to vote next year as a sophomore.
Shorman is a McPherson
freshman in journalism.
Share the sidewalk
tylEr holmEs
SOUNDTRACK
OF A LIFE
FrOM cALiFOrniA
Chris Curry
San Jose State U.
Spartan Daily
I
stopped at the red light on
Second Street.
I could hear him huffing,
trying to catch up to me. His
shaggy head jutted out from the
rest of his body like a truck pull-
ing a stumpy trailer.
You need to get off the side-
walk! he barked at me.
Excuse me. I didnt say
it then, but had said it a few
moments prior when my bicycle
and I slowly rolled by him. His
flapping trench coat left little
room to get around, but I was
able to sneak between him and
the sycamore trees on the side-
walk. I didnt even touch him.
Having to weave in and out of
people and utility poles has given
me a surgeons precision with my
handlebars.
Then he hit me with what was,
no doubt, in his mind the clever-
est thing he had ever said, Its
called a sidewalk, not a sidebike.
What are you, crazy? I
replied. Im not going to ride in
the street. You wouldnt walk in
the street. Why do you expect me
to bike in the street?
Got him. He couldnt even
beat his dead horse.
Ill stretch reality and assume
he suddenly recalled his high
school physics class and imag-
ined the consequences of me
hitting him versus those of me
hitting a car. Force is equal to
mass times acceleration. The
amount of force is relative to the
amount of danger. The amount
of danger should determine the
route one chooses. Im sticking to
the sidewalk.
Consider these two possible
scenarios:
The combined 230 pounds of
me and my bicycle traveling at
an average sidewalk speed of 10
miles per hour ran into an aver-
age American, who according to
the Centers for Disease Control,
weighs 165.5 pounds. Worse case
would be a sprain or a fracture. I
cant see anyone dying.
Or, an average car, which
according to the Environmental
Protection Agency weighs just
more than two tons, running at
a moderate downtown speed of
25 miles per hour, hits the afore-
mentioned 230 pounds, now
traveling at a street speed of 15
miles per hour.
People die this way. In fact,
according to the National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 698 cyclists were
killed by automobiles in 2007.
Biking with the protection of
a concrete curb between you and
4,000 pounds of steel and rubber
is, no doubt, safer. Im not advo-
cating that any cyclist ride on
the sidewalk in the same manner
as on the street. Any sidewalk
biker has to ride slower and be
prepared to stop for driveways
and doors. But pedestrians need
to learn to share the path with
courteous bikers.
UWire
jonathan shorman
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NEWS 6A friday, april 17, 2009
Right: Anna Hoard, left, sings to a spirit
puppet created and operated by Spencer
Lott. Hoard is in the operaBamboo Cut-
ter,composed by Joseph Eidson.
MUSic
Shorter chamber operas
make debut in recital hall
composer: Dan Musselman,
Burlington, N.J., doctoral
student
Genre: Comedy
Setting: Russia
inspiration for the opera:
Overseasoned, a story by
Anton Chekhov
Plot summary: A bureau-
crat is traveling to a farm
and hires a peasant to take
him on a horse-drawn cart
the remainder of the trip.
The bureaucrat gets scared
because he is in an unfamiliar
land, and tries to intimidate
the peasant. The peasant
gets scared and runs to the
woods, which upsets the
bureaucrat, who yells at the
peasant to come back. The
two men eventually meet up
down the road and walk to
town together.
composer: Joe Eidson, Jefer-
son City, Mo., doctoral student
Genre: Folk tale
Setting: 9th/10th century
Japan
The Tale of the Bamboo Cut-
ter, a 10th century Japanese
folk tale.
Plot summary: An older
woman, Tak, fnds a young
girl, Kaguya, in her bamboo
feld and takes her in as a
daughter. The girl grows to a
beautiful young lady, and all
the princes pursue her. She
gets annoyed and sends the
princes on impossible tasks.
Eventually, she falls in love
with the Japanese Emperor
Mikado, but the moon spirit
comes and tells Kaguya that
she is from the moon and
must return. Kaguya says
goodbye to her family and
Mikado and gives them items
that grant them eternal life.
Right: Ben Cleveland, left, listens to
an explantion fromJosh Lawler during
a strange carriage ride in the wilderness
in the operaDeukino Road,composed
by Dan Musselman.
composer: Andrew Trites
of Overland Park, December
2008 graduate
Genre: Comedy
Setting: Padua, Italy during
the Renaissance
Act 2 Scene 1 from William
Shakespeares The Taming of
the Shrew
Plot summary: This scene
takes place after a dinner
party where all of the suitors
come to the home of sisters
Katherine and Bianca. Kath-
erine ties up Biancas hand
when she refuses to tell her
which suitor she liked, and
Katherine slaps Biancas face.
Their father, Baptista, walks in
and splits up the two girls. He
rebukes Katherine and tries
to comfort Bianca.
Right: Katie Bieber, right, as the
character Kate fromthe Shakespear-
ian play, plots against her sister Bianca
as Michael Austin as Baptista looks on.
Bieber and Austin are in the operatic ad-
aptation of Shakespeares The Taming Of
the Shrew,composed by AndrewTrites.
Heres a closer look at the three chamber operas that will be performed:
Deukino Road
The Bamboo cutter and
the Moon
An opera scene from
The Taming Of the
Shrew
BY JENNIFER TORLINE
jtorline@kansan.com
The Helianthus Contemporary
Ensemble is taking a small-scale
approach to grand-scale opera with
its chamber opera performances
this weekend.
Rather than long performances
in different languages, the chamber
operas are all in English and are
each less than 30 minutes long.
Its a great chance to get a taste
of opera if youve never gone to
one before, said Matt Elliott, Great
Bend sophomore and stage man-
ager.
The ensemble, a KU organiza-
tion devoted to performing music
written in the last 20 years, will
present three chamber operas com-
posed, performed and produced by
students. The performances will be
Saturday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Although the ensemble has
performed chamber music in past
semesters, this is the first time for
the ensemble to perform cham-
ber operas. A chamber opera is a
smaller performance than a full-
scale opera because it is shorter
and has fewer characters and
instrumentalists involved.
More than 30 students are
performers, directors, conduc-
tors, stage managers, composers
and musicians for the produc-
tion, which has taken more than
a year to prepare, said Forrest
Pierce, assistant professor of music
composition and director of the
ensemble.
Stage Director Sylvia Stoner-
Hawkins said this was the premiere
performance for all three operas,
which are based on folk tales and
other pieces of literature. This
created a challenge for singers,
who had no recordings to listen
to when preparing for the perfor-
mances. This was Stoner-Hawkins
first time staging a work by a liv-
ing composer.
You really have to be very
sensitive to what theyve created
and try to mold it to a way that
is respectable to their intentions,
she said.
Some of the operas also involve
puppets, including a Russian
horse and a Japanese bamboo
spirit, made by Spencer Lott,
Lawrence junior. For the three
student opera composers Dan
Musselman, Joe Eidson and
Andrew Trites it is the first
time all of them have written an
opera and had it performed.
These are operas that you have
never heard and that no one has
ever heard before, Pierce said.
This music is very much about
now, this very moment in our
culture.
Editedby SamSpeer
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WhAT: Three chamber
operas composed,
directed and performed by
KU students.
WhO: The Helianthus
Contemporary Ensemble,
a student group that
specializes in music written
during the last 20 years.
When: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Saturday
Composers Dan
Musselman and Joe
Eidson will host a pre-
concert lecture at 6 p.m.
in Room 402, Murphy
Hall, to discuss the history
of chamber opera and
the pieces that will be
performed during the
evening.
WheRe: Swarthout Recital
Hall
hOW MUch: Free
Students compose, produce, perform operas based on literature
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Commentary
Baseball
in position
to win
title again
T
uesdays baseball game
may have seemed like
just another game on the
surface, but there was much more
going on than a casual viewer
could see. Forget the fact that
the victory over Creighton on
Tuesday pushed Kansas winning
streak to six games. The Jayhawks
also had a freshly earned national
ranking on the line.
The last time the Jayhawks were
ranked was back in 2006, when
they won the Big 12 Conference
championship. Why cant they do
it again this year? Kansas has now
swept two ranked teams this sea-
son, one of which was then-No.
1 Texas.
The road ahead for the
Jayhawks has some speed bumps,
but none that would upset the
momentum of this team. No. 10
Oklahoma and No. 21 Kansas
State remain on the conference
schedule, but besides those two
teams the Jayhawks will face three
of the four worst teams in the
conference.
Texas Tech, Nebraska and
Missouri shouldnt be too much
trouble for Kansas. The one
wrench in the works is that
Kansas will face Texas Tech and
Missouri on the road, where the
team has struggled at times. But,
the Jayhawks consist of several
freshman and sophomores that
have thrived in their playing time.
Kansas is making its youthful-
ness work though. Sophomore
Tony Thompson is turning into
one of the best power hitters in
the conference. He leads the Big
12 with 44 RBIs and is second in
doubles and fourth in homeruns.
Thompson has definitely been a
spark for the Jayhawk offense.
The pitching staff has gotten its
fair share of production from the
freshmen and sophomores as well.
T.J. Walz and Lee Ridenhour have
paired with junior ace Shaeffer
Hall to form a solid starting rota-
tion. Kansas boasts the second
best team ERA in the Big 12.
Just look at the baseball teams
success this way; no one expected
anything from them. Rivals.com
picked Kansas to finish dead last
in the conference, and it is cur-
rently fifth. 2006 played out in
a similar manner. The Jayhawks
entered the conference tourna-
ment as the sixth seed with a sub-
.500 conference record. The team
proceeded to sweep its pool and
win the conference championship,
which led to an automatic berth
in the College World Series.
That team in 2006 was young
with numerous freshmen and
sophomores contributing, just like
this years team. The names may
have changed, but the game is still
the same. Dont underestimate the
Jayhawks. Thats when the team
thrives. With no pressure, Kansas
can play a relaxed game and
continue to pile up the victories.
Maybe one of those victories will
come in the Big 12 Conference
tournament championship again.
Edited by SamSpeer
By Kelly BrecKunitch
kbreckunitch@kansan.com
BaSeBaLL
Defense crucial in remaining Big 12 games
By JOSh BOWe
jbowe@kansan.com

It seems fitting that the Kansas
baseball team is fifth in the Big 12.
Thats the same Big 12 ranking as
their defense.
Defense has either carried Kansas
or let it down in a big way this sea-
son. This weekend against Texas
Tech (16-23, 7-8), the defense will
have to be in top shape, especially
after Tuesdays win over Creighton.
In that game, Kansas defense com-
mitted a season-high four errors,
letting Creighton back into the
game.
Junior second baseman Robby
Price thinks that two of the errors,
one by senior catcher Buck Afenir
and one by sophomore third base-
man Tony Thompson, will not be
repeated this season.
I think those two errors were
uncharacteristic. I mean, catcher
interference, and then Tony try-
ing to pick off the guy at first on a
lineout, those two you just have to
forget, Price said.
The other two, however, were
fairly simple plays, and both came
during Creightons rally in the sev-
enth inning.
Junior shortstop David
Narodowski let a ground ball
bounce off his chest and get away
from him. Freshman pitcher
Colton Murray simply dropped the
ball while running to cover first
base after a line drive was hit to
first baseman Zac Elgie.
Youve got a freshman on the
mound, and he doesnt react to
cover first until he sees the ball
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Junior second baseman Robby price positions himself beneath a fy ball after tracking it in a heavy wind during the Jayhawks' April 11
victory against Oklahoma State. The Jayhawks take on the Red Raiders in Lubbock, Texas this weekend.
thiS Weekend
Who: No. 24 Kansas vs.
Texas Tech
What: Three-game series
Where: Lubbock, Texas
SEE BASEBALL oN pAGE 5b
taCkLing the 10
Junior takes ffth in decathlon
By JASOn BAKer
jbaker@kansan.com
Freshman Corbin Kratovil
wanted to kick off day two of the
decathlon in the Kansas Relays
with a strong performance in one
of his best events: the 110-meter
hurdles. Unfortunately, that event
got the best of him.
During the race, Kratovil hit
some hurdles, causing so much
pain in his left knee that he opted
not to finish his first decathlon.
I really wanted just to finish the
whole 10 events and I thought that
would be kind of cool, Kratovil
said.
After the hurdles, Kratovil
decided to compete in the discus
throw, earning sixth place with a
throw of 35.40 meters, and the pole
vault, earning eighth place with a
jump of 3.27 meters, before drop-
ping out altogether because of his
knee problems.
I was hoping for it to get better,
1. Joey Schwecke (Minnesota) 6,807
2. Benjamin Parish (unattached) 6,622
3. Phillip Horn (Missouri Southern) 6,609
4. Garrett Wankel (Minnesota) 6,551
5. Jacob Breth (Kansas) 6,320
Kansas Corbin Kratovil didnt fnish because of an injury.
decathlon standings
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Junior decathlon runner Jacob breth jumps out in front of the pack before fnishing second in the 1500 meter run. Breth took ffth in the decathlon despite a rough showing in the pole vault.
Jacob Breth performed well but a knee injury forced out teammate Corbin Kratovil
By JASOn BAKer
jbaker@kansan.com
The Kansas Relays have main-
tained a tradition of featuring
Olympic athletes in competition,
and this year is no different.
It gives our fans the opportuni-
ty to see someone at the Olympic
level compete, coach Stanley
Redwine said.
This years Relays bring the
return of Bershawn Jackson, bet-
ter known as Batman, who took
the bronze medal in the 400-meter
hurdles at the Beijing Olympic
Games. Jackson is a popular ath-
lete of the Relays; he has won the
400-meter hurdles five times at
the Relays, including a four-year
streak from 2005-2008. Jackson
will be looking for a fifth-straight
victory at this years Relays.
Hes definitely capable of doing
that, Redwine said. Hes a crowd
favorite and a fan favorite, so
hopefully with everyone scream-
ing for him, hell do well.
American mile record holder
Alan Webb is slated to compete in
the mile event. Its been six years
since Webb last competed at the
Relays.
Freshman distance runner
Austin Bussing thinks its fitting
that Webb is competing.
Kansas has such a great tradi-
tion with the mile with Glenn
Cunningham, Jim Ryun and Wes
Senti. Its definitely exciting to see
that, Bussing said.
Bussing said that the mile event
will be interesting with Christian
Smith competing along with
Webb. Smith, a 2006 graduate of
Kansas State, made the Olympic
team qualifying in the 800-meter
run.
Also slated to compete is Kansas
City, Mo., native Muna Lee, whom
senior sprinter Victoria Howard
has been following since she was
in high school.
Its a great showing for her
every year, Howard said. A lot
of people look up to her because
shes a Kansas native. Its good to
see her run.
Two Canadian athletes, KU hall
of famer Scott Russell and hurdler
Perdita Felicien, will compete as
well.
Redwine said it was hard to
pick a favorite Olympic athlete
who hes seen at the Relays.
Anytime youre an Olympian,
its an honor. All of them are real-
ly good and were happy to have
all of them, Redwine said.
The Olympic athletes will
begin Saturday with the Glenn
Cunningham Mile Invitational,
which starts at 12:55 p.m.
Edited by Casey Miles
Olympic tradition continues at the Kansas Relays
traCk & FieLd
SEE dEcAthLon oN pAGE 5b
In one way, the NFL Draft is
like mayonnaise and country
music.
You either love it or you hate
it. Now that were a week away
from the 2009 spectacle at Radio
City Music Hall in New York,
most people around here prob-
ably find themselves in the latter
category.
Thats because no Kansas play-
ers are going to be drafted. You
could argue theres an outside
shot. Sorry, aint happenin.
But that doesnt mean the 2009
NFL Draft wont be full of con-
nections to the Jayhawks. In fact,
five consensus first round picks
were enemies to Kansas in games
played within the last two years.
So heres the Morning Brews
not-so-extensive guide to why
Kansas fans should pay attention
to the draft. Well break down the
five former Big 12 Conference
players who look like they will go
the highest next weekend.
Jason smith, Baylor
offensive tackle
Against Kansas: Was a starter
on the Baylor team in 2006 that
scored 19 points in the final nine
minutes to beat Kansas 36-35
in Waco, Texas. The next year,
Smith and the Bears suffered a
58-10 defeat to the Jayhawks.
NFL Draft Projection: No. 2
pick to the St. Louis Rams
Future Prediction: Smith is
in a tough position. He looks
like hell be the first tackle taken
in a draft that is loaded with
talent on the offensive line.
Unfortunately for Smith, hell
always be compared to other
guys like Alabamas Andre Smith
and Ole Misss Michael Oher
who both will be selected later in
the first round but have just as
much talent. Smith will be a solid
professional, but no superstar.
No Orlando Pace.
michael craBtree,
texas tech
wide receiver
Against Kansas: Remember
the 63-21 Red Raider shellack-
ing of the Jayhawks this season?
Yeah, Crabtree had nine catches
for 70 yards and two touchdowns
in that one.
pick to the Seattle Seahawks
Future Prediction: Hes an
All-Pro performer, no question.
Some say Crabtree is the best
talent in the 2009 Draft. Injuries
are the only way Crabtree will be
stopped from catapulting up the
NFL receiver ranks.
Jeremy maclin,
missouri
wide receiver
Against Kansas: Maclin had
398 all-purpose yards against the
Jayhawks in two games. Thats
pretty good.
pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars
Future Prediction: Whoever
takes Maclin is making a risky
move. Hes not as big as a proto-
typical NFL receiver Maclin
is 6 foot, 198 pounds and has
a history of knee problems. But
if Maclin stays healthy, theres no
question he has the skills to be a
No. 1 receiver.
Brian orakpo, texas
defensive end
Against Kansas: Orakpo only
played sparingly in Texas 35-7
victory against Kansas this past
season. He was limited because
he was returning from a sprained
knee injury.
pick to the San Francisco 49ers
Future Prediction: NFL
scouts love the idea of using
Orakpo as an outside line-
backer in a 3-4 scheme. Orakpos
strength and athleticism should
make that work.
Brandon pettigrew,
oklahoma state
tight end
Against Kansas: In two
games, he had four catches for 40
yards. Not exactly dazzling, but
Pettigrew is also a solid blocker.
pick to the Buffalo Bills
Future Prediction: Rumor has
it that the Bills want Pettigrew,
but taking him 11th overall
might be a stretch. They could
trade down and still take him.
Physically, hed be a dominant
prospect but hasnt shown game-
breaking ability in college.
Edited by Casey Miles
sports 2B
Friday, april 17, 2009
this week
in kansas
athletics
commentary
Where will Big 12 players be drafted?
today
Baseball
Texas Tech,
6:30 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas
track & feld
Kansas Relays,
All day
Lawrence
saturday
tennis
Texas, noon
Lawrence
softball
Texas, 1, p.m.
Austin, Texas
Baseball
Texas Tech, 5 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas
track & feld
Kansas Relays,
all day
Lawrence
soccer
South Dakota,
TBA
Omaha, Neb.
womens golf
Lady Buckeye
Invitational,
all day
Columbus, Ohio
rowing
Day 1, all day
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
mens golf
Texas A&M
Aggie Invitational,
all day
College Station,
Texas
sunday
tennis
Texas A&M,
11 a.m.
Lawrence

softball
Texas, noon
Austin, Texas
Baseball
Texas Tech, 1 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas
mens golf
Texas A&M
Aggie Invitational
College Station,
Texas
womens golf
Lady Buckeye
Invitational
all day
Columbus, Ohio
rowing
Day 2, All day
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
monday
No events
tuesday
softball
Tulsa, 3 p.m.
Tulsa, Okla.
softball
Tulsa, 5 p.m.
Tulsa, Okla.

Baseball
Baker, 6 p.m.
Lawrence
Quote of the day
I knew America was strug-
gling a bit, but I knew we could
be the heart of the team that
could bring it back.
Bershawn Jackson after Angelo Taylor,
Kerron Clement and he swept the
400-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics
trivia of the day
Q: What is Bershawn Jack-
sons record in the 400-meter
hurdles at the Kansas Relays?
a: 5-0. Batman has won the
event fve of the past six years
and four in a row. Last year he
was named the meets Male
Most Outstanding Performer
with a time of 48.32 seconds,
breaking his own meet record.
fact of the day
Standing at 5-foot-8, Jackson
is much smaller than most
of his competitors. Despite
having to take almost twice as
many steps throughout a race,
Jackson has been ranked in
the worlds top 10 in his event
every year since 2003.
Track &Field News
through the uprights: The
Jayhawks landed their frst
commitment
for the 2010
recruiting
class. More
info on
Through the
Uprights.
first pitch: No. 24 Kansas
travels to Texas Tech this week-
end for a three-game series.
Check in with the guys for their
thoughts between games.
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friday

Field Events
8 a.m. Boys Javelin
8 a.m. Girls Shot Put
9:30 a.m. Girls Pole Vault
10 a.m. Boys High Jump
11 a.m. Girls Triple Jump
11 a.m. Girls Javelin
11:30 a.m. Womens Shot Put
noon Womens Triple Jump
1:30 p.m. Mens Pole Vault
1:30 p.m. Womens High Jump
2 p.m. Womens Javelin
3 p.m. Mens Shot Put
Mens Triple Jump
Boys Triple Jump
5:30 p.m. Boys Pole Vault
Girls High Jump
Mens Javelin
6:30 p.m. Boys Shot Put

Running Events
8 a.m. Girls 4-Mile Relay (F)
8:30 a.m. Boys 4-Mile Relay (F)
8:55 a.m. Girls 100m Hurdles (P)
9:05 a.m. Womens 100m Hurdles (P)
9:25 a.m. Boys 110m Hurdles (P)
9:35 a.m. Mens 110m Hurdles (P)
9:50 a.m. Girls 400m Dash (P)
10:05 a.m. Boys 400m Dash (P)
10:15 a.m. Womens 200m (P)
10:35 a.m. Mens 200m (P)
10:55 a.m. Girls 3200m Run (F)
11:10 a.m. Boys 3200m Run (F)
11:25 a.m. Girls 100m Dash (P)
11:40 a.m. Boys 100m Dash (P)
11:55 a.m. Womens 100m Dash (P)
12:15 p.m. Mens 100m Dash (P)
12:40 p.m. Womens 400m Hurdles (P)
1 p.m. Mens 400m Hurdles (P)
1:20 p.m. Boys 300m Hurdles (F)
1:40 p.m. Girls 300m Hurdles (F)
2:05 p.m. Girls Distance
Medley Relay (F)
2:20 p.m. Boys Distance
Medley Relay (F)
2:35 p.m. Womens Distance
Medley Relay (F)
2:50 p.m. Mens Distance
Medley Relay (F)
3:05 p.m. Womens 400m Dash (P)
3:20 p.m. Mens 400m Dash (P)
3:35 p.m. Girls 4 x 100m Relay (P)
3:55 p.m. Boys 4 x 100m Relay (P)
4:15 p.m. Womens 4 x 100m Relay (P)
4:30 p.m. Mens 4 x 100m Relay (P)
4:45 p.m. Girls 800m Run (F)
5 p.m. Boys 800m Run (F)
5:15 p.m. Mens Steeplechase (F)
5:30 p.m. Womens Steeplechase (F)
5:45 p.m. Womens 4-Mile Relay (F)
6:10 p.m. Mens 4-Mile Relay (F)
6:30 p.m. Womens 4 x 400m Relay (P)
6:50 p.m. Mens 4 x 400m Relay (P)
7:10 p.m. Girls 4 x 400m Relay (P)
7:40 p.m. Boys 4 x 400m Relay (P)

saturday

Field Events
8 a.m. Boys Discus
10 a.m. Mens Long Jump
10:30 a.m. Womens Pole Vault
10:45 a.m. Womens Discus
11 a.m. Mens High Jump
11 a.m. Girls Long Jump
1:30 p.m. Girls Discus
1:30 p.m. Womens Long Jump
2 p.m. Womens Invitational
Pole Vault
3 p.m. Boys Long Jump
4 p.m. Mens Discus

Running Events
8 a.m. Girls Sprint Medley Relay (F)
8:20 a.m. Boys Sprint Medley Relay (F)
8:40 a.m. Womens Sprint Medley Relay
8:55 a.m. Mens Sprint Medley Relay (F)
9:15 a.m. Girls 4 x 200m Relay (F)
9:35 a.m. Boys 4 x 200m Relay (F)
9:50 a.m. Womens 200m (F)
10 a.m. Mens 200m (F)
10:05 a.m. Girls 2-Mile Relay (F)
10:30 a.m. Boys 2-Mile Relay (F)
10:55 a.m. Womens 2-Mile Relay (F)
11:25 a.m. Mens 2-Mile Relay (F)
11:40 p.m. Girls 4 x 100m
Sunfower Showdown
11:45 p.m. Girls 4 x 100m Relay (F)
11:50 p.m. Boys 4 x 100m
Sunfower Showdown
11:55 p.m. Boys 4 x 100m Relay (F)
12:25 p.m. Womens 4 x 100m Relay (F)
12:30 p.m. Mens 4x100m Relay (F)
12:35 p.m. Womens 1500m Run (F)
12:45 p.m. Mens 1500m Run (F)
12:55 p.m. Glenn Cunningham
Invitational Mile (I)
1:10 p.m. Girls 100m Hurdles (F)
1:15 p.m. Womens 100m Hurdles (F)
1:25 p.m. Womens 100m Hurdles (I)
1:35 p.m. Boys 110m Hurdles (F)
1:40 p.m. Mens 110m Hurdles (F)
1:50 p.m. Mens 110m Hurdles (I)
2 p.m. Womens 800m Run (F)
2:10 p.m. Mens 800m Run (F)
2:20 p.m. Womens 800m Run (I)
2:30 p.m. Girls 100m Dash (F)
2:35 p.m. Womens 100m Dash (F)
2:40 p.m. Boys 100m Dash (F)
2:45 p.m. Mens 100m Dash (F)
2:55 p.m. Girls 400m Dash (F)
3:10 p.m. Womens 400m Dash (F)
3:15 p.m. Boys 400m Dash (F)
3:20 p.m. Mens 400m Dash (F)
3:30 p.m. Womens 400m Hurdles (F)
3:40 p.m. Mens 400m Hurdles (F)
3:45 p.m. Mens 400m Hurdles (I)
3:55 p.m. Womens 200m Invitational
4:05 p.m. Girls 1600m Run (F)
4:20 p.m. Boys 1600m Run (F)
4:35 p.m. Girls 4 x 400m
Sunfower Showdown
4:45 p.m. Girls 4 x 400m Relay (F)
4:55 p.m. Boys 4 x 400m
Sunfower Showdown
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mens basketball
Henry still undecided;
may visit Calipari at UK
Xavier Henry, the No. 3 pros-
pect in the nation according to
Rivals.com, cant make up his
mind.
Not just
on what
school he
will attend
next season,
either. He
also cant
decide if he
wants to
visit Kentucky and coach John
Calipari or not.
Yesterday, Rivals reported
that Henry was set to go to the
Lexington, Ky., campus for an
ofcial visit before the end of
April. Now, Rivals is reporting
that Xavier doesnt want to visit
Kentucky.
Perhaps the only thing Xavi-
er is certain about is that he
wants to play with his brother,
C.J. Henry, next season. The
brothers have narrowed their
lists to Kansas or Kentucky.
But at this point its still
uncertain when a decision will
be made.
Case Keefer
Henry
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Tennis
Kansas faces ranked teams
for last two regular matches
The KU tennis team will be
playing its last two regular-
season games of the season
this weekend before the Big 12
Championships begin April 23.
Kansas will encounter No. 32
Texas, a team it has never de-
feated, at noon Saturday and No.
35 Texas A&M at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Both dual matches will take
place in Lawrence at First Serve
Tennis, 5200 Clinton Parkway.
The Jayhawks are eighth in the
Big 12 with a conference record
of 4-5 and an overall record of
10-10. The Longhorns and the
Aggies are second and third,
respectively, in the conference.
These will be KU seniors Edina
Horvaths and Yuliana Svistuns
last two regular-season matches
of their NCAA careers.
Horvath does not think that
history has to repeat itself.
They are both very good
teams. They are tough and con-
sistent on the court. Last year we
lost against them in very close
matches, but it does not mean
anything because I think we got
tougher and better since last
year, Horvath said.
Horvath said that she thought
that she and her teammates
would have a good chance of
defeating Texas and Texas A&M if
they compete against them very
hard and give our heart and 100
percent on the court.
Justin Hilley
sports 3b friday, april 17, 2009
Mens Golf
WoMens Golf
Team needs to use practice rounds to excel on new course
Seniors await last regular season tournament
BY HAllIe MAnn
hmann@kansan.com
A fresh start and a new course
await the Jayhawks this week-
end at the Lady Buckeye Spring
Invitational.
After a weekend off, the Kansas
womens golf team will head to
Columbus, Ohio, to play in Ohio
States tournament for the first
time. Kansas has played Ohio
State this season but not on the
Buckeyes home course, Scarlet
Course.
Junior Meghan Gockel said
that the team will get a practice
round on Friday to test the course.
Gockel said that new course would
be a good challenge for the team.
Weve gotten better at how we
play our practice rounds and how
we use them to plan for the actual
tournament, Gockel said.
Coach Erin ONeil also said
that the practice round would be
important for the team to learn
as much as they could about the
new course.
This is a really good course to
play on even though we havent
had the chance to try it out yet,
ONeil said.
Though the team had a week-
end off, ONeil said that most of
the girls spent the time practicing
and spent this weeks practices
regrouping and evaluating the
past few tournaments.
Weve been thinking about
what we want to accomplish and
improve on, ONeil said. Were
ready to get out and play this
weekend.
Gockel had similar sentiments
and said that the team had been
focusing on its mental game by
trying to stay positive and not
get caught on the minor things.
Gockel said she had been working
on her putts and her shot game in
general.
Each member of the team has
been working on their own little
things to get better, Gockel said.
Coming off its break and fine-
tuning at practice, Kansas will be
up against two Big 12 opponents,
Nebraska and Kansas State,
among a field of
15 teams.
Two weeks
ago, Kansas took
fourth, when it
played Kansas
State, which placed
ninth in the Susie
Berning Maxwell
Classic. Nebraska
also took ninth
at their last tournament, The
Mountain View Classic.
ONeil said this would be a
good warm-up before the Big
12 Championships next week
in Lubbock, Texas. ONeil said
that the team had been steadily
improving over this season and
that she thought the team would
do well at both tour-
naments.
Its all really
coming together at
the right time for
us, ONeil said.
The Lady Buckeye
Spring Invitational
will have a shot-
gun start at 8:30
a.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Live stats and results will
be posted to golfstat.com through-
out the weekend.
Edited by Sam Speer
lAdY BuckeYe InvItAtIonAl
course: Scarlet Course - 6,228 yards; par 72
tournament low score-record: 849 strokes (Auburn University,
2006)
tournament champions 2008: Kent State, 885 strokes
BY cHRIstIAn luceRo
clucero@kansan.com
This weekends Texas A&M
Aggie Invitational has a differ-
ent meaning for each member
of the KU mens golf
team. For senior Walt
Koelbel, it presents a
challenge to show the
rest of the field what
he can do in his last
regular season tourna-
ment.
Theres a little bit of
extra pressure in this
tournament to give
a little extra effort,
Koelbel said.
And for sophomore Nate
Barbee, the tournament is an
opportunity to give the seniors a
proper sendoff before the confer-
ence tournament.
Obviously we want to do well
for our seniors, were just going
to play hard and do what we can
for them, Barbee said.
Coming off a tough finish last
week in North Carolina, Koelbel
said the squad
is looking for
more than a
victory.
T h i s
weekend its
really impor-
tant to start
b u i l d i n g
moment um
with consis-
tency, then
worry about winning, Koelbel
said.
Both Koelbel and Barbee said
that the range of teams compet-
ing in this weeks tournament
would be a glimpse of what will
face them in the Big 12 tourna-
ment. The Aggie Invitational will
feature a total of five
Big 12 teams, a fact
Barbee noticed right
away.
Having a solid fin-
ish here would give us
confidence going into
next weekend, Barbee
said.
That confidence
will be necessary to
disprove the Jayhawks
No. 11 scoring average in the Big
12. Koelbel, arguably KUs most
consistent performer on the sea-
son, has ideas about what the
team needs to do improve its
performance.
Getting rid of big numbers,
especially coming down the
stretch, will help us be more con-
sistent, Koelbel said.
This weekends tournament
will feature a different scoring
system than
what the men
are used to.
The system,
known to the
golfers as a
s i x - c o u n t -
five, means
KU will have
six golfers
competing in
the tourna-
ment while the top five scores
for each team are counted.
With this type of system,
every shot counts so we really
need to pick our game up to be
successful this weekend, Barbee
said.
Weve been thinking
about what we want
to accomplish and
improve on.
ErIN ONEIL
Coach
Were just going
to play hard and
do what we can for
them.
NATE BArBEE
Sophomore golfer
Getting rid of big
numbers, especially
down the stretch,
will help us be more
consistent.
WALT KOELBEL
Senior golfer
MlB
Duncan returns to lineup
AssociATed Press
CHICAGO Chris Duncan is
back and better than ever at the
plate, anyway.
Despite some adventuresome
fielding, the St. Louis Cardinals are
happy to have Duncan back in the
lineup everyday.
When hes healthy, hes clutch,
manager Tony La Russa said
Thursday after Duncan atoned for
some adventurous fielding with a
home run, two singles and three
RBIs in the Cardinals 7-4 victory
over the Chicago Cubs.
In winning for the seventh time
in eight games, St. Louis struck
first in a 16-game season series
against its longtime rival. The Cubs
frustration showed when Milton
Bradley was ejected for arguing a
called strike in the sixth inning.
St. Louis, which leads the league
in scoring, battered five Chicago
pitchers. Duncan, back after miss-
ing the second half of last sea-
son with a degenerative disk in his
neck, is batting .389 with 10 RBIs.
His toughness is off the charts,
La Russa said. You see it the way
he plays, the way he runs the bases,
the way he defends, the way he
takes at-bats. Hes never going to
give in.
Duncans two-run homer gave
St. Louis a 3-1 lead and he followed
Yadier Molinas go-ahead single in
the seventh with a hit of his own to
make it 6-4.
Things didnt go as smoothly
for Duncan in left field. He failed
to catch a popup that led to the
Cubs first-inning run off of Adam
Wainwright and he dropped a rou-
tine fly to get Wainwright in trou-
ble in the sixth.
Instead, Bradley ended up being
the angry one.
Ever combative and combusti-
ble, the Cubs newest $30 million
acquisition got in umpire Larry
Vanovers face after the strike-three
call.
He left the clubhouse before the
media was allowed to enter and was
unavailable for comment. When
asked about Bradleys reaction to
Vanovers call, Cubs manager Lou
Piniella said only: What do you
want me to say?
Making his first start of the year
for the Cubs, Sean Marshall left
after five innings with a 4-3 lead.
The bullpen then imploded, as has
been the case often this season,
wasting Kosuke Fukudomes three-
run homer.
Aaron Heilman served up
Kahlil Greenes tying homer in the
sixth, David Patton (0-1) walked
pinch-hitter Joe Thurston to lead
off the seventh, Neal Cotts gave
up Duncans run-scoring single
and Angel Guzman allowed Brian
Bardens eighth-inning homer.
Twice, a perturbed Piniella
instructed pitching coach Larry
Rothschild to make changes on
the mound. Piniella, who like
most managers usually makes such
moves himself, later got more agi-
tated when asked about it.
Im not trying to make a point
about anything. You guys want to
make a big deal out of who makes
pitching changes. It doesnt matter.
What matters is when the pitcher
comes into the ballgame that he
gets some outs.
AssociAted press
st. Louis cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright delivers during the frst inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley
Field in Chicago on Thursday. The Cardinals beat the Cubs 7-4.
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CHICAGO Martin Havlat
scored 12 seconds into overtime
and the Chicago Blackhawks won
their first playoff game in seven
years, beating the Calgary Flames
3-2 on Thursday night in the West
Conference quarterfinals.
After tying it up late in regula-
tion, Havlat drove a wrist shot past
Miikka Kiprusoff from between the
circles to match the third-fastest
overtime goal in playoff history, and
send the towel-waving crowd at the
United Center into a frenzy.
Mike Cammalleri gave Calgary
a 2-1 lead about 4 minutes into the
final period when he scored on a
2-on-1 break, taking a nice pass
from Daymond Langkow.
But Chicago got even with 5:33
left when Havlat scored on his own
rebound after Kiprusoff stopped his
initial shot from the right circle.
David Moss opened the scoring
for the Flames in the first period,
and Chicagos Cam Barker tied it in
the second.
Game 2 is Saturday night in
Chicago.
Havlat was 3 seconds off the
NHL record of 9 seconds set by
Brian Skrudland for Montreal in
3-2 victory over Calgary on May 18,
1986, in the Stanley Cup finals. J.P.
Parise of the Islanders scored in 11
seconds of OT against the Rangers
in 1975, and Chicagos Pit Martin
also scored at 12 seconds in 1972.
Kiprusoff finished with 25 saves,
including one on Dave Bolland to
preserve the tie in the closing sec-
onds of regulation. Chicagos Nikolai
Khabibulin, who has a 22-5-2 regu-
lar-season record against the Flames
and beat them in the 2004 Stanley
Cup finals while with Tampa Bay,
made 23 stops.
sports 5b Friday, april 17, 2009
BASEBALL
(continued from 1B)
TExAS TEch
(16-23)
pitching
offense
momentum
kAnSAS
(24-12)
pitching
offense
momentum
Of the six runs scored by
Creighton
on Tuesday,
only two were
earned, which
shows that the
pitching is still
as outstanding
as it has been
all season.
Texas Tech is
second to last in runs scored, so
Shaefer Hall, who pitched a com-
plete game last weekend against
Oklahoma State, might be able to
repeat his performance on Friday.
Sophomore right-hander Chad

Bettis worked his way into the
weekend rota-
tion earlier this
season, and it
paid dividends
Sunday when
he silenced
Oklahomas
ofense, which
had produced
the most runs
in the confer-
ence. Bettis worked a complete
game and held the Sooners to
season lows in runs (one) and hits
(four). He will likely start Sunday
against Kansas Lee Ridenhour.
Senior frst baseman Chris

Richburg leads the Red Raiders
ofense from the third spot in the
lineup. Rich-
burg is second
on the team
with a .338
average, and
tops the Raid-
ers with nine
home runs and
37 RBIs. Junior
outfelder
Taylor Ashby
is a threat every time he gets on
base, leading the team with nine
stolen bases.
Rookie coach Dan Spencer has

gotten comfortable with his team
since conference play began.
After starting 9-15, the Raiders
have faced some of the top teams
in the country in conference, but
have held their own and man-
aged a 7-8 record in the Big 12,
with a big series win against Texas
A&M two weekends ago.
TimDwyer
While its easy to blame the
defense for
Creightons
comeback in
the game on
Tuesday, the
ofense also
looked abys-
mal during
the ffth, sixth
and seventh
innings. The Jayhawk batters
had plenty of opportunities to
increase their early fve-run lead.
Texas Tech is also second-to-last
in pitching, so expect Buck Afenir,
who was 0-for-5 on Tuesday, to
come back strong.
It seems nothing can stop Kan-

sas right now. The team is rolling
with a six-game winning streak
and is playing its frst weekend
series against an unranked team
in about six weeks. Coach Ritch
Price, however, wont let his team
sleepwalk in Lubbock, Texas. A
sweep against the Red Raiders,
which is very possible, would
give Kansas 10 Big 12 wins, the
fourth highest number of wins in
the Ritch Price era.
Josh Bowe
caught by the first baseman, so hes
late to the bag, coach Ritch Price
said. We work on it everyday and
you just have to learn from your
mistakes.
But that wasnt to say the Kansas
division hasnt had its fair share of
spectacular plays. Robby Price and
Narodowski have been involved in
26 double plays. They turned one
on Tuesday that could have been
shown on ESPN Baseball Tonights
Web Gems, if it highlighted college
baseball instead of the MLB.
That was awesome, that was a
lot of fun, Price said with a smile.
Not too many teams can say they
are successful when they produce
multiple errors. Kansas is no dif-
ferent. The Jayhawks record when
they commit two or more errors
is 4-5.
However, Robby Price isnt too
concerned with the defense this
weekend. Well be alright, well
come back this weekend and play
like we have all year, he said.
Defense is the reason why
freshman Jason Brunansky has
seen so much time in center field.
Brunansky has committed only
three errors in the toughest part
of the outfield to play. His speed
enables him to take away potential
hits.
Ritch Price specifically men-
tioned his catch in the seventh
against Creighton. Not making that
catch could have made the inning a
lot worse for the Jayhawks.
They had a leadoff double and
the next guy hammered a ball over
Brunanskys head and he makes
the great backhand catch in cen-
ter field and takes a double off
the board, Price said. Literally,
they could have had back-to-back
doubles and nobody out.
This will be Kansas first Big 12
road series since March 27, mak-
ing the pressure on the Jayhawk
defense even more intense. Kansas
is only 3-7 in road games this year
and hasnt won a Big 12 game on
the road yet.
Our pitching and defense has
been there all year, one inning is
not going to affect what we do
behind them, Robby Price said.
We just got to keep bringing those
bats and hopefully it turns out well
this weekend.
Bettis
Richburg
Hall
Afenir
but it didnt so I just called it quits
after I made a certain height that I
wanted, Kratovil said.
With Kratovil out, junior Jacob
Breth was the Jayhawks sole rep-
resentation in the decathlon.
Although they didnt continue
their friendly rivalry, Kratovil
wasnt too disappointed about it.
Im just glad hes healthy
enough that he can finish, he
said.
Breth had a personal best in
discus, earning third place with
a throw of 38.99 meters, before
having to face his worst event of
the day, the pole vault, where he
finished near the bottom of the
standings.
It wasnt that bad, but I did
jump a foot under what I shouldve
jumped, Breth said. I switched
poles right before one of the bars
which ended in my downfall.
However Breth bounced back
in the final event, the 1500-
meter run, taking second place
in 4:38.67.
Im pretty excited about it,
I just wished it was a victory
though, Breth said.
Breth finished out the decathlon
in fifth place with 6,320 points.
It could have been better, but
Im happy with that, Breth said.
Its definitely not for everyone
but I enjoy it.
The next time the two will com-
pete in a decathlon is at the Big
12 Conference Championships,
which will be May 15-17. Kratovil
and Breth agreed agreed that plac-
ing in the top 10 in that decathlon
was their goal.
I think I have a pretty good
chance, I definitely learned some
things about myself from this
relays that Im going to work on
for Big 12s, Breth said.
Edited by Liz Schubauer
dEcAThLon (continued from 1B)
Track & Field
Making good times at "carnival"
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Several Kansas runners lef
Tursdays distance carnival
with the prizes theyd vied for.
Four runners took frst and others
gave solid performances in their
events, which included 800- to
10,000-meter runs.
Its always fun to run at Me-
morial Stadium, junior Lauren
Bonds said.
Bonds took frst in the womens
unseeded 800 event, running it in
2:11.67.
It was good for today, but I
wanted something better, Bonds
said.
She may have been shy of her
season-best time, but Bonds said
the race was good preparation for
her main event on Saturday, the
1,500-meter run.
In the womens 5,000-meter run,
sophomore Amanda Miller got the
victory with a time of 17:24.15.
Tis was good preparation; its
my frst 5K of the season. Hopeful-
ly I go out at Drake and regionally
qualify, Miller said.
Last year, Miller took ffh in the
event coming of an injury from
the indoor season. Miller said
having another year of experience
helped her to get frst this year.
Junior Kellie Schneider and
sophomore Kara Windisch won
the 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter
runs, respectively.
In the mens 5,000-meter
run, freshman Donny Wasinger
took second, recording a time of
14:34.11 and junior Bret Imgrund
took third with 14:40.08.
Te two employed some healthy
competition to edge into the top
three.
Brett was running really hard
and I was running really hard and
we kept switching of helping each
other. Wasinger said.
For Wasinger it was his frst
time running a 5K on a track and
he was impressed with his perfor-
mance.
In high school we did 5Ks on
a cross country course and today
I ran a minute and 20 seconds
faster, so it was a pretty good run,
Wasinger said.
Like Bonds, Wasinger will also
be competing in the 1500-meter
run on Saturday. He said he would
feel a lot more pressure Saturday
than he did running the 5K.
And as for the carnival as a
whole?
It was just as fun as an actual
carnival, Wasinger joked.
See a photo gallery from
the Kansas Relays at
Kansan.com/galleries.
@
5,000 meter run (Men)
2. Donny Wasinger
14:34.11
3. Bret Imgrund 14:40.08
10. Kaleb Humphreys
15:02.29
17. Zach Zarda 15:15.56
18. Nick Caprario 15:17.69
800 (Womens)
1. Lauren Bonds 2:11
31. Anna Barber 2:26.32
800 (men)
15. Sean Proehl 1:56.01
33. Clay Schneider 1:58.77
41. Kaman Schneider
1:59.49
52. Levi Huseman 2:00.72
5,000 meter (women)
1. Amanda Miller 17:24.15
25. Mackenzie Abernathy
18:41.53
1500 meter (women)
1. Kellie Schneider 4:45.36
3. Megan James 4:48.21
16. Allison Knoll 5:06.89
results
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Junior distance runner Lauren Bonds brings home frst place in the 800-meter runThursday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The events
were 800 to 10,000 meters in distance and hold the nickname, the "distance carnival."
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SOFTBALL
Team to take momentum to Texas
BY TOM POWERS
tpowers@kansan.com
Fresh off of their first two-game
series sweep on Tuesday against
UMKC, the Jayhawks return to
action this weekend. Playing
another two-game series, this time
theyll square off against the No. 24
Texas Longhorns.
Riding a three-game winning
streak, their longest of the season,
the Jayhawks (16-23, 4-6) travel
down to Austin today to play a
single game at 1 p.m. Saturday, and
another at noon Sunday. Kansas,
4-6 in the Big 12
Conference, has an
opportunity to get
back to .500 with a
pair of victories.
We really just
need to work on
our mental game,
thats what kills us,
Liz Kocon, sopho-
more right fielder,
said. This season
it seems like one game were going
right at our opponents and the next
were flat.
The Jayhawks will need to be
mentally prepared if they want to
challenge Texas. The Longhorns are
currently third in the
Big 12 in team bat-
ting average (.305).
Texas also leads the
Big 12 in home runs
(44), a fourth of those
hit by first baseman
Desiree Williams
(.318, 10 HR, 40
R). Also leading the
Longhorn offense
is designated player
Loryn Johnson (.423) who leads
the Big 12 in hits (60).
After Thursdays practice, Bunge
talked about what the Jayhawks
will need to do strategically against
such a well-balanced lineup.
Texas is a much better offen-
sive team this year than last year.
Theyve got more pop in their bats
and have one of the most consis-
tent hitters in softball in Loryn
Johnson, she said. We need to
keep the ball low
and make them hit
pitchers pitches.
Kocon (.290, 22
RBIs) is one of the
leaders of a resurgent
Kansas offense that
also includes third
basemen Val Chapple
(.318, 8 doubles),
center fielder Dougie
McCaulley (.311, 25
runs) and utility player Allie Clark
(.267, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 8 doubles).
In the outfield, the Jayhawks have
played tight defense, committing
only one error in their three-game
winning streak.
Out of the circle, Sarah Vertelka
pitched phenomenally in her last
two outings. In eight innings, she
pitched 11 strikeouts, giving up
no runs on only three hits and
one walk. Senior Val George, who
has pitched the most innings for
Kansas, leads the staff with 137
strikeouts in 129 innings pitched.
Theyre both getting a start,
said coach Tracy Bunge of George
and Vertelka, Were going to need
two good pitching performances
in order to beat
Texas.
The Texas
pitching staff is
led by sophomore
Brittany Barnhill
(20-9), whos
posted a 2.73 ERA
so far this season.
Last year, Kansas
was able to put up
three runs in four
innings against Barnhill in an 8-1
victory.
Barnhill has improved a lot
since her freshman year, Bunge
said. She stays around the plate
and Ive told our hitters to not be
overly aggressive, we cant chase
and weve got to hit good pitches.
Edited by Sonya English Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Senior pitcher Valerie George winds through a pitch during the Jayhawks April 11 game
against Oklahoma. The Jayhawks square of withTexas for a two-game series this weekend.
THIS WEEKEND
Kansas vs. No. 24 Texas
Two-game series
Austin, Texas
MLB
Indians 10-2 victory tarnishes luster of brand new Yankee Stadium
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Fighter Jets fy over the new Yankee Stadium during pregame ceremonies before the frst regular season game on Thursday in New York. The
Yankees lost the home-opener 10-2.
BY RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
NEW YORK Babe Ruth, Lou
Gehrig and other stars from the
New York Yankees famous pin-
striped past would have been
embarrassed.
After an 85-year run in a stadium
that was home to 26 World Series
champions, the Yankees opened
baseballs fanciest and priciest ball-
park Thursday with a humiliating
10-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians.
It felt like we disappointed quite
a few people today, Johnny Damon
said.
Fans in the sellout crowd of
48,271 and players alike bubbled
about unprecedented amenities on
a picture-perfect sunny afternoon.
New Yorks hitters then fizzled and
its bullpen came apart in the formal
debut of the new Yankee Stadium,
a $1.5 billion monument to the
Yankees wealth and power.
Jhonny Peralta broke a 1-1 all
tie in the seventh with a two-run
double off Jose Veras, and Grady
Sizemore hit a grand slam into the
right-field seats off Damaso Marte.
By the time Victor Martinezs
solo homer capped the nine-run
inning, just as the shadow of the
famous frieze was about to creep
past home plate, angry spectators
who paid up to $2,625 list per ticket
taunted the Yankees with chants of,
We want Swisher!
That was a reference to New York
right fielder Nick Swisher, who
pitched a scoreless inning during
a blowout loss at Tampa Bay on
Monday.
Its not how you want to start
a new stadium, but one game is
not going to make the history of
this Yankee Stadium, manager Joe
Girardi said.
Cleveland, whose only Series
titles were won in 1920 and 1948,
enjoyed its accomplishment against
a superpower whose $201 million
payroll dwarfs the $82 million the
Indians spent.
To come in here and do what
we did is something well always
remember, Sizemore said.
On April 18, 1923, Ruth hom-
ered as New York opened the origi-
nal Yankee Stadium with a 4-1 win
over the Boston Red Sox. The ball-
park, built for $2.5 million and con-
sidered grand at the time, quickly
was dubbed The House that Ruth
Built.
The opening of the new house
drew a celebrity-filled crowd that
wasnt happy with the result.
Yankees owner George
Steinbrenner, who has attended few
games since becoming increasingly
frail, watched from his box to the
left of home plate, with baseball
commissioner Bud Selig and devel-
oper Donald Trump.
Current and former New York
City Mayors Michael Bloomberg
and Rudolph Giuliani watched
from the first row to the plate side
of the Yankees dugout in some of
the most expensive seats, while for-
mer Yankees pitcher David Wells
sat in the bleachers. New York
Archbishop Timothy Dolan was on
hand, as was rapper Jay-Z.
They saw the Yankees botch
many chances in the first five
innings, when they stranded 10
runners while going 0-for-7 with
men in scoring position against
Cliff Lee (1-2). The primary cheers
were for Jorge Posada, who hit
the first homerun in the ballparks
history, a fifth-inning drive that
landed in Monument Park behind
center field.
Im going to remember the
homerun, no question about it, but
right now its a little disappointing,
Posada said.
CC Sabathia, pitching in pin-
stripes for the first time since sign-
ing a $161 million, seven-year con-
tract, allowed an RBI double to
Kelly Shoppach in the fourth just
after third baseman Cody Ransom
threw out Peralta at the plate on
Ben Franciscos grounder. Sabathia
left 5 2/3 innings in his first start
against his former team.
This season it seems
like one game were
going right at our op-
ponent and the next
were fat.
LIZ KOCON
Sophomore outfelder We really just need
to work on our men-
tal game, thats what
kills us.
LIZ KOCON
Sophomore outfelder
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