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The temperatures are rising, the
sun is shining and the end of the
semester is nearly in sight. If youve
found yourself with restless behav-
ior in the classroom, with the urge
to clean the house or day dreaming
more than usual, youve probably
caught the bug: spring fever.
It should come as no surprise
that every year when the weather
starts to warm up students seem
less motivated and more relaxed.
Laura Shulkin, a junior from
Deerfield, Ill., said once it gets
warm, she finds herself torn
between going to class and opting
for a more fun option.
When its nice out I would rath-
er be hanging out with my friends
outside, playing some games,
maybe drinking a few beers along
with it, she said.
This newfound, stress-free life-
style is sometimes believed to
negatively affect overall attendance
and grades at the University.
However, Jason Barrett-Fox,
English and womens studies lec-
turer, said his students typically
respond positively to the nicer
weather.
I think students are more peppy
thanks to the sun, Barrett-Fox
said. Usually students seem to do
better in the spring. The sun seems
to help them.
Barrett-Fox also said he didnt
see more absences in the spring
but that it wasnt unusual for Friday
classes to be more empty.
Shane Schauf, a graduate teach-
ing assistant of philosophy, said his
attendance rate goes down in the
spring semester.
Especially if its been a hard
winter Im not surprised to see a
lack of motivation because people
have had cabin fever, he said.
Symptoms of the winter depres-
sion known as Seasonal Affective
Disorder drastically decrease with
the spring season, according to
www.generalmedicine.com. To
replace the feelings of excessive
sleepiness and a lack of energy,
the bodys secretion of melatonin
is lower in the spring when the
body is exposed to sunlight, which
causes more wakefulness.
If students are ditching the
c l a s s r o o m ,
chances are
theyre heading
to Massachusetts
Street among
other local hang
out spots.
S a r a h
Franklin, gen-
eral manager at
Jeffersons, 743
Massachusetts,
said the nice
weather brings people downtown,
which inevitably helps local busi-
nesses. Especially with the way
Lawrence has set up the business
district, the weather brings in more
people because they are walking
from place to place, Franklin said.
I think students tend to get a little
spring fever and theyre wanting to
get out there and enjoy the city.
Shulkin said she
supported Lawrence
businesses more fre-
quently in the spring
months.
I eat out a lot when
its nice out so I can
sit outside, she said.
I tend to walk down
Mass. Street once its
nice out and do a little
shopping.
When the snow
melts away and students feel more
active than they have in months,
its safe to say that spring has begun
and the fever has officially set in.
Edited by Becky Howlett
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students succumb to
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Election violations result in fnes, removal of candidates
BY ANNIE VANgSNES
anniev@kansan.com
Envision presidential candidate
Ross Ringer and vice presidential
candidate Devon Cantwell were
disqualified from the Student
Senate election and KUnited was
fined last week for election code
violations.
Elections Commissioner Jessica
Lewicki, a first-year law student
from Jackson Hole, Wyo., filed the
complaint against the Envision
coalition for not meeting the 5 p.m.
filing deadline March 22 to turn in
500 student signatures.
Ringer said he slid the signatures
under the office
door where the
drop box was a
couple of hours
after the dead-
line.
At 5 we had
the choice of
not turning in
enough signa-
tures or waiting
and getting all 500 and turning
them in to the office, Ringer said.
Lewicki said the hearing board
also questioned the validity of sig-
natures because some signatures
had been repeated multiple times,
photocopied or had other altera-
tions.
Ringer said he kept the original
signatures and turned in photocop-
ies to the commission as a precau-
tion in case the signatures were
lost. He said it might have been
possible to have repeated signatures
only because there were multiple
people out gathering them and the
coalition also collected more than
500 signatures in case there were
repeats.
Ringer said he and Cantwell
were only notified of the complaint
against late signatures and not of
the validity of the signatures before
the hearing Thursday evening.
When we were notified of the
complaint we werent given all the
reasons why they brought the com-
plaint forth, Ringer said. We were
only told one part of it and they
made a decision that was not based
on anything they had previously
told us.
Cantwell said she and Ringer
only had the opportunity to address
the fact that the signatures were late
and not their validity. She said they
received the boards rationale a few
hours after the decision was given
and after the hearing had ended.
Lewicki said the original hear-
ing was called only to address the
late signatures. It wasnt until the
hearing began that the commis-
sion members started questioning
the validity of signatures because
that was the first time they had
the opportunity to look at them,
she said.
They started to look at the sig-
natures and notice discrepancies
and thats what pushed them over
the edge to determine it was an
egregious offense, Lewicki said.
Ringer said he plans to file an
appeal with University Governance
to put his and Cantwells names
back on the ballot.
Lewicki said governance will try
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BY ZACH gETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
A little more than four years
after opening, Joe College, 734
Massachusetts St., will be closing
its doors on Wednesday.
The storefront was littered with
going out of business signs, and
the store was full of customers
looking for $5-to-$10 discounted
shirts.
Kansas Athletics Inc., filed suit
against Joe College, which sells
shirts that look similar to offi-
cially licensed apparel, about six
months after the store opened in
2006. For three years the Athletics
Department and Joe College
battled through the courts and
Joe College was ordered to pay
$127,337 in damages and $667,507
in legal fees.
The Joe College Twitter account
said it would also be halting online
sales. Owner Larry Sinks and his
attorney James Tilly were unavail-
able to comment about the reason
for closing the store.
Edited by Drew Anderson
lAwrence
Joe College holds close-out sale
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Dafodils bloombehind Blake Hall. The sun helps battle the symptoms of seasonal depression.
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Stefanie Rivera, a freshman fromDallas, holds the door for Deede Thompson, a freshman fromAda, Okla., and Lilly Bromann, a freshman from
Chicago, as they exit Joe College Sunday afternoon. After a long legal battle with the University, Joe College is closing its doors for good. Rivera,
Thompson and Bromann said that they understand the reason behind its closing but Bromann voiced a bit of frustration, adding, People love it
so much, so why shut it down?Wednesday, March 31st is the stores fnal day.
greek life
Date auction benefts diabetes
Ringer
BY KIRSTEN KWON
kkwon@kansan.com
The bidding started at $10.
At first, silence cut through the
room. Then
10! 15! 20! 25!..Sold to the girl
in front for 25 dollars!
The girl didnt pay for a piece of
artwork or an antique necklace for
her mother.
She purchased a date with the
money going toward diabetic
research.
The diabetes charity date auc-
tion last night at The Granada
featured the opportunity to win a
night out with members of Alpha
Gamma Delta and Theta Chi.
The sorority and fraternity came
together to support the Juvenile
Diabetic Research Foundation, an
organization thats dedicated to
finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
The Epsilon Beta Chapter of Alpha
Gamma Delta raises money for
diabetic research for their philan-
thropy.
This hasnt been done yet on
campus and its going to be a really
fun event, Rachel Lantis, a junior
I think students
are more peppy
thanks to the sun.
Jason BaRRett-fox
english lecturer
Warm weather
lifts spirits and
raises absences
CONTribuTed PhOTO
Members of Alpha Gamma Delta sit at The Granada during a fundraising event for diabetes.
Members of the sorority and the Theta Chi fraternity were auctioned of for dates to raise
money for diabetic research.
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TUESDAY
March 30
nFrank Lenk, research services director for
Mid-America Regional Council, will present
MARCs Adaptive Growth scenario from 4:30
to 5:30 p.m. in Room 155 of Regnier Hall at
the kU Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivira Rd.
Lenk will discuss job growth in the kansas City
Metro area and what it means for the com-
munity.
WEDNESDAY
March 31
nThe Latin American flm, sin Nombre, will
screen from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 4051 of Wes-
coe Hall as part of the Latin American studies
Film Festival.
nUniversity Theatre will present various
undergraduate student plays from 7:30 to 10
p.m. in the William Inge Memorial Theatre of
Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students, $14
for senior citizens and $15 for general public.
THURSDAY
April 1
FRIDAY
April 2
SATURDAY
April 3
nMid-America Humanities symposium
Downward spirals? Thinking about Crisis
across the Disciplines will take place in the
Malott Room of the kansas Union.
nFree Cosmic bowling will take place for
students at Jaybowl in the kansas Union from
10 p.m. until 1 a.m.
SUNDAY
April 4
nPianist Bradley Petzold will perform from
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the swarthout Recital Hall
in Murphy Hall as part of the kU school of
Musics student Recital series.
nA carillon concert will be held from 5 to 5:30
p.m. at the Campanile. Dr. Elizabeth Berghout
will perform on the 53 bronze bells housed in
the World War II Memorial. The event is free.
nPercussionist Miguel Rivera-Ramirez will perform
from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the swarthout Recital Hall in
Murphy Hall as part of the school of Musics student
Recital series.
nRory stewart, Ryan Family Professor of the Practice
of Human Rights at Harvard University, will present the
lecture Afghanistan: Rhetoric and Reality from 7:30 to
9 p.m. in Woodruf Auditorium of the kansas Union.
nsaxophonist Mary Huntimer will perform from 7:30 to
8:30 p.m. in the swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as
part of the school of Musics student Recital series.
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nComposer Li kai Han Jeremiah will perform
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the swarthout Recital
Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the kU school of
Musics student Recital series.
nPercussionist Tracy Thomas will perform
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 130 of Murphy
Hall as part of the kU school of Musics student
Recital series.
nTaras Bulba, a Russian flm with English
subtitles, will play at Bailey Hall, room 318,
from 7 to 9 p.m. The showing is free.
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PUNXsUTAWNEY, Pa. Police say
they charged a Pennsylvania man with
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trying to resuscitate a long-dead opos-
sum along a highway.
state police trooper Jamie Levier
said several witnesses saw 55-year-old
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Zoo holds celebration
for 50-year-old primate
PHOENIX The Phoenix Zoo is used to
hosting birthday parties, but this one
was a little diferent.
Duchess the orangutan turned 50
on saturday, and the zoo treated her
to gifts, an ice cake flled with fruit
and a rendition of Happy Birthday by
hundreds of zoo visitors.
Her keeper, Bob keesecker, said
Duchess didnt seem too stressed about
the milestone.
I told her it was her birthday today
and she didnt seem to be overly con-
cerned about it, he said. I made sure
her hair looked good before she went
out.
Zoo ofcials say Duchess is the na-
tions oldest captive Bornean orang-
utan, and is now 10 years older than
the 40-year life expectancy of orang-
utans in the wild.
Duchess was just 2 years old when
the zoo opened in 1962 and is one of
only a few remaining original animals.
she has given birth seven times and
lives with one of her daughters, her
daughters mate and their daughter.
saturdays birthday party included
the groundbreaking of a new $4 million
orangutan exhibit that will provide a
more natural environment for Duchess
and her family.
Potentially dangerous
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. A pit bull
mix in Tennessee has been sentenced
to obedience training after his attack
on a local police car.
Winston didnt bite anybody, but
he mauled a Chattanooga police car
in what might have been a confused
attempt to take a bite out of crime. The
persistent pooch managed to tear of a
section of the front bumper and dam-
age the tires.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press
reports that a judge ruled that Winston
had been a very bad dog. He was
sentenced to obedience and canine
good citizen classes, and hell have to
wear a tag that says he is potentially
dangerous.
Charges against his owner will be
dismissed if the classes are completed
successfully.
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BASEL, Switzerland An
armed gang of masked men raided
a casino packed with about 600
guests early Sunday and made off
with hundreds of thousands of dol-
lars, according to Swiss prosecu-
tors.
In a statement, prosecutors in
Basel described a scene like an
action-film heist: About 10 men
dressed in black arrived in two cars
at the Grand Casino near Basel
shortly after 4:00 a.m.
One smashed the front door with
a sledgehammer, and the others ran
inside with machine guns and pis-
tols, the statement said. Speaking
French, a group of men ordered the
guests and employees to the floor,
while their accomplices emptied
registers in the
basement and
an upper floor,
it said.
They couldnt
get into the
strong room,
despite shoot-
ing at the locked
door, prosecu-
tors said.
The crimi-
nals fired a num-
ber of shots, but luckily no one was
hit, said the statement.
It said some guests and one
security guard were lightly injured
from being hit or stepped on, and
that Swiss and French police were
trying to track
down the men.
Swiss police
said the men fled
the casino quickly,
driving away in
two silver Audis
with French license
plates.
A woman who
accidentally drove
between the two
getaway cars and
blocked the casinos exit was pulled
from her vehicle and beaten, police
said. They said it was possible that
the men fired a shot at another car
during their high-speed escape.
The Grand Casino is located
little more than 200 meters from
Switzerlands border with France.
The men made off with several
hundreds of thousands of francs
(dollars), police said.
The incident recalls a brazen raid
March 6 on a poker tournament at
a downtown hotel in Berlin. In
that heist, attackers armed with a
revolver and a machete made off
with 240,000 ($320,000) in jack-
pot money.
German authorities say they
have arrested five suspects.
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from Hays and vice president
of campus relations for Alpha
Gamma Delta, said. Its a very
interactive-based event which
will enhance success.
On Sunday afternoon 200
people had confirmed their
invitation to the event on the
Facebook, 385 said they might
attend.
Fifteen women and 15 men
volunteered to be auctioned off.
The host described the daters
in two words, announced their
celebrity crush and their activ-
ity theyd chosen for their date.
More than 45 people had pallets
and planned to bid. Some of the
dates were sold for $15 while oth-
ers raised as much as $65 for the
cause, like Calen Gerstenberger
a senior from Olathe and mem-
ber of Theta Chi.
I was a little nervous but I
was hoping someone would bid
on me, Gersteberger said. It
was fun.
Gersteberger said he had
not yet met the girl who won
the date with him, but that he
planned to take her on a double
date to a T-bones game. Other
date ideas included dinner at
Salty Iguana, movie dates and
bowling at Jaybowl in the Kansas
Union.
For Kylie Wingate, a sopho-
more from Liberty, Mo., and
member of Alpha Gamma Delta,
the cause hit closer to home.
She was diagnosed with Type 1
diabetes when she was 12 years
old. Its affected her life every
day since.
Its hard because I cant just
leave the house, Wingate said.
I have to make sure I have my
medications and I have to check
my blood sugar often.
Lately Wingate has been hav-
ing complications with her dia-
betes, which causes her to take
four or more insulin shots a
day, one for every time she eats.
Shes been supporting diabetic
research for years and this event
was no exception.
Its nice to see people willing
to support this cause that arent
even family or friends, she said.
Alpha Gamma Delta will con-
tinue to raise money for diabetic
research. Lantis said its a disease
that needs to gain more atten-
tion.
It affects so many people and
its one of those things that goes
under the radar, she said. Two
girls in our sorority have dia-
betes. We will continue to pas-
sionately fundraise for research
and technology because at the
moment there isnt a cure.
Edited by Drew Anderson
auction
(continued from 1a)
to move the appeal along as quickly as pos-
sible; she said she hoped to find out more
information about the appeal hearing today.
Also at the election commission hearing,
KUnited was fined $25 for illegal campaign-
ing in Lewis Hall. The complaint cited two
individuals with the KUnited campaign who
went door-to-door soliciting students to
hang posters. Election code doesnt allow
campaigning in the dorms.
The hearing board decided the action was
a minor offense that would have a minimal
effect on the election.
KUnited presidential candidate Michael
Wade Smith said United Students and
Envision both went to dorms to campaign
last year. He said in the past the restric-
tion of campaigning in dorms was never
enforced and as long as the candidate knew
someone on the floor it was allowed.
It was presented to us this year that that
was no longer the case, Smith said. It has
been corrected.
Edited by Drew Anderson
MINoR offENSE
Ofenses that are often accidentally committed or not com-
mitted with malicious intent and have minimal efect on the
election
Examples:
Filing coalitions or candidates incorrectly
Minor campaign material ofenses (handbilling,
posters, etc.)
SIgNIfIcANT offENSE
Ofenses that could be committed with or without mali-
cious intent, but have an undeniable efect on the election
Examples:
Not following polling regulations: poll locations,
hours of operation, procedures, etc.
Violating campaign expense limits and reporting
SERIoUS offENSE
Ofenses that are committed intentionally
Examples:
Libelous or slanderous statements against an-
other candidate or coalition
Repeated pattern of lesser ofenses
Failure to comply with the elections commission
rulings, including paying fnes
Encouraging an individual to commit an ofense
under the elections code
EgREgIoUS offENSE
Ofenses committed with intent to disrupt the democratic
process and involve egregious misconduct
Examples:
Attempts to infuence the outcome by means of
harassment, intimidation, bribery or fraud
Candidates campaigning to voters while at the poll
election (continued from 1a)
cRIME
Masked men rob casino full of guests
ELEcTIoN offENSES DEfINED
crane moves and
damages building
NEW YORK The op-
erator of a crane that tilted
and hit a 25-story building
near Wall Street, sending
debris plummeting to the
ground and causing several
evacuations, had his license
suspended Sunday because
he didnt secure the crane
properly, a Department of
Buildings spokesman said.
Christopher Cosban
failed to leave the equip-
ment in the safest position
possible at the end of the
workday Saturday, buildings
spokesman Tony Sclafani
said.
While a fnal determina-
tion on the cause of the
accident still has to be
determined, Sclafani said
it appeared the improper
position of the crane con-
tributed.
A search of the Depart-
ment of Buildings Web site
shows Cosban has a license
that dates to April 2002
and expires in April 2012. A
suspended license means
Cosban is prohibited from
operating cranes anywhere
in the city, Sclafani said. Cos-
ban faces an administrative
hearing on the suspension.
Associated Press
NATIoNAL
RELIgIoN
european leaders demand Popes resignation
AssociAted Press
VATICAN CITY Pope
Benedict XVI opened Holy Week
on Sunday amid one of the most
serious crises facing the church in
decades, with protesters in London
demanding he resign and calls in
Switzerland for a central registry
for pedophile priests.
Benedict made no direct men-
tion of the scandal in his Palm
Sunday homily. But one of the
prayers, recited in Portuguese dur-
ing Mass, was for the young and
for those charged with educating
them and protecting them.
Jesus Christ, Benedict said in
his homily, guides the faithful
toward the courage that doesnt
let us be intimidated by the chat-
ting of dominant opinions, towards
patience that supports others.
Palm Sunday commemorates
Christs triumphant entry into
Jerusalem, and is the start of the
churchs Holy Week, which includes
the Good Friday re-enactment of
Christs crucifixion and death and
his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
This year, the most solemn week
on the Catholic Churchs liturgi-
cal calendar has been stained by
a clerical abuse scandal that has
spread across Europe to the popes
native Germany.
In London on Sunday, a few
dozen people gathered outside
Westminster Cathedral to demand
the pope resign. Demonstrators
carried placards saying Pope?
Nope! and Dont Turn a Blind
Eye.
The Archbishop of Westminster
Vincent Nichols insisted the pope
wouldnt and shouldnt quit.
In fact, it is the other way around,
he told BBC television. He is the
one above all else in Rome that has
tackled this thing head on.
In Austria, where several cases
have come out in recent weeks, the
archbishop of Vienna announced
the creation of a church-funded
but clergy-free and independent
commission to look into Austrian
abuse claims.
It will be run by a woman, the
former governor of Styria province,
and is not meant to take the place
of a possible state-run investigative
commission, Cardinal Christoph
Schoenborn told public broadcast-
er ORF on Sunday.
And in
S wi t z e r l a n d ,
Swiss President
Doris Leuthard
told the weekly
SonntagsZeitung
that Switzerland
should consider
creating a cen-
tral registry of
pedophile priests
to prevent them
from coming
into contact with
more children.
Church leaders say about 60
people have reported to be victims
of priest abuse in Switzerland.
It doesnt make any difference
if the perpetrators are from the
secular or spiritual world. Both
violate Swiss law, she said. Its
important that pedophile priests,
like teachers and other guardians,
dont come into contact with
children.
The Vatican has been on the
defensive amid mounting ques-
tions about the
popes handling of
sex abuse cases both
when he was arch-
bishop of Munich
and when he headed
the Vaticans doc-
trinal office, the
Congregation for
the Doctrine of the
Faith.
The former
Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger was
Munich archbishop when a priest
was allowed to resume pastoral
work with children even while
receiving therapy for pedophilia.
He was subsequently convicted of
abusing minors.
It doesnt make
any diference if the
perpetrators are
from the secular or
spiritual world.
DORiS LEuTHARD
President of Switzerland
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Lauren Bowles, a freshman from
Leawood, won this years Intersec-
tion of Faith and Art contest, which
was sponsored by the St. Lawrence
Institute for Faith and Culture.
Bowles piece, titled Eros and
Agape consists of two oil paint-
ings. Te frst painting portrays
a couple kissing, and the second
painting is of an angel looking
down on Earth.
I feel like love is something
that highly involves faith, Bowles
said. Teres the
faith in the love
of God, but in
the love of an-
other person you
also need to have
faith.
For Bowles,
entering the con-
test was a dem-
onstration of her
artistic desire to
step outside of the boundaries of
interpretation.
When youre given a theme, I
really like to try and think about
a non-clich way to interpret it as
something else, Bowles said. I try
to work that into all of my pieces,
no matter what they are. It gives
you a diferent take on it that you
may not have thought to do it ini-
tially.
Leanne Tracy, a sophomore from
St. Louis, coordinated the contest,
which is in its frst year. She said
the group advertised the contest
as separate from the St. Lawrence
Center. Te St. Lawrence Institute
is a part of the St. Lawrence Cen-
ter and desired the separation to
broaden the scope of artists and
pieces submitted.
We wanted to see the results
of stepping out the boundaries,
into the art world and through the
eyes of faith Tracy said. I wanted
people to submit pieces without
worrying about the Catholic
barrier.
As a result, several pieces ex-
pressing diferent forms of faith
were submitted, including a piece
related to the Wiccan faith, as well
as a piece by a student who is seek-
ing religion.
I was really awe-inspired by
the diferent entries, Tracy said.
Tere are beliefs that I didnt know
people had. Culture intersects faith
uniquely for each person. It was
really neat to watch.
Bowles said she is not religious,
but interpreted the theme with a
more abstract meaning of faith.
Her goal was to display the two dif-
ferent types of
love and how
they compare.
Bowles won a
$500 scholar-
ship for her
piece. Te
judges were
three Law-
rence commu-
nity members
who have ex-
perience with
art. Twenty-one pieces were sub-
mitted, and 11 pieces will be dis-
played in the Student Union Ac-
tivities gallery on the fourth foor
of the Kansas Union until Friday.
Father Steve Beseau, director of
the St. Lawrence Institute for Faith
and Culture, said the purpose of
the contest was to promote the en-
counter between the church and
the world of culture and academic
discipline.
Beseau said there was a long
tradition of the intersection of art
and faith, but that this concept has
been recently neglected. He said
this contest was important for stu-
dents in order to foster a relation-
ship between faith and art.
Students are, and will continue
to be, the artists of our culture. We
wanted to allow them to the op-
portunity to create art that would
better interact with the issues of
faith, said Beseau.
Edited by Drew Anderson
Students explore connections in
faith and art in local competition
cAmpUS poLITIcS
NATIoNAL
There are beliefs that I
didnt know people had.
Culture intersects faith
uniquely for each person.
LeANNe tRACY
Contest coordinator
Collin Johnson/KANSAN
Lauren Bowles, a freshman fromLeawood, won the Intersection of Faith and Art contest with the
two paintings that hang behind her. Bowles oil paintings, entitledEros and Agape,represent
the parallel between classical and contemporary faith. The paintings are currently hanging in the
Kansas Union Gallery, which is at the south end of the Unions fourth foor.
ASSOcIAtEd PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO Police
in a northern California town
thought they had an open-and-
shut case when they seized more
than two pounds of marijuana
from a couples home, even though
doctors authorized the pair to use
pot for medical purposes.
San Francisco police thought
the same with a father and son
team they suspected of abusing
the states
m e d i c a l
ma r i j u a na
law by alleg-
edly operat-
ing an illegal
t r af f i cki ng
operation.
But both
cases were
tossed out
along with
many other
marijuana possession cases
in recent weeks because of a
California Supreme Court ruling
that has police, prosecutors and
defense attorneys scrambling to
make sense of a gray legal area:
What is the maximum amount
of cannabis a
medical mar-
ijuana patient
can possess?
No one
can say for
sure how
many dis-
missals and
a c q u i t t a l s
have been prompted by the rul-
ing, but the numbers are stacking
up since the Supreme Court on
Jan. 21 tossed out Patrick Kellys
marijuana possession conviction.
The high court struck down
a seven-year-old state law that
imposed an eight-ounce limit on
the amount of pot medical users
of marijuana could possess. The
court said patients are entitled
to a reasonable amount of the
drug to treat their ailments.
Law enforcement officials say
the ruling has made the murky
legal landscape of marijuana pol-
icy in California even more chal-
lenging to enforce.
Since California voters legal-
ized medical marijuana in 1996,
there has been tension between
local law enforcement officials
and federal authorities, who view
marijuana as absolutely illegal.
That tension is expected to
become even
more pro-
nounced if
the states vot-
ers approve
a November
ballot mea-
sure legalizing
possession of
small amounts
of marijuana.
The way
the law is now
it puts law enforcement between
a rock and a hard place, said
Martin J. Mayer, a lawyer who
represents California State
Sheriff s Association, California
Police Chief s Association
and California Peace Officers
Associ at i on.
The measure,
if it passes, will
make it even
more difficult.
They just dont
like being in
the middle.
Prosecutors
are backing
away from some cases filed before
the court ruling.
Gray is not a good color for
the law, said Shasta County
District Attorney Gerald Benito,
who dismissed a case earlier this
month and is considering drop-
ping several more because of the
ruling. It makes it very difficult
for us to enforce the law I
think everyone is crying out for
a clear line.
Vague pot law
creates confusion
Gray is not a good color
for the law.
GeRALD beNitO
District attorney
Extremist group releases prisoner
ASSOcIAtEd PRESS
SAN DIEGO Issa Salomis
first call home was to his 27-year-
old son Roger. He said memories
of the birth of the oldest of his four
boys and his sons childhood sus-
tained him after he was kidnapped
in Baghdad in January.
A few hours later, the Iraqi-
American contractor called his
wife of 30 years, Muna, and asked
for her homemade tabbouleh
when he arrived home.
The Pentagon said Saturday that
Salomi was back under U.S. mili-
tary control but gave no details on
his disappearance or return. The
family says he is expected to arrive
at Lackland Air Force Base in San
Antonio within a week.
A Shiite extremist group
claimed responsibility for the
Jan. 23 kidnapping and posted a
video online that showed a man
wearing military fatigues, read-
ing a list demands for the release
of militants, the prosecution of
Blackwater guards and an imme-
diate U.S. troop withdrawal.
The group issued a statement
Sunday indicating Salomis release
came in exchange for the release
by the Iraqi government of four of
its members.
Asaib Ahl al-Haq, known in
English as the League of the
Righteous, said the four were freed
in response to our demands fol-
lowing the capture of the American
officer a reference to Salomi,
who was not identified by name.
The statements authenticity
could not be verified but it was
posted on a web site commonly
used by the group.
Iraqi government spokesman
Ali al-Dabbagh said Sunday he had
no information that anyone was
released in return for Salomi.
Muna Salomi, 50, was con-
vinced she would never see her
husband again when she saw the
video. She and his extended family
spoke with him Friday for about
30 minutes.
We love you, we miss you, we
cant wait to see you, she remem-
bers telling him.
The family learned he was safe
Thursday afternoon, but U.S.
authorities asked them not to say
anything publicly until Saturday.
The way the law is now
it puts law enforcement
between a rock and a hard
place.
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INTERNATIoNAL
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Blind students
face of in fencing
Russias president eliminates two of 11 time zones
AssociAted Press
WATERTOWN, Mass. Cory
Kadlik has never let being blind
stop him from golfing, skating,
learning martial arts or riding a
dirt bike. He had his doubts when
it came to fencing.
I never even knew this was
possible, said Kadlik, 19, of
Medway as epees clanged, his
teammates whooped in triumph,
and coaches barked out instruc-
tions in the gym of Perkins School
for the Blind.
Im on Twitter, and I men-
tioned to my followers and
friends that I was going to be in
a fencing tournament and I had
10 replies saying
Blind people can
fence? Really? No
way! Yeah, any-
thing is possible.
Kadlik duels
Monday in whats
being billed as a
first-of-its-kind
match between
students at schools
for the blind
Perkins and The
Carroll Center for
the Blind in nearby Newton.
The match was the brain-
child of Perkins fencing instruc-
tor Cesar Morales, founder of
the International Fencing Club
in suburban Boston and also a
teacher at the Newton school.
Morales said the students got
bored fencing against the same
people week after week and need-
ed outside challenges.
Fencing teaches the balance,
agility, mobility, timing, listen-
ing and navigational skills that
the blind need to make their way
in the sight-oriented world, said
Peggy Balmaseda, a physical edu-
cation teacher at Perkins for 25
years.
This helps with orientation,
said Kadlik, who lives on his own
in an apartment on the Perkins
Watertown campus. When
youre walking along, and you
come to a crosswalk, you need
to stay in a straight line to cross
the street, and learning to stay
straight in fencing reinforces that
feeling.
The Carroll Center has been
teaching fencing to its students
for exactly those reasons since
1954, said vice president Arthur
ONeill. But to his knowledge,
this is the first time there has
been a fencing match with anoth-
er school.
About a half-dozen students
from each school will compete.
Any kind of physical activ-
ity benefits the blind and visu-
ally impaired, said Mark Lucas,
executive direc-
tor of the U.S.
As s o c i a t i o n
of Bl i nd
Athletes based
in Colorado
Springs, Colo.
The organi-
zation oversees
c o mp e t i t i o n
for the blind in
sports including
cycling, swim-
ming, skiing, and
judo, but Lucas said hes never
heard of a fencing tournament
for the blind, perhaps because it
takes so much hand-eye coordi-
nation.
This sounds like a wonderful
opportunity, he said.
Blind and visually impaired
people who participate in sports
tend to be more competitive and
higher achievers, Lucas said.
The unemployment rate for
the blind nationwide is something
like 70 percent, but we surveyed
our members and found that its
more like 30 percent for those
involved with sports, he said.
For the Perkins fencers, fenc-
ing is just plain fun and proves
that the blind can do anything the
sighted can.
AssociAted Press
MOSCOW Russias president
thought the country had too much
time on its hands, so on Sunday
he eliminated two of its 11 time
zones.
The changes mean that Chukotka
Russias eastern extreme, just
across the Bering Strait from
Alaska is now nine hours ahead
of Russias westernmost area, the
Kaliningrad exclave sandwiched
between Lithuania and Poland.
Formerly, there was ten hours dif-
ference.
As well as eliminating the
time zone that previously
covered the Chukotka and
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky regions
in the Pacific Far East, President
Dmitry Medvedev ordered that
Samara and Udmurtia, two regions
in central Russia, should be on the
same time as Moscow.
The changes went into effect
before dawn Sunday when most of
Russia switched to daylight-saving
time. People in the eliminated time
zones didnt move their clocks an
hour ahead.
Medvedev initiated the change
in his state of the nation address
last November, prompting some
criticism that he was addressing
marginal issues at the expense of
the countrys array of problems.
But Medvedev said the change
would help some far-flung regions
have more efficient communica-
tions with the central authorities,
ease travel and even improve the
countrys international position.
Its possible that this could also
aid the strengthening of Russias
position as a link in the global
information infrastructure, he said
at a meeting this month with min-
isters and regional leaders.
But some people in the affected
regions believe Medvedev should
have been doing something else
with his time.
An online petition opposing the
Samara regions change gathered
nearly 13,000 signatures. It acidly
dismissed the argument that the
move would make travel easier.
Trips take place to many regions
of the country and world where
time, you understand, far from
always corresponds with Moscow,
the text said. It also complained
that moving Samara to a new time
zone would make it a disorient-
ing two hours behind its eastern
neighbors and that sunset would be
painfully early in the winter.
In the winter, darkness will
come almost at lunchtime, which
isnt convenient and is psychologi-
cally quite hard, the petition said.
But more manipulation of time
zones appears likely.
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way! Yeah, any-
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K-State falls to an underdog
while Butler shows its strength
AssociAted Press
SALT LAKE CITY Every day
they walk into practice, they also
walk onto a movie set the one
where they filmed the story about
the little team that gets its big
chance and lives out the unthink-
able dream.
Thats the story of Hoosiers.
Thats also the
story of Butler
the team thats reminding
everyone that big schools with big
money dont have a monopoly on
everything in big-time sports.
Yes, the boys from Butler did it
getting 22 points from Gordon
Hayward to defeat Kansas State
63-56 in the West Regional final
Saturday and advance to the Final
Four.
Next, the Bulldogs take their
24-game winning streak to
downtown Indy. Though only
five miles from the Butler
campus, its hard to think of
many programs that have
taken a longer, more unlikely
road to get this close to a
championship.
Itd be just as cool if we
moved it to Hinkle, Butler
coach Brad Stevens said of
his teams fieldhouse. Id be all
for that.
No such luck. Still, the fifth-
seeded Bulldogs (32-4) are writing
their own underdog story, even if
they cant really be called under-
dogs anymore.
Shelvin Mack scored 16 and
Ronald Nored and Willie Veasley
keyed an in-your-face defensive
effort on K-State guards Jacob
Pullen and Denis Clemente to
help Butler become the first school
from a true, mid-major confer-
ence to make the Final Four since
George Mason in 2006 a trip
that also ended in Indianapolis.
This is probably the coolest
thing thats ever happened in my
life, Nored said.
Trailing almost the entire game,
No. 2 Kansas State (29-8) rallied
to tie it at 54 with 3:09 remaining.
But Butler didnt fold, it only
got better. The Bulldogs scored
the next nine points to seal the
game before Pullens shot at the
buzzer dropped but offered no
consolation.
It was a great experience, but
it hurts that it had to end today,
Pullen said.
AssociAted Press
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Country
roads, take me home.
Or better yet, Indianapolis.
Its almost heaven, West
Virginia. DaSean Butler and the
Mountaineers are off to the Final
Four for the first time since 1959.
Joe Mazzulla scored a career-
high 17 points in his first start this
season and West Virginia handled
a cold-shooting Kentucky team
stocked with future NBA players
almost from the opening tip for a
73-66 victory in the East Regional
final Saturday night.
Its something weve been
preaching, Butler said. Not even
just two more. Ever since we won
our first game. Five more, four
more, three more. It doesnt mean
anything unless you win the whole
thing.
Mountaineers coach Bob
Huggins, back with his alma
mater, is in the Final Four for the
first time since taking Cincinnati
in 1992. Its an even longer stretch
for West Virginia Jerry West
was the star of the team 51 years
ago, and not yet a Hall of Famer
or NBA logo.
The first day I was here, I told
them I came back to win a nation-
al championship, Huggins said. I
came back to win it for the univer-
sity, having played there, and for
the great people of our state.
Its been a turbulent time for
Huggins since his previous Final
Four appearance. He was forced
out at Cincinnati, had a heart
attack in 2002 and spent a
year coaching Kansas State
before he found the country
roads back to Morgantown
in 2007.
I told all guys I recruited,
we want to win a national
championship, he said. We
need you to be a piece of what
we want to do.
Kentucky missed all eight
threes in the first half and out-
rebounded WVU 29-13. But the
Mountaineers had only three
turnovers after averaging 11.9 per
game this season.
Mazzulla made five of 11 shots
before fouling out late in the game,
but all of them were clutch.
Now, Mountaineers fans will
be singing Take me home,
country roads, all the way to
Indianapolis.
AssociAted Press
ST. LOUIS The fifth-seeded
Spartans are on their way to their
second straight Final Four and
sixth in 12 years after Raymar
Morgans free throw with less
than two seconds left lifted
Michigan State to a 70-69 victory
over Tennessee in the Midwest
Regional final Sunday.
There is nothing greater than
going to a Final Four that I know
of, Izzo said, except winning it.
No team in the country not
North Carolina, not Kansas, not
UCLA, not Kentucky has been
better during the Spartans run.
And all six of those trips have come
under Izzo, the hard-nosed coach
who preaches defense, rebound-
ing, defense, physical play, and
have we mentioned defense?
AssociAted Press
HOUSTON Duke is back in
the Final Four, ending an unusu-
ally long absence for coach Mike
Krzyzewskis team and keeping
No. 1 seeds from being shut out of
the title chase.
Nolan Smith scored 29 points
and the Blue Devils returned to
college basketballs big event for
the first time in six years by beat-
ing Baylor 78-71 on Sunday in the
South Regional final, halting the
Bears charming run to college
basketball redemption.
Jon Scheyer added 20 points
for Duke (33-5), which became
the only No. 1 seed to advance to
Indianapolis and earned its 11th
Final Four trip under Krzyzewski.
In the national semifinals for
the first time since 2004, the Blue
Devils will play East Regional
champion West Virginia on
Saturday night. They have won
11 of their last 12 regional finals
under Krzyzewski, but havent
won a national title since 2001.
We played against a great
team, Krzyzewski said. It was
such a well-played game, and we
were fortunate to win.
Smith and Scheyer helped the
Blue Devils offset a poor game
from junior forward Kyle Singler,
who was 0 for 10 from the field
and made only five free throws.
It was the first time in his college
career he failed to hit a field goal.
LaceDarius Dunn had 22
points and Ekpe Udoh scored 18
for the Bears (28-8), whose pro-
gram was in shambles when coach
Scott Drew took over in the wake
of murder and scandal less than
seven years ago.
Drew took the Bears from tat-
ters to the cusp of their first Final
Four appearance in 60 years.
After tying the game for the
12th time on a free throw with
3:36 left, Smith missed his sec-
ond attempt. But Lance Thomas
grabbed one of his nine rebounds
and quickly passed the ball right
back to Smith, who hit a 3-pointer
from the right wing to put Duke
up 64-61.
I just wanted to make the
plays, said Thomas, one of three
Duke seniors. My teammates
know I can make them. I made
it and I just got the ball to our
shooters.
Scheyer, another senior, then
extended the lead to six with his
fifth 3-pointer.
Tweety Carter and Quincy Acy
had 12 points each for Baylor at
Reliant Stadium, where most of
the crowd of 47,492 was dressed in
the green and gold of the Bears.
The long-range shots were the
best for Duke against Baylors
tenacious zone defense featuring
a combination of a 7-footer and a
pair of 6-10 players.
The Blue Devils made 11 of 23
3-pointers (48 percent) and
shot only 11 of 38 from inside
the arc.
With Baylor desperately try-
ing to get the ball back after a
turnover by Carter, there was a
scuffle by the sideline following
a whistle and Acy was called for
a technical foul. Scheyer hit both
free throws, pushing the lead to 10
with 1:19 left.
The fairy-tale ending wasnt
meant to be for the Bears at
least this year.
West Virginia overpowers
star-studded Kentucky team
Spartans go to second
consecutive Final Four
No. 1 Duke edges Baylor,
emerges as only top seed lef
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No. 1 Kentucky 66
No. 5 Butler 63
No. 2 Kansas State 56
No. 1 Duke 78
No. 3 Baylor 71
No. 5 Michigan State 70
No. 6 Tennessee 69
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A business education thats not business as usual.
Senior second baseman Robby Price
The lone senior starter teed of on Baylor
pitching all weekend to lead Kansas ofensive at-
tack. Price went 6-for-13 with two walks, fve runs
scored, and nine RBI including a career-high six
RBI performance on Sunday. He was also sharp
at second base, where he has been a vacuum on
the year with only one error in 109 chances.
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Hats of to
Stat of the weekend
Kansas bullpen
Freshman Tanner Poppe threw three and a
third scoreless innings and junior closer Brett
Bochy tossed six scoreless frames to headline the
tremendous efort from the bullpen on Sunday.
Sophomore Colton Murray and senior Wally Mar-
ciel also chipped in to round out the 11 scoreless
innings thrown by the Jayhawk relievers.
That might be the greatest performance by
one of my bullpens in my entire coaching career,
coach Price said after Sundays efort.
Even with all the runs scored, Kansas
had many chances to plate many more.
The Jayhawks stranded 32 total run-
ners on base in the series.
32
Series to remember
Price
Walz
BaseBall ReWIND
Kansas vs. BaYLOR
Series to forget
Kansas starting pitchers
In the three ballgames, the three Jayhawk
starters allowed 19 total runs. Thats not going to
get it done in the Big 12. Walz was able to recover
from a rough inning and give Kansas a shot to
win, but both Selik and Bollman were inefective
in their short outings; each was unable to make it
through four innings.
In perspective Series notes
Twenty-nine runs on 42 hits in the series is evidence enough that
the Jayhawks have little issue swinging the bats. But without solid
pitching to support the ofense, victories will be tough to earn for
Kansas. Averaging over eight runs per contest is a great statistic,
but it means nothing if the Jayhawks cant limit the opposition
from the mound. With all three starters failing to produce a quality
start, the bullpen was taxed heavily and did an admirable job in
relief. But the Jayhawks cant expect their ofense to carry the load
every game; the starting pitching needs to improve.
Hot from the nine-spot
Junior shortstop Brandon Macias continued his torrid pace at the
plate, collecting fve hits in the series to boost his average to .260.
Macias had been mired in a slump to begin the season, but is in the
middle of a seven-game hitting streak in which hes gone 10-for-24
with six RBI and three runs scored.
Setting the table
Junior outfelder Casey Lytle has excelled in his role as Kansas
lead-of batter, reaching base at a gaudy .513 clip when he leads of an
inning. On the whole Lytle has been a steady ofensive force out of the
top slot in the lineup, hitting .318 with six steals and 25 runs scored.
Just a little blood
The Jayhawks received a scare when junior third baseman left the
game in the second inning on Sunday. But it wasnt an injury to his left
knee that caused him to miss the frst month of the season, nor was it a
new ailment. Thompson sufered a severe bloody nose, a minor condi-
tion that has plagued him since childhood. Hes expected to be back in
the lineup on Tuesday.
Andrew HAmmond
ahammond@kansan.com
Entering the Baylor series, talk
focused on Tony Thompsons
return to the lineup. But
Thompsons return was overshad-
owed by Brett Bochy in a matter
of eight innings.
Bochy needed to be at his
best in order for the Jayhawks
to grab a 12-6 victory Sunday in
14 innings. After Kansas tied the
game at six in the bottom of the
ninth inning, Bochy entered the
game anticipating only one or two
innings of work.
Instead, Bochy, Kansas closer,
turned in six hit-less innings.
I figured I would only be pitch-
ing one or two innings but then I
knew I would have to get the win
for us, Bochy said.
Bochy has been
solid all season,
especially in the
last few weeks. He
entered this week-
ends series with a
0.66 ERA, one win
and three saves to
lead the team.
His stellar week-
end against the
Bears started Friday
with Bochy heading
into the game in the 8th inning
and the Jayhawks nursing a two-
run lead. When the last out was
recorded, Bochy had pitched
two innings, given up one run,
two hits while
r e c o r d i n g
three strike-
outs.
Really my
goal was to just
go in there and
throw strikes
and help pro-
tect the lead,
Bochy said.
On Sunday
he was at his
best late in the
game. Against a high-powered
Bears offense, Bochy appeared
to get stronger as the game went
on. He faced the minimum three
batters in each inning.
Because of that, Bochy picked
up his second victory of the sea-
son. With Baylor attempting to
take two out of three games from
the Jayhawks this season, Bochy
struck out four and allowed zero
hits.
It was a difference for us to
win today, Bochy said. Wither
we go back home 2-1 or 1-2 in
conference. I would rather have
the first one.
Edited by Jesse Rangel
one-third innings of shutout ball.
I couldnt be more pleased with
his performance, coach Price said.
He set the tone for the rest of the
bullpen.
While Poppe was busy shutting
down the Bears from the mound,
the Jayhawks were preparing for a
third comeback in as many days.
Junior shortstop Brandon Macias,
who had two hits on the after-
noon, said after Kansas previous
two rallies he and his teammates
expected to do it again.
I feel like we knew we were
going to come back, Macias said.
Senior second baseman Robby
Price tied the score in the sixth
with a clutch two-out, two RBI
single to tie the score 6-6.
With the game still tied in the
ninth, coach Price handed the ball
to his closer, junior Brett Bochy.
Because the Jayhawk relievers
had been forced to work more
than usual due to the ineffective
starting pitching, Price said he
was unsure of how long hed have
Bochy available for.
We really didnt know if we
could get more than two innings
out of him today, coach Price
said.
Kansas closer was perfect,
throwing the final six innings
without allowing a base runner.
Bochy made quick work of the
Baylor batters, which Price said
was why he was able to keep him
in the game.
He did a really good job mini-
mizing the amount of pitches he
threw per hitter, Price said.
But the offense which had been
so prolific over the weekend still
had to reappear for Kansas to eke
out a victory. And when it did, it
again came with a flourish.
After being held in check since
Prices single in the sixth, the
Jayhawks teed off for six runs in
the top half of the 14th to break
the game open and all but seal the
victory.
Bochy trotted back out in the
bottom half of the inning and
retired the Bears to earn his sec-
ond win of the season.
Kansas gutted out the 14-inning
marathon, which Robby Price said
provided a huge boost in confi-
dence for the club.
Obviously it turned out
alright, Robby Price said. So
well take it.
Macias agreed, saying the road
victories over the Bears will pro-
vide the Jayhawks with momen-
tum.
Hopefully we can just keep
rolling and everything will fall
into place, Macias said.
Edited by Becky Howlett
BaseBall (continued from 1B)
I fgured I would only
be pitching one or
two innings but then I
knew I would have to
get the win for us.
BRETT BOCHY
Junior relief pitcher
NBA
Portland improves
standing with win
OKLAHOMA CITY Andre
Miller scored 26 points, Brandon
Roy added 20 and the Portland
Trail Blazers beat Oklahoma
City 92-87 on Sunday night to
move into a tie with the Thunder
for sixth place in the Western
Conference.
Oklahoma City trailed by
as many as nine in the fourth
quarter but had a chance to
tie in the fnal seconds. Kevin
Durants 3-pointer with about 7
seconds left came up short of
the front rim, and Miller hit two
free throws with 4.6 remaining
to ice it.
The Blazers have won 11
of their last 13 games to
strengthen their position in the
West playof race. Portland can
clinch a spot in the postseason
with three wins in its last eight
games.
Durant fnished with 29
points for Oklahoma City, which
was coming of an impressive
blowout win against the West-
leading Los Angeles Lakers only
two nights earlier.
The Thunder charged back
to tie it at 84 following Serge
Ibakas two-handed, alley-oop
dunk with 3:55 to play. After a
Portland timeout, Roy got fouled
and hit two free throws, then
Marcus Camby came away with
a steal against Russell Westbrook
and hit two foul shots of his
own.
Durant, who had hit 97 of his
last 100 free throws entering
the game, had a rare miss with
2:57 to play and missed all three
of his feld goal attempts in the
fourth quarter including a
pair of 3-pointers in the fnal 2
minutes.
The Thunder need only four
wins in their last 10 games to
sew up a playof spot.
Portland improved to 14-3
in the second game of back-
to-back sets this season and
has won its last eight in a row,
dating to a loss on Jan. 5 against
Memphis.
Associated Press
Bochy pitches eight scoreless innings in victory
Poppe
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