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science background because the curriculum cant be simplified to make challenging programs easier, said Alice Bean, professor of physics. Science and math are not things that you can do for two hours a week, Bean said. Its not like we can limit the number of credit hours because we want to get more scientists out so we want to make it easier. I personally dont want to drive over a bridge designed by somebody who doesnt have the training. One of the solutions suggested by PCAST has already been adopted by some professors; making classes more interactive and less dependent lectures. Doing science is a better way of learning science, Case said. Thats a huge shift for us in undergraduate education. But Bean said that making classes more hands-on is not an automatic way to interest students. In physics classes for engineering majors students are now asked to complete problems in class so a professor can help, but many dont like being forced to work in what they expect to be a lecture. What were finding is that its hard to retrain students from being passive learners to being active learners, Bean said. Attracting and retaining more students in STEM fields also might require something the PCAST recommendations didnt mention: a change in the way people think about math and sciences worth. If we want to increase the number of science and math students, we have to start as a society appreciating the fact that the development of medical devices, the internet and all of the devices that we take for granted were made by engineers and scientists, Bean said. Edited by Max Rothman

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kcipolla@kansan.com Colleges across the country are struggling to produce graduates from science and math based programs and the University of Kansas is no exception. Its a problem the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) addressed last week when it issued recommendations on how universities can get and keep more students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The recommendations included making introductory courses more interactive, helping new students improve STEM skills and recruiting more non-traditional students. Steven Case, co-director of UKanTeach, a program for education majors who want to teach secondary math and science, agreed with the recommendations and said the University has already been working to improve math and science education and is getting good results. The Universitys Center for Science Education works with K-12 students to improve their math and science skills because one of the major problems facing universities is teaching incoming students who dont come to college with basic math and science skills, Case said. One of those students was Abigail Anderson, a senior from Nashville, Tenn., who struggled with her two required math classes as a freshman. She said being a freshman and new to campus was already confusing without having to take a lecturebased class on a subject she already felt behind in. I didnt get any one-on-one help, Anderson said. It seemed like teachers were just kind of weeding people out. This issue becomes particularly difficult for students who hope to major in a STEM subject but dont have a strong math or

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Students have a way to save money this tax season: by properly filing their taxes with the help of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. VITA is a national program aimed at providing income tax assistance to lower income individuals, people whose annual income is less than $49,000 can attend sessions to file their taxes with the help of volunteers from law and business students. Most students annual income is lower than $49,000, which makes them eligible for tax refund. A lot of people have too much money withheld during the year, so filing their income tax return helps them get the excess that they paid as a refund, said Michael Keenan, a second year law student from Chicago and co-coordinator of the sessions. From Feb. 13 to April 16, people can attend sessions Monday through Saturday for a few hours each. Rakeisha Cushinberry, a junior from Hutchinson, found the services helpful during the session held Wednesday. Its fast and its free, she said. It helps a lot. Cushinberry met other tax consultants that took several hours to file, Cushinberry found the half an hour she spent with her volunteer student filer, Matthew Namee, a second law student from Lawrence, convenient. On a student budget, Cushinberry also appreciates that the service is free. Students wanting to file should make sure they bring their W2s, records of extra income they may have earned during 2011, their social security number, and a

Rakeisha Cushinberry (right), a junior from Hutchinson, gets help from michael Keenan (left), a second year law student from Chicago, and matthew Namee (center), a second year law student from Lawrence, in filing her taxes at green Hall. Students can come to help receive tax advice from the law students on different days during the next three weeks. The system benefits the law students in being able to gain experience with helping people with their taxes while undergraduates recieve free advice. bank account number according to Namee. Its in the best interest to provide the most accurate information because its the law, Namee said. The more information students provide, the more likely it is they will also increase their tax refund, he said. Filing also means that students have one less step in applying for financial aid through FAFSA, which is due March 1. I depend on my financial aid, Cushinberry said. Without it, I would not be able to further my education. The sooner I get this done, the sooner I can file my financial aid and enroll. Edited by Tanvi Nimkar

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Monday: 6-8:45 p.m., green Hall, Computer Lab 306D, Third Floor Library, 1535 W. 15th St. tuesday: 1-3:30 p.m., Penn House, 1035 Pennsylvania St. wednesday: 3-5:30 p.m., green Hall, Computer Lab 306D, Third Floor Library, 1535 W. 15th St. thursday: 3-4:45 p.m., Ballard Center, 708 Elm St.; and 5-6:30 p.m., Lawrence Housing Authority, 1600 Haskell Ave. #187 saturday: 10-11:45 a.m., green Hall, Computer Lab 306D, Third Floor Library, 1535 W. 15th St. Sessions will not be held Feb. 25 or march 17-24. Source: news.ku.edu

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Alex Roschitz, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., and Julie miller, a senior from Hutchinson, act out a scene from Tennessee Williams one-act play Auto-da-fe, directed by Jacci Lufkin. The Undergraduate Projects, which will also include the semester premiere of musical Theatre for Kansas, will run tonight and Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. at William Inge memorial Theartre in murphy Hall.

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HI: 47 LO: 26

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Thursday, Feb. 16
what: Mock interviews with business employers wheRe: Room 125, Summerfield Hall wheN: All day aboUt: Sign up for a time with KU Career Connections and practice your interview skills. what: Lecture: A Military History of the Cold War wheRe: Dole Institute of Politics wheN: 3 p.m. aboUt: The Dole Institute presents another part of its Leavenworth Series about the United States tactics in the Cold War. what: Undergraduate Projects: Black Box wheRe: Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall wheN: 7:30 p.m. aboUt: Undergraduate theater-directing students present their one-act projects; tickets are $10 for students.

Friday, Feb. 17
what: Lecture: Special Education in Singapore wheRe: Room 247, JRP Hall wheN: 12 p.m. aboUt: A look at the differences between the education systems in the U.S. and Singapore. what: Concert: Graduate Honors Recital wheRe: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall wheN: 7:30 p.m. aboUt: School of Music students perform in an honors concert. what: Lecture: Our Dangerous Universe wheRe: Room 2001, Malott Hall wheN: 7:30 p.m. aboUt: Washburn University physics and astronomy professor Brian Thomas talks about the wonders of the unknown.

Saturday, Feb. 18
what: Concert: Matt Haimovitz and Christopher ORiley wheRe: Lied Center wheN: 7:30 p.m. aboUt: Celloist Haimovitz and pianist ORiley perform your favorites; vote for what you want them to play at lied. ku.edu. what: Campus Movie Series: Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 wheRe: Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union wheN: 8 p.m. aboUt: Watch the movie Twilight. what: Cosmic Bowling wheRe: Jaybowl, Kansas Union wheN: 10 p.m. aboUt: Come out and check out some free blacklight bowling with SUA.

Sunday, Feb. 19
what: International Film and Food Festival wheRe: Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union wheN: 1 p.m. aboUt: SUA hosts the fourth annual festival and competition, and students can submit films themselves; admission is free for students. what: Habitat for Humanity MusicFest wheRe: First Baptist Church, Lawrence wheN: 6:30 p.m. aboUt: Local choirs perform for the benefit followed by a reception at 6:45 p.m. what: Concert: Faculty Virtuosi Series wheRe: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall wheN: 7:30 p.m. aboUt: School of Music faculty perform; admission is free.

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A 24-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday at 5:03 a.m. on the 1500 block of west Ninth Street on suspicion of criminal damage to property less than $1,000. Bond was set at $200.
arrested Wednesday at 3:50 a.m. on the 300 block of Maine Street on suspicion of criminal trespassing. Bond was set at $100.

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TIOGA, N.D. Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has been spending plenty of time in oil country lately, prospecting for GOP votes and money. He tromped through an oil field in the frigid northwest corner of booming North Dakota on Wednesday to tell local industry and government officials he wanted to learn about what youre doing here and what we can do not to screw it up. In the past week, Santorum also hit themes of peeling back regulations in Oklahoma and Texas, where newly built high-rise office towers with energy company logos are a testament to a strong sector of the economy. The energy money that flows to political campaigns is up for grabs this go around, which could help explain Santorums recent focus. In all three fuel-rich states, the GOP contender spoke industry language meant to forge a common bond with his hosts. He quizzed audiences on where the nations first oil well was drilled before quickly

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BOSTON The debate over the line between religious freedom and federal health care mandates has made its way into Massachusetts closely watched U.S. Senate race, with Republican Sen. Scott Brown accusing his chief Democratic rival of wanting to dictate to religious people about what they should believe. Consumer advocate and Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren has responded by criticizing Brown for signing on to a Republican-backed bill that would allow employers and health care plans to deny coverage for any service they say violates their moral or religious beliefs. This is a completely new attack that threatens everyones health care, Warren said Wednesday. This bill would allow any employer or insurance company to refuse to cover anyone for anything. Brown, however, said Warren is trying to stifle religious liberties by supporting a proposal from President Barack Obama that would allow workers at religious affiliated institutions to get free contraception directly from insurers. Now, it is Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren who has assumed the mantle of oppressor, Brown said in a statement. She and her allies on the left are dictating to Catholics and other people of faith that they must do as they are told when it comes to health care or face the consequences. Brown has intensified his criticism of Warren by invoking the memory of the late Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Catholic who held the same Senate seat for nearly a half-century before his death from brain cancer in 2009.

A 36-year-old Lawrence man was

A 37-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday at 2:30 a.m. on the 1000 block of west 26th Street on suspicion of battery. Bond was not set. A 19-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday at 12:58 a.m. on the 300 block of Maine Street and charged with aggravated escape from custody. Bond was not set. A 32-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Tuesday at 11:46 p.m. on the 3000 block of Iowa Street on suspicion of domestic battery. Bond was not set. A 23-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 1 p.m. on the 2500 block of Crestline Place on suspicion of aggravated assault and criminal damage to property less than $1,000. Bond was not set. The office of public safety reported someone masturbating in a vehicle when the victim walked by Sunday at 7:54 p.m. in parking lot 111, which is located near Corbin and GSP Residence Halls. No arrest was made.
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answering with Titusville, Pa., the former senators home state. I dont own any oil wells yet. Maybe one of these days I will. I hope to, he joked to one crowd. Santorum has voiced support for environmentally risky hydraulic fracking practices, the on-hold Keystone pipeline and oil exploration in Alaskas wilderness. He says a Santorum administration would quickly reverse regulations imposed by Democratic President Barack Obama that he thinks are stifling energy development or creating too much uncertainty for investors.

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on fishermen protesting fuel price increases Wednesday, killing one person and wounding three, a witness and a doctor said. Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said police used tear gas to disperse an unlawful mob but refused to comment on whether police fired guns at the protesters. Thousands of fishermen were walking in a protest march near the fishing town of Chilaw and clashed with police, who later opened fire at them, said local journalist Jude Samantha who was at the scene in the town 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of the capital, Colombo. Police tried to block the protesters from entering the Chilaw town and in turn protesters started hurling stones at the police, Samantha said. Police used tear gas and then opened fire. Dr. Dinusha Jayasinghe said one dead person and three with gunshot wounds were brought to the town hospital. She said one persons condition is critical. Protests have swept across Sri Lanka after the government increased fuel prices Saturday night.

Record-breaking cold snap kills 600 in Eastern Europe

bUchARESt, Romania More than 600 people have died during a record-breaking cold snap in Eastern Europe, authorities said Wednesday, as officials in the Czech Republic blamed two massive car crashes on blinding snow. Since the end of January, the region has been pummeled by the deep freeze, which has brought the heaviest blizzards in recent memory. Tens of thousands have been trapped in often-freezing homes and villages by walls of snow and unpassable roads, and officials have struggled to reach out to the vulnerable with emergency food airlifts. Authorities in Russia and Ukraine alone reported Wednesday that more than 300 people have died in the bitter cold.
About 100 damaged cars blocked a major highway in the Czech Republic connecting the capital, Prague, with the eastern part of the country and Slovakia. Seven people were injured in two separate accidents, authorities said, warning it could be hours before the mangled vehicles are cleared. Authorities in Russia said 205 people have died this year in the frigid cold, while Ukraine has had 112 cold fatalities and Poland had 107. Seven people have died in Romania in the past 24 hours, bringing the total there to 86 deaths. In hard-hit Romania, some 23,000 people remain isolated in 225 eastern communities where more than one week of heavy snow has blocked roads and wreaked havoc on the rail network.

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Members of Sri Lankas Peoples Liberation Front brave police water cannons during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 15. A wave of protests have swept across the country after the government increased fuel prices from Saturday night.

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Separately on Wednesday, police used tear gas and water cannons to stop hundreds of opposition Marxist party activists who tried to march to the center of Colombo to protest fuel prices.

Honduran prison inmate lights own bed on fire, kills 356

tEGUcIGALPA, honduras A fire started by an inmate tore through an aging and severely overcrowded Honduran prison, burning and suffocating inmates in their locked cells and killing as many as 356 people in one of the worlds deadliest prison fires in a century, authorities said Wednesday. The local governor, a former prison employee, told reporters that an inmate called her moments before the fire and said he was going to set the 1940s-era facility on fire and kill everyone inside. Survivors told investigators that an unidentified inmate screamed We will all die here! as he lit fire to his bedding late Tuesday night in the prison in the central town of Comayagua. The blaze spread within minutes, killing about 100 inmates in their cells as firefighters struggled to find officials who had keys, Comayagua fire department spokesman Josue Garcia said. We couldnt get them out because we didnt have the keys and couldnt find the guards who had them, Garcia said. Six drowned after trying to seek refuge in a water tank

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Nuclear safety chief apologizes for outdated regulations

toKYo Japans nuclear safety chief said Wednesday the countrys regulations are flawed, outdated and below global standards, and he apologized for their failure when a tsunami crippled one plant last year. Haruki Madarame admitted Japanese safety requirements such as for tsunami and power losses were too loose and many officials have looked the other way and tried to avoid changes. I must admit that the nuclear safety guidelines that we have issued until now have various flaws, he said. Weve even said that we dont need to consider risks for massive tsunamis and lengthy power outages. The March 11 earthquake and tsunami knocked out
power and cooling systems at the plant, sending its three reactors into meltdowns and causing massive radiation leaks. More than 100,000 people around the plant relocated due to fears of radiation impact on their health. Madarame said officials have never taken seriously the impact of power outages, assuming that the likelihood of hours-long blackouts in high-tech Japan would be low. He said they thought keeping backup generators would be enough, and never thought of the risk of placing them in the basement the area most prone to seawater damage from tsunami. The destruction of the generators at Fukushima Dai-ichi left no method available to cool the reactor cores.

Soldiers run during clashes with the relatives of inmates after a deadly prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of the capital, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, early Wednesday Feb. 15. At least 300 inmates were killed and 21 are injured, according to authorities.

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inside the prison. Other prisoners were set free by guards but died from the flames or smoke as they tried to flee into the fields surrounding the facility, where prisoners grow corn and beans on a state-run farm for sale in the neighboring town.

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Ron Paul video alters war views for veteran

Army veteran David Conway first heard about Ron Paul in 2009, after an improvised explosive device abruptly ended his second tour in Iraq that July. Conway spent the next six months recovering from a broken right leg, a severed tendon in his left ankle and shrapnel wounds across his body. Bedridden and disillusioned with the war, he spent most of his time browsing the Internet and watching YouTube videos. I felt like I had certain beliefs about the war but I never really expressed them, said Conway, whos now a freshman at the University of Kansas. As a solider I was expected to support it. That all changed when Conway came across a video clip of Paul. He was soon obsessed with the libertarian philosophies championed by the U.S representative from Texas, connecting most with his anti-war beliefs. Conway estimates he has since watched more than 200 videos of Paul, one of the four remaining Republican presidential candidates. It became addicting, he said. I realized there was this whole movement behind Ron Paul, and I wanted to become a part of it. Pauls grassroots movement led by an army of college-aged volunteers has helped him sweep the GOP youth vote in the first four of five primaries and caucuses. Florida was the only state where 18- to 29-year-old voters didnt favored the 76-yearold Paul, according to entrance and exit polls. Polls werent taken for the most recent contests in Missouri, Colorado, Minnesota and Maine. Under Conways leadership here in Kansas, the KU chapter of Youth for Ron Paul has recruited 1,649 supporters more than any other school in the county. About a dozen students attend the chapters weekly meeting in a small room in the Kansas Union. Conway, the chapters president, has become one of Pauls most fervent supporters in Kansas. He and four of his friends drove to Iowa during winter break to volunteer for Pauls campaign leading up to the states caucus. With help from hundreds of like-minded students, Paul won 21.4 percent of the vote and came in a close third. Edward King, Pauls national youth director, said young people have since become a vital component of the campaign. Youth for Ron Paul has organized more than 525 chapters and registered nearly 29,000 people, 4,000 more than it did in 2008. And the campaign is just getting started, King said. We expect it to grow even more as the momentum builds. of millennials believe the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction. But that doesnt mean candidates can afford to ignore them. Its the biggest generation weve ever seen in America and the biggest generation in the world, said Trey Grayson, director of the institute. Those campaigns that dont adapt to what the millennial generation wants to see in candidates are going to have a hard time winning. After Barack Obama won 66 percent of the youth vote in 2008, his popularity with millennials has steadily waned from 60 percent last February to 48 percent today, according to the Harvard survey. Many of Pauls young backers are ex-Obama supporters. Others identify themselves as libertarians in the traditional sense: fiscally conservative and socially liberal. And some are single-issue voters whove attached themselves to one of Pauls radical platforms, such as legalizing drugs or abolishing the Federal Reserve. Together they say theyve found hope in Pauls ideological consistency and political authenticity. Even if Ron Paul doesnt win, hes going to make dramatic change in the political system, Conway said. Hes building a movement. Hes not just running for president. By Michael Holtz michael@politicalfiber.com

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At a time when voter enthusiasm for Republican candidates remains lackluster, Pauls rivals could learn a lot from his success with young people, said Peter Levine, the director of Tufts Universitys Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. His ability to connect with college-aged voters is no small achievement for a candidate many pundits have written off as the GOPs eccentric uncle. If you can organize a small, coherent, passionate sub-culture, you can have a big impact, Levine said. You can change the public discourse if youre skillful at asserting yourself in that kind of way. Pauls popularity with young people may be most evident online. Kansas for Ron Paul 2012, his Facebook page for the state, boasts nearly 900 likes. No other candidate has more than 350. That so many young people are rallying around Pauls antiestablishment rhetoric says much about a generation jaded by a fractured political system and a dismal economy. A survey by Harvard Universitys Institute of Politics found that 52 percent

David Conway, a freshman for Lawrence, speaks with and passes out fliers of information to students interested in presidential candidate Ron Paul Wednesday afternoon at the Kansas Union.

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Political showdown in Egypt inevitable O

ne year after the resignation of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the transition of power to a civilian government is still in the early stages and some significant obstacles remain. Although the lower house of parliament has been elected, the upper house is still awaiting its own elections. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has promised to hold presidential elections by the end of June but no exact date has been set and the constitution commission, which will write the countrys next constitution, has yet to be formed. Even though the completion of parliamentary elections will be a positive step, the real showdown could begin shortly thereafter with the writing of Egypts next constitution. At some point in the future the Egyptian parliament will elect a 100-member constitution commission which will be responsible for drafting the countrys new constitution. The role of the eventual president in this process

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is unclear, as is the SCAFs. Theoretically it should have no part in this process but some fear the SCAF may be trying to influence the writing of the new constitution. Any attempt by the SCAF to do so, could lead to a political confrontation between the SCAF and the parliament. For now it appears the constitution will be written after the presidential election but it remains to be seen how well the parliament, the president and the SCAF will work together once all elections are complete. The SCAF must understand its role in Egypt and in the transition of power. It is simply filling a caretaker role while a civilian government is created.

Its function is not to exert its control and influence over every step in that process. The SCAF must also be able to provide law and order for the country without the continued killing of protesters. In the days following the riot in Port Said, ten people were killed while protesting the SCAFs handling of the incident and the transition as a whole. Deaths like these are never welcome or tolerable and are also counterproductive to the transition process. The SCAF should tread lightly when dealing with Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) in its country. If they no longer want foreign NGOs operating in Egypt, that is their business. But charging NGO workers for illegally operating in Egypt after allowing them to do so for years is unacceptable. Even from the SCAFs point of view, risking over 1 billion dollars in annual aid and the relationship with one of its greatest allies doesnt seem like a wise move. Not only does Egypt receive large amounts of military aid, it

Egyptian security forces fire tear gas at protesters during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly soccer riot rose on Saturday, according to a field doctor and a security official, as demonstrators in Cairo kept up their calls for an end to military rule and retribution for those killed in the soccer game violence. has also received over $28 billion in economic aid from the U.S. since 1975. As a new Egyptian government tries to move forward, it will likely want as much international aid as possible. Recent actions by the SCAF are putting Egypts aid from the U.S. in jeopardy as well as the relation-

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Keplar is a junior from Rusalin, Kan.

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Watchmen fans Pondering about the fates, question prequel book explores life long bonds

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eneath the placid surface of Kansas, chaos has erupted in nerd culture. Everywhere, every day nerds are raging against the injustice that has been recently released upon them. Watchmen?! they cry out, Why would they do this to Watchmen?! And youre shouting back Watchmen? You mean that crappy movie from like three years ago? Whatever. But thats because youre not aware of the utter madness that is DC Comics decision to create a prequel to the greatest graphic novel ever written. First, some back story: Watchmen, which began its run in 1986, is far and away the greatest comic book series ever published. Created by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, Watchmen depicts an alternate universe where superhero vigilantism has been outlawed and the United States edges ever closer to a war with the USSR. Famous as both a brutal, Taxi Driver-esque depiction of 1980s America and as a deconstruction of superhero comics, Watchmen has become the standard by which all other comics are judged. Because Alan Moore signed away the rights to his creations when they were published, his work has become a source of legendary hostility between the writer and his parent companies. Mostly this has stemmed from bad film adaptations of his comics like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or V for Vendetta, but DCs planned Watchmen prequel takes it to a whole new level. DCs planned miniseries will take place before the events of Watchmen and is imaginatively titled Before Watchmen. To create it, theyve rounded up the best talents in comics today, including J. Michael Straczynski, Darwyn Cooke, and other people youve never heard of. The idea is to devote several issues to each of the main characters and presumably create stunning new insights into the characters (or something, DC isnt too clear on this). Nerds everywhere are up in arms about the prequel, claiming that tarnish the original masterpiece. Comic books havent exactly ever been bastion of artistic integrity, but Before Watchmen

By Lou Schumaker
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is so much more than another bad miniseries being foisted upon consumers. Time magazine featured Watchmen on its list of the 100 greatest novels and the word seminal gets thrown around a lot when its being discussed. It is to comics what The Godfather is to movies, if The Godfather had a omnipotent blue guy who zapped peoples heads off. To write a prequel to Watchmen is to take the book that got people to take comics seriously and reduce it to just another crummy shelf-filler. Writer J. Michael Straczynski has been a passionate advocate for the miniseries and promises it will meet the exceedingly high bar nerds everywhere have set for it. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Straczynski points out that the entire medium of comic books is built upon artists working on other peoples creations, citing Superman specifically. While Straczynski makes a strong case for Before Watchmen, the entire project smells like a shameless cash-in. If Straczynski or another writer had approaced DC with a quality story involving Watchmen characters, people would not be reacting quite so strongly. Instead, DC has been trying to get the project off the ground since Watchmen was first released in 1986. Before Watchmen is just another in a long string of uninteresting, creatively bankrupt comic book extravaganzas put out by DC Comics. Then again, perhaps its not worth getting too worked up over. Theres a million terrible Batman comic books out there and more than a couple bad Batman movies, but the caped crusader is still good, right? I guess we should just be glad DC Comics isnt giving Watchmen the full George Lucas treatment.
Schumaker is a senior in film and media studies from Overland Park.

The Fates Will Find Their Way is the debut novel from young author Hannah Pittard, and its quite a first impression. Told in an unconventional first-personplural manner, The Fates recounts the memories of high school buddies as they theorize about the disappearance of classmate Nora Lindell decades earlier. At some point in their youth, each of the boys dated Nora, and so they all have an attachment to her that continues even as they grow older. All that they know about her disappearance is that on Halloween night, early in their high school years, Nora got into the car of a mysterious man and was never seen again. From there, the boys obsess over where she might have gone. Written as a series of non-chronological flashbacks, The Fates Will Find Their Way is pure nostalgic goodness, and Pittard makes the reader feel a part of the mens past. The story does not completely revolve around Nora Lindell, but also many different shared moments in their youth. The men recount past relationships, tragic deaths, childhood fantasies, teenage lust, bad parenting and much more. More importantly, they wonder how each of these events might have played out differently, for better or worse, and how their lives might have been shaped by them. Pittard emphasizes peoples innate desire for closure and understanding for the

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things that have happened in their past, and shows that when they are deprived of it, it can have a profound effect on their lives even many years later. Pittards delivery in The Fates will find their way is very matterof-fact and devoid of much superfluous language. Usually I prefer a more flowery style, but Pittards voice works really well for the storys narrators. The protagonists themselves are insecure, aging men with lessthan perfect childhoods, and their thoughts and attitudes reflect this. Perhaps its just my perception, but I felt an underlying theme of regret and sadness throughout the novel. Through their obsession with Nora Lindells disappearance, the men seem to feel that theyve lived unspectacular, cookie-cutter lives and envy the fates of others from their childhood. I think The Fates Will Find Their Way, more than anything, is an examination of fate. As the characters reflect on their friendships, they re-

alize just how little they truly knew about each other and what directions their lives would take. Pittard closes the novel with a reminder to appreciate the present life. This statement, more than any other in the story, struck me the most. Weve all been guilty of looking to our past and future to gauge the kinds of lives we have, but it is the present moment that is most important. Overall, The Fates Will Find Their Way is a fantastic treatise on fatalism and the human condition. However, if you prefer spelled-out resolution in your stories, you might not be satisfied with it, though I think if you look hard enough, youll find closure in the novels message.
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QUotE oF thE DAY

I cant imagine more fun than having a good pick-up basketball game, Barack Obama to Bryant Gumbel on REAL Sports

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Obamas brother-in-law Craig Robinson coaches basketball at Oregon State.

Sports and celebrities arent harmonious

up to the moment she falls asleep, and the Beckhams have an hour-long E! segment on them coming to America. The line between sports and the other sections of the paper have been blurred irrevocably. This also extends to political leaders. Our president gives us his insight each March on Barack-a-tology and even quips with our dear coach Bill Self on losing money betting on the Jayhawks last season. And, when South Korean leader Kim Jong-Il died, false reports about a terrific golf game were released. The accessibility to these celebrities is unprecedented, and it seems easier to find some random way to connect ourselves to them because they watch sports. And that means they would definitely come sit at the bar at Johnnys Tavern with you and catch a game instead of sitting sideline in well protected and isolated seats. The angles are unique and that is honorable, but scanning their history for a selective memory to tie them to any audience is absurd. While I appreciate these celebrities making my endless hours of sports watching seem more socially acceptable, I admit I prefer the already interesting world of sports. The sports pages are unique because they span the categories of stories with hard news, game recaps, features and opinions. The personalities can be just as endearing and the stories captivating. The sports world has its own heroes and its own villains without the integration of characters from other worlds. Keep the music to pump up videos, and let the sports fan focus on the game. When we want news we will leave the safety of our select channels and let the news and politics in, but when sports is the escape, we are getting away from the other realities of daily life. Edited by Bre Roach

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inutes after Whitney Houston was pronounced dead, my Twitter feed and Facebook homepage blew up with links to the iconic I Will Always Love You video and other gems from her prolific music career. The most fascinating link I clicked on, however, came from numerous sports outlets which showed Houston singing the national anthem at either the 1991 Super Bowl or the first WNBA All-Star game. While her renditions were beautiful and moving, the specialization of these references intrigued me. Houstons death was no doubt significant national news since she has become an icon throughout the years, but seeing the announcement scroll across the bottom of ESPN shows the intense degree of cross-culturalization currently present in our nation. The Super Bowl epitomizes this fact. It temporarily unites the sports fans and their pop culture loving friends and family in a night of mystical historic events. The sheer number of big names from music, film

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and sports to pull off the day of pregame coverage, the patriotic melodies and halftime show are staggering. Madonna was even able to announce a nation-wide tour which will no doubt be bolstered by her surprisingly entertaining performance. But, it extends beyond the day and week of the big game. The importance of celebrities professing their devotion to sports increases by the day. Duff McKagan of Guns N Roses has a blog on ESPN.com, Reece Witherspoon was shown on SportsCenter saying she watches ESPN from the moment she wakes

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Texas A&M 8 p.m. College Station, Texas

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Mens basketball
Texas Tech 7 p.m. Lawrence

Womens Swimming
Big 12 Championships All Day Columbia, Mo.

Softball Baseball
Middle Tennessee State 3 p.m. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Stony Brook 9 a.m. Charlotte, N.C.

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homas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor are arguably the best guard-forward combination in college basketball. They have propelled the Jayhawks to the top of this years college basketball hierarchy and put them in position to win another Big 12 championship. But the two cannot win the Big 12 and advance the team far into the NCAA Tournament by themselves. Help is wanted. Since his awful game against Missouri, Jeff Withey has averaged 20.3 points, 12 rebounds, 6.3 blocks and 2.5 steals per game. Its fair to say that Withey is playing inspired basketball and has taken a load off Robinson and Taylor. But what about Elijah Johnson? According to Rivals.com, Johnson was a five-star recruit out of high school, but he has been an underachiever offensively. Defensively, Johnson is superb, but he was recruited to be a scorer. In Big 12 conference play, Johnson is averaging only 7.2 points and making only 36 percent of his shots. Out of the 99 shots Johnson has taken during Big 12 conference play, 58 percent have been threepointers, and he has made only 28 percent of them. Johnson has had plenty of looks from behind the arc. Hes shown no hesitancy to pull the trigger, but settling for jump-shots is a waste of athleticism. Johnson is regarded as one of the best athletes in college basketball. Bill Self recruited him because he could beat defenders with his speed and power. He needs to take a page out of Taylors book by driving to the basket more. Penetrating defenses and taking shots near the basket are not only higher percentage shots, but they are confidence boosters. Taylors confidence is sky-high because he has had success driving the basket. Johnson hasnt shown the same aggression that Taylor has this season. Lawrence is the college basketball version of Lob City. Alleyoops are a large part of the teams offense. There is no reason why the Jayhawks cant throw lob passes to Johnson and take advantage of his athleticism. Even though Johnson has attempted more shots this season, because he has played more minutes, his field goal and three-point percentages last season were better. Johnson has tremendous upside and talent. Now that the front court is playing up to its potential, the back court needs to follow suit. Taylor is playing as good as any guard in the country, and he is finally living up to the expectations that fans have bestowed on him. Its time for Johnson to snap out of his offensive woes and play like the player that he is capable of being. Kansas fans saw what he could do in the Jayhawks victory over the UCLA Bruins, scoring 23 points and shooting 62 percent from the court. Johnsons offensive production could play a big hand in deciding how far the Jayhawks can advance in the NCAA Tournament. Edited by Jeff Karr

Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson was hoarse after the game from trying to coach her team through the necessary changes that came after watching their All-American candidate and leading scorer Carolyn Davis end her season with a torn ACL and dislocated knee just a few days ago. In two days weve had to put some things in and move some people and until we find an identity offensively and look at things to pinpoint, I might sound like this for a while, Henrickson said. Henrickson said Iowa State would run her freshmen forwards around and make the game difficult for them. That part of the scouting report rang true as the Cyclones out-rebounded and out-scored the less physical and less experienced Jayhawks who played their first game without Davis. Davis made the trip but watched the game from her hotel room. Senior forward Aishah Sutherland kept the Jayhawks in the game with 12 secondhalf points on jump shots and layups off offensive rebounds, JoRdan MauRicE/iowa statE daily/contRibutEd Photo but without backup in the post Monica engelman makes a move toward the basket against a trailing iowa State defender at Hilton Coliseum, Wednesday, Feb. 15. The Jayhawks lost to the Cyclones the Jayhawks faltered. 66-47 after falling apart defensively in the second half. Freshman forward Chelsea Gardner garnered the start in Sutherland, Gardner and junior and dominance in the paint as not counter. move his team needed to create Davis place and finished with guard Angel Goodrich were the they were out-rebounded 38-22 We just beat ourselves tonight separation in the second half and eight points, but countered her only players to make waves sta- including 18 offensive rebounds and we need to stay focused more, eventually pull out the 19 point productivity with four fouls which tistically as the team struggled by the Cyclones. Poppens pulled Sutherland said. victory. put her on the bench during a to find an answer for the high down eight offensive rebounds The Cyclones also had success The Jayhawks will return home critical second half run by the powered Iowa State front court and finished with 17 points and on the perimeter where they hit 7 after a two game road stand to Cyclones. of Chelsea Poppens, Anna Prins 12 rebounds in just 26 minutes. of 18 from beyond the three point host Missouri for the final time in I just thought that I wasnt in and Hallie Christofferson, which Kansas fell behind early after line. Brynn Williamson came off Allen Fieldhouse before conferrhythm, Gardner said. scored 40 of the teams eventual an 8-0 run by Iowa State, but the bench for the Cyclones and hit ence realignment kicks in next The Jayhawks led at halftime 66 points. Poppens finished with was able to garner a two point two three pointers to kick off the season. Missouri is currently 0-12 before collapsing defensively in 17 points and 12 rebounds with lead by halftime after a stretch of run. She replaced Nikki Moody in conference play and Kansas the second half and allowing the a commanding presence around consistent play on both ends from who had underachieved in the won the earlier 72-63 match up in Cyclones to quickly pull away. the basket. Sutherland. However, Iowa State first half with five points and four Columbia. Kansas lost the game 66-47 and It was clear that the Jayhawks started the second half on a 19-2 turnovers in 15 minutes. Iowa dropped to 17-8 overall and 6-7 in were missing Davis experience run and this time, Kansas could State coach Bill Fennelly made the Edited by Katie James conference play.

Football players part of TCU drug bust

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The Fort Worth, Texas police arrested 17 Texas Christian University students, including four members of the football team, on charges of distributing narcotics on Wednesday morning. The arrests came after a sixmonth investigation by the Fort Worth police. There are days people want to be a head football coach, but associatEd PREss today is not one of those days. Texas Christian University defensive end D. J. Yendrey (94) watches the ball As I heard the news this morn- fumbled by boise State running back Drew Wright, bottom left, in the fourth quarter ing, I was first shocked, then of an NCAA college football game, in boise, ind. Authorities arrested 17 students, hurt and now Im mad, TCU three of which were on the football team, in a sweeping drug sting at TCU on football coach Gary Patterson Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. said in a statement released to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Under my watch, drugs and of ecstasy), ecstasy pills, acid and The four players arrested are drug use by TCUs student-ath- prescription drugs. linebacker Tanner Brock, offensive letes will not be tolerated by me or There is no doubt all of these tackle Tyler Horn, safety Devin any member of my coaching staff. individuals are drug dealers, Johnson, and defensive lineman Period. Our program is respected McGee said in a press conference D.J. Yendry. nationally for its strong ethics and Wednesday morning. These associatEd PREss Brock led the Horned Frogs in for that reason the players arrested individuals engaged in hand-toTexas Christian University linebacker Tanner brock (35) tackles bYU wide receiver tackles in their 13-0 2010 season today were separated from TCU by hand delivery, for money, with ONeill Chambers during an NCAA college football game in Fort Worth, Texas. brock that concluded in a 21-19 Rose the University. I believe strongly undercover narcotic agents. was one of three arrested in connection to the drug bust. Bowl victory against Wisconsin. that young peoples lives are more The four football players are He missed most of the 2011 sea- important than wins or losses, no longer listed on the roster on defense as they entered their first will open its conference schedule son due to injury. Patterson said in the release to the the Horned Frogs football website season as a member of the Big 12 at Kansas on Sept. 15. Yendry tied for second on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. and have been separated from the football conference. team in 2011 with three sacks, According to Fort Worth Police University and are not attending Edited by Amanda Gage The arrests come the day after while Johnson was second on the chief Steve McGee, the drugs dis- classes. the Big 12 released its football team recording eight tackles for tributed included marijuana, Brock was expected to be schedule for next season. TCU a loss. cocaine, molly (a powdered form a leader on the Horned Frogs