MONDAY, SEPT.

28, 2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 11

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Mosaic hopes to bring multicultural

groups together by providing support
JAMES HOYT/KANSAN

STUDENT SENATE
FEE REVIEW
COMMITTEE voted
to rename the
Student Union
Renovation fee
and raise it $5 per
student per year.
News PAGE 2
AN EVENING
IN THE NUDE.
Reporter Jarret
Rogers spent an
evening with the
Heartland Naturists
nudist community.
Read his story.
Arts & Culture 5

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Mosaic members Karen Chin, Lilimay Bangoy, Mark Maiden and Marcus Pepperdine meet in Anschutz Library. on Sept. 25.

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When it comes to multicultural groups on campus, the

University has a large number
of distinct organizations like
the Black Student Union, Hispanic American Leadership
Organization and the Asian
American Student Union.
Unfortunately, many of these
organizations struggle because
of a lack of resources and
larger support system. That's

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started to hand off responsibility to Assistant Director Karen

Chin.
Chin, a senior from San
Francisco and president of
the Asian American Student
Union, said the idea for the
group came after realizing how
separated many groups on
campus are.
When you look at multicultural organizations on campus,
a lot of us are very siloed and
were doing our own thing, and
sometimes people dont notice
us as much, Chin said. And

Seats quickly filled and participants lined the walls at

the second annual Lawrence
Startup Weekend presentations on Sunday night. A quiet room with 36 empty chairs
became a group of 45 as they
began at the Bioscience and
Technology Business Center.
Each of the four teams was
given five minutes to present
its ideas to a three-judge panel, competing teams and other attendees.
After little sleep, a crashing
computer and accompanied
laser burns, a new Lawrence
startup was announced as
the winner: Modern Nomad.
The team, composed of two
University students and two
Lawrence residents, proposed
the idea of selling modern,
plywood furniture online.
Michael McCulley, a junior
from Champaign, Ill., and
co-owner of Modern Nomad, said he fell in love with
mid-century modern design
at the age of 10.
My grandpa had an Eames
chair and a faux Eames chair
and they were facing each
other in his study, and he said
that one is good design and
that ones not, said McCulley.
I studied both the chairs to
see what made them different
and what was the good design and why it was bad, and

it just sparked a passion for

furniture, mid-century and
design.
As for Jack Hoard, a junior from Topeka and fellow
co-owner of Modern Nomad,
he said he loved to build and
draw things as a kid but never knew where that would go
until his senior year of high
school when he saw that design was an option. During
his freshman year of college
he found out how challenging
design could be.
I found out design was a
thing that people actually did
and it wasnt just a designer
being attached to expensive
things, and so I kind of got
the trial by fire my freshman
year, Hoard said.
McCulley and Hoard met
through the industrial design
program and began working
together, eventually leading
to Modern Nomad.
This 54-hour event allowed
University students and community members to pitch
ideas and potentially walk
away with a new business on
Sunday night. The winning
team receives six months of
free space at the Bioscience
and Technology Business
Center and four hours of free
accounting help. The team is
also entered into KU Catalyst,
a business accelerator.
Hoard and McCulley started the weekend with sketches
that developed into three-dimensional prototypes. Mod-

ern Nomad uses lasers to cut

through plywood and form
prototypes for their furniture.
It was unanimous when
we talked to our target customers, they all said the same
thing that putting together
Ikea furniture was so frustrating, said Kristin Scheurer, a
Lawrence resident and marketer for Modern Nomad.
And so when you recognize
that point of pain in the marketplace that was where this
product solves that.
Time became an enemy
when the last model didnt
completely cut through the
plywood. With time running
out, Hoard couldnt wait for
the laser to trace the design
one more time. Instead, he
had to punch the design out
of the plywood.
I was speeding quite a
bit with our last model being knocked out of the plywood that it didnt quite cut
through five minutes before
we are supposed to be meeting for presentations, Hoard
said. There was a little bit of
stress, but its also what happens every other Monday in
our program.
McCulley said the next step
for Modern Nomad is to finalize the models and hopefully have a full-scale model
in the next couple of weeks.
They hope to have their business fully launched by the
summer of 2016.
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the thing is that some multicultural organizations and minority groups are small, and so
its more difficult for them to
be active on campus.
She added: My hope is that
as a whole, as a group, we can
show more support to each
other, so we can allow our organizations to be full and to
thrive."
Part of that support is creating a sense of community within the multicultural
groups on campus, said Mark
Maiden, a junior from Over-

land Park.
Personally, for me, community is huge, Maiden said.
Its about being able to have a
supportive community where
we recognize each others differences and embrace each
others differences so that were
able to work together towards
a common goal of recognition
and support. Having that kind
of system is huge for any student group or marginalized
SEE MOSAIC PAGE 3

Modern Nomad wins

startup competition
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where Mosaic comes in.

Multicultural Organizations
for Student Advocacy, Involvement and Community, or Mosaic, was created last spring by
senior David Lam in an effort
to provide support and cooperation between multicultural
communities on campus. The
group is comprised of representatives from different
cultural groups who work together to make students more
aware of the multicultural
groups on campus. Lam, who
is graduating in December, has

MISSY MINEAR/KANSAN
From left, Modern Nomad consists of Susan Cross, Michael McCulley, Jack Hoard and
Kristin Scheurer. Modern Nomad is a startup that will sell modern, plywood furniture in
an online storefront.

MISSY MINEAR/KANSAN
Senior outside hitter Tiana Dockery hits the ball over the
net. The Jayhawks defeated TCU on Saturday to advance
to 14-0 on the season.

No. 15 Kansas
defeats TCU in 3
sets on the road
JOSH MCQUADE
@L0neW0lfMcQuade

No. 15 Kansas volleyball defeated TCU to bring home its

14th consecutive win. The Jayhawks swept the Horned Frogs
in three sets (25-21, 25-18, 2624).
The Jayhawks posted a total
of 51 kills during the victory, and six players recorded
at least three kills. Right side
Kelsie Payne led the pack with
13 two shy of her personal
best (15).
"It was an ebb-and-flow
match," head coach Ray Bechard said in a news release.
"Offensively we didn't play
very well in the first set, but
played great defense. Then
we got the offense going in
the second set and started the
third set well."
Outside hitter Madison Rigdon followed close behind
Payne, posting a total of 10
kills while adding 11 digs. That
performance was her second
double-double of the season.
Outside hitter Tiana Dockery and middle blocker Janae
Hall each recorded nine kills.
Dockery added 10 digs, leav-

ing her just one kill short of a

double-double.
Setter Ainise Havili added 42
assists five short of the full
team assist total. Libero Cassie
Wait led the team in digs, with
14.
However, it wasn't all good
for Kansas. The team almost
let TCU back into the match
in the third set after a couple of
critical errors.
"There were just too many
unforced errors in the third
set, [which] let a good team
back in it," Bechard said. "We
were fortunate to close out the
match in three sets."
Against Kansas a defensive
stronghold TCU struggled
to do much on the offensive
end. The Horned Frogs finished with a .106 hitting percentage, which marked the
13th time out of 14 games that
Kansas' opponents hit under
.200.
Kansas now leads the all-time
series with TCU 6-2, according to the news release.
Kansas' next match will be
against West Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 3, at home. The
Jayhawks will be looking to
extend their winning streak
to 15.

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Data suggests transfer students likely to take

longer to graduate and spend more in tuition
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley

Tiffany Littler, a senior from

Ford, transferred to the University last fall from Dodge
City Community College. She
brought nearly 60 credits with
her, but the journalism classes
she took didnt transfer for her
major.
The only issue was the two
journalism classes because they
werent like the classes up here,
she said. I think it set me back
because Im graduating in five
years instead of four.
On average, transfer students
take 1.15 years longer to complete their degree than those
who entered KU as first-time
freshmen and, as a result, spend
roughly $10,000 more to get
their degrees than their peers
who finish in four years, according to the Office of Institutional
Research and Planning.
Last year, 1,204, or 6.4 percent,
of KUs 18,851 undergraduates
were transfer students. This year,
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creasingly important group for

KU as more and more people
begin their college careers at
two-year institutions, and most
are looking at cost and convenience when they transfer, Barcomb-Peterson said in an email.
For Littler, cost was a major
factor in deciding to attend
community college before coming to KU. She said she was
offered a full-ride dance scholarship to Dodge City Community College and it made sense
to take it.
While she said shes glad she
transferred to the University, it
hasnt been without financial
strain.
It is a very big stressor because I was on scholarship at my
community college, she said.
It covered free tuition and free
books, so the biggest issue now
for me is buying books. I lost it
all when I came here, but I always wanted to come here.
Kelsey Baska, a junior from
Lawrence, transferred to the
University from Johnson County Community College this fall.
She spent three years at JCCC
and said she plans to graduate in

five years. She said graduating in

four years isnt for everyone and
that taking more time to graduate is becoming the norm.
Its anyones own journey. If
you were to graduate at KU in
four years instead of five years,
its how you space out your
credits, she said. I think the
whole idea of four years is only
for a certain type of people. The
people might have the time to
take all those credits. I think five
years or more is the new four
years; its just happening now.
Roughly half of the undergraduate population in the U.S.
spends time at a community
college during their higher education process, according to
the American Association of
Community Colleges. Twenty-five percent of students in
Kansas who started their education at a two-year institution
completed their degree at a
four-year institution within six
years, compared with 16 percent nationally, according to the
National Student Clearinghouse
Research Center.
From 2013 to 2014, the number of students enrolled in

community colleges in Kansas

dropped by 3,370, or 4.34 percent, according to the Kansas
Board of Regents. Barcomb-Peterson said the University curriculum changes have helped
transfer students transition.
The creation of a more flexible general education program
at KU is also designed to help
transfer students have more of
their courses count toward the
completion of general education, she said in an email.
Brian Inbody, president of
Neosho County Community
college in Chanute, said if students tell their advisers ahead of
time where they want to transfer, its likely even major-specific
classes will transfer. But when
students flip-flop, the adviser
is unable to help, and that can
sometimes result in lost credits.
Baska brought with her a general associates degree and various fashion design credits. She
said all of her credits transferred
to the University.
JCCC has a lot of equivalent
classes you can take, she said.
Edited by Rebeka Luttinger

Committee votes to raise a student fee

ALANA FLINN
@alana_flinn

The Student Senate Fee Review Committee discussed and

approved a potential increase in
the Student Union Renovation
fee, which would be renamed
the Burge Union Fee.
The committee approved a
memorandum of understanding, which would change the

name and raise the fee from

$13.80 per student per year to
$18.70. The plan still has to be
approved in Finance Committee
and then full Senate.
This money will be designated
for furniture, fixtures and equipment during the 2017 and 2018
fiscal year and extended to fund
the construction lease from fiscal years 2019 through 2048,
according to the memorandum.
Once completed, the Burge

Union will include retail services, lounges for activities and

events, a meeting space and
classroom space, offices for
Legal Services for Students, a
reflection room, KU Info helpdesk, the Emily Taylor Center
for Women and Gender Equity,
the Campus Sexual Assault and
Sexual Harassment Prevention
and Education Research Center,
and a production kitchen and
service system.

The Campus Sexual Assault

and Sexual Harassment Prevention and Education Research
Center was a recommendation
from the Chancellors Sexual Assault Task Force. Angela
Murphy, graduate affairs director for Senate, said establishing
a space for the center is huge
progress for the administration.
Having them partner with
Student Senate on getting a
physical space ready for this

Why is gas cheaper right now?

CASSIDY RITTER
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Why are gas prices low?

There are 3 reasons:
Less demand. Gas prices
tend to decrease every fall after the summer driving season,
according to Patrick DeHaan,
senior petroleum analyst for
GasBuddy. He said there is
generally less demand for gasoline in the winter, so prices
fall.
Lower quality gas. DeHaan
said that around September
the Environmental Protection
Agencys requirements for gasoline relax, so refiners can offer cheaper, lower quality gas.
Refineries tend to sell more
expensive gas in the summer.
Increased oil supply in the
United States. While oil demand is down worldwide, the
Where is the cheapest
gas in Lawrence?
(according to
GasBuddy)

U.S. has more oil than it did

last year, creating a surplus,
said Paul Willhite, distinguished professor of chemical
and petroleum engineering at
the University. Willhite said
more oil is being drilled in
Colorado and North Dakota
this year than last year.
Will gas prices continue to
fall?
I think that prices will ulti-

mately be lower by Christmas,

DeHaan said. They may be
another 15 to 20 cents lower
by then.
DeHaan added that gas prices would bottom out around
Thanksgiving and Christmas
but could last through Valentines Day.
Is this typical for September?
Both DeHaan and Willhite

said gas prices were well over

$3 last year. However, Kansas
today is looking at prices that
are $1 per gallon lower than
they were last year, DeHaan
said.
What we are seeing at the
pump right now is considerable disconnect as compared
to the past few years, he said.
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media relations.
The Board of Regents and the
University have been working to
make it easier for transfer students to get credit for their classes from community colleges
and other schools. The Regents
last year approved a total of 56
courses that are guaranteed to
transfer from any public Kansas
community college or technical
school. Each year, representatives from Regents universities
meet to discuss additions to the
courses that can transfer. Over
the last 10 years, 13 new courses
have been added.
Barcomb-Peterson said the
University has focused attention on how to best help transfer students transition. While
the number of transfer students
from 2004 to 2014 has decreased by nearly 300 students,
Barcomb-Peterson maintained
transfer students are a crucial
part of the University. She said
more students are attending
multiple universities or getting
credits at numerous community
colleges before transferring to
the University.
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saying, yes were committed to
this, she said.
Murphy added that the location of the services is beneficial.
All of these are at the heart of
campus, she said. That sends
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Campus Sustainability Week kicks off Monday

DARBY VANHOUTAN
@darbyvanhoutan

For the first time, the Center for Sustainability will host a weeklong event in an effort to bring more attention to issues of sustainability.
KU Campus Sustainability Week kicks off Monday and will last through Sunday.
Past efforts to make the event a week long have been unsuccessful, said Kim Criner, education and outreach coordinator for the
Center for Sustainability.

For more information on KU Campus

Sustainability Week,
visit sustain.ku.edu/
kucsw15.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sunday

Bikers Break
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Trees of KU Scavenger
Hunt 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Rock Chalk Recycle and

Waste Audit
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Picnic at the Prairie

4-6 p.m.

Friday Night Lights Out

5:30 p.m.

Prairie Seed Collecting

1 p.m.

The center will hand out

snacks to students who ride
their bikes to campus. The KU
Cycle Club will be available to
give free bike checkups.

Students can participate in

the race to find 12 historic
trees on campus. The winners
get $100 gift certificates to
Up a Creek Canoe and Kayak
Rental.

The KU Recycling Club will

be on Wescoe Beach to sort
through recyclable materials with students and educate
them on recycling.

Picnic at the Prairie will give

faculty experts an opportunity to talk about Prairie Acre,
the patch of unplowed prairie
north of Sunnyside Avenue at
the edge of campus. The event
will also feature snacks and
bluegrass music.

Events on Friday will focus

on energy conservation. Before students start the weekend, Unplug KU a student
organization dedicated to
energy conservation will
make sure all the lights are
shut off with the help of students who attend.

To wrap up the week on Sunday, students can go to prairies

around campus and retrieve
seeds to replant at Prairie Acre.
The location for this event will
be announced later in the
week.

MOSAIC FROM PAGE 1

Mosaic, itll be representative

of all our organizations and all
these people that back Mosaic
up, Bangoy said. Its Mosaic
helping to bring up underrepresented beliefs and issues
and just making people more
aware about cultural issues.
The plan for Mosaic is to have
the representatives support
other cultural groups by attending their individual events
and having more conversations around cultural issues.
The group will also provide a
resources for the groups it supports, whether by helping with
event preparation or giving additional funding. Mosaic discussed a scholarship program
that would allow one group to
request funding from another.
Im hoping that Mosaic can

at least lessen the stress of an

organization or group of organizations choose to work
together, so you dont feel like
you only have six people to put
on an event, or only have six
people to try and gain more
members Chin said.
Chin said that with the help
of Mosaic, all multicultural
groups on campus could garner more attention from the
student body. Holding events
can be challenging, she said,
because the groups want participation from other students.
The purpose of our events is
to showcase our talent and say
that we are more than just our
stereotypes and our cultures,"
Chin said. "We are individuals
as well with our own talents,
so when we have these big

events we try to reach out to

the greater community."
Members of Mosaic also discussed including a retreat for
underrepresented students, an
idea suggested by the Office of
Diversity and Equity last year
during a talk about the student climate survey. Although
no plans have been formally
made, members of Mosaic said
its an event the group could
potentially help organize.
Other event ideas included a
mid-year conference open to
the student body and a video
campaign based on a popular Buzzfeed video. The video
campaign would aim at breaking down stereotypes of the
various multicultural groups
represented in Mosaic.
For now, Chin said Mosaic is

focusing on solidifying future

events and generating a sense
of community within multicultural groups.

Its really just a bunch of students getting together trying

to make something happen,
Chin said.

community.
Although Mosaic was formally founded last year, the
organization didnt have time
to institute much change, said
Chin. Starting this semester,
the members are working to
gain traction on campus.
At a meeting last Friday, Mosaic members began laying out
the year. In addition to establishing a formal constitution
and bylaws, the group focused
on community support.
Lilimay Bangoy, a junior
from Los Angeles, said having
community support when it
comes to cultural events and
issues is a part of giving underrepresented groups a voice.
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are bound to eventually
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Coworkers, office space,
and a new boss are all
things one would be
worried about. But
recently, another issue
people are running into
is whether or not they
will be drug tested.
There have been spikes
in positive drug tests
within the country in
recent years. A study of
7.6 million urine drug
tests had a 3.7 percent
positive rate in 2013,
according to an article
on Business News Daily.
In 2012, it was 3.5 percent. Thats a five percent
increase, and the first
increase in failed drug
tests in a decade.
Although marijuana
has become legal in
more states throughout
the country, it is still important for businesses to
drug test their employees. A lot of people are

against this, but its not

to discriminate or criminalize potential employees. Testing for illicit
drugs needs to be done
in businesses because
it helps create a safe,
healthy and productive
working environment
for all employees.
Its important to feel
safe and be in a healthy
environment on the job.
Despite popular belief,
marijuana does have
negative effects that
could potentially hurt
an individuals work.
Whether its short-term
or long-term, drug use
could impair memory, judgement, motor
coordination and critical
thinking according to
research.
Some may say that
drug testing costs the
country a lot of money,
but so do drug users
within the company.
Drug abuse can cost employers about $81 billion
each year according to
the National Council on
Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence (NCADD).
Many businesses that
have employees who
test positive are able to
give that person help, in

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You were cute

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heard in my entire
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ROSS LUBRATOVIC
@RossTheBoss93

CON
For many students, college goes hand in hand
with having a job, and
many will run into trouble with their employers drug-use policies.
Employer mandated
drug testing is a necessary part of running
a business, but current
drug-use policies within
the work place need to
be reevaluated.
A recent study showed
that just under six percent of the full-time college students surveyed
had smoked marijuana
daily or at least 20 times
in the last month, with
21 percent admitting
they had smoked at
least once in the same
time period. Marijuana
use is becoming more
socially acceptable, and
even being legalized for
recreational use in many
states.
Therefore other laws
and policies regarding
marijuana use and other
drugs need to be updated to follow this trend.

Zero-tolerance policies
in regards to marijuana
use are outdated and
impractical, mainly
because trace amounts
of marijuana can be
detected in urine up
to two or even three
weeks after use in some
cases. Smoking outside
of work should not lead
to an employee getting
fired, but because marijuana tends to linger in
the body, it can also be
difficult to determine
whether an employee is
inebriated at the time of
the incident.
If an employee is
found to be under the
influence while on the
job, the employer should
have the right to act how
they see fit, but there
is no point in punishing employees simply
because of what they do
in their free time. Along
with marijuana use,
employers should adopt
this attitude towards
recreational drug use in
general.
Most Americans tend
to think that drug use
should be treated as a
criminal matter, when
instead it should be
treated as a health issue.

A handful of countries
around the world have
implemented more liberal laws regarding drug
offenses, with Portugal
even taking the bold step
to decriminalize possession of all drugs.
These changes have
proved to be more
beneficial than originally
thought, resulting in
lower crime rates and
even lowering the rate of
drug addiction in some
areas.
Changes of this nature
in America are a long
way off, but the attitude
toward drug use in
general is evolving and
work place drug policies
need to evolve with
it. Drug testing in the
work place should still
be mandatory in certain
situations, but there
needs to be more leeway
given to employees to
avoid unjust punishment
or firings.
Ross Lubratovic is a
senior from Overland
Park studying creative
writing.

The United States healthcare system

needs to change before another 5,000
percent drug price hike happens again
ABBY PETRULIS
@apetrulis

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whatever form they may

need.
The NCADD started a
program called the Employee Assistance Program, where companies
will help their employee
and family by finding
services and resources
within the community
that give them treatment. Companies who
have successful EAPs
show improvement in
moral, productivity and
health.
Drug testing isnt for
criminalizing drug
users, its only to create a
work-friendly environment. Businesses want
workers who will be productive each shift and
benefit the company.
These tests benefit the
economy and people, its
purpose is not to single
people out.

By this point, weve all heard

about the overnight price hike
of Daraprim by Turing Pharmaceuticals chief executive
Martin Shkreli. While most
of us can agree that increasing the cost of an old drug to
more than 55 times of what
it was the day before is more
than a little insane, many people are wondering how this
could even happen. In fact,
its become a political issue
what do we need to change
about the cost of healthcare in
America?
Isnt it an old drug?
Why arent there
generic versions?
Drug companies have about
20 years on a patent for a new
drug that is submitted for approval by the Food and Drug
Administration under a new
drug application. However,
the patents are typically filed
as the drugs are entered into
clinical trials, which can take
the better part of a decade.
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However, the pharmaceutical industry is growing and
changing all the time to the
point that these companies
can almost end up with a
monopoly on a certain drug,
especially if its older and still
considered one of the most
effective treatment options.
Daraprim isnt the first drug
to have this happen, and
unless something changes, it
certainly wont be the last.
Isnt there a limit on
what pharmaceutical
companies can do?
The short answer is no.
Along with being one of two
countries in the developed
world to allow direct-to-consumer advertising, the U.S. is
also one of the only countries
that allows pharmaceutical
companies to set their prices
by comparing them to other
pharmaceutical companies,
rather than going through a
federal negotiation program.

That is a large part of why

drugs like Daraprim, or even
chemotherapy, are much more
expensive in the U.S.
In the U.S., that kind of
federal negotiation program
doesnt exist. In fact, Medicare, which is for senior
citizens, is required to accept
prices set by these companies.
No negotiation is allowed
between the government-run
insurance program with more
than 49 million people and
pharmaceutical companies.
If we were to introduce a
federal negotiation system for
Medicare, it could potentially
save millions of dollars. The
free market system we have in
the U.S. is great in most cases
in fact, one could argue its
the entire basis of the American business model.
But there are extremes, like
raising the cost of a drug
more than 5,000 percent in
one night. I understand the
necessity of recouping costs,

especially to further drug development, but fast cash at the

price of making people suffer
without a drug they could afford yesterday is unacceptable.
What can we do?
Healthcare in America is a
big problem, especially when
we spend the highest amount
of money per person per year
on prescription drugs (somewhere around $1,000). Its
important to take a stand for
what you believe in and make
this a political issue, regardless
of party. Thats how we can
change and allow some more
control over pharmaceutical
companies.
I dont think controlling
prices entirely will fix the
problem in fact, I think it
will slow our progress as one
of the most innovative countries in drug development. I
do, however, think instituting
programs to allow Medicare
to negotiate would be a good

idea. It would not only save

some money in the federal
budget that could fund other
programs, but would give a
system of partial control.
This is one of Bernie Sanderss specific platforms. Hillary
Clinton has also spoken out
on the issue; she wants to
cap American out-of-pocket
pharmacy spending at $250
monthly. While these are
some specific examples, I
dont mean to endorse any
specific party, as healthcare
is an issue that we all should
take great interest in.
As college students, its easy
to forget that we will age. One
day we will be Medicare patients. Healthcare is an issue
that has become political, but
it is necessary that action be
taken to improve the quality
and reduce the cost of drugs
and healthcare in the U.S.
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HOROSCOPES
WHATS YOUR SIGN?
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Keep movements slow
and gentle to minimize
accidents. Mental alertness
is key. Get professional
advice to handle a breakdown. Surprising news with
a group project prompts
action. Begin a new personal phase. What do you
want?
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
New possibilities stretch
old boundaries. Guard
against excessive spending. Begin a new phase in
planning and visualization.
Work it out together. Public
obligations interfere with
private time. Make time to
assimilate loss. Your team
helps.
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Encourage anothers
creativity. Provide great
service while still serving yourself. Figure out
a workable compromise.
Its a big mistake to think
youre the smartest. Heed
a professional advisor. Use
your network. Begin a new
social phase.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Last nights Harvest Moon
(lunar eclipse) reveals new
professional opportunities
over the next six months.
Embrace your creative
inspiration. Take advantage
of recent changes. Keep
your accounts balanced.
Apply elbow grease. Go for
distance, not speed.
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Shift your educational path.
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plans yet. Let them gel. Go
for your hearts desire, and
ignore naysayers. Pursue a
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finances arises, for a new
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eclipse. Adapt to changes
at home. Align on decisions
together or risk domestic
tranquility. Find the silver
lining.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
A creative collaboration
blossoms after this Full
Harvest Moon (eclipse in
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by letting go of stuck
positions. Gossip may spice
the copy, but it gets messy.
Try on anothers view. Get
terms in writing.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Make work changes over
the next six months, after
last nights Harvest Moon
(eclipse in Aries). Re-evaluate what you have and
want. Seek new levels of
excellence. Be spontaneous, but not reckless. A
creative spark ignites.
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Shift to a new romantic
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months. Last nights Harvest Moon eclipse reveals
a new passionate phase.
Grow what you love. Clean
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arts. Follow your heart. Be
unreasonable.
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Make repairs. A domestic
turning point arises, for
a new six-month phase
following last nights Harvest Moon eclipse in Aries.
Replace what you left
behind. Figure out what
everyone wants. Family
takes priority.
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Speak out. Begin a new
phase in communications
with this Harvest Moon
eclipse in Aries. Upgrade
your technology. Take on
new leadership. Timing
matters... know when to
play your cards. Avoid
arguments. Get assistance
with a project.
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Keep your objective in
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IN THE

An evening spent nude with the

Heartland Naturists nudist community
JARRET ROGERS
@JarretRogers

Editor's note: Two of the people quoted in this story are described only by their first initial
or first name in order to protect
their privacy.
On a cool, gray evening I
entered an indoor swimming
facility about 45 minutes away
from Lawrence to meet up
with the Heartland Naturists,
a group that practices nudism.
Adrenaline shot through me as
I prepared for what I thought
would be a wild night of skinny dipping.
Since its inception in 1982,
the Heartland Naturists has
been a group for those who
want to experience life without
the typical threads. The members of the community participate in a wide range of activities; one night they'll socialize
in a coffee shop, the next they'll
jam out to '80s music while
doing jello shots all of this
completely nude.
For one night I decided to
follow their lead and see if the
freedom of nudity would overtake me or if I would fall victim to embarrassment.
I had no experience with anything like what I was walking
into. In the high school locker
room, guys tried to dress as
quickly as possible. At home,
clothing is the only acceptable
option. Inside my dorm, the
shower is the only place Im

ever nude.
To see how comfortable
people were with leaving all
their clothes behind and stepping into the pool was odd.
I knew what would happen,
but similar to how Hunter
Mickelson is never as tall as he
is when he is standing next to
you the Heartland Naturists
were never as naked as they
were until I was among them.
Inside the swimming facility,
there was no turning back. The
longer I chose to stay clothed,
the more I would stand out.
Before I could talk myself into
anything else, I undressed and
got in the pool.
The initial feeling is one of
personal shock. Am I really
doing this? I thought to myself.
I bobbed around in the water, taking in some of the faces
surrounding me. People chatted each other up about the
recent events in each others
lives and said hello to those
whom theyd missed the past
couple weeks. There were men
who looked like TV politicians, couples who looked like
they were from a bad romantic comedy, and someone else
who looked like my brother's
best friend from college.
It was an overwhelmingly
normal group of people, which
shouldnt have been a shock
but it was.
My first encounter was with
a fellow student, L. A junior,
L. had been a member of the
group since the spring.

Its just fun being nude, L.

said. I never really under-

A lot of people dont

get what it is that we
do here. Most people
think its one big sex
orgy when the truth is
there is nothing sexual
about what we do. We
just like to be naked.
SCOTT HAINES
PR Director

stood what the big deal is.

Back when I was in Germany
there were magazines out in
the open with nudity in them.
In America [being nude] is
such a big deal.
L.s friends around campus
are unaware of L.s nudist habits, but at the end of the day, L.
said secrecy is no big deal.
Im just not an open book
that opens up about everything," L. said. "No one ever
really asks, and I just tell them
Im going out."
For others in the group,
though, secrecy is crucial.
Some people in here keep
this away from their spouses or
other people like that in their
lives, said Scott Haines, the
group's PR director. A lot of
people dont get what it is that
we do here. Most people think
its one big sex orgy when the
truth is there is nothing sexual
about what we do. We just like

to be naked."
He added: Anytime Ive told
a girl about this, things have
gone downhill pretty quickly."
Ray, a man in his 60s who
told his family about his membership with the group, was
disregarded by his children
when he opened up about his
lifestyle.
I told my daughters and
they just dont get it," Ray said.
"They cant really comprehend
what it is I do so they dont really speak with me anymore."
The
general
sentiment
among the group: Other people cant seem to comprehend
the freedom of the people inside of the group. They cant
fathom a group that sees each
other nude more than they do
clothed and has no sexual desire for each other, Haines said.
Im not one to step into
peoples minds, but the only
reason I can imagine people
having such a visceral reaction
to people coming out as nudists is that they havent seen it
themselves. Sure, its easy to
see the group as a place to fill
sexual fantasies if youve never been there. But even if you
spend the smallest amount of
time with the group, all predetermined conclusions will go
by the wayside.
The people of Heartland seek
the same thing as anyone else
in the world: They want to be
accepted for who they are and
for doing what they choose to
do with their free time. The
group is nothing more than a

social community that gets together to have some fun with

people who have similar tastes.
The group itself is a diverse
set of people who are the most
open-minded and kind people
I personally have spent time
around. They took interest in
who I was even though I was
just a writer looking for a story.
They invited me to play volleyball and were open and honest
when I asked questions. They
didnt want me to see what
they experience; they wanted
me to experience it for myself.
After the swim wrapped
up, the group reconvened
at a restaurant. If you didnt
know any better, the Naturists
seemed like office employees who had just put in a late
night. People talked to their
kids on the phone, asked each
other about where theyd gone
to college and collectively
groaned at the Royals' loss.
The Heartland Naturists
might not be the group youre
looking for. They werent the
group I was looking for. I was
hoping to report back with
crazy stories of how nudists
love to flaunt their bodies and
get crazy, but instead I left
meeting great people, many of
whom ran into real road blocks
because of how theyve chosen
to spend their free time.
I went in expecting to meet
people I never considered as
normal humans. But I left
wishing everyone could be as
human as the people I had just
met.

Alumnus and sculptor team up to make

a collection of small Jayhawk sculptures
JARRET ROGERS
@JarretRogers

For over 20 years, artist

Robin Richerson worked as a
sculptor making everything
from Viking busts to athletes
in action. Richerson, based in
Kansas City, is now working on
a collection of Jayhawk sculptures to be sold under ICON
Artworks. The sculptures will
document the evolution of the
Jayhawk logo over time.
Richerson said hed always
wanted to do something related to the University, but because of the Jayhawk being licensed, he never went through
the process of acquiring the
license in order to legally sell
the logo.
Matt Palmer, a KU alumnus
and Richersons nephew, originally approached Richerson
with the idea of making the
Jayhawk in 2009. The idea
wasnt anything more than
conversation during the holidays between family.
However, in late 2013, the
two established ICON. From
there, Palmer worked on acquiring the license, which he
gained in July 2014. The Jayhawk collection debuted on
Sept. 1 this year.
This is going to be an ongoing thing, and its really interesting to think that this is
going to go on after me, Rich-

erson said. Someones going

to be making these and purchasing these long after me. Its
just a unique experience.
The sculptures come in seven- and eight-inch versions
with the option of bronze or
pewter. The pewter sculptures
cost $289, while the bronze
cost $589. Within the next
month, the company will debut a cheaper five-inch version
for the common fan.
The company uses the lostwax casting method, a style
used for thousands of years,
according to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. The process
includes a clay model, a wax
mold and hours of intensive
labor.
Both Richerson and Palmers
connection to the school and
the state of Kansas as a whole
gives them a sense of pride in
the sculptures.
I do feel a sense of pride,
Richerson said. The two-dimensional drawings of the
evolution of the Jayhawk have
been around for a long time
and Ive seen these drawings
and as far as I know, Im the
first person that has produced
them in three-dimensions and
had the Universitys blessing.
For me to have the opportunity to [work on the sculptures,] I cant describe the kind
of honor and pride that I feel,
Palmer said.

CONTRIBUTED
Sculptures by ICON Artworks founder Matt Palmer and artist Robin Richerson.

Richerson has two degrees

from UMKC, one in art education and another in studio art,
but he said four years of training from Chinese sculptor
Kwan Wu provided his most
valuable education. Wu is responsible for the Phog Allen
statue in front of Allen Fieldhouse and the George Brett
statue at Kaufmann Stadium,

amongst many other works.

I worked my schedule
around to work with him, and
he helped me to understand
more about anatomy, proportion and to use my eyes better, Richerson said. I learned
more in those four years than I
ever did at the University.
Going forward, the company
will continue to work with the

University to make new sculptures beyond the six Jayhawks

it now features. They are also
working with other schools to
start doing similar projects.
To launch our company with
this mythical bird we all know
and love has been a dream
come true, Palmer said.

Edited by Maddy Mikinski

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Deondre Ford
Before leaving in the second quarter with a thumb injury, Ford was errant with his
throws and didnt show too much to make anyone miss him. The junior transfer,
who started in place of Montell Cozart (flu-like symptoms), went 6-of-13 for 85
yards and an interception. Though he was pressured often, Ford forced throws that
werent there, and didnt do well under stress he did the same in his short stint
against Memphis two weeks ago.
Even on short, easy throws, Ford seemed just a bit off. Despite his struggles through
two games, Ford will likely remain the teams backup quarterback if hes healthy
he is scheduled for an x-ray on his hand to find the severity of the injury.

B-

Receiving Corps
Tyler Patrick started in this game and has become the mainstay of the Kansas
receiving corps. The redshirt freshman played most of the snaps in this game,
and caught all three of his targets in Week 3. Hes probably the first name that
comes to mind when Beaty mentions earn it in fall camp he rarely ran with
the starters, now hes in there all the time. He had three catches for 70 yards today.
Tre Parmalee has also been a consistent, reliable target for Cozart, and he led the
team in receptions in this game with five.

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@ByHardy

Montell Cozart
Keep in mind: Cozart was dealing with a 104 degree temperature on Friday
and was playing with flu-like symptoms on Saturday. Nevertheless, he came
in when Ford went down and played reasonably well for the situation. He was
playing behind a struggling offensive line, but looked comfortable rolling out
of the pocket.
He went 13-of-18 with 193 yards and led Kansas on each of the teams scoring
drives. Most importantly Cozart didnt turn the ball over. Though Rutgers was
missing a few defensive backs (because of dismissal from the team), he was
surprisingly decent and consistent in this game, save for a few errant throws.
Defensive Backs
I sort of feel sympathy for defensive coordinator Clint Bowen and defensive
backs coach Kenny Perry with these guys. Theyre just inexperienced, and not
very good at least yet. Freshman Tyrone Miller seemed to be beat every time
he was on the field (and that fumble he forced was an error by the running
back). Brandon Stewart was extremely soft in coverage, though he seemed
more reliable than Miller in this game. And the safeties didnt especially stand
out.

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SPORTS
McLaughlin
and Krauth
will be key
for baseball
WESLEY DOTSON
@WesleyDee23

After finishing last season

with a record of 23-32 a
mark that was not good enough
to make the Big 12 Tournament
or the NCAA Regionals the
Jayhawks are hoping to put a
disappointing year past them.
Pitching was a glaring issue
for the team last season as it
ranked at the very bottom of
the Big 12 with an ERA of 5.56.
Toward the end of the season
the pitching staff improved, and
by the end it was an effective
weapon for coach Ritch Price.
The Jayhawks now hope that
momentum carries into this
year with an even stronger
starting rotation, led by senior
left-handed pitcher Ben Krauth.
Krauth, who was named Big
12 Newcomer of the Year, was a
true bright spot in the Jayhawks
subpar season. His seven wins
and 84 strikeouts in 91.1 innings pitched both led the team,
and he truly became the ace
of the staff. Now entering his
senior season, Krauth is keen
on becoming more of a leader
on and off the field.
As a senior its a little easier to
come back acting like a leader
and feeling like one at the same
time, Krauth said.
Krauth is vital to the Jayhawks
and will need to produce the
kind of numbers he did last year
in order for the team to have
more successful pitching. For
him to improve hell need to
have better control of his pitches, most notably his fastball.
This offseason, coach [Ryan]
Graves has given me the freedom to work with my delivery
a little bit more and try to figure
out my own problems with mechanical issues, Krauth said.
He also said he feels more
comfortable with the defense
behind him and said that would
help him with his control.
That was part of the reason
last year, also coming in as a
new guy, not being comfortable
with the team behind you and
not being accustomed to the
Division I level yet, Krauth
said. All those things are
disappearing as the days go by
just because youre getting more
comfortable.
The offense that was ranked
fourth in the Big 12 last season
will turn to other players on
the team to help match that
similar production. Former
players Connor McKay, Dakota
Smith and Blair Beck were all
impactful bats in the lineup last
season. It will take many other
players to make up for the big
bats of that trio, but sophomore
infielder Matt McLaughlin is
ready to take on the challenge.
McLaughlin became a forceful
bat in his freshman season as
he posted a .293 average, had
a 10-game hitting streak and
drove in some key runs. Price
had high expectations for him
and McLaughlin delivered.
I came in early in the fall and
I really struggled, McLaughlin
said. But I kept getting better
every day, [and] the coaches
stuck with me. I got a chance
opening night against LSU, and
I did my best and really ran
with the opportunity.
A new trio could form this
season that surround McLaughlin in the middle of the
lineup with junior Michael
Tinsley, who will make the transition from catcher to left field
this season, and senior Colby
Wright, who will work his way
back from an injury.
You look at some of the other
guys we have coming back, like
Michael Tinsley, in the heart of
the order, and Colby Wrights
back in the heart of the order,
and some new guys who looked
real good in their individuals
in the fall, McLaughlin said. I
think our lineups going to do
real well this year, one through
nine.

KANSAN.COM/SPORTS | MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 2015

Kansas struggles with run game and

momentum in 27-14 loss to Rutgers
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@ByHardy

After Rutgers kicker Kyle

Federico missed a 39-yard
field goal with 11:53 left on
the clock, Kansas seemed
to have a chance at least
for a moment. The Jayhawks
had some momentum, and
the lead was down to 13. The
game was still within reach.
Junior quarterback Montell
Cozart, who didnt start the
day under center due to flulike symptoms, took over at
his own 21-yard line. Three
successful plays later, Kansas
was just 23 yards from the
end-zone with a fresh set of
downs.
It was then that Kansas decided to do what burned the
team to the ground against
Rutgers: run the ball.
After four unsuccessful
plays, Kansas would turn it
over on downs, and the team
never really got its momentum going again. Its best
chance to get late points to
make it a close-game had
ended on two consecutive run
plays. The Jayhawks wouldnt
score another point in the final 8:59, and eventually fell to
Rutgers, 27-14 in New Jersey.
You cant take the score
out of it unfortunately, Beaty
said. There were some better things at certain points. I
really liked the way our defense responded after we gave

up a touchdown on that first

drive in the second half
There was some improvement
there.
The improvements certainly
didnt come in the running
game. All day, the ground
game on both sides of the ball
was what sealed the Jayhawks
fate.
Kansas failed to get any sort
of a rhythm out of the backfield behind an offensive front
that crumbled, both in run
and pass protection. Junior
Keaun Kinner, who came
into the game averaging 6.3
yards per rush, couldnt find
the cracks this week. Despite
rushing for both of the teams
touchdowns, Kinner ran 15
times for 23 yards a 1.5
yards per carry average.
If it wasnt for DeAndre
Manns 41-yard run in the
second quarter, the Jayhawks
would have tallied 23 yards on
28 rushes.
What Kansas couldnt do
on the ground, Rutgers did
tenfold. Averaging 5.4 yards
per rush, Rutgers could run
two rush plays and move the
chains for most of the game.
When Kansas did occasionally get Rutgers to third down,
the Jayhawks couldnt stop
the short passes from Rutgers
quarterback Chris Laviano
that became a cycle.
The Jayhawks made adjustments, even bringing eight
in the box for much of the

fourth quarter, but the team

just couldnt make a stop. At
the end of the day, Rutgers
had rushed for 312 yards and
two touchdowns.
They held the ball for
37 minutes and they did a
great job of converting third
downs, Beaty said. Thats
a Big Ten football team and
they are built a lot differently
than we are. [Rutgers] did a
good job of holding on to the
football, which is the name of
the game when you play tempo teams like us.
For Kansas, the offense
stalled early with junior transfer Deondre Ford under center. Ford replaced Cozart, who
was scratched from the start
due to flu-like symptoms.
According to Kansas Athletics, Cozart had a fever of 104
degrees on Friday. And as a
result, Beaty decided to give
Cozart rest after the team put
him in his own hotel room on
Friday night, and he struggled
through Saturday mornings
walkthrough.
On the other side, Rutgers
scored on two of its first three
drives. And it wouldn't be
until after that third Rutgers
drive that things would really get going for Kansas. Ford
went down with a hand injury, and despite the illness,
Cozart was able to come in
and replace him. Kansas got
a clear bump in production
from then on out.

RICH SCHULTZ/AP
Rutgers wide receiver Carlton Agudosi makes a
touchdown catch against Kansas defender Tyrone Miller.

[Cozart did] a great job

holding his composure and
[he did] a good job of cheering on Deondre [Ford], but
he was coughing and didnt
look very good, Beaty said.
The second he put that helmet on, he went in there, and
I think he played as hard as he
could have possibly played,
particularly giving his current
situation.
Rutgers went into the half
20-7, but the score would not
stay that way for long. Coming out of the half, Rutgers
needed only 12 plays, 11 of
them rushing, to find the end
zone, making the score 27-7.
Two drives later, after a fumble recovery, Kansas churned
out a nine-play, 52-yard drive

to answer Rutgers and make

it 27-14 with 1:55 to go in the
third quarter. But that was as
close as it would get.
Offensively, it was good to
see that we had some adversity and guys handled it, Beaty
said, noting the quarterback
switch. No one ever thought
about who was at quarterback. They just did their job.
Kansas dropped to 0-3 with
the loss its 31st consecutive loss on the road and 34th
consecutive loss away from
Memorial Stadium. The Jayhawks will move on to conference play next week, as they
take on Iowa State in Ames,
Iowa.
Edited by Scott Chasen

Basketball boot camp

emphazises mental
and physical fitness

ZOE LARSON/KANSAN
Junior Hanna Kallmaier clears the ball in a game on Friday.

Soccer extends
winning streak
JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Senior Perry Ellis speaks to the media on Friday, Sept. 25.

SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU

Lets go. The season is

here.
Its 7 a.m. on Monday.
Most students at the University are fast asleep, subconsciously dreading the first
alarm of the school week.
However, for Kansas basketball assistant coach Jerrance
Howard, its time to bring
the energy.
Help each other. Mind
over matter.
Those words echo throughout Allen Fieldhouse as the
players run up and down
the courts in what is a yearly
tradition in college basketball and at the University of
Kansas: boot camp.
With boot camp comes a
level of dread, and even a bit
of anxiety, especially for the
freshmen. However, at the
end of the day, it serves as
far more than just a physical
test. Its a mental one, too.
You just have to get it into
your mind to work hard and
grind hard and be able to
get through the day, said
junior point guard Frank

Mason III. You just have to

think positive and youll get
through it.
I knew it was going to
be tough, [but] mentally I
think I prepared myself for
it, said freshman forward
Carlton Bragg. Instead of
thinking 30 [sprints] you
think 100. Then its a little
shorter.
Bragg mentioned senior
big men Jamari Traylor and
Perry Ellis as being crucial
in helping him focus. He
said Traylor in particular
let him know that, as a unit,
each player had to be on his
game and had to be willing
to help out others when they
were struggling.
There is no shortage of
leaders for this years team.
With a slew of upperclassmen across the roster, the
freshmen have been able to
come in and step up right
away with an excess of guidance.
And because of that, everyone including the freshmen reached their goal
time for finishing, according
to Ellis, although the experience for the returners was
certainly different than for

the first-year players.

It went by fast, Ellis said
with a smile. Im feeling the
best [Ive] ever [felt].
Everyone has adjusted to
what needs to be done, Mason said. The younger guys
are picking it up [too].
With boot camp over, the
Jayhawks are now less than
two weeks away from Late
Night in the Phog on Oct.
9 at 6:30 p.m. At Late Night
the players will not only
scrimmage for the crowd,
but also step into a different
role as entertainers.
While the preparation
for boot camp and for Late
Night is dramatically different, both have their place in
Kansas basketball. The former serves the purpose of
getting the team ready while
the latter is about building
excitement from just about
everywhere else.
[Late Night] is a great
event and a great time for
the team, fans, coaches and
everyone, Mason said. Its
always fun. Its one of the
best events of the year.
Edited by Dani Malakoff

SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolSports

Kansas soccer extended its

winning streak to three games
Friday night at Rock Chalk
Park with a 3-0 win over South
Dakota State. Ashley Pankey
scored two goals while Ashley
Williams scored her second
goal in two games.
The win wraps up nonconference play for the Jayhawks,
who will face Texas on Friday,
Oct. 2.
We talked about today being
the last nonconference game,
Kansas coach Mark Francis
said. Last year we didnt really finish the way we wanted
to and so we just really want to
finish this part of the year in
the right way.
Pankey scored the first goal
of her career when she nudged
a ball bouncing past the South
Dakota State goalkeeper into
the net in the 79th minute.
That put Kansas up 2-0. She
would score her second in the
84th minute from approximately 25 yards away, catching
the SDSU goalkeeper Nicole
Inskeep off her line.
Williams continued her good
form and added a goal in the
48th minute. Williams collected the ball on the right side of
the 18-yard box and lifted it

into the opposite side netting

over Inskeep.
[Scoring] feels great, coming
back from injury last season, it
was just that much sweeter,
Pankey said after the game.
In the last few weeks, my team
has been working so hard. Finally everythings coming together, the teams been working together so well and I hope
that we keep this up going into
conference next week.
Earlier in the season having
[had] struggles offensively, its
great to have one of our forwards on the scoring charts,
Francis said of both Williams
and Pankey netting goals. Its
good for their confidence.
Francis said the convincing
win was a product of an emphasis on attacking through
the wings and practice in attacking areas on the field.
Weve worked a lot the last
10 days on off stuff and the
girls have really done a good
job of committing to it and
picking up on the things that
weve worked on, Francis said.
Its always nice when you do
stuff in practice and actually
get better at it.
Kansas will return to the
pitch next Friday when it begins conference play against
Texas at Rock Chalk Park at 7
p.m.