09-09-14

Now four months into University of
Kansas administrators’ response to her
alleged sexual assault, Ivory is left with
one sentiment: “Nobody cares.”
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Volume 128 Issue 10 Kansan.com Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Now four months into University of
Kansas administrators’ response to her
alleged sexual assault, Ivory is lef with
one sentiment: “Nobody cares.”
Ivory, a sophomore, fled one of the 17
sexual assault
complaints that the Ofce
of Institutional Opportunity and Access
(IOA) has investigated so far in 2014.
She went in thinking it would get
better if she reported to University ad-
ministration. She thought IOA would
communicate with her the way she had
requested.
She was wrong.
According to emails and confdential
letters to and from Ivory obtained by
Te University Daily Kansan, as well
as interviews with Ivory, she accused
the respondent, a male University stu-
dent, on May 5 of non-consensual oral
sex and attempting to penetrate her in
November 2013. On June 30, IOA had
fnished its investigation, issued a con-
clusion, and recommended sanctions:
that the respondent be put on proba-
tion, meet with IOA and pay restitution
for out-of-pocket therapy expenses.
Student Conduct and Community Stan-
dards subsequently decided that there
had been no violation, and told Ivory so
in a meeting on Aug. 18.
She thought her case was closed. She
went home and cried.
Now, her case is being reopened
against her will for a Formal Hearing
Panel conducted by Student Afairs.
It started at a bar in November
2013, the fall of her freshman year.
She saw the respondent for the frst
and last time that night. She said she
got a text from him the next day with
his frst name. She said she still doesn’t
know anything other than his name,
which fraternity he’s in and the major
listed on his Facebook profle.
“I think he was like 6-4, 6-5, over 200
pounds,” she said. “A really large person
to try to fght of.”
She said when his fraternity’s designat-
ed driver picked them up as the bar was
about to close, she thought they were
going to take her to her home, not to
spend the night at his fraternity.
“Tat wasn’t my plan,” she said.
Her memory of the night is choppy.
She said he took her clothes of at his
fraternity. She said she felt uncomfort-
able, said no, tried to get him to stop and
told him repeatedly that she wanted to
go home.
“Tere was no point in the evening
where I wanted to engage with this per-
son sexually,” she said. “None. And at
every single point I made it clear that
I was uncomfortable and that I did not
want this to happen.”
Te respondent did not return Te
Kansan’s voicemails.
Te Kansan was not able to obtain
the full IOA investigative report, which
would include witness testimony of
that night. Ivory signed a notarized
Federal Educational Rights and Pri-
vacy Act student records information
release to allow the University to re-
lease records and information relat-
ed to her sexual assault complaint
to Te Kansan reporter on Sept. 8.
According to the University’s Di-
rector of News and Media Relations
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, no re-
cords will be released until afer her
case review is completed, afer the
scheduled formal hearing, to avoid
infuencing those involved in the
case, including witnesses and pan-
el members. She said Ivory and the
respondent have rights to review
records that will be presented at
the hearing.
Afer that night, Ivory said
she didn’t initially know that she
could report what had happened
and didn’t know where or how to
report it in the University. She
had also heard news stories of
nothing happening to alleged
rapists when other people re-
ported alleged sexual assaults
and she did not want to go
through that experience. Te
next day, and for months afer-
ward, she tried to ignore that
anything had happened.
“I didn’t know what else to
do,” she said. “And I didn’t
think that anyone would help
me.”
In April, she fnally told
someone.
Her friend Amanda Schul-
ze, then a senior from Wich-
ita, knew how to report to
IOA and what the Univer-
sity could do because she
served on the Title IX Sex-
ual Assault Training sub-
committee. She told Ivory
that there was a process
that could be efective.
If she didn’t say anything, nobody
would ever know what she said the re-
spondent had done. Tat’s what con-
vinced her to report to the University.
“I wanted to feel like campus could be
safe for other people and I felt like this
person was dangerous,” Ivory said.
Afer class on May 5, Ivory report-
ed the alleged assault. With Schulze at
her side, she sat down in IOA Investi-
gator Jennifer Brooks’ ofce in Car-
ruth-O’Leary Hall.
According to IOA procedure as well
as Ivory and Schulze’s accounts, Brooks
took notes as she had Ivory walk
through the events of that night. IOA
investigators follow a checklist, making
sure investigators explain how IOA han-
dles cases and giving complainants a list
of resources.
On that checklist is “correspondence
regarding investigation.”
IOA normally sends all ofcial doc-
uments by both standard mail to the
complainant’s listed address and by
email to the complainant’s @ku.edu
email address. Ivory lived in the dorms
as a freshman. Over the summer, her
mail would be forwarded to her family’s
house.
Ivory hadn’t — and still hasn’t — told
her family about her alleged sexual as-
sault.
“I was very, very private about the
whole thing,” she said. “And I was hurt-
ing a lot.”
According to procedure and accounts,
Brooks asked if Ivory wanted both let-
ters and emails. Ivory said to not send
letters to her family house. She said to
only email her.
“It was reiterated multiple times that
she did not want anything sent to her
home,” Schulze said.
Ivory said she saw Brooks write down
a note to only email and not mail and
assured her that she would not be sent
any mail to her parents’ home. Schulze
also said Brooks said everything would
be emailed and not mailed.
Te mail came to her family’s house
anyway.
Confdential PDFs obtained by Te
Kansan are all labeled as sent via stan-
dard mail and email: a summary of the
May 5 meeting saying IOA would inves-
tigate, a copy of the notifcation of inves-
tigation addressed to the respondent, a
directive that he not contact Ivory, and
IOA’s conclusion and sanction recom-
mendations.
Ivory said she received the letters in
two bundles, the frst in the middle of
June and the second at the end of June.
She said they looked like any other of-
cial KU letters, which startled her. She
opened them before her family saw
them.
“My dad, very easily, with no bad inten-
tion, would have seen that and thought
it was a bill or something,” she said.
Ivory felt exposed. But she didn’t con-
tact IOA to make sure no more letters
came. She said she was busy, she didn’t
know who to contact and she didn’t
think IOA would fx it.
Barcomb-Peterson said Jane Mc-
Queeny, IOA executive director, would
not be able to comment on Ivory’s case
until afer the scheduled hearing.
Ivory said no one from IOA was check-
ing up with her and she didn’t under-
stand what she could ask.
On June 30, IOA sent its conclusion.
IOA found that it is “more likely than
not that [the respondent] assaulted [Ivo-
ry] by kissing and touching [her] when
[she was] incapacitated and unable to
provide knowing and voluntary consent
to engage in any sexual activity with
him.”
“If somebody is incapacitated, then
they’re not able to consent to any sexual
activity,” Brooks said speaking in gener-
al during a Sept. 5 interview with Te
Kansan.
IOA’s conclusion did not address Ivo-
ry’s accounts that these sexual actions
happened when she said no.
IOA recommended the respondent be
put on probation — without specifying
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name of the respondent of the accusation
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what probation would en-
tail — for six months, that he
meet with IOA staf to discuss
alcohol and consent and that
he pay restitution to Ivory for
any out-of-pocket therapy ex-
pense related to the case. Te
June 30 letter said the Direc-
tor of Student Conduct and
Community Standards, Nick
Kehrwald, would be in touch
to discuss IOA’s recommen-
dations.
On July 9, Kehrwald emailed
Ivory saying he had received
IOA’s report and wanted to
discuss the fndings and rec-
ommendations with her.
Ivory responded to Kehr-
wald’s email on July 15 with
complaints about the IOA in-
vestigation: that “kissing and
touching” while she was drunk
is not as serious a charge as
her alleged non-consensual
oral sex, that the recommend-
ed sanctions were not serious,
and that IOA had handled the
case inattentively by sending
letters to her parents’ house
afer she requested to only be
sent emails.
“I will always be proud to
be a Jayhawk, but I am deeply
disappointed in your depart-
ment’s clear lack of concern
for the safety of other women
on this campus by allowing
[the respondent] to disappear
into university life without
poignant consequences for his
actions,” she wrote.
Kehrwald responded to her
email on July 18 by saying
Student Conduct and Com-
munity Standards is an ofce
in Student Afairs and had not
been involved in IOA’s inves-
tigation.
“Tat is the sole responsibil-
ity of IOA,” he wrote.
Ivory never brought those
complaints directly to IOA.
She said she had wanted the
respondent at least suspended
for a semester. She was disap-
pointed. But, moving forward,
she assumed the respondent
would have to pay for the out-
of-pocket expenses for thera-
py. She set up an appointment
with a recommended thera-
pist in Lawrence who wasn’t
on her insurance plan.
Ivory emailed Kehrwald
with the therapist’s name, con-
tact number and how much
each session would cost. At
the time, she thought that it
was Kehrwald’s job to enforce
the sanctions that IOA recom-
mended.
According to standard pro-
cedure, when an alleged vi-
olation of student conduct is
reported, a conduct ofcer
from Student Conduct and
Community Standards re-
views IOA’s investigation and
decides if a violation occurred
and what sanctions should be
enforced.
On the morning of Aug. 18,
Ivory met with Kehrwald in
his ofce.
Kehrwald concluded that
the facts as documented did
not support a violation of the
University’s sexual arassment
policy, as later summarized in
a Student Afairs notice dated
Sept. 5. Tat notice addressed
to Ivory says, “While you were
incapacitated at the time of
the incident there were not
enough behavioral indicators
to where the accused student
knew or reasonably should
have known of your incapac-
itation.”
According to that document,
IOA’s report says that the re-
spondent did not see Ivory
drinking, that she was not
slurring her speech, had no
difculty walking outside of
the bar, that they made small
talk in the car and that she
showed no difculties walking
into the fraternity. It said that
the frst signs that Ivory was
drunk are made by another
witness that she was sway-
ing, appeared glossed over
and getting drunker as time
passed “afer the incident in
question.”
She said Kehrwald told her
no sanctions would be im-
posed. Even though IOA’s
investigation had found the
respondent had more likely
than not engaged in non-con-
sensual contact with her, she
said she was told he would not
be punished.
Barcomb-Peterson said
Kehrwald, Student Conduct
and Community Standards
director, would not be able to
comment on Ivory’s case until
afer the hearing.
Ivory said Kehrwald asked
if she wanted to see her full
IOA investigative report then.
According to Brooks, these
reports contain any evidence
collected, including witness
interviews, IOA’s analysis and
the recommended sanc-
tions.
Ivory said no, she wasn’t
ready to read the report in
Kehrwald’s ofce with him
at that Aug. 18 meeting.
She said Kehrwald asked if
she wanted him to email it
to her.
Ivory said Kehrwald gave her
one other option at the Aug.
18 meeting. If she wanted, she
could appeal his decision to a
three-person panel. She said
she has never requested or
agreed to such a hearing.
She was emotionally ex-
hausted. She had hoped the
respondent would be pun-
ished by the University. IOA
had concluded that he com-
mitted a violation, and now
she was being told by Student
Conduct and Community
Standards that he had not.
She didn’t want to appeal.
She wanted to go home.
“Te last thing I wanted to
do was to continue with the
University,” she said.
Afer reading about the light
sanctions proposed by an
appeals panel in another stu-
dent’s rape case reported in
the Hufngton Post on Sept.
2, she said she’s glad she didn’t
appeal.
“Apparently the people on
the panel think that commu-
nity service is too punitive, so
what do you think they would
have told me?” she said. “Tat
guy admitted that he raped
that girl. What do you think
they would have told me?”
She said she thanked Kehr-
wald for his time, lef his ofce
without asking further ques-
tions, lay in bed and cried. She
said no one followed up with
her and Kehrwald never sent
her the formal report, despite
his ofer to do so.
“Tat meeting killed an in-
vestigation of sexual assault
and killed a sanction for sex-
ual assault that was supposed
to happen,” she said. “And
they didn’t even bother to put
it in writing and send it to me
or ask me if I needed anything
or give me a list of steps that I
could take.”
She found a therapist in her
insurance plan instead. She
thought that was the end of
the University’s action.
At 9:32 a.m. on Sept. 5, Ivo-
ry sent an email to Jennifer
Brooks asking for a copy of
the IOA investigative report
that Kehrwald did not send
her. While she said she wasn’t
emotionally ready to read it
herself, she agreed to give it to
Te Kansan.
At 9:53 a.m. on Sept. 5, she
got an email from someone
new.
Joshua Jones, the Student
Conduct and Community
Standards coordinator who
works under Kehrwald, wrote
to Ivory that a Formal Hear-
ing Panel of her case had been
scheduled for Friday, Sept. 19.
A panel of three — a School
of Education administrator,
an ofcer manager in the
School of Engineering and
a student — is scheduled to
decide if the Code of Student
Rights and Responsibilities
was violated and if sanctions,
including possible suspension
or expulsion, are warranted.
Jones’ email says the hear-
ing was scheduled under
section VI.C.3 of the Student
Non-Academic Conduct Pro-
cedures. Section VI.C.3 says
an accused student will meet
before a Formal Hearing Pan-
el when expulsion or suspen-
sion is a likely sanction, and
that accused student disputes
facts. Ivory said Kehrwald’s
decision was that the respon-
dent faced no sanctions. IOA’s
recommended sanctions nev-
er included expulsion or sus-
pension.
Tammara Durham, vice
provost for Student Afairs,
wrote in an email statement,
“When a case involves sexual
assault, if a complaining party
requests that the respondent
student be suspended or ex-
pelled, Student Afairs will
take the matter to a Formal
Hearing Panel.”
Barcomb-Peterson said
Joshua Jones would not be
able to comment on Ivory’s
case until afer the scheduled
hearing.
Ivory said she doesn’t want
this hearing to happen. She
said she was not asked if she
wanted the hearing to happen.
She and the respondent have
the right to attend and partic-
ipate.
“I can’t,” she said. “I can’t do
it. I can’t be in the room with
him again and have to talk
about this all over again in
front of complete strangers.”
She has a class when the
hearing is scheduled. Jones’
email acknowledges this but
says the chosen time is the
earliest possible date given
the availability of the hearing
panel. Durham wrote in a
statement that Student Afairs
works with students to se-
cure an excused absence and
“ensure the student is able to
obtain information from the
missed class session so that
the student is not prejudiced
by the scheduling of the hear-
ing.”
Te formal hearing notice
uses phrasing such as “your
consumption of alcohol (te-
quila),” “while at Te Jayhawk
Café (‘Te Hawk’),” and “dis-
played unusual behavior” in
recounting the grounds for
IOA’s conclusion that Ivory
was incapacitated.
Jones’ email says that he will
be bringing the case to the
hearing panel on her behalf so
Ivory is not required to attend
the hearing. She hasn’t decid-
ed if she will.
Ivory decided to speak out
to start a conversation and
get University policy and the
structure of Student Conduct
and Community Standards
changed. She said the Huf-
ington Post report and the
scrutiny that the University’s
sexual assault policies have
come under since made her
realize she isn’t alone in being
unhappy with how her sexual
assault complaint was han-
dled.
“Tey didn’t care until now,”
she said. “How little they care
is just becoming so apparent.”
— Edited by Emma LeGault
and Amelia Arvesen
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“They didn’t care until now.
How little they care is just
becoming so apparent.”
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Jayhawks Dream aims
to educate juveniles
DEREK SKILLETT
@derekskillett
A new student organization
has sprung up at the University
of Kansas. Jayhawks Dream,
founded by six University
students, aims to help educate
youth living within state
juvenile correctional facilities.
Te founders of the
organization said they decided
to create it afer they took an
alternative break service trip
to Ohio to see the Department
of Youth Services.
“We met the Director for
Social Change at the Ohio
State University, who runs
a program called Buckeye
Reach. She works on literacy
development with college
students,” said Alex Kinkead, a
junior from Omaha, Neb., and
president of Jayhawks Dream.
“We’re focusing on diferent
aspects of literacy. Taking the
ideas we saw from Ohio and
adding a Jayhawk twist.”
Jaime Hay, a sophomore from
Lenexa, and vice president of
development, elaborated on
what Jayhawks Dream does.
“We’ll be going into facilities
and working with incarcerated
youth and building
relationships with them and
being mentors to show them
what it’s like to be in college,
and be a role model for them,
as well as teaching them basic
literacy skills,” Hay said.
Some of the founders soon
realized the experience was
more personal than they
thought.
“It’s not just us going in to
help them,” said Courtney
Hufman, a junior from
Lawrence, and vice president
of external afairs for Jayhawks
Dream. “We all gained a huge
new perspective. We’re hoping
to gain just as much from it as
who we’ll be working with.”
“Jayhawks Dream” is more
than just a clever name.
Grace Jones, a senior from
Chicago and vice president of
membership, said the name
was partly inspired by Buckeye
Reach. Te Dream part of the
name stands for “Developing
Relationships through
Education and Mentorship.”
Jolene Gilkey, a senior from
Wichita and vice president of
internal afairs, helped explain
why the youth in juvenile
correctional institutions need
the help of college students.
“Due to the environment
that some of these juveniles
grew up in, they don’t have
the same opportunities as
us,” Gilkey said. “Tey go to
school where they don’t have
the same opportunities as
other students, so they aren’t
doing as well. Tey’re not
being taught the importance
of education or the diference
between right and wrong.”
Gilkey said it was important
for students to be role models
for the incarcerated youth,
so they can go to school and
succeed.
Kinkead said he hopes this
organization lives on well afer
he graduates, and that younger
freshmen and sophomores will
join the program.
“Tis connection is going to
be great for KU,” he said.
Te sixth founding member,
Drew Carlburg, a senior from
Fredonia, was not present at
the interview.
— Edited by Lyndsey Havens
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Founders of Jayhawks Dream, from left: Jolene Gilkey, Jaime Hay, Alex
Kinkead, Grace Jones and Courtney Huffman.
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City reacts to response
from unauthorized tweet
Te City of Lawrence Twit-
ter account, @lawrenceks,
is responding to a message
tweeted at 9:15 p.m. on Sept.
6.
“#KU_Football lwomen re-
minder to trust your instincts
and avoid being a victim @
lawrencefre and @RAINN,”
read the tweet.
Te tweet has sparked con-
troversy among the account’s
followers, with Twitter users
responding negatively afer
reading it as victim-blaming.
“Te tweet was unautho-
rized,” said Megan Gilliland,
the communications manag-
er for the City of Lawrence.
“It wasn’t tweeted from our
ofce, and we’re looking into
the matter.”
Gilliland said the passwords
to the account are being
changed and the ofce would
be looking into the security of
its online accounts.
Sara Anderson, a senior
from Lindsborg, said it was
inappropriate because it
placed blame on women, who
are the largest demographic
of sexual assault survivors.
“Te tweet also completely
ignores the men and gender
queer survivors of sexual as-
sault,” Anderson said. “Te
tweet also fails to address the
larger issue — we tell women
to trust their instincts, yet we
don’t tell the perpetrators of
these crimes to stop sexually
assaulting people.”
On Monday morning, the
City of Lawrence Twitter ac-
count began responding to
users who had responded to
the original tweet. Te tweet
has since been deleted.
“Te City of Lawrence did
not authorize this tweet and it
was not made by an employ-
ee. We are looking into the
matter,” the response tweet
read.
Te message was repeated to
all users who had responded
to the original tweet.
Check Kansan.com daily for
comprehensive coverage of
sexual assault-related issues.
— Edited by Alex Lamb
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“It wasn’t tweeted from our
office, and we’re looking into
the matter.”
MEGAN GILLILAND
Communications manager
for City of Lawrence
University student
hit by car near Allen
Fieldhouse now at KU
Hospital
A student who was struck by
a vehicle Saturday afternoon in
front of Allen Fieldhouse has been
identified as Joshua Wepking,
a senior from Lansing. He is in
serious condition, said Captain
Anguiano of the KU Public Safety
Office.
Wepking was airlifted to the KU
Medical Center after Public Safety
Officers arrived at the scene, and
then was transferred to KU Hos-
pital.
Sgt. John Dietz of the Public
Safety Office said University police
were dispatched at 2:47 p.m. to
the 1500 block of Irving Hill Road,
where the accident occurred.
Wepking was alert and con-
scious as he was airlifted to KU
Medical Center, Dietz said.
After the accident, Wepking
seemed to be in good spirits as
he reached out to his followers on
Twitter.
“Man, I feel like I just got hit by a
car. #nailedit,” said Wepking in a
tweet on Sunday morning.
KU Medical Center confirmed
that Wepking is at the hospital,
but could not disclose his exact
condition at this time.
According to Dietz, the case is
still under investigation.
Check Kansan.com for updates.
— Alicia Garza
AMELIA ARVESEN/KANSAN
Officers inspect the vehicle that hit a student Saturday afternoon. “
“We’re focusing on different
aspects of literacy. Taking
the ideas we saw from Ohio
and adding a Jayhawk twist.”
ALEX KINKEAD
President of Jayhawks Dream
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 PAGE 4
Getting pelted by dirt from the
construction as I walk on Jayhawk
Boulevard is always fun.
That awkward moment when your
engineering GTA cannot algebra.
This kid that sits behind me
always leans over my shoulder
and whispers “somebody did their
homework” every time we turn in
our homework. I’m scared.
Just going to my 2 o’clock class
with pillow creases on my face.
Don’t mind me.
Complaining about walking back
from the Lied? Try walking back
from Park and Ride (‘cause the
buses don’t run 24/7, ya dig?).
Don’t be “That idiot who’s holding
traffic up.” Just turn right at
Naismith and Crescent.
We win our first football game
and the UDK sports section is still
hypercritical. The support starts
with you guys!!
Editor’s Note: The sports section
isn’t the team’s cheerleader.
Read the UDK for the first time in
6 years tonight. Glad to see the
Free-For-All section is still there.
Sincerely, an ‘09 Grad.
If I had as good of WiFi in my room
as I did in the Pulse, I’d make my
own coffee every morning.
To the girl who just razor scootered
down Jayhawk Blvd. I respect you.
I told myself I was going to be
productive today, but let’s be
real. I’m trying to catch snorlax.
#gottacatchemall
I met Amelia the news editor!!!
I’m ready for Halloween, crisp
chilly air, and crunchy leaves.
Dear chancellor, the only thing
your email taught me was that if I
am raped on campus and want to
feel safe again, I should transfer.
If I could figure out how to
apparate, that would be freaking
fantastic.
Of course the Murphy fire drill is
during my practice room nap.
“Dang girl, subtract those clothes
like a math problem!” -math
major boyfriend
How do the newspapers get put
out everyday? Is there some sort of
news Santa?
Editors Note: I don’t even know...
The UDK Fairy?
If anyone is interested, the Grana-
da is hosting Ultimate Midget
Wrestling on Thursday. Yes, it’s a
thing.
Too old for free beauty and hair
products?!?!? NEVER
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A
s a concerned
student I am
writing to all
Jayhawks past, present and
future. I am lucky I have
not been sexually assaulted
in my three years at our
University, but I have been
in situations where I could
have been. Because of this,
I understand the fear and
shame women feel, just like
the unnamed sophomore
who rallied us together
against the University’s
mishandling of an admitted
rapist.
College campuses are too
permissive toward sex and
alcohol — administrators
deny that it’s a problem
on their campus while
students accept the culture
as if there’s no problem.
Clearly, entities like IOA
get lost in trying to make a
distinction between “non-
consensual sex” and rape,
yet there is no difference.
The circumstances of a rape
should not change how one
is punished.
Regardless if alcohol was
involved, rape is rape. A
friend who took advantage
of your trust or a stranger
who violently forced
himself on you are both
rape. As a community we
need to take responsibility
for this culture and change
it. I’m sure we’ve all been
to parties where someone
has clearly gone beyond
their limits with alcohol,
but is that person always
pulled aside and asked to
leave? No. Not even when
it’s your friend, roommate,
sorority sister or fraternity
brother. It’s hard to manage
a situation like that, but
we should be taught how
to intervene as bystanders
to prevent problems before
they arise.
The University should
take responsibility for
training all Jayhawks
on how to handle these
situations. First, we must
have an open dialogue
from which to start
finding solutions. Tonight’s
forum at the ECM is
your chance to share
your stories and listen to
others so we can all see
this as not a “women’s
problem,” or a problem
that’s representative of
“a small minority of the
KU population.” It’s a
nationwide problem, and
we could be the university
to lead the change.
A friendly reminder to
KU administration: This
forum is not for you to save
face in front of students
and media. We’re watching
and we won’t let you brush
this aside like you did last
October.
Kaitlyn Klein is a senior
from Bellevue, Neb., studying
journalism
Campuses can’t push sexual assault aside any longer
“
@BWeezy42
@KansanOpinion of course! What’s the
point of voting if I don’t know who and
what I’m voting for?
B
eing an out-of-
state student, the
upcoming governor’s
race doesn’t mean as much
to me as it probably does for
a Kansan, but that doesn’t
mean that it isn’t turning
out to be an interesting race.
Kansas seems to teeter-
totter when it comes to
who should be governor.
According to the Kansas
Historical Society, no
two candidates from the
same party have held the
governorship in consecutive
terms since the 1960s.
The only exception was
Mark Parkinson, a former
Republican-turned-
Democrat, to replace
Kathleen Sebelius in 2009.
Looking at recent polls,
this trend is set to continue
for the foreseeable future.
Candidate Paul Davis
currently leads Brownback
by 8-10 points, suggesting
Davis may be the next
governor, but is he really the
best choice for Kansas?
Though many Kansans
look unfavorably toward
Brownback, his campaign
has highlighted several
positive aspects of his
agenda, most of them
within the past few weeks.
The Wall Street Journal
reports that over the last
four years, Kansas has
increased its per-pupil
spending, has seen a 2
percent annual increase
in education spending
and a 10 percent increase
in teacher pensions. The
state’s private industry has
also grown substantially,
with approximately 55,000
jobs added since 2011.
Although Kansas’ private-
sector growth has been
below the national average
during most of Brownback’s
term, this past year has
seen Kansas match the
national growth rate in
private industry. As a result,
Kansas’ unemployment rate
has decreased substantially
while Brownback has been
in office. If elected to a
second term, Brownback
has pledged to add 25,000
new private-sector jobs
per year over the next four
years.
Despite Brownback’s
promises for increased
funding for schools and
increased job growth,
Kansas has had its fair
share of controversy under
its current governor. The
question I pose to you is:
Do Brownback’s successes,
most of them recent, justify
another term? Or has his
overall performance since
taking office in 2011 been
so negative that you’re
willing to elect Paul Davis, a
newcomer that no one really
knows anything about? It
should be noted that this
past week, Davis has refused
to answer definitively how
he plans on solving issues
like education, instead
responding generically.
Alternating between
parties and ideologies will
never help Kansas settle in
and create a definitive path
to achieve the state’s goals.
Unless you truly believe that
he has what it takes to lead
Kansas and put it onto a
consistent path for success,
you should not vote for
Davis. Never vote against
someone just because it
seems like the popular thing
to do.
Take the time to read the
facts and look at Davis’
voting record. Before you
choose your favorite, find
factual evidence on which
candidates will benefit you.
Wait for a debate to see how
either Davis or Brownback
plans on making Kansas
better. Voting isn’t supposed
to be an emotionally driven
act. Brownback may have
weaknesses, but at least
Kansans know what to
expect with him in office.
Little known or unqualified
candidates who step into
positions of power often
don’t work out like they’re
predicted to.
Adam Timmerman is a
senior from Sioux Falls
studying environmental studies
Voters should stay away from
bandwagon during elections
By Adam Timmerman
@AdamTweets4You
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
T
he “Jaws” theme song
is well known all
around the world,
whether you’ve seen the
film or not. Sadly, the fear
that accompanies the movie
has also become the status
quo for real-life encounters
with sharks. According to
National Geographic Shark
Attack Facts, “For every
human killed by a shark,
humans kill approximately
two million sharks.”
Peter Benchley, author and
co-writer for the screenplay
of “Jaws,” regretted the
backlash from the novel and
movie on human attitudes
toward sharks. Serving as
an avid conservationist for
the latter part of his life,
Benchley said, “Knowing
what I know now, I could
never write that book today.
Sharks don’t target human
beings, and they certainly
don’t hold grudges.”
However, Discovery
Channel did not seem
to have the same
guilty conscience in its
programming of Shark
Week. With titles like “Great
White Serial Killer” and
“Jaws Strike Back,” sharks
are depicted as killing
machines rather than a
vital, threatened part of our
ecosystem.
Discovery Channel also
had no shame in airing
false, dramatized evidence
in its programming about
the gigantic (extinct)
creature known as
Megalodon. Megalodon
was a shark that, as Charles
Choi reports for livescience.
com, was “at least 30 times
as heavy as the largest of
its living relatives, the great
white shark.”
Receiving backlash in
response to their piece
portraying a living
Megalodon in the previous
year, Shark Week Executive
Producer Michael Sorenson
said, “It’s one of the most
debated shark discussions
of all time, can Megalodon
exist today? It’s Ultimate
Shark Week fantasy. The
stories have been out
there for years and with
95 percent of the ocean
unexplored, who really
knows?”
The thing is, scientists
really do know. Robert
Boessenecker, a
paleontologist at the
University of Otago,
disagrees with myths of a
surviving Megalodon.
“No credible records of
Pleistocene (or Holocene)
C. megalodon exist
anywhere,” Boessenecker
said. “And if we cannot
even prove that a giant
shark survived past 2 to 3
million years ago, the case
for C. megalodon survival is
hopelessly poor.”
Boessenecker also points
out that Discovery Channel
must’ve known they
were “being intentionally
misleading, or being
hopelessly naive in
thinking the public will
be able to separate fact
from fiction. …” I saw this
effect firsthand as a camp
counselor at an aquarium
over the summer. The week
after Shark Week, almost
every camper was convinced
of a living Megalodon and
took the programming as
a fact.
Based on its established
reputation, Discovery
Channel has the
responsibility to educate
the public on nature and
reality. Shark Week has
fostered interest in sharks
since 1988 and has created
shark stewards throughout
the years. However, the
new trend of reporting false
science and exaggerating
the violence of sharks
is unacceptable and
detrimental to society and
sharks alike.
Jenny Stern is a junior from
Lawrence studying ecology
and evolutionary biology
Shark Week provides
questionable content
By Jenny Stern
@jenlikeswhales
D
ark indie comedy
“Frank” ofers one of
the funniest, most ar-
ticulate examinations of weird
music-makers in flm — the
pretentious sort who have
a strange creative process, a
unique image/brand and a
sound that straddles the line
between artistic achievement
and noise. Here, it centers
on a mysterious musician
wearing a giant fake head.
But underneath the eccen-
tric humor, it also efectively
tackles the theme of mental
illness and the toll it can take
on artists.
Afer the keyboardist of
avant-garde band “Te
Soronprfs” tries to drown
himself, manager Don (Scoot
McNairy) recruits unassum-
ing Jon (Domhnall Gleeson)
to fll the spot. Jon works a
boring job and tries compos-
ing pop tunes in his free time
(they’re all crap), yet he eager-
ly jumps on the opportunity,
only to fnd himself moving
to an isolated cabin with the
extremely odd band members
to work on their new album.
Te frontman, Frank
(Michael Fassbender), proves
to be a musical mad genius.
He is uncommonly kind,
employs unusual methods
and is overfowing with
creative talent, although he
wears a big fat papier-mache
head at all times. Clara
(Maggie Gyllenhaal) plays
the theremin, always seems
angry and despises Jon from
the start, while Don used to
have sex with mannequins
instead of real women, and
the drummer (François Civil)
and guitarist (Carla Azar)
only speak French.
Fresh-faced Jon doesn’t ft
in well, although he does
build a following for “Te
Soronprfs” with his blog
and social media posts. Te
tremendously clever frst half
explores the idiosyncrasies of
the group to hysterical efect,
particularly during montages
with his blog writing voiced
over footage of ambient
noise collection, aggressive
team-building exercises,
physical fghts between mem-
bers and more.
Te music practices are
comical at frst, sounding like
cacophonous noises clashing
together. But when we see
them performing in earnest,
their music echoes the atmo-
spheric and lyrical complexity
of something like a fuzzier,
more out-there Pink Floyd
with favors of Te Flaming
Lips.
Fassbender happens to have
a commanding singing voice
that drives the grandiose
sound, although in his quiet-
er, sillier songs he exhibits a
wonderful buoyancy. Frank
himself also surprises, seem-
ing like a total enigma at frst
but revealing his sof, open
and supremely enthusiastic
persona behind the huge
painted face.
Te second half takes “Te
Soronprfs” to the Austin
music festival South by
Southwest, where Jon fnally
feels like he fts in but the
others do not. In an attempt
to be more accessible, Frank
creates his “most likable song
ever,” a hilarious, ridiculous,
speedy pop tune. It poignant-
ly becomes clear how fragile
and troubled a soul the gentle
Frank is as he begins cracking
under the pressure, while the
mental illness aspect of the
story, handled with little seri-
ousness previously, suddenly
plucks at the heartstrings and
makes a worthwhile state-
ment.
Fassbender has quickly es-
tablished himself as one of the
best working dramatic actors
over the past fve years, which
makes this darkly comic
performance wildly difer-
ent from anything he’s done
before, a sublime joy. Te
transformation of Gleeson as
the everyman throughout the
flm gives viewers a relatable
point of reference among
such strange characters and
eventually more sympathy
with those outsiders than
with him.
Despite being a bit bizarre,
“Frank” is the kind of special
treat that rarely comes around
but should be cherished when
it does. It’s an extraordinary
dark comedy that features
not only a talented performer
outside of his comfort zone,
but also has something to say
and delivers in an original
way with a distinct voice. And
for anyone who’s ever been
a part of a band led by one
main creative individual, this
nails that dynamic so spot-on
it’s a must-see.
— Edited by Miranda Davis
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
A
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HOROSCOPES
Because the stars
know things we don’t.
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Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Choose personal time and post-
pone a public outing or travel.
Work within the rules. Follow a
hunch. Don’t plan to do it all
yourself. You’re gaining authority
today and tomorrow.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
New directions beckon. Use what
you’ve kept hidden. Don’t go
shopping until the check clears.
Review your priorities. A moment
of disagreement could slow the
pace
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 6
Group participation wins results
today and tomorrow. Things
don’t always go as expected.
Begin planning a trip (but
don’t take off yet). Be willing to
compromise. Don’t antagonize
your partner.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is a 7
There’s more work arriving. Con-
sider accepting more responsi-
bility today and tomorrow. Base
a gamble on experience. Don’t
choose the most difficult path or
discuss plans. Reserve strength.
Play with friends and family.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
Today and tomorrow are great
for travel. With discipline and
planning, you can go anywhere.
A new direction beckons. Use
what you’ve just learned. Keep
alternate routes in mind, just in
case. Study your destination.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Take disciplined action regard-
ing family finances and advance
farther than expected today and
tomorrow. Study your hunch... it
could work. Sign papers and file
them. Compare new features.
Don’t talk about it. Get moving.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
You can do anything you set your
mind to. Listen to your partner.
Collaboration brings fruitful
results today and tomorrow.
Learn from a strong leader. Put
your back into it.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
A new project demands attention
today and tomorrow. Talk doesn’t
go far... action’s required. Apply
discipline to time management
this week, and rely on your
schedule. A bonus is available.
You’re the stabilizing influence.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Assert your opinion without
clashing with an authority
figure. This requires an attitude
adjustment. The practical can
also be comfortable. Love is the
priority today and tomorrow.
Practice something you’re pas-
sionate about. Emotional release
provides freedom.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
Imagine a firm foundation.
Strengthen your household infra-
structure. Take on a project with
enthusiasm. Quiet determination
gets it done. A disruption or
surprise distracts... stay flexible.
Follow an expert’s advice, and
prepare for a party.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
You have a knack for putting
words together today and to-
morrow. Write but don’t publish.
Study and research. Embrace
a new phase in leadership.
Discover a lost treasure in the
process. Don’t let financial
constraints stop you.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
The next two days are good
for making money. Assume
responsibility. A loved one offers
support. Act on what you hear.
Keep watching for openings.
Not all directions progress.
Persistent action gets results.
Speakeasy opens in downtown Lawrence
MARISSA KAUFMANN
@MarissaUDK
ANNA WENNER/KANSAN
Lawrence’s new speakeasy, John Brown’s Underground, has no signs and advertises only by word of mouth.
ANNA WENNER/KANSAN
John Brown’s Underground is open every day at noon for lunch. As well as food, they serve a variety of cocktails.
Lawrence’s newest business
has an ofcial address— 7 E.
Seventh St.— but you won’t
fnd it on Google maps. Te
restaurant and bar is also
a speakeasy, appropriately
named John Brown’s Under-
ground. Brain power and
personal intuition serve as
prerequisites to setting foot
in the front door.
Te search for John Brown’s
Underground, a place for
“cocktails, food and freedom,”
is made more difcult with no
indication of the restaurant in
sight, aside from a black aw-
ning atop the stairs that leads
to the restaurant.
Te location was strategi-
cally placed underground,
creating a sense of discovery
for any patron that fnds it.
Owner Scott Elliot would not
have it any other way.
“(It is) true speakeasy fash-
ion to put a bar where a bar
was not supposed to be,” El-
liot said.
Along with no sign, you
will not be able to fnd John
Brown’s Underground on the
Internet or in any advertise-
ment. Elliot said the restau-
rant is going old school.
“100 percent word of
mouth,” he said.
Elliot’s goal is for customers
to receive a personal invita-
tion. In the digital age, this
unique concept might seem
foreign and outdated.
Students seem more in-
trigued by the retro restau-
rant. Hannah Hall, a senior
from Lawrence, said she
thinks it would be an inter-
esting experience and sounds
like a unique addition to
Lawrence because no place
like it currently exists.
However, Tim Bengtson, a
professor of journalism at the
University, does not see the
appeal or the magic in this
old-fashioned concept, but
admits it is sometimes strate-
gic in business to go lef when
everyone else goes right.
Elliot said he found in-
spiration through traveling
across the United States. His
inspiration for John Brown’s
Underground came from
restaurants such as East Side
Showroom in Austin, Texas,
Raines Law Room in New
York City and Manifesto in
Kansas City, Mo. He said no
place is more accepting than
Lawrence.
“When America was grow-
ing and budding, food was
not chemicals. Everything
was authentic,” he said.
Tis authenticity is refect-
ed in the restaurant’s food,
drinks and service. All in-
gredients are grown from
the restaurant’s garden and
every drink is hand crafed
by the bartender. Te drink
menu features unique cock-
tails such as Pimm’s Cup, Te
Abbey, Rob Roy, Mint Julep,
Sazerac and a Prohibition
punch.
Paul Scott, a professor of
French at the University,
chose a Pisco Sour, which
is made of pisco, lime and
egg whites. A Pisco Sour is
a drink commonly found
in Chile or Venezuela, Scott
said. He has also tried the
daily special, a Pistachio Cel-
lo, an inspired twist on the
classic Limoncello.
“It was beautiful. It was
very moorish,” Scott said.
“Moorish is a British expres-
sion meaning something you
crave and want more of it. It’s
kind of addictive, so you call
it moorish.”
Te restaurant opened two
weeks ago, and has doubled
its sales during the second
week, Elliot said.
John Brown’s Underground
opens everyday at noon for
lunch and stays open until
midnight Sunday through
Wednesday, and until 2 a.m.
Tursday through Saturday.
— Edited by Ben Carroll
“
“It was beautiful. It was very
moorish.”
PAUL SCOTT
French professor
Dark comedy focuses on music, mental illness
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@lambcannon
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LONDON — Prince George
is not going to be an only
child for long — the toddler
will soon have a baby sister or
brother to share his fancy digs
at Kensington Palace.
British royal ofcials
said Monday that Prince
William and the duchess of
Cambridge, the former Kate
Middleton, are expecting
their second child.
Once again, Kate is being
treated for acute morning
sickness in the early phases of
her pregnancy. Te frst time
she was so ill she required
hospitalization.
Now she is being treated
by doctors at her residence
in Kensington Palace.
She canceled a planned
engagement in Oxford to rest
and receive medical care.
Prince William told well-
wishers in Oxford that Kate
should be over the worst of
her symptoms in a few weeks.
He repeatedly thanked people
for congratulating him and
said Kate was disappointed
she could not travel.
“She wishes she could be
here,” he said.
“She’s feeling okay, thanks.
It’s been a tricky few days —
week or so — but obviously
we’re basically thrilled, it’s
great news, and early days.
We’re hoping things settle
down and she feels a bit
better.”
Te new baby, boy or girl,
will become fourth in line to
the throne, pushing Prince
Harry to ffh. George, who
is 13 months old, is third
and likely to become Britain’s
monarch one day. William
is second in line, while his
father, Prince Charles, is frst.
Britain had changed its laws
before George’s birth so that
the couple’s frst born would
be in line for the throne
regardless of its sex. Before
the change, a girl would have
lost her place in line if a boy
was born later.
William and Kate have
ofen expressed an interest in
having a larger family.
Te royal couple and their
families are “delighted” with
the baby news, said ofcials at
Clarence House, the couple’s
ofce. Te announcement
follows months of speculation
in the glossy British and
American press about a
possible baby brother or sister
for George.
Afer hospital treatment
for severe morning sickness,
hyperemesis gravidarum,
Kate recovered and gave birth
to George in July 2013 without
further complications.
Te current illness means
the 32-year-old duchess
may need extra hydration,
medication and nutrients.
Britain’s Press Association
news agency reported that
Kate’s pregnancy hasn’t
passed the 12-week stage,
which is when she became ill
in her frst pregnancy.
Prime Minister David
Cameron said he was
“delighted by the happy news
that they’re expecting another
baby.”
Royal ofcials said it wasn’t
clear if the duchess will be able
to carry out planned ofcial
engagements, including a
trip to Malta on Sept. 20 and
21 that would mark her frst
overseas solo trip.
Decisions on events would
be made on a “case-by-case”
basis, ofcials said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
To mark Prince George’s first birthday, Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, took the Prince to the Sensational Butterflies
exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. The Duchess of Cambridge, wife of Prince William, is expecting her second child, royal officials
said yesterday.
Prince William and Duchess
of Cambridge expecting child
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Quality may be casualty
of film fest war
TORONTO — Has TIFF, North
America’s largest film festival,
become the middlebrow blob that
ate cinema?
It’s ungracious, I suppose, to
ask. But has the blob known as
the Toronto International Film
Festival, North America’s largest
and most popular cinema gath-
ering with attendance inching
toward the 500,000 mark, lost
its way in 2014 among a forest of
expectations and contradictions?
This year, somewhere around
the third or fourth screening of a
routine Hollywood studio product
with inflated Oscar hopes (“The
Judge”) or no awards hopes
of any kind (“The Equalizer”),
the festival felt like it needed a
compass. Or simply some better
high-profile movies.
Like many visitors I caught the
first five days of TIFF, which con-
cludes Sunday and may well be
holding its best stuff for later.
Any film festival of a certain gar-
gantuan size — TIFF runs on an
annual budget of just under $40
million — provokes speculation
about its programming mission,
and how well it serves and chal-
lenges a bewildering, overlap-
ping series of audiences.
Some come to Toronto to catch
up on the hottest international
festival circuit titles, many of
which premiered earlier in the
calendar year at Cannes, Venice
or Toronto’s Mountain Daylight
time zone frenemy, Telluride.
(More on that in a minute.) Oth-
ers want stars in movies coming
out in a week or two or a month
or two: Bill Murray in “St. Vin-
cent,” Denzel Washington in “The
Equalizer.” And there are a dozen
more scenarios in between these
two extremes.
Of the bona fide world premieres
here this week, “While We’re
Young” (Ben Stiller and Naomi
Watts coping with middle age
and tragic wannabe hipsterdom)
was a worthy if disappointing To-
ronto return for Noah Baumbach.
The writer-director’s previous
work, the beguiling “Frances
Ha,” sustained its premise and
its interests throughout; this one
begins wonderfully but sputters
around the midpoint.
— McClatchy-Tribune
“
“We just failed to get Jamaal the ball.
Absolutely. He’s one of our biggest
playmakers, if not the biggest play-
maker. We certainly need to get him
involved more.”
— Alex Smith, on Charles getting
only 11 touches in the loss to the
Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
?
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
THE MORNING BREW
Q: How many total touchdowns did
Jamaal Charles score in 2013?
A: 19, which was the most among
non-quarterback players
— USA Today
!
FACT OF THE DAY
Jamaal Charles needs to be great for Chiefs to win
QUOTE OF THE DAY
A
drian Peterson. LeSean McCoy.
Jamaal Charles. Tese are the
answers one might get if they
asked the casual football fan who the
best running backs are in the NFL. Of
those three elite names, only one means
the most to his team’s success. Tat
name is Jamaal Charles.
In 2013, Charles accounted for 37
percent of the Kansas City Chiefs of-
fense, accounting for 1,980 of the Chiefs
5,396 total yardage. For the Chiefs to
replicate last season’s success, he might
have to do much more in 2014.
Te Kansas City ofensive line is em-
barrassing, to say the least. Tree start-
ing-quality linemen were lost in free
agency. Right tackle Donald Stephen-
son was suspended for four games. Eric
Fisher has been largely unimpressive
since being drafed No. 1 overall in the
2013 NFL Draf.
Fortunately, Charles has been able to
produce big numbers without a qual-
ity ofensive line. Despite his slight
199-pound frame, Charles manages to
lower his shoulder and get extra yards
afer contact. Tis efort, combined
with his incredible speed, contributed
to his 5.6 yards-per-carry career aver-
age. Tis average is the highest in NFL
history since 1960, leading players like
Jim Brown and Barry Sanders.
Charles is no stranger to having to
carry his team. In the disastrous 2012
season, he posted career highs with
285 carries and 1,509 yards. He did
this while coming of of a torn ACL in
2011. Te Chiefs also have
very little ofensive talent
around Charles and will
most likely have to rely on
his ability to score.
Season-ending injuries
to linebacker Derrick
Johnson and defensive
end Mike DeVito means
that the Chiefs will likely
be in a lot of high-scoring
games. Tis means Coach
Andy Reid might elect to put the ball
in Charles’ hands as much as possible,
increasing his scoring opportunities.
An example of the importance of
getting Charles involved in the ofense
early and ofen came in last Sunday’s
head-scratching home loss to the Ten-
nessee Titans. In that game, Charles
only received 11 total touches for 34 to-
tal yards. Te Chiefs lost that game 26-
10. If Charles had received at least 20
touches, the game may have turned out
much diferently.
Charles is the most
important player
on the entire Kansas
City team. He’s a legit-
imate threat to score ev-
ery time he touches the
football. An example of
Charles’ ability to change a
game can be found in 2013’s
early season win against the
New Orleans Saints. Trail-
ing 24-6 in the third quarter,
Charles took a handof 91 yards for a
touchdown, and gave the Chiefs the
momentum needed to win the game.
Charles is a player who can sin-
gle-handedly take over games. Reid
needs to fgure out ways to get him
more involved in the ofense, if the
Chiefs want to reach the playofs.
— Edited by Alex Lamb
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Charles is 229 yards away from
breaking the Kansas City Chiefs
career rushing record. He currently
has 5,842 yards. Priest Holmes, the
current record holder, had 6,070
yards.
— USA Today
BIG 12 REPORT
Just two weeks into the 2014
season, with one conference
game and several marquee
non-conference matchups un-
der its belt, the Big 12 is start-
ing to take shape.
Kansas State claims an ear-
ly lead in the standings with
its 32-28 victory against Iowa
State in Ames, Iowa, on Sat-
urday — the only conference
matchup so far this season.
As a whole, the league has
combined for a 13-5 record in
2014, including close losses to
No. 1 Florida State and No. 3
Alabama.
In the latest Associated Press
Poll, the Big 12 features three
teams ranked in the Top 25
and two in the top 10: No. 4
Oklahoma and No. 8 Baylor.
BIG 12 POWER RANKINGS
1. OKLAHOMA (2-0)
Last time out: Won at Tulsa
52-7
Te Sooners received two
AP frst-place votes this week
following their 52-7 victory
against Tulsa. Both running
backs Keith Ford and Alex
Ross are averaging more than
seven yards per carry.
Up next: vs. Tennessee

2. BAYLOR (2-0)
Last time out: Won vs. North-
western State 70-6
Te Bears didn’t miss a beat
without starting quarterback
Bryce Petty in the lineup
(back). Sophomore Seth Rus-
sell threw for 438 yards and
fve touchdowns in Baylor’s
win against Northwestern
State. Te Baylor defense is al-
lowing three points per game
through two contests.
Up next: at Bufalo

3. KANSAS STATE (2-0)
Last time out: Won at Iowa
State 32-28
Quarterback Jake Waters to-
taled 377 yards of ofense with
two rushing touchdowns and
was named co-Ofensive Play-
er of the Week. Te Wildcats
were penalized 10 times Sat-
urday but stormed back for the
win, holding Iowa State score-
less in the second half.
Up next: vs. No. 5 Auburn

4. OKLAHOMA STATE (1-1)
Last time out: Won vs. Mis-
souri State 40-23
Newcomer Tyreek Hill has
showcased his world-class
speed. Hill leads the confer-
ence in all-purpose yards with
189.5 per game. Te defense
ranks second to last in the Big
12 with 425 yards per game.
Up next: vs. UTSA

5. TEXAS CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY (1-0)
Last time out: Won vs. Sam-
ford 48-14
Te Horned Frogs allowed
only 56 yards passing in the
win and quarterback Trevone
Boykin went 29 of 41 for 320
yards and two touchdowns.
Up next: vs. Minnesota

6. WEST VIRGINIA (1-1)
Last time out: Won vs. Tow-
son 54-0
Te Mountaineers lost to No.
3 Alabama by 10 points in the
frst week. Quarterback Clint
Trickett has completed 75 per-
cent of his passes, and the team
is tied for second in the confer-
ence in frst downs.
Up next: at Maryland

7. TEXAS TECH (2-0)
Last time out: Won at UTEP
30-26
Despite an explosive ofense,
the Red Raiders have won
by just seven and four points
against weak opponents,
thanks to a porous defense.
Quarterback Davis Webb has
averaged 365 yards passing per
game.
Up next: vs. Arkansas
8. TEXAS (1-1)
Last time out: Lost vs. BYU
41-7
Without quarterback David
Ash (concussion), the Texas
ofense has stalled. Defensive
tackle Malcolm Brown leads
the conference with 4.5 tackles
for loss.
Up next: vs. No. 12 UCLA

9. KANSAS (1-0)
Last time out: Won vs. South-
east Missouri State 34-28
Leading SEMO 34-7 heading
into the fourth quarter, Kan-
sas surrendered three straight
touchdowns but escaped with
the six-point victory afer
controlling the game for most
of the night. Senior defensive
back Dexter McDonald was
named the Big 12 Defensive
Player of the Week with his
two interceptions, two solo
tackles and two pass breakups.
Up next: at Duke

10. IOWA STATE (0-2)
Last time out: Lost vs. Kansas
State 32-28
With a Week One drub-
bing by North Dakota State,
34-14, Iowa State rebound-
ed at home in its conference
opener against Kansas State
by grabbing a 28-13 lead in
the frst half. Tat advantage
would evaporate as the ofense
stalled, in large part due to the
absence of wide receiver Quen-
ton Bundrage (ACL) and right
tackle Jacob Gannon (personal
reasons). Senior wide receiver
Jarvis West was the Big 12 Spe-
cial Teams Player of the Week
for his performance against
Kansas State, becoming the
frst player in FBS or FCS with
a punt return, passing and
receiving touchdowns in the
same game since 2010.
Up next: at Iowa
— Edited by Rob Pyatt
Big 12 Notebook: Iowa State, Texas fall in rankings
DAN HARMSEN
@udk_dan
Volume 128 Issue 10 kansan.com Tuesday, September 9, 2014
By Brian Hillix
@DoubleHillix
COMMENTARY
Volleyball continues
to dominate at
tournaments
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sports
S
P
re-conference tourna-
ments are important
in more ways than one
to Kansas volleyball. Tey
act as a springboard into the
conference season and give
the Jayhawks experience
playing teams and styles they
may encounter in the NCAA
Tournament.
For the second straight year,
coach Ray Bechard scheduled
a difcult non-conference
schedule. Tis year’s schedule
includes four tournaments
featuring matchups with fve
teams that made the NCAA
Tournament last season, as
well as teams that are likely to
make it this season.
“Te goal is, once again, to
get into the postseason and
so that (the non-conference
schedule) readies you for
that,” Bechard said. “But
beyond that, it does help
you get ready for the Big 12
conference.”
Tese pre-conference tour-
naments have been a major
factor in Kansas’ postseason
success over the last two sea-
sons, including the program’s
frst-ever appearance in the
Sweet 16 in 2013.
But the Jayhawks aren’t just
competing in them. Tey’re
winning them.
Dating back to last year,
Kansas has won or tied for
frst place in fve straight
invitational tournaments. It’s
also doing so against quality
opponents.
Last season, Kansas won
the InnTowner and Kansas
Invitationals, and tied for frst
at the Arizona Invitational.
You can bet these results gave
the Jayhawks plenty of conf-
dence for their Big 12 run.
Tose results have carried
over to this year, where
Kansas has won its frst two
tournaments outright. Te
Jayhawks won the Kansas
Invitational on Aug. 30,
clinching the title by defeat-
ing then-No. 23 Creighton in
the fnal match. On Sept. 6,
Kansas swept its matches at
the Pioneer Classic, beating
undefeated Denver on its
home court in the title match.
Te streak will be in jeopar-
dy this weekend, as a match-
up awaits with the defending
national champions in Penn
State in the Villanova Tourna-
ment on Sept. 12.
But what better measuring
stick than against the defend-
ing champs and current No. 3
-ranked team in the country?
Tis will especially prepare
the young squad — the team
only has three upperclassmen
— for conference foe and No.
2-ranked Texas, who has won
the Big 12 the last three years.
“Playing Penn State is really
big obviously,” sophomore
middle blocker Tayler Soucie
said. “Tat’s the best school
you’re gonna play.”
Even if the team doesn’t
push the tournament title
streak to six, the Jayhawks
will gain much-needed
experience that will beneft
them in conference play and
beyond. Look to last season
for an example.
— Edited by Rob Pyatt
GOING FOR THREE
Jayhawks hope to defeat Kangaroos for third time in three years
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@HardyNFL
For the third consecutive
year, the Jayhawks volleyball
team will take on the
University of Missouri-Kansas
City. Te Kangaroos (4-2) will
travel to Lawrence tonight for
a match against the Jayhawks,
who are currently on a four-
match winning streak.
Kansas (5-1) will play for its
third win against UMKC in
three years. In its last meeting
against UMKC, Kansas took
home a 3-1 win last year, and
in 2012, it took only three sets
for the Jayhawks to pick up
the win. Of the 32 times the
Jayhawks have taken on the
Kangaroos, they have only
been defeated once, and are
22-0 at home, which is where
they will be on Tuesday.
Over the weekend, the
Jayhawks continued their
winning streak in Denver with
three wins as they closed out
the Denver Invitational. Te
team gave up only one set in
their victories against Bradley,
Sam Houston State and
Denver University, which gave
Kansas its second invitational
win of the season.
Senior outside hitter
Chelsea Albers was named
the most valuable player of the
invitational, while freshman
setter Ainise Havili made her
second All-Tournament team.
On the other end of the
court, the Kangaroos come
in sporting a 4-2 record,
with wins against Central
Michigan, Omaha, South
Dakota State and Stephen F.
Austin. UMKC lost only two
players last year and returns
fve starters plus its libero,
Taryn Miller.
Junior outside hitter Jessica
Hendin will lead the way for
UMKC, as she has done in the
team’s frst six matches. She
averaging 3.08 kills and 3.83
digs per set so far this season
afer averaging just 2.56 and
2.64, respectively, last season.
Te Jayhawks will also come
into the match as a ranked
team. Afer missing the
American Volleyball Coaches
Association’s rankings last
week and sweeping their
matches over the weekend,
the Jayhawks moved back into
the Top 25, coming in at No.
24.
Te match is Kansas’ lone
game outside of tournament
or conference play this season.
Tough UMKC has been a
breeze for Kansas in the past,
the match will make for good
mid-week preparation for the
tough weekend slate that lies
ahead of it, which includes
No. 3-ranked Penn State,
Villanova and American,
which was just recently
pushed out of the AVCA
rankings.
Te match against UMKC
will start at 6:30 p.m. tonight
at the Horejsi Family Athletics
Center. Te game will also
be broadcasted online via
ESPN3.
— Edited by Sarah Kramer
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
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Will Kansas soccer finish in the top three in the Big 12 this year?
By Liz Kuhlmann
@LizKuhlmannUDK
T
he soccer team has
tallied up quite an
impressive résumé for
this week. With two wins in
Colorado this past weekend,
the team bumped its record
to the best it’s been since
2004 — 6-0. On top of that,
Kansas is ranked frst in the
Big 12 standings, leading
Texas Tech (2) and Baylor
(3), who were predicted to
be in the top four by the end
of the season. Despite these
excellent accomplishments,
Kansas soccer fans should
not get too used to seeing the
Jayhawks within the top three
of the conference standings
by the end of the season.
Yes, the Jayhawks have been
immensely successful thus far
this season. I think that’s been
well established. Tey should
be proud of everything they
have accomplished. No game
is an easy game, but let’s take
a look at the teams Kansas
has faced, leaving it with an
unblemished record. South
Dakota State University (2-3),
Southern Methodist Universi-
ty (2-4), UT-San Antonio
(3-2), Wake Forest (2-3), Uni-
versity of Colorado-Boulder
(4-2) and Denver University
(2-3-1). Only two of these
six teams have achieved a
winning record thus far into
nonconference play, so it is
safe to say things are only
going to get tougher for the
Jayhawks from here.
Don’t misunderstand, I’m
not saying the Jayhawks are
not an exceptional team this
year. Tey have all the right
tools to be successful: motiva-
tion, experience and passion.
Unfortunately, the team will
be pitted against some of the
best programs in the country
within its own conference.
Coach Mark Francis has said
it countless times: no confer-
ence game the Jayhawks play
this year will be a given.
Te Big 12 is notorious for
its strong women’s soccer
programs, and three Big 12
teams have already ranked
within the Top 25 on NCAA
rankings this season: Texas
Tech, Oklahoma and West
Virginia.
Additionally, sophomore
defender Morgan Williams
said this weekend that away
games are tough to win, and
the Jayhawks will be forced
to face 50 percent of their
conference competition on
the road. All these teams
faced slightly more challeng-
ing pre-conference schedules,
and all these teams will be
fghting for a top seed.
I’m not saying they won’t
make or win the Big 12
Tournament, or that they
won’t get a bid to the NCAA
tournament, I’m only saying
that given the extensive com-
petition within the Big 12,
the odds of them making top
three are slim.

— Edited by Ben Carroll
A
fer starting its
season 6-0, Kansas
soccer has made
it clear that this is the best
team the program has feld-
ed in the last 10 years. Te
Jayhawks were projected to
fnish sixth in the Big 12 this
season, but they’ve proved
that’s far too low.
Te seniors have said
returning to the tournament
is the goal of this team and
already are just one win shy
of last season’s mark. Kansas
has already eliminated No.
24 Wake Forest from the
NCAA rankings, and afer
sweeping a pair of games
this weekend in Colorado,
the Jayhawks expect to be
placed somewhere inside the
top 25.
Not only is the crimson
and blue of to the best start
in nearly a decade, Kansas
has been efective defen-
sively and have yet to trail a
team during a match so far
this season. Tat resilience is
what is going to get the team
a top-3 fnish in the Big 12
standings.
Te Jayhawks are danger-
ous on the ofensive side
of the ball, too, and own a
+12 goal diferential, which
marks the best the program
has seen to start a season.
Te ofense is powered by
junior midfelder Liana
Salazar, who leads all Big 12
players with six goals and 13
points. Last week, Salazar
earned herself Big 12 Ofen-
sive Player of the Week for
the frst time in her career.
Although Salazar is the
catalyst to the ofense, the
team hasn’t seen a bunch
of well-rounded girls like
this team has in a while.
Instead of one or two players
scoring, everyone is getting
minutes and contributing.
Kansas has scored 16 goals
coming from six diferent
players.
Senior goalkeeper Kaitlyn
Stroud is as good as it gets
between the pipes for Kan-
sas. She earned her second
shutof of the season on
Sunday against the Univer-
sity of Denver, and her 23
career victories has tied her
for third all-time among Jay-
hawk goalkeepers. Having
that type of leadership in the
net has proven successful
so far.
With this recipe the Jay-
hawks have, expect them to
be able to fnish in the top of
the Big 12.
— Edited by Rob Pyatt
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Freshman setter Ainise Havili spikes the ball against Lipscomb on Aug. 29. Havili has had 13 kills this season.