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thursday, april 10, 2008 www.kansan.com volume 118 issue 129
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BY ANDY GREENHAW
[email protected]
The Kansas Athletics Department
agreed to participate in a parade through
downtown Lawrence on Sunday, April 13
to honor the Kansas men’s basketball team
— the 2008 NCAA National Champions.
The Athletics Department refused to
participate in the parade earlier this week
but changed its position last night.
The Athletics Department would not
comment on anything regarding the
issue.
The parade will begin at 3 p.m. at sev-
enth and Massachusetts streets and will
proceed south to South Park, according to
the Athletics Department’s Web site.
The Athletics Department will also
hold a men’s basketball awards ceremony
featuring coach Bill Self and the basketball
team in Allen Fieldhouse at 6 p.m. Doors
will open at 5 p.m. The event is free and
open to the public.
Jane Pennington, director of Downtown
Lawrence Inc., said DLI would pay for all
the costs of the parade.
“We’re thrilled that they decided to
go ahead with it, and we look forward to
working with them,” she said.
Chris Burger, treasurer of Downtown
Lawrence Inc., said DLI wanted to include
the Kansas football team for winning the
2008 Orange Bowl, but Pennington said
she thought that would be unlikely.
“I haven’t heard anything about the
football team so I assume it will just be the
basketball team,” she said.
Pennington said she anticipated a crowd
of 40,000 people to show up in downtown
Lawrence.
Lawrence celebrated the Jayhawks’
national championship in 1988 with a
parade that traveled down Massachusetts
Street.
Bob Schumm, who was mayor of
Lawrence at the time, said he remembered
the parade as if it were yesterday.
“It was the biggest downtown crowd I’d
ever seen in my entire life up to that point,”
he said. “People were in the streets getting
autographs, hanging from trees and pretty
much there were people at every conceiv-
able place you could be.”
Schumm said the parade started at
Seventh and Vermont streets, went east to
Massachusetts Street, turned south to trav-
el down Massachusetts Street and ended at
the courthouse on 11th Street.
“When we turned right onto Mass., I
was like, ‘Oh my God, I’ve never seen this
many people before,’” he said. “It took an
hour to get from the Eldridge to the court-
house it was so packed.”
Schumm said he expected a lot more
people to be at the parade than there were
downtown the night the Jayhawks won the
championship.
“The difference between the two nights
is the celebration after the game was
a spontaneous crowd, but because the
parade is forecasted, we’ll see people com-
ing from all over the country,” he said. “In
1988 we saw people from 500 to 1,000
miles away that came to see the parade.
It’s a great opportunity for the city and the
fans to celebrate and thank the basketball
team.”
Becca Booth, communications director
for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce,
said the chamber would be happy to cel-
ebrate the Athletics Department’s achieve-
ments, but the chamber was waiting for
direction from the University.
“From the chamber’s standpoint, we
are thrilled by the amazing season and
are so proud of our Jayhawks,” she said.
“We would be happy to honor their
achievements however the University
feels best.”
— Edited by Katherine Loeck
university archives, spencer research library, university of Kansas
according to Bob schumm, former lawrence mayor, people traveled hundreds of miles to attend the 1988 parade celebrating the NCAA men’s basketball champion-
ship. The Athletics Department will participate in a downtown parade to honor this year’s winning teamon Sunday at 3 p.m.
Athletics Department agrees to participate in honorary celebration
A runners clinic and weight machine
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Student Recreation Fitness Center.
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The conference “Olympian
Desires: Building Bodies and
Nations in East Asia” will take
place all day.
The “Teal Ribbon Campaign”
will take place from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. in the Kansas Union.
The KU libraries’ book sale
will take place from 9 a.m. to 8
p.m. in the Watson Library.
The seminar “Those Latin
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at 2 p.m. at Continuing Educa-
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in the Traditions area of the
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The University/Faculty Sen-
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p.m. in 203 Green.
The Murphy 50th Anni-
versary Event KU Opera will
present “Picnic” at 7:30 p.m. in
the Robert Baustian Theatre in
Murphy Hall.
A 21-year-old KU student
reported the theft of a radar
detector and a pair of binoucu-
lars to the Lawrence Police
Department on Monday. The
theft occurred between 8 p.m.
on Sunday and 2 p.m. on Mon-
day on the 2500 block of W.
31st Street. Losses were valued
at $250.
A 19-year-old KU student
reported the theft of a wallet
to the Lawrence Police Depart-
ment on Monday. The theft
occurred between 5 p.m. and
6 p.m. on the 4000 block of W.
6th Street The loss was valued
at $30.
A 37-year-old KU employee
reported the theft of a Prada
wallet and a key ring to the
Lawrence Police Department
on Tuesday. The theft oc-
curred between 11:40 p.m.
on Monday and 11:40 p.m. on
Tuesday on the 1000 block of
Massachusetss Street. Losses
were valued at $110.
A 21-year-old KU student
reported the theft of a wallet
to the Lawrence Police Depart-
ment on Tuesday. The theft oc-
curred at 11:30 p.m. on the 900
block of Massachusetts Street
and losses were valued at $20.
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lecture is free and seating is
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Spotlight
on
Organizations
KU Real
Estate Club
By Jennifer Torline
[email protected]
The KU Real Estate Club strives
to educate students about the real
estate industry through network-
ing and special events.
The organization meets a cou-
ple of times a semester, usually in
the Kansas City area. The meet-
ings consist of listening to guest
speakers and visiting local real
estate developments and offices.
Members recently met with the
Turner Construction District and
the Cordish Company, who have
been the developers of the Power
and Light District in downtown
Kansas City, Mo.
Kara Brack, the club’s vice presi-
dent of marketing, said that the
Real Estate Club provided students
with networking opportunities and
that the club helped students get a
glimpse into the real estate indus-
try.
“Usually it’s kind of hard to see
what it is all about without div-
ing headfirst into a company and
experiencing it on a real-life basis,”
Brack, Overland Park senior, said.
“The club provides the opportu-
nity to network with these execu-
tives and see their life.”
The organization also includes
social time in their meetings. At
the last event, the International Real
Estate Management Association
held a happy hour for the members
at the 810 Zone, a sports bar and
grill in Kansas City, Mo.
President Josh Shoenfelder, St.
Joseph, Mo., became involved with
the organization three years ago
because of his strong interest in
real estate development.
“When I joined, I was prepar-
ing for an internship with a real
estate development company in
California, so I was looking to gain
as much knowledge as possible,”
Shoenfelder said.
The organization used to be pri-
marily a law school organization,
Shoenfelder said. He has worked
to build student interest from a
variety of majors.
“As president, I have tried to
integrate the Business School, the
School of Architecture and the
Engineering School,” he said.
Nathan Davis, Topeka senior,
joined the organization at the
beginning of the school year.
Because of his involvement with
the Real Estate Club, he would like
to work with a real estate develop-
ment firm or with financial sales
after he graduates in May.
“The networking in the orga-
nization and the skills I’ve learned
have affected my career choice,”
Davis said.
For more information regard-
ing the KU Real Estate Club, email
Schoenfelder at [email protected].
—Edited by JefBriscoe
Sarah Showalter/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
(Fromleft to right) Kelly Underwood, Great Bend junior, Erin Cox, Chanute senior, Lindsey Ebel, Falls City, Neb., senior, and Sara Showalter, Hutchinson senior, celebrated
Monday on Massachusetts street and said they had the time of their lives after KU beat Memphis. They added, “Go Hawks!”
elecTion
Clintons clash over trade
agreements with Columbia
WASHINGTON — The presiden-
tial campaign of Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton said Tuesday
that her husband, the former
president, supports a free trade
agreement with Colombia that
she strenuously opposes.
The acknowledgment adds
new hurdles to the New York
senator’s bid to woo Demo-
cratic voters in Pennsylvania
and elsewhere who believe free
trade agreements have elimi-
nated thousands of U.S. jobs. On
Sunday, she demoted her chief
campaign strategist for his role
in promoting the Colombia pact.
Hillary Clinton told union
activists Tuesday she would
do everything in her power to
defeat the Colombia Free Trade
Agreement now before Con-
gress.
Her campaign spokesman,
Jay Carson, said in response to
a query from The Associated
Press that the senator’s opposi-
tion is “clear and frm.” He added:
“Like other married couples who
disagree on issues from time
to time, she disagrees with her
husband on this issue. President
Clinton has been public about
his support for Colombia’s re-
quest for U.S. trade preferences
since 2000.”
Bill Clinton has been his wife’s
most prominent campaign sur-
rogate and advocate for months.
A high point of his presi-
dency was passage of the North
America Free Trade Agreement,
which his wife now criticizes at
virtually every campaign stop.
White House records show
that as frst lady Hillary Clinton
attended several meetings
designed to build congressional
support for NAFTA in the early
1990s. She says she had reserva-
tions about the pact at the time,
and made her feelings known in
such gatherings.
Speaking about the Colombia
trade deal Tuesday to a meeting
of the Communication Workers
of America, she said: “As I have
said for months, I oppose the
deal, I have spoken out against
the deal, I will vote against the
deal and I will do everything
I can to urge the Congress to
reject the Colombia free trade
agreement.”
On Sunday, Mark Penn left
his post as top strategist for
Clinton’s campaign after it was
reported that he had met with
Colombia’s ambassador to the
United States to discuss passage
of the agreement. Colombia was
a client of Penn’s large public
relations frm, Burson-Marsteller.
Hillary Clinton’s Democratic
rival, Sen. Barack Obama of Illi-
nois, noted his opposition to the
Colombia deal Tuesday when
he spoke to the CWA group
moments after Clinton left the
stage. He said he opposes the
treaty “because when organizing
workers puts an organizer’s life
at risk, as it does in Colombia, it
makes a mockery of our labor
protections.”
President Bush on Monday
sent the proposed Colombia
deal to Congress, which has 90
days to ratify or reject it. The ad-
ministration says it would help
the United States by eliminating
high barriers for U.S. exports
to Colombia. Most Colombian
products enter the United States
duty free under existing trade
preference laws, the administra-
tion says.
Obama did not mention Penn
in his 25-minute speech to CWA
activists. But in a conference
call arranged by his campaign,
Teamsters President James Hofa
called on Clinton to cut all ties
with Penn, who continues to
advise her campaign.
“This latest issue with Mark
Penn really hurts her credibility,”
especially on trade issues, said
Hofa, who supports Obama.
—Associated Press
correction
In Tuesday’s story, “Down-
town chaos shared by busi-
nesses, fans,” Andy Kroeker
was mistakenly called the
owner of Fatso’s. He’s actu-
ally the general manager.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The KU Real Estate Club meets a fewtimes per semester to learn more about the real estate
business. The club visits Kansas City area real estate companies and visits jobs sites.
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Briefs
New song celebrates
Championship victory
Kansas fans have a new an-
them to go along with Monday
night’s NCAA Championship
victory against Memphis.
BicMedia of Leawood re-
leased a rap remix of the Rock
Chalk chant titled “Love That
Crimson Blue” celebrating the
Jayhawks’ participation in the
Final Four. Owner Julian Bick-
ford, Lawrence resident from
2001 to 2004, said the company
had previously released a simi-
lar song in 2004 but this year’s
tournament run inspired a new
version.
“When we won the Elite
Eight and beat Davidson, we all
got really pumped up,” he said.
“We thought we would pull it
back out, dust it off, update it
and make it more current with
the new players and every-
thing.”
The song has appeared on
radio programs, Youtube and
in bars across the country.
Bickford said the song had
“spread like wildfire”, and he
had received calls from San
Antonio and New York during
the past few days. He said there
were plans in place to update
the current version with one
reflecting the national champi-
onship victory within the next
few days.
The track and a ringtone ver-
sion are available for purchse at
www.bicmedia.com.
—Andrew Wiebe
Student awarded $250
Integrity scholarship
Emily Schuster, Larned sopho-
more, won an Integrity scholar-
ship from the National Society of
Collegiate Scholars.
NSCS gave Schuster a $250
scholarship for her essay on what
integrity meant to her.
Wednesday, April 9 is des-
ignated as national “I Stand
for Integrity” day for all NSCS
chapters.
NSCS is a national honors
organization that is exclusively
for freshmen and sophomores.
It was started in 1994 at George
Washington University in Wash-
ington, D.C. A KU chapter was
started in 1999.
—Caleb Sommerville
@
n Listen to “Love That
Crimson Blue”
Polygamist compound raided by federal ofcials
By MiCHeLLe rOBerTs
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANGELO, Texas —
Lawyers for a polygamist sect
that is the subject of a massive
child-abuse investigation argued in
court Wednesday that although its
members’ multiple marriages and
cloistered ways may be unusual,
they have a right to their faith and
privacy.
Gerry Goldstein, a San
Antonio lawyer representing the
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, also
told a judge that the search of the
temple in the sect’s West Texas
compound was analagous to a law
enforcement search of the Vatican
or other holy places.
Goldstein asked the judge to
throw out at least some of the
search warrants as unconstitution-
al, but failing that urged authorities
to handle any documents seized
with respect.
Prosecutor Allison Palmer
countered that the purpose in seiz-
ing the documents was to uncover
evidence of criminal activity, not to
malign a religion.
State troopers and child wel-
fare officials began a search of the
FLDS compound in Eldorado last
Thursday after a 16-year-old girl
there called a local family violence
shelter to report her 50-year-old
husband beat and raped her. The
search warrant covered all docu-
ments related to marriages among
sect members, including photos
and entries possibly written in
family Bibles.
Authorities have issued an arrest
warrant for Dale Barlow, 50, who is
believed to be in Arizona.
Barlow was sentenced to jail last
year after pleading no contest to
conspiracy to commit sexual con-
duct with a minor.
Child welfare investigators said
their interviews with 416 children
and 139 women, who had been
removed from or left the compound
since the raid began, revealed that
girls were required to enter into a
‘spiritual’ and polygamous mar-
riage — recognized by the church
but forbidden by Texas law — with
much older men for the purpose
of producing children. Boys were
raised to perpetuate the cycle.
The affidavits signed by chief
investigator Lynn McFadden detail
the 16-year-old’s phone calls, but
days after raiding the West Texas
compound, officials still weren’t
sure where the girl was.
Authorities were trying to deter-
mine the identities and parentage
of many of the children; some were
unwilling or unable to provide the
names of their biological parents or
identified multiple mothers.
The Texas investigation is the
state’s first of FLDS members, but
prosecutors in Utah and Arizona
have pursued several church mem-
bers in recent years, including sect
leader Warren Jeffs. He is serving
two consecutive sentences of five
years to life for being an accom-
plice to the rape of a 14-year-old.
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• 1, 2, 3, & 4 BR Apts.
& Townhomes
• Walk-in closets
• Swimming pool
• On-site laundry facility
• Cats and small pets ok
• KU bus route
• Lawrence bus route
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FOOD SERVICE
• Pizza Cook
Ekdahl Dining
Wed. - Sat.
10:30 AM - 9:30 PM
$8.96 - $10.04
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Wed. - Sat.
10 AM - 9 PM
$8.96 - $10.04
• Food Service Worker
Underground
Mon. - Fri.
6:30 AM - 3 PM
$8.35 - $9.35
Full time employees also
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Full job descriptions
available online at
www.union.ku.edu/ hr.
Applications available in the
Human Resources Office,
3rd Floor, Kansas Union,
1301 Jayhawk Blvd.,
Lawrence, KS. EOE.
1712 Ohio
Spacious 3&4 BR
in a great location!
2 Bath
vanities in all BRs
$900-1080
These go quickly,
so call now
for showing
785-841-4935
Part time leasing consultant,
good communication skills required.
Call 749-1288.
Dental Assistant
F/T at Ft. Riley, KS. Email resumes to:
[email protected]
RLM Services, Inc.
Equal Opportunity Employer
2BR, W/D, central air, garden space.
Available for June. $600/mo.
Please call 550-6414
2 BR Flat $700/mo and 3 BR 1 1/2 BA
Townhome $1000/mo Available at
Delaware St. Commons. 785-550-0163
1BR/1BA Studio. $395. Close to bus
route. Pets OK. 508 Wisconsin. Avail 5/1
& 8/1. Call 218-3788 or 218-8254 or www.-
midwestestates.com.
2 and 3 BRs, avail. now and in Aug. For
more info, visit www.lawrencepm.com or
call (785) 832-8728.
3 BR available now. Includes W/D.
Ask about our 2 person special.
Call Lindsey @ (785) 842-4455.
2BR/1BA. $650. 1 BLOCK TO KU. W/D
Hookups. Hardwood Flrs. 1824
Arkansas. Avail 8/1. Call 218-3788 or
218-8254 or www.midwestestates.com.
2BR/1BA. $650. W/D Hookups. Pets OK.
713 Conn. Avail 8/1. Call 218-8254 or 218-
3788 or www.midwestestates.com.
3 BR 2 BA. Near downtown & KU.
916 Indiana. $870/mo. Remodeled. 785-
830-8008.
3 BR renovated older house on 1500
block on New Hampshire, avail August,
1 1/2 baths, wood foors, dishwasher,
washer dryer, central a/c, fenced yard,
dogs under 10 pounds and cats ok,
$1150. Call Jim & Lois 785-841-1074
1-2BR, 2 bath, 1332 Vermont, W/D, off-st
parking, $650/mo. See www.defreeseliv-
ing.com. 785-766-8751
1-4 BRs, W/D, DW, pets possible.
$450-$1600. Owner-managed, downtown
and campus locations. 785-842-8473
1317 Valley Lane, 2 bedroom - town-
home, one bath, w/d hook-up, fp, central
air. Garage. Close to KU. No pets.
$710.00. 749-6084. eresrental.com
1701-17 Ohio, 2 bedroom apartments, 1
bath, w/d, d/w, central air. Close to KU.
No pets $635.00 749-6084 eresrental.
com
1131 - 35 Ohio, 3 bedroom apartments,
1.5 bath, w/d, cental air, Close to KU. No
pets. $915.00. 749-6084. eresrental.com
1238 Tennessee, fve - bedroom house, 2
bath, w/d, central air. No pets. $2000.00
749-6084. eresrental.com
2 BR Apts. Avail June. 1 BR avail Aug. Be-
tween campus and Downtown. Close to
GSP/Corbon. $300 & $375 each/mo + utili-
ties. No pets. Call 785-550-5012.
2 BR August lease available. Next to
campus. Jayhawk Apts. 1130 W 11th
$600/mo. No pets. 785-556-0713
Carlos O’Kelly’s is now hiring for all posi-
tions, full time/part-time. Please apply
within at 707 W 23rd St.
THE BEST SUMMER OF YOUR LIFE!!
CAMP STARLIGHT, an amazing sleep-
away camp in the PA (2 ? hours from
NYC) is looking for enthusiastic and re-
sponsible individuals June 21-August
17th. Hiring to help in: Athletics, Water-
front, Outdoor Adventure/Ropes Course,
and The Arts. Meet people from all over
the world and enjoy the perfect balance of
work and fun! Great salary with a travel al-
lowance and room and board included.
WE WILL BE ON YOUR CAMPUS
THURS, APRIL 17th for interviews. For
more info and to schedule a meeting www.-
campstarlight.com, 877-875-3971 or in-
[email protected].
Walters-Morgan Construction, Inc. of Man-
hattan, KS is seeking summer laborers for
water & wastewater plant construction
projects in or near the following Kansan
cities: Paola, Hutchinson, and Rose Hill.
Construction experience helpful but not re-
quired. Must be willing and able to show
up every day and do manual work in the
outdoors. Contact Doug Hermesch 785-
539-7513 extension 104, or at dher-
mesch@waltersmorgancom. For more in-
formation on Walters-Morgan see www.-
waltersmorgan.com.
1 BR avail. Aug. 1st, $400/mo. 2 BR
house, 433 Wis. avail. 6/1, W/D, C/A, no
pets, no smoking, $680/mo. Also, 3 BR
1320 Mass. avail. 8/1. $960/mo.
331-7597.
1 bedroom apartment on 2nd foor of
renovated older house, 9th and Missis-
sippi, wood foors, off-street parking,
D/W, cats ok, take in June $465, July
$475, or August $485. Please call Jim &
Lois 785-841-1074.
PLAY SPORTS! HAVE FUN! SAVE
MONEY! Maine camp needs fun loving
counselors to teach All land, adventure &
water sports.? Great summer!
Call 888-844-8080, apply: campcedar.
com
Summer Nanny for two children in SW
Topeka. Responsible and caring. Includes
light chores. Must have transportation and
references. Contact Mike 785-250-8226
Looking for summer child care for two chil-
dren. Ages 4 & 8. Spanish-speaking, must
be reliable and have car for summer activi-
ties. Please call 785-841-8173.
Paid Internships Available at Northwest-
ern Mutual. Marketing and Advertising Ex-
perience Preferred. 785.856.2136
Help Wanted At The Yacht Club
Part Time Cooks For All Evening Shifts
Apply In Person
530 Wisconsin Street
Help Wanted for custom harvesting. Com-
bine operators and truck drivers. Guaran-
teed pay. Good summer wages. Call 970-
483-7490 evenings.
Earn $800-$3200 a month to drive brand
new cars with ads placed on them.
www.AdCarClub.com
3 BR, 1 BA house, close to campus. 1312
W. 19th Ter. Avail. Aug. 1. W/D, no pets,
$1050/mo. Call 785-218-8893
Close to Allen Fieldhouse, 3 BR 2 BA,
1822 Maine or 1820 Alabama. W/D, A/C,
$1260/month. Avail. Aug. 3.
760-840-0487
4BR house at 924 Ala. Avail June 1. Lg.
living area, deck, 1 & 1/2 BA, W/D, D/W,
C/A, $1300. No pets or smoking. 749-
0166 or 691-7250.
3BR/2BA. $775. Close to KU. W/D
Hookups. Pets OK. 742 Missouri. Avail
8/1. Call 218-3788 or 218-8254 or www.-
midwestestates.com.
4 BR 2 BA, Sweet house, big backyard.
$1400 a month. 3rd and Minnesota. Call
John at (816) 589-2577.
4 BR 3BA avail. June 1 & Aug 1 @
LeannaMar Townhomes, Open House
WThF 3-7 & Sat 11-2, internet & cable
paid, W/D, new appliances, freshly
remodeled. Move-In Specials $1160 no
pets, call 312-7942
3BR, Remodeled, W/D, all amenities,
deck, big yard, very nice, Avail June 1,
$825. 785-550-3977
3BR/2BA. $1100. Newer West Lawrence
Home. W/D Hookups. Pets OK. 4832
Tempe. Avail 8/1. Call 218-8254 or 218-
3788 or www.midwestestates.com.
3BR 2.5BA avail. Aug. 1 @ Williams
Pointe Townhomes $1050 cable & inter-
net paid, gym, rec room, no pets, call 312-
7942
3BR 2BA apartment. 5th & Colorado.
Close to campus, W/D. $750/mo. Patio,
Small pets ok. Call 785-832-2258.
3BR 2BA Duplex, 1 car garage, W/D
hookups, avail. August 1st. 804
New Jersey. $950/mo. Please call
785-550-4148.
3BR Townhome special, Lorimar Town-
homes. For August. $270/month/person.
($810/month) 785-841-7849
4BR 2BA at 613 Maine. W/D,
covered parking. $1200/mo.
Please Call 550-6414
4 BR, 1 BA, 1336 Mass. Newly remod-
eled, W/D, gas heat, $1520/month. Avail.
August 1, 1 yr lease. 760-840-0487.
4BR older home near campus (16th &
Tenn). Remodeled w/CA, upgraded heat-
ing/cooling, wiring, plumbing; stove,
fridge, DW, W/D; large covered front
porch; off-street parking; no smoking/pets.
Avail 8/1/08 - 8/1/09. Please call Tom @
785-766-6667
Canyon Court. 1,2,3 BR’s and BA’s. Lim-
ited $99 dep/BR. Secure your luxury liv-
ing! 785-832-8805.
BEST DEAL!
Nice, quiet, well kept 2 BR apartment.
Appliances, CA, low bills and more! No
pets, no smoking. $405/mo. 841-6868
Close to KU! 7BR 5BA house. A/C, W/D.
1536 Tennessee. $2800/mo.
Please call 550-6414.
Fabulous 4BR 2BA house. Just south of
campus. Double drive-way. Must see!
W/D. $1200/mo. 785-760-0144
Female Roomates needed to share 3BR
2BA condo with W/D near campus.
$290/mo. +1/3 util. Avail June 1 or Aug 1.
Please call 550-4544.
Studio available August 1st at 1316 Iowa.
No pets. $450/mo. Please call 785-749-
6084. eresrental.com
Nice 3 BR 1.5 BA townhouse at 1444
Brighton Cir. All appliances, garage, avail-
able now. $750/mo. Call 785-554-0077.
NOW LEASING FALL 2008 Downtown
Lofts & Campus Locations 785-841-8468
www.frstmanagementinc.com
Perfect for college students! 2BR in 4-
plex. 928 Alabama. Close to stadium.
W/D included. $500/mo. Call Edie 842-
1822
Rooms for responsible fem, possible rent
reduction for labor. Near KU. Also 3 BR
house; Residencial offce space
841-6254
Seniors and grads: 1 BR apts close to KU
& downtown. Upstairs or down, tile, car-
pet, or hrdwd, $410-425/mo+util. No smok-
ing/pets. Avail. 5/15 and 8/1.
Call Big Blue Property 785-842-3175
Beautiful 2, 3 & 4 BR homes.
Available immediately. We love pets.
Call for details. 816-729-7513
Available August 1st. 2BR 1BA, W/D
hookups, D/W, C/A, ceramic tile, carpet.
Pets allowed w/additional deposit & addi-
tional $25/mo rent. $595/mo. 842-2569.
Avail August large 3 bedroom apart-
ment in renovated older house, 9th and
Mississippi, 1 bathroom, wood foors,
dish washer, washer/dryer, front
porch, car port, central a/c, cats ok,
$1189. call Jim and Lois 785-841-1074
August Small 2 bedroom apartment on
3rd foor of renovated older house on
9th and Mississippi, dishwasher, wood
foors, cats ok, $589. Please call Jim &
Lois 785-841-1074.
926 Ohio, four - bedroom house, 2 bath,
w/d, d/w, central air, basement, attached
garage, close to KU, No pets. $1600.00
749-6084. eresrental.com
7BR lg country home (5Ksq/ft) 5 mi
west of Lawrence. No smoking or pets.
All appliances. $1950/mo + utils.
Call 843-7892
Brand new 10 BR house ready for Aug
lease. Other houses available for May.
Close to Downtown/KU Campus. Call
816.686.8868 for more info.
7 BR, 4 BA, 2 kitchens, downtown, off-
street parking and big deck. All amenities
and central air. Avail. Aug. 785-842-6618
7 BR 2 BA house 2 blocks from campus &
downtown. Hardwood & tile foors. Newly
remodeled bathrooms & kitchen. Large
deck. CA. Ample parking. Avail. in Aug.
$2,975/mo. Please call 785-550-0426
5 bedroom 2 bath house, 816 Connecti-
cut. Near downtown and Campus, reason-
able rent call 785-418-2306 for more info
hawkchalk.com/1197
4BR, 2BA Available for August. 2 car
garage. $315/person. Includes W/D, D/W,
patio, big yard. Please call
785-766-6302.
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Bedroom, 2 bath apt.
19th & Mass
Furnished at no cost
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Access to pools
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4000 w.6th
(Hyvee Shopping Center)
Call 785-mango (856-2646)
Walk-ins welcome!
$30 Month
Unlimited
level 1 beds only
expires 4-30-08
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2 large studio apts. near KU at 945 Mo.
$420/$410. Avail. June 1 & Aug 1. Gas &
water pd. No pets or smoking. 749-0166
or 691-7250.
2BR 2BA townhome. W/D, freplace,
clean, well-kept, appliances,
garage. Available August 1.
Please call 785-760-2896.
2BR, 1BA 1310 Kentucky. Close to KU
and Downtown. CA, DW, Parking. Avail-
able NOW. $500/mo 785-842-7644
3BR/2BA. $850. 1 BLOCK TO KU @ Col-
lege Hill Condos. W/D Hookups. WATER
PAID! Avail 8/1. 785.218-3788 or www.-
midwestestates.com.
3 BR, 2 BA w/ washer/dryer included and
fully-equipped kitchen. Only $269/person.
Please call 785-841-4935.
3-6 BR, nice houses for Aug. 1. Most
close to KU, wood frs, free W/D use, park-
ing. $895-2385/mo.Call anytime
841-3633.
3BR 1BA at 1037 Tennessee, Avail. Au-
gust 1st. $1100/mo. 1 yr lease. W/D, off-
st parking, no smoking. 785-842-3510.
Sublease Starting in June to May at
Hawks Pointe I 2BR 1BA on KU bus route
w/d free internet/cable free tanning
$790/mo Call Ashley (636)675-4211
hawkchalk.com/1207
1 BR summer sublease, $495, rent in-
cludes utilities except electric. 625 sq. ft.,
swimming pool, walking distance to cam-
pus, on KU bus route. Call 612-964-1264!
hawkchalk.com/1213
2 ROOMMATES NEEDED for a 3 bed-
room 2 bath condo close to campus.
Trendy condo on the bus route, wood
foors, updated painting and décor. Wash-
er/dryer, microwave included. Off-street
parking, $865 per month landlord pays
water and garbage and is willing to do
separate lease per tenant. Please call
979-2778.
$307/mo.+$15 at The RESERVE. elect.-
Laundry/dryer onsite.Free internet. Fully
furnished, pool, hot tub, work out room.
Call Sean: (913)3148988. [email protected]
edu hawkchalk.com/1220
1 BR Apt Avail NOW!!$457/mo Brand new
hardwood frs & applinaces,w/d,tanning,
basketball, ftness center 785-713-1289
[email protected] hawkchalk.com/1212
SUMMER SUBLEASE - 4 BR/2 BA
June 1 thru July 31 - $900/mo Perfect for
friends but will take individuals. Please
call Amanda at 913-226-5066 with any
Qs! hawkchalk.com/1204
Summer Sublease at Chase Court Apart-
ments! 1 bedroom/1 bath. Sublease
starts after May graduation. Pets allowed
and pool on site. Washer/dryer in unit.
Call 918-576-9343 hawkchalk.com/1208
summer sublease available at the reserve
on 31st. rent is $385 and includes cov-
ered parking. must be female. for more
info call (620)222-4518 or email
[email protected] hawkchalk.com/1203
2 rooms for rent. 10 minute walking dis-
tance to class. Some pets allowed. Call
for more details. Emily 913-669-9161
hawkchalk.com/1211
Looking for female, nonsmoker, to rent
master bdrm (w/ own bath) in a 4 bdrm
residential house starting the end of May.
Call Angela 913-963-6599 hawkchalk.-
com/1210
Search for three house mates – nice large
home located near Lawrence High
School. Individual rooms, all utilities in-
cluded, garage, washer and dryer for
$400.00 per month. Please call Dennis at
651-308-0712.
Sublease available immediately from now
thru July 31st. 3BR 2BA. $850/mo. $200
off from April-July. Please call 218-8587.
Subleasers wanted for 3BR 2BA town-
home 5/20-7/31. W/D, DW. Spacious up-
stairs bedrooms with full BA. $260/mo
+1/3 bills. 913-909-9788, [email protected]
edu hawkchalk.com/1196
Leasing for Summer & Fall 2, 3 & 4 BDR
apartments & townhomes. Walk-in clos-
ets, swimming pool, KU & Lawrence bus
route, patio/balcony cats ok. Call 785-843-
0011 or view www.holiday-apts.com
Sunfower House Co-Op: 1406 Ten-
nessee. Rooms range from $250-$310,
utilities included. Call 785-749-0871 for in-
formation.
Very nice condo, 3 BR, 2 BA, W/D in-
cluded. Close to campus, only $279/per-
son. Call Sharon 550-5979
Tuckaway Management now leasing for
spring and fall. Call 785-838-3377 or
check us out online at www.tuck-
awaymgmt.com for coupon.
Available August, nice 2 BR 1 BA apt.
in renovated older house, wood foors,
ceiling fans, D/W, W/D, off-street park-
ing, cats okay. $825, 1300 block Ver-
mont. Call Jim & Lois 841-1074.
3 BR, 2 BA house for rent, was $1150,
now on sale! Remarkable price and
amenities. Call Caren at 842-0508. Avail.
Aug. 1st.
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
» HOROSCOPES
ARiES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Something you try doesn’t
work. Don’t lose patience; try
something else. By fnding out
what not to do you’ll narrow
down your options.

TAuRuS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Take care of the paperwork
frst. Postpone your celebra-
tion until later. Make sure
everything is in order before
the activities begin.

GEMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
You’re enormously success-
ful. There’s only one little
complaint. Costs can go up
quickly. Pay attention to what
you’re paying.
CAnCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 5
Gather up what people owe
you. Retrieve what they’ve
borrowed, from money to
eggs and the garden hose.
Settle old accounts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 9
If you’re looking for a special
person, get friends you trust
to help. Anyone from a new
doctor or lawyer to a mate
ought to come with a recom-
mendation.

ViRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 5
Postpone a romantic interlude
until there’s a little more time.
Work-related pressures should
ease up by tomorrow night.

LibRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Your investigation reveals
many important answers.
Make the decision and
achieve a long-held objec-
tive more quickly than you
thought possible.

SCORPiO (Oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 5
It should be possible for you
to get what you’ve been
wanting for your place. Run
the numbers again, and start
shopping for the best deal.
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Soak up the information from
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JACOB BURGHART
» SHORTCHAnGED
KAREN OHMES
By KEN RITTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS — A dethroned
Miss Nevada USA agreed
Wednesday to pay fines for five
misdemeanor traffic violations in
exchange for prosecutors dropping
a charge of resisting arrest.
Katherine N. “Katie” Rees,
23, avoided trial by entering no
contest pleas. If she had been
convicted of the dropped misde-
meanor charge of resisting arrest,
she could have faced six months
in jail.
“I’m just really glad this is over.
It was a really traumatic experience
and I’m ready to move on,” Rees
said outside the
courtroom.
Ho we v e r ,
Rees and her
lawyer, Michael
Cristalli, said
they are con-
sidering fil-
ing a federal
police brutality
and civil rights
claim against
the two Las Vegas police officers
who they allege broke Rees’ front
tooth by slamming her against the
hood of her car during her arrest
Feb. 6.
Rees pleaded no contest to
speeding, oper-
ating a motor
vehicle with-
out proof of
insurance and
driving with
an expired reg-
istration, a sus-
pended license
and suspended
registration. She
agreed to pay
up to $1,312 in
fines.
Cristalli said Rees did not
know her license and registra-
tion were sus-
pended when
she went to
buy ice cream
at about 3
a.m. She was
stopped in
a residential
area several
miles west of
the Las Vegas
Strip, and
complained that she had no phone
and way to get home after the offi-
cers impounded her car.
“It was only when she asked
for assistance to get home that
they initiated the arrest and used
e x c e s s i v e
force caus-
ing substan-
tial injury,”
Cristalli said.
The Miss
U n i v e r s e
Organization
and co-owner
D o n a l d
T r u m p
d e t h r o n e d
Rees i n
December 2006 after racy pho-
tos appeared on the Internet
showing her kissing other young
women, exposing one of her
breasts and pulling down her
pants to show her thong under-
wear at a party in Tampa, Fla.
Rees appeared in court 80 min-
utes late, wearing a blue silk design-
er outfit and blue suede four-inch
heels. Justice of the Peace Joe M.
Bonaventure accepted Cristalli’s
apology and explanation that Rees’
tardiness was his fault, not hers.
“I’m just really glad this is over.
It was a really traumatic experi-
ence and I’m ready to move on.”
KATIe ReeS
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At 21, I recently found myself
getting a moral lesson from an
unlikely source: a corny after school
TV show. Throughout the scattered
messages regarding family values,
one statement in particular got me
thinking, “There’s a high price for
freedom and very little gratitude
for the sacrifice made.” Amidst the
chaos that is my life, I find myself
either purposely evading or inno-
cently forgetting the fact that we are
at war. If it wasn’t for the daily news
coverage regarding “our progress”, I
would feel like my only connection
to the war throughout these past
five years would be the fluctuating
gas prices.
The statement reminded me
that I do have a connection to the
war and that it runs deeper than
gas prices and newspapers. With
the war occurring away from our
home, it can be easy to separate
ourselves from the political tur-
moil that is enveloping the rest
of the world. The widely felt and
expressed patriotism following
9/11, has slightly diminished over
the course of the war.
150,000 Iraqis have perished
in the war and although the U.S.
death toll is lower by comparison,
at 4,000, it does not reduce the stain
that is placed on the hearts of fam-
ily members and friends. Not only
for those who have fallen, but for
those who are at risk.
And in contrast to my feeling
separated, some students may feel
the reality of war is a little closer
to home having close family
members and friends who are
currently serving tours. Topeka
Junior Mallory Padilla added , “I
never thought that a war would
affect me or my family directly.
When the United States declared
war against Iraq my older broth-
er decided to attend the United
States Military Academy at West
Point. He graduated in May of
2007 and less than a year later he
is at war. It is hard going through
each day knowing my brother is
in a war zone. I respect him for
risking his life for our county,
our freedom, and other coun-
try’s freedom. All I can do is
pray that he comes home safe
after his 15 month tour. The war
in Iraq is now a reality to my
family and me.”
In lieu of the toll reaching
4,000, USA Today and The
New York Times, on March 25,
published letters from six fallen
soldiers. In addition to the let-
ters, both publications featured
photos of the most recently
deceased 1,000 soldiers. Putting
faces with the names also reiter-
ated the reality of the conflict.
Reading the actual words
and being able to grasp the sen-
timent that comes across is
enlightening. It reminds me of
the selfless service that they pro-
vide. Plus it reminds me that,
although I don’t have close fam-
ily members or friends who are
currently deployed, there are
countless students and families
who are thinking about the ser-
vice there loved ones are serving
every day.
McNaughton is a Topeka
junior in journalism.
War puts ‘high’ price
not only on gasoline,
but also freedom
Brother, can you spare
some credit hours?
Having a grown man twice your
age stare into your eyes and cry,
trying to explain how only a year
ago he lost a successful business,
his wife, children and the roof over
his head was just within the first
two hours of my service learning
experience.
I enrolled in a service learn-
ing class on accident. A speaker
came to my history class speaking
French and using a slinky meta-
phor to explain the goal of service
learning. Overall, it came down to
linking class material to an actual
need in the community through
an advanced level of volunteering.
I was a little bit hesitant about
what I was getting into, but the
other option was to write a research
paper so I decided to go with the
service.
My hesitant feelings increased
the first night I walked between
two rows of homeless men into the
Lawrence Community Shelter. I
entered a crowded room with mats
and people occupying them cover-
ing the dusty tile floor. After walk-
ing just a few feet past the entrance
I saw people lining up for dinner,
coming to and from the show-
ers, looking for spare blankets, and
organizing their possessions next
to their mats. Being tossed into the
chaos of people my fellow classmate
and I, were immediately put to
work and served dinner to about
40 people.
Now, after working there for the
past two months, I value the lessons
I have learned from the homeless
people staying in the shelter just as
much as the lectures given from any
of my professors. There are actu-
ally previous KU students who are
now staying in the homeless shelter.
Things like that have made me ask
more questions about the reasons
people become homeless.
After the first night, service
became more than just being an
extra pair of hands. Service learn-
ing is about actually talking to the
people you are handing the food
to. Those people you ignore and
walk by on Mass Street deserve to
be acknowledged instead of looked
down on.
This is an opportunity for people
who learn better by actually getting
hands-on experience. I decided to
work in a shelter, but there were
various places to choose from. To
receive a certification that will be
placed on your transcript, you first
need to complete a service learning
class and an independent project.
Those are followed by some direct-
ed readings and what the Center
for Service Learning calls a “reflec-
tion”, but from my understanding
you pretty much just go talk about
what you’ve been doing. To find
out about classes you can take just
search for “service learning” at the
University’s homepage and go from
there.
There is no excuse to shy away
from taking a service learning class.
As long as you know how to read
and can carry on a conversation
there’s no reason you shouldn’t
add to your record. I’ve heard the
dreaded phrase “it looks good on
a resume” one two many times, yet
in this case it’s true, and it’s actu-
ally worth doing. If you are one
of the people who have deliber-
ately walked past a homeless person
downtown this is an experience you
need to have in order to gain a per-
spective beyond college life.
Thornbrugh is a Lenexa
sophomore in women’s stud-
ies and creative writing.
mandy earles
Diet pills not to blame
for women’s thin image
OK so I admit it. I stare into the
mirror and start making a list in
my head on what I could improve.
Smaller butt, bigger chest, tighter
abs…you know the list I’m talking
about.
It’s hard not to think about these
things when I stare at these skinny
women in magazines and on TV all
day. But I think we give the media
too much credit, and we never stop
to ask ourselves why these images
are accepted in our society. Could
it be that we create these images
ourselves, endorse them, and that
the media just reflects what we’ve
already produced?
There is a new Web site called
missbimbo.com, which is similar
to The Sims except you control
your own “bimbo.” The game is
aimed at young girls between ages
9 to 15, and the “bimbos” resemble
the dolls called Bratz. Girls can
control their “bimbo,” and make
their “bimbos” take diet pills and
get plastic surgery. The site is cur-
rently shut down saying, “As a
result of this rather surprising
media attention we have decided
to remove the option of purchasing
diet pills from the game.”
Girls might be getting the
wrong message about their bod-
ies, but they will get this message
somewhere else eventually. I think
this game offers a sad, but realistic
view of our society. Missbimbo.
com isn’t the issue; it isn’t to blame
for young girls receiving the wrong
message about their bodies. Why
are we so easy to point the finger at
something new?
The real issue is that we (as a
society) easily allow these products
(diet pills, plastic surgery, etc.) to
be within reach of our children. We
create the products and then won-
der why our children are obsessed
with their bodies. We became
obsessed with the human body, so
we created ways to try and improve
it, and then we tried to blame the
media. It is not the media.
It is us. We are the ones who
create the products and we are the
ones who endorse them by buying
them. By doing this, we are show-
ing our children that these prod-
ucts are the answer.
We blame the media for every-
thing. It is a cop-out. The media
caused the Columbine shooting.
Right. It had nothing to do with the
two shooters’ upbringing. It had
nothing to do with the fact that in
this society, the boys were able to
get a hold of two shotguns. No, it
really was all those video games
that made him do it. Please! The
boys were 17-and-18-years-old and
didn’t know the difference from
reality and a video game? If that
really was the case, then I would
blame the parents for not teaching
them better. These violent video
games are just another product of
ourselves and what we have made
a reality in our society. Anyone
remember World War II?
I’m just sick of everyone blam-
ing the media for issues that we
ourselves made. I’m not saying the
media hasn’t played its part, but
the majority of the problem is that
we feed into the problem. Instead
of understanding why we expect
women to look model-like.
We actually create products that
will allow women to get closer
to this ideal. And then we turn
around and say, “How dare you
media! How dare you show us
skinny women!” When the real
problem is, why do we expect
women to look like this?
Maybe if we pay attention to the
images we’ve created, we can better
understand why we continue to
endorse these unrealistic images
of women. We will stop placing
the blame on the media and open
our eyes to all the other influences
that surround us daily. And maybe
when I’m looking into the mirror,
instead of making a list on what’s
wrong with me, I can make a list
on what’s wrong with society for
making me think this.
Earles is an Olathe senior in
journalism.
Mario for Student Senate
president!
n n n
Bill and Mario both better be
here next year!
n n n
I’m guilty for skipping classes
so much, but I also can’t bring
myself to care anymore.
n n n
To the girl who fell out of the
tree on Mass. Monday night,
that was fucking hilarious.
n n n
I have a bandaid on my dick.
n n n
Damn it feels good to be
a Jayhawk. A real Jayhawk
knows how to play its cards
right!
n n n
I was right when I thought to
myself “You still won’t get that
paper done on time with this
day of.”
n n n
GSP/Corbin desk workers:
Couldn’t you have adjusted
the rules for one night be-
cause of the big win? My guy
friends thoroughly enjoyed
sleeping in their vehicle on
Monday night.
n n n
NOT!
n n n
To the random boy that made
out with me on Mass. in front
of the sandal shop, thank you
so much. It made my night.
n n n
I’m so relieved that Chancel-
lor Bob decided to follow
precedent and cancel our
classes. Although personally,
I think he should give us the
whole week of. Maybe that’s
just me.
n n n
Dear Chalmers, Arthur, Collins
and Rush: please stay at KU
for one more year. You boys
mean so much to the Univer-
sity, and we’d love to see you
play for KU again in 2009.
n n n
Love your fellow students.
n n n
To the girl that knocked the
beer out of my hand, it’s OK.
Apology accepted. We won,
and that’s all that matters.
n n n
Dear Mother Nature, have you
been on your menstrual cycle
since October? Quit pissing all
over Kansas and give us some
decent weather.
n n n
I was in the Housing ofce
today when it fooded, and I
got sprayed with the mythical
nasty, black sprinkler water. It
was gross.
n n n
To the guy who wears his KU
sweater vest to every basket-
ball game. I want to meet you.
Jayhawks, the tourney
and subsequent hoopla
I don’t keep up with Jayhawk
basketball as much as others do.
But now that we’ve made it to the
national championship, I’m both
proud and weirded out by all of
the pandemonium in town.
Seriously, male streakers on
Mass. Street? That shit is messed
up. I guess a good victory de-
serves a good fopping around
the city.
What kind of stories do you
have from the NCAA tournament?
Final four craziness or post-title
game shenanigans? (Seriously,
if you were dinging your dong
around the streets of Lawrence, I
wouldn’t judge.. too much.)
By Brian Lewis-Jones
Monday, April 7, 2008
Two of music’s biggest
names get married
Looks like his ‘Big Pimpin’
days might be over. People.
com and numerous media
outlets are reporting rapper
Jay-Z and singer Beyonce
Knowles got hitched over the
weekend.
The two got a marriage
licence in New York on April
1st, making most think it was
a hoax. However, the two
reportedly married on Friday
April 4th in New York City
in front of close friends and
family.
By Matt Lindberg
Sunday, April 6, 2008
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NEWS 8A Thursday, april 10, 2008
BY MARY SORRICK
[email protected]
A free annual clinic for runners
looking to improve their stride will
take place next week at Watkins
Memorial Health Center.
The clinic, scheduled for April
15 and 16, will provide runners
with a 45-minute evaluation of
their strength and flexibility as
well as a video analysis of their
running or walking form.
Student Health Services physi-
cal therapy department will con-
duct the clinic, which is sched-
uled to coincide with next week’s
81st annual Kansas Relays, a
four-day track and field event that
brings more than 5,000 athletes
from around the country to the
University of Kansas.
Sandy Bowman, supervisor of
the physical therapy department,
said that despite the connection
to the competitive track and field
event, the clinic was designed for
recreational runners and anyone
starting a new running regimen.
The physical therapists who
conduct the analyses will look at
a range of issues including proper
footwear, gait and the way each
runner’s foot hits the ground.
“If there are any faulty mechan-
ics or movements that are unnec-
essary, we try to point them out
and help with ideas on how to cor-
rect their running form,” Bowman
said.
Amber Long, fitness coordi-
nator at the Student Recreation
Fitness Center, said the clinic could
also helped runners avoid com-
mon running injuries, such as shin
splints or joint overuse.
Those injuries often occur this
time of year when the weather gets
warmer and students try to tackle
longer runs, Bowman said.
“Everyone tries to go out and be
the super athlete that they were last
summer,” she said.
A video analysis of each run-
ner’s stride will also help trainers
formulate strategies for students
to avoid injury and improve their
running efficiency.
Students looking for extra run-
ning training could also enroll
in a spinning class, yoga class or
make an appointment with physi-
cal trainers at the recreation center
to help incorporate a weight train-
ing routine that would focus spe-
cifically on the muscle groups most
important to runners, Long said.
For more information about the
runners’ clinic, contact the physical
therapy department at 785-864-
9592.
­—­Edited­by­Katherine Loeck
Program to improve
weight training skills
running tips
Make sure your running
shoes match your foot type
Start any new running
program in moderation
— don’t run too fast or for
too long
Run on both sides of the
street or in both directions
around the track to make
sure leg muscles develop
evenly
Stretch or do yoga to keep
muscles fexible
—­Fromthe Student Health­Services
physical­therapy­department
Clinic analyzes runners’ technique, strategy
BY MARY SORRICK
[email protected]
A free weight training program
for students and faculty will launch
this month at the Student Recreation
Fitness Center.
The program, scheduled to begin
April 21, will teach the proper ways
to use the recreation center’s vari-
ous weight lifting machines. Each
45-minute training session will
include instruction on 12 selector-
ized weight machines, such as the
chest press and leg press, which
have weight stacks that affect larger
muscle groups.
Amber Long, fitness coordinator
at the recreation center, said the
program would be catered to stu-
dents who were new to exercise and
were not quite sure how to use the
selectorized machines.
“We want to make sure new
people are comfortable using the
equipment and learning how to set
the machine up to their body,” Long
said.
Improper use of the weight
machines could lead to injury, Long
said, so one of the program’s pri-
mary goals was to help explain each
aspect of the equipment and make it
seem less intimidating.
“There are so many pieces of
equipment and so many people
here,” Long said. “This is an oppor-
tunity to help people become famil-
iar and ease their misconceptions
or anxieties.”
The recreation center offers stu-
dents the opportunity to meet with
a trainer for personalized instruc-
tion on exercise equipment, but
Long said this new program would
provide a much more basic orienta-
tion to the weight room.
Becky Kudrna, trainer at the rec-
reation center, said the times avail-
able for in-depth
personal training had tended to be
inconvenient for student schedules.
“You usually had to get here at
5:30 in the morning,” she said. “I’m
absolutely certain that kept people
from doing it.”
Kudrna said the new program
would offer a variety of time slots
for students to choose from.
Long said students who already
used the selectorized machines
could also benefit from personal
training because trainers could
point out any bad exercise habits a
student may have developed.
Kimberly Westphall, Wichita
junior and marketing program
manager for the recreation cen-
ter, said fixing those habits would
help students get more out of each
workout.
The program will run through
the end of the semester and, depend-
ing on its success, could become a
permanent feature at the recreation
center, Westphall said.
The new training sessions are
free for students and faculty. Time
slots can be reserved by visit-
ing the cardiovascular resistance
training desk at the recreation
center.
—Edited­by­Madeline­Hyden
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Students interested in working on their running technique and preventing injuries can
attend a free clinic at Watkins Memorial Health Center on April 15-16. The clinic is part of the
build up to the Kansas Relays, April 16-19.
program info
What: Free weight machine
training
Where: The Student Recre-
ation Fitness Center
When: Beginning April 21
Sign up for a time slot at the
recreation center’s cardiovas-
cular resistance training desk
Violence in Naples mar elections
enteRtAInMent
Tony Braxton cancels
shows after ailment
LAS VEGAS — Four
more Toni Braxton shows
have been canceled as she
recuperates following her
hospitalization with chest
pain.
“We’re going to go
ahead and cancel her
shows tonight and for the
rest of the week,” Flamin-
go Las Vegas hotel-casino
and Harrah’s Entertain-
ment Inc. spokeswoman
Deanna Pettit said
Wednesday. “We expect
she’ll return to the stage
next Tuesday.”
Pettit says the 40-year-
old Grammy winner is
recovering at home fol-
lowing her release Tuesday
afternoon after precaution-
ary tests at a Las Vegas area
hospital.
The exact cause of
Braxton’s chest pain has
not been made public.
Braxton has been treated
in the past for pericarditis,
a viral infammation of the
heart.
Pettit says the Flamingo
Showroom is ofering
refunds for the canceled
shows.
Braxton is a six-time
Grammy winner for songs
including “Un-break My
Heart.” Her Las Vegas act,
“Toni Braxton: Revealed,” is
in the midst of a two-year
run at the Flamingo.
—Associated­Press
BY MAttHeW ROSenBeRG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KATMANDU, Nepal — An
outburst of bloodshed that killed
eight people cast a shadow on
an election Thursday meant to
cement Nepal’s peace deal with
communist insurgents, stoking
fears of more violence on voting
day.
The voting for a new assembly
is intended to usher in sweep-
ing changes for this long-troubled
Himalayan country, and will likely
mean the end of a centuries-old
royal dynasty.
But with one candidate gunned
down, a protester shot dead by
police and six former rebels slain
in a clash with police, it was clear
that fashioning a lasting peace in
this largely impoverished, often
ill-governed and frequently vio-
lent country won’t be easy.
“For the peace process to be
successful, the election needs to
be credible,” said Yubaraj Ghimire,
editor of the newsweekly Samay.
This week’s violence “raises a lot of
questions about how credible the
election will be.”
The demonstrator was killed
Wednesday after police fired on a
mob smashing shops and vandal-
izing buses to protest the slaying
a day earlier of a candidate in the
mountainous Surkhet district, the
area’s police chief, Ram Kumar
Khanal, said. Police did not have
any suspects in the candidate’s
slaying, he said.
A curfew was imposed in the
remote district, and authorities
said they would delay voting in
the area by at least a week while
the election would go ahead else-
where.
Dozens of parties, from cen-
trist democrats to former Maoist
rebels to old-school royalists,
were competing for seats in a new
Constituent Assembly, which will
govern Nepal and rewrite its con-
stitution.
The vote is the first in the two
years since King Gyanendra was
forced to end his royal dictator-
ship and the Maoist movement
gave up its decade-long fight for
a communist state that left about
13,000 people dead.
For the 27 million people of
Nepal, wedged between Asian
giants India and China, the vote
brings a promise of peace and an
economic revival in this grind-
ingly poor land that often more
resembles a medieval fiefdom
than a modern state.
But after weeks of near-daily
clashes between supporters of
rival parties and a handful of
small bombings — including two
in Katmandu on Wednesday that
caused no injuries — the mood on
election eve was one of ambivalent
optimism.
“We have no choice but to be
hopeful,” said Biraj Shresthra, a
43-year-old who runs an electron-
ics shop in Katmandu. “We’ve seen
so much fighting. Maybe now it
will stop.”
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Kansas Football
1 p.m. Memori al Stadi um
APRIL 12
BY MARK DENT
[email protected]
They played on after first-round losses,
an Elite Eight disaster and a 3-4 start to the
2005 season.
They can’t play on after graduation.
The Jayhawks lose five seniors – Jeremy
Case, Russell Robinson, Darnell Jackson,
Rodrick Stewart and Sasha Kaun from
their national championship team. Others
will likely not be back either. Juniors
Brandon Rush and Mario Chalmers and
sophomore Darrell Arthur might enter the
NBA Draft. To put it bluntly, Kansas will
be an entirely different team next season.
That new look means the Jayhawks
could be facing the dreaded but sometimes
unavoidable drop off
that comes after a
team wins a national
championship.
Last season, Florida
defeated Ohio State
for its second straight
title. Stars Joakim
Noah, Taurean Green,
Al Horford and Corey
Brewer all skipped
the rest of their col-
lege careers to enter
the NBA Draft. Sharp-
shooter Lee Humphrey exhausted his eli-
gibility. Florida didn’t recover. This year,
the Gators struggled and weren’t selected
for the NCAA Tournament despite playing
with three highly-touted freshmen.
Kansas will lose at least as many players
as Florida and possibly more. Still, Kansas
coach Bill Self is optimistic.
“I really think we’re going to be good,”
he said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we were
really good.”
They’d certainly be inexperienced.
Should Chalmers, Arthur and Rush enter
the draft, sophomore guard Sherron
Collins would be the only returning player
who averaged more than nine minutes a
game this season. Freshman center Cole
Aldrich would likely join Collins in the
starting lineup.
After that, well, it’s hazy. Freshman Tyrel
Reed, sophomore Brady Morningstar and
possibly freshman Conner Teahan would
battle six newcomers for the bulk of the
playing time. Kansas signed high school
guard Travis Releford
and forwards Markieff
Morris, Marcus Morris
and Quintrell Thomas.
Junior college guards
Tyrone Appleton (who
has committed and not
officially signed) and
Mario Little will also
be joining the team in
the fall.
It’s not the typical
Jayhawk recruiting
class. None of the players are McDonald’s
All-Americans, and Marcus Morris is the
highest ranked at No. 36 in the country
according to Rivals.com.
“We signed five really good players,”
Self said, “and they’re better than what
anybody thinks they are.”
Young and inexperienced doesn’t
always mean disappointment like it did
for Florida. Just two years ago, Kansas
was in a similar situation. Back in 2005-
2006, the team had three sophomores and
three freshmen play major minutes. The
Jayhawks started out 3-4 and 10-6 before
winning 15 of their last 17 games.
“We just tried not to let anything dis-
tract us,” Robinson said.
Self wouldn’t want the same 3-
4 start next season, but he would like
the same ending: a Big 12 Tournament
Championship.
“Next thing you know,” he said about
that year, “we’re cutting down the nets in
Dallas.”
—Edited by Jared Duncan
SportS
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BY SHAWN SHROYER
[email protected]
Those who live by the Bull Durham
code would agree that Kansas, after being
swept on back-to-back weekends, could
have used a rainout this week to get back
on track.
Well, with the field uncovered and
vulnerable Monday night, Mother Nature
acquiesced with a downpour that not
only washed out Tuesday’s game with
Northern Colorado, but the entire mid-
week series.
After Tuesday’s rainout, Kansas (19-
16) and Northern Colorado (8-22) were
scheduled to play a doubleheader yes-
terday starting at noon. However, due
to “wet playing conditions” the double-
header was pushed back to a 1 p.m. start
before being reduced to a single game to
be played at 3 p.m., until being cancelled
altogether.
The field itself looked playable if abso-
lutely necessary – to the point that the
grounds crew was able to drag the field
with a tractor with ease – but, based on
body language, the Jayhawks didn’t look
heartbroken to have the games called off.
Northern Colorado, on the other hand,
can’t be happy. The Bears arrived back
home this morning about 3 a.m. with
nothing to show for their road trip.
Kansas will resume play this weekend
in a three-game series with Texas Tech,
beginning Friday at 6 p.m. Saturday’s
game has been moved up from 2 p.m. to
noon so it can air on FSN.
—Edited by Samuel Lamb
I
t’s funny what one shot will do.
When Mario Chalmers’ three-
pointer swished through the nets,
sent the game into overtime and essen-
tially won the national championship
for Kansas, Bill Self went from a good
coach to one of the elite coaches in all
of college basketball.
Sure he was already one of only four
coaches to take three different schools
to the Elite Eight, but until this year,
Self was known for never being able to
reach the Final Four.
Reaching the Final Four is one
thing, but winning the national cham-
pionship is another. Sure, Self had
already gotten over the hump and
reached college basketball’s greatest
weekend, but when the clock hit zero
on Monday night, he joined an elite
group of coaches that can say they
were national champions.
Bobby Knight, John Wooden, Coach
K … All of the legendary coaches in the
game today have cut down the nets and
won a national championship. Now it’s
Bill Self who has joined the party and
can say the same thing.
But just what would have happened
had Chalmers’ shot rimmed off and
Kansas not won the game? How would
Self have been remembered then?
“The outside public may view people
that win a championship differently,”
Self said after the game, “but all coach-
es know you don’t get smarter because
a hard shot goes in than if it doesn’t go
in.”
And he’s right. He didn’t physically
change with the result of Chalmers’ his-
toric heave. He’s the same coach he was
before the shot and he’s the same per-
son he would have been had the shot
rimmed off, although he’s going to get
a big raise from Lew Perkins and the
Athletics Department staff in the near
future because of it.
Think of two short weeks ago, when
the shot by Jason Richards of Davidson
missed to the left and the Jayhawks
celebrated a trip to the Final Four. Had
that shot been six inches to the right,
Davidson would have been headed for
San Antonio and Kansas would never
had even had a chance to bring home
the title. Six inches — that’s how close
the Jayhawks were from not even mak-
ing the Final Four.
Kansas fans who were bitter at
Roy Williams for leaving for North
Carolina cheered for the former coach
when he was shown wearing a KU
sticker while sitting in the stands. But
in 15 years as the coach at Kansas,
Williams never did what Self was able
to do on Monday night. With one
high-arcing three pointer, Kansas fans
around the country were finally able to
forget about Roy and totally embrace
Self as their guy.
With rumors that Self ’s alma mater,
Oklahoma State, is preparing to offer
boat loads of money to sway Self back
to Stillwater, Kansas fans can only hope
that Perkins will be able to keep Self in
Lawrence.
The first round losses to Bucknell
and Bradley, which had fans clammor-
ing on message boards for Self to be
fired, now seem like a distant memory.
The Jayhawks are national champions
and Self has enshrined himself as one
of the elite coaches in America and one
of the all-time greats at Kansas.
And as crazy as it sounds, it’s all
because of one shot. One three-pointer,
from the top of the key. That’s all it
took to not only change the outcome of
the game, but to change the legacy of
Bill Self.
—Edited by Samuel Lamb
Moving on
Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
Coach Bill Self completes cutting down the nets after the Jayhawks win the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball
Tournament. Monday marked Self’s frst national title.
BY B.j. RAiNS
[email protected]
Jayhawks say goodbye
» baseball
Rain provides players
a welcomed break
» CoMMenTaRY
Chalmers’ three turns Self
into Kansas coaching legend
Last seconds of
championship game
create legacy years
in the making
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Senior forward Darnell Jackson pulls down a rebound during the frst half of Monday’s championship game. Jackson will be graduating this year along with Jeremy Case,
Russell Robinson, Rodrick Stewart and Sasha Kaun.
Five seniors to graduate, others consider entering NBA Draft
It’s Ofcial. The national champion-
ship basketball team will be hon-
ored with a parade on Sunday. The
parade begins at 3 p.m. at Seventh
and Massachusetts Streets and
will end at South Park. At 6 p.m.,
fans are invited to come to Allen
Fieldhouse for an awards ceremony.
Doors will open at fve.
parade time
“We signed fve really good
players, and they’re better than
what anybody thinks they are.”
BIll SelF
Kansas head coach
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SportS 2B thursday, april 10, 2008
Q: Who was the leading
scorer of the 2008 NCAA Tour-
nament?
A: Memphis junior guard
Chris Douglas-Roberts, who
scored 140 points over the
course of six games. Davidson
sophomore guard Stephen
Curry scored 128 points in four
games.
— Memphis Athletics
sports trivia of the day
sports fact of the day
quote of the day
on tv tonight
The Memphis Tigers have an
all-time record of 37-20 against
Big 12 Conference opponents
in basketball. The only teams
Memphis has never played in
the conference are Colorado
and Iowa State.
—Memphis Athletics
“We didn’t get it done, but it
was a nice ride.”
— Memphis freshman guard Derrick Rose
MLB:
—New York Yankees at Kan-
sas City, noon, FSN
—Chicago at Pittsburgh, 6
p.m., WGN
Golf:
—The Masters, First Round, 3
p.m., ESPN
NBA:
—Denver at Golden State, 7
p.m., TNT
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DATE: Saturday, April 19
TIME: 7pm-9:45pm
LOCATION: Gridiron Room at the Burge Union
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PURPOSE: Fundraiser event for the Lawrence Hu-
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old towels & rags! Monetary donations are accepted.
INFO: Tis event is open to ANYONE! NSCS
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When: Sunday, April 13, 10:00 am
Where: Check-in at the north end of Allen Fieldhouse.
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Friday, April 11, 2008 8 A.M. – 4 P.M.
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BY JOSH BOWE
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From struggling in the first
rounds to finishing seventh on
day one of the
Susie Maxwell
Berning Classic,
the women’s
golf team still
believed it could
finish strong.
And they proved
it by finishing
third in the tour-
nament on Monday in Norman,
Okla.
Sophomore Emily Powers led
the Jayhawks with a score of 223,
tying for 14th place. Freshman
Meghna Bal had a strong final
round to place second on the team
with a tie for 17th place overall
and a score of 225.
“The two of them were playing
steady,” Coach Erin O’Neil said.
“But everyone played so well that
last round as well.”
The team showed some gust
and so did the wind, which
picked up during the weekend.
But senior Annie Giangrosso said
the winds weren’t a problem for
the team.
“We’ve definitely played in
worse winds before,” Giangrosso,
who finished with a score of 230,
said. “Being from Kansas, the wind
and bad weather doesn’t affect us
as much as other teams, so it’s an
advantage for us actually.”
With the Big 12 Championship
looming, O’Neil was relieved that
her team finally found a way to
play up to its talents.
“This is a great confidence
boost,” O’Neil said. “It shows that
they can do it when they need to.”
O’Neil said the team would
need to start off strong in the
Big 12 Championship, instead of
waiting till the final round. She
said the Big 12 would be the most
daunting course the Jayhawks
would face.
“I’m glad we got back on track
for that final round,” O’Neil said.
“But we’ve had a rough winter, with
the lack of playing time.”
Once again O’Neil relied on
the teams’ motto of ‘no expec-
tations.’ She said with such a
young team that hasn’t been able
to practice, setting expectations
could be a little too much to
handle.
“We just want to go out there
and play,” O’Neil said. “Don’t look
ahead or worry about the past.”
But not only does this final
round show the Jayhawk’s ability
and talent, it also displays the
type of character these players
have.
“This did a lot, it shows a lot of
character,” Giangrosso said. “We’re
playing the most difficult course
we’ll play all year, and we have
capable players to pull it off.”
The golf team can possibly gain
some inspiration from the basket-
ball team’s recent national cham-
pionship victory. O’Neil said the
women were able to witness the
madness as the Jayhawks defeat-
ed the Tigers and gained its fifth
national title.
“We flew in around seven, so
we got back just in time,” O’Neil
said.
The Jayhawks hope, as the Big
12 Tournaments approach, they
will play as well in the first rounds
as they do in the last rounds.
— Edited by Mandy Earles
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Missouri Tigers pitcher Aaron Crowthrows against Baylor Friday, March 22 at Taylor Stadium
in Columbia, Mo. The Tigers won 7-0. The junior right-hander fromWakarusa, Kan., will take a
scoreless streak of 42 2/3 innings into his next start Friday against Texas. For the season, Crowis
7-0 with a minuscule 0.69 ERA.
Missouri pitcher enters game with scoreless streak
BY DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
ASSOCIATED PrESS
Tim Jamieson has it pretty easy
on Friday nights. The Missouri
coach sends Aaron Crow out to
the mound, then settles into the
dugout and watches the zeros pile
up on the scoreboard.
“It’s about as relaxing as you
can possibly imagine it being when
you’re playing the competition that
we’re playing,” Jamieson said. “Even
when he gets into trouble, Aaron
just finds another gear.”
Runners on base or not, Crow
has been stunningly stingy this
season for the Tigers. The junior
right-hander will take a scoreless
streak of 42 2-3 innings into his
next start Friday against Texas. For
the season, the native of Wakarusa,
Kan., is 7-0 with a minuscule 0.69
ERA.
“I’ve been feeling real good,”
Crow said, a possible No. 1 over-
all draft pick in June. “I’ve had
good command of all my pitches
and they’ve been real sharp, too.
Everything’s been going really well
and it seems almost like nothing
can go wrong.”
Lately, everything has gone right
for Crow. He has allowed four runs
in 52 innings, but none since allow-
ing three against California on Feb.
29.
Yep, no runs in nearly six
weeks.
“I don’t know if it’s taboo or
not, but we’re not talking about the
streak,” Jamieson said with a laugh.
“There have been plenty of oppor-
tunities for teams to score on him,
but he gets that much better when
he gets runners in scoring posi-
tion. He just finds another level.
Whether it’s increased intensity or
increased focus, or both, you see
the great ones do that.”
The NCAA is uncertain what
the Division I record is for consec-
utive scoreless innings. The record
book only has team stats listed in
that category, with Arizona State
going 64 straight innings without
allowing a run in 1972. That same
season, Eddie Bane threw 43 score-
less innings in a row for the Sun
Devils.
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NCAA asked to reconsider
its policies on alcohol ads
For more than 100 college
presidents and athletic directors,
beer and the NCAA men’s basket-
ball tournament don’t mix.
The college leaders — among
them the top ofcials at Harvard,
Abilene Christian and Georgia State
— wrote a letter to NCAA President
Myles Brand on Wednesday calling
beer advertising “embarrassingly
prominent”during tournament
broadcasts. They asked the organi-
zation to reconsider its policies on
alcohol advertising.
The Center for Science in the
Public Interest in Washington, D.C.,
which helped organize the letter,
accused the NCAA of violating its
own policies that supposedly limit
beer advertising to 60 seconds per
hour and no more than 120 sec-
onds per telecast. The center said
it counted 200 seconds and 240
seconds of beer advertising during
Saturday’s two semifnal games,
and 270 seconds during Monday
night’s fnal, when Kansas defeated
Memphis 75-68 in overtime.
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Villanova was
the final at-large
team selected
for the NCAA
To u r n a me n t .
But through
two rounds, the
Wildcats hadn’t
played like it.
Led by guard
Scottie Reynolds,
the Wildcats came
back from an 18-
point deficit in the
first round against
Clemson and
destroyed Siena in
the second round.
There were no
triumphs against
the Jayhawks in
Detroit at Ford Field, though.
Reynolds was only 4-for-13
from the field because of Russell
Robinson’s staunch defensive pres-
sure. Brandon Rush led the charge
offensively by hitting two three-
pointers and scoring a team-high
16 points. Three games into the
tournament, the Jayhawks were
beating opponents by an average
of 19 points.
“Last year gave us a nice taste
of what we want to do,” Robinson
said. “Guys are still hungry and
ready to eat a big plate this time
around.”
—Case Keefer
For 27 min-
utes, the UNLV
Runnin’ Rebels
stuck right with
Kansas. Then,
Bill Self adjust-
ed.
Clinging to
an eight-point
lead against the
under-manned
Rebels, Self
attacked themby
going small and
checking four
guards into the
game. Kansas
rolled to a 75-
56 victory from
there to reach its
second straight Sweet Sixteen.
UNLVcoach Lon Kruger, who
lost to Kansas’ 1988 National
Championship team in the
tournament as the Kansas State
coach, was determined to slow
the game down but that wasn’t
going to happen with four quick
Jayhawk guards. The guards,
Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers,
Russell Robinson and Sherron
Collins, combined to score 62 of
the Jayhawks’ points.
“We take pride in games like
this where the guards have to
step up and make plays,” Collins
said. “That was the whole game
plan.”

— Case Keefer
2008 NatioNal ChampioNs: KaNsas JayhawKs
First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship Game
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The men’s basketball teamwatches the“One Shining Moment”video after its 75-68 victory against Memphis Monday in San Antonio. The Jayhawks won in overtime after Mario Chalmers’ three-point shot tied the game with seconds left in regulation .
kansas 85, portland state 61 kansas 75, UnlV 56 kansas 72, VillanoVa 57 kansas 59, daVidson 57 kansas 84, north carolina 66 kansas 75, memphis 68 (ot)
Jon Goering/KANSAN
No Weary Eyes for Kansas
The early tip-off time didn’t
affect the Jayhawks at the Qwest
Center in Omaha, Neb.
Despite the players waking up
at 7 a.m. for the 11:25 a.m. start,
Kansas looked fully awake against
16th-seeded Portland State in a 85-
61 victory. The Jayhawks extended
their seven-game winning streak
by throttling the Vikings in every
aspect of the game.
Brandon Rush led Kansas with
18 points. Russell Robinson and
Mario Chalmers combined for
six steals. Darrell Arthur nearly
recorded a double-double with 18
points and seven rebounds.
“It’s our first game of the tour-
nament,” Chalmers said. “We were
just excited to get it started.”
— Case Keefer
Jon Goering/KANSAN
How Sweet It Is Another Blowout
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Jon Goering/KANSAN
To The Final Four — Finally
Not only were the Jayhawks
up against the Cinderella story
of the tournament, 10th-seeded
Davidson, but they were also
trying to exorcise their own
demons.
After losing in four Elite Eights,
some questioned if coach Bill Self
would ever break through to the
Final Four. Not after a 59-57 vic-
tory against the Wildcats. Self
collapsed to his knees and took
in a sigh of relief after Davidson
guard Jason Richards’ three-point
attempt at the buzzer clanked off
the bottom of the backboard.
“We’ve been so close so many
times,” Self said. “Even though
we’re always going to get good
players at Kansas, this was the
year this needed to happen for the
immediate future.”

—Case Keefer
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Roy Down, One to Go
North Carolina, led by former
Kansas coach Roy Williams, was
supposed to be the best team in
the nation.
Kansas had something to say
about that in its 84-66 Final Four
victory. The Jayhawks jumped
out to an unprecedented 40-12
lead to start the game.
Despite letting the Tar Heels
creep back within four in the
second half, the Jayhawks re-
grouped to reach the national
championship game. Brandon
Rush scored 25 points and
the Kansas big men limited
national player of the year Tyler
Hansbrough to 17 points.
“We were the underdog the
whole game,” Rush said. “We just
came out and applied pressure to
them. We got up and did some
big things.”
— Case Keefer
20 Years Later
With four seconds remaining
against Memphis in the national
championship, Mario Chalmers
drained a three-pointer that will
never be forgotten.
Sherron Collins tossed the ball
back to Chalmers, who knocked
down the shot from the right
wing to send the game into over-
time, tied at 63. The ‘miracle’ shot
was the exclamation point on a
run that brought Kansas from
nine down with two minutes to
go to tied at the end of regula-
tion.
The Jayhawks spanked the
Tigers in overtime and took
home their first title since 1988
with a 75-68 victory against the
Tigers in the Alamodome in
San Antonio. Chalmers scored
18 in the game and Darrell
Arthur added 20 points and 10
rebounds.
“You couldn’t have written
it any better,” Russell Robinson
said. “No way you could have
written it any better.”

—Case Keefer
Jon Goering/KANSAN
sports 6B thursday, april 10, 2008
By JULIANA BARBASSA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — The
Olympic torch was rerouted away
from thousands of demonstrators
and spectators who crowded the
city’s waterfront Wednesday to
witness the flame’s symbolic jour-
ney to the Beijing Games.
The first torchbearer took the
flame from a lantern brought to
the stage and held it aloft before
running into a warehouse. A
motorcycle escort departed, but
the torchbearer was nowhere in
sight.
Then officials drove the
Olympic torch about a mile inland
and handed it off to two runners
away from protesters and media.
Less than an hour before the
relay began, officials cut the origi-
nal six-mile route nearly in half.
The flame’s only North American
stop has drawn thousands of dem-
onstrators gathered to praise and
condemn China during the flame’s
journey to Beijing.
Chi Zhang, a software engineer
from Sunnyvale, waited to see
the torch since 10 a.m. He shook
his head sadly four hours later
when he heard the route had been
changed.
“That’s surprising,” he said. “We
were very excited about this. This
was supposed to be the only stop
in the United States. I took a day
off work to be here.”
There were signs of tension
even before the torch relay began.
Pro-Tibet and pro-China groups
were given side-by-side permits to
demonstrate, and representatives
from both sides spilled from their
sanctioned sites across a major
street and shouted at each other
nose to nose, with no visible police
presence to separate them.
“A lot of Tibetan people are get-
ting killed,” said Kunga Yeshi, 18,
who had traveled here from Salt
Lake City. “The Chinese said they’d
change if they got the Olympics,
but they still won’t change.”
Farther along the planned route,
about 200 Chinese college students
mobbed a car carrying two people
waving Tibetan flags in front of the
city’s Pier 39 tourist destination.
The students, who arrived by bus
from the University of California,
Davis, banged drums and chanted
“Go Olympics” in Chinese.
“I’m proud to be Chinese and
I’m outraged because there are so
many people who are so ignorant
they don’t know Tibet is part of
China,” Yi Che said. “It was and is
and will forever be part of China.”
The torch’s 85,000-mile, 20-
nation global journey is the longest
in Olympic history and is meant
to build excitement for the Beijing
Games. But it has also been target-
ed by activists angered over China’s
human rights record
Hundreds of pro-China and pro-
Tibet demonstrators blew whistles
and waved flags as they faced off
near site of the relay’s opening
ceremony. Police struggled to keep
the groups apart. At least one pro-
tester was detained, and officers
blocked public access to the bridge
leading to the ceremony site across
McCovey Cove from the ballpark.
The torchbearers will compete
not only with people protest-
ing China’s grip on Tibet, but its
support for the governments of
Myanmar and Sudan.
Three blocks from the water-
front torch route, a few dozen
activists with the Washington-
based Save Darfur group, sought
to get their message out. Among
them were Ben Cohen and Jerry
Greenfield, of Ben & Jerry’s ice
cream fame, who stood near a
van sporting a six-foot-tall stain-
less steel torch — complete with
gas-fired flame — resembling the
Olympic torch.
“We’re asking China to extin-
guish the flames of genocide in
Darfur,” Cohen said. “China is the
one country that has enough influ-
ence with Sudan to end the geno-
cide. They really have no choice
but to use that influence.”
Local officials say they support
the diversity of viewpoints but
have tightened security following
chaotic protests during the torch’s
stops in London and Paris and a
demonstration Monday in which
activists hung banners from the
Golden Gate Bridge.
Vans were deployed to haul away
arrested protesters, and the FAA
restricted flights over the city to
media helicopters, medical emer-
gency carriers and law enforcement
aircraft. Law enforcement agencies
erected metal barricades and read-
ied running shoes, bicycles and
motorcycles for officers preparing
to shadow the runners.
The Olympic flame began its
worldwide trek from Ancient
Olympia in Greece to Beijing on
March 24, and was the focus of
protests right from the start.
San Francisco was chosen to
host the relay in part because of its
large Chinese-American popula-
tion.
IOC president Jacques Rogge
met with Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao on Wednesday to discuss
preparations for the games and “a
range of games topics were dis-
cussed,” the IOC said.
Rogge is to give more details at
a news conference Friday, when
the IOC’s executive board is to dis-
cuss whether to end the remaining
international legs of the relay after
San Francisco because of wide-
spread protest. The torch is sched-
uled to travel to Buenos Aires,
Argentina, and then to a dozen
other countries before arriving in
China on May 4. The Olympics
begin Aug. 8.
Rogge has refrained from criti-
cizing China, saying he prefers to
engage in “silent diplomacy” with
the Chinese.
In an interview broadcast
Wednesday on the VRT television
network in his native Belgium,
Rogge warned that pushing China
too hard on Tibet and human rights
would be counterproductive.
“If you know China, you know
that mounting the barricades and
using tough language will have the
opposite effect,” he said. “China
will close itself off from the rest of
the world, which, don’t forget it, it
has done for some 2,000 years.”
Meanwhile Wednesday, the
White House said anew that Bush
would attend the Olympics, but left
open the possibility that he would
skip the opening ceremonies.
“I would again reiterate that the
president has been very clear that
he believes that the right thing for
him to do is to continue to press
the Chinese on a range of issues,
from human rights and democ-
racy, political speech freedoms and
religious tolerance, and to do that
publicly and privately, before, dur-
ing and after the Olympics,” she
said.
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Demonstrators prompt torchbearer to reroute relay
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Olympic torch bearer Dean Karnazes, 44, of San Francisco participates in a media event
onTuesday in San Francisco. One unidentifed runner who planned to carry the fame in San
Francisco dropped out because of safety concerns.
World leaders to skip
opening ceremonies
By BRyAN MITCHELL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown will skip
the opening ceremony of the
Beijing Olympics.
He became the second major
world leader after German
Chancellor Angela Merkel to decide
to stay away from the opening cer-
emonies, although Brown’s office
insisted Wednesday that he was not
boycotting the Olympics and would
attend the closing ceremony.
French President Nicolas
Sarkozy said last month that he was
debating not attending the opening
ceremony.
Asked whether President Bush
would go to the opening portion of
the Olympics, White House press
secretary Dana Perino demurred, cit-
ing the fluid nature of a foreign trip.
“It is extremely premature for me
to say what the president’s schedule
is going to be” in August, she said.
Democratic presidential candi-
date Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
and others have urged Bush to con-
sider staying away from the open-
ing ceremony as a way to under-
score U.S. concerns about the recent
unrest in Tibet and questions about
China’s relationship with Sudan.
Brown, too, has been under
intense pressure from human
rights campaigners to send a mes-
sage to China. But his decision not
to attend the opening ceremony
is not an act of protest, a spokes-
woman for his office said, speaking
anonymously in line with govern-
ment policy.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jiang Xiaoyu, left, executive vice president of the Beijing organizing committee, and
an unidentifed handler, right, hold the Olympic fame, shortly after arriving at San Francisco
International Airport, Tuesday. The Olympic Torch will make its only North American stop in San
Francisco.
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Annie Marie
Washington spent 11 years on dial-
ysis after kidney failure before suc-
cumbing to her illness in 2004. Her
youngest son, Rico Washington,
toiled in the minors for that exact
number of years before making
the St. Louis Cardinals roster this
season.
The perspective gained from
watching his mother fight her ill-
ness for years while rarely missing
a day of work at a Georgia nursing
home makes his winding and often
bumpy path to
the majors seem
rather inconse-
quential.
“She never
gave up and she
just continued to
work hard even
though she was
sick,” he said. “I
think watching
her go through
what she went
through inspired
me to continue working hard and
know that one day it will pay off.
“And it finally did.”
Just more than a month shy
of his 30th birthday, his hair is
thinning on top, but the monoto-
ny of countless miles of bus rides
and stops in at least a dozen cit-
ies including Hickory, N.C. and
Lynchburg, Va. haven’t dimmed
his youthful exuberance. He smiles
easily and often and his brown eyes
sparkle when he recounts the day
manager Tony La Russa gave him
the news.
“I really didn’t know what to
expect. I thought I was going back
to the minors,” he said. “I was
just so stunned and I was very
emotional. I didn’t know what to
say. It took me a minute for it to
sink in. The day finally came and
my dream finally came true. I was
going to be in the big leagues for
the first time.”
Then he went outside and wept.
Bring up Washington to almost
anyone in the Cardinals organiza-
tion and it brings a smile to their
face. Even La Russa, a hardened
veteran of almost 45 seasons, can’t
help but grin.
“He’s a nice
player,” La
Russa said, add-
ing that his atti-
tude is a key to
his success. “He
just refused to
give in. Telling
him he made
the team was
the neatest part
of the season so
far.”
It was the culmination of a
quest that began in 1997 when
the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted
Washington in the 10th round
out of high school. By the time
he donned the Cardinals uniform
on opening day last week he had
played 1,134 games and logged
3,980 at-bats in the minor league
systems of Pittsburgh, San Diego,
Tampa Bay and St. Louis.
He never thought about quitting
and always believed he’d one day
play in the majors.
“It never crossed my mind that
I wouldn’t make it,” he said. “When
you have on a uniform and you’re
playing the game, no matter what
level you’re at, you have an oppor-
tunity. You never know when your
time is going to come.”
Barry Veal, his baseball coach
at Jones County High School in
tiny Gray, Ga., is one person who
has been with him for the entire
journey. His first year at the school
was Washington’s freshman year,
and the smallish player (5-foot-9)
developed into his star pitcher with
a 92 mph fastball.
Washington’s father wasn’t in
his life, so the then-single Veal
became a sort of surrogate dad.
Annie Marie, who never missed a
game, encouraged the relationship
and told the coach to “treat him
like he’s yours.”
“To see all the time and work he
put it, I was just so happy for him,”
said Veal who was in St. Louis for
his debut last week. “It meant so
much to him to finally make it.”
Veal got a text message from
Washington a couple of days before
the final cuts that read, “Coach. I
think I got a chance. Pray for me.”
Then came the news Veal had
been waiting 15 years for.
“Coach, I finally made it,” Veal
said, recalling another text mes-
sage. “Keep praying for me.”
Washington’s longest stretch in
one place was the three seasons
he spent with Double-A Altoona
from 2000-02. He hasn’t lost track,
though. Ask him to name all his
stops and he recites them in order
and even includes the year he was
there.
“He just refused to give in. Tell-
ing him he made the team was
the neatest part of the season
so far.”
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By BRIAN MAHONEy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — David Stern
has all kinds of data showing NBA
attendance is up, TV ratings are up
and merchandise sales are up.
Good news, obviously, but not
the evidence he’d cite first when
calling this a good year.
For that, the commissioner
turns to a much different set of
numbers: the Western Conference
standings.
That’s where
he finds the
deepest playoff
race his league
has ever seen,
the catalyst for
a remarkable
t ur na r ound.
The NBA is
a week away
from closing
a memorable
regular season,
bouncing back
from perhaps the worst offseason
it’s ever endured.
And it’s happened in the best
way possible to Stern, with strong
play and better story lines on the
court that are just too good to be
ignored.
“The basketball part is what has
legs because the world is watching
and they’re really having a good
time watching,” Stern said.
Throw in a too-close-to-call
MVP race, the re-emergence of
Boston, and a flurry of trades, and
there’s been a lot of things to talk
about for fans.
“I think it’s been a good year
all the way around,” Minnesota
coach Randy Wittman said. “The
more competition you have, like
this year has been, the more inter-
esting it is.”
Only two and a half games sepa-
rated the top six teams through
Tuesday in the West, where some-
body will have the best record ever
for a non-playoff team and there’s
seemingly an
i mp o r t a n t
matchup every
night. Denver
visits Golden
State Thursday
in a game that
could help
d e t e r m i n e
which team
claims the last
playoff spot,
and the Lakers
play host to the
New Orleans Hornets on Friday in
a showdown featuring Kobe Bryant
and Chris Paul, perhaps the two
strongest MVP candidates.
No wonder ratings have
increased 8 percent on ESPN and
TNT, with a 15 percent gain on
ABC.
TNT had the most anticipat-
ed game of the season, when the
Celtics snapped Houston’s 22-game
winning streak last month, and
drew its highest rating for a regu-
lar-season game since the 2006-07
opener.
“I’m happy that everyone’s inter-
ested. Why, because of the com-
petition in the West,” TNT studio
analyst Kenny Smith said. “Every
team is viable, every team from
6-7-8 could not make the playoffs.
Every team in the first round could
get knocked out from 1 to 8. That’s
why people are interested.”
The NBA is coming off a sur-
prisingly strong March, when it
usually cedes the basketball spot-
light to the NCAA tournament fol-
lowing its All-Star weekend and
trade deadline. This year, thanks
to the Rockets’ winning streak,
a successful All-Star run in New
Orleans, and the big trades that
sent Shaquille O’Neal, Pau Gasol
and Jason Kidd to West powers,
interest only grew.
The league drew more than 4.2
million fans, its highest attendance
ever in March, and sales at the
NBA Store in New York were up 46
percent from the same period last
year, part of its overall 15 percent
increase for the season.
Professional basketball still holding national attention
“The more competition you
have, like this year has been, the
more interesting it is.”
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