2007-09-25

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u.s. raids
steroid
producers
A federal investigation led
to more than 120 arrests.
BY MARK DENT
[email protected]
No charges were filed Monday against a
man who, according to police reports, was
arrested for allegedly raping a female resi-
dent of Oliver Hall early Sunday morning.
The man was arrested by the KU Public
Safety Office at about 3:30 Sunday morn-
ing, according to reports. Lt. Kari Wempe,
public information officer for the Douglas
County Sheriff ’s Department, said the
man was held in the Douglas County Jail
on Monday before being released after no
charges were filed.
According to police reports, the
woman said she had been drinking heav-
ily and passed out because of the alcohol.
She told police that when she woke up,
the man was on top of her and having sex
with her, according to the report.
Police located, arrested and inter-
viewed the man, according to the report.
Capt. Schuyler Bailey, a spokesman for
the KU Public Safety Office, said police
couldn’t release any information that
the man told them.
Bailey said the man and woman were
acquaintances from Oliver Hall. He said that
they had been part of a group that had been
together earlier in the night.
— Edited by Matt Erickson
Oliver Hall resident
makes accusation;
man jailed Sunday,
released Monday
Report of rape results in no charges
» crime
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Amy Harris, Overland Park junior, gives blood in the Kansas Union Ballroom on Monday. The ballroom is one of several donation sites on campus. Blood drive committee members hope that the
increase in donation sites will allow students to donate blood between classes. The Blood Vessel also will travel to other locations on campus. To be a donor, students must go through a short interview
process and supply their health history. Donors must be 17 or older and weigh at least 110 pounds. The Blood Drive will be going on all week. For more information visit, including locations and schedules,
visit www.kublooddrive.com.
Students from across the nation will gath-
er this weekend to advocate for increased
action against genocide in Darfur. Students
Taking Action Now: Darfur, will hold a
conference in Washington, D.C., to educate
students about the importance of the cause,
and allow them to lobby on Capitol Hill.
Students who can’t make the trip to
Washington, D.C., this weekend but are pas-
sionate about the cause can join the KU orga-
nization FIGHT. The group works to stop
humanitarian threats in Darfur, Uganda, Sudan
and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
President Mark Skoglund, Olathe
junior, said FIGHT worked closely with
STAND events throughout the year. He
said he was excited to see students mobi-
lizing on campuses across the country.
Last week’s story on the leak of per-
sonal information spawned several dis-
cussions in the Kansan newsroom. The
question most commonly asked was,
“Why did you give the records back to
the University?”
The University Daily Kansan was one
of three media outlets to receive the
envelopes containing personal docu-
ments. The Kansas City Star and The
Lawrence Journal-World made the
records available for University offi-
cials to review, but both declined to
return the records to the University.
The Kansan made copies of the docu-
ments for use in the story, secured all of
the documents in a locked location and
returned the originals.
The University contacted me Thursday
afternoon, asking that the records be
secured and that they not be shared any
further. At no point was I asked to return
the records. It was a decision that I made
myself. After talking it over with the other
editors, I arranged to return the documents
without the envelopes or the included cover
letter.
I made the decision with no knowl-
edge of what either of the other pub-
lications had chosen to do with the
documents. My interest was obtaining
enough information to publish a detailed
account of a story that was vitally impor-
tant to the student body. Beyond that,
keeping the original documents would
have only prevented the University from
moving forward in its efforts to conduct
an investigation and to contact all of the
students and faculty who were named in
the documents. There was nothing that
The Kansan turned over to University
officials that would have helped to reveal
the identity of the person or persons
who sent the material.
The University’s actions in letting
these documents get into the wrong
hands were inexcusable. That private
information of students and University
employees is open to exploitation is a sig-
nificant concern. But withholding those
documents and keeping the University
from taking steps to prevent further
problems would have been another mis-
take in itself.
BY ERicK R. schMiDT
KANsAN EDiTOR-iN-chiEF
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Returning leaked documents
was for beneft of University
» Letter from the editor
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» ActiViSm
Student clubs
take on Capitol
to help Darfur
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»teAm SPirit
Student-athletes met last night to rein-
vent the student section and leave the
“Muck Fizzou” shirts in the dust.
Members of the Student Athlete Advisory
Committee invited other student organizations
to give their ideas for a new game day shirt
to replace the old shirt deemed offensive by
ESPN. The sports channel issued a statement
last year saying it would not film student sec-
tions if the anti-Missouri slogan was present.
The SAAC said they hoped to unite
the student body in inventing a new game
day tradition that KU can be proud of.
Full STORy PAgE 6A
Oread Inn will have to wait another month
to hear the Lawrence Douglas County Planning
Commission’s final recommendation.
However, members of the commission
did show support for the project’s size
and how it could benefit students.
Oread Inn, originally called Eldridge on
the Hill, would be a seven-story structure
that would include hotel rooms, retail loca-
tions and extended stay rooms. It would be
built at 12th Street and Oread Avenue. The
City Commission probably will have the
final say on the project after the Planning
Commission meets again Oct. 22.
Group meets
to fnd new
shirt slogan
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What do you think about the federal proposal for a tax
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Thursday is the last day that
you can choose the credit/no
credit option for your classes.
Graduate students cannot
choose this option. Check with
the Registrar’s Ofce for details.
By Danny norDstrom
Number of years teaching at the
University: 5 years
Department: Geology
What courses do you teach?
“Earthquakes & Natural Disas-
ters,”“Stable Isotope Geology,”
“Paleoclimatology” and “Carbon-
ate Petrology, Geochemistry and
Diagenesis.”
Where did you attend college?
I attended the University of Puerto
Rico at Mayagüez for my under-
graduate and the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor for my
master’s and doctorate.
Why did you become a teacher?
I have a keen interest both in
research and teaching. I enjoy
interacting with students.
Where are you from?
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
How did you end up at the Uni-
versity?
In 2002 I decided I wanted to
look for a diferent institution. I
was at the University of Iowa, and
the University of Kansas had the
opportunity. I was attracted here
because of the quality of the geol-
ogy program.
Could you describe your immedi-
ate family?
I am married with three children,
two daughters and one son.
What do you enjoy doing in your
spare time?
I don’t have spare time (laughs). I
like computer games, although I
had to quit my World of Warcraft.
But I got to level 60.
Where is your favorite place to
travel?
Nepal. I do research there. Puerto
Rico, as well. I take a class there
every once in a while.
What is your favorite type of
food?
Indian and Puerto Rican. La-
tino-style food.
What are your favorite res-
taurants in Lawrence?
India Café and Thai House.
What kind of music do you
listen to?
All kinds. Pop, rock, everything
except hip-hop.
What band have you been listen-
ing to lately?
Coldplay.
Do you have any pets?
My kids have pets, I don’t. They
have a fox-terrier mix. I have a pet
rock.
What is the craziest job you’ve
ever had?
In high school I was a gas delivery
boy up in the mountains in Puerto
Rico. It was a very diferent kind of
experience.
What are your thoughts about
the 2008 election?
Barack Obama is probably my
favorite candidate.
Do you have a favorite quote?
“You get what you pay for.” I like
to use it a lot with some of my
students and relatives.
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Tuesday, sepTember 25, 2007
by Matt Lindberg
[email protected]
Gamers united at midnight and
early this morning for the release
of “Halo 3” for Xbox 360. Stores in
Lawrence did their best to prepare
for the video game’s highly antici-
pated release.
The KU Bookstore and Student
Union Activities teamed up Monday
for a Halo 3 release party from 9
p.m. to midnight in the Kansas
Union. Rob Schabel, Overland
Park senior and SUA games coor-
dinator, said the group had been
expecting at least 100 people to
attend because of what SUA and
the bookstore had to offer.
“The first 100 copies receive
a special student discount of $8
off,” Schabel said. Schabel also said
the party had Xboxes available for
students to play “Halo 2”, a trivia
contest and a screening of “Red
vs. Blue,” a popular Halo-based
cartoon.
Schabel said he thought the
game’s release would impact class
attendance today.
“I know plenty of people will be
skipping class or work on Tuesday
to beat the game,” Schabel said. “I
know I’ll be coming a little late, too,
on Tuesday.”
Other stores around Lawrence
also were prepared for the video
game’s release.
Nick Rodekuhr, media specialist
at Best Buy, 2020 W. 31st St., said
Best Buy had 600 copies of the game
and more than 100 pre-orders in its
system.
“I would expect all 600 cop-
ies of the game we have will sell
out within the first couple days
it’s released,” Rodekuhr said. He
said the store would have a table
set up in the back of the store so
people could find a copy with
ease.
Kenny Nall, sales associate at
Wal-Mart, 3300 Iowa St., said Wal-
Mart also released the game at mid-
night and expected a large turnout
wanting to get their hands on the
new game.
“There’s a lot of anticipation for
the game. We’ve been getting a lot
of pre-orders and phone calls from
people asking about when it would
be released,” Nall said. “We also have
had a lot of promotion for the game
here.”
Nall said Wal-Mart had adopted
the motto “Providing the fastest way
to play Halo 3” to encourage cus-
tomers to buy the game from the
store.
“We’re going to have more staff
on hand to specifically deal with the
release of Halo 3 so that gamers can
play the game as quickly as possible,”
Nall said.
Microsoft released three ver-
sions of Halo 3 for gamers to pur-
chase: legendary, limited and stan-
dard.
Rodekuhr said the legend-
ary edition would cost $130
and come with bonus features,
including two bonus discs, a hel-
met worn by game characters
and a display case for the helmet.
The legendary edition already
has sold out at Best Buy and its
Web site.
Gamers also will be able to buy
the limited edition of the game,
which comes with a collectable case,
or the standard version if they want
only the game.
Stephen Scott, Topeka senior,
was eager to play the third install-
ment. He said he thought the antic-
ipation for the game was so high
because the game was one of a
kind.
“The original game was the
first of its kind with a first-person
shooter mode done right. The con-
trols are solid, and the graphics are
great,” Scott said. “I can definitely
understand the popularity of the
game and see why people camp out
for it.”
Halo 3 is now available at the
KU Bookstore in the Kansas Union,
Wal-Mart and Best Buy. Prices range
from $59.99 to $129.99, depending
on the version.
— Edited by Tara Smith
by JeFF deterS
[email protected]
When Samir Kashyap came
to the University of Kansas last
year, he wanted to go to medical
school. Since then, the Shawnee
sophomore decided to narrow his
coursework to human biology and
psychology.
Students who have not yet
declared a major or who might
be interested in switching majors
can find valuable information at
the Majors Fair from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. today on Level 4 of the Kansas
Union.
The fair is free and open to
students, faculty, staff and alumni.
It is sponsored by the University
Advising Center. Shanda Hurla,
assistant director of the University
Advising Center, said students
should take advantage of the
breadth of information available
at the fair.
“There’s definitely a lot of benefits
for students,” she said.
Hurla said there would be repre-
sentatives from about 60 different
academic departments, including
the Office of Study Abroad and
the Global Awareness Program.
Students can learn about academ-
ic majors, minors and potential
careers. Hurla said mostly fresh-
men and sophomores attended the
fair. Kashyap will be one of those
attending.
“It’s a good way to get informed,”
Kashyap said.
The annual event had usually
been held during the spring semes-
ter, but has been moved to the
fall semester this year so students
could be informed earlier about
their educational options. The fair
is also just before the fall main
advising period, where advisors
meet with students and help them
prepare course schedules for next
semester.
Andy Haverkamp, Hoyt fresh-
man, said he also was planning
on attending the fair. He is major-
ing in chemical engineering and
said he was interested in study-
ing abroad in Eastern Europe.
Haverkamp said he had never
been overseas before and thought
studying abroad would be more
beneficial to him than the typical
classroom setting.
“It’s such an interesting culture,”
he said. “You can learn a lot about
people.”
For more information on the
Majors Fair and student advising, go
to www.advising.ku.edu.
— Edited by Rachel Bock
» gaming
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SUA celebrates release of ‘Halo 3’ with party, discount
Adam MacDonald/KANSAN
Steve McDufe, Wichita sophomore, and Josh Bowe, Bedford, Texas, freshman, play cooperative missions in the video game“Halo 2”on Xbox
at a“Halo 3”release party Monday night at the Hawk’s Nest in the Kansas Union. Halo 3 for Xbox 360 was released at midnight. McDufe and Bowe have
high expectations for the newgame.
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T
wo weeks ago, I dis-
cussed in this space
the current crop of Re-
publican hopefuls vying for the
candidacy for President of the
United States of America. They
were a fun bunch, full of fresh
perspective and buoyant energy.
Or maybe that was the piece I’d
scrapped about “High School
Musical vs. Mothra.” Well, ei-
ther way, it’s the other party’s
turn now.
The Democratic Party has
had fun the last seven years.
With President Bush in offce,
appointing cronies to every po-
sition short of White House toi-
let scrubber, authorizing vaguely
justifed military actions and
generally looking like some-
thing even the most cynical
political satirists would have a
hard time dreaming up, Demo-
crats have had the perfect target.
He could be the focal point of all
their malice, like Big Brother in
reverse. This time around, they
won’t have that kind of luxury.
As famous as some of the GOP
candidates are, the Democrats
still have to run somebody who
can get by on their own merits.
Besides, “Anyone but Ron Paul”
just doesn’t have any real ring to
it.
The most famous of the
Democratic candidates is Hill-
ary Clinton. Six years ago, she
catapulted from her husband’s
coattails into the United States
Senate, admirably serving a part
of the country she had never
lived in before and doesn’t seem
to spend much time in today.
So far, her main opposition has
been Barack Obama, a relative-
ly young senator from Illinois.
Clinton frequently criticizes
Obama for his perceived lack
of experience. Fun fact: Obama
frst joined the Illinois state leg-
islature in 1997, meaning he had
been holding elected offce for
four years when Clinton became
a Senator.
For his own part, Obama has
risen to popularity by appealing
to a variety of typically jaded vot-
ing blocks, such as students and
minorities, by projecting himself
as dedicated and sincere. He
is also the most skilled orator
in the vast feld of candidates
from either party. Seriously,
the man could run for city
sanitation manager, and still
fnd a way to convince people
that electing him would cre-
ate a brighter future for their
grandchildren.
There are still others look-
ing to run for president with a
jackass as their logo. Former
vice-presidential candidate
John Edwards, no longer con-
fused with the guy who went on
TV and claimed he could speak
with the dead, is giving a run for
the White House another go.
Rumors that he is seeking a spe-
cial brand of hair gel given only
to world leaders have yet to be
confrmed. There is also Mike
Gravel, who has not held an
elected offce since 1981, but re-
cently rose out of his icy crypt in
Alaska. Whether he is actually
attempting to run for President
or, as some have speculated, to
warn us of the impending re-
turn of the dreaded Cthulhu is
still being debated. Then there
is Dennis Kucinich. The Ohio
Representative and former may-
or of Cleveland is making his
second attempt at winning the
Democratic nomination. It is
also the second time members of
the party have frantically begun
questioning each other, wonder-
ing who let him in.
Perhaps the most enigmatic
potential candidate so far is
New Mexico Governor Bill
Richardson. A multi-ethnic,
highly-experienced politician
who handily defeated a Repub-
lican opponent in a perennial
red state, Richardson has be-
come a familiar name so far, but
beyond that, most people know
little about him. Perhaps he
is not yet sure if his aforemen-
tioned success in New Mexico
is strong enough to carry him,
or if he needs to mention that
he was at different times both a
representative to the United Na-
tions, and the U.S. Secretary of
Energy. No, he probably needs
to pad the ol’ resume a bit more
before he can really make his
move.
And there you have it,
most of the aspiring Democrats,
each with their own reason to
be made fun of. The election
isn’t for over a year, so there’s
plenty of time to study each of
these people, and any others
who may join the fray. Until
then, stay informed. After all, if
you don’t know why somebody
is funny, you probably shouldn’t
be voting for them.
Cohen is a Topeka junior in
journalism and English.
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W
oo! I love drunk
chicks, dude!”
Welcome to my Tuesday 2
a.m. wake-up call.
I don’t know what classes
my neighbors are taking but
they must be easy. I do know
that they are KU students and
that they are, in fact, enrolled
in classes. I have trudged up
the hill on the way to campus
behind them many a time. They
carry backpacks; they talk about
their classes. Yet they somehow
manage to have a party nearly
every night, and a fairly large
one at that. During the week, I
usually come home around nine
after work to fnd that at least
one of my three neighbors has
a party under way. This may
entail any of the following:
groups of people drinking on
the porch, people stumbling
into my yard, screaming and
yelling into a bullhorn, guys
running past in various stages
of undress, or raucous games
of beer pong.
Now I like parties, and
I like having a few cosmo-
politans with my friends. And
if I had the time to party every
weekend, I would. I don’t mind
waking up on Saturday morning
to fnd the front yard full of such
treasures as solitary shoes, empty
beer cans, smashed plastic cups,
various articles of clothing and
passed-out neighbors sleeping
off their hangovers in my front
yard. All that is amusing to me—
when it’s on the weekend. I just
can’t understand these people
that get stumbling drunk every
night of the week. How can they
possibly make it to class after a
night like that? And even if they
can, what kind of condition will
they be in to participate and
learn? I’m also unsure how they
can afford the copious amounts
of alcohol they always seem to
have, since I have no idea how
they would have time to go to a
job.
I hear people in classes say-
ing that they are “soo hungover,
man” and they got “so effn’
trashed last night.” The tone
they use is almost bragging, es-
pecially when they say things
like, “Oh you’re hungover? Well
there’s no way you could have
been as drunk as me last night.”
I just don’t understand when an
unhealthy excess of drinking be-
came a bragging point. It’s not
something to be proud of; it’s
called alcoholism. If students
cannot confne their drinking to
just a couple nights a week, then
they have a problem.
I know we’re young and this
is the time we’re supposed to
be having fun. However, we all
need to remember why we’re
here. Yes, part of it is to have
fun and meet new people and
if that for some people means
partying a lot, then ok, do that.
It is only one part, though. It
shouldn’t overshadow the real
reason we’re attending college:
to get a good education. And
that means going to class—well,
most of the time—and putting
in an effort. There’s no reason
that we can’t have our cake and
eat it too; there is a way to be a
good student and also “get your
drink on,” as my neighbors say.
Students need to be able to bal-
ance fun time and study time.
When drinking is affecting class
attendance or grades, it’s gotten
out of hand.
I’ll be the frst to admit that
it’s great fun to hang out and
drink with your friends, and I
also frmly believe that’s an im-
portant part of the college ex-
perience. The main thing is to
know the limit and keep drink-
ing under control. Don’t let it
overshadow schoolwork, and
make sure to practice calculus
as much as the keg stand, be-
cause—unfortunately for my
neighbors—there is no way to
major in beer pong.
Gentry is a Kansas City ju-
nior in English and pre-medi-
cine.
L
ast week, Hillel spon-
sored a petition to al-
low KU students to
study abroad in Israel without
having to disenroll from the
University. The petition advo-
cates allowing students to study
in Israel through the University
of Texas. Currently, the Univer-
sity of Kansas has no programs
in Israel due to travel advisory
warnings from the State Depart-
ment. While its decision to dis-
allow KU-affliated programs in
Israel is unpopular among those
wishing to study there, it is the
University’s right to sponsor
study abroad programs where it
sees ft.
Israel has been on the travel
advisory list since 2000. Ac-
cording to the country’s profle
on the State Department’s Web
site, security concerns in Israel
are only increasing. Hamas, a
recognized terrorist organiza-
tion, has de facto control of
the Gaza Strip. Kidnappings,
shootings and terrorist attacks
are regular occurrences in Gaza
and the West Bank. While the
travel warning is mostly di-
rected at Gaza—Americans are
encouraged to avoid all travel
there—the warning also encom-
passes Jerusalem and Tel Aviv,
the two largest Israeli cities and
incidentally the locations of two
University of Texas programs.
It is obviously a person’s right
to travel where they wish. How-
ever, the University has its own
responsibility to ensure the safe-
ty of students and faculty. Its de-
cision to make judgments based
on the State Department’s rec-
ommendations is both fair and
responsible. Every state on the
list is present due to deep-seated
and sustained social, military
and/or political confict.
The OSA already accepts
credit from students who have
enrolled in independent study
abroad programs in Israel, an
exception to their stated policy
of not providing any fnancial
or academic support for study
in countries on the advisory
list. This is a notable conces-
sion, and one that students who
choose to study in Israel should
appreciate.
The obvious confict in allow-
ing students to study in Israel is
that it opens the door to other
programs in designated unsafe
nations. If students are allowed
to study in Israel, should stu-
dents who wish to do so be al-
lowed to study in Sudan, Indo-
nesia and Algeria? It is unjust to
make Israel a special case, which
the OSA is already skirting in al-
lowing transfer credit from unaf-
fliated programs there.
Recognizing that students’
wishes to study in Israel have a
basis in genuine academic and
cultural interest, the University
of Texas compromise is, at this
moment, the fairest way for KU
to exercise its right to not direct-
ly sponsor Israeli study abroad
programs, while allowing stu-
dents to have a less-diffcult
time in pursuing their academic
goals.
Just as it is KU’s right to ban
study abroad programs in Israel
for the time being, it is also the
University of Texas’ right to al-
low for such programs and as-
sume responsibility for the safety
of their participants. Finally, it is
the responsibility of all would-
be participants, before enroll-
ing in any programs, to educate
themselves on the political real-
ity of Israel today.
biTs o’ wisdom
Students petition for Israeli study abroad program
University of Texas may be only chance for Middle Eastern travel opportunity
Putting a cap on the weeknight parties
When we are having such a good time, sometimes it’s easy to forget why we are here
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[email protected]
All students have to do is brave
a needle and they will get the
chance to save lives — and get
cookies. Three groups have joined
to bring a week-long blood drive
to campus. They hope to pro-
vide enough donation sites to
allow students to make donations
between classes.
The University of Kansas Blood
Drive Committee, the Red Cross
and the Community Blood Center
are sponsoring the blood drive.
Last semester, the groups held a
similar drive with a goal of 800
donations. They did not reach
their goal, but rather than aiming
lower, they have decided to aim
higher.
“We’ve set a goal of 1,200 units
this semester,” Leslie Rhoton, com-
mittee member and Lawrence junior
said. “The feedback we’ve been get-
ting on campus has pushed us to
feel we’ll be more successful this
semester.”
Students can donate at the Red
Cross buses outside the Kansas
Union and on Daisy Hill. Another
station is located in the Kansas
Union Ballroom. A mobile unit will
also travel to fraternities and other
organizations to help the committee
meet its goal.
The committee will display a large
banner on Wescoe Hall to let stu-
dents know how close the drive is to
reaching its goal each day.
“We can tell students that we’re
not doing so well, and maybe
they’ll want to help us out,”
Rhoton said.
Donors must complete a form
regarding their health history and
conduct a brief confidential inter-
view with a health professional
before giving blood. It takes seven
to 10 minutes to draw one pint of
blood. Afterward, donors can relax
with refreshments such as juice and
cookies.
Rhoton said she had never donat-
ed blood until she joined the com-
mittee.
“I had a friend hold my hand
the whole time,” Golub said. “I was
probably the biggest baby you’ve
ever seen.”
Allison Golub, Overland Park
freshman, donated blood Monday
afternoon. She said students should
look past the needle and take the
chance to help others.
“It makes me nervous, but if I
look away I’m fine,” she said. “But
people and hospitals need the blood.
It’s a good thing.”
According to the Red Cross, blood
is needed every two seconds in the
U.S. One pint of blood is enough to
save the lives of three people.
— Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
Jessie Fetterling/KANSAN
The University of Kansas Blood Drive Committee has set a goal of 1,200 units for the blood
drive this week. According to the Red Cross, one pint of blood can save the lives of three people.
Blood drive committee sets goal of 1,200 donations
» campus
BY DYLAN SANDS
[email protected]
Student-athletes and other stu-
dent organizations met Monday
night to vanquish a common foe.
The place: Allen Fieldhouse. The
mission: “Operation T-shirt.”
The enemy: the infamous “Muck
Fizzou” T-shirt.
The Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee invited the groups
to brainstorm ways to replace
the controversial game day shirt
and add a touch of class to the
student section at games. Last
semester, ESPN refused to film
student sections while the “Muck
Fizzou” T-shirts, which they
deemed offensive, were being
displayed. The SAAC hoped the
meeting would be the start of a
campaign to create new game
day shirts and put student fans
back on ESPN.
Matt Baysinger, Stillwell senior
and member of SAAC, said his
organization could not make the
needed changes alone.
“SAAC is one of many student
organizations,” Baysinger said.
“Our main reason in doing
this is to unite the entire stu-
dent body.”
According to the meeting
mission statement, the SAAC
wants all students to consoli-
date in one student section at
games rather than attend in
random groups. Initial ideas
involved creating a contest
in which students have a
chance to design the new
shirts. After a vote, a win-
ner would be chosen and
the “Muck Fizzou” shirts
could be traded in for the
new, “classier” shirts.
Some suggested burning the
old shirts at pregame bonfires.
Others thought a famous alumnus
could be asked to promote a new
shirt. Warm reception was given
to the thought of uniting the stu-
dent section under one title: the
hawk flock.
Caitlin Mahoney, St. Louis
senior, said she thought the meet-
ing went well.
“It’s good to hear everyone else’s
views,” Mahoney said. “As long as
we can put them into action.”
SAAC members concluded the
meeting by asking for volunteers
to form a more concrete commit-
tee dedicated to the project. They
asked that others spread the word
to get other students involved.
They said they hoped to get the
message out in time to have a new
shirt designed before basketball
season.
Hannah McMacken, Lake
Tapps, Wash., junior, said she
agreed that the entire student body
needed to be involved in order to
change the fans’ image.
“I’m excited that we’re involv-
ing more people,” McMacken said.
“I think we can accomplish more
as a greater mass.”
— Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
Team spiriT
Students brainstorm
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Shirts that
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BY MARK DENT
[email protected]
The Lawrence-Douglas County
Planning Commission showed sup-
port for the proposed Oread Inn on
Monday but will postpone its formal
recommendation until Oct. 22.
The members gave positive
remarks about the project’s size and
how it could help students. The
commission’s greatest concern is
parking.
Paul Werner, a member of Oread
Inn’s developing team, said he
expected the deferral.
“I’d like to think we heard a lot
of positive comments,” Werner said.
“It seems like we’re headed on the
right path.”
Oread Inn, which would be locat-
ed at 12th Street and Oread Avenue,
was proposed as a seven-story struc-
ture with 74 hotel rooms, retail loca-
tions and extended stay rooms. The
Crossing, Beat the Bookstore, Yello
Sub, a nine-apartment complex at
1140 Indiana St. and a house at 1142
Indiana St. all would be demolished
to make room for the structure.
Although the Crossing, Yello Sub
and Beat the Bookstore primarily tar-
get students, members of the com-
mission said students could benefit
from Oread Inn as well. Werner said
part of the retail space could include
coffee shops and a sub sandwich res-
taurant. Members of the commission
said the structure would also likely
provide a place for employment. Tom
Jennings, a member of the commis-
sion, envisioned the place as some-
thing students could use for Greek
functions and wedding receptions.
“I could see all kinds of places for
students to spend money,” Jennings
said. “I think this replaces the money
spent here in a much more positive
way.”
The seven-story height, which
measures about 94 feet, caused con-
cern for Dennis Brown, president of
the Lawrence Preservation Alliance.
He spoke to the commission during
the public hearing about how his
group wanted to cut down the size of
the building by two stories.
Tim Homberg, a member of the
development team, said that taking
down a story or two wouldn’t signifi-
cantly change how the hotel affected
the skyline. Planning commission
member Grant Eichhorn sided with
the developers.
“If they make the size as economi-
cal as possible,” Eichhorn said, “it
will be like a blob on the hill. I’m
willing to make some trade-offs to
have a beautiful building.”
Joe Harkins, member of the plan-
ning commission, said Johnson
County has had success allowing the
construction of tall buildings.
“Our neighboring county that
has had significant development has
changed over time,” he said. “Tall
buildings are not unusual anymore
there. In 25 years, Lawrence will be
the same.”
Oread Inn also would include
three stories of underground park-
ing featuring 164 spaces. It will have
to receive a waiver from the city
because current codes require that
almost 100 more spaces be built.
Members of the commission feared
that 164 spaces wouldn’t be enough
and that the surrounding streets
could be overcrowded with cars.
Oread Inn would offer valet park-
ing, which elicited more positive
responses about the parking situa-
tion from the commission.
The Lawrence-Douglas County
Planning Commission’s overall sup-
portive stance for Oread Inn con-
trasted greatly from the Historic
Resources Commission’s response.
The Historic Resources
Commission voted unanimously
last week to turn down Oread Inn
because it did not meet the guide-
lines consistent with nearby histori-
cal environs, the Snow House and the
Oread and Hancock Neighborhood
Districts. The structure’s tall height
of 94 feet was the main reason why it
didn’t meet the guidelines.
“This size on this location would
completely disrupt the remnants that
are left,” said Jay Antle, a member of
the Historic Resources Commission.
The City Commission will
likely be the final authority on the
issue some time after the Planning
Commission meets again.
— Edited by JefBriscoe
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In the dark, early morn-
ing hours on July 7, 1991, Steve
Palermo’s life changed forever. A
bullet pierced through his kidney
and abdomen and cut through
his spinal cord and vertebrae.
Palermo fell to the ground,
instantly paralyzed.
“Oh, boy,”
he thought
t o hi m-
self. “Do you
know what?
Something just
got taken away
from me that
I don’t know
if I’ll ever get
back again.”
Palermo, 57, a former Major
League Baseball umpire and
now a motivational speaker,
will give a speech about over-
coming adversity at 7 tonight
in Woodruff Auditorium in the
Kansas Union. Free vouchers
for the program are available
at the Student Union Activities
office.
J.J. O’Toole-Curran, Memorial
Unions program director, said
Palermo’s speech should resonate
with students.
“He has got a message to send,”
she said.
On that July night, after
umpiring at third base during a
California Angels-Texas Rangers
game in Dallas, Palermo and a
few friends went to a restaurant.
At about 12:45 a.m., Palermo
and friends were eating and
winding down from the game.
That stopped when an employ-
ee yelled out that two women
were being
beaten and
mugged out-
side. Palermo
and his friends
rushed out to
help.
“Look out!
Here they
come!” yelled
one of the
attackers. Two muggers sped off
in a get-away car. Palermo and a
friend chased after and took down
the third assailant. Another friend
dialed 911 in a nearby convenience
store.
As they waited for police to arrive,
the car that sped away returned.
Palermo could see the .32-caliber
gun emerge from the car window.
Several shots were fired at him and
his friends.
One of Palermo’s friends
was shot three times, in the
throat, arm and leg. A fourth
shot missed and hit a wall. The
fifth shot hit Palermo in the
back at waist level as he tried to
get people down to the ground.
He remembers the searing hot
pain.
“It felt like there was a rock
underneath my spine,” Palermo
said.
Palermo was rushed to
Parkland Memorial Hospital in
Dallas, lucky
to be alive. His
wife, Debbie,
got the phone
call a short
time later and
made it to the
hospital at 8
a.m. Two days
later, the neu-
rosurgeon told
her that her husband would
never walk again. The surgeon
then told Palermo at his bed-
side.
“I’m going to prove you wrong,”
Palermo told him.
After four seemingly end-
less months of rehabilitation,
Palermo, who was once confined
to a wheelchair, returned home
to Overland Park and continued
therapy there. He learned to walk
again, but he had to use a cane
to do so.
“It doesn’t look like an oil paint-
ing,” Palermo said.
In 1994 Palermo was appoint-
ed special assistant to the com-
missioner of Major League
Baseball and in 2000 he was
appointed as a supervisor of
umpires. But that’s not enough
for Palermo. He wants to be an
umpire again.
“That’s a goal I haven’t reached
yet,” he said. “That was taken away
from me, and I’d like to regain
that.”
KU baseball coach Ritch Price
said that seeing Palermo back on
the field again would be great, and
not only for baseball.
“He serves as an inspiration to
anybody in any walk of life,” Price
said.
Palermo also has an endowment
fund for spinal cord research at
the University of Kansas Medical
Center.
“I just want to find a cure for
this,” he said.
Palermo said progress was being
made every day in spinal cord
research, and he offered advice for
anyone who has a goal they want
to achieve.
“Always follow your dreams,”
Palermo said. “Because it is pos-
sible that it can become a real-
ity.”
— Edited by JefBriscoe
BY SASHA ROE
[email protected]
More than 400 students will travel
to Washington, D.C., this weekend to
tell their elected officials that this is
the year to end genocide. The group,
Students Taking Action Now: Darfur,
is holding its first national confer-
ence from Saturday to Monday.
Students who can’t travel to
Washington, D.C., this weekend
can get involved in the campus
organization, Fight Ignorance of
Global Humanitarian Threats. Mark
Skoglund, Olathe junior and presi-
dent of FIGHT, said the group had a
partnership with STAND and he was
interested in following the confer-
ence because of the work the groups
did. Skoglund said an important part
of the conference would be the net-
working skills students could use
to mobilize other campuses and to
make future efforts more success-
ful. He said the knowledge students
learned at the conference would help
them in future lobbying.
Skoglund said that although no
students from the University of
Kansas were going to Washington,
D.C., he hoped to send students to
other STAND conferences.
STAND is a student anti-genocide
coalition with more than 700 high
school and college chapters through-
out the nation. Sean Redding, com-
munications coordinator for the
national chapter of STAND, said
students had been instrumental in
bringing genocide to national atten-
tion.
Redding, a sophomore at George
Washington University, said when
students lobby it made an impres-
sion on elected officials.
“It’s mostly an impressive factor,”
Redding said. “They notice students
because they act to get it done.”
Redding said the STAND confer-
ence was an opportunity for students
to learn more about the situation in
Darfur and to speak to politicians on
Capitol Hill.
During the first two days of the
conference, students will attend
workshops led by Darfur experts,
genocide survivors and STAND’s
national leaders. Redding said
the organization was excited to
have human rights activist John
Prendergast speak to students.
Prendergast worked in the White
House and State Department under
President Clinton and also co-
founded ENOUGH, an anti-geno-
cide organization.
On Monday, students will put
their knowledge to work as they
lobby on Capitol Hill. Redding said
students would split into groups and
attend meetings with their represen-
tative’s foreign policy assistants to
push for Darfur legislation.
Karac Vander Yacht, Salina
junior, said FIGHT had held suc-
cessful demonstrations. He said last
year’s “die-in” got a lot of attention
when students lay in front of Strong
Hall to represent those who died in
Uganda, Darfur and other regions of
Sudan. Vander Yacht said this year
the group hoped to hold a “Nothing
but Nets” benefit for countries with
malaria and was working to bring
John Prendergast to campus.
Redding said the STAND confer-
ence had filled its capacity of 400
participants, but encouraged stu-
dents to register on the waiting list
because spots could open up.
For more information about
STAND, visit www.standnow.org.
FIGHT will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday
in the Walnut Room in the Kansas
Union.
— Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
Palermo
» Speaker » activiSm
D.C. conference puts
Darfur in the spotlight
MLB Umpire overcomes paralysis
Speaker never gives up after being shot helping stop muggers
Local organization promotes awareness,
plans to bring national speaker to campus
cAmpuS
Air Force ROTC students
to practice navigation
Air Force ROTC students will be
completing land navigation train-
ing today by fnding their way
from one point to another with
only a compass and a map.
Freshmen and sophomores
will be participating in the event
as an introduction to the school.
The event will be held from 4 to
6 p.m. today at Robinson Field.
This is one of several activities
AFROTC holds each year to help
students gain survival skills.
“This is a skill that everyone
in the Air Force should possess
if they ever do get lost,” said
Stephanie Langley, AFROTC pub-
lic afairs ofcer.
— Courtney Condron
cRimE
Student reports burglary
Sunday at Oliver Hall
A student reported an ag-
gravated burglary at Oliver Hall
Sunday, according to police
reports.
Someone stole the student’s
laptop, valued at $1,000, from a
fourth-foor room while the stu-
dent was sleeping, according to
the report. Capt. Schuyler Bailey
of the KU Public Safety Ofce said
there were no suspects and that
the investigation was ongoing.
The KU Public Safety Ofce
gave the following tips:
• Lock doors at all times.
• Record the serial numbers of
valuable items.
• If you’re at home when a burglar
enters, do not confront the
burglar.
—Mark Dent
The ffth shot hit Palermo in
the back at the waist level as
he tried to get people down to
the ground. He remembers the
searing hot pain.
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SPORTS
9A Tuesday, sepTember 25, 2007
Kick the Kansan
This Week’s Games
1. Florida St @ Colorado _______________
2. Iowa @ Iowa St. ____________________
3. Tennessee @ Florida _________________
4. Notre Dame @ Michigan _____________
5. Ohio St. @ Washington ______________
6. Arkansas @ Alabama ________________
7. Boston College @ GA Tech ___________
8. Fresno St @ Oregon _________________
9. USC @ Nebraska ___________________
10. UTEP @ New Mexico St. ____________
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5. Kansas St. @ Texas __________________
6. California @ Georgia Tech ___________
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By ERIC TUCKER
AssoCIATEd PREss
PROVIDENCE, R. I. —
Federal authorities announced
the largest crackdown on illegal
steroids in the nation’s history
Monday, arresting more than
120 people and raiding doz-
ens of labs that manufactured
growth hormone for sale on the
black market.
Agents seized 56 labs, many
of which were located in dirty
basements, and recovered 11.4
million doses of steroids, accord-
ing to the Drug Enforcement
Administration.
“We were a little bit stunned at
the amount of labs we found as a
result of this investigation,” DEA
spokesman Garrison Courtney
said in Washington. “It’s not
something that’s on a scale that
we’ve ever seen.”
The announcement follows a
growing number of scandals in
the sports world over steroids,
but authorities said the probe
was focused on distributors, not
users, and that no professional
athletes were directly involved in
the investigation.
U.S. investigators were helped
by governments of nine other
countries, including China,
which is hosting the 2008
Olympics. Among those facing
charges are a Chinese manu-
facturer accused of smuggling
human growth hormone into the
U.S. and others who allegedly
got steroids from China and sold
them to U.S. customers.
The probe, dubbed Operation
Raw Deal, targeted manufactur-
ers of raw materials needed to
produce steroids, as well as ste-
roid labs in the U.S., Canada and
Mexico. Agents also investigated
Web sites offering kits to convert
steroids into injectable forms and
Internet discussion boards fre-
quented by bodybuilders.
“Even though their storefront is
the Internet, rather than the street
corner, the people who engage
in the smuggling and distribu-
tion of these substances are drug
dealers, plain and simple, and
we will treat them accordingly,”
said Robert Clark Corrente, U.S.
attorney for Rhode Island. Federal
prosecutors in San Diego, New
York, Houston, Kansas City and
New Haven, Conn., made similar
announcements.
The labs’ customers could
include high school athletes,
bodybuilders and ordinary adults
who simply want to look better,
officials said.
“As we start to dig into this, I
would have to believe that we’re
going to find customers who are
in fact high school kids,” said
Steve Robertson, another DEA
spokesman.
The DEA said 143 federal
search warrants were issued dur-
ing the 18-month investigation,
many of them since Thursday.
The FBI, Internal Revenue
Service, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, and the
Food and Drug Administration
were also involved.
In all, investigators seized more
than 500 pounds of raw steroid
ingredients that originated in
China.
Other countries participating
in the investigation were Mexico,
Canada, Australia, Belgium,
Denmark, Germany, Sweden and
Thailand.
Police in Denmark raided
26 locations across the coun-
try. Germany’s federal criminal
office said its agents closed five
illicit labs and confiscated tens
of thousands of illicit tablets
and capsules as part of searches
carried out in five of the nation’s
16 states.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
This undated image provided by the Drug Enforcement Agency shows containers holding
vials of steroids confscated on Long Island, N.Y., during the DEA’s Operation RawDeal. More than
120 people were arrested in an 18-month international investigation of illicit steroid labs, the DEA
announced Monday.
Nation’s largest federal crackdown results in more than 120 arrests;
China, other countries help investigate dealers’ foreign connections
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young scrambles away fromNewOrleans Saints defender BrianYoung as Titans ofensive lineman Jacob Bell
blocks during the frst half of the NFL game Monday night in NewOrleans. Vince Young threwtwo touchdown passes, and the Titans defense intercepted
Saints quarterback DrewBrees four times in the 31-14 Tennessee victory.
Not even close
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Royals lose 3-2, remain in last place
By dAVId GINsBURG
AssoCIATEd PREss
BALTIMORE — Nick Markakis
hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth
inning, and the Baltimore Orioles
completed a season sweep of the
Kansas City Royals with a 3-2 vic-
tory Monday night.
The Orioles went 7-0 against the
Royals. It’s only the sixth time in club
history that Baltimore swept a sea-
son series from an AL opponent.
The game was a makeup from
an April 15 game. The announced
attendance was 15,769, but there
were no more than a few thousand
fans in the stands.
Markakis hit his 22nd homer on
an 0-1 pitch from Gil Meche (9-13),
who allowed seven hits in his first
complete game of the season.
Kansas City trailed 2-1 in the
eighth before Mark Grudzielanek
tied it with his first career pinch-hit
home run in 1,682 major league
games. The drive came against Jamie
Walker (3-2), who was making his
club-record 80th appearance of the
season.
Chad Bradford pitched the ninth
for his second save.
Orioles starter Daniel Cabrera
allowed one run and six hits in seven
innings. He left with a 2-1 lead,
but Grudzielanek’s homer made
the right-hander 0-5 in seven starts
since Aug. 14.
Meche retired 11 straight bat-
ters before Ramon Hernandez hit
a one-out single in the fifth. One
out later, Tike Redman delivered an
RBI double for a 1-0 lead, and Brian
Roberts walked before Melvin Mora
singled in a run.
The Royals got a run in the sixth
when Esteban German singled and
scored on a two-out double by Mark
Teahen.
With two on and two outs in
the seventh, Redman made a div-
ing catch of a sinking liner to
center by German to preserve the
lead.
The victory enabled the Orioles
to move three games ahead of
last-place Tampa Bay in the AL
East. Kansas City, bidding to avoid
a last-place finish for a fourth
straight season, fell a game behind
fourth-place Chicago in the AL
Central.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada tags out the Kansas City Royals’ Joey Gathright at
second base during a game Monday in Baltimore. The Orioles swept the Royals for the season.
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In the second inning I got my
first at-bat. With runners on sec-
ond and third and one out, all I
had to do was put the ball in play
to give Team Tryout the lead. And
that’s just what I did, grounding a
first-pitch fastball to the shortstop,
allowing the runner on third to
score as the shortstop threw me
out at first. 1-0 Team Tryout.
In the field, no hits came my
way, but I took a couple of throws
at first from my fellow infielders
to retire the Kansas batters. No
hits came my way in left field,
either, so all I contributed to Team
Kansas was to backup the short-
stop and third baseman in front of
me and the center fielder beside
me.
I didn’t come to bat again until
there were two outs in the top
of the fourth. At the same time,
a thunderstorm was closing in
on Hoglund Ballpark. Even with
lightening lurking in the dis-
tance, I waited for my pitch. I was
determined to get a hit. When
I thought I’d found it, I took a
mighty swing. Unfortunately,
shortly after takeoff, the ball land-
ed harmlessly in the right fielder’s
glove.
But neither that nor the down-
pour that followed put a damper
on my day. Heck, I drove in the
deciding run in Team Tryout’s 2-0
victory.
Judgment day
The next day we all came back
for the final day of tryouts. We
were only there for an hour, but in
that time the coaches tested our
defense and hitting to see how
much we’d improved in a week.
My fielding and throwing were
noticeably better. I still missed
some grounders that I shouldn’t
have, but the ones I did field, I
fielded cleaner and I was no lon-
ger making any erratic throws. I
even scooped a few throws in the
dirt, like I had years ago.
However, my hitting didn’t
improve as much as my defense.
I was trying too hard, and as a
result, most of my hits were either
grounders or fly balls. I got one at-
bat against live pitching that day,
and again, I flew out to right.
So was it worth it? You better
believe it was.
Sure, I expected to be better
in the field, and I didn’t get a hit
off live pitching like I wanted to. I
played like someone who’d taken
almost four years off from the
game should have, and I can say
with full confidence that I won’t
be wearing those game pants in
the spring.
Yet, I improved every day I was
out there. For five days I got to be
a baseball player again. For one
day I was part of a team again (or,
two teams, I guess). I even got to
play ball with my dad for the first
time in years. I doubt anyone had
more fun than I did the last two
weeks.
acknowledgements
First, thanks to all my friends
and family who helped me pre-
pare for tryouts and offered me
encouragement from start to fin-
ish. You came through when I
needed you.
Thanks also to the Kansas base-
ball coaching staff. Coach Price,
coach Frady, coach Kevin Tucker
and coach Ryan Graves helped
make this experience something
I’ll never forget. I found out first-
hand why players come from all
over the country to play for them
and why so many players want to
play for them, regardless of the
odds.
Finally, thanks to all the play-
ers who tried out alongside me. It
was truly an honor to play on the
same field as you guys and I urge
you all to remember coach Price’s
words at the end of the first
week. While the last few weeks
provided closure to my baseball
career, each and every one of you
are capable of playing somewhere
at the collegiate level. My advice
to you is: Don’t make the same
mistake I did. Don’t put away
your spikes until you absolutely
have to.
A ballplayer without his glove
is like a cowboy without his gun.

— Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
Keefer: Reesing has earned the right
to be mentioned among the nation’s
most impressive quarterbacks this
season. His numbers speak for
themselves: 299.75 passing yards
per game, 2.75 touchdowns per
game and an efficiency rating of
166.41. The question now is wheth-
er he can keep his freakish pace in
Big 12 conference play. With all his
new weapons, it’s certainly plausible.
How will defenses respond when
Kerry Meier, fully equipped with
his long, curly and glistening hair,
trots onto the field as a receiver? I
know it was the most bizarre thing
I’ve seen in sports since Charles
Barkley’s golf swing.
Fusco: The addition of Meier to the
fold definitely makes an already ver-
satile offense downright scary. Just
look at all of the options Mangino
has at his disposal: Meier, Aqib
Talib, Marcus Henry, Jake Sharp,
Brandon McAnderson, Derek Fine
and Meier’s hair, to name a few. I’m
not sure what Ron Prince has up
his sleeve, but he has a tough task
ahead of him.
— Edited by Tara Smith
football (continued from 12A) shroyer (continued from 12A)
football notes
Players of the week
Kansas coach Mark Mangino
named the Kansas players of the week
on Sunday. Junior cornerback Aqib
Talib and junior linebacker Mike
Rivera shared the defensive player
of the week award. Talib made five
tackles and one interception, which
he returned 100 yards for a touch-
down. Rivera forced two fumbles
and made nine tackles, including 2.5
tackles-for-loss. Sophomore quarter-
back Todd Reesing won the offensive
player of the week award for the sec-
ond time this season. Reesing threw
for 368 yards and one touchdown on
23-of-37 passing. His total passing
yardage from last Saturday ranked
ninth in single-game Kansas history.
Freshman linebacker Dakota Lewis
took the special teams honors. Lewis
recovered a blocked punt in the end
zone for Kansas’ first touchdown of
the game and made three tackles on
kick and punt coverage.
nationally televised
Fans who can’t make it to Bill
Snyder Family Stadium Oct. 6 will
still be able to see the 2007 Sunflower
Showdown between Kansas and
Kansas State. Fox Sports Net
(Sunflower Broadband Channel 36)
will broadcast the game at 11 a.m. as
part of its Big 12 Conference televi-
sion package. Kansas State is cur-
rently 2-1 heading into a match-up
against Texas this weekend. Kansas
is 4-0, having outscored its competi-
tion 214-23 so far this season.
inJury uPdate
Sophomore cornerback Anthony
Webb did not dress for last Saturday’s
game despite being listed as a backup
on the team’s most recent depth
chart. In a teleconference, Mangino
did not explain Webb’s absence but
said the cornerback was not injured.
Penalized
After steering clear of costly
penalties through the first three
games, Kansas committed six pen-
alties last Saturday. The fouls cost
the Jayhawks 65 yards. Despite the
Jayhawks’ bad behavior against
Florida International, Kansas has
been penalized just 17 times this
season. The team’s opponents have
drawn flags on 25 occasions.
— Asher Fusco
volleyball
senior wins weekly award
after starring ofensively
After winning two conference
matches last week, the Kansas volley-
ball team is starting to get noticed in
the Big 12. Senior setter Emily Brown
was named Big 12 Ofensive Player of
the Week for the week of Sept. 24.
Brownhad12killsand29assists
toleadKansasagainst Missouri on
Wednesday—itsfirst Big12road
victorysince2005. Then, onSaturday,
Brownposted10kills, 25assistsand11
digsinavictoryagainstTexasTech.
The Baldwin City native is the frst
Jayhawk to take home the award since
Josi Lima did so on Sept. 19, 2005.
uP next
Kansas will play host to the
defending national champion
Nebraska Cornhuskers at 7 p.m.
Wednesday at the Horesji Family
Athletics Center.
— Rustin Dodd
by CHRIS KaHN
aSSoCIated PReSS
MESA, Ariz. — Former heavy-
weight champion Mike Tyson
pleaded guilty Monday to charges
of drug possession and driving
under the influence stemming from
a traffic stop last year as he was
leaving a nightclub.
Tyson quietly acknowledged to a
judge that he had cocaine and was
impaired when he was stopped for
driving erratically in Scottsdale on
Dec. 29.
He pleaded guilty to a single
felony count of cocaine possession
and a misdemeanor DUI count and
faces up to four years and three
months in prison when he is sen-
tenced Nov. 19. A felony charge of
possession of drug paraphernalia
and a second misdemeanor DUI
charge were dropped, according to
the terms of a plea agreement.
Defense lawyer David Chesnoff
said Tyson had been clean and
sober for eight months.
Police stopped Tyson after the
boxer had spent the evening at
Scottsdale’s Pussycat Lounge. An
officer said he saw Tyson wiping
a white substance off the dash-
board of his black BMW, and that
his speech was slurred. Authorities
said they found bags of cocaine in
Tyson’s pocket and in his car.
Tyson told officers later that
he used cocaine “whenever I can
get my hands on it,” and that he
preferred to smoke it in Marlboro
cigarettes with the tobacco pulled
out, according to court documents.
He also told police that he used
marijuana that day and was taking
the antidepressant Zoloft, the docu-
ments state.
Since his arrest, Tyson checked
himself into an in-patient treat-
ment program for what his lawyer
called “various addictions.” Defense
lawyer David Chesnoff had said
previously that he had tried to keep
the boxer out of prison.
Tyson, 41, recently had been try-
ing to revive his career with a series
of boxing exhibitions.
County Attorney Andrew
Thomas said earlier this year that
Tyson should be put behind bars
if convicted, noting that Tyson was
convicted of rape in Indiana in
1992 and pleaded no contest to
misdemeanor assault charges in
Maryland in 1999. “He has run out
of second chances,” Thomas said.
tyson caught with cocaine in BmW
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sports trivia of the day
fact of the day quote of the day
Associated Press
The NewYork Yankees’ Joba Chamberlain, left, is dressed as the cowardly lion and Ian Kennedy is Dorothy from“The Wizard of Oz”as they sign autographs outside Yankee Stadiumon Monday.
The rookies had to dress in costumes as they left for a road trip.
MLB standings
AL EAst
Boston 92-64
NY Yankees 80-66 (2 GB)
toronto 79-77 (13 GB)
Baltimore 67-89 (25 GB)
tampa Bay 64-92 (28 GB)
AL CENtrAL
Cleveland 92-64
Detroit 85-72 (8 GB)
Minnesota 77-79 (15.5 GB)
Chicago 68-88 (24.5 GB)
Kansas City 67-89 (25 GB)
AL WEst
Los Angeles 92-65
seattle 83-72 (8 GB)
Oakland 75-82 (17 GB)
texas 73-84 (19 GB)
AL WiLDCArD
NY Yankees 90-66
Detroit 85-72 (5.5 GB)
seattle 83-72 (6.5 GB)
NL EAst
NY Mets 87-69
Philadelphia 85-71 (2 GB)
Atlanta 82-74 (5 GB)
Washington 70-87 (17.5 GB)
Florida 66-90 (21 GB)
NL CENtrAL
Chicago Cubs 83-73
Milwaukee 80-76 (3 GB)
st. Louis 73-83 (10 GB)
Cincinnati 71-85 (12 GB)
Houston 68-88 (15 GB)
Pittsburgh 66-90 (17.0 GB)
NL WEst
Arizona 88-68
san Diego 85-70 (2.5 GB)
Colorado 84-72 (4 GB)
LA Dodgers 80-76 (8 GB)
san Francisco 69-87 (19GB)
NL WiLDCArD
san Diego 85-70
Philadelphia 85-71 (.5 GB)
Colorado 84-72 (1.5 GB)
AMEriCAN LEAGUE
GAMEs
texas 8, Los Angeles 7
Baltimore 3, Kansas City 2
toronto 4, NY Yankees1
Minnesota 2, Detroit 0
NAtiONAL LEAGUE
GAMEs
Washington 13, NY Mets 4
Milwaukee 13, st. Louis 5
san Francisco, san Diego LAtE
— MLB.com
* Games and standings current as of 11 p.m.
Wednesday
AP Top 25 Poll
Lions and tigers and Yankees! Oh my!
Horejsi Family Athletics Center
opened in 1999. Previously, KU
volleyball matches were played in
Allen Fieldhouse.
— 2007 Kansas volleyball media guide
Q: What is the largest attendance for a home KU volleyball match?
A: The largest attendance for a home KU volleyball match is 14,800
against Missouri on Oct. 18, 1996.
— 2007 Kansas volleyball media guide
“I’m not just a model who plays
volleyball, or a volleyball player
who supports herself modeling.
I’m a female athlete personality.”
— Gabrielle Reece,
professional volleyball player
WEDNEsDAY
Volleyball vs. Nebraska 7 p.m.
FriDAY
soccer @ Baylor 7 p.m.
sAtUrDAY
softball vs. Iowa Central 2 p.m.,
vs. Emporia State 4 p.m.
Cross Country Roy Griak Invita-
tional, Minneapolis
tennis ITA All-American Cham-
pionships, Pacifc Pallisades, Calif.,
all day
sUNDAY
softball vs. Washburn noon
soccer @ Texas A&M 1:30 p.m.
tennis ITA All-American Cham-
pionships, Pacifc Pallisades, Calif.,
all day
sports calendar
By ARNIE STAPLETON
ASSOcIATEd PRESS
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The
Denver Broncos sent safety John
Lynch and quarterback Jay Cutler
for MRI exams on Monday. Lynch
has a strained groin and Cutler a
sprained ankle.
Lynch left in the first quarter of
Sunday’s 23-14 loss to Jacksonville
and didn’t return, leading coach
Mike Shanahan to suggest the
perennial Pro Bowl selection must
really have been hurting.
Cutler sprained an ankle when
he was sacked in the waning min-
utes by Reggie Hayward but stayed
in the game for the rest of that series
and the next one, which ended
with him throwing an interception
that sealed Denver’s defeat.
“Everything’s fine,” said Cutler,
who was confident he would play
Sunday at Indianapolis. “We’ve got
a lot of time left. ... I think I’ll be
able to practice and get a full week
in.”
Although Lynch wasn’t available
Monday, his teammates said they
didn’t believe their defensive leader
was seriously hurt.
“He looked OK,” Champ Bailey said.
“The thing is, that’s John, though. You’ll
never know how bad he is. We’ll see
come Wednesday how he’s feeling.”
Also, special teams ace Paul
Smith went for an MRI exam on
his neck after he pinched a nerve
in the game.
“I feel pretty good. I still have
some numbness in my fingers,” he
said. “I had neck problems at the
end of last year that kept me out of
a couple of games. So hopefully it’s
not that all over again.”
The Broncos expect to get defen-
sive back Domonique Foxworth back
from a sprained ankle this week but
safety Hamza Abdullah (hip) is out
for another few weeks and left guard
Ben Hamilton has shown little or no
improvement from a concussion he
suffered early in camp, Shanahan said.
Broncos’ Lynch, Cutler
optimistic about injuries
the top 25 teams in the associated press college football poll, with
frst-place votes in parentheses, records through sept. 22, total points
based on 25 points for a frst-place vote through one point for a 25th-
place vote, and previous ranking:
record points pvs
1. southern Cal (43) 3-0 1,601 1
2. Lsu (22) 4-0 1,580 2
3. Oklahoma 4-0 1,456 4
4. Florida 4-0 1,417 3
5. West Virginia 4-0 1,388 5
6. California 4-0 1,263 6
7. Texas 4-0 1,196 7
8. Ohio state 4-0 1,193 8
9. Wisconsin 4-0 1,030 9
10. rutgers 3-0 1,008 11
11. Oregon 4-0 944 13
12. boston College 4-0 927 14
13. Clemson 4-0 807 15
14. Kentucky 4-0 708 21
15. Georgia 3-1 631 22
16. south Carolina 3-1 586 12
17. Virginia tech 3-1 568 17
18. south Florida 3-0 539 23
19. Hawaii 4-0 471 19
20. Missouri 4-0 401 25
21. penn state 3-1 337 10
22. alabama 3-1 265 16
23. arizona state 4-0 206 —
24. Cincinnati 4-0 164 —
25. Nebraska 3-1 134 24
Others receiving votes: purdue 73, miami (Fla.) 72, michigan state 60,
uCLa 27, michigan 21, Texas A&M 21, arkansas 10, Kansas 6, Florida
state 5, uCF 4, Connecticut 3, Virginia 2, tennessee 1.
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The universiTy daily kansan www.kansan.com Tuesday, sepTember 25, 2007 page 12a
» MEN’S BaSkEtBall
Players in the thick of Self’s boot camp
Making it through workouts is a mental test
BY MARK DENT
[email protected]
Jeremy Case knows what to expect at
boot camp these next two weeks. The fifth-
year senior has participated in enough boot
camps to become a Navy SEAL.
Each morning he’ll roll out of bed at 5
like he has for the past four years in late
September and walk to Allen Fieldhouse
to start Bill Self ’s conditioning drills at 6.
Case may be accustomed to Self ’s pre-
season workouts, but that doesn’t mean he’s
excited.
“I hate it,” he said. “I hate boot camp.”
Boot camp began Monday for the
Jayhawks and continues every weekday until
Oct. 5. Clearly these aren’t the players’ favor-
ite days of the year.
“The hardest part is the 6 in the morning,”
Case said. “Nobody wants to be up walk-
ing over here when it’s cold and still dark
outside.”
Once the Jayhawks reach Allen Fieldhouse,
they’ll do whatever Self has in store for them.
That means a lot of running and drills. The
players will do timed runs, defensive slides,
backboard touches and anything else Self
has planned.
“We don’t touch a ball the whole time
we’re doing boot camp,” said junior guard
Brandon Rush, who’s been sprinting for
nearly a month and will be able to participate
in most drills.
The running at boot camp is always
tough, but it can get worse. The veteran
Case knows that all too well. One time dur-
ing his career a former player, whom Case
didn’t want to name, overslept. Self wasn’t
too happy.
“You can’t miss class,” Case said, “you can’t
be late to tutoring, you can’t miss anything
or the whole team has to run. So when that
happens and it’s like five minutes ‘til, we all
get worried.”
Worrying is something that senior Sasha
Kaun won’t do these next two weeks. He
hates the running, the early wake-up call
and the fatigue he’ll feel throughout the rest
of every day.
But Kaun plans to keep an open mind and
make the best of the situation.
“If you say it’s going to be hard,” he
said, “then yeah, it’s going to be tough.
But if you say I’m going to make it
through and just be mentally tough, it will
not be as bad.”
— Edited by JefBriscoe
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Brandon Rush, junior guard, is participating in an intense two-week workout with the rest of the Kansas basketball
team. Rush only recently recovered froma knee injury that required surgery over the summer.
Set it up, spike it down
Jessie Fetterling/KANSAN
Baldwin City freshman Cory Lauridsen, fromleft, Kansas City, Kan., freshman Elliot Wilson and St. Louis junior Brandon Hoelscher jump for the volleyball outside of Robinson center on Monday.
» coMMENtary
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN
Junior defensive end Russell Brorsen is held back while trying to sack florida International’s Wayne younger during
the second half of Kansas’ 55-3 victory saturday night at Memorial stadium.
Keefer: The Jayhawks sent their fourth
consecutive undermatched opponent away
from Memorial Stadium Saturday looking
like they met Mike Tyson in a back alley.
After the game, coach Mark Mangino said
his team would not use this open week
to prepare for Kansas State. Is he joking?
Someone should tell Mangino the last
time the Jayhawks won in Manhattan,
Bon Jovi’s “I’ll Be There For You” was all
over the radio and “Driving Miss Daisy”
won the Academy Award for best picture.
I’ve never even heard of “Driving Miss
Daisy.”
Fusco: Mangino might not use this week
to get ready for Kansas State, but the fans
and media sure will be. With no oppo-
nent to focus on, the upcoming Sunflower
Showdown should earn the undivided
attention of talk radio hosts, sports writ-
ers and all followers of Kansas football.
I wouldn’t take Mangino’s declaration at
face value, however. It became clear that
he was thinking about Kansas State when
he inserted Kerry Meier as a receiver last
Saturday. But hey, I’m all for it — there’s
nothing like mind games between rival
coaches.
Keefer: Mangino should hold a definite
advantage in the mind game department.
And I don’t mean that because he spends
his free time filling out The Kansan’s
daily Sudoku. He might, but the rivalry
game hasn’t even entered Wildcat coach
Ron Prince’s mind yet. That’s because
Prince’s team travels to Texas this week.
The Longhorns are chomping at the bit to
avenge last year’s season-ruining loss to the
Wildcats.
Fusco: I certainly hope Prince is devoting
every last bit of energy he has to scouting
the Longhorns, because Texas is a pretty
darn good football team. After a near-loss
two weeks ago at Central Florida, the boys
in burnt orange made the Big 12 proud this
weekend, obliterating Rice by 44 points. The
Owls aren’t anything special defensively,
but Texas quarterback Colt McCoy looked
great last weekend, throwing for 333 yards.
Speaking of great performances, how about
Todd Reesing and his 368 passing yards last
week?
BY cAsE KEEfER AND AshER fusco
kansan sports columnists
[email protected], [email protected]
Next week’s game at No. 7 texas will complicate K-state’s preparation
Open week, ofensive options should give KU mental edge against KSU
BY shAwN shRoYER
» coMMENtary
It’s time
for this
cowboy to
hang up
his spurs
Shawn Shroyer, baseball beat writer and
sports columnist, is writing a series of
articles about his experience participating
in open tryouts for the Kansas baseball
team.
I
n the last year or so I’ve developed
the theory that baseball players are
the cowboys of the 21st century.
I could picture Trevor Hoffman walk-
ing into a saloon, spurs jangling, and
ordering a shot of whiskey just as easily
as I could envision Clint Eastwood — in
his prime — entering a game in the bot-
tom of the ninth, AC/DC’s “Hells Bells”
blaring, and sealing a victory for the
Padres.
Like cowboys, ballplayers have a walk,
an attitude and a look all their own.
Suddenly it dawned on me why I’d had
such a rough first week of baseball try-
outs — I didn’t look the part.
The whole first week I was trying to
play ball in random T-shirts, ankle socks
and mesh shorts with a clean-shaven
face. What was I thinking? So, for the
second week of tryouts I broke out my
#17 Fort Scott Dragoons (yes, Dragoons,
not Dragons!) jersey and matching
green, knee-high socks. To complete
my uniform, coach Ritch Price was
kind enough to lend me an official pair
of Kansas baseball game pants. All of
which complemented the week’s worth
of growth on my face.
With the look down, my play fol-
lowed.
thE ScriMMagE
On the first day of week two, those
of us who made the cut scrimmaged a
handful of players on the Kansas roster.
Although I was going to be playing against
Division I ballplayers, I wasn’t nearly as
tense as I was the week before. When I
didn’t have any problems playing catch, I
knew it was going to be a good game.
Shortly before the scrimmage, coach
Kevin Frady posted the lineup. “8)
Shroyer, Shawn – 1B,” it read. Whew,
no pressure. And since I was at the bot-
tom of the order, I also got to fill in left
field for the opposing team. (Like I said,
we played a handful of players on the
Kansas roster.)
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SEE shroyer ON PAGE 10A
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