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Volume 124 Issue 54

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Friday, November 4, 2011

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Carpenters’ union protests local business
certain benefits and protections that independent contractors [email protected] aren’t. However, Wilson said it’s It’s hard to miss the newly the misclassification of employconstructed building at Ninth ees as independent contractors and New Hampshire streets, that’s allowed these companies but passersby may also notice a to get around this issue. large sign that says “Shame on “The contractors like DSI and First Management, Inc.” others that turn to labor brokers The Carpenters’ District and misclassify their employees Council of Greater St. Louis as independent contractors reand Vicinity is currently in a ally affect the construction indispute with Drywall Systems, dustry,” he said. Inc. (DSI), the drywall supplier This issue isn’t limited to Lawfor First Management, because rence. Congress is currently dethe council said DSI fails to bating a bill called the Employee give its workers Misclassifiadequate wages cation Pre“we’ve interviewed dozens and benefits. vention “ W e ’ v e and dozens of workers for Act. i n t e r v i e w e d DSi; they’re afraid to come Accorddozens and forward publicly because ing to the dozens of workers they’re afraid for their jobs.” act, 10 milfor DSI; they’re lion U.S. DAve wiLSOn afraid to come workers are AD of carpenters’ union forward publicly identified because they’re as indepenafraid for their jobs,” said Dave dent contractors, and 30 perWilson, assistant director of the cent of those are misidentified carpenters union. as such. If the bill passes, emWilson also said workers ployers would be forced to make aren’t the only ones harmed by sure employees receive proper these cost-cutting practices. wages and benefits. “Contractors who play by Calls to First Management, the rules and take care of their Inc., were not answered. Alemployees, they either have to though the carpenters union adopt those same fraudulent has been protesting since June, practices or watch their busi- Wilson said he sees no end in ness opportunities evaporate,” sight. he said. — edited by Ben Chipman According to fair labor laws, employees are entitled to receive

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Judges (from left to right) Bruno Simoes, second-year law student from Lawrence, Brianna Harris, second-year law student from Roseville, Minn., and Jeff Coppaken, second-year law student from Overland Park, deliberate during an appeals trial. The appeals traffic court is run by University law students.

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[email protected] A voice echoes through the chamber. “All rise.” Everyone in the room stands as the three judges, each cloaked in a black robe, take their seats at the top of the elevated platform. The scene plays out like an episode of “Law & Order,” albeit a little less dramatic, complete with prosecutors, defenders and defendants. This is the University’s ticket appeals court, where people who have been cited for illegal parking on campus have the opportunity to present their cases in hopes of having their tickets overturned by the presiding judges, all of whom are students in the University law school. Rebekah Gates, a freshman from Gardner, decided to appeal the three parking tickets she had received at the beginning of the semester. “It was my first time parking at KU, and it was dark outside and I was really excited about starting school the next day,” Gates said. “I didn’t notice that the spot was marked as invalid, and when I came back to my car the next Friday to go to work I discovered the tickets. I felt bad, but it was an honest mistake and I didn’t want to have to pay three citations or have it on my record.” After contacting the parking department about appealing the tickets, Gates was assigned Amanda Eastman, a first-year law student from Kansas City, Kan., as her defense attorney. Eastman learned about the opportunity to volunteer for the appellate court this semester during her orientation. “I’m only two months into law school,” Eastman said. “I have already prepared oral arguments for two different clients. I have found all the shreds of evidence that will be useful to my case and put it together coh esively and present it while three judges are asking me questions. It’s an invaluable experience.” The appellate court, held on Mondays and Tuesdays in the Frank L. Snell Court Room of Green Hall,

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Student senate passes five bills
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Demand met for K-10 safety
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[email protected] Students driving on Kansas Highway 10 may soon be a little safer thanks to the Kansas Department of Transportation. KDOT plans to install cable median barriers at two 2-mile sections of K-10 where crossover median collisions have claimed several lives, including a double-fatality accident that killed 24-year-old Ryan Pittman and five-year-old Cainan Shutt, of Eudora, last April. Since 2000, crossover median accidents on K-10 have killed 11 people, according to statistics from KDOT. Of the 11 fatalities, eight occurred at locations where KDOT plans to put in the cable barriers, said Kimberly Qualls, the Northeast Kansas public affairs manager for KDOT. “The installation of the cable median barriers at these two sections is to alleviate vehicles — hopefully — from crossing over the median,” she said. Qualls said that the $800,000 project will install cable barriers two miles east of Eudora, and two miles along the Kansas Highway 7 interchange in Johnson County. KDOT will finance the project, which is expected to begin next summer. Following the double-fatality accident last April, Scott Hopson, the Mayor of Eudora, wrote Gov. Sam

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student senate finance Committee considered six bills wednesday night.
Bill 2012-098 to fund into the Streets Total: $3,989

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Bill 2012-094 to fund Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board’s world Aids Day Total: $450

Bill 2012-102 to fund environs showing ingredients, a documentary about the local food movement Total: $285

Lawrence

euDora inTerChange: 3 Crashes 4 FaTaliTies

K-7 inTerChange: 4 Crashes 4 FaTaliTies

Bill 2012-096 to fund the Dance Marathon Total: $2,563

failed Bills: 2012-099 to exempt engineers without Boarders from travel expenses
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GRAPHiC By Ben PiROTTe

Brownback asking for improved safety measures on the highway. Hopson said that he and other citizens of Douglas and Johnson Counties initially asked the state to install cable barriers along the en-

tire stretch of K-10. However, the group scaled backed their request after KDOT recommended a more economically feasible plan. Hopson said that he was pleased with the state’s choice to provide the

cable barriers along the highway. “It couldn’t have worked out any better. We had a lot of smart people, a lot of folks who were pas-

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HI: 57 LO: 37

Index

Classifieds 7 Crossword 4

Cryptoquips 4 opinion 5

sports 8 sudoku 4

All contents, unless stated otherwise, © 2011 The University Daily Kansan

Don’t forget

Saturday night is the end of daylight saving time. Set your clocks back an hour.

Today’s Weather

Forecasts done by University students. For a more detailed forecast, see page 2A.

Warming up for the weekend.

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LAWRENCE FORECAST

HI: 65 LO: 44

Saturday
Partly cloudy skies and a south breeze between 10-15 mph.

HI: 62 LO: 44
Breezy.

Sunday
South breeze and partly cloudy skies.

HI: 64 LO: 47

Monday
Partly sunny skies with a 70% chance of storms in the evening.

HI: 52 LO: 35

Tuesday
70% chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Forecasters: Nathan Wendt and Tyler Wieland KU Atmospheric Science

Daylight savings time ends tonight.

Get an umbrella.

Rain, rain go away.

After today, there are only three Fridays left of class for the fall semester.

NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
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Authorities say gunmen have killed five members of a family in a mountainous area of western Mexico. Sinaloa state prosecutors said three women, a teenage girl and a 7-year-old boy were killed when gunmen ambushed them as they were riding in a pickup truck on a dirt road in the town of El Rosario. Prosecutors said in a statement Thursday that police found 64 spent bullet casings at the scene. They said they had not captured any suspects or discovered a motive for the attack, which took place Wednesday. The western state of Sinaloa is the cradle for most of Mexico’s drug lords and its mountains are known to be used for growing marijuana.

CULIaCaN, mexICo

A Canadian indicted in the U.S. on charges he supplied al-Qaida with weapons in Pakistan will not be extradited to the United States after Canada’s Supreme Court said it wouldn’t hear the case. Abdullah Khadr had been held in Canada on a U.S. warrant after his December 2005 arrest before he was released in 2010. He was released after two provincial courts in Ontario suspended his extradition, ruling his rights were violated during his detention in Pakistan. Dennis Edney, his lawyer, said the top court’s decision not to hear the Canadian government’s appeal means the case is over. The Supreme Court did not give reasons why it didn’t hear the case.

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Kenya’s military spokesman is using Twitter to warn people not to help al-Qaida-linked militants by selling them an old-world transportation tool: donkeys. Spokesman Maj. Emmanuel Chirchir is tweeting updates on Kenya’s military push into Somalia to fight the al-Shabaab militants. “Kenyans dealing in donkey trade along the Kenya-Somali border are advised not to sell their animals to Al Shabaab,” Chirchir tweeted, adding: “Selling Donkeys to Al Shabaab will undermine our efforts in Somalia.” “Thus, any large concentration and movement of loaded donkeys will be considered as Al Shabaab activity,” Chirchir said.

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Ireland announced Thursday it is closing its embassies to the Vatican and two other nations, but denied that its deteriorating relations with the Catholic Church played a role in its choice of cuts. Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore said Ireland was under grave financial pressure as it tries to slash spending in line with its international bailout last year. He said a review determined that Ireland’s diplomatic posts to the Vatican, Iran and Timor Leste offered the least returns in foreign investment. “The government believes that Ireland’s interests with the Holy See can be sufficiently represented by a non-resident ambassador,” Gilmore said.

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ings are beneficial for everyone. “I think this is just a good opportunity for our students to reach other students and show the things that pharmacy students can do, not only while they’re in school, but also in the community,” he said. The screenings will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. —Steven Small

free screenings offered to combat flu season

The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is making it easier for students and staff to remain healthy this flu season by offering free health screenings Friday. Pharmacy students will screen patients for conditions such as osteoporosis, diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Joe Heidrick, assistant professor in the school, said the screen-

Bolivian co-op sells Alpaca wool winter wear to students
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[email protected] Bolivian fair trade group Chasqui is on campus this week selling wool hats, scarves and sweaters to keep students warm this winter. Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority sponsored Chasqui, whose name means “Messenger of the Sun God” in Bolivian native dialects. It’s a fitting name for the fair-trade Bolivian co-op that the 100 percent Alpaca wool products to campus each year. About 300 Bolivian families from four different regions of Bolivia make the items, and the four main colors and patterns on the products are representative of those regions. Sigma Lambda Gamma president Rocio Ramirez said while the prices and products are great, she enjoys the fair-trade aspect of the sale. “Buying anything from the stand, you know that it’s going to go back and help the people who made it,” she said. “If I go to Walmart, yeah, their prices are pretty good, some cheaper, but I don’t know where the money goes. I feel good doing what I can.” Sigma Lambda Gamma has been working with the co-op for more than 10 years, and the majority of proceeds from sales go to Bolivia, where they help fund schools and provide water throughout the nation. The co-op has already helped fund more than 600,000 students in 22 schools. Prices of the winter clothes range from $13 for scarves and hats to $44 for sweaters. Ramirez said the cooler weather is boosting sales this week. “We’re seeing more buyers than at the beginning of the week when it was in the 70s,” she said. Chasqui will be on campus until 4 p.m. Friday, when it will leave to go to other schools across the nation in hopes of making more money to send back to Bolivia. — Edited by Jason Bennet

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Defense attorney contests scrutiny in abortion case
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A defense attorney Thursday questioned the scrutiny a Kansas doctor is receiving from the state over referring young patients for late-term abortions to preserve their mental health, noting that a disciplinary case against her stems from an anti-abortion leader’s complaint. A hearing is scheduled to conclude Friday in the case of Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus, who provided second opinions that the late Dr. George Tiller’s clinic in Wichita needed under Kansas law to perform late-term abortions. The hearing’s presiding officer is expected to decide by early next year to recommend whether the State Board of Healing Arts, which licenses and regulates physicians, should impose sanctions. A complaint before the board accuses Neuhaus of negligence in conducting mental health exams for 11 patients, ages 10 to 18, who terminated pregnancies from July to November 2003. Neuhaus diagnosed the patients with acute anxiety, acute stress or single episodes of major depression, concluding their conditions met requirements in Kansas law for late-term abortions. The board’s top litigation attorney filed the complaint in April 2010, but it stems from a complaint lodged with the board in 2006 by Cheryl Sullenger, senior policy adviser for the Wichita-based anti-abortion group Operation Rescue. Sullenger receives notices from the board about the case. Robert Eye, lead attorney for Neuhaus, said he believes evidence is “solid” in showing that the doctor met standards of care in conducting the exams. Eye said he respects the board’s mandate to protect the public from substandard care and its need to investigate complaints of potential misconduct, but he also suggested Sullenger’s complaint was driven by her views on abortion. “The fact that this complaint was brought to the board by an antichoice group and not by any patient Dr. Neuhaus has ever evaluated is pretty significant,” Eye said during an interview. “’’Dr. Neuhaus evaluated hundreds of patients for Dr. Tiller, none of whom complained. For many of these patients, their parents or guardians were in the room.” But Sullenger said abortion patients are reluctant to complain to the board because they don’t want other people to know they’ve terminated their pregnancies and don’t want to relive the experience. Also, she said, patients tend to trust their doctors and don’t study the law before seeking a medical procedure. “If a doctor says this is OK, they’re going to trust their doctor,” she said. “It’s not a surprise to me that a woman who’s had an abortion is not a complainant in the case. That’s why we’re here.” The board’s general counsel, Kelli Stevens, declined to comment about the case.

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barriers along K-10 after the April fatalities. Cromwell said that he commuted K-10 on a daily basis and traveled the highway as a Kansas student as well. “It’s a very high speed, dangerous road,” Cromwell said. “One of the things about K-10 is it is heavily traveled by not just commuters but students also, and that’s one reason to be extra careful. I’m pleased to see that they’ve moved forward with those barriers — I think that will help.” In addition to the cable barrier project, KDOT plans to lobby the Kansas Legislature to make K-10 a “safety corridor” because of the high frequency of accidents. The highway safety corridor would aim to tackle reckless driving by increasing fines and police presence on the highway. Mayor Hopson said that Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, plans to work on the proposal. — Edited by Lindsey Deiter

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sionate about trying to get these cable barriers installed,” he said. “The state really worked with us — they partnered up with us from the get-go.” Qualls said KDOT’s cable barrier project along K-10 would be the third of its kind in Kansas. KDOT has also installed cable median barriers at highways near Wichita and Topeka. Lawrence Mayor Aron Cromwell signed a letter supporting the installation of the cable median

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freshman 15 more myth than fact, study shows

Rebekah Gates, left, with her defense attorney Amanda Eastman at the podium, presents her case to student judges. offers a unique opportunity for law students to hone their craft. Unlike moot court, where students present their cases in mock trials merely for a grade, the appellate court has the students developing cases for actual clients, with outcomes that will ultimately have real consequences. Maggie DiSilvestro, also a firstyear law student from Kansas City, Kan., acted as the prosecution on the side of the parking department. “It’s a little bit trickier trying to relate to ‘The Man’s’ position,” DiSilvestro said. “But I have a slight advantage in that the appellant has already been ticketed, so all I have to do is show that the regulations are just.” After the prosecution and defense have argued their sides, for which they have prepared evidence in the form of statements from witnesses, photographs of parking areas and information from previous appellate court cases, the judges then deliberate and make their decisions. The judges ruled that Gates would have to pay one of the three parking citations, stating that the parking department had the right to cite her the tickets, but that out of fairness, the other two tickets

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would not be enforced. “I feel it’s reasonable that I only received one ticket for the invalid parking mistake,” Gates said. “Even though it’s just for a parking ticket, being in court and seeing the judges deliberate was still really intense.” According to Donna Hultine, director of the University parking department, of the 55,183 parking citations given by the University in the last fiscal year, only 1,001 have been appealed. — Edited by Jennifer DiDonato

The “Freshman 15” could be renamed the “Freshman three-or-four,” according to a study by the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The data suggest that women can expect to gain three pounds their freshman year, while men tend to gain closer to four. Maddie Morgan, a freshman from

overland Park, said the Ambler Student Recreational Center environment has made it easier for her to remain fit. “It’s really easy, I usually come just on Tuesdays and Thursdays right after one of my classes,” she said. “Then I go and shower and go to my classes, so it’s really convenient.” University nutritionist Ann Chapman suggests using online services to help with food choices in avoiding

weight gain. “I think those foods are there, but I do think that you have to look for them,” Chapman said. “Looking ahead at an online menu which posts everything that they serve — it gives a nutrition breakdown. So a student could find how many calories is in a Reuben sandwich or the spaghetti.” — Chance Penner

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CRIME

Men charged in conspiracy, ricin plot
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On his website, militia leaderturned-blogger Mike Vanderboegh writes about fed-up Americans responding to government violence with guns and grenades. It’s an attempt to warn the government that people are armed and angry, he said, just like last year when he urged those upset with President Barack Obama’s health care plan to toss bricks at Democratic Party offices. A few people shattered office windows then, and federal prosecutors now say his online novel about a militia making war against the U.S. government inspired a group of four retirement-age men in Georgia to plot an attack on unnamed government leaders using guns, the deadly toxin ricin and explosives. Vanderboegh said he doesn’t know the suspects. He ridiculed the men’s plans and chuckled at the notoriety he has gained for his online rants. “It comes with the territory,” he said in an interview from his home in a Birmingham, Ala., suburb. Vanderboegh hasn’t been charged with any wrongdoing. The four suspected militia members allegedly boasted of a “bucket list” of government officials who needed to be “taken out”; talked about scattering ricin from a plane or a car speeding down a highway past major U.S. cities; and scouted IRS and ATF offices, with one man saying, “We’d have to blow the whole building like Timothy McVeigh,” a reference to the man executed for bombing a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Federal investigators said they had them under surveillance for at least seven months, infiltrating their meetings at a Waffle House, homes and other places, before finally arresting them Tuesday, just days after discovering evidence they were trying to extract ricin from castor beans. The four gray-haired men appeared in federal court Wednesday without entering a plea. Frederick Thomas, 73; Dan Roberts, 67; Ray Adams, 65; and Samuel Crump, 68, were jailed for a bail hearing next week. They apparently had trouble hearing the judge, some of them cupping their ears. A grand jury indicted the men Thursday. Thomas and Roberts are charged with conspiring to possess an explosive device and possessing an unregistered silencer. Adams and Crump are charged with attempting to make a biological toxin. A Department of Justice spokesman said that if convicted, Crump and Adams could face life in prison, while Thomas and Roberts could face up to five years. Relatives of two of the men said the charges were baseless. The public defender assigned to the case had no comment. Vanderboegh, a big man with thinning gray hair and glasses, was raised in Ohio and moved to Alabama years ago for work. He was a former Alabama Minuteman leader but said he no longer considers himself as a leader of the movement. Vanderboegh said he has never advocated violence against the government yet recognizes it’s possible — even likely — if the government attacks citizens first. Vanderboegh wrote on his blog that his book was fiction and that he was skeptical a “pretty geriatric” militia could carry out the attacks the men were accused of planning. Thomas’ wife, Charlotte, told The Associated Press the charges were “baloney.” “He spent 30 years in the U.S. Navy. He would not do anything against his country,” she said.

Dr. Conrad Murray listens as defense attorney Ed Chernoff, not pictured, gives the defense’s closing arguments during the final stage of Murray’s defense in his involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of singer Michael Jackson at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, Nov. 3, in Los Angeles, Calif. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson’s death.

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ENvIRoNMENT

EPA investigates drilling effect on water supply
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to start a federal probe into whether the controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing is spoiling and diminishing drinking water supplies. The agency’s final study plan was released Thursday. The research will look at where companies performing hydraulic fracturing get their water and how much they use. It will also try to pinpoint the cause of alleged water contamination — looking at aboveground spills, well design and the fracturing process itself. The first results will be available in 2012. Meanwhile, the agency has taken steps to boost regulation of so-called fracking, which is the injection of water and chemicals underground to extract natural gas trapped in rock. The EPA will examine drilling sites in Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Louisiana, Texas and Colorado. — Associated Press

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James Van Doren, the cofounder of Vans canvas shoes that were embraced by the skateboard culture and became a nationwide sensation when Sean Penn wore a checkerboard pair in the 1982 movie “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” has died. He was 72. Van Doren died of cancer at his Fullerton home on Oct. 12, his wife Char told The Associated Press on Thursday. Van Doren, who was a chemist, and his older brother Paul began selling custom shoes in 1966 from their first store in Anaheim. The brothers only had sample shoes and their made-to-order shoes were often made with the canvas material and patterns brought in by customers. The Van Doren’s and two other co-founders decided the Van Doren Rubber Co. business plan was to eliminate the middleman and sell the rubber-soled shoes directly to the public. The Orange County skateboard crowd took a liking to the sticky, waffle-pattern rubber soles that helped skaters grip their boards and the casual shoes known simply as Vans quickly became a household name in Southern California by the mid-1970s. The shoes were essential footwear for hip pre-teens, teens and adults. “It was completely a surprise,” Char Van Doren said. “The checkerboard pattern skyrocketed after that.” By the early 1980s, foreign competition in the athletic shoe business led to heavy losses, prompting the company to file for bankruptcy protection. A courtordered management shake-up in 1984 led to the departure of James. Control was returned to Paul, who came out of semi-retirement to run the then-Orange-Countybased firm. Four years later, an investment banking company bought Vans, which has been sold several times since. The Vans office is now in Cypress, where several Van Doren family members still work. As for James Van Doren, loyalty to the American-man shoe never waned. His wife says he wore Vans deck shoes “every day of his life.” “I know where he is: He’s still in my heart and he’s with God,” his widow said. Van Doren’s body was cremated and his ashes may be scattered in Hawaii. A memorial Mass is planned Friday morning at Fullerton’s St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church. Besides his wife, Van Doren is survived by sons James Jr., Mark and Eric; brothers Paul and Robert and sister Bernice Chute. Nick Carpenter

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The Kansas Department of Transportation did a great service to the families of Kansas Highway 10 crash victims when it agreed to install cable median barriers on two accident-prone stretches of the highway. But it still takes personal responsibility while driving to ensure deadly crashes don’t happen. Just in the past 10 years, K-10 has seen eight fatalities on the Eudora and K-7 interchanges. After an April 16 crash killed two people, including a 5-yearold child, state officials discussed K-10’s safety between Lawrence and Kansas City. After about six months, they finally approved the construction project. The cable barriers will provide some protection to the interchanges, which accounted for eight of the 11 total fatalities on K-10 because of cross-median crashes since 2000. A North Carolina Department of Transportation study found that while interstate highway cross-median crashes accounted for only three percent of highway crashes, they accounted for almost one third of traffic fatalities. Many factors play into these accidents, including distracted driving. According to the latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 20 percent of injury-crash reports in 2009 contained incidents of distracted driving. Using a cell phone handheld or hands free while driving — an increasingly common occurrence — delayed drivers’ reactions as much as after consuming the legal limit of alcohol. It’s on the driver to become the safest deterrent to fatal crashes. While the barriers will help prevent fatalities in the event of a crash, drivers on K-10 especially need to stay focused while commuting. Local University students occasionally visit home on the weekends, and many commute using

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K-10. While most students are technically legal adults, it doesn’t mean they are capable of handling driving while distracted. It’s up to drivers to determine if they want to become part of the grim statistics. Instead of calling or texting from your phone, turn on the radio, listen to your favorite music, or enjoy the calm, settled view while driving. Your iPhone, e-mail, and significant other’s texts can wait for another hour, and if it’s an emergency, pull over. It isn’t worth it. Vikaas Shanker for Kansan Editorial Board

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The soul patch in picture from yesterday’s beardology article is placed a little high. is the UdK subliminally trying to make us have Hitler ‘staches? i got matched up with my brother on a dating site. again. FMl. dear boys of KU, there’s a reason Chevy’s are called pickme-up trucks. Girls who participate in noshave November are the best. Their legs passively give a middle finger to the Man. Because of the FFas, i’ve started to actually read the UdK. ‘Tis the season to dress like a hobo! dear kissing couples, it’s annoying enough that you tongue wrestle right in front of me, is it necessary to take up the entire sidewalk? if i’ve learned anything in my four years at KU so far it’s the best spots on campus to take a peaceful and quiet dump. To the girls afraid to walk from Mrs. E’s to lewis in the rain: man up. This is just the beginning. To the people who walk/run in the wrong direction on the track: you make me wish the University would increase admission requirements. remember when bleach-blond hair, orange skin and raccoon makeup was in? Neither do i. i think Santa Clause started no-shave November to start on his beard for Christmas. read the article about beards in the voice of the old Spice man. doctor visit, $60. Medicine to help loosen phlegm, $24. Watching girls faces when you hack a loogie on campus, priceless. Silly freshman, google “ku bus tuition” and you’ll find a page from the University dispelling that rumor. Go ahead and get hit if you want. i think you and your brother are the only two people under 25 using online dating sites ... i love spending my mornings looking for a parking spot at the Towers. it’s always an enthralling, exuberating waste of half an hour. No-sex November? Puh-lease. You weren’t having sex with me before the beard, anyway. BiEBEr HaS CHild!? My innocence has officially been corrupted. You won’t get free tuition for getting hit by a bus, but you will get a hospital stay, rehab, and, if you survive, a stupidity award.

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Kim Kardashian got married for love. According to her recent blog post, she just wants “a family and babies and a real life.” She thinks that she may have jumped into something too soon. Is she kidding? After only 72 days of marriage, Kimmy K. has turned another page in her lifelong storybook of classless endeavors. This chapter barely took two months. Only a few weeks after her “Fairytale Wedding” aired, Kim found a way to land herself back in the headlines. I made an honest attempt to believe that Kim had grown up or at least moved past her phase of being a talentless tabloid celebrity. I’m more of an idiot than Kris Humphries for believing that. No matter how many comments the family makes in Kim’s defense, I can’t bring myself to buy any of it. Shortly after explaining that she did not get married just for the television show, Kim admitted that she got caught up with the “hoopla and the filming of the TV show and didn’t want to disappoint a lot of people.” Her comments about her marriage flip-flopped faster than the marriage itself. Later she stated that reports of her making millions off of the wedding were

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[email protected] simply untrue. Do pictures sold to People magazine and aroundthe-clock E! television exposure count? Guess not. Kim considers herself a role model for her young fans. Let us hope that this is not the future of every adoring young fan of Kim’s. I’d rather see more girls turn out like Kesha. It may come as a surprise, but Kim still has a throng of fans. Those fans bought in to the whirlwind romance and the thought of fairy tale endings. Those are the very fans who are upset with Kim’s critics and skeptics, but are they directing their anger appropriately? If Cam Newton had gone through all of the pre-draft drills and workouts only to decide that he didn’t like football anymore, his fans would be pissed at him instead of turning their anger towards those who

covered the story. Now comes the real question: What’s next for Kim? She could be the next Bachelorette because we all know that everybody on that show is doing it for love and babies and a real life. If only E! had the rights to that show. It may draw viewers, but I’m sure Kim’s version of the Bachelorette would end up looking like an episode of Tila Tequila’s “A Shot of Love.” Whether she ends up taking New York or not, Kim has successfully locked down a few more months as a relevant human being. Don’t think for a second that she’ll go away anytime soon, though. Her mother, as it turns out, seems to be a better manager than Eric Murphy when it comes to lining up jobs. Fret not, Kim fans. It’s only a matter of time before she shows up again. She keeps showing up without warning, and it seems like we’ll never get rid of her. It seems as if you can get rid of a few horrible reality stars, but Kim Kardashian, she stays with you for life. Gormley is a senior in political science and social psychology. Follow him on Twitter @jjgormley.

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in this aug. 17, 2011 photo, reality TV personality Kim Kardashian, right, and her fiance, NBa basketball player Kris Humphries, arrive at the Kardashian Kollection launch party in los angeles. Kardashian filed for divorce in los angeles on Monday, oct. 31, according to the website TMZ. Kardashian and Humphries were married on aug. 20.

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the offense has to recover from the statistical anomaly that was the texas game. After relying on the rushing attack for most of the year, the Jayhawks finished with minus two yards rushing. As Iowa state held texas tech to 290 total yards, the Kansas offense should have its hands full. the running backs will have to get back on track, which will help Webb return to his early-season form, in which he was one of the most efficient quarterbacks in college football. No. Year Pos. Name 2 so. QB Jordan Webb 29 so. HB James sims 45 so. FB nick sizemore 7 Jr. WR Kale Pick 20 Jr. WR D.J. Beshears 86 sr. tE tim Biere 72 Jr. Rt tanner Hawkinson 67 Jr. RG Duane Zlatnik 77 sr. C Jeremiah Hatch 69 Jr. LG trevor Marrongelli 74 sr. Lt Jeff spikes 10 Fr. K Alex Mueller

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After tiring of the inconsistent play of junior quarterback steele Jantz, Iowa state coach Paul Rhodes switched things up last week, putting freshman Jared Barnett under center for his first career start. the offense responded, putting up 41 points and 512 total yards. Barnett, a dual-threat quarterback, ran for 92 yards and a touchdown in his first career start. Pos. QB RB WR WR WR tE Lt LG C RG Rt K Name Jared Barnett James White Darius Reynolds Josh Lenz Darius Darks Kurt Hammerschmidt Kellechi osernele Ethan tuftee tom Farniok Hayworth Hicks Carter Bykowski Zach Guyer No. 16 8 7 19 6 86 72 72 74 75 71 25 Year Fr. so. sr. Jr. sr. Jr. sr. so. Fr. sr. Jr. sr.

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Five Kansas players recorded 11 or more tackles against the Longhorns in Austin. And while that looks like a good set of numbers, the numbers were inflated because the Kansas defense was on the field for 44 minutes and seven seconds of the game. texas finished with 590 total yards of offense, with 441 of them coming on the ground. Against a dual threat quarterback that the Cyclones have, the Kansas defense must play disciplined and try to limit the big plays for the Cyclones. Pos. DE Dt DE RE MLB MLB oLB CB CB Fs ss P Name toben opurum Patrick Dorsey Pat Lewandowski Keba Agostinho steven Johnson Darius Willis tunde Bakare Isiah Barfield Greg Brown Keeston terry Bradley McDougald Ron Doherty No. 35 92 91 96 52 2 17 19 5 9 24 13 Year Jr. sr. Fr. so. sr. so. Jr. sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. so.

the Jayhawks are trying to create some momentum of their own and start the new month on a positive note. Kansas has suffered six straight losses, none of them pretty, and the team is reeling into november. the Jayhawks have four games left to prevent the season from being possibly one of the worst in school history, to a mediocre, forgettable year.

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the Cyclones are riding high following their big victory over texas tech. they are two games away from becoming Bowl Eligible and will need the win this week, as their final three games are against oklahoma state, oklahoma, and Kansas state, all top-15 teams. the Cyclone defense is schematically different from the one the Jayhawks saw in Austin, texas last weekend in that they don’t blitz as much as the Longhorns did. Junior linebacker Jake Knott is all over the field, leading the Cyclones with 8.75 tackles per game. this week could be the week the Kansas offense gets back on track, as the cyclones rank 101st nationally in total defense. Pos. LE nG Dt RE sLB MLB WLB LCB ss Fs RCB P Name Jake Lattimer stephen Ruempolhamer Jake McDonough Patrick neal A.J. Klein Matt tau’fo’ou Jake Knott Jeremy Reeves ter’ran Benton Jacques Washington Leonard Johnson Kirby Van Der Kamp No. 48 97 94 91 47 45 20 5 22 10 23 13 Year sr. sr. Jr. sr. Jr. sr. Jr. Jr. sr. so. sr. so.

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Kick returner D.J. Beshears is on the verge of breaking the school’s record for kickoff return yards in one season. He should get his chance to surpass the 32-yards needed to cement himself in the Kansas football record books. Also seeing a lot of playing time this season is sophomore punter Ronnie Doherty. Doherty had seven punts for 297 yards against texas.

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the Cyclones employ two players for their place-kicking duties, seniors Grant Mahoney and Zach Guyer. Despite holding down the kicking duties for his first three seasons in Ames, Iowa Mahoney has taken a back seat to Guyer, attempting only four field goals on the year. Mahoney does have a career long of 57-yards compared to Guyer’s 32-yard long.

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Kansas puts together four quarters of solid football. It’s a feat Kansas hasn’t been able to accomplish all season, but if the Jayhawks can play the whole game without making major errors against the Cyclones, they’ll have a chance to come out on top.

the number of yards junior kick returner and receiver D.J. Beshears needs to set the single-season kickoff return yards record for Kansas.

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the Cyclones strike early and the Jayhawk offense fails to respond immediately. the Jayhawk balloon deflates and they lose all confidence.

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number of interceptions junior Linebacker A.J. Klein returned for a touchdown in his career. He ranks first all-time at Iowa state in interceptions returned for a touchdown. number of times, in 19 tries, that Iowa state has defeated Iowa and northern Iowa in the same season. the Cyclones defeated northern Iowa 20-19 on sept. 3 and Iowa 44-41 on sept. 10.

If they hadn’t already, the wheels totally came off of the Jayhawks’ season in their 43-0 loss against texas. Riding a six-game losing streak, Kansas is now 2-6 on the year and 0-5 in Big 12 play. the closest of their last four games was a 30-point loss to oklahoma. After carrying the defense all season, the Jayhawks’ offense had only 46 yards against texas. the entire team will have to pick it up against Iowa state, if it hopes to stay competitive.

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these next four games are make-or-break for coach turner Gill. He’s in the hot seat, as his coaching philosophies have come into question. the Jayhawks’ closest thing to a road win all season was its 66-24 loss to Georgia tech, so Gill will need to get his guys more amped up to play on the road than they have been all season.

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Was the offense’s good performance against texas a fluke? the offensive numbers for Kansas have been on a downward trend throughout Big 12 play, culminating in the shutout loss to texas. Kansas didn’t cross midfield until late in the fourth quarter against the Longhorns. the offense has a chance to redeem itself against Iowa state, or further prove that the season has taken a turn for the worst.

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Will the Cyclones keep making big plays? through eight games this season, the Cyclones have had nine plays go 40 yards or more. they’ll have more chances to continue to make big plays against a Kansas defense notorious for allowing the home run.

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Paul Rhodes is in his third year at the helm of the Iowa state Cyclones. Rhodes turned around a program that lost 10 games in the season prior to his hiring. In his first season, Rhodes not only led Iowa state to a winning season, but also a 14-13 victory in the 2009 Insight Bowl against Minnesota. Iowa state is Rhodes’ first tenure as a coach. He previously served as the defensive coordinator at Auburn and Pittsburgh.

sophomore Quarterback Jordan Webb: Before its game on saturday against texas tech, the Iowa state defense had struggled all year. But the Cyclones held a passhappy Red Raider offense to only seven points. Jordan Webb cannot allow the Iowa state defense to have similar success this saturday if Kansas wants any chance of returning to Lawrence with a victory. Webb will have to be smart and effective, which should help open up the running game and the Kansas offense as a whole.

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Before their upset win in Lubbock, texas last weekend, the Cyclones looked like the best chance for the Jayhawks to pick up a conference win in the 2011 season. Iowa state’s 41-7 victory was the largest margin of victory over a ranked opponent in Cyclone history, and came just a week after texas tech knocked off then third ranked oklahoma. the Jayhawks will want to channel some of that magic when they head up to Ames, Iowa this weekend.

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sophomore running back James White: With a freshman quarterback, Jared Barnett, under center, the Cyclones will look to White to take the pressure off Barnett. Last game, they handed the ball off to White 31 times. Expect more of the same as they count on him to keep the chains moving and wear down the Jayhawk defensive front.

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[email protected] Senior Rebeka Stowe is honored to be recognized as an All-Big 12 cross country runner for the second consecutive season and also added a new personal record last Saturday. In every race Stowe has run this season, she finished first on the Kansas squad. Despite her success, Stowe said she was disappointed with her seventh place finish at the Big 12 Championship race. Despite going to high school in Olathe, Rebeka never thought she would end up at the University of Kansas. Her family is mostly “KStaters,” as she calls them. “It’s weird, actually. My grandma was the only one who went to KU and I was always bashing it,” Stowe said. When it came time to visit colleges, Kansas State — the school she had always wanted to attend — just didn’t feel right. Choosing Lawrence

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over Manhattan made all the difference for Stowe. Before sophomore year, she heard that coach Stanley Redwine was hiring a new assistant coach, Michael Whittlesey. At the time, Stowe was still trying to find her role on the team. “I was coming in here saying things like ‘I kind of want to go to the Olympics.’ Stupid things like that, just dreams.” Stowe said with a laugh. Whittlesey has watched Stowe grow as an athlete and reach her potential over the years. “She was very excited, and a determined, motivated athlete at that point and still is,” Whittlesey says of that meeting. “She actually got to see some of her long-term goals achieved earlier than she thought. Her expectations continue to match up to that at a faster rate than she anticipated.” Before coming to Kansas, Whittlesey coached cross country at the University of North Carolina for 11 years. UNC’s women’s team reached

the NCAA championships 10 out of those 11 years. Whittlesey was awarded ACC Coach of the Year twice, in 1999 and 2003. Stowe had never heard of Michael Whittlesey or all of his accomplishments before meeting with him in 2009. “He’s been put in my path for a reason,” Stowe said. “He’s taught me a lot about believing in yourself and going after your dreams no matter how wild they are.” It is still a dream for Stowe to race at the NCAA Championships and this will be her last chance to make it to nationals. She will run on Nov. 12 at the Midwest regional for a chance at making that dream come true. Stowe is a spiritual person guided by her faith. She believes that she was made to be a runner and that God placed this path in front of her. She may not know where the next turn leads, but for now, Stowe stays focused on keeping her legs moving. — Edited by Sarah Champ

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“She ended up with a couple late clock shots because it became hot potato. everyone throw it to Angel.” — Women’s basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson on junior guard Angel Goodrich

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had attended a few Kansas basketball games prior to Tuesday’s exhibition game against Pittsburg State University when I was in high school, but this time around, I was able to view the game from a different angle: the student section. For the first time, I wasn’t going to stop at the main entrance. That’s right, I was going all the way to the student entrance baby. There was one person between me and that shiny hardwood floor. The line wasn’t long at this point, but it sure felt like it was moving in slow motion. I was next in line. They took my KU ID to scan it, and just as I thought I was good to go, the handheld scanner rejected my card. Great, so now I have to go wait in a separate line to fix the problem. After a short wait, I was in. I managed to find some great seats in section one, right behind the backboard. I stood at my seat and looked around for a while, admiring every little detail of Allen Fieldhouse. Just minutes before tip off, the student section began to go through all the pregame traditions. It felt pretty weird to be part of them now, especially when it was time for the alma mater. For some reason, I was pulled right back into my high school’s alma mater. But it wasn’t until I was covered in pieces of newspaper confetti, standing amongst a sea of blue that I realized the magnitude of where I was actually standing. I definitely had the best seat in the house. As the players took the court, I could feel the energy building with every second, and when Conner Teahan sank

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goodrich was the fastest women’s basketball player in school history to reach 100 assists. She accomplished the feat in just 13 games in the 2009-10 season. — kuathletics.com

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his third consecutive three-pointer to start the game, the stands erupted. The Jayhawks went on to defeat the Gorillas 84-55, but the outcome of the game was irrelevant to me. I walked away from this game knowing not only that the Jayhawks came away with a win, but that I was now a part of the rich tradition of Kansas basketball. There were a lot of little things I was able to pick up that I would not have noticed had I been sitting elsewhere. Like when Jeff Withey is at the line shooting free throws, we don’t just raise our arms, but we form a “W” using our hands. Or the various distractions students will do to throw off the opposing free-throw shooter. Or that I really need to work on the fight song clap, because every time I do it, I’m off beat from everyone else. Every University student remembers his or her first basketball game as a student, and I’m proud to say that I now have one under my belt. Basketball at Allen Fieldhouse is unlike any other program in the country, and I was able to see that first hand on Tuesday. — Edited by Josh Kantor

The Longhorns have a full head of steam after shutting out the reeling Kansas Jayhawks. They get another chance to buck their horns this week as they welcome the inconsistent Texas Tech red raiders to Austin, Texas. Texas Tech is one of the most unpredictable teams in the league. it won against a top 5 team in norman, okla., one week, then fell at home to lowly iowa State the next. The Longhorns’ defense will prevent the Texas Tech offense from moving seamlessly down the field.

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The wildcats enter Stillwater, okla. after their tough loss against the Sooners. now, they will have to contain the secondbest scoring offense in the nation. The wildcats’ strategy of trying to move the chains and keep the Cowboy offense off the field is the opposite of the quick strike Cowboys’ plan of running as many plays in as little time as possible. The wildcat defense will do its best to slow down the Cowboy offense, but oklahoma State quarterback brandon weeden will be too much for the wildcats to contain.

Prediction: 45-21 oklahoma State

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The Tigers will travel to Texas for the second week in a row to face the baylor bears. Their last trip ended in an overtime win over Texas A&m. baylor enters the game on a cold streak, having lost three of four games since entering big 12 play. baylor quarterback robert griffin iii has not been the same Heisman candidate he once was when the bears entered big 12 play. A week after their overtime victory, missouri will come out flat against baylor in Texas.

Prediction: 41-31 baylor

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Texas A&m is struggling to stay afloat after losing to missouri last weekend. The loss pretty much eliminated it from the big 12 title hunt and another loss could seriously hamper coach mike Sherman’s job security. oklahoma’s hopes fall on quarterback Landry Jones, after the Sooners lost leading rusher Dominique whaley for the season because of an injury. Sooner quarterback Landry Jones will come back swinging after halftime and the Aggies will suffer their fourth secondhalf collapse on their way to losing the game.

Prediction: 38-34 oklahoma

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Positivity from Gill grows old
By Matt Galloway
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a Change in routine
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[email protected] The coaching staff said that they’re changing the way Kansas conducts its practices this week and mother nature helped advance those changes Wednesday night. The steady rain and cooling temperatures drove the Jayhawks out of their normal practice facilities and onto the indoor turf at Anschutz Pavilion. “We got our debut on the inside turf today and it worked out pretty well,” Turner Gill said. “We’re just trying to keep our guys intense. We’re just trying to change up the practice part of it and change the routine because I think when you stimulate the brain it does help some guys to do better.” A different routine may be able to help the running game that was supposed to carry the team through this season. After being a strong point throughout the first six games of the Kansas season, the rushing attack has become a detriment to a struggling Kansas offense. In those first six games, the defense was collapsing while the offense maintained itself as a steady force, keeping games somewhat respectable for Kansas. The Jayhawks averaged 206.8 yards per game on the ground and 31.6 points per game. In the previous two games against Kansas State and Texas, Kansas rushed for a combined total of 74 yards and the offense only scored a total of 21 points. While the negative two-yard rushing performance against Texas brings the numbers down considerably, the Jayhawks have averaged 169.8 less yards on the ground in those past two games, compared to their first six. “We don’t think throwing the ball 30 or 40 times a game is the best way for us to be productive,” Gill said.

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hen it comes to making something ugly more appealing, there is an old saying: you can’t put lipstick on a pig. This season, Kansas football coach Turner Gill has tried to take that saying even further. He’s put lipstick on the pig, injected it with Botox and given it a nose job. But Gill’s always sunny attitude regarding his historically horrible team is starting to rub Kansas fans the wrong way. Listening to Gill’s teleconference on Oct. 30 was a surreal experience for anyone who has seen even one quarter of Kansas football this season. “We’re doing just OK,” Gill said when asked how he was doing. It was a far cry from former coach Mark Mangino’s epic rant after his team lost at Texas in 2004, which has received nearly 200,000 views on YouTube. And believe it or not, that is the closest Gill has come all season to showing that these blowout losses are getting to him. Gill went on to praise the defense, saying they showed mental toughness and determination. Yes, that defense, the one that surrendered 590 total yards of offense and 441 rushing yards to the Longhorns. He said the offense played hard. Yes, that offense, the one that rushed 20 times for -2 yards and came within two yards of the all-time mark for futility for a Kansas offense. OK, so a teleconference may not have been the best platform for Gill to unleash hell. But what about one of his many, many press conferences during the week? Surely at some point Gill could have shown some semblance of being mad as hell and not going to take it anymore, right? Well, not this season. Especially not on Oct. 11 when Gill had this gem: “There are a lot of good things that have occurred in our football season and also with our football team,” Gill told The Kansan at a press conference. “We are No. 1 in the conference in net punting.” The Jayhawks defense is poised to break the all-time record for yards allowed per game in one season, set by Maryland in 1994 (553). The offense gave the Longhorns their first shutout since 2005 last week. Gill isn’t just trying to find silver linings. He is trying to find them in the middle of destructive hurricane. Nobody is asking for Gill to have a complete meltdown, like the infamous “I’m a man! I’m 40!” tirade from Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy in 2007. That might be the only thing that could embarrass the University more than the losing. But Gill’s positivity during chaos is making him look like Nero, fiddling while Rome burns. Positivity is part of his character, and it is one of his greatest traits. Gill probably takes the losses harder than anyone in Lawrence not named Vic Shealy. But there is a time when positivity begins to be interpreted as apathy, and a stoic attitude is interpreted as being nonchalant. And as unfair as it may be, Gill has reached that point with Kansas football fans. — Edited by Ben Chipman

sophomore running back James sims looks for running room but finds none in the first half of last saturday’s game against Texas. sims rushed three times for five yards in the Jayhawks 0-43 defeat. kansas is now 2-6 for the season and winless in conference play. And that’s just what Kansas has been forced to do. Unfortunately, like the diminishing rushing game, the passing attack that proved to be so efficient early in the season has also collapsed. Following Kansas’ sixth game of the season against Oklahoma, the Jayhawks have averaged approximately 23 more rushing attempts per game than passes. In its last two games, Kansas is averaging only 2.5 more runs than passes per game. “I felt coming off of that last game and practice Sunday, you never know what’s going to happen and how they’re going to show up mentally,” offensive coordinator Coach Long said about the mood of the team Sunday. “But, they showed up in great spirits and practiced well. There was a sense of ‘hey, that wasn’t us, we want to do better.’” The Kansas offense will have its chance to do better against a 4-4 Iowa State team. The Cyclones have a rush defense that ranks 108th in the country. They have given up an average of 206.75 yards per game. Before defeating Texas Tech 41-7, the Cyclones had allowed an average of 310.6 yards in their previous three games against Texas A&M, Missouri and Baylor. The Jayhawks have ranted on the opportunities that lay ahead for them all season, and with two games to go in the season, they are running out of opportunities to speak about. Saturday’s 11:30 a.m. matchup with Iowa State could

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be the Jayhawks’ last chance to shed light on a season filled with disappointments. “I was telling those kids today, this is a great day, because it’s another opportunity to get better, it’s another opportunity to take the Kansas program where we want it to go,” offensive line coach J.B. Grimes said. — Edited by Mandy Matney

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Despite youth, knight ready to lead the team
Kathleen gier
[email protected] In her short time with the team, freshman guard Natalie Knight has risen to a starting spot on the roster. Wednesday night she suited up for an exhibition game against Emporia State, which Kansas won 83-61. Teammates lauded the control and poise that she displayed at the point guard position despite her age as a freshman. “It was exciting,” Knight said. “I was a little nervous at the beginning, but as the opening tip went up and our team came together, it wasn’t hard to get in the flow of the game.” Knight played a team-high 23 minutes after starting the game. Though scoreless, she led the team with five assists. Adding two rebounds and a steal, Knight contributed to the 22 points the Jayhawks scored in transition. She credits junior guard Angel Goodrich with helping her make the move to the college level. “Every day in practices, Angel pushes me and makes me better,” Knight said. “She’s so good; she makes very few mistakes. Coming to practice every day and knowing you have to bring it, she’s helped me from the point guard standpoint.” Goodrich is the humble leader of the young Jayhawk squad. She not only serves as a mentor for the less experienced players, but also plays a special role for the point guards. “She learns quick,” Goodrich said of Knight. “She is getting there, every day she is looking to push the ball more and more.” Knight’s success is no surprise though. The Olathe native was named KBCA Miss Kansas Basketball and the 2011 Gatorade Kansas High School Player of the Year her senior year. She snuck into the starting lineup during the team’s summer tour of Italy where she impressed coach Bonnie Henrickson and her teammates. This season, Knight is hoping to offer versatility to the team and said she is ready to help in any way. “Whatever my role is going to be on the team, I want to do that and to help in any way that I can,” Knight said. “Whatever we are lacking that game; I want to be able to help pick the team up.” Knight and the rest of team will continue exhibition play against Pittsburg State at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The Gorillas finished last season at 16-12. Junior Carolyn Davis, who led the team in scoring last season, said it was a relief to have a game where they had a chance to evaluate their progress. “It felt good to be on the court and shoot around,” Davis said. “It came really quick, but it was good to get out there and see what everyone had to offer.” Davis was impressed with the play of the freshmen who all played significant minutes for Kansas in the victory. The freshmen scored a combined 23 points and 14 rebounds led by guards Bunny Williams, with eight points, and Donielle Breaux, who grabbed four rebounds. “I think they all did great,” Davis said. “The posts went in and played the way we play in the post. They showed us what they’ve been learning all week. I think the guards were very aggressive.” The Jayhawks showed room for improvement on rebounding. They were outrebounded 39-38 by a smaller Emporia State team. They had success, however, forcing 27 turnovers and grabbing 18 steals. — Edited by Ben Chipman

natalie knight goes for the shot in wednesday’s game against emporia. Though she didn’t score, she gave the Jayhawks five assists, two rebounds and a steal.

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