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A 25-year-old female was
arrested yesterday on the 2200
block of Hartford on suspicion
of not having car insurance
and operating a vehicle under
the influence of alcohol, sec-
ond offense. A $1,100 bond
was paid.
A 21-year-old male was ar-
rested yesterday on the 200
block of McDonald Drive on
suspicion of not having proof of
liability insurance and driving
while intoxicated. A $500 bond
was paid.
Emily Donovan
Online lectures make learning more accessible
eDUCAtion
StAte
Last month, Kansas courts ruled
that state funding for public edu-
cation is unconstitutionally low.
The judges called for base aid to
be raised to $4,492 annually for
each of the states approximately
600,000 K-12 students, up from
2013s previously approved budget
of $3,838 per student. Kansas sena-
tors have since challenged the rul-
ing by proposing a constitutional
amendment that would diminish
the courts ability to devote funds.
The government seems to be
wanting to shift away towards more
local funding and less from the
state, said Education Leadership
and Policy Studies Professor John
Rury.
Rury believes that allowing
school districts to raise more of
their funds through local taxes
would create inequality between
wealthy districts and poorer dis-
tricts. As Kansas law stands, school
districts can raise up to 25 per-
cent of their total budgets through
local taxes. Poorer districts like in
Kansas City, Kan. dont have the tax
base to support that option.
Sometimes, the inequality
between schools is more compli-
cated than just being in a wealthier
or poorer district. Because funds
are distributed on a per-student
basis, larger districts from more
populated areas are able to spend
their funds more efficiently than
districts in rural areas. Every dis-
trict has overhead costs of main-
taining buildings, employing a
superintendent and district staff.
On top of that, each school needs
at least one teacher for each subject
regardless of how large or small the
schools graduating class is.
One obvious way to make edu-
cation funding more efficient, Rury
says, is to consolidate the districts.
Schools in rural areas would be
joined together, meaning that stu-
dents would have to drive even
further for school, although that
school would be arguably better
funded.
That would be politically
unpopular, to say the least, Rury
said. But the state could prob-
ably save several hundred million
dollars.
Many University students from
rural districts have seen the effect of
funding on their schools. Freshman
Aaron Gunkel, a marketing major,
is from a Spearville, a city with a
population of less than 800.
With a graduating class of only
20 students, Gunkels high school
couldnt offer Advanced Placement
or other college-level classes. To
receive college credit, Gunkel
would drive 20 minutes to a com-
munity college in nearby Dodge
City, with a population of nearly
28,000.
Its now just hit me that I havent
had much exposure to some of
those courses, Gunkel said. Ive
just had to adapt. I had to teach
myself calculusother people have
had pre-calc or whatever and I just
kind of had to jump into it.
Gunkel describes the courses
offered at his high school as very
basiche didnt have the option
to take a course like economics
that would have been more spe-
cialized to his academic and career
interests. Because his school didnt
have enough student athletes to
offer cross-country, tennis, soccer
or other sports; his only extra-cur-
ricular choice was between playing
baseball and running track in the
spring.
Funding education on a per-stu-
dent basis is the national standard.
How to most effectively collect and
distribute funding for Kansas stu-
dents is still up for debate.
Spending has to be done right,
Rury said.
Rury points out that most studies
show that the most effective indica-
tor for academic success is the
students family historyespecially
their parents level of education.
He believes that school districts
need to focus most on attracting
good, dedicated teachers and mak-
ing class sizes smaller.
Were seeing history in the mak-
ing with this lawsuit and what the
legislature is talking about, Rury
said. They seem to be wanting to
find a way around this. The current
administration has a view of auton-
omy, the way taxes work and the
governments responsibility that
doesnt see additional spending on
education as a desirable goal.
Edited by Elise Reuter
Students bored with their class
lecture can now pause, stop or
fast-forward their professor. Tat
is, if their class is fipped, a teach-
ing approach trending in Univer-
sity classrooms, according to Julie
Loats, director of the Center for
Online and Distance Learning.
In a fipped classroom, students
are required to watch a video re-
cording of the lecture material be-
fore class. Class time is then used
for students to work problems with
the guidance of the instructor, said
Susan Stagg-Williams, associate
professor of chemical engineering.
In a science or math based
class, you absolutely need that time
to work problems because that
is going to be a bulk of the test,
said Katie Schmidt, a sophomore
from Atchison who took Wil-
liams fipped entry-level chemical
engineering class this past fall. It
worked so much better for an ac-
tive learning style than the normal
passive PowerPoint lecture.
Williams changed her class for-
mat two years ago afer seeing 40
percent of her class receive a D, fail,
or drop by the
end of the semes-
ter.
Most of those
students had
trouble keeping
up with the pace
of the class, Wil-
iams said. Since
fipping her class,
Williams has
seen that number
fall to around 25
percent as well as improvements in
overall test scores.
Alejandra Rocha, a junior from
Cochabamba, Bolivia, found Wil-
liams recorded lectures saved her
preparation time overall. Rocha
found watching the lectures at her
own pace allowed her to focus on
the material she was struggling
with.
My understanding of the mate-
rial was much improved in having
the possibility to start, stop, rewind,
and forward the lectures to my con-
venience, Rocha said.
Tis semester,
Mark Mort, as-
sociate professor
of biology, is in-
cluding fipped
class techniques
into his lecture
style for his or-
ganismal biol-
ogy class. While
Mort still deliv-
ers part of the
lesson during
class time, he gives them an outline
of how the lecture will proceed.
Students do not receive copies
of our PowerPoint slides, which in
my opinion is detrimental to learn-
ing because it encourages memori-
zation, Mort said.
Michael Ahrens, a freshman
from St. Joseph, fnds Morts format
requires more efort on his own to
learn the coursework compared to
his other classes, which he prefers.
By using the provided lecture out-
line, Ahrens said he has more time
to listen instead of constantly writ-
ing down notes.
You can think about the mate-
rial more, which helps you retain
and understand whats going on,
Ahrens said.
While Qi Chen, a junior from
Overland Park, appreciates the
fexibility of a fipped class, he ac-
knowledges the method is no sub-
stitute for efective teaching.
Many instructors may be tempt-
ed to simply add the video lectures
on top of their existing course
demands, Chen said. My sanity
would not survive.
Edited by Hayley Jozwiak
coNtRIbUtED Photo
Susan Stagg-Williams works out a problem with her students in her mass balanced
equations class. Her students are now required to watch an online lecture before
class to better understand the material.
Kansas school funding declared unconstitutionally low
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A
bandon all hope ye who
enter here, you may find
this column offensive.
Just kidding. You probably
wont. Unless you take music too
seriously, which seems to happen
more often than not.
Recently, my friend asked
me to listen to her new favorite
band. I told her I didnt like it,
and her response was but the
lyrics are so good!
Well, lyrics dont mean any-
thing if the sound they are
attached to totally sucks.
When it comes to music,
people seem to put a lot of stock
into how meaningful the lyrics
are. That makes sense; music is
the most common use of poetry
in todays culture. But its also
obvious that a lot of artists arent
really trying when it comes to
lyrics (see: pop music). So when
I see people get angry if a friend
thinks a particular song is good
because the lyrics lack depth, Im
not surprised.
But I disagree with that senti-
ment. Music isnt about lyrics. Its
all about sound.
Music allows the listener
to disappear. If you see me on
campus, youll notice I have my
headphones in at all times to
let the music wash over my life
like a tsunami in attempt to rid
myself from the monotonous
grind of my last semester of col-
lege. I truly do disappear here
when I press play.
In the moneymaking world,
musics true role in society is
to entertain at all costs, and to
create as much revenue as pos-
sible. But today, music doesnt
make as much money as it used
to because of the Internet and
downloading. Thus we have
many pop artists creating music
that focuses on sounds that sell
(see: dubstep) instead of pushing
the artistic limits and risking the
chances of failure. So lyrics take a
hit. They just arent as important.
Dont believe me? Take
Nirvana for instance. The
Godfather of Grunge, Kurt
Cobain, sang lyrics many listen-
ers could not understandso
much so that music comedian
Weird Al Yankovic made fun
of him for it in his parody of
Smells Like Teens Spirit. The
point is, Cobain sang his lyrics
to sound its best with the music,
rather than making sure the lis-
tener actually understood what
he was saying. The meaning
came after the sound. It was left
to the listener to decipher.
So when I ask someone, Do
you like Huey Lewis and the
News? I dont expect said per-
son to tell me the lyrics to Hip
to be Square are a reference
the massive conformity move-
ment of the 80s that Huey Lewis
seems to believe existed. Instead
I expect them to say, Yeah, its
pretty catchy!
Dont get me wrong, I respect
and love songs with lyrics that
have meaning, depth and a true
message. But you would never
listen to a song that had all those
things in its lyrics but then didnt
sound attractive to your ear. You
only notice the lyrics after youve
already decided the song sounds
good.
Lyrics are important, but they
come second to sound. And that
will always be true.
You may disagree with that,
but if you ask my punk-rock side,
Id tell you to deal with it. Rock
and roll.
Lysen is a senior majoring in
journalism from Andover.
I
s gender equity something we
can safely assume exists? Or
is it something we must vigi-
lantly seek until reached?
If youre the University, the
former seems to be the modus
operandi. Why? Because despite
an underrepresented faculty in
terms of gender, the University is
silent on gender equity in its mis-
sion statement.
As the University seeks to
transform itself through Bold
Aspirations, I suggest a more
mild transformation: a com-
mitment to gender equality and
racial equality.
Albeit a token action, I would
like to see the University first
make a declarative commitment
in addressing these issues in its
mission statement.
Last week, I happened to read
the statement, which articulates
the Universitys commitment to
instruction, research, service,
international dimension and
values.
The first sentence of the mis-
sion statement reads The uni-
versity is committed to offering
the highest quality undergradu-
ate, graduate, and professional
programs, comparable to the
best obtainable anywhere in the
nation.
And under the headline
of service, it declares, The
University first serves Kansas,
then the nation and the world
through research, teaching, and
the preservation and dissemina-
tion of knowledge.
Throughout the document,
there is no explicit or implicit
commitment to gender equity.
The closest the document comes
to equity is a reference to equal-
ity that reads, The University is
committed to excellence. It fos-
ters a multicultural environment
in which the dignity and rights of
the individual are respected. The
words foster and respect dont
equate to promote or insure.
These words merely maintain the
status quo, rather than transform
it. If instruction and commitment
to the state (which, oh by the way,
is 50 percent female) are priori-
ties, why is this not reflected by
the Universitys faculty?
We all know the University
is a research I institution. Thats
why some on faculty can mail
it in when it comes to lecturing
and teaching; theyre here for
research.
According to the Office of
Institutional Research and
Planning, nearly 60 percent of
the faculty on the Lawrence cam-
pus is male. This is by no means
equal, but it probably doesnt
raise too many alarms. In com-
parison to students, the incoming
freshmen in 2011 consisted of 47
percent males.
The issues of equity arise in
the upper echelons of faculty:
Females account for 22 percent
of full-professor positions, 39
percent of associate-professor
position, 42 percent of assistant-
professor positions and 57 per-
cent of lecturers.
Equity is inversely related to
the level of faculty position: the
higher the position, the lower the
equity; the lower the position; the
higher the equity.
Racial equality, an idea
ambiguously articulated in the
Universitys mission, fares even
worse than gender equity. Eighty-
one percent of the Universitys
faculty is white, 3.2 percent is
black, 3.2 percent is Hispanic and
7.6 percent is Asian.
I convey no alarmist tone, just
the fact that we cant walk around
campus and think we have
achieved gender equity and racial
equality. These are goals we must
actively pursue.
Is the University actively purs-
ing a more equitable and equal
faculty? I dont know. It would
help if such a commitment was
expressed in the Universitys mis-
sion.
Im not here, nor educated
enough, to say we have a prob-
lem, but its safe to say we have
more work to do. While we seek
bold aspirations to make our
University better academically,
why not also seek rather basic
aspirations: gender equity and
racial equality?
I think the first step would be
to articulate commitment from
the Universitys where it matters
most: its mission statement.
Scott is a graduate student majoring
in American studies from Overland
Park. Follow him on Twitter
@dscott12.
A
ttention governments
everywhere: Please stop
using technology to spy
on us. Seriously, get your dirty
hands off of my phone. Just back
off.
Im OK with the federal gov-
ernment wiretappingwith a
warranta known criminal to
stop a crime spree, but the gov-
ernments been pushing things
way too far, with technology at
least. As my prime example, Id
like to introduce the Department
of Defenses shiny new toy: the
Hummingbird.
The Hummingbird is a new
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
about to join the militarys fleet.
While UAVs are nothing new
Ill get to that in a minutethe
Hummingbird has a very special
camera that comes in it. The
camera, named Argus, can shoot
1.8 gigapixels (1.8 billion pixels)
of continuous footage.
For perspectives sake, from
20,000 feet in the air, Argus can
zoom in enough for you to spot
the color of a 6-inch long object.
What scares me the most is
how its actually a video camera.
Combined with some clever
program, Argus automatically
registers and categorizes every
moving object in a 25-square-
mile area.
The government says the
Hummingbird and Argus are
going to be used in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and I believe them.
But it only took six years for the
first generation of military UAVs
to be used domestically, by pri-
vate companies and the military,
smack dab in the middle of the
good old U.S. According to the
Department of Defense, there
are drones flying as close to us as
Kansas State University.
Most people could argue that
the drones dont pose any major
threats to citizens, or theyd help
catch criminals. But even the U.S.
Congress is afraid of the poten-
tial these drones have to become:
not just eyes in the sky, but even
militarized vehicles watching
from above. If the same people
who let the FBI collect 100 bil-
lion of citizens private emails a
day are afraid, then you should
be, too.
Speaking of FBI collecting
private emails, William Binney,
a former coder for the National
Security Agency, decided that he
wanted to talk about how several
government entities are violating
your electronic privacy.
According to Binney, the
FBI has been recording emails,
searches, and phone calls, and
has been generating a giant social
network map of every person
living in the U.S., seeing which
people communicate with each
other. They have around 10
trillion files of personal data in
store.
If you havent committed any
crime, the feds dont trash your
data, they just dump it in a giant
storage facility in case you ever
do. Theyve almost run out of
room apparently, because theyre
building a new facility that can
hold 5 zettabytes of data, about 5
billion terabytes, which is quite a
few terabytes.
I havent told you all of this to
make you scared or paranoid. I
told you so you would get angry
at the fact other people are look-
ing at your personal lives so
youre angry enough to go pro-
test in front of the U.S. Capitol
or at least angry enough to email
a senator, or even Governor
Brownback. Just do something
about it, OK?
Simpson is a freshman majoring in
chemical engineering from Fairway.
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i dont always go to the events on
campus. but when i do, its for the free
food.
Those days youre on campus so long
that you have no chance of remembering
where you parked.
So what if i like mushrooms on my
pizza? is that such a crime?
you know youve made it in life when
you have your own Wikipedia page.
When your ex gets cuter by the day,
you question why you ended it. oh yeah,
to be with mclemore!
To the person who said they stole their
shoelaces from the president, i KnoW
WhAT youre TAlKing AbouT.
This girl is telling a story about how
she tore her Acl at the hawk... how does
that even happen?
Ask not what you can do for the FFA,
but what the FFA can do for you.
one does not simply get over Dan
the bus driver.
you know i dont speak Spanish.
Admit it. every time someone unfol-
lows you on Twitter, you kind of wonder
who the little backstabber is.
Spiders on lSD actually make mea-
sured and accurate webs, on par with a
sober spider.
Schools cant ban junk food. i was
raised on Snickers and mcDoubles and i
turned out alright.
Fall out boy may be back, but they
should be called Sell out boy. long-
time Fall out boy fan has lost all hope.
you dont need to know Spanish as
long as youre fuent in harry Potter. es la
verdad, no?
Who else didnt realize that FFA was in
Spanish until they read it again?
brunettes just do it better. And by it,
i mean sex.
loving the banter between hispters
and the polo patrol. makes me giggle a
little.
Feel free to wear what you want as
pants, unless you have a hole on the
butt of your leggings. i dont want to see
cheek.
That awkward moment when you Fa-
cebook stalk someone two tables away.
Sorry not sorry, hes a cutie!
To the Fall out boy enthusiast, no
one cares that theyre touring again.
(*sneakily ravages Ticketmaster and
Stubhub for non-infated prices)
Dear math student, grammar follows
logical rules and should be trivial. A
mathematics grad student.
my girlfriend is getting so tired of my
linkin Park references. but in the end it
doesnt even matter.
you know Spring is in the air when
people in the dorms start yelling at
people from their windows.
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The 55th Grammy Awards cer-
emony will take place this Sunday,
Feb. 10. The ceremony will be
hosted by LL Cool J for the second
year in a row, and will broadcast
live from the Staples Center in
Los Angeles. Rihanna, Mumford &
Sons, The Black Keys, Taylor Swift,
and Fun. will all perform at the
ceremony. Each of those acts are
in the running for an award, but
Mumford & Sons, fun., The Black
Keys, Frank Ocean, Kanye West
and Jay-Z lead the pack with six
nominations each.
Nominees for album of the
year are El Camino (The Black
Keys), Some Nights (Fun.), Babel
(Mumford & Sons), Channel
Orange (Frank Ocean), and
Blunderbuss (Jack White).
Nominees for song of the year
are The A Team (Ed Sheeran),
Adorn (Miguel Pimentel), Call
Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen),
Stronger (What Doesnt Kill You)
(Kelly Clarkson), We Are Young
(Fun. featuring Janelle Mone).
Nominees for best new artist
are Alabama Shakes, Fun., Hunter
Hayes, The Lumineers, and Frank
Ocean.
Joyce Castle, a private voice
instructor for the Universitys
School of Music is currently the
only Grammy holder in Kansas.
Castle won a Grammy in 1986. She
was a featured soloist in the New
York City Operas performance
and CD recording of Candied by
Leonard Bernstein.
Blane Brungardt, a freshman
from Victoria, is a student of
Castles.
Brungardt said that he is looking
forward to watching the ceremony
this Sunday.
I dont know if Im excited for
any one performance, but I am
excited to see who wins album or
new artist of the year because that
is going to be close, he said. I
really hope that either Fun. or Ed
Sheeran wins for song of the year
though.
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Since the release of his 2011 plague
procedural Contagion, the director
of Traffic and the Oceans Eleven
series has vowed to abandon his craft
on several occasions, each time cit-
ing the difficulties of financing origi-
nal projects in Hollywood and the
creative malaise of the film industry
in general, which he sees as an infe-
rior animal compared to long-form
televised narratives like Breaking
Bad and David Finchers Netflix-
only political potboiler House of
Cards.
I personally hope he never makes
good on his threat, because Side
Effects, Soderberghs newest and
purportedly final big screen project,
is also this years first solid argument
against the inferiority of mainstream
cinema. Here, at long last, is a quality
motion picture, a clinically observed,
morally dubious psychodrama that
piles on the twists without pulling
any dramatic punches. It continues
Channing Tatums post-21 Jump
Street ascension into the realm
of credible acting while allowing
Rooney Mara (Finchers The Girl
With the Dragon Tattoo) room to
develop as a character far removed
from the glowering glamour of
Lisbeth Salander.
Scott Z. Burnss screenplay, a
thematic fusion of Hitchcock and
Repulsion-era Polanski, revolves
around Emily (Mara), a timid, emo-
tionally frail woman struggling to
reconnect with her husband Martin
(Tatum), a Wall Street wunderkind
turned professional pariah following
a four-year stint in prison for insider
trading.
After a series of self-destructive
fantasies lead to a very real car crash,
Emily starts seeing Dr. Banks (Jude
Law), a prominent big city psychia-
trist who, after realizing the cash-
strapped woman wont be able to
afford his hourly fee, offers to treat
her with Ablixa, a newly produced,
largely untested antidepressant the
good doctor is being paid to pre-
scribe. Because we wouldnt have a
movie otherwise, Emily agrees and
all hell gradually breaks loose.
The story Ive just described may
seem familiar, even hackneyed in
its Big Pharma-baiting premise, but
please understand Im only skim-
ming the surface of a fluid laby-
rinth churning with deeper currents
of lust, treachery and the alarming
notion that when it comes to murder,
pre-medicated can pass for premedi-
tated. To go into further detail would
be a great disservice to the viewer,
so Ill limit myself to compliment-
ing the performers and Soderberghs
polished, economical direction.
Jude Law, who suffered a bout
of overexposure after appearing in
seemingly every movie circa 2004,
has recovered admirably and now
stands as one of my favorite work-
ing actors. His Dr. Banks is a study
in barely concealed misanthropy, a
smirking elitist disguised as a genial
sympathizer. Then, with the char-
acters every hypocrisy seemingly
exposed, another layer is revealed,
throwing the audience through the
first of many dizzying ethical loops.
His scenes with Catherine Zeta-
Jones, playing Emilys slinky ex-
shrink, are especially memorable.
Another performance of note
comes from Ann Dowd, who wowed
critics last year as the brainwashed
fast food manager in Compliance.
Here she plays Martins mother, a
fierce protector who refuses to let
her daughter-in-laws deteriorating
mental health stand in the way of her
little boys happiness. Her final scene
with Emily is a tempered crescendo,
teeming with equal parts rage and
regret. One of the films few flaws
is not finding more screentime for
this extraordinary character actress,
a Soderbergh veteran who appeared
alongside Matt Damon in 2009s
corporate espionage comedy The
Informant.
Soderbergh frames every shot in
the movie with a methodical eye for
harnessing atmosphere, using it as a
whetstone for sharpening suspense.
If Side Effects ends up being the
directors swan song, its a fitting
farewell, a celebration of his precise,
even-keel approach to so many dif-
ferent genres.
All speculation aside, though,
I doubt weve seen the last of
Soderbergh. After all, in the two
years since announcing his suppos-
edly imminent retirement, the man
shot and released no less than four
films, including Haywire and the
extremely profitable Magic Mike.
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can be a difficult habit to break.
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Brooklyn hip-hop duo The
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better half of a year by uploading
music videos for tracks like Gold
Soul Theory. Its material shows
early signs of a classic. Indigoism
was finally released on Jan. 21
via Brainfeeder, a record label
founded by Flying Lotus, who has
been doing his share of feeding
their hype through Twitter and his
record contract and by offering
The Underachievers a record deal.
Being part of the whole Beast
Coast movement, with the likes
of Flatbush Zombies, Joey Bada$$
and all of Pro Era, its music shares
a similar identity. One of the
highlights of the mixtape, Herb
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lyrically dense and providing
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indigo anthem / Fly like passports,
no randoms / Searchin for that
purpose, merged with / A little
bit of piece of mind on this earth,
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T.A.D.E.D., So Devilish, The
Mahdi and they each have that
nostalgic east coast vibe paired
with great, modern production.
Aside from the expected great
tracks, some of the other mate-
rial seems to be really lacking. At
times, it feels rehashed or from
other solid material, almost like a
move to save certain material for a
formal debut.
Either way, after months of
anticipation, it is slightly disap-
pointing.
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Kansas 55 TCU 62
Key stats
The Jayhawks scored 13 points in the frst half, their worst
one-half total since scoring 19 points against Iowa state in
1999.
13
Kansas guards missed every single one of their feld goal
attempts in the frst half.
after eight consecutive losses, TCU earned its frst Big 12
victory to send the Jayhawks to consecutive defeats for the frst
time in seven years.
0
1
First halF
(sCOre aFter Play)
12:42 Jamari Traylor scores Kansas frst points of the game on a short jumper
after TCU held Kansas scoreless for more than seven minutes. (8-2 TCU)
1:19 Kevin Young makes Kansas seventh and fnal free throw of the half, capping
a 7-0 Kansas run, in the most generous sense of the term. (20-13 TCU)
1:09 nate Butler Lind converts a layup to close out the halfs limited amount of
scoring. (22-13 TCU)
seCOnd halF
3:36 Garlon Green appears to travel before making a jumper, but the offcials
instead call a foul on Travis Releford. Green makes the free throw. (49-40 TCU)
0:36 Elijah Johnson makes his second 3-pointer to briefy close TCUs lead. Howev-
er, Johnsons turnover on the previous possession meant it was still a two-possession
game. (58-53 TCU)
0:33 Kyan anderson converts two free throws to effectively end Kansas comeback
hopes. (60-53 TCU)
JayhawK stat leaders
Points
rebounds
assists
releford
4
mcLemore
15
mcLemore
9
young
9
Ben Mclemore, freshman guard
no one actually deserves this award, but McLemore gets it by
default. He had a team-high 15 points and nine rebounds and
made six of his 10 two-point feld goals. However, he did miss
all six of his three-point attempts.
GaMe tO reMeMBer
It was the worst team that Kansas has ever
put on the foor since Dr. naismith.
Bill self on the frst half
13| 42 55 Kansas
22 | 40 62 tCU
GaMe tO FOrGet
QUOte OF the GaMe
PriMe Plays
McLemore
travis releford, senior guard
Releford contributed very little to the Jayhawks offense,
missing his only feld goal attempt and converting one of two
free throws for his only point of the game. His team-high four
assists was his only redeeming stat before fouling out after
36 minutes of action.
Releford
Self
OPPOnent
Kansas
Player
Garlon Green
Connell Crossland
Kyan anderson
nate Butler Lind
adrick McKinney
Devonta abron
Charles Hill Jr.
Clyde smith III
Totals
Pts
20
8
8
10
7
6
3
0
62
FG-FGa
7-13
3-6
2-6
3-6
1-5
1-1
1-7
0-2
18-46
rebs
2
15
1
2
8
4
2
0
34
a
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
11
TOs
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
9
Player
Perry Ellis
Jeff Withey
Travis Releford
Elijah Johnson
Ben McLemore
Kevin Young
naadir Tharpe
Jamari Traylor
Totals
Pts
0
12
1
8
15
6
11
2
55
FG-FGa
0-1
4-6
0-1
3-12
6-16
2-7
2-15
1-1
18-61
rebs
1
8
6
3
9
9
6
1
44
a
0
0
4
1
3
0
2
0
10
TOs
0
2
1
3
3
0
2
0
13
ashLeIGh Lee/KaNsaN
senior guard Travis Releford jumps up to get the ball as he tries to get to the basket during Wednesday, Feb. 6 game against Texas Christian University at Daniel-Meyer
Coliseum in Fort Worth Texas where Kansas was defeated 62-55. Releford had one point.
ashLeIGh Lee/KaNsaN
senior guard Travis Releford drives through his opponents defense to get to
the basket during Wednesday, Feb. 6 game against Texas Christian University
at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.
ashLeIGh Lee/KaNsaN
Freshman guard Ben McLemore attempts to shoot a 3-pointer
during the Wednesday, Feb. 6 game against Texas Christian
University at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.
ashLeIGh Lee/KaNsaN
Junior forward Justin Wesley and senior center Jeff Withey go up to block their opponents shot during
Wednesday, Feb. 6 game against Texas Christian University at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth,
Texas where Kansas was defeated 62-55. Withey had three blocks.
ashLeIGh Lee/KaNsaN
senior center Jeff Withey gets hit in the head with the ball as he tries to get a rebound during Wednesday, Feb. 6 game against Texas Christian University at Daniel-Meyer
Coliseum in Fort Worth Texas where Kansas was defeated 62-55. Withey had eight rebounds.
ashLeIGh Lee/KaNsaN
senior center Jeff Withey goes up for a rebound during Wednesday, Feb. 6 game
against Texas Christian University at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth Texas.
ashLeIGh Lee/KaNsaN
senior guard Elijah Johnson fakes out his opponent as he passes the ball instead of
going for a layup during Wednesday, Feb. 6 game against Texas Christian University
at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth Texas where Kansas was defeated 62-55.
Johnson had one assist.
scOrING drOuGhT
Jayhawks inability to make baskets leads to blindside loss to Horned Frogs
GeOFFrey caLVerT
gcalvert@kansan.com
Its hard to understate how hor-
rible Kansas first half was Wednesday
night at TCU in its 62-55 loss to the
Horned Frogs.
A Jayhawk guard didnt make a
field goal the entire first half, and
Kansas only made three shots the
entire half. Its not that TCUs defense
was smothering, as Kansas found a
way to get open looks in the first half.
Getting the ball in the basket was
another story.
Kansas didnt score until freshman
forward Jamari Traylor made a short
jumper with 12:42 left in the first half.
Kansas didnt score again until 6:06
remained in the half when senior
center Jeff Withey made two free
throws.
Withey also made Kansas second
field goal. It didnt come until 4:29
remained in the half.
So to recap, Kansas started the
game with a 7:18 field goal drought
then followed that up with an 8:13
field goal drought. Senior forward
Kevin Young made Kansas final field
goal, a layup, with 3:15 left in the
half.
The Jayhawks made seven free
throws in the first half, leaving them
with 13 total points in the first half.
Since the NCAA began tracking the
stat in 1988-1989, it was Kansas few-
est points ever in a half. The second-
worse total was 18 points against Iowa
State in 1999.
Kansas turned the ball over eight
times in the first half. Although the
Horned Frogs only scored seven
points off of the turnovers, the
Jayhawks couldnt afford to waste that
many possessions with their offense
being so stagnant.
However, the Jayhawks still found
themselves very much in the ball-
game at halftime, because the Horned
Frogs only mustered 22 points. TCU
has struggled scoring all season and
averages only 54.1 points per game.
If it were any other Big 12 team,
the game could have been over by
halftime. The Jayhawks benefitted
from the Horned Frogs poor play,
although it still didnt match Kansas
debacle.
TCU only made one jumper in the
games first six minutes, leaving the
door open for Kansas to take control
of the game. But six of Kansas eight
first-half turnovers came in the games
first seven minutes before Traylor got
Kansas on the board.
The Jayhawks made their first
three shots of the second half, equal-
ing their first half output less than
four minutes into the second half.
While Kansas scored 42 points in the
second half, the lack of first half pro-
duction doomed them to their first
consecutive losses in 264 games. The
most recent occurrence was Jan. 14
and 16, 2006, when Kansas State and
Missouri beat the Jayhawks.
TCU entered the game with an 0-8
Big 12 record in its first season in the
conference. Of those eight conference
losses, the closest one was a 62-53 loss
to Texas Tech.
edited by Megan hinman
UnsUnG herO
Jeff withey, senior center
Withey scored four points during Kansas wretched frst half
and was the only Jayhawk to shoot effciently fromthe foor, fn-
ishing 4-6 and contributing eight rebounds and three blocks.
Withey
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Andrew Fitzgerald, forward
The senior
earned his frst
start Monday at
Iowa State and led
the team with 12
points and seven
rebounds. How-
ever, he played
only 18 minutes
because of foul
trouble and eventually fouled out, only
the second Sooner to do so this year. If
he mimics his Monday offensive produc-
tion against Kansas, it could help offset
a possible poor shooting night from one
of the other Oklahoma forwards.
OklahOma
(14-7, 7-1)
starters
Buddy hield, Guard
A little experience has gone a long way for
Hield. The freshman is averaging nearly 10 points
per game in Big 12 play, but it may have come
at the cost of his rebounding. Since grabbing 10
boards against Kansas State on Jan. 19 he hasnt
been able to grab more than fve.
kaNsas
(16-1, 4-0)
starters
elijah johnSon, Guard
At the moment, Elijah Johnson is in a funk, to
the say the least. Hes tried everything to get out of
that funk, but the only way he knows how to get out
of it is to just play. Throughout his career, Johnson
has shown fashes of brilliance including the NCAA
title game run from last season. Hes just not a
true point guard and is being asked to play that
position. Johnson will continue to try hard, but the
more he plays and the less he thinks, the old Elijah
will come back.
Ben mClemore, Guard
The man from St. Louis continues to shine even
when hes not being as aggressive as the coaching
staff would like. However, hes still on pace to break
Danny Mannings freshman record of 14.6 ppg.
McLemore is a gifted talent who plays within the
fow of the game. At times, hes too unselfsh, but
this year, hes progressively gotten better at fnding
the time to step up when the moments right. Look
for another big game from Air McLemore.
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kansas won in lawrence and hopes to in Norman
COUNtdOWN tO tipOff
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DAY
ryan mcCarthy, Blake Schuster and Geoffery Calvert
prediCtiON:
kansas 76, Oklahoma 52
at a GlaNCe
QUestiON mark
player tO WatCh
fitzgerald
Te Sooners wouldnt let Kansas
pull away in Lawrence until the f-
nal moments on January, 26th. No
one was expecting the Jayhawks
to roll Oklahoma but it seems OU
may still be exhausted from the
playing in Allen Fieldhouse. Te
Sooners have dropped two of their
last three games and have seen their
production on ofense and defense
fall too.
Will the Sooners shooting
show up?
Oklahomas top three scorers, Osby,
MBaye and Pledger, have combined
to shoot less than 40 percent from the
feld in Oklahomas past four games.
Those fgures include the Baylor game,
an outlier from the other three games,
when the three combined to shoot 20-31
from the feld. Oklahomas other starters
are freshman and dont have the scoring
touch the Sooners top three do. Kansas
leads the nation in opponent feld goal
percentage at 35.4 percent, so Oklaho-
mas scorers need to be on for it to have
a shot to take down Kansas.
at a GlaNCe
player tO WatCh
QUestiON mark
Kansas travels to Oklahoma with a
one-game lead in the Big 12 over in-
state rival Kansas State. Coach Bill Self
has said that senior guard Elijah John-
son is his guy and hes sticking with him.
Until something different happens on
the court, expect Johnson to be running
the point guard position. Ben McLemore
and Jeff Withey are both contenders for
Big 12 Player of the Year, but theres still
nine games to go before they head to
Kansas City.
Andrew White III, guard
His six points
in one minute
of action raised
eyebrows from
all the Jayhawk
faithful. White is
a talented player
who continues
to get better, but
at the moment
,theres a log jam at his guard position
(see Travis Releford and Ben McLem-
ore). White will continue to garner more
playing time, and as he showed against
Oklahoma State, can step up late in a
game even if he is coming off the bench
cold.
Will Naadir Tharpes roll off
the bench increase?
Bill Self made it clear that Elijah
Johnson will be his starting point guard
going forward. Tharpe is Kansas best
handler and may be able to help distrib-
ute the ball and create some more op-
tions for the Jayhawks.
Whiteiii
mclemore
releford
pledger
hornbeak
mbaye
Osby
BaBy jay will weep iF...
The Sooners score off of second-
chance points. The Jayhawks defense
fgures to be good enough to keep any of
the Sooners from dominating offensively
the way Oklahoma States Marcus Smart
and Markel Brown did last Saturday
against Kansas. But they also must keep
the Sooners from getting second-chance
points from offensive rebounds. Okla-
homa is a better offensive rebounding
team than the Cowboys were. The Soon-
ers could use the same formula Okla-
homa State did to upset Kansas.
by the NUmbers
3
Largest OU lead on Kansas in the two
teams last meeting
16
Points in the paint by OU last game
against KU
212
Oklahoma national rank for assists
per game (12.3)
Withey
Johnson
young
BiG jay will Cheer iF...
The Jayhawks show some confdence
in their ball handling. If theres consis-
tent point guard play from Elijah Johnson
and Naadir Tharpe, then the Jayhawks
will be able to get back on track and
play with much more confdence. Its not
going to be a perfect ft with Johnson
or Tharpe, but if they can stop turning
the ball over, Kansas will have a much
easier time winning in Norman.
by the NUmbers
2
Ben McLemore is the second leading
scorer in the Big 12 (16.4 ppg)
1
Travis Releford leads the Big 12 in
feld goal percentage
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The Kansas swimming and div-
ing team, 5-4 overall and 1-0 in
the Big 12, will compete against
conference rival Iowa State (5-4,
0-0), at home Friday and Saturday.
The two-day dual meet will be the
last meet for both teams before the
Big 12 Championship at the end of
the month.
The teams will compete in the
same events as a regular dual meet,
but the events will be spread over
two days. This format is to help the
teams prepare for the conference
championship, which will be held
over four days. The teams will expe-
rience racing in the evening with a
quick turn around having to swim
again in the morning.
The Jayhawks met the Cyclones
earlier this season in the Kansas
Classic, a swimming-only meet
held in mid-
November. The
Jayhawks fin-
ished in second
place and the
Cyclones fin-
ished fourth out
of six teams.
Kansas had top-
three finishes
in 14 of the 18
events over the course of the three-
day event. Kansas was led by senior
Morgan Sharp, junior Alison Lusk,
freshman Haley Molden and fresh-
man Bryce Hinde. Iowa State was
led by sophomore Amanda Paulson
and freshman Marissa Engel.
This time around, look for Iowa
State sophomore Sarah Deis to have
a strong performance in the freestyle
races and sophomore Dani Harris
to continue her strong finishes in
the backstroke. For Kansas, look for
senior Brooke Brul, junior Alison
Moffit and Molden to turn in strong
races. Also look for senior diver
Christy Cash to continue to have
success off the board. Both teams
hope to use this last meet as a tune-
up for the Big 12 Championship.
The sport of swimming is a
peaking sport, Head Coach Clark
Campbell said. You are trying to
peak for a high performance. For us,
its Big 12s at the end of February.
For us to improve right now is
increasing the quality of our train-
ing, meaning more training at race
pace and improving our skills
starts, turns, finishes, that type of
thingand that will help us peak.
Kansas faces Iowa State at 6
p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday
in Robinson Natatorium. Kansas
is coming off of a home loss to
Arkansas and Iowa State is coming
off of wins to Nebraska-Omaha and
Northern Iowa.
Edited by Tyler Conover
sTeLLa LIaNG
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Track and field
Jayhawks swim team
peaking at right time
swimming
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christy cash, a senior on the University
of kansas womens swim Team, dives
at a feb. 2 meet against arkansas
inside robinson natatorium. sharp
placed third in each of the two diving
events.
Sharp
CoLIN wrIGhT
cwright@kansan.com
The Kansas men and women
track and field squads will take
part in three different meets this
Friday and Saturday, including the
Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville,
Ark., the ISU Classic in Ames,
Iowa, and the Husky Classic in
Seattle, Wash.
All of our competition is pro-
gressing fast and I think our ath-
letes are really adapting to that,
said coach Stanley Redwine. Its
not just an issue anymore of how
we are performing compared to
last year; its how well were pro-
gressing compared to our compe-
tition, and I think well continue
to see that.
The womens team is having one
of its best weeks in recent memory
after a strong performance at the
Armory Collegiate Invitational
last weekend in New York. On
Tuesday, the United States Track &
Field and Cross Country Coaches
Association (USTFCCCA) ranked
the women the No. 1 team in the
country after spending the first
few weeks of the indoor season at
No. 2.
On Monday, horizontal jump-
er Andrea Geubelle was named
Division I National Athlete of the
Week by the USTFCCCA. On
Wednesday, Geubelle received
yet another award when she was
named Big 12 Female Athlete of
the Week.
Of the womens team being
ranked No. 1, Redwine said, The
athletes are definitely excited and
we want to keep that excitement,
but we also need to make them
understand that the target on our
back is even larger. We need to
continue to compete to the best of
our ability and hopefully the rec-
ognition will keep coming.
On the mens side, the distance
medley team of Brendan Soucie,
Drew Matthews, Nick Seckfort and
Josh Munsch ran a season-best
time of 9:46.92 in New York, rank-
ing them 11th in the nation. Kyle
Clemons now holds the school
record in the 500-meters after his
time of 1:01.32, and pole vaulter
Alex Bishop is ranked in the top-16
in the nation.
With the Big 12 Indoor
Championships just two weeks
away and the NCAA Indoor
Championships just a month away,
both the men and womens teams
will look to improve this weekend
in its last weekend of competition
before those two meets.
Were looking for everyone to
keep getting better as the season
progresses, Redwine said. As we
train harder, the performances
have continued to get better. Were
excited about where we are, but
know we havent hit our ceiling
yet.
Edited by Tyler Conover
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