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Patricia stoneking, the president of the Kansas state Rife Association (KsRA), reacts to Allen Rostron, a law professor at the University of Missouri, on the topic of regu-
lated gun control Wednesday night at the Gun Control: Freedom vs safety debate inside the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. the event was put on by the Dole Institute of
Politics student Advisory Board and covered various issues in gun control along with a Q&A session.
Dole hosts debate about gun control on campus
CoNCEAlED CARRy
Waco fertilizer plant
explosion injures many
WACo, texas An explosion Wednes-
day night at a fertilizer plant near Waco
sent fames shooting high into the night
sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin,
causing major damage to nearby build-
ings and injuring numerous people.
the blast at the plant in West, a com-
munity north of Waco, happened shortly
before 8 p.m. and could be heard as far
away as Waxahachie, 45 miles north of
West.
Debby Marak told the Associated
Press that when she fnished teaching
her religion class Wednesday night, she
noticed a lot of smoke coming from the
area across town near the plant, which is
near a nursing home. she said she drove
over to see what was happening, and that
when she got out of her car two boys ran
toward her screaming that the authori-
ties told them to leave because the plant
was going to explode. she said she drove
about a block before the blast happened.
It was like being in a tornado, the
58-year-old said by phone. stuff was
fying everywhere. It blew out my wind-
shield.
she drove 10 blocks and called her
husband and asked him to come get her.
When they got to their home about 2 miles
south of town, her husband told her what
hed seen: a huge freball that rose like a
mushroom cloud.
More than two hours after the blast,
there were still fres smoldering in what
was left of the plant and others burn-
ing in nearby buildings. In aerial foot-
age from Dallas NBC affliate, WDFW,
dozens of emergency vehicles could be
seen amassed at the scene. Entry into
West was slow-going, as the roads were
jammed with emergency vehicles rushing
in to help out.
Authorities set up a staging area
on the local high schools football feld,
which was lit up with foodlights. Ambu-
lances and several dozen injured people
could be seen being taken away or seated
in wheelchairs as they are treated and
await transport.
Associated Press
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Government choices overshadow states allure
eSPN, sports media pundits
criticized for Boston coverage
Bourdain still on
top with new show
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we all watched #kubball games. He
will be sorely missed. #GodSpeed
Why do i smell tatertots in anschutz?
nananana BaTMaN!!!!!!!!
it wouldnt be spring at KU without all
the dead baby fags by Wescoe...
To the girl that said eNGl 101 is THe
worst because its So boring, your fresh-
man is showing. Stop.
You can still get preggo practicing
safe sex but bad call on no privacy for
people actually needing a test.
Forget obama. Spring canceled on KU
as well.
But snuggles conquer all, including
sickness.
oh free pregnancy test from your Rv
aNd you have candy?! Seems legit, sign
me up!!!
im lost. is it spring, winter, or
what...?
You know youre going to have a good
day when you wake up from a dream
about fghting lord voldemort. Editors
note: Depends if it made your forehead
scar burn.
The President is coming here to high-
fve the chancellors husband. Shade is.
i often wonder what itll take to evolve
past my twiggy alien body, into full-
blown dad body.
Bipity bopity Booyah!!
did anyone else feel like they were in
Narnia at Mrs. es yesterday?
The editor is letting to many infernal
hashtags slip through again. He must be
new. Editors note: Youd be surprised.
if you spend $175 at The Buckle,
youre tacky and i hate you.
The sudoku is a mushroom today?
Getting creative!
This is college. Shouldnt we be
beyond sticking gum under the desks
by now?
My background on my iPad are my
classes... i still forgot times and go to
class.
Wait... People still shop at The
Buckle?
Remember its always a great day to
be a Jayhawk! <- That is my motto.
Wescoe smells like favored vodka.
Keep it classy KU, keep it classy.
dude, could you imagine if Brittany
Griner and anthony davis made babies.
Please dont respond to this, its a
bait.
Go india for not opening a Playboy
club.
For all the whistle haters out there:
as a person who works at the KU power
plant, i shall inform you that the whistle
is here to stay!
You know you live in a scholarship
hall when you live right next to the Hawk
and have never been.
K
ansas, I love you, but
youre bringing me down.
Your ridiculous policy
proposals, racism and embrace-
ment of the extremism thats tear-
ing apart the rest of the country
arent making you the easiest state
to call home.
I was a stones throw away from
being born a die-hard republican.
Maybe something in my DNA
would have turned me to a blue-
dog or some sort of bastardized,
liberal defector. In a state like
Kansas though, thats a shot in
the dark. Id be in denial if I didnt
think my familys moderate liberal
views didnt shape mine.
Living in an oasis of liberalism
like Lawrence has coddled me. Its
convenient not having to grease
Obama signs during election sea-
son so that people wont uproot
them. Walking up to your car
and not having bumper stickers
scraped halfway of is a great perk,
but Ive become pampered. Its as if
Brownback doesnt exist here and
hes just the Wicked Witch of the
West(ern side of Kansas).
Its disappointing, even frustrat-
ing, that when I mention that Im
from Kansas to anyone, all I get
are grins and questions about the
cornfeld and evolution. Kansas,
the stunts youve pulled recently
arent helping that reputation of
bible-thumping hicks. It seems
like you arent even trying.
Te Salina Journal reported on
Saline County Commissioner Jim
Gile, who used the phrase nigger-
rigging candidly in a meeting
earlier this month. He then tried
to excuse it saying he wasnt preju-
diced because he had, built Habi-
tat homes for colored people.
Te Wichita Eagle reported that
the Kansas Supreme Court ruled
the education funding of $3,838
a student unconstitutionally low.
Some conservative legislators have
suggested an amendment to the
constitution to continue to drasti-
cally underfund education. While
watching education funding dip to
new lows, Governor Brownback
intends on slashing the income tax
for the second time.
And then theres House Bill No.
2366, an otherwise innocent num-
ber, but probably the single most
ridiculous piece of legislation Ive
ever seen. Tis out-classes even
the racist policy relics from the
civil war. Tis bill would illegalize
using public funds to promote or
implement sustainable develop-
ment.
Keep in mind that this is just a
proposition and it never even made
it onto the docket for deliberation.
While it wont ever see the light of
day, it does refect an attitude in
Kansas politics that anything even
vaguely in public interest is a cog
in the socialist takeover machine
and must be destroyed.
Tis furry of news could each
be mistaken for stories in Te On-
ion, and thats only in the past few
months.
I think for the entry-level col-
lege student who is just now fnd-
ing their liberal side, its easy to
start disliking the Sunfower state.
I mean the weathers decided by an
eight ball, and so much as think-
ing about getting an abortion can
prompt a citizens arrest. I feel bad
for the liberal Californian whos
picked Kansas for their undergrad;
it must be like living on an inhos-
pitable, far-right alien planet.
Even so, I wont give up on this
fatter-than-a-pancake Heartland
that I call home. All of this ab-
surd extremism is a recent devel-
opment that rushed to the fore
on the coattails of the Tea Party.
Its easy to forget that Jayhawkers
once trod these plains, that Brown
v. Board of Education was decided
within these borders, and that this
was once the home of progressive
center-right politics.
Ill stick it out and hope that this
is just a phase, like being really in
to all things French. I still love
you, Kansas, but youre making it
harder to call you home every day.
Kenney is a freshman majoring in
political science and journalism from
Shawnee.
By Wil Kenney
wkenney@kansan.com
T
he shockwaves from the
Boston Marathon bomb-
ing are still being felt by
our collective nation as we try to
not only find out whos responsi-
ble, but to also ask the question,
Why? Every news outlet is all
over this story, and for good rea-
son, but a unique aspect of jour-
nalism in particular sports
journalism has been brought
to the forefront of news report-
ing and, more importantly, where
sports reporting fits in.
Sports website Deadspin came
out with a story Tuesday describ-
ing a contingent of people Ill
refer to them as the stick-to-
sporters complaining about
sports media outlets and its
involvement with the reporting
of the Boston Marathon bomb-
ing. Many took to Twitter to
unleash their frustrations with
what they described as sports
media outlets reporting on an
issue that was way out of its
league. The tweets ranged from
frustration with sports outlets
like ESPN to general disbelief
that sports commentators would
dabble in hard news. Here are
some of the tweets that can be
found in the Deadspin story:
Come on ESPN I know this
is a tragic event but thats what
CNN is for. Can you please stick
to sports news, tweeted by @
ajjasanda18.
#bobcostas stick to sports
because your politics are awful,
tweeted by @Jacksovertens.
The debate will rage on
concerning the legitimacy of
sports media outlets relevance
to sensitive domestic issues like
terrorism, but bear in mind one
glaring fact of this particular
matter the Boston Marathon is
a sporting event. While I agree
that this is a rare case in which
an act of terrorism occurred at
an American sporting event, I
dont see why sports journal-
ists those with the exact same
academic training as many
within primarily news oriented
outlets should be kept out of
the reporting circle, especially
when the story centers around a
sporting event.
When it comes to sports
personalities giving a particular
political opinion after an event
like the Boston Marathon bomb-
ing, I concur with the stick-to-
sporters. I view someone like
Bob Costas as a powerful nation-
al figure, not just for his sports
input but also his persistent
unearthing of the many repulsive
activities that take place within
the realm of sports. But thats
just the thing hes an investi-
gative guru within a particular
field. Sure, hes had times where
hes commented on gun control
and race issues at the Masters.
But its a dangerous proposition
for sports personalities to hide
behind their respective shields
(ESPN, NBC Sports, etc.) for
opinionated protection. Tensions
are high and people are looking
for any excuse to blame someone
or something, so its probably
best to pay respects to the fami-
lies affected by the tragedy and
continue focusing on sports.
To me, personal political
commentary coming from
sports personalities in wake of
events like the Boston Marathon
bombing or any other act of
terrorism on U.S. soil comes
off as distasteful and inappro-
priate. This is where I feel the
line should be drawn when it
comes to personal opinion, its
best for sports personalities to
voice that off air. But when it
comes to reporting, coverage of
the Boston Marathon bombing
should be fair game for sports
and news media outlets alike.
Roque is a senior majoring in jour-
nalism from Overland Park. Follow
him on Twitter @stephaneroque4
By Stphane Roque
sroque@kansan.com
W
hen Anthony
Bourdain left the
Travel Channel
and joined up with CNN to
do Anthony Bourdain: Parts
Unknown, I was excited and
concerned. I loved Travel
Channels Anthony Bourdain:
No Reservations, and I was
scared CNN wouldnt be able to
do the show justice.
No Reservations had the
food, the history and the culture
to keep me coming back, and the
storytelling kept me enthralled
every episode. The videography?
Left me drooling for chicken
curry (Im a vegetarian, so that
is impressive) and craving to
visit the most obscure of places.
No Reservations made me love
food and planted a seed of desire
in my soul to do international
journalism.
The one constant was
Bourdain, who I knew would be
as snarky, witty and philosophi-
cal as ever. I honestly dont think
the apocalypse would faze the
notoriously sassy chef and writer.
But would the show still push all
the right buttons for viewers?
Sure, CNN has the resources
and contacts to get Bourdain and
his crew into places the Travel
Channel couldnt. Dangerous
places like Libya and Myanmar.
Places that Americans dont
know about that is the attrac-
tion of his new show.
But when I turned the chan-
nel to CNN to watch the first
episode of Parts Unknown, I
wasnt convinced they could pull
it off.
I was pleasantly surprised.
Anthonys trip to Myanmar illus-
trated everything I loved about
No Reservations: delicious
food, narrative storytelling, and
stunning images of the country.
It was awesome. I didnt notice
any significant difference in the
show, and Im relieved.
Future episodes will feature
places like Morocco, Libya, Peru
and Colombia. But the show will
also cover Los Angeles, and Im
hoping they will be able to spin it
in a new angle. Ive seen enough
travel shows on Los Angeles to
create one on my own, so they
are really going to need to step
it up.
If Parts Unknown is going
to be as successful as No
Reservations, they are going to
have to focus on the places no
one has done, or at least, not
done correctly.
Im most excited for the Libya
episode, which will air May 5.
The area is in turmoil, and I cant
believe they managed to pull off
filming there. Again, a positive of
working with CNN now.
If Parts Unknown improves
on No Reservations legacy,
they will keep their loyal follow-
ing of chefs, travel junkies and
food lovers. Keep inspiring peo-
ple to travel, Parts Unknown,
and you will have a successful
show.
Check out Anthony Bourdain:
Parts Unknown, on Sundays at 8
p.m. CST.
Brown is a freshman majoring in
journalism from Overland Park
By Emily Brown
ebrown@kansan.com
@rachel_ElF
@udK_Opinion losing FakeJeffWithey
aNd FakeJoedooley in the same year?
Heartbreaking. But congrats to real
Joe dooley!
@jhonjhonman
@udK_Opinion they told him lots of
dunks but he heard dunkaroos so joe
is kind of at a crossroad right now
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dont be afraid to assume
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updaTes all day long?
Psychodramatic Trance
is less than spellbinding
associaTed press
A professional art thief (Vincent Cassel) turns to a sultry hypnotherapist (rosario dawson) after his partner (James McAvoy)
forgets where he stashed a priceless painting.
C
ould a work of art ever be
worth more than a human
life?
Thats the diabolically intrigu-
ing question posed by Trance,
a style-conscious psychodrama in
which a shimmering puzzle box
artifice masks the densely plotted
machinations of a fairly standard
bait-and-switch crime thriller.
Danny Boyles newest film desper-
ately wants to scale the cerebral
heights of Inception and Stir
of Echoes but instead succumbs
to the laborious contortions of
its own pretzel logic, leaving the
viewer detached and exasperated
by the time the end credits roll.
The film opens inside a
Sothebys-like auction house in
London, where Francisco Goyas
notoriously unsettling 1798 oil
canvas Witches in the Air is
being auctioned off for the prince-
ly sum of $27 million. Before the
final bid can be placed, a group
of thieves storm the room in a
hail of tear gas. In the ensuing
chaos, Simon (James McAvoy),
the houses security specialist,
grabs the painting and heads for
an underground bunker, where he
is knocked unconscious by Franck
(Vincent Cassel), the black mar-
ket art dealer who planned the
robbery.
Desperate to recover the paint-
ing and convinced that Simons
injuries have resulted in short-
term memory loss, Franck and
his crew force the young man
to attend hypnotherapy sessions
with Dr. Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario
Dawson), who quickly reveals her
own agenda when she learns how
much money is up for grabs. The
rest of the film unfolds as a series
of twists and double-crosses,
pausing occasionally for a gra-
tuitous sex scene or a needlessly
elaborate explanation of a given
characters motivations.
This was supposed to be Boyles
return to his urban-maniacal
roots, an effort to rekindle the
gritty, quicksilver kineticism he
brought to early triumphs like
Trainspotting and 28 Days
Later, the latter of which practi-
cally resurrected the now-flour-
ishing zombie sub-genre. The
imagery on display in Trance
is suitably hypnotic, a fitful blend
of translucent oranges and blues
underscored by the twitchy, funk-
laden palpitations of a soundtrack
populated by the likes of UNKLE
and Moby. Yet the script, co-writ-
ten by Joe Ahearne and Boyles
go-to screenwriter John Hodge,
exhibits all the grasping excesses
of a first draft in search of an
uncertain payoff.
The actors do their best to ele-
vate the anemic material. McAvoy
has a surprisingly potent chemis-
try with Dawson, and their scenes
together crackle with a self-con-
tained erotic charge. Even though
shes saddled with an unseemly
amount of expositional dialogue,
Dawson manages to lend Dr.
Lamb an air of fiercely repressed
tragedy. Cassel, the expressive
French actor best known to state-
side audiences as the lascivious
ballet teacher in Black Swan,
gives the finest performance of
the movie as the cunning, duplici-
tous Franck, who in lesser hands
would have been played as a token
thug.
With its loopy, convulsive cin-
ematography and vivid fantasy
sequences, Trance continues
to fascinate on a stylistic level
long after its narrative potential
has collapsed under the weight
of its own plot holes and para-
doxes. Boyle, whose repertoire
has expanded considerably since
helming the Olympics open-
ing ceremonies and reimagining
Mary Shelleys Frankenstein as
an ambitious stage play where the
actors playing the doctor and the
Monster (Benedict Cumberbatch
and Johnny Lee Miller) swapped
roles every night, has an undeni-
able flair for capturing the grace
notes in the visual cacophony of
human movement. With a bet-
ter script, Trance might have
been a worthy addition to his
impressively eclectic filmography.
Instead it remains little more than
a gorgeously mounted migraine.
Contrary to widespread
reporting, there have been
no arrests made in con-
nection with the Boston
Marathon attack.
FBI stAteMent
KAPOLEI, Hawaii Suzann
Pettersen shot a 7-under 65 on
Wednesday at breezy Ko Olina
to take the lead halfway through
the first round of the LPGA Lotte
Championship.
The Norwegian, a 10-time
winner on the LPGA Tour, had
nine birdies and two bogeys in
her morning round.
I went out today and tried
to be really aggressive, said
Pettersen, coming off a third-
place tie two weeks in the Kraft
Nabisco Championship. My dad
was so disappointed after the
Kraft that I left all the putts
short. Hes like, You got to hit
the ball past the hole to make
putts.
Spains Beatriz Recari, play-
ing alongside Pettersen and
Angela Stanford the first two
rounds, was two strokes back
along with South Koreas So Yeon
Ryu, American Jane Park and
Canadas Rebecca Lee-Bentram.
Playing the back nine first,
Recari birdied four of the first
six holes.
We teed off at 7:50 and it
was already blowing pretty hard,
especially on the back nine,
Recari said. Those holes are
really open to the ocean. So, I
think it was a good challenge
out there.
She won the Kia Classic last
month for her second LPGA
Tour victory.
The thing is, when you win,
you want to keep winning,
Recari said. I didnt feel like
I just wanted to sit back and
relax and just kind of cruise.
Obviously, you want to put your-
self in that position again and,
hopefully, get more trophies.
Lee-Bentram opened with
nine straight pars, then birdied
five of the next seven holes in her
bogey-free round.
I just told myself to be patient,
Lee-Bentram said. Putts werent
going in on the front nine, but I
was making pars. I knew if I kept
making pars the birdies would
come. It did happen.
Third-ranked Yani Tseng, win-
less in more than year, opened
with a 71.
Top-ranked Inbee Park, No.
2 Stacy Lewis, 15-year-old New
Zealand amateur star Lydia Ko
and local favorite Michelle Wie
were among the afternoon start-
ers. Park has two victories the
LPGA Thailand and the Kraft
Nabisco in five starts this
year. Lewis also has won twice
this season.
Pettersen wins LPgA Lotte
Championship at Ko olina
associaTEd prEss
suzann Pettersen, of norway, celebrates a birdie on the 18th hole during the
fnal round of the LPgA Kraft nabisco Championship golf tournament in rancho
Mirage, Calif. on sunday, April 7.
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WI T H: A L L A H L A S & E L E PHA NT ST ONE
PAGE 8B thE UNIVERSItY DAILY KANSAN thURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
CHICAGO Te Texas Rang-
ers are getting accustomed to this
cold, damp weather.
Te game between the Rangers
and Chicago Cubs scheduled for
Wednesday night was rained out.
It was postponed two hours before
it was supposed to start at Wrigley
Field.
No makeup date was an-
nounced. Te teams are set to play
Tursday afernoon.
(Tuesday) night wasnt bad,
just a little chilly but were in Chi-
cago and were going to have to
put up with that, frst baseman
Mitch Moreland said. Weve kind
of dealt with it the last few games
anyways.
It mightve been more than a
little chilly. Te gametime tem-
perature Tuesday night was 39 de-
grees with the wind blowing in of
nearby Lake Michigan.
Rangers manager Ron Wash-
ington said it was worse the con-
ditions hes felt crosstown at U.S.
Cellular Field, where the White
Sox.
I can tell you what, weve been
on the south side when its cold,
but its not the same cold on the
north side, Washington said.
Texas opened the interleague
series with a 4-2 win.
Before Wednesday, the Rangers
had played their last fve games
with the temperatures below 50
degrees, including four at Seattles
Safeco Field. So, for a warm-weath-
er team, Texas is rather well-versed
in ways to beat low temperatures
and tough conditions.
Te Rangers will skip Wednes-
days scheduled starter, Justin
Grimm, in favor of Alexi Ogando
on Tursday.
Yu Darvish will pitch Fri-
day against Seattle regardless of
Tursdays weather. Grimm will
pitch Sunday and Tuesdays win-
ner, Derek Holland, will open the
Rangers set Monday with the Los
Angeles Angels.
And if the Chicago weather
continues to be a problem, there
are a few Rangers who know how
to deal with the raw conditions.
Te Rangers have former Chi-
cago White Sox catcher A.J. Pier-
zynski, along with ex-Cubs Geo-
vany Soto and Jef Baker. Te three
spent parts of a combined 20 years
in Chicago, and certainly experi-
enced some miserable April days.
Te thing you keep coming
back to is that both teams are play-
ing in it, said Baker, who spent
parts of four years with the Cubs.
Yeah, youre probably not going
to have your great individual per-
formance that day but at the same
time all that matters is beating that
other team and going out there
and scoring more runs.
Moreland said he was told to ex-
pect what the Rangers are getting.
Tats the way it is in Chicago
this time of the year, Moreland
said. Tats part of it.
Tat isnt to say the conditions
are pleasant at Wrigley. Baker
remembered that last season he
didnt wear short sleeves under his
jersey until June at Wrigley.
His mindset, however, never
changed. It was always about win-
ning and trying to block out the
raw weather.
Rangers and Cubs to face
off despite rainy weather
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Chicago police offcers walk a beat outside Wrigley Field before an interleague baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and
the Texas Rangers Tuesday, April 16 in Chicago.
RAined ouT MLB
BAseBALL
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Athletics sweep Astros
over three-game series
oAKLAnd, Calif. Bartolo Colon
pitched six crisp innings, Josh Reddick
doubled in two runs during a six-run
frst and the oakland Athletics beat the
Houston Astros 7-5 on Wednesday to
complete another three-game sweep.
The Athletics swept a three-game
series at Houston during the frst week
of the season.
seth smith had three hits and Jed
Lowrie added two for the As, who im-
proved to an AL-best 12-4. oakland out-
scored Houston 22-10 in the series.
The As sent 11 batters to the plate
and chased Astros starter Bud norris in
the frst inning, then won behind Colon
(2-0) and three relievers.
Jose Altuve had three hits and Carlos
Pena homered for the second straight
day for Houston. Pinch-hitter Rick Ankiel
also homered for the Astros.
Colon beat Houston for the second
time this season.
Chris Carter reached on an RBi
grounder in the frst, then was picked
off by the 39-year-old Colon to end the
inning.
Colon retired 15 of the fnal 17 bat-
ters he faced. He gave up four hits,
struck out three and only allowed one
runner past frst base Jose Altuve,
who singled and scored Houstons frst
run.
Colon, who has not walked a batter
in 19 innings this season, lowered his
eRA to 3.32.
it was also the second time in three
games Houstons starting pitcher failed
to get out of the frst. eric Bedard retired
just one batter and gave up six runs in
Mondays 11-2 loss to the As in the
shortest outing of his career.
norris (2-2) lasted only slightly lon-
ger, sticking around to get a second out
when leadoff hitter John Jaso grounded
out in his second at-bat of the frst.
Reddick broke out of 4-for-39 slump
with a double to highlight oaklands big
inning.
Associated Press
Royals victory ends Atlantas
ten-game winning streak
ATLANTA Wade Davis
pitched fve-hit ball for seven in-
nings, Jef Francoeur had a fourth-
inning RBI single and the Kansas
City Royals stopped Atlantas 10-
game winning streak with a 1-0
victory Wednesday.
Te Braves were seeking their
frst 13-1 start since 1994, but the
powerful Atlanta ofense which
homered fve times of the Royals
on Tuesday fnally was stifed.
Davis (2-0) didnt walk any-
one and struck out seven, and the
Braves couldnt get a runner past
frst base until Jason Heywards
two-out double in the sixth. Teir
only serious scoring chance came
in the seventh, when Juan Francis-
co was thrown out trying to score
from frst on a pop down the right-
feld line.
Greg Holland worked a score-
less ninth for his third save in four
chances.
Mike Minor (2-1) had another
strong outing for the Braves, al-
lowing just fve hits and the lone
run in six innings. Te lef-hand-
ers ERA over three starts is 0.95.
Neither team had gotten a run-
ner as far as second base until the
fourth, when the Royals caught
a couple of breaks before Fran-
coeurs two-out hit.
Alcides Escobar led of with a
single to right, breaking an 0-for-
15 slump, but it appeared he
wouldnt be on base for long when
he got stranded between frst and
second afer a pitch. Catcher Evan
Gattis tried to run at Escobar but
held the ball for too long, allowing
the runner to slide back into frst
just ahead of the throw.
Gattis pumped his fsts and
screamed at himself under his
mask for letting Escobar of the
hook.
Tat turned out to be a crucial
play. With two outs, Lorenzo Cain
hit a little dribbler down the third-
base line for an infeld hit, then
Francoeur came through on an 0-2
pitch, singling to lef feld when
Minor lef a ball in the strike zone
against a free-swinging batter who
is prone to chase bad pitches.
In the seventh, Atlanta put to-
gether its best scoring chance
against Davis. Francisco, who
homered twice against the Royals
on Tuesday, singled to right with
two outs for his second hit of the
game. Ten, Chris Johnson lofed
a popup that down the right-feld
line that landed about a foot fair,
just out of the grasp of diving sec-
ond baseman Chris Getz.
But Getz hustled to his feet,
tracked down the ball alongside the
rolled-up tarp, and alertly spotted
that Francisco was trying to score
all the way from frst. Te throw to
the plate was easily in time to get
the lumbering runner.
Escobar had an error in the
frst, throwing high afer felding a
grounder by leadof hitter B.J. Up-
ton, but the Royals shortstop came
up with a couple of nify defensive
plays one a barehanded grab on
a grounder in the hole, another a
diving stop on a wickedly hit ball
by Chris Johnson to set up a dou-
ble play.
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MIAMI Dwyane Wade suc-
cessfully lobbied to play in Miamis
regular-season finale, saying he
wanted to get a little more work
in before the playoffs begin this
weekend.
He looked more than ready for
another postseason run.
Wade scored 21 points and
handed out 10 assists, Mike Miller
added 21 points and the Miami
Heat wrapped up the regular sea-
son with a 105-93 win over the
Orlando Magic on Wednesday
night.
Orlando finished with the NBAs
worst record, 20-62.
Miami (66-16) became the 14th
team in NBA history to finish with
a winning percentage over .800.
The Heat have home-court advan-
tage throughout the NBA play-
offs and will open their quest for
a second straight championship
on Sunday against the Milwaukee
Bucks in Game 1 of an Eastern
Conference first-round series.
Awesome, Wade said. Its
great. Its a testament to the team
being committed and being very
consistent all year.
The Heat were without LeBron
James, who was away from the
team for the day while tending
to a personal matter and almost
certainly would not have played
even if he was in the arena any-
way. Chris Bosh was in the first
starting lineup the Heat submit-
ted Wednesday, before the team
changed course about 45 minutes
before game time and decided to
give him the night off as well.
We still have time to get into
this mentally, Heat coach Erik
Spoelstra said.
Juwan Howard scored 12 points
in the 900th start of his career,
while Rashard Lewis scored 16
points and Ray Allen scored 10
for Miami.
The Heat finished 37-4 at home,
and not long after putting together
a 27-game winning streak the
second-longest run in NBA histo-
ry the defending champs head
into the postseason having won a
league-best eight in a row.
Now we start the real thing,
Wade said.
Nik Vucevic had 20 points and
13 rebounds for Orlando. Only
once have the Magic won fewer
games in a season their inaugu-
ral year, going 18-64 in 1989-90.
This was a learning experi-
ence for most of us, Vucevic said.
Were young guys. It wasnt easy
with a lot of losses. It wasnt always
fun but we can take a lot from the
season.
The Heat surely wont mind not
seeing Vucevic again until next
fall. In three games against Miami
this season, Vucevic who
arrived in Orlando as part of the
Dwight Howard trade last sum-
mer finished with 65 points
and 63 rebounds, getting double-
doubles in every outing.
Its not a fluke, Magic coach
Jacque Vaughn said. Hes done it
on a consistent basis for us. And
hes improved ... hes gotten better
along the way.
Tobias Harris scored 19,
Beno Udrih scored 12, Andrew
Nicholson scored 12, ETwaun
Moore had 11 and Maurice
Harkless finished with 10 for the
Magic.
Im thankful for being here,
for the organization, the coaches,
the fans, Harris said. I just look
forward to grow from it and come
back next year even more ready. ...
Were just building on everything
to be a better team.
Wade has been sidelined for
much of the past couple weeks
while recovering from bone bruis-
es around his right kneecap. He
announced about an hour before
the game that he would play, cit-
ing a need to improve his con-
ditioning before Game 1 of the
postseason.
Thursday, april 18, 2013 paGE 9B ThE uNiVErsiTy daily KaNsaN
Track and field making The cuT
Kansas Relays underway,
event locations unusual
ColiN WriGhT
cwright@kansan.com
The 86th edition of the Kansas
Relays got underway on Wednesday,
albeit in the unlikeliest of places.
The elite division of mens shot put
was held inside a livestock pavilion
at the Douglas County Fairgrounds
on the east side of Lawrence. The
standing-room-only crowd gath-
ered to watch nine shot put hope-
fuls claim the top spot.
The family friendly atmosphere
offered music that played lead-
ing up to the competition, the
Universitys cheerleaders throw-
ing out t-shirts and sweatshirts in
between rounds, as well as a visit by
Big Jay himself. The event was orig-
inally scheduled to be downtown
near 8th and Massachusetts Street,
but was moved to the fairgrounds
because of inclement weather. The
attendance did not falter though,
as the crowd filled up the bleachers
and surrounded the makeshift shot
put arena on all sides.
Highlighting the competition
was last years Kansas Relays win-
ner, Reese Hoffa. The Georgia
native, who earned a bronze medal
at the 2012 London Olympics, was
leading entering the final round of
competition. That was when Ryan
Whiting, a graduate of Arizona
State University, entered the ring
for his final throw and landed a
toss of 21.65 meters (710.5), top-
ping Hoffas best throw of 21.60
meters (708.5).
Finishing in third place was
Justin Rodhe, a Canadian who also
threw in the 2012 Olympics, with a
throw of 21.12 meters (694). Cory
Martin, an Auburn University grad-
uate, finished in fourth place with a
heave of 20.32 meters (668).
The excitement in the build-
ing was evident throughout as
the crowd cheered on each and
every participant even Christian
Cantwell, a University of Missouri
graduate and erupted when
Whitings throw in the final round
took the lead. The event was also
featured on Metro Sports in the
Kansas City area on ESPN3, which
goes to show how special this event
truly is.
After Hoffas runner-up finish
in the shot put, he had one more
competition before his night was
done. Hoffa loves solving Rubiks
cubes, and so does Kansas mens
basketball player Kevin Young. The
two of them agreed to a competi-
tion after the conclusion of the shot
put event.
There they stood in the shot put
ring. The 68 nearly seven feet
tall if you include his hair Young
stood up against the 511 Hoffa in
a battle of wits. After nearly two
minutes went by, Hoffa successfully
solved his Rubiks cube, defeating
Young by less than twenty seconds.
The two of them shook hands to a
final standing applause from the
crowd that stayed and watched the
competition.
The Relays are off to a great
start, but theres plenty more
events worth watching. Thursday
offers more field events that fea-
ture athletes of Olympic caliber,
and Memorial Stadium will be the
center of attention on Friday and
Saturday as some of the fastest ath-
letes in the world compete against
each other.
Even if you missed the excite-
ment Wednesday night at the fair-
grounds, you have another oppor-
tunity Thursday night to see the
elite division of womens long jump
at 6 p.m. at the same place. Leading
the group of women competing is
2012 Kansas Relays champion in
the event, Janay DeLoach.
No matter what your cup of tea
is, the Relays have something to
offer you. Just ask Kevin Young.
Edited by Hayley Jozwiak
Tara BryaNT/KaNsaN
Senior forward kevin Young chats with bronze medalist reese hoffa after the two squared off in a rubiks cube challenge to
end day one of the kansas relays. Young solved the rubiks cube in less than two minutes, not quickly enough to beat hoffa.
hoffa was one of several professional shot putters who participated in the frst day of the kansas relays Wednesday night. The
shot put event was moved from downtown lawrence to the douglas county fairgrounds because of weather conditions.
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