Trash Litters Mass. Street After Final Four Victory: Team Prepares To Face Memphis

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BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
SAN ANTONIO For five days the
players watched and read all about North
Carolinas advantages.
How the Tar Heels could run better
than anyone else. How Tyler Hansbrough
played harder than any player in history.
Could Kansas handle all that?
From what Id seen on ESPN, senior
guard Russell Robinson said, I guess not.
They said Tyler would do this, and they
would do that.
As it turned out, Carolina didnt do
much of anything. Kansas beat the Tar
Heels 84-66 at their own game Saturday
at the Alamodome, running past them at
the beginning and end, and upsetting the
tournaments No. 1 seed.
We were the underdog the whole
game, junior guard Brandon Rush said.
We just came out and applied pressure
to them. We got up and did some big
things.
Kansas showed the nation that North
Carolina might not have been the best
running team and certainly not the best
team in the tournament within the first
few minutes.
Rush made three-pointers. Cole Aldrich
stole a rebound from Hansbrough then
later hit a fade away over the Tar Heels
star. Nothing could go wrong for the
Jayhawks.
North Carolina didnt have it so easy.
Shots missed everything but the back-
board on more than one occasion. Loose
balls went into the hands of Jayhawks. One
player even got called for a lane violation.
When the players looked at the score-
board with 6:45 left in the first half, they
were on top 40-12. Kansas had made a
25-2 run.
We definitely played the best basket-
ball weve played in the first half in that
first 15 minutes, Rush said.
Thats how a team without expectations
can play.
The Jayhawks entered Saturday nights
game against the Tar Heels without a care
in the world. Yeah, they wanted to win, but
this wasnt like last weekend. Back then,
they dealt with playing against Davidson,
Americas sweetheart, and Stephen Curry,
the face likely to be seen the most times
on One Shining Moment. They watched
the three other No. 1 seeds advance to the
Final Four and knew they needed to make
it to complete a historical run.
And then there was this thing about
Self not making it to the Final Four in his
first four previous trips to the Elite Eight.
People have termed our postseasons
as failures, Self said. They just felt like
something was off their back, and they just
played free and easy.
They got their lead a little too early
though.
It seemed like the clock was taking
forever to tick, Robinson said.
Carolina made its run and trailed by
17 at halftime and by just four midway
through the second half. Self thought back
to his first NCAA tournament game at
Tulsa. His team was up 26 on the College
of Charleston, which ended up hitting a
three-pointer to take the lead with one
minute left.
I still remember watching the tape
later, Self said, and Al McGuire said it
would have been the biggest comeback in
NCAA tournament history.
Tulsa won that game. Self made sure his
team wouldnt lose this one.
With the Tar Heels down 64-59 near
the six-minute mark, Self called a timeout
and told his players to just relax. Collins
hit a three-pointer on the next possession.
Rush took over the rest of the way, scor-
ing eight of his 25 points in the last few
minutes.
With Rush leading the way, Kansas
closed on a 20-7 run, sealing a spot in the
title game. The Jayhawks have been eyeing
this night since October. Now they get
their opportunity to make Kansas history.
Its an unbelievable feeling, Aldrich
said.
Edited By Sasha Roe
Jayhawks fly over hurdles set by critics, prove them wrong with stunning victory
kansas 84 north carolina 66
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Rock Chalk Dancers Kailee Bowers and Kelly Cure celebrate after Kansas 84-66 victory against North Carolina on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The victory advances Kansas to the national title game, where it will face Memphis.
Lawrence police ofcers struggled to control the crowds on Mas-
sachusetts Street Saturday, angering some motorists. But a Lawrence
Police Department press release thanked fans for being considerate
while celebrating.
Students placed in the upper-deck seats at the Final Four were
upset with Kansas Athletics seating arrangement for students. The
student section was split between the back of the lower level and the
front of the upper level. Many felt that the student fans could have
been heard better had they been seated closer to the court.
The road to the Final Four was a more literal expression for the Kan-
sas fans who made the 780-mile road trip to San Antonio. Students
found ways to aford tickets, lodging and gas despite being on a tight
student budget.
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around
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3. Keefer: Final Four, not the
Roy Game
4. Extra police on their way
to Lawrence for Final Four
5. Classes continue as
scheduled
A suspect cut down six fags
on the 1400 block of Jayhawk
Boulevard Thursday, according
to the KU Public Safety Ofce.
The crime occurred between
7:30 and 8:22 p.m. and losses
were estimated at $9. The sus-
pect was issued a NTA for theft.
A 21-year-old KU student
reported criminal damage
of a 1995 blue Chrysler to
the Lawrence Police Depart-
ment Saturday. The damage
occurred between 11 p.m.
Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday on
the 3400 block of 24th Street,
and damage was estimated at
$300.
crime
Man suspected of raping
student appears in court
The man suspected of raping
a freshman resident of GSP-
Corbin Hall on March 9 made
his second appearance in court
last Thursday. The suspect,
Kevin Towne, a 20-year-old
Wichita resident, will have his
preliminary hearing Thursday,
April 17, at 2 p.m. Towne is
being held on charges of rape
and aggravated burglary.
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Dancing with pride
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Wick Thomas, as Wick Grimm, dances to99 Luft Balloonsduring the Brown Bag Drag Showat the Kansas Union Plaza on Friday afternoon. The drag showhelped wrap up the end of Pride Week.
Saturday marked the last day of Pride Week events with a Kansas College Unity Coalition conference at the Kansas Union. An upcoming event is the Day of Silence on April 25. It is an annual day when
students take a day-long vowof silence to symbolically represent the silencing of LGBT students and their supporters. It is an ofcial day held by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
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Meet your Student Senator
with David Wilcox
By Jason Baker
jbaker@kansan.com
If youre looking for money
for your group on campus, David
Wilcox is your go-to guy. His role as
a senator for the freshman/sopho-
more CLAS, is to write up legislation
to provide funding for groups or for
special events such as an awareness
week. The Manhattan sophomore
with United Students is also on the
Student Rights Committee.
My duties as a senator, I believe,
are to come to Senate meetings
on Wednesday night with an open
mind, and to vote on what I think is
best for the students, Wilcox said.
Wilcox said he thought that
the student population felt left in
the dark about the decisions that
Senate made. There are certain
student fee increases that come out
of Senate, and students, naturally,
can become angry or confused, not
knowing the rationale of the deci-
sion, he said. Sometimes a fee
increase is altogether necessary.
Like a Kansas Union facilities and
operations fee that is paid every
five years, hypothetically, yet the
students might just see it as another
increase.
Another example Wilcox gave
was the A+/A- system that will
begin next semester. This decision
was made without much student
input. And I dont just mean Senate
input, but the average college stu-
dent, who would be taking these
classes on an A+/A- system, did not
have much of a voice regarding the
situation, he said.
Wilcox believes that the senators
should be able to easily explain the
issues to the students on campus so
they can be united on the issues.
He believes that students do have
a powerful voice to use to make a
difference at the University.
Outside of Senate, Wilcox is
involved with the University Scholars
Program and Greek Endeavors, and
is a member of Beta Theta Pi fra-
ternity. Wilcox is a double major
in English and biology, and has no
idea what he wants to do afterward.
Medical school? Graduate school
in English? Research? Dont ask me
- I have no idea, he said. After a
wonderful visit to Washington D.C.
over spring break, I felt extremely
American, returning to Lawrence
with newfound motivation. Politics,
perhaps? If only college was eight
years long, he said.
While he tries to figure that
part out, he plans on attending the
British Summer Institute this sum-
mer through the KU Study Abroad
Program. Although for the first
time in his life, he will not be cel-
ebrating the Fourth of July here in
the United States, Ill be sure to
be obnoxious in my red, white and
blue apparel, he joked.
Wilcox admits that he is a huge
movie geek and loves several mov-
ies such as Rushmore, which he
thinks is brilliant, and Waiting for
Guffman. When it comes to music,
Wilcox says hes mood-dependent.
He loves everything from rap to
techno to rock. But hes not a fan
of country, Nickelback or anything
similar, which he says is strange
considering hes from Manhattan.
Hes looking forward to seeing the
rapper M.I.A. in May at Liberty
Hall, but feels conflicted because a
favorite band of his, Wilco, is per-
forming that same night.
Wilcox loves KU basket-
ball, and like many others, was
on Massachusetts Street after the
Jayhawks defeated Davidson to
make it to the Final Four. I literally
sprinted to Massachusetts Street
after the game and just let the expe-
rience sink in. That night will be
forever remembered - it was crazy,
Wilcox said. He also loves the other
KU sports. Nothing beats a home
(football) game Saturday in the fall.
Its also great in the springtime to
relax and enjoy a game of Hawks
baseball.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
camPUs
ConnectKU written up for
campaigning in the Towers
United Students fled an elections
violation against ConnectKU for
dormstorminglast week.
Adam McGonigle, Wichita
sophomore and presidential candi-
date for United Students, said mem-
bers of ConnectKU were caught
going unsolicited door-to-door in
Jayhawker Towers. He said they
were asking residents to vote for
ConnectKU and also asking them to
put up signs.
Election rules prohibit cam-
paigning in residence halls.
McGonigle said housing in Jay-
hawker Towers wrote the group up.
Rohit Venkatasubban, elections
commissioner, said he had not yet
seen the violation. He said that
if the board that hears violations
found the ConnectKU members
guilty, it could be a signifcant, if not
serious, violation.
There are four levels of elections
violations, from smallest to largest:
minor, signifcant, serious and egre-
gious. A signifcant ofense carries a
fne of $50, while a serious ofenses
fne is $75. The elections commis-
sion may also give the ofenders
other non-monetary penalties it
deems necessary.
The violation will probably be
heard this week.
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The KU Libraries book sale
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Watson Library. Mondays sales
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will present the lecture Abduc-
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into Human Trafcking in
Guatemala at 12:15 p.m. in
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Graphic designer Sean
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Professor David Besson
will present the lecture Souls
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Study of the Antarctic Icecap
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Andrews Drive.
Scientist Tim Flannery
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Weather Makers: How We are
Changing the Climate and
What It Means at 7:30 p.m.
in the Kansas Ballroom in the
Kansas Union.
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BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
Despite the Lawrence
Police Departments forewarn-
ing that pedestrians would have
to be respectful of motorists on
Massachusetts Street after the bas-
ketball game, crowds swarmed cars
and stopped traffic.
Several fans also took the
opportunity to go streaking. Chris
Flanders, Overland Park sopho-
more, said the people who danced
naked on top of vehicles were not
cool, but he said he shared their
excitement.
If they wanna go crazy, I sup-
port them, but I dont want to see
their dicks, Flanders said.
Most motorists said they did
not mind the congestion of people,
but they did not appreciate people
attacking their vehicles.
The Lawrence Police Department
said the evening went well. In a
press release issued Sunday, Sgt.
Paul Fellers said no major events
occurred Saturday night.
Jayhawk fans are to be com-
mended for their cooperation and
consideration of other fans and the
community during Saturday nights
celebration, the press release said.
Lawrence police officers on
Massachusetts Street Saturday
night said they were not allowed
to comment to
the media. The
KU Public Safety
Office said that it
could not com-
ment because the
event was being
controlled by the
Lawrence Police Department.
Wyatt Desk, a Lawrence resident
who was a passenger in a vehicle,
said he did not want people jump-
ing on his car, but he did not think
the police should interfere.
I think that the police need to
stay out of everybodys business
and let us do what we wanna do, he
said. If were not hurting anybody,
then whats the problem?
Heather Baker, a Lawrence
freshman who was a passenger in
a vehicle that night, said she was a
KU fan and not an enemy, so she
did not understand why fans were
attacking her car.
Baker was annoyed that the
police did not have control over
the crowd. She said the police offi-
cers, who were standing in groups,
needed to spread out.
Instead of standing over there
high-fiving people, they need to be
over here directing traffic like they
usually do, Baker said. This aint
kick-it time.
Bob Widman, a St. Joseph, Mo.,
resident who
used to live in
Eudora, said he
thought it was
great that traf-
fic was stopped
in the street. He
said he and his
wife Debbie expected there to be a
riot, and they enjoyed the crowds.
And were 50 years old, Debbie
said and started laughing.
Debbie said their 19-year-
old daughter was also part of the
crowd. She said she did not mind
her daughters involvement because
she knew her daughter would not
get herself into trouble.
Katie Collins, Olathe sophomore,
she said she did not think the police
cared that fans were streaking.
Collins said she did not want
to see fans genitalia, but that their
behavior did not disturb her.
I think it shows their spirit,
Collins said and followed with a
loud victory scream. Im not going
to look, but whatever they wanna
do.
Julie Daniels, a Eudora resident
who brought her young daughter
and her 12-year-old nephew with
her, said she brought the children
with her so they could have the
same experience she had when she
was 11 and her parents brought her
to Massachusetts Street in 1988.
Daniels said she had seen lots
of children on Massachuetts Street
that night, and she thought that was
great. She said she had not seen any
naked people dancing on cars.
Daniels said the police were
doing a good job. She said a man
tried to give her nephew vodka,
and the police arrested him.
The police also arrested at least
one man for peeing on a curb and
several fans said the police confis-
cated their cans of beer.
downtown
Fans halt traffic, streak during Mass. Street celebration
Rachel Anne Seymour/KANSAN
KU fans celebrate on Massachusetts Street and Lawrence police patrol the scene Saturday night
after Kansas defeated North Carolina, 84-66, in the Final Four game. Kansas will take on Memphis
in the NCAA Championship Monday night.
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BY LUKE MORRIS
lmorris@kansan.com
SAN ANTONIO The ban-
ner under the scoreboard in the
Alamodome read The road ends
here. How appropriate for the
Kansas fans who made the 12-
hour, 780-mile road trip to San
Antonio to see the Jayhawks in the
Final Four.
Many Kansas fans took the long
drive down Interstate 35 through
Oklahoma and parts of Texas to
get to San Antonio despite gas
prices.
Gas was definitely our biggest
expense, said Grant Buffington,
St. Louis junior. Buffington was
one of the winners in the Kansas
Athletics student ticket lottery for
the Final Four. His and all other
lottery winners tickets cost $170.
Many fans hit the road in groups
to cut down the cost. Buffington
traveled with seven friends in two
cars. He estimated that each car
took a little over $100 in gas
to get to San Antonio. His group
also saved money by staying at a
friends house near San Antonio.
He didnt come to the Final
Four, but he was willing to make
the trip back and let us stay with
him at his place, Buffington said.
Meghan Daniels, Long Beach,
Calif., sophomore, said her group
cut the cost of a hotel by packing
a room.
We have
about eight
people in one
room, so its
going to cost
about $14 each
for a night,
Daniels said.
Kansas ben-
efited from
having one
of the shorter
drives com-
pared with
other Final Four schools. UCLA
fans who made their road trip were
difficult to find in the crowd.
Everyone I know flew here,
said Zoe Thompson, UCLA
junior. Nobody wants to drive 19
hours, especially with gas prices
being so high.
Expenses didnt end with travel
and hotel for fans who didnt get
Final Four tickets through the
Kansas Athletics student ticket
lottery. They had to purchase
tickets from scalpers near the
Alamodome and the Riverwalk.
Gonzalo Valdez, Lima, Peru
junior, said his group finally got
tickets from UCLA and North
Carolina fans
for $250 each.
We got
here a day
early to try
and find tick-
ets, but we
didnt get any
until 3:30 p.m.
the day of the
games, Valdez
said.
Valdez said
he was over-
whelmed when he finally walked
into the arena and saw the basket-
ball court. His road to the Final
Four had finally ended.
We walked in, and we got
really hyped up because we were
finally here at the Final Four,
Valdez said.
BY LUKE MORRIS
lmorris@kansan.com
SAN ANTONIO Many stu-
dent fans were disappointed with
the location of their seats for the
Final Four in the Alamodome in
San Antonio. The angriest fans were
those seated in the upper deck.
This is bullshit, said Pace
McKee, Memphis, Tenn., freshman.
The Athletics Department said
wed have lower-level seats, now we
have upper-level seats.
Students in the first six rows of
Kansas upper-level seats grumbled
about their seating as they walked
in.
Were students, and I thought
wed be closer, McKee said. I
thought we could make more noise,
and the team would hear us.
Associate Athletics Director
Jim Marchiony said that about 140
students were seated in lower-level
seats, and the rest were sent to the
upper-level.
Last week, Marchiony told The
University Daily Kansan that stu-
dents with lottery tickets would be
seated in the downstairs portion of
the Alamodome.
We were determined to put as
many students as we could down-
stairs, Marchiony said. We started
planning around that.
Marchiony said that students
were given the second-closest seats
that Kansas Athletics gave away,
behind only the friends and family
of basketball players and coaches.
The students were seated in
front of $10,000 donors, Marchiony
said.
Marchiony also noted that only
50 UCLA students were given seats
in the lower level. He also pointed
out that all students, even those in
lower-level seats, paid upper-level
prices, which was $170.
Scott Perlmutter, Fresno, Calif.,
senior, was one of the students who
was seated in the lower level. He
said that the lower-level seats went
to people who camped out for a
few hours before the will call booth
opened at 9:30 Saturday morning.
A friend told us to get in line
early, so we got here at 8:30 a.m.,
Perlmutter said.
Perlmutter estimated that about
only 30 students received tickets to
lower-level seats.
We feel lucky, but it sucks that
we cant have everyone together to
make it louder, especially closer to
the court so we can be heard, he
said.
Perlmutter and the rest of the
students who received lower-level
seating were seated toward the back
of the arena.
Students may be happier with
their seats at future Final Fours
thanks to NCAA legislation that
plans to put student sections direct-
ly behind the baskets.
Thatll be nice, Perlmutter said.
Then the team will hear us for
sure.
Marchiony said that the legisla-
tion would also put student tickets
into a voucher system, which would
prevent them from selling them to
other people.
Fans share experiences from San Antonio
final four
Students let down by tickets bought from Kansas Athletics
Carpooling and packed hotel rooms ease costs
Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
KU fans cheer fromthe upper level of the Alamodome in San Antonio during Saturdays game.
Some students seated in the upper level were disappointed. This is bullshit,said Pace McKee,
Memphis, Tenn., freshman. The Athletics Department said wed have lower-level seats.
Everyone I know few here.
Nobody wants to drive 19 hours,
especially with gas prices being
so high.
ZOE THOMPSON
UCLA junior
BY CANDICE CHOI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK The struggle
to keep soaring medical costs in
check is feeding an increase in
state programs that collect unused
prescription drugs to give away to
the uninsured and poor.
Some states allow donations
of sealed drugs from individuals,
while others only accept pharma-
ceuticals from institutions, such
as doctors offices or assisted-liv-
ing homes. Drugs are typically
vetted by pharmacists to cross-
check safety, then distributed by
hospitals, pharmacies or chari-
table clinics.
The type of drugs donated run
the gamut and include antibiot-
ics, antipsychotics, blood thinners
and antidepressants.
At least 33 states have laws to
allow or study drug recycling pro-
grams, according to the National
Conference of State Legislatures.
Most state programs are just a few
years old or still in the test stages,
but officials envision huge gains.
In Iowa, David Fries, CEO of
the Iowa Prescription Drug Corp.,
said the program has the poten-
tial to double or triple in the
near future. Officials in Tulsa,
Okla., also see plenty of room for
growth.
There are millions of dollars
of unused meds out there that
have not been captured, said
Linda Johnston, director of social
services for Tulsa County.
Regulations to ensure safety
vary from state to state, but the
basic concept is the same.
A pilot program in Cheyenne,
Wyo., last year netted $81,000 in
donated drugs to fill 557 prescrip-
tions. State officials say thats just
a small slice of the vast reserves of
drugs that go to waste each year.
The program is now working to
get $180,000 in drugs it has online
so it can be accessed by other pro-
grams in the state.
IMMIgRATION
Lack of proper paperwork
keeps mans wife in Canada
PROVO, Utah A 96-year-old
man who outlived two wives is
separated from his third by im-
migration problems.
Canadian Doreen Buttery, 73,
was a temporary visitor when she
met Leonard WoodyWoodward
at a senior center in Provo. They
wed this year and honeymooned
in Alberta which gave Buttery
the chance to sell her house and
prepare to move to Provo perma-
nently.
But she hadnt flled out the
paperwork to immigrate and
was stuck at the border as her hus-
band took the bus back to Provo.
We tried to provide her as
much guidance as we could, said
Larry Overcast, port director at the
Customs and Border Protection
entry point in Sweetgrass, Mont.
Woodward and a neighbor who
has a law degree are trying to put
together the paperwork to bring
Doreen back. But its a compli-
cated process that takes time.
Its on a merry-go-round,
Woodward said.
Buttery will also have to go
through an interview, so U.S.
ofcials can determine the mar-
riage is legitimate and not just an
attempt to bypass immigration
rules.
Woodward can still get by on
his own, but said he doesnt like it.
I need her home, bad, he said.
Associated Press
health
Prescriptions go to waste
ASSOCIATEDPRESS
Drugs that have been donated to the
states drug recycling programat the ofces
in Cheyenne, Wyo. help keep in check soaring
medical costs and prescription drug costs.
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Camp Counselors needed for great
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Help Wanted At The Yacht Club
Part Time Cooks For All Evening Shifts
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530 Wisconsin Street
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Experienced nanny needed on Mondays
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1822
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3BR 1BA at 1037 Tennessee, Avail. Au-
gust 1st. $1100/mo. 1 yr lease. W/D, off-
st parking, no smoking. 785-842-3510.
3 BR 2 BA. Near downtown & KU.
916 Indiana. $870/mo. Remodeled. 785-
830-8008.
2 BR Duplex. Quiet, clean, no smoking,
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$600/mo. Avail NOW! Call 843-8643.
2 BR Flat $700/mo and 3 BR 1 1/2 BA
Townhome $1000/mo Available at
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2BR, 1BA 1310 Kentucky. Close to KU
and Downtown. CA, DW, Parking. Avail-
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2BR, W/D, central air, garden space.
Available for June. $600/mo.
Please call 550-6414
3 BR available now. Includes W/D.
Ask about our 2 person special.
Call Lindsey @ (785) 842-4455.
3 BR plus study, 1 1/2 BA, rancher, walk
to KU. D/W, patio, large fenced yard. Pets
okay. June 1st. $900. 766-9032
926 Ohio, four - bedroom house, 2 bath,
w/d, d/w, central air, basement, attached
garage, close to KU, No pets. $1600.00
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August Small 2 bedroom apartment on
3rd foor of renovated older house on
9th and Mississippi, dishwasher, wood
foors, cats ok, $589. Please call Jim &
Lois 785-841-1074.
3BR 2.5BA avail. Aug. 1 @ Williams
Pointe Townhomes $1050 cable & inter-
net paid, gym, rec room, no pets, call 312-
7942
4 BR 2 BA, Sweet house, big backyard.
$1400 a month. 3rd and Minnesota. Call
John at (816) 589-2577.
4 BR 3BA avail. June 1 & Aug 1 @
LeannaMar Townhomes, Open House
WThF 3-7 & Sat 11-2, internet & cable
paid, W/D, new appliances, freshly
remodeled. Move-In Specials $1160 no
pets, call 312-7942
3BR 2BA Duplex, 1 car garage, W/D
hookups, avail. August 1st. 804
New Jersey. $950/mo. Please call
785-550-4148.
3BR Townhome special, Lorimar Town-
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($810/month) 785-841-7849
3BR, Remodeled, W/D, all amenities,
deck, big yard, very nice, Avail June 1,
$825. 785-550-3977
4 BD-2BA house available for rent or sale
on June 1st! W/D, patio, garage, new ap-
pliances and more. Rent is $325/person +
util. Call Nicole 785-766-4641 for details!
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7 BR, 4 BA, 2 kitchens, downtown, off-
street parking and big deck. All amenities
and central air. Avail. Aug. 785-842-6618
4 BR, 1 BA, 1336 Mass. Newly remod-
eled, W/D, gas heat, $1520/month. Avail.
August 1, 1 yr lease. 760-840-0487.
4BR 2BA at 613 Maine. W/D,
covered parking. $1200/mo.
Please Call 550-6414
4BR, 2BA Available for August. 2 car
garage. $315/person. Includes
W/D, D/W,patio, big yard. Please call
785-766-6302.
5 bedroom 2 bath house, 816 Connecti-
cut. Near downtown and Campus, reason-
able rent call 785-418-2306 for more info
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7 BR 2 BA house 2 blocks from campus &
downtown. Hardwood & tile foors. Newly
remodeled bathrooms & kitchen. Large
deck. CA. Ample parking. Avail. in Aug.
$2,975/mo. Please call 785-550-0426
3 BR renovated older house on 1500
block on New Hampshire, avail August,
1 1/2 baths, wood foors, dishwasher,
washer dryer, central a/c, fenced yard,
dogs under 10 pounds and cats ok,
$1150. Call Jim & Lois 785-841-1074
3BR 2BA apartment. 5th & Colorado.
Close to campus, W/D. $750/mo. Patio,
Small pets ok. Call 785-832-2258.
3 BR, 1 BA house, close to campus. 1312
W. 19th Ter. Avail. Aug. 1. W/D, no pets,
$1050/mo. Call 785-218-8893
3 BR, 2 BA house for rent, was $1150,
now on sale! Remarkable price and
amenities. Call Caren at 842-0508. Avail.
Aug. 1st.
3 BR, 2 BA w/ washer/dryer included and
fully-equipped kitchen. Only $269/person.
Please call 785-841-4935.
3-6 BR, nice houses for Aug. 1. Most
close to KU, wood frs, free W/D use,
parking. $895-2385/mo.Call anytime
841-3633.
1317 Valley Lane, 2 bedroom - town-
home, one bath, w/d hook-up, fp, central
air. Garage. Close to KU. No pets.
$710.00. 749-6084. eresrental.com
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home 5/20-7/31. W/D, DW. Spacious up-
stairs bedrooms with full BA. $260/mo
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Summer sublease (May-July) at The Re-
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internet, cable, and covered parking. Con-
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and pool on site. Washer/dryer in unit.
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Summer Sublease available: Arkansas Vil-
las located @ 9th & Arkansas. 3 bedroom
& 3 baths. $400/month. email:kpadaw-
er@ku.edu or call 901-581-9166
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Summer Sublease for 2 BR/2BA Parkway
Commons Apartment. All utilities in-
cluded $535/mo. Available June 1. Con-
tact info: kmcarter@ku.edu or (913) 271-
0280. hawkchalk.com/1169
summer sublease available at the reserve
on 31st. rent is $385 and includes cov-
ered parking. must be female. for more
info call (620)222-4518 or email
dani06ku@ku.edu hawkchalk.com/1203
2bdr, 1.5bath townhome Summer Sub-
lease. Avail. May 21-July 31. $570/mo. In-
quiries for 2406 Alabama St #2D, please
call 785.841.5797, M-F before 5pm.
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Looking for a female roommate for next
fall. House is located near 6th Street Hy-
Vee. Very Spacious with a backyard.
$423/mo; no utilities. Call Meg 785. 252.
7566 hawkchalk.com/1180
Looking for female, nonsmoker, to rent
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Need roommate for Aug 08 to July 09. 5
BR 2 Bath.$300/mo + utl. W/D. 21st + Nai-
smith. 10 mins to campus,furnished, back-
yard, porch, usually quite.Call (913)558-
0769 hawkchalk.com/1175
One room and bath for rent $250 plus half
utilities. Everything else shared. South
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Roommate needed, located near Univer-
sity and Engel Rd., 5 BR, 3 bath, garage,
W/D, front porch & back deck, $375/mo +
ut., call Brandon (913) 593-6315 for info
hawkchalk.com/1148
Spring or Summer Sublease. 2 BR, 1
bath, W/D hookups, FP, 1 car garage,
$700/mo, 3702 Elizabeth Ct.(785)760-
0207 or email tlw04@yahoo.com
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Sublease available immediately from now
thru July 31st. 3BR 2BA. $850/mo. $200
off from April-July. Please call 218-8587.
Sublease Starting in June to May at
Hawks Pointe I 2BR 1BA on KU bus route
w/d free internet/cable free tanning
$790/mo Call Ashley (636)675-4211
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4BR 4BA Apt avail Aug. 14th at The Re-
serve. Reduced rent! $340/mo. Fully
Furnished. All utilities included except
electric. Please call (316)644-9721.
hawkchalk.com/1156
4BR 4Ba avail Aug. 3430 W 24th St.
Dining room, Fireplace, 2-car garage,
W/D incld, wooden deck, two living
room areas$1200/mon 785-393-4198
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1 BR summer sublease, $495, rent in-
cludes utilities except electric. 625 sq. ft.,
swimming pool, walking distance to cam-
pus, on KU bus route. Call 612-964-1264!
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2 ROOMMATES NEEDED for a 3 bed-
room 2 bath condo close to campus.
Trendy condo on the bus route, wood
foors, updated painting and dcor. Wash-
er/dryer, microwave included. Off-street
parking, $865 per month landlord pays
water and garbage and is willing to do
separate lease per tenant. Please call
979-2778.
2 rooms for rent. 10 minute walking dis-
tance to class. Some pets allowed. Call
for more details. Emily 913-669-9161
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news 7A MONday, aPRIL 7, 2008
By DAVID GERMAIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES Nancy
Reagan was heartbroken over
Charlton Hestons death. President
Bush hailed him as a strong advo-
cate for liberty, while John McCain
called Heston a devotee for civil
and constitutional rights.
Even Michael Moore, who
mocked Heston in his gun-con-
trol documentary Bowling for
Columbine, posted the actors pic-
ture on his Web site to mark his
passing.
Heston, who died Saturday
night at 84, was a towering fig-
ure both in his politics and on
screen, where his characters had
the ear of God (Moses in The
Ten Commandments), sur-
vived apocalyptic plagues (The
Omega Man) and endured one of
Hollywoods most grueling action
sequences (the chariot race in
Ben-Hur, which earned him the
best-actor Academy Award).
Better known in recent years
as a fierce gun-rights advocate
who headed the National Rifle
Association, Heston played leg-
endary leaders and ordinary men
hurled into heroic struggles.
In taking on epic and com-
manding roles, he showed himself
to be one of our nations most
gifted actors, and his legacy will
forever be a part of our cinema,
Republican presidential candidate
McCain said in a statement that
also noted Hestons involvement in
the civil-rights movement and his
stand against gun control.
Hestons jutting jaw, regal bear-
ing and booming voice served
him well as Marc Antony in
Julius Caesar and Antony and
Cleopatra, Michelangelo in The
Agony and the Ecstasy, John the
Baptist in The Greatest Story Ever
Told and an astronaut on a topsy-
turvy world where simians rule in
Planet of the Apes.
Charlton Heston was seen
by the world as larger than life,
Hestons family said in a state-
ment. We knew him as an ador-
ing husband, a kind and devoted
father, and a gentle grandfather
with an infectious sense of humor.
He served these far greater roles
with tremendous faith, courage
and dignity.
The actor died at his home in
Beverly Hills with his wife, Lydia,
at his side, family spokesman Bill
Powers said. He declined to com-
ment on the cause of death or pro-
vide further details Sunday.
obituary politics
Deal allowing delegates
at conventions on hold
Actor, activist Heston dies at 84
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON A deal to allow
delegates from Florida and Michigan
to participate at the Democratic
National Convention is unlikely
before summer, party chief Howard
Dean said Sunday.
Dean said that was partly because
presidential candidates Hillary
Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama
want to focus on the coming round
of contests. Next on the schedule are
Pennsylvani a
on April 22 and
Indiana and
North Carolina
on May 6, fol-
lowed by several
other states and
U.S. territories.
Voting ends
June 3.
But he con-
tinued to express
confidence that
an agreement
would be reached to seat delegates
from both states.
Its going to take some time to
work that out because these candi-
dates are really focused on these pri-
mary battles in ... Pennsylvania and
West Virginia and North Carolina
and so forth and so on, Dean told
Face the Nation on CBS. But I
think we can work it out, and I want
to work it out, he said.
During a separate interview on
ABCs This Week, Dean said I
agree when asked whether a solution
will have to wait until after the last
Democratic contests in South Dakota
and Montana on June 3 and after the
remaining superdelegates have said
which candidate they support.
The Democratic National
Committee stripped Florida and
Michigan of their convention del-
egates a total of 366 for holding
primaries too early in the process,
violating party rules. Clinton and
Obama agreed not to campaign in
either state, and Obama joined other
candidates in removing their names
from Michigans ballot.
Clinton won both primaries, and
she and her campaign have been
pressing for those results to be recog-
nized. Obama objects.
Both states have abandoned plans
to hold do-over contests but are
demanding to be included in the pro-
cess. Dean has had talks with officials
from both states
but says Obama
and Clinton
must be part of
any deal.
The former
first lady trails
both in the pop-
ular vote and
in the pledged
delegates won
in primaries and
caucuses, and
has said she will take her fight for the
nomination to the August convention
in Denver if necessary.
Dean also has urged the super-
delegates the nearly 800 elected
and other Democratic officials who
are free to vote for whomever they
choose to take a position soon after
the voting ends to avoid a convention
fight. More than half the superdel-
egates have said which candidate they
will support.
Dean said the nominee should be
evident by June 1.
Unless this is a dead heat, theres
no reason to go to Denver, Dean said
on CBS. If the unpledged delegates
will make their preferences clear and
the voters will make their preferences
clear, which they will by the third of
June, then well know who our nomi-
nee is and we can win.
Its going to take some time
to work that out because these
candidates are really focused on
these primary battles ...
Howard dean
democratic Party Chief
ASSOCIATED PRESS
National Rife Association president Charlton Heston died Saturday at 84, according to a
statement fromthe actors family. Heston won the 1959 best-actor Oscar as the chariot-racing
Ben-Hurand portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic fgures in movie epics of
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NEWS 8A monday, april 7, 2008
BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE
csommerville@kansan.com
It was the morning after.
The smell of beer wafted, and
a loud roar echoed up and down
Massachusetts Street after the
Jayhawks beat the Tarheels 84-66
in Saturdays Final
Four game. But
the smell came
from beer that was
spilled all over the
street and the loud
roar came from a
street sweeper.
The huge parade of students
and fans left a lot behind. Crystal
Miles, the horticulture manager for
Lawrence Parks and Recreation, said
there was a lot of stuff to pick up.
Twelve Parks and Rec. employees
and two Street Department employ-
ees cleaned up Mass. Street in three
shifts: before the event began, during
the celebration and Sunday morning.
The hardest
shift came at 6
a.m. on Sunday.
The crew used leaf
blowers and trash
grabbers to clean
up the mess.
Miles was sur-
prised at the amount of trash.
Its enormous. I cant even
describe it, Miles said.
Miles said the trash was mainly
plastic cups,
beer cans and
beer bottles.
She estimated it
would take two
or three street
sweeper loads
and a few loads
of the trash
truck to clean
up all the gar-
bage.
Each street sweeper holds about
three to four cubic yards.
Miles said only flower beds were
completely destroyed Saturday night.
Tulips and daffodils that were plant-
ed for spring were trampled.
The strang-
est thing the
crew found
were bolts from
a pickup truck
bed.
Miles said
the crew
guessed the bed
was overloaded
and may have
been damaged.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
Caleb Sommerville/KANSAN
Lawrence Parks and Recreation employees and Street Department employees clean up Massachusetts Street Sunday morning following the Jayhawks 84-66 Final Four victory against the Tar Heels Saturday. Throngs of fans fooded Mass. Street to celebrate Kansas trip to the championship
game. Parks and Recreation employees cleaned up Mass. Street in three shifts: before the event began, during the celebration and Sunday morning.
Victory celebration spills onto Mass. Street
Caleb Sommerville/KANSAN
Massachusetts Street was littered with trash following the post-Final Four celebration
Saturday.
BY SALAD DUHUL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOGADISHU, Somalia
France has made contact with
pirates who hijacked a French lux-
ury yacht off Africas eastern coast
with 30 French and Ukrainian crew
members on board, the French for-
eign minister said Sunday.
About ten suspected pirates
stormed the 288-foot Le Ponant on
Friday as it was returning, without
passengers, from the Seychelles in
the Indian Ocean.
The hijacking comes amid a surge
in piracy in the seas off the cha-
otic Horn of Africa nation, where
a weak and impoverished govern-
ment is unable to patrol its ter-
ritorial waters. Pirates have seized
more than two dozen ships off the
countrys coast in the last year.
French Foreign Minister Bernard
Kouchner told France-Inter radio
that France was in contact with the
pirates.
We have to do everything to
avoid bloodshed, Kouchner said.
Frances prime minister said
Saturday that he hoped to avoid
force in freeing the crew but that no
options had been ruled out.
A French diplomat working on
the case said the hostages were
being treated well. The diplomat
spoke on condition of anonymity
because he was not authorized to
speak to media.
Somalia wracked by more than
a decade of violence and anarchy
does not have its own navy, its
armed forces are poorly paid and a
transitional government formed in
2004 with U.N. help has struggled
to assert control. The U.S. Navy has
led international patrols to try to
combat piracy in the region. But an
increase in naval patrols has coin-
cided with a rash of kidnappings of
foreigners on land.
Late Sunday, Islamic militants
took possession of Balad, a town
18 miles north of Mogadishu, said
resident Abdi Ibrahim. It is the
ninth town they have taken in the
past few months.
The insurgency, bandits and clan
militias all contribute to the inse-
curity. Two U.N. contractors are
currently being held hostage in the
south of the country and several aid
workers and a French journalist have
been seized in the past few months.
The International Maritime
Bureau, which tracks piracy, said
in its annual report earlier this year
that global pirate attacks rose 10
percent in 2007, marking the first
increase in three years.
Luxury liner hijacked
of coast of Somalia
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The French cruise ship the Le Ponant sailing in an unknown location. Pirates seized control
of a French cruise ship carrying 30 crewmembers Friday, in the Gulf of Aden of the coast of
Somalia, the French Foreign Ministry and the ships owner said.
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news 9A MONday, aPRIL 7, 2008
Events, groups raise assault awareness
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
In addition to crimson and blue,
the colors teal and white will be
prevalent on campus this week.
The Emily Taylor Womens
Resource Center will tie teal rib-
bons to trees along Jayhawk
Boulevard and the student group
One in Four will pass out white rib-
bon pins on Wescoe Beach to raise
awareness about sexual violence
against women.
Angela Oliver, assistant director
of the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center, said more atten-
tion needed to be brought to sexual
violence against women because it
was one of the most unreported
crimes.
Many of the victims are
acquaintances, which is a huge cul-
tural problem, Oliver said.
The teal and white ribbon cam-
paigns are parts of national cam-
paigns that promote Sexual Assault
Awareness Month, or SAAM. The
womens resource center, One in
Four and several other campus
organizations will be host to other
sexual violence awareness events
throughout April, as well, includ-
ing Mike Domitrzs program, Can
I Kiss You?
Domitrz, who began Can I Kiss
You? in 1990 after his sister was
raped, said he would teach students
how to make dating easier and
more fun.
He said he would teach students
how to read body language, know
when to make a move and how
to handle situations that involve
alcohol, to result in safer choices.
Domitrz said he did not want
to give away too many details
about the program, but he said the
program was extremely interac-
tive. He said students would be
on stage, and the audience would
be able to shout out answers to
questions.
Domitrz will be perform-
ing from 6 to 7 p.m. and 8 to 9
p.m. on Wednesday in the Kansas
Ballroom at the Kansas Union.
Domitrz has also written two
books and is the director of The
Date Safe Project.
Rehaan Shaffie, Overland Park
senior and president of the mens
group One in Four, said the group
would run an informational table
at Domitrzs program, where the
group will pass out pledges that will
be hung the Kansas Unions lobby.
He said even though the vio-
lence was aimed at women, it was a
problem that affected men, too.
He said women had made great
strides toward ending the violence,
but until men joined the fight, vio-
lence against women would con-
tinue.
Were really just standing by
and watching, when we really need
to be getting in there and helping
out in the ways that we can, Shaffie
said.
Shaffie said the group would
give pins to people who signed
pledges declaring that they would
never commit, condone or remain
silent about violence to women.
Oliver said she wanted students
to attend the events because she
wanted to get rid of the myths on
campus about sexual assault and to
educate students on what to do if a
friend was sexually assaulted.
She also said alcohol was part of
the reason sexual assaults go unre-
ported and that needed to change,
as well.
It doesnt matter how much
you drink, that doesnt mean that
someone can sexually assault you,
Oliver said.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
sexual assault awareness month events
Wed., April 9:
Can I Kiss You? presented by
Mike Domitrz from 6 to 7 p.m.
and 8 to 9 p.m. in the Kansas
Ballroom at the Kansas Union.
Students who attend can also
enter a drawing to win dinner
for two at the H H Bar & Grill
or La Familia.
Mon., April 14:
The Truth about Sexual
Assault: What is Happening
Now on College Campuses, a
sexual violence panel that will
feature two sexual assault sur-
vivors as well as people from
KU Public Safety and Watkins
Memorial Health Center.
Tues., April 15:
Students will watch and dis-
cuss an episode of Law and
Order: Special Victims Unit
about alcohol and the date
rape drug from 7 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. in the Malott Room at
the Kansas Union. The event
will be sponsored by One in
Four.
Mon., April 28:
EmPOWER Self-Defense Work-
shop from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at
the Student Recreation Fit-
ness Center. The course is free
female KU students and $5 for
all other women. Hy-Vee will
also provide bottled water.
BuSiNESS
Microsoft sets time limit
for Yahoo to accept ofer
SEATTLE Microsoft set the
clock ticking for Yahoo to accept
its $41 billion buyout offer in a let-
ter to the Internet pioneers board
Saturday, warning that if a deal
wasnt reached by April 26 the soft-
ware maker would launch a hostile
takeover at a less attractive price.
If we have not concluded an
agreement within the next three
weeks, we will be compelled to take
our case directly to your sharehold-
ers, including the initiation of a
proxy contest to elect an alterna-
tive slate of directors for the Yahoo
board, wrote Microsoft Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer.
If we are forced to take an offer
directly to your shareholders, that
action will have an undesirable
impact on the value of your com-
pany from our perspective which
will be reflected in the terms of our
proposal, he wrote.
In the letter, Ballmer said Yahoos
search share and page views, two
measures of the strength of the Web
portal companys business, appear
to have fallen since the offer was
made at the end of January. At the
time, Microsofts cash-and-stock
offer was valued at $44.6 billion,
or 62 percent above Yahoos market
value. Judging by Fridays closing
share prices, the deal is now worth
just less than $41 billion.
Yahoos board formally rejected
Microsoft Corp.s bid in February,
saying it undervalues the company.
Since then, the Silicon Valley
company has explored alliances with
Google Inc., News Corp.s MySpace.
com and Time Warner Inc.s AOL,
but no alternative to Microsofts
offer has surfaced.
Ballmer acknowledged the alter-
native negotiations and questioned
why, in the absence of another offer,
Yahoo was still dragging its heels.
This is despite the fact that
our proposal is the only alternative
put forward that offers your share-
holders full and fair value for their
shares, Ballmer wrote in the letter.
Ballmer said the Microsoft offer has
grown stronger as the economic
climate has weakened.
We believe that the majority of
your shareholders share this assess-
ment, despite a forecast recently
released by Yahoo that calls for
the companys revenue to rise more
than 70 percent during the next
three years, he wrote.
Associated Press
Ofcers conduct raid
on polygamist retreat
cAMpus
InvesTIgATIon
BY MiCHELLE ROBERTS
ASSOCiATED PRESS
ELDORADO, Texas
Authorities who removed 219
women and children from a
polygamist compound were
struggling Sunday to determine
whether they had the 16-year-old
girl whose report of an underage
marriage led them to raid the
sprawling rural property.
Many people at the compound,
built by followers of jailed polyg-
amist leader Warren Jeffs, are
related to one another and share
similar names; investigators said
in some case they were giving dif-
ferent names at different times.
Investigators on Sunday bused
them out of Eldorado, nearly 200
miles northwest of San Antonio,
as other law enforcement agents
continued to search for more chil-
dren and evidence at the 1,700-
acre compound, the former site of
an exotic game ranch.
State troopers armed with a
search warrant raided the com-
pound on Friday to look for evi-
dence of a marriage between the
girl, who allegedly had a baby at
15, and a 50-year-old man. Under
Texas law, girls younger than 16
cannot marry, even with parental
approval.
The women and children were
taken out of the compound Friday
and Saturday and had been stay-
ing in a local church and civic
center.
By midday Sunday, dozens of
women and children, mostly girls,
were seen boarding buses on their
way to San Angelo, a larger town
45 miles away. The women wore
long pastel dresses and many car-
ried bedding; several had infants.
Officers entered the temple on
the grounds late Saturday, but by
Sunday they still had not locat-
ed the 16-year-old whose initial
report of abuse led to the raid.
There were some tense
moments last night, but every-
thing has remained calm and
peaceful and they are continuing
their search, Allison Palmer, a
prosecutor from a nearby coun-
ty handling the case, said early
Sunday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ofcers stand at the entrance to the El Dorado Civic Center Friday in El Dorado, Texas, after
children were removed in the buses in the background froma nearby polygamist retreat.
Child welfare ofcials and state troopers removed a bus load of children fromthe secretive
West Texas religious retreat built by polygamist leader Warren Jefs following a complaint to
state authorities.
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The seven core Army values
were being barked out by my
brother and his fellow graduates.
I hardly listened to them but one
caught my attention: selfless-ser-
vice.
I was expecting the graduation
ceremony to have an apparent sup-
port your country atmosphere,
but I could sense it was an effective
and personal experience for the
graduates and the attendees. The
graduates believe in these seven
values that their officers drilled
into them the past 10 weeks, but
I started to have my doubts con-
cerning the selfless-service value
as the ceremony proceeded.
Three reasons why young people
join the Army cycled through my
head as I talked with my brother
about his experience: aimlessness,
benefits and patriotism.
My brother enlisted because he
did not know what direction to
take in his life. He dropped out of
college, worked odd jobs for about
a year and, on a whim, drove to
the recruiting office in Kansas City
and signed up. He saw no way out
of his drifting state and the Army
was his light at the end of the
tunnel.
But many other options were
present in his life that could have
influenced him in another direc-
tion. Re-enrolling in school, learn-
ing a trade or moving to a more
productive environment (i.e. out
of Dads house) could have pointed
him in the right path. He saw it as
the Armys job to discipline him
and set him on the straight and
narrow. It must have been those
Strength for now, strength for
later ads that got him.
A reason for joining that my
brother seldom brought up was
the benefits the Army offered, with
tuition reimbursement having the
most effect on young people.
Four Senators are pushing a
revised GI Bill that would make
getting educated (or re-educated)
even easier and more beneficial for
veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan
who have served two years of post-
9/11 active duty. It would include
veterans receiving payments cov-
ering charges of their program and
a monthly stipend of $1,000 for
housing and books. It would also
increase the time veterans have to
use these benefits to 15 years from
10 years.
Education benefits should not
be the primary reason to enlist.
College is expensive, but scholar-
ships, grants and jobs have helped
lighten this burden that students
suffer. I could not fathom taking
any amount of years of personal
freedom just to avoid debt.
My brother did not address see-
ing the Army as a duty to his coun-
try before enlisting. After attend-
ing his graduation, though, I could
tell this reasoning was thoroughly
instilled in his mind.
This reason is brought up most
frequently when outsiders discuss
why young people join the ser-
vice, but I doubt this is at the top
of the recruits reasons for enlist-
ing. Protecting ones country is the
most selfless reason I can think
of and should be No. 1 on every
enlistees list.
In all reality, though, with the
Iraq war and the rising cost of,
well, everything, I cant blame
them for not considering the pro-
tection of the U.S. as their primary
reason. The American culture lives
for the idea of individualism, so
using the Army to alleviate aim-
lessness or receive benefits is pret-
ty aligned with the culture most of
the recruits were raised in.
My brother was the same per-
son after boot camp. Just a more
matured, refined version of the
guy Ive known for 20 years. His
10-week version of hell, as he
called it, gave him direction and
hes a more focused individual.
The Army gave him a career path,
and hes finally taking a hold of
his life.
Thats reason enough for me to
put aside my patriotic reservations
aside and give my brother a reas-
suring pat on the back.
Hirschfeld is a Augusta junior
in journalism.
The idea discussed in the April
3 column Possible violation of
the Civil Rights Act? about bars
using the promotional ploy of a
ladies night is discrimination
and a violation of the Civil Rights
Act is simply absurd.
When I walk into Wescoe,
and I see a woman behind me, I
gladly open the door for her. She
replies, Thank you, and I return
with, No problem.
Do I cry discrimination
because she did not try to open
it for me? No, because there are
certain things that are polite to
do.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
was designed to ensure equal
treatment of people in public
businesses no matter the race,
religion or gender. A bar having
a ladies night does not prevent
anyone from entering an estab-
lishment and ordering a drink
and having a good time. There is
no discrimination involved. This
practice is no different from giv-
ing senior discounts or kids-eat-
free promotions. Is this is a form
of ageism? No, its just a nice
thing to do.
Some men complain about
how they are discriminated
against because they have to pay
to go to a bar. Using this word to
describe their situation is a slap
in the face to people who have
faced real discrimination.
Instead, dont go to an estab-
lishment if you dont agree with
its policies. If a bar doesnt allow
people to wear gang colors and
you want to rep your hood, go
somewhere else.
If there is a ladies night and
you dont agree with that, go
somewhere else.
Dont throw around the d-
word where it isnt needed.
Would any ladies at the bar
care to enjoy a Captain and Coke
with me?
Alex Gertsma, a Wichita
sophomore in French
College. Once in, it envelopes
you completely. You work, you go
to school, you study, you party,
and then you study some more.
But for what?
I thought the answer was easy.
You come to college to learn.
But has society corrupted the
real principle and replaced it with
an idea of conformity and social
acceptance? Now if you dont go
to college, it is assumed that you
wont succeed. Sometimes it feels
like youth are being intimidated
into higher education.
There are holes in the system.
Just because you went to college
doesnt mean youre smart.
I know a lot of kids who pissed
away their education doing just
enough not to fail and getting
wasted every night.
A widely used credo around
this University is Its not what
you know, its who you know.
If we have this mentality, why
even go to college? If your educa-
tion isnt going to mean anything,
whats the point?
My head starts to spin as I
point my clicker up at the giant
overhead, and I wonder if sit-
ting in a lecture of 500 people
and jotting down notes is really
learning.
Learning is not about blindly
accepting what is up on the
board. Its about asking ques-
tions and challenging these sup-
posed truths.
How much of college is about
actually learning, and how much
of it is about getting the A?
If its just about the grade,
thats academic conformity. Do
what the professors say, and
theyll give you a good grade.
Thats really worth your money.
We have been graded and
evaluated our whole lives, from
the time we could form sentences
until laying out career goals.
I used to say I wanted to be a
roller coaster tester when I grew
up. It was a fake job, but I just said
it so people would stop asking the
question.
Now people ask what Im going
to do after I graduate. Ill start off
by giving them the finger and
then saying I am going to be a
roller coaster tester.
After four years at this
University, I still dont know if
it was worth it. I question my
education every day. I worry that
I wont succeed.
I thought college was supposed
to give me that reassurance, I have
gained a lot of knowledge, but I
still dont feel like an intellectual.
I want to feel like my time
an money were worthwhile and
that I was not just a sheep com-
ing here.
Ill make it my own way. If I
struggle, then so be it.
Simmermon is a Leawood
senior in journalism.
COMMentary
Whats the point of
going to college?
Recent high school graduates
intimidated into higher education
Supporting the troops
despite political qualms
COMMentary
COMMentary
Bar owners call the shots
on ladies night promotions
The band on Mass Street Sat-
urday night was awesome.
n n n
Strike UNC. Now on to
Memphis.
n n n
Irony? Almost being run over
by a SafeRide car.
n n n
Sonic commercials used to
be good when it was the two
guys.
n n n
To the chick struggling to
smash all her shit into the
trunk of her Cavalier in the
Oliver parking lot: You bright-
ened up my day.
n n n
For those of us not going
anywhere exciting, is there a
way to block new Facebook
albums with beach pictures? I
dont want to see them.
n n n
Maybe if you shaved your legs
boys would actually like you.
n n n
KUs lack of green today is
disgraceful. Go green!
n n n
Chancellor Robert Hemenway,
you must construct additional
pylons.
n n n
I know the secret that will pre-
vent God from destroying the
world. But I wont tell anybody
this because Im afraid God
will destroy the world when
I say it.
n n n
Girls, just be honest with
every guy you meet (tell him
directly if you like him or not),
and you will have so much
more success fnding your
man.
n n n
He asked me out for cofee.
I wish everyone could be as
happy as me right now.
n n n
Latin has become the death
of me.
n n n
Does anyone else fnd it odd
that ESPN hasnt gotten any
fak for the Dont let em
question your fanhood com-
mercials?
n n n
The pool is stupid. The only
thing more stupid is not vot-
ing for Students of Liberty.
n n n
Are you kidding me? A pool?
Is this a university or a country
club?
n n n
Im rubber. Youre glue. What-
ever I say bounces of me and
sticks to you.
n n n
STDs and golf. Oh, Free For All,
you are truly refective of the
conducive learning environ-
ment at KU.
Zimbabwe elections
show turning point
The silence from the ruling
party in Zimbabwe could
mean one of two things. It
might mean that a massive
rigging operation is tak-
ing place at the Zimbabwe
Electoral Commission to turn
around what looks like a
resounding electoral defeat
for President Robert Mugabe
and make it look like he has
just scraped past the 51 per
cent of the vote needed to
avoid a second round of
voting, and give his party a
majority in parliament. Or
it might be that the ruling
elite is engaged in a frantic
process of negotiation over
who will tell the ageing despot
that the time has come when
he really does have to step
down. We can be hopeful it is
the latter.
Mr. Mugabe has fddled the
result in at least two previous
elections, in 2002 and 2005.
But things are diferent this
time. The Mugabe regime
can stay in power only with a
heavy show of force from the
army and police, whose chiefs
were, as recently as Sunday
evening, publicly declaring
that they would not allow a
victory by (opposition leader
Morgan) Tsvangarai.
The leader of neighboring
African countries must now
make clear that the will of the
Zimbabwean people must be
upheld. The opposition must
not be persuaded to go to the
courts, a strategy they tried
last time without success. Nor
is there now a case of interna-
tional mediation of the kind
that Kof Annan conducted in
Kenya, where so many ballot
boxes were destroyed that it
was impossible to know the
outcome of the poll. The vote
in Zimbabwe has already been
recorded locally.
For one thing is clear,
whatever happens in the days
ahead, things can never go
back to how they were a week
ago. A turning point has been
reached in Zimbabwe. And not
before time.
The Independent, London
April 1 editorial
Tyler Doehring
ASSoCiATED pRESS
The Movement for Democratic Change
claims its leader MorganTsvangirai won the
March 29 presidential ballot outright, said it
would not accept a recount, did not want a
runof and pressed ahead with attempts to
force the publication of the results.
mAtt hirschfeld
Annie simmermon
BY KIM GAMEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD Suspected Shiite
militants lobbed rockets and mor-
tar shells into the U.S.-protected
Green Zone and a military base
elsewhere in Baghdad on Sunday,
killing three American troops and
wounding 31, officials said.
The attacks occurred as U.S. and
Iraqi forces battled Shiite militants
in Sadr City in some of the fierc-
est fighting since radical cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a cease-
fire a week ago. At least 16 Iraqi
civilians were killed and nearly 100
wounded in the fighting, according
to hospital officials.
A military official said two U.S.
troops died and 17 were wounded
in the attack on the Green Zone,
which houses the U.S. Embassy and
the Iraqi government headquarters
in central Baghdad.
Another American service
member was killed and 14 were
wounded in the attack on a base
in the southeastern Baghdad area
of Rustamiyah, the official said,
speaking on condition of anonym-
ity because he wasnt authorized to
release the information.
The U.S. military said separately
that an American soldier was killed
Sunday in a roadside bombing in
the volatile Diyala province north of
Baghdad. A U.S. soldier assigned to
the division operating south of the
capital also died Sunday from non-
combat related injuries, according
to a statement.
The deaths raised to at least
4,018 members of the U.S. military
who have died since the Iraq war
started in March 2003, according to
an Associated Press count.
A senior U.S. military official,
also declining to be identified for
the same reason, said the rockets
were fired at the Green Zone from
Sadr City, while the mortar shells
came from another predominantly
Shiite neighborhood in eastern
Baghdad, New
Baghdad.
U.S. com-
m a n d e r s
have blamed
what they call
Iranian-backed
rogue mili-
tia groups for
launching mis-
siles against
American forc-
es.
The strikes
occurred despite a strong push by
the U.S. military to prevent mili-
tants from using suspected launch-
ing sites on the southern edge of
Sadr City, the Baghdad stronghold
of the Mahdi Army of anti-U.S.
cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Fierce fighting erupted in Sadr
City earlier Sunday after Iraqi
troops backed by U.S. soldiers and
attack helicopters tried to advance
deeper into the enclave of some 2.5
million people.
American helicopters also fired
Hellfire missiles that destroyed a
vehicle and killed nine militants
who were attacking Iraqi security
forces with rocket-propelled gre-
nades in the area, the military said
in a statement.
The surge in violence came as
tensions rose in Shiite areas despite
al-Sadrs cease-fire order issued
March 30 that eased nearly a week
of clashes in Baghdad, Basra and
other cities in the Shiite south.
The cleric stopped short of ask-
ing his fighters to surrender their
weapons and sporadic clashes have
continued.
The inability of the Iraqi secu-
rity forces to curb the militias has
cast doubt on their ability to take
over their own security two days
before the top American officials
in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus and
Ambassador Ryan Crocker are
to brief Congress on the prospects
for further reductions in the U.S.
troop presence in Iraq.
Al-Sadr has called for a million-
strong anti-U.S. demonstration on
Wednesday in Baghdad to protest
the fifth anniversary of the capture
of the Iraqi capital by invading U.S.
troops.
At the edge of Sadr City, Lt. Col.
Dan Barnett, the commander of the
1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry
Regiment, said Iraqi forces had
come under sustained fire over-
night after establishing checkpoints
deeper into the Shiite district.
Theyre working to establish
control, he said, speaking to a
small group of reporters as heavy
gunfire resounded outside a joint
U.S.-Iraqi base.
Mortar shells also fell on a popu-
lar commercial area in the Jamila
neighborhood, setting a fire that
burned some 100 shops, according
to the Baghdad military command.
It said fire fighters came under
heavy gunfire that slowed their
efforts to extinguish the flames.
A local fire official, who declined
to be identi-
fied because
he wasnt sup-
posed to dis-
cuss the issue,
said the mor-
tars had been
aimed at a
U.S.-occupied
police station
but fell short.
That report
could not be
independently
verified.
Last week, Prime Minister Nouri
al-Maliki, himself a Shiite, ordered
a nationwide freeze on Iraqi raids
against Shiite militants, bowing to
demands by al-Sadr who had hinted
at retaliation if Iraqi security forces
continue to arrest his followers.
U.S. commanders said they will
fight back to maintain control of a
swath of territory on the southern
edge of Sadr City that has been
used as a launching site for rockets
aimed at the Green Zone, which
has come under steady fire since
the current tensions began.
Where we have criminal ele-
ments that are threatening the
security and peace of the people of
Iraq, we take action, said Maj. Gen.
Jeffery Hammond, the top com-
mander of U.S. forces in Baghdad.
The Iraqi government has
relaxed security measures Saturday
around the Mahdi Army strong-
holds of Sadr City and the Shula
neighborhood, allowing trucks car-
rying maintenance teams, food, oil
products and ambulances into the
areas that still face a vehicle ban
despite the lifting of a citywide
curfew.
But residents continued to com-
plain of hardships.
Our situation is miserable. We
lack food, water and electricity.
This morning I saw two men being
shot by a sniper as they were trying
to cross the street near my house.
The government should do some-
thing to end our suffering, said
Hussein Khazim, a taxi driver who
has been out of work since the tur-
moil erupted in late March.
Separately, the U.S. military said
the largest cache of armor-piercing
roadside bombs known as explo-
sively formed penetrators, or EFPs,
had been found by Iraqi troops act-
ing on a tip south of Baghdad.
news 11A monday, april 7, 2008
BY JOSH FUNK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
OMAHA, Neb. The nations
airlines performed worse last year
than in any other year since 2000,
according to one of the co-authors
of an annual report on airline qual-
ity.
Full details of the Airline Quality
Rating report, which measures
how well the airlines minimize the
hassles of flying, will be released
Monday.
They went down in all cri-
teria. Every one of them, study
co-author Brent Bowen said Friday
about the airline industry average.
Bowen wouldnt discuss many
details of the report before its
release. But he said low-cost airlines
performed better than national air-
lines, and the top three airlines in
2007 were all low-cost carriers.
Only one national airline
improved its overall quality rating,
said Bowen, who is a professor
at the University of Nebraska at
Omahas Aviation Institute.
The reports ratings are based on
how many delays the airlines have,
how often passengers are bumped
off flights, how often bags are lost
and how many complaints airlines
receive.
The quality report will only add
to a string of bad news for the
airlines, which have been hurt by a
slowing economy, high fuel prices
and maintenance concerns.
ATA Airlines and Aloha Airlines
both stopped flying earlier this
week after filing for bankruptcy.
And American, Southwest and
Delta airlines have all had to cancel
flights recent-
ly to address
safety con-
cerns about
some of their
aircraft.
T h o s e
recent prob-
lems wont
be included
in the quality
report because
it deals with
2007 transportation department
data. But the Airline Quality
Rating report will include data on
the nations 16 largest airlines.
It has been compiled annually
since 1991, but Bowen said the
available data changed in 2000 so
the latest findings cant be com-
pared with airline performance in
the 1990s. The research is spon-
sored by the Aviation Institute at the
University of Nebraska at Omaha
and Wichita State University.
Bowen said he and the reports
co-author, Wichita State University
associate professor Dean Headley,
plan to expand their scrutiny of the
airline industry with new quarterly
updates that will supplement the
annual reports.
The quarterly updates will also
include responses from consumer
surveys Bowen and Headley plan
to conduct.
Co ns u me r s
who register
at the Airline
Quality Rating
Web site, www.
aqr.aero, will
have a chance
to weigh in on
airline perfor-
mance on a
regular basis.
Bowen said
he hopes the airlines will use the
new quarterly surveys to improve
their performance, similar to the
way they have responded to the
annual quality report in the past.
Were doing it for the benefit of
the traveling public, he said.
The full Airline Quality Ratings
will be released Monday at a
Washington D.C. news confer-
ence.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Family members and friends of Father Youssed Adel carry his casket during his funeral at
the St. Peter and Paul church in downtown of Baghdad on Sunday. An Assyrian Orthodox priest
was shot to death on Saturday by gunmen using silencers as the Christian cleric and his wife
returned home after a trip to the market in Baghdad.
IRAQ WAR
American troops die in
attack; Shiite tensions rise
Our situation is miserable. We
lack food, water and electric-
ity. The government should do
something to end our sufering.
HUSSEIN KHAZIM
Taxi driver
The reports ratings are based on
how many delays the airlines
have, how often passengers are
bumped of fights, how often
bags are lost and how many
complaints airlines receive.
TRAVEL
Report rates airlines poorly
Industry average went down in all criteria in 2007
ENTERTAINMENT
21 scores again, tops
Clooneys Leatherheads
LOS ANGELES The gam-
bling tale 21 kept up its win-
ning streak as it took in $15.1
million to stay on top of the box
ofce for a second-straight week-
end, leaving George Clooneys
Leatherheads and the family
tale Nims Island to scrimmage
for second place.
Leatherheads a 1920s
football comedy directed by
Clooney, who co-stars with
Renee Zellweger and John Kra-
sinski had a soft opening of
$13.5 million, below distributor
Universals expectations.
20th Century Foxs Nims
Island was right behind with
$13.3 million. The family ad-
venture centers on a bold girl
(Abigail Breslin) alone on an
island and her e-mail pen pal
(Jodie Foster), an obsessive-com-
pulsive, shut-in author.
Leatherheads and Nims
Island were so close that their
rankings could switch after fnal
weekend numbers are released
Monday.
Overall, however, it was
another dreary weekend for
Hollywood, where business has
lagged nearly every weekend
since January. The top 12 movies
took in $80.9 million, down 27
percent from the same weekend
last year.
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another former
coach faces KU
CAN KANSAS?
grand finale
BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
SAN ANTONIO Monday night is
finally here.
The players dreamt about it from the
time they started shooting in driveways
and parks as children. The coaches went
through menial assistant jobs where they
had to sleep on cots and reserve bowling
lanes all so they could get this opportunity.
Kansas, Memphis for the national cham-
pionship.
This, Russell Robinson said, is what
you live for.
Kansas will find out if it can continue to
bring back memories of 1988 by winning
its first national championship since then
and third of all time for the program. To
make history, the Jayhawks will have to run
past another fast team and not tighten up in
the biggest game of their lives.
Its not going to be easy. Memphis has
plenty of stars and not just the ones shaved
in the back of Doneal Macks head. Theres
Chris Douglas-Roberts, Derrick Rose, Joey
Dorsey and a bunch of other long, athletic
bodies.
With that collection of athletes, the
Tigers are expected to run. Memphis Rose
and Douglas-Roberts, both All-Americans,
have been garnering most of the attention
while the Jayhawks receive less acclaim for
their transition offense.
Sound like a familiar story line?
The Tar Heels were supposed to have the
advantage Saturday night in a fast-paced
game. Kansas ran them out of the building
in the opening minutes.
The question last night was would we
be able to run against North Carolina,
Sherron Collins said. It should have been
the other way around.
Maybe Collins is right. No team has
defeated Kansas in a fast-paced game this
season. Kansas three losses have come for
other reasons. Kansas State fed off its sav-
age crowd and hardly missed an open look.
Oklahoma State slowed the game down.
Texas got the best of the Jayhawks in Austin
when they limited Kansas possession and
hit the glass in the second half.
When teams have run, theyve failed.
Baylor scored 90 points but couldnt
outdo the Jayhawks in an up-tempo game.
Texas kept up for a half in the Big 12
Championship game before succumbing to
fatigue late.
Memphis, though, rolled Texas in the
Elite Eight. The Tigers are fast, and Douglas-
Roberts, Rose and Dorseys attitude makes
them one of the brashest groups on the
court.
Kansas still remains unfazed.
Weve got swagger, Collins said. We
aint cocky with it. Well be ready. Were run-
ning, and well be out there ready to play.
That quiet confidence has kept the
Jayhawks loose for most of their postsea-
son run. Several players said they got off
to their fast start against North Carolina
because they were relaxed.
Darnell Jackson doesnt expect that atti-
tude to change tonight even though theyre
going to face their toughest challenge of the
season. To keep that mind-set, the team has
been huddling up before the last few games
and spreading the same message.
We just say let your nuts hang, Jackson
said. Just let them hang. Just have fun
because this is it for most of the guys, and
were just having fun with it.
Never will the Jayhawks need to relax
more than tonight. Theyve been waiting
for this game since the beginning of the
season, since they arrived at Kansas. They
cant get too scared or too tight or allow
Memphis to run past them.
Theyll remember this game forever and
want to make it a good memory.
This is probably the game Im going
to show my kids for the rest of my life,
Robinson said.
Edited by Katherine Loeck
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
SAN ANTONIO Call it a premo-
nition, call it a hunch, call it whatever
you want. Christopher Douglas and Judy
Roberts just had a feel-
ing about their baby
boy Christopher.
So Judy Roberts
wasnt about to let her
son go through life with-
out a little Roberts in his
name, and Christopher
Sr. had the same affin-
ity for Douglas. Thus,
Chris Douglas-Roberts was born.
I guess my parents thought I was going
to be something big, Douglas-Roberts said
on the eve of the biggest basketball game
of his life.
Memphis lanky star certainly has proved
his parents correct during the NCAA tour-
nament. Alongside freshman guard Derrick
Rose, Douglas-Roberts you can call him
CDR has led Memphis to the brink of a
national championship.
Weve peaked, Douglas-Roberts said.
Weve sort of found each other in this
tournament.
Using an innovative free-flowing
offense known as the dribble-drive motion,
Memphis has played almost flawless bas-
ketball in its last three games. The offense
which coach Calipari adopted from a
high school coach stresses penetration
and utilizes Memphis vast collection of
athletes.
They feel unleashed, Calipari said.
The Tigers have looked unleashed in their
last three games, outscoring Michigan State,
Texas and UCLA by a combined 51 points on
their way to tonights title matchup.
Theyve got two guys who can score
whenever they want to, Kansas junior
guard Brandon Rush said about the combo
of Rose and Douglas-Roberts.
Kansas Bill Self knows all about the
explosive scoring exploits of Rose and
Douglas-Roberts. He recruited them both
and whiffed each time.
When Douglas-Roberts was a junior at
Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Self
and assistant coach Danny Manning jour-
neyed to the Motor City and gave Douglas-
Roberts the Kansas basketball sales pitch.
Obviously, he wasnt that impressed,
Self said.
Douglas-Roberts said he liked Self s
genuine personality, but in the end, he felt
more comfortable at Memphis.
CDR needed a program that liked to
run, played fast and could utilize his unique
skill set.
How one describes that skill set is up to
you. It seems everybody has their own way
of describing it.
Rose said it was, old man moves.
Rush called it awkward. You just dont
know how to guard it, he said.
Using his gangly 6-foot-7 frame to pen-
etrate, Douglas-Roberts likes to twist his
body into the lane to hoist up runners from
extreme angles.
And with an 18.0 points per game aver-
age during the regular season, and 28 points
in Memphis Final Four victory against
UCLA, Calipari is an advocate of Douglas-
Roberts old-school style.
When his motors running its ridicu-
lous, Calipari said.
Rose, a freshman point guard, is scoring
21.7 points a game and dishing out more
than five assists per game in the NCAA
tournament.
Hes the most complete point guard Ive
played against all year, Kansas senior guard
Russell Robinson said of Rose, who missed
Sundays media session because of stomach
problems. He can make plays, he can shoot
it, he can drive it; he can score it.
After Memphis 78-63 victory against
UCLA in the early game on Saturday,
Douglas-Roberts and the rest of the Tigers
settled into play the role of concerned spec-
tators during the Kansas-North Carolina
game.
Douglas-Roberts saw Kansas athletic
guards, its up-tempo style and couldnt help
but think of his own team.
I see that chip on their shoulder,
Douglas-Roberts said, cause we have that.
CDR said the chip on the Tigers shoul-
ders comes from something deeper than
basketball.
I feel people judge us and dont really
know us, Douglas-Roberts said.
People look at their tattoos and their
ghetto backgrounds and automatically label
the Tigers, Douglas-Roberts said.
CDR has five tattoos himself, including
one of a Psalms bible verse.
I tap it three times before I shoot a free
throw, he said.
Now Memphis, led by Douglas-Roberts
and Rose, are matched up with Kansas; a
team Memphis senior Joey Dorsey said
looked like a mirror image of his squad.
Douglas-Roberts sat confidently on
Sunday during Memphis media session,
30 hours from the biggest game of his life.
Both the Douglas and Roberts were spelled
out on the name placard that sat in front of
him, each receiving equal billing.
After Memphis and Kansas both notched
double-digit victories on Saturday, a report-
er was curious: are Memphis and Kansas
just that much better than everyone else?
That what it looks like, Douglas-
Roberts said.
Fast-paced ofenses vie for national title
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Sophomore guard Sherron Collins goes up for a reverse layup during a fast break in the frst half of saturdays game against north carolina in san antonio. the question last night was would we be able to run against north carolina,
collins said. It should have been the other way around.
Championship
the night
Jayhawks
have waited
20 years for
Memphis junior guard Antonio Anderson shoots over the head of UcLa freshman forward Kevin Love. memphis
defeated UcLa 78-63 in the final four. Kansas will play memphis for the national title on monday evening at the
alamodome in san antonio.
Douglas-Roberts
BY BRYAN MITCHELL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON Demonstrators
grabbed at the Olympic torch,
blocked its path and tried to snuff
out its flame Sunday in raucous
protests of Chinas human rights
record that forced a string of last-
second changes to a chaotic relay
through London.
The biggest protests since last
months torch-lighting in Greece
tarnished Chinas hope for a har-
monious prelude to a Summer
Olympics celebrating its rise as a
global power. Instead, the flames
85,000-mile journey from Greece to
Beijing has became a stage for activ-
ists decrying
Chinas recent
crackdown on
Tibetans and
support for
Sudan despite
attacks on civil-
ians in Darfur.
Authoriti es
said 37 people
were arrested.
The torch
was closely fol-
lowed in east London by dozens of
demonstrators waving Tibetan flags
and shouting Shame on China!
Police stopped to form a protective
phalanx three
or four officers
deep every
time the torch
was handed to
a new runner.
L o n d o n s
Metropol itan
police said
some 2,000
officers, on
foot, motorcy-
cles, bikes, and
on horseback were mobilized to
keep the procession under control.
Maybe on TV screens there
might be some chaotic spin but I
witnessed ... I saw more smiling
faces, waving hands, and thumbs-
up welcoming the Olympic relay,
Chinese embassy spokesman Liu
Weimin told the BBC from the
torch relay convoy.
Frantic organizers shuffled the
order of participants to keep the
Chinese ambassador away from
demonstrators who grew bolder
throughout the day.
The torch made it unscathed to
the O2 Arena in Greenwich after
more than seven fraught hours that
belied the London events theme:
Journey of Harmony.
About 100 demonstrators man-
aged to briefly impede the flames
progress by surrounding it near
St. Pauls Cathedral, forcing police
to put the flame-bearer on a bus
before continuing.
British Prime Minister Gordon
Brown briefly greeted the torch
when it arrived outside his Downing
Street residence as pro-Tibet dem-
onstrators and police clashed yards
away near Britains Parliament
buildings. Brown never handled
the torch, but watched as Olympic
gold medalist Denise Lewis handed
it to Paralympic hopeful Ali Jawad.
It feels like we are restrained
like a sheep in a barn, said Passang
Dolne, 27, a Tibetan national who
works as a nurse in London. It
really hurts.
Chinese nationals about 100
yards away were allowed to move
freely as they waved Chinese flags
distributed by the Chinese Embassy
and the Bank of China.
We dont like the Tibet peo-
ple who use this time against the
Chinese. Its not a proper venue,
said Ting Yan, 27.
There were scattered protests
before the torch reached London.
More are expected as the flame
moves on to Paris, San Francisco
and New Delhi.
French torchbearers will be
encircled Monday by several hun-
dred officers, some in riot police
vehicles and on motorcycles, others
on skates and on foot. Three boats
were also to patrol the Seine River,
and a helicopter was to fly over
Paris, police said.
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No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tourna-
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have beaten the last two in a row
that theyve faced.
Kansas basketball media guide
Weve had a good year, but I
dont think anybodys goal here
was to be one of the top four
teams in the country.
North Carolina junior Tyler Hansbrough
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A police ofcer detains a pro-Tibet demonstrator along the route of the torch relay in London,
Sunday. Police scufed with protesters as Olympians and celebrities carried the Olympic torch
through snowy London during a chaotic relay Sunday.
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hurts.
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BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
SAN ANTONIO After he
ended any chances of a North
Carolina comeback by scoring
eight points down the stretch and
completed yet another one of his
great games this season, Brandon
Rush looked into the Alamodome
crowd to find his mom and grand-
ma. He smiled.
Rush couldnt ask for anything
better. Hes one victory away from a
national championship and playing
the best ball of his career. Its not
where the junior guard envisioned
being after declaring for the NBA
Draft last season, but hes happy
where hes at.
It definitely means the world to
me, Rush said about this oppor-
tunity.
Everyones heard the Rush injury
story by now. A dunk went horribly
wrong last June. A knee popped. A
NBA career had to be put on hold.
Those unexpected events
brought Rush back to Kansas for
his junior year. Instead of experi-
encing his first pro training camp in
the fall, he was
rehabbing his
knee for hours
with Kansas
training staff,
sometimes four
times a day. It
could get tough
at times.
You could
just tell how bad
he was feeling,
senior forward
Darnell Jackson
said. One time, I could remember
watching him. He was in tears, just
pushing, pushing, pushing.
As much as it hurt Rush, Kansas
coach Bill Self knew Rushs injury
was a positive for the Jayhawks.
Once Rush announced he was
returning to school, Self called a
meeting and told the them they
had just gotten better.
The same could be said for
Rush. Before the season started,
Self talked about how his player
had to become a new Brandon.
He wanted Rush to rely less on his
athletic ability and more on tech-
nique and fundamentals.
After struggling for much of the
season to regain his athleticism,
everythings started going right for
Rush in the
pos t s e a s on.
He scored 28
points against
Texas A&M
and 19 against
Texas in the Big
12 Tournament
and was named
player of the
t our nament .
His run has
continued in
the NCAA Tournament. Rush is
averaging about 16 points a game.
His play has evolved this year
in large part due to his health, Self
said, because hes gone from 80
percent to 90 percent to 95 percent,
and now hes as close to whole as
hes been. Were very proud of that,
and the timing couldnt have been
better.
Rushs improved game was on
full display against the Tar Heels.
He scored 25 points despite miss-
ing five of his seven three-point-
ers. Instead of continuing to shoot
from the outside, Rush changed
his approach. He finally drove to
the basket more often and finished
consistently.
Its big for me, Rush said, but
its definitely big for us. In order
for us to win, somebodys going to
have to step up and make plays.
Hell get another opportunity
to be the man for Kansas tonight.
If the Jayhawks get the victory,
Rush could easily be named Most
Outstanding Player of the tourna-
ment. Hes also likely elevated him-
self into at least the last first round
of this seasons NBA Draft because
of his postseason.
Rush may not have originally
wanted to play for the Jayhawks
this season, but sometimes things
turn out differently for the better.
Being here has been one of my
main goals, Rush said. This could
be the perfect ending to a good
story.
mens basketball
Rush not regretting return
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Junior guard Brandon Rush answers questions during an afternoon press conference at the
Alamodome. Rush scored 25 points in the Final Four game against North Carolina.
One time, I could remember
watching him. He was in tears,
just pushing, pushing, pushing.
darnell jackson
senior forward
Final Four
Injury ends Stewarts season
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
SAN ANTONIO The chant
started softly, dissolving into the
vast space at the Alamodome.
Rodrick Stewart still heard it,
and sitting behind Kansas bench,
his broken knee-cap elevated,
Stewart broke
down.
R o d r i c k
Stewart, clap,
clap, clap-clap-
clap.
The chant
became louder
and the tears
more notice-
able.
That really
touched me,
Stewart said
after the game.
Stewart, a senior guard, wont
play for Kansas during the Final
Four. Not after Stewart broke
his knee cap while attempting a
dunk during Fridays open prac-
tice session at the Alamodome.
But Stewart was still a part of
Saturday nights victory against
North Carolina.
We did all that for him, junior
guard Brandon Rush said about
Kansas 84-66 victory against
North Carolina.
S t e w a r t
spent the
game behind
K a n s a s
bench with
his right leg
elevated.
I just
wanted to be
out there with
the guys,
Stewart said.
The injury
caused Friday
at the Final Four, normally a light-
hearted day of open practices, to
take a somber tone.
Right when I was in the air,
and I heard the pop, I was like,
Ah man, I tore my ACL, Stewart
said.
Then Stewart turned over and
realized it was something differ-
ent. He said he didnt feel the pain
right away.
Right when I turned over, the
pain just hit me all at once, he
said.
Stewarts injury will require sur-
gery once he returns to Lawrence.
In some ways, Stewarts ghastly
knee injury was reminiscent of
1988, when starter Archie Marshall
was lost for the season with a knee
injury. Marshall still suited up for
the championship game against
Oklahoma and was a source of
inspiration for the 1988 champs.
Stewart said he thought the
team rallied around his situation
as well.
Anytime stuff like that happens
with our team, it just motivates us,
Stewart said. Weve been through
so much.
Senior guard Rodrick Stewart gives post-game interviews in the Kansas locker roomwith his leg propped up. Stewart injured his right knee
during practice Friday, which left himunable to play in the Final Four. It was hard to just be there watching my team,Stewart said.
Right when I was in the air, and
I heard the pop, I was like, Ah
man, I tore my ACL.
rodrick stewart
senior guard
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SAN ANTONIO Take the
aura of Allen Fieldhouse, throw
in a hint of the history of UCLAs
Pauley Pavilion, add a dash of North
Carolinas Dean Dome legacy and
top it off with a bit of Beale Street
flair, complements of Memphis.
Those four ingredients came
together this weekend to create
every college basketball enthusiasts
dream the Final Four in San
Antonio.
Fans of Memphis, UCLA, Kansas
and North Carolina flocked to San
Antonio for the final three games
of the college basketball season and
a weekend of warm weather and
extra-curricular activities.
San Antonio is a great city for
the Final Four, Overland Park
freshman Jeff Brown said. There
are lots of activities, and its just fun
to have all of the fans here enjoying
the game.
Hoops enthusiasts had more
than basketball to keep them enter-
tained along the tree-lined avenues
of downtown San Antonio on Final
Four weekend. Supporters of all four
squads hit the River Walk enter-
tainment district hard on Friday
and Saturday night, carousing and
chanting past midnight.
I went down to Ritas on the
River Walk, Ryan Robertson, for-
mer Kansas guard, said. Its the
official KU bar, and just looking at
the crowd, it looks like Jayhawk fans
are out in full force.
Friday afternoon each team held
open practices at the Alamodome.
Friday evening, Fall Out Boy and
The Roots played at the AT&T block
party in downtown San Antonio.
Saturday morning, ESPN brought
its live College GameDay preview
show to the RiverCenter Mall along
the River Walk. The Kansas and
UCLA cheer squads took turns
performing behind the stage as
analysts Dick
Vitale, Digger
Phelps and Bob
Knight filmed
the show.
By the
time the show
wrapped up
midday, it was
80 degrees out-
side, about 25
degrees warmer
than it was in
Lawrence at the
time.
The city of San Antonio has been
nice Im definitely impressed,
Eric Rizzuti, a Kansas fan from
Kansas City, Mo., said. But the
weather has definitely been the best
part of the trip so far.
Because the Alamodome sits
less than a
mile from
downtown San
Antonio, fans
streamed from
their hotels near
the River Walk
to the venue
early Saturday
a f t e r n o o n .
Kansas fans
belted Rock
Chalk Jayhawk
and UCLA fans
answered with U-C-L-A!
Fans of all four teams turned the
plaza outside the Alamodome into
a sprawling tailgate party, imbib-
ing beverages and trading friendly
taunts as they waited in line at the
venues security checkpoint.
In addition to playing host to the
Final Four, San Antonio held the
National Association of Basketball
Coaches Convention and the
DiGiorno College All-Star Game
during the weekend. Fans posed for
pictures with Michigan State coach
Tom Izzo and Boston College coach
Al Skinner as they strolled the River
Walk.
There are plenty of distractions in
bustling San Antonio, but basketball
remains the main attraction. With
their victory Saturday night against
North Carolina, the Jayhawks
earned a berth in Mondays national
title game and earned some fans a
few extra days in Texas.
Edited by Sasha Roe
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Kansas fans cheer during the frst half of Kansas game against North Carolina. The fans enjoyed mingling with the other three teams fans along
the River Walk Saturday.
Final Four
Fans kick back in San Antonio
Final Four enthusiasts take in River Walk festivities
There are lots of activities, and
its just fun to have all of the fans
here enjoying the game.
Jeff brown
overland Park freshman
MLB
Diamondbacks sweep
Rockies in home opener
DenVer for three straight
days, the Arizona Diamondbacks
had to endure one celebration
after another.
first it was the freworks and
frenzy of opening day, next the
Colorado rockies raised their
nL championship pennant and
fnally they held a ring ceremony.
The Diamondbacks ruined
each one, though.
Mark reynolds hit a two-run
homer in the ninth and Stephen
Drew went deep in Arizonas
three-run 10th inning, leading
the Diamondbacks to a 5-2 win
over Colorado on Sunday.
The rockies received their
glittering nL championship
rings before the series fnale but
Arizona completed a three-game
sweep that delivered a message
after the rockies beat the Dia-
mondbacks in last years nLCS.
This sets the tone for the
year, just coming here and win-
ning three games at their place,
especially after what they did to
us last year, reynolds said.
The Diamondbacks actually
enjoyed all the video tributes,
even if they were prominently
displayed in the clips.
It was fun to watch, orlando
Hudson said. were happy for
them. Theyre a damn good
team. They play great.
reynolds two-run drive put
Arizona ahead 2-1.
And to think he was going to
bunt. After Conor Jackson started
the ninth with a single, reynolds
contemplated laying one down,
but hit away and knocked his
second homer of the year of
Manny Corpas.
It felt good to hit that ball,
reynolds said. I put a good
swing on it.
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MENS BASKETBALL WRAP-UP
Kansas 84, North Carolina 66
KANSAS
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA FT-FTA Rebounds Assists Points
Darrell Arthur 3-9 0-0 0-0 9 2 6
Darnell Jackson 5-6 0-0 2-2 4 2 12
Russell Robinson 2-5 1-4 2-2 4 4 7
Mario Chalmers 5-10 1-3 0-2 4 3 11
Brandon Rush 11-17 2-7 1-2 7 2 25
Conner Teahan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Sherron Collins 4-9 1-1 2-2 4 4 11
Jeremy Case 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Tyrel Reed 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Sasha Kaun 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 4
Cole Aldrich 2-4 0-0 4-4 7 0 8
Matt Kleinmann 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
NORTH CAROLINA
Player FG-FGA 3FG-3FGA FT-FTA Rebounds Assists Points
Deon Thompson 2-4 0-0 3-4 4 0 7
Tyler Hansbrough 6-13 0-1 5-6 9 1 17
Marcus Ginyard 0-3 0-2 0-0 3 2 0
Ty Lawson 2-8 1-2 4-4 3 2 9
Wayne Ellington 8-21 1-9 1-1 6 0 18
Marc Campbell 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Quentin Thomas 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0
Will Graves 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Danny Green 6-13 3-9 0-0 5 0 15
J.B. Tanner 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Surry Wood 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Jack Wooten 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Alex Stepheson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Mike Copeland 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
FIRST HALF
18:25- Russell Robinson makes
a three-pointer to give Kansas
a 7-2 lead. Maybe the Jayhawks
have a pretty good chance after
all, huh?
9:35- Kansas is cruising. Cole
Aldrich rips a rebound away
from Tyler Hansbrough then gets
fouled. His free throws extend the
KU lead to 33-10.
7:32- Brandon Rush hits a three-
pointer. He didnt make many
open shots, but he still scored 25.
This one gave Kansas a 38-12 lead.
0:00- Sherron Collins twists
into the lane to make a layup at
the buzzer. This had to settle the
stomach of a few fans who started
getting queasy after Carolina
whittled the lead down to 15.
SeCONd HALF
11:15- Yikes. Wayne Ellington
makes a layup to bring North
Carolina to within four at 54-
50. He gets a huge block on
Mario Chalmers seven seconds
later.
5:25- Its over now. With
Carolina down five, Collins
breaks their hearts by hitting a
three from the top of the key.
Kansas now leads 67-59.
3:40- Three defenders swarm
Hansbrough, who travels. Kan-
sas defense was much better
than Carolinas all night.
0:00- Can you say, Monday?
Mark Dent
PRIME plays
BY RUSTIN DODD
dodd@kansan.com
SAN ANTONIO Once upon
a time, Cole Aldrich was an after-
thought, the fourth big man off
the bench, just another big body at
Kansas coach Bill Self s disposal.
On Saturday night against North
Carolina, Aldrich etched his name
onto the list of greatest relief per-
formances in Kansas basketball his-
tory.
Kansas freshman center scored
eight points and grabbed seven
rebounds off the bench in Kansas
84-66 victory against North
Carolina, including one board that
Aldrich snatched from the clutches
of North Carolina All-American
Tyler Hansbrough.
I wasnt gonna let go, Aldrich
said.
Aldrichs supporting performance
may go down in Kansas lore if the
Jayhawks follow up their Saturday
night victory with a national title
tonight against Memphis.
And oddly enough, Self saw it
coming.
Earlier this week Self corrected
a reporter who had asked how
important Darnell Jackson, Sasha
Kaun and Darrell Arthur would
be in Kansas attempt to contain
Hansbrough.
Dont forget
about Cole, Self
reminded.
Self s proph-
ecy came true.
He may
have won the
game for us
tonight as much
as anybody, Self
said.
With seniors
Kaun and
Jackson both committing two early
fouls, Self faced a coaching calam-
ity. Send Aldrich, who averaged 8.1
minutes per game during the regu-
lar season, onto the floor to guard
Hansbrough, the Tar Heels leading
scorer and the AP National Player
of the Year.
No sweat. Aldrich responded
with 13 first-half minutes played, six
points during Kansas fun-n-gun first
half, and one rebound that Aldrich
couldnt help but smile about.
With 10 minutes left in the first
half and Kansas
leading 31-10,
Aldrich sprang
from the floor
and ripped the
ball away from
a bewildered
Hansbrough.
Tyler usu-
ally outworks
someone, but
tonight, he got
out wor ke d,
Rush said.
Aldrich, along with help from
Kaun, Jackson and Arthur, held
Hansbrough to 17 points and nine
rebounds, a shade below his usual
averages of 23.7 points and 11.5
rebounds per game.
I dont think he was quite used
to going against four guys that can
hold their own, Aldrich said. We
just tried to come out and put pres-
sure on him.
The Kansas frontcourt also con-
trolled the glass, shouldering a 42-
33 rebound advantage against their
frontcourt comrades from North
Carolina.
We knew we had to keep them
off the glass to win the game,
Aldrich said.
Aldrichs 6-foot-10 frame stood
tall in Kansas victorious locker room,
searching for words to describe his
nation-wide coming out party.
It was a blast, Aldrich said.
This game meant a lot to a lot of
people.
Kansas junior walk-on Matt
Kleinmann, sitting 35 feet to Aldrichs
left, had his own take on Aldrichs
bench performance du jour.
He played like a man tonight,
Kleinmann said.
Aldrich proves to be key for Kansas victory
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Junior guard Mario Chalmers goes up for a shot against North Carolinas Wayne Ellington during the second half of the game. Chalmers fnished
with 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting. He also recorded three steals and three assists in the game.
North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough answers questions in the locker roomafter his teams loss to Kansas. Hansbrough was 6 for 13, with 17 total points.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Members of the KU band cheer during the fnal minutes of the game. Kansas led the whole game, but North Carolina came within four points of
tying the game with 11:15 to go in the game.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Senior forward Darnell Jackson fghts North Carolina forward DeonThompson for a rebound.
Jackson scored 12 points and grabbed four boards in the game. Kansas as a teamoutrebounded
North Carolina 42-33.
He may have won the game for
us tonight as much as anybody.
BILL SELf
Kansas mens basketball coach
kansas 84, north carolina 66 7b monday, aPRIL 7, 2008
A special Final Four edition of
the High/Low from San Antonio
HigHs
JayHawk NatioN
Kansas fans may have been
quiet and reserved on the San
Antonio River Walk unlike UCLAs
boastful bunch but inside the
Alamodome, Kansas fans were
the loudest of the lot. A large
contingent of students made for
a loud section in the nosebleed
seats, and Kansas lopsided victory
allowed for the Rock Chalk chant
to reverberate
through the mas-
sive dome in the
fnal minutes.
RodRick
stewaRt
Itll be a mo-
ment Stewart
will never forget.
Sidelined with a
broken kneecap,
Stewart sat be-
hind the Kansas
bench with his
leg elevated.
In the closing
moments, the
Kansas section
started chant-
ing his name, and
Stewart broke down and started
to tear up.
I just wanted to be out there
for a second, Stewart said.
weRe Not
goNNa take it
Its quickly becoming the
anthem to Kansas Final Four run.
North Carolina had crept back in
to the game after trailing 40-12,
and Kansas was on its heels. Then
the under 8:00 media time-out
came, and the Kansas band belted
out Twisted Sisters classic rocker,
Were Not Gonna Take It. And just
like they did against Davidson,
Kansas found a way to close out
the game.
Lows
deRRick Rose
Any Kansas fan who saw
Memphis freshman guard, Rose,
play against UCLA cant be too
exited about playing the Tigers.
Rose scored 25 points, snatched
nine rebounds and racked up four
assists.
FouL tRoubLe
Kansas found a way to advance,
but Bill Self must be hoping that
Sasha Kaun and Darnell Jack-
son combine for more than 27
minutes of court time against
Memphis. Foul trouble, a season
long nemesis, reared its ugly head
against North Carolina.
ty LawsoN
Lawson, North Carolinas
starting sophomore point guard,
hardly looked like the fastest
guard on the foor against Kansas.
Lawson was 2-of-8 from the feld,
and looked bewildered next to
Kansas guards.
Rustin Dodd
the
HIGH
low
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Sophomore forward Darrell Arthur shows his appreciation to the Kansas fans after the Jayhawks defeated the Tar Heels. Arthur and the Jayhawks face of against Memphis Monday night.
MIndy Ricketts/KANSAN
North Carolina coach Roy Williams yells to contest a foul call made by an ofcial. Williams left
Kansas to coach at North Carolina in 2003.
Freshman center Cole Aldrich jumps up to block a shot fromNorth Carolina forwardTyler Hansbrough. Aldrich had four blocks, one steal and
eight total points in 17 minutes of play during the game Saturday night.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Rock Chalk Dancers celebrate after Kansas defeats North Carolina in the frst round of the Final Four. Kansas improved to 36-3 on the season with
the victory. The Jayhawks will have the chance Monday night to win the frst national championship for Kansas since 1988.
Junior guard Brandon Rush drives down the lane past North Carolina guard Marcus Ginyard during the frst half of the game against North
Carolina. Rush was the high scorer of the game with 25 points. He also had two assists, one block and seven rebounds.
doNt caRe about Roy
The fans might have thought
there was more at stake against
North Carolina, but the team
didnt. Bill Self never once brought
up the fact that Kansas was play-
ing against its former coach.
There is no jealousy, no ani-
mosity between coach Williams
and myself, Self said, at least on
this end. And I have never this
entire week said, Look, we need
to do better because this would
better for me with our fan base or
anything like that. It wouldnt have
made any diference who was on
the other bench.
HaNsbRougH
to tHe Nba?
Well, he sure didnt look a
pro Saturday night, but theres a
chance that Tyler Hansbrough,
a junior, could make the jump.
Williams said theyd discuss the
situation soon.
You know,Williams said, I
have no idea. Tyler and I talked be-
fore the season, said wed discuss
it when the season is over with.
Well probably sit down Tuesday
or Wednesday and try to start
making some decisions.
extRa speciaL
FoR teaHaN
Conner Teahan, a Rockhurst
High School graduate, played
Hansbrough when they were in
high school. During Teahans soph-
omore year, his team faced Poplar
Bluf, Hansbroughs team in the
Missouri 5A state semifnal. Teahan
said Hansbrough, a senior, scored
36 points, and that he scored 19.
Rockhurst lost by six. Poplar Bluf
went on to win the state title.
The whole team was pretty
much him and his brother,Teahan
said.
Mark Dent
notebook
BY ASHER FUSCO
afusco@kansan.com
SAN ANTONIO The Jayhawks
may have traveled almost 800 miles
to San Antonio, but they cant seem
to escape their programs past.
First, the Jayhawks faced and
defeated former Kansas head coach
Roy Williams. Now theyre up
against former Jayhawk assistant
coach John Calipari, head coach at
Memphis.
But the matchup between
Kansas and Calipari doesnt trig-
ger the same resentment among
fans as Williams appearance on the
opposing bench. In fact, Calipari
versus Kansas seems like a lovefest
compared with the return of Roy.
Ive known Cal for quite some
time, Kansas coach Bill Self said. I
was actually a player (at Oklahoma
State) when he was starting out
coaching at Kansas. He had got a
job at Pitt right before I got there
as a graduate assistant, so our paths
never crossed as far as working,
but everybody knew Cal and liked
Cal.
Calipari started his coach-
ing career as a volunteer assistant
coach under Kansas coach Ted
Owens in 1982. The 24-year-old
earned money by working as a
trainer while he assisted Owens to
get a foot in the door of the coach-
ing profession.
After leaving Kansas in 1985,
Calipari shot through the coach-
ing ranks. He led the University
of Massachusetts to the Final Four
in 1996 before taking over as the
New Jersey Nets head coach later
that year. After New Jersey fired
Calipari, former Kansas coach Larry
Brown hired Calipari as an assistant
with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Larry Brown reached out to me
and was saying, Come on down
here and join me, Calipari said.
What it did for me it starts to
bring you back.
Calipari parlayed his job in
Philadelphia into his current gig
atop the Memphis totem pole.
Since arriving at Memphis, Calipari
has won more than 75 percent
of his games and captured three
Conference USA titles.
For the second straight game,
Kansas meets a coach that helped
craft its basketball history. Saturday
the Jayhawks didnt do Roy Williams
any favors. Despite Caliparis warm
memories of Allen Fieldhouse,
Kansas will try to send him home
unhappy Monday night.
Edited by Sasha Roe
NCAA ChAmpioNship
Team sees another familiar face
BY MARk DEnt
mdent@kansan.com
A heCk of A week
You cant accomplish much more
than Bill Self has in the last few
days.
Last Sunday, he led Kansas to a
victory against Davidson to make
it to his first Final Four in five tries.
Self followed that up with a vic-
tory against North Carolina in the
semifinal against former KU coach
Roy Williams. Both of those accom-
plishments likely earned him more
favor with Kansas fans.
It feels good to be here, he
said.
Self wants to do more than enjoy
the ride. He sat in the upper deck
when the Jayhawks won in 1988 and
knows how much it would mean
for the program to win another one
after so many close calls. Self s not
overly worried about pleasing the
fans, though.
People correlate passion and
caring to pressure, he said. To
be real candid with you, I dont
feel it that way. I think from a fan
base, Ive said this before, we have
the most realistic unrealistic fans
around. Not everybody can say that
at a high-profile place.
mANNiNg iNduCtioN
Assistant coach Danny Manning
was selected for the 2008 National
Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
class. Manning is the Universitys
all-time leading scorer and led the
Jayhawks to the national champion-
ship in 1988.
When Self thinks of Manning, he
thinks of his unselfish attitude.
For a guy thats done what hes
done, Self said, he has absolutely
no ego. If Im a parent of a recruit,
and they have a chance to sit down
and visit with him, he can share
with them so many life experiences.
I dont know, they may not pick
us, but what an advantage it is to
have somebody that could mentor
your son or your grandson in a way
because hes taken every step that
you can dream to take.
Along with Manning, Charles
Barkley, Arnie Ferrin, Billy Packer,
Jim Phelan, Nolan Richardson and
Dick Vitale were selected for the
Hall of Fame.
doNt judge
Chris Douglas-Roberts and his
teammates know theyre getting
enough respect for the basketball they
play. He just doesnt think people see
them in the right light off the court.
The biggest misconception
has nothing to do with basketball,
Douglas-Roberts said. Its us as peo-
ple. They dont really know us, and
they tend to judge based on how we
look, how many tattoos or whatever.
They dont see the real people.
Roomies!
Back in their high school days,
Brandon Rush and Memphis
Shawn Taggart were roommates at
Mount Zion Christian Academy in
North Carolina. Last night, after
their games, Rush said they talked
about getting together and hanging
out during the summer.
Jon Goering/KANSAN
Memphis coach John Calipari talks with reporters during a press conference Sunday after-
noon at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio. Caliparis Tigers will face Kansas in the championship
game Monday night.
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Kansas coach Bill Self answers questions
during the teams press conference Sunday
afternoon at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Self led the Hawks to the championship game
in his frst trip to the Final Four.
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Fans shout out in celebration during the rush on Massachusetts Street after Kansas advanced to the NCAA national championship. The
Jayhawks defeated North Carolina 84-66, despite not being the favored teamfor the game.
Party at Allen Fieldhouse
MENS BASKETBALL
BY WHITNEY HAMILTON
whamilton@kansan.com
A sea of blue scattered all around
Allen Fieldhouse. News crews sur-
rounded the court and photogra-
phers took pictures of crazy fans
decked out in crimson and blue garb.
The mascots jumped around the
court and the band played music to
get the fans pumped up. Just another
scene of Allen Fieldhouse during a
home basketball game, right? With
two minutes left before tipoff, there
were no players on the court and the
baskets werent set up.
Dont fret Jayhawk fans. This
was not an episode of Ashton
Kutchers Punkd, and Kansas
wasnt the laughing stock. Instead,
fans came to Allen Fieldhouse to
watch the Jayhawks game against
the University of North Carolina on
the video board.
Fans got there early and sported
their Kansas spirit with Jayhawk
apparel from head to toe.
Fans that didnt get a chance
to snatch a coveted hot spot on
Massachusetts Street or grab tickets
to the game in San Antonio got
the experience without ever leav-
ing campus. Russel Paulsen, Topeka
sophomore, said Massachusetts
Street would be too packed and
decided that Allen Fieldhouse was
a safer bet.
Getting up early to wait for
the bars and restaurants around
Lawrence was not an option for
Monisha Bruner, Leavenworth
freshman, who didnt want to get up
that early for such a late game.
Others believed in superstition
and wouldnt want to watch the
game any other way.
Kansas hasnt lost this season
since Ive been in the fieldhouse,
Chris Pham, Hays sophomore,
said. Others decided that watching
the game at Allen Fieldhouse and
traveling downtown after the game
would be fun, such as Sam Keller,
Cincinnati, Ohio freshman, who was
still going to party afterwards to
celebrate the victory.
As snippets of Kansas came onto
the screen, fans cheered louder and
the energy was felt around the field-
house. In between commercials, fans
got up and cheered while waving
flags and doing the wave.
Even though the Hawks were
nowhere to be found in a 50-mile
radius from the fieldhouse, the ener-
gy was high, and fans cheered just as
if the team was on the court.
I wanted to come here to get
the experience of being at the
game without actually spending
all that money to be there, Jacki
Gariglietti, Pittsburg freshman, said.
Like Gariglietti, many came for the
experience and just wanted to be
amongst other Jayhawk fans in a
place that was special to them and
their families.
The Jayhawk fans kept all the
traditions at the fieldhouse the same,
such as joining together and singing
the alma mater followed by the rock
chalk chant. Even the band played
upbeat songs that got fans into the
game during halftime and commer-
cial breaks. Big Jay and Baby Jay gave
away T-shirts to the fans to help con-
tinue the spirit of the fieldhouse.
Fans booed when UNC coach
Roy Williams face appeared on the
screen, and roared and applauded
when Cole Aldrich slammed the ball
away from UNCs hands.
The Kansas spirit could have been
felt all the way in San Antonio as the
crowd grew louder and realized that
the Jayhawks would be going to the
national championship on Monday.
Although not all the fans could
witness the Jayhawks defeating the
Tar Heels on Saturday night in the
Alamodome, the atmosphere made
fans feel like they were there.
Fans can experience being at the
game in San Antonio without hav-
ing to pay the big bucks by watching
it at Allen Fieldhouse again tonight.
The doors open at 7:30 p.m., and the
event is open to the public. Tipoff
will be approximately at 8:15 p.m.
Dianne Smith/KANSAN
Big Jay celebrates with Kansas fans at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday night. The feldhouse was
open to the public and fans watched the Jayhawks play the Tar Heels on the video board. Fans are
invited to watch Kansas play Memphis at the feldhouse tonight. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
WOMENs BAskETBALL
Standfords Wiggins scores
big to advance to title game
TAMPA, Fla. The bigger the
stage, the better Candice Wiggins
performs.
Wiggins continued her elec-
trifying run through the NCAA
tournament, scoring 25 points
and grabbing 13 rebounds while
getting some timely help from
Kayla Pederson and JJ Hones as
Stanford shocked Connecticut
82-73 in Sunday nights national
semifnals.
Back in the Final Four for the
frst time in 11 years, the Cardinal
(35-3) avenged an early season
loss to the Huskies (36-2) and
advanced to Tuesday nights title
game, where theyll put a 23-
game winning streak on the line
against Tennessee or LSU.
Wiggins, the frst player to
have two 40-point performances
in the same NCAA tournament,
fnished fve assists shy of the frst
triple-double in womens Final
Four history.
She didnt shoot particularly
well, going 7-for-19, but made two
huge 3-pointers to help Stanford
pull away for good after UConn
trimmed a seven-point halftime
defcit to 47-46 and appeared to
be taking control.
Down the stretch, the Cardinals
lone senior starter got lots of help
from her supporting cast.
Hones hit a deep 3-pointer to
put Stanford up 10 with 3:20 to
go, then Pederson answered a
3-pointer that drew UConn within
71-66 with a long jumper of her
own to send Cardinal fans into
celebration mode.
Pederson fnished with 17
points, and Jayne Appel added 15.
Maya Moore led UConn with 20
points on 8-for-19 shooting.
UConn won an earlier meet-
ing in November, but both teams
made signifcant changes during
the last four months of the season.
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer
tinkered with her teams triangle
ofense following the 12-point
loss, which showed the Cardi-
nal exactly what type of team it
needed to become if it hoped to
be able to keep pace in a rematch.
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Today is a 6
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Today is a 6
Getting together with friends
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Today is a 7
Theres plenty of work, and
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can socialize on Wednesday.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Somebody said you shouldnt
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Keep an open mind.
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Get practical about how youre
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That doesnt mean youll never
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Today is a 7
The trouble with including
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Today is an 8
You can always tell true love
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youve got that fre in your eye.
Get busy on a tough job.
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You are exceptionally attractive
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Today is a 7
Youre gaining a lot of informa-
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Take time to think it over before
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Max Rinkel
Fridays
celebrity wedding
Jay-Z, Beyonce take vows
during Friday ceremony
NEW YORK It appears that
Jay-Z and Beyonce have fnally
tied the knot.
There was a swirl of activity
Friday at the rap moguls Tribeca
apartment. Delivery trucks fun-
neled in and out of the building,
dropping of silver candelabras
and white fowers. A white tent
was set up on the roof, and stars
including Beyonces former
Destinys Child bandmates, Kelly
Rowland and Michelle Williams,
along with Gwyneth Paltrow,
were spotted arriving.
A swarm of media camped
outside the building was in a
state of frenzy, snapping and
shouting at any sport-util-
ity vehicle that drove down the
cobblestone street.
The Web sites of celebrity maga-
zines People and Us Weekly report-
ed the couple married and threw
a lavish but small party at the
apartment Friday, citing unnamed
sources who are friends with the
pair. The Web sites reported their
families attended the party.
Rumors circulated all week
about the event after a report
that the couple had taken out
a marriage license in Scarsdale,
N.Y. Representatives for Beyonce
Knowles and Jay-Z declined to
comment on reports ahead of
the event. Jay-Zs publicist had no
comment Saturday.
The couple, who have ap-
parently been dating for six
years, have never publicly
acknowledged they are together.
Knowles, 26, and Jay-Z, 38, whose
real name is Shawn Carter, have
collaborated on the songs 03
Bonnie and Clyde and Crazy In
Love.
Its been a big week for the
hip-hop mogul. On Thursday,
concert promoter Live Nation
Inc. said it was talking with Jay-Z
about a potential business deal.
The Los Angeles-based company
stopped short of confrming
published reports that the deal
would give Live Nation a stake in
virtually every aspect of Jay-Zs
career and land him a potential
windfall in excess of $100 million.
A person familiar with the
negotiations between Live Nation
and Jay-Z told The Associated
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and would cover three albums.
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BY SHAWN SHROYER
shroyer@kansan.com
Sitting at the bottom of the Big
12 standings and facing a slump-
ing Baylor squad, this weekend
was supposed to be Kansas
opportunity to maneuver its way
up the conference standings.
However, the Jayhawks series
with the Bears proved to be the
exact opposite.
With a 17-7, seven-inning vic-
tory on Sunday, Baylor (19-11,
6-6) finally looked like the nation-
ally ranked team it was at the
beginning of the season, complet-
ing its weekend sweep of Kansas
(19-16, 1-8). The loss marked the
Jayhawks sixth in a row in Big
12 play and dropped coach Ritch
Prices club to last in the confer-
ence.
We went on the road, and
our goal was to win a game and
if we won one of the first two
to win the series, said Price,
whose team was outscored 33-
16 by Baylor. We caught them
at a time when theyre peaking.
Theyre the best team weve played
so far all year.
After losing the first two games
of the series, Kansas only hope
was to salvage the series finale
yesterday. But the Bears extin-
guished all hope early on.
Facing Kansas junior left-hand-
er Sam Freeman (4-1), Baylor put
up seven runs before Freeman
was removed after recording just
four outs. For the second straight
Sunday, Freeman failed to reach
the third inning. In the process,
his ERA continued its ascent
from 6.75 to 8.59.
Freeman has been strug-
gling with his mechanics as of
late and, after Sundays perfor-
mance, he will likely move to
the bullpen and be replaced in
the weekend rotation by fresh-
man right-hander T.J. Walz.
By putting him in the
bullpen, it gives coach (Ryan)
Graves more time to work with
him and see if we can improve
his mechanics and get him
back in the strike zone a little
bit better, Price said.
But Freeman isnt the only
starter whos struggled for
Kansas as of late. For the week-
end, Kansas got a total of 9.2
innings out of its starters, who
were pounded for 15 runs.
However, junior left-hander
Nick Czyz pitched 4.1 of those
innings and allowed just one of
those runs Friday.
Conversely, Baylor got 18.2
innings out of its starters,
who gave up 11 runs. Sunday,
right-hander Willie Kempf (5-
1) allowed three runs over 5.1
innings en route to victory.
Walz entered in the second
inning for the Jayhawks, but
couldnt close the floodgates the
Bears had opened up.
Walz surrendered two runs
before escaping the second and
two more runs in the third before
throwing a scoreless fourth inning
the only inning in which Baylor
didnt score. However, in the fifth,
Walz allowed the first two bat-
ters to reach, prompting Price to
throw up the white flag and bring
in senior right-hander Matt Lane.
Two batters into Lanes appear-
ance, Baylor shortstop Beamer
Weems teed off for his fourth
home run of the season to give the
Bears a 13-2 lead. With the game
all but over, both coaches began
to clear their benches to give their
substitutes some playing time.
Kansas offensive highlights
centered around senior short-
stop Erik Morrison. With one on,
two out and a 3-0 count in the
top of the fourth, Morrison had
the green light, sending his third
home run of the season to left
field and putting the Jayhawks
on the board. Morrison had been
0-for-6 in the series entering that
at bat.
The one-man wrecking crew
wasnt finished, though. Morrison
capped off a four-run inning in
the seventh with his second home
run of the afternoon. The home
run brought the Jayhawks within
10 but, with the run rule in effect,
it wasnt enough to prolong the
game.
Erik had a really tough week-
end until today, Price said. I
actually gave him the green light
on 3-0 on the first home run he
hit, trying to get him started. He
railed that one out of the stadium
and hit the second one good. Hes
a streaky hitter, so hopefully thatll
get him started.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS The Kansas
City Royals got off to a fast start,
even with a first week on the road
against AL Central rivals.
Brett Tomko pitched five shutout
innings, Alex Gordon hit a two-run
single that put Kansas City ahead in
the second inning, and the Royals
defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-1
Sunday.
Kansas City finished its opening
trip to Detroit and Minnesota 4-2,
its best start since 2004. The Royals
had only three winning trips last
season, none until a 6-4 swing to the
Chicago White Sox, Oakland and
Colorado from May 11-20.
If you wouldve told us wed
be 4-2 after starting at Detroit and
Minnesota, we probably wouldve
taken it, catcher John Buck said.
New manager Trey Hillmans
bullpen received much of the credit
after Sundays game. Royals relievers
have allowed two runs in 17 innings
thus far.
The bullpens been great, Tomko
said. To come in and just give up a
run in four innings, Im sure Trey
will take that any day of the week.
Shoot, to have a good bullpen as a
starter, to go five or six innings and
you know those guys are going to
come in there and shut the other
team down, it makes our job a lot
easier.
Minnesota, which added Delmon
Young, Mike Lamb and Brendan
Harris, has scored more than four
runs only once and has hit into 11
double plays.
We have to score more runs,
infielder Matt Tolbert said. Were
playing hard, having good at-bats.
Its just we have to score more than
one run to win.
Making his first start of the season,
Tomko (1-0) allowed six hits, struck
out three and walked one. He began
last year with six scoreless innings of
one-hit ball for Los Angeles against
Colorado, but finished a combined
4-12 for the Dodgers and San Diego
Padres.
You just dont want to give in and
have a big inning happen, so I just
kept trying to battle guys, Tomko
said.
Joakim Soria struck out the side in
order in the ninth for his third save,
capping four innings of two-hit relief
that included stints by Ron Mahay,
Leo Nunez and Jimmy Gobble.
Minnesotas only run came in the
sixth when Justin Morneau homered
for the second straight game.
sports 11b Monday, april 7, 2008
BY KELLY BRECKUNITCH
kbreckunitch@kansan.com
The University of Kansas soft-
ball team continued its streak of six
consecutive away games in Waco,
Texas, during the weekend.
The Jayhawks won the first
game on Saturday. Freshman right
fielder Liz Kocon carried the team
with a grand slam in the seventh
inning to earn the team a 6-1 vic-
tory against Baylor. Junior pitch-
er Valerie George continued her
strong season, allowing eight hits
but giving up only one unearned
run. Junior center fielder Dougie
McCaulley and junior third base-
man Val Chapple also helped the
team, both having two hits and a
RBI in the game.
Coach Tracy Bunge said Kocons
performance was huge in the first
game. She said the Baylor hitters
had been challenging George all
day, and the extra run support from
Kocons grand slam was a big boost.
The difference mentally in going
into the bottom of the seventh with
a one-run lead versus a five-run
lead is huge, Bunge said.
The second game did not turn
out so well for the team. It managed
only four hits and one run, while
Baylor exploded with six runs in
the fourth inning to lead the Bears
to a 8-1 victory. Baylors senior first
baseman Jordan Daniels lifted the
team with three hits and four RBI
in the game. Kansas sophomore
first baseman Amanda Jobe drove
in the only run for the Jayhawks.
Bunge said the team gave Baylor
too many chances, especially in
the fourth inning. They got some
clutch hits, they got some big hits
that inning, and we didnt shut the
door, Bunge said.
Bunge said the team needed to
focus on playing a complete series,
and that would be something theyd
definitely have to focus on heading
to Arkansas. We have to play 14
innings, Bunge said.
The Jayhawks move to 29-10
on the season and 3-3 in con-
ference play. The Jayhawks play
in Fayetteville, Ark., on Thursday.
We cant assume that theyre going
to give us anything, Bunge said.
We have to go out, and we just
have to play really tough, intense
softball.
Edited by Katherine Loeck
softball
Jayhawks return 1-1
from away-game series
baseball
Pitching falters; losses continue
Weston White/KANSAN
Freshman shortstop Zach Thoma throws to frst base for an out. After Sundays 17-7 loss to
Baylor, Kansas sits at 19-16.
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So here we are. Kansas is
playing in its second National
Championship game since
2003. In 2003, Syracuses
once-in-a-lifetime freshman
talent, Carmelo Anthony, ended
Kansas dream. Kansas op-
ponent, Memphis, has another
freshman, Derrick Rose, who
might ft that once-in-a-lifetime
label. But when a team makes it
this far, its all about what they
do. Kansas has made a living
the past two seasons winning
big games, and games dont
get any bigger than this. This
game is about a lot of things.
Its about exorcizing 20 years of
NCAA tournament demons. Its
about sending Kansas senior
class of right. Its about Bill Self
taking his place among the
coaching elite. Mostly though,
its about Kansas cutting down
the nets for the frst time since
1988.
Sherron Collins, 5-foot-11
sophomore guard
Say what you want about
Brandon Rush or Mario Chalm-
ers or Darrell Arthur. Youd have
a point with any of those guys.
But Kansas Chicago sparkplug
is always the ultimate X-fac-
tor. If Collins is healthy and
making plays,
then Kansas
is tough to
beat. Collins
had 11 points
against North
Carolina and
looked to
be his old
explosive
self. You have
to wonder if Memphis knows
how good Collins can be. Lastly,
all the talk on Memphis has
included non-stop hype about
freshman Derrick Rose, another
Chicago native.
Will Kansas be fatigued?
The Jayhawks exerted maxi-
mum energy in an emotional
game on Saturday night against
North Carolina. Memphis
wants to play fast, and so does
Kansas. But will the Jayhawks
have enough energy to run
with the Tigers for 40 minutes.
Senior forwards Sasha Kaun
and Darnell Jackson should be
rested after playing a combined
27 minutes on Saturday.
We have prepared for this
all season long and this has
been one of our goals. Now
here we are just one game
away from that accomplish-
ment. We are just living in the
moment and want to go out
and play the way we know
how.
Russell Robinson
Derrick Rose, 6-foot-3 freshman
guard,
A sure-fre top-fve pick in the NBA
draft, Rose will probably be one-and-
done. But he just might grab a title
before sprinting of to the NBA.

Antonio Anderson, 6-foot-6 junior
guard,
Another big, athletic guard, Ander-
son might pose match-up problems
for Kansas smallish guards.
Chris Douglas-
Roberts, 6-foot-7
junior forward
Some compare
him to NBA
legend, Earl
The Pearl
Monroe. He had 28 points
against UCLA on Saturday.
Robert Dozier, 6-foot-9 junior
forward
The Lithonia, Ga., native is
an athletic glass-eater. Doziers
main jobs are to rebound and
play defense.
Joey Dorsey, 6-foot-9
senior forward
Memphis enigmatic
forward may be the per-
fect spokesperson for
Memphis. Dorsey like
the Tigers is talented, but hard to
understand.

Shawn Taggart, 6-foot-10 sopho-
more forward,
A transfer from Iowa State, Taggart
went to high school with Brandon Rush
at Mt. Zion Academy. He played 22 min-
utes against UCLA.
Memphis is 38-1, playing for
the national title, yet the Tigers
still feel disrespected. They dont
play in a major conference, their
coach has a reputation for being
a great recruiter and not a great
game coach, and the Tigers
themselves havent exactly
been portrayed as a group of
Beaver Cleavers. But theyre
still here. Theyre athletic, fast
and strongand they are the
last remaining team between
Kansas and a national champi-
onship.
Derrick Rose, 6-foot-3
freshman guard
Hes been compared to NBA
star Jason Kidd. His stats 25
points, nine rebounds and four
assists against UCLA speak for
themselves. So how does Kan-
sas stop Mem-
phis powerful
young colt.
Itll be a group
efort, with
Russell Rob-
inson, Mario
Chalmers
and Sherron
Collins all getting an opportu-
nity to defend Rose. Kansas had
been burned before by fresh-
men in national championship
games. If Kansas can contain
Rose, theyll be that much closer
to victory.
Can Rush stop CDR?
Its no secret. Brandon Rush
will be matched up with Mem-
phis Chris Douglas Roberts. At
6-foot-7, CDR poses problems
for most college wings. He
scorched UCLA for 28 points.
But Rush has the size and length
to stop him. The Jayhawks need
Rush to score, but tonight, it
might be more important for
him to guard.
I think it has brought our
city together. Theres just some-
thing about Memphis basket-
ball. They love us; they love the
way we play. We have brought
a lot of attention to the city.
Memphis is not really known
for anything positive. They want
something positive to fnally
come to the city.
Memphis junior forward Robert Dozier
on the city of Memphis.
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Player mins Fg-FgA 3Fg-3FgA Rebs Points

Teahan Three Point-o-meter
Will freshman walk-on Conner Teahan get the
opportunity to play tonight? This meter tells all.
Russell Robinson, 6-foot-1 senior guard
Roy Williams called him the best seven point per
game scorer in the country. Hes KUs leader, and he
wants this game as much as anyone.
mario Chalmers, 6-foot-1 junior guard
Chalmers play tailed of a little bit after
the games opening minutes on Saturday.
Hell need to keep his intensity up the
whole game if he is going to guard the
sensational Derrick Rose.
Brandon Rush, 6-foot-6 junior
guard
Rush did everything right
against the Tar Heels. He wasnt
feeling it from the outside, so he
attacked the basket. The CDR, Rush
matchup should be a classic. These
guys are both spectacular athletes
and will both likely be frst round
NBA picks in two months.
Darnell Jackson, 6-foot-8
senior forward
Jackson has a big enough
frame to bang with Mem-
phis Joey Dorsey. These
big men should go at it
most of the night under
the glass. Look for Jack-
son to have a big game.
Hell be emotional be-
cause he knows its his
last time in a KU jersey.
Darrell Arthur, 6-foot-9
sophomore forward
Arthur fnally showed that he
was alive in the opening minutes
of Saturday nights game. If he
can do it consistently to-
night, Kansas will have a
tough time losing. When
Arthur is on, the Jayhawks
are almost unbeatable.
This could be Arthurs
last game, too.
Sherron Collins, 5-foot-11 sophomore guard
Collins looked like he was close to his best on
Saturday. Hed been struggling for most of the tour-
nament but looked sharp going against Ty Lawson.
Tonight, hell go against Rose, another Chicago
native. Collins wants this one for the team and for
himself.
Collins
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Kansas loses another national title game. Kansas has lost twice in
the title game 1991 and 2003 -- since its 1988 Championship, and
fve times overall 1940, 1953 and 1957. A victory tonight would
send Lawrence in to euphoria. The town, the program, the coach,
the players everybody is craving a title. Another runner-up trophy
would mean another bitter ending to a great season.
The AlAmoDome Will RoCK iF
Kansas jumps out to another quick start. Kansas has always
played its best when it plays good early. If Kansas can grab an early
lead against Memphis, it just might mean title No. 3 for Kansas. If
that happens, youre going to want to do one of two things. Find a
way to get to Massachusetts Street or fnd a way to get to the San
Antonio River Walk. Thats where the party will be.
83-79 Kansas
Kansas proved Saturday night that it is the best running team in the
country. The Jayhawks will run better than the Tigers because they can
stop them on defense. A national championship is coming to Lawrence.
Does that score look familiar to anyone?
Player mins Fg-FgA 3Fg-3FgA Rebs Points
14 Douglas-Roberts, Chris 28.3 252-463 43-104 4.2 18.0
23 Rose, Derrick 28.8 201-419 34-98 4.5 14.8
02 Dozier, Robert 25.6 121-273 9-31 6.7 9.1
05 Anderson, Antonio 29.2 110-268 49-146 3.7 8.5
20 Mack, Doneal 12.7 89-228 66-181 1.7 7.1
33 Dorsey, Joey 25.2 105-164 0-1 9.7 6.9
00 Taggart, Shawn 16.9 88-173 10-27 4.2 6.0
01 Kemp, Willie 14.1 67-175 51-139 1.0 5.2
15 Allen, Andre 14.1 41-132 24-82 1.2 3.3
32 Robinson, Jef 9.1 33-74 10-34 2.3 3.0
04 Niles, Pierre 3.9 6-15 0-0 0.8 0.7
31 McGrady, Chance 3.1 4-7 0-0 0.7 0.6
35 Bailey, Hashim 2.2 1-1 0-0 0.2 0.4
25 Rush, Brandon 29.3 175-405 80-189 5.1 13.4
15 Chalmers, Mario 29.7 159-305 71-150 3.1 12.6
00 Arthur, Darrell 24.5 205-381 2-12 6.2 12.6
32 Jackson, Darnell 24.2 168-269 2-6 6.6 11.3
04 Collins, Sherron 23.5 112-241 37-101 2.1 9.2
03 Robinson, Russell 27.7 83-197 35-110 2.8 7.4
24 Kaun, Sasha 17.6 107-171 0-0 3.9 7.2
45 Aldrich, Cole 8.4 43-83 0-0 3.1 2.9
05 Stewart, Rodrick 11.6 35-71 5-16 2.2 2.8
02 Teahan, Conner 3.0 16-27 12-20 0.4 2.2
14 Reed, Tyrel 6.3 18-35 11-24 0.4 2.0
10 Case, Jeremy 4.9 17-45 11-29 0.3 1.6
11 Bechard, Brennan 1.8 5-9 2-5 0.3 1.2
54 Kleinmann, Matt 2.2 3-7 0-0 0.7 0.4
40 Witherspoon, Brad 2.0 0-4 0-3 0.3 0.2
22 Buford, Chase 1.6 1-9 0-6 0.4 0.2
Kansas vs. memphis 8:21 p.m., Alamodome, san Antonio, CBs
NCAA ChAmpioNship oN The LiNe
KANSAS PROVES ITS TALENT TONIGHT AGAINST MEMPHIS
Memphis
(38-1)
Kansas
(36-3)
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