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By dAnny luPPino
University of Kansas students,
particularly those in sororities, are
having a hard time getting home
using KU on Wheels Safe Ride
service.
At least four students were
unable to schedule rides home
because they did not have proof
they lived at the address they asked
to be taken to when they called the
Safe Ride operators.
Safe Ride policy prevents stu-
dents from being taken any-
where but their residences. Jessica
Mortinger, transportation coordi-
nator for KU on Wheels, said the
policy was necessary to ensure the
safety of students.
It is a Safe Ride policy to not
take students to parties, drinking
establishments and other venues
that are not their homes, Mortinger
said. Safe Ride is attempting to
look out for the best interests of
students.
Because of that policy, Mortinger
said Safe Ride does not bring males
to GSP-Corbin Hall or sororities, or
females to fraternities.
Some students complained that
the policy had not been enforced
correctly.
One student, who asked to
remain anonymous, said she and
two friends were repeatedly denied
service from Safe Ride when trying
to get from a party to the sorority
house where they lived.
They refused a few times to
pick us up and
wouldnt take us
back, she said. I
was really con-
fused.
The student
said her friend
was able, after nearly an hour, to
convince the Safe Ride operator
that the sorority house was, in fact,
her residence.
In an e-mail complaint received
last year by KU on Wheels, anoth-
er student said she asked to be
taken home from Fatsos, 1016
Massachusetts St., but was told her
house was too close for her to need
a ride. In the complaint, the student
alleged the operator told her to
fucking walk home before hang-
ing up.
The student said she then called
back and was told she would need
to provide the driver with proof
of her address. When she told the
operator she did not have it with
her, the operator hung up again.
The student said this happened
three more times.
Mortinger said the behavior of
the operator if accurately por-
trayed in the complaint was
unaccept abl e.
The operators,
who are students
t h e ms e l v e s ,
are trained to
interact with
other students,
Mortinger said.
According to the KU on Wheels
Web site, students are required to
show a KUID to ensure that only KU
students are using the service. They
are not required to show proof of
address upon pick-up, though they
may need to if they are dropped off
at a suspicious address.
In order to serve the mission of
only taking students to their home,
if they do, in fact, live in a location
that does not to appear to be a resi-
dence or the residence also appears
to be a party, riders are, in fact,
asked to prove that they live there,
Mortinger said. Our intention is
never to keep people from getting
home. Our intention is to try and
prevent abuse of Safe Ride.
She said acceptable proof of
address would include a drivers
license with the students local
address on it or a piece of mail
with the address and the students
name.
Several people in the KU on
Wheels office said an operator ask-
ing for proof of address before pick-
up was not in line with Safe Ride
policy and was most likely acting
in response to a particularly suspi-
cious caller.
Mortinger said Safe Ride opera-
tors and drivers were not the only
ones to blame for inconsistent ser-
vice.
There is a large problem with
students trying to cheat the system
and tell Safe Ride dispatchers that
they live above a local establishment
or the current location of a keg
party, Mortinger said.
Kansan staf writer danny lup-
pino can be contacted at dlup-
pino@kansan.com.
Edited by Derek Korte
safeTy
Student complaints materialize
concerning Safe Ride procedures
KU on Wheels tries to eliminate student misuse with new policies
Photo illustration by Vanessa Pearson/KANSAN
a student gets into a Safe Ride vehicle on Massachusetts Street. Some University of Kansas students have complaints about Safe Ride policies, and some students have had difculty getting rides
because they did not have proof they lived at their address.
OrganizaTiOns
McCollum, Towers
lead crime statistics
New club, old-school game
safeTy
Vanessa Pearson/KaNSaN
John Nguyen, dodge City junior, goes for the ball Melissa Murphy, Lees Summit junior, hit to
himduring a four-square game Wednesday onWescoe Beach. Nguyen is starting a four-square club
and practiced with Murphy, fromback left, Sasha Graybosch, Lincoln, Neb., Colin Feeney, Topeka
junior, and Rachele Viertahler, Spearville junior.
KU student needs Student Senate funding for four square
By nAtE McGinnis
Students at Wescoe Beach could
soon be reliving a childhood game if
one KU student receives funding for
a four-square club.
John Nguyen, Dodge City junior,
said he was attempting to create the
club to help students reduce stress
and bring back the simplicity stu-
dents felt in elementary school.
Nguyen plans to have the club
meet on Wescoe Beach from noon
until 4 p.m. in what he is calling
four-square Friday.
You could see a whole play-
ground on Wescoe Beach if four-
square gets popular, Nguyen said.
The idea began about a year ago
when Nguyen started an impromptu
game with his neighbors and room-
mates at his apartment complex.
Soon after they started playing,
many of his neighbors joined the
game. Then he got the idea to apply
for funding and start a club.
Nguyen applied for funding from
Student Senate last Wednesday, but
his bill was not approved by the
finance committee.
He said the committee wanted to
see a list of group members before
they apporved the bill to be voted on
by Student Senate.
Rachele Vierthaler, Spearville
junior, said she used to break out chalk
and start games of four square with
Nguyen in his apartment complex.
She said that she wanted to join
the club and that she was encourag-
ing others who needed a break from
classes to stop by Wescoe Beach on
Fridays for four sqare.
Its a fun sport that reminds you
of childhood, Vierhalter said.
Passing by Wescoe beach on
By dAvid linhArdt
Jayhawker Towers and
McCollum and Oliver halls are the
most dangerous residence halls on
campus.
Police reports indicate crimes
have been reported at or near
Oliver and the Towers 40 times
each since September 2005.
McCollum was a close second with
39 police reports.
The three buildings far out-
paced other halls like Hashinger
Hall (12 total crime reports), Lewis
Hall (10), and GSP-Corbin (19).
Ellsworth came closest with 29.
The safest place to live on campus
is Templin Hall, which had a mere
eight crime reports in the last year.
Hashinger was closed for the 2005-
2006 school year.
The discrepancy isnt much
of a surprise to Capt. Schuyler
Bailey, KU Public Safety Office
spokesman. Bailey said Oliver and
McCollum tended to have a high
number of freshmen, often away
Three halls have far higher rates of
theft, rape, alcohol and drug abuse
aThleTics deparTmenT
Resolution suggesting policy change
tabled at Student Senate meeting
By nAtE McGinnis
After 30 minutes of debate
Wednesday night, Student Senate
tabled a resolution calling for the
Athletics Department to admit
infants under the age of two into
football and non-revenue sporting
events for free.
The resolution stated, We are
grieved by the fact that infants (2
years of age or under) are charged
full price for admittance at any
events, and challenged the depart-
ment policy that requires all per-
sons in attendance to have a ticket
regardless of age.
The resolution also asked the
department to take into account
the needs of its patrons that have
children who want to attend foot-
ball or other non-revenue sports.
The resolution can be voted on
next at the full senate meeting in
two weeks.
Alex Treaster, Shawnee junior
and author of the resolution, said
he thought the policy requiring
tickets for all patrons was unrea-
sonable.
We believe KU athletics should
be promoting a family-friendly
atmosphere, Treaster said.
Infants younger than 2
must still have tickets
safety tips
Tips from the KU Public
Safety Ofce for staying safe
while living on campus:
Lock your doors.
Dont leave personal prop-
erty unattended.
Lock bikes properly with a
u-lock, not a cable lock.
Record serial numbers
from bikes, cell phones and
computers.
See housing oN Page 4a
See tickets oN Page 4a
See four square oN Page 4a
We believe KU athletics
should be promoting a family-
friendly atmosphere.
alex treaster
author of the resolution
Have you been denied a
ride by safe ride? e-mail
your story to the kansan at
dluppino@kansan.com.
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Want to know what people
are talking about? Heres a list
of Wednesdays most e-mailed
stories from Kansan.com:
1. Program for Hispanic,
Latino youth takes family ap-
proach to college education
2. Nine KU women appear in
Octobers Playboy
3. Nontraditional students
make mark at the University of
Kansas
4. Biology professor bargains
with publishers for low text-
book price
5. Birthday cake handed out
to students
KU Public Safety ofcers
responded to a report of an
inattentive driver who smashed
through a section of curb in
the 1300 block of Oread. Debris
few 20 feet away, and the car
slid down an embankment
before coming to rest against a
retaining wall. The Public Safety
ofce said the driver had not
noticed that the road ended,
and wet roads contributed to
the cars inability to stop in
time.
A 19-year-old KU student
reported criminal damage and
theft from a 1981 Mercedes
Benz in a parking lot near the
Lied Center. Someone stole the
hood ornament from the car.
A 20-year-old KU student re-
ported the theft of $35 from the
8th foor of McCollum Hall. The
incident occurred Sept. 11.
A University employee re-
ceived criminal threats from an
acquaintance on Sept. 11. The
incident occurred in the 1400
block of Jayhawk Boulevard.
An article in Wednesdays
The University Daily Kansan
contained an error. For the
article KU makes strong show-
ing for Big 12, nine women pose
for Playboy spread, the photo
should have been credited to
Anna Faltermeier/KANSAN, and
the cutline should have said
Loni Berry, Topeka senior, signs
her photograph, which ap-
peared in this years October is-
sue of Playboy, for KU students
outside the Jayhawk Bookstore,
1420 Crescent Rd., Tuesday
afternoon. Nine KU women ap-
peared in the magazine as part
of Playboys Big 12 feature in its
annual college edition.
Todays Sex on the Hill did
not correctly credit several pho-
tos. The cover photo illustration
should have been credited to
Jared Gab, the photos on page
9C should have been credited
to Amanda Sellers and the
photo illustration on page 6C
should have been credited as
such.
Today at 7:30 p.m. Rod Smith,
author of Money Power & Elec-
tions: How Campaign Finance
Reform Subverts American
Democracy, will speak at the
Dole Institute. Afterward he will
sign copies of his book.
on campus
How do you
feel about tHe
new features
on facebook?
Jordan Sembler
Overland Park
sophomore
I think its kind of
obnoxious. For me,
Facebook was some-
thing where I didnt
have to pay atten-
tion all the time, not
like MySpace. I wasnt
interested enough to
pay attention to what
everybodys doing all
the time.
what
do you
think?
By Matt
Erickson
Colin Weber
Lenexa sophomore
I read what the creator
said. He didnt mean
to have it so stalkerish.
Theyve put in privacy
controls. If you dont
want people to know
what youre doing all
the time, you should
be able to keep them
from doing that.
emily muSkin
Omaha, Neb., junior
I hate it. Its a lot easier
for people to stalk you.
I didnt notice the News
Feed at first, but its
pretty bad. They should
change it back.
mary Weber
Atchison junior
I dont really like
it, personally. It just
invades your privacy.
amanda rivera
Shawnee freshman
Oh, God, I hated them
at first. I thought it was
really stalkerish. At first,
I couldnt believe they
wouldnt let you take
them off. I like that he
wrote the letter. Now
Im OK with it.
Judge forces woman
to wait in courtroom
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - Ni-
cole Delameter has learned to
be more judicious when select-
ing a parking spot.
When Circuit Judge Stanley
Mills arrived for work Monday,
Delameters 1990 Oldsmobile
was parked in his reserved
space at the courthouse. So he
parked his 2005 Cadillac behind
her car and forced her to sit
in his courtroom until he was
ready to leave.
Theres two perks to the job,
the judge said. I have my own
bathroom, and I have my own
parking spot, and youre not
going to get to use either.
Spanish police ofcers
accidentally shown porn
MADRID, Spain One-hun-
dred-and-twenty Madrid police
ofcers settling in for a video
presentation on how to get pro-
moted to sergeant were instead
shown footage of hard-core
pornography.
Computer technicians
blamed the glitch on a Trojan
Horse computer virus that acti-
vated when the computer con-
taining the video was turned
on, a ministry ofcial said.
Man stopped shaving
until Bin Laden caught
EPHRATA, Wash. After the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Gary
Weddle followed the news so
closely he forgot to shave. After
a week he decided not to shave
until Osama bin Laden was
caught or killed.
Nor has Weddle, 46, who
expected the al-Qaida leader
to be caught within a month
or so, trimmed his facial hair in
the succeeding fve years as he
went from substitute teacher
to science instructor at Ephrata
Middle School.
Associated Press
odd news
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senseney Music, Inc., inwichita. the fagship $150,000 grand piano, one of about 300 owned by yamaha for touring concert musicians, will be the frst
in the nation to be used by music students and faculty at wichita state university when it is not being used for concerts.
Spring Hill student dies
Tuesday in his home
University of Kansas student
Ross Reagan died in his home on
Tuesday.
Reagan was a Spring Hill
junior majoring in psychology.
He graduated from Blue Valley
Northwest High School in 2004.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway
ofered his condolences in a
statement released Wednesday.
My deepest condolences
go out to the family, friends
and loved ones of Ross Reagan,
Hemenway said. The entire KU
family is saddened at the loss of
this bright young man.
Reagan was 21 years old at
the time of his death.
News of a memorial service
was unavailable as of press time.
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information.
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By Jack Weinstein
An unusually high num-
ber of spaces are available on
Massachusetts street because of the
summer construction.
Five locations are still available
to lease for just one real estate com-
pany: Grubb and Ellis|The Winbury
Group. Allison
Vance Moore, a
vice president of
commercial sales
and leasing for the
company, said the
vacancies were due
to the construction
during the sum-
mer in downtown
Lawrence. She said
she expected to see
more interest in those locations
now that the construction was fin-
ished.
The construction project on
Massachusetts street began May 22
and extended from the 700 block
to the 800 block of the street. The
project completed in late August
replaced a water line that was
about 100 years old.
The three-month project
entailed closing the east and then
west sides of Massachusetts street
for about six weeks at a time. This
meant parking was only available
on one side of the street and traffic
could only flow one way.
Many downtown Lawrence
business owners reported that their
sales had taken a hit and com-
plained that the lack of parking
and high fences put up to block the
construction prevented easy access
to their stores.
Jon Amyx, owner of the
Downtown Barber Shop, 824
Massachusetts St., said that he
didnt have a handicapped parking
space because of the construction,
and that he lost customers for three
months.
Were in the middle of the
block, Amyx said. If your only
access is your
back door, its
going to be a
tough day.
Sean Patrick,
manager of Zen
Zero, 811 Mass.,
said that busi-
ness at the res-
taurant was a bit
slow this sum-
mer and that
its front porch business was most
negatively affected.
No one wanted to sit outside
while they were jack-hammering,
he said.
But Sunflower Outdoor & Bike
Shop actually reported a record
year despite the summer construc-
tion.
It was certainly inconvenient,
owner Dan Hughes said. But our
placement near the end of the block
probably benefitted us.
The construction will continue
next summer for the 900 block of
Massachusetts street and the repav-
ing of the street.
kansan staf writer Jack Wein-
stein can be contacted at jwein-
stein@kansan.com.
Edited by Travis Robinett
Construction
slows business
DOWNTOWN
Summer project keeps Massachusetts
Street spaces vacant, hinders leasing
No one wanted to sit
outside while they were jack-
hammering.
Sean Patrick
Zen Zero manager
By PHiL cOUVRette
assOciated PRess
MONTREAL A gunman
in a black trench coat and sport-
ing a mohawk haircut opened fire
Wednesday at a Montreal college
and wounded at least 20 people
six critically before he appar-
ently was killed by police, witnesses
and authorities said.
Scores of panicked students at
Dawson College near downtown
fled into the surrounding streets
after the shooting broke out at the
school of about 10,000. Some had
clothes stained with blood.
Police spokesman Ean Lafreniere
said there was just one gunman at
the school and the search for any
others was over.
Although police initially sug-
gested the gunman had killed him-
self, Police Director Yvan DeLorme
later said at a news conference that
based on current information, the
suspect was killed by police.
CBC-TV showed police with
guns drawn standing behind a
police cruiser as a SWAT team
swarmed the 12-acre campus. A
bloody body covered in a yellow
sheet lay next to a police cruiser
near an entrance to a school build-
ing.
Montreal General Hospital said
11 people were admitted, including
six who were in critical condition.
The other nine were taken to two
other hospitals.
Witnesses said a man wearing
a black trench coat entered the
school cafeteria and opened fire
wordlessly.
Derick Osei, 19, said he was
walking down the stairs to the sec-
ond-floor cafeteria when he saw a
man with a gun.
He ... just started shooting up
the place. I ran up to the third floor
and I looked down and he was still
shooting, Osei said. He was hid-
ing behind the vending machines
and he came out with a gun and
started pointing and pointed at me.
So I ran up the stairs. I saw a girl get
shot in the leg.
Osei said people in the cafeteria
were all lying on the floor.
I saw the gunman who was
dressed in black and at that time
he was shooting at people, student
Michel Boyer told CTV. I imme-
diately hit the floor. It was prob-
ably one of the most frightening
moments of my life.
He was shooting randomly, I
didnt know what he was shooting
at, but everyone was screaming get
out of the building, Boyer said.
Everybody was in tears. Everybody
was so worried for their own safety
for their own lives.
Raamias Hernandez, 19, said he
had just finished his class when he
saw everybody starting to run.
He said the gunman was dressed
in a black jacket and had a mohawk
haircut. Hernandez said he started
to take pictures on a camera cell
phone with his friend and the sus-
pect saw them and started shoot-
ing.
Student Devansh Smri Vastava
said he saw a man in military
fatigues with a big rifle storm the
cafeteria.
He just started shooting at peo-
ple, Vastava said, adding that he
heard about 20 shots fired. He also
said teachers ran through the halls
telling students to get out.
We all ran upstairs. There were
cops firing. It was so crazy, Vastava
said. I was terrified. The guy was
shooting at people randomly. He
didnt care, he was just shooting at
everybody. I just got out.
A SWAT team and canine units
were dispatched to the school,
going floor by floor to look for vic-
tims, Sgt. Giuseppe Boccardi told
CNN.
People also were evacuated from
two nearby shopping centers.
Canadas worst mass shoot-
ing also happened in Montreal.
Gunman Marc Lepine killed 14
women at the Ecole Polytechnic
on Dec. 6, 1989, before shooting
himself.
The 25-year-old Lepine roamed
the halls of the school firing a rifle,
specifically targeting women whom
he claimed in a suicide note had
ruined his life. Nine other women
and four men were wounded.
That shooting spurred efforts for
tighter gun laws and greater aware-
ness of societal violence particu-
larly domestic abuse.

Robert J. Galbraith/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Police ofcers arrive on the scene of a shootingWednesday at Dawson College in Montreal as a body is covered by a tarp in the background.
Crime
20 wounded in Montreal college shooting
Six left in critical condition, gunman shot and killed by police officers at scene
NEWS 4A
Thursday, sepTember 14, 2006
By Erin CastanEda
An new interdisciplinary center
at the University of Kansas will assist
students looking for an edge in a
competitive international market.
On Tuesday, the Department
of Germanic Languages and
Literatures and the Center for
International Business Education
and Research, or CIBER, formed
the Center for Germanic Business
Language to teach, test and train
students to compete for interna-
tional business professions.
The newly created center has the
approval of the Goethe Institute
in Germany to certify students
German language proficiency.
The proficiency gives students an
edge when they are looking for a job,
said Melissa Birch, CIBER director.
Now we are collaborating on
the Center for Business Language
that will really put KU on the map
as a place where rigorous education
in German language and culture is
available to people who want to
work in business, Birch said.
The center has been five years in
the making, she said.
Jim Morrison, instructor in
German and co-director of the
newly created center, said the first
tests would be administered in
December. Morrison and Rex Clark,
the other co-director, were certified
by the Goethe Institute to adminis-
ter the German business language
profeciency tests. The three-hour
long test involves vocabulary, read-
ing, listening, an oral exam and
office scenario role playing to help
test office skills, Morrison said.
Jrg Meindl, graduate teaching
assistant in German, is training to
test students at the center. He teach-
es a German for Professions class,
which is the first of two classes for
fourth-year students preparing to
take the language proficiency test.
German employers have diffi-
culty understanding what a tran-
script actually means and business
language skills are not necessarily
guaranteed in other classes, Meindl
said. Five students are preparing to
take the test this semester, he said.
Kansan staf writer Erin Castane-
da can be contacted at ecas-
taneda@kansan.com.
Edited by Derek Korte
Globalization
New center will help
students prepare for
business careers abroad
from their parents for the first
time.
Theyre busy, trying to find
their boundaries, Bailey said.
Sometimes the boundaries are
tested illegally. Virtually all mari-
juana seized by KU Public Safety
officers this year was from Oliver
and McCollum. Several reports of
alcohol poisoning this semester
have come from the two halls. The
two rapes reported in 2006 were
from McCollum and the Towers.
The parking lots and bike racks
outside Oliver and the Towers are
popular places for thieves looking
for bikes and vandals who smash
car mirrors or bend windshield wiper
blades. The most reported crime on
campus is theft, most often of bikes,
cell phones or wallets.
Ashlen Williams, a Towers res-
ident, said she saw other Towers
residents not locking their doors
because they were afraid they would
lock themselves out.
The Rolla, Mo., junior, said there
was less supervision at the Towers
than at residence halls because resi-
dent assistants were less visible.
The Towers tend to draw older
residents who have more connec-
tions off campus and who may be old
enough to legally purchase alcohol.
Towers guests dont have to check in.
Though keycards are required to get
inside, Williams said that sometimes
doors got propped open on week-
ends and anyone could walk in.
One desk attendant at McCollum
spoke on condition of anonymity,
because the Department of Student
Housing threatens to discipline
employees who speak to the media,
said it was surprising to learn that
McCollum had so many crimes
reported.
Its been quiet times when Ive
been on duty, the attendant said.
I dont feel less safe there than I do
anywhere else.
Williams roommate Carey
Krovatin, Piscataway, N.J., junior,
said she liked living in the Towers
because she felt more secure. She
said she hadnt been a victim of any
crime in the three years she had lived
in campus housing.
We lock our doors and go on
with our business, Williams said. I
feel pretty safe. I dont really think
about it.
Kansan staf writer david Linhardt
can be contacted at dlinhardt@
kansan.com.
Edited by Natalie Johnson
Wednesday, Jay Warring, Paola
junior, saw his girlfriend playing
a pick-up game of four square
with Nguyen and Vierhalter. He
decided to play too.
Warring said he liked the game
because it was easy and quick.
If you get out, it doesnt mean
you really lost, you just get back
in, Warring said.
The next opportunity for
Nguyen to reapply for funding
will be at student senate commit-
tee meetings on Sept. 20.
Kansan staf writer nate McGin-
nis can be contacted at nmcgin-
nis@kansan.com.
Edited by Travis Robinett
Exam will test students prowess with
business-related German language
housiNg (continued from 1A)
Four square
(continued from 1A)
The department is an autono-
mous organization and can set
departmental policies at its own
discretion.
Jim Marchiony, associate ath-
letics director, said, We really do
not have any intention of chang-
ing the policy.
Marchiony said that the policy
was common at many schools
and that it was used for all
NCAA championship events in
every sport, as well as the Big 12
Championships.
Even though children two or
younger must have a ticket, sev-
eral programs exist for reduced
costs for infants, Marchiony said.
Parents can enroll their chil-
dren in the Junior Jayhawk Club,
which gives the child free admis-
sion to the first three football
games and allows parents to
purchase single-game tickets for
$25. Junior Jayhawk Club mem-
bers also get free admission to
all athletics events except mens
basketball.
With a family plan, parents can
purchase football season tickets
for two adults and two children
for $300. Season tickets for addi-
tional children can be purchased
for $50.
Students can purchase single-
game or season tickets for chil-
dren and spouses at student pric-
es of $10 and $45, respectively.
Kansan staf writer nate McGin-
nis can be contacted at nmcgin-
nis@kansan.com.
Edited by Natalie Johnson
tickets
(continued from 1A)
By Gary GEntiLE
assoCiatEd PrEss
LOS ANGELES NBC is about
to join CBS, ABC and Fox in offering
free, advertising-supported shows
online.
The network, starting Oct. 1, will
begin streaming on the Internet epi-
sodes of all six of its new prime-time
series one day after their network
airing.
The episodes will run on the
networks video player, called NBC
24/7, the network said Wednesday.
The episodes will be accompanied
by blogs from the shows producers,
writers or stars.
The network said it would air the
first four episodes of its new com-
edies, 30 Rock, and Twenty Good
Years, and the first eight episodes
of its new dramas, Kidnapped,
Friday Night Lights, Studio 60 on
the Sunset Strip, and Heroes.
NBC will also allows fans to inter-
act with the creators of all its shows
on the night of their premiers, the
company said.
The goal is to help promote the
new shows and experiment with giv-
ing viewers multiple options to view
them, the company said. NBC also
sells episodes of some of its shows on
Apple Computer Inc.s iTunes store
for $1.99 each.
When you launch a new sea-
son, its important that you get the
shows in front of as many eye-
balls as possible, said Jeff Gaspin,
president of NBC Universal Cable
Entertainment, in a statement.
ABC, last fall, was the first net-
work to sell its shows online and
stream free, ad-supported episodes
on the Web. That network said
Wednesday it would resume the
free streaming, adding several new
shows, including Six Degrees,
Ugly Betty, The Knights of
Prosperity and The Nine.
internet
nBc to stream six shows on Web
NBc/associateD Press
Bradley Whitford, left, and MatthewPerry star in the newNBC dramatic series Studio 60 on Sunset Strip,which will be available free on the
internet after its television debut.
former texan democrat governor dies at 73
obituary
By KELLEy sHannon
assoCiatEd PrEss
AUSTIN, Texas Former Gov.
Ann Richards, the witty and flam-
boyant Democrat who went from
homemaker to national political
celebrity, died Wednesday night
after a battle with cancer, a family
spokeswoman said. She was 73.
The silver-haired, silver-tongued
Richards said she entered politics
to help others especially women
and minorities who were often
ignored by Texas male-dominated
establishment.
I did not want my tombstone to
read, She kept a really clean house.
I think Id like them to remember
me by saying, She opened gov-
ernment to everyone, Richards
said shortly before leaving office in
January 1995.
She was governor for one
term, losing her re-election bid to
Republican George W. Bush.
She grabbed the national spot-
light with her keynote address at
the 1988 Democratic National
Convention. Richards won cheers
from delegates when she said that
Ginger Rogers did everything Fred
Astaire did, only backwards and
in high heels.
Richards sealed her partisan
reputation with a blast at George
H. Bush, vice president at the time:
Poor George, he cant help it. He
was born with a silver foot in his
mouth.
Four years later, she was chair-
woman of the Democratic conven-
tion that nominated Bill Clinton
for president.
Richards rose to the governor-
ship with a victory against mil-
lionaire cowboy Clayton Williams
in 1990. She celebrated by holding
up a T-shirt that showed the state
Capitol and read: A womans place
is in the dome.
As governor, Richards cham-
pioned what she called the New
Texas, appointing more women
and more minorities to state posts
than any of her predecessors.
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Youre right, costs can be cut even
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or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Myers: Business owners, not the city of
Lawrence, should decide whether to allow or
prohibit smoking in their bars and restaurants.
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City should compromise
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Dont be a fool,
wear a helmet
Smoking ban ignores
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i just got high with the delivery
guy from Gumbys.
n
to the girl who was wearing her
pants so low she had pubic hairs
coming out of the top: you just
made me throw up.
n
come on Free for all. You
havent given me a comment in
the paper all year. come on, throw
me a bone here.
n
Last night i had a sex with a
woman.
n
to the kid who got hit in the
chest by a hot dog on game day
last saturday: how does it feel?
n
this cigarette tastes like a
cigarette.
n
did anyone see the guy puking
in front of budig 120 today? what a
champion.
n
Just because im sitting by my-
self eating lunch doesnt mean you
have to stare at me.
n
i want to give a shout out to
the snotty chick in my tmL class: i
think your eyebrows look like andy
rooney.
n
everybody should chip in a
dollar to pay for the steve irwin
avenging murder Fund.
Those searching for late-night
fun at Naughty But Nice may
notice something odd about the
store. It resembles more of an
office supply store than an adult
novelty store.
To remain at the 1741
Massachusetts St. location, stor-
eowner Richard Osburn has
replaced some of his adult prod-
ucts with rubber bands, paper
clips and cheap books to com-
ply with a city ordinance that
requires a certain percentage of
the stores sales to be of a non-
adult nature. This has yet to sat-
isfy the city, however, continuing
to hit Osburn in the pocketbook
and leaving him outraged.
They dont have to agree with
my business, but they should
agree with my fairness, Osburn
said.
The business, which has been
open for seven years, has not
negatively affected the commu-
nity and has continued to com-
ply with the city. The city cer-
tainly has a right to rezone the
business but must do so in a way
that works for both parties.
Osburn said that even before
he opened the business he
checked several times with City
Hall to find out about any regula-
tions. He received no complaints
from City Hall until 2000 when
a law was discovered that shops
like his were required to be locat-
ed on a state highway.
In July of 2000, the city gave
him five years to relocate or close
his doors. Still today he fights
with the city. This past March
he appeared before the board of
zoning and appeals after threats
to relocate the business.
In a six-to-one ruling, the
board ruled it did not have the
power to allow the city to rezone
the store.
The fight that Osburn has put
up is one that could be avoided.
He said he doesnt mind moving,
but with strict guidelines regard-
ing where he can and cant move
and other variables, moving will
cost him even more money.
The city has intentionally tried
to run Osburn out of business by
placing strict rules and causing
him to spend $6,000 in lawyer
fees.
While the city continues to
flex its muscles, Osburn said he
would continue to fight for his
rights, as he should.
Its sad that it comes to this,
he said.
Osburn makes a good point
when he says that if there werent
a market for his store he wouldnt
be in business. While the city
may not like the name of the
store, the products that it sells or
its location, the city must find a
compromise to a situation that
has dragged on far too long.
Louis Mora for the editorial
board.
Im sure you saw me passing out
little blue fliers on Wescoe Beach
over the past few days. (Ill give
you a second to dig that piece of
paper out of the bottom of your
book bag.) Im also sure you were
irritated having to deal with another
solicitation on campus.
But what you may not know
is that this flier for Rock Chalk
Responsible Choices is, in every
way, about you.
Tonight is the kickoff event for
Rock Chalk Responsible Choices,
beginning at 7:00 pm in Budig Hall.
RC-squared, as its more commonly
known, began when the NCAA pro-
vided KU with a grant to promote
responsible decision making at the
University.
Now, I know what youre
thinking. Sitting in Budig listen-
ing to a lecture on the benefits of
being alcohol-free is not an ideal
Thursday. And in many cases you
would be right.
However, I would not have stood
in sandals on Wescoe in what felt
like 40-degree fall weather for
something that I didnt believe
would be beneficial for you. The
purpose of this event is to promote
responsible choices, not self-denial.
Highlights will include a presen-
tation by womens basketball coach
Bonnie Henrickson and chances to
win free stuff.
Thats right, I said it free! A
word every college student loves.
You will also all have a chance to
win an exclusive VIP experience at
Late Night in the Phog.
But thats not all. The largest
group in attendance will win an
alcohol-free tailgate before the foot-
ball game against South Florida.
So come. Bring a friend. Bring
all your friends. Make new random
acquaintances and bring them,
because who wouldnt want to win
free stuff?
Chelsey Pryor
Student Athlete Advisory Com-
mittee (SAAC)
Alcohol-free can be fun
By vinCE MyErS
kANsAN COlUMNIsT
opinion@kansan.com
Freedom is under attack in
Lawrence, and its disturbing that no
one seems to care. College students
are supposed to want to protect
our freedoms above all else. But, if
anything, most people are joining in
on the attack and denigrating those
who stand against it.
The attack I speak of is the ban
on smoking in bars and restaurants.
Advocates of the smoking ban
characterize bar owners as money-
hungry capitalists and smokers as
gluttons, neither of whom are will-
ing to allow health-conscious non-
smokers to eat their meals in peace.
An editorial in Mondays Kansan
implied that there was no difference
between allowing people to smoke
in public places and allowing a
person to urinate in your beverage
without your consent. This is a
wildly inaccurate view of the situ-
ation.
For any business to succeed, it
has to be able to make its custom-
ers happy. A business allows people
to smoke because its the best way
for the business to make money. If
a local bar or restaurant got more
customers by banning smoking,
it would ban smoking. But any
Lawrence restaurant that allowed
smoking before the ban did so
because it made more money that
way.
Many people have suggested
that the best way to think of capi-
talism is as economic democracy.
Your money is your vote, and the
businesses with the most votes get
to keep running. Those bars that
allowed smoking before the ban
did so because it gained them more
votes. The freedom to gain those
votes however a bar or restaurant
owner wishes by banning smok-
ing or by allowing smoking was
an important freedom, as we can
see from the dissatisfaction of the
bar owners who want that freedom
back.
Its also very important to realize
that these businesses are privately
owned, and decisions should be
made by the owners. The idea that
a bar allowing smoking is akin to
someone urinating in your bever-
age without your consent is absurd.
Giving private business owners
the ability to make their own deci-
sions is a fundamental freedom. If
you feel that someone smoking in
a bar is like someone urinating in
your drink, then act accordingly:
Stop patronizing that bar. If enough
people feel that way, the bar will
close down or change its ways. But
if more people enjoy urinating in
beverages, or in this case, smoking
in bars, and the owners consent,
then its wrong to stop them.
Proponents of the smoking
ban seem to believe that they have
a right to eat on someone elses
property free from smoke. That
shouldnt be the case. If you went
to someones house and asked to
smoke, and the house owner agreed,
you should both be free to stand by
those decisions, whether or not it
made a third party upset. For the
government to say that consent-
ing adults cant make their own
economic decisions is a restriction
of freedom, plain and simple, and
should be recognized as such.
Unfortunately, this isnt the case.
Bar owners who simply want to
make their own decisions about
their own private businesses are vili-
fied. The Kansan editorial said that
Dennis Steffes, owner of Coyotes
and Last Call, was pursuing a self-
ish cause in his effort to be allowed
to make his customers happy and
earn a living. Ill concede that fight-
ing for ones own freedom might
be selfish, but I dont believe that
makes it evil or wrong.
It worries me that the same stu-
dent body that will scream about
the freedom to abort a baby or
the freedom to check out bomb-
making books at the library without
government intrusion will so glee-
fully withhold the freedom to run
a private business. I would hope
that Lawrence residents would rec-
ognize that government intrusion
into making a living is not noble,
and protecting ones freedoms is not
selfish.
Myers is an Olathe junior in eco-
nomics and political science.
Americans are superficial; we
all know that. We live in a capital-
ist society where money is key and
sex sells. So whats new? How about
this: Superficiality apparently has
become so prevalent that peer
disapproval and discomfort were
two of the top reasons why college-
aged bicyclists dont wear helmets,
according to a 2005 article in the
Journal of American College Health.
I purchased a bike this semester
for my sole means of transporta-
tion. My friends, classmates and
co-workers first question for me
was, predictably, did you buy a
helmet? When I responded yes,
my initial embarrassment passed.
Instead, I was flooded with wonder
as each person in turn responded
with laughter and jokes. After a few
such encounters, I started to won-
der why everyone is so concerned
about people, especially adults, tak-
ing a safety precaution in a situation
that could potentially lead to brain
injury or death.
As exaggerated of an outcome
as this may seem, it happens more
frequently than you might think.
In 2005 alone, 784 bicyclists died
on US roads. Two-thirds of these
deaths were related to severe brain
injury and up to 88 percent could
have been prevented with the
proper use of a helmet, according to
the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute.
In fact, in 97 percent of bicyclist
deaths, a helmet wasnt worn,
according to a Bicycle Retailer and
Industry News article.
The purpose of the study that
named peer disapproval and
discomfort as the main reasons
for college students not wearing
helmets was to come up with a
marketing strategy to make helmet-
wearing socially acceptable within
this peer group. The conclusion of
this study, taken on a campus in the
Southeastern United States, was that
a sassy slogan such as The Grateful
Head and commitment from other
bikers on campus to use helmets
was necessary in order to change
the habits of non-wearers. Is our
generation so dependent upon oth-
ers ill-based judgments that we will
not look out for out own well being?
Apparently so.
The same study showed that 18
percent of the college bikers inter-
viewed had been hospitalized for
biking injuries. All it takes is one
fall to suffer a serious head injury.
That is why even the most accom-
plished riders wear helmets, said
Linda Armstrong Kelly, mother
of Lance Armstrong, in the same
Bicycle Retailer and Industry News
article.
Save the superficialities for the
outfit you wear crashing the house
party on Friday or the Northface
you sport once the crisp October air
hits. If you ride a bike, get a helmet.
Better to safely embrace socially
unacceptable accessories than to be
scraped off the sidewalk. Rock the
helmet.
Hughes is a Saint Louis junior in
journalism.
By ABBy HuGHES
kANsAN COlUMNIsT
opinion@kansan.com
NEWS 8A
Thursday, sepTember 14, 2006
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
AssociAtED PREss
WASHINGTON - One-fifth of
children are likely to be obese by
2010, yet the government killed a
promising program that portrayed
exercise as cool.
Other efforts to turn the tide
of childhood obesity are scatter-
shot and dont have enough money,
the Institute of Medicine said
Wednesday.
The institute did find some
encouraging signs that the threat to
childrens health is being taken seri-
ously. Programs that target young-
sters growing waistlines are sprout-
ing nationwide, it said.
But no one knows which pro-
grams really help kids slim down,
the institute said, calling for research
to identify the best methods.
More troubling is that the country
lacks the national leadership needed
to speed change, lamented an expert
panel convened by the scientific
group.
Is this as important as stockpil-
ing antibiotics or buying vaccines? I
think it is, said Jeffrey Koplan, vice
president of academic health affairs
at Emory University, who led the
IOMs panel. This is a major health
problem. Its of a different nature
than acute infectious threats, but it
needs to be taken just as seriously.
To reinforce that point,
Wednesdays report spotlighted the
governments VERB campaign, a
program once touted as spurring
a 30 percent increase in exercise
among the preteens it reached. It
ended this year with Bush adminis-
tration budget cuts.
VERB encouraged 9- to 13-year-
olds to take part in physical activi-
ties. Slick ads, costing $59 million
last year, portrayed exercise as cool
at an age when outdoor play typi-
cally winds down and adolescent
slothfulness sets in.
The programs demise calls into
question the commitment to obesity
prevention within government, the
panel concluded.
Koplan, a former CDC director,
was more blunt, calling it a waste of
taxpayer money to develop a pro-
gram that works and then dismantle
it.
The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention is trying to do
everything we can to package the
research and lessons learned from
VERB so it can inform campaigns
local groups might take on through-
out the country, responded CDC
spokesman Jeff McKenna.
The report cites other examples
of promising federal programs that
have yet to reach their potential.
Kids gobbled fruits and vegetables in
an Agriculture Department school
snack program, but it only reaches
14 states. And CDCs main anti-
obesity initiative had enough money
this year to fund just 28 states start-
ing childhood nutrition and exercise
programs.
The report also lauded some cre-
ative state and local efforts, includ-
ing:
A California program, started
in Marin County, to build new side-
walks and bike paths thats getting
more children to walk or bike to
school.
A community garden project in
New York Citys Harlem neighbor-
hood to increase inner-city young-
sters access to healthful food and
safe recreation.
An effort by Arkansas schools
to notify parents when students are
overweight. Combined with new
school menus and physical activ-
ity programs, the initiative recently
reported a leveling off of the states
child obesity rate.
The IOM, which advises the gov-
ernment on health matters, in 2004
called for a joint attack on childhood
obesity by parents, schools, commu-
nities, the food industry and govern-
ment. Wednesdays report was the
first checkup.
We still are not doing enough to
prevent childhood obesity, and the
problem is getting worse, Koplan
concluded. The current level of
public and private sector invest-
ments does not match the extent of
the problem.
More than individual programs,
full-scale social change is needed for
healthful eating and physical activity
to become the norm, added panel-
ist Toni Yancey, of the University of
California-Los Angeles.
Some 17 percent of U.S. young-
sters already are obese, and millions
more are overweight. Obesity can
lead to diabetes, high blood pressure
and cholesterol, sleep problems and
other disorders.
Wednesdays report shows what
the country is doing is like put-
ting a Band-Aid on a brain tumor,
said Margo Wootan of the consumer
advocacy Center for Science in the
Public Interest.
health
Budget cuts diminish
child obesity prevention
Pro-exercise VERB campaign cut despite results
Round and round he goes
Gay afair admitted on show
politics
By ANGELA DELLi sANti
AssociAtED PREss
TRENTON, N.J. Former
Gov. James E. McGreevey revealed
during an interview with Oprah
Winfrey that he was having an affair
with another man while his wife
was hospitalized for the birth of
their child, according to audience
members.
The nations first openly gay gov-
ernor told Winfrey he believed he
was in love with the man, who
would become a central figure in his
downfall, said two audience mem-
bers who agreed to speak only on
condition of anonymity. Winfrey
asked them not to divulge the con-
tents of the broadcast, which was
taped in Chicago on Tuesday.
A dozen friends of McGreevey
who attended had to sign confiden-
tiality agreements for Regan Books,
which is publishing McGreeveys
political memoir. The hourlong
program will be broadcast Sept. 19,
the day McGreeveys much-antici-
pated The Confession, hits book-
stores and he embarks on a national
book tour.
McGreevey, 49, stunned the
nation on Aug. 12, 2004, when he
said he had been involved in an
affair with a man and would resign.
McGreevey later identified the
man as Golan Cipel, though Cipel
has repeatedly denied being gay.
The lawyer who represented Cipel,
Allen Lowy, would not comment
Wednesday.
In the interview, the audience
members said Winfrey explores
McGreeveys lifelong struggle with
his sexuality.
McGreevey recounted going to
the library as an adolescent to look
up the word homosexual in a dic-
tionary. When he found it included
terms like perverse and psychiat-
ric disorder, the Irish-Catholic said
he quickly learned to repress his
feelings, audience members said.
The American Psychiatric
Association removed homosexual-
ity from a list of mental disorders
in 1973.
The interview also explores how
McGreevey came out to his wife
and parents, how his life is more
authentic today, and what life is like
with Australian financial adviser
Mark ODonnell, whom he refers
to as his life partner, the audience
members said.
McGreevey has been publicly
silent since stepping out of the
public eye. A lawyer, he has pur-
sued education policy initiatives,
including work on behalf of a Kean
University campus in China.
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By C.J. MoorE
Whenever Bonnie Henrick-
son is on the road she has the
steering wheel in one hand and
her cell phone in the other.
Dont tell police in Law-
rence, but Ive gotten pretty
good at texting and driving,
Henrickson, KU womens bas-
ketball coach, said.
Henrickson is sending text
messages to
recruits, a
practice that
womens bas-
ketball popu-
larized, which
is crossing
over to other
c o l l e g i a t e
sports. At
Kansas, seven
of the pro-
grams use text
messaging as part of their re-
cruiting, according to Theresa
Becker, the director of compli-
ance for the Athletics Depart-
ment.
Text messaging is different
from other modes of commu-
nication, like telephone calls,
because there are practically
no NCAA restrictions on send-
ing text messages to prospects.
Coaches can send an unlimit-
ed number of text messages to
a recruit but can only make a
certain number of phone calls
per week.
For a lot of kids, theyre
comfortable texting. For us,
obviously, it doesnt count as a
phone call. We can only call a
prospect once a week, but its a
great way to get them to call us
because they can call our 800
number an unlimited number
of times during certain peri-
ods, Henrickson said.
KU mens basketball coach
Bill Self primarily uses text
messages to get recruits to call
him. Self said that his assis-
tants sent texts more than he
did, and that he relied on writ-
ten letters and actual phone
calls instead.
I think it is important. I think
it should be utilized. But Im not
going to sit on my phone and
text message kids and spend all
day doing that, Self said.
Henrickson and her assis-
tants put more of an emphasis
on text messaging. They started
sending recruits text messages
three years ago and Henrick-
son estimated that she sent 10
texts per day. She even got a
new phone that has an keypad
that makes sending messages
more effcient.
Whereas the mens program
at Kansas is established and
well-known across the country,
Henrickson is trying to build
her program from the ground
up and it starts with recruiting.
If it allows us to outwork
people, were all for it, Hen-
rickson said.
Unfortunately for Henrick-
son, the popularity of text mes-
sages and the lack of NCAA
restrictions on electronically
transmitted correspondence
e-mail, instant messenger,
text messages has become
problematic.
Carolyn Campbell-McGov-
ern, Senior Associate Director
with the Ivy League Athletics
Conference, drafted an amend-
ment to the NCAA bylaw re-
garding telephone calls and
electronically transmitted cor-
respondence that would pro-
hibit sending instant messages
and text messages to recruits.
McGovern said text messag-
ing was too
i nt r us i v e .
Some coach-
es were even
hiring people
to send text
me s s a g e s
to recruits,
a practice
the NCAA
banned in
A u g u s t ,
making it
legal for
only full-time coaches to send
text messages. McGovern said
coaches had started sending
text messages at inappropriate
times and the volume of mes-
sages had started to interfere
with prospects lives.
The legislation, the regula-
tions that the NCAA has have
not caught up with technology
yet. So we just want to fgure
out whats the best solution for
regulating text messages, Mc-
Govern said.
Becker said she would prefer
that the NCAA leave text messag-
ing alone or ban it completely.
Were all concerned, and
the reason were concerned
about it is: how in the world
are we going to manage it?
How are we going to monitor
it? Becker said.
Self agreed with Becker, but
Henrickson doesnt want to
see text messages go. She likes
the opportunity to outwork
her colleagues. Henrickson
said that womens basketball
programs across the nation
were at the front end of the
text messaging craze and that
it was more popular in wom-
ens basketball than any other
sport. She said it has helped
her sign recruits.
I think women not being
stereotypical or sexist but I
think women want to commu-
nicate more and its a way to
get to know a coach or their
staff, Henrickson said.
Both McGovern and the
AECCs proposals could be vot-
ed on as soon as January and, if
accepted, a change would go
into effect August 1, 2007.
If the NCAA does ban text
messaging, Henrickson might
have to put down the cell
phone, move her hands to 10
and two and turn up the ra-
dio. That is, until coaches fnd
more creative ways to recruit.
In another year or two
theres going to be something
different, something bigger,
Becker said.
Kansan staf writer C.J. Moore
can be contacted at cjmoore@
kansan.com.
Edited by Travis Robinett
Fridays road game against
Toledo is going to define the
remainder of the season for
Kansas.
A loss would seriously ham-
per Kansas ability to qualify for
a bowl in consecutive seasons
and put immense pressure on
the team to beat South Florida
a major conference opponent
just to keep its postseason
hopes alive.
Judging by last weeks perfor-
mance, there is no reason to think
that Kansas will beat Toledo.
Kansas is allowing more than
350 yards per game and its sec-
ondary looked like a high schools
last week, allowing Louisiana-
Monroe quarterback Kinsman
By ryAn SChnEidEr
Afer failing to force a turnover
for the frst time in seven games
on Saturday, Kansas coach Mark
Mangino made creating turnovers
a point of emphasis for Fridays up-
coming game at Toledo.
So far this season, Kansas has
only caused two turnovers a
blocked punt and interception
and both were in its season-
opening victory over Louisianas
Northwestern State. The Jayhawks
scored a touchdown off the blocked
punt but missed a field goal after
the interception.
Mangino reminded his team of
the importance of turnovers in the
game plan.
Weve been good at it in the
past, Mangino said. Its not like
we werent trying to get turnovers.
Give Monroe credit, they took care
of the ball very well.
Mangino said the team could
do various drills to practice forc-
ing turnovers, including stripping
the ball from a running back or
receiver and tipping the ball after a
pass from the quarterback.
Entering its third game last sea-
son, Kansas had only forced one
turnover. That came in its second
game against Appalachian State.
The Jayhawks went on to force an
additional 13, including at least one
per game in all of its seven victo-
ries.
That number was down from
the 22 turnovers Kansas forced in
2004. Mangino said because his
team earned a reputation for caus-
ing turnovers, taking care of the
football became a point of emphasis
for opposing teams.
I think the reason why is that
sometimes people know that you
have a reputation, Mangino said.
They work ball security really
hard.
Through its first two games,
Toledo has turned the ball over six
text messages
a new tool used
for recruiting
Womens basketball began the craze,
which spread to six other KU sports
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Fridays
contest
might
be grim
By ryAn ColAiAnni
kansan columnist
rcolaianni@kansan.com
Football
Jayhawks struggle to force turnovers,
Mangino makes it point of emphasis
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Mike rivera, sophomore linebacker, and sadiq Muhammed, junior cornerback,
tackle Joe Merritt, senior wide reciever, during the second quarter.
volleyball 0-3
Nebraska shuts out Kansas
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By drEw dAviSon
LINCOLN, Neb. With a
running start, Jordan Larson
throws the ball up about ten feet
in the air and spins the ball so
it goes on a kamikaze dive right
after it crosses the net.
Whenever Larson, a Nebraska
sophomore, went back to hit her
serve, Kansas Jamie Mathewson
tried not to think.
Larson unleashed those serves
often last night, helping No. 1
Nebraska to a three-game sweep
of Kansas.
You pretty much have to
think, bring it, because if you
dont youre going to get caught
on your heels, Mathewson said.
The ball will fall before you have
time to think, so really you dont
think about anything.
Mathewson led Kansas with
15 digs.
Nebraska (8-0, 1-0 conference)
defeated Kansas (7-3, 0-1) in
three games to open conference
play. The Cornhuskers won the
games 30-24, 30-21 and 30-24.
Larson leads the Big 12 Conference
in service aces, even though she tal-
lied just two last night.
It seemed like she had more
aces than that, Kansas coach Ray
Bechard said. If they dont ace
you, they take you so far out of
your system that you are running
after the ball all the time. We had
a hard time setting up.
By denying Kansas the oppor-
tunity to set up, Nebraska was
able to tally 14 blocks during the
match compared with Kansas six.
Bechard said Nebraska was
physical, and half of the blocks
came when Kansas was either
out of its offensive system or had
a missed hit.
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Were all concerned, and the
reason were concerned about
it is: how in the world are we
going to manage it?
theresa becker
Director of compliance
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times. Four of those turnovers
three interceptions and a fumble
came in the Rockets 31-10 loss
to Mid-American Conference foe
Western Michigan.
Football Notes:
Crowd noise:
The constant loud noise you
may have heard coming from
Memorial Stadium Wednesday
afternoon was artificial crowd
noise that was pumped in to help
simulate what the atmosphere
will be like during Fridays game
at Toledo. Kansas first road game
kicks off at 7 p.m. and will be
televised on ESPN2.
Talibs status:
Mangino again declined to
announce whether sophomore
cornerback Aqib Talib would
return to the starting lineup. He
said that it was possible, but that
he hadnt decided yet.
Despite Manginos comments,
theres reason to believe Talib will
play, based on comments by mul-
tiple teammates.
Its nice having him back,
freshman safety Justin Thornton
said. Its always nice having him
back there on every play.
Kansan senior sportswriter
Ryan Schneider can be con-
tacted at rschneider@kansan.
com.
Edited by Travis Robinett
Lancaster to throw for more than
370 yards. That is unacceptable
Louisiana-Monroe will likely finish
in the bottom third of Division I-A
football this season.
All this, even though a mem-
ber of Kansas coaching staff was
able to watch Louisiana-Monroes
quarterback daily last season. Bill
Whittemore was a graduate assistant
at Louisiana-Monroe and is now a
graduate assistant for Kansas.
Yes Kansas will likely have pre-
season all-Big
12 selection
Aqib Talib
back tomor-
row but he can
only cover one
receiver. In
just two games
the Kansas
secondary has
been exposed
and every
opponent will
take advan-
tage of it. The
Jayhawk sec-
ondary would
be improved
tomorrow with Talib but then the
unit can only improve after the
avalanche of yards it allowed last
week.
A more inspired defense and
secondary had better show up
tomorrow or its going to be ugly.
Jon Cornish can
only rush the ball
so many times.
If the defense
struggles again,
Cornish needs
to be given the
ball every time so Kansas can hold
on to it and not give Toledo the
opportunity to light up the second-
ary.
Kansas has
been anything
but predictable
since coach
Mark Mangino
took over.
K a n s a s
can look ter-
rible one week,
appearing to
have one of the
worst offens-
es in college
football, then
appear set to
win the Big 12
North the fol-
lowing week.
Last year is a prime example.
The Kansas offense was terrible for
the first seven weeks of the season,
leading to a 3-4 record. Kansas then
won four of five final games and set
the stage for this season. Fans still
debate whether Kansas could have
done even more last season if Jason
Swanson had been the quarterback
throughout.
Unfortunately, offense and
defense dont have the same form
they had in the
final games of last
season. Kansas
has struggled to
put consistent
drives together
even in its 49-18
victory during the season opener
against Northwestern State. Kansas
offense had eight fewer minutes on
the field than its I-AA opponent.
The offense has looked good at
times but needs to keep the defense
off the field for longer periods.
Kansas has lost a non-con-
ference game and still qualified
for a bowl. Kansas lost the sea-
son opener to Northwestern in
2003, won the remainder of its
non-conference games and then
won three conference games to
qualify for the Tangerine Bowl.
With the way the Big 12 North
has looked this season and an
easier schedule than usual against
the South teams Kansas could
do it again.
Maybe after tomorrow fans will
be talking about a trip to the con-
ference championship game and
not about the likelihood of a disap-
pointing season.
Colaianni is a McLean, Va., senior
in journalism and political sci-
ence.
Edited by Natalie Johnson
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sports opinion, including Ken-
dall Dix column about how the
NFL is ruining football.
Nebraska junior Sara Pavan,
opposite hitter, stands 6-5 and led
the team in kills with 12. Pavan, the
reigning Big 12 Player of the Year,
ended the match with a powerful
kill after a Nebraska error.
Shes very methodical, and
she hits from a different angle,
Bechard said.
At least Kansas can walk out of
Nebraska Coliseum knowing every
team, except Minnesota, has been
swept by top-ranked NU this season.
Bechard said the team got off to
good starts in the first two games,
but could not hang on for the full
30 points.
Kansas trailed by as much as
eight, 14-22, in the final game and
rallied back to cut the deficit to
within three. With the score at
23-26, NUs Pavan had three kills
to complete the Huskers sweep
against the Jayhawks.
A rematch with Nebraska in
Lawrence is set for Nov. 22 and Jana
Correa, senior outside hitter, thinks
Kansas will put up a better fight.
I dont think Nebraska is as
good this year as last year, so I
think we have a chance, she said. I
know we just lost 3-0, but I think if
we work more, we can actually beat
Nebraska.
Correa had a game-high 14 kills.
Kansas will play another top
team when it hosts No. 5 Texas
this Saturday at the Horejsi Family
Athletics Center. Fans will receive
rally towels and admission is free
to students with a valid KUID.
Game Notes:
Natalie Uhart had surgery on her
knee Tuesday and did not travel
with the team to Lincoln.
Nebraska had 4,128 fans in atten-
dance cheering on their team. In
fact, the volleyball team sold out
every game since 2001 and Husker
fans camped out to buy tickets for
single-match games before the sea-
son started.
Kansas bus broke down at 19th and
Iowa, so the team arrived in Lincoln
about two hours behind schedule (3
p.m. instead of 1 p.m.).
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davi-
son can be contacted at ddavi-
son@kansan.com.
Edited by Patrick Ross
Vanessa Skocz/THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
lucy Chapman cheers on her cousin, Kansas Megan Hill, during the volleyball game
Wednesday night. Chapman, 6, is fromomaha, Neb. Hill is a senior outside hitter from
lincoln, making the game a homecoming for her.
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Senior defensive specialist Jamie Mathewson sets a ball during the Jayhawks loss to
Nebraska Wednesday night. The Jayhawks were unable to set their ofense for much
of the night because they were rattled by the Cornhuskers serves.
Kansas can look terrible
one week, appearing to
have one of the worst of-
fenses in college football,
then appear set to win
the Big 12 north the next
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Although he was hot on the
recruiting trail this week, Kansas
mens basketball coach Bill Self took
time to talk about his teams offsea-
son workouts, former Kansas bas-
ketball players, brainstorming with
other basketball coaches and even
Kansas football.
Workouts going well
As of Sept. 15, the mens basketball
program will be able to have full-
squad workouts,
but in the mean-
time, coaches
can only work
with four players
at a time.
This rule has
kept Self from
getting to see
how his team
works together
in game-like sit-
uations. But he
can already tell
that his players have improved from
last season, especially sophomores
Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers and
Julian Wright.
At the same time, he has noticed
what freshmen Brady Morningstar,
Darrell Arthur and Sherron Collins
need to do to improve. He said
Morningstar was the most impressive.
Bradys been a very pleasant sur-
prise so far, Self said. Sherron and
Darrell both have shown a great deal
of natural talent but are still trying to
get down what we want done from a
basic fundamental standpoint. Brady
has probably done some of that back
in high school, whereas those other
two have not.
Going international
Former Kansas guard Kirk Hinrich
was in the news last month for his
efforts on the
USA National
team during
the FIBA World
Championship
in Japan.
Hinrich aver-
aged 5.3 points,
3.3 rebounds
and 2.1 assists
per game, and
ranked fourth
overall in
assists-to-turn-
overs ratio for the tournament.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski
took time away from the Blue Devils
to coach the senior national team.
Although Self is on the selection
committee that chooses players for
the junior national team he doesnt
plan to coach at the international
level any time soon. He said he had
thought about it, but wouldnt be
able to coach for at least a couple
of years.
Self optimistic about
football team
Before leaving town to make
recruiting visits, Self attended
the Kansas football game against
Louisiana-Monroe.
A regular at home football games,
Self was impressed with ULM
sophomore quarterback Kinsman
Lancasters 377-passing-yard perfor-
mance. However, Self didnt think
the 21-19 final score accurately
reflected how good Kansas could be
this season.
We should be encouraged that
were 2-0 going on the road, getting
ready to be 3-0, because I think
were going to have a great football
season, Self said.
Globetrotters add another
Jayhawk
Former Kansas forward Bryant
Nash was one of six players offered a
contract by the Harlem Globetrotters
last month. Nearly 50 players par-
ticipated in the first open-player
tryout in more than 20 years. The
Globetrotters already features for-
mer Kansas guard Michael Lee.
Self wasnt surprised that the
Globetrotters were interested Nashs
athleticism.
He said that Bryant was one of the
best athletes to go through Kansas
in a long time, and that he could
do things physically that very few
people could do. Bryant will be a
nice addition to the Globetrotters,
Self said.
Bill Self Coaches Clinic
information announced
The 2006 Bill Self Kansas Coaches
Clinic has been scheduled for Oct.
28 at Allen Fieldhouse.
The clinic features presentations
by the Kansas basketball staff, an
invitation to a Kansas basketball
practice and a ticket to the Kansas
vs. Colorado football game, but
the focus is on discussing different
coaching philosophies.
Theres a million different ways
to do it so we basically open it up
and show everybody the way we do
it and share some positive ideas with
them, Self said. And also steal some
ideas from the coaches in attendance
because it does become kind of an
open-forum format.
Kansan sportswriter shawn shroy-
er can be contacted at sshroyer@
kansan.com.
Edited by Natalie Johnson
mens basketball
Basketball notebook: practices start soon
Kansan File Photo
Sophomore forward Brandon Rush defends against a Missouri player at a game at Allen Field-
house last spring. Kansas mens basketball coach Bill Self said Rush and sophomores Mario Chalmers
and JulianWright were the most improved.
We basically open it up and
show everybody the way we do
it ... and steal some ideas from
the coaches in attendance.
bill self
Kansas mens basketball coach
mlb
Royals beat Indians, sweep road series for frst time in nearly three years
assoCIaTeD Press
CLEVELAND Jorge De La
Rosa pitched five solid innings and
Emil Brown homered to help Kansas
City defeat the Cleveland Indians
6-2 Wednesday night as the Royals
gained their first road series sweep
in more than three years.
Shane Costa had three hits for
the Royals, whose modest two-game
winning streak gave them a road
sweep for the first time since taking
three in a row July 11-13, 2003 at
Texas. Their 86 consecutive series
without a sweep was the third-lon-
gest streak in history, two behind
the Montreal Expos in 1995-98. The
Washington Senators went 100 series
without a sweep in 1901-05.
De La Rosa (3-2) allowed two
runs on four hits and three walks in
his first start in eight days.
The Royals acquired the lefty
from the Milwaukee Brewers on July
25 the day he came off the dis-
abled list after missing more than six
weeks with a similar blister.
Grady Sizemore gave Cleveland
a 1-0 lead in the third with his 24th
homer. Cleveland then loaded the
bases on a single and two walks, but
got only Casey Blakes sacrifice fly to
make it 2-0.
The Royals tied it with a four-hit
fourth against Jake Westbrook (12-
10). Consecutive singles by Brown,
Costa and Ryan Shealy made it 2-1.
Joey Gathright later added an RBI
single.
The Royals went 4-for-5 in the
fifth to take a 3-2 lead.
David DeJesus singled and scored
on a double to right by Esteban
German, who was thrown out trying
for third. Mark Grudzielanek then
singled, took second on a ground-
out, and was thrown out by Blake
trying to score on another single by
Costa.
Two more singles and an RBI
fielders choice by Gathright in the
sixth made it 4-2. Browns 14th
homer, a two-run shot off Rafael
Betancourt, made it 6-2 in the sev-
enth.
Westbrook allowed four runs and
11 hits during six innings. In his pre-
vious start Sept. 6, he gave up 11 hits
in six innings in a loss to Toronto.
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League
clarifes
rules on
sliding
By ARNIE STAPLETON
ASSOcIATEd PRESS
DENVER Jake Plummer insists
its not time to dust off the old Jake
the Snake moniker.
Denvers quarterback said he
hasnt reverted to his old reckless
ways even though he had four turn-
overs in the Broncos season-open-
ing loss at St. Louis.
He threw just seven interceptions
last season, when he led the Broncos
to the cusp of the Super Bowl, so he
understands why people might think
hes going backward now.
For one game, if I did (revert),
then I guess it is a fair assessment,
said Plummer, who threw three
interceptions and also lost a fumble
in the 18-10 loss.
Plummer called it an aberration,
not a digression.
Im going to bounce back, he
pledged. Ive bounced back from
worse games than that. I feel the two
throws that I made on the move, I
could make better throws. Ive made
those plays a hundred times. But
thats just the pressure Ive got to put
on myself to make a more accurate
throw, to make those plays.
Plummer neednt worry about
losing the locker room. His team-
mates have his back.
I havent lost any confidence
in Jake, safety Nick Ferguson said,
echoing the sentiment in all corners.
Being a Bronco quarterback comes
with a lot of scrutiny. There is more
pressure. Jake has been there before.
Hes bounced back before and will
bounce back again.
Even cornerback Ty Law of the
Kansas City Chiefs, who visit Invesco
Field on Sunday, came to Plummers
defense, saying: You cant blame
Jake for everything that happened.
Sometimes you just get bad breaks.
Or have poor protection or your
receiver mistimes his jump.
Still, Plummer threw off is back
foot on his first interception, over-
threw a wide open receiver on his
second one and inexplicably threw
into heavy coverage on his third,
negating all the good things Denvers
defense did in holding the Rams out
of the end zone on five trips inside
the 20.
ASSOcIATEd PRESS
NEW YORK The NFL
absolved Cincinnati defen-
sive end Robert Geathers on
Wednesday for his hit on Kansas
City quarterback Trent Green,
emphasizing quarterbacks are
responsible for avoiding hits by
sliding.
Green sustained a serious
concussion last Sunday after a
hit by Geathers and will miss at
least two or three games.
The injury was unfortunate
and has drawn much commen-
tary, but it is not a foul, Ray
Anderson, the NFLs senior vice
president, said in a statement.
Anderson said a review of
the play in Kansas City showed
Green started a late slide as
Geathers prepared to tackle him.
At the same time, Geathers was
blocked in the back by a Chiefs
player, was no longer in control
of his body and twisted to avoid
driving his helmet into Green or
hitting him helmet-to-helmet.
Geathers right shoulder,
however, hit Greens shoulder
and drove Greens head into the
ground.
Since the hit, the Cincinnati
Bengals lineman has been put
in an uncomfortable position,
watching all the replays and
explaining why the play turned
out that way.
I couldnt have done anything
different, he said Wednesday,
choosing his words carefully and
sparingly.
That one shoulder-down
hit has become the signature
moment of Geathers brief
career.
A fourth-round draft pick
from Georgia in 2004, Geathers
lost his starting job this season
and was relegated to rushing
the passer what he does best.
He had six tackles and a pair of
sacks Sunday, overshadowed by
one play.
In a memo sent to all 32 teams
Anderson said: On sliding
quarterback plays, the respon-
sibility of defenders is to avoid
a sliding quarterback while the
responsibility of the quarterback
is to use the protection prop-
erly. This rule will continue to be
strictly enforced, and violations
are likely to result in disciplin-
ary action.
Anderson said quarterbacks
who want to take advantage of
the protection of a slide must
start it before the prospect of
imminent contact.
He cited a play in the Seattle-
Detroit game as an example of an
illegal hit. In that case, Seahawks
quarterback Matt Hasselbeck
broke out of the pocket and
began a slide. Lions rookie line-
backer Ernie Sims, who had the
opportunity to avoid contact,
drove his helmet into Hasselbeck
while another defender, Cory
Redding, jumped over the quar-
terback.
Sims drew a 15-yard penal-
ty for unnecessary roughness.
Anderson said the play is being
reviewed for a possible fine.
nfl
A nearly perfect day
James A. Finley/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Denver Broncos starting quarterback Jake Plummer changes the play at the line of scrimmage against the St. Louis Rams defense in the second
quarter of an NFL football game Sunday in St. Louis. Plummer maintains that his struggles in the game were temporary, and he will be ready on Sunday.
ASSOcIATEd PRESS
White Sox 9, Angels 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. Freddy
Garcia pitched perfect ball until
Adam Kennedy singled with two
outs in the eighth inning, and the
White Sox defeated the Angels.
Garcia (14-9) retired the first 23
batters before Kennedy cleanly
lined the 100th pitch to center field
on a 3-2 count.
Garcia came close to the first per-
fect game in the majors since Randy
Johnson did it for Arizona at Atlanta
on May 18, 2004. There have been
only 14 regular-season perfect games
in the majors since 1900.
In control the whole way, Garcia
(14-9) struck out three and walked
none in eight innings. Neal Cotts
pitched a perfect ninth to complete
the one-hitter.
The White Sox moved within 1
1/2 games of Minnesota for the AL
wild card race. The Angels began
the day on the fringe of the AL
West and wild card chases.
Pirates 2, Brewers 1, 2nd game
PITTSBURGH Ben Sheets
took a perfect-game bid into
the seventh inning before Chris
Duffy led off with a single, and
the Milwaukee Brewers beat the
Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Wednesday
to split a doubleheader.
In the opener, Freddy Sanchez
got three hits and Ian Snell struck
out 10 as Pittsburgh won 6-3.
Sheets (5-6) gave up two hits and
struck out 10 in eight innings. He
did not walk a batter. One pitch
after Duffy singled, Sheets picked
him off first base.
Geoff Jenkins and Prince Fielder
homered as the Brewers won for
only the second time in their last
seven games and fourth time in
their last 19. Ryan Doumit hom-
ered in the Pirates eighth.
Twins 1, Athletics 0
MINNEAPOLIS Rookie
Francisco Lirianos highly antici-
pated return to the Minnesota rota-
tion came to a sudden halt because
of elbow problems Wednesday.
Dan Haren pitched eight shut-
out innings, leading the Oakland
Athletics over the Twins 1-0.
Pitching for the first time
in more than a month, Liriano
slumped off the mound in the mid-
dle of the third inning. Trainers
and manager Ron Gardenhire
immediately rushed out to attend
to the All-Star lefty and a hush fell
over the crowd.
The Twins, leading the AL wild-
card race, announced later that he
had pain in his left elbow.
Matt Garza (1-5) pitched well
in emergency relief, but he was out
dueled by Haren (14-11). Huston
Street picked up his 32nd save.
Blue Jays 10, Mariners 0
SEATTLE Gregg Zaun hit
a grand slam during a nine-run
fourth inning and also had a solo
home run, leading A.J. Burnett and
the Blue Jays over the Mariners.
John Hattig, who last month
became the first player from Guam
in the major leagues, hit a three-run
double for his first career RBIs.
Toronto took two of three at
Safeco Field and won a season
series at Seattle for the first time
since May 2001.
Zaun matched career highs with
five RBIs in a game and 11 home
runs in a season.
Burnett (8-7) allowed six hits
in eight innings. He struck out a
season-high 11, walked two and
hit a batter.
Cha Seung Baek (3-1) allowed
five runs on seven hits in 3 1-3
innings.
Phillies 6, Braves 5, 1st Game
ATLANTA Left fielder Matt
Diaz missed David Delluccis line
drive in the eighth inning, allow-
ing two runs to score as the Phillies
rallied from an early five-run defi-
cit to beat Atlanta in the first game
of a doubleheader.
The Phillies began the day two
games behind San Diego in the NL
wild-card race.
The Braves led 5-0 after two
innings. Despite Gold Glove cen-
ter fielder Andruw Jones robbing
Ryan Howard of an early grand
slam, the Phillies came back with
three runs in the third and three in
the eighth. The Braves committed
two errors in the eighth, allowing
two unearned runs.
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By PAT GRAHAM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
GREELEY, Colo. The backup
punter at Northern Colorado has
been arrested on suspicion of stab-
bing his teammate the starting
punter in the kicking leg.
The motive may have been com-
petition for the first-string job, police
said Wednesday.
Mitch Cozad was accused of
attacking punter Rafael Mendoza in
a parking lot Monday night, Evans
police Lt. Gary Kessler said.
Mendoza was treated and released
from the North Colorado Medical
Center Monday night. Coach Scott
Downing said Mendoza will not
punt in Saturdays game at Texas
State University.
I guess the only identified motive
at this point in time is the competi-
tion for that position, Kessler said
Wednesday.
The stabbing took place in Evans,
a small town adjacent to Greeley and
about 50 miles north of Denver.
The Greeley Tribune first reported
the story in Wednesdays editions.
Cozad was suspended from
school and from the team, univer-
sity officials said in a news release.
They did not immediately return
calls from The Associated Press but
scheduled a news conference later
Wednesday.
Kessler said Cozad, a sophomore,
was arrested Tuesday on a charge of
second-degree assault. He remained
in jail as of Wednesday morning,
and it was not immediately known
whether he had an attorney.
Kessler said Mendoza was
attacked from behind and stabbed
in his right thigh after parking his
car outside his Evans apartment
Monday night.
The assailant fled in a black
Dodge Charger, Kessler said. About
10 minutes after the attack, a liquor
store clerk told police that two men
in a car matching that description
stopped outside the store, stripped
tape off the license plate and drove
away.
The clerk gave police the license
number and the car was traced to
Cozad, Kessler said.
Mendoza, a junior, has averaged
37.6 yards per punt on nine punts in
the two games this season.
Downing told the Greeley Tribune
he had not spoken to Rafaels doc-
tor and did not know how long he
would be out.
Punter accused of stabbing, arrested
Northern Colorados starting punter injured in leg, out indefinitely
college football
By R.B. FALLSTROM
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS The Houston Astros
know they are a long shot to make
the playoffs. At least the defending
NL champions enjoyed the end of
their road trip.
Roy Oswalt pitched shutout ball
into the ninth inning and Lance
Berkman hit his 40th home run,
helping the Astros bounce back from
a dispiriting loss to defeat the St.
Louis Cardinals 5-1 Wednesday in
the finale of a nine-game swing.
I hope it carries over and gives
us a little momentum going back
home, manager Phil Garner said
after the Astros concluded the trip
4-5. We need to re-establish our-
selves.
The Astros ended a three-game
losing streak and averted a three-
game sweep against a team theyre
chasing in the NL Central.
Chris Burke, starting at second
base for the second straight game in
place of slumping Craig Biggio, had
two hits and two RBIs. Still, Houston
was six games behind the Cardinals
in the Central and four games back
in the wild card standings with only
17 games left.
Were so far behind that we have
to win every series for sure, Oswalt
said. Then well just see what it
ends up.
Garner said he hasnt attempted
to calculate what it would take to
extend what has been a frustrating
season for the Astros (71-74).
Were not even at .500, he said.
We cant even start to play those
kind of games yet.
The Cardinals got only two run-
ners into scoring position before the
ninth against Oswalt (13-8), who
gave up one run and seven hits in 8
1-3 innings. He struck out three and
walked two.
With one out in the ninth, the
Cardinals hit three consecutive sin-
gles off Oswalt for their lone run.
Trever Miller relieved and got one
out. Dan Wheeler earned his fifth
save in seven chances by striking out
pinch-hitter Preston Wilson.
Oswalt is 4-0 in his last five starts,
matching his season-best, four-game
winning streak, and has won five
straight September decisions dating
to last season. Working with a big
lead, he was able to challenge the
hitters.
I didnt have my best fastball,
but I was able to spot it, Oswalt
said. You get to go after guys. They
were swinging at some early pitches,
so I was able to get deep into the
ballgame.
Jason Marquis (14-15) pitched on
three days rest for the eighth time in
his career and lasted only 10 batters.
The Astros batted around in a four-
run first, including a bases-loaded
walk to Luke Scott, a two-run single
by Burke and an RBI single by Eric
Bruntlett.
I felt fine, I warmed up fine,
Marquis said. It just didnt translate
and carry over to the game.
Berkman was 0-for-8 in the first
two games of the series with five
strikeouts before going 3-for-4 with
a walk in the finale. He was a triple
shy of the cycle, and his homer off
Josh Hancock in the sixth gave the
Astros a 5-0 lead.
Marquis was pulled after yielding
a leadoff hit to Willy Taveras in the
second after laboring for 52 pitches.
Tom Gannam/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houston Astros Willy Taveras connects for a single in the fourth inning against the St. Louis
Cardinals in their baseball game Wednesday in St. Louis. Taveras went three for six as the Astros beat
the Cardinals 5-1.
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Astros win series fnale
Houston still six games back of St. Louis for first place
in NL Central, four games back in wildcard standings
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