Kansas defeated Nebraska 40-15

last season, but new lineups

present tougher challenges this
weekend. See Gameday.
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its campus presence by adding
41 new members, pledging
its founding father class.
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Ashley Bloom, Hutchinson junior, and Lauren Rowland, Wichita junior, wait in line Thursday morning to purchase tickets to the Ben Folds con-
cert Nov. 6 at the Lied Center. The girls arrived at 6:30 a.m. to be in line early when the tickets went on sale at 9 a.m. KU students were able to buy tickets
before they were available to the general public at the ticket pre-sale in the Union. The tickets were sold out within a fewhours.
Jayhawks face tough
Husker ofense, crowd
The Jayhawk football team
has a one-game winning
streak against the Nebraska
Cornhuskers.
OK, so its not quite the 36-
game streak that Nebraska
has built up, but its a start.
On Saturday night Kansas
travels to Lincoln, Neb., to open
the Big 12 season in front of
more than 80,000 Nebraska
fans almost double the
largest crowd Kansas has seen
this season.
All they can do is scream,
holler and cheer, Kansas
coach Mark Mangino said.
Theyre not allowed to do
anything else.
The game will kick off at 6
p.m. and be televised region-
ally on Fox Sports Net.
Kansas fans looking to
make the trek to Nebraska
shouldnt count on finding
tickets: Nebraskas Memorial
Stadium will be sold out for
the 279th consecutive game.
Kansas received an allotment
of more than 3,000 tickets, but
only about 2,000 were sold.
The rest were returned to
Nebraska.
The Cornhusker offense
is currently the best in the
Big 12 at scoring points, and
last weekend Nebraska rolled
over Troy 56-0 while Kansas
squeaked by with a 13-7 vic-
tory against South Florida.
Stick with The Kansan for
complete coverage all week-
end. On page 9A, read the lat-
est information on who will
start at quarterback for Kansas
this weekend. Our Gameday
page, 10A, has all the match-
up breakdowns and players
to watch.
After the game, head to
Kansan.com for postgame
coverage, including audio of
Manginos postgame thoughts
and photos from the game.
Michael Phillips
FILE PHOTO
AqibTalib, thenfreshmancorner back, catches the football inmid-play. Inlast years game inLawrence, the Jayhawks beat the Cornhuskers 40-15. The victory endedNebraskas 36-game winningstreak.
Kansas at nebrasKa
housing
Living with parents provides students
comfort, challenge for independence
By MAtt EldEr
As thousands of students flocked
to the campus hills celebrating their
newly acquired independence away
from their parents, there were many
others who continued to live at
home.
Michael Brock, Lawrence fresh-
man, lives with his parents while
he attends the University of Kansas,
and said he enjoyed the same free-
doms as students who lived outside
of their parents household.
Theyre pretty lenient, Brock
said. Theyve trusted me to come
this far in life, so its my turn to
make the responsible choices.
Brock said that living at home
offered him a freshman year with
less stress. There, he can focus sole-
ly on his schoolwork rather than
a new community or setting that
would surround him if he were liv-
ing on campus. He can enjoy the
comforts of home, in particular, a
home-cooked meal with his family.
John Wade, licensed psychologist
at Counseling and Psychological
Services, said that CAPS saw
numerous cases of homesickness
from students new to the University
every semester. As a preventive
measure, he said there was a strong
need for students new to campus
to make social connections early
within their college careers.
One of the most important
things with dealing with distress is
social support, Wade said. Because
missing home, friends and family is
to be expected.
But theres no homesickness when
living at home. For Brock, a familiar
face is always around the corner. He
said that his social life had hardly
changed since his enrollment at the
University, because he has managed
to keep many of his old friends and
family nearby.
But Wade also suggests that the
independence a student acquires in
college can be a challenge to obtain
if the environment in which they
live hasnt changed since their years
in high school.
In some sense living at the
University is regarded as a sort of
independence, he said. And with
that physical marker, more inten-
tional steps would have to be taken
with a student living at home.
Nichole Reiske, Lawrence sopho-
more, transferred to the University
this semester after living on her own
in Indiana last year. After moving
back into her parents house, she said
shes felt a loss of independence.
When youre in high school,
youd check in with your parents
and tell them where you were
going, Reiske said. I feel like I have
to do that again.
Reiske does appreciate the time
she again has with her family; how-
ever, after a year of living on her
own, Reiske may be regressing from
the physical marker Wade discussed
by living with her parents.
She said she was thankful for
their continual support, but wor-
ried that her desire for indepen-
dence would grow quicker than her
parents acceptance of it.
Wade said that students living
with their parents need to discuss
ways for them to become more
independent throughout their years
at the University. By doing so, they
will obtain the more typical college
experiences students not living
under the same roof as their parents
have. He said that the most suc-
cessful living environments would
be reached when the student and
parents agreed on the manner in
which the student would obtain
these independent experiences.
Kansan staf writer Matt Elder can
be contacted at melder@kansan.
com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
activism
Beneft concert ofers outlet
for students to fght genocide
By CourtnEy HAGEn
Lawrence and Kansas City area
bands, such as Censura and Distance
to Empty, will rock out to help an
African country Saturday.
More than 11 bands will play
throughout the day at Dar4Life
at Burcham Park, 2nd and Indiana
Streets, to help raise funds for aid
programs in Darfur, Sudan. The ben-
efit concert is the second this week
in Lawrence. Amnesty International
at the University of Kansas, along
with Big Deal Productions in Kansas
City, presented a concert last night at
Liberty Hall called Stand Up And
Shout, featuring the band Pomeroy.
Tickets for Dar4Life cost $12,
with all the money going to Sudan
aid programs. The benefit concerts
are the culmination of the desire of
University student groups to take
action on the genocide and human
rights violations in Sudan.
Bo McCall, guitarist and backup
singer for Kansas City-based Distance
to Empty, said his band wanted to
play at Dar4Life to raise awareness
among students.
Darfur needs attention right
now, McCall said. A lot of things
there remain unreported. There is
name recognition, but beyond that I
dont think a lot of people realize the
tragedy that is going on there.
A recent report from the Coalition
for International Justice estimated
that almost 400,000 people have died
in Darfur since a conflict erupted out
of political tensions three years ago.
The genocide started after Arabs
and Africans clashed over Darfurs
natural resources. A government-
backed, Arab group called Janjaweed
has been attacking and destroying
villages in Darfur since then.
Though thousands of miles away,
the genocide has ignited student
passions. Mark Skoglund, a mem-
ber of Fighting Ignorance of Global
Humanitarian Threats and Olathe
sophomore, will be at the benefit
concert Saturday, bopping his head
to the band music with the issue of
Darfur close to his heart.
Regardless of your age or back-
ground, when over 400,000 people
have died over this government-
directed genocide, that is something
we should be aware of and take
action on, Skoglund said.
Jessie Funk, KU Amnesty
International officer and Manhattan
senior, said even though the fight-
ing in Darfur had been going on
for almost three years, the area still
needed support.
There are still many, many refu-
gees and misplaced people who are
still feeling the effects of what is
going on daily, Funk said. We all
need to be aware when human rights
violations are taking place, and we
need to take action to prevent these
atrocities.
Besides raising money, organiza-
tions will also pass out educational
materials about the crisis.
Joe Vinduska, member of
Lawrence-based band Censura, said
his band would use Dar4Life to play
new material. He said he thought the
event would help to rally the bands
playing around a crucial cause.
It will be a good chance to show
Lawrence that we arent just about
playing shows at bars, Vinduska said.
We can show them we can give back
and cast more of a positive light.
Distance to Empty will play from
4:30 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. Censura will
play from 7:40 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Kansan staf writer Courtney Ha-
gen can be contacted at chagen@
kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
Dar4Life
Beneft Concert
*What: All-day, all-ages concert
to raise funds for aid in Darfur,
Sudan
*When: Saturday
*Where: Burcham Park
*Bands playing: Distance to
Empty, Albino Fly, Sidewise,
Censura, Aubrey, Fermata, De-
vice, Mindrite, Cassiopia, Rachel
Anderson, Joe Schreiner, et al.
*Cost: $12; tickets can be pur-
chased at www.ticketweb.com
Source: Dar4Life
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Homecoming
is more than just a
football game
Daily events
on Wescoe Beach for
both group and
individual competitions
Prizes include
T-shirts
gift certicate
& homecoming points
October 2-7
CUTITOUT!
Campuscoupons
coming soon to a Kansan near you
Kansan Classifieds...
Say it for everyone to hear
Now theyre getting so
politically correct, you cant
even stick your tongue out at
somebody.
legendary NASCAR driver Richard Petty
A NASCAR driver can lose
between fve and 10 pounds
during a race. Drivers have sys-
tems that keep pumping water
to them throughout the race to
prevent dehydration.
Source: mphmotorsports.com
Get ready for the
Beakend
Benefit Rock Concert
Dar4Life, a benefit concert, will
be held all day Saturday in Burcham
Park at Indiana and 2nd in Lawrence.
The goal of Dar4Life is to help raise
awareness about the ongoing prob-
lems in Darfur, Sudan, and to help
raise money in order to stop the
genocide there. On average, 500
people are killed in Darfur every
day. Tickets cost $12 and can be
purchased at www.ticketweb.com or
at the concert. All proceeds from
the concert will go to the Genocide
Intervention Network a nonprofit
organization that works to stop geno-
cide and save lives. Many bands will
be playing at the all-day event includ-
ing: Fermata, Albino Fly, Sidewise,
Aubrey, Censura, Distance to Empty,
Device, Mindrite, Cassiopia, Ten
Hour Drive, Rachel Anderson and
Joe Schreiner. For more information
about the event, or how to help, visit
www.genocideintervention.net.
Concert at the Lied
Fireworks, an eclectic music
ensemble from the Symphony Space
in New York, will present its latest
program, Cartoon, on Saturday at
the KU Lied Center. The program
consists of songs written for the clas-
sic cartoon series Looney Tunes.
The performers will play songs by
Raymond Scott and Carl Stolling
who wrote the original music as
well as some music created just for
their program. Tickets for KU stu-
dents cost $14 for seats in the first
balcony and $11 for seats in the sec-
ond balcony. Tickets for KU faculty
and staff cost $24 for seats in the
first balcony and $20 for seats in the
second balcony. The performance
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Lawrence High School Play
Today and tomorrow, Lawrence
High School will present Death of
a Doornail, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets may
be purchased at the door.
Kansan correspondent Katie Hob-
son can be contacted at editor@
kansan.com.
EditedbyBrettBolton
A 20-year-old KU staf
member reported receiving a
criminal threat Wednesday from
a man allegedly armed with a
personal weapon.
A 10-year-old reported her
bicycle stolen from the bus stop
area of KU parking lot 114 in the
Stoufer Place community Mon-
day afternoon. The bike, a Silver
Samchunri Lespo, was valued
at $25. The victims name was
written on the handle bars.
Want to know what people
are talking about? Heres a list
of Thursdays most e-mailed
stories from Kansan.com.
1. Proposal would change
graduation requirements
2. Athletics Department uses
billboards to boost ticket sales
3. Kansas seeks to end losses
in Nebraska
4. SUA sponsoring on-cam-
pus poker tourney
5. Recipe of the week
Borough fushes out
club, citing unpaid bill
COOPERSBURG, Pa. There
wont be any wet T-shirt con-
tests at a strip bar here the
waters been turned of.
The borough turned of the
water to the Silhouette Show-
bar on Monday, with more than
$700 owing on its water bill,
and the building cannot be oc-
cupied without water, Borough
Manager Daniel Stonehouse
said.
Stonehouse said the ac-
tion concerning the pending
water bill is unrelated to the
boroughs legal eforts to shut
down the bars Club Kama
Sutra, which has been ofering
Saturday night sex parties.
Sea lion learns to paint,
is paid in dead fsh
PITTSBURGH Some artists
sufer for their work. Mag-
gie, an 11-year-old sea lion
at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG
Aquarium, gets to eat dead fsh
for hers.
Kesha Phares, a zoo trainer,
has been teaching the animal
to paint since last year.
Its, in a way, enriching,
Phares said. Sea lions are very
smart animals, and painting
keeps their minds active.
It took three months to
get the animal to hold a paint
brush and touch the bristles to
paper.
Phares picks the paint colors
sea lions are colorblind
and puts paint on the brush.
The paintings are done one
stroke at a time, with Maggie
getting a fsh after each stroke.
If the animal can be said to
have a style, it is this: she tends
to put more paint on the right
side of the canvas than the left.
Associated Press
Greek life
By Matt EldEr
The Delta Tau Delta expansion
team welcomed 41 new members to
the re-established fraternity Monday
night during its formal pledging cer-
emony at the Malott Room in the
Kansas Union.
After disappearing from the
Kansas campus in 2001 from a
decline in members, the fraternity
again found its feet after the national
organization sent an expansion team
to campus Sept. 1.
Nick Goldsberry, Delta Tau Delta
director of expansion, said the
response from KU students inter-
ested in the fraternity was extremely
positive.
Delta Tau Delta had high expecta-
tions of the student population when
being introduced to the Lawrence
campus.
After several weeks of inter-
views, Goldsberry is excited about
the group selected as the founding
father class.
There really was a great group on
the Kansas campus that was focused
on academics, service, and leader-
ship, he said. A lot of very high-
quality men.
At the top of this found-
ing father class was Eric Froese,
Shawnee junior, the KU Delta Tau
Delta colony president chosen by
the expansion team and alumni-
advising team.
Alongside other officers, Froese
will be responsible for the next
18 months of the fraternitys suc-
cess. At the top of his list will be
the colonys acceptance from the
national organization as a recog-
nized chapter.
After expressing interest in mem-
bers of the Lawrence population
who have achieved both academi-
cally and within their community,
the expansion teams efforts have not
gone unnoticed.
In terms of everything Ive seen
thus far, I feel that theyve been the
most on the ball in terms of market-
ing and P.R. that theyve done, said
Laura Bauer, program director of
fraternity and sorority life.
Now with members chosen, Delta
Tau Delta will begin making deci-
sions for the fraternitys future. An
alumni-advising team will oversee a
colony retreat this Saturday, where
new members will be expected to
spend up to eight hours making
decisions on the fraternitys con-
stitution, mission statement and
goals.
Theyll do the big-picture things,
said Ryan Weber, Kansas expansion
team and chapter leadership consul-
tant. Well set the boundaries, but
theyll make the decisions about how
it is going to be here at KU.
Within the next eight weeks,
Goldsberry said members would go
through a colony active ceremony.
He likens the event to an initiation
ceremony of fraternities.
Kansan staf writer Matt Elder can
be contacted at melder@kansan.
com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
Revitalized fraternity adds members
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Ryan Weber of Indianapolis, Delta Tau Delta chapter leadership consultant, leads the fraternitys frst newpledges in fve years into the Malott Roomin the Kansas Union to take an oath of loyalty.
Weber, a Kansas State University graduate, led Delta Tau Deltas Kansas expansion team, which recruited men on the University of Kansas campus throughout September. The fraternity, active at the University
from1914 to 2001, is returning after a fve-year hiatus, having closed because of lowmembership and fnancial difculties.
Expansion team encourages founding father class to look toward future
By KatiE HoBson
all week events
By Ben smith
KU Homecoming 2006 kicks off
Saturday and promises a chance for
a week-long friendly competition
between 18 to 20 campus organiza-
tions.
In the last six years, the home-
coming committee has built up a
series of events. There will be a
week-long medallion hunt, mural
competitions, a spirit run, float com-
petitions in the annual homecoming
day parade, the Canstruction com-
petition and many others.
Jennifer Denny, Plano, Texas,
senior and co-director of the home-
coming committee, said the home-
coming tradition dated back to 1912
and had become a large to-do in the
last few years since Dean Richard
Johnson revived the committee in
2000.
There were definitely times
when homecoming wasnt a big
deal, Denny said, citing the periods
during the Vietnam conflict and the
mid-1990s as examples.
With 16 members working
through the summer on the events,
Denny said, the tradition had grown
strong again.
Each homecoming event is
assigned points for participation
with additional points given to the
top three finalists. At the end of the
week, each of the groups points are
tallied up to determine the overall
winner, which will be announced
Oct. 7 in Memorial Stadium at the
football game against Texas A&M.
Some of the weeks big events
include a special performance
Tuesday at the Lied Center by come-
dian Kathy Griffin, a 5K spirit run
and a new Jayhawk Idol competition,
which will take place throughout
the week. The winners will sing the
national anthem at mens and wom-
ens basketball games.
Devin Mirfasihi, Leawood sopho-
more, and his group representing
Phi Kappa Tau, are ready to have
some fun in the spirit games planned
throughout next week.
Were in it to win, Mirfasihi said.
If youre not first, youre last.
Tiffany Harrell, Overland Park
sophomore and daily events chair,
said that though she thought all
the activities were equally impor-
tant, she was looking forward to the
parade.
That gets to show off all the
organizations, Harrell said. Its
something I always look forward
to.
For an information packet, con-
tact information and event profiles,
check out the homecoming Web site
at www.homecoming.ku.edu.
Kansan staf writer Ben smith can
be contacted at bsmith@kansan.
com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
Traditions make comeback
Competitions, performances top list of week-long events
By Darla slipKe
Audience members cried, Leave
the bag alone, thats a bad idea, as
sailors were about to open a bag of
wind that would blow them away to
dangerous islands during a perfor-
mance of Homers Odyssey.
The KU Theatre for Young
People staged the play for area ele-
mentary and junior high students
this week at the Inge Theatre in
Murphy Hall.
The play started Monday and
will run through Sunday.
Megan Persinger, Hiawatha
senior and an assistant with Theatre
for Young People, said it was dif-
ficult for the actors to remain in
character during the spirited out-
burst, but that type of earnest reac-
tion was what made the show most
rewarding.
To hear the students laugh,
scream, gasp and warn us when a
character is about to do something
especially foolish adds a whole new
level of energy to what we do,
Persinger said.
Other actors also said per-
forming for the young students
was exciting for them. Courtney
Schweitzer, Leawood senior, said
witnessing their reactions was espe-
cially thrilling.
The kids have much less inhibi-
tion in their reactions to the per-
formance, Schweitzer said. They
squirm in their chairs, scream,
laugh hysterically and ooh and ahh
through the entire show.
Kristen Gray, a teaching assis-
tant at Lecompton Elementary
School, said the students really
liked the shows they attended at the
University.
Travis Teanor and Caitlyn Robb,
fourth grade students, both attend-
ed Red Rosie, a former production
of the Theatre for Young People,
as second graders. They said their
favorite part was when a characters
sister hid in a box and the other
characters searched for her. Teanor
said he liked the background noises
during the scene.
Kari Gillespie, Missouri City,
Texas, junior, said experiencing
their appreciation was rewarding.
Before filing onto the yellow school
buses after the show, the students
gave the actors hugs and told them
their favorite parts of the produc-
tion. Gillespie said their eyes lit up
as they did this.
The KU Theatre for Young
People stages two productions a
year, Jeanne Klein, director of the
program, said. The program will
stage Lily Plants a Garden in
the spring for grades one through
three.
Kansan staf writer Darla slipke
can be contacted at dslipke@
kansan.com.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
Students entertain children during play
Theatre group performs Homers Odyssey for junior high schoolers
arts HOMECOMING WEEK
- T-shirt sales and info table, Wescoe
Beach, weekdays, 10 a.m. 2 p.m.
- Mural Display in Strong Hall
- Medallion Hunt
- Pancake Tickets on Sale
satUrDaY, sEPt. 30
- Spirit Sprint: registration at Kansas
Union at 8 a.m., begin race at 9 a.m.
- Jayhawk Idol Auditions: 1 p.m. in
Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
- Spirit Sing Auditions: 3 p.m. in
Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
MONDaY, OCt. 2
- Medallion Hunt Kick-Of
- Murals due to Strong Hall 9 a.m.
- Feed Your Beak Hot Dog Eating
Contest: 12 p.m. on Wescoe Beach.
- Jayhawk Idol Semi-Finalists: 12
p.m. on Wescoe Beach.
- 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament: 4
p.m. Student Fitness and Recreation
Center.
- Deck the Halls Judging.
tUEsDaY, OCt. 3
- KU Canstruction: 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
on Wescoe Beach.
- Jayhawk Idol Finalists: 12 p.m. on
Wescoe Beach.
- Homecoming Celebrity Appear-
ance, Kathy Grifn 7:30 p.m. at the
Lied Center, Tickets $5.
WEDNEsDaY, OCt. 4
- Sign the Good Luck Banner, Wes-
coe, 10 a.m. 2 p.m.
- Jayhawk Idol Finalists: 12 p.m. on
Wescoe Beach.
- Ofce Decorating Judging.
THURSDAY, OCT, 5
- Chalk n Rock: 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. on
Wescoe Beach.
- Pep Rally: 6 p.m. start at Visitors
Center Parking Lot.
- Spirit Sing: 6:30 p.m. at Pep Rally.
- Announce Jayhawk Idol Winner at
Pep Rally.
FrIDaY, OCt. 6
- Crimson and Blue Spirit Day all
day on campus.
- Grand Marshal Reception: 5:30
p.m.
- Homecoming Concert: 6 p.m. 11
p.m. on Eighth and Massachusetts
streets.
satUrDaY, OCt. 7
- Parade: 10 a.m. on Jayhawk
Boulevard.
- Pancake Feed: 8 a.m.- 11 a.m. on
Staufer-Flint lawn.
- Football Game: time TBA KU vs.
Texas A&M at Memorial Stadium.
source: http://www.homecom
ming.ku.edu
news
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
NatION
Detainee bill passed by Congress
By anne plUmmer Flaherty
assOCiateD press
WASHINGTON The Senate
on Thursday endorsed President
Bushs plans to prosecute and inter-
rogate terror suspects, all but seal-
ing congressional approval for leg-
islation that Republicans intend to
use on the campaign trail to assert
their toughness on terrorism.
The bill would create military
commissions to prosecute terror-
ism suspects. It also would pro-
hibit some of the worst abuses of
detainees like mutilation and rape,
but grant the president leeway to
decide which other interrogation
techniques are permissible.
The 65-34 vote means the bill
could reach the presidents desk by
weeks end.
The House passed nearly identi-
cal legislation on Wednesday and
was expected to approve the Senate
bill on Friday, sending it on to the
White House.
The White House and its sup-
porters have called the measure
crucial in the anti-terror fight, but
some Democrats said it left the
door open to abuse, violating the
U.S. Constitution in the name of
protecting Americans.
Twelve Democrats sided with
53 Republicans in voting for the
bill. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., in a
tough re-election fight, joined 32
Democrats and the chambers lone
independent in opposing the bill.
Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was
absent.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,
who helped draft the legislation
during negotiations with the White
House, said the measure would set
up a system for treating detainees
that the nation could be proud of.
He said the goal is to render justice
to the terrorists, even though they
will not render justice to us.
Democrats said the Republicans
rush to muscle the measure
through Congress was aimed at giv-
ing them something to tout during
the campaign, in which control of
the House and Senate are at stake.
Election Day is Nov. 7.
There is no question that the
rush to pass this bill which is the
product of secret negotiations with
the White House is about serv-
ing a political agenda, said Sen.
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
The Supreme Court nullified
Bushs initial system for trying
detainees in June, and earlier this
month a handful of maverick GOP
senators embarrassed the presi-
dent by forcing him to slightly tone
down his next proposal. But they
struck a deal last week.
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Jonathan Kealing, Erick R. Schmidt, Gabriella Souza, Frank
Tankard, Dave Ruigh, Steve Lynn, McKay Stangler and Louis
Mora
Poorly-lit streets, heavy traf-
fic and an abundance of pedes-
trians have combined to make
Kentucky Street deadly, and the
city must fix the problem now.
Kentucky and Tennessee
streets are among the darkest
and most frequented by vehicles
in the Oread Neighborhood, an
area heavily populated with stu-
dent residents. Students walking
to or from campus or nearby
bars and restaurants need to be
able to safely cross the streets at
night. The city must install more
lights along the streets.
Only 13 and 15 dim street-
lights shine along Tennessee and
Kentucky streets, respectively,
between Ninth and 19th streets.
Thats an average of 1.3 and 1.5
lights per block, though most of
the lights shine at intersections.
One streetlight on each street is
broken.
The city could use the brighter,
whiter lights that the University
of Kansas uses to light parking
lots and doorsteps. The city uses
high-pressure sodium lights that
emit a dim orange glow, unlike
the bright, white metal halide
lights used on campus.
A city ordinance requires
streetlights at every street inter-
section and cul-de-sac. This
often leaves dark stretches in the
middle of long blocks. To com-
bat this, the city could install
crosswalks with flashing lights
activated by a button when a
pedestrian crosses the street.
Some residents might disap-
prove of additional lighting; they
can simply close their curtains
and blinds.
The lack of lights has become
more than an inconvenience for
students; it has become fatal. The
city must rework its dim policy
on lighting before another stu-
dent dies.
Steve Lynn for the editorial
board
As we walked out of former
Secretary of State Madeleine
Albrights lecture Wednesday night
at the Lied Center, my two best
friends, both bright, active young
women, exclaimed, She is my new
hero! I couldnt help but feel the
same way.
What is it about Albright that
is so appealing to women at the
University of Kansas? And what can
we do as Jayhawks to bring some of
her brilliance into our own lives?
The first thing that makes
Madeleine Albright so special is
her radiant intelligence that was
immediately obvious to everyone in
the room. She received a standing
ovation for merely walking on stage.
Not many people in the world, male
or female, could accomplish the
things she has. Secondly, it is her
humor. She proved last night that a
well-timed joked can sometimes say
more than a lengthy, serious speech.
Another admirable quality about
Albright is that she cleared the path
for women in politics. When she
became secretary of state under
President Clinton in 1997, she was
not only the first woman to ever
hold the office out of 64 total
secretaries of state but at the time
she was the highest-ranking woman
ever in American politics. Going
first is never easy, and she did it
with an eloquence and grace rarely
seen in todays world of negative
politics.
Albright is proof that gender
does not determine political ability.
In a world full of messages such as
Why dont you lose some weight?
and Why arent your boobs a little
bigger? it is easy for women to feel
that they just arent smart enough
or capable enough to participate
in politics. It is easy to feel like the
world doesnt take women seriously.
And watching Albright on stage
made us feel like here, right here
on the KU campus, is something
the world cannot deny. Women are
powerful.
How can we incorporate the ide-
als embodied by Albright in our
everyday lives? First, stay informed
of international events. One of the
most important things demonstrat-
ed by her time in office dealing with
issues such as Afghanistan, Bosnia
and conflicts in the Middle East is
that Americans cannot ignore what
is going on in the rest of the world.
Keep up on the news, seek out
independent news sources and criti-
cally examine those you do find.
Secondly, never be afraid to be the
first the first woman on your flag
football team or the first woman
president of the United States of
America.
With the model set by Madeline
Albright, we can all learn to be
strong, civic-minded leaders and
help make this world better for the
next generation.
Stuewe is a Lawrence junior in po-
litical science and American stud-
There is nothing like campaign
season when it comes to Student
Senate at the University of Kansas.
The Gideons, the military recruit-
ment officials and all the commu-
nity service activists combined do
not attack campus as completely or
effectively as prospective senators
do every spring.
So, where on earth are they the
rest of the year? Furthermore, what
ever happens to all those campaign
ideas once senate is in session
again? As a one-time student sena-
tor who was suspended by senate,
I believe I can shed some light on
the issue. Half of the platforms are
just senators taking credit for things
that are probably going to happen
regardless of who gets elected, and
the other half of the platforms are
things that cannot be done. Either
way, how much is accomplished has
little to do with whos in Student
Senate.
What goes on behind senate
walls is top secret, and I could be
killed for sharing this information.
So, start calling me Deep Throat
and read on.
Im sure that, considering my
opinion, you have begun to wonder
why I ran for senate in the first
place. Sometimes, only first-hand
experience can end nave idealism.
Having been in senate, I feel confi-
dent that most of the time spent in
senate meetings can be divided into
three categories.
The first is pointless debate.
I give the example of the Native
American mascot ban of last
year. That resolution was passed
unanimously without any negative
speeches. Regardless, we spent an
hour talking about it. I am not even
sure how the affirmative speakers
managed to talk for an hour with
no opposition. Considering the
war in Iraq resolution and the gay
marriage ban resolution of the year
before, we were lucky to move on
in an hour. The sad thing is that
resolutions that state the opinion of
the senate have absolutely no power
whatsoever, and that is an hour of
my life I will never get back.
The second area where senate
spends time is pointless infighting.
In the same meeting as the mascot
ban, we discussed a bill regarding
physical polling sites during sen-
ate elections. Less than 20 percent
of students vote regardless of how
the system is changed, and senate is
still jockeying for superior political
position with debate on the system.
That debate took another hour, and
the only people who will ever care
were sitting in that senate room.
The final area where senate
spends time is pointless rubber-
stamping of funding allocations.
On the one hand, getting funds to
student organizations is a necessary
task. On the other hand, few people
understand how totally superfluous
senates role is. About three weeks
ago, I was in a senate meeting that
was almost totally devoted to fund-
ing legislation. At the end of the
meeting we had allocated about
$10,000 to various student groups.
We did this without serious debate
on any issue. At the cost of $10,000
of student money, we all got to go
home early.
Every spring, candidates exert
impossible amounts of effort into
annoying the general public just so
that every fall a not small minority
of them can quit or get fired. This
is because the three basic things
that senators get to witness once
senate is in session are pointless
debate, pointless infighting and
pointless rubberstamping. What do
these three things have in common?
Thats right, they are all pointless.
And that is why even senators hate
student senate.
John Connor
Overland Park senior
Former student senator
The Sept. 19 Boy Eats World
comic about a boy wishing his
grass was emo so it would cut
itself was fully inappropriate.
It makes light of a serious issue
that faces many young people today.
Although I have never had any per-
sonal experience with self-injury, I
have known people who have, and it
really is a vicious cycle that becomes
psychologically addictive and nearly
impossible to stop without outside
intervention.
Its more than just marks on ones
skin; a report on the BBCs Web site
states that 10 percent of visits to
British medical wards are a result of
self injury. For the Kansan to print
a comic making light of this condi-
tion that afflicts so many people,
undoubtedly including some of our
classmates at KU, shows poor judg-
ment.
Dan Holmes
Olathe sophomore
OUR VIEW
Dim lights, dim-witted city
Irony is a fun concept. According
to dictionary.com, irony is an out-
come of events contrary to what
was, or might have been, expected.
Basically, its the term applied to
those Well, I did not see that com-
ing moments.
Its like a free ride, when youve
already paid, if you were to ask
Alanis Morissette. Its how we
describe Steve Irwin being felled by
a stingray while Steve-O is safe and
sound among grizzly bears and poi-
sonous snakes.
In American society, we define
ourselves by democracy. Its what is
supposed to make us the greatest
country on the planet, because it
gives us, the people, power over the
government. Yet to many, voting,
the act of engaging in the democrat-
ic process, is irrelevant. If that isnt
irony, I dont know what is.
I was speaking recently with a
classmate when he explained to
me that he does not vote because,
quite simply, he doesnt believe
that his vote matters. Apparently,
this is a rather common mindset.
If you dont live in a swing state,
logic dictates that your vote will be
swallowed up by the many people
who support one side, or at least
that seems to be what too many of
us think. In truth, any state, county,
city or high school drama club has
large amounts of people who could
drastically affect the outcome of
an election, but dont, because they
avoid the polls with the notion
that they cannot make a difference
either way.
Look at Kansas. Its tradition-
ally a red state, where people with
no experience in law enforcement
can be attorney general as long as
they are in the right party. There
was even a book published not too
long ago about how the Sunflower
State has become so supportive of
the Republican Party. What nobody
seems to understand is how that can
change with a little ambition on the
part of the people who have, thus
far, seen the democratic process as
not worth their time.
In 2002, a split in the Republican
Party saw Democrat Kathleen
Sebelius elected governor. While
this may not have been a complete
shot in the arm of Kansas politics, it
did open up the possibility of a shift
in the tides. Sebelius had surprised
Kansans in 1994 by becoming the
first Democratic insurance commis-
sioner the state had seen in more
than a century.
This year, she has one opponent
that the Republicans have got-
ten behind, Jim Barnett, but she
is less of an underdog. A study by
SurveyUSA taken earlier this year
had her in the top 20 in terms of
approval ratings among all gov-
ernors. Nevertheless, the Kansas
Democratic Party has put a great
deal of work into rallying not only
the left-leaning faithful, but the
ever-valuable swing voters that
some people dont seem to realize
exist in this state.
None of this can predict the
outcome of the elections. Nothing
really can but time, and that is the
beauty of democracy that sadly goes
unnoticed by many. A vote for a
Democrat in Kansas can mean a lot,
just like a vote for a Republican in
New York. However, if the people
who could cast those votes dont
see this, and go with the one vote
doesnt make a difference notion,
then very few people will vote at all,
and politics in this and any other
supposedly dyed-in-the-wool state
really will be as predictable as they
think.
That brings us back to irony. The
irony here is that the apathy of so
many people may very well be the
reason that things happen the way
they think they do.
Cohen is a Topeka sophomore in
journalism.
By BEn COHEn
kansan cOlUmnIst
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cOmmEntaRY
If you say your vote
doesnt count, it wont
cOmmEntaRY
By Liz STuEwE
kansan cOlUmnIst
opinion@kansan.com
Albright
a model
in class
GUEst cOmmEntaRY
Why even senators hate Student Senate
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Friday, september 29, 2006
Athletics dept.
Distinguished announcer
earns spot in Hall of Fame
Jayhawk radio play-by-play
announcer Bob Davis has been
elected to the Kansas Association
of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The
honor will top a long list of awards
Davis has gathered during his
career.
Davis, in his 23rd year with the
Jayhawk Radio Network, has also
been named Kansas Sportscaster
of the Year 10 times and has won
the Oscar Staufer Award for excel-
lence in high school sports twice.
Before covering Kansas athletics,
Davis covered Fort Hays sports
for 16 years and is a member of
the Fort Hays State University Hall
of Fame. Seven times during the
1990s, Davis covered the NCAA
Womens Final Four. In addition to
his duties with the Jayhawk Radio
Network, he hosts the weekly
Hawk Talk program and is in his
10th year doing play-by-play for
the Kansas City Royals Sports Tele-
vision Network.
Davis will be honored for his
election to the KAB Hall of Fame at
a reception on Oct. 22.
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Team starts pre-season
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The womens rowing team will
kick of its fall pre-season this
weekend in Oklahoma City in the
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athletes out so far, but just the
varsity team will compete. The
rowers will compete again Oc-
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Claudia Alterman
Poor Terrell Owens.
I watched the flamboyant receiver
give his side of the story and his
publicist give hers about his alleged
suicide attempt, but Im not all that
concerned with what was said. No,
Ive got two other theories for what
possibly led to Tuesday nights activi-
ties, and for some reason, no one else
has mentioned them.
First, a painkiller addiction.
Its not unthinkable. Brett Favre
admitted his addiction in 1996 and
subsequently spent 46 days at the
Menninger Clinic when it was in
Topeka. So theres no reason to think
it couldnt happen to Owens. The
guy has a broken hand and hes try-
ing to get ready for this weeks game
because he doesnt want to miss
it. In fact, Terrell Owens has a stellar
playing record. Not counting sus-
pensions, he has never missed more
than two games in a row.
Owens said the idea that he took
35 pills of hydrocodone is absurd,
and said if he had, he probably
wouldnt have been at the press con-
ference, suggesting he might be
dead. But in a 1997 story in The
New York Times about painkiller
abuse in the NFL, the story cites
several unnamed NFL players, one
of whom was a Pro-Bowl lineman,
who said, Some guys have genuine
needs, but at the same time you see
a lot of sharing and abuse. I know
guys who are immune to Percocet.
They take 15 to 20 of these pills a
day because it doesnt faze them.
Theyve built up a tolerance, but
they need to take them to be able
to function because their bodies are
addicted to them.
So if a guy is taking that many,
maybe Owens miscalculated what
he thought he could take, was in
more pain than usual, and swal-
lowed too many and ended up in the
hospital and all over television. Hes
entering his 11th NFL season, and if
hes been pill popping for half that
time, the biggest wide receiver in
the NFL would have built up some
tolerance.
Speaking of being the biggest NFL
wide receiver, theres one more nasty
idea I have about Owens exploits.
He may be the Barry Bonds of
football only his secret has been
better kept.
Why not? Im not saying with-
out a doubt that hes using steroids
or performance-enhancing drugs. I
dont know that. But in todays sports
world, Im sorry, nobody is suspi-
cion-free, I dont care what sport
it is.
But lets look at the guy. Did
you see him on the cover of ESPN
the Magazine recently? His picture
reminds me of that line in the first
Austin Powers, Men want to be
him, women want to be with him.
Can I get an Amen? The man has
muscles on top of muscles. Hes a 6-
foot-3-inch, 225-pound linebacker
playing wide receiver.
And aside from his physique,
remember him coming back from
that gruesome ankle injury in 2004
with the Eagles, an injury sure to end
his season? Yeah, he came back and
not only played in the Super Bowl
loss to the Patriots, but caught nine
passes for 122 yards. To come back
from an injury that quickly, it raises
red flags in my mind.
Im not accusing Owens of ste-
roid use. My point is this: given
his track record on and off the
field what exonerates him of any
suspicion?
Fred davis is a topeka senior in
journalism.
Edited by Brett Bolton
By Fred A. dAvis iii
kansan columnist
fdavis@kansan.com
Serenity now
Teories could
explain overdose
By MArk dent
Kansas coach Mark Francis isnt
exactly losing sleep over his teams
1-1 start in Big 12 play.
The results have been all over
the place, he said. This conference
is going to be really tight. Coming
off last weekend with one win on
the road is a good thing.
Today, Kansas (6-3-0, 1-1-0)
plays at Creighton in its final non-
conference game before it tries
to improve its conference stand-
ing against Nebraska on Sunday in
Lincoln.
The Jayhawks reached their
.500 mark by splitting games in
Oklahoma against the Cowgirls and
Sooners last week. Oklahoma State
topped Kansas last Friday 1-0 in
double overtime, but everything
evened out in the second game
against Oklahoma. That game
ended with the same 1-0 score, but
the Jayhawks were on the winning
end.
The tight conference race that
Francis spoke about was on display
last weekend. Only Texas A&M,
Texas and Oklahoma State have two
or more victories, and only three
teams have more than one loss. The
Big 12 race could end up like last
season when four teams, including
Kansas, tied for second place and
eight teams finished above .500.
Our non-conference schedule
was tougher this year to better our
RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) and
prepare for the conference, Francis
said.
He added that his team needs to
do a better job of playing the entire
game to be successful in confer-
ence play. Inconsistency on offense
has been a common theme of the
Jayhawks season. Kansas has taken
76 shots in the second half this
year compared to 54 in the first
half. Goal scoring has been stron-
ger in the second half as well. The
Jayhawks have put the ball in the
net 11 times in the final 45 minutes
and only five times in the opening
half.
Such troubles have not been a
concern on the defensive side of
the ball. The defense has allowed 42
shots in the first half and 40 in the
second, and has given up 15 first-
half goals and 11 second-half goals.
Weve been a little up and down
lately, sophomore midfielder Jessica
Bush said. But we know we have a
good team.
Kansas plays another team thats
been up and down this season at
7 tonight. Creighton (5-5-1) has
split its weekend pair of games
every time this season except once,
when it tied one and lost one. The
Bluejays return nine starters from
last seasons 12-victory team. The
Jayhawks won the two teams last
match-up in the first round of the
2004 NCAA Tournament.
Nebraska (6-2-2, 1-1) is a team
that Kansas is all too familiar
with. The Cornhuskers ended the
Jayhawks season two years in a
row. They beat Kansas last year in
the Big 12 Tournament, and ended
the Jayhawks season in the second
round of the NCAA Tournament
two years ago. Nebraska holds an
11-1-2 overall advantage against
Kansas, which proves the Huskers
are an historically tough opponent
for the Jayhawks to beat.
We have the speed and talent,
Francis said. Only time will tell if
this group has the leadership and
killer instinct.
kansan sportswriter Mark dent
can be contacted at mdent@kan-
san.com.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
Soccer
Coach Francis waits for killer instinct
Soccer team experiences ups, downs in tough non-conference schedule this season
nFL
Police: Owens overdose
not attempted suicide
By JAiMe Aron
AssociAted press
IRVING, Texas Dallas police
have classified Terrell Owens
case as an accidental overdose,
not an attempted suicide, closing
their investigation Thursday of the
Cowboys receivers hospitalization.
Police Chief David Kunkle said
he had great confidence in the
initial police report, which said res-
cue workers responded late Tuesday
night to an attempted suicide by
prescription pain medication.
The report, in my opinion,
reflects what the officers were told
and represents their best interpreta-
tion of what happened, Kunkle said
Thursday. But that doesnt mean its
the definitive account of the inci-
dent. Like all these situations, were
dealing with incomplete information
and facts that change.
The report, obtained by media
outlets Wednesday, said a friend
described Owens as being depressed
and indicated that Owens said Yes
when rescue workers asked whether
he had tried to harm himself.
Owens said Wednesday he mis-
takenly mixed the painkillers for
a broken hand with supplements
he ordinarily takes, causing him
to become groggy while at home
Tuesday evening. His publicist, Kim
Etheredge, called 911, and Owens
was taken to an emergency room.
Within two hours of his hospi-
tal release Wednesday morning,
Owens was catching passes at team
headquarters. He went through
a full practice Thursday, his first
since breaking his right hand on
Sept. 17, and might play Sunday in
Tennessee.
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Iowa State in the upcoming week-
end game wants to punish Kansas
for taking its spot at the NCAA
tournament last year. The game will
be at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Horejsi
Family Athletics Center.
The Cyclones thought they
should have been the tournament
team in 2005 after beating the
Jayhawks in both season matches,
including a season-ending sweep of
the Jayhawks in Ames, Iowa.
Last year, Iowa State beat Kansas
in a four-game match, 3-1, in
Lawrence. Then Iowa State swept
Kansas in Ames to finish the season.
The Cyclones also finished with a
better overall and conference record
(16-15, 9-11 Big 12), compared to
the Jayhawks (15-15, 7-13).
Regardless of how questionable
the decision was, Kansas made the
tournament instead of Iowa State.
This season, Iowa State (10-4,
2-2 Big 12) is coming to Kansas
(8-6, 1-4) with a lot of confidence.
Wednesday, Iowa State got a key
victory at Kansas State in a five-
game match, while Kansas strug-
gled at Texas Tech, losing 3-1.
Theyre coming off a big win at
K-State, so well have to play and
give a great effort, Kansas coach
Ray Bechard said.
Iowa State has depended on
its defense the entire season. The
Cyclones lead the Big 12 in block-
ing, averaging 3.51 blocks per game.
Kansas has struggled blocking as it
is last in the conference, averaging
just 1.96 blocks per game.
The player to watch on the
Cyclones will be Erin Boeve, junior
middle blocker. She leads the defense
with 1.8 blocks per game. Boeve
was an integral part Wednesday in
helping Iowa State snap a 10-year
losing streak at Kansas State with a
season-high 22 kills.
With two consecutive losses on
the road, at Colorado and at Texas
Tech, Kansas is glad to be back
home, where the team is 3-2.
Its nice because we have fans that
can come support us, and we need a
lot of support now, Jana Correa,
senior outside hitter, said. We need
to move on quickly, and just practice
hard to beat Iowa State.
The event is free for students with
a valid KUID. The KU Athletics
Department will also be handing
out Adidas pens to the first 500 fans
and having a $10,000 perfect serve
contest. Its a short home stand for
Kansas, as the team will be back on
the road with matches at Missouri
and Oklahoma next week.
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davi-
son can be contacted at ddavi-
son@kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
volleyball
Iowa to seek revenge for NCAA snub
Jayhawks took position despite Cyclones better overall, conference record
Sports Calendar
TODAY
nsoccer at Creighton, 7
p.m, Omaha, Neb.
SATURDAY
nsoftball vs. UMKC, 2 p.m.,
KU Fall Invitational, Arrocha
Ballpark

nsoftball vs. emporia state,
4 p.m., KU fall invitational, ar-
rocha ballpark
nFootball at Nebraska, 6
p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
Player to
watch: marcus
Henry, lawton,
okla., junior
has tallied 175
receiving yards
with an aver-
age of 13.5 yards per recep-
tion so far this season. Henry
has also had three receiving
touchdowns.
nvolleyball vs. Iowa State, 7
p.m., Horejsi Family Athletics
Center
nrowing, Head of the
Oklahoma, TBA, Oklahoma
City, Okla.
SUNDAY
nsoftball vs. Johnson
County Community College,
noon, KU Fall Invitational,
Arrocha Ballpark
nsoccer at Nebraska, 1
p.m., Lincoln, Neb.

nsoftball vs. TBA, 2 p.m.,
KU Fall Invitational, Arrocha
Ballpark

nrowing, Head of the
Oklahoma, TBA, Oklahoma
City, Okla.
Henry
Police drop charges,
fle new ones in
shooting case
PITTSBURGH (AP) Prosecu-
tors on Thursday dropped charges
against one of two men accused
of shooting fve Duquesne Univer-
sity basketball players, but fled
charges against two additional
suspects.
All charges were dropped
against Brandon Baynes, 18, of
Penn Hills, in the Sept. 17 shooting
after an on-campus dance party.
Allegheny County District At-
torney Stephen Zappala said the
charges were dropped after a wit-
ness recanted her story. He would
not identify the witness.
Zappala also announced
charges against two other people:
Derrick Lee, of Pittsburgh, and
Erica R. Sager, of Wilkinsburg.
Associated Press
Longhorns rush
defense stifes
opponents
AUSTIN, Texas When it
comes to running the football, the
Longhorns opponents are quickly
learning a lesson.
Dont mess with Texas.
After four games, the team has
the second-best rushing defense
in the nation. On an average at-
tempt, opposing teams gain less
than a yard every time they go to
the ground. Four games into the
season and the combined eforts
of Texas opponents barely eclipse
the 100-yard mark, with 104. By
comparison, the least rushing
yards Texas ofense has accu-
mulated in a game is 172, which
came against Ohio State.
With Sam Houston State next
on the schedule, Texas 24 rushing
yards per game average may dip
even lower.
Daily Texan
Bust of Royals player
stolen from museum
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Law ofcers
and museum ofcials are looking
for a bronze bust of former Kansas
City Royals third baseman George
Brett that was apparently stolen
from the Missouri Sports Hall of
Fame, ofcials said Thursday.
The bust valued at $10,000 to
$15,000 stood outside the Spring-
feld museum as part of a legends
walkway with about 15 other
busts of athletes and three full-
size statues, museum operations
director Marty Willadsen said.
The museum called the Greene
County Sherifs Department,
which assigned a detective to
investigate.
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One-time critic
becomes loyal fan
By B.j. rains
Kansan colUmnist
BJRains@kansan.com
Dear Adam Barmann,
On behalf of the entire student
body, I would like to take a moment
to apologize. Last year, you had a
rough first game of the season and
everyone, including myself, wrote
you off. We said you were terrible
and didnt deserve to ever see the
field again. As you continued to
struggle at the quarterback posi-
tion, we wanted to try anyone but
you. When you got in a game, we
figured the team was going to lose.
Pushed to the bench almost
all of last season and the begin-
ning of this season, last Saturday
you proved to us we were wrong.
You helped put several long drives
together and looked very comfort-
able running the offense. By helping
the Jayhawks win, your 3-1 start
leaves fans with a lot of optimism
for the remaining games.
It took a lot of courage for you
to act the way you did. All of last
season, you quietly went about your
business and didnt criticize coach
Mark Mangino or anyone on the
team. Even though you may have
felt you deserved to play, you did
what was asked of you by the coach-
ing staff. It must have killed you to
be stuck standing on the sidelines
when you knew you could play bet-
ter than you had played in the brief
chances you had.
Your wait was worth it. You got
your chance on Saturday, and it was
obvious that your patience had paid
off. You ran the offense effectively
and gave the Jayhawks the opportu-
nity to win the game.
What impressed me more was
the way you handled yourself in the
days after the game. Despite play-
ing a great game and leading the
Jayhawks to a victory, you still talk-
ed about Kerry Meier being the guy
at quarterback. Anyone who had to
suffer like you did last season could
have said something like, I think
I showed why I deserve to play, or
I feel it should be my job. But you
didnt, because youre a team player
and a class act.
You would rather talk about
Meier getting healthy so he can
help lead the team than try to stir
up a quarterback controversy. You
have handled everything in the last
few years with utmost class. Some
people may still not like you for
some reason or another, but you
have definitely earned at least one
new fan.
When the offense heads onto
the field tomorrow night, we will
be hoping to see something we
couldnt have predicted we would
ever have wanted to see again: you
as the teams quarterback.
Good luck the rest of the sea-
son and in the rest of your career.
Whether you throw another touch-
down pass or even complete anoth-
er pass this season is unimportant
to me. Youre a team player and a
class act, and I will root for players
like you any day of the week.
Sincerely,
B.J. Rains
rains is a st. Louis junior in jour-
nalism.
goLF
Arkansas graduate hired
to be new assistant coach
Womens golf coach Erin ONeil
announced Tuesday the hire of
Sarah Trew as an assistant coach.
Trew, like ONeil, attended
Georgia University, but Trew
transferred her junior year to
Arkansas.
At Arkansas, Trew was a three-
time letter winner, was named
to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
each year and ended her career
with the eighth-lowest career
stroke average in Arkansas
womens golf program history.
This will be Trews first coach-
ing position. She graduated from
Arkansas earlier this year.
Josh Landau
when it rains, it Pours
sports
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south Florida forces a fumble fromAdamBarmann, senior quarterback, during Saturdays game. If Kerry Meiers injury prevents himfromstarting against Nebraska, Barmann will start for the second
straight game.
By RyAn SchnEidER
Kerry Meier was seen throwing
a football around with other quar-
terbacks after practice Wednesday
night at Memorial Stadium.
But what that says about his status
for Saturdays game is still unclear.
Kansas coach Mark Mangino is
holding out hope that his freshman
quarterback will be healthy enough
to play Saturday at Nebraska.
Is he ready to play today? No, but
we dont play today, Mangino said.
Could he be ready by Saturday?
Yes, he could be. But we just dont
know.
He said a decision was likely to
be made during the teams walk-
through Friday morning at Memorial
Stadium in Lincoln, Neb.
Its presumed that senior Adam
Barmann would start for the second
straight game if Meier was unable
to play.
Against South Florida last week,
Barmann completed nearly 70 per-
cent of his passes and threw for 273
yards, with no interceptions.
Barmann said he understood that
if Meier was healthy, he might return
to the bench.
As soon as hes ready to go, hell
go, Barmann said. Ill just keep
preparing myself the same way. I
get ready each and every day, just
in case.
Meier suffered an undisclosed
injury to his right arm during a loss
to Toledo two weeks ago. Days after
the game, Mangino said he was told
that Meier suffered the injury early
in the fourth quarter after having
his arm driven in to the ground
after a quarterback rushing play.
Despite the injury, Meier convinced
Mangino to leave him in the game.
Meier threw two interceptions after
the injury, one in the fourth quarter
and another in the second overtime
against the Rockets.
In the three games hes played
in this season, Meier has complet-
ed nearly 55 percent of his passes,
thrown six touchdowns and seven
interceptions. On the ground, hes
rushed for 146 yards and four touch-
downs.
football Notes:
Injury Update: After missing the
seasons first four games, Mangino
said sophomore safety James Holt
would see limited action Saturday.
Holt suffered an undisclosed inju-
ry during the teams training camp
early last month.
Redshirt-freshman defensive back
Darrell Stuckey was also injured dur-
ing the training camp, but Mangino
said he would not be ready in time to
play this weekend.
Kansan senior sportswriter Ryan
Schneider can be contacted at
rschneider@kansan.com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
Quarterback Kerry Meier may be
healthy enough to play Saturday
Starter to be decided at walk-through
By c.J. MooRE
Shelby Noonan is paying her
own way through school to become
a child life practitioner.
But Noonan is not the proto-
typical college student. Unlike most
students paying their way through
school, Noonan has had to bal-
ance school and a job with being
a student athlete on just a partial
scholarship.
People have a lot of stereotypes
that everything is handed to us,
Noonan, a senior diver, said. Its
definitely not. Were typical stu-
dents, just with 20 more hours
added on to school.
Before August 2004, student ath-
letes had a limit to how much money
they could make from a job depend-
ing on the amount of scholarship
money they received. The NCAA
changed its rules on student ath-
lete employment in 2004, allowing
students like Noonan the opportu-
nity to work as many hours as they
want at a salary similar to another
employee doing a similar job.
For some student athletes, work-
ing during the school year is a neces-
sary evil to pay for their education.
But as Theresa Becker, director of
compliance in the Kansas Athletics
Department, points out, the NCAA
decided its rules didnt make sense
because student athletes with jobs
are rare enough already.
People finally realized that for
student athletes who compete at
this level, they dont have time to
work, Becker said.
Noonan and Matt Baysinger, a
junior in track, are exceptions to
the rule. Noonan worked for two
years for First Management, and
Baysinger has worked for Panera
Bread Bakery for five years. He
had not received scholarship money
until this year.
During track season last spring,
Baysinger practiced 20 hours per
week, six days a week. With no
scholarship money coming in, he
still needed a job. Baysinger would
show up to Panera on Saturday and
work a 12-hour shift beginning at 6
a.m. Hed work Sundays from 6 a.m.
to 2 p.m. and then head to track
practice.
Baysinger said he hoped future
employers would notice the time
management skills he developed
from the experience.
When youre doing a rsum,
you cant necessarily put that youve
had a lot of job experience, but I feel
like a lot of employers are going to
know the dedication that it would
have taken to be an athlete for four
years, Baysinger said. Its 20 hours
a week of practice. Its a job in itself.
It takes a lot of dedication.
The inability to work during
the school year in her future field
is something Taylor McIntosh,
junior on the womens basketball
team and a pre-pharmacy major,
has had to work around. Unlike
many pharmacy majors who work
for pharmacies while they are still
in school, McIntosh has only been
able to work during the summer.
Last summer, she volunteered at the
pharmacy in Lawrence Memorial
Hospital.
McIntosh, unlike Noonan and
Baysinger, is on a full scholarship
so she is not in dire need of money.
However, she said the $800 a month
that she received to pay for her off-
campus housing and bills did not
give her a lot of spending money,
which is a common misconception
McIntosh regularly comes across.
I think a lot of times, non-ath-
letes, they see us with KU sweat-
shirts and shirts and they think,
Yeah, I wish I could get that,
McIntosh said. But really, we work
just as hard. We are just like a regu-
lar student working full time two
full-time jobs.
McIntosh said none of her team-
mates work during the school year.
Even if we worked in season or
out of season, we would not have
time for a job, she said.
During the summer, student ath-
letes are just like any other students,
making up for lost funds and lost
time. Baysinger worked last sum-
mer at Panera 30-40 hours per week
and at a warehouse in Olathe 20
hours per week.
Noonan split her time between a
full-time management job with First
Management and the Childrens
Learning Center in Lawrence,
where she worked 10 hours every
weekend.
Next summer, McIntosh hopes to
find a paying job with a pharmacy
in Lawrence. During their respec-
tive seasons, the student athletes say
they know their job is on the field
or in the pool. And someday, they
hope that work will pay off.
I think definitely in the future.
I think right now it might prohibit
it, Noonan said. In the future,
being an athlete and being in school
people look at that as being able to
manage your time.
Kansan staf writer c.J. Moore
can be contacted at cjmoore@
kansan.com.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
Lisa Lipovac/KANsAN
FreshmanCaitlinKenney swings at a pitchduringthe Fall Jayhawk Classic last weekend. After
startingthe fall seasonwitha 3-1 record, the Jayhawks will againplay a tournament this weekendin
Lawrence. The KUFall Invitational will feature Kansas, UMKC, Emporia State, JohnsonCounty andan-
other teamyet to be announced. Kansas coachTracy Bunge saidthe fall tournaments were a chance
for youngplayers to get some experience ingames. The teamlost six players over the summer.
swing, batter
softball
By ShAwn ShRoyER
If Kansas is expecting to face the
same Nebraska team that it beat 40-
15 last season at home, it is sorely
mistaken.
No. 21 Nebraska has lost only
one game since its meeting with
Kansas last November, and coach
Bill Callahan said two things had led
to the Cornhuskers success.
Persistence and a belief in what
were doing from a team concept,
Callahan said. It all came together
particularly after that game.
This season, Nebraska has been
untouchable at home and has shown
no ill effects from its loss on the road
to Southern California two weeks
ago. The key for the Cornhuskers
thus far has been balance across the
board, starting with senior quarter-
back Zac Taylor.
Taylor has been nothing if not
consistent this season, complet-
ing 70.8 percent of his passes. He
has also thrown just two intercep-
tions in 89 attempts. Kansas coach
Mark Mangino has noticed Taylors
improvement from last season.
He looks a lot more confident in
the pocket, Mangino said. He seems
to be delivering the ball on time with
more regularity. You can tell by his
presence on the field that he feels
more control as the quarterback.
Nebraskas rushing attack is a four-
headed monster, led by sophomore
Marlon Lucky. He is averaging 7.2
yards per touch, has yet to be taken
down behind the line and has five
touchdowns. He was named Big 12
Offensive Player of the Week for his
performance against Troy last week.
Marlon has acquired a good feel
for the system, and he has confi-
dence in his ability to read and cut,
Callahan said.
Senior tight end Matt Herian is
the feel-good story of the year for
Nebraska. He has played well this
season with 135 receiving yards and
two touchdowns after missing all of
last season and part of 2004 because
of a broken leg.
Even with questions surround-
ing who will play quarterback for
Kansas on Saturday, Callahan said
the Blackshirts were more focused
on playing the same way they had
all season, which has been nearly
impregnable.
At home, the Blackshirts have
allowed opponents to convert only
nine of 38 third downs. In Lincoln,
opponents have reached the red-
zone just twice and are averaging 5.7
points per game.
Nebraskas linebackers have led
the defense so far with senior Stewart
Bradley and juniors Corey McKeon
and Bo Ruud combining for 60 tack-
les, 25 solo, and two forced fumbles.
The secondary has been solid,
allowing just 146.75 passing yards
per game. Against Nicholls State, the
Blackshirts held the Colonels to zero
passing yards.
One player looking to break out
this weekend is senior defensive end
Adam Carriker. He had 9.5 sacks
last season, but only one so far this
season.
While last seasons victory over
Nebraska was a momentous accom-
plishment for Kansas football,
Mangino knows it has only given
the Cornhuskers more motivation to
extend their 18-game home winning
streak against the Jayhawks.
Last years game is last years
game, Mangino said. It was fun.
Our fans enjoyed it probably
more so than anybody but the
fact of the matter is that this is a new
year, this is a new challenge.
Kansan sportswriter Shawn Shroy-
er can be contacted at sshroyer@
kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
football
Cornhuskers persistence, unity present new challenge to Jayhawks
Student athletes juggle school, work
While regularly attending practice, some athletes struggle with paying the bills
athletics departmeNt
Senior defensive end Adam
Carriker. Carriker entered the
season on among others
Playboy,
Athlon and
Lindys pre-
season All-
A me r i c a n
teams. Thus
far, he leads
all Nebraska
d e f e n s i v e
linemen with
14 tackles
and is second on the team with
four tackles for losses. However,
Carriker has just one sack this
season, which came in Nebras-
kas frst game against Louisiana
Tech. He had a team-best 9.5
sacks in 2005.
Ofense
Take away the USC game and Nebraska is averaging 53.7
points per game and 559.7 total yards of ofense per game.
However, for the frst time, the Cornhuskers are putting up
such gaudy numbers with its passing game, in addition to
its running game. Senior quarterback Zac Taylor has a 178.3
pass efciency rating, which is second best in the Big 12.
Hes clearly comfortable in coach Bill Callahans West Coast
ofense and has the most talented receiving corps in school
history. Junior wide receiver Terrence Nunn is Nebraskas
deep threat with 14 catches for 209 yards, while senior
tight end Matt Herian is Taylors go-to guy in the red zone
with two touchdowns. The Cornhuskers are still moving the
ball on the ground, too. Sophomore running backs Marlon
Lucky and Cody Glenn and junior running backs Kenny Wil-
son and Brandon Jackson have combined for 924 rushing
yards and 13 touchdowns in four games.
Defense
The Blackshirts are back in
Lincoln. Nebraska is allowing
just 11.25 points per game and
all nine turnovers the Cornhusk-
ers have forced came at home.
Out of 16 quarters played,
Nebraska has held oppo-
nents scoreless in 10 quar-
ters. Leading the defense
are linebackers, junior
Corey McKeon and senior
Stewart Bradley. The two have
combined for 42 tackles, 18 solo
and three for losses. Junior Tierre Green has
also impressed on defense. Two years ago, he was
trying to get on the feld as a running back. Now hes starting
at strong safety and has 21 tackles of his own.
Momentum
Nebraska hasnt lost at home to Kansas since Lyndon
Johnson was in ofce. Although Kansas will come in with
the confdence in knowing that Nebraska is human, this
isnt the same Nebraska squad Kansas played last sea-
son. Nebraska was coming of consecutive losses to av-
erage Missouri and Oklahoma teams last season before
falling to Kansas in 2005. Even though USC had no trouble
defeating Nebraska two weeks ago, the Cornhuskers showed
they learned from the experience by beating a stingy Troy team
last week 56-0. Because of last seasons loss in Lawrence, Nebraska
will have even more motivation to extend its home winning streak
against Kansas to 19.
Defensive end Paul Como.
In last weeks victory against
USF, the senior defensive end
recorded three tackles for loss-
es and two
sacks. He
forced and
recovered a
fumble late
in the game,
as well. For
Kansas to
win on Sat-
urday, Como
must pres-
sure Nebraska quarterback Zac
Taylor. Como and the defensive
front must get in Taylors face to
slow the Cornhuskers passing
attack.
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Ofense
Kansas ofense looked efcient last week with backup
Adam Barmann in the lineup. The diference without Meier
was the lack of a quarterback rushing game. Against a Ne-
braska team that can score quickly, the key for Kansas will
be controlling the clock with the running game. Nebraska
and Kansas are 1-2 in the Big 12 in time of possession. A
big game from running back Jon Cornish will go a long way
towards keeping the Huskers ofense of the feld.
Defense
The defense has steadily improved since an ugly show-
ing against Louisiana-Monroe three weeks ago. The return
of sophomore cornerback Aqib Talib has helped, along with
the emergence of freshman cornerback Anthony Webb.
Kansas rushing defense has fared well all season and should
have a big night against a Nebraska team that constantly ro-
tates rushers in the backfeld. The secondary, though, could
be in for some trouble against an improved Taylor.
Momentum
Kansas recovered from an emotional loss
two weeks at Toledo with an equally tense
victory against USF. A victory against
the Cornhuskers on the road would
provide a big start to conference
play, but that seems unlikely. More
than 81,000 Husker fans will be
looking for revenge after last
seasons Jayhawk victory. In
Lincoln, Kansas hasnt won
a game at Memorial Sta-
dium since the end of
the Lyndon Johnson
presidency in 1968.
Barring a major col-
lapse by Nebraska,
that streak should
be extended Satur-
day night.
No. 1 Ohio State (4-0) at No. 13 Iowa (4-0), Saturday
7:00 p.m. on ABC
Ohio States tough schedule continues as the Buckeyes play their
third ranked opponent in four weeks. Ohio State leads the all-time series
43-14-3, but were thumped 33-7 in their last trip to Iowa City.
The Ohio State ofense continues to run on all cylinders after
scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter against Penn State last week. Heis-
man candidate Troy Smith is completing 66 percent of his passes this sea-
son and has 884 yards and eight touchdowns. Wide receivers Ted Ginn Jr.
and Anthony Gonzalez have caught seven of Smiths eight touchdowns,
and running back Antonio Pittman is averaging 6.3 yards per carry this sea-
son and has 450 rushing yards and four touchdowns.
The Hawkeyes boast one of the top defenses in the nation to com-
bat the Buckeyes ofense. Iowa is 12th in the nation in pass efciency de-
fense, yielding a 90.8 pass efciency rating to opposing quarterbacks, and
13th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 11 points per game.
No. 24 Georgia Tech (3-1) at No. 11 Virginia Tech (4-0),
Saturday 2:30 p.m. on ABC
If Virginia Tech is to remain undefeated, it will have to do so with-
out defensive end Chris Ellis and wide receiver Josh Morgan, who were
suspended for the game for violating team policy.
Georgia Tech enters Blacksburg, Va., on a roll. Since losing to
Notre Dame the frst week of the season, the Yellow Jackets have out-
scored opponents 97-33. Reggie Ball and Calvin Johnson have proven to
be one of the top quarterback/receiver combinations in the nation. Ball
has 592 passing yards and seven touchdowns, and Johnson has racked up
311 receiving yards and fve touchdowns.
Virginia Tech will miss Ellis and Morgan. Ellis has 12 tackles and
a sack, and Morgan has 161 receiving yards, two touchdowns, and two
blocked punts this season. The Hokies will look to quarterback Sean Glen-
non and running back Brandon Ore to lead them on Saturday. The two
have combined for 1,306 total yards of ofense and 13 touchdowns.
No. 14 Oregon (3-0) at Arizona State (3-1),
Saturday 2:30 p.m. on ABC
Out of the top 25 for the frst time all season, Arizona State is trying
to fnd its place in the Pac-10. Arizona State lost 49-21 last week to a ranked
California squad, but has won three of its past four meetings with Oregon.
Oregon comes into the weekend 12th in the nation in scoring,
ninth in the nation in yards per game and frst in the nation in controversial
victories. Quarterback Dennis Dixon has helped lead his ofense down the
feld with 817 passing yards in three games, but the Ducks have relied on
their running backs to get in the end zone. Jonathan Stewart and Jeremiah
Johnson have combined for seven rushing touchdowns.
Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter was limited to 177
passing yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions against Cal, but is
still 14th in the nation with 1,019 passing yards. Tight end Zach Miller has
become Carpenters most reliable target with a team-leading 16 catches
for 164 yards and two touchdowns.
Como
Carriker
Kansas begins Big 12 Confer-
ence play against Nebraska, the
team picked by the media to win
the North Division. This seasons
matchup takes on a renewed
sense of meaning after the Jay-
hawks ended the Cornhusk-
ers 36-game winning streak in
the series last season. Kansas,
though, has not won a game in
Lincoln, Neb. since 1968. Both
teams enter the game at 3-1
after losing in the third week of
the season.
22 the number of vic-
tories Kansas has against Ne-
braska in the 101 years of the
series.
7 the number of difer-
ent receivers who caught a pass
against South Florida, a season
high.
2 the ranking of senior
running back Jon Cornish in the
Big 12s rushing statistics, aver-
aging 109 yards a game.
17 the number of games
since Kansas defense last al-
lowed a 100 yard rusher.
40 the number of points
Kansas scored against Nebraska
last season.
QuArTerBACkS For the
second straight week, it ap-
pears the starting quarterback
decision will be made near
game day. Kansas coach Mark
Mangino has said this week that
injured freshman quarterback
Kerry Meier has improved since
sufering an injury to his right
arm in the loss at Toledo. How-
ever, Mangino is still unsure
whether Meier will be physi-
cally able to start against the
Cornhuskers. Whether Meier or
backup senior Adam Barmann
starts on Saturday, Kansas of-
fense will have to fnd a way
to match Nebraskas high-pow-
ered passing attack.
Nebraska bounced back from
its 28-10 loss to USC nicely last
week in a 56-0 drubbing of Troy.
Nebraska posted a season high
597 yards of ofense against a
Troy team that was competi-
tive against Florida State and
Georgia Tech in previous weeks.
Sophomore running back Mar-
lon Lucky led the way with 156
rushing yards and three touch-
downs on 10 carries. He was
named Big 12 Ofensive Player
of the Week for his performance.
The Blackshirts didnt let Troy
reach the red zone once, and al-
lowed the Trojans to convert on
only one of 11 third downs.
1 Nebraska is frst in the
Big 12 in scoring (42.8 points
per game) and total ofense
(472.5 yards per game)
3 Number of sacks allowed
by Nebraska this season
4 Number of running
backs Nebraska has who have
rushed for at least 100 yards this
season.
15 Before playing in the
2006 opener, senior tight end
Matt Herian missed 15 consecu-
tive games over the past two
seasons recovering from a bro-
ken left leg
113 Saturday will mark
the 113th meeting between Ne-
braska and Kansas, which is the
longest continuous series in Di-
vision I-A history
OffeNSe Last season, Ne-
braska accumulated just 138
yards of total ofense against
Kansas. This season, the Corn-
huskers have exhibited an ex-
plosive passing and rushing at-
tack. Which ofense will show up
on Saturday?
HOw MuCH With retri-
bution on the line after being
embarrassed in Lawrence last
season, the question might not
be if Nebraska will win, but by
how much?