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KANSAS RELAYS TAKE PLACE
AT MEMORIAL STADIUM
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Thousands of fans watch on as Jayhawks set records
Photos by Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
The Crossing, its adjacent buildings and the Oread Heights Apartments were demolished on Saturday to make way for construction of The Oread Inn on 12th and Indiana Streets. Casey Stewart, general supervisor for the project,
said he estimated the luxury hotel will be completed by 2010.
demolition
ANDY GREENHAW
agreenhaw@kansan.com
Heavy machinery reduced The Crossing,
Yello Sub and three houses at 12th and
Oread streets to debris in just three hours
Saturday morning, forever altering the
north-campus skyline.
Dan King, project manager for King
Construction, said the demolition began
at about 7:30 Saturday
morning and ended at
about 10:30 a.m.
It was pretty simple
with the big crack exca-
vators, he said.
King said trucks
would ship what was
left of the building
debris to the city dump,
which would take about
a week.
Once the area is
cleared out, his crew will start digging a
giant hole where Oread Construction plans
on building the Oread Inn. He said it would
take about a month to dig the hole.
Casey Stewart,
general supervisor of
Oread Construction,
said his crew would
begin paving the con-
crete footings for the
hotel once the hole was
complete. He said the
concrete work would
take three to five
weeks, depending on
the weather. He said
he estimated the Oread
Inn would be finished by 2010.
Joseph Lazarus, Wichita junior lives
across the street from the project at 1137
Indiana St.
Im all for economic development, and
I think its good for the city in the long run,
Lazarus said. The short-term effects of the
construction are going to be kind of a pain
though. Waking up to the early-morning
sounds of heavy machinery tearing into the
earth will be annoying.
Danny Brownfield,
Thiensville, Wis.,
sophomore, lives at
the Phi Kappa Tau
fraternity house down
the street from the
project. He said his
overall opinion about
the Oread project was
frustration.
Ive been a patron
of The Crossing for
two years now, and it
was great because this was the perfect way
to come down from campus, Brownfield
said. Yello Sub and The Crossing had
been there a really long time, and tearing it
all down doesnt really
carry on the tradition
at KU.
David Barclay,
Wichita junior, who
lives near the project
at 1211 Oread Ave.,
said he would miss the
house at 1142 Indiana
St.
I just always
remember that house
as being like Animal
House, he said. It was like the non-frater-
nity, fraternity house.
Editedby Daniel Reyes
Hotel to replace Oread hot spots
Economic development results in
destruction of familiar landscape
Im all for economic develop-
ment, and I think its good for
the city in the long run.
Joseph lazarus
Wichita junior
8:39 a.m.
8:48 a.m.
8:52 a.m.
Yello Sub and The Crossing had
been there a really long time,
and tearing it all down doesnt
really carry on the tradition at
KU.
Danny broWnfielD
Thiensville, Wis., sophomore
A sequence of pictures shows the process of a crane
destroying the Oread Heights Apartments near 12th and
Indiana Streets.
Events that will focus on buying local
foods, using reusable bags and support-
ing local businesses are some of the ways
students can celebrate Earth Week on
campus this week.
The panel discussion on Monday,
lecture on Tuesday and reusable bag
giveaway on Thursday and Friday are all
free for students.
enViRonment
Events focus
on reusable
bags, eating
local food
Full STORy PAge 8A
campus
Fake $100
bill used for
food delivery
Students
seek to raise
minimum
wage
Students in the School of Social
Welfare are working to raise awareness
about Kansas minimum wage. The
students passed out information on
Wescoe Beach and got students and
faculty to sign their petition aimed
at pressuring state legislature to raise
the minimum wage, which is $2.65 an
hour.
Full STORy PAge 3A
cRime
Full STORy PAge 3A
The Lawrence Police Department is
investigating a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity
member reportedly using a forged $100
bill, but one fraternity member said he
did not think police were taking the
crime seriously.
@
n see a photo gallery of the
progression of the oread
demolition project
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Sombrero is a Spanish word
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e-mailed stories from Kansan.
com:
1. Living the Wright life
2. Mersmann: Roy Williams
rigged championship game
3. Wheeler: The wrath of
Kaun
4. Rain garden could save
water
5. Rush, Arthur headed to
the NBA
The African Studies Seminar
will begin at 1 p.m. in the Interna-
tional Room in the Kansas Union.
The Philosophy & Literature
Seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m.
in the Hall Center Conference
Hall.
The lecture Linguistics Col-
loquy: Phonological Knowl-
edge Beyond the Lexicon in
Taiwanese Double Reduplica-
tionwill begin at 3:30 p.m. in
206 Blake.
The seminar Universal Scal-
ing Laws from Cells to Cities;
Towards a Unifed Quantitative
Theory of Biological and Social
Structure and Organizationwill
begin at 4 p.m. in 2074 Malott.
The lecture Becoming a
Woman in Sixteenth-Century
Japan: Overcoming the Buddhist
Paradigm of Male Transformation
(henjo nanshi) Through Text and
Imagewill begin at 5:15 p.m. in
211 Spencer.
The KU Department of De-
sign Hallmark Design Sympo-
sium Series will begin at 6 p.m.
in 3140 Wescoe.
Police sergeant saves
woman from python
EUGENE, Ore. A pet
store owner is calling a police
sergeant a hero for saving
her from the coils of a 12-foot
Burmese python doing its best
to turn her into a meal.
Teresa Rossiter had reached
into a cage Thursday to show
the huge snake to a customer
when it bit her right hand and
coiled around her left arm to
throw her to the foor.
A friend who happened to
be at the store kept the snake
of her neck and body while
police were called. And when
Sgt. Ryan Nelson rushed into
the store, he was ready to kill
the snake with his knife.
But Rossiter asked him to
spare the expensive python,
so Nelson put on gloves and
pried open the snakes mouth.
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daily KU info
Earth Day is tomorrow.
There are lots of programs
planned this week on campus
and in town. Stop by the
Staufer-Flint lawn tomorrow
between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for
Earth Day Recess.
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Dog travels 80 miles home
after being lost in desert
ELY, Nev. A dog that ran of
during a road-trip rest stop made
her way nearly 80 miles across
Nevadas high desert and two
mountain ranges to return home a
week later.
Moon, a Siberian husky, was re-
united April 14 with owner Doug
Dashiell, who had last seen her
April 6 near Railroad Valley, about
77 miles from his home in Ely.
Moon, who is nearly 2 years old,
was no worse for the wear, with
the exception of stinking like a
skunk that apparently sprayed her
somewhere along the journey.
Ive had trouble with her run-
ning away before. Shes always
come home, Dashiell said. But he
didnt expect her to show up after
a week had passed.
After seven days - no way, he
told the Ely Times on Thursday.
Then the White Pine Veterinary
Clinic called Dashiell and told him
Moon was back in town. She had
wandered up to an Ely residence
where Alvin Molea took her home,
fed her and gave her a place to sleep.
Molea called the clinic because
the dog was wearing a tag from it.
The dogs journey would have
taken her across the White River
and Ward mountain ranges.
Food no excuse for ofcer
to park patrol car illegally
PORTLAND, Ore. An attorney
who watched a police ofcer park
illegally in front of a restaurant,
then wait around while his meal
was prepared, issued the ofcer a
series of citizen-initiated viola-
tions.
Eric Bryant said he was sitting
at the restaurant March 7 when
Ofcer Chad Stensgaard parked
his patrol car next to a no-parking
sign and walked inside to wait for
his food, the Portland Mercury
reported Thursday.
Bryant told the weekly paper
that when he asked Stensgaard
about his car, the ofcer asked
Bryant, If someone broke into
your house, would you rather
have the police be able to park
in front of your house or have to
park three blocks away and walk
there?
Bryant fled a complaint as a
private citizen alleging several
violations, including illegal park-
ing and illegal operation of an
emergency vehicle.
Stensgaard was issued a sum-
mons to appear in traffic court
in May. The fines could total
$540.
Citizens should be con-
cerned that he used his status
as an officer of the law as jus-
tification for breaking the law,
Bryant said.
Cathe Kent, a spokeswoman
for the Portland Police Bureau,
said Stensgaard would fght the
complaint in court, as he right-
fully should.
Parking is limited on city
streets, especially with many
construction projects downtown,
she said, and ofcers remain on
duty even when they are picking
up food.
We are emergency respond-
ers and need to be ready to take
an emergency call, Kent said
Saturday.
Contest may land couple
in some legal trouble
SANTA FE, N.M. A couple
have decided to give away their
home to the winner of an essay
contest. The catch: It costs $100 to
enter, and the home will go only if
at least 2,500 people sign up.
The state Gaming Control
Board is examining whether
Tifany and Todd Lovells contest
qualifes as a rafe, which would
make it illegal under state law, or
a game of skill, which is allowed,
said Greg Saunders, the boards
deputy director.
We havent made that deter-
mination yet, he said.
The Lovells said the depressed
housing market led them to try
to move their 1,200-square-foot,
three-bedroom, one-bathroom
home through the essay contest.
They are hoping to get at least
2,500 entries, which would net
them $250,000. If they receive
fewer than 2,500 entries, they said
they would cancel the contest and
return the entry fees.
The couple said entries would
be judged by various members
of the Los Alamos County com-
munity.
Mass hysteria aficts 50
schoolchildren in Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal More than
50 school children underwent
hospital treatment Friday after
developing what educators called
mass hysteria, marked by fainting
and screaming.
Firefghters immediately shut
down Dakars Lamine Gueye
Secondary School and Senegal
Minister of Education Moustapha
Sourang ordered an investigation.
Its the frst time that I have
seen such a phenomenon,
Sourang said.
Fifty-three teenage girls and
two boys were treated at the
capitals main hospital, said princi-
pal Adina Aidara.
The phenomenon started in
one of the classrooms, Aidara
said. Three students, all girls, fell
down. The same phenomenon
was repeated 30 minutes later
during recess.
Worried parents fussed over
their daughters at the hospital,
and some allowed their girls to
be interviewed on condition that
their name not be published.
A 15-year-old girl said that she
was chatting with a friend. Suddenly
I had a horrible headache. It hurt so
much that I started screaming. And
then I fainted. From that moment
on, I no longer knew where I was.
Doctors didnt immediately
provide a medical diagnosis, and
rumors began circulating in the
city linking the incident to super-
natural involvement.
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news 3A Monday, april 21, 2008
campus
Group works hard for the money
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
Police are investigating the cre-
ation of a fake $100 bill that was
reportedly used to pay for a Pita Pit
delivery by a Phi Kappa Psi frater-
nity member on April 11.
A member of the fraternity, who
asked to remain anonymous, said
the fraternity member who used
the bill did not know it was fake.
He also said no further legal actions
were being taken against the mem-
ber who used the bill.
Nick Bergin, a Pita Pit delivery
man and Lawrence resident, said
he did not realize the bill was fake
until he returned to Pita Pit, 1011
Massachusetts St.
Bergin said he did not check the
bill more closely while he was at
the fraternity because it was dark
outside and the bill was printed
on paper similar to the type real
money was printed on. He said the
bill looked old, so the man who paid
for the delivery may not have been
the forger.
I just assumed it was the real
deal, Bergin said. Now we defi-
nitely are not going to be taking
hundreds on deliveries for sure.
Phillip Peck, an owner and man-
ager of Pita Pit, said a manager had
the bill tested with a forgery-detect-
ing marker at the bank. The bill
failed the test, prompting Pita Pit
to call the police. Pita Pit has not
halted deliveries to the fraternity,
though.
Sgt. Paul Fellers of the Lawrence
Police Department said he could
not comment on the case because
the investigation was not yet fin-
ished. He also said the use of coun-
terfeit money had been reported in
Lawrence before, and a case had
likely been reported within the last
year.
Peck said he did not understand
why a talented forger would use a
fake bill for delivery food.
I wouldnt think if you were
that smart, to make a hundred dol-
lar bill, you would use it like that,
Peck said.
According to the U.S. Secret
Services Web site, those convicted
of manufacturing or possessing
counterfeit money with fraudulent
intent could be fined an undisclosed
amount and face time in prison.
Bergin said, in retrospect, he
should have been more suspicious
of the bill. He said Phi Kappa Psi
calls in orders to Pita Pit every day,
but on that evening, more orders
than usual were delivered to the
fraternity.
He said about six orders had
already been delivered to the frater-
nity before he received the fake bill.
Bergin also said that when he
tried to call the man who placed the
order, the number was not his.
EditedbyJessicaSain-Baird
Fake $100 bill used for delivery
cRImE
BY LUKE MORRIS
lmorris@kansan.com
Students from the School of
Social Welfare passed out peanuts
and information on Wescoe Beach
to raise awareness of Kansas mini-
mum wage Friday.
The project, referred to as
Current-See, is an effort to educate
Kansans about the states minimum
wage, which is $2.65 an hour and the
lowest in the United States. The fed-
eral minimum wage is $5.85 an hour.
The group of students, who
took on the task as a project for
their Social Policy and Program
Analysis class, also collected hand-
prints and signatures as part of a
petition for Kansas legislators.
Its more of an impact petition,
said Shelly Schloer, Leavenworth
senior.
Schloer said that during the
semester her group had followed
Kansas Senate Bill 466, which
attempted to raise the state mini-
mum wage to $7.25 an hour by
August 2009.
We even went to legislature
day and watched it get shot down,
Schloer said.
Rupaleem Bhuyan, assistant pro-
fessor of social welfare, said that the
class and its projects gave students
a good look at how social welfare
works.
The purpose of the class is to
learn hands-on how social work-
ers can have an influence on social
policy, Bhuyan said.
Bhuyan said other projects in her
class this semester concerned sexual
violence, autism and immigration.
She also said that a couple years ago,
students in a previous section of the
class earned national recognition for
their influence on state legislature
in getting a bill passed.
Bhuyan said Current-Sees work
could help raise more public aware-
ness about the states minimum
wage and pressure state legislators
into raising it. She said she felt that
a lack of public knowledge on the
subject hurt Senate Bill 466.
Wichita senior Elise Seely said
the group was working closely with
Raise the Wage, Kansas, a group
lobbying to get Kansas minimum
wage raised to the federal mini-
mum wage.
Theyre actually going to take
our petition and use it as part of
their way to raise the minimum
wage in different cities in Kansas
and then hopefully in the capital,
Seely said.
The information the group passed
out with the peanuts included a look
at the struggle for a single parent on
Kansas minimum wage to provide
for her and an infant. The group
estimated that the parent would
have to work 19 hours per week
to afford basic necessities, includ-
ing food, diapers, baby formula and
toilet paper. The parent would still
have to find a way to afford rent,
transportation and utilities.
Kansas law requires all employers
whose businesses produce interstate
commerce to pay employees at least
the federal minimum wage. The
Kansas Department of Labor esti-
mates that at least 17,000 Kansans
work for less than the federal mini-
mum wage.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
lowest U.S. minimum
wage rates
1. Kansas - $2.65/hour
2. Wyoming - $5.15/hour
2. Georgia - $5.15/hour
*Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala-
bama, Tennessee and South
Carolina do not have state
minimum wages.
Federal Minimum Wage
- $5.85/hour
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Students and faculty trace their hands and place their signatures inside themas part of a peti-
tion against Kansas minimumwage. The current wage, $2.65 an hour, is the lowest in the country
and hasnt changed since 1988.
NAtIONAL
Church members talk to
media about polygamy
SAN ANGELO, Texas Before
authorities raided their west
Texas retreat, members of a se-
cretive polygamous church spent
decades holding as tightly to
their intense privacy as the Scrip-
tures guiding their way of life.
Contact with outsiders was
limited. Media inquiries were
rejected with either stone-faced
silence or a polite no comment.
But after Texas ofcials
removed 416 children belonging
to members of the Fundamen-
talist Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, the sect fred
up the public relations machine.
From newspaper stories
to appearances on morning
network television, Larry King
Live and Oprah, FLDS women
are speaking publicly about the
heartbreak of being separated
from their children and sharing
some details of their life.
This was just such a heinous
thing that the normal rules
didnt apply, said Rod Parker, a
Salt Lake City attorney serving
as a spokesman for the church.
What we were trying to do
was inject a human element
into what was happening here.
Put names to faces and not just
think of these people as being so
diferent.
Associated Press
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rod Parker, left, the attorney serving as spokesman for the Fundamentalist Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints addresses a group of its female members as they prepare to
meet with the media on the Yearning For Zion ranch near Eldorado, Texas, April 14.
Israel
Army investigates journalists death
By KARIN LAUB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM The Israeli army
announced Sunday it will inves-
tigate the killing of a cameraman
for the Reuters news agency, after
a human rights group said it found
evidence suggesting that an Israeli
tank crew fired recklessly or delib-
erately at the journalist.
Cameraman Fadel Shana, 23, was
killed in Gaza on Wednesday, the
bloodiest day of fighting between
Israeli troops and Gaza militants
in a month. Just before his death,
Shana was filming an Israeli tank in
the distance, and his final footage
shows the tank firing a shell in his
direction.
Palestinian medics said two teens
wounded in Wednesdays shelling
died of their wounds Sunday, bring
the total number of Palestinians
killed in the shelling to six. In
all, 23 Palestinians were killed that
day.
Palestinian journalists have
staged protests following Shanas
death, and on Sunday, several
dozen journalists marched in the
West Bank city of Ramallah. The
marchers, including Palestinian
Information Minister Riad Malki,
were led by a group carrying a
stretcher with a camera and a tri-
pod. They held a banner reading:
The occupiers are responsible for
the blood of our colleague.
The Israeli military announced
Sunday that it is launching an inves-
tigation, which will be reviewed by
the Military Advocate General.
The IDF wishes to emphasize
that unlike terrorist organizations,
not only does it not it deliberately
target uninvolved civilians, it also
uses means to avoid such incidents,
a statement said. Reports claiming
the opposite are false and mislead-
ing.
The announcement comes after
New York-based group Human
Rights Watch said its own inves-
tigation found evidence that the
tank crew fired either recklessly or
deliberately.
Israeli soldiers did not make
sure they were aiming at a military
target before firing, and there is evi-
dence suggesting they actually tar-
geted the journalists, said Joe Stork,
Middle East director at Human
Rights Watch. The group called on
the Israeli military to investigate.
Also Sunday, a senior Israeli army
officer provided new details about a
Hamas suicide attack at a Gaza bor-
der crossing the day before.
Hamas militants had driven an
armored vehicle and two jeeps,
made to look like Israeli military
vehicles, toward the Kerem Shalom
crossing between Israel and Gaza
under the cover of heavy morning
fog Saturday.
The armored vehicle broke
through the crossing fence, followed
by the two jeeps, each packed with
about 660 pounds of explosives,
said the officer, who was posted at
the border crossing. He spoke on
condition of anonymity in line with
military briefing regulations.
The first jeep exploded at an
army watchtower. The officer said
he and his men came to investi-
gate when he noticed a second jeep
about six yards away. The officer
said the jeep aroused his suspicion.
He said he yelled car bomb, car
bomb and ordered his men back
into their armored vehicles.
When the second jeep went off,
most soldiers had managed to get
back into their vehicles, he said.
At one point, the driver of
the Palestinian armored vehicle
emerged. He went toward the forc-
es that had been wounded, and he
was shot dead, said the officer.
Thirteen Israeli soldiers were
wounded in the attack.
The officer said three Hamas mil-
itants were killed _ two in the jeep
explosions and one in the shoot-
ing, confirming Hamas account
that three of its members had been
killed in the attack. On Saturday,
the Israeli military had said four
Hamas militants were killed.
Following the crossing attack,
Israel targeted Hamas militants
in a series of missile strikes. Two
Palestinians were killed Sunday in
southern Gaza, bringing the death
toll over two days of air strikes
to nine. Palestinian medics said
one of the dead was a civilian who
drove near a group of militants.
The Israeli military said the strike
targeted a group of gunmen.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Palestinian rescue worker inspects the wreckage of a vehicle after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday.
One Palestinian was killed and four wounded, according to Palestinian security sources. Earlier in the day, Hamas suicide bombers drove into an
Israeli border crossing and detonated two booby-trapped military-style jeeps Saturday, in what a top army commander said was Hamas most ambi-
tious attempt to target Israelis since Israels pullout fromGaza in 2005.
REgIONAL
Sebelius signs bill to fund
new housing program
TOPEKA Gov. Kathleen
Sebelius signed a bill Friday
setting aside $28 million over
the next seven years for a new
housing program, with the frst
relief targeted to disaster-strick-
en communities.
The agency administering
the program announced it will
start taking applications in
mid-May, so those communi-
ties can start receiving grants
in July. The new law takes efect
Thursday.
The measure is a response to
disasters last year. A tornado in
May destroyed most of Greens-
burg, in Kiowa County, and
fooding during the summer
damaged hundreds of homes
in southeast and east-central
Kansas.
Legislators already have ear-
marked more than $50 million
in budget legislation to give the
state enough money to cover
expenses from future disasters.
But the bill Sebelius signed is
specifcally for housing and
related infrastructure.
Legislators who drafted the
bill said housing assistance will
help disaster-stricken com-
munities retain workers, so
local businesses continue to
operate.
Afordable work force
housing is key in the recovery
of communities impacted
by disasters, as well as in the
overall economic vitality of rural
communities across the entire
state, Sebelius said in a state-
ment announcing her signing of
the measure.
Judge rules to keep
graves at airport sites
KANSAS CITY, Mo. A Platte
County judge has ruled that the
graves of homestead pioneers
scattered across Kansas City
International Airport property
will stay where they are.
The decision stops a city-
backed plan to relocate the
numerous 1800s-era cemeter-
ies to make way for economic
development.
In a ruling issued late Thurs-
day, Circuit Court Judge Abe
Shafer said the city had failed
to demonstrate good cause for
the disinterment and move-
ment of the individual remains,
adding that the city didnt
provide evidence showing the
public would beneft from mov-
ing the graves.
Shirley Kimsey, a local histori-
an whose family is buried in one
of the cemeteries, welcomed
the decision.
Once a cemetery is estab-
lished, its supposed to stay
where it is forever, Kimsey
said. I was quite sure that the
judge was going to do the right
thing.
NATIONAL
Accused sergeant to face
court martial for murder
HONOLULU A platoon
sergeant accused of shooting
an unarmed Iraqi and then
ordering another U.S. soldier to
fnish him faces a court martial
this week for premeditated
murder.
Sgt. 1st Class Trey Cor-
rales, of San Antonio, faces a
minimum of life with parole if
convicted.
The Iraqi man was shot
multiple times in the head and
chest near the town of Kirkuk
when Corrales platoon raided
a suspected insurgent hide out
on June 23. The U.S. military
hasnt been able to identify the
man by name.
Associated Press
Nanny Wanted. St. Johns parish family
seeks PT nanny for 3 children, 11, 9 & 22
mnths. Duties include child pick-up from
school, daycare and assisting w/care of
children and home. Duties may include:
assisting w/homework, meal, bath and
bedtime routines, light help w/laundry and
housekeeping. Hours: after school and
evening, some weekends. This is a PT po-
sition, 10-15 hrs/wk. Ideal candidate will
be able to start this spring and work sum-
mer and into the next school year. Refer-
ences req. $7 - 7.50 per hour (nego-
tiable). To apply, send email along with a
resume to scott-wagner@att.net For
more info, call Scott Wagner at
841-8782.
Paid Internships Available at Northwest-
ern Mutual. Marketing and Advertising Ex-
perience Preferred. 785.856.2136
Mitsubishi Lancer 2003 ES. 94k miles, au-
tomatic, AC, power windows,power locks,
cd player, burgundy, grey interior. Car is
in great condition. Call 785-691-6288
hawkchalk.com/1359
Nice, gently used, entertainment center,
AIWA stereo, and black end table. Email
for photos or call 843-1306. $100 for all
OBO. hawkchalk.com/1377
Furniture & Electronics 4 SALE! Dresser,
Armoiur, TV 26,TVstand, desk chair, &
more. Graduating & must sell! Contact
Kevin: kpadawer@ku.edu, 901-581-9166
hawkchalk.com/1382
Attendant(s) needed for 8 year old autistic
boy for the Summer. Many shifts avail-
able. $8.50/hr Please call Laura at 785-
865-1418 or 785-764-1615.
BARTENDING. UP TO $300/DAY. NO
EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. TRAINING
PROVIDED. 800-965-6520 EXT 108
Alvamar Country Club is currently accept-
ing applications for Lifeguards and Snack
Bar help. Apply at 1809 Crossgate
Drive.
Corner Bank now hiring PT teller. Com-
puter profciency, excellent customer ser-
vice and cash handling skills required.
Flexible work schedule. Experience pre-
ferred but not required. Apply at 4621 W.
6th St. in Lawrence or email
human_resources@cornerbanks.com.
Must pass credit check and pre-employ-
ment drug screening. EOE. Member
FDIC
Camp Counselors needed for great
overnight camps in NE Pennsylvania.
Gain valuable experience while working
with children in the outdoors. Teach/assist
with waterfront, outdoor recreation, ropes
course, gymnastics, A&C, athletics, and
much more. Offce & Nanny positions also
available. Please apply on-line at
www.pineforestcamp.com
Earn $800-$3200 a month to drive brand
new cars with ads placed on them.
www.AdCarClub.com
Full-time and part-time positions available
at a busy wellness center. Will train the
right candidate for either marketing or clini-
cal duties. Call Dr. Brady at 785-766-1045
or email Laura at laurabrady@sunfower.-
com.
Help Wanted for custom harvesting. Com-
bine operators and truck drivers. Guaran-
teed pay. Good summer wages. Call 970-
483-7490 evenings.
GREAT SUMMER JOB & THE EXPERI-
ENCE OF A LIFETIME! Trails End Camp
& Chestnut Lake Camp in PA are looking
for male and female Specialist Coun-
selors - baseball, lacrosse, gymnastics,
golf, cheerleading, tennis, hockey, out-
door adventure, mountain biking, dance,
waterfront and web design. Male Bunk
Counselors also available; June 17th - Au-
gust 17th APPLY ONLINE AT www.-
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OF OUR TWO PREMIER SUMMER
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ties. Please call 785-841-8173.
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dedicated musicians for our worship team.
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estrian, waterski, waterfront,
ropes course, climbing and
more! Competetive salary.
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or visit website www.friendlypines.com
for app/info. Have the summer of a lifetime!!
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Te Academic Achievement and Access Center is hiring more
tutors for the Fall Semester (visit the Tutoring Services website
for a list of courses where tutors are needed). Tutors must have
excellent communication skills and have received a B or better in
the courses that they wish to tutor (or in higher-level courses in
the same discipline). If you meet these qualications, go to
www.tutoring.ku.edu or stop by 22 Strong Hall for more
information about the application process. Two references required.
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4 BR 2 BA, Sweet house, big backyard.
$1400 a month. 3rd and Minnesota. Call
John at (816) 589-2577.
4 BR, 1 BA, 1336 Mass. Newly remod-
eled, W/D, gas heat, $1520/month. Avail.
August 1, 1 yr lease. 760-840-0487.
4BR 2 1/2 BA. Double garage. W/D
hookup, D/W, large bedrooms, 2729 Harri-
son Pl. $1050/mo. Call 766-9012.
4BR 2BA at 613 Maine. W/D,
covered parking. $1200/mo.
Please Call 550-6414
Avail. Aug 1st. 1BR apt between campus/-
downtown. Close to GSP/Corbin. $450.
No utilities. No pets, Call 785-550-5012
4BR 2BA house. Just south of campus.
1644 20th Terr. Two drive-ways. Must
see! W/D. $1200/mo. 785-760-0144
4BR older home near campus (16th &
Tenn). Remodeled w/CA, upgraded heat-
ing/cooling, wiring, plumbing; stove,
fridge, DW, W/D; large covered front
porch; off-street parking; no smoking/pets.
Avail 8/1/08 - 8/1/09. Please call Tom @
785-766-6667
4BR, 2BA Available for August. 2 car
garage. $315/person. Includes W/D, D/W,
patio, big yard. Please call
785-766-6302.
7 BR, 4 BA, 2 kitchens, downtown, off-
street parking and big deck. All amenities
and central air. Avail. Aug. 785-842-6618
7BR 3BA 1005 Kentucky, 6BR 3BA 839
Miss St. will split each for 2 groups, fully
renovated homes, no pets.
785-423-6912.
7BR lg country home (5Ksq/ft) 5 mi west
of Lawrence. No smoking or pets. All ap-
pliances. $1950/mo + utils. Call
843-7892
Avail. 8/1/08. Large 2 BR apt in quiet 3-
story home near KU. Stove, fridge, W/D,
upgraded elec/plumb/heat/cool; wood
foors, ceiling fans, covered front porch
w/swing; off-street park; no smoking/pets.
Tom @ 785-766-6667
Brand new 10 BR house ready for Aug
lease. Other houses available for May.
Close to Downtown/KU Campus. Call
816.686.8868 for more info.
Canyon Court. 1,2,3 BRs and BAs. Lim-
ited $99 dep/BR. Secure your luxury liv-
ing! 785-832-8805.
Close to Allen Fieldhouse, 3 BR 2 BA,
1822 Maine. W/D, A/C, $1260/month.
Avail. Aug. 3. 760-840-0487
Available August 1st. 2BR 1BA, W/D
hookups, D/W, C/A, ceramic tile, carpet.
Pets allowed w/additional deposit & addi-
tional $25/mo rent. $595/mo. 842-2569.
Available August 1st. 2BR apt between
campus/downtown. Close to GSP/Corbin.
$375 each + utilities. No pets, Call 785-
550-5012.
Available August, $799, 2 bedroom/1
bath in renovated old house, 14th and
Vermont, 785-841-1074 dishwasher,
washer and dryer, wood foors, 90% eff-
cient furnace, off steet parking
Available june $450, 1 bedroom apart-
ment in renovated old house at 9th and
Mississippi, 785-841-1074 cats ok, dish
washer, off street parking
Beautiful 2, 3 & 4 BR homes.
Available immediately. We love pets.
Call for details. 816-729-7513
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Nice, quiet, well kept 2 BR apartment.
Appliances, CA, low bills and more! No
pets, no smoking. $405/mo. 841-6868
4 BR 2 BA large duplex, 3928 Overland
Dr. 2 car garage, all appliances, avail.
Aug. 1. $995/month. Call 785-766-9823.
Enjoy a panoramic view of Lawrence from
your well maintained, spacious, 3 bed-
room and 2 bath condo. Rent is only
$885.00 with water and trash paid. Featur-
ing a fully equipped kitchen, washer/dryer,
on the KU bus route, or enjoy a short 5
minute walk to class or downtown. For a
showing call 842-6264 or 865-8741
evenings & weekends.
Female Roomates needed to share 3BR
2BA condo with W/D near campus.
$290/mo. +1/3 util. Avail June 1 or Aug 1.
Please call 550-4544.
Great 2 level townhome. 2 BD 1, 1/2 BA.
Fully equipped kitchen, brand new appli-
ances, patio fenced in. 2 parking stalls.
Contact Hedges Management at
865-1320
Large Studio, perfect for law or grad stu-
dent. 2nd foor of house, $405/mo + utili-
ties. Kitchen w/eating area, living/br/study,
closets + storage, unique and secluded lo-
cation. 4 blks E of Mass on 19th. No
smoking or pets. Please call Big Blue
Property 785-842-3175
Nice 3 BR or 4 BR townhomes each w 2
BA and W/D. Only $230-300/person. Call
Sharron 550-5979 after 5pm or week-
ends.
Nice big house on Tennessee!
7BR 5BA, W/D, $2800/mo
Available August. 785-550-6414
P/T Offce Asst. Flexible work schedule.
Related experience pref. Solid comm.
skills and work ethic a must. Submit
resume: mambolawrence@yahoo.com.
Perfect for college students! 2BR in 4-
plex. 928 Alabama. Close to stadium.
W/D included. $500/mo. Call Edie 842-
1822
Rooms for responsible fem, possible rent
reduction for labor. Near KU. Also 3 BR
house; Residencial offce space
841-6254
Seniors and grads: 1 BR apts close to KU
& downtown. Upstairs or down, tile, car-
pet, or hrdwd, $410-425/mo+util. No smok-
ing/pets. Avail. 5/15 and 8/1.
Call Big Blue Property 785-842-3175
Small 2 bedroom apartment, $580, 9th
and Mississippi, available August, 785-
841-1074, in Renovated old house, with
off street parking, wood foors, dish
washer, 90% effcient furnace
Spacious 2 BR, 2 1/2 BA, double garage,
fre place, dishwasher, washer/dryer
hookup, $895/mo. Available now. 766-
9032
Sunfower House Co-Op: 1406 Ten-
nessee. Rooms range from $250-$310,
utilities included. Call 785-749-0871 for in-
formation.
Tuckaway Management now leasing for
spring and fall. Call 785-838-3377 or
check us out online at www.tuck-
awaymgmt.com for coupon.
Very nice condo, 3 BR, 2 BA, W/D in-
cluded. Close to campus, only $279/per-
son. Call Sharon 550-5979
3 BR 2 BA. Near downtown & KU.
916 Indiana. $870/mo. Remodeled. 785-
830-8008.
3 BR, 2 BA w/ washer/dryer included and
fully-equipped kitchen. Only $269/person.
Please call 785-841-4935.
4 bedroom, 2 bath $840-850. Pool, large
closets, KU bus, pets OK. Please call
785-843-0011. www.holiday-apts.com
3BR 2BA apartment. 5th & Colorado.
Close to campus, W/D. $750/mo. Patio,
Small pets ok. Call 785-832-2258.
3BR Townhome special, Lorimar Town-
homes. For August. $270/month/person.
($810/month) 785-841-7849
3BR/2BA. $1100. Newer West Lawrence
Home. W/D Hookups. Pets OK. 4832
Tempe. Avail 8/1. Call 218-8254 or 218-
3788 or www.midwestestates.com.
3BR/2BA. $775. Close to KU. W/D
Hookups. Pets OK. 742 Missouri. Avail
8/1. Call 218-3788 or 218-8254 or www.-
midwestestates.com.
3BR/2BA. $850. 1 BLOCK TO KU @ Col-
lege Hill Condos. W/D Hookups. WATER
PAID! Avail 8/1. 785.218-3788 or www.-
midwestestates.com.
Close to KU, 3BR + Study renter. 1 & 1/2
BA . Covered patio, large backyard, pets
ok, avail June 1. $900/mo. 766-9032.
4 BR 3BA avail. June 1 & Aug 1 @
LeannaMar Townhomes, Open House
WThF 3-7 & Sat 11-2, internet & cable
paid, W/D, new appliances, freshly
remodeled. Move-In Specials $1160 no
pets, call 312-7942
2, 3 and 4 BR duplexes and houses avail.
for June & Aug. Call Jill 785-393-7368.
www.rentinglawrence.com.
2 and 3 BRs, avail. now and in Aug. For
more info, visit www.lawrencepm.com or
call (785) 832-8728.
2 BR 1 1/2 BA available June or August,
627 W. 25th St. W/D, Wood Floors, CA,
$580/mo. Call Jim at 785-979-9120
1 BR 1 bath plus den/offce. Pool, quiet
setting, patio/balcony. $520-535. Pets
OK, KU bus. Please call 785-843-0011.
www.holiday-apts.com
1-2BR, 2 bath, 1332 Vermont, W/D, off-st
parking, $650/mo. See www.defreeseliv-
ing.com. 785-766-8751
1 BR avail. Aug. 1st, $400/mo. 2 BR
house, 433 Wis. avail. 6/1, W/D, C/A, no
pets, no smoking, $680/mo. Also, 3 BR
1320 Mass. avail. 8/1. $960/mo.
331-7597.
1 BR, 1 BA, plus sun room/offce, 1411
Westbrooke, avail. Aug. 1st, close to KU,
D/W, W/D, C/A, freplace. 728 sq. ft., cov-
ered parking, pool, $600/mo. plus util. Call
785-841-4935.
1701-17 Ohio, 2 bedroom apartments, 1
bath, w/d, d/w, central air. Close to KU.
No pets $635.00 749-6084 eresrental.
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1-4 BRs, W/D, DW, pets possible.
$450-$1600. Owner-managed, downtown
and campus locations. 785-842-8473
1131 - 35 Ohio, 3 bedroom apartments,
1.5 bath, w/d, cental air, Close to KU. No
pets. $915.00. 749-6084. eresrental.com
1317 Valley Lane, 2 bedroom - town-
home, one bath, w/d hook-up, fp, central
air. Garage. Close to KU. No pets.
$710.00. 749-6084. eresrental.com
1BR/1BA Studio. $395. Close to bus
route. Pets OK. 508 Wisconsin. Avail 5/1
& 8/1. Call 218-3788 or 218-8254 or www.-
midwestestates.com.
1BRs Avail May, June, or Aug. Quiet, spa-
cious, remodeled, C/A, 9th & Emery. No
pets/smoking. Starting at $320/mo. + utili-
ties. Call 841-3192.
1818 Vermont. 3 BR, 2 BA house w/2 liv-
ing areas & study. Avail. Aug 1. Fenced
backyard, DW, W/D, C/A, pets okay w/de-
posit. $975/mo. 785-312-9605
2 BR August lease available. Next to
campus. Jayhawk Apts. 1130 W 11th
$600/mo. No pets. 785-556-0713
2 BR 1 bath available. Pool, patio/bal-
cony, quiet setting $520-535. Pets OK,
KU bus. 785-843-0011.
2 bedrooms/1 bath remodeled apart-
ment, $765, 13th and Vermont available
August, 785-841-1074 in a renovated old
house, central air, dish washer, washer
dryer, fenced yard, cats and dogs under
15 pounds ok, off street parking, wood
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MONEY! Maine camp needs fun loving
counselors to teach All land, adventure &
water sports.? Great summer!
Call 888-844-8080, apply: campcedar.
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Sitter needed for the summer Mon-Fri 8:-
45-12:45 in my home caring for 3 year old
girl. Please email beccacop@ku.edu or
call 979-2400. Ref & Background Check.
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PT personal care attendant to assist
young woman with autism. Set schedule
or fex hrs avail. Call 785-266-5307.
Student Summer Help Wanted:
General Field Work growing Flowers,
Fruit, Vegetables and Turf at K-State
Research and Extension Center South
of Desoto. Must have own
Transportation to site at 35230 W. 135
Street Olathe Kansas 66061. $8/hr 40
hrs/wk. May-15/Aug-15. For Application
Call Jill 913-856-2335 Ext 101.
STUDENTS NEEDED to participate in
speech perception experiments. Native
speakers of English only. Volunteers are
reimbursed $8/hour of testing. Contact the
Perceptual Neuroscience Lab pnl@ku.-
edu or 864-1461
Summer internships available in market-
ing, copy writing, public relations, web de-
velopment, and pre-production design.
Get real world experience in a great work
environment. Visit www.pilgrimpage.-
com/jobs to apply.
Sunfower State Games seeks energetic
and responsible summer interns to plan,
promote, and conduct Olympic Style
Sports Festival. Please call 785-235-2295
or www.sunfowergames.com
University Book Shop on W. 23rd St. now
hiring part-time and temporary positions.
Apply online at www.nebook.com
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It looks like a zoo in here,
my friend remarked about the
movie theater full of seat-crawl-
ing, yelling and purposefully loud
teenagers in the audience.
Yeah, except a zoo smells a
little better, I replied scathingly.
When I went to see the movie
Prom Night, all I wanted was
some mindless entertainment.
What I ended up with was a
headache brought on by the
youth of Lawrence.
I was probably asking for it
considering the movie was Prom
Night, but I didnt think wanting
to see a cheap thrill was going
to result in an hour-and-a-half
of temple rubbing and checking
my watch.
Movie theaters are not doing
enough to correct the problem of
disruptive teenagers.
One passive solution is warn-
ing patrons of the movie who
looked as if they were mature
enough (I was sporting a beard
that night, so I concluded that
the amount of facial hair men
have equals their maturity level)
that the movie was already full
of teenagers. If I had any prob-
lems or complaints, I could have
reported them. I was caught off
guard, and actually pleased for
a moment, that the theater had
confronted the problem and was
actively seeking feedback.
My pleasure quickly subsided,
though, when I realized that I
could miss a crucial plot twist to
the movie by having to leave the
theater to report any problems.
I paid $7.50 to see a movie, not
to babysit. Any problems that the
theater employees have foreseen
should be resolved by the time I
nestle in my seat.
A large chunk of attendees to
Prom Night would not have
made it past the maturity pre-
screening process, though, so
other courses of action were
employed.
One apparent resolution
was in the form of a well-built
security guard armed with a
nightstick. He threatened the
audience by saying if he saw
one glow from a cell phone or
heard one whisper, he would
not hesitate to force people to
leave. Even I reached into my
pocket and switched my phone
from vibrate mode to silent.
This tactic worked until a little
blood showed up on the screen,
and the audience consciously
shrilled, which was followed by
subsequent laughter.
Then the high-pitched whis-
pers began, and the guard had to
once again interrupt the movie
to instill fear back into the audi-
ence.
An employee of the theater
said that once the guard had to
carry a teenager over his shoul-
der and out the theater after she
refused to stop texting and talk-
ing. She said the audience gave a
low-key applause when she was
removed.
It was like Scary Movie. You
know, without the dying part,
the employee said.
I looked around the theater
and was thankful that I dodged
growing up in this generation
that was having a hard time
growing up themselves.
I have been immature, but I
cannot recall being disruptive to
the point of aggravating a the-
ater full of people. The action
the movie theater has taken is
only a temporary solution, and
I realize that the theaters have
to make money. Teenagers will
grow up eventually (perhaps not
soon enough), but not until the
theaters stop accommodating
them.
I, though, will not be frequent-
ing the theater as I used to. I
know Im only a number to them
and a gaggle of giggling teenag-
ers far outweighs one disgruntled
college student.
But for those fun, mindless
popcorn flicks, Ill be staying
home and making some Jiffy
Pop.
Hirschfeld is an Augusta
junior in journalism.
I met several exchange stu-
dents in my journalism classes.
All of them are friendly, eager to
learn and enjoy sharing experi-
ences from their home countries.
One thing that always amazes me
about them is that they are at least
bilingual.
Ive never felt more stupid than
when I was studying abroad and at
least 90 percent of my schoolmates
were bilingual.
I knew studying abroad would
be a hard and trying experience
for me. I have always been a home-
body. My mom and I are very
close. I just couldnt muster up
the courage to apply for any other
colleges.
Making the decision to go abroad
was scary for me, but I needed a
different experience. I needed to
know more than Kansas.
The minute I stepped off the
plane in Ireland I felt like a small
child in a big world. No familiar
faces, no idea where to go or what
to do.
I remember asking the cabby
why all the highway signs were in
two languages. He said, Its Irish,
girl. Did you think we didnt have
our own language?
Despite my sudden embarrass-
ment, I stayed silent and thought
that maybe I should have done
more research about my new
home.
I learned more in the 25 minutes
after I got off the plane than I did
in my first two years of college.
I had signed up late for a place
to live, of course, so I wasnt able to
have my own room.
I shared a room with a girl
I knew absolutely nothing about.
When we met, my heart sank a
little because she seemed really
nice, but she could barely speak
English.
How was I supposed to live with
someone who cant understand
anything I said?
My roommate, Elisa, was one
of those amazing people who
already spoke Italian and German.
Learning English was next on her
list.
Elisa plunged herself into an
English-speaking country, know-
ing that all her assignments would
need to be written in English and
that all her classes would be taught
in English.
Her resolve astonished me. I was
completely humbled. Thats when I
realized that knowing only one lan-
guage was really going to hinder
me for the rest of my life.
Ive tried to learn languages, but
I started too late in life. I could
never catch on, and Ive struggled
through every language course Ive
ever taken.
I owe so much of my incredible
abroad experience to Elisa who
made me amazing Italian food and
taught me all the fun Italian cuss
words.
We ended up becoming great
friends, and I stayed my last week
with her family in Venice where
Elisa translated between us the
entire time.
I cant understand why some
Americans have such a problem
with our country being bilingual.
When a person knows more
than one language, others make
immediate assumptions about
them: that theyre smart, world-
ly and interesting. Why wouldnt
everyone want to be like that?
It may be too late for me, and
I havent totally given up, but I
am definitely going to teach my
children different languages from
a young age.
I wish my parents would have
done the same for me, but it wasnt
a priority in this country when I
was young, and now people are
eating their words.
Unfortunately, those words are
only in English.
Simmermon is a Leawood
senior in journalism.
COMMentary
Young teens disrupt
entire movie theater
COMMentary
When English words
dont work abroad
To the guy who walked me
home Saturday night: Youre
hot, but I dont remember
your name.
n n n
How dare Bill Self tell me that
I cant be higher than him.
n n n
You left your TI-84 Plus on the
fourth foor of Wescoe.
n n n
Mario Chalmers, all I want is
an autograph. I deliver you
Jimmy Johns, and you deliver
the shot heard round the
world.
n n n
I just want to thank the ass-
hole who made my crunchy
chicken cheddar wrap. The
next time you want to spit in
someones food, you should
make sure they arent
watching.
n n n
Dont talk about your herpes
in public. Even if youre on
the phone.
n n n
The comic about the drinks
the other day was the funni-
est comic Ive ever read in the
UDK. Good job.
n n n
To the hippies trying to love
everyone and everything and
promote love: Sorry, it didnt
work. Lets try something
new.
n n n
How come people walk
around campus wearing
sweatshirts from other
schools? You go to KU, so
show some pride.
n n n
Im really excited for Common
to be at the Lied Center.
n n n
25 days until fnals! Arent you
guys excited?
n n n
Chad has been here three for
three years, and hes never
called into the Free For All. I
feel sorry for that poor fellow.
n n n
I just saw three people on
one moped, and Im wonder-
ing if thats legal.
n n n
Communists make a hotdog
for 25 cents and then sell it
for $3. Thats a 1,200 percent
increase. Thats entirely too
much to charge on interest.
n n n
I played Call of Duty 4 with
Brandon Rush. Does that
make me a champion?
n n n
My roommate just asked me,
What if God could text us?
n n n
Since when did how you
listen to music become more
important than how you
listen to it? Big headphones
are on the rise.
taLK BaCK tO the Kansan OPiniOn desK
prices must increase
to revive sound
service
If youre planning on
traveling by air anytime
soon, brace yourself.
You could be in for a
bumpy trip.
The Airline Quality
Rating showed a decrease
in on-time arrivals and
increases in customer
complaints, baggage
problems and the number
of passengers bumped
from overbooked fights.
In fact, the industry
slumped last year in every
area examined as part of
the rating. Worse yet, one
of the studys co-authors said it
didnt appear the situation had
bottomed out.
The problems stem largely
from high fuel costs, which
have prompted major airlines
to cut jobs and scale back on
passenger services and ameni-
ties. In tandem, airlines are
charging more and saddling
passengers with extra fees.
That combination is driv-
ing complaints skyward. But
the problems go beyond
gripes and groans. The studys
authors say the commercial
airline system has grown so
dysfunctional that its not
unusual for passengers to
face delays measured in days
instead of hours.
Just ask one of the thou-
sands of passengers who were
stranded this week when
hundreds of American Airlines
fights were canceled when the
carriers feet of MD-80 jets was
grounded for inspection.
High demand continues to
place stress on the overloaded
system. More than a quarter of
fights arrived late as on-time
arrivals fell for a ffth consecu-
tive year.
On the more positive side
for air travelers, the three top-
ranked airlines for 2007 were
all low-cost carriers AirTran,
JetBlue and Southwest. So
the glimmer of hope is that
relatively afordable, relatively
reliable service can still be
found.
Overall, its hard to see how
airlines will be able to improve
service, reliability and conve-
nience without substantially
raising their prices.
Paying more is never a good
thought. But neither is arriving
late, being stuck for days or
facing long, slow-moving lines
for overbooked fights.
Topeka Capital-Journal
April 11 editorial
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BY MARY SORRICK
msorrick@kansan.com
Bright red reusable bags may
become the latest fashion accessory on
campus this week.
Members of the KU Alternative
Energy Society will distribute 755
bags for free Thursday and Friday on
Wescoe Beach as part of their celebra-
tion of Earth Week.
The bags for the Reusable Bag
Program were produced by the
California-based company 1 Bag At
A Time. They will be equipped with
the logos of four local businesses that
helped finance the project.
James Roberts, Overland Park senior
and co-chairman of AES, said the bags
would act as a coupon at each of the
stores that advertised on them.
That way, Roberts said, the bags
helped support local businesses while
also reducing the negative environmen-
tal impact of traditional plastic bags.
Instead of wasting plastic bags, you
remember this bag because you have a
reason to take it, he said. It inspires peo-
ple to think about where theyre shop-
ping and what theyre shopping with.
Local businesses advertising on the
bags are the Arizona Trading Company,
736 Massachusetts St., Liberty Hall, 642
Massachusetts St., Local Burger, 714
Vermont St., and White Chocolate, 1005
Massachusetts St.
Amy Harris, Overland Park senior
and co-chairwoman of AES, said though
the specifics were not official, each busi-
ness would offer a different incentive to
shop with the reusable bags.
Its cool to get a discount at places
you usually go to anyway, Harris said.
We want to make this a tradition -
something you can see on campus as
well as in the community.
Roberts said the aspect of the pro-
gram that supported local businesses
was a unique twist on the movement for
reusable bags.
I did a lot of asking around, and
nobody else is doing it, really, he said.
Everybodys really excited about it. They
say its a totally new angle.
The bags used for the Reusable Bag
Program also required less petroleum to
produce and lasted longer than plastic,
paper or canvas grocery bags.
According to 1 Bag At A Time, the
reusable polypropylene bags contain less
than one-tenth the plastic of traditional
plastic bags and last for more than 100
trips to the grocery store.
Though the Reusable Bag Program
was in its early stages and was somewhat
limited in scope, Roberts said he planned
to propose the project to campus dining
halls, bookstores and departments to
help make it a fixture on campus.
EditedbyJessicaSain-Baird
BY MARY SORRICK
msorrick@kansan.com
Megan Paisley spreads fresh
bread, cinnamon rolls, scones,
cookies and homemade soaps
across three tables at the Lawrence
Farmers Market.
Paisley, Stilwell, resident, woke
up at 3:30 a.m. to prepare her home-
made Crane River Farm products.
She is one of dozens of local food
producers whose goods are available
for Lawrence residents on Saturday
mornings at the Farmers Market.
The market is one place
Lawrence residents can go to sup-
port local farmers and help create
a more environmentally sustainable
community. And in honor of Earth
Week, the benefits of buying food
grown locally will be the focus of a
panel discussion and lecture taking
place tonight and Tuesday.
Gary Nabhan, author and ethno-
botanist, and Rohnda Janke, asso-
ciate professor of horticulture at
Kansas State University, will conduct
tonights panel discussion. Tuesday,
Nabhan will speak about endan-
gered foods and cultural impor-
tance of local food and diets.
Brian Sifton, Kansas City,
Mo., senior and president of KU
Environs, said the events would
draw attention to peoples growing
separation from their food.
As we have industrialized more
and more, people are more discon-
nected from how they get their food,
Sifton said. They dont think about
how its grown, transported and how
much energy that actually takes.
Jeff Severin, director of the Center
for Sustainability, said one benefit of
buying local foods was avoiding the
carbon footprint attached to ship-
ping food across the country.
According to a study from Iowa
State University, produce travels an
average of 1,500 miles from where it
was grown before reaching grocery
store shelves.
Buying locally grown food helped
lessen the carbon emissions linked
to shipping that food cross-country,
Severin said.
Other benefits of buying local
food include supporting the local
economy and developing a sense
of community that comes from
knowing the source of the food on
the dinner table.
If you just get food from a pack-
age at a store, you dont know whats
been put on the food or how its
been pro-
cessed, Sifton
said. Theres
food security
in knowing the
sellers name.
J e n n i f e r
Kongs, Topeka
junior, said
she tried to eat
local food as
much as pos-
sible.
Kongs spent
the month of September eating only
foods from within a 100-mile radius
of Lawrence.
Though buying local food can
be more expensive, Kongs said the
taste of fresh vegetables and meat
made it worth the price.
As someone who loves to cook,
the freshness of the food is really
important to me, she said. It just
tastes better.
Kongs said local milk, meat, and
produce were all available at places
such as Local Burger, 714 Vermont
St., The Community Mercantile,
901 Iowa St.,
The Casbah
Market, 803
Massachusetts
St., and the
L a w r e n c e
F a r m e r s
Market.
P a i s l e y ,
while manning
her table at the
market, said
she also tried to
buy locally pro-
duced foods when possible.
Its more of a human thing for
me, she said. It builds friendships
and relationships. Even though you
live miles apart, you can still feel like
neighbors.
Editedby JessicaSain-Baird
food events
food stats
Food from grocery stores travels
an average distance 27 times lon-
ger than food from local sources
Forty percent of our fruit is
grown overseas
Nine percent of our red meat
is shipped from overseas sources,
including countries as far away as
Australia and New Zealand
Three and a half percent of the
revenue from food sold at the
grocery store goes to the farmers;
the rest goes to suppliers, proces-
sors and marketers
Eighty to 90 percent of the
revenue from farmers markets
goes to the farmer
Local foods dinner and panel
discussion
Today at 6 p.m.,
Ecumenical Christian Ministries,
12th and Oread Streets
Local organic greens will
accompany a panel discussion
moderated by Kelly Kindscher.
Gary Nabhan and Rhonda Janke
will speak.
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TRACK AND FIELD
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Junior sprinter Nickesha Anderson takes frst place in the fnals for the 100-meter dash. anderson fnished with a time of 11.23 seconds, which broke a 30-year-old
Kansas record in the event. anderson also set a regional mark in the 400-meter race, and ran the fnal leg in the regional-qualifying 1,600-meter relay team.
Jayhawks succeed, break
records in Kansas Relays
thousands of fans fill memorial stadium for 81st annual event
BY DANNY NORDSTROM
dnordstrom@kansan.com
As junior Nickesha Anderson took
the baton from junior Charity Stowers
in the womens 4x400-meter relay,
Anderson knew she had the victory
for the Jayhawks.
Although in second
place at the time,
Anderson knew
exactly what she had
to do.
When I got the
baton in second
place, I knew it was
all over, the Hanover,
Jamaica, native said.
It didnt matter
where (the competi-
tion) was because I
know this is my home track, and I
have to represent. This is where I train
every day.
Anderson took home the victory for
her team in the final stretch of the race,
making for an exciting finish. It was only
one of many great performances for her
and the rest of the Kansas track and field
team.
I think KU had some really good
performances today, head coach Stanley
Redwine said of the 81st annual Kansas
Relays. Were really excited about a lot of
the athletes. We had some school records
and some great wins, and its been really
good competition.
Overall, it was a great
meet for us.
The Kansas
Relays played host
to an array of ath-
letes, ranging from
high school stand-
outs to world-class
Olympians. Great
weather and exciting
events on Saturday
made for a fantastic
final day as more than 13,500 fans came
out to Memorial Stadium.
Kansas athletes had been waiting for
a great home atmosphere like the one
Saturday offered.
I love competing here at home, junior
sprinter ShaRay Butler said. It just gives
me more of a drive. My family gets to
come from Texas. Having all my friends
and family here makes me want to com-
pete well.
Butler competed well at the Relays,
posting a second-place regional-qualify-
ing time in the 400-meter hurdles and
running the second leg of the 4x400-
meter relay for the victorious Jayhawks.
I feel pretty good, she said of her
second place in the 400-meter hurdles. I
was definitely trying to get that regional
mark because I hadnt hit it all year, so Im
pleased with it. I wanted the win, but Ill
take regionals, too.
In the 4x400-meter relay, the
Jayhawks posted a regionally qualify-
ing time of 3 minutes, 39.43 seconds.
Senior Ashley Brown joined Anderson,
Butler and Stowers to run the first leg
of the event.
Brown also placed fifth, respectively,
in the womens 400-meter hurdles invi-
tational. The invitational division con-
sisted of numerous world-class athletes
and Olympians.
I love competing here at home.
It just gives me more of a drive.
Having all my friends and family
here makes me want to
compete well.
SHARAY BUTLER
Junior sprinter
SEE relays oN PAGE 4B
BY SHAWN SHROYER
shroyer@kansan.com
LINCOLN, Neb. Six runs werent
enough Friday or Saturday, but six runs
were plenty for Nebraska native T.J. Walz
Sunday.
With Kansas in danger of being swept
for the third time in Big 12 play, Walz
a freshman right-hander from Omaha
shut down No. 9 Nebraska to hand the
Cornhuskers their first home loss to a con-
ference opponent.
Walz lasted a career-high 7-2/3 innings,
struck out five, and held Nebraska (28-7-1,
13-4-1) to three runs while junior closer
Paul Smyth protected a 6-3 lead for his
seventh save and the only victory of the
weekend for Kansas (25-18, 5-10).
We thought one of two things would
happen: Hed come home and pitch in his
home state and, if he got out of the first
inning, hed be really good, or he might
not get out of the first inning if he let the
nerves get to him a little bit, Kansas coach
Ritch Price said. Hes really calm, cool
and poised. It was a great performance by
a freshman.
What was most impressive about Walz
was his ability to adjust his approach with
the weather conditions. All afternoon,
winds blew from 20-30 mph, taking away
the option of throwing his curveball as
often as he usually does.
It wasnt breaking near as much just
because the wind was blowing, said
Walz, who pitched in front of about 30
friends and family members. I just had
a lot more confidence in my fastball
location.
TENNIs
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Junior Yuliana Svistun returns a shot during a singles match sunday afternoon against iowa state. Kansas will
start the Big 12 championships thursday at college station, texas.
BAsEBALL
Jayhawks avoid
sweep at Nebraska
freshman walk-on pitches team to victory
Chris VanKat/Daily Nebraskan
Kansass Robbie Price is greeted by teammates after scoring of of a Buck afenir hit with two outs in the frst
inning of sunday afternoons game at hawks field in lincoln, neb. the Jayhawks held of a sweep by the huskers,
winning sundays game 6-3.
SEE baseball oN PAGE 3B
Kansas sweeps Iowa State;
sets for Big 12 Champion-
SEE tennis oN PAGE 3B
BY AlEx DufEk
adufek@kansan.com
Sunday was a senior day to remember
for the Kansas tennis team.
Two days after knocking off No. 67
Nebraska, Kansas swept the Iowa State
Cyclones, 7-0, en route
to a fifth place finish in
the Big 12 conference
this season. Sundays vic-
tory over Iowa State gives
Kansas a 32-1 advantage
all-time in the series and
its 29th consecutive vic-
tory of the Cyclones.
Coming out and
winning 7-0 on senior
day is the most impor-
tant thing for the girls,
coach Amy Hall-Holt said. We dont look
at the streak or anything like that.
The senior class left on a high note
as the three seniors Elizaveta Avdeeva,
Lauren Hommell and Stephanie Smith
combined for a 5-0 record on the day.
Hall-Holt said that this years seniors
were great examples of what a Jayhawk
should be.
Theyve definitely been dedicated
Jayhawks, Hall-Holt said. Theyve accom-
plished a lot of things that a lot of girls
havent. Im very proud of them.
The day was espe-
cially memorable for
senior Avdeeva, who
with the help of junior
Edina Horvath, notched
her 23rd career Big 12
doubles victory after
defeating Iowa States
Kara Hickey and Chrissy
Derouin 8-4. Avdeevas
23 Big 12 doubles vic-
tories are the most in
school history.
I wasnt nervous. I just knew these two
matches were important against Nebraska
and Iowa State, and I just came and played as
usual, Avdeeva said. I feel great right now.
Right now were feeling pretty
good about our chances to do
well in the Big 12. Everyone is
pumped up.
ELizAvETA AvdEEvA
Obninsk, Russia senior
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TUESDAY
Softball vs. UMKC, 4 p.m.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Softball vs. UMKC, 6 p.m.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Baseball vs. Wichita State, 7
p.m., Wichita
Weston White/KANSAN
Freshman defender Lauren Jackson heads the ball out of the 18-yard box Saturday morning against Washburn. The Jayhawks routed the
Ichabods 5-0 to close out their spring season.
You can do it, put your head into it
By JANIE MccAULEy
ASSOcIATED PRESS
OAKLAND, Calif. Hideo
Nomos career in the majors might
be over.
The Kansas City Royals designat-
ed the right-hander for assignment
Sunday, perhaps ending his 12 sea-
sons in the big leagues. Pitcher Luke
Hochevar was called up from Triple-
A Omaha.
Nomo was among the Japanese
pioneers in the big leagues, and threw
two no-hitters in the majors. He was
trying to make a comeback at the age
of 39 after having elbow surgery in
2006, but pitched only three times and
4 1/3 innings for the Royals this year.
Nomo gave nine runs on 10 hits
and four walks for an 18.69 ERA.
I told him how much we appreci-
ated his efforts and the energy that he
brings in a very quiet and humble way,
said first-year Royals manager Trey
Hillman said. Hes the kind of a guy
who makes people around him better
without saying anything because hes
so professional and because of what
hes done as a major league player here
in the United States and also what he
did in Japan.
On April 10, Nomo pitched in
relief against the New York Yankees
for his first appearance in the majors
since July 15, 2005, while with Tampa
Bay.
Hochevar was set to make his sec-
ond career major league start in the
finale of a three-game series against
the Oakland Athletics.
It wasnt an easy decision for
Hillman, who managed in Japan for
the Nippon Ham Fighters the past
five years before taking the Royals job
in October.
We dont anticipate having room
for him at Triple-A right now, which
would effectively mean he would be
out of a job, Hillman said. He was
very professional, very appreciative
of the opportunity and sorry it didnt
work out. I told him I was sorry it
didnt work out for a longer period
of time and (that I wasnt able to give
him) more chances to prove he could
pitch. Its unfortunate timing, but I
believe we made the right decision for
what weve got to do for our club in
trying to move forward and trying to
win games right now.
Nomo threw only three innings
in 2006 and did not pitch last year.
He was the NL rookie of the year in
1995 with the Los Angeles Dodgers
and is the winningest Japanese pitcher
in major league history with 123 vic-
tories.
Its kind of weird, Kansas City left
fielder Mark Teahen said. Everyone
in here knows how long hes been in
the game and what hes done in the
game. Hes been around a long time.
I dont know what the future holds
for him. Im sure it was hard for Trey,
too, because of how big he is in Japan
and how big Nomo is in Japan, to be
the guy who designates him. Were
a young team and have to see what
weve got with the young guys.
I dont know if this is the end of
the road for Nomo or not.
Nomo, nicknamed The Tornado,
has a career record of 123-109 with a
4.24 ERA with the Dodgers, New York
Mets, Milwaukee, Detroit, Boston,
Tampa Bay and Kansas City.
Many Japanese stars have followed
in Nomos footsteps and found base-
ball success in the United States.
You look at all the players since
him ... his success obviously opened
the gates, As manager Bob Geren
said. He made a big impact.
MLB
Nomos professional career could end
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas City Royals pitcher Hideo Nomo talks with catcher John Buck before facing Hideki
Matsui during the seventh inning against the NewYork Yankees in Kansas City, Mo., April 10.
By PETE IAcOBELLI
ASSOcIATED PRESS
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.
Boo Weekley won his second
straight Verizon Heritage _ and
didnt need any dramatic chip-ins
to do it.
Weekley captured his sec-
ond career PGA Tour title at
Harbour Town Golf Links on
Sunday, shooting an even-par 71
for a three-shot victory against
Anthony Kim (71) and Aaron
Baddeley (69).
A year ago, Weekley needed
miraculous chips on the 71st and
72nd holes to edge Ernie Els by a
stroke. In this one, Weekley took
a three-shot lead into the final
round and watched it grow by
mostly staying trouble free, and
seeing competitors struggle to try
and catch up.
It was a lot easier than last
year, wasnt it? a smiling Weekley
said to his group on the 17th hole
after his routine par.
Kim trailed by three at the start
and, paired
with Weekley,
was in the
best spot to
pressure the
leader. But
Kims chance
at a first PGA
Tour title
di s appeared
with a double
bogey on the par-4 ninth.
Jim Furyk, ranked ninth in the
world, was the hardest charger
early, cutting a six-stroke deficit
in half with three birdies in the
first five holes. Furyk, though, fell
back with a bogey on the 11th.
He shot a 69 to finish fourth,
his third top-five finish in the
past four Verizon Heritages.
No one else, including for-
mer Verizon Heritage champs
Baddeley and Stewart Cink, could
make a run at Weekley.
I just struggled, Weekley said.
I reckon everybody struggled.
Not that Weekley didnt add
his own pizazz to the round. He
made bogey on No. 8 after botch-
ing a chip, then looked in trouble
on the 10th with a difficult pitch
over a bunker. And Weekley killed
it right into the cup for a birdie
that put him up by five.
Weekley grinned as the gallery
chanted his name over and over.
He did it again four holes
later, slam dunking a 30-footer
for birdie from the fringe that if
it didnt hit the cup might have
rolled into the water off the edge
of the peninsula green.
Again, the crowd ate it up as
Weekley pumped his fists in cel-
ebration.
Weekley earned $990,000, and
a second straight invitation to
the Masters. He tied for 20th at
Augusta National to miss qualify-
ing for 2009.
The even-par finishing round
ended Weekleys string of seven
rounds here in the 60s.
Weekleys the first with con-
secutive victories here since five-
time winner Davis Love III in
1991 and 1992. The late Payne
Stewart (1989, 1990) was the
only other to go back-to-back at
Harbour Towns history.
Both those stars had played
this tournament several times
before that success. Weekley just
teed it up here for the first time
last year.
Perhaps more important for
him, Weekley can revel in his
Harbour Town title for another
year.
H e s
c h a r m e d
the galler-
ies with his
Hee Haw
demeanor in
a country club
world full
of starched
collars and
hushed tones.
He proudly calls himself a
redneck. He chews tobacco at
times during his round. Its just a
habit, he says. Its a bad one, but
its a habit.
Weekleys just as likely to rake
a bunker or give a ball to a young
fan as he did to one ador-
able blonde pre-schooler during
Saturdays round as to shoo
away autograph seekers.
What would you expect from
some one who got his nickname
from Yogi Bears cartoon sidekick,
Boo Boo.
Its clear that Weekley knows
Harbour Town better than your
aa-ver-age golfer.
Divots: Davis Love III was
in line for his first top 10 on
the PGA Tour since last August.
However, the five-time Harbour
Town winner played the back
nine in 6-over 41. He finished
tied for 36th. Nick Dougherty
withdrew before the final round
due to a family illness. The
Englishman had been nine shots
in back of leader Boo Weekley
after three rounds.
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Boo Weekley lines up his putt on the third green during the fnal round of the Verizon Heri-
tage golf tournament Sunday, at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, S.C. Weekley
made bogey on the hole.
No surprises for
Weekley as he wins
second Tour title
I just struggled. I reckon every-
body struggled.
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Avdeeva and the rest of the team
got off to a fast start winning all
three doubles matches against the
Cyclones. The No. 2 doubles tan-
dem of senior Lauren Hommell and
junior Kunigunda Dorn defeated
Iowa States Alyssa Palen and Caitlin
Loprinzi, 8-4, while the No. 3 dou-
bles pairing of freshman Magdalena
Tokarczyk and junior Yuliana
Svistun cruised by the Cyclones Liza
Wischer and Reka Kelemen, 8-1.
The Jayhawks continued their
assault on the Cyclones in singles
winning all six matches. Tokarczyk,
Avdeeva, Horvath, Svistun and
Hommell, all picked up victories
in straight sets. Senior Stephanie
Smith secured the sweep when
she defeated Iowa States Chrissy
Derouin, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 1-0 (6).
With the victory, Kansas fin-
ishes the regular season with a
5-6 record in conference and 9-12
record overall. Kansas conference
mark is its best since the 2001-2002
campaign when the team finished
second in the Big 12.
The one thing that weve been
striving for is definitely improving
our Big 12 status, and the girls did
that today and this weekend espe-
cially by beating Nebraska, coach
Amy Hall-Holt said. This is where
we want to be.
After a successful home stand
Kansas will head to College Station,
Texas where it will face Iowa State
in the opening round of the Big
12 tournament on Wednesday. The
fifth-seeded Jayhawks will try to con-
tinue their hot streak against the
Cyclones and advance to the second
round of play after being dismissed
in the first round by the University
of Oklahoma one year ago.
Right now, were feeling pret-
ty good about our chances to do
well in the Big 12, Avdeeva said.
Everyone is pumped up.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
BY KELLY BRECKUNITCH
kbreckunitch@kansan.com
The University of Kansas softball
team suffered two more losses on
the road during the weekend. The
Jayhawks faced
off against the
fourth-ranked
Texas A&M
Aggies.
After two
tough losses
to Missouri
last week, the
Jayhawks could
not bounce back to take a game
from the Aggies. Texas A&M
senior pitcher Megan Gibson hurt
the Jayhawks from the mound and
at the plate in both games to help
the Aggies sweep the series.
Gibson threw a no-hitter in the
first game of the series and allowed
only two runners on base the entire
game. The KU pitching staff had a
hard time against the Texas A&M
line-up. Each pitcher, junior Valerie
George, sophomore Sarah Vertelka
and freshman Allie Clark, allowed
at least three runs. Junior center
fielder Dougie McCaulley and
senior first baseman Addy Lucero
were the only players to reach base
for the team.
Texas A&M won 14-0 in five
innings because of the run rule.
Gibson went a perfect two-for-
two at the plate with three RBI.
A&Ms designated hitter, sopho-
more Alex Reynolds, added two
more hits and another three RBI.
The Jayhawk pitchers gave up
seven walks in the game, and the
defense committed two errors in
the game, helping only the Texas
A&M offense.
The Jayhawks didnt have any
more luck in the second game of
the series. The team came up with
only three hits in the game from
junior shortstop Stevie Crisosto,
senior left fielder Betsy Wilson
and freshman designated hitter Liz
Kocon. KU batters struck out ten
times, and the team failed to score
a run for the second consecutive
game, losing 8-0.
A&Ms Gibson continued to
hurt the Jayhawks from the plate
going three-for-three with four
RBI. The Jayhawks committed
another pair of errors in the sec-
ond game, and George had anoth-
er shaky outing, allowing six runs
in five innings.
The team will need to regain its
early-season momentum quickly as
it prepares to face UMKC in a dou-
ble header on Tuesday evening.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
Clark
Tough pitching leads to two losses for Hawks
SOFTBALL
Those in attendance to see
Walz got their moneys worth
as he went an inning beyond
his previous career long outing,
throwing 119 pitches. Walz (3-0)
lasted deep into the eighth by
working out of the few jams he
got into.
Nebraska didnt have its
first baserunner until the third
inning, but Walz retired the next
batter to end the inning. In the
fourth, the wind helped catcher
Mitch Abeita leg out a double
Walz first hit allowed and
Walz walked the next batter, but
he induced a groundout to negate
the threat.
The Cornhuskers scored their
first run in the sixth to cut the
deficit in half to 2-1, but Walz
shortened the inning by picking
off a runner on first.
Walz could have fallen apart
in the sev-
enth when he
moved a bas-
erunner from
first to third
with a balk
and a wild
pitch before
the runner
scored, but
with two
straight outs,
Walz avoided
any further damage.
Hes the first guy wholl get
upgraded next fall to books
and tuition, Price said of Walz,
whos currently an invited walk-
on.
While Walz put the kibosh on
every Nebraska rally, his offense
was busy manufacturing runs,
scoring one run in the first, sixth
and eighth innings. Only in the
seventh did Kansas put a crooked
number on the board.
Senior shortstop Erik Morrison
led the inning off with a single
after hitting into an inning-end-
ing double play in his previous
at-bat.
I just thought to myself, Im
going to get up at least two more
times, and Im going to have the
opportunity to help the ball club
win, Morrison said.
Morrisons single sparked a
three-run inning for the Jayhawks
as they finally jettisoned Nebraska
right-hander Aaron Pribanic (3-
2) from the game. The single was
Morrisons first of two hits in the
game and one of six he had on the
weekend.
It seems like here, more than
any other field, the mound is
back further, so it seems like
youve got a little extra time,
Morrison said.
Pribanic retired the second
batter of the inning, but walked
back-to-back hitters to load the
bases and force Nebraska to make
a pitching change.
In came left-hander Zach
Herr, but the change didnt have
the results the Cornhuskers had
hoped for. Junior center fielder
Nick Faunce, who entered the
game as a defensive substitution,
drove Morrison in with a sacri-
fice fly.
Herr then
reloaded the
bases with a
walk to set
the table for
senior left
fielder John
A l l m a n .
Allman sin-
gled to left
field to drive
in two runs
and put Kansas up 5-1.
Nebraska added a run in the
bottom of the seventh, but an
RBI double from Morrison in
the eighth put Kansas back up by
four, 6-2.
The Cornhuskers scratched
one more run off Walz in the
eighth, but junior closer Paul
Smyth came in relief of him to
close out the game and clinch
Kansas first road Big 12 victory
since March 16 at Texas. With
the victory on Sunday, Kansas is
tied with Kansas State for eighth
in the Big 12 standings.
Any time you avoid a sweep is
huge, Morrison said. But were
trying not to lose sight of the big
picture with what we did. We
could have had a series victory
very easily.
Edited by Daniel Reyes
baseball (conTinued from 1B)
Any time you avoid a sweep is
huge.
Erik Morrison
senior shortstop
tennis (conTinued from 1B)
Weston White/Kansan
senior stephanie smith returns a lowshot in the front court Sunday afternoon. Kansas faced of against Iowa State, and will travel to College
Station, Texas, for the Big 12 Championships Thursday.
Andersons success in the relay
was just one event she dominat-
ed. The All-American took home
her third straight victory in the
100-meter dash with a new school
record time of 11.23 seconds.
Andersons finish in the 100-
meter dash was similar to the
4x400-meter relay. A late kick on
the final portion of the race put
her ahead of professional ath-
lete Schillonie Calvert of Stellar
Athletics. Redwine commented on
Andersons great performances at
the Relays.
Shes very special, he said. She
brings a level of excitement and a
level of I can do that to the rest of
the team. She just brings the level
of competition up for everyone she
trains with on the team.
Joining Anderson in the 100-
meter dash was junior Victoria
Howard. She placed third in the
event, winning the first section of
two with a time of 11.63 seconds.
Also successful for Kansas was
senior Crystal Manning. She won
the womens triple jump and placed
fourth in the long jump.
I wasnt satisfied, she said of
her performance in the triple jump.
I didnt reach my goal. I was happy
that I won, but I didnt reach my
goals.
Unlike Manning, senior Julius
Jiles did not win his event, but did
run a new personal best time in the
110-meter hurdles.
Jiles competed in the invitation-
al division, running against a field
of professional athletes. He was the
only collegiate athlete in the field.
Jiles time of 13.69 seconds was
good enough for third place.
Also successful for the Kansas
men was sophomore Jordan Scott.
He placed second in college invita-
tional division behind former All-
American Ray Scotten. Scott had
his best pole-vault of the year with
an impressive 5.20 meters (17 feet,
three-fourth inches).
On the womens side of the
event, senior Kate Sultanova placed
second with her pole-vault of 4.05
meters.
Sophomore Lauren Bonds
also took home a victory for the
Jayhawks in the 3,000-meter stee-
plechase with her time of 11 min-
utes, 2.83 seconds. She dominated
the race, leading the majority of
the distance.
This weekend the Jayhawks
travel to Des Moines, Iowa, for
the Drake Relays. Events begin on
Thursday.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
relays
(continued from 1B)
Weston White/KaNsaN
senior hurdler ashley Brown gets ready
to land after coming over the last hurdle.
Brown fnished with a time of 13.73 seconds
Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Relays.
Weston White/KaNsaN
Cloud County Community College freshman Julius Bor points out his frst place victory in the mile run. Bor, set a Cloud
County record in the mile last week of 3:58:72 at the 81st Clyde LittlefeldTexas Relays. Bor did not break the four minute mark
Saturday, but came in at 4:03.99.
Weston White/KaNsaN
senior pole-vaulter Kate sultavona fies high over the bar. Sultavona fnished second overall while fnishing at 4.05 meters.
BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
Fans at the 81st annual Kansas
Relays were treated to an Olympic
preview Saturday afternoon as
some of Americas best athletes
were in action in the invitational
competitions.
With the U.S. Olympic trials set
to start on June 27 in Eugene, Ore.,
this was the first chance this season
for several Beijing hopefuls to per-
form at an outdoor meet. While all
the athletes understand theres still
a ways to go before theyre ready,
that didnt stop them from putting
on a show.
In the shot put, 2008 Indoor
World Champion Chris Cantwell
won with his first throw, a toss of
67 feet six and one-fourth inches. A
Missouri graduate, Cantwell hasnt
been able to get outside to practice
much because of the weather in
Columbia. Describing his transi-
tion from indoor to outdoor com-
petition, Cantwell likened himself
to a newborn deer trying to walk.
Its easy to get off-kilter when
you havent had a lot of ring time,
Cantwell said.
The distance wasnt what
Cantwell was looking for he
joked that a world record would
have been nice but he knows
whats ahead and believes he can
handle it.
Im ready now. Its just that
consistency right now is the killer.
Thats more than enough time,
Cantwell said referring to the 12
weeks leading up to the trials. Im
right on track, and I feel really
good about it.
The biggest name coming into
the weekend was that of Bershawn
Batman Jackson, a 24-year-old
who has won the 400-meter hur-
dles five out of the past six years. A
competitive field was there to chal-
lenge him, but Jackson rose above
everyone else with a new record
time of 48.32 seconds, breaking his
2006 time of 48.34.
Thats the fastest outdoor sea-
son-opening time Jackson has ever
run, and its also the best time in
the world this year.
It feels great to be running fast
again after coming off a terrible
season, Jackson said.
Jackson injured his hamstring
during the indoor season and
called himself a bit out of shape,
but after seeing Saturdays time
he cant wait to see whats next in
store.
Jackson said that he doesnt yet
own the Kansas Relays, but hell
keep running here until he does.
It means a lot to me, coming
here, and youll most definitely see
me here in years to come, Jackson
said.
Another elite athlete on Saturday
was Muna Lee, a native of Kansas
City, Mo.
Lee competed in a pair of relays,
the 4x100 and 4x200, for her team
Total Sports. Total Sports won both
races, thanks in large part to Lees
anchor legs, though she was quick
to defer compliments.
Those girls came out, and really
did all the work, I really didnt have
to do anything, Lee said.
Lee enjoyed being able to see
her friends and family, but similar
to most other competitors, she just
likes the Kansas Relays environ-
ment.
This is one of the most fun
meets weve been to, Lee said.
Usually everything is so serious,
and the competition is crazy, but
then you come here, and you can
relax and run.
Edited by Katherine Loeck
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chris Cantwell throws for 67 feet, 6 one-fourth inches to win the shot put event at the Kansas Relays track and feld meet Saturday in Lawrence.
R
iveting the best
performance of the
year.
A true masterpiece. Two
thumbs way up!
Batman does it again.
Relax, you didnt miss the open-
ing of Christopher Nolans highly
anticipated film The Dark Knight,
a sequel to his 2005 Batman
Begins. Thats still 87 days away.
However, what you did miss
unless you were one of the esti-
mated 13,500 people to attend the
Kansas Relays was a chance to
see Bershawn Batman Jackson
fly over hurdles and save the peo-
ple of Lawrence from evil.
OK, maybe not evil exactly,
but this cape-less crusader was
heroic in the 400-meter hurdles,
dispatching his competitors with
moves that deserved exclamations
of BIFF! or ZLOPP!
Batman crossed the line in
48.32 seconds, which was good
enough for a season-opening
personal best and a new Kansas
Relays meet record.
Batmans back, Batman returns
once again, Jackson said. Im
back in shape, Im back fit, and its
going to be an amazing summer.
It was also the fastest 400-meter
hurdle time in the world this year.
Thats where I belong, on top,
Jackson added.
Batman had a rough 2007 sea-
son because of injuries and dealt
with another hamstring injury
while competing indoor this year.
None of those problems have ever
stopped him from conquering the
Kansas Relays, though.
With Saturdays victory, he has
now won the event five out of the
past six years and set the meet record
three times. Still, Jackson wouldnt
say he owns the Kansas Relays.
Not yet, not until you see bill-
boards of me everywhere, then I
own the meet, Jackson said. Right
now, Im just up-and-coming.
Only 24-years-old, Jackson
has already accomplished a great
deal in his career. Batman won
the 2005 World Outdoor, 2005
USA Indoor and 2003 USA
Outdoor 400-meter hurdles
Championships. Track & Field
News has also ranked him in the
top 10 in the world in the event
every year since 2003. Thats all
well and good, but Batmans look-
ing to soar even higher.
The skys the limit, Jackson said.
Im one of the best hurdlers in the
world, and Ive proved that anything
you put your mind to you can do.
Jackson has the unique ability
to express how humble he his and
proclaim himself to be the greatest
hurdler in the world in the same
sentence, and somehow make you
believe both. Its what endears him
to fans and has them hollering
Batman from the stands before,
during and after his races.
If things go right, those fans will
be yelling at their TV screens later
this summer as Batman battles com-
petitors halfway across the world.
At age 20, Jackson fell short of
qualifying for the 2004 Olympics.
This time around, hes older, wiser
and thanks to Saturdays race, hes
ready for the challenge.
This is the meet where I got my
confidence back, Jackson said. This
is the turning point right here.
Jacksons quest started in
Kansas and from the looks of it,
Christopher Nolan may not be the
only one with a blockbuster this
summer.
Jackson may have the chance to
star in the 2008 Summer Olympics,
which open August 8 in Beijing.
Edited by Katherine Loeck
BY TAYLOR BERN
TBERN@kANsAN.cOm
Batman returns to set third Relays record
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bershawn Jackson, center, wins the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 48.32 seconds as Adrian Finley, left, takes second and IanWeakley, right, fnishes third during the Kansas Relays track and
feld meet Saturday in Lawrence.
Kansas meet warms up Olympic hopefuls
Weston White/KANSAN
Weston White/KANSAN
Kansas City, Mo., native and member of Total Sports Muna Lee brings home a victory
on the fnal leg of the womens 4x100 meter relay. The teamfnished in frst place with a time of
43.65 seconds.
Right: Sophomore relay
runner Lauren Bonds
passes of to senior Lisa
Morrisey in the womens
4x800 meter relay Saturday.
Kansas relay teamfnished
in 9:29:99 and took second
place overall behind Seton
Hall.
Weston White/KANSAN
Left: Sophomore pole
vaulter Kirk Cooper
sprints down the runway
Saturday afternoon at the
Kansas Relays. The Jayhawks
will head of to the Drake
Relays Thursday for a three-
day event.
Jazz 93, Rockets 82
HOUSTON Andrei Kirilenko scored 21 points, Carlos Boozer had
20 points and 16 rebounds and Utah beat Houston in Game 1.
Deron Williams had 20 points and 10 assists as Utah, 17-24 on the
road during the regular season, won its second straight playoff game in
Houston. The last victory came in Game 7 last season, and that was when
Houston got help from Yao Ming.
Yao is not around for this one. Hes out for the series with a foot injury.
Utah had a 34-29 rebounding edge through three quarters and Boozer hit
10 of 20 shots.
Shane Battier scored 22 and Tracy McGrady had 20 points for Houston,
which shot 37 percent (29 of 79).
The Rockets are also playing without starting point guard Rafer Alston,
who strained his right hamstring late in the season. His backup, Bobby
Jackson, scored seven points on 3-for-15 shooting.
Game 2 is Monday.
HoRnets 104, MaveRicks 92
NEW ORLEANS Chris Paul had 35 points and 10 assists in his first
playoff game Saturday night, lifting New Orleans to a come-from-behind
victory over Dallas.
David West, in his first playoff game since he was a rookie reserve, scored
23 points, and Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 15 rebounds to help New
Orleans storm back from a 12-point halftime deficit and win going away.
Dirk Nowitzki had his way with New Orleans early and finished with
31 points, but scored only four during Dallas fourth-quarter collapse. Josh
Howard added 17 points for the Mavericks, a team that hasnt missed the
playoffs in eight seasons and was in the finals two years ago.
Jason Kidd finished with 11 points and nine assists.
But the Mavericks had only nine field goals in the second half and no
answer to Paul, whose third year in the NBA has included a maiden All-
Star game nod and serious consideration for league MVP.
Associated Press
nBa
Day one of the playofs brings unexpected fnishes
Tim Duncan hits first three of year; overrated Cavaliers silence Wizards; Yao-less Rockets down Jazz; Josh Paul scores 35
spuRs 117, suns 115
SAN ANTONIO Tim Duncan saved the Spurs with a rare 3-pointer
at the end of the first overtime, and Manu Ginobili hit a layup with 1.8
seconds left in double OT to send San Antonio past the Phoenix Suns,
117-115 on Saturday in Game 1 of their first-round series.
Duncan finished with 40 points and 15 rebounds.
The Suns had controlled play for the first three quarters, leading by
as many as 16 points despite early foul trouble for Shaquille ONeal. The
Suns had a six-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Spurs were down 93-90 with 1:10 to go after Leandro Barbosas
fast-break layup.
With 15 seconds left, Michael Finley tied it at 93 for the Spurs with a
3-pointer.
With his team down 104-101, Duncan found himself all alone at the
3-point line. After only a slight hesitation, he fired and made his first 3 of
the season with 3 seconds to play to make it 104-104.
Before Ginobilis game-winning drive to the basket, Steve Nash made a
3-pointer from the corner to tie it at 115.
Tony Parker added 26 points for the Spurs, and Ginobili had 24.
Amare Stoudemire, who fouled out with 12 seconds left in the first
overtime, led the Suns with 33 points. Nash had 25 points and 13 assists,
Shaquille ONeal scored 11 points.
The teams will meet again in San Antonio on Tuesday night before the
Western Conference series shifts to Arizona.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier jumps past NewOrleans Hornets forward DavidWest
in the second half of game 1 of their playof series in NewOrleans Saturday. The Hornets won
104-92.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Antonio Spurs forward TimDuncan shoots a three-point shot against the Phoenix Suns during the end of their frst overtime in Game 1 of their Western Conference playof basketball series
in San Antonio, Saturday. Duncan made the shot forcing a second overtime. San Antonio won 117-115 on double-overtime; Duncan scored 40 points.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houston Rockets Carl Landry tries to drive around Utah Jazzs Matt Harpring, left, during
the fourth quarter in Game 1 of their playof series Saturday in Houston. The Jazz beat the Rockets
93-82.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cleveland Cavaliers Anderson Varejao, of Brazil, scraps withWashingtonWizards Antawn
Jamison for the ball in the second half of their playof game Saturday in Cleveland. The ball was
called a jump ball. The Cavaliers won 93-86.
cavalieRs 93, WizaRds 86
CLEVELAND Determined to make the Wizards swallow their words,
LeBron James scored 32 points and Cleveland won Game 1 of the third
consecutive first-round playoff series the Eastern Conference rivals have
played.
Called overrated by Washingtons DeShawn Stevenson in the final
weeks of the season, James scored 20 points in the second half to lead the
defending Eastern Conference champions, who took a 1-0 lead in a best-
of-seven series that appears to have a long way to go.
James sat out the early part of the fourth quarter to rest a trouble-
some back. But once he returned to the floor, the superstar forward came
through.
With the score tied 84-84, James knifed his way down the lane and hit a
layup between Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood with 1:37 remain-
ing. Following a miss by Gilbert Arenas, James powered past Stevenson
and dropped a floater with 55 seconds left in the game and one tick to
spare on the 24-second shot clock.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 22 points and 11 rebounds and Delonte West
finished with 16 points for the Cavaliers.
Arenas scored 24 points in 27 minutes before fouling out with 13 sec-
onds to go. Jamison added 23 and Stevenson had three on 1-of-9 shooting
for Washington, which has lost to Cleveland in the opening round the past
two seasons.
Game 2 is Monday night.
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
ARiES (March21-April 19)
Today is a 5
Mums the word, especially re-
garding your fnances. Dont talk
about anyone elses, either. Save
yourself a lot of trouble.
TAuRuS (April 20-May 20)
Today is an8
Glean useful information from
anothers unwelcome advice.
Theres no point in arguing, but
you may have to anyway. You
dont like to be pushed around,
even by one with good inten-
tions.
GEMini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
If youre doing the kind of work
you love, Monday isnt so bad. If
youre not, give some thought
to what you need to change.
Educate yourself.

CAnCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is an8
Theres a chance somebody
will actually ask you for your
opinion. If that happens, be
ready. Heres your chance to
make a point.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 5
Let the others; youve heard it
all before. Do what you know
will be required and dont worry
about the rest. It may change,
anyway.
ViRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 9
Youre so intensely involved in a
personal project that you might
forget an important routine
chore. Better go through your
checklists again, just to be on
the safe side.

LibRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 5
Best not to talk about a scheme
youre working on. Wait until you
have it a little further developed.
You can still change your mind
before you go public.
SCORPiO (Oct. 23-nov. 21)
Today is a 9
The opposition only makes you
more determined to succeed.
Adopt their best suggestions
and youre even further ahead.
SAGiTTARiuS(nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
You can see the practical
applications of your current
endeavors. What youre doing
doesnt have to be fun. Therell
be time enough for that later.
CAPRiCORn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an8
Friends have got some big ideas.
Dont let them talk you into
spending more than you can
aford. Youre the one with the
good sense, remember?
AquARiuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 5
Its not a good day to make sug-
gestions. Do whats expected
and try not to attract much at-
tention to yourself. Somebodys
on the warpath.
PiSCES (Feb. 19-March20)
Today is an8
Something you were worried about
turns out to be pretty scary. Once
its over youll be much stronger, if
youre prepared, of course.
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Rowling sues superfan over copyright
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling arrives at Manhattan federal court, Monday, April 14,
in NewYork. Rowling will testify on the frst day of her trial against a publisher. Rowling says
her copyrights are being violated by a fan who plans to publish aHarry Potterencyclopedia.
Rowling brought the lawsuit against his publisher, RDR Books, to stop release of theHarry Potter
Lexicon.
By DAVID B. CARUSO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK For a time, Harry
Potter superfan Steven Vander Ark
seemed to be living a geeky dream.
His Web site an obsessive
catalog of spells, characters and
creatures in J.K. Rowlings novels
was a hit among fellow fanatics.
He spoke at conventions. He was
a guest on NBCs Today show.
Better still, Rowling knew who he
was. She gave his site, The Harry
Potter Lexicon, an award and con-
fessed that she occasionally used its
online encyclopedia as a reference.
Warner Bros. invited him onto the
set of Harry Potter and the Order
of the Phoenix.
But all that changed after a little-
known publishing company, RDR
Books, announced it would release
a print version of the lexicon. The
author and Warner Bros. sued, asking
a judge to block publication on the
grounds that it violated copyright law,
and the case went to trial this week.
The dispute has thrust Vander Ark
into the middle of a closely watched
case that illustrates the muddled
state of copyright law enforcement
when it comes to the Web.
During a three-day trial that con-
cluded Wednesday, Rowling savaged
Vander Ark as a plagiarist and a thief.
The author and her lawyers said
they were stirred to action by the
proposal to move the Potter lexicon
from the Web, where it was avail-
able for free, into book form, where
it would compete directly with a
Potter encyclopedia that Rowling
plans to write. By deciding to sell
his material, Vander Ark was no
longer just an enthusiastic fan, but a
professional and potential competi-
tor. Generally, the call on whether
such uses are legal comes down to
how much material was taken and
how different the end product is
from the original work. Works like
Vander Arks lexicon takes the form
of an A-to-Z list of the hundreds of
characters and place names from
her books, followed by brief entries
summarizing how they fit into the
plot. There is also information on
the origin of some of her characters
in mythology and folklore.
U.S. District Judge Robert
Patterson Jr. indicated that the case
could go either way and encouraged
both sides to settle. He suggested that
a creative negotiation might produce
a book that both sides could live
with. RDR Books Publisher Roger
Rapoport said he was open to the
idea of revisions but said that neither
Warner Bros. or Rowling have indi-
cated a willingness to compromise.
By VIJAy JOSHI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
The Olympic flame arrived in
Malaysia on Sunday ahead of a
relay in which it will be guarded by
1,000 police watching for protests
against Chinas Tibet crackdown
and human rights record.
The flame arrived from Bangkok
on a plane dedicated to carry it
to all 19 international destinations
on the torch relay before it lands
in Beijing for the Olympic Games
opening ceremony in August.
A Buddhist group held special
prayers Sunday at a temple in Kuala
Lumpur to call for a trouble-free
run of the torch Monday and a
peaceful Olympics.
Some 300 Chinese students
studying in Malaysia greeted the
flame at the airport along with
representatives from the National
Sports Council and the police, a
statement from Olympic Council of
Malaysia said.
Malaysia takes this opportu-
nity to reiterate that the Beijing
Olympics should not be politicized
and remains confident that the
Olympics will be successfully held
in August 2008, Foreign Minister
Rais Yatim said in a statement.
The flame was taken to a luxury
hotel in downtown Kuala Lumpur
ahead of Mondays relay run starting
at nearby Independence Square.
Its 10-mile route will highlight
various landmarks, including the
top of the Kuala Lumpur Tower,
a telecommunications installation
that provides a scenic aerial view
of the city.
Protests in other cities have trig-
gered an unprecedented security
detail for the Malaysian leg.
Some 1,000 policemen and com-
mandos will be deployed along the
route even though police have not
received reports of any planned pro-
tests, said a police spokesman, who
declined to be named citing proto-
col. The relay through Bangkok on
Saturday was unmarred by demon-
strations.
Growing criticism of Chinas
human rights record has turned
the Olympics into one of the most
contentious in recent history.
Chinas recent crackdown in
Tibet, which forcefully put down
sometimes-violent demonstra-
tions against Beijings rule over the
Himalayan region, has triggered
protests and attempted disruptions
of the torch relay in Paris, London
and San Francisco.
On Friday, about 30 Falun Gong
practitioners demonstrated in Kuala
Lumpur, calling for an end to alleged
Chinese human rights abuses ahead
of the Beijing Olympics. China has
banned the Falun Gong spiritual
movement as a dangerous cult.
In Japan Sunday, a major Japanese
Buddhist temple with graffiti, days
after it withdrew a plan to host the
torch relay in Nagano, police said.
Nagano police were investigating the
incident and trying to determine
whether it was related to the temples
decision to pull out of the event.
Zenkoji Temple was slated as
the starting point for the Japan
leg of the Olympic torch relay on
Saturday. The temple, however,
changed its mind Friday, citing
security concerns and sympathy for
Tibetan protesters facing a Chinese
crackdown.
lawrence
Students, residents raise money in 5K, half marathon
By JASOn BAkER
jbaker@kansan.com
About 2,000 students and Lawrence
residents ran the Lawrence 5K and
half marathon, formally called the
Raintree Run, Sunday. The event
raised money for Health Care Access
Clinic, which is a non-profit organi-
zation that provides health care for
those who dont have or have limited
access to it.
The half marathon started at 8 a.m.
and the 5K at 8:05 a.m. The 5K course,
which is approximately 3.1 miles, cov-
ered most of its ground on Haskell
Indian Nation Universitys campus.
The half marathon went through the
Haskell campus to Massachusetts
Street and through campus via
Jayhawk Boulevard. Participants also
ran through parts of Lawrence, such
as the grave of James Naismith and
Hobbs Stadium, with both races end-
ing at Haskell Stadium.
Ava Dinges, Denver junior, has run
three 5K runs, but said this was her
first time running in the Lawrence
race and had been training for quite
a while.
It wasnt bad, Dinges said. I wish I
could have known the course ahead
of time because of the hills. I like how
it ended with the track. It made it feel
like a race. It feels good to sprint at
the end.
Thorton Thompson, who ran the
race with Dinges, said that Sunday
was his first 5K run.
Im fairly happy with my time, he
said. It wouldve been nice to see the
course ahead of time and get more
sleep. But its a good feeling to hear
people cheer at the end.
Both he and Dinges had been
training together and said they felt
good to see their work pay off. They
said they planned running in the half
marathon next year.
Harry Swartz, Lawrence senior,
ran the race last year and took fourth
place Sunday.
My time could have been better,
but Im happy with the place I got,
he said.
Swartz said he wanted to run in the
half marathon, but hurt his knee and
thought the 5K was more doable.
Stephanie Gomez, Newton senior,
was very happy about her perfor-
mance.
I was able to pace myself, and I
actually beat my time by 2 minutes,
she said about her performance com-
pared to last year.
Jimmy Balough, Overland Park
senior, ran his first half marathon and
said he thought he did great.
I was shooting for 1:30, and I
actually got 1:23.30, he said.
Balough said a friend talked him
into trying it and had been training
since February.
I thought it was well put together
. A lot of my friends were in it. You
couldnt ask for a better day to run,
he said.
The half marathon had a bit of
change, Doug Zimmerman, Kansas
City, Kans. junior, said. He said the
runners went down the hill by Fraser
Hall instead of the hill by 12th and
Indiana streets. Zimmerman said he
liked it but wasnt too happy with
his time.
I think I came out too strong,
Zimmerman said. Thats what
adrenaline does to you.
Zimmerman said he definitely
planned to run it again next year.
Some students had a bit of experi-
ence prior to running in the event.
Emily Denny, Southlake, Texas, fresh-
man, ran the race for the first time,
but said she had run cross country in
high school.
Running is a familiar thing to
me, she said. I did the best I could.
Im a little sore, but it was nice to see
parts of Lawrence that Ive never seen
before.
Current and former KU athletes
also participated in the half marathon.
Nicole Cauzillo, Northville, Mich.,
senior and former KU soccer player,
ran in the race just days after coming
back from her trip to Ethiopia.
I feel pretty good. Im not exhaust-
ed, she said.
Cauzillo had been playing soccer
with the Ethiopian National Soccer
Team and running at 8,000 ft. alti-
tude. Cauzillo heard about the race
from one of her friends and gave it
a try.
Theres no half-time which is
unfortunate, she said, comparing the
event to a soccer match. And run-
ning while drinking water is hard,
and you use a lot of your slower
twitching muscles.
After the race, the runners were
treated to food and massages. Abbey
Faris, Ft. Collins, Colo., senior, had
been running in more than 10 5ks
and summed up the event.
It was a nice day. Everybody was
motivating, the volunteers were awe-
some and everybody is expecting the
free food, she said.
EditedbyMatt Hirschfeld
Rachel Anne Seymour/KANSAN
KU students and Lawrence community members run in front of Strong Hall during the
Raintree Run Sunday morning. More than 2,000 participants ran in the half marathon and 5K run.
Rachel Anne Seymour/KANSAN
Participants in the 5K run and half marathon run down Jayhawk Boulevard. The event raised money for Health Care Access Clinic, which is
a non-profit organization that provides health care for those who dont have or have limited access to it.
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