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KU Libraries holds the Snyder Book Collecting Contest for students for its
54th year. CAMPUS | 3A
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take part in Ku tradition
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Wednesday, march 10, 2010 WWW.kansan.com volume 121 issue 115
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STUDENT SENATE
ADmiNiSTrATioN
Proposed cuts would limit Kansans budget
BY ERIN BROWN
ebrown@kansan.com
Mason Heilman, student body
president, has proposed a $1.70 cut
to the campus media fee and sug-
gested that Student Senate no lon-
ger allocate funds to The University
Daily Kansan. The proposal would
result in a loss of about $83,000 for
The Kansan.
The campus media fee is a $4
student-approved fee that Student
Senate allocates to The Kansan,
KUJH-TV, KJHK and Kiosk.
Heilman said he wanted to cut out
the fee for The Kansan because
he was dissatisfied with the rela-
tionship between The Kansan and
Student Senate.
To me, this is one of the most
inappropriate relationships Student
Senate has with any other outside
group, Heilman said.
Heilman said he saw a conflict
with an objective media outlet
reporting on a legislative body that
allocates its funds.
There is a lot of potential for
undue influence both ways, he said.
For example, he said, student sen-
ators could use their power over
the allocation of funds to influ-
ence the type of coverage The
Kansan provides.
The fact that The Kansan
endorses a student senate coalition
each year, there is potential for
student senators to be influenced
by that, as saying, Hey, I support
The Kansan, you should support
me, he said.
Heilman said that he wanted
The Kansan to provide coverage of
Student Senate
to students,
but that he was
seeking to elimi-
nate the finan-
cial relationship
between the
two. He said
he hoped that
would ensure
that The Kansan remained unbi-
ased and that Student Senate would
not influence its coverage.
The parallel to me would be if
Congress stepped in and said The
New York Times is about to go
under and we think they are an
important news source so we are
going to fund them, but then we
are going to expect them to provide
unbiased coverage of us, he said.
Malcolm Gibson, general man-
ager of The Kansan, said the cam-
pus media fee served as a student
subscription to
The Kansan.
The fee breaks
down to 1.8
cents per issue
that students
pay to receive
a copy of The
Kansan every
day.
We have the smallest profes-
sional staff in the Big 12. And the
lowest support from student body
than anybody in the Big 12 by far,
Gibson said.
Gibson said that all of the money
contributed to The Kansan from
the campus media fee went directly
to student salaries. Last year, The
Kansan received $83,200 from the
campus media fee to go toward
the salaries of about 60 people on
staff. The Kansans paid news staff
includes designers, section editors,
managing editors and photogra-
phers, who are paid per photo.
The salary for a paid position
on the news staff at the Kansan is
$7.50 an hour. That doesnt include
the advertising staff, which is paid
on commission.
If the proposal passes it will go
in effect for the 2010-2011 aca-
demic year. Stephen Montemayor,
editor-in-chief of The Kansan, said
that next semesters editor-in-chief
would have to reduce salaries and
cut jobs if the proposal passed.
He said that several students on
staff counted on their jobs at The
Kansan for income, and that The
Kansan also provided a profes-
sional working environment for
journalism students.
These are students who are get-
ting real-world application of what
they are in school for right now,
he said. It is very important that
students have these opportunities,
and to take them away is just kind
of mind boggling.
Athletics
employee
removed
of duties
BY LAUREN HENDRICK
lhendrick@kansan.com
Kansas Athletics announced
yesterday that Rodney Jones, the
associate director of the Williams
Education Fund, has been placed
on adminis-
trative leave
by Athletics
Director Lew
Perkins.
As the asso-
ciate director
of the Williams
E d u c a t i o n
F u n d , J o n e s
was responsible for overseeing
fundraising efforts and relations
between Kansas Athletics and
donors. The Williams Education
Fund is comprised of more than
5,000 members who contribute
more than $8 million annually.
Jim Marchiony, a spokesman for
the department, would not com-
ment on whether Jones would be
taken off administrative leave. He
said others within the department
would be stepping in immediately
to fulfill Jones responsibilities.
Fundraising is a year-long job,
so there is never an off month,
Marchiony said.
With the NCAA tournament
approaching and a continual effort
to build and fund the Gridiron
Club, Marchiony said there would
be no shortage of duties.
Marchiony said he would not
comment on Jones work perfor-
mance.
Jones has worked for Kansas
Athletics since 1997 and was a box
office manager before his posi-
tion with the Williams Education
Fund.
Edited by Kirsten Hudson
AN UNcErTAiN FUTUrE
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
Cars drive downTennessee Street, one of the staple locations of thestudent ghetto.City Commissioners listened to arguments for a proposed plan of action to diversify types of housing in the neighborhood.
City discusses new goals for student ghetto

read a letter from Kansan Editor-in-chief
Stephen montemayor. | oPiNioN 5A
This is my time to do
what I think is right.
mason heilman
student body president
Jones
Student body
leader wants $1.70
cut from media fee
SEE kansan ON PAgE 3A
BY ALEESE KOPF
akopf@kansan.com
More than a month after the
last discussion of the Oread
neighborhoods fate, the future
of the student ghetto remains
unclear.
The Lawrence City
Commission discussed concerns
Tuesday about the perceived
deterioration of the neighbor-
hood due to boardinghouses and
absentee landlords. The growing
concentration of rented proper-
ties has led to calls for a healthier
balance between boardinghouses
and permanent homes.
Members of the Lawrence
P l a n n i n g
Commi s s i on
are struggling
to address the
issues facing the
neighborhood,
but are work-
ing to finalize
a plan. The
drafted plan
proposes that
the city create
five different districts that would
group different types of land use,
such as parking, boarding houses
and single-family homes, among
others.
St udent s
will always
out nu mb e r
owner-occu-
piers in the
Oread neigh-
borhood, but
that doesnt
mean that
the neighbor-
hood should
simply become a student-only
ghetto, Beth Meyers, a commu-
nity member, said.
Others, such as Danny
Schneider, a junior from Mulvane
and resident of a six-person
house, do not see the current
conditions as a problem.
I envision it as a student ghet-
to where college kids with a lim-
ited income can live with other
like-minded college students,
Schneider said.
Commissioners heard public
comments on the plan Tuesday,
but moved to place voting on a
future agenda to allow time to
address specific concerns with
the plan. There have been 12
public meetings since the plan-
ning process began in January
2009, but residents expressed
concern that not all stakeholders
were being equally heard.
Elise Higgins, community
affairs director for Student Senate,
was the only student in atten-
dance at the Tuesday meeting.
She said that she was supportive
of the plan and that she thought
it did a good job of addressing
SEE Oread ON PAgE 3A
Students will always out-
number owner-occupiers
in the Oread neighbor-
hood...
Beth meyers
lawrence community member
2A / NEWS / wednesdAy, mArch 10, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnsAn.com
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I refuse to go into a fast food
outlet - to use the toilet even - in
case anyone got the wrong idea
and thought I was sneaking in a
quick burger.
Jonny Wilkinson
FACT OF THE DAY
There are more than 300,000 fast
food restaurants in the U.s. alone.
www.facts.randomhistory.com
According to kU math
professor Ben cobb, the
probability of randomly
picking all 32 winners in
the frst round of the ncAA
tournament is 1 in 4.3
billion. If you take the #1
seeds out of the equation,
the probability gets much
better at 1 in 268 million.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
CRIME
REPORT
THURSDAY
March 11
nThe kU school of music will present the
kansas city symphony Trumpet section from
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in room 130 of murphy hall
as part of its Visiting Artist series. Professor and
saxophonist Vince Gnojek will perform at the
same time in the swarthout recital hall in mur-
phy hall as part of the school of musics Faculty
recital series.
FRIDAY
March 12
SATURDAY
March 13
SUNDAY
March 14
MONDAY
March 15
TUESDAY
March 16
nFernando yaluk, graduate student in Latin American
studies, will screen Innocent Voices from 7 to 9 p.m. in
room 4051 of wescoe hall as part of the Latin American
studies Film Festival.
nThe group shidara, will perform Japanese taiko drum-
ming at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied center. Tickets are $10 for
students and $28 for adults.
nFormer U.n. Ambassador and U.s. senator Jack danforth
will discuss current state afairs in sudan from 2 to 3 p.m. in the
centennial room of the kansas Union.
nThe kU school of music will present pianist evangelo
spanos from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in murphy hall.
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nThe spencer museum of Art
and the Lawrence Public Library will
screen A Very Long engagement
from 7 to 9 p.m. at the spencer
museum of Art Auditorium.
nAt approximately 2:40 p.m. Friday, a person sitting inside a vehicle pointed a gun at the victim in
another vehicle at 11th and mississippi streets and reportedly told the victim their music sucked. The
person was charged with aggravated assault.
nAt approximately 12:35 a.m. Thursday grafti was discovered on the east side of wescoe hall.
damages were estimated at $50.
nIt was discovered monday that some time over the last three months, a gasoline-powered water
pump was stolen from 1735 westbrooke st. Losses were valued at $609.86.
A taste of Japanese
culture in Lawrence
A group of Japanese drummers
will take stage tonight at the Lied
center. The group known as shi-
dara provides performances rich
in its countrys history and folklore.
Attendees of this event will experi-
ence song, music and dance. kim
spencer, associate director of
ticketing at the Lied center, said
600 tickets were still available for
sale out of an estimated 1,900.
AlisonCumbow
MUSIC ODD NEWS
SPRING BREAK
nThe 2009 Association of American Univer-
sity Presses Book, Jacket and Journal show
is open to the public all day at the University
Press of kansas, 2502 westbrooke circle.
nThe kU school of music continues its
student recital series with Jef sears, baritone
player, at 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in swarthout recital
hall in murphy hall.
Pet store owner has
a 43-year-old fsh
new york It sounds
fishy but a new york city pet
shop owner says its true.
Buttkiss, the black pacu he
owns, is 43 and weighs 20
pounds. A pacu is a breed
thats related to the piranha.
steve Gruebel owns cameo
Pet shop in Queens. he got
Buttkiss in 1967 when he was
just a wee thing. he sold him
a year later when Buttkiss was
two inches long. But in 1970,
Buttkiss was returned when
he outgrew the buyers tank.
Buttkiss lives in only a
four-foot-long, 75-gallon tank.
Gruebel said he was afraid to
move him because he may
not survive the changing
environment.
Buttkiss is beginning to show
his age. he has arthritic gills
and glaucoma in his right eye.
Associated Press
Doctoral candidate featured
in Archaeology Magazine
Downtown businesses
propose parking changes
Video by Melinda Robinson/KUJH-TV
Ann raab, a kU doctoral candidate, was recently
featured in a magazine for uncovering artifacts in
Bates county that help shed light on the efect of
the border war between kansas and missouri.
Video by Jay Trump/KUJH-TV
Lawrence businesses in the downtown area want
to change some of the parking stalls along mas-
sachusetts street to have 15 minute limits.
KUJH-TV
videos
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Other Big 12 schools, such as
Kansas State University and the
University of Texas, fund their
campus media with about $300,000
in student fees.
The effects of this cut could
really set us back and make us look
pretty bad compared to other Big
12 schools and their newspapers,
Montemayor said.
Despite the similar setups at
other Big 12 schools, Heilman said
he stood by his proposal.
I think that any legislative body
appropriating funds to a media
outlet that is going to provide cov-
erage of them is inappropriate,
Heilman said.
Montemayor said the elimina-
tion of student jobs would neg-
atively affect the quality of The
Kansans news coverage.
It would set us back in terms of
resources, Montemayor said. We
would adapt and find ways around
this but it would cripple us in some
aspects.
A cut in funding for The Kansan
would mean fewer resources, he said,
and as a result some student groups
would not receive the publicity they
need. However, Montemayor said
that coverage of breaking news and
other important information for
students would remain a priority
for The Kansan.
Our coverage of Student Senate
will not change, Montemayor said.
We will not be vindictive. We will
not have an axe to grind. We will
keep doing what we do. We cover
the good and bad of Student Senate
like nobody else.
Gibson said he would recommend
that Student Senate put the proposal
up for a student body vote.
I have no problem with them
putting it up to a vote and letting the
student body decide, Gibson said.
Heilman said he would support
Student Senate sending the pro-
posal to a referendum, which is
a student-wide vote, but that he
would still support the cut.
This is my time to do what I
think is right, Heilman said.
The Student Senate Finance
Committee will vote on the pro-
posal at a meeting tonight at 6 p.m.
in the Kansas Room at the Kansas
Union.
If passed the proposal will go to
full senate for debate March 24.
Edited by Taylor Bern
kansan (continued from 1a)
cAmpUS
Libraries contest rewards
students book collections
BY SAMANTHA FOSTER
sfoster@kansan.com
The Snyder Book Collecting
Contest, a KU tradition in its
54th year, continues to attract the
attention of student book collec-
tors with unique collections.
About 20 students enter the
contest each year, Rebecca Smith,
spokeswoman for KU Libraries,
said. The contest has divisions for
both undergraduates and gradu-
ate students, and the winners of
each win $600, with $400 prizes
for the second-place entries.
Michael Gomez, a fifth-year
graduate student in child psy-
chology from Lubbock, Texas,
entered the contest last year
because his friends told him he
had too many books.
They thought it was right
down my alley, Gomez said.
Gomez said his collection,
which won second place, was
composed of weird fiction: scary
or uncomfortable stories about
the supernatural and some sci-
ence fiction. He estimated that
there were about 200 books in his
collection.
Smith said that as far as she
knew the contest was the old-
est book-collecting contest of its
kind in the U.S.
The contest began in 1957
when Robert Vosper, then the
director of KU libraries, contact-
ed Elizabeth Snyder about his
idea to start a contest that would
encourage college students to
buy and collect their own books.
Snyder, who was a book col-
lector, offered financial support
for the contest. Snyder died in
2004 but her donations through
KU Endowment still fund the
contest.
Smith said Snyder was famous
for saying she wasnt really much
of a collector, even though she
had several impressive collec-
tions.
Snyder started her collection
of the works of A.A. Milne, the
creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, in
high school, and later donated it
to KU Libraries.
Ailecia Ruscin, a doctoral stu-
dent in American studies from
Auburn, Ala., won first prize in
last years contest for her collec-
tion of zines.
Zines, short for magazines,
are small, independent publica-
tions that are distributed by the
authors.
Ruscins collection of punk
zines from the 1990s and early
21st century was focused on race,
class, gender and sexuality
complicated issues of identity,
Ruscin said, that people dont get
to see in the mainstream press.
Ruscin said she was surprised
when she won the grand prize.
I was flabbergasted, Ruscin
said. My collection of zines had
won over these intricately bound
books from presses and really
cool book things.
Ruscin said she donated her
collection of 40 to 50 zines to
Duke Universitys womens
studies archives so that future
researchers could look at them
and see what was going on in the
mid-90s through today.
KU Libraries has benefitted
from students book-collecting
efforts. Simth said that Laird
Wilcox, who was a University
student in the 1960s, had a col-
lection of literature from radi-
cal political movements that he
entered in the contest.
He continued to add to the
collection after he graduated and
later donated it to the Spencer
Research Library. Smith said it
was the largest collection of its
kind in the Midwest.
.
Edited by Katie Blankenau
SNYDER booK
coLLEcTINg coNTEST
KU Libraries will be
accepting entries for the
contest through March
22. For more information
about the contest
requirements, visit http://
www.lib.ku.edu/snyder/
rules.shtml
stakeholder needs, but that she
would like to see more student
participation.
Michelle Leininger, area and
neighborhood planner for the
city, said student involvement had
been slim to none throughout
the process.
The Oread plan suggests main-
taining and stabilizing strong con-
centrations of owner-occupied
housing and encouraging owner
occupancy throughout the neigh-
borhood, which could limit the
amount of student rentals in the
neighborhood.
Landlords and tenants may be
more heavily regulated through
rental registration and inspec-
tion programs meant to address
neglect.
The proposed plan includes
grants that would fund addi-
tional police presence in the area
during large events and enforce
the Disorderly House Nuisance
Ordinance, which regulates noise
and other disruptive behavior.
The Oread Neighborhood
Association, which is involved in
the planning process, is especially
concerned with the preservation
of historic properties. In a January
meeting, members said that add-
ing to existing structures to make
them eligible for congregated liv-
ing use, which is popular with
student tenants, hinders historic
preservation and permanent resi-
dency.
Dennis Brown, president of the
Lawrence Preservation Alliance,
voiced concerns to the planning
commission about the plan, and
said it wasnt strong enough in
encouraging owner-occupied
housing in the neighborhood.
We are concerned that of all
the mixed-uses that make up the
Oread, owner-occupancy is the
one that is declining to the possi-
ble point of virtual non-existence
within our lifetimes, Brown said
at Tuesdays meeting.
Edited by Katie Blankenau
pURpoSE oF THE pLAN
The plan states its purpose is to outline specifc goals,
policies and recommendations for the planning area, while
being consistent with the overall adopted comprehensive
plan for the community. Land use, historic preservation,
infrastructure and neighborhood atmosphere are the main
issues addressed.
The 238-acre planning area known as the student ghetto
sits with the University of Kansas to the west and downtown
Lawrence to the northeast.
In 1926, a zoning ordinance allowed for apartments,
boarding houses and fraternity and sorority houses to be built
in the neighborhood, which has changed the housing in the
neighborhood to mostly rentals.
If passed, the new plan could drastically change student
residence in the neighborhood.
Because one of the goals of the plan is to maintain a
housing variety that molds to the diverse array of people who
live, work, study and party in the neighborhood, the planning
commission added a few new additions to this weeks
proposed plan.
mixing for money
Chance Dibben/kansan
Reginald Smith, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore, performs a DJ set during the Kiosk benft showTuesday at the Granada. Funds raised fromthe event
would help ofset the cost of printing and distributing the long-running student literary and art magazine. Kiosk is a great magazine he said.
oreaD (continued from 1a)
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10 is the easiest day, 0 the most
challenging.
HoRoScopES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
Ideas fow easily today,
allowing you to express your
desire, formulate a plan and
consult with co-workers.
Then, roll up your sleeves and
get busy.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
your less-than-perfect world
places you at home when you
wish to be climbing moun-
tains. A female produces the
perfect plan to make work
enjoyable.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
As the sand flters through
the hourglass today, set aside
imagination in favor of practi-
cal considerations. money
may be an important factor.
cANcER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
An older person bows to
the creative inspiration of a
female. she understands the
practical problem. you
work out the cost.
LEo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
If you want things to work
out as quickly as possible,
step back for a moment and
allow an idea to unfold. Two
minutes now will save hours
later.
VIRGo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Allow your imagination to run
wild. Let your logical mind
control the spending. Another
person may contribute.
LIbRA (Sept. 23-oct. 22)
Today is an 8
The more you satisfy your
practical desires, the better
you work with your team.
Group creativity incorporates
logical decision-making.
ScoRpIo (oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
you learn about karmic results
today. reasonable efort has
produced fery, even argu-
mentative results. deal with
the fallout immediately.
SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
divide your attention
between group
responsibilities and your
recreational desires. Both can
happen if you manage time
well.
cApRIcoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 5
If at frst you dont succeed,
try something new really and
truly diferent. It may not feel
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L
ast month, Iranian
President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad announced
that his country was now a
nuclear state, after its uranium
enrichment program reached a
small but significant milestone.
The nuclear situation in Iran and
the U.S. handling of it present
a crisis. But, as the cliche goes,
it also presents an opportunity.
It is imperative that Iran
does not acquire nuclear weap-
ons. The problem would not be
with the Iranian regime using
them, but rather the destabiliz-
ing effect it might have on the
region.
For all his crazed speeches
and overt hostility toward the
Western world, Ahmadinejad
is not the supreme ruler of
Iran. That would be Ayatollah
Khamenei. And while Khamenei
is no friend to the U.S., and
is often no less vitriolic than
Ahmadinejad, he isnt stupid. A
leader such as Khamenei knows
that the hostile use of a nuclear
weapon by any state would trig-
ger similar action against that
state.
However, if Iran were to build
a nuclear arsenal, it could trig-
ger a regional arms race in the
Middle East. States such as Saudi
Arabia, Libya and Egypt would
have more incentive to seek
arms, thus disrupting the current
nonproliferation norm.
International relations schol-
ars have argued that more nucle-
ar weapons actually decreases
the chance that one will be used,
but in this already-fragile region,
thats not a risk we should be
willing to take.
To deal with this problem,
the U.S. needs to take the
military- strike approach off
the table, both realistically
and rhetorically. American
politicians often talk tough about
Iran, saying they wont rule out
the use of force.
But, to really deal with the
problem, it does need to be
ruled out. Recent war games
conducted by the Saban Center
for Middle East Policy showed
any conflict with Iran would be
messy and costly for all those
involved.
History shows that economic
sanctions wont work either.
Too often, sanctions hurt the
people of a country rather than
its regime. This happened in
Iraq during the 1990s, when the
U.S. implemented similar poli-
cies toward the Hussein regime.
Stronger sanctions, such as those
proposed in the Senate last year,
could very well backfire and
enflame Iranian nationalism.
To effectively deal with Irans
alleged quest for nuclear weap-
ons, we must pursue negotia-
tions with an open palm rather
than a closed fist.

Lowell is a senior from
Concordia in journalism and
political science.
Cultural barriers to showing love
ediTOriAL CArTOOn
OpinionTHE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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T
he other day, my western
civilization instructor
came into the classroom
with an unshaven, sick-looking
face. He said it would be a short
class because he had to deal with
something terrible a good
friend had suddenly passed away.
If I knew it was going to hap-
pen, I would definitely have gone
to see him the night before, as I
promised, he mournfully said.
Life is just too unpredictable.
Our assignment for that class
was to e-mail him who we would
say I love you to.
My parents image popped up
in my mind without hesitation.
However, I couldnt help feeling a
little uncomfortable at the idea of
those three words.
I love you is a common
statement in the West. However,
between the Chinese, its rarely
heard in conversation.
It doesnt mean that Chinese
people are not compassionate. We
are just emotionally implicit and
have been taught to be so.
One of my friends recently
ended a phone call with his
mother by saying I love you. His
mother was astonished and nearly
burst into tears. It was as if it was
her first time to hear those words
from her son.
Parents in the Western world
tend to nourish their children
with passion and good words.
Despite the mistakes children
inevitably make, parents will just
talk to them and remind them
not to do it again.
Parents in China are more
strict. They believe that compli-
ments and too much protection
will spoil children and hurt inde-
pendence.
Rather than praising good
grades, Chinese parents say
things such as, The test must be
pretty easy or You got such a
good grade because your class-
mates are not good enough.
There are some comical
Chinese sayings describing
child-parent relationships. For
instance, when a mother is upset
by her son, she would say, I
would rather give birth to a piece
of barbecue pork than a naughty
kid like you.
When adults talk about their
kids in front of other parents,
they would name their children
as beggar son or daughter and
deny their accomplishments. This
is because Chinese people are not
used to showing superiority over
others.
Although it sounds discourag-
ing and harsh, Chinese children
know their parents do not mean
harm. Our parents just dont want
us to feel smug, so they teach us
to stay humble all the time.
Parents in China have soft
hearts but hard mouths. They
believe action speaks louder than
words alone.
However, despite my upbring-
ing, my professors sadness
reminded me that life is unpre-
dictable and no one can accom-
pany us forever.
As long as we trade true heart
with those we care about and
emphasize the quality of time
spent together, nothing is ever
too late.
After my initial hesitation I
eventually completed my assign-
ment.
I felt good saying, I love you,
but I think my parents know that
I best demonstrate this feeling
through the unspoken things I
do: proving how well-grownI am
and what a happy life I have led
under their cultivation.
Ho is a junior from Macua, China, in
journalism
ARooj KHALID
C
onsider this an open invita-
tion to all readers of The
University Daily Kansan
and all groups and organizations
The Kansan has covered during the
years, to attend Wednesdays Senate
Fee Review Subcommittee meeting
at 6 p.m. in the Kansas room at the
Kansas Union.
At issue will be a recommenda-
tion that includes a $1.70 cut to the
student media fee and a stipulation
that media fee funds cannot be
allocated to The Kansan.
It is a shame that a University
that prides itself on its journal-
ism program must face an abuse
of power such as this. Recall that
the original student media fee was
voted on and approved by students.
Apparently that is not good enough
for Senate.
This is not the first time a
proposal of this nature has been
brought forth and it is sad that we
must again review the consequenc-
es such a measure would bring.
One argument in favor of refus-
ing Media Board funds to The
Kansan is that there is a conflicting
relationship between the two enti-
ties. This is false. The funding The
Kansan receives is a subscription
fee for the service we provide to
students each day. This is no dif-
ferent than what other newspapers
charge only The Kansans fee
amounts to less than 2 cents per
day per student.
Likewise, to cease funding to
The Kansan while still allocating
funds to The Student Readership
Program the program respon-
sible for the bins of New York
Times, Lawrence Journal-World,
Kansas City Star, USA TODAY and
Wall Street Journal papers across
campus would send a poor
message and be nothing short of
hypocritical.
Why cite an improper relation-
ship with a media entity while
continuing to fund other news-
papers The Lawrence Journal-
World and Kansas City Star that
also cover the University? Worse,
funding the Student Readership
Program while cutting funding to
The Kansan would mean that the
only thing changed in addressing
a perceived improper relationship
between the Media Board and
media on campus would be a pay
cut or reduction in student jobs at
the hands of the Senate.
If funding would cease, this
would not be the end of The
Kansans coverage of University
affairs. We would still cover
Student Senate which begs the
question of whether this is why we
find ourselves in this discussion in
the first place.
Regardless, cutting funding
to The Kansan would hurt
most in terms of the exposure
for a multitude of groups and
organizations that we regularly
cover, as a result of being forced to
reduce employment and, therefore,
coverage.
Weekly staples to The Kansan
such as Jayplay and The Wave
would likely disappear.
A student readership survey
conducted by The Kansan in 2008
found that 81 percent of students
read The Kansan at least once per
week in comparison to 44.2 percent
for the Journal-World, 30.2 percent
for The Star and 28.4 percent for
The Times. This makes the dis-
crepancy between cuts to funding
for The Kansan and the Student
Readership Program headed
by Student Body President Mason
Heilman that much more curi-
ous.
In fact, student readership has
been plenty strong without the pro-
gram 97.5 percent of students
rated their news found in The
Kansan as satisfactory.
For the 2009-10 budget cycle,
The Kansan receives $83,200 in
funding from student fees. This is
compared to $303,152 for Kansas
State, $320,097 for Texas, $270,553
for Texas Tech and $169,560 for
Oklahoma.
And so again, all of you are wel-
come at Wednesday nights delib-
erations over a misguided, if not
malicious, proposal.
StephenMontemayor, Editor inChief
LeTTer FrOM THe ediTOr
Proposed cuts misguided, malicious
LeTTer TO THe ediTOr
Problems with nuclear
waste storage
I have a plan for what to do
with the nuclear waste gener-
ated from Obamas generous
federal guarantees for new reac-
tors: Lets store the waste in his
basement and the basements of
all his descendents for the next
hundred-thousand years or so.
The hazards and lifespan of
nuclear radiation and waste are
indisputable. Nuclear energy
only seems clean if you are look-
ing at its carbon output. Low-
carbon is a political buzzword
that has narrowed our discus-
sion of the planets health. The
American people cant afford to
lose sight of the larger picture.
The President and other sup-
porters of nuclear energy say that
it is clean and safer than it has
been in the past. If they are so
sure, then let them live near and
work in the plants, and store the
waste near their homes. Let them
watch what happens to their chil-
dren under the exposure of this
radiation. If Obama is not willing
to do this, it is wrong for him to
ask other American families to. It
is too easy to turn a blind eye to
the hazards that are in someone
elses backyard.
Climate change and sustainable
living are enormous challenges.
It is tempting to believe that
nuclear energy will be the magic
bullet that will give us enough
power to maintain our standard
of living here in the West. But in
the course of our daily lives of
driving from suburbs to cities to
schools to soccer games, we use
a disproportionate amount of
the worlds resources and create
too many pollutants. Switching
from fossil fuels to nuclear energy
wont change that. It is our life-
styles that have to change, and
that will mean giving up things
we feel entitled to, such as cars
and big houses. These are not
necessities, they are luxuries.
No one with any sense wants
radioactive waste near them.
Leaping onto the nuclear band-
wagon reflects the nave hope
that we can continue to live the
extravagant, consumption-based
lives that we are used to in the
West. The truth is that saving
the planet (and ourselves) will
require changing our lifestyles
and making sacrifices so that we
are using fewer resources and
polluting less. Very few politi-
cians have the guts to say this,
which is why Obama is throwing
money at a new spin on an old,
failed method of energy produc-
tion.
Lisa Neher is a graduate student from
Covington, Washington.
Set example with
diplomacy in Iran
inTernATiOnAL
Life in a
Kaleidoscope
By Josie Ho
jho@kansan.com
POLiTiCs
Political
Planet
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sTudenT senATe
WHAT: Senate Fee Review
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ENVIRoNmENT
Student blogger teaches boyfriend how to go green
BY BRENNA LONG
blong@kansan.com
No boyfriends were harmed
in this environmental science
experiment; Austin Hartman can
testify to that. Unsure of what
he was getting into, Hartman, a
junior from Hays, decided to play
the transformational character in
his girlfriends blog, Green Girl
Meets All-American Boy.
Ill admit I was a little hesi-
tant to begin with just because
that was an area I hadnt involved
myself with, he said. I didnt care
in the least about environmental
issues and concerns, so I figured
it would be a learning experience
for both of us.
Janie Chen, a junior from
Olathe, started the blog as a a
project for an independent study
course in environmental studies.
Each week last semester, she wrote
about different environmental
topics in Hartmans life, starting
with his sock drawer. After sift-
ing through 46 pairs of socks,
Hartman learned his first lesson in
consumption
and consign-
ment stores.
He and his
mom, Cathy
Hartman, had
no idea so
many pairs
of socks were
hiding in his
drawer.
I had no
idea he had so many, but it makes
me think about simple things like
buying clothes, Cathy said.
Hartmans mind didnt stay on
clothing and shopping long; Chen
quickly moved on to a more appe-
tizing subject: food.
I learned how much he loves
hamburgers, Chen said. I really
had no idea.
This made the Meatless
Monday challenge part of the
blog a bit difficult for Hartman.
And to make matters worse,
one of his roommates, Blake
Pruter, also a junior from Hays,
wafted the smell of grilled steak
through the apartment.
That Monday I went to Subway
and had a meatball sub and brought
back flat iron steaks, Pruter
said. Meatless
Monday wont
happen for me.
As the antag-
onist through-
out the experi-
ence, Pruter said
he would con-
stantly frustrate
Hartman by
throwing bottles
into the trash
right in from of him.
I thought the project was a
joke at first, Pruter said. But it
ended up catching on.
After a semester of trouble
and hassle from his roommates,
Hartman started to see the habits
slowly wear on the same guys
who told him they would eat five
steaks for every tofu burger he
consumed.
Through repetition we con-
verted some non-believers,
Hartman said.
One environmental act that
caught on keeps Hartman driv-
ing his SUV to the Wal-Mart
Community Recycling Center,
3300 Iowa St.
My roommates are still ada-
mant about recycling to this
day, but they wont take it,
Hartman said.
Hartman said he didnt mind
dropping off the recycling because
he learned firsthand from the
recycling employees the impor-
tance of recycling.
As part of other blog topics,
Hartman also got to chat with peo-
ple working at The Community
Mercantile, 901 Iowa St., and the
farmers market.
You dont really get that
by reading an article on the
Internet, he said. Going and
doing it firsthand is a whole
different experience.
The personal connections made
the facts and daily habits sink in,
he said. The project didnt turn
Hartman into the perfect green
guy, but Chen said she wasnt
expecting that to happen. She was
only hoping for a few successes.
Buying granola at The
Community Mercantile, recycling
and car pooling are some of those
small victories.
Everyone in Hartmans life turned
a shade greener after a semester, and
Hartman said he planned to con-
tinue with the eco-friendly habits
he gained.
I just kind of went along with
the flow, and I figured some of
what we did would positively
affect me, Hartman said. In
hindsight, I think I am a green
guy and at least more aware.
Edited by Megan Heacock
Contributed Photo
Austin Hartman, a junior fromHays, makes a trip to the Wal-Mart Recycling Center. The routine is
newfor Hartman, whose girlfriend began teaching himthe ways of being more environmental-
ly-conscious last semester, in experiment shared with the public via her blog.
In hindsight, I think I am
a green guy and at least
more aware.
Austin hArtMAn
hays Junior
Contributed Photo
Austin Hartman, a junior fromHays, displays his recycling skills in front of the Wal-Mart on Iowa Street. Hartman was part of an eco-experiment
conducted by his girlfriend, who attempted togreenifyhis daily habits in one semester.
Fatal shooting at Ohio State
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COLUMBUS, Ohio An Ohio
State University janitor who was
about to lose his job walked into
a maintenance
building for his
early morning
shift Tuesday
and shot two
s u p e r v i s o r s ,
killing one of
them and fatally
shooting himself.
No students were
hurt.
N a t h a n i e l
Brown,51, arrived for work at the
nations largest university dressed
in dark clothing, a hooded sweat
shirt and a backpack. He then
opened fire in an office suite using
two handguns, campus Police
Chief Paul Denton said.
Brown spent five years in prison
in the 1970s and 80s for receiving
stolen property but lied about it on
his job application, records show. It
wasnt immediately clear whether
Ohio State had done the required
b a c k -
g r ound
check on
him.
Oh i o
S t a t e
released
d o c u -
m e n t s
f r o m
Browns
person-
nel file showing that supervisors
complained he was tardy, slept on
the job and had problems follow-
ing instructions. The university sent
him a letter March 2 informing him
that his employment was to end
Saturday.
About a half-dozen other employ-
ees were in the building when the
shooting began, Denton said. He
described the shooting as work-
related but didnt describe a motive.
The shooting was reported at 3:30
a.m. Tuesday. Police tactical units
surrounded the building and found
Brown with a self-inflicted gunshot
wound in a garage bay, Denton said.
He was pronounced dead at a cam-
pus hospital several hours later.
Brown had been scheduled to
work his normal third shift, Denton
said.
One of the victims, building ser-
vices manager Larry Wallington, 48,
died at the scene. The other, opera-
tions shift leader Henry Butler, 60,
was in stable condition at Ohio State
University Medical Center, officials
said.
This is a tragic event, and our
hearts go out to all of the families,
said Vernon Baisden, assistant vice
president for public safety.
This is a tragic event, and
our hearts go out to all of the
families.
Vernon BAisden
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No Easy Buckets advances
Great expectations
Still much
to achieve
in Big 12
tourney
BY COREY THIBODEAUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
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Standing at the podium dur-
ing his Monday press conference,
Kansas coach Bill Self started by
joking about the lighting.
These lights are getting brighter
all the time, he said. They havent
felt this bright since the day I took
the job.
Maybe the lights were brighter
than usual, or maybe Self knows
he faces high expectations this
year. Unlike in previous years, the
Jayhawks are the top team in the
NCAA.
Self s sarcasm was palpable after
he found out that his team regained
the No. 1 ranking this week.
Im ecstatic, Self said. This may
be one of the happiest days of my
life.
Whether comparing the 2010
team to the 2008 or 2009 teams,
one thing is the same: This year is
different.
Senior guard Sherron Collins, a
member of all three teams, said this
was a more difficult year with the
No. 1 target.
Last year, we were supposed to
lose but we kept winning, he said.
That was the easy part. It was easy
sneaking up on people and surpris-
ing them.
This year also produces another
problem: inexperience.
There are several players who
have never been past the Sweet 16
in the NCAA and this is the first
time the freshmen will be presented
with a one-and-done situation.
Freshman guard Xavier Henry
said he was going to use the Big 12
tournament as preparation for the
Big Dance. The only problem was
he had no idea what to expect.
He said he would approach each
opponent like he had all season.
Whether playing Kansas State or
Colorado, the objective was the
same.
I look at everybody the same,
Henry said. It doesnt matter who
they are; we just have to beat them.
Freshman center Thomas
Robinson said that he had dreamed
of being in the NCAA tournament
ever since he watched it as a kid.
The Jayhawks have cemented them-
selves into the tournament and dont
have much to gain from the league
tournament. Robinson said the only
commentary
Kansas prepares for tournament
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Kansas coach Bill Self talks to freshmanThomas Robinson after he was whistled for his second foul in a game against Nebraska. Self has high expectation for Kansas, especially after the team
regained No.1 in ranking.
K
ansas awaits the vic-
tor of the first game of
the Big 12 Tournament
between Colorado and Texas Tech
tomorrow with the mindset of a
team halfway through the NCAA
Tournament.
It may be tempting to think
that this tournament really doesnt
mean much to the Jayhawks. They
already have a No. 1 seed locked
for the Big Dance, as well as the
regular season title for the Big 12.
But the players are looking at the
upcoming Big 12 Tournament
games as vital to their improve-
ment. Its just as important to them
as it may be to teams such as Texas
who want to earn a seed higher
than eight.
No disrespect to any of the
other teams but, I mean, were not
playing to help anybody elses team
out, freshman forward Thomas
Robinson said of other teams having
more to play for in the tournament.
Other teams in the Big 12 that
desperately want to improve their
chances in the NCAA Tournament
include Baylor, Oklahoma State,
Missouri and even Kansas State.
The Big 12 has a total of seven
teams looking good for spots in the
NCAA Tournament. But the select
few mentioned already have the
most to gain.
Oklahoma State and Missouri
are looking at being possible eight
seeds. If they beat some ranked
teams in the Big 12 tournament
such as Kansas State or Kansas,
their stock in the tournament rises.
If even just by a single seed, that
little boost improves their chances
of making it further into March.
Kansas State, after fighting for
a possible one seed then losing
consecutively to Kansas on the
road and Iowa State at home,
might be watching its No. 2 seed
dreams fade. That is why the
Wildcats will come into the Big
12 tournament with the anger
and determination of coach
Frank Martin in every one of
their players eyes. If they win
the tournament, they could fight
their way back up to a possible
two seed.
The Kansas players recognize
what all the teams in the Big 12
Tournament are playing for, and
the Jayhawks are looking at this
tournament in the same way,
especially after last years loss to
Baylor in Kansas first game of the
tournament.
It stung; it was embarrassing; it
hurt; senior Sherron Collins said
of last years loss to Baylor.
Coming into this years Big 12
Tournament, Collins and junior
Cole Aldrich have that extra year
under their feet and are looking
forward to bringing this years
younger players to the skill level
that the 2008 team had reached by
this point in the season.
With this team, there is a little
bit more youth, Collins said. But
I still see those same similarities,
same depth of the bench.
The motivation is there. Now
all the Jayhawks need to do is play
how they talk about playing, and
bring in a Big 12 Tournament Title
as well as victory number 2,000 for
the program.
Edited by Megan Heacock
BY NICOlAs ROEslER
nroesler@kansan.com
baseball
BY BEN WARD
bward@kansan.com
twitter.com/bm_dub
Freshman pitcher Tanner
Poppe passed his test against St.
Marys, holding the Spires hitless
through five innings of work. But
it wasnt time to relax it was off to
prepare for another one.
Only it wasnt baseball-related.
Poppe was barely able to celebrate
Kansas 10-0 victory because he
had to leave Hoglund Ballpark
quickly to be on time for a tutor-
ing session.
Schoolwork aside, Poppes
performance on the field was a
marked improvement from last
weeks outing when he allowed
four runs on four walks during a
March 2 loss against Arkansas.
Hopefully this gets some con-
fidence in him, and gets him
around the zone a little bit more
and well build off of that, pitch-
ing coach Ryan Graves said.
Graves said the plan for Poppe
was to keep things simple during
Tuesdays outing: having the
freshman focus primarily on his
rhythm from the mound, and
on his control specifically
throwing his fastball for a strike.
Hes got great stuff, Graves
said. Its just a matter of his pitch
ability developing to where we
can mix certain pitches.
And its that control and varia-
tion of different pitches that
coach Ritch Price said Poppe
would need to succeed against
Big 12 competition.
Then hell truly be a college
pitcher, Price said.
Price didnt intend the comment
as a slight to the youngster saying
Poppes five shutout innings met
and exceeded his expectations
for the game against the Division
II Spires.
Although Price viewed the out-
ing as an opportunity for Poppe
to "get his feet wet'' he didnt
mean it in the literal sense.
Rain throughout the day
almost cost the Jayhawks (8-3)
yet another game, but because
of one of Prices old sayings, they
Meet recruiter
Reggie Mitchell
football
BY JAYsON JENKs
jenks@kansan.com
In the corner of recruiting coor-
dinator Reggie Mitchells office
sits a row of small, inconspicuous
boxes that might contain the next
Todd Reesing.
Each box is filled with DVDs
featuring selected plays from high
school recruits
around the
country. And
M i t c h e l l
watches each
one.
Every film
thats over
here, Mitchell
said, grab-
bing a random
tape, every one of these high
school coaches said these kids
can play in Division I football.
And then some kids even send
you the film.
If it sounds overwhelming,
Mitchell concedes that sometimes
during the season it can be.
But the hours of analyzing film
arent the biggest grind in the
demanding recruiting world. No,
the hardest part is the close-calls
the recruits who seem destined
to sign with a school only to
change their minds.
Whats often forgotten when
a recruit declares his intentions
by picking up a hat on national
television is the man left behind
the scenes: the other schools
recruiter.
You always think that youre
in it, Mitchell said. The hardest
thing is you put all this time and
effort into it, and then you lose
a kid. Its an emotional roller
coaster.
This is the world Mitchell calls
home. In recent years, as sub-
scription websites such as Rivals.
com and Scout.com have devel-
oped larger followings, recruiting
has also grown in scale.
People track a recruits official
visits online, and nationally-tele-
vised press conferences are held
when a highly regarded recruit
Mitchell
SEE football ON PAgE 4B
Mike gunnoe/KANSAN
Freshman infelder Kevin Kuntz scoops up the ball Tuesday at Hoglund Ballpark against Saint
Mary. The Jayhawks won the game 10-0.
SEE baseball ON PAgE 6B
Jayhawks shut out Spires
SEE tournament ON PAgE 4B
2B / SPORTS / wednesday, March 10, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kansan.coM
Yoshida defes pitching convention
MORNINg BREw
By MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Basketball doesnt build
character. It reveals it.
Author Unknown
FACT OF THE DAY
senior pole vaulter Jordan scott
enters this weekends ncaa
Indoor championships as the
sixth-overall seed. his best vault
this season was 17 feet and 9.75
inches.
Source: Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: what record did rebeka
stowe, Taylor washington, cori
christensen and Lauren Bonds
break at last weeks alex wilson
Invitational?
A: The kU record for best per-
formance in the distance medley
relay. The women fnished in
11minutes 7 point 96 seconds.
Kansas Athletics
THIS wEEK IN
kansas aThLeTIcs
SCORES
NCAA Mens Basketball:
no. 12 Butler, wright state
south Florida 58, dePaul 49
st. Johns 73, connecticut 51
Bethune-cookman 64, Florida a&M53
Montana 68, northern colorado 63
st. Bonaventure 83, duquesne 71
dayton 70, George washington 60,
NCAA womens Basketball:
no. 1 connecticut 60, no. 9 west Virginia 32
Mid-Tennessee 70, arkansas-Little rock 68
NBA Basketball:
Indiana 107, Philadelphia 96
orlando 113, La clippers 87
houston 96, washington 88
charlotte 83, Miami 78
Utah 132, chiacgo 108
TODAY
Baseball
vs. Tabor, 3 p.m.
THURSDAY
Softball
vs. Valparaiso, 3 p.m.
womens basketball
vs. oklahoma state,
kansas city, Mo., 5 p.m.
Mens basketball
vs. colorado/Texas Tech,
kansas city, Mo.,
11:30 a.m.
FRIDAY
Softball
vs. Missouri state, 2 p.m.
vs. Valparaiso, 4 p.m.
Baseball
at LsU, Baton rouge,
La., 7 p.m.
Rowing
at University of
oklahoma Invitational,
oklahoma city, okla.,
all day
Track
at ncaa Indoor
championships,
Fayetteville, ark., all day
Swimming & diving
at Zone d diving
championships, college
station, Texas, all day
S
he looks like a neighborhood kid
from Backyard Baseball throwing
corkscrews.
Even Pablo Sanchez would fan at Eri
Yoshidas stuff.
Yoshida, an 18-year-old pitcher from
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, was recently
offered a contract by the Chico Outlaws
of the Golden Baseball League. At 16,
she became the first female to make a
Japanese professional baseball team when
she was drafted by Kobe 9 Cruise.
Standing at 5-foot-1 with a fastball
topping out at 63 mph, Yoshida relies on
her sidearm knuckleball to fool hitters.
Inspired to throw the pitch after seeing
videos of Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim
Wakefield, her knuckler flutters unpre-
dictably at a cool 50 miles per hour.
Yoshida exemplifies everything but the
ordinary.
But pitching isnt all about standing
at 6-foot-5 and clocking 95 on the radar
gun. Its about getting outs; it doesnt real-
ly matter how you get there. A pitchers
primary objective is to not allow run-
ners on base. As long as he (or now she)
doesnt extend that half of the inning, he
or she is doing his or her job.
Consider Chad Bradford, the for-
mer Oakland Athletics pitcher and
Moneyball crush. Bradfords fastball
hovered around 86 mph and he threw
with his arm below his waist a sub-
marine pitcher. He looked more like a
trucker than a reliable relief pitcher. But
hitters never felt comfortable in the box
when Bradford was on the mound. It was
just something about him. Whatever it
was, he got outs.
Wakefield is another oddity. His heater
rarely reaches more than 80 miles per
hour. His primary pitch, the knuckleball,
ranges between 55-69 mph, depending
on varying factors. But because he has
mastered that one pitch, Wakefield is the
longest standing player on the Red Sox
and is a consistent innings eater.
But both Bradford and Wakefield
have what Yoshida does not: serviceable
alternate pitches. Some days, the knuckler
just isnt there. Like an enigma, poof, the
magic is gone. If Bradfords slider isnt
sliding, he at least has a decent fastball. If
Wakefields knuckler isnt knuckling, his
curveball and fastball will pass.
Yoshida has no fall-back pitch. Because
of that, she may fail.
But if she can continue her incredible
ability of getting batters out, no matter
how she does it, the opportunities will
keep coming.
If Yoshida is someday striking out Alex
Gordon, you heard it here first.
Maybe you wouldnt pick Yoshida
ahead of Sanchez for the backyard squad.
But at least consider her ahead of the
Khan brothers.
Editedby Kate Larrabee
No Easy Buckets
advances to title
The corec intramural bas-
ketball team no easy Buckets
is headed to its league cham-
pionship today. It defeated
selfs sixth Men 76-45 Monday.
This season, the team went
3-1-3 in league play.
It was a good win; we
played really well as a team,
Tim Taylor, a junior from Liber-
tyville, Ill., and team co-cap-
tain, said. we are just happy to
make it to the championship,
excited for that last game.
The team is comprised of
fve male and three female
players. at any time in a game,
each team playing corec must
have at least two females on
the court. no easy Buckets
often takes advantage of this
by playing all three.
we defnitely try to get the
ball to the girls because they
are worth more points, so you
defnitely want to give them
the ball,Taylor said.
For a two-point basket, a
woman gets three points. For
a three pointer, female players
get four and after a foul, they
get three shots instead of two.
Kathleen Gier
CAMPUS
O
R
N
E
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A friendly game
Valerie Skubal/KANSAN
Pete Knudtson, a graduate student fromSaginaw, Mich., dribbles around Mike Anderson, a
graduate student fromDelwood, Minn., in a game of 21 at the Ambler Student Recreation and
Fitness Center. Anderson and Knudtson play every Tuesday andThursday. I play for friendship
and to lose weight,Knudtson said.
MLB
Royals take victory
against Oakland As
sUrPrIse, ariz. rick ankiel
drove in four runs and Mitch
Maier hit a two-run homer as the
kansas city royals rallied, defeat-
ing an oakland athletics split
squad 11-10 Tuesday.
Associated Press
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / wedNeSdAy, MArCh 10, 2010 / SPORTS / 3B
Workin up a sweat
Valerie Skubal/KANSAN
Hai Cao, a frst year Ph.D graduate student fromHue, Vietnam, plays ping pong with her husband Li Truong at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness
Center. We love it, he is my coach. Its suitable for us,Cao said.
MLB
Diamondbacks beat Reds 10-4,
rough up right-hander Harang
ASSOCIATED PRESS
GOODYEAR, Ariz. Justin
Upton hit a two-run homer,
and the Arizona Diamondbacks
roughed up right-hander Aaron
Harang in his first spring training
start Tuesday, pulling away to a
10-4 victory over the Cincinnati
Reds.
Upton got a six-year, $51.25
million deal the second-largest
in franchise history last week.
The 22-year-old outfielder sin-
gled home a run and had a two-
run shot off Matt Maloney, who
is competing for the Reds fifth
starter role.
Harang, already picked to start
his fifth straight season opener,
lasted only 1 1/3 innings. He gave
up four hits, including three dou-
bles, and walked one, allowing
three runs overall.
The right-hander is coming
off two tough seasons. He went
6-17 in 2008 and was 6-14 last
season, when
he needed an
e me r g e n c y
appendectomy
in August. At
the recom-
mendation of
pitching coach
Bryan Price,
Harang has
been trying
to shorten his
stride to the
plate this spring.
Its still early on, so Im not
worried about it, Harang said.
There is still some fine-tuning.
Ive pitched a certain way for a
long time. If you watch tape from
the last two years, you can see Ive
increased my stride six or seven
inches from what it was.
When spring training began,
m a n a g e r
Dusty Baker
was noncom-
mittal about
w h e t h e r
Harang would
start a fifth
straight season
opener. He has
since decided
to stay with
Harang.
The ball
was coming out of Aarons hand
real nice today, Baker said. He
got two strikes on almost every-
body but couldnt put them away.
He threw 50 pitches in a short
period of time.
The ball was coming out
of Aarons hand real nice
today.
duSty BAKer
Cincinnati reds manager
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decides to make a decision.
During his nearly 30 years in
college football, Mitchells most
memorable signing day experi-
ence occurred in 2003, when he
was the recruiting coordinator at
Michigan State. At that time, he
was pursu-
ing a talented
l i ne b a c ke r
also consider-
ing Michigan.
On signing
day, Mitchell
t h o u g h t
he had the
l i nebacker,
L a M a r r
Wo o d l e y ,
lined up with
Michigan State. Instead, he signed
with rival Michigan.
Woodley, who is currently with
the Pittsburgh Steelers, earned
First-Team All-American honors
as a senior in 2006.
When that happens, Mitchell
said, in the back of your mind
youre saying, What could I have
done better? What did I do to
screw this up?
Mitchell insists thats the way
he always thinks after losing a
recruit.
In a business that is competi-
tive, never-ending and features
vastly diverse characters, part of
the battle is simply coming to
peace with your own personality
traits and quirks.
USC's Lane Kiffins in-your-face
public persona may work with
recruits, so, too, may Alabama's
Nick Sabans strictly business
approach, but Mitchell prefers a
more laid back approach.
Thats the one thing I dont
think people get in recruiting,
Mitchell said. They see this guy be
successful because hes flamboyant
and hes outgoing and hes flashy.
But if thats not you, you cant. You
have to be comfortable in your
own skin."
Sitting in
his office on a
sunny after-
noon, Mitchell
is direct and up
front with each
answer. No time
is spent over-
dramatizing or
underpl ayi ng
an aspect of a
world in which
most people only gather knowl-
edge from Rivals or Scout the
tips of the recruiting iceberg.
The e-mails, phone calls and
time spent connecting with
recruits are generally done with-
out much public knowledge.
So many times through the
process, kids want you to tell
them what they want to hear, said
Mitchell, who is also Kansas run-
ning backs coach. And you have
to do that to a certain extent, but
you also need to be honest and up
front with them.
And its those traits that cur-
rent and former Mitchell recruits
insist they most respect.
Say that youre in college and
things arent going the way you
want them to go well, with
me being from Kansas City, Im
45 minutes from my house so I
can go back home, said Dexter
McDonald, a defensive back
recruited by Mitchell for the
2010 class.
But on other terms, you want
to be able to go to someone you
can trust and someone that can
really care for you besides just on
the football field. And I know he
is that person.
During conversations with
recruits, Mitchell insists that he
never discusses other schools.
Instead, Mitchell said his pitch-
es focused solely on the bene-
fits of coach Turner Gill and the
University.
Darrian Miller, a running
back who verbally committed to
Kansas for 2011, said Mitchell
talked about past running backs
he coached and the things Miller
could accomplish at Kansas.
I wanted to be close to the run-
ning back coach and me and coach
Mitchell hit it off from the start,
Miller said. Hes just a straight
up coach and doesnt sugar coat
anything.
For now, Mitchell spends most
of his afternoons dissecting pos-
sible recruits.
There are plenty of tapes left to
be watched. More will certainly
arrive when the football season
gets closer.
Thats just the nature of the
business one that Mitchell is
certainly comfortable with.
The best form of advertise-
ment is word of mouth, Mitchell
said. If youre honest and up
front with them on the front end,
theyre going to say, Everything
he told me was going to happen,
happened.
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football (continued from 1B)
tournament (continued from 1B)
mike Gunnoe/KanSan
Abbey Holtz, a freshman fromTopeka, returns the ball Thursday. Holtz plays tennis as much as she can and played all four years for her high school.
"The weather has been getting nice so we have been playing," Holtz said.
Springtime smackdown
...You want to be able to
go to someone you can
trust...and I know he is
that person.
dexter Mcdonald
2010 defensive back recruit
goal was to prove the team was
worthy of its ranking.
Last season, Kansas went in
as the top
seed in the
Big 12 tour-
nament and
lost its frst
game to
Baylor.
Col l i ns
said he still
hurt think-
ing about
that game.
With such an inexperienced
team, Self said he wanted this
situation taken seriously even if
nothing came of it.
It isnt as much a game situ-
ation as it is respecting the situ-
ation, Self said. If were not at
our magic level, then anybody
can beat us.
Tat magic level has to do
with dealing with distractions
and balancing focus and energy.
Self said that the team had
played that
way 12 to
15 times
this year,
but that it
needed to be
consistent.
F o r
Collins, this
tournament
is all about
consistency
the same consistency that
got the Jayhawks a 29-2, 15-1
record.
I dont think it will change
the seeding, Collins said, but
we might as well fnish it of the
way we started.
Editedby KirstenHudson
brewers beat Cubs
after two-run homer
Mesa, ariz. Joe Inglett,
trying to win the fnal spot on
Milwaukees 25-man roster, hit a
two-run homer with two outs in
the ninth inning tuesday, lifting
the Brewers to a 5-3 victory over
the chicago cubs.
randy wells pitched three in-
nings of one-hit ball for the cubs.
he picked of the only man who
reached base, meaning he and
fellow starters carlos Zambrano
and ryan dempster have com-
bined to pitch to the minimum 27
batters in their four outings.
Jef suppan, who had pitched
two perfect innings his frst time
out, gave up three runs on fve
hits in three innings the frst
runs allowed by any of Milwau-
kees fve starters this spring.
derrek lee hit a solo homer of
suppan in the third for a 3-0
chicago lead.
cubs closer carlos Marmol
allowed two fourth-inning runs,
one unearned because of catcher
Geovany sotos throwing error,
and the Brewers tied it on Jody
Geruts double in the sixth.
In the ninth, adam heether
drew a leadof walk and scored
on Ingletts homer of Blake
Parker. Inglett, battling heether,
luis cruz and Mat Gamel for a
backup infelder job, is the only
candidate who is out of minor
league options.
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level, then anybody can
beat us.
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Five seniors strolled off
James Naismith Court at Allen
Fieldhouse for the final time
Saturday, leaving it a better place
than they found it.
Guards Danielle McCray, Sade
Morris, LaChelda Jacobs and
Kelly Kohn and forward Porscha
Weddington could have taken
their games elsewhere, perhaps to
a more traditional womens bas-
ketball powerhouse.
Instead, they gave coach
Bonnie Henrickson and her reno-
vation project a shot.
Youre talking about five
kids, when they had a decision
to come here, took a chance on
us trying to rebuild a program,
Henrickson said.
Following a 2005-06 season
in which Kansas finished 17-13
overall, uncertainties loomed in
the future. The Jayhawks three
leading scorers, Crystal Kemp,
Erica Hallman and Kaylee Brown,
all graduated.
Then the next batch of fresh-
men piled in and the culture
of Kansas womens basketball
changed. It took two years of
rebuilding, but in the 2008-09
season, the Jayhawks won 22
games, the most in Henricksons
tenure at Kansas.
The defining victories included
a 58-47 upset against No. 21 Iowa
State and a 69-45 victory against
No. 5 Baylor.
Ill be forever grateful and in
debt to those five kids who chose
here to try to be difference mak-
ers, Henrickson said. Thats not
easy when youre young.
Morris and McCray headline
the class that revamped the pro-
gram. But even they had their
doubts at first.
Ill never forget, we always
complained about the very first
week that we got here in the sum-
mer, Morris said. It was like Oh
my God, I cant believe Im doing
all this. Basketball isnt supposed
to be this hard.
Going from celebrity status as
high school seniors to freshmen
at the University was a difficult
transition for some.
Long days of weight lifting and
sprinting were new and initially
unwelcome.
I remember looking at
Danielle one day after we got
done working out and I could
barely open my eyes, Morris said.
We just laugh about it now. Its
just how far weve come. I cant
believe that we made it that far
after thinking, Man, I dont want
to do this anymore.
But they kept going.
Morris finished her career at
the University ranking sixth all-
time in minutes played (3,634
minutes), tied for
third in games
played (127 games)
and widely con-
sidered one of the
greatest defenders
in the programs
history.
Even after her
senior season was
cut short by an ACL
injury, McCray fin-
ished her career as
the fourth leading
scorer (1,934 points) in school
history, among nine other all-
time categories where she sits in
the top 10.
But the statistics pale in com-
parison to the less tangible effects
of this classs four years at the
University.
Im proud of what weve
accomplished and what weve
built, Morris said. Its been a
struggle for us seniors, but we
had a lot of fun. We grew as
teammates and as people.
This class once dreamed of
a prettier picture at the end of
the road.
A victory in Manhattan. A
conference championship. An
NCAA tournament run.
But despite an injury-ridden
senior season with a 15-14
record and likely another
WNIT appearance to come,
the seniors can look past the
numbers and recognize their
vast influence on the future.
Youve got to look at the big-
ger picture. We came into the
program here to try to build it up.
We brought 16,000 people here
last year,
Kohn
said of
last years
WNIT
champion-
ship game.
Weve
done a lot
of good
things
here in
the com-
munity, on
the court.
After Saturdays 78-54 loss, the
seniors strolled onto the court,
parents on both arms, tears trick-
ling down their cheeks, roses
dropping at their feet and thou-
sands of fans standing in ovation.
Henrickson greeted each family
with hugs and brief words.
Then, together, they walked
off the court one last time. As
seniors. As teammates. As family.
Like a group of sisters.
Weve been through everything
together. You go through every
type of experience in four years,
that really brings you closer
together, Kohn said. Nobody
can really understand that
besides us five. I think thats the
most special thing.
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WOmENS BASKETBALL
Seniors changed the court
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
Senior guard Danielle McCray walks onto the court with her family after her last home game.
Senior guards McCray, Sade Morris, LaChelda Jacobs and Kelly Kohn and forward Porscha Wed-
dington will all be graduating this spring.
associated PRess

A sports doctor at the center of
drug investigations in Canada and
the United States said Monday he
treated Alex Rodriguez after the
Yankees slugger had hip surgery
last year. He said he prescribed
anti-inflammatories, but not
human growth hormone.
Dr. Anthony Galea also told
The Associated Press that an assis-
tant who was stopped at the U.S.-
Canadian border in Buffalo,
N.Y., last year was carrying only
a minuscule amount of HGH
which Galea said was for his own
use. The doctor reiterated that
he has never given the drug to
an athlete.
I only brought enough for
her to do two injections into me
because I was away for two nights,
said Galea, who believes authori-
ties and the media have exagger-
ated the accusations involving him
and his practice.
They made it look like I had
100 vials. I had one little vial and
two doses were for me and you
think that someone along the
line would ask Well how much
is there?
Rodriguez and other high-
profile baseball players includ-
ing Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran
have been contacted by U.S. fed-
eral investigators regarding Galea.
Reyes and Beltran each say they
did not receive HGH from Galea.
Rodriguez said last week he was
aware of the investigation and
plans to cooperate with the gov-
ernment. He declined comment
again when asked about Galea
after he left New Yorks spring
training game Monday against
the Pittsburgh
Pirates.
G a l e a
said that he
helped with
Ro d r i g u e z s
r e h a b i l i t a -
tion from hip
surgery l ast
March.
He had a
damaged hip.
Inflamed. It was
damaged, Galea said in an inter-
view at his clinic. He needed anti-
inflammatories for his hip. I was
basically helping in the rehab.
The Yankees released a state-
ment last Monday saying they
never authorized Galea to treat the
slugger. If Rodriguez was treated
without club consent, any attempt
to determine whether he violated
his record $275 million, 10-year
contract, its guarantee language
or baseballs collective bargaining
agreement likely would hinge on
whether treatment was elective or
necessary.
He is facing four charges in
Canada related to the drug known
as Actovegin, which is used as
another healing technique.
The drug, extracted from calf s
blood and used for healing, is not
approved for sale in Canada, but
doctors can prescribe it if they
inform patients
about what it
is. Using, sell-
ing or import-
ing Actovegin
is illegal in the
United States;
it is not banned
by the World
Anti -Dopi ng
Agency.
The 51-year-
old Galea says
that hes taken HGH which is
banned by the major sports for
a decade because it can improve
the quality of life for people
over 40.
He became the focus of authori-
ties attention last year when his
assistant, Mary Anne Catalano,
was stopped at the border. U.S.
federal court documents say 20
vials and 76 ampoules of unknown
misbranded drugs.
mLB
A-Rods doctor under investigation
Huskies headed for
second No. 1 season
NeW yOrK A few more
wins and Connecticut is set to
become the second team to run
through two straight seasons
as the No. 1 team in womens
basketball.
The huskies are No. 1 in The
Associated Press womens Top
25 for a 42nd straight time over
a two-year span after receiving
all 40 first-place votes from the
APs media panel.
Louisiana Tech is the only
team to pull off the feat, from
1980-82. In all only six teams
have run through the poll from
start to finish at No. 1 includ-
ing three times by UConn.
The huskies won their NCAA
record 71st straight game
Monday night, beating No. 6
Notre dame 59-44 in the Big
east tournament semifinals. The
victory broke their own mark
set from 2001-03.
Stanford, Nebraska, Ten-
nessee and Xavier round out
the top 5 for the third straight
week. duke moved up two
places to seventh after win-
ning its first ACC conference
tournament since 2004 on
Sunday. Ohio State climbed to
eighth after winning the Big
Ten tournament. The Buckeyes
were followed by West Virginia
and Florida State. Both teams
dropped two spots.
Texas A&M jumped four spots
to 11th and was followed by
Oklahoma and Georgetown.
The hoyas were followed by
three more Big 12 teams
Iowa State, Texas and Baylor.
UCLA entered the poll for the
first time since 2006. Virginia
was the only team to drop out.
Associated Press
mENS BASKETBALL
Ill be forever grateful
and in debt to those fce
kids who chose here to try
to be diference makers.
dr. ANThONy GALeA
Sports doctor for Alex rodriguez
Youre talking about fve
kids, when they had a
decision to come here,
took a chance on us trying
to rebuild a program.
BONNIe heNrICKSON
Coach
mLB
DeRosa steps up
with single swing
SCOTTSdALe, Ariz. One pitch,
one swing and Mark derosa
showed the kind of threat he can
be for San Franciscos ofense.
derosa lined a sharp single
over shortstop Omar Vizquels
head in his debut at-bat after
being limited following October
wrist surgery, and the Giants
beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2
on Tuesday.
Fred Lewis and Buster Posey hit
consecutive homers in the eighth
for San Francisco.
The game was delayed an hour
by heavy rain in the desert.
White Sox starter John danks
struck out four over three score-
less innings. he hasnt given up a
run in his fve spring innings.
Associated Press
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were resolved to play on.
Skips good about getting a
window, junior outfielder Brian
Heere said. Hes always saying
'Weve got a window boys,' so
youve always got to be mentally
ready to play no matter what.
Ready the Jayhawks were,
shelling every pitcher the Spires
sent to the mound. Heere did
most of the damage for Kansas,
going 3-for-3 with two doubles, a
triple and four RBIs before being
taken out of the lineup once the
game was out of hand.
Because the opposing pitchers
didnt provide much of a chal-
lenge for Kansas batters, the real
theme of the day was the progress
made by Poppe.
He really filled up the zone
and let his defense play behind
him, Heere said. He took a huge
step forward.
Edited by Drew Anderson
baseball (continued from 1b)
n with the victory, coach
Price notched number 250
at the helm, passing dave
Bingham, and moving into
second place all-time in kan-
sas baseball history. Price still
sits behind kansas baseball
legend Floyd Temple, who
had 438 wins.
Im just proud of the job
our staf has done since we
came here, and the progress
weve made with our pro-
gram, Price said. certainly I
have great respect for Floyd
Temple, and hes one of my
favorite people Ive ever met
in the game, and when I get
to him that one will be
special.
n Jordan dreiling made
his frst start of the season at
third base, after making six
appearances at the hot corner
as a defensive replacement.
The Free state product went
2-5 from the
plate, with a
double and
two rBI and
a run scored.
dreiling
also showed
why coach
Price lauds
his defen-
sive abilities. on one play in
particular, dreiling charged a
slow roller, picked it up with
a bare-hand and fred a strike
to frst, recording the out.
n Because of the lopsided
score, coach Price was able to
give virtually every member
of his bench some extended
playing time.
most notable was redshirt
sophomore nolan mansfeld,
who logged his frst action as
a Jayhawk. after taking over
defensively in left feld in
the seventh, mansfeld led
of the eighth with a ringing
double of the fence for his
frst collegiate hit.
n one replacement made
for quite the oddity. In the
bottom of the ffth, senior
pitcher Travis Blankenship
was inserted into the game as
a pinch runner for sophomore
James stanfeld. when the
next batter, dreiling, ripped
a double down the frst base
line, Blankenship scampered
home and tallied a rare run
scored.
Game notes
dreiling
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Senior pitcher Thomas Marcin fres the ball in the ninth inningTuesday. The Jayhawks defeated Saint Mary 10-0.
Taylor needs to show he has
got the goods against Tabor
BY ANDREW HAMMOND
ahammond@kansan.com
In its second back-to-back
game this week, Kansas will start
redshirt freshman Tomas Taylor
at home against Tabor at 3 p.m.
today. Taylor is hoping to improve
on a high ERA of 8.44 in fve in-
nings of work and two no deci-
sions so far in 2010.
Hopefully he can take com-
mand of the strike zone a lot better
than he did against Iowa, coach
Ritch Price said.
Sunday, Taylor pitched two in-
nings and allowed one hit against
Iowa. He struck out two batters
but struggled starting in the third
inning. He ended up walking four
straight batters in the inning and
ended his day earlier than expect-
ed.
Te biggest
thing for me is
throw strikes,
calm down, re-
lax and just hav-
ing confdence
in myself and
in my pitches,
Taylor said.
One thing
that did help
Taylor through
the frst two innings was the hot
start that the Jayhawks got of to
against the Hawkeyes. Te ofense
has been red-hot lately and Taylor
hopes to watch that trend roll on
when he goes to the mound today.
Our hitters are doing awesome
so far and have played well, Tay-
lor said. Its me thats the biggest
problem right now. Im beating
myself.
Taylor will try to build on the
success of Tanner Poppe who got
the win versus St. Marys Tuesday.
Once again, the
Jayhawks will
be facing a
non-Divi si on
I opponent,
this time Tabor
College from
Hillsboro. Mark
Staniford is the
Blue Jays coach.
Tabor comes
in with a record
of 9-5 on the season. Te Blue Jays
are undefeated on the road this
season and sport a batting average
of .350. Teir pitchers come into
the match-up with a 4.12 ERA.
Edited by Kate Larrabee
Hopefully he can take
command of the strike
zone a lot better than he
did against Iowa.
rITch PrIce
coach
After Iowa's game,
Taylor needs to
prove his worth
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