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Morris twins enter NBA draft

tdwyer@kansan.com Marcus and Markieff Morris signed with agent Tony Dutt of Rival Sports Group, LLC, effectively killing any chance for the twin forwards to return to the University of Kansas. The departure of the twins had been expected since news that they had met with a different agent in Los Angeles last week. I have thoroughly enjoyed my

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three seasons as a Kansas Jayhawk, and consider it a privilege to have had the opportunity to play for coach Self and his staff, Marcus said in a press release from the company. It was a difficult deci-

sion but I feel its the right time for me to realize my dream to play in the National Basketball Association. Marcus was the Jayhawks leading scorer and was named an All-American by several outlets. Markieff was the Jayhawks leading rebounder and was named All-Big 12. As I move on to the professional stage of my career I will always remember my time as a Jayhawk, Markieff said. Playing here has prepared me for the opportunity

to have a successful career in the NBA. Marcus said his coaches and teammates made their three years at Kansas great, and also said support from the Jayhawk fans could never be matched. We appreciate everything they did for us while we were here, he said. When we say F.O.E. we are saying Family Over Everything and that includes the Jayhawk Nation. Kansas coach Bill Self said the twins were ready for the NBA,

and that he supports 100 percent their decision to leave Kansas. Self s support in their decision, Markieff said, made it easier. This decision was tugging at both our hearts, Markieff said. Coach Self thinks this is a good time and we feel this is the best for us and for our family. We will always be Jayhawks and be part of this family. ESPNs Chad Ford tweeted that both twins are mid-first round picks, while the general consensus among experts is that Marcus

could be a late lottery pick (top 14), while Markieff will go a few spots after him. When the time is right, the time is right and certainly now the time is right for those guys to go onto the next level, Self said. This leaves Kansas with Thomas Robinson and Jeff Withey as the only returning posts, but Kansas is still in the running for several recruits in the class of 2011. Edited by Samantha Collins

Boun c y Ba ll s & Banana Peels

SUA set up a track complete with obstacles to resemble Mario Kart
jshorman@kansan.com Jessica Parrs video game interest meant real life cash Thursday evening. Parr, a freshman from Onaga, won an early round of Student Union Activites Kansas Kart in the visitors parking lot on Daisy Hill. The event, modeled after the video game Mario Kart, combined a looping track with obstacles and power-ups in the form of water balloons, bouncy balls and banana peels that racers used against opponents. Every round eight participants raced through two laps on oversized tricycles. The winner each round won a $15 gift card. Parr opted for bouncy balls, which forced racers to spin around if hit by one. One hundred percent bouncy ball every time, Parr said. Others went for banana peels. Heather Kaplan, a sophomore from Shawnee, handed out peels to racers. She also donned a banana suit for the event. Whats more fun than wearing a banana suit? Kaplan said. Kaplan and other event staff originally tried to eat the bananas for the peels but gave up after about 10. Rain had threatened to derail Kansas Kart, but the sky held for the event. The event is just one of several events SUA is producing in the remaining month and a half left in the semester. SUA vice president of communications Andrew Fillmore, a junior from Belle Plaine, spoke about some of the highlights:

New platform wants to bring in big names

Were happy this is one of their platforms and we look foramcnaughton@kansan.com ward to sitting down with them and seeing what can happen, A newly released platform for Anderson said. Jim Marchiony, the assistant the Senate coalition KUnited addresses using University ath- athletics director, said its not an impossible feat KUnited is letic venues for concerts attempting. and speakers. B u t , P re s i d e nt i a l Marchiony candidate said, It is L i b b y very difJohnson, ficult to a senior Student Senate schedule f r o m outside Lawrence, events s a i d COverage at Allen KUnited Fieldhouse. would like During the to work with academic year, the Athletics the Fieldhouse is Department and reserved exclusively Student Union Activities to use Allen Fieldhouse and for basketball and in the sumMemorial Stadium to house mer it is reserved for camps. Historically, though, its been major events. Johnson said the platform done. As recently as 2006 Allen stemmed from listening to a friends parents reminisce about Fieldhouse hosted comedian and actor Bill Cosby during their time at the University. They talked about how Homecoming week. Even artists such as Bob when they went to school they remember having concerts after Marley and Louis Armstrong basketball games, Johnson said. once graced the University with And we would like to welcome their musical presence. Certain artists wont come big name artists and speakers, things like that, back into Allen because we have to be able to Fieldhouse and even Memorial offer them a sell-out space and this could help in bringing any Stadium. KUniteds goal is to make artist, Johnson said. Marchiony said the first disthose venues more accessible as an option to infrequently house cussions regarding this kind of proposal would most likely take big events. SUA president Rachel place between himself and the Anderson said attempts were Athletics Department facilities made year after year to have an staff. Without knowing specifics event in Allen Fieldhouse. Something like what KUnited and without speaking to other is proposing would be ideal, staff members, he said it was Anderson said. But the ques- difficult to discuss feasibility. We would talk about it as tion will still be do we spend a huge amount of money for that a department and decide on one show or spread it out over whether or not it would be something we would want to the entire year? Funding will always be an schedule here and something issue to book events, Anderson we would want to represent, said, but developing a partner- Marchiony said. Neither Marchiony nor ship could help fray those costs. Anderson, a senior from Anderson said they had personManhattan, said as an organiza- ally spoken with KUnited coalition SUA had discussed this idea tion members. extensively.

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to dance Wednesday, April 13, for $500. Dance teams will square off against each other on a square stage with audience members seated on all four sides, forcing dancers to use choreography not always seen on traditional stages. Teams must consist of at least three students. Those wishing to participate can apply at suaevents. com. Author and sex columnist Dan Savage is coming to Woodruff Auditorium Tuesday, April 19, to speak about the It Gets Better project, which he created. It Gets Better consists of a series of videos designed to communicate to gay and lesbian youth that it gets better regardless of the hostility or insecurity they may be experiencing. Celebrities and politicians have lent their names to the cause, including President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron. Fillmore said that although Savage often did his Savage Love presentation, the Union event will be focused on It Gets Better. The event is $5 with a KU student ID. SUA will host hip-hop artist Mike Posner at Liberty Hall Tuesday, April 26. Posner is perhaps best known for his songs Cooler Than Me and Please Dont Go. Tickets are available at the SUA Box Office on the fourth level of the Kansas Union and are $15 for students.

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Jon Sabillon, a senior from Lawrence, dresses up as Mario for SUAs Kansas Kart event Thursday afternoon and cheers as Jeni Burrows, SUAs special event coordinator from Belle Plaine, drives them through the finish line. There was a track set up in the parking lot of the Visitors Center with various obstacles and had handful of different projectiles the drivers could pick up.

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Saturday

Sunday

Some events move to downtown

Kansas Relays moves three events to downtown Lawrence.

team has first spring practice

Coach Turner Gill studies his players during practice to decide on their positions.

Kansas needs to strengthen its defense for weekends game against oklahoma St.
After losing its two games against Oklahoma earlier this week, the Kansas softball team fell 0-8 in its conference record.

Forecasts by University students. For a complete detailed forecast for the week, see page 2A.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

Babies do not want to hear about babies; they like to be told of giants and castles. Samuel Johnson

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FRIDAY:
partly sunny. High 72. Winds east 5 mph.

FRIDAY NIgHT: SATURDAY:

Cloudy. Low 62. Winds south 10 mph. partly sunny. High 87. Winds south 10 to 20 mph. Gusting to 30. 30 percent chance of rain. Cloudy and breezy. Low 65. 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. High 77. low 46. mostly sunny. High 69.

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FACT OF THE DAY

The Giant Eland is the largest species of antelope it weighs almost 2,000 lb. The smallest is the royal Antelope, which weighs about 1/500th as much. qi.com

one year ago this weekend, chancellor Gray-little was inaugurated as our seventeenth chancellor. our youngest chancellor was franklin murphy (age 35) and our longest-tenured chancellor was Ernest lindley (1920-1939).

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Whats going on?

SATURDAY

FRIDAY
April 8
n kU alumnus and producer mark Amin will show his film peaceful Warrior at 7 p.m. at oldfather studios. A reception with pizza will follow the event.

April 9

SUNDAY
April 10
n international student and scholar services will host the isA World cup soccer Tournament from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at shenk fields. The event is free.

mONDAY
April 11
n J.V. sapinoso will host a seminar on gender from 3 to 5 p.m. at Hall center.

n The department of visual arts will host an open drawing of a live nude model from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in room 405 of the Art and design building.

TUESDAY
April 12
n The University senate Executive committee will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. in strong Hall.

WEDNESDAY
April 13
n University Advising center will advise students on which resources and tools will work best for them from noon to 2 p.m. in the kansas Union.

THURSDAY
April 14
n richard reber and the school of music, will hold a discussion of 20th century music in relation to animation projects at the oldfather studios from 2 to 3 p.m.

COmmUNITY

KUnited fined for early chalking

icummings@kansan.com The Student Senate elections commission voted Thursday to fine the KUnited coalition a total of $50 for two separate violations of the elections code. The commission found that KUnited had violated election rules by chalking on campus before the official start of the election season and by leaving stacks of handbills in a fraternity house. The election code mandates that chalking may not begin until five weeks before the election. Each violation incurred a $25 fine. RenewKU filed a total of four complaints with the commission. The third complaint also concerned the distribution of handbills but was unanimously dismissed. The fourth complaint, concerning the location of a KUnited campaign table, was withdrawn. The complaints were filed between March 1 and March 15. Representatives of KUnited had argued that they should not be sanctioned for the chalking violation because the official election calendar had not been released at the time of the incident, leaving them to interpret the rules for themselves. Representatives of KUnited and RenewKU disagreed as to whether those five weeks were meant to include spring break. Including spring break in the five weeks would put KUniteds early March chalking before the permitted start date. The election commission ruled that spring break be included in the five-week period and unanimously voted to sanction KUnited. We did foresee the possibility of a complaint, Alex Rippberger, a senator for KUnited and a sophomore from Olathe, said. Thats why we have an elections commission. Justin Hitt, campaign manager for RenewKU and a junior from

STUDENT SENATE

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Student Senate fined the KUnited coalition $50 for chalking before permitted. Desoto, said that the early chalking gave a false impression that KUnited was the only coalition campaigning, which could damage the integrity of the election. Hitt said he was pleased that the violations had been entered into the record, but disappointed at the size of the sanctions. Coalitions regularly spend $7,000 or $8,000 on a campaign, Hitt said. Im not sure this is going to send the message. During the hearing, Hitt and RenewKU finance chair Sean Elliott also voiced their displeasure with the handling of the election calendar by senate chief of staff Aaron Dollinger and raised questions about his involvement in the campaign as a member of KUnited. Hitt said that RenewKU would consider pursuing a complaint against Dollinger through the Senates court of appeals. Edited by Samantha Collins

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Free copies of Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird were given out to students at Anschutz library Thursday afternoon as a part of Read Across Lawrence 2011. Each book had a sticker on the back that encouraged people to read the book and pass it on to another person.

Public library encourages reading with city-wide event

By Laura sather
lsather@kansan.com The Lawrence Public Library held its kickoff event for the Read Across Lawrence festival Thursday night. The community initiative featured Harper Lees classic To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel that adult programs director Rachel Smalter Hall said would appeal to audiences of all ages. Any ages, anyone, if youre neighbors, youre strangers, youre friends, can come together and really talk about the themes involved, Smalter Hall said. In the past, the festival has featured books such as In Cold Blood by Truman Capote and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. At Thursdays kickoff event, acclaimed author Charles Shields, who wrote two versions of Harper Lees biography, explained to readers why the novel continues to be taught in two-thirds of American high schools. A great book reads you as you read the book, Shields said. It poses questions that you have to answer. You may not know that youre being asked those questions, but you cant help but think, What would I do? Smalter Hall said the whole program cost little to put on. She spent money only on renting venues, bringing in guest speakers, printing brochures, and buying copies of the book to hand out. The library had many additional donors including Signs of Life bookstore, Wells Fargo Bank and the KU Libraries. In addition to donating money, Theatre Lawrence collaborated with the library to put on a stage production of To Kill a Mockingbird, starting Friday at 7:30 p.m. Smalter Hall said this collaboration of artistic forms says a lot about the city. Before I came to Lawrence, I didnt realize what an arts hub it was. Its really fun to see that its not just visual arts; its not just music arts, Smalter Hall said. It shows that Lawrence is a very open, welcoming, inclusive arts community, no matter which medium you produce your art in. Smalter Hall said the library would like to get the community more involved in the program in the years to come by maybe letting readers choose the book and bringing in high-profile authors for events. Edited by Marla Daniels

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Dancers crew kicks it old school

BY STEPHANIE SCHULTZ
sschultz@kansan.com If a good song starts playing on Tyron Smiths iPod while he is on campus, he has no problem busting out dancing right in the middle of a bus stop. Smith, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., took an interest in dance at a young age. Roller skating with his mom and older sister and having an uncle who was a great dancer are among the influences that caused Smith to take up dancing. Once my dad saw that I liked dancing and going roller skating, he told me all these stories about how my uncle was a great dancer and he was in the East Coast and people would come from all across the country to battle him, Smith said. So I heard all these exciting stories and I said, OK, I want to be like him. Smith said he generally liked to describe his style of dancing as hip-hop and pop-lock style dancing. I like to relate my dancing to the Jabbawockeez, Smith said of the dance crew that won the first season of Americas Best Dance Crew. They are actually one of my idols when it comes to dancing. Smith and his crew, known in Lawrence as the K.I.O.S. Crew, meet a couple of times a month for dance sessions. After the three members of the crew had trouble settling on a name, Smith stepped up with an

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Salon Hawk blacked out its windows to allow privacy for Muslim female customers who wear a hijab. It will host A Day of Modesty on Sunday to give Muslim women the salon experience.

Salon Hawk caters to Muslim women

BY LAUrA NIgHTENgALE
lnightengale@kansan.com Girl talk and pampering of a day at the salon is an experience many Muslim women dont get. Those who wear a hijab, the traditional headscarf, adhere to a code of modesty that does not allow them to show their hair in public, but Salon Hawk, located on the third floor of the Kansas Union, is sponsoring a special event to allow these women the complete salon experience. A Day of Modesty will take place this Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., when Salon Hawk will black out their windows to allow the needed privacy. Many times, Muslim women are treated in back rooms of a salons or go months between hair appointments. Salon Hawk owner and operator Emily Willis said her experiences hearing stories from clients and friends who would ask her for at-home haircuts prompted her to create the event. Basically every experience Ive heard from the girls has been a horror experience, Willis said. They cant just go somewhere and get their hair cut because they require privacy. Her vision for the event is to support women whose religion and culture doesnt fit into mainstream culture. Our goal being in the Union is to reach out to every student and give them every opportunity hair care-wise, Willis said. Salon Hawk is the only provider in Lawrence that offers full privacy curtain services, Willis said. Because of the lack of privacy opportunities, women from as far away as Kansas City are scheduled to attend the event, which will benefit the Lawrence Islamic Center. The salon always offers privacy curtains by appointment, which Willis says happens about twice per week. A Day of Modesty will be open to all clients though no men will be admitted during the event, Muslim or otherwise. We dont care where they come from. We dont care if they wear the scarf. We dont care if they dont wear the scarf, Willis said. We cater to the needs of all students. Edited by Tali David

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Tyron Smith, a junior from Kansas City, Pheng Vang, a freshman Kansas City, Ricky Yang, a somphomore from Kansas City are members of K.I.O.S. idea. Last year we danced to real old school style music, so I was like OK, dancing old school. Kicking it old school. K.I.O.S., Smith said. K.I.O.S. Crew is training for KUs Best Dance Crew April 13 at 7 p.m. Smith said the crew had its routine and music down last year, but they lost. This year, they are looking at things differently. For this competition this year, we have been trying to get our mindset together and think of the best and possible routines that will work for all of us, said Ricky Yang, member of the K.I.O.S. Crew and sophomore from Kansas City, Kan. For Smith, one of the most difficult aspects of putting together a performance is the music. My friends like to get the moves and then get the music but, with me, I like to base my moves around the music, Smith said. It took about two weeks to get the songs together, and now the K.I.O.S. Crew is finalizing moves for the KUs Best Dance Crew competition. I think performing in front of a crowd is lots of fun, said Pheng Bang, member of K.I.O.S. Crew and freshman from Kansas City, Kan. Putting together dances to show what you can do as a team and as an individual is lots of fun, I think. Smith said he believed everyone could dance well and, once people got out of their comfort zones, they could get better. Dont just keep your moves to

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Jeeva K.i.O.S. Unity dance Marathon Asian Sandwich and three other unnamed teams yourself, Smith said. Just get out there and share your talent with the world. Edited by Helen Mubarak

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On Friday, May 6, SUA will bus students to the Crossroads district in Kansas City for the evening, before bussing them back. The Crossroads District is home to several art galleries. The cost is $5. Though SUA scales back its

cOALITION (continued fRom 1A)

Johnson said vice presidential candidate Gabe Bliss and herself had informally spoken with members of SUA and the Athletics Department regarding the platform. Its just Allen Fieldhouse has so many traditions around it. Its such a great place for basketball and can be a great place for artists, too, Johnson said. KUnited recently released more than 10 platforms for the upcoming Student Senate elections. To learn more information about this and other platforms, go to www.kunited.org. Edited by Marla Daniels

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schedule during summer break, it does hold some events during the summer school term. Fillmore said that while SUA leadership focused on planning for the fall, the union typically hosted free bowling during some weekday evenings and last summer showed an outdoor film. Edited by Marla Daniels

Kansas Relays moves select events to downtown Lawrence this year

BY LAUrA NIgHTENgALE
lnightengale@kansan.com An 84-year-old Lawrence tradition will take a new turn when the Kansas Relays take over the downtown area next month. Three events the elite mens shot put, the elite mens long jump, and the street mile will be held in downtown Lawrence on April 20 and 21. After seeing videos from similar street shot puts that took place in Europe, relays director Milan Donley had the idea to hold the Relays events downtown, something he said has never been done in the United States. Donley said he chose the shot put and long jump as the featured events because of their appeal and portability. The nine athletes competing in the invitational sections of shot put and long jump rank among the top in the world, and will most likely deliver impressive performances. The street mile event will feature a few professional athletes, but it is the only event that will also accept citizen entries. There will be a few elite runners in there, but its mainly a citizens race, Donley said. Registration is open to the public and requires a fee of $18, which includes a T-shirt and button for the Kansas Relays events. The city will cooperate with KU Athletics for the events by allowing temporary street closings downtown. The long jump will be held on 8th Street between Massachusetts and Vermont streets at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Assembly of a runway and sandpit for competition will cause the street to shut down from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on the day of the competition. A larger, more demanding layout will be required for the shot put competition, and 8th Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets will be closed from 6 a.m.

TRAcK AND fIELD

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Kansas sophomore Lawson Montgomery competes in heat six of the mens 110 meter hurdle preliminary event Friday morning at Memorial Stadium. Lawson took first in his heat with a time of 14.64 seconds, advancing him to the final event. to 11 p.m. Wednesday. The street mile will close New Hampshire and Vermont streets from 7th to 11th streets, as well as the intersection of 11th and Massachusetts streets. In addition to the new location of the Relays, the events at Memorial Stadium will boast some new features. Attractions around the stadium will include food vendors, athletic apparel vendors and a fun zone. Adidas will provide a new fun zone event in which spectators can line up for a 40-yard sprint to test their speed against American recordholder Tyson Gay. On Saturday, Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown will run the 100-meter dash, and in high school competition, the girls and boys mile and 100-meter races will be featured as part of the Jim Ryun Dream Mile event. The winners of each race will receive an automatic bid to compete in the Dream Mile events at the Adidas Grand Prix this summer in New York. Edited by Amanda Sorell

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MUSIC

Former Creed singer takes acoustic route

sT. loUis scott stapp, known for the big, loud concerts he performed as lead singer of arena rock band creed, strips it all down on his latest tour. im excited to get out there and bare my soul, stapp says. im breaking the songs down to the core, and this enables me to really push my boundaries as a vocalist. He says the shows feature him and a friend on a pair of acoustic guitars, playing creed hits and

songs from stapps first solo album, The Great divide (2005). Translating the hits of creed, whose biggest songs include Higher and With Arms Wide open, to acoustic versions was an easy task for stapp because the songs were originally written acoustically, he says. Hell also cover songs that he has come to love over the years. some of those songs might include the doorsriders on the storm and light my fire, leonard cohens Hallelujah, Alice coopers 18.
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MoVIES

The Office actor becomes quirky superhero in Super

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ance. Zoning out in front of the TV, watching a Christian network, Frank gets an idea via a superhero character known as The Holy Avenger (Nathan Fillion): Why not become his own superheroic savior, The Crimson Bolt, and get that woman off his back? With the hyperactive assistance of a comics store clerk who nicknames herself Boltie, the wrench-wielding Frank starts putting both scum and casual transgressors alike in the hospital, or the morgue. Ellen Page, as the clerk with the insatiable bloodlust, is the best thing about Super. We could get claws! Like Wolverine! she says, so excited she can barely contain herself. The face-gashings and blood geysers grow increasingly explicit in Super, partly for laughs, partly because Gunn who started out writing for the notorious trashmeisters of Troma films and directed a very good killer movie, Slither has an interest in complicating, to some degree, the audiences attitude toward Frank. Hes like the schlubby second cousin to the George C. Scott character in the revenge thriller Hardcore, a scold when it comes to his sidekicks expletives (No cussing!) and a righteous kettle of violence. The films limitation is its familiarity. The notion of an ordinary citizen becoming a superhero, with or without superpowers, carries little creative currency at this point in time. Still, Wilson does amusingly steely work, while Page goes bonkers, giving her gleeful nut job one of the more memorable laughs in recent American film history.

Best known as Dwight, the perpetually failing schemer on The Office, Rainn Wilson is blessed with a swell face for a cut-rate, homemade superhero mask. Those glaring eyes really pop through. And the actors way of italicizing his comic reactions to the latest perceived or genuine slight has a way of filling out even an ill-fitting crime fighters uniform. In writer-director James Gunns Super, Wilson plays Frank, a sullen fry cook who is good and sick of feeling like a loser. His recovering addict wife (Liv Tyler) has been seduced, both chemically and sexually, by a drug-dealing Lothario (Kevin Bacon). Frank speaks to God, pleading for guid-

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handwritten notes are often indecipherable, even to me) and augment the lecture or discussion by providing me with in-depth Wikipedia pages about virtually anything the professor mentions. However, I also believe that laptops are often misused and abused by lazy students who seem to believe that they can acquire information simply by being in a classroom, and that their attention can be dedicated to Tetris while said information floats through their ears and sticks to their brains. Those students are fairly easy to spot, and any professor who is trying to impart upon his or her students the wondrous gift of knowledge is completely right to be irritated by their zombie-like presence. Its another question entirely whether its really worth it to call these students out in front of the whole class. If professors felt the need to confront every inconsiderate student for his or her jackassery, the syllabus of every course would simply read: The entirety of each class will consist of me confronting every inconsiderate student for his or her jackassery. The final exam will be cumulative. And that jackassery, annoying though it may be to the professor, is usually not nearly as disruptive as the professors response to it. It usually brings the class to a screeching halt, and the rest of the lecture is so fraught with awkward tension that uncomfortable students usually find themselves wishing they hadnt been paying attention. The key, I think, is to be covert in your distractedness. Theres a guy in one of my classes who spends virtually the entire time looking at collegehumor. com. But he also frequently contributes to the discussion, and more than that, he actually makes pretty good points. Its really quite impressive. If we could all become master multitaskers, then wed have no need for frivolous assault charges. Cant we all just get along and at least pretend to pay attention in class? Nichols is a senior in creative writing from Stilwell.

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I really hate it when people end up taking the same pictures of themselves, and all their newsfeed is every other day is a picture of them posing, or a picture of them drinking with a straw, or a picture of them posing before they go to bed. It is so vain. I just Facebook stalked your mom. And I judged her. Words with Friends with Benefits: Playing each other while you play with each other. Its kind of hard for me to focus in my 8 a.m. class when the person next to me is radiating the smell of beer! Rule 76: Once in a while declare a peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies. I told my dad I accidentally hit a church, and his reaction was knocking on heavens door, eh? ... This is why I love him. Spent too much money at Wal-mart... I hate being poor. Why is it that the one time I find a girl that is as interested in me as I am in her, her best friend has to be borderline obsessive when it comes to me? They need to have a relationship status on Facebook that says, So single that its not funny anymore. Why are all my friends getting tattoos? Im thinking its a quarter life crisis. Im a man. I have no emotions. I do love candy though. My heaven equals James Franco with a vibrating penis. New goal before I graduate: do something that will get me on Web Redemption on Tosh.0. Today my phone autocorrected the word morning to Morningstar. Thanks, autocorrect, but basketball season is over. =( If your Facebook wall is just a string of status updates... You should a) STOP b) STOP c) its embarrassing d) make more friends. Dear fellow concert attendees: Please SHUT UP! I paid good money to listen to good music, NOT your conversation. Show some respect and actually cease talking while the performance happens. Thank you. FACT: If you tell me to be quiet at lecture, I automatically hate you even though I would do the same thing. Every time someones says any day of the week, all I can think about is that stupid song Friday. She ruined my imagination. Lets get her!!! I changed my eating times and changed my section in Es. I have not just been avoiding you, but hardcore avoiding you. Needless to say I did not enjoy eating with you when you finally found me.

Have you ever been sitting in class, minding your own business, when all of the sudden your professor rudely interrupts your Facebook chat to call you out for not paying attention? You were probably totally embarrassed, spending the remainder of the class period stewing with anger over the tremendous atrocity your professor committed upon your innocent and now-blushing visage. Perhaps you contemplated revenge, wondering what crime you could possibly have professor Jerkyjerk arrested for. Turns out the answer is simple: assault! Last week, Dr. Frank Rybicki of Valdosta State University was arrested for closing a laptop on the hands of a student who evidently was a notorious class-time Web surfer. The student pressed assault charges, and Dr. Rybicki was suspended. For closing a students laptop. If that seems stupid and unfair, its because its really stupid and really, really unfair. This whole situation is basically David Mamets controversial play

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anichols@kansan.com Oleanna, except with all the trenchant psychosexual drama replaced by a reallife Twitter feud. Now, Im of the belief that draconian laptop policies are counterproductive. Personally, Im far more likely to be distracted with a pen and a paper with their sweet promises of infinite fantastical doodles beckoning me to pay no attention to the infodrone buzzing endlessly in front of the classroom than by my computer, where I can only check Facebook and Gmail so many times before Im bored enough to actually start listening to the professor. Also, using a laptop can radically improve my learning experience, allowing me to produce legible notes (my

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Relationship with God should determine decision about sex

Dont have sex, because you will get pregnant and die! Dont have sex in the missionary position. Dont have sex standing up. Just dont do it. OK? Promise? This scene from the movie Mean Girls is what most teenagers hear growing up being told what to do and how to lead a perfect lifestyle. But once in college, we start to make our own decisions. Feelings and emotions become real and ultimately most students are faced with the decision on whether to have sex with their significant other. When the church is asked about sex before marriage, most pastors say the church does not endorse premarital sex, write a couple of Bible verses down and send you on your way. But according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 80 percent of unmarried young adult Evangelicals have had sex compared to 88 percent young adult non-Evangelicals. Something is not working within the church to get across its message. I believe that whether or not unmarried couples are having sex, it is important to remember God in the relationship. Now, its not like in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall and saying you have Christ between your thighs. I am talking about a true relationship with God. Having God truly present in day-to-day conversations and experiences with a significant other. It is important to first choose to date someone who has the same enthusiasm for God as you do. Try to be in a relationship with someone who

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abond@kansan.com will build you up in your faith and encourage you to grow. After the relationship starts, having God present in dating relationships can take several different forms. Praying and reading the Bible together, discussing your personal spiritual lives with each other and where you are on your faith journey can all help strengthen your relationship with God and each other. Even participating in service projects or getting involved in a church together can help the relationship become more meaningful. Above all, though, keep God in mind as much as possible throughout the relationship. If you are doing everything you can to have a meaningful relationship with God and your significant other, then perhaps taking relationships to the next level by having sex may not be such a bad thing. Either way, its up for each individual couple to decide the boundaries of their relationship not anyone else. Bond is a junior from Andover in journalism and religious studies.

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Does religion cause violence and hatred? History and current events offer uncountable violent acts that seem inextricably intertwined with religion. Last week, a Christian congregation in Florida burned Quran and posted the video online. Enraged, some Afghani Muslims overran a United Nations facility, killing twenty people. Our long history of religion-driven hatred and conflict leads people to reject all religion. Who can accept a set of beliefs that have such negative manifestations? Religion is not the true cause of violence. Religion is exploited to incite conflict. Its a powerful tool for destruction because of the role it plays in humans historical tendency to form exclusive groups. We form these groups around race, nationality, language, sports teams and any other superficial division we can find. Then we try to solidify and define our group; we try to make that division deeper. Even the University of Kansas versus University of Missouri division has sometimes crossed from fun into damaging conflict. It feels good to be part of a group. It might exploit this division to achieve their goals. That is what the Christian pastor in Florida did when he told the world he planned to burn the Quran. That is what Hamid Karzai did when he incited violence over the Quran burning. This is an artificial and damaging imposition on religion. The Dalai Lama acknowledges real differences among religions, but he also teaches that every major religion has similar ideals of love, the same goal of benefiting humanity through spiritual practice and the same effect of making their followers into better human beings. Whether its Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism or Jainism, nothing in religious teachings or proper practice encourages violence and hatred. The most respected figures in each religion lead by example and teach from personal realization. They tell us how to develop profound compassion and love for all. This is the most important commonality among all major religions. A statement attributed to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) exemplifies this: You will not enter paradise until you have faith; and you will not complete your faith until you love one another. In the Bible, the Gospel of John reiterates at least six times that Jesus commanded his followers to love one another. (e.g. John 13.34, 15:12, 15:17). In the Talmud, a Jewish scripture, a statement attributed to Rabbi Hillel is this: The central meaning of the Torah is that which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow man. In the several Hindu faiths, love and compassion also play a central role. For example, it is taught that those who have fully understood religious teachings are fully focused on anugraham or doing good to others. (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.19.23) The fostering of conflict in the name of religion is a tool used by unscrupulous people who want more power and influence. To that end, they exploit religion and they exploit the populace. They degrade religious traditions and undermine the essential foundation of all religions: love one another. It is this foundation upon which we should focus. Sandal is a third year law student from Baldwin City.

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hsandal@kansan.com feels good to exclude others who arent good enough or who are maybe just too different to be members. It can be comforting because it helps us affirm to ourselves that we are special and important. The problem is that to increase our own sense of importance, we minimize that of other ethnicities, nationalities or religions. Religion is the holy grail of this othering, as anthropologists have called it. Lines separating religions often coincide with ethnic and national divisions. This compounds the effects and enables the creation of a vast gulf between us and them. Leaders whose purpose is to increase power, following or wealth

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KU graduate student hopes his book will help people deal with stereotypes
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editor@kansan.com Goran Sabah Ghafour, author of Iraqi Fulbrighter, hosted a book signing at the Kansas Union last night to spread the word about his book. Goran Sabah Ghafour wrote his book while at the University of Kansas as a Fulbright Scholar. Iraqi Fulbrighter, which was published in February of this year, was written to break down the stereotypes between Middle Easterners and Americans. Instead of hate and fear, they can come together and understand each other, Ghafour said. Ibrahima Bo, Ghafours roommate and the first person who read the story, thinks the book will have a positive effect on future relations between Middle Eastern and American cultures. I hope its going to have quite a big success because it deals with topics that each and every [person] can be interested in, Bo said. Since the books release, Ghafour has been publicizing his work. The book has since earned recognition and received offers for translations in Kurdish and Arabic to be published in Kurdistan. The book is also becoming popular in the United States. Recently, in San Diego, an organization emailed me to have a book launch to talk about my book fair, Ghafour said. The offer in California is pending, but Ghafour is hopeful that it will work in his favor. At the reading, people lined up to get their books signed by Ghafour. And while Ghafour wants international recognition for his book, he says if he can break down

Obama establishes college Tool Kit

The U.S. Department of Education hopes to raise number of college graduates by 2020
standards with college entrance and placement standards, making it easier for students to transfer Phil Lowry had a comfortable and targeting adults with some life. Growing up, his parents paid college education but no degree. for everything from rent to food Obamas administrations main to spending money. He didnt push is reducing cost for stuhave to work, but he chose to dents. In order for the U.S. to reach anyway. Everything was handed to me, its goal of a 50 percent increase but I wanted to be self-sufficient, of college educated citizens, the Department of Education said Lowry said. Within a few months of his each state would need to have a third attempt at college Lowry 60 percent retention and graduwas working upwards of 45 hours ation rate by 2020. So far, the per week in addition to taking 15 University of Kansas is on the credit hours at the University of right track with a 59.7 graduation Kansas. This kind of workload rate, according to the American wasnt sustainable and it didnt Institute for Research. However, while the take long for University is Lowry to quit The dreams and skills of on the right school. Thousands our college graduates will track, there is still room of students like pave the way to a bright for improveLowry drop out ment. To economic future. of universities meet the every year for a Joe Biden 2020 goal, myriad of reaVice president the U.S. will sons. According have to proto the U.S. duce at least Department of 8 million Education, while 51 percent of Americans between additional college graduates by the ages of 25 to 34 start college, the end of the decade. Right now, weve got an eduonly 29 percent finish. The United States used to lead the world in cation system that works like a the number of college-educat- funnel when we need it to work ed citizens, but in the past few like a pipeline, Vice President Joe decades, the U.S. has fallen into a Biden said in a press release. The four-way tie for ninth place with dreams and skills of our college graduates will pave the way to a Israel, Belgium and Australia. To combat this slipping num- bright economic future for our ber, the Obama administration nation. presented a College Completion Edited by Tali David and Tool Kit last week. The program Samantha Collins offers ideas on how to enhance college graduation rates through strategies that are at low-cost or no-cost to the state. These strategies include aligning high school sblackmon@kansan.com

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Goran Sabah Ghafour, a graduate student from Kurdistan, talks about his new book Iraqi Fulbrighter Thursday afternoon at the KU Bookstore. Ghafour signed copies of his new book after the talk for those who purchased it. barriers between Americans and Middle Easterners and change the opinion of just one person, then his book is a success. Edited by Amanda Sorell

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Title X may lose funding Diverse students celebrate if agreement is not found programs 40th anniversary
mlowry@kansan.com If Senate democrats and republicans cannot reach an agreement on the federal budget today, the government will be forced to temporarily shut down this evening. If the proposed republican spending bill is approved, something in particular will be shut down for 5 million Americans, which includes 45,000 Kansans and 3,245 Douglas County residents: Reproductive health care and family planning. Since 1970, the Title X Family Planning program has provided federal funding for contraceptives, breast examinations, cervical cancer screening, pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted infection testing and prevention education. It is the only federal program focused exclusively on reproductive health care. With the economy the way it is, more and more families are under-insured or uninsured altogether, said Sarah Gillooly, public affairs manager of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and MidMissouri. Its important that they have access to vital and basic care. Last year, $317 million in Title X grants were given to 4,400 clinics nationwide. In Kansas, 55 clinics received grant money, delegated by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The Lawrence-Douglas County Department of Health received $198,000. If funding is taken away, we wouldnt be able to keep the clinic open, said Lisa Horn, communications coordinator for the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department. Most fam-

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ily planning programs are fund- can end up costing the governed largely, if not completely, by ment much more money in state health costs. Title X. The Guttmacher Institute More than 4,000 people use the clinics services. Horn says found that in 2008, every dollar that although KU students reg- spent in Title X funding saved ularly seek out contraceptives the federal government $3.74 in and testing at the clinic, because medical costs. In Kansas, every resources are in high demand, Title X dollar saved $6.14 in they are often advised to go to medical costs. Our clinic is really the only Watkins Health Center instead. In addition to county health aspect of the Health Department department clinics, two Kansas that runs like a doctors office, Planned Parenthood clinics Horn said. If low-cost STD testreceive Title X funding, located ing and treatment isnt available, in Wichita and Hays. These two it could be very difficult to conclinics administered 18,000 sex- tain their spread. ually transmitted infection tests, Despite republican attempts 3,428 Pap tests to eliminate and 3,405 breast the funding, If funding is taken exams and proadvocates of vided 9,343 the bill feel away, we wouldnt be patients with it would be a able to keep the clinic birth control. welcome cut Were talkto the fedopen. ing about some eral budget. of the most President liSA hOrN economically O b a m a , Communications coordinator vulnerable men for lawrence-douglas County however, has health department and women in requested Kansas losing $372 milion access to affordfor family able health care, Gillooly said. planning in his 2012 budget. Representatives Kevin Yoder More than 50 percent of Title and Lynn Jenkins voted in favor X patients in the Midwest earn of the proposed spending bill, less than $10,830 a year and more and legislation passed a party than 150,000 Kansas women are vote in the house Feb. 19. in need of publicly supported According to the Guttmacher contraceptive services. Institute, contraceptive services Its important that people provided by Title X prevented understand the severity of what 8,100 unintended pregnancies is being debated and how it will and 3,400 abortions last year in affect Kansans, Gillooly said. Kansas. More than $25.4 million When women dont have access was saved in public funds. to affordable health care and Sometimes when measures birth control, there are dire conare taken to cut costs, more sequences. money is spent in the end, Gillooly said. Unintended preg Edited by Tali David nancies and undetected cancers

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The School of Engineerings minority program commemorates its 40th anniversary tomorrow, coincidentally falling during Celebrate Diversity Month. The program, the Student Council for Recruiting, Motivating, and Educating Black Engineers, was founded in 1971. Since then, the group has morphed into several programs within the School of Engineering. Students getting into the school were not as well versed in the subject matter, and in math and science, as they should Boldridge have been, said Florence Boldridge, director of Diversity and Womens Programs for the School of Engineering. So the administration and two or three individuals decided to do something about it. Boldridge has overseen the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the Society of Women Engineers, the National Society of Black Engineers and the American Indian Science and Engineering

Society for the past 27 years. These groups, comprised of 150 scholarship students, were established to recruit and retain engineering students from diverse backgrounds. I work to keep them in the school; it takes lots of counseling, Boldridge said. The things that these kids are learning to do impact lives. Boldridge also oversees the awarding of scholarships to minority engineering students, as well as the outreach activities and programs hosted by the School of Engineering. These activities, including Project Discovery, SWE Weekend of Engineering and Eureka Weekend, target students from sixth to 12th grade and introduce them to the engineering field. Boldridges efforts have not gone unnoticed. Carles Miller, a 2006 KU graduate and Boldridges former student, nominated her for the National Society of Black Engineers Golden Torch Award for Minority Engineering Program Director of the Year. Just to think that someone thought so much of me to nominate me meant an awful lot, Boldridge said. The Golden Torch Award was presented to Boldridge at a ceremony in St. Louis on March 26. There are so many people across

the country who do the same thing at all of the major schools of engineering as I, Boldridge said. I really accepted it in their honor, as well as the students, past, present and the future. The celebration of the School of Engineerings minority program will be held tomorrow in Spahr Classroom 2 in Eaton Hall. The field of engineering is a competitive one, and one in which minorities and women have made giant strides, but there is much to be accomplished and it is through programs such as the diversity programs of the School of Engineering and the School of Engineering administration that the student receive the support and encouragement to reach their goal of a degree in engineering, Boldridge said. Fred Rodriguez, interim associate vice provost of diversity and equity and executive director of the KU Multicultural Scholars Program, agrees that diversity on campus should be a priority. Demographically, we are changing gradually in this country but profoundly, said Rodriguez.To have a diverse campus is a much more accurate reflection of the society and the world in which we live, work, learn and share together. Edited by Helen Mubarak

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SENDAI, Japan A big aftershock rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled. The quake was initially measured at magnitude-7.4, though the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., later downgraded it to 7.1. Either way, it was the strongest aftershock since several were recorded on March 11 the day of the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami that killed as many as 25,000 people and touched off a nuclear crisis last month. There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or major damage, and the operator of the tsunamiravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant said there was no sign the aftershock had caused new problems there. Workers retreated to a quake-resistant shelter in the complex, with no injuries. The aftershock around 11:30 p.m. was strong enough to knock items off store shelves and move a large automated teller machine at a FamilyMart convenience store in the major northern industrial center of Sendai. The city is far enough inland that it avoided major tsunami damage, but people there were without gas and electricity for weeks. Manager Takehiko Akagi said 100 people had showed up within an hour of Thursdays aftershock and cleared the shelves of ice, water and instant noodles items that were in short supply after the bigger quake. Usually at this time of night, there is almost no one, said Akagi, whose store had power even though people in nearby neighborhoods did not. A handful of buildings had broken windows and tiles, and some small electrical fires were reported. In Ichinoseki, which is also inland, buildings shook violently, knocking items from shelves and toppling furniture, but there also appear to be no major damage there. Hotel workers lit candles so guests could find their way around. Japans nuclear safety agency said nuclear facilities along the northeastern coast were under control after backup generators kicked in at two Rokkasho and Higashidori that lost power. The aftershock knocked out two of three power lines at the Onagawa nuclear power plant north of Sendai, which has been shut down since the tsunami. One remaining line was supplying power to the plant and radiation monitoring devices detected no abnormalities. The plants spent fuel pools briefly lost cooling capacity, but it resumed because a power line was available for electricity. Its the way its supposed to work if power is lost for any reason, said David Lochbaum, director of the nuclear safety project for the U.S.-based Union of Concerned Scientists. Since the tsunami warning was canceled 90 minutes after it was issued, there was no reason to believe the facilities diesel generators would fail like the ones at the stricken Fukushima plant. The massive wave knocked out cooling systems and triggered a series of mishaps that have left workers struggling to stop radioactivity from spewing nearly a month later. That was really the blow that the plant didnt recover from, Lochbaum said.

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Kansas faces conference rival

mvernon@kansan.com The strong Kansas baseball pitching staff will take on Nebraska, which has one of the most talented lineups in the Big 12 conference, this weekend. The series will be crucial for the Jayhawks, who have been strong in conference play after struggling early in the season. Its huge, coach Ritch Price said. We could get back to .500 in the league and well have won three out of the four series weve played. Kansas (13-16) will be facing Nebraska (20-11) in a three-game series at Hoglund Ballpark this Friday 6 p.m., Saturday 2 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. After beating Missouri Wednesday, Kansas hopes its strong play will carry into the weekend. This weekend we have another opportunity to play a rival, and build some momentum in the Big 12, Price said. Nebraska has a lineup that boasts impressive power numbers as well as a solid team batting average. The Cornhuskers rank fourth in the conference in batting average at .293 and second in home runs hit at 22. Nebraska also ranks second in the conference with 206 runs. Behind those strong numbers at the plate are three of the best hitters in the Big 12. Nebraskas junior infielder Cody Asche has hit as many home runs, seven, as the entire Kansas roster. Utility player Kash Kalkowski and infielder Kurt

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Team heads to Texas Relays in Austin

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gcalvert@kansan.com The Kansas track and field team is looking to build on its strong performance last Saturday at the Razorback Spring Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., when it competes at the 84th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, this weekend. The Jayhawks have 33 athletes competing in the four-day event, which began Wednesday and will continue through Saturday. Sophomore Rebecca Neville, a womens heptathlon competitor, was the lone Jayhawk to compete until Friday. She took eighth place in the 100-meter dash, seventh in the 200-meter dash, 16th in the high jump, 23rd in shot put and fifth in long jump. She is in 10th place out of 25 competitors in the womens heptathlon. A week after winning all but one event in Arkansas, the throwers will lead the 12th-ranked mens team this weekend. Freshman Johann Swanepoel and junior Iain Trimble will compete in the javelin, while senior Brian Bishop and sophomore Mason Finley will compete in the discus. Last weekend, Finley won the Razorback Spring Invitational with a throw of 198 feet, setting a new personal record. That throw was the second-best mark in the United States this year, according to an Athletics Department press release. Finley attributed the throwers success to the emphasis they placed on technique in practice. Finley also had to transition from shot put, his indoor event, to discus, his outdoor event. There are a couple of moves out of the back of the ring that are different in discus than in shot, and how you enter the throw is a little different, Finley said. With shot you can be more fierce at the end. On the womens side, freshman Jessica Maroszek will attempt to win the discus for the second straight week. She also claimed the shot put title in Arkansas. Kansas has two women competing in the long jump, sophomores Francine Simpson and Andrea Geubelle. Geubelle, who was an All American in long jump in the 2010 season, will also compete in the triple jump. Senior Jordan Scott will be looking to win the pole vault for the second week in a row when he competes Saturday scott afternoon. Scott won his season debut in Arkansas with a jump of 5.2 meters (17.06 feet). I went from a short run, which means youre not on bigger poles and usually dont jump as high. You just work on the technical things, Scott said. It went really well. I should have qualified for the NCAA Preliminary Round with that jump. Scott is the defending NCAA Champion in the pole vault, an honor hes been chasing since his freshman year. Now that hes met his goal, Scott is focusing on mastering the mental aspect of pole vaulting to stay on top. I have physically what it takes to be the best again, but the mental part is the biggest part at this point, Scott said. I do a lot of mental training. Ive got a book that I read and I use visualization. Although the Texas Relays will feature many prominent pole vaulters, Scott is a favorite to take the title, in part because Scott favors outdoor competition. I realized I love outdoor a lot more than indoor. A lot of people dont like a headwind or a crosswind, or the sun or rain. But I thrive off of that, Scott said. On the track, senior Kendra Bradley, freshman Diamond Dixon, sophomore Taylor Washington and junior Shayla Wilson will compete in the womens 4-by-400 meter relay and the sprint medley relay, two events in which the Jayhawks figure to do well. Juniors Cori Christensen and Rebeka Stowe will compete for the Jayhawks in the 1,500 meters. Christensen is coming off of a fifth place finish in Arkansas last weekend. Edited by Amanda Sorell

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Freshman shortstop Kaiana Eldredge snags a throw from junior catcher James Stanfield to throw out a Baylor runner during Sunday afternoons game at Hoglund Ballpark. Eldredge went 0-3 in the Jayhawks 12-4 loss to Baylor. Farmer both posses batting averages in the top 10 of the Big 12. The Jayhawks, on the other hand, will bring sub-par - but improving - hitting and a strong pitching staff into this weekends series. The Kansas lineup has a team batting average of just .243 compared with the Jayhawks hitting .220 just 13 games ago before conference play kicked into gear. The Jayhawks inconsistency at the plate has resulted in the team playing up or down to their competition so far this year. Missouri State dismantled Kansas in two games played this year with a combined score of 11-1. Kansas also lost two of three at home against Eastern Michigan. Yet the Jayhawks have won both of their series against Big 12 competition, winning two-of-three against both Baylor and Oklahoma State. Fridays starter for Kansas will be senior right-handed pitcher T.J. Walz. Walz has an ERA of 3.86 and has allowed opponents to hit .217 against him. He has been dominant since Big 12 play started his ERA in three Big 12 starts is 2.42 and he leads the Big 12 in strikeouts with 27 during that span. T.J. has an opportunity to go out on Friday night and make a statement, Price said. Saturdays starter will be sophomore right-handed pitcher Tanner Poppe. Poppe has been dominant in six starts with an ERA of 3.26. Taking the mound in Sundays game will be freshman right-handed pitcher Alex Cox. The freshman has an ERA of 4.83. Edited by Samantha Collins

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Indian cricketer pride of nation

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e doesnt look like most chiseled sports heroes who swing bats. Hes never been in the midst of a scandal and hes never televised a decision. He is 5-foot-5 and could be mistaken for a professor by those who dont know him. In India, home to more than 1.2 billion people, cricket is religion and Tendulkar is God. If you dont believe me, theres a book about it. Sachin Tendulkar, whose first name in Hindi means pure, is an Indian cricketer. He led his country to a championship over Sri Lanka in the 2011 World Cup of cricket last Saturday, the second cricket championship in the countrys history and the first since 1983. At one of his matches, among throngs of Indian faithful, one fan hoisted a sign. To err is human. To not is Sachin. Tendulkar is the only player to have ever scored at least 50 centuries in international cricket. A century is when a batsman, after hitting the ball, scores 100 runs in one inning without getting out. Runs can be scored by hitting the ball past a boundary and scoring automatically, or by hitting the ball within the boundary and running to the bowler and back. A bowler, similar to a pitcher in baseball, gets a batsman out by hitting the batsmans wicket (three wooden sticks and two pails). The batsman is also out if the ball is caught in the air. Tendulkar now has 99 centuries in his career, and he is the only player to score a double century in the history of ODI (One Day International Cricket). I could go on. By numbers alone, he is considered one of

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dennis Hopper won the Best Supporting Actor for his role in Hoosiers from the los Angeles Film Critics Association. movies.amctv.com

By max rothman
mrothman@kansan.com the greatest cricketers of all time, of any country. But these days, he means more than the numbers. Tendulkars legend was still growing in the 1990s, when India first began to show signs of a rising global power. Goldman Sachs now projects that sometime this century, India will become the third largest economy in the world, after China and the United States. But the Mumbai attacks by Islamic terrorists in November 2008, which some people compare to 9/11, subsided merriment. A press release from the Indian government stated that 164 people and 308 civilians were injured. Then, two and a half years later, India won the World Cup of cricket and 1.2 billion people were able to numb the pains of recent history with celebration. At 37 years old, Tendulkars career is winding down and this was likely his last World Cup. Cricket means next to nothing to most American kids. It is only a strange game from a foreign place. Why do they let the ball bounce before they hit it? Why does

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the man throw the ball like that? Whats up with their funny looking bats? We grow up playing other sports that correspond, intentionally or not, with the waning attention spans of much of our youth. Some cricket matches last five days. Kids around here have a hard time with two hours of basketball. However, our nations lack of passion for the sport does not diminish its importance. In another part of the world, a place distant but not lacking global effect, cricket rules the land. India is a country commonly associated with intelligence and innovation, and to have a sports icon is to have a new meaning. Tendulkar may never be part of another Indian World Cup. His disciples, however, may follow his lead and continue to debunk stereotypes. Edited by Tali David

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Bulls beat Celtics, likely top seed in East

aSSoCIatED PrESS
CHICAGO Derrick Rose scored 30 points and the Chicago Bulls closed in on the top seed in the Eastern Conference by beating the Boston Celtics 97-81 on Thursday. The Bulls 17th win in 19 games put them four games up on Boston and Miami with four to play and eliminated the Heat from getting the No. 1 seed. The Celtics, who play the Heat on Sunday, still have a mathematical shot albeit a remote one. But barring a collapse, Chicago will be the top seed in the East. Its another step for a team that expected big things after a major overhaul, and all the Bulls have done is deliver their best season since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen made championship celebrations a regular event. Rose was a one-man highlight reel against Rajon Rondo, beating him with his crossover and getting to the rim, particularly in the early going. Rose scored 16 points in the first half as the Bulls jumped out to a 48-43 lead, and Chicago regrouped after momentarily falling behind in the third. Luol Deng scored 23 points, and Carlos Boozer added 14 points and 12 rebounds. Chicago outscored the Celtics 44-22 in the paint, outrebounded them 44-35 and held Boston to 38.4 percent shooting. Paul Pierce led Boston with 15 points. Kevin Garnett scored all 10 of his points in the second half and Rondo finished with seven. Jeff Green scored 10 and Ray Allen had seven points.

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game. The following batters thrived from a series of walks and singles, and then a home run to score a total of six runs. In the fifth inning of the second game, Ingle was the spark again. She hit a single to get on base and was followed by a walk by freshman utlity player Kendra Cullum. Sophomore outfielder Maggie Hull hit a three-run home run to give the Jayhawks a chance to come back. The offense put the team in a position to come back, but the pitching staff fell flat in the defensive innings. The Jayhawks will face No. 21 ranked Oklahoma State this weekend. Oklahoma State is coming off a home run-rule 10-2 victory against Missouri State. I think our pitchers this weekend need to focus on throwing to the knees and hitting their spots and I think we will be more successful that way, senior catcher Brittany Hile said. Edited by Samantha Collins

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Decisions, Decisions

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The KU football team practices for the first time this spring. Coach Turner Gill is trying to decide who will start as quarterback in the fall.

one Spot, four playerS

BY KORY CARPENTER
kcarpenter@kansan.com practices catching balls from a machine, getting in extra reps as he tries to crack the wide receiver Webb rotation in the fall. Picks Kerry Meier-esque move to receiver helps clear up some of the quarterback Mecham confusion as the team heads into training camp, but questions still remain. With four quarterbacks on the roster, one a red-shirt freshman and two Jordan Webb and Quinn Mecham having experience from last year, nothing is certain, which is something the coach prefers. Well take it into consideration, coach Turner Gill said of last years individual performances. But it doesnt mean its etched in stone. Statistically, sophomore Jordan Webb has the edge over Mecham. Webb started seven games in 2010, throwing for 1,119 yards and seven touchdowns while leading Kansas to victories over Georgia Tech and New Mexico State. Mecham started four games and appeared in six, throwing for 554 yards and four touchdowns on the year. He also led the team in the 28-point comeback win over Colorado on Nov. 6. After a staggering nine quarterbacks were on the roster last spring, Mecham took notice of the shortened depth chart this spring and thinks it will help the potential starters get more reps in practice. But neither Mecham nor Webb has separated himself from the other. While Picks roster change cleans up some of the confusion, the addition of freshman quarterback Brock Berglund adds another dimension to the possible starting line-up for fall. Berglund, a three-star recruit from Highlands Ranch, Colo., initially arrived in Lawrence in January prepared to participate in spring drills. That plan was altered when he decided to return home for the spring, opting to reconvene with his teammates in the summer. However, last week, it was announced that Berglund will return for spring practices as an observer. Theres still an opportunity for him to be here in the summer, coach Gill said before news of Berglunds return was announced last week. Hell have an opportunity to compete at that particular time.

After swapping his red practice jersey for the more common blue or white, former quarterback Kale Pick stands against the fence surrounding the Kansas football practice fields. As media members talk with coaches Pick and select players after the teams first spring practice, Pick

Watching practice in Lawrence is better than nothing, and Berglunds opportunity to familiarize himself with the offense this spring could create a four-way battle for the starting quarterback spot this fall. As of now though, anything could happen. Were going to evaluate it every day, and at the end of spring practice well see where were at, Gill said of the quarterback battle. If we need to make a decision, well make it. If not, well continue to evaluate as we go into the fall. Edited by Marla Daniels

Kansas works to strengthen Stars of Kansas basketball come its defense after recent loss back to lead team next season
BY HANNAH WisE
hwise@kansan.com The Kansas softball offense had its best conference performance against Oklahoma Wednesday evening, but it was not enough to carry the team through their defensive innings. Obviously we have some problems in the circle. I think that is evident, coach Megan Smith said after the Jayhawks eighth consecutive conference defeat to the No. 14/15 ranked Sooners. The team fell to 0-8 in conference and 27-12 overall. The Jayhawks are on a four-game losing streak after Wednesdays losses to Oklahoma (12-6 and 13-5) and last weeks losses to Nebraska (4-0 and 7-1). The offense made 13 hits against Oklahoma. This is a strong increase in hitting percentage compared with the previous six Big 12 games where the Jayhawks averaged 3.8 hits a game. I am incredibly proud of our offense, Smith said. They attacked and they continued to attack regardless of the score. The offense pulled the team out of potential run-rule situations in both Oklahoma games. Junior third baseman Marissa Ingle hit a double to start the Jayhawks off in the bottom of the fifth inning of the first ts not all that bad. What with the loss to Virginia Commonwealth, the twins signing with an agent in Los Angeles, and a circus of rumors circling Josh Selby, April has begun on a good note. Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson will be back at Kansas for another year. Whew. The variables in Robinsons decision couldnt have made for a tougher few weeks for anybody around Kansas basketball than Thomas himself. Everybody knows the emotional responsibilities he had to weigh. The well-being of his younger sister, the well-being of himself, and the economic future of his whole family tipped the scales this way and that, but it never landed on one side or the other. The eventual decision to stay couldnt be a better choice for him personally and for Kansas. Yes, he was projected as a mid-to-late first round projection for the NBA draft and could potentially be making a triple figure income next year, but thats not what he needs right now. Hes discussed this year how the Kansas community supported him and made him happy in his time here. Halfway through the season he spoke to reporters with a wide smile about how he talks with his

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Sophomore outfielder Maggie Hull winds up to throw toward first base. Hull finished with a run and two RBIs in the 12-6 loss at Arrocha Ballpark.

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sister every day and about how she seems happy. His extended stay in Lawrence will simply strengthen his feeling of comfort while playing for Kansas. Playing in the NBA, on the other hand, while offering economic stability, would give him geographic instability. NBA teams travel to different parts of the country weekly. How was that supposed to help him in dealing with the ever painful losses in his family? His decision, surprising to some, offers a breath of fresh air to the NCAA system that produces one-and-done players on an increasing basis. It shows that playing for a university is more than just a stepping stone to something better. It shows how it can be the best time of an athletes career. And both Robinsons and Taylors next seasons look to be

nothing but explosive. It is as good as guaranteed that the Allen Fieldhouse crowd will cheer the loudest during the introduction for Thomas Robinson when he makes his first start next season. It is clear, like the glass backboards that will be feeling his wrath, that Robinson will be the highlight machine of next year. Together with Taylor, Kansas has another chance of winning the Big 12. If Robinson averaged 7.6 points in 14.6 minutes, then he will, if mathematics parallel real-life predictions, score more than fifteen points for 30 minutes of play. Taylor would add another 9.3 points-per-game if he follows up his junior season with a comparable senior effort. That is at least 25 points of offense combined between the returning stars that Kansas would miss without them. Their decisions to stay have balanced the off-season concerns with confidence. Their decisions have personally benefited both of them in their future endeavors in the NBA and in their current need to improve and enjoy the college experience, one that so many across the country downplay for those lucky enough to be future NBA players. Edited by Marla Daniels