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Graduate student starts drone

collision avoidance company
TRAVIS DIESING
@travis_diesing

JILL STIVERSON/KANSAN
Restaurant owner Nick Wysong started a ping pong club for locals.

Local restaurant
starts social
ping pong club
TIM MCGINNIS
@tim_mcginnis

Nick Wysongs love for ping

pong first began as an old
sibling rivalry between him
and his four brothers. As
kids, they fiercely competed
against each other, but today,
Wysong has chosen to share
his passion for ping pong in
a more relaxed and inclusive
atmosphere.
Wysong recently created
the Lawrence Ping Pong Social Club, a free league that
is open to the public. The
league plays every Tuesday
and Wednesday night at 8:30
p.m. in Ingredient, 947 Massachusetts St., the restaurant
that Wysong owns.
I love ping pong, I love
crowds and I love playing
ping pong with crowds,
Wysong said.
Wysong said his inspiration
to create the league comes
from wanting to see others
have fun playing the game he
loves. He said the club is off
to a successful start and he is
excited to see where it goes.
Wysong started the league

on Jan. 27 and said there have

been about 20 to 30 people
who have shown up to play
each night.
Jason Wofford, a Lawrence
resident who has competed
in the league, said he liked
how people of all skill levels
were able to play.
I think that the ping pong
league is a great idea, Wofford said. I especially like
that it is hosted in a local
restaurant. That makes it
even better.
Each competitor is able to
play at least twice each night,
but the league play is a double-elimination tournament.
Wysong said although most
of the people who attend are
there to have fun, there is still
a competitive atmosphere.
Wysong said the ping pong
players have a great time
competing, and his hope
is that they will bring their
friends the next time they
come. He said the restaurant
has advertised the league
through its social media accounts and through posters,

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This story is the second in a

Kansan series on student activists at the University. Check
tomorrows Kansan for another
story.
Imagine youre on a rich
friends private jet heading
to Ft. Lauderdale for Spring
Break. In the air, you gaze
out the window. A small object begins to come into focus
on the horizon, progressively
getting larger. You eventually make out what appears
to be a miniature aircraft.
Instead of maneuvering out
of the way, it slams into the
propeller of your jet. Your
gut tightens and the blood
drains from your face as the
plane propeller ignites, sending your aircraft plummeting
into a downward spiral.
This is the nightmare scenario that Lei Shi, a University graduate student in electrical engineering, is working
to prevent. Shi, 32, is one of
the Universitys rising researchers on drone radars
and on the cutting edge of
creating an anti-collision system for commercial drones.

Our fear is that someday

a drone or a UAV is going to
collide with a small general
aviation aircraft and bring
it down and its going to
cost lives and its going to
probably set back the UAV
industry.
CHRIS ALLEN
Engineering professor

Hes also a new entrepreneur

and a mentor to high school
students interested in engineering.
Shis own interest in science and engineering started
when he competed in Science

TRAVIS DIESING/KANSAN
Graduate student Lei Shi works on his anti-collision system for commercial drones. Shi is an electrical engineering
student and an entrepreneur who started his own business to develop and market collision avoidance systems for
commercial drones.

Olympiad in high school

constructing balsa wood
bridges and Rube Goldberg
machines. He went on to
earn a degree in electrical engineering from the University and then spent three years
working on miniature prototype circuits at the Honeywell plant in Kansas City.
But Shi wanted more control over the products he was
developing and decided to
return to the University for
graduate school. Now, four
years later, hes even running
his own business.
Its so rewarding I got to do
it, Shi said. I have to do it.
In October, Shi became the
sole owner and proprietor
of UAVradars, a company he
started to develop and market collision avoidance systems for commercial drones.
The idea was sparked in
2011 when Shi took a graduate level class that worked
on using collision avoidance
systems from the automobile
industry in UAVs, an acronym for unmanned aerial

TRAVIS DIESING/KANSAN
Circuits from the project that graduate student Lei Shi is working on for
researching drone radars and preventing drone collisions. After becoming interested in drones, he started his own business for developing and marketing
collision avoidance systems for commercial drones.

vehicle, or drone. Shi and his

colleagues realized the commercial drone industry needs
ways to prevent the drones
from crashing into other aircraft to get off the ground.
Our fear is that someday
a drone or a UAV is going
to collide with a small general aviation aircraft and
bring it down and its going
to cost lives and its going to

probably set back the UAV

industry, said Chris Allen,
a professor in the Universitys engineering department.
What were trying to do is
anticipate the need for that
before something catastrophic happens.
Allen, whom Shi described
as his mentor, said its Shis

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Brownback reduces budget

allotments for education
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley

ORLIN WAGNER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback speaks at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka on Jan. 15.

Governor revokes
discrimination order

Gov. Sam Brownback revoked

an executive order from former
governor Kathleen Sebelius that
protected state employees from
discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity.
He announced his decision on
Tuesday.
Brownbacks office posted a media release in which Brownback
explains his rationale.
This Executive Order ensures
that state employees enjoy the
same civil rights as all Kansans

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without creating additional protected classes as the previous

order did, Brownback said in the
media release. Any such expansion of protected classes should
be done by the legislature and not
through unilateral (done by one
person) action.
Additionally, he issued an executive order to encourage more
employment opportunities for
veterans and disabled individuals. That order, according to the
release, also reaffirms the commitment of the State of Kansas to
employment practices which do
not discriminate based on race,

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color, gender, religion, national

origin, ancestry or age. In addition to rescinding the order
regarding discrimination, Brownback rescinded nine previous executive orders.
Many of these commissions,
working groups and task forces
have not met for several years or
duplicate other ongoing efforts,
Brownback said in the media release. These changes streamline
operations and reduce operational costs of maintaining these various committees.

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Dont
Forget

Gov. Sam Brownback announced last Thursday he was

reducing the allotments to
Kansas K-12 education by 1.5
percent, and regents universities by two percent, totaling
nearly $44.5 million. The cuts
are set to begin March 7.
Kansas Senator Marci Francisco of Lawrence said when
she heard the Governors announcement, she was wary
of what the cuts would mean
for her districts schools. According to Francisco, the
University will be cut $2.7
million, while the University
of Kansas Medical Center will
be cut $2.1 million and Lawrence public schools will be
cut $598,962. These cuts take
effect this fiscal year, which
ends June 30. The cuts come
after the state missed its January revenue expectations by
nearly $47 million, according
to The Wichita Eagle.

To wash your dishes

after you use them.

These cuts are particularly

difficult because they come
at the middle of the school
year when second semester
is well underway, Francisco
said. So for both K-12 and
the University, theyve made
commitments to courses and
to staff. So, even though you
say this is just a percentage,
this is all happening just a
few months into the calendar
year.

Lawrence clearly lost the

money that had been
available the year before.
MARCI FRANCISCO
Kansas senator

Mason Owen, a sophomore

from Overland Park, said hes
noticed that when states cut
funding for education, the
educational institutions gen-

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in ways that negatively impact students and employees.
What bothers me, not just
as a student, but as a member
of a community, is that the
costs seem like theyre fronted
to students and consumers,
Owen said. When a school
loses government funding, it
means theyll have to fire faculty, increase class sizes and
theres a decrease in the quality of education services.
Francisco said the most recent cuts are in addition to
separate cuts made last year
and lack of increased funding. In addition to Brownbacks cuts, a bill is working
its way through the Senate
that would essentially reverse
Lawrence voters decision in
January to keep nearly $1.3
million in locally-generated
school funding.
We just had a mail-in ballot, so that was to keep the

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Dyche Hall hosts third Sexy Science event

LILY GRANT

@lilygrant_UDK
You could sit at home
tonight, do your homework,
watch some Netflix or you
could learn how honeybees
essentially explode postintercourse, how snakes can
have anywhere from two to
four penises and all about
the history of condoms since
their creation. Find all this
information and more at
Sexy Science, a free event by
Natural Science Community
Outreach (NSCO) at Dyche
Hall tonight from 7 to 9 p.m.
This is the third year the
event has been put on at the
University, but this is the first

year to be held during the

week preceding Valentines
Day. In the past, the event
was held in the fall, but
NSCO decided to switch it
up this year in the spirit of
the holiday of love, given
the events speakers will talk
about reproduction in the
natural world.
The event is free and open
to the public, and attendees
are encouraged to come at
any time during the evening.
The event is co-sponsored
by Spectrum (the Universitys
student group for those within
the LGBTQ+ community),
SURGE (Students United for
Reproductive and Gender
Equity) and the Peer Health

Educators.
The event will be both
informational and hands-on.
Attendees of the event will
learn about human sexuality,
instances of homosexuality
in the natural world and
more.
There will be activities such
as condom games, a Twitterbased sexy scavenger hunt
and date-night prizes, and
there will be opportunities
to create an origami
penis, said Kitty Steffens,
events coordinator at the
Universitys
Biodiversity
Institute and Natural History
Museum. If thats not reason
enough to attend the event,
she said, there will also be

aphrodisiacs:
strawberries
and chocolate.
[Sex in the natural world]
is something that we dont
get to talk a lot about at the
museum, and we thought
it would be a good and
interesting new way to reach
out to KU students, Steffens
said.
Representatives from the
entymology, herpetology and
ornithology divisions of the
museum will be providing
specimens in jars of animals
with unusual reproductive
systems, such as reptiles with
hemipenes.
The Biodiversity Institute
has the fourth largest
collection of specimens

nationally, and this will give

students the opportunity to
see a portion of the museum
that they typically wouldnt
have access to, said Weston
Halberstadt, a senior from
Overland Park and a member
of NSCO.
Its going to be fun, its
going to be informative,
youre going to get interesting
information that will make
you a far funnier storyteller
at parties, and what is
another opportunity where
youre going to get to see
lizard penises in a jar?
Steffens said.
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Student Senate to review finances next week

ALANA FLINN
@Alana_Flinn

Next week, Student Senate

will begin their financial
review of the year. According
to Senate treasurer Madeline
Sniezek, approximately $20 to
$24 million will be reviewed
through
three
different
processes.
The first process is line
item, which will begin
Feb. 20. This process is for
student organizations that
have received funding from
Student Senate in the past fiscal
year. According to finance
committee chair Jessie Pringle,
these organizations will request
specific funding for specific
events.
Student groups can request
funding for specific events
if they have an academic
purpose, and are open to all
students at any time.
Sniezek, a junior from

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incredible energy and enthusiasm that makes him fit
to lead the company.
When Shi is not in the lab
or giving a business pitch, he
hits the gym or works on art
projects. In the summers, he
gets the opportunity to give
back what hes learned by
teaching at the Universitys
annual week-long summer
engineering camp for high
school students.
We actually, in that one
week period, cover at a very
high level all of the basics
of electrical engineering,
he said. We squeeze all of
it into one week. Its a lot of
work, but at the end all the
students feel a sense of accomplishment, and so thats

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[tax] the same as it had been
last year, and voters overwhelmingly said they wanted
to keep that funding available, Francisco said. Now
theyre saying you can keep
that funding, but we can
change how its calculated.
The cuts and this proposed
bill are meant to help eliminate the projected deficit of
$344 million at the end of
the fiscal year, according to
NPR. Additionally, on Feb.
10, Brownback signed a bill
into law that reduces $18.4
million from the State General Fund and $7.9 million

Prairie Village, oversees a lot

of this process along with
Pringle. However, Sniezek is
worried that many student
organizations havent been
going to Student Senate for
financial assistance.
Im concerned that student
groups have been scared to ask
us for money, because I think
sometimes our committee
can be intense because were
passionate about what we
can do and giving students
money, Sniezek said. There
are strict rules mandated by the
university to give money, which
scares groups away because
they have so many restrictions,
so I worry sometimes groups
think the committee is going
to be so intense that they dont
apply.
Fee review is the second
process, which will begin Feb.
26 and occurs in conjunction
with the provost office.
Simulations
of
different

scenarios project what the

provost office expects their
upcoming budget to be, which
helps Senate deliberate and
vote on financial changes,
according to Pringle. These
changes could encompass
things like fees for Ambler
Student Recreation Finess
Center, Legal Services for
Students or KJHK. Ultimately,
if fee review passes in senate,
it will make its way to the
chancellor to be voted on.
The third process involves
block allocations, which will
begin March 5. According to
Pringle, these are for specific
departments or organizations
that dont get sufficient funds
from the University, but need
a specific lump sum amount
for general funding. The only
stipulation is the organization
or department must have
a paid KU faculty member
advisor.
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really nice.
Shi said the next step for
him and the company is to
enter the beta testing phase
to improve the design to
get it as close to perfect as
possible. He said he already
has a provisional patent
on the design and recently
applied for grants through
NASA and the Navy that, if
approved, will total nearly
$1.75 million. His goal is to
build the company and sell it
to a larger company such as
Boeing or Amazon.
Thats sort of the ultimate
goal for UAV Radars, Shi
said. And then after that,
who knows? Maybe Ill start
another one.

for a reduction in the Kansas

Public Employee Retirement
System (KPERS), among
other reductions.
Owen said while hes concerned with what will happen at the University level,
its important to keep in
mind that Lawrence residents and people who hold
jobs in the area will also be
affected.
Its important when thinking about the cuts to education, that were looking at a
deficit in Kansas that many
have traced back to Brownbacks tax cuts, Owen said.
All of that has resulted in a
substantial lack of revenue
that hes decided to make

up for by cutting things like

education and Department
of Transportation spending.
We should keep in mind
why we have such a daunting deficit in the first place
and the various other facets
in the Lawrence and Kansas
community that are affected
besides just the University.
A lot of people are having to
suffer.
Francisco said the cuts announced in the proposed
Senate bill have been seen as
a cut to the increase, but not
a major cut in regular funding. She disagrees.
We heard in testimony
with regards to Senate Bill 71
and those cuts, for me, mean







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Student Senate treasurer Madeline Sniezek at work on Feb. 9. Sniezek and
the rest of Student Senate will review its finances next week.

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Circuitry from a project Lei Shi, a University graduate student, is working on for the prevention of drone collisions.
Shi started his own company for developing collision avoidance systems for commercial drones and hopes to enter
the beta testing phase soon.

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that we couldnt fund the

summer school programs,
Francisco said. Lawrence
clearly lost the money that
had been available the year
before. For our schools, I
think it could only be seen as
a loss, and a significant loss.
Fearing what could happen
to the University budget,
Owen said he is most worried about tuition spikes and
a decrease in his quality of
education.
The scariest thing for me
is that I dont know how bad
it could be, he said. The
biggest concern for me is
the simultaneous increase
in the cost of my education
spending while facing some

 




 


 
 

 


 

very real decreases in the

quality of service Im getting as a result of that. My
concern is not being able to
see the great professors Ive
been able to work with over
the years, and if nothing else
Im paying for the same thing
Ive been buying for the last
two years. It doesnt do me
any good with the rate of student debt.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Tomorrow is Abraham Lincolns 206th birthday. Lincoln was particularly fond of Kansas and what the young state stood
for. A sad irony, his assassination happened in 1865, the same year that KU was established.

Comedy Central: Stewart leaving The Daily Show

LYNN ELBER

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES Jon Stewart, who
turned his biting and free-wheeling
humor into an unlikely source of news
and analysis for viewers of The Daily
Show, will leave as host this year,
Comedy Central said Tuesday.
His departure was announced by
Comedy Central President Michele
Ganeless after Stewart, host of the
show since 1999, broke the news to the
audience at Tuesdays taping in New
York.
Through his unique voice and
vision, The Daily Show has become
a cultural touchstone for millions of
fans and an unparalleled platform
for political comedy that will endure
for years to come, Ganeless said in a
statement.
She called Stewart, 52, a comic
genius. He will remain as host until
later this year, she said, but did not
specify his exit date or what led to his
decision.
His influence is seen in the work
of Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and
Larry Wilmore, who went on to earn
shows of their own. Other Daily
Show alumni include Steve Carell, Ed

Helms, Josh Gad and new Saturday

Night Live anchor Michael Che.
Reaction was swift from Stewarts
admirers and, in some cases, likely past
targets.
Just had the honor of being the
great Jon Stewarts guest (on The
Daily Show), where he announced
hes leaving. Emotional night, David
Axelrod, former adviser to President
Barack Obama, posted on Twitter.
Stewarts departure represents a
second big blow for Comedy Central:
Another star, Stephen Colbert, left
The Colbert Report last year to take
over from CBS late-night host David
Letterman when he retires in May.
Larry Wilmore and the new The
Nightly Show replaced The Colbert
Report.
The Stewart and Colbert shows
created templates for a comedic
form that offered laughs along with
trenchant political and social satire.
Authors and politicians were as
common as Hollywood celebrities
on the self-described fake news
programs.
Stewart took a several months-long
hiatus in 2013 to direct Rosewater, a
well-reviewed film about an Iranianborn journalist who was imprisoned

for 118 days in Tehran and accused

of being a spy. The Comedy Central
statement did not indicate what his
plans were after leaving.
Last November, in an interview with
The Associated Press for Rosewater,
Stewart was asked about his future
with the Comedy Central show. He
replied that the format he works in
doesnt matter.
Its a journey. Its a conversation,
he said. One thing I wont do is write
music or sing.
Mindy Kaling blamed the lure of
filmdom.
I knew when Jon Stewart left to
direct that movie he was gonna try
something like this, Kaling posted on
Twitter.
When he returned from his
filmmaking break, Stewart played a
tape of President Barack Obama urging
military action against Syria because of
last months poison gas attack.
America taking military action
against a Middle East regime, Stewart
said. Its like I never left.
In 2010, Stewart and Colbert drew a
crowd to the Washington Mall for their
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.
They tackled familiar topics the
partisan gridlock in the nations capital

BRAD BARKET/ASSOCIATED PRESS

This Nov. 30, 2011 file photo shows television host Jon Stewart during a taping of The Daily
Show with Jon Stewart in New York. Comedy Central announced Tuesday that Stewart will
leave The Daily Show later this year.

and the political talk show culture that

encouraged it.
Stewart was credited with effectively
killing one cable program CNNs
Crossfire when his withering
criticism of its partisan squabbling hit
a nerve and CNN soon canceled it.
He poked fun at politicians but

spent even more time on the media

establishment covering them. The
most recent example was Monday
night, when he tut-tutted NBCs Brian
Williams for being caught exaggerating
about the danger he faced covering the
Iraq War.

Missouri inmate set to die for killing neighbor in 1990

JIM SALTER

Associated Press

ST. LOUIS A Missouri

inmate who killed his neighbor
25 years ago was to be executed
early Wednesday after the U.S.
Supreme Court and the states
governor denied appeals to
spare his life.
Walter Timothy Storey was
scheduled to die at 12:01 a.m.
Wednesday for killing a woman
inside her apartment in the St.
Louis suburb of St. Charles.
After a Missouri-record 10
executions in 2014, it would be

the states first this year.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon
turned down Storeys bid
for clemency around 8 p.m.
Tuesday, shortly after the U.S.
Supreme Court also denied
his appeal arguing that the
lethal drug could cause a
painful death. Four justices
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia
Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and
Elena Kagan would have
granted the stay.
Missouri obtains its execution
drug, pentobarbital, from
an unnamed compounding
pharmacy, and prison officials

refuse to disclose details about

how or if it is tested. Storeys
attorney argues that the
secrecy makes it impossible
to know if the barbiturate
will quickly work or cause an
unconstitutionally
painful
death.
After all, compounding is not
necessarily a matter of changing
a drugs flavor, but rather it is a
matter of combining different
ingredients in new, untested
ways,
Storeys
attorney,
Jennifer Herndon, wrote.
She cited an anesthesiologist
who said that that sub-potent

pentobarbital could severely

disable the prisoner without
killing him, potentially leaving
him alive but permanently
brain-damaged.
In a response, the Missouri
attorney generals office noted
that virtually every recent
inmate facing execution has
raised the same issue.
A dozen Missouri executions
using pentobarbital have
been rapid and painless, the
response read.
Herndon also expressed
concerns about Missouris use
of the sedative midazolam prior

Its time
for the
perfect
job.

to executions. The state has

said the drug is administered
to help calm the nerves of
inmates, and only to those who
want it.
Herndon
wrote
that
midazolam was used in three
botched executions in other
states in 2014.
Storey, 47, was sentenced to
death three separate times in
the same case.
He was living with his mother
in a St. Charles apartment on
Feb. 2, 1990, when he became
upset over his pending divorce.
He spent an angry night

drinking beer.
He ran out of beer and money,
so he decided to break into the
neighboring apartment of Jill
Frey to steal money for more
beer.
Frey, a 36-year-old special
education teacher, had left
the sliding glass door of her
balcony open. Storey climbed
the balcony and confronted
Frey in her bedroom, where
he beat her. Frey suffered six
broken ribs and severe wounds
to her head and face.
Storey was convicted and
sentenced to death.

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Props to all of the New Years
Resolutioners still going strong
at the rec. But as a year-long
regular, I beg you all: please
stop! The rec is way too
overcrowded!!!
When you accidentally press the
main button too long on your
iPhone and the Siri sound pops
up in class...
To the person about large
amounts of Chinese food: youre
so right! I always order a crap
ton. Good leftovers too :)
In dire need of chapstick, haaalp.
Yeah its nice out but its not
THAT nice out... like, people
wearing shorts out as if its 80
degrees... its only 50...
Anyone else actually kind of
enjoy cleaning? Like, Im not
gonna make it a profession but
sometimes its fun!
Dress for the weather you want,
not the weather you have right
now.
S/O to the Anschutz bathroom
artists. Awesome to see the
University produces such quality
work!
Facebook guy: if you havent talked to them since high school why
are you still friends with them?
Are we going back to cold
weather now? Or is it actually
going to stay nice for a while? I
can never tell with you, Kansas.
Every time I eat a Hot Pocket I
think of Jim Gaffigan.
Omg I just realized I never got a
coupon book from the union this
semester!!! Noo!!!!!
#NoFreeRamenForMe
Why do tiny dogs all have to be
annoying as hell...?
Im breaking out the Valentines
Day chocolate a few days early.
#munchmunch
When you see the love of your life
at the Rec and you look like a
sweaty sloth...
To the victims of the recent
shooting here in Lawrence.
#pleasehealquickly
Im genuinely curious to see what
speed dating is like. Has anyone
done it?
My downstairs neighbor only
knows one volume: LOUD.
That new smoke burger joint
downtown is pretty delicious,
but I hate that every inch of me
smells like smoke when I leave.
POOPED MYSELF IN STRONG.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015

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Modeling industry still sends wrong message

Matthew Clough
@mcloughsofly

magine a world where

nearly all women are
slender, tall and illustrated perfectly by means of
countless alterations, such as
make-up. Although totally
unreasonable, the American
fashion modeling industry
primarily portrays women
with these characteristics.
The modeling industry
has long been the target of
criticism for its narrow and
exclusionary representation
of what people actually look
like.
The modeling industry
is similarly unfair to male
models. They might not be
expected to maintain thin
frames like women, but they
are still subjected to rigid
standards of appearance.
Male models are typically
expected to be extremely
muscular and trim. Modeling for both sexes represents
inherent flaws in the business
as a whole.
According to studies
released by the Girl Scouts
of the USA and other similar
organizations, the modeling industry promotes an
unhealthy body image to the
public, specifically to young
girls. From a young age, girls
are exposed to advertisements and images of thin,
overly Photoshopped women,
while being conditioned to
believe such figures are ideal
standards of beauty. According to the Girl Scouts of the

PRO
CON

USAs Beauty Redefined

survey, nine out of 10 girls
say that the fashion industry
and media representations of
women pressure girls to be
thin. Furthermore, 65 percent
of girls think the industrys
portrayal of women is too
skinny, while 31 percent
admit to starving themselves
to lose weight.
Clearly the modeling
industry is in an unhealthy
state. The messages it sends
to viewers are problematic
and unrepresentative of the
natural American womans
body. Former editor of Vogue
Australia magazine Kirstie Clements revealed that
many models view starving
themselves as an acceptable
practice , even to the point of
anorexia in some cases. The
editor was fired following
her tell-all book, The Vogue
Factor. Yet, American media
continues to market these
individuals as the epitome of

65
PERCENT OF GIRLS
THINK THE INDUSTRYS
PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN
IS TOO SKINNY

beauty.
Earlier this year, Tess
Munster, also known as Tess
Holliday, made headlines
when she was signed by
MiLK Model Management.
Holliday is 55 and wears a
size 22, which makes her the
first model of her size to sign

a major modeling contract.

Shes also been active on
Instagram, promoting the
hashtag #EffYourBeautyStandards to encourage women
to embrace their bodies and
redefine our standards of
beauty.
Even though MiLK Model
Management is taking a
step in the right direction,
the agencys attempt to
showcase women of different sizes doesnt solve the
issues within the industry.
Hollidays weight of about
260 pounds can hardly
be said to promote healthy
images for young women.
Fashion modeling has long
been heralded as a realm of
extremes, whether it be in
terms of weight, outfit styles
or diet. Just as showcasing
individuals who are too thin
sends negative messages, so
does promoting images of
those who are in the zone of
obesity.
When considering that
young women are so impressionable and influenced by
the media, its essential to
reevaluate current modeling
standards of ideal weight. It
seems necessary to reinvent
the concept of the plus-sized
model. A report by ABC suggests that plus-sized models
in many firms range between
the sizes of six and 14, which
is simply absurd. These sizes
are about standard and worn
by healthy, fit individuals. Its
disturbing that the modeling
industry would label such
sizes as plus size when
compared to their ideal. Hiring more models within this
range and even a bit beyond
would be more accurate in
representing American individuals, and would likely aid
in solving many self-esteem
issues among young women.

ANTHONY EVANS/MILK MODEL MANAGEMENT

Despite her success, plus-size model Tess Holliday still cant believe how far
shes come. Holliday uses social media to promote positive beauty standards.

Hollidays initiative is
powerful and necessary in an
age where beauty standards
have become so skewed,
detrimental to both physical and mental aspects of
viewers. Redefining beauty
is a meaningful step forward
in tackling the issues of the
modeling industry. However,
showcasing individuals of
heavy weight is not the most
effective solution in counter-

balancing models of extremely petite body composition.

Reforming the modeling
industry is a long process and
will take effort. In order to
remedy the industry, a reasonable middle ground must
be established.
Matthew Clough is a
sophomore from Wichita
studying English and
journalism

ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE DRILLING

Wilderness deserves
congressional support
Jenny Stern
@jenlikeswhales

resident Obama announced

his plans to ask Congress
to designate the Coastal
Plain and core areas of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
as wilderness. While it is likely that
Congress will give him the cold
shoulder, there are serious economic,
environmental and emotional reasons
that preserving this land is a good
idea.
Organisms and ecosystems are more
successful in the absence of human
interferences, direct or indirect. There
are many examples where human
interference and action decimated a
population: The bluefin tuna versus
fishermen, rhinos versus poachers
and pandas versus habitat loss. Many
animals, including a herd of 130,000
caribou, use this reserve as a summer
habitat. Although human effects such
as climate change will not be curbed
by this reserve (with the exception of
a reduced accessibility to fossil fuels),
this action protects against direct
interference.
Potential drilling space would
be lost with the wilderness
classification, but the economy
would not be dramatically affected.
The Department of Energy reports
that this reserve would reach its full
potential by 2026, a deadline when
drastic advances in alternative fuel
choices should exist. The refuge
will have the longevity of tourism
income and protect native subsistence
hunting. The tourism income
directly affects local villages with
unconventional economies.
The ANWR has economic and
environmental value, but it overflows

with a unique, natural beauty. This

conservation plan would expand
on the intentions of the Wilderness
Act, which set aside the area as a
refuge. William deBuys writes in
his tribute to the Wilderness Acts
50th birthday in 2014, The greatest
thing about that great law, only one
of three in 1964, is that it still invites
us, even at times forces us (most of
us being city dwellers), to fall in love

The submission should include the authors name,

grade and hometown. Find our full letter to the editor
policy online at kansan.com/letters.

Cecilia Cho
@ceciliacho92

ECOSYSTEM DAMAGE
IS IRREVERSIBLE, AND
A HABITAT PLAGUED
WITH DRILLING SITES
WILL NEVER COMPARE
TO THE WIDE, OPEN
COASTAL PLAINS.
with our beautiful blue planet Earth,
the most singular and wonder-filled
thing in all the universe. In President
Obamas words, declaring the ANWR
as wilderness is the next step in
[making] sure that this amazing
wonder is preserved for future
generations.
Ecosystem damage is irreversible,
and a habitat plagued with drilling
sites will never compare to the wide,
open coastal plains. Listing the
ANWR as wilderness would protect
the area from rash, greed-driven
decisions. It is time for Congress to
move past partisan lines and fall in
love with our beautiful blue planet.
Jenny Stern is a junior from Lawrence
studying ecology and evolutionary biology

here has been much

controversy surrounding
the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge (ANWR) and whether the
area along the Alaskan coast should
be protected from drilling oil.
President Obama recently called
upon Congress to add nearly 12.3
million acres of refuge land to the
National Wilderness Preservation
System. While a respectable cause,
ignoring a large portion of oil can
cause us to lose out on potential
benefits for our economy.
Drilling into the ANWR is a great
economic incentive and gives us the
opportunity to keep our position as
the worlds number one oil producer.

PERHAPS DRILLING
INTO THE ANWR TODAY
WOULD NOT BENEFIT AS
MUCH AS PREDICTED,
BUT THIS DOES NOT
MEAN DRILLING INTO
THE ANWR SHOULD BE
KEPT OFF THE TABLE.
NOTHING IS FOR
CERTAIN.
Expanding drilling for oil also opens
several job opportunities with the
potential of 250,000-750,000 new

jobs created from oil extraction

in ANWR, according to CNS
News. Utilizing the ANWR for oil
extraction has positive effects on not
just Alaska, but our nation as well.
Law Street Media reports, Through
land leasing, bids, and taxation
the oil in Alaskas wilderness is
estimated to add billions of dollars
in revenue to state and federal
treasuries.
Todays drilling technology is
advanced, and the impact on the
environment from oil extraction
is low: Only eight percent of the
wildlife refuge would be used for
exploration and drilling, according
to Law Street Media. Furthermore,
the majority of Alaskan residents
are in favor of oil drilling because
economic benefits outweigh
the environmental impact. The
resources accrued from the ANWR
can make a significant impact
on our national debt, generating
approximately $150 billion to $296
billion in new federal revenue,
according to a Committee on
Natural Resources report.
Perhaps drilling into the ANWR
today would not benefit as much as
predicted, but this does not mean
drilling into the ANWR should be
kept off the table. Nothing is for
certain. We cannot limit our future
options by preserving an area that
provides so much potential for
the U.S. Nothing is secure, and
there may come a time when oil
extraction in the ANWR is needed
for the economy to survive.

Cecilia Cho is a senior from Overland

Park majoring in American Studies

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EDITORIAL BOARD
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Editorial Board are Brian
Hillix, Paige Lytle, Cecilia
Cho, Stephanie Bickel and
Sharlene Xu.

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arts & features

HOROSCOPES

Aries
(March 21-April 19)
You might give someone
an ultimatum as Saturn
reminds you that you deserve
to be treated like a queen.
If your partner has been
neglectful, youll be sure to
complain about it. Just dont
be ungrateful if your honey
really is doing his or her best.
Taurus
(April 20-May 20)
The moon in your sign will
make it easier to figure out
whats going on. If youve
been puzzled about someone
youve been involved with,
youll soon sort things out. If
you have been on again, off
again, with a partner, youll
find greater stability in the
situation.
Gemini
(May 21-June 21)
Use care with your words
so you dont hurt anybodys
feelings. The sun is showing
you that sometimes, you can
be too casual and sassy with
your language. Somebody
around you could be going
through a tough time, so be
kind.
Cancer
(June 22-July 22)
Your powers of attraction
are strong now. If youre
single, get out there and start
circulating. Dont remain
cooped up alone at home. The
moon says dont miss out on
romantic opportunities that
are much closer than you
think.
Leo
(July 23-Aug. 22)
With Mercury still opposite
your sign, its important to
read between the lines. If
your honey is depressed, she
could be trying to tell you
something. If your boyfriend
is acting distant, maybe
something serious is going on
with him.
Virgo
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
You could be annoyed by
all the little stuff this week,
but try to relax. The sun is
exaggerating your frustration.
Focus on the big picture. Give
thanks for the many blessings
in your life, which could
include health, a decent job,
and a good relationship.
Libra
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
With Venus opposite your
sign, youre questioning your
current romantic situation.
If youre in a relationship,
youre wondering if it has real
staying power. If youre single,
youre trying to figure out the
best way to meet someone
special. Keep exploring.

Students blog helps kickstart career

KATHERINE HARTLEY
@kat_hart9

University
junior
Taylor Kalush, a strategic
communications major from
Olathe, began a fashion blog
last year as a class project.
That original project has led
to an internship with the
Kansas City-based startup
fashion brand Lions in Four,
and a position with Kansas
alumnus Justin Wesley and
his unisex clothing line,
JUSTINKC. This Monday
night she met with Lions in
Four via Skype to discuss the
posting of its blog launch.
Kalush has also worked
at Nordstrom as a sales
associate for two years and
is now a stylist for the store.
She defines her own personal
style as clean and simple
and said she loves anything
oversized. Kalush plans to
graduate a semester early and
apply to the Fashion Institute
of Technology in New York.
Kansan: How long have
you been blogging?
Kalush: I started my blog last
January because it was part
of my independent study
for journalism with one of
my professors. Basically I
was studying how fashion,
business and journalism all
go together and so I had to
make a proposal and my blog
was my tangible presentation
of what I learned from
my research. I tried not to
just make it a fashion blog
because you probably see
those all the time. I just think
its boring. So I researched
fashion trends and forecasts
and ad campaigns and made
a mixture of all of it because I
feel like it is more interesting
to learn about the business of
fashion rather than just look
at a fashion blog of pictures.
Kansan: Did you always
know you wanted to do
fashion blogging?
Kalush: No. I literally feel
like I would not have done
a blog at all, unless it was
for the project. I continue
to blog, but it is more time
consuming, so thats when
my Instagram really helps.
Now that Im a stylist at
Nordstrom I post outfits and
stuff and it brings business
in. So the Instagram is kind
of like a dual purpose, for my
personal blog at least.
Kansan: How do you come
up with ideas and inspiration
for your blog?
Kalush: I literally buy every
single fashion magazine
from every single European
country, plus the U.S. So
Im subscribed to Vogue,
Womens
Wear
Daily,
Harpers Bazaar, magazines
like those. Then I go to
Barnes & Noble and I buy
the Spanish and Australian
and the U.K. ones and I just
get them all because theyre
all different and it projects
how each country or region
sees fashion now in their
own way. I research a lot. I
get on databases that I have
for fashion forecasting. So

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Junior Taylor Kalush, from Olathe, now has an internship with the fashion brand Lions in Four after running a fashion blog last year as a class project.

that forecasts all the fashion

trends for the next three
years for men and womens
fashion and its interesting
to see how they come up
with that. It will say Spring
or Summer 2016 or 2017 and
itll have a whole list of what
trends that are going to be
happening in two years.

Kansan: When did you start

working with Lions in Four?
Kalush: When I first
started my blog, my senior
photographer was a family
friend and I wanted to shoot
a trend piece for my blog
and she said Oh, well, we
actually just started this
new brand and Im the cofounder of it. So I basically
signed up to be their intern
right at the beginning, last
January, and I originally
just helped style shoots, and
helped with marketing and
social media. Then during
the summer thats pretty
much when I really feel like
I started becoming an intern
because thats when I started
to design with Julie Martin,
who is the head designer.
I designed Lions in Fours
new logo. I dont really feel
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
like anywhere else I would
Taylor
Kalush
ran
a
fashion
blog
for
class
last
year
and
now
works
with
Kansas
alumnus
Justin
Wesleys
clothing line.
be able to be like Hey, we
should change our current
to make a product that is excited about for the future?
two different companies go
logo, but they actually
supporting
these
women
in
Kalush:
Im
just
excited
to
through it, it just gives me a
listened and their consultant
India.
bring
what
I
have
learned
and
lot of knowledge about how
ended up liking the new one
figure out what it is I want to to do things in the future. I
better.
Kansan: Tell me about your do, even though I dont know dont know if I want to have
work
with Justin Wesley and what that is. I have no idea my own company, but if I
Kansan: Where is Lions in
his
brand.
what Im going to end up do one day I feel like I will
Four based?
Kalush: I am the co-creative doing, and everybody thinks know what and what not to
Kalush: We are in Kansas
City, but our public relations director, PR Coordinator, Im going to end up in New do. And I think that working
people are in New York, and Market Research Specialist York, but I really have no with startups is also really
trend
forecaster idea.
beneficial because you get
our bags are sourced from and
to contribute a lot more
Italy and South America, its for Justin. I help with
development
of
the
overall
Kansan:
Why
are
internships
because its such a smallerT
kind of crazy. Julie Martin
brand
and
its
identity.
I
assist
so
important,
and
how
have
organization, compared tos
is the head founder of Lions
with
some
of
the
design
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experiences
helped
you
a big one where youre voiceK
in Four, but originally she
isnt really heard. So yout
started a nonprofit in India, work, and add a different so far?
perspective
on
his
ideas.
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for
startup
actually get to make yourc
called We Care of India. So
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I
also
developed
the
idea
companies
like
JUSTINKC
mark on things.
all of the silk inside of the
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to
create
the
brand
as
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and
Lions
in
Four,
you
see
Internships
are
important.
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unisex
line.
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has
really
a
company
make
mistakes
They
just
create
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lot
of
is made in India by women
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included
me
in
a
lot
of
the
from
the
beginning,
theres
so
opportunities,
because
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that are employed and who
many obstacles that you never never know who youll meet.
would basically be on the whole startup process.
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guess would hit you. So I feel
streets if they didnt have a
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originally came to IngredientH
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to eat dinner.

Scorpio
(Oct. 24-Nov. 2)
The moon is enhancing your
psychic ability. Pay attention
to your dreams, especially if
you have vivid ones. Listen
to your gut if you get a strong
impression about a person,
place or thing. Water signs
like you can be incredibly
intuitive.
Sagittarius
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Youll want to take the
initiative this week as Venus
inspires you to make a move.
Maybe youll invite your
sweetheart to move in with
you. Perhaps you and your
spouse will finally get around
to discussing having kids.
Embrace a bigger future.

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Jacob Anderson, a Lawrence

resident, said he was surprised
when he saw the ping pong
tables set up inside the restau-C
rant. He said he walked in toC
see what was going on andw
ended up playing a few games
K
with his friends.
Anderson said he would
come back again to play, and
he hopes that it continues to
grow.
I havent seen anything quite
like this before in Lawrence,
Anderson said. It is a unique
idea, and I think that the people of this community will enjoy having something like this
to call their own.
JILL STIVERSON/KANSAN
Nick Wysong, owner of Ingredient in Lawrence, recently started Lawrence Ping Pong Social Club for Lawrence residents to play ping pong in the restaurant.

Edited by Alex Lamb

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Kendrick released The
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be featured on his upcoming
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The track has a dramatically
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Lamar two Grammys on
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Performance and Best Rap
Song.
The Blacker The Berry
takes on a much more
serious tone, addressing
social issues currently being
faced by African Americans.
It could be a coincidence
that he chose to drop this
single during Black History
Month, but it seems fitting
considering Lamar goes all
the way back to his roots in
the first verse of The Blacker
The Berry, where he raps
Im African American,
then restates the line as Im
African, Im black as the
moon, heritage of a small
village. He also mocks
modern stereotypes placed
on African Americans in the
very same verse. In the final
verse of the song, Kendrick
lists more African American
stereotypes, and indicates
that African American
history isnt something that
should be celebrated for only
one month in an entire year.
Lamar begins each verse
with Im the biggest
hypocrite of 2015.
Throughout the song, he
speaks on violence and
hypocrisy, and expresses
the anger and hatred felt by
African Americans toward

the white-dominated country

we live in. He ends the song
with the lyrics So why did I
weep when Trayvon Martin
was in the street? When gang
b***ing make me kill a n****
blacker than me? Hypocrite!
Lamar is calling out his
own race for responding
to racial issues in a violent
manner, and for blaming
white people for the death of
African Americans without
acknowledging that many
African Americans die at
the hands of their own race
every day. Lamar is calling
for peace.
Lamar has mentioned
Martin Luther King Jr. in
his music before, beginning
in his first studio album,
Section.80. Its obvious that
he strives to carry on MLKs
philosophy of nonviolent
activism in his latest release
as well. Lamar places blame
not only on white people, but
also on the black community,
much like MLK did.
In an interview with
Billboard regarding
Ferguson, Lamar said,
When we dont have respect

for ourselves, how do we

expect them to respect us?
It starts from within. Dont
start with just a rally, dont
start from looting it starts
from within.
His response received
harsh feedback from fellow
rappers like Kid Cudi and
Azealia Banks, who tweeted,
dumbest s*** Ive ever
heard a black man say. In
the first lines of The Blacker
The Berry, he stands by his
viewpoint on how he thinks
the current situation in
Ferguson should have been
handled. Its possible that this
song could be received the
same way his comment in the
interview was, but ultimately,
Lamars intent is to promote
peace and to stand up for
his race, and so far the song
has received overwhelmingly
positive feedback.
In the songs chorus, Lamar
raps, The blacker the berry,
the sweeter the juice, which
samples Tupacs song Keep
Ya Head Up. The phrase
the blacker the berry was
derived from the novel The
Blacker the Berry by Wallace

Thurman, which is about a

young woman facing racial
discrimination during the
Harlem Renaissance. This
lyric has been interpreted
multiple ways by listeners
online, but since Lamar aims
to address racial tension
that has been especially
prominent within the last
year, he is likely referring to
the current state of chaos that
continues to dominate the
media and minds of many.
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THE DAILY DEBATE

Who has the best All-Star team?

Griffin Hughes
@GriffinJHughes

WEST

e all know the

NBA All-Star
teams dont
necessarily comprise the Conferences best players; theyre
more about who the fans love
and want to see. So the winner, then, isnt necessarily the
conference that has the best
team. But the All-Star Game
isnt really about the game,
anyway. Its about the event,
and, most importantly, its
about the discussion of who
would have the better team if
the leagues best actually took
the floor.
Since thats the case, who
can argue against the Western
Conference?
The Wests starting five alone
contains the best rim protector in the Association, a 7-foot
powerhouse, two all-around
scorers and possibly the best
pure shooter in the history of
the game. On the bench is the
other Splash Brother, one of
the leagues best pure scorers,
and the most athletic point
guard in NBA history.
This is a team that can throw
out a variety of lineups. They

can isolate and score in a halfcourt offense. They can put

out a speedy flex frontcourt
accompanied by the fastest
backcourt in the league and
run in transition. Or, if those
lineups dont work, they can
roll out two powerful forwards
who can plug the lane while

At the end of the day, Steph

Curry and Klay Thompson
combine to make the most
dynamic shooting duo in the
NBA, Russell Westbrook is
the leagues best athlete, and
Anthony Davis and Marc
Gasol are two of its best rim
protectors.

THIS IS A TEAM THAT CAN THROW

OUT A VARIETY OF LINEUPS.
the guards slash inside.
I didnt even mention the
fact that they could put
the Splash Brothers on the
court with James Harden, or
reunite the Thunder trio that
took Oklahoma City to the
Finals in 2012. And its not
just offense three of the
NBAs top 15 post defenders
are suiting up for the West,
including blocks per game
leader Anthony Davis. This
is a team thats versatile and
talented, while also speedy
and powerful.
While the East does have potentially the best player ever in
LeBron James, they cant hope
to bring as much versatility
to the table as the West can.

Whether the Eastern Conference team tries to play a

power game, run in transition
or hoist threes, the Western
Conference can adapt and
outplay them in every facet
of the game. This is especially
true now that Damian Lillard
made his way onto the team,
where he should have been in
the first place.
Regardless of how unrealistic
the actual All-Star teams end
up being each year, if it were
truly the best of the West
against the best of East, it
wouldnt even be a contest.
Edited by Jordan Fox

Nick Couzin
@Ncouz

EAST

his Valentines Day,

the NBA will have its
86th All Star Game
in New York City at Madison
Square Garden. While the
Western Conference might
have more veteran participants, the Eastern Conference
is younger and has more
promise for the future.
The Eastern Conference has
often been called weak. It has
been true in previous years,
since the lower half of the
playoff seedings have typically
had sub-.500 records, but its

basketball right now, the 43-10

Atlanta Hawks. Yes, the Golden State Warriors have the
best record in the NBA right
now at 41-9, and yes, theyre
in the Western Conference,
but these two teams met just
last week, and Atlanta won a
high-scoring 124-116 battle.
East All-Star guard Jeff Teague
scored 23 points in the win.
In addition to Teague, the
Hawks have two more AllStars, forwards Al Horford
and Paul Millsap. The Eastern
Conference got the win last
year, 163-155. Theyve got
momentum going into this
years game and the game is
being played in an Eastern
Conference arena.

THE EAST ALSO HAS HEALTH ON

THEIR SIDE. NOBODY ON THEIR TEAM
HAS ANY SIGNIFICANT INJURIES.
not the case this year. Seven
of the eight teams having
winning records, the only exception being the eighth-seed
Miami Heat.
Lets also not forget that the
East has the hottest team in

Not to mention the Eastern

Conference has LeBron James
of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the
best player in the modern era
and leader of the fan vote.
The East also has health on

their side. Nobody on their

team has any significant
injuries. The West has already
had to replace two of their AllStars due to Kobe Bryant and
Blake Griffins injuries. The
West might have the Splash
Bros in Klay Thompson and
Stephen Curry, but the East
has several dangerous pairs of
players from the same team.
Jimmy Butler and Pau Gasol
have averaged a combined 39
points per game for the Bulls,
Dwyane Wade and Chris
Bosh score 42 per game for
the Heat, and the Cavs combo
of LeBron and Kyrie Irving
combine for 47 per game.
Some of the Easts best teams
have also gone on long winning streaks this season. The
Hawks won 17 straight games
before losing and the Cavs
won 12 before losing. The
longest streak in the West this
season was by the Warriors,
who won 19 straight games,
but lost at home to the Eastern
Conferences Chicago Bulls.
So this weekend, while
watching the All-Star festivities, know that the East is the
better conference.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Grant leads Notre Dame

to 60-58 win at Clemson
PETE IACOBELLI
Associated Press

GERALD HERBERT/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kentucky forward Willie Cauley-Stein, right, slam dunks as he is fouled by LSU forward Jordan Mickey in the first half of
an NCAA college basketball game in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday night.

No. 1 Kentucky survives

again, beating LSU 71-69
BRETT MARTEL
Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La.

Willie Cauley-Stein scored 15
points and top-ranked Kentucky stayed unbeaten with
another tough road win, 7169 over LSU when the Tigers
missed a 3-pointer that could
have won it at the buzzer Tuesday night.
Devin Booker added 14 and
Aaron Harrison had 13 for
the Wildcats (24-0, 11-0 SEC)
who can tie a school record
for the best start to a season by
winning at home on Saturday
against South Carolina.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 12
points and 13 rebounds, including a jump-hook that put
the Wildcats up for good with
1:30 left, and a clutch offensive
rebound inside the final minute.
Trailing by two with roughly
six seconds left, LSU got the
ball to Keith Hornsby on the
wing, who missed an off-balanced 3-pointer that bounced

harmlessly off the rim as time

expired.
Jarell Martin had 21 points
and 11 rebounds for LSU (177, 6-5), while Hornsby scored
17 points.
Early in the second half, LSU
appeared to be struggling with
Kentuckys height, with Cauley-Stein dunking twice within
a few possessions as the Wildcats built a 10-point lead. Harrison then drained a 3 to give
the Wildcats their largest lead
at 58-45 with 12:46 to go.
LSU called timeout, and responded well, surging into the
lead with a stunning 21-2 run
during the next five-plus minutes that sent a sellout crowd
into an ear-ringing frenzy.
It started with a 3 by Josh
Gray. Hornsby scored eight
points during the surge, including a 3 and a fast-break
layup off of Cauley-Steins
turnover that capped the run
and put LSU up 66-60.
The Wildcats briefly appeared to be losing their composure during the LSU surge.

Towns was called for a technical foul for hanging on the

rim after a missed dunk, after
which coach John Calipari
pulled the 6-foot-11 forward
from the game and gave him a
scolding on the bench.
But it was Towns who
snapped the run with a short
jumper after being put back in,
starting an 11-3 run to close
the game.
The Tigers started quickly
and led by eight several times
in the first five minutes, thanks
largely to Martin and Mickey,
who combined for 12 of LSUs
first 14 points.
But the Wildcats second unit
was able to quickly close the
gap as Devin Booker hit three
of his first four shots for seven
points, pulling the Wildcats to
17-15.
The Tigers managed to maintain a slim lead most of the half
until jumpers by Booker and
Cauley-Stein capped an 8-2
Kentucky run shortly before
halftime, giving the Wildcats a
38-34 lead.

CLEMSON, S.C. Jerian

Grant scored 22 points and
Demetrius Jackson hit the
tying and go-ahead baskets
as No. 10 Notre Dame outlasted Clemson 60-58 on
Tuesday night.
The Tigers (14-10, 6-6 Atlantic Coast Conference)
missed two shots at the end,
including a 3-pointer by Damarcus Harrison that hit off
the rim as time ran out.
The Irish (22-4, 10-3) overcame a four-point deficit
down the stretch to push
past Clemson with Grant, a
major factor in the rally. Notre Dame trailed 56-52 after
Rod Halls three-point play
for the Tigers with 4:07 to go.
But Grant followed with
two foul shots, then stole the
ball to lead to Jacksons tying
layup. After Jacksons basket
put Notre Dame up for good
58-56, Grant hit a fadeaway
jumper.
Notre Dame bounced back
after a 90-60 loss at home last
Saturday to No. 4 Duke.
Jaron Blossomgame led
Clemson with 17 points and
14 rebounds.
Notre Dame is second in
the ACC, scoring 80 points
a game, yet looked like it
would fall victim to Clemsons style of tough defense
and grinding out each possession before scoring.
The dynamic Grant pulled
the Irish out of that funk in
the final four minutes for the

RICHARD SHIRO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Notre Dames Jerian Grant (22) drives to the basket while defended by
Clemsons Landry Nnoko during the first half of an NCAA college basketball
game Tuesday in Clemson, S.C.

win to match the programs

best 26-game start last accomplished in 1980-81.
Pat Connaughton had 14
points, including three of
Notre Dames six 3-pointers. Jackson finished with 11
points.
Harrison scored 15 points
for Clemson.
Both teams entered hoping
to bounce back from disappointing losses.
Notre Dames 30-point loss
to Duke was its most lopsided loss since 1999. Clemson
missed its chance to jump
into the upper part of the
ACC standings last Sunday,

fading down the stretch in a

56-45 loss at Miami that ended the Tigers four-game win
streak.
Clemson came out fast in
this one, using a 9-0 run early on the way to a 25-17 lead
after Harrisons jumper with
7:52 left in the half.
Neither team was particularly sharp in the final five
minutes before the break,
combining to hit just five of
18 shots down the stretch.
Clemson did not attempt a
foul shot in the opening half
after finishing with just one
in the Miami loss.

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They would be getting a
workhorse, an established big
league pitcher, Will Myers said
of Shields on Saturday. He has
been a leader on both teams
hes been on. ... I would be
excited to get him. Hes a great
pitcher.

Royals.com

FACT OF THE DAY

Shields will be the first freeagent pitcher to sign a contract

in excess of $50 million after
Feb. 1 of a given year.
Royals.com

TRIVIA OF THE DAY

Q: Who else was in the running

for James Shields pitching
services?
A: The Cubs

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James Shields signs to San Diego Padres

here was no doubt around the

league that the Royals wouldnt
be able to hold onto their starting pitcher for another year following
an AL Pennant and subsequent World
Series run. With so much anticipation
surrounding his next move, it came as
no surprise when James Shields signed
with the San Diego Padres two days ago
for four years and $75 million.
Shields did for the Royals exactly what
he was needed to do: He brought leadership, confidence and excitement to a
team that had missed the playoffs for 27
years straight prior to his much-needed
arrival. Dayton Moores big gamble
paid off for both parties.
When the Royals sent Will Myers and
Jake Odorizzi to the Rays in exchange
for Shields and right-handed pitcher
Wade Davis, Royals faithful were angry
and confused.
During the 2013 season, Shields went
13-9 with a solid 3.15 ERA. Davis was

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put into the role of starting pitcher, and

went 8-11 with a 5.32 ERA. The Royals
missed the playoffs again, and witnessed Will Myers earn AL Rookie of
the Year. Fans were calling for Dayton
Moores head and understandably so.
The Royals administration held strong
with Dayton Moores plan, and during
this past season, the Royals started
to win consistently. Shields proved to
be a solid starting pitcher, going 14-8

with an 2.21 ERA, according

to ESPN.com. Wade Davis
then became part of the trio of
pitchers (Davis-Herrara-Holland) that could finish any
batting order off with a lead
that it faced.
The Royals slipped into the
playoffs with a wild card, and
stunned the Athletics. They
swept the Angels and Orioles to make
it into the World Series, where they
eventually lost to the Giants. In two
short years, the gamble paid off and
Dayton Moores risky move proved to
be genius.
Shields didnt pitch well in the postseason, but he didnt pitch poorly either.
He posted a 5.85, according to ESPN.
com. He did lose both games he started
in the World Series, but they were
against MVP Madison Bumgarner. He
remained level headed and poised, and
continued to keep his young team pos-

itive as they pushed

it all the way to
Game Seven.
What Shields did
do was earn himself
big money. In just two
years with the Royals
pitching staff, he showed
that he could be a leader,
he could help young pitchers develop the confidence
they were missing, and more importantly, that he could be the face of a
team that makes the World Series.
San Diego made another good
decision this off-season, as they also
acquired Will Myers, Justin Upton and
Matt Kemp. The Padres may look to
compete immediately and will rely on
the same intangibles that James Shields
brought to the Royals AL Championship run.
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Baylor forward Taurean Prince (21) is fouled going to the basket by Oklahoma States Michael Cobbins (20) as LeBryan Nash (2) and Christien Sager (15) in the first half of the basketball game Monday in Waco, Texas. With six Big 12 teams in
the Top 25, the conference is set to face some tough competitors this week.

Big 12 facing string of big games this week

JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press

With six teams in the Top 25, the

Big 12 has big games pretty much
every week.
This one will be no different as
the 10 teams in college basketball's
deepest conference jockey for
position.
It started on Monday night, when
No. 21 Oklahoma State won at No. 16
Baylor 74-65 and No. 17 Oklahoma
beat No. 14 Iowa State 94-83.
On Wednesday, No. 21 West
Virginia tries to end a two-game
losing streak at Kansas State, which

may need a late push to get an

NCAA tournament bid.
The Big 12's big day is Saturday,
highlighted by Kansas at Baylor.
The Jayhawks lost at No. 21
Oklahoma State last week, but didn't
lose any ground in The Associated
Press Top 25, remaining at No. 8 this
week.
The Bears (18-6) moved up three
spots to No. 16 this week after
routing TCU and West Virginia last
week, but could drop after the home
loss to Oklahoma State.
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the Jayhawks to a 56-55 win in Waco.
The Jayhawks (19-4) lead the
Big 12 at 8-2, a game ahead of No.
13 Iowa State, in their bid to win
an 11th-straight regular-season
conference championship.
"It's so early. My thinking is, a lot of
times when you wish for something
to happen early in conference play,
it turns out to be totally irrelevant
late and it may end up biting you,"
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State after climbing four sports to
No. 17 in the latest poll.
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Saturday as well.
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BASKETBALL

REWIND
HALF SUMMARIES
1ST HALF
The Jayhawks got off to a slow start in the first half, as Texas Tech kept the
game close until the final minute. Early on, it was Wayne Selden Jr. who led the
way, scoring 13 of the teams 27 points (48.1 percent), including a three-pointer at the end of the half to push the Jayhawks lead to 5.
2ND HALF
It was all Kansas in the second half, as Greene, Mason, Alexander and Ellis led
the way. The four players combined for 36 points, while posting six assists and
five rebounds to just one turnover. The Jayhawks outscored the Red Raiders by
17 points, and it was only that close because Self put the walk-ons in at the
end of the game.

GAME TO REMEMBER
Frank Mason was the driving force for the Jayhawks for much
of the night, scoring 10 points, while totaling eight assists.
Mason had more assists than every other player on Kansas
combined, and he led the team with a plus/minus of +25 in
31 minutes.

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Kansas Perry Ellis shoots under pressure from Texas Techs Aaron Ross on Tuesday night in Lubbock, Texas. Ellis played
25 minutes and scored 14 points for Kansas in their win against Texas Tech.

GAME TO FORGET
Devonte Graham had a quiet showing, failing to score in
his 11 minutes on the court. Graham was the only player
typically in the rotation to have a negative plus/minus rating, and looking at his last two games, the point guard has
three fouls and three turnovers to just two total assists,
while shooting 0-of-6 from the field.

UNSUNG HERO
Bill Self finally started Cliff Alexander in conference play,
and it paid off. Alexander had 10 points, five rebounds
and four blocks in 20 minutes, while leading the team in
field goal percentage (minimum two attempts). Alexanders impact on the defensive end was a key factor in the
game early.

ZACH LONG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kansas Frank Mason drives past Texas Techs Keenan Evans during the first half of Tuesday nights game in Lubbock,
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lthough football
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University of Kansas
has underwhelmed over the
past half-decade under the
likes of Turner Gill and Charlie
Weis, every so often, fans have
the NFL Draft to look forward
to.
Since 2010, only one Kansas
football player offensive
tackle Tanner Hawkinson, a
fifth-round selection in 2013
has been drafted. This year,
Kansas has a few draft-eligible
players that are worth keeping
an eye on, starting with the
NFL Combine next weekend.
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in 2014. If theres one position
where the Jayhawks strive in
the NFL in recent years, its
cornerback.
At 5-foot-11, Shepherd wont
play as an outside corner in
the NFL as much as he did
at Kansas; instead, hell play
in the slot. Shepherd doesnt
show great feet on film, or
have standout speed, but he
does have the wow factor, as he
snagged five interceptions over
the last two seasons.
Hes great in man coverage
with good hips, which he
exhibited in Januarys EastWest Shrine Game.
Combine measurements
will be big for Shepherd, but
Id currently expect him to go
in the fourth or fifth round of
the draft. He has the best shot
of any Jayhawk to make a real
impact with a team in the NFL.
Punter Trevor Pardula will
work out at the combine on
Feb. 20 with specialists, where
he will likely solidify his spot
as a top three punter in the
draft class. Last year, only
one punter was taken in the
NFL Draft, so its unlikely
that he will be drafted. If he
hooks on with a team, itll be
as an undrafted free agent in
a punting battle to make the
final 53-man roster.
The draft process has
already began with all of these
Jayhawks, but the combine
is where it will all culminate,
in front of scouts from every
NFL team. When April rolls
around, were sure to hear a
few names called from the
University of Kansas.
Edited by Victoria Kirk

Kansas fans are used to

seeing names like Cole
Aldrich, Thomas Robinson
and Jeff Withey getting
easy buckets in the paint.
This season, the Jayhawks
are struggling with size and
are gaining their points in a
different way.
The three-point basket was
prevalent again in Kansas
73-51 win against Texas
Tech. The Jayhawks didnt
just put up a lot of shots
behind the arc, they were
also effective and efficient.
The Jayhawks ability to
hit the three-point shot
has been both surprising
and frustrating. Entering
Tuesday
nights
game,
Kansas led the Big 12 in
three-point-shooting
and
ranked among the bottom of
the conference in two-point
field goal percentage.
Right out of the gate,
sophomore Wayne Selden,
Jr. knocked in a three-point
basket to get the Jayhawks
on the board. Selden has
been on fire from deep,
coming into the game having
converted on nine of his last
12 threes.
Selden stayed on fire,
shooting 4-7 from three
and leading Kansas with 16.
Texas Tech was able to keep
things close heading into
the half due to turnovers as
Kansas had eight of them in
the half.
Freshman Cliff Alexander
got his second start of his
young career and made
this one count. Alexander
recorded ten points on
4-5 shooting, adding four
blocks.
Sophomore
Brannen
Greene entered the game
leading the Big 12 in threepoint percentage, at 62
percent. Greene did not
see the floor much in the
first half, playing only two
minutes and not scoring.
Greene finished the game
2-3 from deep with ten
points.
By the half, the Jayhawks
had already shot 13 threes,
but had only converted on
five. Kansas erupted from
deep in the second half,
shooting 6-7. Junior forward
Perry Ellis added a three of
his own, scoring 14 points
and adding nine rebounds.

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Kansas freshman forward Cliff Alexander shoots against Texas Techs Isaiah Manderson during Tuesday nights game in Lubbock, Texas. Alexander,
sophomore guard Brannen Greene and junior forward Perry Ellis combined for a total of 30 points during the game.

Sophomore Frank Mason

continued to be one of
Kansas most important
players,
extending
his
scoring streak to 21 games
and adding eight. Mason was
also 2-2 from the three-point
line.
Kansas shot 55 percent
from the three-point line
while shooting only 53
percent from the field in
total. This Kansas team is
scoring points differently
than in years past. Threepointers can only carry a
team so far when it comes to
March Madness. If Kansas is
on from deep, it will win, if
the Jayhawks are struggling
to knock in the deep ball,
theyll lose.
Next up for the Jayhawks
is a matchup against the No.
16 Baylor Bears at home.
Kansas defeated Baylor
56-55 earlier in the season
in one of Kansas closest
conference games.
Edited by Vicky DiazCamacho

ZACH LONG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kansas head coach Bill Self talks with Brannen Greene during Tuesdays game in Lubbock, Texas.

Late charge falls short for Jayhawks

DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

Looking for its third

road win in conference
play, Kansas (13-12, 4-8)
made the long-trip east to
Morgantown, W Va. to take
on the Mountaineers. Senior
forward Chelsea Gardner
recorded her seventh doubledouble of the season but it
was not enough, falling to
West Virginia 59-56.
Senior Asia Boyd had a
strong second half, but a
three-pointer that was made
after the buzzer did not count
to force overtime.
The Jayhawks did not get off

to a good start trailing early,

only scoring 15 points total in
the first half.
It was the Jayhawks lowest
point scoring in the first half
all season. West Virginia
junior guard Bria Holmes,
nearly outscored Kansas in
the first half alone, as she had
14 points.
The Jayhawks went the last
5:16 of the first half without
a field goal or a point scored.
Kansas came out of the
locker room outscoring
West Virginia 10-4 in the
first 3:27 of the second half,
which sparked back-toback 3-pointers from Boyd
and freshman guard Lauren

Aldridge.
Kansas sparked, trailing
37-27 with 14:56 remaining,
sparking on a 7-0 run on a
jumper by Gardner, a layup
and 3-pointer from Boyd and
a layup by Knight.
In the first 6:29 of the
second half, Kansas already
had eclipsed their point total
from the first half with 19
points.
After Kansas trimmed the
deficit to two points, the
Mountaineers extended their
lead by to 10 points with
under five minutes remaining
in the game.
Kansas had one more
shot at the Mountaineers

cutting the deficit down to

two points. An 8-0 run from
4:03 to 2:16 remaining on a
baseline jumper by Gardner
to give the Jayhawks their first
tie since 0-0.
West Virginia guard Brie
McDonald would make four
straight points to break the
tie to give the Mountaineers
a four-point lead with 24
seconds remaining.
Boyd would then be fouled
on a three-point shot and
made all three free throws to
get Kansas back to one.
West
Virginias
Linda
Stepney added two more free
throws to force Kansas to goal
for a three to force overtime,

but time had expired.

Kansas shot 42 percent
on 23-of-55 from the field,
including 62 percent in the
second half, seven-of-21 from
three for 33 percent and were
three-of-five from the line for
60 percent. Boyd attempted
all the free throws.
Gardner led Kansas with 18
points and 12 rebounds.
Boyd added 18 points as
well for Kansas.
Kansas will host Texas on
Saturday at 7 p.m.

Edited by Garrett Long