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EXPANDING EFFORTS
University deciding which sexual assault task force recommendations to implement
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The
University
has
implemented one of the
Sexual Assault Task Forces
recommendations,
which
clarifies the student code.
Other suggestions included
creating
an
on-campus
sexual assault response team
and multiple sexual assault
prevention and education
programs.
The University plans to
consider implementing those
and other ideas that the task
force recommended in their
report in May to improve the
campus response to sexual
assault. The recommendations
are meant to improve current
policies and procedures or
create solutions that the
existing framework doesnt
offer.
The Chancellor created the
task force in September 2014
in response to allegations that

the University had mishandled

complaints of sexual assault.
The Department of Educations
Office of Civil Rights is
currently investigating two
Title IX complaints at the
University.
So
far
the
only
recommendation that has
been implemented was a
clarification in the student
code that the University
has jurisdiction over offcampus sexual violence and
harassment cases. However,
the code has not been clarified
to reflect that the University
has off-campus jurisdiction
regarding domestic violence.
Erinn
Barcomb-Peterson,
director of news and media
relations, said administrators
were now deciding which
recommendations
to
implement.
Since the report came out,

University administrators are

looking at which ones will be
integrated into the work that
is already going on to address
sexual assault, BarcombPeterson said.
Efforts to address sexual

Id like to see continued focus

on the issue, not only in terms of
administration but also in terms of
students.
ALESHA DOAN
Former co-chair of the task force

assault so far include hiring

a CARE coordinator to
help students throughout
the process of reporting
an assault, making sexual
assault prevention training
mandatory and continuing to
educate students about sexual

assault prevention.
Barcomb-Peterson
said
she didnt know when
administrators would decide
on the recommendations and
begin implementing them.
Some recommendations are
meant to make the reporting
and adjudicating process less
confusing, such as outlining
the procedure for reporting.
Others focus on providing
resources for victims.
Alesha Doan, the former
co-chair of the task force,
said the University could
feasibly begin implementing
short- and long-term steps
this academic year, including
drafting a memorandum of
understanding, or MOU, with
GaDuGi SafeCenter and the
Willow Domestic Violence
Center, or looking into
evidence-based
prevention
programs. The MOU would
create a formal partnership
with the centers so that victim

support would be easily

accessible for students.
Id like to see continued
focus on the issue, not only
in terms of administration
but also in terms of students,
Doan said. Id like to see the
University be a leader on
sexual assault prevention on
college campuses.
The recommendations are
divided into four categories:
policy
and
procedure
improvement;
prevention
practices;
support
and
advocacy for student victims
of crime; and evaluation of
code of student rights and
responsibilities. They include
both long-term and shortterm ideas.
The task force finalized
the recommendations after
consulting more than 20
campus
and
community
partners and current research
on preventing and addressing
sexual assault.

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Sept. 2, 2014
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sexual assault at the
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Access of sexual
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Oct. 1, 2014
Kappa Sigma fraternity
suspended for sexual
assault allegations.

When Marcela Cuestas

started sixth grade, she
developed an eating disorder.
The sophomore from Wichita
began to feel isolated, and
self-conscience. Throughout
middle school, she lived with
feelings of self-judgment
and an incessant desire to be
perfect.
Sometimes I couldnt do my
homework because I felt like
if I couldnt do it perfectly I
couldnt do it at all, Cuestas
said.
I just kept putting off life.
As she entered high school,
Cuestas
eating
disorder
continued, developing into
anxiety and further isolation.
Cuestas admitted she was
scared to tell others about
her problem, for fear of being
treated differently.
I thought something was
wrong with me and I didnt
deserve to be happy, Cuestas
said.
At the end of her freshman
year of high school, Cuestas
finally told her mom about
her eating disorder and
feelings of anxiety. She began
going to therapy and taking
medication.
Cuestas said she didnt hide
her illness completely, before
she told her mom about her
eating disorder, she confided
in her close friends. Although
Cuestas
friends
were
accepting, she said there were
still feelings of uncertainty.
A lot of my friends were
supportive, Cuestas said, But
I noticed that they really didnt
know what to do, and a lot of
people wouldnt really know
what to do in those instances.
When Cuestas came to KU
last year, she heard about the
group Active Minds, a student
group dedicated to ending the
stigma around mental health
on college campuses. Cuestas

started going to meetings.

Everyone was so open and
willing to talk about things
that were bothering you,
Cuestas said, It was just a
really supportive group of
people and I felt really safe.
Now Cuestas is the vice
president of the KU chapter of
Active Minds. The group holds
events and informational
sessions designed to get people
to talk about mental health.
The national organization
the Kansas chapter is under
started in 2004 and the
community has since grown to
include 400 chapters in college
campuses around the country.
Theres a significant amount
of evidence at this point that
universities have more and
more students that need
mental health services, said
Sarah Kirk, director of the
Universitys
Psychological
Clinic.
Mental illness can play a big
factor in a students overall
performance said Pam Botts,
associate director Universitys
Counseling and Psychological
Services (CAPS) .
The kinds of challenges
that college students face and
feelings that they have about
them, the distress that they
feel, can certainly affect how
efficiently they can function as
students, Botts said.
Currently, CAPS is the main
resource for students seeking
help for mental illness. Last
year, Student Senate met
with CAPS director Michael
Maestas to discuss better ways
to handle the high volume of
patients.
Wait time for an appointment
varied from one to two weeks,
Botts said. Since meeting
with the director last year, the
student senate has established
a CAPS Board, which will
meet with directors this fall to
discuss services.
SEE HEALTH PAGE 02

Oct. 27, 2014

Campus Assistance
Resource and
Education (CARE)
Coordinator begins
work at University.

off-campus assaults.

Nov. 24, 2014

Chancellor approves
student code
clarification about
jurisdiction over

Feb. 6, 2015
University releases
sanctions in all IOA
investigations for
sexual harassment

Feb. 25, 2015

Student Senate
passes bill supporting
transcript notations
for non-academic
misconduct, including
sexual assault.

Dec. 17, 2014

Kappa Sigma fraternity
placed on two-year
probation.

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Climate study to assess issues of

diversity and inclusion on campus
JOHN PAULDINE
@john_pauldine

Climate study to assess

diversity, inclusion among
students, faculty, staff
An upcoming diversity
climate study will help the
University to better address
issues relating to campus
diversity, like inclusion.
The study, led by Nate
Thomas, the vice provost
for diversity and equity,
will gather statistics from
students, faculty and staff
about whether they feel
valued by the University.
We are taking steps to
make sure that no one feels
excluded or unsafe on campus
due to their race, religion or
sexual orientation, Thomas
said.
The climate study will also
gather information about
the current social climate on
campus, including issues of
campus safety and inclusion.
In the past, many have felt

uncomfortable voicing their

opinions, Thomas said, but
the survey will allow for
anonymous
feedback.
This
is
looking at how
people
feel
valued across
Nate
the
board
Thomas
broken
into
subcategories based on things
from ethnicity, religion, to
veterans, and how to work
around the groups that dont
feel included, Thomas said.
Its taking data from the
study to develop strategic
actions to deal with climate.
This fall, Thomass office will
host focus groups to develop
questions for the survey.
The survey will be available
by summer 2016, and all
students faculty and staff will
be encouraged to participate.
Thomas led a diversity
climate study at the University
of South Florida that focused
on how students felt about

issues of race, ethnicity and

safety on campus. This time
hell have the help of a team,
including Mike Rounds,
the interim associate vice
provost of human resource
management. Rounds will
serve as chair of the diversity
task force committee.
Last year, a Student Senate
task force created a report
about
recruitment
and
retention rates of minorities
at the University. The study
found that the retention
rate of minority students
was much lower than white
students. But this climate
study is the first to look at
students, faculty and staff
on all campuses, including
the Edwards Campus in
Overland Park and the KU
Medical Center in Kansas
City, Kan., Thomas said.
This study will show how
the University needs to
advance diversity on campus,
he said.
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Mental health is a continuing

conversation, Student Body President
Jessie Pringle said. The counseling and
psychological services board will look
and address items that can improve
services provided this year.
CAPS is not the only location students
can go to seek professional help. The
University is also home to three training
clinics: the Psychological Clinic, Child
and Family Services Clinic and the
Center for Psychoeducational Services.
The Child and Family Services Clinic
focuses on family and child health.
Both the Psychological Clinic and the
Center for Psychoeducational Services
are open to KU students as well as the
general public.
Kirk, who operates the Psychological
Clinic, said they have on average 20 to
25 graduate students who are able to
provide services to those in need. The
clinic sees anywhere from 100 to 140

students in an average year, Kirk said.

However, the clinic doesnt take on the
volume of students CAPS does. Because
the number of students who go to CAPS
is so inconsistent, its difficult to assign
a figure that properly represents how
many student CAPS sees per year. Kirk
said during the busiest time of the year
usually towards the end of semester
the student-run clinic has a waitlist
of 2-3 months. The clinic doesnt
prescribe medication and sometimes
refers patients to CAPS for treatment.
Declining state funding is one of the
main issues getting help for students
who suffer from mental illness, Botts
said.
For us here, weve been very fortunate
and managed well, Botts said. We
have several sources of funding even
though some of the state funds are
much less, and student senate has been
very generous.
Although some students might feel
uncomfortable seeking help its not as

intimidating as it once was, Botts said.

Stigma is much less than it used
to be, Botts said. Students now are
much more comfortable with not only
seeking help, but [also] being fairly
open about it with their peers.
Shrinking the stigma is due in part to
on-campus action groups, Botts said.
Organizations, such as Active Minds,
are formed to encourage healthy
conversation on campus and end
stereotype about mental illness.
Mental health is an issue that lots of
people feel embarrassed or ashamed
talking about, Cuestas said. There is
absolutely no shame in talking about
mental illness.
Students who need help can contact
CAPS for an appointment or walk in
for immediate care if the situation is
urgent. The student-run Psychological
Clinic is also accepting appointments
and walk-ins. The CAPS website also
has online resources to help students
recognize symptoms.

TIMELINE FROM PAGE 01

May 3, 2015
Sexual Assault task
force releases policy
recommendations

July 20, 2015

University placed
under second Title
IX investigation

by Department of
Education Office of
Civil Rights

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KU under second
investigation
for possible
Title IX violations
According to an article
published by Huffington
Post, the University of
Kansas has been placed
under a second investigation by the Department of
Education Office for Civil
Rights.
The University has been
under another Department of Education investigation since last July
for alleged mishandling
of complaints of sexual
assault. The first investigation is still ongoing though
OCR tries to complete
investigations within 180
days of opening. According to the article, the
new investigation was
launched last month.
According to the article,
OCR has 150 investigations open at universities.
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson,

News editor
Allison Kite

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Cuestas said Active Minds is working

with CAPS Director Michael Maestas
to develop an online mental health
education course similar to Alcohol
Education that incoming freshman
take before enrollment. The course
would educate students on how to talk
to friends and family members about
mental illness and how to get treatment.
The goal is to have the program in place
by next year, Cuestas said.
The Student Senate board will be
continuing to look at the needs oncampus and make improvements, Botts
said.
As for the students, Cuestas said
Active Minds will continue to work to
provide a place where people can feel
open about sharing their issues.
We want to provide a safer
environment, Cuestas said.

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director of news and

media relations, said in
an email the University is
complying with OCR.
"Working cooperatively
with OCR is part of KU's
ongoing effort to combat
sexual violence, as were
The Hunting Ground
screening and discussion
in April; the MOU (memorandum of understanding)
between campus and city
law enforcement signed
last spring; and the chancellors sexual assault task
force recommendations,
she said. As I clarified with
the Huffington Post reporter, OCR has indicated
that its investigation of the
university is not a compliance review or systemic
investigation; instead,
it is an individual complaint. The university has
openly addressed its close
cooperation with OCR,
including in this message
from the chancellor in
September 2014."

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Senate works
to create free
airport shuttle
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Precious Porras, the interim director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs, leads a small training session in the Sabatini
Multicultural Resource Center on Aug 14. The small group addressed social justice on the Universitys campus.

Social justice talks in program

lineup for Multicultural Affairs
JOHN PAULDINE
@john_pauldine

The Office of Multicultural

Affairs is creating campus-wide programs to engage
students in conversations
about social justice.
Precious Porras, the interim
director of the Office of
Multicultural Affairs, plans to
get students involved in both
learning about social justice
promoting social, economic and political equality and
educating their peers.
These programs, like the
OMAs group conversations,
will give students an opportunity to participate in social
justice discussions on campus.
Students who choose to participate in the monthly group
conversations will discuss
topics like gender, ethnicity
and sexuality.
Last year a lot of things

happened on campus and

nationally that led to student
unrest, Porras said. We are
taking steps this year to be
proactive about these things.
At these programs, students
will be encouraged to openly

Last year a lot of things happened

on campus and nationally that led
to student unrest. We are taking
steps to be proactive about these
things.
PRECIOUS PORRAS
Interim Director of the OMA

express their opinions on social justice topics on campus.

We realize students want
to have these conversations so
we have created community
conversations that take place
once a month throughout the
year so we can be proactive

and have a space for them,

Porras said.
OMA is also starting a peer
education program. The peer
educators will present to
campus organizations and
students in residence halls
about social justice. The
educators will also speak to
fraternity members, students
in residence halls and groups
that have questions about
social justice.
Porras said she also hoped
to increase access to higher
education for underrepresented populations, including
first-generation students and
students of color. OMA wants
to improve retention rates by
encouraging first-generation
students move in a week earlier to adjust to campus life.
The retention rates of
minorities at KU are low, so
we are collaborating with
admissions on recruiting and

developing a plan to fix this,

Porras said.
Porras has also worked
with admissions to encourage
diversifying recruiting.
We have presented to them
before about retention rates
and diversifying where we
are recruiting students from,
Porras said.
Emily Gullickson, a project
coordinator for OMA, works
closely with Porras on programs throughout the year
and encourages students to
join the peer educator team.
Advertising for the positions
will begin the first week of
classes, and job listings will be
on the KU job portal in September. The team will be made
up of eight to 10 students.
They will be going into
organizations, residence halls,
and engaging students on an
informal and formal basis on a
peer-to-peer level, she said.

When most students were

thinking about how much
turkey they would devour
during Thanksgiving break,
Samantha Orender, then a
freshman from Burbank, Calif., spent her week in Lawrence because of the hassle
and expense of driving to the
Kansas City International
Airport from campus.
Student Senate has set its
sights on resolving that issue
issue this fall. Student Senate
executive staff members are
working to implement a free
shuttle service between Lawrence and the airport.
The shuttle system has
been in the works since last
year, said Isaac Bahney, the
communications director for
Senate, but the current executive staff ran on a platform
that fully intended to finally
carry out the plan.
The Student Senate chief of
staff, Adam Moon, who is in
charge of planning the shuttle service, said the free system would give any student
a convenient way to travel to
and from the airport during
breaks.
Its a real problem for international students to get to
and from campus to the airport, and having the security
and knowing theres a service
associated with the University would be something nice
we could do, Moon said.
Senate doesnt yet know
how much the vehicle would
cost. Bahney, Development
Director Tomas Green and
Student Body Vice President
Zach George collected data

to find whether there is sufficient demand for the shuttle.

So far, Senate has distributed surveys to freshman at
orientation, which asked if
they would use the shuttle
service. The survey results
have not been counted yet.
By fall, Moon said he hoped
to have had focus groups and
testimony that established a
need for the shuttle.
When Eleanor Gorton, an
international student from
Manchester, decided to study
at the University, she didnt
realize how difficult it would
be to get to and from the airport during breaks.
It was easy to book a taxi
or a shuttle, but that was very
expensive for me, and people
were obviously reluctant to
take me to the airport when
it clashed with their classes
or it was a very early flight,
she said.
For Orender, a free shuttle
service would mean more
breaks spent at home and a
much cheaper way to travel.
I think I would consider
not even having a car if there
was a shuttle because the
only reason I have a car is to
get to the airport, Orender
said. Including gas and the
cost of leaving my car at the
airport, I spent at least $350
this year.
Without a University-sponsored transportation system,
some students have resorted
to using other methods of
transportation to and from
the airport, including a rideshare Facebook group, which
has more than 1,000 members.
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Weighing candidates plans to help debt

Victoria Calderon
@WriterVictoriaC

The 2016 presidential is

approaching quickly, with less
than a year before the primary
elections. Everyone has their
eyes and ears on candidates
who will be moving through
the party caucuses and primaries of each state, paying close
attention to the candidates
vastly different platforms.
One major issue that all
college students should be
concerned about is the affordability of college education.
The Democratic Partys approach to college affordability
requires more action and government resources than that
of the Republican contenders.
The two major Democratic
candidates, Hillary Clinton
and Bernie Sanders, both
have said that they have
comprehensive plans to start
eradicating college debt and
lowering tuition.
Clintons plan to decrease

college costs requires about

$350 billion worth of government resources, both state and
federal, over the course of 10
years, according to The New
York Times. A huge chunk
of the money about $175
billion would be allocated
to making tuition at public
colleges and universities free
for the students attending
them. The rest of it would go
toward easing debt by lowering interest rates on private
student loans and allowing
graduates to refinance them.
However, Clintons plan is
meant to ensure that families
of students will still be making
contributions, albeit more
reasonable contributions.
Sanderss plan, which he
proposed to Congress in May,
requires significantly less
money from students and
their families in fact, his
plan is to eliminate tuition
from draining the pockets of
students completely. His plan
would be primarily funded
by taxes paid to the federal

government, with about 33

percent coming from state
governments, according to
USA Today College.
The states must meet certain
requirements in order to
receive federal grants for their
higher education spending;
they must ensure that the
institutions under their jurisdiction are [maintaining] or
[increasing] expenditures on
students each year, maintaining or increasing operation
expenditures each year and
guaranteeing that after five
years on this program, at
least 75 percent of instruction is taught by tenured
or tenure-track professors,
as reported by USA Today
College.
Conservative candidates
have also proposed solutions,
but unlike the plans of their
opponents, they lean toward
restructuring the traditional
four-year degree. In response
to Clintons plan, Marco Rubio
has proposed to allow a student to get a degree based off

the amount of knowledge they

gather during their education
rather than how many hours
they spend in the classroom.
Rubio argued that more
competition and greater
flexibility is needed for working-class people to get the
kinds of degrees they need,
according to an article in The
New York Times.
The Republican candidate Jeb Bush has criticized
Clintons plan for lowering
college costs, calling it fiscally
irresponsible. According to
his campaign website, Bush
has said he believes that there
should be policy changes that
would give institutions incentives to create more choice
and individualization for
students pursuing a degree.
Although his plan to achieve
this is pretty vague, he states
that those policies would
drive down overall costs, and
improve the value of a college
degree.
The downsides of these plans
would be things such as an

increase in taxes for everyone.

However, as college becomes
less affordable for a greater
number of people, continuing
to increase tuition and loan
interest rates and hoping that
affordability will improve in
the future just doesnt cut it.
While both Sanderss and
Clintons plans will undoubtedly have repercussions, the
candidates appear to be the
best of the presidential hopefuls in terms of coming up
with a quicker solution to an
increasingly difficult problem.
And between the two plans,
the best one would depend
on how much Americans are
willing to have the government involved with funding
higher education in order
to make it a universal right
instead of a privilege for those
who can afford it.
Victoria Calderon is a junior
from Liberal studying English
and political science.

New year is a chance for a fresh start

Jessica Gomez
@jessicataylurr

Most people see New Years

Day as their new beginning
because were supposed to
follow through with the resolution we picked for the year
to better ourselves. Sometimes
its about being healthier, or
kinder anything positive.
But for me, the fall is just like

my New Years Day because

its the time to motivate myself
and get involved.
In addition to being the best
season for weather, food and
fashion, fall is the start of the
academic year, and it sets
that standard of how youre
going to work and succeed.
Whether youre a freshman,
senior or transfer, its a new
beginning. There are more
people to meet than the year

before, a new schedule and a

new group or club to join.
Maybe last semester or
even the whole year you
didnt do well in classes or lost
the friends you once had. This
fall is a time to focus on yourself and do better. Hear about
tutoring services for a class
you had to retake? Use them.
Find a group of people who
like the same music as you
and just happen to be your

same major? Take advantage

of that new experience.
There are so many things to
look forward to this semester:
Hawk Week and making new
friends in class, waving the
wheat at football games, Late
Night in the Phog, throwing
newspaper shreds in Allen
Fieldhouse, FFAs in The Kansan, seeing what the FreeFoodAtKU Twitter account has to
offer or even whats happening

on Wescoe Beach.
This is my senior year, and
its important to make this the
best one yet. Hopefully, others
will see it the same way and
use fall as a fresh start. As the
saying goes, Out with the old
and in with the new.
Jessica Gomez is a senior
studying journalism and global
studies.

Taking chances leads to personal growth

Vanessa Asmussen
@vanessaasmussen

The school supplies are

ready, the car is loaded and
the end of summer is here.
The University of Kansas is
the next and final stop.
Whether youre beginning
your college adventure as an
incoming freshman, transfer
student or this is your last
first day of college, start the
semester with an important
thing in mind: Take chances
while you are here.

On my first day at the

University, I was nervous and
overwhelmed just like everyone else because of the new
environment, people and expectations. But I soon realized
the value of taking chances
and making the most of my
college experience. Coming to
college is taking a chance in itself, but usually it is one of the
best ones you will take.
Along with the freedom and
excitement of being on your
own comes numerous opportunities offered at college. This

is one of the best times for

students to try things that are
totally new to them. No matter what you may be interested
in, college is the place to find
out what you like and broaden
your horizons.
Consider joining a club,
Greek organization, or get
involved with an intramural
sports team or internship
during your college career.
You can take a class unrelated
to your major like astronomy, religion, ballet or even
bowling simply because

it interests you. Explore new

things and take chances, and
if you change your major
because your interest have
changed, you will always be in
good company.
Taking chances during your
time in college is not only
beneficial to your academic
career, but it also helps you
grow as a person. College is
about learning, but its also
about discovering who you
are and opening your mind.
Each chance that you take
helps to build confidence that

is critical for the future.

No matter where you end
up after college, employers
look for that person who
isnt afraid to take chances
and have the confidence to
continue to grow. By taking
advantage of new opportunities now, youll learn how
much youre capable of and
find out what youre passionate about.

Vanessa Asmussen is a junior

studying journalism and
sociology.

Nooo, just five more

weeks of break
pleeeease
I wish Wescoe Beach
was a real beach
My head is a dark
place rn... thanks
summer
Sometimes I have
jelly bellys in my belly
button
I havent washed
this bra for a month
#sorryboutit
Having no wifi in my
apartment = death
SHES SO CUTE she
reads books and runs
marathons and is a
vegetarian omg
Soooo professor
reading requirements
a joke, right?

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Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015

KU Public Safety
adds cameras to
bolster reporting
MCKENNA HARFORD
@McKennaHarford

Since the KU Public Safety Office added 14 new body

cameras in January, officers,
lawyers and the department
have been using the footage to
assist in putting together police reports.
Captain James Anguiano of
Public Safety said the goal of
the cameras was to have a convenient and accurate record of
situations.
We looked at [body cameras] because our officers, a lot
of times, are out on foot, in
buildings and having contact
with individuals in different
locations and it was an easy,
accessible tool for the officer
to utilize, Anguiano said.
The Student Safety Advisory
Board funded the new cameras.
Officers on duty are required
to wear the cameras and start
recording whenever they approach a situation where a
crime or conflict might be occurring, Anguiano said.
When an officer was out
there doing their job, before
we had the body cameras,
you might go in a situation
to where youre not going to
write a report, Anguiano
said. So this is the same type
of thing and the same kind of
training.
If officers do a daily patrol
of a residence hall and stop to
talk with people at the front
desk, then they wouldnt record, but the camera would be
activated if a fight broke out in
the lobby, Anguiano said.
The cameras also record the
minute before the camera is
activated, which can help determine causes or add context.
The officers can consult the
footage when writing reports.
Footage has also been used by
prosecutors and defense attorneys in court, Anguiano said.
It kind of helps the court
process in that everyone can
see the same thing because before when you wrote a report it
was based on information the
officer is giving you and then
the interpretation by somebody, Anguiano said. Now
you get to see what the officer,
suspect or victim is saying or
doing.
The cameras download recorded video to the Public
Safety database, where it is
saved for about 30 days, unless
the video is used as evidence

5A

Districts that dont require a

teaching certificate:

Districts that closed early in

Spring 2015:
Concordia Unified School District 333
Twin Valley USD 240
Smoky Valley USD 400
Haven USD 31
Skyline USD 438
Shawnee Heights USD 450

Kansas City USD 500

Blue Valley USD 229
Concordia USD 333
McPherson USD 418
Hugoton USD 210
Marysville USD 364

Schools facing budget cuts

struggle to keep teachers
PAIGE STINGLEY
@paigestingley

MCKENNA HARFORD/
KANSAN
KU Public Safety Officer
RJ Blevins displays a body
camera at the KU Public
Safety Office.

in a case. Then it is saved until

the case is closed, Anguiano
said.
Public Safety uses some of
the footage for training its officers.
There may be videos that an
officer has that we deem an officer safety issue, or it could be
how to respond to a certain incident and we can utilize that
with our officers, Anguiano
said. Instead of talking about
it we can show them.
The department also uses
the footage if someone makes
a complaint against an officer, but Anguiano said he
didnt think that the cameras
changed the officers actions.
Garrett Farlow, the former
chair of the SSAB, said the
board funded the cameras
so that Public Safety could
be best equipped to serve the
community.
We wanted to be able to give
our law enforcement officers
the tools to succeed and we
though the body cameras were
the best way to do that, Farlow said.
The Associated Press reported that the Kansas Joint Committee on Corrections and
Juvenile Justice Oversight was
planning to discuss requiring
body cameras in 2016 for all
Kansas police departments.
Currently, neither the Lawrence Police Department nor
the Douglas County Sheriff s
Office use body cameras, but
both have in-car cameras.
Body cameras to outfit the
LPD would cost $150,000,
according to an article in the
Lawrence Journal-World.

As education spending
in Kansas declines, it may
prove difficult to retain Kansas teachers.
More than 3,000 teachers
left the state of Kansas at
the end of the spring semester according to the Kansas
State Department of Education. As the school year approaches, there are 73 open
teaching positions in Kansas
school districts, according to
the Kansas Education Employment Board, or KEEB,
a free service that recruits
teachers to Kansas schools.
Paige Schmidt, a teacher in
Oak Grove, Mo., graduated
from the School of Education last year. She accepted
a job in Missouri to be closer to her family and because
the benefits in the Missouri
district are more appealing
than in Kansas, she said.
There are a lot of benefits
that come with being a teacher in Missouri that Kansas
doesnt have, Schmidt said.
A lot of young teachers arent thinking about retiring
yet, but Missouris retirement program has a built in
security blanket, and Kansas
doesnt give that.
Schmidt was a student
teacher in the Kansas City,
Kan., school district this
spring, where she said teachers were having to pay for
classroom supplies out of
pocket without reimbursement. This year, Schmidt
said teachers at her school
in Missouri were given a
budget of $100 for classroom
supplies. That, she said, is
something most Kansas
school teachers dont get.
The Kansas City, Kan.,
school district could lose up
to $10.8 million, according
to FOX KC.

Its common for schools

to have a tight budget at
the end of the school year,
Schmidt said, but it is a
problem when schools have
to close early.
Its not fair to the kids.
Thats what bothers me the
most, she said. Its not their
fault this is happening, and
they shouldnt have to suffer
because of it.
Joseph Novak, a professor
in the School of Education,
said he believed the cuts and
the loss of tenure in Kansas were forcing teachers to
leave for other states.

There are not enough students

graudating from Kansas universities
and colleges to fill that void.
JOSEPH NOVAK
Professor in the School of Education

Last year, 740 teachers retired, and 654 teachers left

the state in search of better
teaching opportunities, according to the Kansas State
Board of Education.
There are not enough students graduating from Kansas universities and colleges
to fill that void, Novak said.
According to the KEEB coordinator, Julie Wilson, fewer applicants are applying for
teaching jobs in Kansas.
It used to be that an elementary posting would
have anywhere from 30 to 60
applicants for one posting,
and now a district might see
around 10, Wilson said.
She said, however, it was
hard to say if recruiting had
gotten more difficult for
school districts. She said
it was typically easier for
school districts near university schools of education to

recruit.
Some districts are adjusting
their requirements in order
to find teachers. Six districts
in Kansas no longer require
teachers to be certified after
the state Board of Education
made an exemption in July.
Schmidt worries that this
will affect the learning environments for students.
Some people are an expert
in their concentration, but
that doesnt always mean
theyre good at teaching it,
Schmidt said. Thats why
the teaching certificate is important.
Novak said school districts
have had to eliminate several
support positions, including
library assistants, teacher
aides, custodians and lunch
workers. Sometimes teachers are not replaced when
they leave or retire, he said.
Fewer teaching jobs mean
class sizes become larger.
Joe Hornback, a principal at
Bonner Springs High School,
said that was detrimental to
the learning environment.
Some of these kids dont
have a lot of help outside of
school, so its our job to do
everything we can to help
them while theyre at school,
Hornback said. We cant do
that to the best of our ability
when we dont have enough
resources.
Hornback said he has seen
significant cuts to his school.
He was a teacher for 11 years
and has been a principal for
nine years. Hornback said he
has witnessed the changes in
his school district and was
afraid the recent changes
would become the new normal.
When the cuts get big and
the numbers go down, you
can only save so much money on copies and pencils, he
said. When the numbers get
to where they are now, the

only thing left to cut is the

people.
Bonner
Springs
High
School is projecting that
about 60 more students will
enroll this school year than
last year. Hornback said that
kind of increase would mean
hiring one or two teachers,
but thats not a possibility.
Weve trimmed down all
the fat and were down to
the bone, Hornback said.
Were looking at the longterm effects here. If you go
through your entire school
career experiencing 30 to 35
students in your classes, and
theres less attention for the
kids, systematically its going
to affect your whole school.
Its going to affect test scores
and kids going to college.
There are currently 58 fulltime teachers and 75 total
people in the faculty at the
high school. Currently, 800
students are enrolled.
I am very proud of what
educators have done and
continue to do in spite of
these dramatic changes, he
said. While teachers hold
the fort for now, I am very
concerned about the longterm impacts over the next
five to 10 years.
Schmidt said it was difficult to see school districts
struggling. She said she believed that the districts had
so much potential to be national leaders in education,
but budgetary changes were
holding them back.
I just hope that the state of
Kansas can get back to where
they were, Schmidt said.
They were innovative, and
developing and progressive.
They were leading the way
for a lot of educational programs in the US, and I dont
see them returning to that
level of prestige if schools
dont have the funding they
need.

Student Senate creates board

to reach uninvolved students
ALANA FLINN
@alana_flinn

In an effort to improve relationships between students

and student senators, Student
Senate is creating an outreach
board, which will work to
help Senate better represent
all students.
In its first year, the board
will focus on reaching out
to the 90 percent of students
who are not involved in a
campus organization, said the
board director, Chance Maginness.
We havent been able to
reach out to that 90 percent
for so long, and weve been
caught up in internal debates
for so long, Maginness said.
We really want to make
sure were governing for the
students, and part of that is
making sure they know were
there for them.
Student Senate created the
board partly to complement
the new communications di-

rector position, held by Isaac

Bahney. That position was
formed by combining the positions of secretary and outreach director.
With the goal of reaching
students uninvolved in an organization, Senate will focus
on strengthening the connections it already has, including
a tie to the Greek system,
Maginness said.
We are going to work to
make sure those who already
work with senate know their
voices are still heard, and
make sure those connections
are secure, Maginess said.
The board also wants to reestablish some relationships,
including one between Senate
and Athletics, which Maginness said needed repairing after Senate cut the nonrevenue
sports fee in May 2014 from
the required student fees.
Maginness said the student
body also lost confidence in
Senate when the spring 2014

election was redone. Because

of rule changes from the previous semester, one coalition
was disqualified after one
member allegedly purchased
Chipotle burritos for members at a meeting and did not
include it on a required financial form.
Maginness said the outreach

We really want to make sure were

governing for the students, and
part of that is making sure they
know were there for them.
CHANCE MAGINNESS
Senate Outreach Board Director

board would work to regain

the trust of the student body.
Members of the board plan
to use social media to reach
out to students, as well as
tabling on campus, working
with news outlets and holding open forums for students.
The start dates for those campaigns have not been set yet.
Bahney said he was confident that the board would
be able to improve communication and relationships
throughout campus.
Going out into the community, hearing what students
have to say, their concerns

and ideas and bridging that

gap between senate and students, thats the goal, Bahney
said.
Between 10 and 13 members will serve on the board,
including three students who
are not senators. Maginness
said that those board members were meant to add a
better student perspective.
There will also be two or three
permanent seats for senators
from the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences because
the school has more students
than others on campus.
However, the seats for College students and non-senators will be the only permanent ones. Other members
will cycle through each year
by applying for a seat on
the board. Student Body
President Jessie Pringle will
choose who will serve on the
board, but the seats are not
chosen yet.
Students who are interested in applying for a seat as
a non-senator can contact
sbp@ku.edu.
As far as the outreach board
goes, we are looking for people with all different perspectives that can really help us
see all sides of things on campus and help us reach out to
as many people as possible,
Pringle said.

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University weighs concerns in wake of gun law

MCKENNA HARFORD
@McKennaHarford

As Kansas prepares to
join seven other states that
allow guns on campus, the
Kansas Board of Regents, the
University administration and
University Senate are working
to address the possible safety
concern.
Universities
have
been
exempt from a 2012 law,
which allows people to carry
concealed guns into public
buildings, but the exemption
expires in July 2017. Between
now and then, the University
has said it will create a plan
to abide by the law while
maintaining student safety.
Earlier this year, Governor
Sam Brownback signed a law,
which went into effect July 1,
that eliminated the need for
training or permits to carry
concealed weapons.
The law would allow the
University to secure the
campus against guns by using
metal detectors and guards,
but it would cost more than
$20 million to secure all 237
campus buildings, according
to a 2013 report that the
University gave to the Board
of Regents.
If the University did not

implement that security,

anyone would be able to
bring a concealed gun into
any University building at any
time.
Right now its a combination
of the General Counsels
office, campus security and
administration
working
together, said Joe Monaco,
associate director of strategic
communications.
However, the University is
unsure of when it will have a
completed plan, Monaco said.
The goal is to keep the
environment on campus
conducive
to
learning,
according to the University
Senate President, Michael
Williams.
The purpose of the
university environment is to
exchange controversial ideas,
Williams said. Interjecting
weapons into that creates a
different environment. Theres
extra concern to keep it open
to the kind of dialogue the
university should be about.
The University Senate set
up a task force to educate the
campus on dealing with the
changes, Williams said.
A lot of what we are doing
this fall is to raise awareness
and get the feedback of
the University, Williams

said. We want to make

sure that all of the rational
voices are heard. Were not
going to debate the second
amendment. Our primary
charge is to find a way to
maintain a safe and secure
learning environment.
The task force includes three
members each from Faculty
Senate, Student Senate and
Staff Senate. Williams said the
task force was working closely
with the Provosts Office as
well.
Well discuss what it will
mean for the University and
how to best deal with the
situations that may arise so
that no one calls 911 every
time they see a gun because
we cant learn and work in
those conditions, Williams
said.
One of the Board of Regents
goals this year will be campus
safety, according to Breeze
Richardson,
director
of
communications for the
regents. The board may choose
to address the issue with a task
force or a consultant, or by
requesting the reports from
the universities, Richardson
said.
We are identifying our
current resources and looking
at what other states are doing,

Gun regulations on college campuses in the U.S.

States that
allow guns
Wash.
Ore.

States that
ban guns

Mont.
Idaho

Wyo.

N.D.

Utah

Colo.

Calif.
Ariz.

N.M.

Maine

Minn.

Vt.

Wisc.

S.D.

Iowa

N.Y. Mass
Penn.

Ohio
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Ill. Ind.
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Va.
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Ky.
Mo.
N.C.
Tenn.
S.C.
Okla. Ark.
Ala. Ga.
Miss.
Texas
La.
Neb.

Nev.

States that let

colleges choose

N.H.

R.I.
Conn.
N.J.
Del.
Md.

Fla.
Alaska
Hawaii

Source: National Conference of State Legislatures MAP FROM FREEVECTORMAPS.COM

Richardson said.
There are eight states that
allow for concealed carry
on college campuses: Texas,
Colorado, Idaho, Kansas,
Mississippi, Oregon, Utah and

Wisconsin. There and 19 states

that ban guns on campuses,
including
California,
Florida, Georgia and Illinois.
The other 23 states allow
individual campuses to decide

whether to allow guns in their

buildings.

Edited by Emma LeGault

Group advocates transparency in donations to KU

CASSIDY RITTER
@CassidyRitter

A student group that spent

the last year looking into
Charles and David Kochs influence at the University is
now pushing for donation
transparency at the University.
The group, Students for a Sustainable Future, is now looking
past the Kochs for other large
donors and how donations
may affect academia at the
University.
The group, led by Schuyler
Kraus, a senior from Allen,
Texas, has requested documents and contracts between
the Kochs and the University, including emails from Art
Hall, a lecturer in the School
of Business who previously
worked for the Kochs.
Kraus wants to create an
online database where documents and contracts for public
universities are made available
for the public. This database
would serve as a way to oversee
donations made to universities
by holding donors and universities accountable, Kraus said.
The Koch brothers have donated $1.4 million to the Universitys School of Business,
which went to hiring a former
Koch employee, Art Hall, as a
lecturer. The funds also helped
in establishing the Center for
Applied Economics, which
Hall also runs. Students for

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The UnKoch KU founder, Schuyler Kraus, a senior from Allen, Texas, speaks with
members of the organization at an event on Aug. 15.

a Sustainable Future started

questioning the leanings of
the CAE and Halls research
last year. The students filed a
records request for documents
and contracts to see if any
strings were attached with the
donation and Halls employment.
Students for a Sustainable
Future teamed up with Un-

Koch My Campus, a national

organization that reviews contract stipulations at colleges
and universities to which the
Koch brothers donate.
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have requested that KU give
us access to specific contracts
and other documents that will
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Obtaining these documents
cost the organization $1,800,
according to an opinion column written by Kraus that appeared in the Lawrence Journal-World. The group paid
this fee last September, and
received a portion of the documents before Thanksgiving
break, Kraus said.

The documents include information surrounding the

hiring of Hall and two other
economics professors. The students only received a portion
of the documents because Hall
filed a lawsuit against the University to prevent the release of
the documents. The lawsuit is
open.
Hall said the University, as a
public agency, had a duty to
respond to the request, however Hall argued that these documents were not public records.
Explaining the lawsuit, Hall
said he wore three hats, each
with a different role and title.
He said he saw himself first
as a lecturer for the School of
Business, second as a director for the CAE and third as
a private person. The judge
will determine what hat Hall
wears and then decide whether the documents are considered public. The records that
students are requesting are
Halls emails. Hall said he was
a private person when writing them.
In June, students requested
full access to documents regarding Halls hiring, but were
denied by the judge due to the
ongoing lawsuit. With the lawsuit still in place, the requested
documents remain private until the judge determines if Hall
is considered a private person
or public employee when the
requested documents and

emails were written.

Erinn
Barcomb-Peterson,
director of news and media relations at KU, said in an email
that nothing had changed
since the judge denied the request from students in June. If
no resolution is made, a trial is
scheduled for November.
There is a privacy and academic freedom issue here,
Hall said. [The lawsuit] has
nothing to do with me hiding,
just misuse of the law.
Hall also said that the documents showed no evidence of
anything mysterious going on
with the money donated by the
Kochs.
The students said that this
was only an example, and the
real issue was making sure
public universities such as KU
were transparent when it accepted money for donors who
may have a specific interest in
using money to guide academic programs.
The Koch brothers were our
starting point to show corporate entities can come in and
give money to universities,
Kraus said. It is an issue for
liberals and conservatives
alike.
Kraus added: Really once
you have an understanding of
what is really happening you
see the issue. Ultimately, we
don't need to point any more
fingers. We need to come together for a solution.

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Some students tuition and fees to increase 3.6 percent

@vickyd_c

tuition compact that [the

Kansas Board of Regents]
signed into motion in 2012,
[the tuition increase] hasnt
affected me at all, said Haley
Becker, a senior majoring

in unified early childhood

education from Springfield,
Mo. Without the guarantee
that my tuition would not be
raised, assuming I graduate
in the traditional four years,
I would have not been able to
afford going to KU.
The tuition compact, also
known as guaranteed tuition,
was signed in 2012 and means
tuition is fixed for first-time
freshmen for four years. The
limit approved by legislators
and the Regents makes sure
that tuition and fees cannot
exceed an increase of more
than 3.6 percent for all
students who do not have
guaranteed tuition, whether
residents or nonresidents,
this academic year.
Each year, every Regents
university submits a detailed
tuition and fees proposal that
goes through a review process
that lasts almost the entire
year. In that time, Richardson
said, the Board of Regents
looks at what programs need
what resources, the financial
aid the University wants
to provide, where costs are

KU

ISU

OU

$9,798

$9,308

$13,052
$9,275

$9,275

KSU

$20,167

$22,049

$22,624
$9,034

$19,768
$6,648

BREEZE RICHARDSON
KBOR spokesperson

$25,731

There will, Im sure, be consequences [for] what had been

envisioned for [the University of
Kansas] next year.

Resident Non-Resident

$10,448

Some students at state

universities
in
Kansas,
including the University
of Kansas, face a tuition
increase that could cost them
anywhere between $150 to
$400 per semester.
About
one-third
of
incoming freshmen, transfer
and current students will
be affected by a 3.6 percent
tuition rate increase at state
schools, decided June 18. But
students with fixed tuition,
which is about two-thirds of
the student population, will
not see an increase this fall.
The increase in tuition and
fees will cost undergraduate
students up to several
hundred dollars per semester.
For example, an out-of-state
undergraduate tuition would
increase by $413.25, and instate by $158.25, according to
the Regents tuition and fees
report for 2015-16.
There will, Im sure, be
consequences [for] what
had been envisioned for
[the University of Kansas]
next year, said Breeze
Richardson, the director
of communications for the
Kansas Board of Regents.
They will not be able to
bring in that much revenue.
Compared with the other
regents schools, tuition at
the University of Kansas and
University of Kansas Medical
Center is already the most
expensive. However, the limit
ensures that the extra money
paid helps the state rebound
from its multimillion-dollar
budget deficit.
The limit on the tuition
increase means it wont affect
some students.
Because of the four year

$34,722

BIG 12 TUITION RATES FOR 2014-15

VICKY DAZ-CAMACHO

OSU TEXAS TECH TEXAS

Sources: University of Kansas, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, Oklahoma
University, Oklahoma State University, Texas Tech and University of Texas

kept down, the projected

enrollment
and
where
adjustments are proposed.
The legislature and Regents
focused on six campuses over
two days of session and there
was a lot of conversation,
Richardson said.
The Regents, especially
those who work on
committee, spend a lot of
time to know what the need is

and are in a better position to

determine tuition rates than
the legislature is, she said.
The spirit was to hold this to
a lesser increase. Thats what
was done.
The original proposed
tuition increase was 3.8
percent for both out-of-state
and in-state undergraduate
and graduate students, and
a 6 percent increase for

in-state and out-of-state

KU Med students. For instate University of Kansas
students, that increase would
have also increased the total
tuition and fee amount up to
4.9 percent.
But legislators decided the
3.6 percent limited increase
should include both tuition
and fees.
Tuition has been increasing

substantially, according to the

Kansas Board of Regents data
report from 2014. Tuition
has risen approximately
35.5 percent since 2009.
The average tuition at the
University in 2009 was
$3,521 with required fees.
In the 2014 academic year,
tuition rose to $4,639,
including required fees.

Edited by Kate Miller

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Members of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority sing chapter songs to potential recruits on Aug. 21, 2014. Nearly 1,000 women registered for fall formal recruitment this year.

Panhellenic recruitment by the numbers

Overview

Schedule for the week

Sorority women 2,162 (as of spring)

Women registered for recruitment 933
Number of chapters 12
Number of recruitment counselors 97
Registration price $124
Maximum time spent in events 15.75 hours (if a woman has a

full schedule every day)
Maximum number of conversations 75 (based on average

conversations each day)
Money spent on shirts (included in registration price)

Approximately $22,705 (2,390 shirts, each about $9.50)

Open House Events Sunday and Monday

Total events 14 (women go to all 12 houses with two breaks)
Total conversations 24 (2 per chapter)
Sunday Open House Events 7:30 - 9:05 p.m.
Number of events 3
Length of events 25 minutes
Number of conversations 2 per chapter
Monday Open House Events 9 a.m. to 8:35 p.m.
Number of events 11
Length of events 25 minutes
Number of conversations 2 per chapter
First Invitational Events Tuesday 9 a.m. to 8:35 p.m.
Total events 11, women go to max of 9
Length of events 25 minutes
Total conversations 27 (three per chapter)
Second Invitational Events Wednesday 10 a.m. to 8:35 p.m.
Total events 7, women go to max of 6
Length of events 40 minutes
Total conversations 18 (three per chapter)

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Total events 4, with potential for 5th. Women go to max of 3

Length of events 1 hour
Total conversations 6 (two per chapter)
Note: Women might not have a full schedule depending on how many houses they
are invited back to.
Sources: Panhellenic Council

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Opting out of tuition compact

a financial gamble for students
CASSIDY RITTER
@CassidyRitter

Some first-time freshmen

have until Monday to choose
to opt into the four-year
tuition compact, a payment
option that keeps tuition
prices steady for four years.
Students who decide to opt
in to the compact will start
out paying a higher price
than those who dont, but the
compact serves as a safeguard
against rising tuition. So
students who choose the
compact are guaranteed
steady tuition, but those who
opt out could save money if
tuition rises slowly and does
not reach the higher price
guaranteed in the compact.
If tuition increases sharply,
they could end up paying
more money.
This year tuition is $9,891
for in-state students with the
compact or $9,123 without
it. For out-of-state students,
tuition with the compact
costs $25,727 and $23,774
without it.
Only first-time college
students can choose to use
the compact. The deadline
to opt in depends on when
a first-year student attended
his or her orientation session.
Students
who
attended
orientation in June and July
had until Aug. 1 to opt in,
and those who attended
orientation in August must
opt in by Aug. 24, according
to the University Registrar

website.
Since 2013, the compact
has been saving students less
and less money, according to
University tuition and fees
tables. For an in-state student
graduating in May who
entered into the compact in
2012, tuition will have been
$836 more over the course of
their education. The compact
was more expensive for the
classes of 2015 and 2014,
too. The class of 2013, which
entered into the compact in
2009, saved $391.50.
Students will now be able
to choose between security
and potentially saving money
in the event of small tuition
increases.
By offering the tuition
compact as a choice, the
University is giving students
and parents more options
to finance a KU education,
Erinn
Barcomb-Peterson,
director for news and media
relations at the University,
said in an email.
The the four-year tuition
compact
gives
student
sand parents more options
when budgeting for college
expenses, according to Lisa
Pinamonti Kress, director of
Office of Admissions.
It is a positive change
for recruitment efforts,
Pinamonti Kress said in an
email. It provides students
and families an option on
their tuition choices.
Edited by Miranda Davis

Break-even point varies for tuition compact options

Price with tuition compact
Standard tuition

GRADUATED IN 2013
$25,000
$20,000

$19,327.50 Out-of-state
$20,842.50

$15,000

$17,250

$10,000

$7,359 In-state

$5,000

$7,999.50

$6,567
2013

2014

2015

2016

GRADUATED IN 2014
$25,000
$20,000

$20,380.50 Out-of-state
$21,874.50

$15,000

$17,850
$7,575 In-state

$10,000
$5,000

$8,395.50

$6,867
2013

2014

2015

2016

GRADUATED IN 2015
$25,000

$21,750 Out-of-state
$22,947

$20,000
$19,500
$15,000
$8,364 In-state

$10,000

2013

2014

2015

2016

GRADUATING IN 2016
$22,860 Out-of-state
$23,773.50

$20,000
$20,842.50
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000

$8,790 In-state
$9,123

$7,999.50
2013

School districts
requests for aid
outstrip funds
ASSOCIATED PRESS

$8,806.50

$7,611

$5,000

$25,000

CHRIS NEAL/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cythnia Lane, superintendent for USD 500 in Kansas City,
Kan., at a hearing on a school funding lawsuit. The district
is asking the state for $2.7 million more in aid.

2014

Source: KU Registrar

2015

2016

KANSAN GRAPHIC

TOPEKA, Kan. Thirty-eight Kansas school districts are seeking a total of

$14.8 million in additional
aid from the state to address
local budget issues.
The requests submitted to
the state Department of Education by Mondays deadline
outstrip the available funds
by nearly 21 percent. Those
applying for extra dollars
represent more than 13 percent of the states 286 districts.
The state has $12.3 million
in extra funds available.

Gov. Sam Brownback and

legislative leaders plan to
meet next Monday to consider the requests.
A majority of districts are
asking the state to make
up for unexpected drops in
property tax revenues. Others have enrollment increases.
The Wichita district is seeking $980,000 to hire teachers,
counselors and classroom
assistants to deal with an
unexpected influx of refugee
children from Burma, Congo
and Somalia.

What you need to know about Student Senate

ALANA FLINN
@alana_flinn

As students make their return to campus for the fall

2015 semester, the Student
Senate executive board has
been writing legislation, coordinating new committees and
preparing over the summer.
What to look for this semester by executive board member position:
STUDENT BODY
PRESIDENT
Who: Jessie Pringle, a senior
from Chanute
What shes working on this
year: As chair of the Kansas
Board of Regents Students
Advisory Committee, Pringle will be working with student body presidents at other
KBOR schools. Their goal is to
look at policy that affects the
higher education institutions
and advocate for legislation

that will allow universities to

work together with the state
legislator.
I think we have a real opportunity to stop complaining
about legislators and how they
affect higher education by really getting involved with how
and why they make their decisions, Pringle said.
Pringle is also working on
collecting student opinions on
the Kansas law that will allow
anyone to bring a concealed
weapon into campus buildings. The University is working to create a plan to maintain safety on campus and
Pringle hopes to incorporate
the data.
STUDENT BODY
VICE PRESIDENT
Who: Zach George, a senior
from Ottawa
What hes working on this
year: George is working on
publishing course evaluations.
If it is successful, students

would be able to access part

of the information that comes
from the end of semester evaluations. George has already
begun working with Development Director Tomas Green
to develop a bill that they will
propose to the Senate. George
said publishing course evaluations is a growing national
trend, as many of them can
warn students of expensive
textbooks for specific classes.
With the expense of higher
education, we think publishing course evaluations will
allow students to have more
control over their education
and get more bang for their
buck, George said. This will
be quite a mountain to climb,
because it is a very contentious issue with faculty members.
CHIEF OF STAFF
Who: Adam Moon, a senior
from Mission
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year: In addition to his administrative duties, Moon

will lay the groundwork for
an inexpensive airport shuttle system between campus
and Kansas City International
Airport. So far, the project is
in its planning stages. Student
Senate has collected data and
information regarding the
project through surveys and
focus groups.
COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR
Who: Isaac Bahney, a junior
from Terre Haute, Ind.
What hes working on this
year: Bahney will be in charge
of creating open forums on
campus, one of the platforms
of Advance KU, the winning
coalition from the spring election. The forum, which would
take place a couple of times
each semester, would allow
students to voice opinions,
concerns and ideas to administrators and student leaders.

The whole purpose is to

have a conversation of some
of the issues from last year,
around the nation and even
sexual assault on campus,
Bahney said. Last year, a lot
of students didnt feel like they
could talk directly to administrators.
DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR
Who: Tomas Green, a junior
from Seattle, Wash.
What hes working on: To
push Student Senates sustainability platform, Green said he
is coordinating with a number
of institutions on campus like
KU Facilities Management
to get the best value and use
with a small carbon footprint.
Senate will use unallocated
money to fund several projects, including air dryers and
LED lighting equipped with
motion sensors. Green is
also reaching out to alumni
and KU Endowment for help

funding the projects.

My hope is to work within
our internal structure to draft
a timeline of investments we
want to make in the next five
to 10 years; to plan for and invest in things over a long period of time, Green said.

DIRECTOR OF
DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION
Who: Omar Rana, a senior
from Tulsa, Okla.
What hes working on:
During the summer, Rana
partnered with Mary Morningstar, an associate professor
in the department of special
education, to write a special
education grant to develop
a program for students with
intellectual disabilities. Rana
is currently waiting for the results of the grant request.
Rana is the second senator to
hold the position after it was
created in January.

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First Community Meetings

Featured
EvEnts
UnionFest &
Friday Night Live
Friday, Aug. 21
7 p.m.midnight
Kansas Union

Featured
EvEnts
KU Common Book
Discussions

UnionFest
Sunday,&Aug. 23
Friday Night
Live
12:30
p.m.
Residence halls &

Friday,Kansas
Aug. 21
Union
7 p.m.midnight
Kansas Union

For more information

KU Common Book
Office of First-Year Experience
Discussions
785-864-4270
hawkweek@ku.edu

Sunday, Aug. 23
12:30 p.m.
Residence halls &
Kansas Union

For more information

Office of First-Year Experience
785-864-4270
hawkweek@ku.edu

Thursday, Aug. 20
78:30 p.m.
Residence and
scholarship halls

Super Service Saturday

First Community Meetings

Saturday, Aug. 22
11 a.m.2 p.m.
Thursday,
Aug.
20
Kansas Union,
Ballroom

78:30 p.m.
Residence and
scholarship halls

Academic Welcomes
Aug.
23
SuperSunday,
Service
Saturday

35 p.m.
Various campus locations

Saturday, Aug. 22
11 a.m.2 p.m.
Kansas Union, Ballroom

First-Year Welcome

11A

Jayhawk Jumpstart

Thursday, Aug. 20
910 p.m.
Campanile Hill

Friday, Aug. 21
9 a.m.5 p.m.
Various campus locations

Hawk Fest

Traditions Night

First-Year Welcome

Saturday, Aug. 22
5:307:30 p.m.
Thursday,
Aug.
Parking Lot
91 20

910 p.m.
Campanile Hill

Convocation
Sunday,
Aug.
23
Hawk
Fest
78 p.m.
Lied Center

Saturday, Aug. 22
5:307:30 p.m.
Parking Lot 91

Jayhawk Jumpstart

Saturday, Aug. 22
7:308:30 p.m.
Friday,
Aug. 21
Memorial
Stadium

9 a.m.5 p.m.
Various campus locations

Rock-a-Hawk
Thursday,
Aug. 27Night
Traditions
811 p.m.
Daisy Hill Parking Lot

Saturday, Aug. 22
7:308:30 p.m.
Memorial Stadium

Full schedule available at

Academic Welcomes
Sunday, Aug. 23
35 p.m.
Various campus locations

Convocation
Sunday, Aug. 23
78 p.m.
Lied Center

Rock-a-Hawk
hawkweek.ku.edu
#hawkweek
@newjayhawks
Thursday, Aug. 27

811 p.m.
Daisy Hill Parking Lot

Full schedule available at

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More students prefer parents

healthcare plans than KUs
CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boese

In the year since the Affordable Care Act was implemented at the University, 32 student
employees have qualified for
healthcare plans. This means
that they qualify for the plan
offered to all state employees,
said Ola Faucher, director of
Human Resources.
Of these 32, two have opted
to enroll in the plan.
The reason for this may be
that the student health insurance plans are sufficient
enough for many students,
Faucher said. However, some
students may choose to stay on
their parents plans rather than
look into employee or student
plans.
The student healthcare package, which international students are required to purchase
and graduate student employees are offered at a discount, is
offered to all college students
in Kansas through the Board
of Regents. For an annual plan
not including dependents, a
student would pay $1,489.
At the end of May, 2,815 University students were enrolled
in the student healthcare
package, according to information provided by Breeze
Richardson, director of communications for the Kansas
Board of Regents. Of those,
1,344 were international students required to purchase the
plan and 994 were graduate
students, whose premiums are
covered up to 75 percent by
the University. That means 477
domestic undergraduates were
enrolled in the plan.
As of May 2014, 2,731 students were enrolled in the
plan, including 938 graduate
students, Richardson said. At
that time, domestic and international undergraduates were
not broken up in reporting,
but a total of 1,793 undergraduates were enrolled.
Richardson said that any
change in the numbers could
not be exclusively attributed
to ACA. Another provision of
ACA dictates that young adults
can stay on a parents plan until
they turn 26 years old.

University of Kansas students* enrolled in

student healthcare package
*Total of 2,815 students

KU Student Expenses
Total expenses - $4,116
Books - $1,040
Transportation - $1,906
Personal expenses - $1,170, including All
Sports Combo ($175) and parking pass
($260 for the year or $150 for a semester)
Source: Financial Aid and Scholarships

Planning can
help students
save money

477 domestic
undergraduate
students
(16.9%)
1,344
international
students required
to purchase plan
994 graduate
students
(35.3%)

(47.7%)

Source: Kansas Board of Regents

Michael Cox, a sophomore
from Augusta, works at the
Anschutz Library circulation
desk. He said he wasnt sure
whether the University had offered him health care because
he knew he already had health
insurance.
I may have been offered it
when I was hired on at the library a year ago, but my dads
ex-military, so I do healthcare
through the government that
way, Cox said. I just chose to
do it that way because it was
going to be more affordable
for me, since I pay for my own
stuff. I get that until Im 26 as
long as Im enrolled in school.
Emma Bean, a junior from
Colorado Springs, Colo.,
agreed. Bean, who works at
the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences reception desk
in Strong Hall, said she had

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no idea whether shed been offered health care, but she knew
she didnt take it.
It honestly never occurred
to me to look at what the University was offering me, Bean
said. Ive just been on my
moms plan forever, so it was
just so much easier.
Under ACA, this may hold
true for many undergraduates.
ACA states that if an insurance plan covers children, it
will cover them until they turn
26 years old. According to the
Universitys Office of Institutional Research and Planning,
only 1,471 undergraduates, or
7.8 percent, were 26 or older in
the fall.
Although not all undergraduates, even if they are 26
or younger, are eligible to be
covered under a parental plan,
many now have the option un-

der ACA.
In an effort to implement
the ACA and minimize costs
to the University, Human Resources set hour restrictions
for students. Each on-campus
undergraduate employee will
only be allowed to 20 hours
per week during the school
year and 40 hours per week in
the summer.
Faucher said the limits were
because of the Universitys
implementation of ACA. Any
employee working more than
30 hours over an extended period of time should be offered
benefits by his or her employer, according to one provision
of ACA.
In the coming year, Faucher
said these restrictions will be
more strictly enforced.

CASSIDY RITTER
@CassidyRitter

Expenses for first-year

students are inevitable, but
planning and being conscious of spending can help
students adjust to the costs of
college living.
First-year students at KU
can expect to spend around
$4,116 per year not including
room and board, tuition and
required campus fees, according to Financial Aid and
Scholarships.
The University advises students to budget $1,040 on
books, $1,906 for transportation and $1,170 for personal
expenses each year, which
includes furnishing a dorm,
a parking pass and the all
sports combo in addition to
other small expenses.
Students and faculty can
book one-on-one appointments with Student Money
Management Services, a free
service the University offers
to help with budgeting, to
help save money. The office
also provides workshops.
Student Money Management Services focus on five
pillars of student finance:
income and financial aid,
checking and savings, cash
management, credit cards
and credit history. Those who
work in SMMS use the pillars
during one-on-one appointments to help the student or
faculty member understand
how and where to spend
money.
Jeffrey Heppler, a fifth-year
senior from Kansas City,

Kan., who works at Money

Management Services, advises first-year students to be
conscious of spending money and going out. This means
budgeting how much money
to spend when going out to
eat and attending other social
activities.
We encourage students to
use their meal plans because
they have already paid for
that, Heppler said.
When scheduling an appointment with SMMS, the
student will sit down with a
financial advisor to look over
the students inflow and outflow then compare the two,
said Heppler. SMMS uses the
two to create a budget for the
student.
Another resource advised
by Student Money Management Services is Cash
Course, an online money
guide helping students with
finances and assignments by
providing financial tools and
advice. With a free account,
students can access financial
tools, like a budget wizard
or financial calculator along
with financial videos and
glossaries. Students also find
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Board blocks effort to unionize college athletes

MICHAEL TARM
Associated Press

CHICAGO The National Labor Relations Board on

Monday blocked a historic bid
by Northwestern University
football players to form the
nation's first college athletes'
union, dealing a blow to a labor movement that could have
transformed amateur sports.
In a unanimous decision,
the board said the prospect of
union and nonunion teams in
college could lead to different
standards at different schools
from how much money
players receive to how much
time they practice and create competitive imbalances on
the field.
The new ruling annuls a 2014
decision by a regional NLRB
director in Chicago who said
scholarship football players
are employees under U.S. law
and thus entitled to organize.
But Monday's decision did not
directly address the question
of whether the players are employees.
Some observers said the ruling effectively ends any chance
to establish labor unions in
college athletics.
"This puts the nail in the coffin of organizing college players," said Ronald Meisburg, a
former attorney for the NLRB
and onetime board member.
Tim Waters, of the United
Steelworkers union, which
helped bankroll the union
drive, disagreed.
"It is a bump in the road,"
Waters said.
The face of the union-building effort, former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter,
also expressed disappoint-

JEFFREY PHELPS/KANSAN
Northwestern football players at practice. The National Labor Relations Board on Monday overturned a historic ruling
that gave Northwestern University football players the go-ahead to form the nations first college athletes union, saying
the prospect of union and non-union teams could throw off the competitive balance in college football.

ment. But he said the push

for unionization had already
pressured the NCAA to take
athletes' grievances more seriously.
"It turned out to be the right
thing to do, and I don't regret
it," Colter said.
The labor dispute goes to
the heart of American college
sports, where universities and
conferences reap billions of
dollars by relying on amateurs
who are not paid. In other
countries, college sports are
small-time club affairs, while
elite youth athletes often turn
pro as teens.
The biggest factor in how it
ruled, the board said, was the
NLRB's jurisdiction, which
extends only to private schools
like Northwestern, the sole private institution in the Big Ten.

The board repeatedly cited

the need for standardization
of rules and policies in sports
and said giving the green light
to just one team to collectively bargain would disrupt that
uniformity.
NLRB rules do not offer the
losing side the option to appeal. But Ramogi Huma, a
former linebacker at UCLA
who worked closely with Colter, said he has not given up
on bringing unions to college
football.
"The door's not closed," he
said.
The board seemed to leave
open the possibly of taking up
the unionization issue again if
it involved other schools or if
conditions change for Northwestern football.
But Meisburg said the way

the ruling highlights the challenges of organizing sports

at private and state schools
means the board is unlikely to
consider another union petition from a college team.
"I don't see those institutional problems going away," Meisburg said.
Northwestern became the
focal point of the labor fight
in January 2014, when Colter announced plans to form
the first U.S. labor union for
college athletes. He appeared
at a news conference for the
College Athletes Players Association.
Three months later, regional NLRB Director Peter Sung
Ohr issued his decision, saying
Northwestern football players
should be able to unionize. A
month later, players cast secret

ballots on whether to unionize. Those ballots were sealed

during the appeal and will now
be destroyed without being
counted.
While NLRB decisions sometimes split along party lines,
the three Democrats and two
Republicans on the board all
agreed.
Under U.S. law, an employee
is regarded as someone who
receives compensation for a
service and is under the direct
control of managers. In Northwestern's case, Ohr concluded
coaches are the equivalent of
business managers and scholarships are a form of pay.
On Monday, Waters criticized the NLRB for sidestepping the most sensitive question: Are scholarship players
employees?

"It's like they had a hot potato

tossed into their laps, and they
took a year and a half of deliberations and said, 'We're going
to toss it back,'" he said.
The board's decision was welcomed by the NCAA, which
has been fighting lawsuits
from former athletes over everything from head injuries
to revenue earned from their
likenesses in video games.
In a statement, the Indianapolis-based NCAA portrayed
the board's ruling as recognition that it's trying to improve
conditions for athletes.
"This ruling allows us to continue to make progress ... without risking the instability to
college sports that the NLRB
recognized might occur," it
said.
Northwestern's vice president for university relations,
Alan Cubbage, also welcomed
the ruling. And he applauded
pro-union players "for bringing national attention to these
important issues."
The NCAA recently cleared
the way for the five biggest
conferences, including the Big
Ten, to add player stipends to
help athletes defray some of
their expenses.
Northwestern, the Big Ten
and the NCAA all argued
against the unionization effort,
saying that lumping college
athletes into the same category as factory workers would
change amateur athletics for
the worse.
The specific goals of prounion players included guaranteeing coverage of sports-related medical expenses for
current and former players
and reducing head injuries.

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Agreement would raise electric rates for Kansans

JOHN HANNA
Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. An agreement that would allow Kansas'

largest electric company to
increase its rates about 4 percent is reasonable for customers while covering the cost of
power plant upgrades, attorneys for the utility and other
parties told state regulators
Monday.
The rate-setting Kansas Corporation Commission had a
90-minute hearing on the proposed deal struck by Westar
Energy Inc. with the commission's staff, a state consumer
advocacy agency and some of
the utility's largest customers.
The company's annual rates
would rise by $78 million
about half of what it wanted
and most households would
see their bills increase between
$5 and $7 a month.
Attorneys representing the
parties to the agreement said
it was comprehensive and
complicated and urged the
three-member
commission
not to change any of its terms.
State law gives the KCC until
Oct. 28 to issue an order revising Westar's rates, and several
attorneys noted that the law
encourages settlements, particularly agreements like Westar's where no party formally
objects.
"This was frankly amazing,
that all these parties were able
to come to the table as they
did," said Commissioner Jay
Emler, a former state Senate
majority leader and attorney.
"It's very encouraging."
Westar, based in Topeka,
has nearly 700,000 customers, and it initially proposed
increasing its annual rates
by $152 million. The utility
sought to recover costs already
incurred for improvements
mandated by federal air pollution standards, primarily at
its coal-fired power plant near
LaCygne in eastern Kansas,
and for upgrades at the Wolf
Creek nuclear power plant
about 55 miles south of Topeka.
The company also proposed
a five-year, $220 million plan
for upgrading its electrical
grid and a 10 percent annual profit for its stockholders.
The agreement allows grid
improvements of $50 million
between now and early 2017; it
doesn't specifically set a maximum profit, but it's expected
to be 9.35 percent.
"This settlement is a balance
of diverse interests which, taken together, uphold the public interest," Westar attorney
Cathy Dinges told commis-

JOHN HANNA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Attorneys Jim Flaherty, left, and Timothy McKee, during a hearing on an agreement that would allow Westar Energy to raise its electric rates by $78
million a year. Flaherty represents the Frontier El Dorado Refining Co.; McKee represents the Wichita public school district; both are Westar customers.

sioners during the hearing.

"Adjusting it this way or that
will throw off that balance."
The KCC's staff and the
Citizens' Utility Ratepayers
Board, a state agency representing residential customers
and small businesses, argued
for an annual rate increase of
less than $56 million. David
Springe, the ratepayer board's
chief attorney, said there was
no question Westar's rates
would rise to cover power
plant upgrades.
Springe said of the agreement, "On balance, I think it's
good for customers."
The agreement also postpones any decision on a proposal from Westar to revise
special rates for customers
who install solar panels, which
drew strong opposition from
solar energy advocates. If the
KCC accepts the deal, it would
consider such issues in a separate case.
Westar had said the 300
customers with existing solar
panels would not be affected
by its proposed changes. The
utility said it wanted to en-

JOHN HANNA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kansas Corporation Commission Chairwoman Shari Feist Albrecht, left, discusses issues related to Kansas City Power &
Light Co.s rates, as Pat Apple, a commissioner, watches. The two disagree over how much to increase the utilitys rates.

sure that solar users pay their

fair share for Westar's system,
so that other customers don't
subsidize them.
But green energy advocates
said Westar's proposed chang-

es would have eliminated incentives to install solar panels

and killed the solar industry
in Kansas. Solar energy advocates ultimately did not object
to the agreement.

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Clerk given time to appeal gay marriage ruling

ADAM BEAM
Associted Press

MOREHEAD, Ky. A federal judge on Monday gave a

Kentucky county clerk room
to continue denying marriage
licenses to gays and lesbians
while she takes her religious
objections case to an appellate
court.
U.S. District Judge David
Bunning ordered Rowan
County Clerk Kim Davis last
week to issue licenses to two
gay couples, and ruled Monday that she is not entitled to
any more delays. But because
"emotions are running high on
both sides of this debate," he
also stayed his decision while
she takes her case to the Sixth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal.
Attorneys on both sides disagreed about the implications.
Dan Canon, representing the
gay couples, said Davis remains under the judge's order.
But Mat Staver, who represents
Davis and is the founder of
Florida-based Liberty Counsel, said the convoluted order
essentially grants her request
for more time.
What is clear is that Davis
will continue refusing to issue
marriage licenses to anyone
in this county of about 23,000
people, home to Morehead
State University in the Appalachian foothills of eastern
Kentucky. Until the case is resolved, no new wedding can be
legally recognized in Rowan
County unless the couple obtains a marriage license somewhere else.
"This is not something I decided because of this decision that came down," Davis
testified in federal court last
month. "It was thought-out
and, you know, I sought God
on it."
Clerking has been a family
business in Rowan County.
Davis worked for her mother
for 27 years before replacing
her in the elected post this
year, and her son Nathan now
works for her. He personally
turned away a gay couple last

TIMOTHY D. EASLEY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, with her attorney Roger Gannam. The county turned away gay couples who
sought marriage licenses, defying a federal judges order that beliefs dont excuse officials from following the law.

week.
Around the U.S., most opponents of gay and lesbian
marriage rights are complying
with the high court. Some other objectors in Kentucky submitted to the legal authorities
after Democratic Gov. Steve
Beshear told them to begin
issuing licenses to same-sex
couples, or resign.
Kim Davis is one of the last
holdouts, and apparently the
first to be challenged in federal court, putting her and tiny
Rowan County in the middle
of one of the country's largest
social upheavals.
Davis wants Kentucky lawmakers to allow county clerks
to opt out of issuing marriage
licenses for religious reasons.
But the governor has declined
to call a special session. Davis
faces fines and possible jail
time for contempt of court if

she loses her challenge and

still refuses to issue licenses.
But she can only be impeached
from her $80,000 a year job by
the legislature, and impeachment proceedings are unlikely
even after the lawmakers reconvene in January.
Davis' lawyers compare her
to other religious objectors,
such as a nurse being forced
to perform an abortion, a
non-combatant ordered to fire
on an enemy soldier, or a state
official forced to participate in
a convicted prisoner's execution.
Bunning disagreed. Davis is
"free to believe that marriage
is a union between one man
and one woman, as many
Americans do. However, her
religious convictions cannot
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Nevertheless, the judge's convoluted ruling on Monday effectively imposes more delays,
not only on the couples suing
Davis, but on anyone else in
Rowan County who wants to
get licensed to marry in the
place where they live, work
and pay taxes.
Davis said it would violate
her Christian beliefs to issue
a license to a same-sex couple that has her name on it,
and she has her supporters for
standing firm.
"If she was to say 'Well, you
know, I need my job, I'm going to do what they say do,'
she would be letting down her
faith," said Joe Riley, an evangelist who says he attended
church with Davis at Morehead First Apostolic Church.
Davis, through her attorney,
declined to be interviewed.

Acquaintances describe her as

easy-going but reserved. She
hid behind her attorneys to
avoid being photographed in
a courthouse hallway and had
to be told to speak up from the
witness stand.
Beneath her quiet nature lies
a steadfast resolve not to compromise, even after a video of
her refusing to issue a license
to a gay couple, David Ermold
and David Moore, generated
more than a million views online.
Shortly after she took office
in January, she said she wrote
every state lawmaker she could
and pleaded to change the law,
to no avail. So, on June 26th
-- the day the U.S. Supreme
Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide -- Davis told
her staff not to process any
more licenses until further notice, no matter who asks.

Under Kentucky law, marriages must be licensed by a

county clerk, who first determines if the couple meets all
legal requirements such
as being unmarried, and old
enough. And because every license issued in Rowan
County is under her authority, she feels she can't delegate
the job to a non-objector.
"If I say that I authorize that,
I'm saying I agree with it, and
I can't," Davis told the court.
Rowan County Judge Executive Walter Blevins can issue
marriage licenses if the clerk
is "absent," but the term is
undefined in state law. Both
Blevins and Bunning decided Davis not issuing licenses for religious reasons does
not mean she is absent. That
leaves Davis, for now, firmly
in control.
Davis said her beliefs on
sin are shaped by "God's holy
word" in the Bible, and that
she attends church "every
time the doors are open." She
also leads a weekly women's
Bible study at the county jail.
"I love them. They're the
best part of my Monday," Davis said.
Davis testified that the Bible teaches that marriage is
between one man and one
woman and that sex outside
of marriage is a sin. Court
records indicate Davis herself
married when she was 18 in
1984, filed for divorce 10 years
later, and then filed for divorce
again, from another husband,
in 2006.
Many Christians believe
divorce also is a sin, and an
attorney for the same-sex couples repeatedly questioned her
about this in court. Asked if
she would religiously object
to issuing a marriage license
to someone who has been
divorced, she said "That's between them and God."
Davis has not said how she
would react should she lose
her appeal.
"I'll deal with that when the
time comes," she said.

Jury selection begins in

Jewish site gunmans trial
BILL DRAPER
Associated Press

OLATHE, Kan. Jury selection began Monday in the

murder trial of an avowed
white supremacist who admitted to gunning down three
people outside of two suburban Kansas City Jewish centers
last year.
Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., of
Aurora, Mo., could get the
death penalty if he's convicted
of capital murder. The 74-yearold has admitted to the media
and during pretrial hearings
that he drove to Overland Park,
Kansas, on April 13, 2014, with
the intent to kill Jews. All three
of the victims were Christian.
Miller, who is representing
himself, showed up in court
dressed in a jacket and tie and
with his hair neatly combed.

He has chronic emphysema

and has said he doesn't think
he has long to live, and he
has attended hearings since
his arrest using a wheelchair
equipped with an oxygen tank.
Miller, who is also known as
Frazier Glenn Cross, is accused
of gunning down Dr. William
Lewis Corporon, 69, and his
14-year-old grandson, Reat
Griffin Underwood, in the
parking lot of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City before killing Terri LaManno, 53, outside of a nearby
Jewish retirement home.
Two-hundred
prospective
jurors were being questioned
Monday to determine which
of them would be able to serve.
Those not excused due to hardship will return Tuesday to be
questioned by Miller and prosecutors. The judge said jury se-

lection could take most of the

week and the trial could last
three to four weeks more.
Miller fired his three attorneys in May, saying the only
way he would get a chance to
speak during the trial was if
he represented himself. Ryan
allowed him to do that, but ordered his attorneys to remain
involved as stand-by counsel to
help Miller with routine filing
tasks and to be available if he
is kicked out of the courtroom
During pretrial hearings
Miller made disparaging remarks about the judge, prosecutors and witnesses who
testified. Ryan warned Miller
earlier this month that any outbursts in front of jurors could
result in his removal from the
courtroom or in a mistrial.

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Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015

15A

Study suggests water

in Great Plains region
may be contaminated
JOSH FUNK
Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. A new

study suggests that nitrates
may play a key role in increasing uranium contamination in
groundwater.
The researchers from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln estimate that nearly 2
million people in California
and the Great Plains live over
groundwater that has been
contaminated with uranium,
which can cause health problems.
The study found that 78 percent of the groundwater samples that showed unsafe levels
of uranium were from areas
with high levels of nitrates,
which typically come from nitrogen fertilizers and animal
waste.
"If the problem is this widespread, more research needs to
be done," said UNL assistant
professor Karrie Weber, who

led the research.

Environmental Protection
Agency rules say that uranium shouldn't exceed 30 micrograms per liter in drinking
water. Weber's research found
examples in California well
above that threshold.
Prolonged exposure to high
levels of uranium in water has
been linked to kidney problems and increased cancer risk.
Some studies have also suggested that uranium might
accumulate in certain crops
if they are irrigated with contaminated water.
Weber said groundwater
samples aren't always tested
for uranium making it harder
to study. She said the lack of
testing also raises safety concerns because smaller communities and rural families often
use well water without treating
it.
Weber said the nitrates moving through the soil can convert uranium from a solid state

to a soluble form that can contaminate groundwater.

"As nitrates come into the
system, they are increasing the
concentration of uranium in
the water," Weber said.
Data from roughly 275,000
samples from two of the nation's largest aquifers the
High Plains aquifer and the
Central Valley aquifer in California were examined for
the study. Those two underground stockpiles supply water
for irrigation and many communities rely on the aquifers
for drinking water.
The High Plains Aquifer
stretches underneath some
174,000 square miles in parts
of South Dakota, Nebraska,
Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Texas.
The study was published in
the August edition of the journal Environmental Science
and Technology Letters.

CHRIS CALRSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS

A worker adjusts the irrigation system that borders the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National
Wildlife Refuge in Calipatria, Calif. A study claims that much of the water in California
and Great Plains aquifers could be contaminated by uranium.

JACOB BYK/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mason Loving, 19, the youngest member of the Oxford House, in Hutchinson. Each
Oxford House operates independently, but under Oxford House International rules.

Program for training service

dogs cut by Hutchinson jail
Associated Press

HUTCHINSON, Kan.
The Hutchinson Correctional Facility's decision to end
a program that lets inmates
train service dogs will likely
mean an even longer wait for
people who need such dogs,
according to the director of a
dog-training organization.
Staffing shortages prompted
The Hutchinson Correctional
Facility to end its service-dog
program as of Aug. 1, spokesman Dirk Moss said. The prison had one full-time officer
overseeing the program and
that person had to be moved
back into a security job, The
Wichita Eagle reported.
At full employment, the
Hutchinson
Correctional
Facility has 365 uniformed
security officers. About 40 of
those positions were open in
early August, Moss said.
"We had to make a choice,"
Moss said. "We had to pull
that position back into security."
People who need service
dogs already wait about 18

months, and the end of the

Hutchinson program could
stretch that to two years, said
Sarah Holbert, executive director of the organization that
oversees the dogs' training.
About 125 people are already
on the program's waiting list.
Canine Assistance Rehabilitation Education and Services
sends dogs for basic training
to prisons throughout the
Midwest before bringing the
dogs back to its Concordia
headquarters for specialized
training that fits the needs of
the person who will get a dog.
Dogs that would have been
sent to Hutchinson will now
go to either Ellsworth Correctional Facility, the only
Kansas prison still operating
a CARES program, or an outof-state prison.
Hutchinson began working with CARES in 2009
and trained 12 to 15 dogs at
any one time, Holbert said.
Newer programs train about
half that number. Since the
program began at Hutchinson, about 125 inmates have
trained at least 245 dogs,

Moss said.
"One of the things we found,
we don't have data, but we
noticed that inmates participating in the program are
considerably less troublesome than some of the other inmates," Moss said. "For
some of them, it's the first
time in their life that they
have a positive bond with another living being."
The El Dorado Correctional Facility ended its affiliation with the CARES
program about three years
ago. Holbert said that prison
determined that most of its
inmates did not have the personality needed to train dogs
because they had committed
violent crimes or had mental
health issues.
Moss said it was possible that
the program would someday
return to the Hutchinson
Correctional Facility.
"That'd be one of the first
things we'd look at if staffing
numbers go back up," Moss
said.

Trump, on a campaign break, reports for jury duty

JAKE PEARSON
VERENA DOBNIK
Associated Press

NEW YORK Donald

Trump pulled up in a long
black limousine and gave a
very presidential wave as he
made his way into the building. Then the billionaire
promptly found himself seated
next to ordinary, wage-earning, subway-riding New Yorkers, forced to wait and wait
some more for the wheels
of justice to turn.
The Republican presidential
candidate reported for jury
duty in Manhattan on Monday and spent much of the day
like everyone else, filling out
forms and wondering whether
he would get picked.
By late afternoon, he was released without getting selected
for a trial, his civic obligation
fulfilled.
Trump had high praise for
the public servants at the
courthouse, saying: "The people in the court system are
really professional. It was an
honor to see how it worked."
The businessman's limo arrived in the morning at the
foot of the courthouse steps
familiar to viewers of TV's
"Law & Order," and he was
met by a throng of camera
crews, reporters and onlookers. Some booed, while others
greeted him with fist bumps
and books for him to sign.
Inside, a lawyer posed for a
selfie with him, a sketch artist
presented him with a drawing
to sign, and a bystander exhorted him to "save this country!"
A murmur went through
the 75 or so other prospective
jurors when Trump walked
in. But they largely kept a respectful distance from the real
estate mogul, reality TV star
and GOP front-runner.
"He makes it a little more
bearable," said Christian Johnson, 21, a University at Albany
student doing jury duty for the

first time. "He's giving me a lot

of material for my Snapchat."
Another juror, retiree Renee
Shapiro, said: "I'm looking at
him and I'm saying, 'Are my
eyes deceiving me?'" She said
he looked taller than she expected.
The civic duty was somewhat
overdue for Trump, who had
been summoned but didn't
appear five times before. His
campaign explained that
Trump never got those summonses because they had been
sent to the wrong address.
After filing through security, Trump was escorted to a
front-row seat in a juror waiting room to fill out a questionnaire about biographical
basics, hobbies, experiences
with crime and the courts,
and occupation. Trump said
he listed real estate, "only because I refuse to say 'politician.'"
Jury assembly supervisor
Irene Laracuenta told the prospective jurors that celebrities
are entitled to the same privacy and face the same selection process as anyone else.
"No one no one gets
special treatment," she said.
Still, from a security standpoint, Trump wasn't treated
entirely like everyone else.
A special team of uniformed
and plainclothes officers shadowed him to make sure he
could get around the courthouse easily, as is standard
when high-profile people
come to court, court officers'
union leader Dennis Quirk
said. Trump also brought his
own, unarmed bodyguard.
"It's a system, and we go
through it. And it's a great system. It's a system that works,"
Trump said at midday. "They
do a fantastic job, and I met
some wonderful people."
After sitting silently through
much of the morning, Trump
returned from a lunch break
with copies of The New York
Times, USA Today and The
Wall Street Journal. Not

SETH WENIG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Donald Trump arrives for jury duty in New York on Monday. The front-runner said last week before a rally in New
Hampshire that he would willingly take a break from the campaign trail to answer the summons.

bringing reading material earlier "was a mistake," he said.

Trump said he hadn't asked
for a postponement, because
serving jury duty is "the right
thing to do." But asked whether he hoped to get cut loose
after only one day, he said: "I
hope so."
Over the years, many celebrities, including Madonna,
Spike Lee and Woody Allen,
have been called for jury duty
in New York. Indeed, "Saturday Night Live" cast member
Bobby Moynihan was in the
jury pool with Trump. Moynihan had no comment.
While it was once de rigueur
for doctors, lawyers, various
other professionals and elected officials to get out of jury
duty, the state eliminated their
exemptions in 1996.

SETH WENIG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Donald Trump gives a fist bump to a pedestrian as he arrives for jury duty. By late
afternoon on Monday, he was released without getting selected for a trial.

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CONSTRUCTION ZONE
Residence halls and Jayhawk Boulevard among completed campus projects
JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
The construction of Self and Oswald Halls, the new residence halls on Daisy Hill, enabled the creation of a quadrangle capable of hosting events and gatherings.

CONNER MITCHELL
@connermitchell0

One of the biggest changes

to campus landscape this year
is the opening of two freshman-only dorms, Oswald
and Self Halls. Other summer
projects included an update to
the School of Engineering and
construction on Jayhawk Boulevard and 15th Street.

OSWALD AND SELF

HALLS
This fall, students will move
into the newly-constructed
Self and Oswald residence
halls instead of McCollum
Hall for the first time.

The halls are named after

Charles Oswald and Al and
Lila Self, who have donated to
the University. The halls can
each fit 350 students in either
four-person suites or two-person suites with bathrooms. Self
and Oswald halls are the only
residence halls on campus
that offer a two-person private
room, which consists of two
separate bedrooms, a shared
living room and a bathroom,
according to the Housing website.
The new Daisy Hill Commons building connects the
two new dorms, creating a
central point on Daisy Hill.
The building includes a living

room, full-service kitchen and

conference room. The new academic service center, which
is open to all students living in
residence halls, includes study
rooms and academic advisers.
We want [Daisy Hill Commons] to be what unites the
six halls on campus, said Diana Robertson, the director of
Housing. The focus of these
halls is on layers of community. The four-person suite provides a living room area that
promotes community within
that room, while the two-person rooms encourage getting
out and meeting people.
Robertson said many of the
features in the new halls came

from student focus groups.

Students wanted more green
space to interact outdoors,
which is not something we
have had on campus previously, she said.
Plans for new dorms were approved by the Kansas Board of
Regents in 2012, and construction began in March 2014. The
project cost $47.8 million, according to the Housing website, and will be reimbursed
through the residents housing
costs. The cost of the project
also includes the demolition of
McCollum, which is scheduled
for November.
The building will also feature
an information technology
help desk, which Robertson
said was moved from its previous location in the Burge
Union.

ROAD
CONSTRUCTION

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Construction on 15th Street

began in May and was originally scheduled to be completed on Aug. 16. Heavy rain
put construction behind, but
roads will open to cars on Aug.
20, according to Paul Graves,
deputy director of design and
construction management. He
said the delays would not affect
the cost of the project, and the
surrounding buildings were
still accessible.
During construction, sidewalks along 15th Street were
scheduled to be replaced,
and Graves said previously
planned underground work

associated with the sidewalk

replacement might have been
delayed because of the rainfall
saturating the ground.
It is hard to pinpoint what
caused [the process] to be behind, Graves said. Any time
there is concrete being poured,
there are a whole slew of factors that have to be in place,
from the weather being acceptable, the concrete plant
being available, the proper
forms being in place, and having people to do the finishing.
The reconstruction of Jayhawk Boulevard between Watson Library and the Kansas
Union was completed on Aug.
14, Graves said. That section
is the third of four phases of
reconstruction that began in
2013. A portion is completed each summer, with the
last portion projected to be
finished by August 2016, according to Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, director of news and
media relations.
The latest improvements included replacing deteriorated
underground utilities, pouring
new pavement and sidewalks,
relocating the traffic control
booth to the west side of Lilac
Lane and equipping the street
lamps with LED lighting, Barcomb-Peterson said.
Barcomb-Peterson said the
third phase of reconstruction
cost $3.6 million, with donors
covering any additional costs
that arose during construction
as well as the costs to reestablish the tree canopy. Graves

said that landscaping would be

completed in early fall.

ENGINEERING
UPDATES

The newest expansion of the

School of Engineering is now
open to students.
The second phase of the
Learned Engineering Expansion connects the building
with two existing engineering
buildings: Measurement, Materials & Sustainable Environment Center (M2SEC); and
Spahr Engineering Library.
The new structure also connects to Learned Hall.
Cody Howard, the interim
public relations director for
the School of Engineering,
said the facility would serve as
the new front door for the engineering department.
Key features of this project
include state-of-the-art active
learning classrooms that enhance access to cutting-edge
curriculum, teaching and research laboratories that allow
students to apply what they
learn and push the boundaries,
numerous collaboration and
study spaces, which are critical for students to hone their
teamwork and communication
skills while building their technical expertise, Howard said.
The project also included a
complete renovation of Spahr
Library to include more group
study rooms, more space for
student organizations and a
small caf, Howard said.

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Obama vacation: golf, books and private beach

DARLENE
SUPERVILLE
Associated Press

CHILMARK, Mass. Lots

of golf, a family outing on
a private beach and a stack
of books. President Barack
Obama's two-week vacation
on Martha's Vineyard is shaping up as a pretty low-key retreat.
What a difference a year
makes. At this point last year,
domestic and foreign affairs
forced Obama to interrupt the
vacation and make separate
appearances before the news
media to react to developments in Iraq and in Ferguson,
Missouri, after the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old unarmed
black man by a white police
officer.
Obama also returned to the
White House halfway through
his 2014 vacation to attend
some meetings and appeared
in the White House press
briefing room to comment
further on the Missouri unrest
before returning to Martha's
Vineyard.
This year, the reporters who
accompanied Obama on the
trip have barely seen him.
And that's just how the president likes it.
AT HIS LEISURE
Obama arrived late on Aug. 7
and has had six golf outings in
10 full days on the pricey Massachusetts island.
His partners have ranged
from former President Bill
Clinton, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Democratic adviser Vernon Jordan
to past and present NBA players Alonzo Mourning and the
father-son team of Dell Curry
and Steph Curry, the latter of
the 2015 championship Golden State Warriors.
Obama spent a day with his
family at a private beach and
has taken his wife, Michelle,
and daughter Malia on separate walks on a trail near his
secluded vacation rental.
The president is also getting
in some of the socializing he's
often criticized for doing so
little of in Washington.
He followed a solo dinner

STEVEN SENNE/KANSAN
President Barack Obama smiles as he sits in a cart while golfing at Farm Neck Golf Club, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Marthas Vineyard. So far,
one rainy day is the only thing that has dampened President Barack Obamas two-week summer vacation on Marthas Vineyard.

out with the first lady with a

couples' dinner with national
security adviser Susan Rice,
former Attorney General Eric
Holder and former U.S. Trade
Representative Ron Kirk and
their spouses at an Edgartown
restaurant.
Heavy rain last Tuesday kept
Obama at his rental home for
the day.
PARTY HEARTY
Except for the walk with Malia, Obama also spent Sunday
at his rental home after jamming at Jordan's 80th birthday
party the previous night.
The Obama family spent
about three hours at the party, mingling among the 200
or so guests that included actor Morgan Freeman, American Express CEO Kenneth
Chenault and Harvard scholar

Henry Louis Gates. Reporters

were kept outside but could
hear strains of the dance hit
"Uptown Funk" from inside
the venue.
Obama offered a toast praising Jordan for his wisdom,
kindness and generosity, the
White House said, adding that
the couples have been friends
for more than 20 years.
The Jordans spend summers
on the island. Obama attended
a party for Jordan's wife, Ann,
last year.
HOME

AWAY FROM
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Obama is staying at the same
secluded vacation property
he rented last year, way up a
lengthy dirt road in Chilmark,
on the western part of the island.
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of which offer sweeping views
of Vineyard Sound. There's
also an infinity pool, hot tub
and a dual tennis-basketball
court.
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It isn't exactly quick beach
reading.
The White House said Obama
brought six books, including
"Between the World and Me,"
a New York Times best-seller
by Ta-Nehisi Coates, a national correspondent for The
Atlantic. The Times described

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Coates' book as a "searing

meditation on what it means
to be black in America today."
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summer book bag are:
"Washington: A Life," a
biography of America's first
president, by Ron Chernow.
"The Lowland," a family
saga set in India and the U.S.,
by Jhumpa Lahiri.
"All That Is" by James Salter, about a life unfolding in a
world on the brink of change.
"All the Light We Cannot
See," an intimate World War II
novel that won author Anthony Doerr this year's Pulitzer
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FRESHMAN GUIDE

What you need to know for your first days on campus

Terms and places

Living in the dorms

What to expect for the dorm layout:

Some commonly used terms on campus:

B-School = Business School
J-School = Journalism School
TA = Teaching Assistant
GTA = Graduate Teaching Assistant
Watkins = Health Center located on Schwegler Drive, across from the Rec Center
OMA = Office of Multicultural Affairs, next to the Kansas Union
RA = Resident Assistant
Jayhawk Boulevard = Main street through campus
Kansas Union = Student union that houses organizations officers, a food court,
the Bookstore and other quick dining options

Places to know
Annie Matheis, a senior and orientation assistant from Overland Park, said she
was confused the first time she heard someone refer to the space in front of Wescoe Hall as Wescoe Beach.
When I first came to campus, I know that I wish I would have known what exactly Wescoe Beach is, she said. Instead of sand like an actual beach, its cement
benches and definitely a very popular hangout spot.
Wescoe Beachs name comes from when it was used for sand volleyball games
during past Hawk Weeks.
The Underground, on the first floor of Wescoe, includes a cafeteria, coffee shop,
convenience store and meeting areas.
Massachusetts Street, also known as Mass Street, is a main street near campus
with restaurants, bars and shops. Downtown Hawks, an event on Aug. 29 and 30,
allows students with a KU ID to get deals at some locations.
Matheis said Encore Cafe, one of her favorite restaurants on Mass Street is a must
for parents and students.
Its a very necessary place for parents and students to try during move-in weekend or just in general, she said.
Logan Welch, a sophomore, said if he had to suggest a restaurant, it would be
Fuzzys Tacos, located at 11th and Massachusetts Streets.

Darby VanHoutan

Typical dorm rooms in the residence halls on campus have twin beds, a desk and
closet space. Other than the typical setup, there are options to get away from the
monotony of the dorm room. Study areas in each hall offer an escape from a loud
room to work on midterm papers or study for an exam.

How resident assistants help students academically:

An important component of on-campus living is having the support of resident
assistants, or RAs. Once the school year begins, it is beneficial to start on a good
note. There are many opportunities to stay ahead academically that can begin in
the residence halls. The RAs assist students by creating an academic plan to begin
the year.
An RAs job is to build rapport and develop relationships with residents as well
as respond to residents concerns and conflicts, according to the Housing website.

How to stay involved while living in the residence halls:

One benefit of living in the residence halls is the sense of community they provide, said Alyssa Denneler, a third-year resident assistant in Corbin Hall.
In the residence halls, we love to do things together as a floor, Denneler said.
Ive done everything from basketball to nail painting with my residents, and we
always try to make a point of supporting each other by attending things like concerts or research presentations. We have more scheduled activities as well, but I
find the off-schedule ones are especially meaningful.

How to handle roommate conflicts:

Conflicts inevitably surface when living in such close quarters, which will sometimes require a mediator. Its important to be honest and communicate with RAs
when needed.
When it comes to roommate conflicts I really like to make sure both residents
have a voice, Denneler said. Its great to give them advice so they can feel more
comfortable in their space. I definitely help mediate but generally they can work it
out for themselves when given the right resources to do so.

Nashia Baker

Campus libraries
Important things to know about the libraries:
Jill Becker, head of KU Libraries Center for Undergraduate Initiatives and
Engagement: The most important thing for incoming freshmen to know is that
libraries are here to help. We care very much about your academic success and
can assist you in every step of the research process. Not only can we provide
in-person research assistance, you can also contact us online through Ask A
Librarian.

Research assistance:
BRANDON SMITH/KANSAN
The Underground, on the first floor of Wescoe, includes a cafeteria, coffee shop, convenience store
and meeting areas.

Becker: Ask a Librarian is a great place to start with your research questions.
You can also search all of our databases online 24 hours a day from anywhere
in the world. A good starting point for your research are our subject and course
guides. And of course, in-person research assistance is always welcome.

Assignment help:
Kyle Chapman, a graduate reference specialist: Many students do not realize
just how many databases and materials KU has access to either electronically or
through what is called InterLibrary Loan. ILL is a system that enables KU students
to gain access to materials that KU does not actually have access to. We do this
by essentially borrowing things from other universities and libraries. This is all free
to students.

Study spaces:
Chapman: The libraries also provide lots of good study space including areas
for groups and rooms that can be reserved which can be very helpful during
midterms and finals.
JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Massachusetts Street, one of Lawrences main streets, is home to many restaurants, bars
and shops familiar to students. Some locations will have deals on Aug. 29 and 30.

Nashia Baker

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ELISE AMENDOLA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The former President Jimmy Carter speaking during a
forum in Boston in November 2014. On Aug. 12, Carter
announced he has cancer and will undergo treatment at
an Atlanta hospital.

MIKE HUTMACHER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Southwind Womens Center in Wichita. Wichita police say a man is in custody after a security officer inspected
the backpack that the man brought into the clinic on Monday and found knives and the explosive device. The
building was evacuated and no injuries or damage were reported.

Jimmy Carter to
discuss his cancer
diagnosis Thursday
KATHLEEN FOODY
Associated Press

Police: Man with gunpowder at

abortion clinic meant no harm
ROXANA HEGEMAN
Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A

homeless man who showed
up for a job interview at a
Wichita abortion clinic with
a small bottle of gunpowder
and a wick in his backpack
didnt mean any harm, police
said Tuesday.
The 19-year-old man had
everything he owned in the
backpack when he arrived for
his interview Monday at the
South Wind Womens Center,

Wichita police spokesman

James
Espinosa
said.
Although the device could
have blown off someones
fingers had it exploded in
their hand, it was too small to
damage the clinic, he added.
It was just him having all
his personal items, Espinosa
said.
A security officer at the
clinic, one of three in Kansas
that
provide
abortions,
searched the backpack and
called police after finding
knives and the bottle with

gunpowder. The building was

briefly evacuated.
Espinosa said the man and
his friend made the device for
fun and had planned to set it
off in the next day or so.
It was a very bad decision
on his part, obviously, he
said.
The man was arrested
on suspicion of unlawful
possession of an explosive
device and the case will be
presented to the Sedgwick
County district attorneys
office for possible charges.

The clinic opened in 2013 in

the building where Dr. George
Tiller provided abortions
until an anti-abortion zealot
shot and killed Tiller in his
church in 2009.
That building has long
been the site of anti-abortion
violence. An abortion rights
opponent shot and wounded
Tiller in both arms there in
1993, and his clinic sustained
heavy damage when it was
bombed in 1996.

TV report: Subway pitchman

to admit to child-porn charges
ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)
Longtime Subway pitchman
Jared Fogle is expected to plead
guilty to child-pornography
charges, an Indiana television
station reported Tuesday.
The report on Fox59 comes
six weeks after authorities
seized electronics and other
items from Fogles home in Zionsville, an affluent Indianapolis suburb.
Citing sources it did not
identify, the station said Fogle
would enter a plea Wednesday.
It also said the U.S. Attorneys
Office in Indianapolis planned
to hold a news conference
Wednesday.
The 37-year-old Fogle became a Subway pitchman more
than 15 years ago after shedding more than 200 pounds
as a college student, in part by
eating the chains sandwiches.
Subway suspended its relationship with Fogle after the
raid. The company declined to
comment Tuesday, saying only
that the chain had already
ended our relationship with
Jared.
Ron Elberger, an Indianapolis attorney who represents
Fogle, said Tuesday via email
that he had no comment on
the reports.
Tim Horty, a spokesman for
the U.S. Attorneys Office in
Indianapolis, said he could not
comment on the report.
Two months before Fogles
home was raided, authorities
arrested the then-executive
director of Fogles foundation
on child-porn charges. Russell
Taylor, 43, ran the Jared Foun-

dation, which sought to raise

awareness about childhood
obesity. He was charged with
seven counts of production
of child pornography and one
count of possession of child
pornography.
Investigators said they discovered a cache of sexually explicit photos and videos Taylor
allegedly produced by secretly
filming minor children at his
home.
After those charges were
filed, Fogle issued a statement
saying he was shocked by the
allegations and was severing
all ties with Taylor.
Though Fogle has not been
front-and-center in Subways
advertising recently, he had
still been acting as a Subway
spokesman and appearing at
events on the companys behalf.
Fogles history with Subway
reaches back to when he was a
student at Indiana University.
The college paper published
a story on his weight loss that
was then picked up by national
media.
Soon after, Subways advertising agency reached out to
Fogle and asked if he wanted
to be in a TV commercial.
The ensuing ad campaign resonated in part because Fogle
seemed like such a regular guy,
which made weight loss seem
simple and achievable.
Of course, Fogle wasnt the
only reason for Subways
growth over the years. Its $5
footlong deals were popular
with people looking to save
money, and many customers
liked that they could have their
sandwiches made to order.

ATLANTA (AP) Former

U.S. President Jimmy Carter
plans to discuss his recent cancer diagnosis, making his first
comments since revealing he
has the disease last week.
The Carter Center on Tuesday said Carter will hold a
press conference Thursday
morning at its offices in Atlanta. The event will be closed to
the general public, the statement said.
Carter, 90, announced Aug.
12 that liver surgery found
cancer that has spread to other parts of his body. That brief
written statement indicated
that the cancer has spread, but
did not identify its type or say
where it originated.
Carter said he would rearrange his schedule for treatment at Emory Healthcare in
Atlanta, where a spokesman
wouldn't comment.
His initial statement said
further information would be
provided when more facts are
known.
Carter attended a Sunday
School class and worshipped

at Maranatha Baptist Church

on Sunday in his hometown
of Plains, Ga. Church officials
have said that Carter and his
wife Rosalynn attend whenever they are not at the center's
offices in Atlanta or traveling
elsewhere.
The church also has announced that the former
president will teach a Sunday
School class as planned this
weekend. Carter has been
leading the classes for more
than 25 years.
Carter was the nation's 39th
president, defeating Gerald
Ford in 1976. Ronald Reagan
succeeded him in 1980 after
a landslide victory, but Carter
didn't go quietly into retirement.
He founded the Carter
Center and became a global
humanitarian, focusing on
health care and democracy.
He helped defuse nuclear tension between the Koreas and
monitored the first Palestinian
elections. In 2002, he won the
Nobel Peace Prize.
Carter's father, brother and
two sisters died of pancreatic
cancer. His mother also developed the disease.

Earthquake near
San Francisco Bay
Area jolts residents
KRISTIN J. BENDER
Associated Press

MICHAEL CONROY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle walks
to a waiting car as he leaves his home in Zionsville, Ind.
The Fox 59 television station reported on Tuesday that
the Subway pitchman was expected to plead guilty to
child-pornography charges, citing sources it did not
identify.

Still, Fogle was instrumental in Subways success over

the years.
In 2013, Subway celebrated
the 15-year anniversary of
Fogles famous diet by featuring him in a Super Bowl
ad and making him available
to news organizations for interviews. At the time, Fogle
said he still traveled regularly
throughout the year on behalf of Subway. He also said
he had a Subway black card
that let him eat at the chain
for free.

The company, based in

Milford, Connecticut, has
declined to provide details
on its financial arrangements
with Fogle.
In 1999, the year before Fogle appeared in his first Subway commercial, Subway had
about 14,000 stores worldwide, according to Technomic. As of last year, that figure
had tripled to about 43,000,
making Subway the worlds
largest restaurant chain by
locations.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)

A short, sharp earthquake
rattled the San Francisco Bay
Area early Monday, breaking
picture frames and cracking
plaster without prompting
reports of injuries or major
damage.
The magnitude-4.0 quake
struck at 6:49 a.m. and
was centered just north of
Piedmont, near Berkeley, the
U.S. Geological Survey said.
It was felt in downtown San
Francisco, along the peninsula
and in the East Bay.
This was a fairly small one
but we should be prepared
for them at all times, USGS
spokeswoman Leslie Gordon
said.
The shallow quake produced
a sharp jolt followed by gentle
rolls. People on social media
reported broken clocks and
picture frames.
I was eating breakfast
when the whole house shook
and several picture frames
propped on our mantle and on
a side table in the dining room
crashed to the floor, Adam
Van de Water of Oakland said
in an email to The Associated
Press. My heart rate spiked

and stayed elevated for a few

minutes until it was clear it
was over.
He said a neighborhood
visitor from Australia thought
a bomb had gone off.
Bay Area Rapid Transit held
commuter trains for about
five minutes and there were
minor delays as crews checked
the tracks. No damage was
reported.
The quake struck on the
Hayward Fault at a depth of
about 3.4 miles, according to
the USGS.
There are several hundred
known faults in the state and
others that are not known,
said Lucy Jones, a seismologist
with the USGS. About 200
are considered potentially
hazardous.
The Hayward fault runs
from the cities of San Pablo
Bay to Fremont and passes
through Berkeley, Oakland
and Hayward.
Mondays quake came just
one week before the oneyear anniversary of the
magnitude-6.0 earthquake that
caused millions of dollars in
damage and injured hundreds
of people in California wine
country.

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A WEEK OF WELCOME

FILE PHOTO
Steve Hetro, a junior from Overland Park, explains the advantages of joining Hawks Nest to inquiring students at the Hawk Week Block Party last year.

Annual Hawk Week kick-off revives Campus Carnival event

KATE MILLER
@_Kate_Miller_

Orientation is a whirlwind
for newcomers to the University, from swift tours through
campus to numerous information sessions. But however
crazy orientation week is, the
week before classes begin is
possibly even crazier packing into Memorial Stadium
to learn how to wave the
wheat, pushing through a
crowded Union to grab freebies and, this year, spinning
around on carnival rides are
all a part of Hawk Week.
Hawk Week is the annual
kick-off to the new academic
year, tailored for students
new to the University. Weeklong activities include Signature Events Traditions
Night, Union Fest and Hawk
Fest, among others as
well as smaller events across
campus starting Thursday,
Aug. 20.

No matter the size, all of the

events serve to accomplish
the same goal: connecting
students to their campus in as
many ways as possible.
Its really critical for students to make connections
on campus, connecting to
their peers; getting to know
other people that might be
living around them in their
residence hall, said Katie
Treadwell, associate director
for orientation programs at
the Universitys Office of First
Year Experience. It really
helps to build that foundation
of relationships that can support their success at KU.
Treadwell, who has been
a part of the Office for two
years, works with a team
to determine which events
become a part of Hawk
Week. Events are submitted
to the team by partners in
May, and the Office reviews
the submissions for certain
stipulations.

We make sure the events

fit within the program goals:
making those connections
both socially and academically, starting classes the right
way, Treadwell said. We
want to make sure the events
are about welcoming and
engaging students, that they
prepare students for involvement both in their classes and
co-curricular involvement,
and then helping students
to explore opportunities on
campus.
The Office doesnt plan the
events of Hawk Week, but
does support those partners
and organizations that do,
Treadwell said.
This years Hawk Week
brings back an old classic:
the Campus Carnival, which
is put on by Student Union
Activities.
We wanted to have a big
international welcome and
a big welcome back for
students that was open for

everyone, including faculty

and staff, said Hannah Hall,
SUA vice president of alumni
and faculty relations. We
wanted to have this carnival
to kind of unify everyone
at the beginning of the year

We want students to have an

amazing first week on campus and
to feel like they made the right
decision by coming to KU.
KATIE TREADWELL

Associate Director, Orientation Programs

and to have just a really fun,

unifying experience with the
whole campus.
The carnival has been absent
for two years, but a fee review
process by Student Senate
made it possible for the event
to be brought back this fall.
At 5 p.m. on Aug. 29 in the
Lied Center parking lot,

anyone with a KU student ID

will be able to ride full-size
carnival rides, eat typical fairstyle food and explore booths
with games, a fortuneteller
and a tattoo artists. Each person will receive 10 free tickets
for use at the carnival.
Hawk Week is a great
way to bring everyone on
campus together, Hall said.
Obviously, its great for the
freshmen to all mingle with
each other right before school
starts and get to know each
other[...] but one thing that
Im excited about with the
carnival is that its open to
anyone with a KU ID. Its a
way for the whole campus,
essentially, to just get together and start off the year on a
great note, which I think is
really awesome.
The 2015 convocation marks
the 150th anniversary of
the Universitys founding,
and Treadwell said several
former chancellors plan to

return for convocation and

participate in Hawk Week
activities such as discussions
of the Common Book A
Farewell to Arms. However,
she couldnt name specific
chancellors as details were
still being worked out at the
time of press.
Treadwell works closely with
students throughout their
recruitment and admission
process. She said she appreciates Hawk Weeks ability
to make the students she has
grown to know more comfortable with their transition
to college.
We want students to have
an amazing first week on
campus and to feel like they
made the right decision by
coming to KU and feel really
comforted and at home here,
Treadwell said. Also, to start
classes successfully because
we know thats the most important thing and thats why
people are here.

Avoiding a freshman 15 with healthy lifestyle habits

RYAN MILLER
@Ryanmiller_UDK

The dreaded so-called freshman 15 or extra 15 pounds

gained after a students first
year at college has haunted
incoming college freshmen
for years. And, according to
recent studies, the myth has
some truth to it.
Kelsey Fortin, a health
educator for Watkins, said
that weight gain was common
during freshman year, and
there was research to back it
up. She said that the weight
gain might not always be 15
pounds, but was typically
closer to five to seven pounds,
with a few more added during
sophomore year.
I think it is important for
students to make the mindbody connection, Fortin said.
It is so important to take
care of your physical health in
order to excel in an academic
world.
Kirsti Rooks, a junior from
Overland Park, said she experienced the freshman 15.
I gained my freshman 15
and a little more, Rooks said.
It was mainly going out and
coming back with my friends
and getting like pizza or Burger Stand, and it all added up.
Rooks said the freshman 15
was part of the college experience, and said others should
not get discouraged.
Its comforting to know
youre not the only one going
through it, she said.

After her freshman year,

Rooks said she added vegetables to her diet to combat the
weight gain. She also started
a workout regimen that she
could do by herself or with
her roommate, which included taking walks and using the
recreation center on campus.
My advice would be to mon-

As a young adult coming to college, this is a crucial developmental

phase for lifestyle habits.
KELSEY FORTIN
Health Educator at Watkins

itor your portions, and add

vegetables, she said. I think
I wouldve been OK if I had
watched what I was eating; I
kind of went crazy.
In 2013, almost half of KU
students reported trying to
lose weight during college,
according to the National
College Health Assessment.
Additionally, only 6 percent
of KU students said they consumed five or more servings
of fruits or vegetables a day.
The Obesity Prevention
Source website at Harvard
states that poor food choices
like fast food and sweetened
beverages contribute to weight
gain.
Being a freshman may be a
lifestyle, but it doesnt harbor
gaining weight, and there are

ways to avoid it, said Conner

Brown, a senior from Pleasanton, Calif.
Brown said he wasnt worried
about the freshman 15 in his
first year at college. He said
he grew up eating healthy, on
a vegetarian diet, and played
sports. He said he wanted to
stay healthy while in college
and utilized the resources to
do so.
Fortin said that having the
self control to make healthy
choices was one of the biggest
challenges for students. She
said students in residence
halls with a dining plan had
access to an all-you-can-eat
buffet for every meal.
There are healthy options
available, but it takes the
knowledge base and willingness to engage in healthy
habits to choose them, Fortin
said.
For Brown, it was a no-brainer to eat the healthier options.
He had a dining plan but ate
nutritious foods and went to
the Rec Center or was active
with friends.
A healthy lifestyle just
makes sense, he said. People
stigmatize it like they have to
try hard, but if you just make
it a habit, being healthy really
benefits you more than just
like eating well and feeling
good. It carries throughout
the rest of your life.
The University has several
initiatives to help students
eat better and be healthier,
like the Eat Well Live Well

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY VICKY DIAZ-CAMACHO/KANSAN

In 2013, almost half of KU students reported trying to lose weight during college,
according to the National College Health Assessment.

program implemented in fall

2013 at Watkins.
Eat Well Live Well is a sixweek-long weight management program where students
meet with her one-on-one.
Each week, they discuss a new
topic area and develop two
goals for the student, she said.
Fortin said students could
choose to take measurements,
including weight and blood
pressure, to track progress
throughout the program.
Another program, Cook Well
Live Well, is a monthly nutrition and cooking class at the
Health Center. Fortin said KU
Dining did a lot on campus by

providing healthy options in

the residence halls and across
campus, like foods labeled
Better Bites that can help
a student identify healthier
options.
The overall key to avoiding
the freshman 15 and leading
a healthy lifestyle for college
students is to take control of
their body and health, and to
be proactive.
As a young adult coming
to college, this is a crucial
developmental phase for
lifestyle habits, Fortin said.
As a student, [If] I am able to
create a healthy routine now,
and stick with it, that will have

a major impact on me for the

future, she said.
Brown agrees. He said living
a healthy lifestyle, whether
by working out regularly or
eating healthy, was part of
becoming an adult in college.
Youre going out into the
world and being responsible
for yourself, and gaining
weight may be one consequence of not taking care of
yourself, he said. No one is
going to tell you to go to the
gym; friends might encourage
you and thats good, but you
really have to take the step
yourself.

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City Comission plans downtown cultural district

Delaware

Pennsylvania

New Jersey

New York

City of
Lawrence

Kansas
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Arts
Corridor

Iowa

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Bob Billings
Kasold

Wakarusa

Connecticut

Rhode Island

After Lawrence City Commissioners meetings over the

last several months, which included debates with residents,
the city will have a defined cultural district.
The proposed Ninth Street
Arts Corridor will be at Ninth
Street between Delaware and
Massachusetts Streets. The
corridor will be supported by
a $500,000 ArtPlace grant that
was awarded last June to the
Lawrence Arts Center.
About two years ago, the
city embarked on an effort to
define a cultural district in
Lawrence, said Porter Arneill,
the director of arts and culture
in Lawrence. The ArtPlace
Grant allows inclusion and integration of art at various levels for our project.
The debate with residents

Ninth Street Arts Corridor will run between

Massachusetts and Delaware Streets

in a couple exciting, different

ways.
Susan Tate, the Lawrence
Arts Center chief executive,
said artists would be invited to
apply for three different tiers
of commission, which will be
selected by a group of people
from the city, the Arts Center,
Citizens Advisory Board, artists and Cultural Arts Commission representatives.
When a nationwide call for
participants was sent out two
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weeks ago, some residents said
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they were wary of letting out- Sources: Google Maps, City of Lawrence
side influences define the citys
culture.
Five of the artists are from u l t i A group of residents told city
commissioners in July that Lawrence, two are from Kan- mately
they wanted half of the artists sas City, Mo., and one is from e n r i c h
to be from East Lawrence for New York City, but spent many the area.
years in the Kansas City area.
the proposed corridor.
Bringing in these artists
Edited by
We had 24 people who reEmma LeGault
sponded and we went through really allows us to start a
a lengthy two-day review whole new conversation on
of the artists with a panel, the street-scapping that we
Arneill said. Those we chose wouldnt have otherwise had,
all have some sort of tie to the Arneill said. We get a new
and fresh perspective that will
area.

New Hampshire

@vickyd_c,
@SamBiscuit

have been about what kinds of

art will be publicly displayed
and how artists will be selected. The idea is to transform
the designated location into an
accessible public art space with
the help of civil engineers and
urban designers, according
to the Lawrence Arts Center
website.
The project calls for a new design for the corridor that will
feature both temporary and
permanent works of art. The
city plans to upgrade the area
to highlight the artistic culture
of the area and improve pedestrian safety. Improvements
will include renovations such
as repairing brick streets, making sidewalks more pedestrian-friendly and adding more
lighting.
The city may begin construction on the project next summer.
Im excited to see this plan
come to fruition, Arneill said.
We have eight artists who are
going to engage in this project

Massachusetts

VICKY DIAZ-CAMACHO
AND SAMANTHA
SEXTON

1900 Barker, a bakery and cafe, a

product of brothers partnership
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley

At 21 and 23 years old, the

Petrehn brothers could be average college students trudging up the hill to their 9 a.m.
classes. Instead, theyre up
before the sun in their bakery
and coffee shop.
Nearly two months ago, the
brothers turned a laundromat
located at 1900 Barker Ave.,
into their ideal neighborhood
bakery.
Taylor and Reagan Petrehn
opened their bakery, called
1900 Barker, in early June, and
have seen fairly steady traffic
since.
The neighborhood has been
really supportive, Taylor said.
Its been fun to meet new people and see new people in their
community environment instead of a downtown strip. We
were really busy right away,
and I feel like were starting to
hit stride now.
Taylor, 23, graduated from
Johnson County Community Colleges culinary program in 2010. Hes worked in
the restaurant industry for
years but said he began baking professionally three years
ago, roughly the same time

he moved to Lawrence with a

group of friends.
I loved [Lawrence], and decided to call it home, Taylor
said. It had been a dream for
a long time. I walked by this
place all the time, and I was
like, What would it be like
if there was a bakery in this
neighborhood?
The brothers are from Paola,
and said theyve been foodies
for years. About four years
ago, Taylor built a pizza oven
at their familys home. He said
they would bring in a guest
bartender for the evening and
enjoy great pizza together.
Weve almost always done
food together, Taylor said.
Working with his brother
came naturally to Reagan, he
said.
Its great. We have 20-plus
years of experience communicating with each other, so
its really easy to communicate,
and you dont get that with any
other business partner, Reagan said. I know my ideas will
be understood immediately. I
dont have to worry.
Last week 1900 Barker extended its hours to include
Wednesday and Thursday. The
cafe is currently open from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday

through Saturday. The brothers serve coffee all day but

cycle through different food
options. Pastries come out of
the oven at 7 a.m., and in the
afternoon the Petrehns focus
on their breads.
Pastries usually sell out pretty quickly, Taylor said. We
see a lull around 11:30 a.m.
until 1 p.m. or so, and as bread
comes out of the oven people
start showing back up and
then theyll grab an espresso
on their way home from work.
Of the wheat used in their
breads, 25 percent comes from
a local farm, and all the wheat
they use is certified organic.
The coffee they use will change
every few months as they
switch roasteries.
Every quarter we plan to
rotate two new coffee roasters, Taylor said. Were really
searching for the best in the
industry.
Since the cafe has not been
open long, Taylor said they
still had room to grow. Theyre
planning to offer more lunch
options as well as host neighborhood block parties.
Our hope is to really serve
the community around us and
provide great bread and coffee
for people, Taylor said.

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Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015

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Graduates film explores plights of relationships

KATE MILLER
@_Kate_Miller_

Its a classic story: Boy meets

girl, boy falls in love with girl,
boy loses girl. But Benjamin
Waller, a recent graduate from
Alton, Ill., wanted to portray
something different with his final film as a University student.
Its a relationship movie at
the core, Waller said. Its guy
meets girl, strike up relationship, and things pretty much
go bad. Both these characters
are very flawed; their relationship never really connects because of miscommunication.
Thats one of the core themes of
the film.
The film, The Hardest Thing
to Earn, was created for
Wallers honors project. The
80-minute feature film is one of
the longest to be produced by a
student within the Department
of Film and Media Studies.
Waller, who wrote the script,
produced, directed and edited
the film, chose the title from
one of his favorite quotes:
Love is the most beautiful
thing to have, the hardest thing
to earn, and most painful thing
to lose.
Its a drama with some awkwardly comic moments; its a
bit of a genre blend, Waller
said. I refer to the film as a
dark romantic dramedy.
The film involved a cast largely
of students within the film and
media studies department. All
cast and crew members volunteered their time to work on
the film, which began shooting
last October.
Waller started writing the
script in July 2014.
I wanted to make something
that I could make, first of all,
he said. For this, I needed to
write something that logically
[I could] actually make the film
on a low budget.
Although the film deals with
issues of sexual assault, Waller
said the prevalence of sexu-

VICKY DIAZ-CAMACHO/KANSAN
Benjamin Waller produced an 80-minute film called The Hardest Thing to Earn for an honors project. It premieres on Wednesday at Liberty Hall.

al assault on high school and

college campuses especially
assaults involving alcohol
didnt cross his mind when he
first wrote the script. As the
story developed, he said he realized how important the film
could be.
[Sexual assault] is such a
huge issue globally, especially

Ive always been attracted to social

issues when writing. ... I just wanted to approach it on a personal
level with a character-driven film.
BENJAMIN WALLER
2015 University Graduate

overseas, and its not only accepted, but condoned, he said.

Its just an issue thats very personal to me. Ive always been
attracted to social issues when
writing. Its just impossible to
take on such a huge subject in
such a short period of time. I
just wanted to approach it on
a personal level with a character-driven film.
Jordyn Cox, a recent graduate from Wichita, plays the
lead role of the girlfriend. The
Hardest Thing to Earn is her
first feature film appearance.
It was a challenge at times,
Cox said. Ive always really
enjoyed roles that have a lot
of depth to them, where you
can explore not only the characters past but the characters
emotions, their dreams, their
fears. It was really great to have
a character who is incredibly
complex.
Casting Cox, who carries the

films message, in the lead role

was a key moment for Waller.
What attracted me to Jordyn
was that she looked the part
and nailed the audition, but
she has a very vulnerable quality about her, he said.
Waller and Cox both said the
cast and crew bonded over the
nine-month production process; they said those were their
favorite memories.
Making a feature film is
hard, Waller said. Its the camaraderie that really kept us
going. There were lots of long
days and long nights. None of
us were getting paid; Ive sunk
thousands of dollars of my own
money into it.
For Cox, the message of the
film stands out more than anything else.
Its really been an amazing
opportunity that weve been

able to work as a team and

make this movie about an issue that is so important, Cox
said. The hope with the film is
to bring light to this issue and
to have people realize this is a
problem something does
need to be done about this.
We really hope this film will
be a way to spark that conversation.
The crew shot the film in locations around and outside the
city, including the abandoned
high school in Lecompton. The
assistance from the Lawrence
community was instrumental in the success of the film,
Waller said.
I really learned that you need
the help of the community to
get a film made on a low budget, he said. Without them,
it couldnt have been possible;
the community was awesome.

We got all these cool locations.

The film premieres at 7:30
p.m. on Wednesday at Liberty
Hall. After that, Waller hopes
his work will make the film festival circuit.
Hopefully we can get it into
some respected film festivals
and get it seen and get our
name out there. Thats really
the goal, Waller said. Were
taking on a controversial issue
that a lot of people want to turn
a blind eye to. I kind of lay it all
out there and show you exactly
what these victims go through.
Its not easy to watch at times,
but hopefully it can change
peoples hearts and minds.
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Pop-punk trio Four

Arm Shiver announces
new album out this fall
HARRISON HIPP
@harrisonhipp

The future looks bright for a

group of local musicians who,
through poise and persistence,
has landed a record deal.
Lawrence-based pop-punk
band Four Arm Shiver, which
originally got its start in Emporia, came together when the
members the bassist Logan
Herrera, the guitarist Joel Austin and the drummer Ryan
Schlotterbeck met while attending Emporia High School.
The trio recently announced
its plans to sign with Smash
My Records, a Kansas record
label located in Chanute. They
will release their second fulllength album titled Something About My 20s this fall.
The records release is set for
this September and will be
available in CD and vinyl.
Herrera said the band has
really enjoyed working with
their new producer at Smash
My Records
We are very thankful to be a
part of the Smash My Records

team and cant wait to grow

with them, Herrera said.
The band has headlined concerts in nearby Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma, while
building a solid local following. Schlotterbeck said the
band is currently scheduling
fall and spring mini-tours to
promote its upcoming record.
All three members share vocal responsibilities on stage
and describe their music as
pop-punk. The group cited
various musical influences but
could not put a finger on one
in particular.
Were a little more on the
punk-rock side of pop punk,
Herrera said. We all have a
very wide range of influences.
Four Arm Shiver was recently part of a full slate of music
this past July in the basement
of the Eighth Street Taproom.
The band has played the venue twice before but performed
there for the first time in 2015
with Fools Rush and Something and the Whatevers.
Playing live is always an exhilarating experience, Schlot-

terbeck said. I try to focus

any nervousness into playing
with more feeling. When Im
really in tune, I can totally lose
myself while still carrying the
song.
Four Arm Shiver has two
albums available on its Bandcamp page, a streaming website for artists to post their
music. The bands site is the
main way it distributes music
to fans.
The bands first album, a
nine-song self-titled release,
was recorded in the summer
of 2013 at their parents houses
and released in late July 2014.
The band was also featured
on Lawrence Kansas Punk
Rock Vol. 1, a 24-track compilation album recorded at
Revealed Studios, which is
owned and operated by Smash
My Records. The album was a
collaborative effort with Lawrence punk-rockers The Rackatees and The Sluts, among
others.
The members of Four Arm
Shiver came together as a
group of high school students

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Four Arm Shiver, a trio from Emporia that is now based in Lawrence, said they will
release their second full-length album, Something About My 20s, in September.

in 2008 looking for an outlet

for their musical talents and
for something bigger than
themselves.
I feel liberated when were
playing. Liberated from the
real world, our responsibilities
and our flaws, Herrera said. I
guess thats the romantic way
of looking at it, because were
really just three friends participating in makeshift therapy.
For Austin, the best part of
performing is the people he
does it with.
Youve got the friendship
level where you get to hang
out with your best friends,
doing things you love and go-

ing places, he said. Then, of

course, music. Its powerful.
Its fun. Even if were playing to
an empty room or something
its still just a great time for all
of us.
During the last eight years of
playing music together, Four
Arm Shiver has evolved into
a working class band ready for
the next step in the music industry. In addition to growing
stronger as a unit, the individual members have also learned
a lot about themselves.
I used to be a scrummy little punk who didnt care about
much, let alone many other
people, Austin said. The

band has given me friends,

family and the best time ever.
It forced me to become responsible for myself.
Four Arm Shiver will open
for Albuquerque band Russian
Girlfriends Aug. 31 at 9 p.m.
with Lawrence-based band
The Hemorrhoids at Jackpot
Music Hall at 943 Massachusetts St. Tickets are $5.
The band will also play at 9
p.m. Sept. 9 at Franks North
Star Tavern at 508 Locust St.
in north Lawrence. The band
will join locals Chess Club in
support of the Atlanta-based
band Seagulls. Tickets are $3.

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The chili dog at Leeway Franks is made with a beef frankfurter, spritzed with yellow mustard, topped with Texas red chili and a bit more yellow mustard on a poppy seed bun. The
order includes a side of fries or tater tots. The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

For owner of hot dog shop, a focus on natural

KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley

The small sausage and hotdog

restaurant, Leeway Franks, at
935 Iowa St., is more than another storefront in a strip mall
to owner Lee Meisel. Its built
on a foundation of memories
combined with a desire to
bring food back to a more natural state.
My wife and I have a cabin
up in Michigan; our annual
trips are very, very special to
me, Meisel said. You get up
there and theres funny little
snack stands all around. Thats
kind of the inspiration, and
this is really all wrapped up in
memories.
Meisel said that since he
opened the doors to Leeway
Franks on July 17, people have
flooded in.
Its been a little overwhelming. Weve been really busy.
Were pretty much running out

of product, he said. This has

exceeded my expectations by
quite a bit. I expected itd be
pretty steady, maybe serve 60
to 70 people at the beginning
then ramp up to 100 to 120
were already there.
Meisel, a 2008 Haskell University graduate, said he has always loved working with food.
He worked as a butcher at 715
Restaurant on Massachusetts
Street for three years as well as
at the Merc.
After being in fine dining for
years and it being all intricate,
I wanted to strip everything
down and make it really approachable, Meisel said.
With so much traffic in only
the first week, Meisel said he
attributed the success to social
media and word of mouth.
Social media is really the
main way [we got the word
out] and just being connected in the food scene in town,
Meisel said. This little neigh-

borhood is really cool, lots

of people coming and going.
They tell their friends about
it and our neighbors and the
barber shop down the road.
Martin Watson of Watsons
Barber Shop, located just a
few doors down from Leeway Franks, said Lee delivered menus and food samples
to attract more customers. It
worked.
Everyone had some, and we
really liked it, and weve been
here every day since, Watson said. Were spreading the
word.
Watson attributes part of the
large crowd to the high quality
of the food.
Its going to go really well for
them because its quick service
and good food, Watson said.
That goes a long way. Its not
about a quantity, its the quality. I look at them being around
here. If they leave, its only because they got a bigger spot.

All of Lees meats are free of

antibiotics, and he doesnt use

After being in fine dining for years

and it being all intricate, I wanted
to strip everything down and make
it really approachable.
LEE MEISEL
Owner of Leeway Franks

fillers, he said. He butchers the

pigs on Mondays and handmakes nearly 600 sausages by
himself.
Its all my recipes Ive developed over the years, he said.
Each individual one looks
different than the rest. Theyre
in natural casings, so they have
snaps, and some people are divided on it. Some people have
never had natural casing, and
sometimes the texture is too
much.

The natural casings are made

of washed pork intestines. Meisel said that making his meat
the most natural way possible
was important to him because
of where he comes from and
where he has worked.
Theres no mystery to what I
do. I dont ever want it to become a big manufacturers process, he said. My background
is in butchering. I grew up in
a small town in North Dakota
Mandan and thats where
I learned how to grind meat
properly.
Meisel said the Classic Coney
was one of the most popular
items on the menu. Its a beef
frankfurter with brown mustard, sauteed onions and sauerkraut on a poppyseed bun.
The restaurant tries to avoid
using ketchup, he said.
We try to stay away from
ketchup unless your kid still
has training wheels on his bike,
he can have it, and we dont ar-

gue with pregnant women, so

they can do that, Meisel said.
Leeway Franks is open from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday
through Saturday. Meisel employs two people; he worked
with one for years at 715
Restaurant, but he said he had
thought about bringing others
on.
[Im] looking at maybe
bringing on a couple part-time
employees so I can get back
to focusing on the sausages,
especially if my production
increases, he said. Right now,
between being open for eight
hours then being here between
eight and 10 hours extra every
day, I can do it fine for now, but
I dont want to do that forever.
Edited by Kate Miller

Downtown treat stand a

twist on late-night bites
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley

Whether theyre in Qatar,

Dubai or Germany, the Chahines wake up every morning to get a taste of the local
crepe scene. As they stroll the
streets at night of any given
city across the world, they
stop at a Belgian fry stand to
grab a cone of their favorite
late-night treat.
But on May 1, Bassem Chahine and his wife, Elizabeth
Chahine, opened Crepes and
Taters at 1016 Massachusetts
St.
We travel everywhere, and
my wife always came with me
and her hobby was that she
loved to buy crepes in every
country we went to. Literally every morning she would
drag me to go have breakfast
and have crepes because she
loved them, he said. When
she saw the opportunity over
here, she was like, Lawrence
doesnt have a crepe store, so
lets do one.
Crepes and Taters, previously Lebanese Flower, which
was owned by Bassems father,
operates in the kitchen of Fatsos. When Lebanese Flower
closed, Elizabeth saw the opportunity to bring her love
of crepes and Belgian fries to

Lawrence.
Those are the two things
we really like to do, especially
when we travel, Bassem said.
Belgian fry stands in Europe
are like hot dog stands in New
York. At night time when
were out strolling and having
fun and we got hungry, wed
go for the Belgian fries and
mornings were for crepes, so
thats why we have the two together.
Brooke Magdaleno, the general manager at Crepes and
Taters, said she has loved
crepes since she began working at IHOP at 16 years
old and loved the idea of a
crepes-specific place on Massachusetts Street.
I think its a really unique
thing, definitely meant for a
city-type area, Magdaleno
said. If we tried to open this
outside of Mass Street, I dont
think it would do as well.
When we first opened, it was
the last week of school so we
had a lot of nighttime traffic.
Right now were bringing in a
lot of couples and families.
Crepes and Taters offers
sweet and savory crepes as
well as Belgian fries with numerous dipping sauces. Bassem said the variety of options
makes the new business even
more exciting.

Its not any crepe; its gourmet. Its not just jam or Nutella on a crepe, he said. This
is very local, so we need to
let the lunchtime and breakfast people know we exist. Its
crepes; everyone loves crepes.
Bassem and Magdaleno said
they anticipated late night
traffic to pick back up when
University students come
back for the fall semester.
With summer it kind of
died, but when the locals
came thats what saved us
in the summer, he said.
Right now, were aiming at
the whole population here,
whether youre out partying
and want to sober up and have
a Belgian fry at 2 a.m., or the
working people who come to
get a crepe in the morning.
Bassem said he thought part
of what drew people to Crepes
and Taters is the unique name
and off-the-wall combination
of crepes and Belgian fries.
Its a catchy name; its something very random, he said.
I hope its helped business.
I think the people who come
here are in shock every time,
but they love it.
Edited by Miranda Davis

CREPES AND TATERS, 1016 MASSACHUSETTS ST.

HOURS
Monday - Wednesday
8:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Thursday - Saturday
Thursday - Saturday
8:30 a.m. - 3 a.m.
8:30 a.m. - 3 a.m.

Sunday
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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The chocolate and banana crepe, from Crepes and Taters on Mass. St. Crepes are a type
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt portrays the famous highwire artist Philippe Petit in The Walk, a biographical film directed by Robert Zemeckis and due to be released on Sept. 30.

7 movies worth watching in Sept. and Oct.

ALEX LAMB
@Lambcannon

Franchise malaise has set in

after a summer blockbuster
season overstuffed with sequels. So the upcoming originals of the fall are welcomed
with open arms, especially
the new offerings from some
powerhouse directors. Just because summer is over doesnt
mean you should be going to
the movies less.
BLACK MASS
SEPT. 18
Johnny Depp has been more
obnoxious than impressive
recently, so his meaty role as
the real-life Boston gangster
Whitey Bulger, who worked
with the FBI and then reigned
over the city with violent
impunity, gives reason to take
him seriously again. He suc-

cessfully played John Dillinger

in the flawed but enjoyable
Public Enemies, and Black
Mass surrounds him with
a fantastic cast in blistering
criminal conflict.
EVEREST
SEPT. 25
Now this is a real disaster movie, not one of those
ridiculous computer-generated-imagery-fests such as San
Andreas. This true story of
the worst expedition to Mt.
Everest in history features a
terrific cast climbing the monstrous mountain only to be hit
by a calamitous snow storm
that turns their great journey
into a brutally intense fight for
survival.
The scale of danger in this
gripping thriller will make for
one hell of an edge-of-yourseat experience.

THE WALK
SEPT. 30
Joseph Gordon-Levitt does
a literal high-wire act in this
true story of the Frenchman
who came to New York to
cross between the Twin Towers in 1974.
Using no safety measures,
the illegal stunt has been
called the artistic crime of
the century. Shown from
above, The Walk guarantees a suspenseful time. Now
that Forrest Gump director
Robert Zemeckis is over his
strange motion capture CGI
phase and the moralizing of
Flight, this looks like his
return to form.
THE MARTIAN
OCT. 2
Ridley Scott returned to his

sci-fi roots with the spectacular Prometheus, and this

more grounded story looks
like a keen combination of
his visual splendor within
the genre and a satisfying
narrative of the human spirits
strength for survival. On a
mission to Mars, one of the
astronauts (Matt Damon)
gets left behind on the red
planet, presumed dead, and
must figure out how to keep
himself alive and signal Earth,
prompting his crew to plan a
daring return for his rescue.
STEVE JOBS
OCT. 9
Sure, there was that mediocre Steve Jobs biopic with
Ashton Kutcher that only
covered until the new millennium, but thats like an old PC
compared to this Mac version

of his life. Michael Fassbender embodies the cutthroat

brilliance of the man behind
Apple while Seth Rogen leans
more dramatic than usual as
his partner, Steve Wozniak.
Written by the politically
punchy and quick-witted
Aaron Sorkin, and directed
by the electrifyingly creative
Danny Boyle, this fierce film
gives the technology visionary
his cinematic due.
CRIMSON PEAK
OCT. 16
Guillermo del Toros best
work lies within the realm of
fantasy horror, like his early
films and Pans Labyrinth,
so this original Victorian
ghost story looks particularly
promising for wildly creative
creepiness.
Mia Wasikowska joins
Tom Hiddleston and Jessica

Chastain in a mansion filled

with dark secrets and restless
spirits, many of which are sure
to leave a haunting impression with their weirdly scary
design.
BRIDGE OF SPIES
OCT. 16
Steven Spielberg directed
Tom Hanks through the frontline in World War II, and now
takes him to the frontline of
the Cold War in this true story of a lawyer the CIA sent to
Berlin to negotiate the return
swap of an American spy pilot
for a Soviet Union spy.
Add to that a script co-written by the Coen brothers and
youve got another tense, impressive Spielberg Oscar-contender about an important
piece of history that should hit
with audiences, too.

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August shows to
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Varma Cross with Red Francis and

Narkalark
When: Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 10 p.m.
Where: Replay Lounge
Price: $3 (21+)
The established groups Varma Cross and Narkalark
will team up with the band Red Francis, based in
Chicago, for a Wednesday at Replay. Signed to
Wet Lettuce Records, Red Francis has been on a
month-long North American tour that will conclude
at the end of August.

Tyler Gregory with Rolling Foliage

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Lindsey Yankey, an author and illustrator from Lawrence, made the 2015 Kansas Notable Books List for her childrens
book Bluebird. The book tells the story of a bluebird attempting to fly for the first time without the wind.

Author and illustrator lands

on Kansas Notable Books list
MADI SCHULZ
@Mad_Dawgg

Growing up in Leon in a creative family both her brother and sister went to art school,
her father is a ceramicist and
draws and her mother often
wove baskets Lindsey Yankey, an author and illustrator
from Lawrence, spent her time
playing outside, painting and
playing sports.
It was a solid background
for kind of establishing that
love of creating and making,
Yankey said.
That love for creating paid
off; this year, Yankey, a 2009
graduate, landed on the Kansas Notable Books list with her
childrens book Bluebird.
Bluebird follows a small
bird as she attempts to fly
for the first time without the
wind. The little bluebird sets
out to find the wind and also
finds her confidence along the
way.
When she was younger, Yankey loved childrens books
but always gravitated to a
particular illustration style,
namely the work of the American author Jan Brett, which
Yankey said featured a main
illustration but had a more
than meets the eye style in the
details around the border of
the page.
I had an affinity for the
books that had lots and lots of
detail and the ones where you
can keep finding details every
time you read it, she said.
Yankeys creative interest
waned as a teenager, when she
participated in sports.
Our school didnt really have
an art program and so I kind
of checked out for a while, but
when I got to KU I started to
show more interest, Yankey
said. Underlying was a lot of
want to keep making things.
Yankey began school at
Hutchinson Community College on a softball scholarship.
She transferred to the Univer-

sity in her second year after

she began to feel antsy with
a desire for something more.
While initially interested in
elementary education, Yankey switched to art education,
where she found herself in
the studio as a part of the requirement for the major. With
story ideas already in mind,
she knew she wanted to make
books and switched her major
to illustration.
The idea for her first childrens book, Sun and Moon,
came about in a simple way.
I was walking home from
class one day and thought,
Wow, this is such a beautiful
day. It was springtime and
beautiful and I thought, The
sun gets to see everything
cool. Then I was thinking,
The moons missing out, she
said.
Bluebird, her second book
and the one on the Kansas No-

I had an affinity for the books that

had lots and lots of detail and the
ones where you can keep finding
details every time you read it.
LINDSEY YANKEY
Author and illustrator

table Books List, came from a

simple, one-line idea about a
bird missing the wind.
I was thinking about a bird
looking for the wind; well,
then you have questions, Yankey said. Why is she looking
for the wind? Where would
she look for the wind? What
is the wind and the birds relationship? How do they know
each other? How did that even
start?
Although both stories are for
a younger audience, the ideas
are rooted in a deeper meaning. Sun and the Moon is
about learning to appreciate
what you have, and Bluebird

focuses on doing something

for the first time without a
friend or someone you depend
on, Yankey said.
After college, Yankey traveled to England for a few
months and started working
on posters for an art collaborative group. When the group
started putting her work in its
mailing list, she got in touch
with the Shakespeare and Co.
bookstore in Paris and began
making bags, posters and signs
for the store.
In 2014 she traveled to the
Bologna Childrens Book Fair
in Italy to try to find publishers
for her books. She found one
in Simply Read Books, which
published Sun and Moon
and Bluebird.
Through Simply Read Books,
Yankey worked closely with
Robin Mitchell Cranfield,
principal of Hundreds &
Thousands Book Design and
Illustrations, as well as a visiting professor in the publishing
department at Simon Fraser
University in Canada.
She plans her books out
quite carefully and has great
attention to detail, Mitchell
Cranfield said. Working with
her gave me a lot of insight
into how illustrators experience working with a graphic
designer, and I brought some
of that experience into my
teaching.
After the books were published in 2014, Yankey participated in library and bookstore
readings and received positive
feedback from her audience.
Its exciting. I got recognized
by two little kids on the street,
she said. I had a reading at the
Raven [Book Store] a couple
weeks ago. It had just happened so I think it was really
fresh on their minds.
Yankey also makes cards and
prints in Lawrence, which are
sold at Au March, a European
foods and gifts store on Massachusetts Street, and Essential Goods, which sells prints,

cards and other gifts but focuses on local artists.

We first saw Lindseys work
at WheatFields [Bakery] and
immediately knew she was
really talented, said Molly
Crook, the owner of Essential
Goods. I got in touch with
her and we kind of went back
and forth and now she sells her
cards in the store.
For Yankey, the cards are
little ways to experiment with
her designs. Although her goto is oil paint, she often experiments in different mediums
for her cards and prints.
Last fall, Yankey glued leaves
onto paper, and she said they
eventually formed into characters, which she made into a
print. For another print that
appears in Sun and Moon
she made intricate slices in
linoleum to make a stamp of
fireworks to illustrate a page.
I think that a lot of my style
comes from keeping my options open with materials,
she said. Thats something
that really helps free me up to
illustrate however [the piece]
would be the best illustrated.
Yankey has two stories in the
works. This summer, she read
her stories for an audience at
the Lawrence Public Library
and the Toy Store.
Throughout her life, Yankey
said she had always been a
creative person, an artist. Art
matters because it is a part of
what makes us human, she
said.
[Art] is our celebration, our
filter, our vent, our questioning, our understanding, our
exploration, our play, Yankey
said. Everyone is born creative and continuing to encourage creativity throughout
our lives is enriching for everyone.
Edited by Emma LeGault

When: Friday, Aug. 28 at 9 p.m.

Where: The Bottleneck
Price: $8 (18+)
Kansas-born singer-songwriter Tyler Gregory &
The Bootleg Band will return to the Bottleneck on
Friday for a performance. Founded in 2010, Tyler
Gregory & The Bootleg Band blends country, roots
and blues music. Rolling Foliage, featuring the
violinist Paul Coleman of The Bootleg Band, will
also play.

Field Division with PLAINS

When: Friday, Aug. 28 at 10 p.m.
Where: Replay Lounge
Price: $3 (21+)
Hailing from Des Moines, Iowa, and signed to Station 1 Records, Field Division is a folkwave duo of
Evelyn Taylor and Nicholas Frampton.

Pink Royal with Not A Planet and La

Guerre
When: Saturday, Aug. 29 at 9 p.m.
Where: The Bottleneck
Price: $6 / $4 with KU ID (All Ages)
The experimental groove-pop group Pink Royal
will return to the Bottleneck on Saturday night for
this back-to-school show. Pink Royal will be joined
by Not A Planet, based in Kansas City, and the
Lawrence act Katlyn Conroy, formerly of Cowboy
Indian Bear, who performs under the moniker La
Guerre.

Russian Girlfriends with Four Arm

Shiver and The Hemorrhoids
When: Monday, Aug. 31 at 9 p.m.
Where: Jackpot Music Hall
Price: $7 / $5 if 21+
Fellow Lawrence punk bands Four Arm Shiver
and The Hemorrhoids dubbed The Best Worst
Band in Kansas will be joined by the five-piece
band Russian Girlfriends, based in Albuquerque,
at Jackpot. Russian Girlfriends describes itself as
aggressive adult contemporary.

Harrison Hipp

University selects
A Farewell to
Arms as 2015
Common Book
A University committee
made up of faculty, staff
and students selected
A Farewell to Arms by
Ernest Hemingway as this
years Common Book.
Each year, the University
gives incoming students a
book at orientation to spur
discussion, critical thought
and reflection, according to
the Office of First-Year Experience website.
The University hosts
forums
and
activities
throughout the year for
students, staff and faculty

to discuss the Common

Book.

Facts about the author:

Hemingway won a Pulitzer prize for his short story
The Old Man and the Sea.
Before that, he worked as
a reporter for The Kansas
City Star after he graduated from high school and
later wrote a series of short
stories that launched his
career. He also lived in Paris
with an expatriate group of
artists and writers, according to Biography.com.

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people talk, listen completely. Most people never
listen.

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Liberty Hall embraces history to break from norm

JARRET ROGERS
@jerogers

In Lawrences art house, Liberty Hall, there might be only

two inescapable facts: Its old,
and its got a whole lot of history for you to see, hear and feel.
A movie theater, concert venue, video store and coffee shop
in one building, Liberty Hall
offers a unique experience for
those who walk in.
Liberty Hall was built on
ground that was first occupied
in the 1850s by The Herald
Freedom, Kansas first abolitionist newspaper. The current building was construct-

ed in 1912 by the politician

J.D. Bowersock. Since then, it
has been used as theaters and
nightclubs until 1986 when it
became Liberty Hall.
For bands that come through
the venue, it can be a change
of pace after streaks of playing
in more contemporary rooms.
In some other venues, youll
find nothing more than a main
floor with a bar. At Liberty
Hall theres far more than just
a place to perform.
The interior of building and
the layout, I think, is really
intriguing to people. Theres
something about the facility
that makes people want to ask

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Liberty Halls video store includes VHS tapes for rental.

questions and want to know

more, said Dean Edington,
Liberty Halls general manager. A lot of bands are playing more modern facilities.
Theyre playing places that,
for lack of a better term, dont
have as much character.
The dim lighting from the
vintage chandeliers in the foyer hint at the theater's earlier
days. Inside the two movie
rooms are rows of velvet seats,
wooden banisters and the
theater's original architecture
highlighted by murals painted
on the ceilings.
Because it's a multifaceted
building, management limits
the concert schedule, prioritizing films. As a result, the theater cultivates a schedule that
the managers believe brings in
the best talents possible.
Liberty Hall is never going to
be that place where you can go
see a concert every night of the
week, Edington said. But it
will always be that place where
the highest caliber of talent is
going to come to play.
Liberty Hall typically shows
the latest indie films in both
the main theater and little
theater. On weekends, classic
films frequent the projectors.
Curators at the theater want
the experience at Liberty Hall
to be as close as possible to
the first time the film was
screened. There are no gim-

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Dean Edington is the general manager of the Liberty Hall theatre in downtown Lawrence.

micks, sing-alongs or quotealongs just a classic movie

in a classic theater.
If you want to hear the entire theater talking during
the movie, there are plenty of
places to go do that, Edington said. If you want to go see
something like youre actually
seeing it in the theater for the
first time, this is your spot.
Liberty Halls offerings go
beyond the confines of its theaters. Theres also a video store
inside the attached building
to the right of the theater that

rents out not only Blu-Rays

and DVDs, but VHS tapes as
well. Movie titles range from
The Avengers to Criterion
collection films for the local
cinephiles.
The adjoining coffee shop,
La Prima Tazza, is perfect for
those hankering for a cup of
local coffee, tea or pastries.
Its cool to be working in
such a multifaceted place,
said Spencer Brown, who has
been an employee for the last
two years. We have a diverse
range of regulars and its a lot

of fun to be making coffee one

day and talking movies with
someone the next.
Edington said he and his staff
care for the historic building
because the theater is a cultural cornerstone within the
community.
There is literally something
here for everyone, Edington
said. We are an inclusive place
for all people.
Edited by Leah Sitz

ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN
Nick Fredrickson, Garrett Marsh and John McCain are members of Real Adults, a band that formed two months ago in Lawrence. Not pictured is the keyboardist, Eric Davis.

A chain of musical connections links Real Adults

RYAN WRIGHT
@ryanwayneright

Lawrence is seemingly the

mecca of Kansas music. Many
artists come from all over the
state to collaborate and perform with other musicians. In
the middle of this melting pot
is Real Adults.
Real Adults is a local band
that formed two months ago in
Lawrence, but contains members from several different cities in Kansas. The singer-songwriter Garrett Marsh, 20, grew
up in Chanute and started
writing music out of boredom.
Being a musician from a
small town, I had little to noone to play music with, Marsh
said. This caused me to write
all of my music alone, thus
forcing me to focus more on
an individual sound, rather
than building with anyone else
during my construction period as a musician.
When Marsh turned 18 he
moved to Lawrence, and once
he arrived, his goal was to see

as many local shows as possible. The first band he saw was

Psychic Heat, and right away,
he was thoroughly impressed.
After seeing the Psychic Heat
show, Marsh continued to become a part of the Lawrence
music scene. One day, Eric
Davis, the keyboardist for the
band Hembree, walked into
Marshs workplace. Marsh
noticed the Psychic Heat button on Davis jacket, which
sparked a conversation. The
two hit it off, and through his
relationship with Davis, Marsh
joined the local band Middle
Twin.
From there we both started
writing together and eventually I joined him in Middle
Twin, Marsh said. Once I
joined Middle Twin I met everyone that I know now in the
music scene.
He met the band's bassist,
John McCain, through his
roommate, a mutual friend.
Through that I got to know
[McCain] and that he was a
beautiful bass player, Marsh

said.
McCain, a sophomore from
Lawrence, started playing music when he was 13. He is also
a member of the local band Paper Buffalo.
I was never a musical child,
but my sister was a singer,
McCain said. I didnt think I
was interested in music until
I was about 13. Ive constantly
played in bands since then.
Marsh met Nick Fredrickson,
a drummer, at a No Cave show,
and the two eventually fostered a musical relationship.
Fredrickson, a Topeka native,
was raised in a household of
musicians. His father played
guitar, and the first band that
Fredrickson was a member of
was one with his father and
siblings.
The bands keyboardist, Joel
Martin, has a relatively familiar story. Martin is from Baldwin City, and, like Marsh, decided to write music because
he felt he had nothing better
to do.
The band formed rather

spontaneously.
We didnt really have a name
and we were at practice one
day and John brought up that
he had an idea for a name,
Marsh said. And thats how
we got the name, Real Adults.
McCain said the bands sound
was dreamy math pop.
The guitar playing is really
mathy and the effects of what
Joel does on synths adds a
dreamy element, McCain
said.

The guitar playing is really mathy

and the effects of what Joel does
on synths adds a dreamy element.
JOHN McCAIN
Bassist for Real Adults

The bands creative process

usually begins with a concept from Marsh, who said he
could be inspired anywhere.
I write wherever an idea

comes to mind, he said. Anywhere from my bedroom to

the passenger seat of a car.
After the songs are written,
the other members of the band
collaborate to create the music.
The bands demo, Take, is an
example of their collaborative
process.
Joel and I were working on
an idea and we started writing together a little bit, Marsh
said. Later we started adding
the synths. Then we thought to
ourselves, why not produce it
and make it a full product?
Its hard for the band to organize times to record or perform because Marsh lives in
Kansas City while everyone
else lives in Lawrence. For
that reason, the young band
hasnt had many performances, although it did play a show
in late July at the Roasterie in
Hashinger Hall.
Im not used to playing a coffee shop environment [but] it
was cool that people showed
up to listen, Marsh said. The
sound was off and we couldnt

hear well, but it was a good

show.
During live performances,
Marsh and Fredrickson are
energetic while Martin and
McCain are calm and focused,
which creates an interesting
dynamic.
Real Adults is taking a break
from live shows as it finishes
its debut project. The bands
next show is on Sept. 28 with
Buffalo Rodeo and Dream
Girl at The RecordBar at 1020
Westport Road in Kansas City,
Mo. Tickets are still available
and cost $7. For more information visit therecordbar.com.

Edited by Scott Chasen

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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Lawrence band Pink Royal wil perform on Aug. 21. Pictured are band members Josh Dorrell, Nick Carswell, Dylan Guthrie, Steven LaCour, and Alex Hartmann.

Pink Royal and Phantastics to play Hawk Week

KATE HARTLAND
@katschats77

Live music has always been

a staple for the Universitys
annual Hawk Week, and this
year is no different. Pink Royal will perform on Aug. 21 and
the Phantastics on Aug. 25.
PINK ROYAL
With its mellow rock feel
and easy beats, audiences
will find themselves grooving

right along with Pink Royal at

UnionFest on Aug. 21. Based
in Lawrence, the band has cultivated its unique blend of hip
hop and thoughtful lyrics, or
self-proclaimed experimental
groove-pop, since 2012. The
bands tunes feel similar to
Young the Giant, and its song
Please Please Please will be
sure to hype up students for a
new academic year.
Dylan Guthrie, lead vocalist
for Pink Royal, said his favor-

ite thing about Lawrence was

the sense of community he
feels, especially as a musician. He was introduced to
other people who had similar
thoughts and ideas during his
freshman year when he lived
in Hashinger.
Theres nothing better we
can think of as an opportunity
than a bunch of people who
dont know anything about
Lawrence and the first introduction they get is our music,

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Pink Royal will play two sets
at UnionFest on Aug. 21 in the
Kansas Union. UnionFest runs
from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
THE PHANTASTICS
If you want something
irresistible to get down to, the
Phantastics are the dance-music makers for you. Dubbed
masters of funk by The
Pitch, a weekly publication
covering Kansas City, the
Phantastics unleash a collab-

oration of soul, rap, rock and

funk wherever they play. The
seven-member collaboration
was so successful in Kansas
City that it branched out to
Lawrence.
Leigh Gibbs, vocalist for the
Phantastics, said she enjoyed
all energetic crowds, but especially liked how open college
students are to different types
of music.
That really personifies the
atmosphere of Lawrence to
me: Hey weird music, where

are you? she said.

Gibbss favorite song to
perform live is currently Get
Up, which she describes as
kind of James Brown-esque.
The song is not on their album
Closer, so audiences will
have to catch it at the performance.
Tunes at Night, where the
band will jive, starts at 9 p.m.
on Aug. 25 at the Lied Center.
Edited by Kate Miller

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Karaoke nights, U.N.C.L.E. triumphs as comedy

despite changes,
attract returners
ALEX LAMB

@Lambcannon

Stylish spectacle tends to

be the main draw of spy
movies, but The Man from
U.N.C.L.E., based off the series from the 1960s, instead
excels in the hilarious dynamic between the partnered
American operative and Russian agent leads. All the other
standard spy movie elements
amount to decent entertainment, but the snappy humor
and the contentious one-upmanship of the stars drive this
lighthearted movie about a
Cold War mission.
Henry Cavill trades the earnest seriousness he embodies
in Superman for buoyant,
quick-witted charm as the
debonair Napoleon Solo, a sly
former thief who now uses
his talents to easily become
the most effective agent of the
U.S.
In the playful opening se-

quence, he leads beautiful

German car mechanic Gaby
(Alicia Vikander) on a dashing escape over the Berlin
Wall while hulking KGB spy
Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) matches him move for
move, feisty and frustrated as
he nearly stops them.
So when the Russian and
American agencies set up a
joint operation that teams
these two arrogant spies, they
dont exactly play nice with
each other. Their frivolous
back and forth livens up their
routine mission to locate Gabys long-gone scientist father
and retrieve his atomic bomb
design plans from the bad
guys.
But while Solo gets to indulge his smooth charisma
and playboy antics, Illya must
calm his temper and not blow
his cover as Gabys architect
fianc This creates a comical
tension as hes pushed around
and disrespected, especially

funny when Solo is the one

teasing him like a little brother. Hammer nails the comedic
timing here as he speaks in
a thick Russian accent and
clearly relishes this lively,
memorable role that helps
him stand out as more than
the Winklevoss twins from
The Social Network.
The co-writer and director
Guy Ritchie brings his distinct visual style to the Italian-set narrative and puts
together several inventive
montages of the two agents
in action. However, The Man
from U.N.C.L.E. feels paired
down from his usual fast cutting and kinetic energy. That
works both for and against it,
as the action sequences are a
bit underwhelming, especially considering his high-impact set pieces in both Sherlock Holmes films. A final
chase takes on tricky terrain
but loses steam pretty quickly.
However, the rhythm Ritchie

sets the actors on is even more

fun than Holmes and Watson
squabbling. And several of
the best, laugh-out-loud moments come from slowing
down a frenzied moment and
watching the action play out
hilariously in the background.
Solo enjoys a sandwich off to
the side as Illya dodges gunfire in a boat chase. Later on
a characters hysterically brutal demise occurs behind the
agents without them noticing
until way too late.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
works better as a comedy than
spy movie. It leaves something
to be desired from the secret
agent thrills but succeeds in
a much more surprisingly
amusing mission. Cavill and
Hammer are delightfully funny together, and that chemistry carries it throughout.

Edited by Miranda Davis

FRANK WEIRICH/KANSAN
Sadie Barbie, from Lawrence, sings Eminems The Real
Slim Shady at the Burger Stand on a Wednesday night.

KATE MILLER
@_Kate_Miller_

Its 10:15 p.m. on a Wednesday at the Burger Stand at the

Casbah, and it looks pretty
much like expected a few
people taking advantage of $5
late-night burgers, others finishing up their last rounds at
the bar.
But as the clock ticks closer to 10:30 p.m., an entirely
new crowd starts to trickle in,
making its way past the bar
and up the stairs to the second
floor. The regular crowd is a
mix of high schoolers, college
students, recent college graduates and established townies. Theyre all here to do one
thing: sing their hearts out for
karaoke night.
Karaoke culture is a staple in
Lawrence, with karaoke nights
across town six times a week at
various locations. Many people who attend karaoke night
at the Burger Stand, at 803
Massachusetts St., also attend
other karaoke nights during
the week, and the Burger
Stands karaoke night draws
from 35 to 150 people a week.
Karaoke is sort of a common
language, said Chris Hoffman,
a host of the Burger Stands karaoke night. A lot of people
come out to laugh with people
and laugh at them as well.
Hoffman was one of the first
hosts who started karaoke
night at the Burger Stand five
years ago. The hosts purchased
their own karaoke equipment,
still used today, to bring once
a week.
However, while the equipment has stayed the same, the
people havent. A good deal of
the business is driven by college students during the year,
and Hoffman said it was like a
rite of passage to see so many
come through the doors and
eventually graduate over the
years.
The attendees arent the only
ones who have changed. The
Burger Stand almost closed
down its karaoke night recently when the original hosts quit
the program. Hoffman said he
came back to resume the program and struck a deal to get
it back on track.
Now, the karaoke night is

back in full swing, with some

singers and groups returning
every week.
One of these groups is a few
high school students who
come to karaoke night after an
evening of theater rehearsal at
the Lawrence Arts Center.
I just love that I can sing with
all of my friends and have fun
and not care about whether
Im hitting the notes right,
said Joaquin Dorado, one of
the students. If I mess up, I
can just laugh it off.
Even though two of the songs
that Dorado sang were released before he was born, he
was comfortable with the older music performed during the
night. Oldies were a go-to for
many performers on that evening, and audience members
sang along, contributing to a
feeling of community and support.
Its this positive environment
that keeps people like Will
Chatfield-Taylor, a 2015 graduate who attended karaoke for
four and a half years, coming
back.
I had a group of friends who
originally got me to come out

Karaoke is sort of a common

language. A lot of the people come
out to laugh with people and laugh
at them as well.
CHRIS HOFFMAN
Burger Stand Karaoke Night Host

and start singing with them,

and when they eventually
stopped coming, I just came
back here to socialize, Chatfield-Taylor said.
On a recent Wednesday night,
he sang Flagpole Sitta with
Hoffman the pairs signature song.
Hoffman, both a host and a
performer on that night, put
into words why the event was,
and continues to be, so popular.
It makes people feel like
theyre the lead singer of the
band, he said.
Edited by James Hoyt

DANIEL SMITH/AP PHOTO

From left: Alicia Vikander as Gaby; Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin; and Henry Cavill as Napoleon Solo in the actionadventure film The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a Warner Bros. Pictures release. The movie, about a Cold War spy mission,
was based on the series of the same name from the 1960s.

Compton soars at box office

JAIMIE TRUEBLOOD/AP PHOTO

From left: Aldis Hodge as MC Ren; Neil Brown Jr. as DJ Yella; Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E; OShea Jackson Jr. as Ice
Cube; and Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre in the film Straight Outta Compton.
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES The boys

from Compton smashed
opening weekend expectations, while the stylish "The
Man From U.N.C.L.E." struggled to find its footing.
Universal's N.W.A. biopic
earned an astonishing $56.1
million in its debut, according
to studio estimates Sunday.
Director F. Gary Gray's
well-received film charts the
formation and rise of the influential rap group. It cost just
$29 million to produce.
N.W.A. members Dr. Dre
and Ice Cube served as producers on the film, which has
Ice Cube's real son O'Shea
Jackson Jr. playing his father.
Dr. Dre also released the
companion piece "Compton,"
his first new album in 16
years.
Nick Carpou, Universal's
president of domestic distribution, said they were "elated"
with the results. Universal had
previously predicted a very
conservative $25 to $30 million opening.
"It really struck a chord with
audiences. It's a story that is
resonating right now," said
Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak's senior media analyst. "It
was one of those records that
was an important work and a

very important expression of

a particular viewpoint. To this
day, that album has so much
power."
Beyond the fandom around
N.W.A. and the timeliness of
the themes, Universal also
launched a clever marketing
campaign around the film,
"Straight Outta Somewhere,"
which allows social media
users to insert photos in the
iconic "Straight Outta Compton" album cover and write in
a hometown of their choosing.
There have been over 5.4
million downloads to date and
it trended No. 1 across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
for two days in a row.
"We've got the best marketers in the business and they
understand their audiences,"
Carpou said. "The good news
here is it attaches to a product
that we're exceedingly proud
of."
According to exit polls, audiences for the R-rated film
were evenly divided between
genders, 51 percent were under the age of 30, 46 percent
were African-American and
23 percent Caucasian.
Meanwhile, Warner Bros.
PG-13-rated adaptation of
the 1960s television series
"The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
debuted in third place, behind "Mission: Impossible
Rogue Nation," with a slug-

gish $13.5 million.

"I was hoping for a little
higher number, quite frankly,"
said Jeff Goldstein, executive
vice president of domestic
distribution for Warner Bros.
The goal had been a modest
$15 million. The period spy
thriller will have an uphill battle to make up its $80 million
production budget.
"(Director) Guy Ritchie
made an original and fun
movie. Eighty-six percent of
our audience was over 25 and
39 percent are over 50," he
said. "Older audiences, we all
know, don't rush out opening
weekend."
"The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
stars Henry Cavill and Armie
Hammer as a pair of American and Russian agents in
the fashionable Cold War-era
film.
Goldstein noted that they
weren't able to attract a significant younger audience, who
are likely not familiar with the
source material. The 7 percent
who did turn out gave the film
a favorable A- CinemaScore,
and Goldstein hopes that
word-of-mouth will spread in
the coming weeks.
Fox's "Fantastic Four" plummeted to $8 million to take
the fourth place spot, while
"The Gift" took fifth with $6.5
million.
But it's Universal's weekend

to celebrate once more in what

has become a banner year for
the studio. Universal crossed
the $2 billion mark domestically on Saturday four
months ahead of previous record-holder Warner Bros.
"Straight Outta Compton" is
Universal's sixth film to open
over $50 million in 2015 and
broke the August record for an
R-rated opening.
"If you were to create a blueprint for how to perfectly execute a box office year, they've
done it," said Dergarabedian.
Estimated ticket sales for
Friday through Sunday at U.S.
and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Final domestic figures will be released
Monday.
TOP-GROSSING MOVIES
1. "Straight Outta Compton," $56.1 million.
2. "Mission: Impossible
Rogue Nation," $17 million.
3. "The Man From
U.N.C.L.E.," $13.5 million.
4. "Fantastic Four," $8
million.
5. "The Gift," $6.5 million.
6. "Ant-Man," $5.5 million.
7. "Vacation," $5.3 million.
8. "Minions," $5.2 million.
9. "Ricki and the Flash,"
$4.6 million.
10. "Trainwreck," $3.8
million.

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LOWKEY LISTENS
Every month, Lowkey Listens showcases five tracks to listen to from
five different artists. For August, read about and listen to Brockhampton, Chance the Rapper, Lil B, Lund, Yung Lean and Duke Jordan.
Tokyo Drift Yung Lean (featuring
MonyHorse, PETZ, Bladee and Junkman)
Yung Lean is hit or miss, and with this track, he hit it
hard. But Im not going to give the credit to Lean on this
one; that all goes to the producer, Chaki Zulu, who I knew
little about before this track dropped. Zulu is a Japanese
producer who has just over 5,000 followers on Twitter.
Lean dug deep for this one. We even get to see a verse (albeit, a subpar verse) from Bladee on this track, which is
something we dont get every day.
Best line: Lean Doer, Im exhausted, I be coughin in
that coffin. Yung Lean

Alone Lund

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO FROM SOUNDCLOUD

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO FROM SOUNDCLOUD

Bet I Brockhampton

We Rare BASED FREESTYLE 1

Chance the Rapper and Lil B

I was put onto the Brockhampton collective this summer,

and it basically owned the rest of my summer. Kevin Abstract is the lead man of the collective, but there are contributions from Matt Champion, Ameer Van, Joba, Poofie and Merlyn Wood on this track. Its not often that we
get a six-minute song in hip-hop that is enjoyable all the
way through, but this is one of those tracks. Right when
you think its starting to cool down around the four-minute mark, Wood comes in and throws some hard bars over
some sharp bass about 90 seconds later.
Keep your eye out for this collective: This track has over
145,000 views on SoundCloud, the group has a cult-like
following and it recently won the VFILES LOUD! competition a talent search conducted by VFiles. The group
is quickly on the rise, and you shouldnt be surprised if you
hear more about it soon.
Best line: She dont smoke weed to get high/She only
smoke dope cause her friends do it. Kevin Abstract

Ive never understood all the Lil B love, but this beat
produced by Nate Fox is too hot to pass on. This track
is the last (and also the best) off of Free, the mixtape that
the duo recently dropped, which is composed of freestyles.
Though I didnt love the tape as a whole, this last track has
me wanting more. The two rap over an absolute banger
of a beat, while Chance the Rapper comes through with a
catchy hook between the whoops and based gods of Lil
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I know absolutely nothing about this guy Lund other than

this song will get you in your feels. Usually, Lund will remix
or use samples heavily in his music. Here, hes doing it all by
himself, and from what Ive heard, its his most impressive
work yet. Its a piano-heavy song on the hook, but when the
verses come in, Lund spruces things up with some drums
and hi-hats. Its a masterpiece which deserves a lot more
attention than its getting. Ill try to keep my eye on this guy,
but he is very low-key just how we like them.
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Keaton Allen and Lexi Caudill
Duke Jordan hasnt released a whole lot yet, but what he
has dropped mostly just instrumentals on his SoundCloud page has been very good. This one takes some
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made this song completely acoustic: only a guitar and the
vocals. Jordan decided to come in and spice it up a bit.
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throughout the whole song. Though it can get a bit dicey at
times, the voices of Allen and Caudill always smooth it out,
and the production itself is beautiful to listen to. With a few
listens, youll really start to groove to this song. The original
version can be found on Allens SoundCloud page.
Best line: Forget my loving touch, cause now were nothing. Lexi Caudill

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experience at KU

THIS IS

HOME

BY CHRISTIAN GARRETT
@CGARRETT_15

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Former Kansas basketball player Christian Garrett, who played at Kansas for four years, trades high fives with the bench on March 3, 2015.

I remember my first days at

the University of Kansas like
they were yesterday. And really, I have vivid memories of the
last five or so years of my life.
To me, it all went by too fast.
When I look back, it feels as
if one day, Im a high-school
student about to begin my last
semester at IMG Academy in
Florida, and the next day, Im
a freshman at the University, getting lost on my way to
Smith Hall for an English class.
One day, Im practicing
against high school kids, and
the next, against Tyshawn Taylor and the Morris twins.
One day, Im in sunny Florida, and the next, a blizzard
something I had never experienced before.
And it goes on and on. In
what felt like a matter of days, I
went from being a high school
senior to an underclassman, to

to Los Angeles, Las Vegas to

Miami. This has been one of
the most enjoyable summers
of my life, and I made huge
strides as a player and as a person.
There are amazing places
that have so much to do and
experience, but theres something special that stands out
about Lawrence no matter
where you go.
And while youre in college,
there are plenty of memories
that will be made. Many of
those memories will happen
in the Fieldhouse. Mine certainly did.
Every year, every team, every late night and every Big 12
Championship was absolutely
incredible. The Missouri game
is one Ill never forget, and I
hope this year you all make
the Kentucky game one to remember.

KANSAN FILE PHOTO

The Kansas student section on March 3. That night, Kansas defeated West Virginia to
clinch its 11th straight Big 12 title. It was Christian Garretts last time suiting up for Kansas.

a junior and then a senior. Before long it was time to graduate. My four years at the University were done in the blink
of an eye.
My time as a student and an
athlete at Kansas really prepared me for what I am doing
next with my life: playing basketball professionally. I plan
to play overseas this year and
see where God takes me. And
to do that, I had to leave right
after graduating and begin
this next journey. There was
no time for me to stick around
and reminisce.
Since then, I've been all
around the country, training,
doing workouts for coaches
and taking part in different
events for different leagues
around the world. Ive been
everywhere from Houston

You make that place what it

is.
And whether its standing on
the court of Allen Fieldhouse,
or bumping into some alumni
sitting in a hotel lobby, the love
from the fans really is special.
I have a lot of friends who
play at other big time Division
I programs, and they never
experience what you all have
given us basketball players,
past and present. You have no
idea how special it is to us, especially after were gone.
There are countless stories
like this, but this summer, I
had happened to bump into
some fans in a hotel in Las Vegas. Tarik Black, Mario Little
and I were in leaving the hotel
lobby when a family came up
to us. They called out to us by
name, adding Rock Chalk.

Even the little things like that

mean so much. Its a true blessing to be a part of something
bigger than yourself, and thats
what Kansas basketball is.
Really, its Kansas Athletics as
a whole.
Every year my teammates
and I looked forward to going
to as many games as we could,
especially volleyball and football. Landen Lucas in particular was extremely dedicated.
You would find him at every
sport, even the swim meets.
And for me, it was a bit of a
different experience. I never
went to traditions night, so my
first football game was where I
became immersed the Jayhawk
culture, sitting in Memorial
Stadium alongside T-Rob, Jeff
Withey and Niko Roberts.
It was in 2011, when we were
playing McNeese State. The
stadium was pretty packed
it was actually my first time
ever in a football stadium.
That atmosphere was special.
And it may shock you to hear
this, but many of the former
and current basketball players will tell you: Not all of our
greatest memories and experiences came from the Fieldhouse. It just goes to show how
special college is, whether you
are the one dribbling the ball
or not.
That game against McNeese
State was one of those memories for me.
I remember how after the
first touchdown, people started waving their hands in the
air, and I had no idea what
was going on. At that game, I
learned all about the football
traditions like dangling keys
during kickoff and waving the
wheat after scores.
In my time at the University,
I didnt get to go to as many
games as I wanted, but what I
did experience will stick with
me for life. Its all the little
things that truly make college
as special as it is, and I want to
encourage you to check out all
the different teams here. You
wont be disappointed.
At KU, everyone is family.
Things are just different here.
Even within the programs
theres a level of comfort here.
Its the things people dont see
that really mean the most.
I would go into the office and
talk with Coach Self about
anything, whether it was basketball-related or something
more. Most people cant get
that experience from a hall-offame coach and program, but
at Kansas, it happens all the
time.
The coaches werent just concerned with us on the court.

Theyd give us pep talks on

our grades; wed respond by
reminding them that we were
student-athletes students
first. Really, that term carries
some weight.

Its a true blessing to

be a part of something bigger than
yourself, and thats
what Kansas basketball is.

During classes, I met some

of the coolest people Ive ever
known. To me, the interactions
were some of the best parts of
college. If after my four years
here I could offer one piece of
advice to the students, itd be as
simple as this: Be social.
It goes by fast. It certainly did
for me.
Senior night ended, I graduated and I was headed to
Houston on a plane to begin
my career as a professional
athlete. Its been about three
months since then, but I recently had some time to return
to Lawrence.
Being back here was really
the first time I felt like, Wow.
Im really going to miss college.
If youre still in college, be
sure to enjoy every bit of it.
Youll share a connection that
will last the rest of your life
with the people you meet. And
the choices you make will help
build a foundation for how you
are going to live your life.
Ive loved my first few months
in the real world, and Im
truly excited for the rest of my
life. However, what excites me
more is that, no matter where
I go, Kansas will always be a
part of it.
Rock Chalk!

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Stewart emerges as the defenses quiet leader

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@HardyNFL

On an April afternoon, Brandon Stewart sat down to talk

to media at the University
of Kansas for the first time.
Fielding questions left and
right, Stewart started the answer to every question almost
the same.
Yes, sir, Stewart answered
to one. No, sir, he started
answering the next. Its the
way he starts almost every response his answers typically
are short and careful.
Though he speaks softly, the
Kansas cornerback isnt shy
or afraid to look at whoever
questions him. Its just the way
hes been taught. His dad, Kevin Stewart, served as an officer
in the Air Force and learned
the importance of respect
from his family, passing it on
to Brandon.
He taught me everything
I know, Brandon said of his
dad. The yes, sir, no, sir
comes from my parents. Its
just being respectful, being
responsible. I have to thank
them for everything that I
know.
Brandon started playing
football when he was in fifth
grade while his dad was stationed at Fort Huachuca in
Arizona. He was hooked immediately.
He started carrying a football everywhere, he said. Hed
throw it around in the house,
take it to school, to the bathroom, to the dinner table until
Kevin asked him to set it on
the ground while the family
ate anywhere and everywhere.
A year later, in sixth grade,
Brandon told his father he
wanted to play in the NFL
and Kevin told him he could
do it. Brandon played in Arizona until his junior year of
high school and, for his senior
year, moved to the high school
football mecca: Texas. Kevin

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Cornerback Brandon Stewart runs a coverage drill in a practice session on Monday, Aug. 17.

allowed Brandon to choose the

school; Brandon chose Cedar
Hill, where he settled in at cornerback instead of his former
position of wide receiver.
Brandon stayed focused on
football and learned his new
position, eventually earning a second-team All-State
nomination in his first year at
cornerback. But he never lost
sight of his family and why he
came to Texas in the first place.
When we moved into the
[Dallas] area we thought he
would want to hang out with
the guys (on the team), and
those kind of things, Kevin
said. He hung out with some
of the guys a couple times and
just noticed some things that
were not acceptable as far as
our family was concerned.

Under the guidance of his

parents, Brandon would keep
his head straight, focusing on
football instead, and keep getting better. The season would
end up being bigger than he
would know, at least until a few
years down the road.

When I got up [to Kansas], [the

coaches] really knew me before I
knew them. Theyre like my family,
and they just welcomed me in.
BRANDON STEWART
Kansas cornerback

Kansas co-defensive coordinator Kenny Perry got a look

at Brandon in 2011, although

Perry was on an opposing

sideline as head coach of Bowie High School. Now-Kansas
head coach David Beaty
another Texan was friends
with Brandons coach and had
recruited Brandon when he
was a coach at Texas A&M.
After Brandon played two
seasons at Trinity Valley Community College from 2012
to 2014, redshirting in 2013,
Beaty came in with an offer
late, adding to the pile of recruitment offers Brandon already had. It wasnt an easy
decision for Brandon, who
planned on going to the University of California before he
found his grades werent up to
standards. To help Brandon
decide, his father told him to
make a pros and cons list of the

remaining schools.
Thats one way of making
a good decision, Kevin said.
I guess he did that, because
he came back sometime later,
and said, OK, Ive made up
my mind Im going to go to
Kansas.
Before he ever stepped on
the field, Brandon fit in well at
Kansas especially with the
coaches.
When I got up [to Kansas],
[the coaches] really knew me
before I knew them. Theyre
like my family, and they just
welcomed me in, Brandon
said. Theyre coaching me
on the field, and theyre going
to have my back off the field.
Thats really why I came to
KU.
In the spring, however, Per-

rys coaching methods broke

Brandon down. Every day
before practice, he sat in his
room, preparing for Perrys
cut-throat criticisms, which
came often during practice.
But Brandon learned to deal
with it, eventually adjusting to
Perrys coaching methods for
the better.
In fall camp, the 6-foot corner is No. 1 at the position.
Brandon has come along just
like I thought he would, Perry
said. I knew it was going to be
a deal of breaking some of his
bad habits that he had coming
in ... He was all over the place
with his eyes and his hands
and he was just so twitchy.
It took him about four days,
and he went in the tank on
me, he continued. Youve got
to break him down and youve
got to build him up Hes
learned to play with a lot more
patience.
When Kevin asked if Brandon was coming home for
the summer, he remembered
Brandon replying, No, Dad,
I got goals. I have work that I
have to do. Im going to stay
here and stay focused.
Brandon did just that. Now,
coming into the fall, hes in
better shape than ever, taking
one more step towards reaching his sixth-grade goal of
playing in the NFL.
If Brandon follows in the
footsteps of past Jayhawk top
corners, hell be there in no
time. Kevin said it wasnt if,
but when he goes pro, but
you wouldnt be hearing about
it from him.
I felt like I was putting my
social life before my football
life, so I decided to deactivate
[my Twitter], Brandon said. I
just dont like all the attention.
I just try to take it day-by-day
until I reach my goals.
Success isnt really a set
point; its like a ladder. Im just
going to keep climbing until I
become successful.

What happened this summer for Kansas football

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@HardyNFL

May 20 Fifth-round draft pick

Ben Heeney officially signs with
the Raiders. Heeney recorded a
team-high eight tackles in his first
preseason game with Oakland.

June 9 Running back Corey

Avery and wide receiver Rodriguez
Coleman are officially dismissed
from the team after violating team
rules.Both players were considered
the top returners at their respective
positions and will be away from the
team indefinitely.

July 9 Defensive lineman

Andrew Bolton leaves the Kansas
football team, according to the Lawrence Journal-World. Bolton played
in 11 games in 2014 and was considered one of the team's top returning
players.

starting role with the Eagles, former

Kansas corner JaCorey Shepherd
tears his ACL in a practice. Hell miss
his entire rookie season.

Aug. 5 A roster update reveals

expected starting guard Junior
Visinia is no longer with the team.
Additionally, lineman Joey Bloomfield retired from football because
of concussion symptoms.

June 9 Kansas football linebacker Jake Love retires from

football for health reasons. We
are going miss his leadership
and tenacity on the field, but we
will also miss having a guy out
there with the experience he has
playing in the Big 12," Beaty said
in a press release.

Aug. 10 Working his way into a

June 11 Wide receiver Quincy

Perdue announced his intentions to
transfer to Kansas from the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Perdue
is 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds. He
showed up in time for fall camp and
will compete for a starting spot.

Aug. 13 Defensive tackle Corey

King is cleared to play in 2015 after
transferring from Miami (Fla.).
Standing at 6-foot-1, 295 pounds,
King will be back on a football field
for the first time since 2013, when he
played in three games at Miami.

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Manns motivation: His sons fight for survival

SHANE JACKSON
@jacksonshane3

While his teammates were set

to take on Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., last November,
Kansas running back DeAndre
Mann was taking on his own
challenge. It wasnt one based
on wins or losses, but a matter
of life or death.
After driving to a Topeka hospital, DeAndre would hold his
newborn son, Alijah DeAndre
Mann, in a single hand. Born
two months and two weeks premature, Alijah weighed a mere
two pounds as the effect of preeclampsia, a disease DeAndres
wife Olivia dealt with throughout her pregnancy.
Preeclampsia can prevent
the placenta from receiving
enough blood, causing the
baby to be born very small. The
disease isnt curable, but it can
be managed if its caught early.
Luckily for Olivia, it was.
I made it to Topeka in 45
minutes, DeAndre said. I was
so nervous for my wife and son
driving back [to Topeka]. But
she fought through and I got to
see the birth of my son; that was
really cool.
Now, DeAndre spends the
majority of his days under the
beating sun during the grind of
fall camp. He studies the latest
playbook, implemented by the
new coaching staff, for hours.
The running back meeting
room almost becomes a second
home.
After taking a battering at the
hands of the Jayhawks defense,
he goes home and takes on
even more. From the moment
he steps in the door, DeAndre
has no chance to relax on the
couch; nine-month-old Alijah
makes sure of that.
I let him just jump on me,
DeAndre said. Hes a ball of
energy. All he likes to do is eat,
and then he wants to jump and
play.
Although
Alijah
seems
healthy now, the newest Jay-

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Kansas running back DeAndre Mann stiff-arming an opponent on Aug. 11, 2014. Mann, a senior, had 85 carries for 399 yards in nine games last season.

hawk in the Mann family faced

a barrage of medical issues last
winter.
I knew it was going to be
a battle for them, so I just
prayed, DeAndre said of
his wife and son. They both
fought. Its been inspiring to
me to see the development of
my son. Hes 21 pounds now.
DeAndres other family the
Kansas running backs has
been a part of Alijahs life as
well. DeAndre constantly finds
himself asking Reggie Mitchell,
the running backs coach, for
not only football advice but
family advice as well.
Alijah has become accus-

tomed to visits from Keaun

Kinner, a junior running back,
and Taylor Cox, a senior running back who has redshirted
twice. Cox said he was determined that Alijah was going to
be an athlete a much better
one than Alijahs father.
That boy loves to jump, Cox
said. Hes going to be able to
dunk by the time he is 12.
Kinner said that he had a
soothing effect on Alijah.
Usually when Im over and
Im holding him, hes calm,
Kinner said. I do stuff to make
him laugh. Ive never seen him
cry. Alijah is something else.
On the football field, DeAn-

dre, as a senior, is set for one

last ride on the Kansas team.
Even with the depth at the running back position, DeAndre is
expected to get his fair share of
carries.
At the moment, Mitchell and
DeAndre himself both say hes
in great shape. Though the offense may be tabbed Air Raid,
its evident by the abundance of
backs that Kansas is going to
need to run the ball, and DeAndre will get carries in a crowded
backfield.
Last year was his first with the
Jayhawks after spending two
years at Hartnell College, and
he came through with 85 car-

ries for 399 yards a 4.7 yards

per carry average in nine
games. DeAndres veteran experience at the collegiate level
has led him to a leadership role
in the running back meeting
room.
But perhaps the main reason
for that has less to do with his
ability on the field and more
with his maturity off of it.
I like how mature and grown
[DeAndre] is, Kinner said. I
like seeing how good he is with
Alijah and thats inspiring.
That maturity came from
struggle. During spring ball,
DeAndre would only get an
hour or two of sleep most

nights between class, football

and his new family.
I look old now, DeAndre
said, but in the spring, I was
looking really old.
The challenges of the upcoming season dont seem so
intimidating for DeAndre. He
says he believes that, after a
strenuous and rewarding nine
months, its nothing he wont be
able to overcome.
If at any point doubt seems to
have crept into the back of his
mind, however, all he needs to
do is look up into the stands of
Memorial Stadium and see his
two biggest fans watching him
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Predicting the Big 12

rankings for football

The Kansas football beat

writers ranked every team in
the Big 12. The Kansan writers
have TCU and Baylor finishing one-two again. Oklahoma
comes in at three, despite some
offensive uncertainty. Oklaho-

ma State rose to four after the

programs first sub-.500 season
in conference play since 2006.
Kansas State dropped to five
after last seasons third place
finish in the Big 12. Texas was
the most controversial, with

each writer ranking it differently. Kansas dropped to the

bottom of the rankings after
finishing ninth in 2014. Shane,
Riggs and Peterson predict the
Jayhawks at 1-11, while Hardy
had them finishing winless.

Christian
Hardy

Evan Riggs

Shane Jackson

Kirsten
Peterson

Average rank

TCU

1.3

Baylor

1.8

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Kansas State

5.8

West Virginia

Texas

6.5

Texas Tech

7.8

Iowa State

Kansas

10

10

10

10

10

Introducing the 2015 Kansas recruiting class

SHANE JACKSON
@jacksonshane3

David Beaty isnt the only

thing new about Kansas football this year. Because over 20
seniors graduated from last
years roster and a handful of
players left the program for a
variety of reasons, this years
roster is full of fresh new faces.
Beaty has been on the recruiting trail from the moment
he stepped on campus. His
Texas roots as a former high
school football coach, plus a
recruiter and receivers coach
at Texas A&M, have led to an
abundance of Texas recruits
18 to be exact.
Beaty stressed the importance of getting homegrown
talent. More often than not
the Jayhawks have fell short in
acquiring DI talent from their
home state. The Kansas State
Wildcats have been winning
that battle here recently.
But under Beatys orders,
Kansas Blast was in full force
this offseason. The coaching
staff visited nearly 500 schools
in the state, some of which
didnt even have a high school
football team. Beaty wanted to
lay down a foundation for what
he hopes to be a very profitable
investment down the road.

QUARTERBACK
No position receives as much
attention as the quarterback
position, and thats even the
case for Kansas. Beaty brought
in two highly-touted freshmen
in this years class.
Ryan Willis 6-foot-4.
Bishop Miege High School.
Willis was the highest ranked
recruit from the freshman
class.
Carter Stanley 6-foot-2.
Vero Beach (Fla.) High School.
Stanley ran the air raid offense
where he threw for 3,070 yards
and 40 touchdowns.
RUNNING BACK
When an offense is tabbed air
raid, it implies that the running game will be a non-factor.
However, thats not the case at
Kansas. In fact, running backs
coach Reggie Mitchell believes
the running game will be even
better as Kansas spreads it out
and opens the running lanes
even more.
Keaun Kinner 5-foot-9.
Little Elm (Texas) High School
and a transfer from Navarro
Junior College. He was the NJCAA Offensive Player of the
Year in 2014 and finished third
all-time in rushing yards with
1,918 yards.

Taylor Martin 5-foot-10.

Dunbar (Texas) High School.
Martin ran the ball 170 times
for 1,543 yards and 25 touchdowns and ran the 100-meter
in track.
WIDE RECIEVERS
The Jayhawks must replace
93 percent of last years production from the receiving
unit which means the wide
receivers will feature a vast
majority of new faces.
Jeremiah Booker 6-foot2. College Station (Texas) High
School. Booker will be out a
few weeks due to a shoulder
injury he sustained at the beginning of fall camp.
Chase Harrell 6-foot-4.
Harrell was rated three-stars
out of Hargrave High School
in Huffman, Texas. He enrolled a semester early to compete in spring and is a favorite
to see some immediate playing
time as a freshman.
Emmanuel Moore 6-foot.
Northwest
(Texas)
High
School. His speed and agility
give him a chance to see some
snaps out of the slot immediately.
Steven Sims, Jr. 5-foot-10.
Travis (Texas) High School.
Jace Sternberger (tight end)
6-foot-4. Kingfisher (Okla.)

AMIE JUST/KANSAN
Football coach David Beaty watches his team practice on Aug. 13. The coaching staff
visited nearly 500 schools across the state in preparation for the season.

High School. Two-way player

in high school who could play
early on.
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
The offensive line has been
shaky for Kansas in the past
few years. Beaty is hoping to
patch up the issue with several new bodies to compete in
camp.
DAndre Banks 6-foot-4.
Killeen (Texas) High School
and Trinity Valley Community College. He should start at
guard to begin the season.
Aaron Garza 6-foot-3.
Sherman (Texas) High School.
Clyde McCauley II
6-foot-5. Bowie (Texas) High
School. He was first-team
all-district in 2014 as a senior.
Jayson Rhodes 6-foot-4.
Deer Park (Texas) High School
and Blinn College. He started
at defensive lineman before
moving to the offensive side of
the ball.
Will Smith 6-foot-3.
Shawnee Mission Northwest
High School and Butler Community College. Smith is a
converted offensive lineman
after starting on the defensive
line in high school.
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
The defensive line is considered the deepest position on
the defense. Stacked with veterans and younger guys with

untapped potential, Kansas

will have no problem getting
to the quarterback.
Dorance Armstrong Defensive end. 6-foot-4. North
Shore (Texas) High School.
Armstrong had plenty of offers from other DI programs
including Iowa State because
of his ability to get after the
quarterback.
Jacky Dezir 6-foot-1.
Bowen (Ill.) High School and
College of Dupree.
LINEBACKERS
Gone is arguably the best
linebacker to ever put on
a Kansas uniform Ben
Heeney. Wearing Heeneys
historic number is the lone
linebacker recruit, freshman
Osaze Ogbebor.
Osaze Ogbebor 6-foot-1.
Heritage (Texas) High School.
Ogbebor is more suited for an
outside linebacker spot based
off size and experience.
DEFENSIVE BACKS
Last years secondary was
very good, which has become
almost a tradition with Kansas
football. But like other positions, the teams talented secondary from last year is now
depleted, and because of that,
the secondary was the most recruited in the offseason.
Beaty and Bowen netted six
defensive backs from the class:

Bazie Bates IV, Denzel Feaster, Tyrone Miller Jr., Marnez

Ogletree, Shaquille Richmond
and Brandon Stewart.
Bazie Bates IV 6-foot1. Allen (Texas) High School
and Trinity Valley Community
College. Bates is expected to
start right off the bat next to
Fish Smithson.
Brandon Stewart 6-foot.
Cedar Hill (Texas) High
School and Trinity Valley
Community College. Stewart
is an athletic corner who is
expected to be a key piece in
the secondary in 2015. He will
start right off the bat.
Denzel Feaster 6-foot-3.
Manor (Texas) High School.
Feaster is another all-around
athlete with experience on the
offensive side of the ball.
Tyrone Miller 6-foot.
Saline (Mich.) High School.
What he lacks in size, he makes
up for his quickness and the
important specific ability to
rotate his hips at the break of
a route.
Marnez Ogletree 5-foot10. Shiloh (Ga.) High School
and Fullerton College.
Shaquille Richmond
6-foot. Mansfield (Texas)
Timberview High School.
Richmond is another athletic
corner that can keep up with
quick receivers.

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STACKING UP THE SCHEDULE

LAST SEASON: 9-5
(5-3 MVC)

FCS team. However, the Jackrabbits defense is somewhat

lacking. Kansas needs to focus
on controlling the clock and
taking advantage of South Dakotas defense.

AT-A-GLANCE

UP IN THE AIR

DATE OF GAME:
Sept. 5

SOUTH
DAKOTA STATE
KIRSTEN PETERSON
@KeepUpWithKP

South Dakota State was rated second in its conference

for total offense in 2014, and
comes into 2015 as a top 25

DATE OF GAME:
Sept. 12

LAST SEASON: 10-3

(7-1 AAC)

MEMPHIS
SHANE JACKSON
@jacksonshane3

AT-A-GLANCE

Year after year, Kansas conference schedule poses a significant challenge, but this year,
the non-conference schedule

DATE OF GAME:
Sept. 26

LAST SEASON: 8-5

(3-5 Big 10)

RUTGERS
EVAN RIGGS
@EvanRiggs15

AT-A-GLANCE

The quarterback position is

a huge question mark with the
loss of four-year starter Gary
Nova. Whoever wins the quar-

DATE OF GAME:
Oct. 3

LAST SEASON: 2-10

(0-9 Big 12)
AT-A-GLANCE

IOWA STATE
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@HardyNFL

Kansas' best shot to win a

conference game comes in the
form of the Cyclones, who the
Jayhawks beat in Memorial
Stadium last season. But that
came without stud quarterback Sam B. Richardson, who

Will sophomore running

back Brady Mengarelli become
a good fit replacing Zach Zenner at RB? Its safe to consider

seems to be especially daunting as well. Unlike past years,

a second win isnt guaranteed
before conference play, thanks
to a very competitive Memphis
program coming to Lawrence.
The Tigers are coming off their
first 10-win season since 1938,
while returning many key offensive players.

terback job will have to put

up a lot of points to support a
defense that ranked near the
bottom of the Big 10 in every
meaningful statistic. That said,
this is a Rutgers team that is
leaps and bounds above Kansas.

UP IN THE AIR

Can the offense score enough

points to cover for an inexpeis returning as one of the most
experienced offensive weapons in the Big 12. Combine
Richardson with a strong receiving corps led by D'vario
Montgomery and another year
under offensive coordinator
Mark Mangino, the offense
that finished 89th in college
football last year should take
a big step forward in 2015.
That'll leave it up to the defense, which made some big
additions in the offseason, but
ultimately was the downfall of

Zenner who has now gone

pro a legend at South Dakota State. Zenner had a total of
2,019 rushing yards along with
a staggering 22 touchdowns.
Anyone filling Zenners shoes
is going to have some issues at
first, until they gain the trust
of the offensive coordinator,
and quarterback Zach Lujan.
Mengarelli didnt start in any
games last year, but he played

UP IN THE AIR

Did the defense lose too

much?
Much like Kansas, Memphis
will be rebuilding from the
ground up on the defensive
side of the ball. The Tigers
must replace eight starters
on a unit that was one of the
leagues best. In addition to
players no longer with the
team, Memphis lost its defen-

rienced defense that struggled

last season? The quarterback
competition is down to redshirt sophomore Chris Laviano and another redshirt
sophomore, Hayden Rettig,
a transfer from LSU. Whoever wins the job will have an
experienced backfield and
Leonte Carroo at receiver to
help them along. Rutgers has
enough talent to win games,

this team in 2014.

UP IN THE AIR

Can the defense hold its own

in today's high-powered Big
12? The answer to this question could decide coach Paul
Rhoads' future with the team.
The defense was 125th in the
nation last year that's not
very good. Most of the team
is returning, including a solid
secondary led by cornerback
Kamari Cotton-Moya, but
there's little-to-no depth on

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in all 14, had 14 receptions and

rushed 332 yards and a touchdown.

KEY ADDITIONS

RB Mikey Daniel, QB Taryn

Christion

KEY LOSSES

RB Zach Zenner, WR Jason

Schneider, CB Jimmie For-

sive coordinator Barry Odom,

who left for his alma mater, the
University of Missouri. The Tigers would like to get back to
postseason play, but that may
be easier said than done if they
cant get a quick turnaround
from their defense.

KEY ADDITIONS

DE Mike Edwards, S Tyler

Charrette, OT Keenen Davis

but their defense will struggle,

and they will struggle to make
a bowl game out of the Big 10.

KEY ADDITIONS

QB Hayden Rettig, CB Blessaun Austin, S Kiy Hester

KEY LOSSES

QB Gary Nova, WR Andrew

Turzilli, OG Keith Johnson

the front seven, which was

lacking last season. That front
will be the key to Iowa State's
success; the Cyclones need to
pressure the quarterback and
take pressure off their defensive backs.

KEY ADDITIONS

NG Desmond Tucker, OT
Julian Good-Jones, DE Jarnor
Jones, DT Bobby Leath.

sythe, S Melvin Taveras

KEY RETURNERS

LB T.J. Lally, WR Jake

Wieneke, QB Zach Lujan

Grade:

D+

KEY LOSSES

RB Brandon Hayes, LB Tank

Jakes, LB Martin Ifedi

KEY RETURNERS

QB Paxton Lynch, WR Mose

Frazier, LB Jackson Dillon

Grade:

C+
KEY RETURNERS

WR Leonte Carroo, DT Darius Hamilton, CB Quentin

Gause

Grade:

Farniok, DE Cory Morrissey,

RB DeVondrick Nealy.

KEY RETURNERS

QB Sam B. Richardson, WR
Quenton Bundrage, WR Allen
Lazard, DE Dale Pierson, CB
Kamari Cotton-Moya.

Grade:

KEY LOSSES

RB Aaron Wimberly, C Tom

BAYLOR
KIRSTEN PETERSON
@KeepUpWithKP

DATE OF GAME:
Oct. 10

LAST SEASON: 11-2

(8-1 Big 12)
AT-A-GLANCE

The Bears are looking to take

their third straight Big 12 title
going into the 2015-16 season. Baylor has been known
for its tradition of having
stellar quarterbacks coming
out of college and going into
the NFL, but that leaves a lot
of questions with the position
when there are only a few that
can step in and play. Returnering receiver Corey Coleman
and running back Shock Linwood are perfect fits for quarterback Seth Russell they
will give him that extra comfort and help under pressure.
If Russell can carry on the legacy of great quarterbacks then
the Bears are looking to clinch
their third straight title.

UP IN THE AIR

Can Baylor clinch its third

straight Big 12 title? The Bears
have been known for the past
couple years as conference
victors, but can they make

their way to another championship without both of the

Bryces? All-American linebacker Bryce Hager finished
his college career with 202 solo
tackles and 322 total tackles.
Quarterback Bryce Petty was
Baylors two-year starter that
carried Baylors high-powered
offense to two consecutive
Big 12 titles. The roster is still
stacked, but can the new starters live up to expectations, or
will they struggle with their
chemistry?

KEY ADDITIONS

QB Jarrett Stidham, WR
Chris Platt

KEY LOSSES

LB Bryce Hager, QB Bryce

Petty

KEY RETURNERS

QB Seth Russell, LB Taylor

Young, WR Corey Coleman,
TE TreVon Armstead, RB
Shock Linwood, OG Blake
Muir, OT Spencer Drango

Grade:

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Stacking up the schedule, from Page 6C

DATE OF GAME:
Oct. 17

LAST SEASON: 4-8

(2-7 Big 12)

AT-A-GLANCE

TEXAS TECH

The Red Raiders are coming

off a disappointing 2014 campaign and things dont look
much better for 2015. Points

SHANE JACKSON
@jacksonshane3

wont be hard to come by in

Lubbock, but its the defense
that remains the biggest question mark. If new defensive
coordinator David Gibbs can
turn around a defense that
gave up 41.3 point per game
last year, Tech might be able to
make a bowl game, but itll be
tough in the Big 12. Add that
to the fact that the Red Raiders dont have a bye week until
Nov. 21 doesnt exactly help
Mike Gundys third season as
coach. But when Gundy was
forced to burn the redshirt of
quarterback Mason Rudolph
last year, the future of the team
change. Rudolph officially took
the reigns in Stillwater, and
the Cowboys have a chance to
jump to the top of the Big 12
standings.

DATE OF GAME:
Oct. 24

LAST SEASON: 7-6

(4-5 Big 12)

OKLAHOMA
STATE

AT-A-GLANCE

Last season, the Cowboys

won fewer than eight games
for the first time since 2007,

EVAN RIGGS
@evanriggs15

DATE OF GAME:
Oct. 31

LAST SEASON: 8-5

(5-4 Big 12)

AT-A-GLANCE

OKLAHOMA
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@HardyNFL

The Sooners biggest problem

comes in the form of quarterback. The team hasnt been able
to find consistency at the QB
position since Sam Bradford

DATE OF GAME:
Nov. 7

LAST SEASON: 6-7

(5-4 Big 12)

AT-A-GLANCE

TEXAS
KIRSTEN PETERSON
@KeepUpWithKP

Like the Jayhawks, the

Longhorns have had troubles
with their quarterbacks. For
the past five seasons they have
been lacking solid team leaders and a strong offensive line.
The defense is the only thing
Texas should feel secure with;

left for the draft after the 2009

season. This year, itll be Trevor Knight and Baker Mayfield
under center with the hopes
new offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley can catapult one of
these two into the drivers seat,
but that seems unlikely at this
point. The Sooners best bet is
to rely on their running backs,
who averaged 261.2 rushing
yards per game in 2014.

the unit is solid overall. Texas

is really going to have to pick
up its slack in the offense or
it has no chance to beat out
higher contenders in the Big
12, such as Baylor. Most notably, on the defensive end, it has
to fill the massive gap that defensive tackle Malcom Brown
has left. That will be the task of
defensive tackle Poona Ford,
who sat from the sideline and
watched Brown dominate in
2014. If the defense can hold
it down, itll give running back
Johnathan Gray a chance to

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their chances.

UP IN THE AIR

Who will start at quarterback? Texas Tech enters the

2015 seasons with a two-way
battle for starting quarterback
between junior Davis Webb
and sophomore Patrick Mahomes. Webb threw for 2,539
yards in eight games before
being sidelined by a shoulder

UP IN THE AIR

What will Gundy do about

the running game? The Cowboys lost their two leading
rushers in Desmond Roland
and Tyreek Hill last season.
Gundy went the JUCO route
and brought in Chris Carson
to pair with redshirt freshman
Sione Palelei. With almost every receiver returning, a good

UP IN THE AIR

Can the Sooners find a quarterback? Does it really matter if

they do? Lets not hide it: Samaje Perine is this teams offense.
Whoever ends up winning the
quarterback battle will simply
have the main job of handing
the ball over to Perine and
watching him do his thing. Although Baker Mayfield should
win the job he has past experience in the spread offense

really show why he was the

top-rated back coming out of
high school in 2015, as this is
the first year the running back
job is all his.

UP IN THE AIR

How well can Texas do with

a team filled with newcomers?
The Longhorns have a total
of 29 newcomers for the 2015
season, which means coach
Charlie Strong will have a lot
cut out for him. Strong will
need to mold these new players into stars if he wants to

injury. Mahomes dazzled in

limited time, including a Big12 freshman record 598 yards
in the finale against Baylor.
Either way, its unlikely either
starts every game in 2015.

OT Reshod Fortenberry, WR
Bradley Marquez, LB Sam
Eguavoen

KEY ADDITIONS

RB DeAndre Washington,
WR Jakeem Grant, DE Pete
Robertson

OT Justin Murphy, WR J.F.

Thomas, DT Breiden Fehoko

KEY LOSSES

KEY RETURNERS

Grade:

Crunning game could put this

offense over the top and help
the Cowboys compete for the
Big 12 title.

KEY ADDITIONS

OT Victor Salako, RB Chris

Carson

mond Roland, S Josh Furman

KEY RETURNERS

WR Brandon Sheperd, DE
Jimmy Bean, LB Ryan Simmons

Grade:

B-

KEY LOSSES

WR Tyreek Hill, RB Des-

his talents wont be able to

hush Perine, who gashed every
defense he faced last year.

KEY ADDITIONS

WR Dede Westbrook, OG Jamal Danley, CB William Johnson, OT Bobby Evans

KEY LOSSES

TE Blake Bell, OG Daryl Williams, DT Jordan Phillips, DE

Chuka Ndulue, OLB Geneo

have any chance of a winning

record in conference. Jerrod
Heard is a redshirt freshman
and has apparently closed the
gap on junior Tyrone Swoopes
for the quarterback position;
maybe this newcomer is what
the Longhorns have needed all
along.

KEY ADDITIONS

QB Jerrod Heard, LB Malik

Jefferson, LB Anthony Wheeler

Grissom

KEY RETURNERS

RB Samaje Perine, WR Sterling Shepard, LB Dominique

Alexander, OLB Eric Striker,
CB Zack Sanchez

Grade:

B
KEY LOSSES

DT Malcom Brown, LB Jordan Hicks, S Mykkele Thompson, CB Quandre Diggs

KEY RETURNERS

DT Hassan Ridgeway, RB
Johnathan Gray

Grade:

C-

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DATE OF GAME:
November 14

LAST SEASON: 12-1

(8-1 Big 12)

AT-A-GLANCE

TCU
SHANE JACKSON
@jacksonshane3

The Horned Frogs go from

the hunter to the hunted as
2015 begins for the Big 12 favorite. Last year TCU took the
conference by storm with a
10-2 finish, just barely missing
out on the inaugural College

DATE OF GAME:
November 21

LAST SEASON: 7-6

(5-4 Big 12)

WEST VIRGINIA
EVAN RIGGS
@evanriggs15

AT-A-GLANCE

West Virginia will have a new

starting quarterback, a young
offensive line and receiving

DATE OF GAME:
November 28

LAST SEASON: 9-4

(7-2 Big 12)

AT-A-GLANCE

KANSAS STATE
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@HardyNFL

There are a lot of people

down on Kansas State this
year, and rightfully so: they
lost some big time pieces. But
those people have forgot about
one integral piece: coach Bill
Snyder, whose team always
seems to stay in the hunt, even

Stacking up the schedule, from Page 7C

Football Playoff. If the Horned
Frogs hope to crack the final
four this year, they will need
to do so behind Heisman candidate Trevone Boykin and
a high-octane offense. The
defense remains the biggest
question with only five starters returning, but the offense
might just be good enough to
carry them though a weaker
schedule.

UP IN THE AIR

Can they get enough from

corps in 2015, but coach Dana

Holgorsen almost always produces a good offense. It will be
the defense who determines
how high West Virginia can
finish in the Big 12, because
the potential for an explosive
season is all there on one side
of the ball.

UP IN THE AIR

in a down year. Theyre going

to need all of the magic Snyder has this year. The offense
has been depleted at almost
every skill position, and the
defense lost a lot of its front.
The Wildcats have a handful
of guys who could get a shot
to replace Jake Waters, who
threw for 3,501 yards before
graduating, but Joe Hubener, a
junior walk-on who has never
started a game under-center,
seems to be considered the favorite. Whoever it is, they have
massive shoes to fill. But if we

Bold predictions: Beaty

will end footballs infamy
CHRISTIAN HARDY
KIRSTEN PETERSON
@KansanSports

Coach Beaty will end the

stigma surrounding Kansas
football
In recent years, Kansas fans
have been able to ignore the
football teams unsuccessful
record, instead choosing to
focus on the continued success of the mens basketball
program. Kansas has needed
an experienced and energetic person to lead this football
program and shape the team
into something fans can believe in. Coach David Beaty
should be able to step in and
make that change.
Beaty has been an assistant
coach at the University of
Kansas two previous times,
including a stint as the wide
receiver coach in 2008, when
the Jayhawks went to the Insight Bowl. With his energy,
hes reinvigorated the program
and has a chance to bring it
back to where it was those
seven years ago.
A freshman quarterback
will start over Cozart
Montell Cozart has been
nothing but a disappointment, especially after a huge
build up after his first year.
Now theres two freshmen out
to replace the junior Cozart.
Carter Stanley, a 6-foot-2,
188-pound quarterback from

Vero Beach, Fla. led his high

school team in rushing yards
and threw more than 3,000
yards and 40 touchdowns, and
will be one candidate to compete with Cozart. But Cozarts
real competition is Ryan Willis, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound
quarterback
Cozart should be familiar
with Willis the two are both
Bishop Miege alumni. Offensive coordinator Rob Likens
and Cozart himself have been
raving about Willis quick release and big arm. If Willis
can handle the pressure of the
Big 12, then he is sure to make
Kansas fans proud throughout
his career at Kansas.
Between the two, one is
poised to take the starting job
from Cozart before the end of
the year.
KeAun Kinner will be top
5 in all purpose yards in the
Big 12
One huge surprise has been
5-foot-9 All-American running back, KeAun Kinner.
Kinner rushed at Navarro Junior College for 1,696
yards and 22 touchdowns
last season and won the NJCAA Offensive Player of the
Year award. Kinner won the
starting running back spot
between spring and summer
workouts and has been the
rave of fall camp.
In the spring, he called himself the fastest player on this

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roster, and has a better potential to be a dual-threat out of

the backfield than anyone else,
which makes him a perfect fit
for the Jayhawks fast-paced
offense. Kansas needs Kinner
as the featured back following
last years leading rusher Corey Averys departure via suspension.
Ben Johnson will lead the
team in receptions
The Jayhawks tight end situation is an interesting one.
The team lost Jimmay Mundine and his team-leading
45 receptions to the NFL in
the spring, and itll likely be
Ben Johnsons job to replace
that production. Johnson,
a 6-foot-5, 235-pound tight
end who originally played offensive tackle, was one of the
players selected to represent
Kansas at Big 12 Media Day,
and he has been a clear leader of the offense through both
spring and fall camp.
If Johnson doesnt lead the
team, transfer tight end Kent
Taylor will probably be the
reason. Taylor was a fourstar tight end that followed
Charlie Weis to the University of Florida, and then to
Kansas. Weis was fired and
left Beaty to mold the 6-foot5, 230-pound phenom. If hes
polished enough, he could
take the job from Johnson and
dominate in the Big 12.

their defense?
Its easy to feel comfortable
about the offense led by a
Heisman candidate. But the
Horned Frogs have no chance
of getting into the playoffs if
they cant get production out
of their defensive unit. From
last year to this one, TCU lost
its top defensive tackle, two
linebackers, a cornerback, and
two safeties - Five received
Big-12 honors. The Horned
Frogs allowed a Big-12 best 19
points per game last season,

and if they can get near that

level again, it may lead to uncharted territory. However, if
they arent able to perform as
consistently on that end, they
may be dethroned in the Big
12.

KEY ADDITIONS

DE DeShawn Raymond,
DE Breylin Mitchell, and LB
Semaj Thomas

Will the defense, which

struggled last season, improve
enough to vault West Virginia
to the top half of the Big 12
standings? The defense started
to turn the corner when they
held Baylor to a season low 27
points, and essentially every
contributor is back. The most
experienced defense in the Big
12 now has confidence going

into the 2015 season, but it

remains to be seen whether or
not they can put it all together
on a week to week basis.

know one thing about Snyder,

its that his nose for walk-on
and junior college talent is
keen. If Snyder trusts whoever
is under center, you probably
should too.

the back-up and the eventual

starter. Burton could be that
play-maker, but so could running back Charles Jones, who
had 13 rushing touchdowns
last year. Its up for grabs, but
theres a few names that definitely have some intrigue.

UP IN THE AIR

Who will emerge as a weapon

on offense? This exact question
is why junior college transfer Jonathan Banks could win
the quarterback job hes a
multi-threat play-caller who
can be that weapon. If he cant
win the job, hes expected to be

KEY ADDITIONS

WR Jevonte Durante, WR
KaRaun White, DE Larry Jefferson

KEY LOSSES

LB Paul Dawson, S Chris

Hackett, S Sam Carter, OT
Tayo Fabuluje

KEY RETURNERS

QB Trevone Boykin, WR
Josh Doctson, DE James McFarland

Grade:

AKEY LOSSES

WR Kevin White, QB Clint

Trickett, WR Mario Alford

KEY RETURNERS

RB Wendell Smallwood, S
Karl Joseph, S KJ Dillon

Grade:

C+

KEY ADDITIONS

DT Bryce English, RB Alex

Barnes, CB Duke Shelley

KEY LOSSES

QB Jake Waters, RB DeMarcus Robinson, WR Tyler Lock-

ett, WR Curry Sexton, C B.J.

Finney, DE Ryan Mueller, LB
Jonathan Truman, CB Randall
Evans

KEY RETURNERS

QB Joe Hubener, OT Cody

Whitehair, WR Kody Cook,
DE Jordan Willis, DT Travis
Britz, S Dante Barnett

Grade:

C+

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Back from Europe, Kansas prepares for season

AMIE JUST
@Amie_Just

The Kansas volleyball squad

took to Europe to gear up
for the upcoming season this
summer.
The Jayhawks trained in Italy,
France and Spain for 13 days
and played matches against
the Italian National Team (03), Italian Federation Youth
Team (3-2), LPM Mondavi (31), Normac AVB Genoa (3-0),
French Federation Youth Team
(3-0), (3-2) and Voleibol Barcelona CVB Barca (3-0).
The team finished its European training trip with a 6-1
record.
We play(ed) seven matches
in 12 days, which is more professional-league style, coach
Ray Bechard said in a press release after the final match. We
wouldve liked to have played
that first match (against the
Italian National Team) maybe
somewhere in the middle of
the trip when we were a little
bit more adjusted. I just told
the team that Im very proud
of how they represented Kansas with every opponent they
played.
Official statistics were not
kept in the European matches,
but associate athletic director Jim Marchiony kept some
statistics from the sideline for
team use.
Junior libero Cassie Wait recorded at least two aces against
the Italian Federation Youth
Team. Sophomore outside
hitter Kelsie Payne knocked
down at least nine kills and
sophomore outside hitter
Madison Rigdon added at least
four kills against LPM Mondavi. Payne paced the offense
against Norman AVB Genoa
with an unofficial 21 kills in
three sets.
A look at the new players
Kansas has two incoming
freshmen to fill the vacancy

KANSAN FILE PHOTO

Kansas middle blocker Taylor Soucie attempts to hit over the head of a TCU defender on October 18, 2014.

graduating seniors Chelsea

Albers and Sara McClinton
leave: outside hitters Ashley
Smith and Patricia Montero.
Smith comes to Lawrence
from Las Vegas and was
named conference MVP her
senior season. She led Shadow
Ridge High School to its first
state championship in school
history.
Montero is from Ponce,
Puerto Rico, where she played
for the Puerto Rican National
Team. Despite being 5-foot10, Montero was the fourthbest scorer at the U18 Pan
American Cup in 2013.
Aside from the two freshmen, the Jayhawks added two
transfers: Anna Church, a senior libero/defensive specialist
from Saint Louis University,
and Ashlyn Driskill, a senior
outside hitter from Wichita

State. Churchs transfer was

announced in January, while
Driskills was announced in
June.
Church was on the floor in
all 31 matches for SLU last season, posting 1,073 career digs
and 75 career aces during her
time as a Billiken.
Driskill, on the other hand,
started in 16 matches for the
Shockers last season, racking
up 713 career kills and 165 career blocks.
Kansas volleyball starts the
season on the road at the Arkansas Tournament in Fayetteville, Ark. The Jayhawks
first match is set for August 28
against Army, at 4 p.m.
Edited by James Hoyt

KANSAN FILE PHOTO

Coach Ray Bechard speaks with his team between games on Oct. 25, 2014.

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Feilhaber
unlikely to
rejoin mens
national team
Skylar Rolstad
@SkyRolNews

As the United States heads

toward World Cup qualifying, one of the biggest questions on the mind of Kansas
City fans pertains to whether
or not Sporting Kansas City
midfielder Benny Feilhaber
should make the team.
Simply put, the ship has
sailed on Feilhabers chances to ever play again for the
United States Mens National
Team.
Although the center midfielder has already doubled
his goal and assist totals from
2014, posting eight goals and
13 assists this year, you will
not see him in a national team
kit ever again, and its no secret as to why: national team
coach Jurgen Klinsmann will
never select him.
Feilhaber was controversially not selected for the preliminary 35-man Gold Cup
roster last June, although he
had already won Aprils Major
League Soccer Player of the
Month. At 30 years old, Feilhabers international career
is over, but its already been
solid. He made three substitute appearances in the 2010
World Cup, among 41 total
appearances.
While the decision to keep
Feilhaber out of the team is
baffling, it is no secret; nor
has it ever been. Feilhaber
has constantly been pessimistic about his national team
chances, and, for that reason,
he chooses to focus on his career in Kansas City.
As unfortunate as it is for
me to not get that opportunity,
because Id love to have it, you
know its probably not going
to happen, Feilhaber said after Sporting Kansas Citys 2-1
win over the Montreal Impact.
I dont pay too much attention to it. Its still fun to watch
those games, but [playing
for the national team is] not
something that I realistically
look at as an opportunity.
At this point, its apparent
that Klinsmann does not hold
Feilhaber in the highest regard. In fact, in late July, Klinsmann even told mlssoccer.
com there are other [players]
ahead of him when it came to
who would be called up.
However, Klinsmann isnt
necessarily wrong, considering the players currently on
the team.
Feilhaber is a center midfielder, which just happens
to be the deepest position for
the team. The team has three
more-than-capable
players
who all can hold down that
position in Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones and Clint
Dempsey. Its also where
18-year-old rising star Gedion
Zelalem will inevitably play
when he is ready for the senior
national team.
One could argue that Feilhaber could slide in and
replace Mix Diskerud, a
24-year-old midfielder for
NYCFC who is having a down
year. But even that doesnt really make sense when it comes
to Klinsmanns history.
Klinsmann is a coach who
constantly tries to push young
players to their potential with
playing time, rather than play
a more experienced player
whos best at the moment. This
is especially evident when
looking at his decision to play
a Gold Cup back line of John
Brooks and Ventura Alvarado 22 and 23, respectively
instead of Matt Besler and
Omar Gonzalez, who are 28
and 26 respectively.
At the end of the day, there
are only two people that arent too optimistic about Benny Feilhabers national team
chances: Feilhaber and Jurgen
Klinsmann.
So, really, its time to quit the
Feilhaber-to-national-team
conservation. Its an overdone
argument. Its not happening,
and its time to move on.

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Wayne Selden drives against Team Canadas Jahmal Jones at the Sprint Center on June 23.

World University Games: How KU fared

SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU

Over the summer, the Kansas Jayhawks took to the

court, but this time there was
a different name on the front
of their jerseys.
The Jayhawks were chosen
to represent Team USA in the
World University Games following a disappointing 2013
campaign where a Doug-McDermott-led U.S. squad finished ninth. And with a few
players unavailable to the
team due to either having
non-U.S. nationality or injury, Kansas coach Bill Self
and company turned to the
famed Kansas coaching tree,
adding players from SMU and
Florida Gulf Coast University colleges that have head
coaches, Larry Brown and
Joe Dooley, respectively, who
were once a part of the Kansas
basketball program.
EXHIBITIONS IN KC
Before the Jayhawks left for
South Korea, they had their
first chance to play with their
new roster at Sprint Center,
and they did not disappoint.
The Jayhawks won both
games against Canada, which
set the tone for the World

University games, especially

for one player in particular:
Frank Mason III.
In the first exhibition game,
Mason took over the game
down the stretch, scoring 17
of the teams 25 fourth-quarter points, putting on a performance for the ages. There
would be no letup in game
two, as Mason posted 15
points and 11 assists, adding
five rebounds and four steals
in 35 minutes.
Additionally, Masons backcourt teammate Wayne Selden
Jr. showed out as well. Selden
posted 22 points and 10 rebounds in the second game
and would certainly make his
fair share of highlight plays as
the games carried on into July.
Even though they were playing without Brannen Greene,
Devonte Graham, Sviatoslav
Mykhailiuk and Cheick Diallo, the Jayhawks still had
more than enough talent to
go toe-to-toe with any other
team, and that was apparent
early on.
GROUP STAGE
Pool play was up next for
the Jayhawks, as they faced
Turkey, Brazil, Chile, Serbia
and Switzerland to determine
whether or not they would

be moving on to the quarterfinals of the medal rounds,

which the 2013 USA World
University Games team had
failed to do.
Kansas got off to a shaky
start in its first game against
Turkey, as it fell behind 18-7
right away. However, Mason
and company battled back
again, as they proceeded to
rattle off a 50-29 extended
run. The Jayhawks would go
on to win by nine, thanks in
part to 24 points, eight assists
and six rebounds from Mason. Ellis and Selden chipped
in a combined 36 points, and
the team was off and running.
That momentum would
carry over throughout pool
play. In the next game against
Brazil, it would be Selden
who carried the load with 23
points, while Hunter Mickelson held down the paint with
11 points and eight boards.
The emergence of Selden
and Mickelson would be recurring themes throughout
the tournament, as Self went
to them time and time again.
The duo would combine to
score 91 points in the teams
remaining three games of the
group stage, as the Jayhawks
finished 5-0 heading into the
medal rounds.

MEDAL ROUNDS
In the quarterfinals, the
Jayhawks squared off against
Lithuania in what was a close
game until the fourth quarter,
as the Jayhawks outscored
their adversaries 25-6 in the
last period. For Mason, it was
another dominating performance, as he led the team in
points (18), assists (4) and
field goal percentage, adding
seven rebounds; only Landen
Lucas had more (9).
The semifinal matchup
was equally as close, at least
through three quarters. However, 23 points from Perry
Ellis and 22 from Selden were
more than enough to get the
job done, as the Jayhawks
withstood a 20-point outburst
from Russias Ivan Strebkov to
grab the victory.
However, the finals were a
completely different story for
the Jayhawks.
The Jayhawks jumped out in
front of Germany right away,
but with Mason in some early
foul trouble, the lead slowly
slipped away. It would eventually take not one, but two
overtime periods for the Jayhawks to get the win. Mason
hit game-tying shots at the
end of regulation and the first

overtime period to keep the

team alive, while Selden finished the Germans off with a
huge three-pointer in the second overtime.
SMUs Nic Moore, who
joined the team as a replacement, also made a couple of
crucial plays down the stretch,
especially on defense. His final stat line wasnt pretty, but
it didnt need to be, given that
Mason, Selden and Ellis combined for 59 points and 28 rebounds.
On the other side, four German players reached double
figures in scoring, but with
both teams gassed, the shooting numbers were not pretty.
The Germans shot just 38.0
percent from the field and
37.0 percent from three, while
the Jayhawks actually fared
worse, shooting just 31.8 percent and 21.7 percent in those
categories respectively. However, the Jayhawks were able
to make up the difference by
committing seven fewer turnovers and grabbing 20 offensive rebounds, compared to
eight for the Germans.
After the tournament, Frank
Mason III was named the
MVP of the Games.

Busy summer spent in recruiting circuit

EVAN RIGGS
@EvanRiggs15

The competition for the best

recruits keeps coaches busy
during the offseason months.
Despite only receiving two
commitments, the Kansas
basketball team was all over
the place on the summer recruiting circuit.
In late May, LaGerald Vick
committed to Kansas and
played for the Jayhawks in the
World University Games. The
guard from Memphis, Tenn.,
may struggle to find playing
time this season with the Jayhawks depth, but he will be
a valuable asset moving forward.
Dwight Coleby, a transfer
from Ole Miss who will be
eligible for the 2016-2017 season, was the Jayhawks second
commitment. The forward
will likely see a big role with
Hunter Mickelson, Perry Ellis
and Jamari Traylor all graduating and the possibility that
Cheick Diallo will leave after
his freshman season.
Even though the Jayhawks
havent received any commitments in the class of 2016 or
2017 from incoming freshmen, the coaching staff put in
a lot of work on summer recruiting circuit.
2016
Josh Jackson, Terrance Ferguson and Marques Bolden
are the three prospects that
have been recruited the hardest and longest by the Kansas
coaching staff, although one
of them, Ferguson, is now off
the board.
According to Rivals.com,
Jackson is the top prospect in
the 2016 class, and the talent-

ed wing recently told Zagsblog.com Arizona and Kansas

were recruiting him the hardest. Jackson also told Zagsblog.com he loves Self and the
way the Jayhawks play. There
have been rumors of Jackson
taking his talents overseas, but
he has denied those rumors.
All indications point to Jackson waiting until the late signing period before he makes a
decision.
Ferguson, who is ranked
11th on Rivals.com, was also
a top priority for the Kansas
coaching staff. Alabama, who
was considered the Jayhawks
biggest threat in landing him,
eventually received a commitment from the recruit on Aug.
17. Ferguson was upbeat after
a visit to Tuscaloosa early August, but was still supposed to
attend Late Night in the Phog.
However, it appears that will
no longer be the case.
Due to the potential loss of
four big men next year, Kansas
will also need post players in
the 2016 class. Marques Bolden, the 14th ranked player on
Rivals.com, has been one of
the coaching staff s top priorities. Bolden will make an official visit to Duke in September according to ESPN.com.
The center from Dallas visited
Late Night in the Phog last
season and will take an official
visit in Lawrence sometime
during the school year.
Bolden is also considering
Alabama, Baylor, Florida,
Louisville, Texas and others.
If Bolden visits Late Night in
the Phog, he will be joined
by Braxton Blackwell, a wing
ranked 38th by Rivals.com.
Wenyen Gabriel, another big
prospect Kansas is recruiting,
is currently ranked 84th on

Rivals.com but is expected to

take a big leap forward given
all the offers he has received
from other blue bloods of college basketball such as Duke
and Kentucky.
Gabriel is 6-foot-9 with
guard skills and said he patterns his game after NBA star
Kevin Durant.
Other big men the Jayhawks are in on include T.J.
Leaf, who decommitted from
Arizona at the beginning of
August, Thon Maker, Udoka
Azubuike, Kassoum Yakwe
and Isaac Humphries. Theyre
all in Rivals.coms top 60.
The Jayhawks are also looking at Rawle Alkins, a Rivals.
com top 20 guard, and DeAaron Fox, a Rivals.com top 10
point guard. However, the
Jayhawks arent considered favorites for either player.
2017
It seems far too soon to start
talking about the 2017 recruiting class, and its definitely too
soon to know who most of the
top guys are favoring. However, at the moment, one thing is
certain; the Jayhawks are definitely in the mix for some of
the most talented high school
prospects in the country.
DeAndre Ayton is considered the top high school prospect regardless of class. The
Jayhawk coaching staff saw a
lot of the 6-foot-11 big man
this summer, and he certainly impressed. Aytons athletic
ability, coupled with his elite
footwork, makes him a cantmiss prospect.
Michael Porter Jr. has made
a strong case to pass Ayton
up over the last couple of
months. Porter is a 6-foot-10
and lanky, a small forward

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
LaGerald Vick at Team USAs first exhibition game
against Team Canada at the Sprint Center in Kansas City,
Mo., on June 23. Team USA won 91-83.

who can do everything on the

basketball court.
He and Trae Young, a 6-foot1 point guard, will both attend
Late Night in the Phog. They
have expressed their desire to
be a package deal and attend
the same college. Young told
si.com that theres an 80-85
percent chance that it will
happen.
We fit each others games
perfectly, Young added.
The Jayhawks are also recruiting seven other players in
the Rivals.com top 10: Wendell Carter, Mohamed Bamba,
Trevon Duval, Billy Preston,

Troy Brown, Jarred Vanderbilt

and Gary Trent Jr.
With the potential for a lot of
players to leave the program
over the next two seasons, the
next two recruiting classes are
both extremely important.
That means a lot of work for
the coaches, but they appear
to be off to a strong start.
Edited by James Hoyt

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Kansas swimming
reloads, adding
to stacked roster
AMIE JUST
@Amie_Just

Despite losing Deanna

Marks and Caroline Patterson to graduation, the Kansas
swim and dive team is in good
shape.
Excluding Marks, every
swimmer who placed at the
Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships from last
season returns to the Jayhawk
squad, including senior Chelsie Miller.
Miller, Kansas only individual Big 12 champion, currently holds five school records
and recently swam an Olympic Trials cut. The other current Kansas record holder is
senior Bryce Hinde.
Three others, Yulduz Kuchkarova, Hannah Angell and
Lydia Pocisk, swam their way
onto the all-time top-five
charts in five different events
last season. Kuchkarova is not
only close to holding records
at Kansas but is the current
Uzbekistani national record

holder in the 50-meter backstroke and 100-meter backstroke.

Analyzing newcomers
With every new season
comes new faces, and this year
is no different, as Kansas adds
five freshmen and one sophomore to the roster.
Breonna Barker, a freshman
sprint freestyler, comes to
Kansas from Broken Arrow,
Okla. She earned four straight
state titles in the 100-yard
freestyle throughout her four
seasons and won three straight
state titles in the 50-yard freestyle during her last three seasons.
Haley Bishop, a freshman
jack-of-all-trades, is from
Apex, N.C. Shes the current record holder at Panther
Creek High School in the
50-yard freestyle, 100-yard
butterfly, 200-yard individual
medley and the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Cassaundra Pino, a freshman freestyle and butterfly

KANSAN FILE PHOTO

Chelsie Miller, a junior, takes a breath during the breaststroke leg of the 200-yard individual medley on Feb. 7. Miller won
the event and was one of three Jayhawks to place in the top six. Kansas beat Iowa State 169-131 in its two-day duel in
Lawrence.

specialist from Albuquerque,

N.M., won three straight state
championships in the 100yard butterfly, setting the New
Mexico statewide high school
record in that event her senior
year. She also won the 200yard freestyle at the state meet
during her junior season.
The other two freshmen are
Taylor Sieperda and Libby
Walker. Sieperda, a medley

swimmer from Spirit Lake,

Iowa, holds records in the
100-yard backstroke and 200yard medley at Spencer High
School in Iowa, whereas,
Walker, who is from Columbia, Mo., is a two-time sectional champion in the 1,650-yard
freestyle and won the distance
high-point award three times
at sectionals.
In Walkers sectionals divi-

sion, she swam against athletes from Arkansas, Illinois,

Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
South Dakota and Wisconsin.
This summer, Walker swam
a time fast enough for her to
compete at the Olympic Trials
in Omaha, Neb., next summer.
Finally, Kansas added sophomore transfer Briana Bal-

sough from San Diego State.

In high school, Balsough was
named the Top Female Athlete at West Linn High School
in West Linn, Ore., and holds
both high school and conference records in the 50-yard
freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke.
Edited by Kate Miller

Womens soccer coach disappointed with preseason

SKYLAR ROLSTAD
@SkyRolNews

After his team finished the

preseason with a 2-2 draw
against North Dakota State at
Rock Chalk Park on Sunday,
the Kansas soccer coach Mark
Francis wanted more. The Jayhawks recorded 33 shots over
the course of the game with 11
on target but were only able to
find the back of the net twice.
[When] you have 33 shots,
youd think you would score
more than 2 goals, Francis

said. I think we learned some

things about the players today about who needs to be
in there and who doesnt need
to be in there as much, but
thats why you have exhibition
games.
As he looked forward to the
teams regular season, which
begins Friday, Aug. 21 against
Nebraska, Francis said he was
concerned by his teams lack
of efficiency, given the shot
attempts are all but certain to
decrease.
I think some of the chanc-

es that we created were really

good, but were probably not
going to get 33 shots next Friday [against Nebraska], Francis said. We have to be a bit
more efficient with the shots
we get.
Apart from the negatives,
however, Francis said the
freshman talent coming into
the team would be key to the
teams success this season.
Parker Roberts, a freshman,
scored two goals in the previous exhibition game, a 5-0
win against Drake, and started

against North Dakota State. A

two-goal performance from
the freshman Grace Hagan
demonstrated her ability on
Sunday as well.
Hagan had never played forward before but started and
played 70 minutes up top on
Sunday. She credited the leadership of her junior and senior
teammates for her smooth
transition, much to the delight
of her coach.
Im really blessed to come
into the team like this, Hagan
said. Theyve been really nice

helping me out to learn the position.

Francis added: Grace has
been unbelievable. When we
lose the ball, shes the first one
chasing and pressuring the
ball. Shes going to be dangerous. Were glad she is on our
team.
Francis said Hagans presence
in training during the summer
had been a big part of the reason she is impressing early in
the year.
Along with the freshman
class, the 23rd-ranked Jay-

hawks also have a strong returning cast. Midfielder Liana

Salazar enters her senior year
as a MAC Hermann Trophy
Watch List player and junior
forward Ashley Williams returns to the team after being
the teams second-leading
scorer in 2014, behind Salazar.
Williams scored two goals and
added an assist in the Aug. 12
exhibition win over Drake.

Edited by Kate Miller

Daniel helps lift Chiefs over Cardinals

BOB BAUM
Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)

Carson Palmer and Tyrann
Mathieu have probably been
the most impressive players in
the Arizona Cardinals training camp.
They excelled in the first preseason game, too.
So did Kansas City backup
quarterback Chase Daniel.
Palmer was flawless in a brief
appearance, Daniel threw for
three touchdowns and the
Chiefs beat the Cardinals 3419 on Saturday night.
In his first game since tearing an ACL last Nov. 9, Palmer
was 4 for 4 for 77 yards, directing a seven-play, 80-yard
touchdown drive to start the
game before sitting down for
the night. Palmer, who said he
never took a single hit, threw
over the middle to Andre Ellington on a 57-play to highlight the seven-play, 80-yard

drive.
Its great to be back and play
on this grass again in front of
our fans and in our stadium,
Palmer said. Its been a long
time coming. Its been a lot of
days since I saw this day in the
future.
Arizonas Tyrann Mathieu
intercepted Alex Smiths pass
on the Chiefs first possession
to set up a field goal to put
Arizona up 10-0. The Kansas
City reserves scored the next
31 points.
Daniel was 17 for 29 for 189
yards in two quarters of play.
The ones could have been
sharper. ... The twos and threes
played tremendous and they
moved the ball, Chiefs coach
Andy Reid said. Chase did a
nice job with that group.
On the big play, Palmer found
Ellington through a tight window. Ellington, who nursed a
foot injury most of last season
and has missed most of training camp with a hamstring in-

jury, scored on a 2-yard run on

third-and-goal.
On Kansas Citys first possession, Smith was under
pressure when he threw the
pass intended for open Jason
Avant. The pass was well behind the intended receiver
and Mathieu, who was slowed
noticeably last season after
coming off knee surgery, easily
picked it off.
Luckily, the quarterback
threw the ball right to me so I
didnt really have to break and
get a good route to the receiver, Mathieu said. He kind of
just threw it right to me.
Smith said he had a defender
screaming in my face and he
sailed the ball behind the receiver.
Arizona coach Bruce Arians
said he was very, very pleased
with the way our starters came
out, displeased with our young
guys.

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DAILY DEBATE
Will KU football pass its over/under of 1.5 projected wins?
Chris Sitek
@ChrisSitek

Yes
New faces, a new recruiting
class and a new year could
bring success to the Kansas
football team this fall. Coming off another losing season,
Kansas (3-9) decided to make
a coaching change in hopes
of taking the program to the
next level by hiring Texas
A&M wide receivers coach
David Beaty.
Beaty contributed to a
Texas A&M team that ran
the spread offense, an offense
predicated on players using
athleticism and speed at
every offensive position,
especially wide receiver.
Texas A&M ranked 13th in
team receiving among all FBS
college teams in 2014 and has
featured players such as Mike
Evans, who had 68 receptions
for 1,051 yards in the NFL
last season.
Beaty will use position
athleticism to improve a
Kansas offense that ranked
118th out of 128 total FBS
teams last year. After all, one
of Kansas footballs biggest
problems was team scoring.
The Kansas offense accounted for a mere 17.8 points per
game last season, whereas

Texas A&M ranked 28th in

the nation with 35.4 points
per game.
Kansas football has
already seen its athleticism
and speed increase through
its recruiting. Beaty inherits
a class of 19 three-star
recruits, highlighted by the
50th ranked defensive end
Dorance Armstrong and
the 19th ranked cornerback
Brandon Stewart. On the
offensive side, Kansas has
two big wide receivers in Jeremiah Booker and Emmanuel Moore, both of whom
are three-star Texas signees.
These players should be able
to make an immediate impact to both the team and its
success this coming fall.
Beaty also returns plenty
of players from last season,
although perhaps not as
many as he wouldve liked
after a couple of dismissals.
Offensively, this includes
dual-threat quarterback
Montell Cozart, wide receiver
Tre Parmalee, running backs
DeAndre Mann and Taylor
Cox who missed all of last
season and tight end Ben
Johnson.
Defensively, the line appears
to be the backbone, starting
with defensive linemen Ben
Goodman Jr. and T.J. Semke.
Goodman finished last
season with one sack, while
Semke racked up 21 total

tackles.
Weak-side linebacker
Courtney Arnick is the most
experienced player in the
linebacking core, coming off
a season where he posted
45 tackles. In the secondary,
the cornerback position will
be led by transfer Brandon
Stewart, who had a strong
offseason. Meanwhile Fish
Smithson and Bazie Bates IV
will hold down the strong
and free safety positions.
With the mixture of new
talent and returning starters,
Kansas football could, and
should, win more than the
1.5 wins set as the over/under
by many Vegas sports books
this year.
Last season, Kansas finished
1-8 in the Big 12, only ahead
of Iowa State in the basement
of the league, but this record
can be deceiving; three
games Oklahoma State,
Texas Tech and TCU were
decided by just a mere two
touchdowns or less.
If the Jayhawks can learn to
close out games, they could
do something they havent
done since the likes of coach
Mark Mangino in 2008: become bowl-eligible. However,
the team isnt quite there yet.
The first step is getting those
first few wins together.

JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Junior quarterback Montell Cozart participates in a passing drill at a practice on
Monday, Aug. 17.

Derek Skillett
@derek_skillett

No
With the fall semester getting underway, the new-look
Kansas football team is less
than a month away from kicking off its season against South
Dakota State. Unfortunately,
Jayhawks fans should expect
another long and painful season as new head coach David
Beaty begins the long and
arduous process of rebuilding
the Kansas football program.
The Jayhawks lost an incredible amount of talent following
the 2014 season. The program
lost star linebacker Ben
Heeney and corners Dexter
McDonald and JaCorey Shepherd to the 2015 NFL Draft.
A number of former
Jayhawks, including wide
receivers Nigel King and Nick
Harwell; defenders Michael
Reynolds, Cassius Sendish
and Victor Simmons; running
back Tony Pierson; punter
Trevor Pardula and tight end
Jimmay Mundine have also
gone on to the next level to try
and make an NFL squad.
Replacing that much talent
is not easy, but that isnt the
end of it. The rebuild gets
even more challenging with
the departures of safety Isaiah

Johnson (transfer), running

back Corey Avery (dismissal)
and wide receiver Rodriguez
Coleman (dismissal).
Avery would have been the
Jayhawks best returning running back after contributing
848 yards of total offense and
six total touchdowns in 2014.
Coleman only contributed 245
yards and one touchdown in
his two-year career at Kansas
but was expected to have a
breakout junior year under
Beaty, who famously coached
former Texas A&M wide receiver Mike Evans into a first
round NFL Draft pick in 2014.
The Jayhawks currently have
only 64 scholarship players for
the 2015 season. The NCAA
maximum for scholarships-per-year is 85. During
the Jayhawks annual spring
game scrimmage earlier this
spring, redshirt senior quarterback Michael Cummings
injured his knee. Later, we all
found out he would be lost for
an unspecified amount of time
in the 2015 season.
Cummings was set to build
on a fairly strong 2014 season
for the Jayhawks, where he
threw for 1,715 yards and
recorded 13 total touchdowns
over the final seven games of
the season. In his best game,
he posted 332 passing yards
and three touchdowns, as
Kansas nearly pulled off one
of the most shocking upsets in

recent history over No. 4 TCU.

And still, it doesnt stop
there.
The Jayhawks are also faced
with an absolutely brutal
schedule this upcoming
season, with tough matchups
against Memphis, Rutgers,
Baylor, Oklahoma, Texas,
TCU and Kansas State. The
easier games will come against
Iowa State, Texas Tech, West
Virginia and Oklahoma State,
but even those will be difficult.
The Jayhawks have not won
on the road since 2009 when
they defeated UTEP, which
basically means Kansas has
not won a road game in six
years. That is unlikely to
change this season, with road
games against Rutgers, Iowa
State, Oklahoma State, Texas
and National Championship
contender TCU.
Even the season-opening
game against South Dakota
State is not necessarily a surewin. The Jackrabbits went 9-5
last season and advanced to
the second game in the FCS
Playoffs. South Dakota State is
also ranked No. 15 in the FCS
preseason polls.
Unless the Jayhawks luck
into some close victories,
there is a high possibility
of a winless season this fall,
and thats why Im taking
the under when it comes to
whether they will win at least
1.5 games.

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Much of Kansas defensive core has graduated, such as fifth-round NFL draft pick Ben
Heeney.

Top performers return to cross country squads

G.J. MELIA
@gjmelia

Limited eligibility for athletes

can make consistency a challenge for cross country teams.
However, that wont be a problem for Kansas cross country
programs. Both the mens and
womens teams enter the year
with their top 2014 perform-

ers.
Senior Jacob Morgan will
lead the mens squad, coming off a successful year that
included a fifth-place finish
at the Big 12 Championships
and a sixth-place finish in the
Midwest Regional. Morgan
was also the only Jayhawk to
qualify for the NCAA Championships, where he earned a

top-100 finish, coming in 91st.

He was the first Kansas athlete
to do so in seven years.
The mens team will also be
anchored by senior Evan Landes. Landes missed all of 2014
because of an injury. Landes
2013 season was comparable
to Morgans 2014 season, earning All-Big 12 and All-Region
honors.

The womens team returns

junior Nashia Baker, who was
the top finisher in five Kansas
meets last year. Meanwhile,
junior Hannah Richardson
is coming off a strong 2015
track season and will look to
continue the success into the
fall cross country season. She
missed the 2014 season with
an undisclosed injury.

Kansas will host two regular

season meets this year, both at
Rim Rock Farm. The first is the
Bob Timmons Classic on Sept.
1, and second is the Rim Rock
Classic, which will fall a month
later on Oct. 3. The Midwest
Regional meet is also set to be
hosted by Kansas at Rim Rock
Farm, and will be held on Nov.
13.

Other notable meets include

the Wildcat Invitational, hosted by Kansas State on Sept. 19.
Kansas will be traveling to the
Pre-Nationals in Louisville,
Ky. on Oct. 17. Louisville will
also play host to the NCAA
Division I championships on
November 21.

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
The mens cross country team at a race in November 2014p. This year, the mens team will be anchored partly by senior Evan Landes, who missed all of 2014 because of an injury.

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share a love
of sports
Derek Skillett
@derek_skillett

On a cool October night

in 2014, the streets of
Lawrence were surprisingly
calm. On Massachusetts
Street, bars were filled with
Kansas City Royals fans
willing their team on to a
victory in an electric Game
7 of the World Series.
Although the Royals
ended up losing that game,
there was an undeniable feeling of passion in
Lawrence that night. Fans
cheered when the Royals began to score runs.
They groaned when San
Francisco Giants ace pitcher
Madison Bumgarner trotted
onto the field.
The fan response to the
2014 World Series proved
that Lawrence is not only a
stronghold of college sports
but also a town that shows
a large amount of support
towards Kansas Citys professional sports teams.
Amanda Pittman, a recent
graduate from Archie, Mo.,
is a die-hard Royals fan that
has supported the team
throughout college. While
attending the University she
was a regular at the bar The
Wagon Wheel.
The Wheel has a great
game day atmosphere and
a lot of my friends went
there, Pittman said. Its fun
to watch games around a lot
of people who cheer for the
same team.
Lawrence businesses like
Johnnys Tavern West and
Buffalo Wild Wings are also
popular places to watch
Kansas City professional
teams play.
Jason Hoffman, general
manager of Johnnys Tavern
West, said the restaurant
has become a popular place
to watch Royals games, especially given the amount of
success that the Royals have
achieved this past season.
We get more and more
customers as the season
goes on. More and more
people hear about the firstplace standings and like to
come out and cheer along,
Hoffman said. [When] we
have the Royals game on,
people tend to stick around
a little longer. It becomes a
more game-day-like atmosphere.
Maria Herrera, manager of
Buffalo Wild Wings, echoed
these sentiments. Buffalo
Wild Wings recently moved
from its location on Massachusetts Street to a new spot
on Iowa Street.
Its definitely a lot busier
here than Mass Street was,
Herrera said. From opening day, we were packed
with people coming in and
watching the games.
Both restaurants should
also experience increased
business as Lawrence
residents become excited
for the beginning of the
new season for the Kansas
City Chiefs, who look to be
much improved after a 9-7
2014 campaign.
And then theres Sporting
KC, Kansas Citys Major
League Soccer team, which
also has a place in the heart
of students and residents
alike.
Red Lyon Tavern and
Dempseys Burger Pub are
some of the most popular
places in Lawrence to watch
soccer matches.
If theres a word to
describe it, its wild, said
Bryan Love II, the manager
of Red Lyon. Almost every
table is taken; every seat at
the bar is taken; were threedeep with people standing
up. Its definitely electric. Its
infectious.
From football to ftbol,
baseball to college basketball, the sports season never
really ends in Lawrence.
And no matter what sport
you love, theres a place in
Lawrence to enjoy it.

Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015

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U.S. set to take on Mexico in playoff for 2017 Confederations Cup
MATT HOFFMANN
@MattHoffmannUDK

The U.S. Mens National

Team is set to take on rival
Mexico in a game on Oct. 9
that goes well beyond that
of the typical rivalry. The
contest will be a one-game
playoff to determine CONCACAFs representative in
the 2017 Confederations
Cup.
And for both teams, its as
simple as this: On Oct. 9 win,
and youre in.
While the U.S. has seemed
the superior team as of late,
a poor Gold Cup performance coupled with Mexicos
extremely good luck at the
same venue, sets the table for
a potentially decisive matchup that could determine the
ultimate balance of power in
the region heading into 2018
World Cup qualifying round.
After a poor run of play
during the 2015 Gold Cup,
the fall matchup could
also determine the fate
of USMNT coach Jurgen
Klinsmann, who could face
the chopping block should
his team fall, despite claims
by U.S. Soccer President
Sunil Gunati. In 2013 former
U.S. manager Bob Bradley
was fired after a poor Gold
Cup campaign, ominously

DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Nabil Bentaleb, right,
pursues forward Clint Dempsey, center, of the Seattle
Sounders, in the MLS All-Star game on July 29.

dismissed after a 4-2 defeat at

the hands of Mexico, which
happens to be Klinsmanns
next, and possibly last,
opponent.
Jurgens players were
knocked out of the Gold Cup
after a shocking 2-1 defeat
by Jamaica. The U.S. also fell
in the third place match to
Panama on penalty kicks.
Even the earlier victories
were too close for comfort. In
the group stage, the U.S. only
narrowly defeated Honduras and Haiti, which set the
tone for the rest of the stale
campaign.
However, while the U.S.
team isnt exactly sitting on
a solid foundation, Mexico

may be in a worse position.

The Mexican Soccer Federation fired head coach Miguel
Herrera despite winning the
2015 Gold Cup and are now
searching for a replacement
just two months before the
playoff match.
Herrera allegedly struck
a journalist prior to his
dismissal, but Mexicos poor
performance in the Gold
Cup, regardless of the result,
most likely was a factor.
Mexico defeated both Costa
Rica and Panama due to
possibly questionable referee
decisions in the closing
moments of the tournament,
prompting the respective
federations to call for a

corruption investigation.
Mexico penalty-taker Andres
Guardado even considered
missing his spot kick against
Panama intentionally but
ended up sending his team to
the final with the conversion.
Despite the dubious calls
in prior games, Mexico did
defeat Jamaica in convincing
fashion 3-1 to take the title,
setting up a clash of CONCACAFs perennial giants in
October.
The United States are 21-1435 all time against Mexico,
but are 3-0-2 in the last five
head-to-head matches and
4-3-3 in the last ten matches.
The Confederations Cup
playoff is set at the Rose Bowl
in Los Angeles, a venue that
should provide a fairly even
supporter base between the
two teams. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. local time,
or 8:30 p.m. CT. Fox Sports
will presumably carry over
the TV rights from the Gold
Cup and televise the match in
English, while Univision will
have coverage in Spanish.
The Confederations Cup is
scheduled to run from June
17 to July 2, 2017. Held in
Russia, the cup serves as a
warm-up for the 2018 World
Cup and will feature many
top contenders a year out
from soccers grandest stage.

TRIVIA
Question: Which top

team did the U.S. defeat

in the 2009 Confederations Cup?
Answer: Spain

FACT

The
Confederations
Cup playoff is the first
of its kind, pitting the
2013 Gold Cup champion, The United States,
against the 2015 champion, Mexico, for a berth
in the 2017 Confederations Cup.

mlssoccer.com

QUOTE

We dont make judgements based on one

thing. Progress is not linear for anyone. There are
bumps along the way.
This is clearly a bump
but thats the norm for
everyone because you
dont go through and
win all your games.
U.S. Soccer
Federation President
Sunil Gulati on Jurgen
Klinsmann, SI.com

Important dates to remember this fall

September 1

September 4-5

September 5

September 7-8

September 12-13

Cross Country Bob

Timmons Duel
Classic

KU volleyball hosts
first home tournament

Kansas football
begins season vs.
South Dakota State.
Time: 11. a.m.

Womens golf kicks

off season in the
Marilynn Smith-Sunflower Invitational

Mens golf kicks off

season in Rod Myers
Invitational

September 12-14

October 2

October 2

October 9

November 4

KU tennis kicks off

season in the Midland Invitational

KU swimming starts
season with intrasquad meet

KU soccer begins
conference play
against Texas.
Time: 7 p.m.

Late Night in the

Phog. Time: TBA

KU basketballs first
exhibition vs. Pittsburg State. Time: TBA

SPORTS STAFF

November 13

November 17

November 28

December 4-5

NCAA Midwest
Regional Championships (Cross Country)

KU basketball takes
on Michigan State in
the Champions Classic: Time: 9 p.m.

Kansas football plays

K-State at home.
Time: TBA

KU swimming hosts
Jayhawk Open

@kansansports

Reds late error sends Royals to 3-1 win

MARK SCHMETZER
Associated Press

CINCINNATI Ben Zobrist tied the game with a

homer in the ninth inning,
Jarrod Dyson scored the
tie-breaking run from first
base on pitcher Ryan Mattheus' throwing error and the
Kansas City Royals went on to
a 3-1, 13-inning victory over
the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.
Dyson led off the 13th with a
single and scored when Mattheus (1-4) threw a sacrifice
bunt by Kris Medlen (1-0)
down the right field line.
Greg Holland finished for
his 27th save.
Zobrist stunned the crowd
of 28,719 by leading off the
ninth against Aroldis Chapman with his 10th homer of
the season. Chapman had
converted 56 consecutive save
opportunities at home since
blowing one against Houston
on Sept. 7, 2012.
Lorenzo Cain followed with
a single and stole second and
third while Eric Hosmer was
striking out. Cain was ruled
safe on the rundown that
started with Salvador Perez's
grounder to second baseman

Brandon Phillips, but Cain

was ruled out after a replay
review that lasted just under 3
1-2 minutes.
Reds starter Raisel Iglesias
allowed one runner past second base while scattering
three hits and a walk with
three strikeouts over seven innings. He extended his streak
of consecutive scoreless innings to 12, dating to the first
inning of his last start on Aug.
12 in San Diego.
Eugenio Suarez homered off
Kansas City right-hander Edison Volquez with one out in
the first, giving Cincinnati a
1-0 lead with his eighth home
run of the season.
Volquez, who played for the
Reds, allowed four hits and
one walk with seven strikeouts in six innings.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Royals: Manager Ned Yost
scratched INF Omar Infante
from Kansas City's original
starting lineup after Infante
developed back spasms. Zobrist was moved from left field
to second base and left fielder
Dyson got the start in Infante's slot. Infante is day-to-day,
Yost said.
Reds: LHP Sean Marshall is

COLIN E. BRALEY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kansas City Royals Ben Zobrist is congratulated in the dugout after scoring against the
Los Angeles Angels at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday.

still throwing off a mound every third day as he continues

his comeback from shoulder
problems, but he's mixing in
breaking balls, manager Bryan Price said. "He still has
some work ahead of him, but
that's a good sign," he said.

UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (8-7, 5.63) is 4-1 with a
2.30 ERA in eight career interleague starts going into
his scheduled appearance on
Wednesday at Cincinnati.

Reds: RHP Keyvius Sampson (2-1, 3.18) will take a

two-start winning streak into
his first career interleague appearance on Wednesday.

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ADDIE FAHRLANDER
Lawrence is brimming with fashion-savvy people,
sporting styles that range from experimental to
vintage. Being stylish doesnt necessarily mean
wearing heels 24/7, which is reflected in the styles
of the two featured fashionistas. For this issue,
the Kansan focused on two ladies in Lawrence
Siena Vance, a waitress at the Roost, and Addie
Fahrlander, a University student. Both had a
common inspiration for styling their wardrobe: a
comfortable feel with a touch of old-school, classic
pieces. The duo encompass two different looks with
effortless spunk and a breezy attitude.
It also helps that Vance, who has lived in Lawrence
for most of her life, and Fahrlander, who is from
Overland Park, are good friends. The pair met two
years ago at Arizona Trading Company, a clothing
store on Massachusetts Street that buys and sells
gently used and vintage clothing.

Addie Fahrlander, a
senior from Overland Park
majoring in film studies and
minoring in English at the
University
What shes wearing:
Abercrombie black tank,
pleated and plaid skirt with
Mickey Mouse on the front
left corner.
She accessorised with a raccoon jaw necklace wrapped
in gold metal that made by a
Lawrence jewelry maker, an
opal and gold ring gifted to
her by her aunt and set of silver rings with a purple stone.
Inspiration: She said she

had been told by her coworker

Lindsay that her style is a mix
of Los Angeles 80s hair metal
and Brooklyn 90s rap.
Its perfect because I love
Guns n Roses as well as
Wu Tang Clan, she said.
Im really into 90s fashion
right now and health goth.
My coworkers are always an
influence on me; they keep
me from buying things I dont
really need. Sometimes theyll
put silly things on my holds
at work.
Music style: St. Vincent,
Talking Heads, A Tribe Called
Quest, Gorillaz and Mac
Demarco.

Anything that I can dance to

or sing with, she said.
Favorite trends: I like seeing
things I wore when I was little
coming back in style.
Favorite colors: I love
black and neutral colors, but
also fun patterns.
Go-to shoes: She said she
bought her white sneakers at
Arizona Trading Company,
where she works.
Im not a huge sandal person,
and I love pairing them with
high socks and a skater skirt,
she said.
Who shed love to have

coffee with: I would get

coffee with Danny Devito. Id
love to discuss the making of
Matilda with him.
Siena Vance, a waitress at
the Roost from Lawrence
What shes wearing: Old
American Eagle denim shorts,
a tank top from Gap, her
moms old flannel and Minnetonka moccasins.
She accessorised with a silver
chakra pendant she got as a
gift and a Third Eye Pinecone
necklace she was given for her
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birthday at Bonnaroo
Music Fest this year.
The center is crushed
turquoise that glows in
the dark.
Inspiration: She said
she describes her fashion
as this looks clean, and
so does this, so I guess
Ill wear em together.
She mostly shops at Arizona Trading Company,
which is how she met
Addie Fahrlander. Shes
been going there since
she was 9 years old.
I dont really like buying
new clothes. I like my
clothes to be comfortably
worn in, she said.
She said shes always
dressed pretty casual
big t shirts, ripped denim
and that moccasins
have always been her
favorite. My style hasnt
really changed, but I admire Alison Mosshart of
The Kills. Shes a badass.

FAHRLANDER

Music style: Spoon,

Fleetwood Mac, The
Strokes and Alabama
Shakes.
Go-to shoes: Vance
says she rarely wears
open-toed shoes and
opts for her Minnetonka
fringed moccasins any
season, any day.
Who shed love to
have coffee with: If
I could have coffee with
anyone, itd probably be
Marilyn Manson.
Hes really interesting
and very intelligent, Id
love to sit down with
him.
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FAHRLANDER & VANCE

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THE ESSENTIAL
MENS FALL
FASHION GUIDE
RYAN WRIGHT
@ryanwaynewright

Over the last few months,

shorts, sandals and other summer clothing have become the
standard apparel because of the
hot Kansas summer. However,
with autumn right around the
corner, that trend wont last
much longer. Here are a few
hings to consider adding to
your wardrobe to prepare for
he cooler weather.

CHELSEA BOOTS

Chelsea boots have been a

mainstay in the wardrobes of
Englishmen for several decades, and theyve finally made
heir way across the pond.
These boots are some of the
most versatile out there; you
can dress them up and down.
Theyre available in a slew of
different materials and colors
and can be found at footwear
retailers like Urban Outfitters
and Asos.

MILITARY
INSPIRED

You dont have to finish boot

camp to wear the same things
as military personnel. Bomber
jackets and combat boots are
stylish pieces that anyone can
pull off. Combat boots have
been seen on some of the most
stylish men in Hollywood, including Kanye West and Shia
LaBeouf, and they will be staples in the fall. Bomber jackets
come in lots of different colors,
but the classic military green is
perfect for the season.

MINIMALIST
CLOTHING

Not everything in your wardrobe needs a logo or branding;

sometimes a classic white Tshirt will do the job. A basic tee
or sweatshirt gives you a clean
look that anyone can appreciate. However, when it comes
to minimalist clothing, fit and
silhouette are heavily emphasized. Make sure your clothes
fit properly if you want to go
for this look during the fall.

BLACK

All-black outfits have been

around forever, but it seems
like people begin to add more
black to their wardrobes once
fall comes around. Black is one
of the easiest colors to pull off,
simply because it goes with everything, not to mention it can
be slimming, which certainly is
a plus.

CREAM/OFFWHITE/NATURAL/
BEIGE

White is one of the most common colors to see in any season, so this fall you might want
to consider expanding your
wardrobe with different shades
of white, such as cream or
beige. Darker shades of white
can offset the bright whites you
see every day around campus
and set your style apart from
everyone else.

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Basics and must-haves

What's better than do-it-yourself manicures? Instead of

spending $20-$35 at a salon, spend a few bucks on a
polish that'll last at least a year. (Think: touch-ups!) Store
a group of basic nail polish colors to cover all the bases.
Here are a few hue suggestions: reds and pinks, neutrals
and darks. Call a group of friends over, pop in a movie
and paint away.

Red lipstick in any hue, from blue undertones to pink

are a ladies' staple. Too tired to get up an hour before
work? Slap on that red lipstick and look put together
in seconds. A tip for staying inside the natural lip lines:
dab concealer around the corners of the mouth, put the
lipstick on, then reapply foundation on the bow of the
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leather. Bracelets can be fun but it's even better to have a
nifty pretty-looking tool, too!

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LADIES TRENDS
TO TRY THIS FALL
KATE HARTLAND
@kats_chats

Trends come, go, disappear

and reappear. For some, trying
to pull off a current look is
worse than making it to the
end of a series on Netflix.

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anything thats featured?
Identifying trends can be hard
enough, let alone interpreting
how to wear the fringe and
not let the fringe wear you.
Thankfully, the current fall
trends have been scouted and
scripted for you here: how to
handle mustard yellow, what
1970s pieces to jibe with and
which shoes will have you
skipping down the hill.

DENIM
DISCUSSION

Had enough denim yet?

This fashion staple has been
through every possible hue, fit
and feel. This fall, there are no
rules. Dresses, jumpers, skirts,
vests and jackets are all OK.
But remember, people, this
is not a Britney Spears music
video. Also, keep in mind that
denim on denim is not new
to the scene. Unless youre
investing in a nice chambray
shirt or dark pair of jeans,
stick to thrifting for your
quirky finds.

NOT-SO-SUBTLE
1970S

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The 1970s had its moment,

and someone at the top of
the fashion ladder thought
it was time to bring it back.

How does this translate into

everyday clothing? Ribbed
everything, light denim, mock
necks and denim skirts. The
decades basics have been
reinvented with a twist, so you
probably cant get away with
wearing something straight
from your moms closet or
your seventh-grade jean
skirt. Heres what you can do:
Incorporate a ribbed crop
tank into your closet to wear
with high-waisted jeans or a
button-up denim mini. And
for an easy transition into
the cooler months, add a pair
of light wash skinny jeans to
your rotation.

MUST-HAVE
MUSTARD

This color could fall under

1970s but is so abundant that
it deserves its own paragraph.
Mustard yellow is an incredibly tricky color to master and
is usually best in small doses.
Try it as an accent color with
accessories like headbands
and scarves, or layered under
a shirt or jacket. This rich
color looks best paired with
neutrals like cream, denim or
gray.

PLAID, NOT
PREPPY

Last year, plaid skirts leapt

from the depths of 1990s
chick flicks into stores every-

where. You will still see these

around, but this fall, your classic plaid shirt is coming out
in full force. Dont overthink
it tie one around your waist
and throw it on when nights
turn crisp. Go for super soft
and extra-thrifted for the full
effect.

OXFORDS, MAN

Okay, so maybe a little

preppy or formal, but oxfords
are the shoe for the fall, and
its kind of awesome. What
would you rather walk up and
down the hill in, flip-flops or
chic sneakers? The beauty of
oxfords is the wide array of
styles, colors and heel heights.
Choose what speaks to you.
Go buy a pair of penny loafers
from Forever 21 or the oxford
version of Doc Martens.
Either way, youll be on trend
while still keeping in tune
with your own style.
Silhouette-scapades
Recently, menswear has
swept the ladies off their feet.
Collars, hues of blue and
straight silhouettes made an
especially lasting impression, especially in the spring.
The influence it will leave in
the next few months is on
silhouettes. Keep an eye open
for longer lengths, boxy cuts
and unique shapes. This can
be a fun way to try something
different while sticking with a
safe color or fabric.

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Goldie Schmiedeler
15-year-old high school student who works at
Arizona Trading Company
My mom is very fashionable and my dad is an
artist, she said, which inspired her to be creative
with her look at a young age. Growing up my dad
put art all around our home and totally encouraged
me to do whatever I wished and I chose to make
things to wear.

Bianca Heaton and Lakesha Johnson

Heaton is from Manhattan and works as an arts
model at the Kansas City Arts Institute. Johnson is
an incoming freshman also from Manhattan.
I am a fan of strange patterns and Im not afraid to
mismatch as long as it all comes together, she said.
Im inspired by innovation.
Heaton
Most times I dress according to my mood,
Johnson said. I can shop anywhere, I love deals
and second-hand clothing. I get style inspiration
from old TV shows, the Internet and pretty much
anywhere. Johnson
VICKY DAZ-CAMACHO/KANSAN

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