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Volume 127 Issue 128 Monday, July 14, 2014
Contraception choices
Pharmacy students and a Watkins Health
Center gynecologist explain the biology be-
hind some of the contraceptives not covered
by Hobby Lobby. More on PAGE 5.
Leading ladies
Women from seven different countries
are sharing their cultures and developing
leadership skills during the Kansas Womens
Leadership Institute on campus this week.
Read their stories on PAGE 8.
Going viral
A Kansas City, Mo., journalist shares her story
behind her Photoshop project that was picked
up by more than 150 publications, including
Buzzfeed and The Hufngton Post. More on
PAGE 16.
Jump start
Sophomore Grace Pickell had a tough transi-
tion between high school and collegiate
track and eld, but shes ready to bring more
energy in the high jump this season. Story on
PAGE 21.
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WEATHER
NWS: Cooler temperatures not a vortex
JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Incoming freshmen Morgan Trout, from Olathe, and Alison Meyer, from Topeka, dive into a ball pit set up by the Ofce of First-Year Experience (OFYE) in front of the Kansas Union
Wednesday, July 9. New students dove into the ball pit and answered a random question for use in a video lmed by the OFYE.
DIVING INTO FRESHMAN YEAR
The actor who played the father
in Leave it to Beaver was born
here in Lawrence in 1909. Hugh
Beaumont was best known for his
role as Ward Cleaver, but appeared
in over 80 lms between 1940 and
1965.
Students heading to summer classes
this week wont be sweating in the
typical July heat because the Law-
rence area will see a 20-degree dip
in the temperatures due to a series of
cold fronts moving through the area.
According to the National Weather
Service in Kansas City and Pleasant
Hill, Mo., temperatures should hang
around the mid-70s during the day,
and while its unusual to see this type
of cold front in July, it isnt shocking
or alarming.
Really all it is is a cooler pattern for
the summer, this happens every once
in a while, Pamela Murray, a meteo-
rologist with the National Weather
Service of Kansas City and Pleasant
Hill, said. While it is unusual in July,
it can happen so its nothing too out-
rageous and were just going to be a
little bit cooler next week.
While we will see colder weather,
meteorologists are hesitant to call this
a polar vortex, and the weather ser-
vice in Topeka is referring to it as a
cold front.
Its been getting a lot of attention,
but really its just going to be a cold
snap afer a really hot period, Brian
Barjenbruch of the National Weather
Service Topeka said.
Like Murray, Barjenbruch agreed
that this wasnt as uncommon as
some may believe.
To be perfectly honest, its not that
all that unusual, Barjenbruch said.
Were going to be much cooler than
normal.
Tis particular set of cold fronts has
received a lot of attention but Bar-
jenbruch said that only last year the
area had three days in late July where
temps dropped in a similar pattern.
Last July we had three days, the
27th through the 29th where the
highs were 74, 75 and 72 [degrees] so
thats actually fairly similar to what
we are looking at for this week, Bar-
jenbruch said.
Barjenbruch said there shouldnt
be any negative results from the
front and there wont be any freezing
weather, just nicer temperatures in a
usually hot July.
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Courts demolished, Capitol
Federal Hall construction be-
gins
Construction began July 9 on the new
School of Business building. The old ten-
nis and sand volleyball courts were demol-
ished at the site on Naismith Drive east of
Allen Fieldhouse.
Construction has started today and they
are rolling, Austin Falley, communications
director for the School of Business, said
Wednesday.
According to the School of Business blog,
the new building will be named Capitol
Federal Hall. The Capitol Federal Founda-
tion donated $20 million to the School of
Business. The building is still expected to
be nished before the fall 2016 semester.
According to the KU Endowment website,
the building will house exible meeting
rooms, learning labs and new technology.
It will be designed to be not only functional
on a national level but a global level.
The old home of the School of Business,
Summereld Hall, will undergo renovations
for nine months to a year after the new
building opens.
Summereld Hall will close for renova-
tions but no decisions have been made on
what tenant will take over after those reno-
vations, Gavin Young, assistant director
of communications for the Ofce of Public
Affairs, said.
The School of Business has outgrown
Summereld Hall and needed to upgrade
to a bigger building, according to the KU
Endowment website.
Kate Shelton
JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
An excavator tears up the tennis courts at the intersection of Naismith Drive and Schwegler Drive on July 9. The area will be used for the
new School of Business building, Capitol Federal Hall, which will be completed in 2016.
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by Jacob Hood
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slow & low, baby.
Television news needs to adapt to survive
MEDIA
T
he past year has so far been a
blur of economic shifs in the
wind, upheavals and disasters.
Its really been like any other year.
Te TV news cycle jumps from one
to the next like Tom Hanks on the
giant piano in Big. Te stations cant
keep their footing straight, theyre
laughing the whole way, and the
melody is awful.
Te news cycle has been the brunt
of many a critic, myself included.
But like superpowers and burritos,
it can be used for good and bad. Te
biggest problem is simple: that we
more or less forget about the issues
as theyre replaced with fresh ones.
Tat sort of cultural ADHD can be
attributed to issues grander than
channel 5 news, but anchors do have
a special responsibility.
Keeping up with a 24-hour news
cycle sounds daunting, but we all
know that the same four stories get
replayed every 30 minutes until
words lose their meaning. Nonsense.
Tis is the most popular model but
my guess is that its the most efcient
and engaging. Its much simpler to
cover the same three stories for writ-
ers, producers and anchors alike. Its
the McDonalds model of news.
Te issues above can be solved in
a million diferent ways. All of them
rely on a response from the programs
themselves.
A great starting point lies with the
National Public Radio model. At
the top of every hour, the headlines
are read and bylines are gone over.
Te rest of the time is spent with
special interest and debate programs.
Replace those specialty programs
with ongoing coverage of healthcare,
Syria, Ukraine, and you might keep
the issues covered until they arent
relevant.
Tat will cost money though. If we
want quality news, the stations have
to put some money down. Tats the
unfortunate fact. Without the proper
funds going in, the best we can hope
for is more of the same.
Im shocked that television hasnt
adopted that model more. Te inter-
net does their job on the consumers
schedule and it does it without the
vitriolic fuf. My guess is that those
who are over 50 years old and who
dont know a keyboard from an in-
box prop up the stations viewership.
Nielsen data points from January of
this year reveal the median age of
the Fox News viewer as 68. While at
CNN and MSNBC, the median age is
barely better at 60.
Once theyre gone, change is inevi-
table. Te eyes simply wont be on
the ads anymore. Cable news will be
forced to adapt or die.
Te challenge I propose to CNN,
Fox and MSNBC and to TV students
everywhere is simple: adapt your
model to one that keeps tabs on all
issues and not just the sexiest or the
freshest. Journalists have a responsi-
bility to inform the public.
If business gets in the way, at least
make a concerted efort. Get ahead
of the information curve. Without it,
TV may be lef in the dust.
Wil Kenney is a junior from Leawood
studying English. Find him on Twitter
@wilkenney.
By Wil Kenney
opinion@kansan.com
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BURWELL V. HOBBY LOBBY
Gynecologist explains contraceptives
KRISTA MONTGOMERY
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According to Hobbylobbycase.com,
a website set up by Hobby Lobby
and Te Becket Fund about the craf
stores Supreme Court Case, the own-
ers and their business have no objec-
tion to and will provide coverage for
16 FDA-approved contraceptives.
However, Hobby Lobby wont pro-
vide coverage for four contraception
methods that claim interfere with
the implantation of a fertilized egg.
Te drugs and devices are two types
of intrauterine devices, copper and
progestin IUDs, and two types of
emergency contraception: the Plan B
pill and Ella.
Te website says that providing
these objectionable drugs and devic-
es violates the deeply held religious
convictions of the [owners] . . . that
life begins at conception.
Te continuing debate, a result
of the recent Supreme Court rul-
ing allowing Hobby Lobby to refuse
medical coverage of these types of
contraceptives, hinges over two pri-
mary issues: religious freedom, and
the defnition of conception. Hobby
Lobby, like many religious organi-
zations, believes that life begins at
conception and that any intentional
interference afer that conception is
abortion.
Carolyn DeSalvo, a gynecologist at
Watkins Memorial Health Center,
has been inserting IUDs for patients
for nine years. DeSalvo said she was
inserting one per week; she now in-
serts an average of fve per week. She
partially credits the increase to the
fact that student health insurance has
ofered full coverage for IUDs for a
year.
Occasionally, DeSalvo will need to
explain how a contraceptive works to
a patient concerned there might be a
possibility of ending an already con-
ceived pregnancy.
Te IUD prevents pregnancy, De-
Salvo said, by frst thickening the
cervical mucus and then by thinning
the uterine lining, making it almost
impossible for the sperm to reach the
endometrial cavity. In the very rare
case that fertilization occurs, the fnal
mechanism of the IUD is to prevent
implantation.
If you believe that life begins at
conception, there is a very remote
possibility that you would be aborting
that pregnancy, DeSalvo said. So if
youre not comfortable with that, then
you shouldnt use that as a method.
Its certainly a personal choice.
Emergency contraception is the oth-
er type not supported by Hobby Lob-
by. DeSalvo occasionally prescribes
it to patients for insurance purposes
and said shes very comfortable doing
so.
It does not cause abortion. It pre-
vents ovulation. DeSalvo said. It
will not interrupt a pregnancy thats
in place, it just doesnt work that way.
Todd McHugh, a second year phar-
macy student at the University, also
said Plan B prevents egg fertilization,
not the implantation of an already
fertilized egg.
I can kind of see some of [Hobby
Lobbys] point of views because Im
Catholic myself, McHugh said. But
at the same time Ive kind of learned
how things work. But to just a regular
Catholic, if youre going to come up to
them and say youre taking the morn-
ing afer pill, theyll probably think
that the eggs already fertilized. Tey
dont realize that it can take three days
for that to happen.
In the end, DeSalvo said she believes
the contraception decision is Hobby
Lobbys choice.
I think the bottom line is that
you have to be respectful of peoples
beliefs, DeSalvo said. Gently and
tactfully educate them, and then if
you dont feel comfortable, its your
choice.
Edited by Emma LeGault
IUD WITH PROGESTIN
Placed into the uterus by a healthcare provider to prevent pregnancy, the T-shaped
device contains progestin and lasts from three to ve years. Fertility isnt affected
when the IUD is removed. The IUD with progestin thins the lining of the uterus and
may thicken the mucus of the cervix, making it harder for sperm to get to the egg.
COPPER IUD
Placed into the uterus by a healthcare provider to prevent pregnancy, the T-shaped
device contains copper and lasts up to 10 years. Fertility isnt affected when the IUD
is removed. The Copper IUD prevents sperm from fertilizing the egg and may prevent
the egg from implanting in the womb. It does not prevent ovulation.
ELLA
Taken within ve days of unprotected sex. Pills block the hormone progesterone and
work primarily by stopping or delaying the ovaries from releasing an egg. It may also
work by changing the lining of the womb and preventing implantation. A prescription
is needed to obtain Ella.
PLAN B PILL (Plan B One-Step and Next Choice)
Taken within three days after unprotected sex. Pills contain the hormone progestin
and work primarily by stopping the release of an egg from the ovary. It may also work
by preventing fertilization of an egg or by preventing implantation to the womb. Pills
do not need to be prescribed for those over the age of 17 years and are available
over-the-counter at most pharmacies.
Information from FDA.gov
CONTRACEPTIVES NOT COVERED BY HOBBY LOBBY
Grads re-create iconic displays in Game Nut window
DOWNTOWN
Te characters who have inhabited
the window at Game Nut, 844 Mas-
sachusetts St., are the same characters
that gamers, science-fction and fan-
tasy fans have familiarized themselves
with over the course of their lives:
Mario, Link, Batman, Master Chief,
Luke and Leia Skywalker and Adven-
ture Times Finn and Jake.
On July 3, Te Great Hall from
HBOs Game of Trones moved into
Game Nuts store window. Tis time
there are no characters in the store
windowjust the iconic Iron Trone.
Te display was made by Smash-o-
tron Industries, a local startup creat-
ed by University graduates Scott Burr
and Tyler Snell.
Burr, who graduated in 2011, and
Snell, who graduated in 2007, arent
responsible for all of the stores win-
dow displays, but theyve been re-
sponsible for fve of them since Burr
graduated in 2011, including a 3-D
8-bit of rendition of Young Link bat-
tling two octa-rocks and four displays
afer that: Batman, Adventure Time,
Mario and the Iron Trone.
Each was made mostly from styro-
foam, an approach to sculpting that
Burr learned during his time in the
Universitys art and design program,
and one that came in handy during
a 2011 scholarship show when one
of his most important molds broke a
week before the show. He then made
six sculptures and a backdrop with
scenery in less than a week using sty-
rofoam.
I started out as a painter, too, and I
kind of got into sculpting too because
it was diferent, Burr said. I didnt
really enjoy creating illusion with
colorit wasnt really my thingso
I moved towards the more literal [art
form]. If I wanted something round, I
just made something round.
Burr said he started doing the dis-
plays at Game Nut when he was look-
ing for something to do afer gradu-
ation. When Burr was fnishing his
frst display, he needed a pair of extra
hands to help him with some fnish-
ing touches and setting the display up
in the store window. He asked Snell
for help.
Te two currently work together at
Blue Collar Press, a screen printing
company and have performed in two
bands together: Rader Defender and
Burrs band from high school, Aqua
Symphonics. Burr played guitar and
sang while Snell played bass.
Taking their eforts into sculpting
and painting together was a natural
step to take afer working together in
music.
We work together fne, mostly be-
cause were both laid back, Burr said.
I think that Im a little sloppier than
him. Tats the most frustrating thing
probably for him is that I goop [the
paint] on.
Snell said he doesnt see it as a frus-
tration, but appreciates the dynamic.
We know how each other work,
Snell said.
Tey both agree their favorite Sci-f
authors are Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K.
Dick and Isaac Asimov, and they both
appreciate comic book artists like the
Hellboy illustrator, Mike Mignola.
Gene Nutt, the owner of Game Nut,
says the display does a good job of
advertising the store, but flling the
space is a difcult task to tackle.
[Burr] does a good job for me,
Nutt said. He gets how big the win-
dow is becauseit being this size of
windowyou dont realize how hard
it is to fll that window up until you
try to start doing something.
John Hachmeister, an associate pro-
fessor of sculpture at the University,
said he remembers Burr and Snell
were serious about artthey werent
afraid to make bad art, which he said
can lead young artists to create good
art.
Tey were good students,
Hachmeister said. Tey put in the
time, because part of succeeding as
an artist is about practice. You have to
keep working at it, and they both did
that. Tats what I rememberthey
had the right kind of drive.
Burr said creating art for the store
window has been an enjoyable expe-
rience.
Its just kind of awesome to just
kind of be a nerdy kid and then end
up doing this, Burr said.
TOM DEHART
news@kansan.com
TOM DEHART/KANSAN
Scott Burr, a local sculptor, sits in his styrofoam recreation of the Iron Throne in the store
window of Game Nut while Tyler Snell, a local painter, stands beside him.
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Verrckt opens to public after delays
ERIN ORRICK/KANSAN
A view from the top of Verrckt water slide in Kansas City, Kan. Verrckt was certied as
the tallest water slide in April by Guinness World Records.
John Dherampilly said it felt like the
bottom of his raf dropped out afer
the front succumbed to gravity and
fell from the peak of the slide.
Te raf switched from horizontal to
vertical positioning within a split sec-
ond. He said it was a rush unlike any
other he had ever experienced.
Dherampilly, from Orange County,
Calif., wasnt alone. Amid screams of
joy and fright, Schlitterbahns Ver-
rckt, the worlds tallest water slide,
opened to the public Tursday in
Kansas City, Kan., afer three delays
forced eager thrill-seekers to contain
their excitement for just a little bit
longer.
Te hype and expectation for Ver-
rcktwhich means insane in Ger-
manhas swelled between delays,
especially afer the release of a couple
of point-of-view perspective videos
documenting the frst human test rid-
ers as they took the plunge last week.
Te ride was originally scheduled to
open May 23, but it was soon pushed
back to June 5, and then to June 29.
Pitcher said ofcials were testing the
slides distance limits with sandbags
and developers were reconfguring
the angles and putting on the fnish-
ing touches, like the overhead cover-
ing, to ensure the ride was safe. Te
test results fnally met their standards
on July 1 when the frst human riders
plummeted down the slide.
Tere has been a lot of anticipa-
tion, Layne Pitcher, director of mar-
keting and sales for Schlitterbahn
Kansas City, said. I couldnt wait to
get on this ride, and I think a lot of
people feel the same.
Towering at 168 feet 7 inches, Ver-
rckt was certifed as the tallest water
slide in the world in April by Guin-
ness World Records, surpassing the
164-foot Kilimanjaro in Barra Do
Pirai, Brazil, which held the Guinness
record for 9 years.
Riders have to be ambitious to en-
dure the 264 steps up to the top of
Verrckt before they can scream their
way back down. However, ascending
up the stairs gives riders ample time
to change their minds as signs along
the way point to how high they are of
of the ground.
Tree riders are strapped in and
look straight down the barrel of the
slide before they drop. Pitcher said it
felt like a rollercoaster.
Tere are a lot of diferent sensory
perceptions going on as youre going
through this attraction, Pitcher said.
Its a really amazing ride.
To ensure riders safety, Schlitter-
bahn has taken extreme precaution
when it comes to Verrckts ride re-
strictions: in the three-man raf, all
riders must be 54 inches or taller, the
combined weight has to be between
400 and 550 pounds and riders must
keep their arms down for the dura-
tion of the trip, Pitcher said.
Parkgoers had mostly positive,
adrenaline-flled responses afer de-
parting their Verrckt rafs Tursday.
Many were smiling from ear to ear,
promptly hugging and high-fving
family and friends who were waiting
for them at the end of the ride, while
others had their hands on their head,
awestruck in disbelief at what they
had just experienced.
It was a lot of fun, Aaron Shroyer,
from Manhattan said. A lot of fun.
It was awesome, Dherampilly said
with an emphatic fst pump. Amaz-
ing.
Both Dherampilly and Shroyer
agreed that the best part of the ride
was the initial drop, a pure free fall.
Pitcher said the franchise's Texas
parks are in iconic locations or have
iconic rides in them already. He said
Schlitterbahn felt like Kansas City
the only location outside of Texas
needed that one attraction to make its
park truly special.
"I think from the reaction of folks
to some of the things that we've had
previous to this ride, it was probably a
good decision to put it here, Pitcher
said. Its going to do a lot of good
things for this park and for Kansas
City.
ERIN ORRICK
news@kansan.com
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Qandeel Fatima, a senior and busi-
ness administration major, is one
of only a handful of girls who are
receiving a University education in
her home of Taxila, Pakistan, a place
where social equality is not a priority.
Because of the guidance shes re-
ceived and empowerment shes felt
from participating in a University-
partnered program, she said shell
be able to strengthen her leadership
qualities and make a diference by
teaching others in her community.
For four weeks, about 20 women
from seven countriesPakistan, In-
dia, Morocco, Afghanistan, Mongo-
lia, Zambia and the United States
will live on the Universitys campus
and partake in a program conducted
by the Kansas Womens Leadership
Institute (KWLI).
Pakistan, as a country, is not fo-
cused on womens rights yet. Women
dont have equal social rights as men
have, Fatima said. Its a responsibil-
ity as a part of a community I repre-
sent.
Te program, which is funded
through a grant provided by the State
Departments Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Afairs as well as a fund
established by the College of Liberal
Arts and Science through KU En-
dowment, is being hosted by the Uni-
versitys Department of Communica-
tion Studies for the ffh straight year.
Creating a platform for interaction
between women, exposure to other
cultures, an enrichment of conf-
dence and sense of purpose are some
of the programs focal points. At the
end of the program, the women will
present a project proposal outlining
how they plan to improve their own
communities.
Our institute is focused on wom-
ens leadership, womens empower-
ment and sharing the fact that there
is a lot of commonality between our
countries and a lot of these issues
were grappling with together, Mary
Banwart, associate professor in com-
munication studies and academic di-
rector for KWLI, said.
Trough academic and profes-
sional mentors, the women will get
the opportunity to attend a variety of
classes as well as participate in several
cultural exchanges, such as spending
an evening making art journals with
some of the women and children at
the Willow Domestic Violence Cen-
ter and hosting a karaoke night.
Tis is the frst year that the pro-
gram has allowed and accepted appli-
cations from Kansas students.
We have always sought to include
opportunities for interaction with
Kansan students throughout the du-
ration of the institute, Abbie Hodg-
son, a core faculty member for KWLI,
said. We think its really important
as a cultural exchange that the inter-
national women meet American stu-
dents, and its equally as phenomenal
for American students to meet these
amazing, young women.
Brittany Bange, a senior from Colby
attending Fort Hays State University,
said the avenues the program is able
to open up in terms of giving back
was an enticing aspect and a majority
of the reason why she applied.
I have a huge passion for helping
people and giving back to society,
Bange said. I saw this as a perfect op-
portunity to continue to do that, but
on a bigger level. Its an incredible op-
portunity to learn, to grow and to be
inspired.
Namra Nasir, a senior from La-
hore, Pakistan, attending the Institute
of Social and Cultural Studies at the
University of the Punjab, said being
able to take the tools she learns within
the program will only help to better
serve her and her community in the
future.
Tere are very few women who
get to go out of their country to fnd
a solution for their country, Nasir
said. Its a chance to get support from
professional, skilled people from dif-
ferent countries who have gotten
together to share ideas, perspectives
and give better solutions as opposed
to being within the same society and
asking the same people.
Banwart said seeing the interaction
between the American women and
international women and how they
were able to fnd commonalities and
points of intersection among them-
selves was an important part of the
programs process and helped to bring
about vital change.
Tey are seeing themselves in a
new light, seeing new possibilities for
themselves and new ways of making a
diference, Banwart said.
Participants said they have already
uncovered self-confdence that they
didnt even know existed.
When Bange began the program,
she said she was confdent that she
knew herself inside and out, but
quickly found out that the deeper she
dug, the more she understood.
You have to understand your vul-
nerabilities, triggers, strengths, and
truly spend time analyzing yourself,
Bange said. Tat is why we are able
to grow so much each day.
Nasir said recognition and self-evo-
lution were also things shes come to
notice about herself over the course of
the program.
Every day I feel something chang-
ing in me, Nasir said. Every day I
feel a little better than the day before.
I know all of my faws. I know every-
thing that is wrong with me. What I
never realized was how it could be
a barrier in my progress, especially
mental progress. Here I realize that.
Te open-forum teaching style,
which encourages discussion, inter-
action and feedback has lef an im-
pression on many of the women.
Here everyone is made to believe
they are equal, Arpita Mitra, a senior
from New Delhi, India, said. Te
interactions and conversations that
take place are qualitatively rich. Tey
are not driven by an authority. Every-
one gets to contribute and everyone
is made to feel there is no right and
wrong, but that there are perspectives
that need to be appreciated.
Te women have roughly three
weeks lef to take in all what the pro-
gram, the University and Lawrence
have to ofer.
Nasir said when she frst heard the
word Jayhawks, she had no idea
what it meant, represented or why
people got so excited when someone
said it.
Shortly afer her arrival on campus,
she and her fellow program partici-
pants were ofcially deemed Jay-
hawks afer visiting the Union and
receiving University ID cards. Now,
she gets it.
When I came here I felt like ev-
eryone felt so proud to be a Jayhawk.
And now we have IDs saying were
Jayhawks, so were equally proud of
being Jayhawks, too.
University hosts leadership institute
ERIN ORRICK
news@kansan.com
INTERNATIONAL
Schlitterbahn also constructed a
reservation system for those who
wish to take the plunge on Ver-
rckt.
Upon arriving at the park, rid-
ers can make a reservation for an
hour-long slot to ride down the
slide. If a reservation isnt avail-
able, guests can stand in a walk-in
line until a spot opens up.
Schlitterbahn is open daily until
Aug. 17 and for two weekends fol-
lowing that before closing for the
season on Sept. 1. Single day ad-
mission to the park is $36.99.
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Sidewalk sale spans Mass. St.
The 55th annual Downtown Lawrence
Sidewalk Sale is Thursday, and shoppers
can start their sprees before the sun rises.
From dawn to dusk, more than 100 busi-
nesses along Massachusetts Street, span-
ning from Waxman Candles to Footprints,
including stores on the side streets, will set
up outside for the day.
Sally Zogry, the executive director of
Downtown Lawrence Inc., said it gives
businesses a chance to sell spring and
summer merchandise to make room for fall
inventory, and it has become a community
gathering over the past 55 years.
"We have such a great mix of businesses
down here but we still retain our historic
character and people love it," Zogry said.
She said some people make the drive
from other cities such as Omaha and Kan-
sas City, Mo., for the day of deals.
From the sidewalk, Global Cafe, The
Mad Greek and La Familia will serve grab
and go items such as pastries and coffee
to fuel the shoppers. Extra Virgin will also
provide samplings of their balsamic vin-
egars and olive oils.
Zogry said Urban Outtters and Sun-
ower Outdoor & Bike Shop have had the
longest lines in previous years.
For more information, visit the Facebook
page, and check Kansan.com for sidewalk
sale updates.
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More than 100 businesses along Massachusetts Street will set up outside for the annual
Lawrence sidewalk sale on Thursday, July 17.
PATRICK WIESNER (National)
U.S. Senate, Democrat
Patrick Wiesners campaign focuses
on paying off the national debt.
He plans to write a simplied tax
code as well as stop lobbyists from
writing laws. Wiesner has worked as
an Army lawyer and a tax attorney.
Wiesner is campaigning against
Chad Taylor to challenge the winner
of the Republican primary between
incumbent Pat Roberts and three
Republican challengers.
DENNIS BOOG HIGHBERGER
(State)
46th House District, Democrat
Highberger is an attorney in Law-
rence where he has lived for 37
years. He was mayor of Lawrence
from 2005 to 2006 and served on
the Lawrence City Commission
from 2003 to 2009. Highberger also
worked for the Kansas Department
of Health and Environment for over
20 years. Highberger is running
against Abbie Hodgson in the pri-
mary election.
ABBIE HODGSON (State)
46th House District, Democrat
Abbie Hodgsons campaign plans
to restore funding to public schools
and invest in small businesses by
lowering property taxes. Hodgson
graduated from the University in
2003 but is currently working on her
Ph.D. She teaches in the communi-
cation studies department. Hodg-
son owns her own business, Prairie
Fire Consulting, and has worked
for the Kansas state government.
Hodgson also worked as a speech-
writer for Governor Kathleen Sebe-
lius. Hodgson is running against
Dennis Highberger. The winner of
the primary will face J. Douglas
Robinson in the general election.
GREG ROBINSON (County)
Douglas County Commissioner,
Democrat
Greg Robinson, a Lawrence attor-
ney, switched his party afliation
to run against incumbent Mike
Gaughan for Douglas County Com-
missioner. This position has no Re-
publican challenger and will likely
be decided with the primary vote.
SCOTT MORGAN (State)
Secretary of State, Republican
Scott Morgan has worked in different posi-
tions throughout his career such as Chief
Counsel for Senator Doles 1988 presidential
campaign and director of Federal Affairs and
Chief Counsel for Governor Mike Hayden. He
has also served two terms on the Lawrence
School Board in 2003 and 2010 as president.
Morgan is a native Kansan who graduated
from the University of Kansas with a journal-
ism degree and later a law degree. Morgan is
running against incumbent Kris Kobach. The
winner will face challenger Jean Schodorf in
the general election.
JEREMY PIERCE (State)
45th House District, Republican
Jeremy Pierce is running for incumbent Tom
Sloans seat. He led to run on January 24 of
this year. There is no Democratic challenger
for this seat so the primary will likely decide
the seat.

TOM SLOAN (State)
45th House District, Republican
Tom Sloan has been serving this district since
1995. He is on two committees, Agriculture
and Natural Resources and Transportation,
and is chair of the Vision 2020 committee.
Sloan focuses on issues such as water where
he sponsored a Clean Drinking Water Fee
Fund. He also addresses issues such as edu-
cation and energy. Sloan is running against
Jeremy Pierce in the Aug. 5 primary. There is
no Democratic challenger for this seat so the
primary will likely decide the seat.
Kate Shelton
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At the end of June, Leah Moelling
opened her email inbox and found a
surpriseshe was one of eight teach-
ing assistants in the nation who re-
ceived the National Association of
Geoscience Teachers Outstanding
Teaching Assistant Award.
I got an email one morning from
the association and that was the frst
Id heard about it, Moelling, who was
a teaching assistant (TA) for Geology
101 in the fall 2013 and spring 2014
semesters, said.
Te second year Masters student
studying palaeontology from Sims-
bury, Conn., was nominated by two
geology professors.
Ill probably never know exactly
what they said, but in the award let-
ter they noted that my professors had
emphasized my enthusiasm, reliabil-
ity and overall success with the stu-
dents in the course.
Yifei Wang, a junior from China,
said he enjoyed working with Moel-
ling in Geology 101, and that she
helped him understand the class.
When explaining how tectonic move-
ment afected rock layers, Wang said
she used modelling clay to demon-
strate rock ductility, making it easier
for him to understand.
A lot of times wed go through the
material, wed help [students] at a
very factual level, but also learn how
to think through it on their own for
when we were not there, Moelling
said.
One of the ways she helps students
understand the material is by using
diagrams and visual tools to explain
geological processes.
From a personal standpoint, Ive
always found it very satisfying to be
able to sit down and actually fgure
out a problem, even if I wasnt totally
familiar with it, she said.
Moelling said she likes to throw cool
geology tidbits into the material to
catch the students interest.
Sometimes its the little things that
will get them looking into a topic they
havent thought about before, she
said.
Adebayo Adebogun, a senior from
Nigeria, said Moelling helped him
with his terminology.
Geology is mostly about terminol-
ogy, Adebogun said, and you have to
know it well.
To me, what separates geology
from other felds is the fact that its
a whole bunch of things going on
geologically, and the best way to un-
derstand it is to have these geological
terms, he said.
Tere have been several occasions
when I had some problems under-
standing the terminologies, Adebo-
gun said. She was . . . really patient to
explain things to me.
Moelling said she didnt want the
students to leave the class knowing
only the facts.
Facts, they can be looked up, but if
[students] walk out knowing how to
take a problem and look at it critically,
and come up with an answer, Id ac-
tually be okay if that answer was un-
certain or ended up being incorrect,
she said. In the real world, were not
always sure of things, but we use the
information that we have.
As part of the award, Moelling will
receive a one year membership in the
National Association of Geoscience
Teachers and a subscription to the
Journal of Geoscience Education.
Geology TA receives
national award
KRISTA MONTGOMERY
news@kansan.com
RECOGNITION Q&A
What made you interested in taking
the job at KU?
It was a great opportunity to
come back to my alma mater and
also all the benefts of working for
the fagship University.
Whats the biggest difference be-
tween K-State and KU?
Te biggest diference is trying to
fgure out what each universitys
niche is. I was at K-State for nine
years and I knew the type of story
that is targeting what K-State was
good at and what they wanted to
promote. Now, what I need to fo-
cus on at KU is what those angles
are for KU and how we can best
promote that and I know those arent
going to be the same.
How was your rst week on the job?
Its been going really well. Its nice
coming from a similar role and know-
ing what to expect than if I had come
from a diferent occupation than be-
fore.
Is there anything about the department
you want to change?
At this point, Im just learning from
all the folks who are here and how
they do things. Everything runs really
well as it is. I just want to learn how
theyre doing what they have been be-
cause its been working.
How is student input going to affect the
type of stories you put out?
Its always interesting to know the
kind of stories that appeal to students
when they were choosing KU. A lot of
the focus of the Public Afairs ofce is
both to increase KUs stature among
other universities and folks across the
nation. But also, part of our mission
in public afairs is recruitment and it
will be interesting what perception
the students get of the media that at-
tracted them to KU and capitalize on
that.
Whats your main focus as the director?
I want to maintain what everyone
is doing here and capitalize on that.
Its obviously working and its work-
ing very well. Its basically evaluation
at this point. KU is great at getting its
research and news out there.
Whats the biggest difference from
when you went to school here compared
to now?
Te only thing I would notice is the
cosmetic diferences around campus.
When I went to school here Staufer-
Flint was my second home being a
J-School student and when I came to
interview I went across the street to
look at it and the newsroom wasnt
there anymore.
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hired as the director of news and
media relations. She graduated from
the University in May 2001.
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AMELIA ARVESEN
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Some people throw money, some
people backfip on stage, but most
people just dance when theyre at
#ASSJAMZ.
At this point, I dont know what to
expect, Jon Marzette said.
Marzette, 24, and Cameron Boats
Birdsall, 23, are the founders of the
Lawrence-based 18-and-older dance
party played to the tune of hip-hop
music.
Marzette, whos from Lawrence,
graduated in May with a graphic de-
sign degree and Birdsall, whos from
Kansas City, Mo., graduated in 2013
with an English degree.
Were dudes who like music that
most other people like as well and we
play it loud and the whole song and
people like to dance to it, Marzette
said.
Afer a two month booty shaking
break, theyre hosting #ASSJAMZ on
July 19 at Te Granada with a wear
all white theme.
Birdsall said the dance party was
born accidentally on Cinco de Mayo
in 2012. At the time, Birdsall and
Marzette worked as doormen at Te
Bottleneck. Teir manager asked
them to sub in for a DJ and invite
friends, so Marzette tweeted to his
followers and friends on May 2, 2012:
Me and @boatss are DJing cinco
de mayo at @thebottleneck on satur-
day. Prepare for all the ass-jams to be
played #ass
We said, we dont know how to
DJ, Birdsall said. And they told
us, Just sit up there and play music
and get all your friends to come and
drink.
So they did. Birdsall said they played
throwback songs from their iTunes li-
braryartists such as 2 Chainz, Trey
Songz and Nellyand people loved
it. He said the name #ASSJAMZ was
just the name of a playlist.
Other than switching from iTunes
to Spotify, Birdsall said only the size
of the crowd has changedits grown
to hundreds over two years.
Chipper Sloane, a musician, pro-
moter and friend of the founders, said
anything can happen when a venue is
packed with 18- to 24-year-olds.
We throw arguably the wildest par-
ty that Lawrence has ever seen, but in
reality, thats just kind of something
we do on the side, Sloane said.
Sloane has helped guest DJ in the
past, and so has Rob Schulte, a Bottle-
neck booker and manager.
Te whole DJ side of it was sec-
SEE JAMZ PAGE 15
KELSEY WEAVER/KANSAN
Cameron Birdsall (left) and Jon Marzette (right) sit behind downtown businesses near
8th and Massachusetts Street. Birdsall and Marzette began #ASSJAMZ in May 2012.
ondary to these guys who are engag-
ing their audience by talking to them,
Schulte said. Tey are letting these
people request songs and theyre let-
ting them dance next to them.
Song requests, Marzette said, are es-
sential to keeping the crowd dancing,
and he encourages any and all dance
moves.
Marzette and Birdsall bring their
energy to #ASSJAMZ as the emcees,
but of the stage, Sloane said theyre
pretty calm and tend to do their own
things, like write music.
Teir music tastes extend much
further than the hip-hop they play at
their events. Marzette said hes been
grooving to blues lately such as Stevie
Ray Vaughn. Birdsall said hes been
listening to doomy rock such as
Black Sabbath.
Te two have played together in the
rock bands Sovereign States and My
Brother, Te Vulture, but shows didnt
garner nearly as large of a crowd as
#ASSJAMZ.
Its forever a blank canvas to ex-
press ourselves in many diferent
ways, Sloane said. We can do what-
ever we want and people will still
show up.
At the 2013 New Years Eve event,
Birdsall requested a confetti cannon
and theyve starred in several promo
videos. Even so, Sloane said they
treat #ASSJAMZ as a responsibility to
Lawrence.
Teyve talked about bringing the
dance party to other college towns
like Manhattan and Colombia, Mo.,
and now that Marzettes moving to
Kansas City, Mo., for work, he said
theyre ready for the next step.
I feel like if it keeps evolving like
it has, its going to get to that point,
Marzette said.
Teyve expanded to Te Granada
to accommodate larger crowds. Even
though it has evolved, the concept
hasnt changed. Marzette said they
will always play high school dance
throwback songs and let people dance
on stage.
Tats what were bringing, it just
comes in a very beta form because
thats what we are, Marzette said
Were people that like to do the same
thing and share it with others.
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KC journalists Photoshop project goes viral
Esther Honig, a 24-year-old journal-
ist living in Kansas City, Mo., had no
idea what she was getting herself into
when she frst shared her Before &
Afer project with Buzzfeed. Within
a day of Buzzfeeds article there were
35 websites with their own version
of the story, and Honigs email was
fooded. Her Facebook and Twitter
pages became so congested she had to
stop using them because she couldnt
keep up.
Honig remembers thinking her frst
week of fnals in college was as physi-
cally and mentally draining as her life
could get, but experiencing this viral
tidal wave has lef fnals week in the
dust. Days of phone calls, interviews
and hundreds of emails have lef Ho-
nig ready to collapse.
Honig had hoped the Hufngton
Post might consider the piece, and
her ultimate goal was a post in Te
Creators Project, a publication pow-
ered by the partnership of Intel and
VICE. Honig had both her wishes
granted, but she never expected her
work to appear in over 150 major
publications in less than two weeks.
Honig works at a Kansas City In-
ternet start-up called .uno and as a
freelance reporter for KCUR-FM.
She said the project was something
she was doing in her spare time, but
has been able to take time of her job
since publishing the story.
I havent been able to focus on any-
thing else and I cant imagine a bet-
ter excusea better situationto say,
Im sorry, I went viral; I cant come
into the ofce today, Honig said.
Before the media blitz of atten-
tion, Honig was simply pursuing
RILEY MORTENSEN
news@kansan.com
her curiosity about how individual
perspectives can afect how an im-
age is Photoshopped and thought of
the idea when she discovered Fiverr,
a developing media platform that al-
lows Photoshop jobs to be outsourced
to individuals all over the world.
Honig said she believes society is
fascinated with Photoshop and has
come to accept the altered images we
see on billboards. She also said she
saw an opportunity to explore and
understand this phenomenon by in-
serting herself into it.
Teres this new component and its
the fesh and blood of the person on
the other end pulling from their own
personal aesthetics and their concept
of beauty, Honig said.
Honig contacted individuals of vari-
ous skill levels in over 25 countries
using Fiverr and asked them to Pho-
toshop an image of herself.
With a cost ranging from $5 to $30,
and the hope that each designer will
pull from their personal and cultural
constructs of beauty to enhance an
unaltered image, all I request is that
they make me beautiful, Honig
wrote on her website.
Te resulting collection of photo-
graphs took the Internet by storm and
started conversations about technol-
ogy, collaboration and global beauty
standards.
Although responses to Before &
Afer have been overwhelmingly
positive, Honig has received some
criticism for being published in wom-
ens magazines like Cosmopolitan
and Elle.
Honig said shes heard several com-
ments wondering if she strategically
published her project in publications
perpetuating the image she was try-
ing to disrupt. To that idea, Honig
responds that she wasnt trying to dis-
rupt an image or concept in the frst
place.

DEVELOPING THE PROJECT
Te frst person Honig went to with
her idea was her sister Peregrine Ho-
nig, an artist also living in Kansas
City, Mo. Peregrine immediately said
yes and pushed her sister to pursue it.
I knew clearly it had this potential
to be incredible in its simplicity and
its innocence, Peregrine said. Some
of the best ideas in the world are rela-
tively simple.
Honig said if her sister had told her
no, she probably would have dropped
the idea right then and there.
Honig met with her sister on a num-
ber of occasions to look over the pho-
tos and talk about what they meant
and how to conceptualize them.
I had the hardest time understand-
ing what it was because its not a com-
plete research, Honig said. Its not
making any sweeping conclusions or
theres not a whole lot that it concrete-
ly represents or states.
Peregrine said she tried to coach
her sister to think like an artist, and
said Honig struggled with the fact
that her academic training as a jour-
nalist had taught her to think theres
always a beginning, middle and end,
but thats not always the case with art.
From that point, the sisters agreed
the project had to be open-ended and
constantly in progress.
You could only imagine the difer-
ent reactions I would be getting if I
said this is what global beauty looks
like, Honig said.
GOING VIRAL
When Honig fnished the proj-
ect she posted it on her website, but
kept it quiet and showed it to only a
few people to ask what they thought
about it and what media platform she
should approach frst.
At the suggestion of a friend from
Los Angeles, she decided to submit it
to Buzzfeed, and she researched writ-
ers who had done stories on Photo-
shop before.
She was then put in contact with
senior editor Ashley Perez, and from
there the viral seed was planted when
Perez published the story on June 25
at 2 p.m.
Within 30 minutes Honig received
a call from Cosmopolitan wanting to
run the story. For days afer that, Ho-
nig opened her inbox every morning
to hundreds of emails asking about
the project. Te original Buzzfeed ar-
ticle has had almost 2.5 million views
in just two weeks.
Honig knew she had done some-
thing big when a friend in Chile
messaged her to tell her she had seen
Before & Afer all over the news. By
then her project had reached coun-
tries all over the world including Ger-
many, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico
and Italy.
Teres an interesting concept be-
hind going viral because its some-
thing we dont understand, Honig
said.
I dont understand why this story
was picked up for the life of me, Ho-
nig said. I dont understand why so
many people think its so interesting
because its not polished, its not fn-
ished.
Kansas City photographer Eg
Schempf took the photo that has been
sent around the world. He said he was
just trying to take a fairly generic pic-
turenot a portrait or glamour shot,
CONTRIBUTED BY ESTHER HONIG
Esther Honigs unmodied photo (left) was sent to designers around the world for her
Before & Afterproject, which was modied by countries like the Phillipines (right).
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just a well-lit, direct image.
Having people from all over the
world have their way with her image
extended the idea beyond just a Pho-
toshop project, Schempf said. It in-
volved everyday people from around
the world. Esther, in her own way, has
a look that is racially ambiguous in a
certain way.
Of the images Honig has had sent
back to her since the story frst came
out, she has seen many versions in-
cluding funny, serious and creepy
photos.
I got one on the frst days that was
just my face cloned on to a model
with giant boobs and tanned skin
from Mexico and I was just like,
what? Honig said. I know that from
having talked to a friend of mine who
does Photoshop, he was explaining to
me that its really an intimate process.
I mean youre looking at that persons
face for like two hours and you un-
derstand the curves and faws, so I
defnitely opted to allow myself to be
exploited in that sense.
As far as the future, Honig said she
hopes in time shell be able to write
about this experience. Shes consider-
ing putting together a Tumblr page
as a second installment to the project
since she now has over 500 unsolic-
ited new versions of her photo, but at
this point those images are a diferent
project.
Afer taking a break, Honig hopes to
continue with her radio reporting.
It feels like a safe space at this point
to be able to talk about other people
and I guess Im just getting more and
more ideas, and Im feeling a little bit
more validated about those ideas and
like theres countless things to pursue
at this point it feels like, she said.
A lot of doors have been opened to
her, Peregrine said. Now she just has
to decide which room to enter.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
CHECK OUT A VIDEO OF ESTHER DISCUSSING HER PROJECT AT KANSAN.COM
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S
sports
T
he 2014 Kansas football
season will kick of on Sept. 6
against Southeastern Missouri
State at Memorial Stadium. Sitting
a little less than two months away,
many questions come to mind while
thinking about this Jayhawk football
team.
Sophomore quarterback Montell
Cozart already had the majority of
last year under his belt, yet we dont
know how the former Bishop Miege
star will respond in his frst season as
the uncontested starter. Former Rice
Ofensive Coordinator John Reagan
will be taking over the position at
Kansas, and in his play calling sys-
tem, Cozart will likely be looking to
throw the ball before running.
When it comes to passing, senior
wide receiver Nick Harwell, a trans-
fer from Miami University in Ohio
will lead the way. Harwell sat out
2013 because of transferring, but was
very successful with the Redhawks
from 2010-2012 and highlighted 97
receptions in the 2011 season.
With the loss of James Sims, the
ofensive backfeld took a large hit.
Senior running back Brandon Bour-
bon will most likely be the starter
heading into the season, but senior
running back Taylor Cox will also
compete for the job as well.
Te spot where there arent many
questions to be answered is at middle
linebacker. Senior linebacker Ben
Heeney, captain and a third-year
starter, has already proven himself
as one of the best in the Big 12. Te
only question now is how good can
he be this year?
He has been named to multiple
preseason award watch lists, and
named to the preseason Big 12 frst
team. Tese watch lists include: Te
Chuck Bednarik Award, which goes
to the nations best linebacker and
Te Bronko Nagurski Trophy Award,
which goes to the nations best defen-
sive player.
Heeney is the frst Kansas football
player to receive national recogni-
tion since Todd Reesing in 2007 and
2008, when he was named a semif-
nalist for the Davey OBrien Award
in both years.
Heeney is the frst player in Coach
Charlie Weis era to receive this sort
of attention. To add on to Heeneys
recognition, senior tight end Jimmay
Mundine and senior punter Trevor
Pardula were named to their respec-
tive posisitions nations best watch
list.
To some, the expectations havent
changed since last year. But to many
close to this team and all the players
and coaches, the expectations are
as high as theyve been in fve years.
Tis team is a year better than they
were in 2013. Tey have upperclass-
man leadership, and they have young
talent.
Most everyone will pick Kansas
to fnish last in the Big 12 for a ffh
consecutive year. But the pieces are
there to have a successful year. Tey
want to win more games than the
past two years combined. Tey want
to have their best season since Mark
Mangino lef in 2009. Te only thing
lef to do is to go out and prove it to
everyone.
By GJ Melia
sports@kansan.com
By Sam Davis
sports@kansan.com
FOOTBALL
COMMENTARY
Select players will help team succeed
S
ummer is a peculiar time in the
world of sports. As a sports fan,
I used to loathe the summer
months. To me, summer was simply
12 weeks of arid heat with nothing to
watch or follow. Call me crazy, but I
counted the days until school started
in the fallI was desperate for some-
thing to do.
But now, things are diferent. For
the past couple of years, my obses-
sion and love of sports has forced me
to cope with the situation. Many peo-
ple are still in the mindset that the
summer sports season is uninterest-
ing, boring and slow, but I encourage
those individuals to reconsider.
If you are one of those people that
fnds themselves a bit hungry for
more in the summer months, there
are a few things you can do to get
your sports fx and get over the
hump into fall.
First, gain an appreciation for
baseball. Americas pastime takes a
few minutes to learn, but at the same
time takes a lifetime to understand.
Games are on TV day and night,
but baseball is best experienced in-
person; grab a few friends and take
a road trip to a nearby major-league
park. Be sure to get a hotdog and
peanuts before you sit downyou
wont be disappointed with what they
add to the already great atmosphere.
If you are really interested, do some
reading. Te history of baseball is
one of the most fascinating and
interesting in all of sports.
Second, embrace global sporting
events. Competitions like the Sum-
mer Olympics and the Mens and
Womens World Cup only happen
once every four years, but they are
set up to allow us to experience these
international spectacles on a year-
to-year basis. Watch parties happen
in almost every sports bar and
major city, so dress yourself up in
your teams colors and go share your
national pride with others.
If you cant get enough of global
events, the Tour de France, Wimble-
don and the Track and Field World
Championships also take place every
summer. Te stories and drama, such
as the recent Luis Surez World Cup
biting incident, that can surround
these competitions are unlike any-
thing else in the sports world.
Lastly, fnd your sporting niche.
Summer is home to a plethora of
exciting outdoor sports like soccer,
volleyball and lacrosse. Most of these
events can actually be watched live
on TV or on the Internet through a
variety of networks.
If youre like me and are really into
basketball and cant wait until Octo-
ber, you can follow the NBA Draf
in June and watch every game of the
NBA Summer League for free online.
Additionally, the nonstop drama
caused by the athletes and the media
surrounding summer camps, trade
deadlines, contracts and free agen-
cies in professional leagues makes for
some great stories too.
My suggestion is that you fnd what
best interests and entertains you and
latch onto it. Summer is hot and the
days are long, but the sports dont
have to end.
Fall will be here before you know
it so cherish this unique time. Ap-
preciate baseball, embrace the global
competition and fnd your niche.
Use summer to develop different sports appreciation
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Te Universitys volleyball team will
have every home match aired on the
ESPN3 platform as well as two match-
es on national television this season,
the Big 12 Conference announced
Monday.
Tis is the second straight season
that the volleyball team will have all
home matches televised on ESPN3.
Coach Ray Bechard said this is to cre-
ate more accessibility for fans who
cant be immersed in the action in
person.
Most signifcantly, we have a num-
ber of families from out of state that
cant make every match, Bechard
said. I think the ESPN3 option for
them is a really big deal.
Two national stations, ESPNU and
Fox Sports Network (FSN), will air
two of the teams matches, which is
one more than last year. Te Big 12
will have fve matches total in the na-
tional spotlight this season.
Kansas frst national appearance
will be on Oct. 5 when the Jayhawks
host the defending Big 12 cham-
pions, the Texas Longhorns, at the
Horejsi Family Athletics Center at 1
p.m., which will be televised on ES-
PNU. Te second appearance will
be on FSN two weeks later on Oct.
22 against Iowa State University in
Ames, Iowa.
According to Bechard, accessibility
and exposure for the team arent the
only parts of the program positively
afected it may also act as a recruit-
ing nugget in the future.
It helps create opportunity for
those who may be interested from a
recruitment standpoint to catch the
Jayhawks in opportunity where they
might not get that chance to. Bechard
said. Obviously, we have to play well
in those opportunities, but it does add
a level of exposure that we might not
normally get.
Bechard said the Big 12 has a high
level of competition and is one of the
best volleyball conferences in the
NCAA. He said playing on national
television will show the entire coun-
try.
Six or seven years ago when we
were in the middle of the pack, we
werent getting as much opportunity,
Bechard said. Back-to-back top-
three fnishes probably created some
added opportunities for what these
networks thought would be highly
competitive matches.
Associate Athletics Director Jim
Marchiony said airing the games on
national television will not cost Ath-
letics any money because Kansas was
selected based on past recent success
last year the team went 25-8 and
fnished second in the Big 12.
Marchiony said its also a chance to
create a lasting efect on the Univer-
sity as a whole.
Anytime that you can get on na-
tional television its a shot on the arm
for not only that particular sport, but
its also a shot on the arm for the Uni-
versity and for Athletics, he said. Its
a chance to showcase your team on a
national scale and that certainly has
positive efects.
In addition to ESPN3, Time Warner
Cable Sports Channel will also air ev-
ery home match. Away matches will
not be televised except for the Iowa
State match on FSN.
Te season begins Aug. 29 at home
against Utah Valley at 11:30 a.m.
ESPN3 to stream all home volleyball matches
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Sophomore middle blocker Taylor Soucie spikes a ball past a pair of Wichita State defenders in Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 6, 2013. ESPN3
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Aug. 29 Utah Valley 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 29 Lipscomb 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 30 Creighton 2 p.m.
Sept. 9 UMKC 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 19 North Texas 11:30 a.m.
Sept. 19 Cleveland State 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 20 Arkansas TBA
Oct. 1 Kansas State 1 p.m.
Oct. 5 Texas 1 p.m. *televised on ESPNU
Oct. 18 TCU 12 p.m.
Oct. 25 Texas Tech TBA
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Nov. 19 Iowa State 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 26 West Virginia 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 29 Oklahoma TBA
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Jayhawks named to watch lists
AWARDS
Kansas senior linebacker Ben Hee-
ney and punter Trevor Pardula were
both selected to diferent national
recognized watch lists last week.
Heeney is on the 2014 Bronko Na-
gurski Trophy preseason watch list,
which is given to the National Defen-
sive Player of the Year by the Football
Writer Association of America. Heen-
ey also landed on the Chuck Bednarik
Award watch list on Monday, which is
voted on by NCAA football coaches,
sportscasters and sportswriters that
make up the Maxwell Football Club.
Te Nagurski Trophy is named af-
ter Hall of Fame fullback Bronko
Nagurski who played for the Univer-
sity of Minnesota and the Chicago
Bears. Nagurski was a three-time
NFL champion and was named to the
1930s All-Decade Team.
Last season, Heeney led the Jay-
hawks with 87 tackles, 11.5 tackles for
loss, and led the Kansas linebackers
with three interceptions while play-
ing in 10 of the 12 games. He fnished
with 10 or more tackles in six of those
10 games.
A linebacker hasnt won the Nagur-
ski Trophy since former Notre Dame
linebacker Manti Teo in 2012. Ne-
braska defensive tackle Ndamukong
Suh was the last Big 12 player to win
the award in 2009.
Finalists will be announced Nov. 24.
Te winner of the Nagurski Trophy
will be announced Dec. 8 in Char-
lotte, N.C.
Pardula, who transferred to the
University last season from De Anza
Junior College, is one of 25 collegiate
punters on the Ray Guy preseason
watch list for the nations best punter,
Athletics announced Wednesday. Te
list is created by football writers, FBS
coaches, sports information directors
and past award winners.
Te award is in honor of the frst
punter elected into the NFL Hall of
Fame, Ray Guy, who graduated from
the University of Southern Missis-
sippi and played 13 seasons for the
Oakland Raiders. He won three Super
Bowls and was selected to seven Pro
Bowls.
Last season, Pardula was named
All-Big 12 honorable mention for av-
eraging 43.7 yards per punt with a ca-
reer-best 78-yard punt against Louisi-
ana Tech University. He fnished the
season with 24 punts over 50 yards
and 25 punts that landed inside the
opponents 20-yard line.
A Big 12 Conference punter hasnt
won the Ray Guy award since 2008
when the award went to Oklahoma
State Universitys Matt Fodge. Last
season, University of Memphis Tom
Hornsey won the award by punting
29 balls inside the opponents 20-yard
line and averaged 45.2 yards per punt.
Te Ray Guy award will be present-
ed Dec. 12.
BLAIRE SHEADE
sports@kansan.com
MICHAEL STRICKLAND/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior linebacker Ben Heeney tackles a Texas Tech player on October 5, 2013. Heeney is
among a number of college football players on the watch list for the 2014 season.
James announces return to
Cleveland, Blatt says Wiggins
will stay
Im coming home.
Those are the three words from LeBron
James to Sports Illustrated Senior writer
Lee Jenkins that were released on Twitter
late Friday morning.
He comes to the team with an All-Star
point guard Kyrie Irving, who will only be
in his fourth season in the NBA, along with
other young talent: the former Texas for-
ward Tristan Thompson and former Syra-
cuse guard Dion Waiters among others.
He will also join former Kansas star and
rst overall pick in this years NBA Draft,
Andrew Wiggins.
Wiggins has not yet signed a deal with
the Cavaliers, something that may give the
Cavaliers the ability to trade him. Rumors
that Cleveland would exchange Wiggins
to the Minnesota Timberwolves for for-
ward Kevin Love circulated Thursday, but
multiple media outlets, including ESPN,
reported Saturday that Cleveland Cavaliers
coach David Blatt said Wiggins does have
a future with Cleveland.
In James statement in Sports Illustrated,
he said hes looking forward to playing with
Irving, Thompson, and Waiters, but does
not refer to Wiggins or the Cavaliers rst
overall draft pick in 2013, Anthony Ben-
nett.
James hasnt yet signed any contract, but
has said he will sign with Cleveland. Re-
ports in the weeks leading up to today have
said he wants a maximum deal, which will
limit what players, if any, they would sign
in addition to James.
James will likely sign a deal after Sunday,
because he will be going to Brazil to attend
the Germany-Argentina World Cup Final.
GJ Melia
NBA
High jumper overcomes collegiate transition
Going into her freshman year of
high school, sophomore high jumper
Grace Pickell, from Prairie Village,
never planned on taking up track. She
originally was a swimmer, but chose
the track over the pool, and became
a two-time Kansas state champion
her junior and senior years of high
school.
Te 2013-14 season was flled with
nuances for Pickell, but the most
difcult change was her adjustment
from high school to college competi-
tion. Shes going into this season with
a diferent, and much more focused
mindset.
Im defnitely more enthusiastic
this year because I do know what to
expect, Pickell said. It makes me
more excited to work hard because I
know whats coming. And afer hav-
ing a really frustrating freshman year,
Im so much more motivated to work
hard and get back up [to Lawrence].
Pickell described her freshman in-
door and outdoor seasons with one
word: frustration. She had diferent
expectations from her results, and she
had difculties adjusting from high
school to college competition.
I would have ups and downs. I
was pretty consistent at fve feet fve
inches, which is all right but not
great, Pickell said. In high school,
the heights that I would usually win
at would be where we would start a
lot this year, which was kind of in-
timidating.
Te diference between high school
and college was huge for Pickell, but
the challenges she faced werent al-
ways on the playing feld. Her father
was always one of her biggest motiva-
tors growing up, and not having him
by her side in college competition was
a difcult change for her to make.
I tried really hard respect the fact
that she had coaches at a higher level
that knew what they were doing,
Graces father, Tim Pickell, said. And
she needed to make that transition
and be independent.
Tim still sent her words of encour-
agement when he could, but recog-
nized that it was much diferent than
high school.
Both Grace and Tim said faith fu-
eled a good amount of their competi-
tive nature.
While certainly high jumping isnt
something that is going to save the
world, anything you do in your life
that molds your character and gets
you through tough times I think
builds you up and prepares you for
doing things to help people, Tim
said. So, I just encouraged her to rely
on her faith muscles.
In high school, Pickells coach let
her structure her practices to some
degree, but her coach at the Univer-
sity was much more up-front and de-
manding of her.
Tey are both very quiet. Tey
dont say a whole lot because they
want you to fgure out what you are
doing, Pickell said. My high school
coach always asked, what do you
want to do, what do you think we
need to do today? Whereas in college
its like, this is what were going to do,
I dont care if you dont want to do it
or not.
Pickell found that working with her
teammates would be another aspect
of her adjustment. Te talent level
increased greatly, and she had to ap-
proach meets and practices difer-
ently than before.
In high school, it was more fun
competitive, rather than intimidat-
ing, Pickell said. But its a good thing
because we can work with each other
and push each other.
Pickells goal is to clear six feet
sometime in her career, but said it
may not happen this year. Right now,
she is fully focused on the task at
hand: training. She said shes being
patient, and shell compete to the best
of her ability.
I want to go into the year better in
shape so I can push myself harder the
whole time, Pickell said. My biggest
thing is if I feel like Im working hard
and doing the best that I can, thats all
I can do.
GJ MELIA
sports@kansan.com
TRACK AND FIELD
CONTRIBUTED BY JOANNA KRUGER
Sophomore high jumper Grace Pickell competes in the high jump during an indoor home
meet this past season. Pickells goal is to clear 6 feet during her career.
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SWIMMING AND DIVING
Team to compete in nine local meets during season
BLAIR SHEADE
sports@kansan.com
Te 2014-15 womens swimming
and diving team will have three more
meets close to home than last season,
which translates to a more well-rested
and better-performing team, accord-
ing to coach Clark Campbell.
Of the 13 swimming and diving
meets during regular season, seven of
them will be held in Lawrence, one in
Topeka and one in Liberty, Mo. Last
season, the team only held six meets at
those locations.
Caroline Patterson, the senior cap-
tain from Boulder, Colo., said the three
closer meets are a good thing and that
it will help to train consistently in the
pool theyll use for competing.
Patterson also said its a chance for
fans and other competitive swimmers
in the area to watch.
Swimming is pretty big in Kansas,
Patterson said. We have incredible
support from people out here and
people from KU.
Te swimming and diving team is
young this season afer replacing sev-
en seniors with nine incoming fresh-
men, Campbell said. He said having so
many home meets will give the team
an advantage during the season and
allow the swimming and diving pro-
gram to gain exposure.
We wont be travel weary, so I think
maintaining a training consistency
will be easier, Campbell said. Also,
the kids really enjoy swimming in
front of the home crowd.
Campbell said he likes to train his
squad lightly leading up to the USA
National meet on Dec. 4-6, which
wasnt possible last season with travel
for away matches in the weeks before.
Before those meets, the combined
team will have three consecutive
meets in Lawrencethree weeks
without traveland Campbell said
he thinks the swimmers will be bet-
ter rested.
Afer the national meet, Kansas will
ramp up training to get ready for the
Big 12 Conference on Feb. 25-28 and
the NCAA Championship meet on
March 19-21, Campbell said. Before
those meets, Kansas has two consecu-
tive home meets against the Univer-
sity of Arkansas and Iowa State Uni-
versity.
We want to peak at the right time,
Campbell said. We like to look at
our schedule like a syllabus in a class.
Dual meets are quizzes, because if
you bomb a duel meet, its not the end
of the world. Our midterm exam is
our fall championship meets like the
Kansas Classic and the USA National
meet. Ten our fnal exam is the Big
12 Conference meet and the NCAA
meet.
Te advantage Patterson said the
home meets will create is the motiva-
tion from all of the fans, which will be
important when they take their show
on the road to Topeka for the third
annual Kansas Classic on Nov. 21-23.
It defnitely helps when youre in
the later days of the meet and youre
tired, but having the fans from KU
is always a big plus, Patterson, who
swims the 100-meter and 200-meter
backstroke and the 200-meter indi-
vidual medley, said.
Traveling to Topeka isnt a big deal
for the team because its less than 30
miles away, and the Capitol Federal
Natatorium, which has hosted the
Kansas Classic since 2012, has a lot
more space for fans and for competi-
tors, Campbell said.
Our pool isnt a Taj Mahal by any
means . . . its a historical pool, Camp-
bell said. We like bringing people in
and the competitors get to see the big
Jayhawks on the wall. Its a great envi-
ronment, but its not brand spanking
new. [Te Kansas Classic] wouldnt
have the same panache because [Cap-
itol Federal Natatorium] is one of the
newer, Taj Mahal-type facilities.
Te swimming and diving team will
hold their intrasquad meet on Oct. 4.
Te teams frst meet will be against
the University of Nebraska-Omaha in
Omaha on Oct. 13.
EMILY WITTLER/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Caroline Patterson, the current senior captain, swims at a meet against Arkansas inside
Robinson Natatorium on Feb. 2, 2012. This year, the team has seven meets in Lawrence.
2014-15 SCHEDULE
*Oct. 4 Intrasquad
Oct. 13 Nebraska-Omaha
*Oct. 24-25 Denver /Missouri State
*Nov. 1 TCU/North Dakota
*Nov. 8 Illinois
Nov. 21-23 Kansas Classic
(Topeka)
Dec. 4 USA Winter Nationals
Dec. 4-6 UT Diving Invitational
*Dec. 6 Jayhawk Open
Jan. 10 UCLA/San Diego
Jan. 24 William Jewell/Truman
State (Liberty, Mo.)
*Jan. 31 Arkansas
*Feb. 6-7 Iowa State
Feb. 25-28 Big 12 Championships
March 5-7 Zone Diving
Championships
March 19-21 NCAA
Championships
*denotes home meet
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