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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

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KU SAE chapter
reacts to Oklahoma
frats racist video

BYE, BYE,
BONNIE

KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley

FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Kansas womens basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson was fired yesterday after the end of the Jayhawks season. Henrickson coached the team for 11 seasons.

Womens basketball
coach Bonnie
Henrickson fired

HER CAREER IN NUMBERS

WINNING PERCENTAGE AT KU

WINNING PERCENTAGE AT VT

171 losses

158 wins

DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

After 11 seasons of coaching the Kansas womens basketball team, Bonnie Henrickson has been fired, KU
Athletics Director Sheahon
Zenger announced Monday.
During her time at the
University, Henrickson led
the Jayhawks to the NCAA
Tournament in back-to-back
seasons in 2012 and 2013.
Both times, Kansas made
the Sweet 16. Kansas also
reached the Womens National Invitation Tournament
(WNIT) five times, including
the championship game held
in Allen Fieldhouse in 2009.

SEE BONNIE PAGE 2

72%

52%

158-62

186-171

186 wins

62 losses

WINNING PERCENTAGE IN BIG 12

122 losses

34%

NOTABLES
2 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
4 NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME WINS
2 NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME LOSSES
6th place - highest finish in Big 12
5 players drafted to play in the WNBA

$395,000 BUYOUT ON CONTRACT

62-122

62 wins

STATISTICS FROM KU ATHLETICS

GRAPHIC/COLE ANNEBERG

The Universitys chapter of

the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity released a statement
on Facebook on Monday,
prompted by protests and
outrage after a now-viral video of fraternity members at
the University of Oklahoma
chanting racial slurs that surfaced Sunday.
Extremely shocked by the
video involving SAE at OU.
who thinks of the rights
and feelings of others, rather than his own. Being an
initiated member of [Sigma
Alpha Epsilon] means pledging yourself to be, and then
continually striving every
day to further become, a True
Gentleman. [Phi Alpha] to
those who hold these values
strong, and make them what
they are, the KU SAE chapter
statement said.
The video, in which fraternity members pumped their
fists and yelled, there will
never be a [expletive] SAE,
was sent to The Oklahoma
Daily, the student newspaper,
and a minority rights campus
organization Sunday.
University of Oklahoma
President David Boren said
on Facebook on Monday the
university would cut ties with
the chapter immediately.
"I have a message for those
who have misused their
freedom of speech in this
way. My message to them is:
You're disgraceful. You have
violated every principle that
this university stands for,
Boren said in the statement.

The national representatives of Sigma Alpha Epsilon

released a statement apologizing for the unacceptable
and racist behavior of the
individuals in the video. The
statement said the actions are
not representative of the fraternitys morals or beliefs.
We are embarrassed by this
video and offer our empathy
not only to anyone outside
the organization who is offended but also to our brothers who come from a wide
range of backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities, it said.

Even if you were on that

bus and you didnt agree
with what was going on,
you needed to have said
something.
JOSHUA ROBINSON
President of KU Black
Student Union

Joshua Robinson, a junior

from Overland Park, is the
president of the Black Student Union at the University.
He said he isnt surprised by
the behavior at the University
of Oklahoma.
We know everyone is not
like that, but that culture of
ignorance and oppression
towards African Americans
seems to be a theme in Oklahoma, in my opinion, he
said. It is ignorance. Not ignorance of them not knowing
what theyre doing, but igno-

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Design students bring home gold

and silver from advertising awards
ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK

Six design students took

home gold and silver awards
from the American Advertising Federation of Kansas City
(AAF-KC) American Advertising Awards on Feb. 21.
Gold award winners have
been entered into a regional
competition and will move
onto the national competition
if they are again awarded gold.

Josie Miller, a senior from

Lenexa, won for her Kansas
City Star rebranding project.
She also was named the best
student in the competition.
Her entry consisted of different forms of mock advertising, a new web design, email
newsletter and daily news
feed.
My goal was to make the
news relevant to millennials
while engaging them socially
in Kansas City, thus generat-

ing pride for the city, Miller

said.
Miller also wanted to update
the newspaper and create a vision for what the media outlet
could become.
The problem within the
newspaper industry has been
a familiar one to me, and I believe that solving this problem
will start by helping companies envision a future, Miller
said.
Aliaa El Kalyoubi, a senior

from Egypt, also received a

gold award for her project
West + East, an imaginary
organization to promote
both positive relationships
and mutual interest between
American and Middle Eastern students.
El Kalyoubi developed a
website, app and events that
would engage and enable
American students to learn

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Harvard professor and former Soviet

Union resident to speak on campus
ANDREW COLLINS
@KansanNews

Serhii Plokhii, a Harvard

professor of Eastern European
History, will give a lecture in
318 Bailey Hall at noon today
to discuss the fall of the Soviet Union, how it happened
and the current situation in
Ukraine. Born in the Soviet
Union, Plokhii lived in the
country for about 33 years be-

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fore coming to the U.S. as an

exchange student to work on
his doctoral dissertation at Columbia University.
Last night at the Kansas
Union, Plokhii spoke about
his book, The Last Empire,
which argues that the Soviet
Union dissolved because of
tensions between Russia and
Ukraine. Today, Plokhii will
address the current crisis and
tensions between the two naPUZZLES 6
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tions.
Plokhii sat down with a Kansan correspondent to discuss
his personal experiences with
the Soviet Union and its fall.
Kansan: What kind of restrictions were there in the Soviet
Union as far as education goes?
Plokhii: In terms of education, I was in the department
of history and when I applied
for graduate studies and be-

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Dont
Forget

came a graduate student, I was

the only graduate student who
wasnt a member of the Communist Party. [Education] was
more controlled, especially
when it came to history, because it was considered to be
politically important.
Another thing was that there
was less freedom in asking

SEE Q&A PAGE 2

To study for your
midterms this week.

ANNA WENNER/KANSAN
Kansas coach Bill Self addresses the crowd during Senior Night on March
3 after the game against West Virginia. Self was named the Big 12 AP
Coach of the Year for the fourth time during his 12 seasons at Kansas.

Bill Self named Big 12

AP Coach of the Year
For the fourth time during his
tenure at Kansas, Bill Self has
been named the Big 12 AP Coach
of the Year. This season, Self led
Kansas to its 11th consecutive
Big 12 title under his helm and
recorded 24 wins.
Thats nice, but it is a reflection
that youve got good players and
good teams, Self said. I think
there were several coaches that
would deserve to be named that
and nobody would have a problem
with it because the league was so
good and teams probably played
to a higher level than what they
were projected to early on.
Self managed to lead Kansas to
another regular season ring with
one of the weaker teams he has
had in recent memory. Kansas
struggled to find its identity all

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season, changing its offensive

style multiple times.
The Big 12 was also as competitive as it has ever been and
is often considered the toughest conference in all of college
basketball. In their first game of
the Big 12 Tournament, Self and
the Jayhawks will play on Thursday against the winner of the
TCU versus Kansas State game
Wednesday.
I think there are several coaches in our league that deserve this
honor, Self said. And nobody
would have had a problem with
anyone winning it because the
league is so good.
Its a nice honor, and for the
first time I actually think the media knows what theyre talking
about, Self said. [I] never have
thought that before.

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Imagine chooses
executive candidates
The Student Senate coalition
Imagine nominated senior Katherine Rainey from Shawnee and
junior Ramiro Sarmiento from
Wichita as its presidential and
vice presidential candidates, respectively. The candidates were
the only two nominated at a coalition meeting Monday.
Sarmiento said he has a passion for ending the disconnect
between Student Senate and the
student body.
People dont know Senate
is there to represent them,
Sarmiento said. They dont feel
comfortable or heard. Year after year, we have coalition after
coalition come to students and
voice how wonderful they will be
once theyre in Senate, then fall
comes around and that does not
happen. Those promises remain
unfulfilled, and Im tired of that.
I cant see this go on for another
year.
Rainey said she has witnessed

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about the Middle East.
Participants would receive
a special ID membership
card each time they attended, such as a get a taste of
the Middle East free food
event, or a movie viewing
and reflecting on stereotypes event.
El Kalyoubi chose this
subject because she knew it
needs to be addressed and it
matters to her.
I have been exposed to
and heard of many offensive,
inaccurate, and stereotypical
facts spread about the Middle East, that are unfortunately constantly circulated
in the media and exaggerated, mislabeled, and could
negatively influence viewers
who are not familiar with
the real Middle Eastern
ways of life, and the people,
El Kalyoubi said.
Three students who collaborated on materials for the
2014 KU Design Week also
won gold.
Seniors Claire Pederson
from Omaha, Sydney Goldstein from Overland Park,
and Lexi Griffith from Lawrence, won for a social media campaign and promotional posters they produced
for KUDW.
KUDW united students in

BONNIE FROM PAGE 1

It came down to the fact
that we expect this program
to rank among the best in
the Big 12 Conference, and
we have not accomplished
that goal, Zenger said in a
press release.
The Jayhawks were 6-12
and finished ninth in the Big
12 Conference this season.
Henrickson was hired
in 2004, replacing Marian
Washington and interim
head coach Lynette Woodard. Prior coming to Kansas,
Henrickson coached seven
seasons, from 1997-2004, at
Virginia Tech.
In Henricksons first season at Kansas, the Jayhawks
went just 12-16 overall and
5-11 in the Big 12, placing
eighth in the conference.
Henrickson recorded four
seasons with 20 or more
wins in her time at Kansas.
Henricksons best season
was 2008-09, when the Jayhawks finished 22-14 overall and 6-10 in the Big 12
Conference and made it to
the WNIT Championship
game, eventually losing to
South Florida 75-71 in front
of a crowd of 16,113 fans, a
Big 12 single-game attendance record for a womens
game.
Henricksons best finish in

student senators sitting around

on Twitter or doing homework at
meetings instead of fighting for
students, which needs to change.
I was a part of Senate for two
years, and that environment is
not productive to being a student
here at KU, she said. You dont
learn about the students you are
truly supposed to be helping.
Each year, students give about
$450 to Senate to allocate these
dollars to student organizations.
But time and time again, students dont know who to go to.
While both nominees quickly accepted their nominations,
Sarmiento said his candidacy is
not just about the title.
Im not in it for the title. Im
here because I care about the
students at the University of
Kansas, Sarmiento said. This
campus needs a drastic change,
and we can provide that. We can
speak for everyone and we can
voice their concerns. We will run
a strong campaign, and we will
win.
Alana Flinn

visual communications, industrial design, architecture

and photo media through a
weeklong series of events.
The theme of KU Design
Week was perspectives and
illusions, which felt suiting
since the goal was to change
students perceptions of other majors, Goldstein said.
The groups work has been
featured in two magazines
IdN Magazine and Cargo
Collective and won three
national awards.
Senior Jamal Gamby and
Kristen Myers, a senior from
Lawrence, received silver
awards. Myers sews clothes
for her son and created her
rebranding project, akin,
to expand on her hobby.
I have been wanting to
rebrand my clothes since I
started design school, but I
havent had the time because
our classes are so rigorous,
Myers said.
Myers plans to sell the
clothes locally and on Etsy.
It is very validating to
win an award, Myers said.
When youre in visual communications, youre with the
same 30 to 40 students and
four professors for three
years, so its nice to have an
outside perspective on what
youve created.
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the conference was a threeway tie for sixth during the

2011-12 season.
Henrickson
coached
11 Jayhawks who were
1,000-point scorers during
their time at Kansas, including current seniors, guard
Natalie Knight and forward
Chelsea Gardner. Henrickson also coached five players who were drafted to the
WNBA, most recently Angel Goodrich, who was the
29th overall pick in the 2013
Draft.
In 2012, Henrickson was
named the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association
Womens College Coach of
the Year. In 2005, she was
an honorable mention consideration from the Kansas
City Star for Big 12 Coach of
the Year.
Zenger said Kansas assistant coach Katie OConnor
will serve as interim head
coach until a successor is
named. A national search
will begin immediately, he
said.
Kansas finished with below
.500 records in back-to-back
seasons 13-19 in 2014
and 15-17 this past season.
Henrickson finished her 11
seasons at Kansas with a record of 186-171.
Edited by Emma LeGault

STEVE SISNEY/THE OKLAHOMAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

George Henderson, left, professor emeritus, joins students at the University of Oklahoma to protest a fraternitys
racist comments yesterday in Norman, Okla. A video of the comments surfaced Sunday.

SAE FROM PAGE 1

rance of not trying to be sensitive to African Americans.
Robinson said he believes
this type of incident is indicative of a larger national problem.
I think [society] is going
in a way that people are not
being educated about each
other, he said. We are not
taking the time out to explore
different cultures and different people and were basing
one race off of one person.
People tend to think African
Americans are very similar.
No, were complex people.
Were becoming a culture of
assuming.
This type of thinking is
something Robinson said
needs to change on a national
level, but especially a University level. Recognizing there is
an issue is step one, but reaching out to find solutions is
crucial, Robinson said.
What can the [Interfraternity Council] and Panhellenic do to help the black
students? he said. I feel like
they need to ask us what can
they do to make sure this

Q&A FROM PAGE 1

questions about the revolution, history of World War II,
and things like that. It would
come with answers that were
not correct. And so it was really difficult and almost impossible to work in the 20th
century without somehow
not accommodating the party
lines.
Kansan: Were the differences
in education clearer when you
came to the United States?
Plokhii: My main surprise
when I was visiting the U.S.
was access to the library. The
fact that you could go to the
stacks and see all of the literature was very different from
how it was done in the Soviet
Union. And so the access to
information in terms of the library and information in general was a major surprise for
me and was the biggest difference between the Soviet society and the American society.
Kansan: One of the things I
thought was interesting having
to do with one of the reviews of
your book is that you mention
that it is widely believed that the
U.S. withdrawing support to the
Soviet Union led to its collapse,
but you say that thats a myth.
Why is this?
Plokhii: The widely held belief is that the United States
won the Cold War by wiping
the Soviet Union from the
map of the world and that the
collapse of the Soviet Union
was the symbol of American
triumph and the American
policy was directed toward
that. But when you look at the
sources including the archival sources coming from the
George Bush White House, it

doesnt happen. Our members would be vocal about

this and tell them how they
feel, how some members
have tried to gain access to
an IFC fraternity and havent
felt comfortable. People ask,
Why do we need black fraternities and sororities? This
is why. Were not just making
this up out of nowhere. This
is why we have a BSU. Things
like this are happening.
Robinson said it is a universitys responsibility to ensure
its students feel included and
accepted.
Were all students, black or
white, and we pay to attend
this university, not the other
way around, he said. This
university needs to do things
to help us feel comfortable.
Were not asking for anything
outrageous. We want to be
able to send our children here
or our childrens children here
to this university and let them
know you are valued here.
The members suspension
and Borens comments are
a step in the right direction,
Robinson said, but while hes
optimistic some change could
come from this, he said he

doubts the conversation will

have lasting effects.
The outcome, I think, will
be that we all come together
and those in the predominantly white sororities and
fraternities will try to comfort the black students at that
university, he said. I try to
optimistic, but I do think itll
go back to the same. Once it
dies down, itll go back to the
same. I hope their university
or ours will keep the conversation going. Itll all die down,
but well be dealing with
something like this in the next
few months. Its like a revolving circle.
As an investigation moves
forward at Oklahoma, Robinson said there must be consequences for the fraternity
members, ranging from suspension from the university
to probation with mandatory
racial sensitivity education.
They all need to have consequences. Even if you were
on that bus and you didn't
agree with what was going
on, you needed to have said
something, he said. You
know right from wrong.
Edited by Emma LeGault

is clear that the United States

government supported Gorbachev and was in favor of the
continued existence of the Soviet Union up until one week
before the Ukrainian Referendum. It was then that the
U.S. publicly stated support
for Ukrainian independence
and withdrew support for
Gorbachev.

of the Soviet Union?

Plokhii: The majority of the
population voted for independence in Ukraine. If you
look at the data over the period of the past 20 to 23 years,
the majority of the population
never changed. I personally
have no regret about the collapse of the Union. I look at
it as one of the last of the European empires and the 20th
century was the deterioration
of those empires.

Kansan: You also mention in

your book that this has had a
negative lasting affect on foreign policy in the U.S. How is
this?
Plokhii: Generally, the U.S.
has this belief that they have
this enormous power to wipe
out countries like the Soviet
Union and that the collapse
of the Soviet Union was the
result of their policy. That
serves as a foundation for
being a little bit delusional about the world around
them and they start to think
they are a lot more powerful
than they are in reality. This
is once again the power of the
aforementioned myth. If they
choose to believe in it, they
make mistakes and overextend.
If you look at the public
pronouncements of the Bush
senior administration in the
months leading to the fall of
the Soviet Union, they were
saying that they had had
very little influence over
what is happening in the Soviet Union. Then after it fell,
that changed and the collapse was suddenly named
as an American victory. That
was a rewrite in history that
was very dangerous for its
people and its foreign policy.
Kansan: As a Ukrainian, how
do you feel about the collapse

Kansan: Do you feel that the

people that were formerly of the
Soviet Union are better off now
without the communist government?
Plokhii: In terms of the political system, there is a lot
more freedom in todays Russia than it was in the Soviet
Union. In economic terms, it
is a difficult time for all of the
republics. It was the change
of the socialist economy to a
market economy, which was
extremely painful, but if you
look at the data, they have
made progress from 1991 and
so there is clear progress that
has been made both economically and politically, but not
everywhere and not in every
republic of the former Soviet
Union.
Edited by Valerie Haag

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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015

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Mo. appeals judge appointed to take over Ferguson court

DAVID A. LIEB
Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

A Missouri appeals court judge
was appointed Monday to take
over Fergusons municipal
court and make needed
reforms after a highly critical
U.S. Department of Justice
report that was prompted by
the fatal police shooting of
Michael Brown.
The Missouri Supreme Court
said it is assigning state appeals
Judge Roy L. Richter to hear
all of Fergusons pending and
future municipal court cases.
The high court said Richter
also will have the authority
to overhaul court policies to
ensure defendants rights are
respected and to restore the
integrity of the system.
Ferguson Municipal Judge
Ronald
J.
Brockmeyer
resigned Monday, saying
through a spokesman that he
was stepping down to promote
public confidence in the court
and help Ferguson begin its
healing process.
The Ferguson City Council
met in closed session Monday
evening, but members left
without taking questions and a
city spokesman didnt disclose
the purpose of the meeting.
Ferguson City Manager John
Shaw was escorted to his
vehicle by a police officer
without fielding questions,
and Mayor James Knowles
III declined comment to The
Associated Press afterward
except to say that the city on
Tuesday would begin seeking
Brockmeyers
permanent
successor.
Richter will take charge of
the court on March 16. The
Supreme Court said it also is
assigning staff from the state
court administrators office
to aid Richter in reviewing
Fergusons municipal court
practices.
Judge Richter will bring a
fresh, disinterested perspective
to this courts practices, and
he is able and willing to
implement needed reforms,
Chief Justice Mary Russell said
in a written statement.
Extraordinary action is
warranted in Ferguson, but
the Court also is examining
reforms that are needed on
a statewide basis, Russell
added.
The change comes after the
Justice Department released
a report last week that cited
cases of racial profiling and
bigotry by police and chided
what it described as a profitdriven municipal court system
in the predominantly black St.
Louis suburb where Brown, 18,
was shot by a white Ferguson
police officer on Aug. 9. The
shooting prompted protests in
the St. Louis area and across
the nation.
A St. Louis County grand
jury and the U.S. Justice
Department both declined to
bring charges against Officer
Darren Wilson, who resigned
from the department. The
Justice Department report
said Wilson acted in selfdefense when he shot Brown.
But the Justice Department
said Fergusons police and
court systems functioned as a
money-making enterprise that

heightened tensions among

residents.
The federal report noted that
Ferguson was counting on
revenues from fines and fees
to generate $3.1 million, or
nearly one-quarter of its total
$13.3 million budget for the
2015 fiscal year.
Although it was rare for
the court to sentence people
to jail as a penalty for city
code violations, the Justice
Department report said the
citys court almost always
imposes monetary penalties
and then issues arrest warrants
when people fail to pay on time
or miss a court date. As a result,
relatively minor violations can
and frequently do lead to
arrests and jail time, the report
said.
The federal report also cited
several instances in which
Fergusons municipal judge,
court clerk or city prosecutor
helped fix tickets for
colleagues and friends.
The report cited the forgiven
tickets for Ferguson officials
as evidence of a double
standard grounded in racial
stereotyping. It said Ferguson
officials displayed a striking
lack of personal responsibility
among themselves while
some nonetheless asserted
to federal investigators that
the citys African-American
residents lacked personal
responsibility.
Attorney Bert Fulk said
in a statement announcing
Brockmeyers resignation that
Brockmeyer had been fair and
impartial as a part-time judge
and that the court clerk bore
the primary responsibility for
the day-to-day operations of
the court.
The city fired court clerk

FILE PHOTO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Protesters march in the street as lightning flashes in the distance in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 20, 2014. On Aug. 9, 2014, white police officer Darren Wilson fatally
shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb and now a Justice Department investigation has found patterns of racial bias in the
Ferguson police department and at the municipal jail and court.

The only way we can clean

up Ferguson is to wipe out
the police force, wipe out the
courts and... the judges.
MELDON MOFFITT
St. Louis citizen

Mary Ann Twitty last week.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon
released a written statement
Monday praising the strong
and appropriate actions by
the Missouri Supreme Court
to overhaul the Ferguson
municipal court.
Mondays
appointment
of a new Ferguson judge
drew mixed reviews among
onlookers at that nights
council meeting. Derrick
Robinson, a protest organizer,
said the move was letting us
know theyre hearing our cry,
and I think its a good step
in reconstructing Ferguson.
Meldon Moffitt, of St. Louis,
countered that it wouldnt
make anything better, and
the only way we can clean
up Ferguson is to wipe out
the police force, wipe out
the courts and wipe out the
judges.

FILE PHOTO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

David Johnson, left, Mark Taylor and Charles Strozier watch as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder makes a televised announcement March 4 in Ferguson, Mo. On
Monday, a Missouri appeals judge was appointed to take over Fergusons municipal court.

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Rich irrelevant in fight against poverty

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FFA OF THE DAY
Senior year is having a 10 a.m.
class, waking up at 9, playing
video games until 9:45 and still
getting to class early.
Dude with the dog problem, I
think your girlfriend is trying to
tell you something.
Game of thrones trailer is
BADASSSS! #winteriscoming
I HATE DST! I need that hour
for sleep and studying for my
4 midterms/tests this week!
#Givemebackmyhour
There is nothing better than
being in the Union lobby when an
expert is playing the piano.
Accidentally made my coffee too
weak this morning. Still going to
drink it, though.
These advice columns are pretty
legit, keep em coming! Theyre
so relevant for my life, too!!
Thank you to the guy who smiled
at me in Malott: I was having
a rough day, and your action
made a big improvement in a
strangers life.

John Olson

@JohnOlsonUDK

ou have probably
heard the phrase
the rich are getting
richer and the poor are
getting poorer. Indeed,
according to the Federal
Reserve, that is true. But here
is the kicker: We should not
care about the rich getting
richer. In fact, we should
not care about the rich at all.
Believe me, they are doing
just fine.
Most concern over incomes
of the wealthy comes from
the notion that the rich must
be taxed more to help the
poor, an increasingly popular
idea among Americans
according to Gallup Polls
taken in 2013. In my view,
this is faulty reasoning.
After all, the economy is
not a zero-sum game. A
zero-sum game means
one persons gain is equal
another persons loss. In
our case, for every winner,
there does not necessarily
have to be a loser. In fact,
when cases of winners and
losers are actually evident in
economics, the math proves
that winners tend to win
more than the losers lose.
For example, when a country
embraces free trade, some of
its domestic manufacturers
may suffer, but consumers
benefit a far greater amount
as prices plummet. The lack
of a zero-sum game also
applies for wealth in an
economy.

Spring break is so close I can

feel it!! This week needs to hurry
on up.

I listen to NPR all the time and

Im happily engaged.
When you decide on your paper
topic a few hours before its due.
#procrastinationlife

PIXABAY
Opinion columnist John Olson believes that increasing taxes on the rich to help the poor is flawed logic. He said the focus needs to be more on the poor, and
less on what can be done to the rich to benefit the poor.

In other words, wealth does

not have to be redistributed.
All that is needed to
expand the incomes of the
poor is economic growth.
The poor today live vastly
better lives than the poor
did a century ago. This is
all thanks to an improving
economy that provides new
resources to care for the
destitute and new assets for
the poor to use to improve
themselves, according to the
World Economic Forum.
That being said, the changing
definition of poverty should
not be used to entirely
disregard the poor, as Fox
News is apt to do. However,
it should be recognized that
economic growth improves
the lives of the poor and

provides opportunities
for the underprivileged to
climb the ladder to a more
prosperous class, according
to economist Lonnie Stevans.
Even if increasing taxes
on the rich to help the
poor were a valid idea,
the evidence shows that
such a system is incredibly
inefficient. The United States
welfare system collects
enough taxes for everyone
in poverty to receive roughly
$40,000 a year, according
to the Congressional
Research Service. However,
the average impoverished
person receives services
and payments equivalent to
$9,000 a year, according to
the Congressional Budget
Office. Clearly, the federal

government is spending a
great deal of money along
the way. If the government
manages to waste nearly
80 percent of the money
taxed from more privileged
Americans to give to the
less fortunate, adding more
government taxation and
services is not the solution to
poverty.
The solution, as previously
mentioned, is a better
economy. But how do we get
there? For starters, we need a
change of focus. The primary
concern should be on the
poor, not the rich. Our area
of interest should be policies
that promote economic
growth, not taxes that line
the pockets of bureaucrats
on the way to the poor.

Our priorities are out of

place if we worry about
how much the wealthy
make when there are more
than a billion people in the
world who earn less than
$1.25 a day, according to
a 2011 study by the World
Bank. Instead of focusing
on the incomes of the most
wealthy, we should focus
on issues that keep entire
nations in the grip of poor
economic policy, or laws
and institutions that prevent
entire classes of people from
improving themselves. Only
then will the poor get richer,
not poorer.
John Olson is a sophomore
from Wichita studying
economics

Better etiquette needed in college classrooms

Its so cool how you dont have to

go to class in college.

I dont know how I feel about

flying to London on Friday the
13th...

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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

Meg Huwe

@mphuwe

ts 3 oclock on Friday
afternoon. The last
place any of us wants
to be is sitting in a lecture
hall, especially when theres
gorgeous weather outside.
Having to attend a class
so close to the weekend
can easily put a damper on
anyones day. Unfortunately,

thats how your schedule

worked out and, especially
by this point in the year, you
should probably just accept
it. If you dont want to go to
class, then you might as well
just skip. But coming to class
to take a quiz, then walk out
during the middle of the
lecture is not only distracting
to those students who came
to learn, but also incredibly
disrespectful to the lecturer.
On average, in-state
students are paying $954
per dropped or failed class,
while out of-state students
pay $2,483, according to
materials distributed by the
Universitys Undergraduate
Advising Center. It is one

thing to be seriously ill or to

have experienced a family
trauma, but, because its
Friday or I dont feel like
it are not valid reasons to
skip a class.
Another issue arises when
people come to class only
to discuss the party on
Thursday night or some sort
of roommate drama. If you
want to talk about those
things before or after class,
please go ahead, but the
dull roar of stories from the
Hawk does not help those
around you learn. If youre
not that intent on learning
for the day, dont ruin it for
those who are.
The most pressing issue

with classroom etiquette is

cellphone usage. Sometimes
the Twittersphere is way
more intriguing than what
the professor is saying.
In large lecture halls with
hundreds of other students
in the hall, its tempting to
check your phone since your
teacher cant pinpoint you.
Thats why not using your
phone in class is a matter
of personal integrity. Its
important to practice now
in the classroom because
in settings like business
meetings, your boss most
definitely will not want
you checking your phone
while he or she is talking.
Cellphones are such a

distraction and students

should break the habit now
while they can. It wont be
easy to put your phone away
in a professional atmosphere
if you cant do it now.
Take a moment to consider
how youre behaving in the
classroom. Your professor
deserves respect, as do your
peers. It is also unfair for
you to cheat yourself out
of learning. Implementing
polite habits now, in a
less serious setting, will
positively impact how you
act in your future career.
Meg Huwe is a sophomore
from Overland Park studying
chemical engineering

I got 99 problems but Im gonna

take a nap and avoid them all.
Now lets hope that the weather
doesnt decide to screw us all
and start snowing randomly.
Why are the Kardashians still
relevant? Come on people, lets
please move on.
Soccer best part of spring.
When someone says,
I heard = false.
If someone asks me if I want food
thats a tell-tale sign they dont
know who I am.
ihop and Tryyaki always sound
like good decisions when youre
drunk, but never when youre
sober.
When 90% of the class never
shows up and your teacher
rewards those who do with extra
credit. #yes #clutch #worthit
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CROONING AT THE CAPITOL

Mens Glee Club performs as part of concert series at Kansas Statehouse

KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley
Thirty-three men of the
Universitys Mens Glee Club
will perform the Alma Mater,
National Anthem and KU
fight songs for the Kansas
Legislature as part of the KU
at the Capitol Concert Series
today at noon. The semesterlong series is sponsored
by Reach Out Kansas, a
program that supports and
hosts concerts and musical
events in the state. The Glee
Club is one of six University
music programs scheduled to
perform.
Director Christopher Smith,
who is working on his Doctor
of Musical Arts degree in
choral conducting, said the
group is thrilled to have the
opportunity.
I think its an honor, Smith
said. The dean of music sent
an email saying we have a
donor who wants to pay for
you guys to go sing in the
State Capitol, and he said to
me theyd like to see the Mens
Glee [Club].
The Mens Glee Club,
founded in 1809, is the oldest
choral group at the University.
Nathan Dame, associate
director and first-year Ph.D
student, said the group has a
rich history.
Being a glee club, were
more about the tradition and
sharing the fight songs, not
just doing normal male choir
music, Dame said. Were
having fun while doing it.
Its a good mix between what
people would think of as a
traditional choir and also fun
traditions. Theres just a kind
of brotherhood that goes
along with being in a male
choir.
Dame was the president of
the club when he completed
his undergraduate studies at
the University in 2007. When
he returned for his graduate
work, he said he knew exactly
where he wanted to spend his
time.
It was one of those things
where I was always in choir in

high school and I had wanted

to be part of something with
that camaraderie of a mens
choir, Dame said. Its just
really fun to be a part of.
Smith said the majority of
the men in the choir are nonmusic major freshmen who
used to sing in high school.
Theyre
overachievers,
Smith said. Theyre a really
challenging group of young
guys. They come from all over
the campus. We try to target
the underclassmen, nonmusic majors because we want
that diversity. I talk to them
about what Glee is and that
our concert works are not as
heavy as those at other choirs.
We do stuff thats more fun,
but its not all fluffy.
Justin Kline, a freshman
from Overland Park, said he
joined the club on a whim,
looking for something fun
to do, but never expected the
opportunities the club has
given him.
The first home basketball
game of the semester, we sang
the Alma Mater and National
Anthem at Allen Fieldhouse,
he said. To just jump right
on board as a freshman is
awesome. KU Mens Glee is
doing nothing but growing
and expanding.
Working with the human
voice is something Smith
said hes always had a passion
for because it is like no other
instrument. He has been
working with different types
of choirs since he was 17 years
old, so he said directing Glee
Club came naturally.
Theres something really
special and unique about
putting together different
voices from people from
different
backgrounds
around the country and the
world, Smith said. Theres
something about putting
those voices together to make
a beautiful whole, because the
human voice is a part of us. It
isnt an instrument you play.
Smith said the opportunity
to work with the Glee Club
and the members range of
voices is a privilege.

BEN BRODSKY/KANSAN
KU Mens Glee Club Director Christopher Smith conducts the club during a rehearsal on March 5 in Murphy Hall. The
Glee Club will perform today at the Kansas Capitol as a part of a semester-long concert series by Reach Out Kansas.

Placement auditions
take place at the beginning
of the fall and spring
semesters. If you are
interesting in joining Mens
Glee, contact Christopher
Smith at
christophersmith@ku.edu
Upcoming performances
at the Statehouse include:
KU Brass Ensemble,
Steve Leisring, director
Wednesday, April 1
KU Horn Choir, Paul
Stevens, director
Wednesday, April 29
KU Trombone Choir,
Michael Davidson, director
Thursday, May 7

To be able to put that

together in a choir is a really
special experience, he said.
BEN BRODSKY/KANSAN
To work with them day-in
KU Mens Glee Club Associate Director Nathan Dame conducts during rehearsand day-out is a reward. Its a
al on March 5 in Murphy Hall. Dame was the president of the club when he
special thing.
was an undergraduate at the University in 2007.
Singing at the Capitol
is something Dame said
For some of these guys, believe, being able to show
doesnt happen often, and it
it
may be the only time they support for what goes on not
is important to showcase what
ever
get to do this, Dame said. just in your own major or your
the University music program
Theres
all sorts of changes own life but as the University
offers. Dame said supporting
the University as a whole at going on at the Capitol, and as a whole is very special.
regardless of whatever you
Edited by Emma LeGault
the Capitol is important.

Chappie proves a messy, intriguing sci-fi tale

Alex Lamb

@lambcannon

Chappie gives a new

take on the robot-with-aconsciousness story, but in
a more compelling way. It
showcases the bizarre South
African electro-rap group
Die Antwoord so much that
it feels more like its The Die
Antwoord Movie than one
prominently featuring them.
Not only does their weird
aesthetic accompany them,
but their songs fill in the
soundtrack as well.
Considering that writer/
director Neill Blomkamp

and Die Antwoord are

popular representatives of
film and music for South
Africa, respectively, it makes
sense they would team up
with a movie thats fittingly
idiosyncratic. While the
resulting product proves
less gonzo and satisfying
than hoped for such a wild
pairing, it certainly leaves a
unique impression full of odd
charms.
With gangs running
rampant in Johannesburg,
South Africa, the government
has begun using a militarized
robot police force from a
weapons manufacturer. Deon
(Dev Patel), the designer
of these robots, steals a
deactivated one after figuring
out how to create a humanlike consciousness, intending
to test it on his own.
Before he can do so,
gangsters Ninja, Yolandi

(Ninja and Yo-landi Visser

from Die Antwoord, playing
more criminal versions of
their usual personas) and
Amerika (Jose Pablo Cantillo)
kidnap him. Deon cant turn
the robots off like they want
him to, but offers them his
robot (played by Sharlto
Copley) instead, and they
name him Chappie. Cute like
a shy puppy at first, Chappie
quickly learns about the
world around him, how to
express himself and how to
act.
Ninja teaching him how
to walk, talk and intimidate
like a gangster makes for
hilarious silliness, as does
Chappie stealing cars for
Ninja with the enthusiasm of
an energetic dog destroying
things around the house in
excitement. But theres real
sympathy with Chappie as he
suffers, Ninja acting like an

abusive dog owner trying to

toughen him up, dropping the
scared robot off in dangerous
areas to fend for himself. This
likeness is abundantly clear
as Ninja convinces Chappie
to join their heist plan after
encountering a dead dog and
a living one, telling Chappie
he has to do what it takes if he
wants to be the living dog.
Blomkamps tackling of
social issues through his
thoroughly detailed sci-fi
vision offers food for thought
in his films, but following his
debut with apartheid allegory
and modern sci-fi classic
District 9, his storytelling
ability has been losing steam.
His follow-up Elysium went
far more formulaic with its
healthcare disparity narrative,
while Chappie wanders
around in an exploratory, but
not so compelling, fashion.
Though Blomkamp does get

into thought-provoking ideas

with consciousness, he drags
some of them out longer than
their interest sustains, while a
subplot with Hugh Jackman
as a designer of a bigger
militarized robot is obvious
where it is going from the
start. And considering how
awesome the action scenes
were in Blomkamps previous
two films, the action here
disappoints. While still
enjoyable, it lacks most
of the inspired edginess
and spectacular violence
Blomkamp does so well.
Chappie uses throwing stars
as his primary weapon,
however, and there is a
distinct pleasure in that
ridiculous concept, just as its
a sweet surprise that a story
about a gangsta robot has an
emotional heart at its core.
Edited by Valerie Haag

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Today is an 8
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today. Make a move. If you feel
stuck with fear or doubt, get
support from someone who loves
you. You can get farther than
imagined with steady action.
Dress the part.
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Today is an 8
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Invest in a long-held objective.
Energy builds for this adventure.
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worked previously (and what
didnt). Support someone in
pain.

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Apple Watch, thinner MacBook

unveiled at Spring Forward event
Kelly Cordingley
@kellycordingley

The next big thing Apple

unveiled acts as an extension
of your heart and mind, giving the consumer the option
to wear their watch, phone,
activity tracker, calendar and
notepad, all of which can
be encased in yellow or rose
18-karat-gold with a polished
sapphire crystal screen.
That can be yours when it
is released April 24, if youre
willing to spend upwards of
$10,000. The least expensive
watch comes in at $349.
Some of the lower-end
watches trade the gold encased-screen for aluminum
or stainless steel.
The Apple Watch was
revealed during Apples
Spring Forward event
Monday. There have been
no new gadgets in five years
and since former CEO Steve
Jobs died in 2011. Current
CEO of Apple, Tim Cook,
said this is a project he has
wanted to create since he was
5 years old. According to The
International Business Times,
the watch has a battery life of
18 hours, but can only make
phone calls with an iPhone
connection.
A Wall Street Journal personal technology columnist,
Geoffrey Fowler, tweeted

from the event that the

watch allows nearly all the
capabilities of a phone, but
questioned its accessibility.
The watch comes in three
different faces, and all have
numerous wristbands to
switch out. The broadness of
what the Apple Watch covers
is unlike anything on the
market, but this isnt the first

Smart Watch.
LG, Samsung and Motorola
have previously released
such watches, and Samsungs
has a battery life of multiple
days. However, Apples watch
provides GPS capability, a
gyrometer and an accelerometer along with general
smartphone capabilities. It
also looks to be the most

ERIC RISBERG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Event attendees get a look at varieties of the new Apple Watch on display in
the demo room after an Apple event on Monday in San Francisco.

ERIC RISBERG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The new Apple Watch is on display in the demo room after an Apple event
on Monday in San Francisco. Pre-orders for the Apple Watch start April 10.

versatile and stylish Smart

Watch.
But, if all that isnt enough
or you just dont feel like
speaking to your wrist, you
can always send your mom
your heartbeat in real-time to
let her know youve survived
college midterms.
Along with the Apple
Watch, Apple introduced the
thinnest MacBook yet. The
MacBook has an all-metal
enclosure, according to
Harpers Bazaar. Theres more
battery capability and no
longer a fan within the laptop
whatsoever. The new MacBook starts at $1,299.
Fowler tweeted photos of
the new MacBook, saying its
so thin, it could slice cheese.
Researchkit was another
announcement at the event.
This pulls data from your
apps, if you allow it to do so,
and shares it with researchers
across the world who are
working to find cures for
diseases. One of the major
benefits mentioned was how
it tracks a persons gait to
look for symptoms of Parkinsons disease.
According to AppleInsider,
other applications to help
detect breast cancer, cardiovascular disease and treat
diabetes and asthma have
been developed.
It seems the new watch was
the big crowd pleaser and
drew the expected ooohs
and ahhhs, but until preorders are able to be placed
April 10, we wont know how
popular the watch and all its
features are.
Edited by Valerie Haag

High-fashion stylist turns focus to all

women with release of new QVC line
JENNIFER SMOLA
Associated Press

SUDOKU

CRYPTOQUIP

COLUMBUS, Ohio As
Lori Goldstein was beginning
her career in the late 1970s,
stylists werent a staple of
the fashion industry, home
shopping networks didnt
exist and a naked and
pregnant Demi Moore had yet
to bare her belly at checkout
counters everywhere from
the cover of Vanity Fair.
But for Goldstein decades
later: Check, check and check.
She spent years as a stylist
determining just the right
look for subjects of awardwinning
ad
campaigns,
chart-topping music videos
and iconic magazine covers
including Moores.
Then the Ohio native sought
a change.
Goldstein
focused
on
offering style to the masses
with an original line on home
shopping network QVC and
last week started a new onehour weekly show.
There was a whole world
out there that wasnt privy
to the world that I was in,
Goldstein, who continues to
work as a stylist and fashion
editor-at-large
for
Elle
magazine, said in a phone
interview. I knew that I
somehow wanted to tie those
two worlds together.
Dubbed LOGO by Lori
Goldstein, the brand is less
about couture and more
about creativity.
Launched in 2009, it
emphasizes
layering,
including longer tops with
asymmetrical cuts as well as
leggings of varying length.
LOGO and its line extensions,
including a jewelry collection
and a line for young girls,
bring a variety of colors and
textures.
With her brand, Goldstein
hoped to be an authentic
fashion guide and give
all women regardless

of their proximity to a
fashion capital license to
express themselves through
flattering clothes. Goldstein
remembered
people
complimenting her outfits
while growing up in Ohio,
but saying they could never
pull off her style.
So many women are afraid
to wear things because they
dont understand fashion the
way I do, or theyre scared to,
Goldstein said.

Theres a kind of fire.

Theres a passion between
the ladies and their Lori.
ISAAC MIZRAHI
QVC designer

QVC viewer and LOGO

shopper Deborah Bonfanti
found there is no cookiecutter way of wearing
Goldsteins clothes.
It crosses generations,
Bonfanti, 53, said. Lori gives
women my age permission to
play.
Goldstein, 58, was born
in Columbus and moved to
Cincinnati when she was 8.
She worked for retailer Fred
Segal after moving to Los
Angeles when she was 18,
then moved to New York City
in the late 1970s.
I cant imagine ever not
coming from the Midwest,
she said. There is that
normalcy and also that
understanding of this great
picture of America.
Over 35 years Goldstein
built her fashion career in
New York on her knack
for pairing garments and
accessories for photo shoots
and videos, becoming one of
the first stylists in the fashion
industry.
Goldstein worked with

MATT ROURKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ohio native Lori Goldstein poses for a photograph on Monday at the home
shopping network QVC headquarters in West Chester, Pa. Goldstein spent
years as a stylist determining the right look for subjects of award-winning
ad campaigns, chart-topping music videos and iconic magazine covers.
Now she is focused on offering style to the masses with an original line on
QVC and she recently started a new weekly show.

photographer
Annie
Leibovitz in the 1980s on
projects including American
Express
award-winning
Portraits campaign and
numerous
Vanity
Fair
covers. She went on to work
on dozens of Italian Vogue
covers and served in editor
roles for that and other
fashion publications. She has
styled numerous artists and
actors, including Madonna in
her 1984 Take a Bow music
video.
Fellow QVC designer Isaac
Mizrahi calls Goldsteins
brand
democratic
and
inclusive and says customers
gravitate to her.
Its not just a connection,

he said. Theres a kind of fire.

Theres a passion between the
ladies and their Lori.
Goldstein, who recently
bought a house in Chester
County, Pennsylvania, and
returns to Ohio occasionally
to visit family, is someone
fashion hopefuls in the
Midwest can look up to,
said Gargi Bhaduri, assistant
professor at Kent State
Universitys fashion school.
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course, set examples as to
how, if you just have the
fashion, and you know what
you want to do, you can just
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Regardless of how he got to the

rim, he got to the rim and made the
basket.
Bill Self
The Lawrence Journal-World

FACT OF THE DAY

Mason increased his points per

game from 5.5 last season to 12.6
this season.
ESPN

TRIVIA OF THE DAY

Q: How many points per game does
Staten average?
A: 14.5

ESPN

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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015

THE MORNING BREW

Staten over Mason was right choice for All-Big 12 first team
This weekend, as the Big 12 came
to a close, the All-Big 12 first and
second teams were announced. Perry
Ellis, a junior forward, made the first
team, but sophomore guard Frank
Mason III was only on the second
team. That might come as a shock to
some Kansas fans.
Juwan Staten, the West Virginia
guard who made first team and was
named preseason Big 12 Player of the
Year, is just as good as any guard this
year, but theres no doubt Mason has
had an integral role in helping the
Jayhawks win games this season.
Mason improved his points per
game, averaging 12.6 points per game
this season compared to 5.5 last
season. He also improved his average
in steals, free-throw percentage (on
Saturday he hit the three game-tying
free-throws against Oklahoma), and
three-pointers.
However, I agree with the commit-

Nick Couzin
@NCouz

tee that Staten is the better guard and

deserved the first team nod.
When the Big 12 committee, made
up of league coaches, chooses whos
on the first and second team it looks
for who has a great season individually, but it tends to pick veteran players
as it should such as Ellis, Buddy
Hield, an Oklahoma guard and Big
12 Player of the Year, and Staten, a
senior.

For one, he has more

size than Mason, who is
5-foot-11 and too short
to play guard in the NBA
right now, but what makes
Staten a standout is
that he can drive inside
and not get blocked,
like during the victory
against Mountaineers in
Morgantown, W.Va. Jayhawk
fans still see Mason struggle when he
drives inside.
Staten is in the upper tier of Big 12
guard play for his defensive performance. After his game-winning layup
with seconds left in the Kansas-West
Virginia matchup last month in
Morgantown, Kansas coach Bill Self
commended Statens play.
Regardless of how he got to the
rim, he got to the rim and made the
basket, Self said. Then hes the one
who defended Perry on the other

end. What a
great hustle
play. Thats a
kid who really
wanted to win.
When it
comes down to
it, defense and
driving to the
rim are the big
differences between
the
two guards, and
theyre why Staten gets the edge over
Mason. Staten also leads Mason in
most statistical categories this season,
averaging 14.5 points per game.
Despite the great season fans have
seen from Mason, we still have two
more years to see how much more
Mason can improve. Staten will be
a lottery pick in the NBA Draft in
June, so next season the Big 12 will be
Masons to take over.
Edited by Emma LeGault

Moustakas gets two hits for Royals against Brewers

ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHOENIX

Mike
Moustakas had two hits,
including a two-run double,
and the Kansas City Royals
stayed perfect in Cactus
League play with a 5-4 win
over the winless Milwaukee
Brewers on Monday.
The AL champion Royals
are 6-0 and the lone unbeaten
team in the majors during
the exhibition season. The
Brewers and Cubs are the only
winless clubs at 0-5.
Our guys are real focused
about what they are doing,
Royals manager Ned Yost
said. Our guys are real
excited about the young kids
getting opportunities and it
excites the kids when they see
the older veterans are excited
about what they are doing.
It gives everybody a good
feeling.
Moustakas had been 1 for
8 this spring going into the
game. Raul Mondesi, son of
the former major leaguer by
the same game, had two hits
and drove in a run for the
Royals.
Brewers star Ryan Braun
fouled out and lined out,
leaving him hitless in five atbats this spring.
Matt Long and Matt
Clark hit solo homers for
Milwaukee.
Brewers starter Jimmy
Nelson, showing his new
curveball for the first time,
allowed one hit in two
scoreless innings in his first
spring start. Hes hoping
an offspeed pitch will help
him be more effective in the
major leagues after enjoying
dominant success in the
minors last year.
I liked the curveballs.
When he missed, he missed

down with them, Milwaukee

manager Ron Roenicke said.
I think its going to be a nice
pitch for him.
Jason Vargas gave up an RBI
triple to Martin Maldonado in
his first start for the Royals.
Maldonado has four hits in
seven spring at-bats with
regular catcher Jonathan
Lucroy still sidelined by an
injury.
STARTING TIME
Royals: Coming off a careerbest 3.71 ERA last year and
a start in the AL pennantclinching
game
against
Baltimore, Vargas struck out
three in two innings.
Brewers: Nelson went 2-9 in
12 starts with Milwaukee last
year, but sparkled (10-2, 1.46
ERA) in 16 starts at Triple-A
Nashville.
I threw three curveballs
and a couple of changeups
and they were good pitches,
Nelson said. The curve is
something Ive been playing
around with since Double-A.
I have worked on it enough off
a mound to put it into games.
But this offseason, I put my
mind to working on it and the
speed difference will be big for
me.
TRAINERS ROOM
Brewers: Roenicke said
Lucroy, who has been out
with a right hamstring injury
suffered during a running
drill in mid-February, could
see his first game action by
this weekend. Lucroy, who
had hamstring problems
much of last season but was
able to play through it, will get
some at-bats but not run
the bases in some minor
league intrasquad games in
the middle of the week. ... LHP
Dontrelle Willis, who has had

a stiff neck since Saturday,

could throw in a minor league
game on Thursday. ... 1B
Adam Lind is still a few days
away with a back issue.
WHOS ON FIRST?
With still Lind sidelined,
Gerardo Parra, who won two
Gold Gloves in Arizona but
is the fourth outfielder in
Milwaukee, has been taking
groundballs at first. Roenicke
said he might put him there in
a game there soon.
He played over there before
and he messes around there all
the time so weve been talking
about it, Roenicke said. Its
impressive when you watch
him in workouts. So well see.
UP NEXT
Royals: Kansas City is back
in Surprise to face the Chicago
White Sox. Starter Jeremy
Guthrie will make his first
Cactus League appearance.

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Conference
strength led Kansas
to Big 12 title

Shane Jackson
@jacksonshane3

ll good things must

come to end.
This is the year it
will come to an end. It has to.
Everyone associated with
Kansas basketball heard the
noise as the 2014-15 season
began.
This was the year that the beloved conference streak would
ultimately come to an end.
Just last week, an improbable
comeback on Senior Night
over West Virginia helped
Kansas win outright in front
of thousands of adoring fans
in Allen Fieldhouse.
It couldnt be done, they
said. The conference was too
strong, they said.
Bill Self had the last laugh
because the conference
strength is exactly what
helped Kansas win the Big 12.
But lets backtrack to the
beginning of the season and
the claims that the conference
was simply too strong for the
Jayhawks to clinch another
title.
Before the season, many
experts picked Texas to bully
Kansas from the top with its
super-sized frontcourt. Self
even considered the Longhorns the favorite before the
season. But Texas finished
seventh in the conference.
The veteran-heavy Cyclones,
led by Fred Hoiberg, the
only coach in the conference
within arms reach of reigning
king Self, was also supposed to
have a shot. Hoibergs squad
lost two consecutive games
to Baylor and Kansas State,
at a time when it controlled
its own destiny to win the
conference.
West Virginia saw an
18-point lead vanish against
the Jayhawks, without Kansas
making a shot beyond the
arc. The complete meltdown
demoralized the Mountaineers, and ruined any hopes
they may have had at a share
conference title.
So many teams had a shot,
but it was Kansas, again.
But it was because this
conference was so good that
the Jayhawks were able to
win it in a year in which they
werent that good. A record of
13-5 was good enough to win
the Big 12, which is incredible
considering how tough the
conference is.
Nine of those wins came
from the confines of Allen
Fieldhouse, which means the
recipe to dethrone the Jayhawks is to be perfect at home.
No other team, not even Iowa
State with Hilton Magic, could
be perfect at home.
Kansas won this conference
outright with a losing conference road record. No team
in the Big 12 had a winning
conference record on the road.
Had this year been a year
in which the Big 12 had just
three or four good teams,
Kansas may have had the
streak snapped. But the depth
of the league benefited the
less-talented Jayhawks.
It was supposed to end this
year, they said. It did not.
Edited by Miranda Davis

KC ROYALS

Royals beat Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 in Cactus League play | PAGE 9

Jayhawks stay home to take on Chippewas

KYLAN WHITMER
@KRWhitmer

The Jayhawks will waste no

time getting back to Hoglund
Ballpark as they take on the
Central Michigan Chippewas
today at 3 p.m.
Coming off of a two-game
skid to lose the home-opener
series to Utah, the Jayhawks
(6-10) will look to bounce
back and make improvements
in a single-game series with
the Chippewas (10-5).
I think for right now its got
to start with starting pitching,
said Kansas coach Ritch Price.
We need them to go out there
and pound the strike zone and
let us settle in so were not
playing from behind.
Kansas pitching struggled
throughout the Utah series,
in which 10 Jayhawk pitchers saw time on the mound.
Younger pitchers had to step
up in the absence of senior
Drew Morovick, who is out
with a sore elbow.
Obviously hes a guy that we
need a lot from, Price said.
Hopefully hell be able to
bounce back and be able to go
next week.
The Chippewas have been
busy on the road playing at
Florida Gulf Coast, Stetson,
Texas State and Wichita State.
They will come to Lawrence
fresh off of their 2-1 series win
against the Shockers in Wichita this past weekend.
Kansas junior Hayden Edwards (1-1) will make his
fourth start of the season on
the mound for the Jayhawks
in todays game. He is throwing a 4.50 ERA this season
with 12 strikeouts in 14 innings pitched.
IMPACT PLAYERS TO WATCH
Kansas junior Colby Wright
comes into the game boasting

FRANK WEIRICH/KANSAN
Infielder Blair Beck tags out a Utah runner early in Fridays game. Kansas defeated Utah 7-5, beginning the three-game series that ended Sunday.

a .404 batting average with 21

hits and only two strikeouts.
Wright has been spectacular
this season at getting on base
with a .537 on-base percentage and an NCAA-leading
nine times hit by pitch.
Wright led the team with five
hits throughout the Utah series, where the team recorded
29 hits total.
There were a lot of hard
hit balls that were outs, said
Price. I was actually pleased
with the way we swung the
bats.
Kansas sophomore Joven
Afenir knows all about hard
hits becoming outs as he
earned the No. 6 spot on Fridays ESPN SportsCenter Top
10 plays with his diving catch
in center field. Afenir made an
even more impressive catch
on Saturday along with a
home run on Sunday to make
him a player to watch for at
the plate as well as on the field.
Edited by Valerie Haag

FRANK WEIRICH/KANSAN
Infielder Blair Beck slams home the first home run of the series against Utah on Friday afternoon. Kansas won the
game 7-5, but ultimately came out on bottom, losing the three-game series 2-1.

Big 12 Power Rankings: Kansas stays on top

SCOTT CHASEN

in overtime, the Mountaineers closed out their season

with a win against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Coach
Bob Huggins complimented
his teams play in the face of
injury, adding that it hasnt
been just one guy, but rather
a team effort to make up for
the losses of seniors Juwan
Staten and Gary Browne.

@SChasenKU

1. KANSAS (24-7, 13-5)

Last week: 1-1

Previous ranking: 1
The Jayhawks closed out
their season with a loss, but
with the Big 12 title locked
up outright, there is no other place they belong other
than at the top of the list.
Coach Bill Self continued to
rave about the strength of the
league, saying that he believes
seven of the ten Big 12 teams
deserve to make the NCAA
Tournament.

6. TEXAS (19-12, 8-10)

Last week: 1-0

Previous ranking: 6
The Longhorns beat the
Kansas State Wildcats in their
lone matchup, solidifying
their spot at sixth in the Big
12. With the team on the bubble headed into postseason
play, coach Rick Barnes was
asked if he thought the field
should be expanded, and he
said he likes it the way it is
right now.

2. OKLAHOMA (21-9, 12-6)

Last week: 1-0

Previous ranking: 2
The Sooners won their lone
game of the week, knocking
off the Jayhawks on senior
night, and they probably
would have been on top of
the rankings if they hadnt
fallen to Iowa State the week
before. Coach Lon Kruger
said it doesnt really matter
who his squad faces in the
Big 12 Tournament, because
either way the matchup will
be tough.

3. IOWA STATE (22-8,

12-6)

Last week: 1-0

Previous ranking: 3
Following Iowa States victory over the TCU Horned
Frogs, coach Fred Hoiberg
talked about the momentum
his team could build in the
Big 12 Tournament as it heads
into the NCAA Tournament,

BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN
Sophomore guard Wayne Selden Jr. dunks in the victory against West Virginia on March 3 in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas is no. 1 in the Power Rankings.

but while one might expect

the momentum to carry over,
Hoiberg wasnt convinced,
and said he wasnt sure about
any direct correlation, although he added that he still
found the tournament to be
important to the team.

4. BAYLOR (23-8, 11-7)

Last week: 1-0

Previous ranking: 4
The Bears won their only
game in the last week against
the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Their win wasnt enough to
move the team up a spot on

the power rankings as they

tied for fourth in the league.
Even with the Bears projected to be safely slotted in the
NCAA Tournament, coach
Scott Drew said he wanted to
see 128 teams in the NCAA
Tournament, because all of
the teams work hard and deserve to see the fruits of their
effort.

5. WEST VIRGINIA (23-8,

11-7)

Last week: 1-1

Previous ranking: 5
After falling to the Jayhawks

7. OKLAHOMA STATE (1812, 8-10)

Last week: 1-1

Previous ranking: 8
Having gone 1-1 over the
last seven days, the Cowboys
jumped over the Wildcats,
who again fell below .500. Like
many of the other coaches,
coach Travis Ford raved about
the strength of the league, and
he definitely hopes the NCAA
Tournament
committee
agrees, as the Oklahoma State
Cowboys are one of the teams
on the bubble.

8. KANSAS STATE (15-16,

8-10)

Last week: 0-1

Previous ranking: 7
After falling back below
the .500 mark, coach Bruce
Weber acknowledged that
his team held a players only
meeting, which he hopes can
spark his club. Weber also acknowledged that sophomore
Jevon Thomas will be back for
the Big 12 Tournament, which
should provide his squad with
a pretty big boost going into
the game against TCU.

9. TCU (17-14, 4-14)

Last week: 0-2

Previous ranking: 9
After winning three out
of four contests, the Horned
Frogs have completely fallen off, losing three games in
a row. Coach Trent Johnson
held a positive outlook on the
Big 12 coaches teleconference,
and said many of the losses
were to NCAA Tournament
teams, which speaks to the
depth of the league.

10. TEXAS TECH (13-18,

3-15)

Last week: 0-1

Previous ranking: 10
The Red Raiders were unable to finish off their season
with a win, falling to just 3-15
in conference play. Coach
Tubby Smith acknowledged
the disappointment of this
season, but said they were
starting over fresh now, and
it was the only attitude you
could take heading into the
tournament.

Edited by Valerie Haag