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long Kansan series on religion.

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Islams guidelines for how one
should live set moral standards,
regulate the diet and determine
prayer times. Tese are some of
the most fundamental elements
of Islam and are elements that
Muslim students, like Fatoumata
Bayo, sometimes struggle with.
Bayo, a senior from Warren,
Mich., spent the frst 12 years of her
life in the Gambia in West Africa
a predominantly Muslim country
before moving to the U.S.
When she was a child, her family
observed the fve daily prayer
rituals, which occur near dawn,
at midday, in the afernoon, at
sunset and at nightfall. Tey kept
to the specifed diet, which forbids
eating pork products. Bayo wore a
hijab, the head covering required
for Muslim women. She lived a
traditional Muslim life with her
family.
I was raised in a Muslim country
with a Muslim family, so everything
we did was done religiously and
traditionally, Bayo said. We were
not extremely religious, but we did
follow the ways of our religion.
For Bayo, the upbringing is an
important factor that makes her
who she is today. Te values and
morals that her religion instilled in
her as a child have been benefcial
throughout her life.
My religion kept me grounded
and guided me the right way, Bayo
said. I am very thankful for that.
Tough she follows Islam as a
student, Bayo has adapted her
religion to ft her busy college
lifestyle.
I like to call myself an
unorthodox Muslim, Bayo said.
Even though I follow my religion
somewhat fully, there are some
things that I dont do.
She notes that as she grew up, she
realized there were some aspects
she didnt entirely agree with.
However, she wanted to keep her
faith and continue the practices.
For Bayo, religion is about fnding
what fts for you and shaping your
religion in a way that refects your
ideals.
At this point in her life, Bayo
doesnt fnd herself in a place where
she is ready for the commitment of
wearing a hijab, but does plan on
doing so again when shes older.
Tis is just one of the ways she has
adapted her religious practices to
ft her college lifestyle.
A major struggle that she has
dealt with since coming to the
University is missing the strict
prayer times because of class and
work schedules.
I sometimes miss prayer times
and have to make them up when I
get home, and honestly, sometimes
I forget, Bayo said. But I do try
my best to keep up with them.
Moussa Elbayoumy, director of
the Islamic Center of Lawrence,
said that prayer times are ofen
missed because of busy schedules,
but that students are free to observe
prayer times whenever possible.
Students who wish to observe
prayer times can do it anywhere,
anytime, Elbayoumy said. It just
depends on their fexibility.
Elbayoumy also noted that the
Islamic Center has added prayer
times to the traditional number
to help busy students. Tis is one
way the Center has helped students
adapt to the new environment of
college.
Because so many of the Muslim
students on campus are not from
the U.S., they must work to adapt
and translate their religion to a
collegiate environment in the
United States.
Coming into a new environment
and adjusting can be very difcult
for students, Elbayoumy said. We
want to give them a welcoming
home and get them involved in the
community.
Te Center also hosts a Ramadan
celebration every year and invites
the community to join them
regardless of religious afliation.
Because of the religious diversity at
the University, students of diferent
religious views can sometimes
disagree
When presented with such
situations, Bayo respects the
opinions of others, but fnds it
pointless to argue. She said that
everyone is entitled to their own
religious opinions. Bayo also said
it might be more important for
people to focus on what their
religions have in common instead
of their diferences.
Te three Abrahamic religions
[Islam, Christianity and Judaism]
have more in common than
diferences, Bayo said. Te
moment people realize that, the
better of we will all be.
Elbayoumy encourages students
of all religious backgrounds to
come to the Center if they have
questions about Islam.
Were always open to new
students who have questions, he
said. People think our religion is
more exotic than it truly is, but it
is not that diferent from any other
religion.
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RELIGION
Muslim students adapt Islamic rituals to busy college schedules
ASHLEIGH TIDWELL/KANSAN
The Islamic Center of Lawrence is a place where Muslim students can go to pray. Prayer times are often missed by students
because of busy schedules, but students are free to observe prayer times whenever possible.
ASHLEIGH TIDWELL
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EGYPT
MICHAEL STRICKLAND/KANSAN
Marwa Ghazali, a graduate student at the University, will present a lecture tonight regarding her experiences during the revolution in Egypt during the summer.
WITNESS TO
REVOLUTION
Students lecture will give firsthand account of Cairos political upheaval
Marwa Ghazali vividly
remembers the tanks, protests
and unbridled chaos in Egypt
from her time there this past
summer. She witnessed the violent
political upheaval that engulfed
the entire country and overthrew a
government.
Ghazali, an Egyptian-American
graduate student at the University
studying medical anthropology,
was in Cairo when massive protests
took place and the democratically-
elected President Mohamed Morsi
was unseated by the Egyptian
military. Tonight, Ghazali will
give a lecture at the Kansas Union
detailing her account of the
political uprising.
Ghazali witnessed the political
upheaval in Cairo: assault,
gunfghts and riots. According to
Amnesty International, at least
800 people were killed in August
alone. Ghazali recalled one aspect
of death in the streets of Cairo.
Te fres that I was seeing and the
smoke were peoples bodies being
burned, said Ghazali.
Students for Justice in the
Middle East (SJME) is one of
several University organizations
co-sponsoring the lecture. Salman
Husain, a junior at the University
and vice president of SJME. said
his organization is concerned
with issues of injustice in Egypt,
including economic opportunity,
democratic elections and the
creation of a fair constitution.
Husain believes this lecture is a
great opportunity for University
students to have the complex
political turmoil in Egypt explained
by someone who personally
witnessed the upheaval. Husain
also wants those interested to
understand the confict not only in
political terms but also in personal
terms. We hope people will be
able to connect to it on a human
level. Tis is a very human issue
that all of us can relate to, said
Husain.
As a medical anthropologist,
Ghazali conducted research
examining populations of people
who live in cemeteries in Cairo. She
examined the relationship between
peoples homes and their health.
However, early into her stay in
Cairo, popular protests against the
TOM QUINLAN
tquinlan@kansan.com
SEE EGYPT PAGE 3
CITY COMMISSION
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
The Lawrence City Commission tabled the vote expanding a rental licensing
program on Tuesday. Opponents are concerned about privacy.
Rental licensing decision
postponed for two weeks
CODY KUIPER
ckuiper@kansan.com
Following months of debate, the
Lawrence City Commission failed
to reach a decision regarding an
ordinance that would expand a
citywide rental licensing program
Tuesday.
Hours of debate and public input
culminated in the commission
voting to table the issue for two
weeks in order to correct vague
portions of the legislation and
gather more information.
Te ordinance will require
nearly every rental unit in
Lawrence to be licensed by the
city and therefore subject to city
safety codes. Previously, only
rental units in single-family home
zones were licensed by the city.
Te new program would make
city inspectors responsible for
inspecting nearly every rental
unit in the city. Opponents of
the law change cited potential
invasions of privacy if city ofcials
were to become responsible for
inspection of rental properties.
However, members of the city
commission say they do not
anticipate privacy violations to be
an issue, as the inspections will be
scheduled in advance.
I dont think well be tramping
on anybodys rights, said City
Commissioner Bob Schumm,
who supports the ordinance. I
see value in this going forward.
Weve done a good job of listening
to those involved and made
compromises on several issues.
Under the ordinance, 10
percent of a renters units will
be inspected every three years to
make sure they are meeting city
codes. If they have fve or fewer
violations on their property, the
inspections will only occur every
six years.
City Commissioner Jeremy
Farmer proposed a brief pilot
program to test the reaction to
the program, quell fears relating
to it and identify difculties,
which the commission has also
decided to consider.
If we do this, we have facts
and data about going through
the process, and Im going to feel
better about supporting this,
Farmer said.
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COZY UP WITH THESE
HOLIDAY-THEMED DRINKS
PAGE 6
UNIVERSITY RANKED
IN BEST FOR VETS
PAGE 2
Newspaper clippings of Jayhawk
basketball articles were among the
many letters Devin Trees received
during his year serving in Afghan-
istan. When he returned home, the
University not only welcomed him
as a fan, but as a newly enrolled
student veteran.
Early in November, the Univer-
sity ranked as the 23rd best four-
year school for veterans by Mil-
itary Times in the fourth annual
Best for Vets survey. Eighty-six
other institutions made the list out
of thousands of nationwide appli-
cants DYouville College in Buf-
falo, N.Y., was rated the best but
the University was the only repre-
sentative from Kansas.
Te ROTC program is great be-
cause it ofers a military environ-
ment with a disciplined structure
in a laid back atmosphere, said
Trees, who is from Leawood. But
I think more importantly, those of
us who have been to war and come
home experience some form of
PTSD or readjustment issues and
everybody is very understanding.
Beyond the numbers, Lawrence
and the University provide a com-
fortable and welcoming commu-
nity for all veterans. Patrick Fa-
gan, a former Navy captain and
1966 graduate from the ROTC
program, was drawn to Lawrence
by the small community atmo-
sphere afer serving for more
than 30 years.
Teres military involvement
in almost everything, so its easy
to integrate and feel part of the
community quicker, Fagan said.
Te University alone boasts
nearly 700 veteran students, not
counting the surrounding com-
munity. Faculty and staf add to
the large, diverse population of
veterans on campus, which of-
fers students a shared experience
that words cant quite explain.
Tere is a language thats com-
mon among them that you really
dont discover until you come
back into civilian world, said
Randy Masten, assistant director
of the Ofce of Graduate Mili-
tary Programs and retired Army
Foreign Area Ofcer. Were just
here trying to ensure that what
theyve got is a safe landing.
Trees joined the Army when he
was 21 and spent the required
time in basic training before
heading overseas. He said train-
ing was an intense process he
was broken down and remolded
into a disciplined ofcer.
Te student veteran is well dis-
ciplined, theyll show up to class,
and theyll probably strive to have
a high GPA, Masten said. I know
were getting really good students
with every veteran that comes to
us.
At frst, Trees was nervous to re-
turn to school being out of classes
for years, but helpful Universi-
ty Registrar administrative staf
members put him at ease. He said
classes have been tough, but he
knows he will receive a respectable
education.
Te Military Times survey fo-
cused on academic rigor, availabil-
ity of programs, retention rates,
loan default rates, graduation
rates, student-faculty ratio, veter-
an enrollment and percentage of
tuition covered by the GI Bill.
Te University has made the
rankings every year, but as the
competition grows stronger, Mas-
ten and the administration look
forward to future improvements
in the program.
Teyve served the nation and
the people of Kansas, and now its
our turn to return the favor, Mas-
ten said.
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What: Professional Edge Breakfast:
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When: 8 to 9 a.m.
Where: Edwards Campus, BEST
Building, Conference Center
About: Public event with Kerry Benson
with breakfast served at 7:30 a.m.
What: The Identity Wheel: Dimension
of Diversity
When: 1 to 3 p.m.
Where: Joseph R. Pearson Hall, Room
204
About: Workshop with presenter
Blaine Hardy
Wednesday, Dec. 4 Thursday, Dec. 5 Friday, Dec. 6 Saturday, Dec. 7
What: Is Western Science an Indigenous
Knowledge?
When: 10 a.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons
About: Public event with senior research
scientist Jorge Soberon from the Idea Cafe
What: The City Dark: A Search for Night on a
Planet that Never Sleeps
When: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Malott Hall, 2001
About: Award-winning documentary lm
What: Disability, Emancipation and the U.S.
Civil War
When: 4 p.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons
About: Lecture with David Roediger from the
Bold Aspirations visitor and lecture series
What: Study Abroad Orientation
When: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Budig Hall, East Lobby
About: Orientation for winter, spring and
spring break study abroad participants
What: Jazz Border Showdown
When: 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Where: American Jazz Museum in Kansas
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About: Battle of the bands between Universi-
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. Te Uni-
versity of Notre Dame on Tuesday
fled another lawsuit opposing
portions of the federal health care
overhaul that forces it to provide
health insurance for students and
employees that includes birth
control, saying it contravenes the
teachings of the Roman Catholic
Church.
Te lawsuit fled in U.S. District
Court in South Bend claims the Af-
fordable Health Care Act violates
Notre Dame's freedom to practice
religion without government inter-
ference. Under the law, employers
must provide insurance that covers
a range of preventive care, free of
charge, including contraception.
Te Catholic Church prohibits the
use of contraceptives.
Te lawsuit challenges a compro-
mise, or accomodations, ofered
by the Obama administration that
attempted to create a bufer for reli-
giously afliated hospitals, univer-
sities and social service groups that
oppose birth control. Te law re-
quires insurers or the health plan's
outside administrator to pay for
birth control coverage and creates
a way to reimburse them.
Te Rev. John Jenkins, Notre
Dame's president, said that wasn't
enough.
"Te government's accommoda-
tions would require us to forfeit
our rights, to facilitate and become
entangled in a program inconsis-
tent with Catholic teaching and to
create the impression that the uni-
versity cooperates with and con-
dones activities incompatible with
its mission," he said in a statement.
Notre Dame says in the lawsuit
that its employee health plans are
self-insured, covering about 4,600
employees and a total of about
11,000 people. Its student health
plans cover about 2,600 students.
Te lawsuit says the health plans do
not cover abortion-inducing prod-
ucts, contraceptives or sterilization.
"Te U.S. government mandate,
therefore, requires Notre Dame to
do precisely what its sincerely held
religious beliefs prohibit pay for,
facilitate access to, and/or become
entangled in the provision of ob-
jectionable products and services
or else incur crippling sanctions,"
the lawsuit says.
Notre Dame argues that the fnes
of $2,000 per employee if it elimi-
nates its employee health plan, or
$100 a day for each afected bene-
fciary if it refuses to provide or fa-
cilitate the coverage, would coerce
it into violating its religious beliefs.
Daniel Conkle, an Indiana Uni-
versity professor of law and ad-
junct professor of religious studies,
said Notre Dame's arguments are
similar those in a case last month
where a federal judge in Pennsylva-
nia granted the Pittsburgh and Erie
Catholic dioceses a delay in com-
plying with the federal mandates.
Te Obama administration ar-
gues that the burden on the Catho-
lic entities is minimal, Conkle said.
Notre Dame and other Catholic
groups say it's substantial.
Steve Schneck, director of the In-
stitute for Policy Research & Catho-
lic Studies at Catholic University of
America, said the administration's
accommodations "are sufcient
to protect the Catholic conscience
for administrators of these plans at
Catholic universities." But he said
the lawsuits were still needed.
Te accommodations "really rest
on the good graces of the admin-
istration and those good graces
could disappear with a new admin-
istration," he said.
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Notre Dame ghts back against birth control
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People walk in front of an administration building on the campus of the
University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame is suing the Obama administration over
a federal mandate that its health insurance plans for students and employees
cover birth control.
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POLICE REPORTS
With the holidays fast approaching,
many Jayhawks are making
travel plans. Check the KU Info
homepage for a list of shuttle
services between Lawrence and the
KCI Airport.
A 26-year-old male was
arrested yesterday on the
2300 block of Murphy Drive on
suspicion of domestic battery
and criminal damage to
property. No bond was posted.
A 22-year-old female was
arrested Monday on the
700 block of 2nd Street on
suspicion of driving with
a suspended, revoked or
cancelled license and no
insurance. A $200 bond was
paid.
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Egyptian government gained
momentum and violence fared.
With no security, Ghazalis
work was dangerous.
On one occasion, Ghazali
was mugged while conducting
interviews in a cemetery with
her mother.
Youre on your own and
youre taking a big risk in terms
of going to do the research,
Ghazali said.
Ghazali said it can be difcult
to understand a revolution
happening across the world.
However, she also pointed out
that the uprisings in Egypt
tie into the beginning of the
United States democratic
establishment. She said her
lecture will hopefully help
people understand what the
struggle for democracy in Egypt
looks like and make it relevant
to students at the University.
Ghazali will be speaking in
the Malott room on the sixth
foor in the Kansas Union
tonight from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Te
lecture is open to anyone and
admission is free.
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TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cecilia Abadie wears her Google Glass as she talks with her attorney outside of trafc court Dec. 3 in San Diego. When Abadie
was pulled over on suspicion of speeding in October, the ofcer saw she was wearing Google Glass and tacked on a citation
usually given to drivers who may be distracted by a video or TV screen. She pleaded not guilty to both charges on Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES A California
woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday
to what is believed to be the frst
trafc citation alleging a motorist
was using Google's computer-in-
an-eyeglass.
Te device, known as Google
Glass, features a thumbnail-size
transparent display above the right
eye.
Te technology will not be made
widely available to the public until
2014, but defendant Cecilia Abadie
was one of about 10,000 "explorers"
who received the glasses earlier this
year as part of a tryout.
Her case touches several hot-
button issues, including distracted
driving, wearable technology that
will one day become mainstream,
and how laws ofen lag behind
technological developments.
Abadie was pulled over in
October on suspicion of going 80
mph in a 65 mph zone on a San
Diego freeway. Te California
Highway Patrol ofcer saw she
was wearing Google Glass and
tacked on a citation usually given
to people driving while a video or
TV screen is on in the front of their
vehicle.
Abadie, a sofware developer
and tech true believer, pleaded not
guilty to both charges in San Diego
trafc court.
Her attorney, William Concidine,
told Te Associated Press that she
will testify at a trial scheduled for
January that the glasses were not
on when she was driving, and
activated when she looked up at the
ofcer as he stood by her window.
Te device is designed to respond
to a head tilt by waking itself up.
Concidine also said the vehicle
code listed in the citation applies to
video screens in vehicles and is not
relevant to mobile technology such
as Google Glass.
Te California Highway Patrol
declined comment on Concidine's
assertions.
"Tis has to play out in court,"
spokeswoman Fran Clader said.
At the time of Abadie's citation,
the agency said anything that
takes a driver's attention from the
road is dangerous and should be
discouraged.
Te lightweight frames are
equipped with a hidden camera and
tiny display that responds to voice
commands. Te technology can
be used to do things such as check
email, learn background about
something the wearer is looking at,
or to get driving directions.
Legislators in at least three states
Delaware, New Jersey and West
Virginia have introduced bills
that would specifcally ban driving
with Google Glass.
Chris Dale, a spokesman for the
tech giant, said he was not aware of
any other tickets issued for driving
with Google Glass.
Google's website contains an
advisory about using the headgear
while driving: "Read up and follow
the law. Above all, even when
you're following the law, don't hurt
yourself or others by failing to pay
attention to the road."
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Updated healthcare.gov
receives mixed reviews
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
Counselors helping people
use the federal government's
online health exchange are
giving mixed reviews to the
updated site, with some zipping
through the application process
while others are facing the
same old sputters and crashes.
Te Obama administration
had promised an improved
shopping experience on
healthcare.gov by the end of
November. Tis is the frst
week users can test the site.
More than one million
people visited the site Monday
and 380,000 browsed the site
by noon Tuesday. Tanks to
the technology fxes, response
times dropped to one second
and error rates were under one
percent, according to fgures
from the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services.
In South Florida, John Foley
and his team of navigators
were able to successfully enroll
one of a handful of return
applicants before glitches
started, including estimates for
subsidy eligibility.
"Tese are people that have
policies going away, who have
health problems. Tese are
people that are going to be
very persistent," said Foley,
an attorney and certifed
counselor for Legal Aid Society
of Palm Beach County.
It's not clear if the site will
be able to handle the surge of
applicants expected by the Dec.
23 deadline. Many navigators
also say they're concerned the
bad publicity plaguing the
troubled website will prevent
people from giving the system
another try.
Federal health ofcials
acknowledged the website
is still a work in progress.
Tey've also acknowledged the
importance of fxing back-end
problems as insurers struggle
to process applications. Even
when consumers think they've
gone through the process, their
information may not get to the
insurer without problems.
In less than an hour on
Monday, Starla Redmon, 58, of
Paris, Ill., was able to get into a
health plan with help. Redmon,
who juggles two part-time
jobs and has been uninsured
for four years, said she was
surprised the website worked
so well afer hearing reports
about its problems.
"Everything she typed in, it
went through," said Redmon,
who chose a bronze plan and
will pay about $75 a month
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his weekend I had an
epiphany while I was
crouching behind a
covered grill sometimes I take
life too seriously. About this time
in the semester when all of my
papers are due and every test is
threatening to break through my
expanding web of panic, I cant
help but notice that small things
become a much bigger deal. Sud-
denly every question on every test
could decide what job I get. Every
word I write seems to be deciding
my future.
Sometimes you just have to
step back, take a deep breath,
and think about things from a
new perspective. During break, I
chose to think about my life like
an 11-year-old would.
Because it was Tanksgiving, I
got together with all my family,
so I spent a lot of time playing
and talking with my cousins and
my brothers. While the adults in
my family shot questions my way
about the future, the kids insisted
I play hide-and-seek with them
(Sardines, to be more specifc).
When the adults questioned me
about my relationship status, the
kids made disgusted faces and
asked if I wanted to play charades.
What this made me realize is
that sometimes, especially when
youre at your most stressed, its
nice to just let yourself be a kid.
I spent a lot of the time during
break playing hide-and-seek,
and even though Im pretty sure
I exceeded the age and height
of the average player, I didnt do
too badly. At one point it was
declared by several of my cousins
that I had come up with the best
spot.
It was also a lot of fun because
I got to catch up with my cousins
while we played. Instead of count-
ing, we ofen just talked about
common interests until it seemed
like theyd had enough time to
hide. I found out about how their
school was going, we spent a good
amount of time geeking out over
the Doctor Who 50th anniversary
episode and generally I got to
catch up in quick, fun conversa-
tions. I might add that not one
of these conversations involved a
mention of my future.
I think what this weekend really
made me realize is that Id like
to look at my future from a kids
perspective. I want to see my
future as a game of hide and seek.
I may not know where it will
take me or how long Ill have to
look for it, but I know that Ill be
excited when I do eventually fnd
what Im meant to do.

Anna Wenner is a junior majoring
in English from Topeka.
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S
omewhere between the aisle
dedicated to egg separation
and the foor-to-ceiling wall
of assorted toilet seat decorum,
I unintentionally set a social
experiment into motion in the
hub of sensory overload: Bed Bath
& Beyond. Afer I realized my
life would probably be complete
without microwavable slippers
and an automatic M&M dispens-
er, I turned my attention from
the somewhat apocalyptic robot
vacuum cleaners to my fellow
shoppers. I consider myself a
people-watcher in the way others
consider themselves triathletes
its a committed lifestyle. In
my study of consumers in their
natural habitat, I noticed quite a
paradox. One that isnt unusual,
but one that I found myself stuck
on.
It goes like this: while entering
said Mecca of Trinkets, I walked
past two elderly women waiting
by the door, presumably for a ride.
Feeling a surge of friendliness,
probably stemming from the wave
of artifcial Christmastime-smell
pumped through the vents, I
engaged them: Hi there, isnt it
beautiful out?
Even before I spoke to them,
the women met my entrance with
wide smiles that seemed genuine.
Tey immediately responded with
enthusiastic echoes of Oh yes, its
lovely, and some chatter about
how it hadnt been this warm this
far into November in, oh, I dont
know how many years. We parted
with polite smiles and I felt a little
twinge of contentment with the
world that is until it was re-
placed by lust for a jumbo loofah
with a handle (How had I been
washing my back my entire life?!).
Cue two girls in Kansas apparel,
around my age in the shower
curtain aisle. I walked near them
and they shot me that quick head-
to-toe survey laced with thinly
veiled distaste that girls know all
too well. Undeterred, I smiled and
said Tis place is so ridiculous, I
know I dont need any of this, but
I just want to buy it all!
Easily responded to, if they took
the bait. Just as I suspected, I
received a coolly fake, one-syllable
half-chuckle and punctuated with
a, Yeah, and our interaction was
over.
Te contrast between my frst
and second interactions was stark,
and sadly, predictable. Its perhaps
common knowledge today that an
age increase positively correlates
to friendliness with strangers. Its
widely accepted, as if being on the
defensive is a status symbol and
aloofness is its sacred companion.
Why is this? As our generation
begins to grey and pay a mort-
gage, will we suddenly accumulate
a sense of polite and kind regard
for our neighbor? Or are we, like
older generations, a product of
our times?
Without a glowing screen me-
diating all potential interaction,
perhaps our grandparents learned
socialization the old-fashioned
way: with the other red-blooded,
hairy mammal seated next to the
them on the bus or behind them
in the line at the store. Perhaps
our inability to, or distaste for
striking up casual conversation
is refective of how weve learned
socialization: through deliberately
worded statuses, painfully posed
pictures and the proper amount of
ellipses and conservative spacing
of smilies. We exist in this invin-
cible, consequence-free virtual
space, able to rip apart or falsely
gush over others without feeling
the weight of reaction, without
understanding the liability of our
words. We can homogenize our
interactions, and ignore harshly
worded emails until were ready to
respond just as harshly. An ability
to respond spontaneously cannot
be fostered in an environment
where the ignore button is always
a preferable option.
It is impossible to ignore that
this is the nature of our culture
and that our generation is stereo-
typed as apathetics as a result. So
how much does my feverish little
Bed Bath & Beyond escapade
really matter?
It is a clue that our hyper-reli-
ance on virtualized socialization
has defated our ability to be
present and receptive to the real,
three-dimensional world around
us, strawberry hullers, electric
blankets and all. My experience
may seem shallow at face value,
but in its essence it is a perpetua-
tion of this stereotype. Stereotypes
can rise from interactions with a
member of a group we fnd repre-
sentative and like it or not we are
all representative of our negatively
received generation. If we hope
to change the way were perceived
and represented, we can start with
a basic trait: simple kindness.
Erin Calhoun is a sophomore pre-med
student from Naperville, Ill.
Younger generations sacrice decency for efciency
Internet provides limitless
information, but little control
Make time to be a kid
and reduce your stress
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I
am so incredibly sick of the
Internet. Te throwaway cul-
ture, the anonymity and the
constant assault of information
have fnally worn me down.
I started out enjoying it all,
convinced that I was living in
a golden age of information. I
could use a search engine to root
out any fact or opinion I wanted.
My friends were one click away.
Everyone around me was enjoy-
ing the ride too, passing links
back and forth like love notes
in class. At frst its funny in
that embarrassing way. Ten its
annoying having to reach over
to Julias desk every fve minutes
for a delivery to Joey. And then
you go berserk whenever Julia so
much as twitches.
Hear me out; I think that the
Internet is eating away at our
culture and certainly my sanity.
Its made everyone so self-in-
dulgent. I cant believe how
self-involved everyones become.
An endless cycle of over-shar-
ing and one-upping each other
transformed my feed from an en-
tertaining collection of friends to
a circle jerk of fattering photos
and humble brags.
If theres a hell, its an endless
stream of memes being forced
into your eyeballs Clockwork
Orange style. Tey morphed
from funny image macros to
cringe-worthy nonsense in a
matter of months. A meme at its
root is a single joke just one
joke being repeated in difer-
ent contexts over and over again.
Once parents and tweens found
them, there was no going back.
And theyre everywhere, being
shared back and forth constantly
with links to videos that went
viral in 2006. And that, Ive
decided, is the worst part of
todays Internet. With sites like
Reddit bringing millions of users
together merely to consume, all
of the content becomes circular.
Ive grown jaded from watching
the same baby mispronounce
fre truck while his parents howl
wildly with laughter in the back-
ground. Ive become bitter from
the circus of cats being scared by
their refections or falling of a
table out of the blue. I am just so
sick of having to wade through
all of the crap Ive seen a million
times already just for a kernel of
more of the same trash.
At frst, having news articles at
my fngertips was amazing. I was
constantly on the cutting edge
of every developing story and
nothing few by my radar. But it
became frustrating reading fve
articles a day about gay-bashing
in Russia knowing I couldnt do a
thing about any of it.
Reading frst-hand account
afer frst-hand account of the
atrocities in Syria made me feel
like a true armchair activist for
a while. But then it merely de-
pressed me knowing all I could
do was watch a country eat itself
alive. And I couldnt stop. And
neither could anyone else.
Its mostly my fault. Ive spent
way too much time on the
computer and too little outside
in the real world actually living.
But dont blame me too hastily.
All of these sites and all of this
content are engineered to be
addicting. Teyre selling ad
space. Teyre selling my clicks.
A twenty-something in Silicon
Valley is being paid to fgure out
the silver bullet meme that will
inhabit all of our Facebook feeds
for eternity.
And that at least is comforting:
knowing Im not the only one
wasting away in front of a dimly
lit screen.
Wil Kenney is a sophomore majoring
in English from Leawood.
What ever happened to people calling
each other Home Skillet Biscuit?
This is the rst non-miserable Tues-
day morning Ive experienced for my
walk to my 7:30 a.m. lab in TOO long.
Article title, Charlie Weis Ready For
Off-Season: Arent we all? Off-Sea-
son aka basketball season.
After a week of relentless searching
and a full can of Glade, my room-
mate and I cannot nd the source as
to why our room smells like feet.
Not ribs but McRibs, my future
unemployed friend.
The only thing I hate about December
is that guys start shaving again. Let
the beards stay!!
Since when was Harry Potter a
Christmas movie?
I wish I didnt have a roommate so I
could use Siri more often.
This Kansas weather is playing
games with my heart.
Hey guys, can everyone just stop
releasing new albums, movies and
games until this semesters over?
Thanks. Maybe cancel my Netix
subscription too.
Im pretty sure Im the gay best
friend to several girls, even though
I aint gay.
I wish I could watch several of my
professors read my evaluation.
Binge watching The Harry Potter
movies instead of studying for nals
so yeah Im not feeling stressed.
All students get into the volleyball
game on friday for FREE. Come
support our girls!
If youve never had Dillons Private
Selections Denali Moosetracks ice
cream, you havent lived.
Every time I see people biking
up Daisy Hill I try to shout
encouraging things.
I love watching Louie, but I just
feel shame when I actually
relate with him.
How much egg nog is left in the
world, and how can I have all of it
before the holidays end?
Did anyone else hear a Jumanji
drum beat in the Wescoe
lecture halls today?
The rst two HP movies are way cute.
Hey, cowboy boot hater: people
like you are the reason why half of
Kansas doesnt trust KU.
Same.
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By Anna Wenner
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By Wil Kenney
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By Erin Calhoun
ecalhoun@kansan.com
Doesnt the Spike Lee stamp
count for anything anymore? If
youre part of the dwindling num-
ber of moviegoers who still asso-
ciate that name with any kind of
cinematic substance, think again.
Lees new flm, Oldboy, is a re-
make of Chan-wook Parks gritty,
stylish, well-composed Korean
symphony of raw emotion.
Parks version went
down in American-under-
ground-cult-flm history and is
doubtlessly an important piece
in South Koreas flm landscape.
Lees take is forced, unoriginal
and needlessly disturbing. It
spends most of its 104-minute
running time inside the prison
of the American mainstream plo-
tline and phony cinematic devic-
es, then fnally explodes through
those barriers only to fnd itself
plummeting into the flth of
soon-to-be forgotten American
trash.
Lets take a closer look, shall we?
Lees version follows the same
premise as Parks, down to sev-
eral minuscule details. He even
throws in a few Easter eggs from
the Korean version, which is re-
freshing at frst, but soon feels
utterly disrespectful. Te story
follows Joe Doucett (Josh Brolin),
a hopeless wannabe playboy and
alcoholic ad salesman. Divorced
and failing as a father, he is mys-
teriously kidnapped in the street
one night during a drunken stu-
por.
He awakes to fnd himself locked
in a dingy motel room, which he
quickly learns is little more than
a nicely decorated prison cell.
Confused and alone, he spends
the next 20 years trying to fgure
out where he is and who is hold-
ing him.
Early on in his imprisonment,
he learns his ex-wife has been
murdered and his 3-year-old
daughter has been adopted. Final-
ly, afer many desperate attempts
at escaping and years of eating
bland dumplings that were mys-
teriously shoved under the door,
he is set free. With the un-enlisted
help of love-stricken-for-the-bad-
boy Marie (Elizabeth Olsen), he
sets out to fnd three things: who
captured him, why he was held
prisoner and the whereabouts of
his now grown-up daughter. As
more events unfold, he realizes
his captor has laid out a grim path
of sufering and painful truths he
must follow before he can get his
revenge.
Sounds like a great plot, right?
It is. But a great movie? Abso-
lutely not. Lees rotting soup of
abhorrent sicko-violence, lack of
humanitarian risk, failure to con-
nect the dots between major plot
elements and a grossly miscast
villain leaves you feeling ill.
Sharlto Copleys role as the flms
villain is a complete farce it
feels like he just showed up, read
the lines, took the paycheck and
went home. A vital part of the
success of Parks version was wit-
nessing the bipolar fips between
his villains emotional anguish
and deadpan cruelty. We dont
even get an ounce of that human-
ity with Copleys performance.
Olsens role as the leading lady
isnt terrible. Shes believable and
fun to watch. She doesnt deliver
gold, however, and blends in with
all the Kate Beckinsales, Emily
Blunts and Jessica Biels of our
world.
Brolins performance is the fsh-
ing wire trying to reel in a whale.
Hes strong and convincing as
always, but couldnt save this
movie. He doesnt even compare,
however, to Choi Min-sik, Parks
leading man. Min-sik, named
Oh Dae-su in the movie, owned
the role on a rarely seen level. He
was completely devoted to all of
the physical, emotional and spir-
itual changes that occurred to
Oh Dae-su. Park brought it out,
and thats partially why his movie
is remembered and Lees will be
forgotten.
Draped over the beautifully in-
tricate web of Parks metaphors,
proverbial wisdom, raw vehe-
mence and gritty fght sequences
was this element: truth. Te mov-
ie is electrifying it leaves you
wanting to karate-chop the near-
est pedestrian, yet also to sit and
meditate over the beautifully or-
chestrated madness you just wit-
nessed. Park knows how to tell it
like it is, and avoids the heinous
crime of mass-audience-pleasing
formulation. Park went all-out in
all of the right places and knew
exactly when to hold back ev-
erywhere else. Lees version spits
out choked dialogue, cheap story
fow and overtly literal character
development and plot elements.
Parks version serves up some of
the worst and rawest negative hu-
man emotions naked on a silver
platter, and its incredibly mov-
ing. Lees version serves cheap,
plastic lefovers.
Parks Oldboy came out in
2003; its sad that 10 years later
Hollywood resorts to recycling
the aferbirth of classic cult flms
in a hopeless attempt to revive
Americas deadbeat mainstream
movie industry. Lee now fnds
himself on the fast track to M.
Night Shyamalanism, stuck be-
tween the waning success of his
flms and an even bleaker future
afer his latest fop.
Edited by Emma McElhaney
Bob Dylan charged in
France for inciting hate
PARIS French authorities have
led preliminary charges against Bob
Dylan over a 2012 interview in which
he is quoted comparing Croatians to
Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan.
The charges of "public insult and
inciting hate" were led against the
musician in mid-November, Paris
prosecutor's ofce spokeswoman Ag-
nes Thibault-Lecuivre said Tuesday.
They stem from a lawsuit by a Cro-
atian community group in France over
remarks in an interview in Rolling
Stone magazine in September 2012.
Speaking about race relations in the
United States, Dylan was quoted as
saying: "If you got a slave master or
Klan in your blood, blacks can sense
that. That stuff lingers to this day. Just
like Jews can sense Nazi blood and the
Serbs can sense Croatian blood."
A lawyer for the Croatian group,
Ivan Jurasinovic, said it is not seeking
monetary damages but wants Dylan,
"a singer who is liked and respected in
Croatia, to present an apology to the
Croatian people."
He said the Croatian community in
France was upset by the remarks, but
said he did not know why Croatians
in Croatia or the United States, where
Rolling Stone is based, have not led
similar suits. France, home to about
30,000 Croatians, has strict laws
punishing hate speech and racist re-
marks.
Representatives for Dylan, who
performs in France regularly, could
not immediately be reached for com-
ment.
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Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Mercury enters Sagittarius (until
12/24); you see (and can articulate)
a broader perspective. Share it in
person, via email or social media,
and get the word out in bold letters.
Get extra efcient. Pack everything
you do with passion.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Its time for adventure time. Try
something new, or explore areas you
normally avoid to discover something
you didnt know about yourself. Set
long-range educational goals over
the next two days.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 7
For three weeks with Mercury in
Sagittarius, communication with
your partner is more direct and easy.
Rely on others. Choose participation
over isolation. Expand your bankroll.
Shared holdings increase in value.
Luxuriate privately or with
someone special.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is an 8
For the next three weeks, expand
your sphere of understanding. Let
yourself get persuaded to partic-
ipate. Your work becomes more
interesting. Weigh pros and cons.
Figure out what your heart wants
and study it with a passion.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 9
For the next three weeks, youre even
smarter than usual, and especially
good with words. Get disciplined (es-
pecially today and tomorrow) about
your health, diet and exercise. You
can afford to invest in your vitality,
and this includes rest.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
For the next three weeks, improve
things at home, especially through
communication. Stay out of
somebody elses battle. Focus on
household renovation and get the
best quality. Shop carefully, and
ensure the teams aligned before
committing. Play with it!
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
For the next three weeks with Mercu-
ry in Sagittarius, reconsider assump-
tions. Youre especially bright, witty
and persuasive. Stand up to a critic.
More study will be required. Increase
your familys comfort. Temptations
are alluring and love blossoms.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
It could get easier to spend over the
next three weeks, so think before
handing over that card. Get only
what you need and go for the best
quality. You may be able to borrow
and share resources.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 9
Ask probing questions to deepen
your studies, which expand through
communication over the next three
weeks. The action is behind the
scenes. Enjoy new developments.
Turn down a public for a private
engagement. Question authority.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 9
For the next three weeks, realizing
dreams goes easier. Its a philosoph-
ical phase, and what you learn could
have volatile moments. A female
brings beauty into your home. Over-
build. Imagine, but dont venture too
far yet. Set priorities.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 6
For the next three weeks, consider
all possibilities and discuss them.
Group participation gets powerful
results. Confer with others and
discover views that ring true. Plan
carefully. Have what you want deliv-
ered, and delegate roles and tasks.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
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impacts your career directly. Answers
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PHILADELPHIA Angel Ayala
has never been a big fan of muse-
ums. Blind since birth, the high
school student says the exhibits are
so sight-dependent that he can't
enjoy them.
But he's making an exception for
the Penn Museum, an archaeology
and anthropology center that ofers
touch tours for the blind and visu-
ally impaired. Ayala can now feel
the eroded limestone of an ancient
Egyptian sarcophagus and the in-
tricate hieroglyphs on the statue of
a pharaoh.
"When I touch things, it's my
version of a sighted person's eyes.
It tells me way more than a person
describing it would ever," Ayala
said.
Te institution, which is part of
the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, began ofering the
tours last year in an efort to make
their extensive collections more
accessible. Museums should serve
the community at large and that in-
cludes the unsighted as well as the
sighted, said program coordinator
Trish Maunder.
"Just because a person has low vi-
sion or can't see doesn't mean that
they're not completely interested in
culture or learning about ancient
artifacts," Maunder said.
Most major U.S. metro areas have
at least one museum that ofers
some type of hands-on experience,
from touching objects with bare
hands or gloves to feeling replicas,
according to Art Beyond Sight, a
group that makes visual culture
accessible to the blind and visually
impaired.
Such accommodations began well
before the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act and have increased as
museums "have transformed from
institutions that house objects to
institutions that work with audi-
ences," said Nina Levent, executive
director of the New York-based art
organization.
Museums that don't ofer tactile
tours ofen have personal or audio
guides for the blind. But Levent
contends that developing touch
components can beneft a wide
range of visitors, including chil-
dren's groups and students with
learning disabilities.
"I'd be hard-pressed to think of
an audience that does not want to
touch," Levent said.
Te Penn Museum has held
hands-on tours twice each Monday
when the building is otherwise
closed for the past two fall sea-
sons.
Ayala's recent visit came during a
feld trip with about a dozen class-
mates from the Overbrook School
for the Blind. Te students got to
feel a quartzite likeness of Ramess-
es II, a black basalt statue of the
goddess Sakhmet and two stone
cofns. Smaller reproductions of
the pharaoh and deity were avail-
able for those not tall enough to
touch the tops of the statues.
CHEERS CELEBRITY
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Penn Museum, part of the University of Pennsylvania, began offering touch tours in 2012 as part of an initiative to make
their extensive collections more accessible.
Museum touch tours enhance
experience for visually impaired
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Freezing temperatures and ap-
proaching fnals can lead to a lack
of motivation to hit the bars. Tese
four cold-weather inspired drinks
can make for a great night in with
roommates and friends.
RUMCHINI (RUMCHATA MARTINI)
1 ounce Rumchata
1 ounce plain vodka
cinnamon sugar
snickerdoodle cookie
Te cinnamon favor of Rumchata
is great for many holiday-favored
drinks. Combine Rumchata, vodka
and ice in a martini shaker. Shake
and strain. Coat the rim of the glass
with the cinnamon sugar and pour
in the shaken martini. Garnish
with a mini-snickerdoodle cookie
to make for a fun presentation (and
a little dessert).
CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINTINI
1 ounce Godiva dark chocolate liqueur
ounce peppermint schnapps
1 ounce vanilla vodka
mini candy canes
chocolate syrup (optional)
Tis chocolate peppermintini is
perfect for a movie night in with
the roommates. Chill the Godiva
liqueur prior to making the drinks.
Combine the liqueur with the pep-
permint schnapps, vanilla vodka
and ice in a martini shaker. Shake
thoroughly and pour into glass.
Top it of with a mini candy cane.
For an extra sweet peppermintini,
add one tablespoon of Hersheys
chocolate syrup.
SPIKED HOT CHOCOLATE
ounce Kahlua
ounce Godiva dark chocolate liqueur
1 ounce marshmallow vodka
whipped cream
mini marshmallows
chocolate syrup (optional)
Tis drink makes for a great af-
ter-dinner treat. Combine Kahlua,
Godiva liqueur, vodka and ice in
a martini shaker. Pour into a glass
and top it of with whipped cream
and mini marshmallows. Add
chocolate syrup for an extra sweet
kick.
IRISH COFFEE
1 cup coffee
1 ounce Baileys Irish Cream
1 ounce bourbon
A cup of cofee with a kick is
a great evening drink to have at
home. Make a cup of cofee, add
in the Baileys and bourbon. Serve
warm.
Edited by Emma McElhaney
HANNAH BARLING
hbarling@kansan.com
Make your holiday merry with
these festive, seasonal drinks
MICHAEL STRICKLAND/KANSAN
Plan a night of merriment this season with cocktails featuring popular winter avors, such as peppermint, chocolate and cinnamon.
LOS ANGELES Lady Gaga
is ready to hear applause in are-
nas across North America this
spring. Te always provocative
pop star is readying a tour in sup-
port of her latest album, Artpop.
Billed as artRave: Te ART-
POP Ball Gaga's upcoming
show is set to open on May 4 in
Ft. Lauderdale. Te 25-date trek
will wrap on July 21 with a stop at
Staples Center in downtown Los
Angeles.
Gaga's lofy ambitions for fashy
spectacle are the core of her live
showings, with her tours con-
tinuing to up the ante.
Her last outing, 2012's massive
Born Tis Way Ball, was a master
class in spectacle with a sprawl-
ing, three-story medieval castle
and extravagant set pieces such as
a mechanical horse, the infamous
Grammy egg and a motorcycle
that doubled as a costume.
But the show's grueling chore-
ography led to a hip injury that
required surgery for Gaga and
the cancellation of more than a
dozen dates earlier this year. Te
new tour will include several cit-
ies she was forced to skip because
of the injury.
Te "artRave" could be a tipping
point for Gaga, who has taken
some hits this year.
"Artpop's" lead single, "Ap-
plause," didn't make the sort of
noise typical for a Gaga release
and critics have been largely split
on her new tunes. "Artpop" did
open at No. 1 when it was re-
leased in November, but its frst-
week sales paled in comparison
to releases from fellow pop divas
Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus. She
also parted ways with her long-
time manager a week before the
album hit stores and a recent
Tanksgiving special for ABC
anchored by the album and the
Muppets fopped.
Before opening the new tour,
Gaga will stage a sold-out series
of shows at New York's famed
Roseland Ballroom in late March.
Her seven-night stint will be the
last shows at Roseland and set the
record for the most consecutive
shows by any artist at the venue.
Tickets for most dates go on sale
Monday through Live Nation.
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Lady Gaga arrives at the 2013 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A.
Live in Los Angeles on Nov. 24.
Lady Gaga announces
North American tour
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his Saturday will decide the fate of
Ohio State and Florida State to see
who goes to Pasadena, Calif., for
the college football national championship.
If both No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Ohio
State can win their conference champion-
ship games, both teams will advance to the
national championship.
But the fate of one Florida State Seminole
standout Jameis Winston, who is the subject
of an ongoing sexual assault investigation,
will be decided before the Atlantic Coastal
Conference championship game on Dec. 7
against Duke.
In the past few weeks, a few wrinkles have
unfolded in the Winston investigation. Ac-
cording to a family statement obtained by
the Tampa Bay Times, the detective told
the woman accusing Winston of rape that
Tallahassee is big football town and the
victim needs to think long and hard before
proceeding against him because she will
be raked over the coals and her life will be
made miserable.
On Nov. 26, a DNA sample provided by
Winston matched the sample taken from the
underwear of the woman who had accused
Winston of sexual assault, as stated in USA
Today. According to Winstons attorney, Tim
Jansen, the DNA match does not surprise
him or Winston, which means that Winston
did have sex with the accuser. Jansen also
stated that the sex Winston had with the ac-
cusing woman was consensual.
According to the State Attorneys Ofce in
Tallahassee, Fla., Winston could be charged
as soon as this week, which would be before
the ACC championship. Te Florida State
University student-athlete code of conduct
states that if any athlete is charged with a
felony, the administration would determine
the discipline. Tis means if the school be-
lieves that Winstons allegations are severe
enough, the university would have no oth-
er choice but to suspend Winston
from football activities.
Over the course of the investi-
gation, Florida State coach Jimbo
Fisher advised his players to not
talk to media about Winstons sit-
uation and Fisher himself has not
spoken on the matter.
Te 6-foot-4 redshirt freshman
played all 12 games of the Sem-
inoles undefeated season.He
threw for 3,490 yards, 35 touch-
downs and only eight intercep-
tions.
Florida State, currently No. 2
in ofense in the Football Bowl
Subdivision (FBS) with 53.7
points per game (yes, they have the No.
2 ofense in the FBS behind Baylor), would
have to rely on red shirt freshman Sean Ma-
guire according to the Ofcial Athletic web-
site of FSU. Te 6-foot-3 signal caller from
Sparta, N.J., has made three appearances
behind center this season, where Maguire
completed 13
passes for
116 yards and
three touch-
downs.
Fisher said he
was impressed
with the way Ma-
guire played at the
end of the regular
season. Maguire
played over 12 min-
utes against Idaho on
Nov. 23, where he com-
pleted nine passes for
84 yards, one touchdown
and one interception.
Te Florida State ofense
wont look the same without Winston, but
the Seminoles defense, which leads the FBS
by allowing just 11 points per game, will be
exactly the same.
Edited by Chas Strobel

This week in athletics

Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday Friday
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
THE MORNING BREW
Q: When was the last time Florida State
won the national championship?
A: 1999
!
FACT OF THE DAY
Johnny Manziel is the only red shirt
freshman to win the Hiesman Trophy.
ESPN.com
Winston could miss championship game
It hasnt altered in any way. Our team is
not insulated from it. We deal with it. We
address those issues. We control what we
can control how we prepare and how we
play. Thats how we go about it.
Jimbo Fisher
on Winstons preparation
for ACC championship game
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Womens Basketball
Arkansas
7 p.m.
Lawrence
Womens Basketball
Texas Southern
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Womens Swimming
USA Winter Nationals
All day
Knoxville, Tenn.
Womens Swimming
USA Winter Nationals
All day
Knoxville, Tenn.
Womens Swimming
USA Winter Nationals
All day
Knoxville, Tenn.
Womens Swimming
William Jewell
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Mens Basketball
Colorado
2:15 p.m.
Boulder, Colo.
Track
Bob Timmons Challenge
4 p.m.
Lawrence
No Events Mens Basketball
Florida
6 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla.
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By Blair Sheade
1
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN PAGE 7
FIFA
Three stadiums to miss
deadline for World Cup
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil At least
three World Cup stadiums in Brazil will
not be nished by the end of December
as FIFA requested.
Soccer's governing body said Tuesday
the stadiums in Sao Paulo, Curitiba and
Cuiaba are unable to meet the deadline
because of construction delays.
The announcement came after the
World Cup organizing committee re-
ceived updates from the six host cities
that still must turn over the venues for
next year's tournament. The other six
were ready for this year's Confederations
Cup.
"Two stadiums will be delivered more
in the region of February than in Janu-
ary or December," FIFA Secretary General
Jerome Valcke said. "Curitiba is the one
where we are facing the most problems.
Clearly, Curitiba will not be delivered
before the end of February 2014, so
that's a fact."
The stadium in Cuiaba also is expect-
ed to be ready in February, four months
before the World Cup opens on June 12.
FIFA said it still doesn't know when it will
have the venue in Sao Paulo, where a
crane collapse last week killed two work-
ers and damaged part of the stadium.
A report on the scale of the damage is
expected by the end of the week.
"We are in a period of time when the
opening game of the World Cup will be
played in Sao Paulo," Valcke said. "We
are not in a crisis mood where we are
looking for an alternative to Sao Paulo.
We are condent they can deliver the
stadium on time (for the opener)."
Associated Press
Tere was a time when the word
concussion was seldom used on
the sidelines or in locker rooms.
It was only when a player was un-
conscious on the feld that serious
head injuries were considered.
Concussions are impossible to
ignore in football today, as law-
suits continue to increase over the
issue.
Te Kansas City Star reported
yesterday that the
Kansas City Chiefs
are being sued by fve
former players over
head injuries.
Former Kansas
City Chiefs general
manager Carl Peter-
son said he had not
heard of the lawsuit
when he spoke at an
event at the Kansas City Public Li-
brarys Plaza Branch for an event
titled Big Hits, Lasting Hurts.
Peterson is the current chair-
man of USA Football, a nonproft
organization that has established
Heads Up Football, a movement
that is USA Footballs national
initiative to help make the sport
of football better and safer, as the
organizations website states.
Peterson was part of a panel that
included former NFL quarterback
Trent Green and NFL ofensive
lineman Conrad Dobler. One of
the topics of conversation was a
change in proper tackling tech-
nique.
Basically were trying to change,
I dont like the word, but the cul-
ture of the game. It begins with
proper tackling technique. When I
taught tackling, it was always lead
with your head. Tat has got to be
eliminated, Peterson said.
USA Football has initiated a
player safety coach for every
youth football
league. Peter-
sons organiza-
tion is focused
specifcally on
improving the
safety of the
sport at the
youth level.
Part of the
culture of the
game involves players playing
through pain to stay on the feld.
For so many years in our game,
it was well, youve got to be tough
to play football. Ive heard neurol-
ogists say, youve got to be tough
to play football, but your brain is
not tough, You have to be smart
enough to recognize when your
brain is not right and sit out, Pe-
terson said.
A saying that Peterson stressed
the importance of was when in
doubt, sit them out, which is es-
sentially what Kansas football
coach Charlie Weis did this season
as junior Tony Pierson dealt with a
recurring concussion.
Weis decided with two games
lef in the season that he be cau-
tious and allow Pierson the time
he needed to recover, rather than
putting him back on the feld.
Te best thing for Tonys health,
therefore the right thing to do, is
instead of coming out and putting
him down on the depth chart
at the end of the day, the right
thing is for me and the training
staf to sit there and say, Tony,
you might be able to go, but youre
sitting down the next two weeks.
Were going to make sure this head
of yours clears up, Weis said at a
press conference on Nov. 22.
Tat is exactly the message be-
ing sent by those trying to make
a safer game.
In the age of concussions,
somebody has to make a stand,
Weis said.
Te message on Tuesday be-
tween Peterson, Dobler and Green
was that everybody involved in the
game must take a stand on concus-
sions.
Te reality is that football is as
popular in the United States as it
has ever been, but the game fac-
es an issue of safety that clearly
threatens the sport at every level
from youth to professional.
Te positives of this game called
football so far outweigh the nega-
tives. Its accountability, its respon-
sibility and its discipline. Whether
a youth football player plays one
year, four years or ten years, I
think what they gain from that is
an experience that you cant do in
any other sport, so I dont want to
see the game go away. I want to see
it grow, become more qualitative
and safer, Peterson said.
Edited by Chas Strobel
Volume 126 Issue 56 kansan.com Wednesday, December 4, 2013
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
sports
By Mike Vernon
mvernon@kansan.com
COMMENTARY
Reagan may return
to Kansas football
J
ohn Reagan came back to Law-
rence in September of 2012. His
friends called with questions that
werent exactly about him. Ques-
tions about his team.
How are you going to be? What
are you going to do?
Reagan who was a friend for
fve years to Kansas returned as
a foe. He coached the Rice Owls,
who beat the Jayhawks. Tose who
knew Reagans past history as a Kan-
sas coach spoke highly of him when
he returned. Teir praise seemed to
go beyond the fact that Reagan and
the Jayhawks won when he was the
ofensive line coach and run game
coordinator for the University. Its
because he had an idea of why they
won.
We were going to be harder, Rea-
gan said in September. We were
going to be tougher.
Last Wednesday, the Lawrence
Journal-World reported that Rea-
gan is coming back to the Univer-
sity. Te report said Reagan will be
the ofensive coordinator for the
Jayhawks, a role that Weis himself
flled the previous two seasons.
Ten KU Athletics released a
statement that Tim Grunhard, the
teams ofensive line coach, will not
be a part of the team next season.
We have already hired a re-
placement for Tim, Weis said in
the statement. When that coach
becomes available we will provide
more details.
While KU Athletics has not con-
frmed the hiring of Reagan (he
does have a bowl game to coach at
Rice), the move would be a step for-
ward for Weis and the Jayhawks.
In 2010, Reagan became the of-
fensive coordinator at Rice. In 2009,
Rice had the No. 104 rushing of-
fense in the country. Tis season,
the 9-3 Owls have the 17th best
rushing ofense in the country. Keep
in mind, Rice is the second smallest
Football Bowl Subdivision school in
the country.
In 2012, Rice led the nation in
time of possession, averaging 33:59
minutes with the ball per game. In
the Big 12 conference, time of pos-
session can be an important factor
in keeping some of the nations most
elite ofenses of the feld.
Also, the move would mean that
Weis is, to an extent, relinquishing
his duties as ofensive coordinator.
While Weis has an extensive histo-
ry coaching the ofensive game, the
ofensive results from the Jayhawks
have not been so splendid.
Most of all, hiring Reagan would
be about winning. Kansas has won
four games in two seasons. Te heat
and pressure are building on Weis
for year three. Reagan was here
when the pressure lifed of Mark
Mangino and results rolled in.
He was here when Mangino
coined the phrase keep sawin
wood. When Reagan was asked
about hiring previous-Kansas as-
sistants to the Rice team such as
Ryan Cantrell or A.J. Steward he
said Kansas football taught them
how to go from an average team to
one that wins the Orange Bowl.
Tey learned how to win, Rea-
gan said. Tey learned what it took
to win. Tey learned the patience
along the way to keep working.
So in 2012, when Rice traveled to
Kansas and Reagan arrived wearing
Rices blue and gray, it felt unusual
at least before the ball was kicked
of.
If I were being honest, Reagan
said in September, with no apparent
knowledge of the possible return. A
year ago it was weird to be at Memo-
rial [Stadium] and not be wearing
the colors at KU.
It seems that may eventually be a
problem of the past for Reagan.
Edited by Kayla Overbey
Afer a tough couple of weeks
on the road, the Kansas womens
basketball team (4-3) returns
home to take on an undefeated
Arkansas (8-0) squad Wednesday
night. Since its last home game on
Nov. 17, Kansas has gone 1-3 in
road and neutral environments,
including a 1-2 fnish in last weeks
tournament in the U.S. Virgin
Islands.
Arkansas has been hammering
its opponents ofensively during
its current eight-game winning
streak. Te Razorbacks average
76.4 points a game, while their
opponents have been held to an
average 40.5 points per game. Tis
includes a 72-23 victory against
Binghamton in its last matchup
on Nov. 30, which was the fnale
of the New Mexico Tanksgiving
Tournament. Arkansas also beat
Southeast Missouri 88-37 on its
way to winning the tournament
title.
Te Razorbacks are not ranked
in either the AP or Coaches Poll,
but have received votes in both.
Tey have not played in a true
road game yet, with their only
games away from Fayetteville,
Ark., coming in the Tanksgiving
tournament on a neutral court.
Freshman forward Jessica Jackson
leads the team in scoring by
averaging 14.4 points a game.
Arkansas will face a Jayhawk
team that is ready to be back at
home. Te diference in the teams
latest performances is noticeable,
starting with Kansas leading
scorer, Chelsea Gardner.
Gardner, a junior from DeSoto,
Texas, was averaging 22.3 points
a game before the road trip. Since
then, her average has dipped
to 15.3, which includes a two-
point efort in the last game
against Duke. Gardner had been
hampered with some foul trouble
during the holiday tournament
and had less playing time. Her
rebounding numbers have stayed
steady over home and road
matchups.
Junior Asia Boyd has also seen
her numbers take a dip since the
homestand. Boyd was averaging
18 points per game in the frst
three games at home but is now
averaging 11.7.
For the last two games, seniors
Markisha Hawkins and CeCe
Harper have been added to the
starting lineup, replacing Boyd
and sophomore Lamaria Cole in
the guard positions. Harper was
named to the all-tournament team
of the Island Division following
the tournament in the Virgin
Islands.
Tese two teams met just last
season in Arkansas. Arkansas
came out victorious 64-56 over the
then 17th-ranked Jayhawks, who
had been previously undefeated.
Each team has lost key players
since then.
Tis time around, the teams meet
in Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday at
7 p.m.
Edited by Emma McElhaney
WOMENS BASKETBALL
SAFETY
ROADBLOCK
RECOVERY
Kansas returns home
to take on Arkansas
JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Junior forward Chelsea Gardner prepares for a free throw during the Nov. 10 game against Oral Roberts University. The Jayhawks won 84-62. Gardners average points per game dropped from 22.3 to 15.3 during
the teams past few weeks on the road.
STELLA LIANG
sliang@kansan.com
MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
Head injuries in NFL prompt
changes in youth football
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monique Hase, left, from Delia, Eva Faulkner, center, from Blue Springs and Jill
Kauts, right, from Merriam practice their tackling stances under the watchful eye of
former Kansas City Chiefs player will Shields during a football safety clinic for area
mothers at the Kansas City Chiefs practice facility on Dec. 3, in Kansas City, Mo.

In the age of concussions,

somebody has to make a
stand.
CHARLIE WEIS
Kansas football coach
FIFA STADIUMS MISS DEADLINE
FOR WORLD CUP
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