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Student Senate undergoes $4,000 makeover designed to improve its
reputation with students on the Kansas campus. GOVERNMENT | 2A
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Buford, Henry announce exit
student senate rebrand
led by website redesign
BY KELLY STRODA
kstroda@kansan.com
As of this summer, West Campus
is home to two new buildings.
These two buildings are in the
midst of the Universitys pharma-
ceutical and life science research
area. The buildings provide new
opportunities for KU faculty and
students along with a better way
of helping put Lawrence on the
map for scientists and businesses
around the country.
Bioscience and Tech-
nology Business
cenTer
The Bioscience and Technology
Business Center, 2029 Becker Dr.,
opened about a month ago and
is now fully functioning. Access
to this center allows KU faculty
to have a place to
help them develop
their own compa-
nies. The center
will function as
an incubator for
new businesses
that emerge from
the University as
well as businesses
that are recruited
here.
This is a new
thing for KU, this
is a new thing for Lawrence, but
I think its a really positive step
in terms of economic develop-
ment and partnership, said Matt
McClorey, director of the Lawrence
Regional Technology Center.
The Lawrence Regional
Technology Center is managing the
building and the Lawrence-Douglas
County Bioscience Authority owns
the building, forging a three-way
partnership between these busi-
nesses and the University.
Carey Novak, director of Business
Relations and Development in the
Office of Research and Graduate
Studies, said that the BTBC would
provide opportunities for faculty
interested in developing their ideas
into potential companies.
Thats becoming a bigger thing
with younger faculty, especially
faculty in the sciences and the
engineering areas, Novak said.
Glen Marotz, associate dean
of Engineering Research and
Graduate Programs in the School of
Engineering,
agrees that
the BTBC
will benefit
Uni v e r s i t y
faculty.
W h e n
s o me t h i ng
shows prom-
ise, its not
easy to find
a space that
you can use
for develop-
mental purposes, Marotz said. So
the Bioscience Center will defi-
nitely help.
The center is also looking to
recruit emerging companies that
are interested in Lawrence and
interested in working with stu-
dents.
I think this will provide oppor-
tunities for students in terms of
job opportunities with early-stage,
promising businesses whether they
are spun out from the University or
recruited here, McClorey said.
Construction on the
20,000-square-foot building began
in October 2009. The University
of Kansas, the City of Lawrence,
Douglas County and the Lawrence-
Douglas County Bioscience
Two new buildings increase the size of West Campus
campus
Kelsey Richardson/KANsAN
The Bioscience andTechnology Business Center is one of KUs latest additions to West Campus. The 20,000-square-foot building was completed in mid-June and houses a state-of-the-art wet lab
facility, start-up companies related to KU research, and other newtechnology businesses.
BY STEPHEN
MONTEMAYOR
smontemayor@kansan.com
For having grown up with the
onset of the Internet, our gen-
eration may not be all that Web
savvy when it comes to research-
ing, a study by the International
Journal of Communication sug-
gests.
The study, written and
conducted by professors at
Northwestern University, found
that students often only chose
websites that appeared at the
top of Google searches to com-
plete tasks or perform research.
Eszter Hargittai, associate pro-
fessor of communication studies
at Northwestern and one of the
studys authors, said that most
mistakes in the Web research
process occur before students
even click Search.
I think part of it is not so much
necessarily what else they can be
using, Hargittai said. I think a big
part of it is being more critical and
careful about what they are already
using.
Hargittai said that search results
arent necessarily ranked in terms
of credibility. More sophisticated
queries are also needed to glean
credible sources from popular
search engines.
University of Kansas students
have nearly 400 databases at their
fingertips, with information on
every subject at the University
that is not usually found through
Google searches.
Tami Albin, undergraduate
instruction and outreach librarian,
often helps students interested in
improving their ability to navi-
gate the librarys extensive online
resources. She said that whether a
student is using Google or a library
database, a level of skill is needed
to effectively complete a desired
task online.
The research process, you know,
its like anything else, Albin said.
You learn how to do something
well over time. With new technol-
ogies, you have to learn how to do
research different ways. A student
who jumps online and pulls three
articles off of the Internet and then
writes a paper on it and hands it
in the next day is not going to get
really, really good grades.
Albin said that students are wel-
come to bring assignments to the
library to review with a librarian
and seek the proper avenue for
research.
Librarians love to find stuff, so
were really good at it, Albin said.
We can find ways to access the
things they need.
While Alec Rothman, a sopho-
more from Boston, is an excep-
tion to the rule, Thea Glassman, a
sophomore from New York City,
affirms the studys results.
Rothman said he most often
uses the librarys databases or news
sources such as The New York
Times when working on a project.
Rothman analyzes the assignment
and considers what research will
be necessary before logging on. He
said that these skills were instilled
during a freshman English course.
My English teacher last year
actually looked at our bibliogra-
phies before he read our papers to
see how valid our sources were,
Rothman said. And once he saw
BY MICHAEL HOLTZ
mholtz@kansan.com
Two separate policies require
students and University of Kansas
employees to sign up for direct
deposit to receive refunds and
paychecks electronically.
According to an announce-
ment that the Bursars Office
posted online, the new refund
policy allows students to receive
refunds faster and more safely
than they would if the University
distributed them as checks.
The second policy is a state
mandate requiring direct deposit-
ed paychecks for all state employ-
ees, which includes University
employees. The employees have
until Oct. 1 to comply with the
new policy.
The advantage to the
University is better business effi-
ciencies, said Katrina Yoakum,
comptroller for the University.
We spend a lot of time follow-
ing up with checks that are not
picked up.
Though the states deadline for
direct deposit enrollment is Oct.
1, the goal of the Bursars Office
is to have 100 percent enrollment
by the beginning of September.
Yoakum said more than 95 per-
cent of University employees
have already signed up.
Weve been trying for years
to encourage staff and employees
to utilize direct deposit, said
Diane Goddard, vice provost for
administration and finance. We
ramped it up to the 80 percent
level pretty quickly. Getting from
80 to 95 percent has been more
difficult.
Employees who do not have
an account at a financial insti-
tution will receive a Skylight
Financial account, an ATM-based
bank, and a Skylight pay card.
Employees must sign up for this
service at the Payroll Office.
Kelsey Smith, a junior from
Council Grove, signed up for
direct deposit when she started
work for KU Libraries three years
ago. She said shed recommend
other students to sign up for it
as well.
I think its easier that way,
Smith said. You dont have to
worry about getting a new check
deposited in the bank.
Though University officials
have recommended refund direct
deposit for at least five years, they
was unable to mandate the policy
until a federal law changed. The
policy has been in effect since
last November.
Yoakum said direct deposited
refunds will save the University
$10,000 annually.
The Bursars Office most
recently notified students of the
refund policy in an e-mail sent
Aug. 2. The e-mail included
instructions explaining how to
set up direct deposit online or
by completing a direct deposit
authorization form.
Having everyone on direct
deposit means there are fewer
people who handle that trans-
action, Goddard said. Its just
more efficient and much more
accurate.
Its also much quicker. Goddard
said students signed up for direct
deposit will receive refunds at
least a day faster than they would
otherwise.
Edited by David Cawthon
Googling may not be best
Bursars ofce requires students,
employees to get direct deposit
adminisTraTion
Technology
For more information on refunds, please contact the
Bursars ofce.
(785)864-3322
bursar@ku.edu
For more information on paychecks, please contact the
payroll ofce.
(785)864-4385
payroll@ku.edu
This is a new thing for
KU, this is a new thing for
Lawrence, but I think its a
really positive step in.
Glen marotz
associate dean of engineering
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Alumnus sworn in
as Colombian leader
Juan Manuel Santos, the Uni-
versity of Kansas graduate who
was elected president of Colom-
bia, was sworn in Saturday, Aug.
7 in Bogota.
Santos graduated from the
University in 1973 with degrees
in business and economics.
While at the University, Santos
was a member of Delta Upsilon
fraternity. Upon graduation,
he studied at Harvard Univer-
sity and the London School of
Economics.
Several members of Santos
family also attended the Univer-
sity and today, the family oper-
ates Colombias largest media
organization, El Tiempo. Santos
great-uncle, Eduardo Santos,
was president of Colombia from
1938 to 1942 and his cousin,
Francisco Santos, was the outgo-
ing vice president. Francisco at-
tended classes at the University
from 1979 to 1981.
Formerly Colombias defense
and fnance minister, Santos won
a run-of election June 20, earn-
ing 69 percent of the vote while
his opponent, Antanas Mockus,
netted just 27.5 percent.
Santos succeeds popular
two-term president, Alvaro
Uribe, under whom he served as
defense minister. During Uribes
two terms, Santos helped lead
eforts against guerrilla and
drug groups. His tenure was not
without controversy, however,
as allegations arose that the
military at times killed civilians
to increase combat tolls. Santos
acknowledged the charges and
said that he worked to curb the
killings.
Santos has said publicly
that he will aim to improve the
countrys human rights record
and seize farmland that is now in
the hands of drug trafckers and
corrupt politicians.
Stephen Montemayor
BY MICHAEL HOLTZ
mholtz@kansan.com
Student Senate recently
approved a series of policy changes
and marketing strategies designed
to improve its reputation with stu-
dents and increase its visibility on
campus, including a $3,500 web-
site redesign.
We want a new brand for
Student Senate, said Student Body
President Michael Wade Smith, a
senior from Goodland. Student
Senate for a long time has been
viewed as either non-essential,
not functioning effectively or just
a group that wasnt necessarily
doing what they should be doing
on campus.
After a low voter turnout and
several high-profile controversies
in the spring including sepa-
rate funding disputes with The
University Daily Kansan and the
Black Student Union Smith
said he hopes Student Senate will
regain support from students.
Student Senate hired Kern
Group, a Lawrence marketing
firm, to redesign its website and
design a new logo.
The combined budget for both
projects is $4,000, an amount
Smith said Student Senate would
not exceed. Smith said money
from the Student Senate reserve
account, an account used for long-
term projects, is paying for the
new website and logo.
I dont think that Student
Senate does a good enough job
of branding what they do, Smith
said. Were going to make sure
that were a little more public.
Aaron Dollinger, chief of staff
and a senior
from Leawood,
said the website
will be finished
in four to six
weeks. He said
the redesign will
make the website
more user friend-
ly and interac-
tive, including
the addition of
social media,
such as Facebook
and Twitter.
With an $800 grant from Coca-
Cola, Student Senate also bought
new T-shirts to increase its vis-
ibility on campus.
We want people to know that
were part of Student Senate, said
Ian McGonigle,
c o m m u n i c a -
tions director
and a junior from
Wichita. That way
we can better cre-
ate relationships
with other people
and other organi-
zations.
Internal changes
include a new out-
reach policy that
mandates greater
participation from
senators. The new policy includes
a point system that requires sena-
tors to earn a minimum of 100
points each semester. Senators
who fail to reach 100 points by
the end of the semester face sus-
pension.
The new policy outlines 12
different ways senators can earn
points from attending a Student
Senate-funded event to writing
an opinion piece for the Student
Senate blog.
The senator with the most
points at the end of each month
will receive a gift card donated by a
local business. Smith said Student
Senate will not use student money
to purchase the prizes.
Though this isnt the first out-
reach policy that incorporates
a point system, McGonigle said
Student Senate would more strict-
ly enforce it than previous ones.
I know in past years theyve
had some leniency, he said. We
were just letting people slide under
the carpet, and we definitely want
to address that concern.
Though Devon Cantwell,
chairwoman of the Multicultural
Affairs Committee and a junior
from Topeka, said the new policy
was a definite improvement, she
cited similar concerns.
As long as its actually enforced
I think itll do a lot of good for
Senate, she said. The problem
with a lot of policies is that the
executive officer wont follow
through in actually enforcing a lot
of the measures.
Edited by TimDwyer
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ning of a Successful Semester Bash from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Anschutz
Library.
n The ECM Center, 1204 oread Ave., will be
hosting a free vegetarian lunch from 11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m.
n KU Dining will be holding a back-to-school
barbecue from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
n Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center will
be hosting Rock the Rec from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Whats going on?
THURSDAY
August 19
MONDAY
August 23
TUESDAY
August 24
nInstructional Services is hosting a workshop, Com-
munity of Science, at 1 :30 p.m. in Anschutz Library.
nUniversity Governance is holding a SenEx meeting
at 3 p.m. in the Provost Conference Room of Strong
Hall.
WEDNESDAY
August 25
nThere will be an Unclassifed Senate Executive
Council meeting at 12 p.m. in Alcove G of the Kansas
Union.
nAnschutz Library will be hosting a pizza party at
12:30 p.m. at Anschutz Library.
nStudent Union Activities will be hosting a free
advanced screening of the flm Easy A at 7 p.m. in the
Kansas Union.
nThe School of Music is hosting a faculty recital at
7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall of Murphy Hall.
FRIDAY
August 20
n The Theater Department will be hosting open audi-
tions from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Murphy Hall.
nStudent Union Activities will be hosting a free
screening of Iron Man 2 at 9 p.m. on Daisy Hill.
n The Center for Community outreach will be host-
ing its Saturday Service Project from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the Kansas Union.
nThe School of Engineering will be hosting Frosh
Frenzy from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in front of Learned
Hall.
n There will be a carillon concert from 5 p.m. to 5:30
p.m. at the Memorial Campanile.
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The University is chang-
ing its commencement time for
the class of 2011s graduation.
Commencement will be held at
10:30 a.m., rather than in the after-
noon. The time change will push
back other ceremonies to Friday
and Saturday.
Since 1990,
the ceremony has
started at 2:30 p.m.,
a particularly warm
part of the day dur-
ing a hot month.
Avoiding the
heat and other
weather problems
was one of the rea-
sons for making the
time shift, accord-
ing to Jeff Weinberg, an assistant
to the chancellor and member of
the Universitys commencement
committee.
Weinberg said more thunder-
storms happen in the afternoon
than in the morning, and that the
time shift would be better for trav-
eling families.
This will allow families to enjoy
downtown Lawrence, or to catch
a plane in Kansas City, which is
harder with later ceremonies,
Weinberg said.
Will Leach, a senior from
Overl and
Park, said
he liked
the new
ceremony
time.
I think
its smart,
he said.
You get
out of the
heat, and
its less of a time constraint.
Leach said the earlier time also
allows for more flexibility with
holding and attending graduation
parties.
Some students are not as thrilled
about the earlier schedule for com-
mencement. Jessica Brooks, a
senior from Pleasanton, expressed
concern that moving the ceremo-
ny to an earlier time would cause
families who live farther away extra
costs.
Im fortunate that my family
lives close. But some families, like
in western Kansas, would have to
come in the night before and stay
at a hotel now, Brooks said. More
families cant make the trip in a
day, which is harder on them.
Weinberg said the commence-
ment committee evaluated the
whole commencement process
every year.
If we come across any issues
with the morning time, well
address it immediately, he said.
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rence, or to catch a plane
in Kansas City.
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LOS ANGELES Will Brandon
Flowers be the last great rock song-
writer to make it in pop music?
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tion as long as there are disaf-
fected teenagers and cheap guitars,
at least a few of them will become
stars. But the list of mainstream
rock bands that emerged in the
2000s and can fill arenas is wither-
ingly small, and Muse and Kings
of Leon seem more interested in
prog wonkery or over-earnest sex
jams than the kind of witty, hook-
nimble arena pop that Flowers and
his colleagues in the Killers have
honed since 2004s Hot Fuss and
took to Coachellas headlining slot
in 2009.
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Man for the idea that guys in bands
can still get pop radio play. By
and large they cant anymore, and
the kind of songwriting mind that
tosses off perfect, playful choruses
now takes to Dr. Lukes gum-snap-
ping technopop instead.
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ing that the Roxy Music pomp
and skewed Bowie balladry of his
debut solo album Flamingo feels
both lost to its time and deca-
dently stuffed with potential hits.
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Troubadour in West Hollywood
on Tuesday, Flowers made the case
for that very old kind of rock stars
place in todays addled pop firma-
ment.
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and the winking gilt splendor of
his Las Vegas hometown, Flowers
by and large played it straight and
droll in his first L.A. solo out-
ing. Dressed in a shimmery red
shirt and black vest, Flowers had
an appealing
kind of
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charisma. He
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songs from
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solo-turn exercise Ive been
told this is one of the standout
singles, he said, introducing the
post-punk stomper Jilted Lovers
& Broken Hearts, whose quality
he had accurately assessed.
A small backing band and two
harmony singers gave him room
to command the tunes, and though
his voice doesnt have the widest
range or most lacerating expres-
siveness, its the perfect vehicle for
his kind of songwriting. He savors
the bleak yet sympathetic humor in
a line like I got a job at the Nugget,
and saved a grand for a brand new
start, but his tenor can easily com-
mand a wide-lens, Springsteen-
angst tune like
Magdalena.
F l o w e r s
has suggested
that many of
these songs
were intended
for a future
Killers album
(the band is
on hiatus for
a year), and its easy to imagine
the airy, Genesis-worthy synths of
Only The Young and the doomed
gospel of Playing With Fire find-
ing room in that catalog. The set
was purposefully light on actual
Killers songs, with a faithful take
on Losing Touch being the rare
nod to his day job. Flamingo
feels like a songwriters record, not
a bands. The Killers would make
room for a snazzy guitar lick or
acrobatic bass run up front, but his
solo turn is almost technocratically
designed to make Flowers melo-
dies the main attraction.
A song like the synthetically
plucky Was It Something I Said
doesnt have the arrangement meat
of the similarly inclined Killers hit
Spaceman, but Flowers deploys
such weapons-grade catchiness at
every turn so that the song stands
on its own. And he knows it too:
Introducing that one, he told a
story of how the band made him
rearrange it to be more upbeat, and
now this is the fun one, I guess.
So maybe Flowers isnt so much
the last surviving rocker on the
Top 40 charts, as he is an even
rarer kind of writer. To paraphrase
maybe his best song, Somebody
Told Me: Somebody told him he
was a pop guy who looks like a
rock guy.
Flowers deploys such
weapons-grade catchiness at
every turn so that the song
stands on its own.
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its nearly impossible to avoid
it. While many students love
the feeling of falling into a sea
of blue at Allen Fieldhouse,
some students case of Jayhawk
fever is a bit more extreme. To
what degree do you express your
Jayhawk pride?
Jayhawk chic
You would never let showing
your school spirit make you miss
a day of dressing high fashion.
You prefer spirit gear from
brands such as Pink by Victoria
Secret. Te key to looking
Jayhawk chic is choosing pieces
where spirit is visible, but subtle.
A KU T-shirt isnt fabulous
enough for you. You prefer KU
dresses and sweaters with great
crimson and blue accessories. A
great game day look for you is
a nice pair of dark wash skinny
jeans paired with a crisp, long
sleeved oxford blouse in a red
or blue gingham print. Dress it
up in the wintertime with a blue
blazer and riding boots, and dont
for get your Jayhawk scarf and
earmufs. Mix it up by wearing
a KU v-neck tee and a navy
cardigan. Tese gender-neutral
looks are classic, yet fun and
spirited.
Blended wardrobe
Your KU gear is just a part
of your everyday wardrobe.
Your spirit gear consists of
simple, understated pieces
such as T-shirts and baseball
caps. Choosing to wear a KU
sweatshirt to class is just like
choosing any other part of your
wardrobe, its there, so you wear
it. However, you never fail to
wear your game day shirt and cap
when the Jayhawks play. Te best
KU pieces for you are spirited
essentials such as T-shirts,
hoodies, jackets and hats, which
are easy to integrate into your
wardrobe.
Die-Hard fan
Skipping a day of showing
of your school spirit isnt even
an option because your entire
wardrobe is from places like the
KU Bookstore. Yes, youre one
of those students that buys KU
shoes and even undergarments.
But even though you wear
crimson and blue daily, you still
manage to look unique at games.
Your game day gear includes
body paint, Jayhawk head hats,
and of course, Spirit Fingers (the
knit gloves with a pom-pon on
each fnger) to help you cheer on
the team. Some may call you over
the top, but you know that your
game day look helps keep the
crowd pumped up, and makes
the thrill of the game even more
entertaining.
Whether you go all out on
game day or every day, the key to
a fabulous spirit outft is anything
that makes you cheer louder and
have a blast at games or any day
just because youre a Jayhawk.
Teres only one rule to showing
of your Jayhawk pride: you must
wear a KU-blue shirt game day.
Esposito is a junior from
Leawood in journalism and
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Losing my virginity was so
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Im on a horse.

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A horse is on me.

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Dear freshmen, Im feeling
particularly compassionate
so here is my blessing for you.
By the grace of the college life
gods, may you get drunk, get
laid and get decent grades this
coming semester.
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My boyfriend said his bisexual
friend thinks Im attractive. I
hope this is a hint of things to
come.

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Friends keep leaving their beer
in my fridge. Dont they know
the rule? My fridge, my beer.

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If peeing in your pants is cool,
consider me to be Miles Davis.

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FFA is picking up. The start of
the semester is getting closer!
Editors note: Oh, its here. Its
here.
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Land Before Time is on Netfix
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I currently have no party for
Friday. Unacceptable.
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If you have to study to pass
your freshman classes, its
probably time to move back
home and work at the gas
station.

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I am using my fnancial aid
money to throw a kegger this
weekend. I love college.
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Im using my fnancial aid on ...
college. Can I at least come to
your kegger?
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The town is back to normal!
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Where is the vending machine
in Anschutz?
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Im still sitting in my pee pants.
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Fun fact: Scott Pilgrim is a
series of graphic novels! So if
the movie doesnt make that
much sense to you ... read
the graphic novels. Theyre
amazing.
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completely re-did Blackboard.
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Im still missin you.

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O
ver the past few weeks as
students have enjoyed the
last days of summer, over
in California things got real.
Thousands of Californians lives
changed for the better after a judge
overturned Propositon 8 on August
4, which defined marriage as be-
tween a man and a woman.
This was a major victory for the
LGBT community and it certainly
wont be the last.
Gay marriage must eventu-
ally win out because of the United
States devotion to the principles
of equality and the separation of
church and state.
Its so obvious it may be trie, but
in this country everyone is theoreti-
cally born equal. I know as well as
anyone else that this doesnt exactly
pan out in practice but theres no
reason we cant continue to work
for the ideal.
Full marriage rights are still
out of reach for nearly all gay and
lesbian couples, and this is simply
an inequality. A long-term inter-
dependent couple is a long-term
interdependent couple, no matter
what the gender or sexuality of the
people in it. Judge Vaughn Walker,
who struck down Proposition 8, ar-
gued for the equality of all couples
in his ruling.
Same-sex couples are identi-
cal to opposite-sex couples in the
characteristics relevant to the ability
to form successful marital unions,
Walker wrote.
As it stands, the law denies just
some of those couples the social
security benefits, next-of-kin rights,
automatic inheritance rights and
a myriad of other things that go
hand-in-hand with marriage. This
is both actively discriminatory
and directly harmful to individual
people.
Some cities and states have a
domestic partner registry, including
Lawrence. However, this provides
only recognition by the city that
two people are in a domestic part-
nership, and absolutely none of the
legal rights that are associated with
marriage.
Every civil rights movement is a
corrective, a realignment between
what the Constitution says and
what the public practices. Right
now, there is still a massive dispar-
ity between the treatment of gays
and lesbians and the idea of equal
protection under the law found
in the 14th Amendment to the
Constitution.
When you hear opponents
of same-sex marriage articulat-
ing their position, often you will
discern that they are vehemently
against marriage equality because
of their belief system. Now, I dont
want to knock religion, at least
not all of it and not right now, but
I strongly question the validity of
such opinions as they regard public
policy.
Fortunately, one of the founda-
tional concepts of this country is
the separation of church and state.
This means the government cant
oppose something just because
it doesnt jive with a prevailing
belief system, and it cant legislate
morality.
Relying on a book or a gut feel-
ing is simply not enough to oppose
equality. There have to be reasons
and facts and studies and evidence
(you know, science), to support
something. Judge Walker under-
stood this, and acted on it. With his
precedent courts across the nation
should eventually recognize the
right to marry for same-sex couples
right along with opposite-sex
couples.
As Dr. King said half a century
ago, The arc of the moral universe
is long, but it bends toward justice.
With this hopeful sentiment we
must continue to support equality
for everyone, and not stop fighting
until all discrimination is ended.
Free is a sophomore from Blue
springs, Mo., in womens stud-
ies.
FAsHiOn
The Hemline
By Alex esposito
aesposito@kansan.com
Judge produces victory for
marriage equality supporters
CuLTurE
Progressive
Perspective
By Ali Free
afree@kansan.com
ruling helps phone users
Once you buy a smart phone, it
is yours. Tere is no reason not to
download any legally purchased
applications or use that phone
with a diferent carrier. Manu-
facturers should have no right to
completely control how consum-
ers use their devices.
Tanks to a new ruling passed
by the Copyright Ofce, it is
now legal for owners to use their
wireless telephone handsets to
execute sofware applications
by circumventing the built-in
security measures designed by the
manufacturer. It is also legal to
use wireless telephone handsets
on other cell phone carriers, as
long as the owner makes that
change himself. Tech savvy
friends, competing cell phone car-
riers and outside companies can-
not jailbreak your phone for you;
the jailbreak has to be commercial
and nonproft.
It may not sound like a big
deal, but for owners of iPhones it
is. Since the frst generation of the
iPhone, users have been altering
the phones to allow them to use
applications not sold through
Apples App Store. Many have also
unlocked their phones in order
to keep their existing provider
instead of AT&T.
Until last week, iPhone owners
could only legally use AT&T and
applications purchased through
Apples iTunes. Tere is no reason
Apple should be able to force that
much control.
Admittedly, this ruling is
unlikely to change anything sig-
nifcant right away. Tere will be
no surge of current smart phone
owners jailbreaking their devices,
since most people who want to
do so already have. Te people
who have already jailbroken their
phones will not have to deal with
legal action. It also means that
people who buy smart phones
in the future will not have to be
limited to just the phones their
cell phone company ofers. Every
smart phone on the market that
is applicable to being unlocked is
open to legal jailbreaking.
Despite the fact that it is legal,
jail breaking still voids the iP-
hones warranty and the warran-
ties of many other smart phones.
Because of this undeniable down-
side, it is unlikely that more than
a small, technologically-savvy
fraction of smart phone users will
take immediate advantage of the
new ruling. As time passes and
the computer-wise smart phone
users refne the jailbreaking
process into something simple,
elegant and basic, there is a good
chance that many smart phone
users will leave their phones
untouched.
Casey Goodwinfor The Daily Cougar at The
University of Houston.
E
arlier this month, the
University implemented a
policy that will no longer
allow local businesses or indi-
viduals that are not registered
with the Student Involvement and
Leadership Center to advertise by
chalking on campus sidewalks.
Sadly, the long-standing tradi-
tion of anyone having the ability
to promote events in the area by
sidewalk chalking has come to halt
and the consequences for doing
so without being registered seem
at odds with the spirit of the First
Amendment.
As the policy statement reads,
Any other individual or group
wishing to chalk on the property of
the University or its affiliated orga-
nizations must obtain permission
in advance from the University
Events Committee. Consequently,
only those who are registered with
the SILC are permitted to use
chalking as a venue to publicize
their organization.
In the process of creating a
significant divide among those reg-
istered organizations and the rest
of the world, the policy also unset-
tlingly restricts free speech on state
property. And while the terms tend
to focus more on specific business-
es and unaffiliated campus groups,
the guidelines act as a limitation on
speech that should leave all with a
considerable amount of uneasiness.
According to the consequences
listed in the policy statement, in the
event that an unauthorized group
or individual decides to violate the
new policy, the said offender would
be subject to immediate removal,
charges valued at the cost of clean-
up and members of the University
community may be subject to disci-
plinary action and non-members of
the University community may be
charged with violation of a criminal
offence under state law for criminal
damage to state property.
With these new restrictions, it
seems as though individual stu-
dents can conceivably be targeted
for partaking in this tradition. For
example, if a lone student chooses
to chalk his or her phone number
or a Bible verse, under these guide-
lines, unless theyre registered, he
or she could run the risk of pros-
ecution. Senior Vice Provost Don
Steeples put those fears to rest and
assured that individual prosecution
is not the goal.
We do not have any plan to spe-
cifically target individuals. We do
hope to deter commercial entities
from free advertising on University
facilities, Steeples said.
There also has been speculation
that the Universitys Alcohol Task
Force played a hand in the develop-
ment of this policy in an effort to
cut down the number of chalk ads
for drink specials.
When asked, Steeples dispelled
this allegation by saying that this
policy was in the works before the
alcohol task force was appointed.
Now with these new guide-
lines in place, students should
feel uneasy about how the policy
restricts our freedom of speech on
campus property.
Stefanie Pennfor The KansanEditorial Board
EDiTOriAL BOArD
Chalking restrictions
strike at free speech
speAk out
To make your voice
heard, contact:
Senior Vice Provost
Don Steeples at
don@ku.edu
(785) 864-4904
Room 250 Strong Hall
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exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
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we had proper citations he had
more trust in our writing. And so
that credibility is really key to get-
ting a good grade.
Glassman instead finds herself
usually clicking the first option
Google suggests.
I feel like I like to think I have
a pretty good gauge of what seems
reliable and what doesnt on the
Internet, Glassman said.
That strategy is far from fool-
proof. Glassman recalled an assign-
ment in high school where she used
one source for a paper only to find
another the day before it was due
that refuted most of what she had
found.
Similar scenarios occurred when
Northwestern researchers con-
ducted their study at the University
of Illinois at Chicago. Students sat
at computers with researchers and
were asked to perform a series of
tasks online.
One task was to search for AIDS
testing in the city. Hargittai said
that many students selected a clinic
that charged for testing, one of the
first search results, while several
free options existed. Another task
asked for students to find a section
from Romeo and Juliet and found
that, had they dug deep enough, the
entire text could be found for free.
In some ways its so easy to get
content that people forget that to
get the most relevant content in
concentrations you still need to go a
little deeper, Hargittai said.
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Authority all helped to fund the
roughly $7.25 million project.
Both wet labs and dry labs are
located in the building meaning
a variety of research and develop-
ment can take place.
Companies could be doing
pharmaceutical research, bioen-
gineering, biofuels, biochemicals
and related information technol-
ogy companies, Novak said. It
gives us that flexibility to go after a
lot of different companies.
The BTBC recently signed its
first tenant, a software company
called CritiTech. The company
develops software applications for
government bodies to help create
and track legislative bills and assist
with other governmental functions
digitally. CritiTech will move into
the BTBC Sept. 1.
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
The School of Pharmacy, 2010
Becker Dr., moved its facility at
the beginning of August as part
of a major expansion within
the school. Construction on the
110,000-square-foot building
began in May 2009. The new build-
ing not only helps the School and
the University, but also the short-
age of pharmacists across the state.
Ken Audus, dean of the School
of Pharmacy, said one of the main
reasons for the $45 million expan-
sion was because when the school
was located in Malott Hall, there
wasnt much room for expansion.
With the expanding class sizes,
we needed more teaching space,
which is a premium on this cam-
pus, Audus said. We think weve
helped the main campus as well
because weve freed up some class-
rooms.
When the school was in Malott
Hall, classrooms could only
accommodate 105 students. The
new building allows for many more
students. The incoming class for
this year has 150 students, Audus
said, and the additional space also
allows students from other majors
to take pharmacy classes if theyre
interested.
Our students took priority, but
now we can let other students who
are interested in the pharmacy dis-
cipline take classes as well.
Thomas Whitson, second-year
pharmacy student from Olathe, is
looking forward to the new lab
space. Previously, labs were small
and split between two floors.
Its like going from a closet to
a banquet hall, Whitson said. Its
an amazing shift.
Classrooms in the new building
are bigger, but are more techno-
logically savvy, too. Larger class-
rooms have projection screens and
microphones to allow students to
ask questions without yelling, said
Val Stella, professor of pharmaceu-
tical chemistry.
Better technology will also allow
Stellas lectures to be captured on
video and beamed to various loca-
tions around the world. The school
currently teaches an online masters
program that uses video capture.
Next year, classes will be beamed
to classes at KU Medical Center in
Wichita to allow students at that
campus to benefit, too. But that
wont be where the benefits stop.
Wichita might as well be
Bangalore, India or Shanghai,
China, Stella said. It will really
allow us to go global with our
education.
Edited by David Cawthon
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Hundreds of students gather to sing the alma mater Monday at Traditions Night at Memorial Stadium. This event is a way for freshman to learn the songs and chants associated with the university.
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NEW YORK The citys
so-called Bouquet Bandit told
police he used plants as props
to deflect suspicion in a series
of bank robberies spurred by
drinking and drug use, newly
released documents show.
Edward Pemberton said his
technique was self-taught and
his targets were self-explanatory:
Its where the money is. Thats
all, he said in a handwritten
statement Wednesday.
Pemberton, 44, was arrested
after a security camera photo
of a flower-toting suspect at a
Manhattan bank counter on July
15 generated front-page head-
lines in the citys tabloids. He has
since been charged with three
bank robberies and an attempted
bank robbery; he has pleaded
not guilty to all.
The bouquet, neatly bundled
in pink tissue paper and plastic,
concealed a note that demanded
$50 and $100 bills, authorities
said.
Pemberton said in his July 21
statement that hed picked up the
flowers in a store on the way to
the bank, a floral flourish he said
hed used in at least two other
bank capers going back to 2009.
In one, he swiped a potted
plant off someones stoop and
carried it during a July 8 heist,
according to his statement.
Though apparently unarmed, he
presented a note that warned I
will shoot! and was given about
$1,900, according to court docu-
ments and his statement.
I picked up the plant because
if they would have seen me dirty
and a male black like that, they
would have gotten suspicious
right away, Pemberton wrote.
Pembertons statement
recounts six heists and attempt-
ed robberies dating to April
2008. He has been charged in
four; charges related to two inci-
dents, in 2008 and 2009, were
added Wednesday. Defense
lawyer Justine Luongo noted
Pemberton isnt charged with
hurting anyone.
My client is accused of hand-
ing a teller some flowers and
politely asking for money, she
said Wednesday.
Police have said he has a his-
tory of arrests on drug charges
and other petty offenses. His
statement portrays him as a for-
mer cocaine addict who started
holding up banks to support his
habit.
On the morning before the
$440 bouquet heist in July, it
just hit me. I was going against
the grain. I was drunk and a
mess. I just did not want that life
no more, he wrote.
Pemberton is being held on
$250,000 bail.
flower-carting thief
explains technique
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BY CAROLINE BLEDOWSKI
cbledowski@kansan.com
Publishing a book used to be a
cumbersome process and involved a
publishing house and printing press.
Anthologize, a new online tool
for bloggers, turns everyone with
Internet access into a publisher.
Anthologize is a plug-in for the
blogging platform WordPress.org
and can transform any blog into
an e-book that can be printed out,
published online or submitted to a
publishing house.
This really has a variety of appli-
cations for people who are active
bloggers and blogging is part of
their scholarly activity, said Scott
Hanarth, web services manager at
KU Libraries. This provides them a
way to repackage those things.
Hanarth was part of One Week
One Tool, a project organized by
the Center for History and New
Media of George Mason University
in Fairfax, Va. Hanarth and the
other 11 members, a group of dig-
ital librarians, English professors,
graduate students and digital schol-
ars, met from July 25 to 31 to create
a new digital tool that could be used
for research in the humanities.
After receiving information about
the project in the first two days, they
had the rest of the week to brain-
storm ideas, select a project, develop
and market it, Hanarth said.
The project was funded by
the National Endowment of the
Humanities and should include
benefits for scholars and research
in the humanities. Yet Anthologize
can be used by anyone with a blog
at WordPress and a little technical
knowledge, Hanarth said.
We were really proud of what
we could accomplish in one week,
he said.
Deborah Ludwig, assistant dean
for KU Libraries, said Hanarth is
responsible for the website of KU
Libraries. She also said he has been
working on new ways for students
and researchers to find digital mate-
rial at the University.
He really has a good sense
of how technology and users fit
together, how to understand what
users need and how to translate that
into technical tools, Ludwig said.
When Hanarth heard about One
Week One Tool, Ludwig encour-
aged him to apply because he has
an undergraduate background in
the humanities and strong skills in
web development, she said.
Its not always that you get both
of those, a very visionary person in
terms of working with users, cou-
pled with a highly technical mind,
Ludwig said.
Hanarth said the project was
interesting, but also included long
hours.
I found it a really great process,
he said. It was a really good lesson
about loose coordinating and time
constraints, and focus on what you
can really accomplish.
Edited by Clark Goble
Dalton Gomez/KANSAN
Scott Hanarth, web services manager of KU libraries, is one of the developers of a newprogramnamed Anthologize which can be downloaded at
www.antrologize.com. He spent one week with 11 other scholars and librarians developing the programin a programat George Mason University.
Heres a list of the features of and requirements to use Anthologize:
It has to be downloaded as a plug-in into a blog at WordPress.org, version 3.0, which requires the
user to create a server where the blog runs
It can transform any blog created by WordPress.org into a pdf, ePUB or TEI fle
It can publish RSS feeds of other blogs
It currently does not run on other blogging platforms
Download is free
Source: Anthologize.org
Web manager helps create new publishing tool
TECHNOLOGY
BY ALLYSON SHAW
ashaw@kansan.com
The Lawrence-based phone,
internet and cable provider
Sunflower Broadband was sold on
Aug. 4 to Knology of Kansas Inc.,
which is a newly formed part of
Knology Inc., headquartered in
Georgia. Sunflower Broadband,
formerly owned by The World
Company, provided cable to
around 33,000 Lawrence resi-
dents, and Internet to around
28,000.
Sunflower Broadband began in
the late 1960s and has been under
original ownership ever since.
Rod Kutemeier, general manager
of Sunflower Broadband, said its
very rare to see a cable company
that hasnt changed hands a few
times.
We were all surprised to hear
the news, but in the business its
not that surprising, Kutemeier
said. The sale was the owners
prerogative.
Sunflower Broadband was sold
for $165 million. Kutemeier said
that in the next 12 months, at
least, there is no plan to change
prices for ser-
vices provided
by the compa-
ny. However,
c o n t r a c t s
with channels
cause prices to
rise yearly.
If the kids
on Jersey
Shore want
an extra
$15,000 per
episode, the money to pay them
comes from the cable company,
which comes from the custom-
ers, Kutemeier said. But I dont
expect there to be a price increase
because of the sale.
Kutemeier said the sale could
benefit customers because it could
potentially provide more channels.
He said that Sunflower Broadband
is always looking to provide more
channels and is close to closing a
deal to get NFL Red
Zone.
B r i d g e t t e
McGlynn, a freshman
from Minnetonka,
Minn., said she
would continue
to use Sunflower
Broadband even if
prices rose unexpect-
edly. I dont care to
go shopping around
for another service
provider.
Kutemeier said there will be
no immediate job loss due to the
sale. Customer service calls will
continue to come to 12th and New
Hampshire streets and Sunflower
Broadband employees will contin-
ue to be a part of the operation.
Knology is not here to fix
us because were not broken.
Kutemeier said. We will continue
to operate as always.
-Edited by Michael Bednar
bUSINESS
Lawrence TV provider sold
We were all surprised
to hear the news, but
in the business its not
that surprising.
RoD kUTEmEIER
Sunfower general manager
ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS
Missing tire helps
police catch a DWI
BETHAnY, n.Y. Authorities
said a western new York man
whose license expired 33 years
ago has been charged with
driving while intoxicated after
police said he drove a van 11
miles without one of its tires.
The Genesee county Sherifs
ofce said another motorist
reported seeing a tire falling
of a van weaving on a road in
Bethany late monday night.
Deputies later arrested
61-year-old Duane Bush at
his home in Bethany, 32 miles
southwest of Rochester. Depu-
ties said the van traveled 11
miles through the rural town
without a rear right tire.
Homeless man
lived in library
ocEAn ToWnSHIP, n.J.
Police said a homeless man
lived unnoticed in the base-
ment of a new Jersey library
for nearly two weeks. Police
said a custodian saw charles
Jones Jr. peeking out a base-
ment window of the ocean
Township library in monmouth
county on Friday night.
neptune police Detective Lt.
Steven Peters said Jones told
ofcers he had been living in
the building. Police discovered
several books in the basement.
Associated Press
Shopper upset by
use of express lane
SAUkVILLE, Wis. A man who
berated a woman who had more
than 10 items in the express lane
of a Saukville grocery store has
been given a disorderly conduct
citation. The Port Washington
woman said she asked the ex-
press lane clerk if she could check
out because there was no one in
line. While she was checking out,
a male customer approached and
began harassing her, even calling
her fat and ugly.
The woman said thats when
she called 911. ofcer Barry Ef-
fnger said the man was creating
a disturbance so he gave him the
$429 citation. Efnger said he has
investigated similar conduct by
the man in the past.
The woman told WISn-TV her
harasser deserves the ticket.
Man in banana suit
accused of crimes
PoRT AnGELES, Wash. A
man in a banana costume is
accused of exposing himself and
brandishing a shotgun while
riding around with a bunch of
friends in Washington state.
The clallam county sherifs
ofce says the 21-year-old was
arrested Tuesday evening for in-
vestigation of indecent exposure
and reckless endangerment.
The Peninsula Daily news
reports police frst received a
report of the costumed man
exposing himself at a restaurant.
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T
raditions Night is the first
real Jayhawk experience for
many new students every
year, but this year it offered some-
thing exciting for the seasoned fan
as well.
It was a first glimpse at new
football coach Turner Gill. When
he was introduced there was clap-
ping and reverent silence before he
started to speak. He looked out at
the newly acquired loyal fans that
had spent the last hour trying to
learn or refresh their knowledge of
the cheers which will be quite use-
ful this fall.
Particularly interesting was the
common message in both Gills
and coach Bill Self s speeches.
After hyping their teams a bit,
they turned to a more serious
note regarding education. I dont
know how much of this message
was suggested by different people
within the athletics programs, but
it seemed to strike a certain chord
in the students.
Self started his bit about educa-
tion by noting that at this time
next year, some of the students
will not be here. It is uncomfort-
able to think about, but true. Self
then talked about how important
it is to study and the close relation-
ship between studying and getting
good grades. Gill took a slightly
less direct route: He simply told
students to stay in school and work
hard.
For the most part these two men
gave us the same lines as our par-
ents and teachers do every year,
but it was different coming from
them.
Both Self and Gill are respected
men on this campus and across
the country. I do not know if this
will have any profound effect on
students, but I feel like it may. For
the loyal fans these men are almost
god-like. Of course they are on the
basketball court or football field
each game, but just to see them
outside of that setting is exciting. I
saw assistant basketball coach Joe
Dooley running today and I got
excited. Now that is a slightly scary
level of school spirit, but I think it
shows a point.
When you look up to some-
one and they say something it
seems more important to do. This
is why they have celebrities do
commercials for Haiti or abused
dogs. Going along with that theme,
it is also more surprising when
they have a message that you do
not expect to hear from them. Its
refreshing to know that they want
the best for all students and hope-
fully their student athletes as well.
As fathers of students at Kansas I
think it is also an important state-
ment for them to make.
So, dear readers: Do go to games.
Get excited for these teams. But as
Self and Gill so kindly reminded
everyone, this is school. Class is
really not that difficult to go to
every day. Its a refreshing feeling
to come home from a game at 10
p.m. and not have to write a three
page paper when you just want to
watch SportsCenter or finally go
to sleep with newspaper confetti in
your hair.
Edited by David Cawthon
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Sports
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010 www.kAnSAn.com PAGE 1B
Jayhawks lose 3-0 to Creighton in only exhibition game. SOCCER| 3B
Team misses top scorer
Biere, Laptad named to preseason award watch lists. FOOTBALL | 5B
Two Jayhawks honored
commentary
Students
listen to
coaches'
advice
by Kathleen Gier
kgier@kansan.com
football
Ofensive line still progressing
by Matt GallOWay
mgalloway@kansan.com
Sophomore Duane Zlatnik is
the prototype coach Turner Gill
looks for in an offensive lineman.
His combination of size, speed and
upside had Gill gushing before
practice on Tuesday.
I love his size, he moves real-
ly well for a big guy at 300-plus
pounds, Gill said. You have to
have guys strong enough to take
on defensive tackles who are 300-
plus pounds, and he has the ability
to do that.
So it comes as a bit of a surprise
that Zlatnik was recruited as a
defensive lineman, where he saw
limited action during his fresh-
man campaign.
Hes probably one of the guys
who have made the most improve-
ment from the spring time when I
first saw him to where he is today,
Gill said. I really like what hes
doing. Early on, he was a little
slow, but man, hes really picked up
a great pace.
Zlatnik has come into his own
during fall practices on the offen-
sive side of the ball, where he is
competing for a starting position,
Gill said.
The transition was difficult at
times for Zlatnik, but offensive
coordinator Chuck Long said he
now believes the team has a player
who could be a cornerstone for
years to come.
Any time you transition it is a
challenge, but it is the best situa-
tion for him, Long said. I know
he realizes that now. But you learn
the terminology at one position,
the technique, and then you go to
a completely different deal. It just
takes some time and we wanted to
make sure we gave him that time.
Zlatnik is just one of a handful
of linemen whose progression will
be a key factor in the success or
failure of the Kansas football team
this season. Sophomore quarter-
back Kale Pick is still entrenched
in a starting battle for his position,
and he knows if his offensive line
cannot open lanes for him, one
of his most dangerous weapons
could be neutralized.
If the holes arent going to be
there, its going to be a lot harder
for me to run, Pick said. But if
they get the blocks and I set up
the blocks well as a runner, thats
going to help me out too.
But Pick is confident those holes
will open, and hes already seeing
leadership the line sorely missed
at many points last season.
We have a lot of leadership on
the offensive line starting with Brad
Thorson. Tanner Hawkinson has
really stepped up in a leadership
role for us on the offensive line,
Pick said. Trevor Marrongelli is
doing a really good job. We have
depth there at the offensive line,
so it definitely makes me feel com-
fortable.
Thorson, named the teams top
offensive lineman at the end of
last season, has set a good example
this fall, battling through injury
and taking the majority of the reps
returning from an injured foot in
Mondays practice.
Edited by TimDwyer
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Ofensive line coach J.B. Grimes works with a group of linemen during spring practices. The ofensive line looks to be a strong point for the Jayhawks this season.
Former defensive tackle Zlatnik
shows promise as offensive lineman
basketball
Buford, Henry announce departure from KU basketball
by tiM DWyer
tdwyer@kansan.com
Chase Buford and C.J. Henry
have left the Kansas mens basket-
ball program, coach Bill Self said
in a statement Tuesday.
Henrys one-year career as
a Jayhawk, like his one year at
Memphis and his four years of
minor league baseball, was marred
by multiple injuries.
C.J. battled injuries all year
long but has been healthy this past
spring and summer. He is a good
player. He was definitely in the
mix for being a major contributor
on the court
this season.
D e s p i t e
athletic abil-
ity that earned
him a scholar-
ship offer from
Kansas out of
high school,
which he
turned down
as a first-round selection of the
New York Yankees, Henry never
reached his potential at Kansas,
playing in only 13 games as a red-
shirt freshman.
He averaged 3.1 points in 5.6
minutes per game. He was lethal
from beyond the arc in a limited
sample size, hitting 52.4 percent of
his threes.
There was speculation that
Henry would announce his depar-
ture from the Kansas program
when his brother Xavier declared
for the NBA in early April. At that
time he didnt comment on his
future as a Jayhawk, saying, Im
just here to support my brother.
At the time, Self told media that,
as far as he knew, Henry would
be a Jayhawk for the 2010-11 sea-
son. Self said Henry informed the
coaches of his intent to transfer
in July.
His long-range shooting ability
had him in contention for legiti-
mate playing time.
Henrys minutes will likely be
spread out among the five-guard
rotation of Josh Selby (assuming his
clearance by the NCAA), Tyshawn
Taylor, Elijah Johnson, Tyrel Reed
and Brady Morningstar.
Buford was a three-year letter
winner for the Jayhawks, appear-
ing in 36 games over his three-year
career.
We, as coaches, have thorough-
ly enjoyed having Chase as a mem-
ber of our program the last three
years, Self said.
Buford, unlike Henry, will
remain at Kansas for his senior
year and graduate with a degree in
business finance. He was unlike-
ly to see any action outside of
spot minutes at the end of games
Kansas had in hand.
I totally understand this
being his senior year and the time
commitment involved that he
wants to pursue some other inter-
ests and also enjoy being a normal
college student for his final cam-
paign, Self said.
Self said the staff respected the
wishes of both Henry and Buford
and wished Henry the best wher-
ever he wound up.
I know he will be successful
wherever he goes, Self said.
Edited by Michael Bednar
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Former Kansas guard C.J. Henry speaks to members of the media prior to the start of the 2009-10 season. Henry and former guard Chase Buford
announced onTuesday that they are both leaving the Kansas basketball program.
Buford
BY KATHLEEN GIER
kgier@kansan.com
Danielle McCray and Sade
Morris, who both graduated in
the spring, just signed contracts to
play basketball overseas for teams
in Israel and Finland, respectively.
McCray was drafted seventh
in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the
Connecticut Sun but was unable
to play this season because of an
ACL injury sustained in her final
season at Kansas. McCray, who
finished her Kansas career ranked
fourth on the all-time scoring
chart, will be playing for Rishon
Lezion of the Israeli Womens
League, Division 1.
This is an exciting time for
me, McCray said in a release. I
cannot wait to get over to Israel
and officially begin my profes-
sional career. More than anything
I am just excited to get back out on
the court.
After playing in the 2009 USA
Basketballs World University
Games, McCray says she is ready
to return to international compe-
tition. McCray will leave for her
new team Oct. 1.
This is a great opportunity for
me to expand my game, McCray
said. I have heard great things
about this league and I think it
will prepare me for playing in the
WNBA.
Morris who went undrafted, but
finished her Kansas career ranked
14th on the all-time scoring
chart, will be playing for Huima
in the Finnish Basketball League,
Division 1. Morris will leave Sept.
1 to gather with her new team.
I am so thankful for this oppor-
tunity, Morris said. I am excited
to be able to continue playing the
game I love and I think this team
will be a great fit for me.
McCray and Morris said they
both look forward to playing
against foreign talent and one day
returning to the states to play for
the WNBA, but in the meantime,
Morris is excited to travel around
Europe while she makes the most
of her experience overseas.
I know getting adapted to play-
ing the European style of bas-
ketball will be an adjustment for
me, Morris said. I am looking
forward to developing as a basket-
ball player, but also as a person. I
cannot wait to get over there and
get out and do some exploring. I
am anxious try to all the differ-
ent foods and just see a new way
of life.
Edited by Leslie Kinsman
I
really envy Brett Favre. Of course
itd be nice to have his paycheck,
athletic ability, adoring fans, and
Wrangler jeans advertising contract. But
those arent the main reasons Id want to
trade places with the guy.
Really, Im only jealous of Bretts abil-
ity to somehow, for multiple years now,
put off real work until the last possible
minute. This man has reached the cov-
eted position in life where, apparently,
he shows up only when he gets tired
of hanging out with high schoolers in
Mississippi all summer. As a college stu-
dent, that is my dream in life.
The seemingly distant worlds of
higher education and professional
sports share some similarities in their
annual cycles. Athletes have their off-
seasons while college students have
summers. Students study for days
(occasionally) leading up to a big test,
while athletes practice leading up to
a game. Sports seasons build up to a
climactic end in the playoffs, where
legends are made or hearts across
the nation are broken. School years
build up to finals, in which GPAs are
restored or financial aid is lost forever.
So the stakes arent quite the same,
but there are still similarities. And while
Ive been attempting to peel my eyes
away from the medias 24-hour Brett
Favre guessing game, Ive been imagin-
ing what it would be like to wield the
same power that he and some other top
tier professional athletes do.
For example, Id love to pull a holdout
on college. Like New York Jets corner-
back Darrelle Revis and plenty of other
NFL stars, Id send an agent with a list
of demands to be met before I showed
up for school. It would probably be less
about money than it would be about
having free reign at cafeterias and get-
ting my own parking spot. And Id hold
out until midterms if theyd guarantee
me no morning classes all year.
Or I could be just like Brett, who
apparently trained with a high school
football team all summer instead of
going the traditional route of practic-
ing with his professional teammates
in Minnesota. Itd be like getting hon-
ors college credit for taking summer
school at a local junior high school. I
could hang out at home, show up to
some Algebra 1 classes or maybe even
Drivers Ed, and then arrive at college a
month late with a 4.5 GPA.
Having Brett powers and showing
up late to school would be great, but
maybe not quite as rewarding as pull-
ing a Usain Bolt. The fastest man alive
decided he didnt feel like running for
the rest of 2010 after he came in second
in the 100 meters a couple weeks ago,
blaming tightness in his back.
Imagine receiving a B on a midterm
paper and then telling a professor,
Screw it. Schools way too stressful
right now. Im going to Jamaica for
a while and Ill probably be back by
February. Athletes may not be superhe-
roes, but I cant imagine any power Id
want more than that one.
But since KUs financial aid office
apparently doesnt respond to demands
for a signing bonus, I guess Ill be show-
ing up on time like the rest of the world.
Edited by David Cawthon
2B / SPORTS / THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnSAn.com
Professional athletes get easy street
MORNINg BREw
BY JoEL PETTERsoN
jpetterson@kansan.com
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Without self-discipline, success
is impossible. Period.
Lou Holtz
FACT OF THE DAY
Todd Reesing has thrown for
11,172 yards more, as a Jayhawk,
than the fve quarterbacks listed
on kansas 2010 football roster
combined. kale Pick has 22 career
yards passing, the other four
have zero.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Which current kansas player
has the most rushing yards as a
Jayhawk?
A: Toben opurum, with 554.
Running back turned linebacker
turned running back Angus Quig-
ley is second and quarterback
kale Pick is third.
Kansas Athletics
wOMENS BASKETBALL
Former Jayhawks sign deals overseas
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Sade Morris (left) and Danielle McCray both signed to play basketball for overseas teams. Both girls look forward to their overseas experience and advancing their game.
NATIONAL
USC Trojans work to
rebuild reputation
MccLATcHY-TRIBuNE
LOS ANGELES To hear the
USC Trojans tell it, their cataclys-
mic offseason began not with a
clatter, but merely a peep.
A few times he called the
whole team in the locker room the
Friday before a walk-through,
says cornerback Shareece Wright,
remembering the final season of
Pete Carroll as football coach.
He had never done anything like
that. It was more like a nervous-
ness, as if he wasnt really sure.
Safety Jawanza Starling, a true
freshman at USC
last year, won-
dered if this was
the swaggering
program he had
signed up for.
I didnt know
how coach Carroll
was in the past, he
said. But I sensed
a little nervous-
ness when we had
team meetings. I
was telling myself,
Do we not believe we can beat
teams?
On the heels of his most per-
plexing season (9-4, all the losses
in conference play), Carroll exit-
ed the greatest dynasty of all-time
in Pac-10 football to attempt to
rescue his NFL reputation with
the Seahawks.
Cue up the Count of
Controversy, Lane Kiffin, to
replace Carroll after a one-year
fling with Tennessee. And in late
spring, the Trojans were tender-
ized by the NCAA committee
on infractions, dealing them a
two-year bowl ban and loss of
30 scholarships over three sea-
sons, one of the most thunderous
penalties meted out over the last
couple of decades.
So life around USC is a whirl:
Five holdovers who left, none of
them expected starters, plus two
recruits who bailed on letters
of intent; the adjustment to the
brash Kiffin; and still, the pos-
sibility that if the Trojans heads
are on right, they could run the
table and be in the APs national-
championship hunt.
We win 13 games, said
Wright, nobody can tell us were
not the best team in the nation.
Perhaps its because the Trojans
have had a couple of months
to let the bowl
sanction sink in,
but they seem to
be phlegmatic
about it.
They didnt
say we couldnt
play hard, says
senior line-
backer Michael
Morgan, talking
about the NCAA
hit. They didnt
say we couldnt
win every game.
Every game theyre going to let us
play, were going to go out there
and try to win it.
More than anything, it kind
of brought us together, says
Starling. This is our team; its
not like we get any help from
anybody else. Its what we make
of it. We still have the best play-
ers in the country, and we have a
great coaching staff.
That staff includes the
70-year-old graybeard, Monte
Kiffin, Lanes dad and one of
the respected defensive minds
in the game; and ex-Mississippi
coach and former Carroll aide
Ed Orgeron, one of the hardest-
charging recruiters around.
More than any-
thing, it kind of
brought us togeth-
er. This is our team.
JAWAnzA STARlinG
USc safety
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / ThurSDAY, AuGuST 19, 2010 / SPORTS / 3B
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
In its only exhibition game, the
soccer team fell to Creighton 3-0
Sunday afternoon at the Jayhawk
Soccer Complex.
The outcome was not what
coach Mark Francis expected.
The reason we lost the game
was Creighton out hustled us,
Francis said. They were getting
to the ball first and were knocking
us off the ball.
Francis didnt see the Jayhawks
being physical enough. The
Jayhawks had only five fouls to
Creightons 18.
We were letting them push us
off the ball and that kind of threw
off our rhythm a bit, Francis
said.
Creighton opened the scoring
in the 38th minute when fresh-
man forward Lauren Cingoranelli
took a pass from senior midfielder
Emily Orbell and hit a shot from
15 yards out.
The Jays also had goals from
sophomore forward Britteny
Neumann in the 67th minute and
junior forward Andrea Zuniga in
the 75th minute.
The Jayhawks were without last
years leading scorer, junior for-
ward Emily Cressy, who was out
for undisclosed reasons. No time-
table has been set for her return.
Shes a hard worker and cre-
ates a lot on the offensive end,
senior defender Geneva Magness
said. Emily will help when she
gets back.
Cressys absence was visible.
The Jayhawks had very few oppor-
tunities to score, and when they
had them, they didnt capitalize.
They had 13 shots with only two
being on goal.
Offensively, we didnt look very
dangerous, Francis said.
There were glimpses of promise
for the Jayhawks who showed the
ability to hold possession.
Were possession oriented and
we need to be a little more consis-
tent, Magness said.
The Jayhawks will use the next
week to prepare for the start of
the season.
Edited by Lisa Curran
See more photos from the exhibition game at kansan.com/photos/galleries/
SOCCER
MccLAtchY-tRIBunE
The best way for an NFL player
to make sure he doesnt end up
in the wrong place at the wrong
time is to simply stay home.
It comes with the job, vet-
eran Broncos linebacker Mario
Haggan said. In the profession
were in, making the money we
make, theres a lot of jealousy and
animosity out there. If your job is
important to you, I wouldnt say
not go out or not enjoy your life,
but limit the situations you put
yourself in.
The Broncos
would love if
all their young
players took
Haggans words
to heart, but it
isnt realistic to
ask someone in
his early 20s to
severely limit
his social life
(it should be
noted, Haggan
is 30 and mar-
ried). The best
the team can do is teach the play-
ers to avoid places that might be
troublesome, or how to get out
of situations that become com-
bustible.
Wrong place/wrong time
situations in the NFL are too
numerous to mention, whether
it is Pittsburgh quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger getting suspended
over behavior at a bar in Georgia
or Philadelphia quarterback
Michael Vicks birthday party
after which someone was shot.
For the Broncos, the most tragic
example is cornerback Darrent
Williams being shot and killed
after he left a New Years Eve
party that involved confronta-
tions between players and gang
members.
The Broncos created a vice
president of security position
and hired Dave Abrams, a for-
mer Denver police officer, shortly
after Williams death. A big part
of Abrams job is making sure
players know the trouble spots
around town, and how to get out
of a bad situation.
Abrams wants players to under-
stand how to remove themselves
from a confrontation. He teaches
players about things like not let-
ting eye contact linger, lest it be
considered threatening to some-
one wanting to knock a famous
athlete off his pedestal.
If it does get dark and ugly,
they have a way to disengage,
Abrams said. One of my favorite
lines is, Why
would you want
to get in a fight
over a bar stool
or an insult?
Abrams also
likes talking
about building
social capital.
He encour-
ages the players
to introduce
themselves to a
doorman, or an
off-duty police
officer, or the bar owner, to put
out a positive feeling.
Abrams does his part too, vis-
iting bars and clubs in Denver
a few times every week. He said
that keeps him in the loop, and
also has the hidden benefit of
letting bar owners who might
consider taking advantage of the
players know that someone from
the organization is looking out for
them. Abrams said players, who
were once wary about a director
of security showing up at a club
they were at, now call Abrams if
he doesnt see them first.
Haggan said players have to be
careful how they present them-
selves when they go out in pub-
lic, by doing things like limiting
the amount of expensive jewelry
or money they flash around. He
lauded the NFL for educating
players on security issues.
NFL
Security crucial
for NFL athletes
In the profession were
in, making the money
we make, theres a lot
of jealousy and ani-
mosity out there.
MAriO hAGGAN
Broncos linebacker
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Jayhawks lack hustle in loss to Jays
4B / SPORTS / THURsDAY, AUGUsT 19, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnsAn.com
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
The University of Kansas held
its annual Traditions Night on
Monday and basketball coach Bill
Self is jealous.
If he could, he would change
places with any freshman.
Youre getting ready to have
the best time of your life coming
up here in the next four years,
Self said.
He told students to be smart
and go to class.
Theres a direct correlation to
going to class and making good
grades, Self said. Get your butts
to class.
He encouraged everybody to
have fun and to take advantage of
every opportunity they could.
Jump in head first, Self said.
Take advantage of your resources,
of the faculty, of the athletic events
and the social events.
Students learned the Rock Chalk
chant, how to wave the wheat, the
Alma Mater and the claps to Im
a Jayhawk, which Self said he just
learned.
It was awesome hearing our
new football coach talk to us and it
was cool seeing the family member
of the man who created the Rock
Chalk Chant there as well, said
Lawrence junior Brett Phillippe.
Football coach Turner Gill was
also in attendance and spoke to
students. He said he is excited
about this upcoming season and
wants students to show support
and be loud before the game, dur-
ing the game and after the game.
This will probably be the only
time youll ever see me wave the
wheat in the stands, Gill said, oth-
erwise Ill be on the sideline help-
ing our outstanding football team
bring you and build you a dynasty.
Edited by TimDwyer
Coaches speak at Traditions Night
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Baby Jay cheers along with the cheerleaders duringTraditions Night on Monday. There were appearances by Big and Baby Jay, Bill Self andTurner Gill.
MccLAtchY-tRIBunE
MADISON, Wis. The stun-
ning revelation by doctors in the
wake of the death of Cincinnati
Bengals wide receiver Chris
Henry offered a cautionary tale
for all football players.
Henry, who died last December
after falling out of the back of a
moving truck, had chronic trau-
matic encephalopathy (CTE),
degenerative brain damage as the
result of multiple blows to the
head.
What surprised doctors was
that Henry had CTE despite
never being diagnosed with a
concussion in three years at West
Virginia and five years with the
Bengals.
Wisconsin wide receiver Nick
Toon didnt follow Henrys case
closely. But Toon, who suffered his
first concussion during practice
last spring, has intimate knowl-
edge of the debilitating effects
concussions can cause.
His father, former Wisconsin
wide receiver Al Toon, saw his
NFL career cut short after eight
seasons because of multiple con-
cussions.
I remember quite a bit, said
Nick Toon, a fourth-year junior
who graduated from Middleton
High School. Toward the end of
his career, I remember specifically
after his last concussion he was
not himself.
He was in a dark bedroom
with sunglasses on for like a week.
It took him a long time to get back
to normal.
Nick Toons concussion, suf-
fered when the back of his head
hit the Camp Randall Stadium
turf, was diagnosed as mild.
It messed me up for a while,
he acknowledged. It took me a
long time to feel I was able to pro-
cess things the way I was before
and be fast mentally. . . .
I didnt suffer memory loss
like some people. . . . I popped
up right away, but once I got to
the sideline I got super dizzy and
didnt feel like myself. I went to
the training room and did all the
tests and they concluded I had a
concussion.
Nick Toon was not cleared by
the UW medical staff to play in
the spring game. He acknowl-
edged, however, had it been a
regular-season game he would
have lobbied to play.
Youve got to listen to the
medical staff, but I would have
done everything I could have to
get onto the field, he said. You
prepare all year to play 12 and
hopefully 13 games. You dont
want to miss one opportunity
during the year.
But my dad probably would
have tried to keep me from play-
ing. He always tells me you only
get one brain and youve still got
to live your life after football.
Concussions are not to be
treated lightly.
In April the NCAA Executive
Committee adopted a policy
requiring schools in all divisions
to institute a concussion man-
agement plan that mandates the
removal of a player who exhib-
its signs, symptoms or behaviors
consistent with a concussion dur-
ing practice or games.
In May, the Big Ten Conference
Sports Medicine Committee
developed a concussion manage-
ment plan to serve as a guideline
for all league schools. As part of
that plan, head coaches and play-
ers sign a form that stipulates they
are responsible for reporting any
symptoms.
According to UW officials:
UW athletes before each season
are given a test called ImPACT
to collect baseline data on their
cognitive skills. If an athlete suf-
fers a concussion, the pre-injury
data can be compared with the
post-injury data to provide doc-
tors with an objective measure to
determine whether the athlete is
ready to resume play.
TRADITION HEALTH
Head injuries remain
a concern in football
USC assistant fles
appeal with NCAA
LOS ANGELES Todd McNair,
former USC running backs
coach, claims in an appeal to the
NCAA that the governing bodys
Committee on Infractions and
investigative staf committed
misconduct and mischaracter-
ized facts that resulted in a fnd-
ing of unethical conduct against
him and severe sanctions against
the school.
The 85-page appeal, fled last
week, asks the NCAAs Infrac-
tions Appeals Committee to set
aside the fnding against McNair
and all associated penalties
against him.
We think that weve made
strong arguments that meet the
standard to set aside the fnd-
ing, Scott Tompsett, McNairs
attorney, said Tuesday. We
are now going to wait for the
response from the Committee
on Infractions.
The NCAA declined to
comment, as did Todd Dickey,
USCs senior vice president for
administration.
McNair, who coached for six
seasons at USC, was not retained
by the school after his contract
expired at the end of June.
Earlier that month, after a
four-year investigation and
three-day hearing about allega-
tions surrounding 2005 Heisman
Trophy winner Reggie Bush and
former Trojans basketball player
O.J. Mayo, the NCAAs infractions
committee issued a report stat-
ing that USC lacked institutional
control.The NCAA meted out
sanctions that included four
years probation, a two-year
bowl ban and the reduction of
30 football scholarships over
the next three years. USC is ap-
pealing some of the penalties,
including some of those related
to McNair.
McNairs appeal claims that
the infractions committee made
a fnding clearly contrary to the
evidence because it is based
on factually incorrect and false
statements, and that the com-
mittee changed and mischarac-
terized the testimony of Lloyd
Lake, the sole source of allega-
tions against McNair, and then
based its fnding on the mischar-
acterized testimony.
Associated Press
BY MATT GALLOWAY
mgalloway@kansan.com
On Wednesday, the Kansas
football team chose its five lead-
ing captains for the season includ-
ing its most courageous player, its
best defensive player and its oldest
player.
Offensive lineman Sal Capra,
defensive end Jake Laptad, run-
ning back Angus Quigley, corner-
back Chris Harris and linebacker
Justin Springer were announced
as first-time captains by coach
Turner Gill.
Our staff thought our players
did an outstanding job of select-
ing excellent captains for the 2010
season, Gill said. All of these
student-athletes have displayed
phenomenal
l e a d e r s h i p
qualities, both
on and off the
field, since I
have arrived
here.
Capra won
the Gale Sayers
Award last sea-
son for the teams most courageous
player. Laptad recorded 6.5 sacks
last season and is the defend-
ing defensive player of the year.
Quigley, who joined the team in
2005 but has missed two seasons
due to injury, recently converted
back to running back.
Captains were decided by the
players but freshmen were not
allowed to vote. It will mark the
first time since the 2005 season
that the team carries five cap-
tains.
Edited by Leslie Kinsman
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FOOTBALL
Biere, Laptad on award
watch lists for positions
BY MAX VOSBURGH
mvosburgh@kansan.com
A pair of Kansas football players
were named to preseason watch
lists that target some of the coun-
trys top college prospects.
Senior defensive end Jake Laptad
was named to the Ted Hendricks
Defensive End of the Year Award
preseason watch list this past week.
The award is given to the countrys
top college football defensive end.
This is the second season in a row
that Laptad has been named to the
awards watch list.
The award began in 2002 and
has recognized players such as
Chris Long, Elvis Dumervil, Terrell
Suggs and last years winner, Jerry
Hughes.
Its a great honor to be on this.
The best D-linemen are on this so
its just a great honor, Laptad said.
Im just going to go out there and
try and do my best. Its not just me
out there playing, its the whole
defense. Its going to be a team
award for us and Im going to play
for our team for it.
Laptad is listed at 6-foot-4, 260
pounds and is coming off a season
in which he was selected as All-Big
12 Honorable Mention and record-
ed 49 tackles and 6.5 sacks.
Laptad is one of 36 defensive
ends named to the watch list.
Also this week, junior tight
end Tim Biere was one of 32 col-
lege tight ends named to the John
Mackey Award preseason watch
list. The award is presented to
college footballs best tight end.
Previous winners include Dallas
Clark, Kellen Winslow II, Heath
Miller and last years winner, Aaron
Hernandez.
You know it feels good to get
some preseason honors, Biere said.
Youve done some work in the past
but obviously youd rather be on the
list at the end of the year than at the
beginning of the year.
Biere, listed at 6-foot-4 and 290
pounds, finished last season with
14 receptions for 183 yards, includ-
ing a career-long 33-yard catch
against Missouri.
The Jayhawks open the season at
home Sept. 4 against North Dakota
State.
Edited by TimDwyer
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior defensive end Jake Laptad tallies a sack against Southern Miss in 2009. Laptad was named
to the Ted Hendricks Award watch list.
Jerry Wang/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Junior tight endTimBiere hauls down a reception against Missouri last season. Biere was named
to the John Mackey Award watch list.
FOOTBALL
Five seniors earn captaincy
for Jayhawks 2010 season
Quigley Laptad
Springer Harris
Capra
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Pac-10 coaches fnding new
ways to move chains on ofense
MccLATcHY-TRiBUne
SEATTLE Funny thing about
some of the offensive gurus of the
Pac-10. Theyre scratching their
heads over their offense.
At UCLA, Rick Neuheisel has
installed Nevadas Pistol offense
as a way to move the chains. At
Arizona State, Dennis Erickson
has a new coordinator and a
retooled approach.
Then theres Jeff Tedford at
California. Heretofore known as
a molder of quarterbacks, he has
experienced a run of pedestrian
play behind center that has only
added to the enigma around Cal.
So here we have the Bears: They
come off an 8-5 season. Not so
bad, you say. But the losses were
all in double digits, including a
composite score of 114-16 against
Oregon, USC and Washington.
We definitely had some big
losses, says receiver Jeremy Ross.
We all remember them. But were
just trying to forget whats behind
and keep pressing on towards the
goal.
Oh yes, the goal. For the Bears,
longest away from the Rose Bowl
(1959) in the Pac-10 among the
charter members, thats Pasadena.
But recent seasons havent done
much to reinforce that Cal will
get there anytime soon the
sentiment of those covering the
Pac-10.
League media forecast the
Bears seventh, after picking them
second five of the previous six
years. Its the dimmest view of
Cal since the first two of Tedfords
nine seasons in Berkeley.
We have a burning desire to get
to the Rose Bowl, Tedford insists.
Our players do, our coaches do,
our fans do.
Tedford is 67-35 at Cal. If you
assess consistency, longevity and
accomplishment, that might rank
better than any Bears coach since
Pete Elliott, who ramrodded that
last Rose Bowl, and immediate-
ly before him, legendary Pappy
Waldorf.
As Tedford says pointedly,
Were the second-winningest
program in the Pac-10 the last
eight years.
A lot of it seems to revolve
around quarterback play. Kevin
Riley is the senior incumbent, but
his completion percentage a year
ago was a modest 54.2.
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Cross country breaks
in nine new runners
BY LAUREN NEWMAN
lnewman@kansan.com
Last year at the Bob Timmons
Classic, then-sophomore Donny
Wasinger held his own ground and
set the pace for the Kansas mens
team. This year his expectations
are just as high for the season and
for the team at the Bob Timmons
Classic at Rim Rock Farm on Sept.
4. The past four years the Jayhawks
have swept their own home opener
and Wasinger
hopes for the
Jayhawk team
to do it again.
The team
is undergo-
ing two-a-day
practices in
order to pre-
pare for the
race and break in the nine fresh-
men. The race at Rim Rock is a
way for the coaches to judge who
is going to step up on the team. It
allows the freshmen to get their feet
wet with competition.
Last summer Wasinger lived and
trained in Lawrence for the upcom-
ing season and frequently met with
assistant coach Michael Whittlesey.
Wasinger, along with other run-
ners, has taken a leadership role
on the team in order to set a run-
ning mentality in the mens teams
mind and continue to provide a
positive spirit.
The excitement surrounding
the mens team is also notice-
able on the womens team. Junior
Rebeka Stowe recently won The
Race for the Cure on the womens
side in Kansas City, Mo., and this
has motivated her this season and
allowed her to evaluate her own
fitness level.
Although she and senior
Amanda Miller will most like-
ly not be running at this years
Bob Timmons Classic, they are
still enthusiastic about starting
a new season
and how its
going to come
together. Stowe
noticed that the
s o p h o mo r e s
have stepped
up their level of
competitiveness
and are deter-
mined this season.
As for the new freshmen, Stowe
has high hopes for them as they
begin to adjust to college life.
Its hard to judge the fresh-
man class since there has been little
interaction with them but there is
definitely potential, she said.
Senior Amanda Miller plans to
continue to keep everyone in a pos-
itive atmosphere and give out moti-
vation that the graduated Lauren
Bonds left behind. Stowe believes
she will be held out of the Rim Rock
race so the coaches can get a sense
of who will step forward this year.
Cross country isnt a one or two
person sport, she said. Its a team
effort and this year coaches will be
able to see who is going to set the
bar for the womens team.
Edited by TimDwyer
CROSS COUNTRY
Runners prep for
frst 2010 event
Adam Buhler/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
DonWasinger leads a fock of Jayhawks near the start of the Mens 6k race last year at RimRock
Farm. With a third place fnish, Wasinger led the Jayhawks to a frst place teamstanding at the
2009 BobTimmons Invitational meet.
Cross country isnt a one
or two person sport.
AmAnDA milleR
Senior cross country runner
Former Stanford star Gerhart fnds his place in the NFL
Longoria powers
Rays past Rangers
ST. PeTeRSBURG, Fla. evan
longoria hit a solo homer and
drove in four runs to help the
Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas
Rangers 8-6 on Wednesday,
completing a sweep of the
three-game series between
potential playof opponents.
longoria also had a pair of RBi
doubles and a sacrifce fy. The
All-Star third baseman had three
RBis in Tampa Bays 10-1 victory
Tuesday night.
James Shields (11-11) allowed
two runs and four hits over sev-
en innings, stopping a personal
two-game slide. He had given
up 12 runs over nine innings in
his previous two outings.
Tampa Bay, which began
the day tied with the new York
Yankees for the Al east lead, has
won fve straight overall.
Taylor Teagarden and mitch
moreland homered for the Al
West-leading Rangers, who are
7-10 since July 30. Al batting
leader Josh Hamilton had a run-
scoring grounder in the eighth
but went 0 for 4 for the day and
1 for 10 in the series.
moreland hit a two-run shot
of lance cormier in the ninth
but Rafael Soriano came in and
got the fnal two outs for his
35th save.
longoria hit an RBi double of
Derek Holland (2-2) in the frst
and a solo drive in the fourth
for his frst homer in 20 games,
making it 2-0.
Tampa Bay went up 5-1 in the
ffth on B.J. Uptons 11th homer,
longorias run-scoring double
and a bases-loaded walk to
pinch-hitter matt Joyce.
Joyce also singled in a run in
the seventh and longoria added
a sacrifce fy in the eighth.
Teagarden cut the Rangers
defcit to 2-1 with a ffth-inning
homer. He has connected three
times in his last fve starts.
Holland, recalled from Triple-A
oklahoma city before the game,
made his frst big league start
since may 30. The left-hander
gave up fve runs and six hits in 4
1-3 innings.
St. Louis loses
fourth straight
ST. loUiS Randy Wolf
pitched three-hit ball into the
ninth inning and the milwaukee
Brewers beat the slumping St.
louis cardinals 3-2 on Wednes-
day, handing 17-game winner
Adam Wainwright his frst home
loss of the season.
Trevor Hofman struck out
Brendan Ryan with the bases
loaded to earn his 598th career
save. Hofman came in after the
cardinals pushed across a pair of
runs in the ninth.
After sweeping the mini
two-game series, the Brewers
are 18-9 at Busch Stadium the
last three seasons. The cardi-
nals have lost four straight and
dropped out of the top spot in
the nl central.
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MccLAtchY-tRiBUNE
A year ago, Toby Gerhart wore a
yellow bib during Stanford football
practices signaling, Precious cargo
Handle with care.
I was hardly ever touched, he
recalled this week.
Now hes getting mashed, bashed
and smashed on every practice play
as a high-profile rookie tailback for
the Minnesota Vikings, who face
the 49ers in an exhibition game
Sunday at Candlestick Park.
So much for the NFL Welcome
Wagon. Instead of wearing bright-
colored bibs for protection, Gerhart
practices against tacklers bent on
mayhem as if it were a Pacific-10
Conference showdown.
Guys want to test you, said
Gerhart, who finished as the run-
ner-up for the Heisman Trophy
last season after gaining a school-
record 1,871 yards and scoring 28
touchdowns. I get hit by guys, and
think, All right, this is how it is.
After a month of professional
football Gerhart, 23, has learned
everybody puts everything into
it.
The former Cardinal tailback
has as well. Gerharts return to the
Bay Area this weekend will provide
another opportunity to show hes
worthy of being All-Pro Adrian
Petersons backup.
Gerhart had a highlight-reel
22-yard run last weekend in his
pro debut against the St. Louis
Rams, but gained two yards on
seven other carries. Not exactly an
eye-popping performance but still
better than chief rival Albert Young
for the No. 2 tailback position.
The running backs are engaged
in one the most intriguing rivalries
at Vikings camp this summer. But
the competition has been shuffled
to the side this week with the arriv-
al of quarterback Brett Favre.
Gerhart had finished an inter-
view before the NFL great appeared
Tuesday at the training facility in
Eden Prairie, Minn. But his respect
for Favre is clear: Gerhart used
to wear a No. 4 Favre jersey as a
child while following the Green
Bay Packers.
Whether he will take handoffs
from his childhood idol remains
to be seen. The Vikings took the
hard-charging rusher in the second
round of the NFL draft in April as a
possible replacement for free agent
Chester Taylor, who signed with
Chicago.
Vikings running back coach
Eric Bieniemy said the team isnt
assuming the rookie can immedi-
ately become a third-down back.
Now is there a specific role for
Toby? the coach told reporters
last week. Hes going to define that
role. But you never want to throw a
guy in that hasnt had that experi-
ence yet out there. Will he learn?
Yes he will.
Gerhart has learned NFL players
dont give anyone a break.
Theyre showing me that Im
just a rookie, he said.
At 6-feet, 231 pounds, Gerhart
has embraced such challenges since
coming out of Norco High School
with the California state career
rushing record of 9,662 yards.
I have never gotten the impres-
sion that anything was too big
for him, Minnesota coach Brad
Childress told reporters recently. I
have seen him make people miss.
I have seen him bang through
some stuff that people are going to
struggle to get him on the ground
with.
He instinctively knew what to do
last Friday when defensive end Ray
Edwards shoved him after a two-
minute drill in the Vikings final
camp in Mankato, Minn. Gerhart,
who ran a route designed to chip
the defensive end, immediately
shoved right back.
Two weeks into camp every-
body is getting on each others
nerves, he said.
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TACOMA, Wash. Kavario
Middleton bounced back from all
the pad-to-pad knocks, the violent
helmet-to-helmet collisions and
the other body-cracking thumps
he took with the University of
Washington football team.
The blow that sent the tight end
reeling was the one delivered July
20 a dismissal from the team for
reckless behavior. The team termed
it a violation of its rules.
Sources later confirmed that
Middleton had failed multiple drug
tests instituted by campus officials.
After he was downcast and
unsure about his future, Middletons
hopes of playing college football
are on the upswing this week. He
will soon travel 1,700 miles to join
his next team the University of
Nebraska at his new home in
Lincoln, Neb.
While all the paperwork has not
been finalized, signs point toward
this new chapter in Middletons life
as being close to official. He was
optimistic when he spoke about the
change this week in an exclusive
interview with The Tacoma News
Tribune.
Im definitely relieved, over-
joyed all of that. Rejuvenated,
Middleton said. It feels like a
breath of fresh air to me to go to a
big school, and a great program. I
feel blessed.
The result is bittersweet.
Thankful for another opportunity
at Nebraska, Middleton also regrets
how his Huskies tenure ended.
Theres definitely a sadness, he
said. This is my home. ... Its hard
to leave all of this behind.
Middleton was one of the key
returning players new coach Steve
Sarkisian was counting on in 2009.
The tight end responded with a
career-high 26 catches, including
three TDs, for the Huskies (5-7).
For me, I was still being around
home, Middleton said. I was being
around my family and friends, and
I didnt have a chance to be on my
own, and be focused.
Middleton did not deny the
claims that he failed drug tests dur-
ing the offseason.
I really dont know how to
explain it, he said.
As for Washingtons decision to
let him go, Middleton does not har-
bor any ill will, especially toward
Sarkisian.
I did get a fair shake, Middleton
said. Sark ... went to bat for me.
We have a great relationship.
Middleton said, he has not had
much contact with his ex-team-
mates. Hes talked to receiver Jordan
Polk, his old roommate.
I havent reached out to anybody
because theyre in (fall) camp, he
said. When things settle down
and when my situation becomes
official, Ill reach out to them and
give them my best wishes.
He researched his options for
a football future. Dave Miller, his
coach at Lakes High in Tacoma,
called recruiters who had been
interested in Middleton as a prep
player.
Miller first phoned Charlie
Baggett, the former Washington
receivers coach (2007-08), at the
University of Tennessee. He called
schools in the Northwest, including
Montana, Eastern Washington and
Central Washington.
Interestingly, it was Cornhuskers
tight ends coach Ron Brown
who contacted Miller. Defensive
coaches had been reviewing film
of Washington in preparation for
the teams Sept. 18 game at Husky
Stadium, and were impressed by
what they saw of Middleton.
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Spread ofense losing popularity among BCS schools
Mcclatchy-tribune
COLUMBIA, Mo. The cat-
alyst of the spread offense rage,
Florida coach Urban Meyer, lately
has been crafting teams known
more for defense. That was the key
to smothering Oklahoma and its
prolific spread attack in the BCS
national title game two seasons
ago.
When Alabama prevailed last
season, it was with gnarly defense
and a vanilla offensive scheme
albeit led by Heisman Trophy-
winning back Mark Ingram.
That profile in turn had ripples
for Texas, a 37-21 loser to the
Crimson Tide in the title game,
that perhaps suggest a shift in the
broader landscape.
A spread-based Longhorns team
that was third in the nation in scor-
ing last year now is ditching some
spread principles to prop the quar-
terback back under center.
Part of the change is a response to
the loss of quarterback Colt McCoy
to the NFL. Part is
not having prac-
ticed much against
the more traditional
style, leaving coach
Mack Brown feel-
ing Texas tackled
poorly against two-
back, downhill run-
ning bowl foes
Alabama last year
and Ohio State the
year before.
But mostly its a
response to the evo-
lution, or at least cycles, of the
game.
While few would say the spread
is dead there are so many ver-
sions of it as to be hard to quantify
its recent popularity seems to
have diminished its impact.
The Big 12 offers a case in
point.
In 2008, Oklahoma set a major-
college record by averaging 51.1
points, but spread practitioners
Texas Tech, Texas, Missouri and
Oklahoma State also averaged more
than 40 to give the conference five
of the top nine scoring teams in
the nation. Colorado was the only
conference team to average fewer
than 25 points.
Last season, Texas led the Big
12 with 39.3 points a game. Texas
Tech (seventh at 37.0) was the only
other conference school in the top
18, and five league schools aver-
aged 25.1 points or fewer.
I dont know if catching up
is the right (term) ... but I think
defenses get better at everything
the more they see it, MU coach
Gary Pinkel said, adding, Its just
like a chess match. Thats what goes
on in every type of offense (against)
every type of defense. If they do
this, were going to do this.
Thats all good. Thats what
coaching is about. Thats whats
exciting about it.
But while Pinkel and MU
offensive coordinator David Yost
acknowledge the need to constantly
refine and tweak, MU sees this not
as a moment to pull away but to
become even more extreme in the
spread concepts,
as Yost put it.
(With) peo-
ple moving away
from the spread,
its nice when
youre a spread
team because
what its going
to do is make
it less and less
seen, Yost said,
adding, I think
its going to kind
of get back to
being an advantage again because
they wont be constantly working
against it in practice.
After launching its spread in
2005, MU wielded an offensive
advantage for two years in particu-
lar, amassing 558 points in 2007
and hoarding 591 in 2008.
The totals were a combination
of the relative freshness of the
schemes, the sheer savvy of quar-
terback Chase Daniel, who had
played in the sophisticated sys-
tem years before coming to MU,
and terrific talents on the receiving
end who included Jeremy Maclin,
Chase Coffman, Martin Rucker
and Tommy Saunders.
I think over time we just got
really good at what we did, said
Yost, adding that sometimes we
probably got away with just beat-
ing people with players instead of
the system.
In some ways, that was evident
last year. With all of the afore-
mentioned veterans gone, with
Yost in his first year as coordinator
and then-sophomore quarterback
Blaine Gabbert hobbled half the
season with an ankle injury, MUs
production dropped dramatically.
A program that produced 76
touchdowns the year before man-
aged just 42 TDs and 377 points
overall 214 fewer than in 2008.
But as much as losses to Nebraska
(27-12), Texas (41-7) and Navy
(35-13) might offer a template
for others to shut down MU, Yost
stresses the opposite as well: that
MU will learn from those moments
as much as others might.
Mizzou obviously has plenty
more to work on at this juncture,
particularly finding reliable receiv-
ers with the four projected start-
ers (including tight end Michael
Egnew) against Illinois having a
total of 33 career receptions among
them.
It also has to re-establish a run-
ning threat, which was consider-
ably reduced last year despite the
fact the Tigers actually had a more
balanced pass-run ratio (467-444)
than the year before (565-417).
MUs 1,651 net rushing yards were
its fewest since gaining 1,295 in
1994.
Between being slightly heavier,
contending with a knee injury and
line breakdowns, leading rusher
Derrick Washington went from a
5.9-yard average in 2008 to 4.6 last
year. A sleeker, quicker Washington
has appeared in camp.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Former Kansas linebacker Arist Wright stretches out to make a tackle before Missouri receiver Jerrell Jackson breaks free for a touchdown. Missouri racked up 553 total ofensive yards in a 41-39 win
against Kansas in 2009.
I think defenses get
better at everything
the more they see it.
Its just like a chess
match.
GAry piNKel
Missouri football coach
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