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BY STEPHEN MONTEMAYOR
smontemayor@kansan.com
Twenty-four years ago the quarter-
back of the Canadian Football Leagues
Montreal Concordes dropped back to
pass, was hit as he threw and had to be
removed from the field in an ambulance.
It was his third concussion that year
and his second in two games. At 23 years
old, he would never play again.
Today, Turner Gill has just finished
his first season as coach of the Kansas
Jayhawks, and the injury that ended his
playing career is as big a factor as it ever
was. We have learned that concussions are
no more likely in the young or the old,
and we are still learning about the
long-term affects on the brains of
the afflicted. Its being talked about
more than it ever has. Some offer
solutions. Many concede there
is still much to learn.
I am always in communi-
cation with our medical staff
on updates, Gill wrote in an
e-mail last month.
That staff is stationed
on the lower level on the
Anderson Family Football
Complex. Inside Sports
Medicine Director Murphy
Grants office, weights
can be heard no, felt
seemingly crash-
ing through the wall.
The Border Wars in
a few days and the
team is conditioning
a few rooms over to
prepare for what will
be a one-sided loss to
Missouri. During the
game, wide receiver
Jonathan Wilson would
get rocked by two defend-
ers and taken off the field
in a daze. Quarterback Jordan
Webb would be removed from the
game when a block on a Missouri
interception return left him with a
concussion.
A few feet from Grants desk is a copy
of a handout the NCAA instructed its pro-
grams to give to athletes before playing this
year CONCUSSION: A FACT SHEET FOR
STUDENT-ATHLETES. It is one of many attempts
to address something that threatens the game and those
who play it.
I dont thInk anybody took
concussIons serIous
But concussions were an issue long before NCAA
policies were written and enforced.
John Novotny, a walk-on player in 1956 and the
programs first full-time academic coach, said
he doesnt remember ever seeing a doctor on the field
during his playing days.
I dont think anybody took concussions serious,
Novotny said.
Before he graduated, James Holt led the team with 105
tackles and 10 sacks in his senior season in 2008. Against
Kansas State that year, Holt had what he said was his only
concussion. After making a tackle that forced a fumble
and gave his opponent a concussion, he recovered the
ball but didnt realize it was in his hands until moments
later.
Holt, who now plays for the San Diego Chargers and
lives with Darrell Stuckey, another Charger who once
played at Kansas, said the football program under Mark
Mangino followed strict concussion protocol before the
NCAA required a policy.
His coach certainly wanted to win, he said, but if a
player couldnt shake the symptoms of a hit, Mangino
wouldnt keep them in the game.

We Want to make sure Were takIng
care of them
Grant said he remembered returning to play shortly
after sustaining his only concussion as a defensive back at
Quincy College, a junior college in Massachusetts. That
was a little more than 10 years ago. Now, to get your bell
rung is no longer a phrase easily dismissed.
The NCAA this year, in addition to providing man-
datory fact sheets, required athletic programs to put
in writing a policy outlining how concussions will be
treated and when to allow athletes to return to play.
Grant, in his fifth season with Athletics, drafted
Kansas six-page policy. One of the first steps, he said, is
performing a computer-based neurocognitive baseline
test and a second test measuring memory and concentra-
tion. The tests, part of the screening process for incom-
ing athletes, are retaken when an athlete has a concussion
and compared with the original results.
Whether during practice or a game, players who expe-
rience a concussion or concussion-like symptoms (such
as headaches, nausea, amnesia and loss of consciousness)
can expect to see the teams head physician, Lawrence
Magee, or an assistant immediately for testing.
Grant said athletes can also be sent to Lawrence neu-
rologist Dr. Paul Morte for further testing. Morte has
been in Lawrence for 16 years and has seen KU athletes
for eight years.
There is no formal time frame for returning to play
after a concussion. Morte said athletes should be symp-
tom free for at least a week before resuming activity. That
period becomes two weeks for severe cases, he said.
There were 16,277 total concussions reported by
NCAA football programs in 2009. On average, a player
with a concussion missed six days of practice and/or
competition.
Return sooner, Morte said, and the risk of second-
impact syndrome skyrockets.
Those with concussions immediately experience a
heightened likelihood of a second concussion. If that
second concussion occurs before the symptoms of the first
have cleared, it can result in brain bleeding, swelling and
death.

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BY MICHAEL HOLTZ
mholtz@kansan.com
Student Senate passed a resolu-
tion to condemn bullying in schools
during its last session of the semes-
ter Wednesday night.
Bullying gained national atten-
tion in September after a stream
of suicides occurred as a result of
alleged bullying among high school
and college students. Many of those
victims were LGBT. Most promi-
nent was the suicide of a freshman at
Rutgers University following alleged
cyberbullying by his roommate and
another student.
Considering that has been
getting national attention, I feel like
this is a great opportunity for KU
to make stand on it, said Rachel
Gadd-Nelson, one of the resolutions
co-authors.
Universities nationwide have
enacted similar resolutions, includ-
ing Iowa State in the Big 12. Authors
of the resolution said they often
referred to those resolutions during
the drafting process.
The lengthy resolution includes a
list of statistics relating to the nega-
tive effects of bullying, including
suicide. Both victims and perpetra-
tors of bullying are found to be sig-
nificantly more likely to attempt or
symptoms of concussIons
physical symptoms: headache, vision difculties,
nausea, dizziness, balance difculties, sensitivity to
light, fatigue, loss of consciousness, amnesia
cognitive symptoms: memory loss (amnesia,
attention disorders, reading difculties, slowed
reaction times)
emotional symptoms: irritability, sadness, ner-
vousness, sleep disturbances
Source: Kansas Athletics Concussion Assessment,
Management, and Return to Play Guidelines
tImelIne of modern-day ncaa
football rules changes
1976: The head and face is eliminated as a
primary and initial contact area for blocking and
tackling.
1997: Modifcations of permissible equipment
and contact in spring football are introduced to
reduce injury risk.
2005: Spearing and head-down contact is
eliminated. NCAA focuses on educating student-
athletes, coaches, ofcials and administrators
regarding prevention of head and neck injury.
2008: Horse-collar tackling made illegal. Em-
phasis placed on eliminating hits on defense-
less players and blows to the head. No player is
permitted to initiate contact and target oppo-
nents with crown of the helmet and no player is
permitted to initiate contact and target defense-
less players above the shoulders.
2009: A rule is added to allow for conference re-
view and sanctions on fouls related to targeting
and initiating contact to players.
2010: NCAA mandates that its athletics pro-
grams distribute fact sheets to players and
coaches before they are allowed to compete. The
creation of a concussion management plan is
also mandated.
Concern over head
trauma increases
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December 6
nThere will be an informational session about the
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n The ku school of music will present a Percussion
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popular Legally blonde flm moves to the stage at the
Lied center. The show is from 7:30 to 10 p.m. student
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while enforcing a healthy lifestyle.
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IT ISNT jUST A LITTLE
DINg, IT mAKES ITS
mARK oN THE bRAIN
Last week, Rev. Tom Thomas
and Rev. Kathy Brearly had their
first Thanksgiving without their
son.
Owen Thomas was 21 years old
and a captain on the University of
Pennsylvanias football team when
he took his own life in April. His
parents called his death impulsive
they never noticed any signs
of depression, nor do they recall
Owen complaining of so much
as a headache during his football
career.
Thomas said his son was some-
one who pushed himself to the
limit academically and athletically
and cared deeply for others.
He just enjoyed life in so many
different ways, said Thomas, who
himself played football at Penn.
Brearly said she was surprised
when researchers from Boston
University called just hours after
Owens death, asking if they could
examine his brain for signs of
damage from head injuries.
Owens parents consented
Thomas said he has since volun-
teered his brain for research
but insisted researchers would not
find anything. Months later, they
were told Owens brain showed
early signs of
chronic trau-
matic enceph-
alopathy (CTE),
a degenerative
brain disease
found in ath-
letes with a his-
tory of repeated
concussions.
The disease,
associated with
aging boxers since the 1920s,
began cropping up in brain autop-
sies of former professional football
players in recent decades. A July
2009 study written by several of
the same doctors who looked at
Owen Thomas brain looked at
five former professional players
whose autopsies revealed CTE. All
died suddenly at middle age. Of
the five, two committed suicide,
one was killed in a head-on col-
lision during a high speed police
chase and one was shot in the head
while cleaning his gun.
Owens case is the earliest known
appearance of CTE. The impulsive
behavior his parents believe led
to his suicide is consistent with
the diseases symptoms. And while
he didnt exhibit signs of a con-
cussion during his career, Owens
CTE could be the result of a series
of small concussions over time.
I cant tell if Owen is the tip
of the iceberg as far as these sub-
concussions are concerned or were
we particularly unlucky? Brearly
asked.
Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz at the
University of North Carolina has
been recording head impacts for
the past six seasons using acceler-
ometers implanted inside the teams
football helmets. In that time,
he has recorded about 250,000
impacts using what is called HITS
(Head Impact Telemetry System)
a program now owned by the
helmet company Riddell.
Surprisingly, he said, UNCs
Sports Concussion Research
Program found that concussions
occur at unpredictable levels of
impact. Guskiewicz also found that
players experience the same symp-
toms from concussions regardless
of the force of impact.
The big hits dont necessarily
equate to the worst clinical out-
comes, Guskiewicz said.
From years of
reviewing video
of injuries at the
University of
Kansas, Grant
said he noticed
many concus-
sions occurred
not when a play-
er was hit hard,
but when their
head bounced
off the ground after impact.
So far HITS has recorded 25
concussions at the University of
North Carolina and found that the
average starter in college football
can expect to receive 950 hits to
the head each season, give or take
100.
When one of those hits causes a
concussion, Morte said, the brain
smacks against the skull and can
tear the fibers connected to nerve
cells. The damage done to these
fibers and the contusions and
blood clots in the brain that can
also occur wont appear on a
CAT scan or MRI, he said.
Morte said players often dont
report concussions. When this
happens, he said, more injuries
will follow with accumulative
damage.
The blows to the head are
much more severe than we real-
ized, Morte said. When some-
body gets knocked out, it isnt just
a little ding. It makes its mark on
the brain.

SomETHINg bETTER bE
DoNE NoW oR THEYRE
goINg To Do AWAY
WITH THE gAmE
Novotny and his former coach,
Don Fambrough, remember when
the most common injury to the
head in football was a broken
nose. That was when helmets were
nowhere near as bulky as they are
today and a face mask typically
meant a single bar.
Its night and day, Novotny
said. That thing weighs a ton.
When talking about concus-
sions, Fambrough repeatedly taps
his cane on a helmet Mark Mangino
signed for him years ago.
Its a weapon when they come
together, Fambrough said. I can
understand why that would cause
an injury of some kind.
Fambrough said he thinks
todays helmets also lead to risks
players from his era would have
been reluctant to attempt.
When solutions to address head
injuries in the sport are discussed,
helmets are often brought up.
Most of the Kansas football team
wears Riddell, which introduced a
new model called the Revolution
in 2002.
The helmet is billed by the com-
pany to be 31 percent more effec-
tive against concussions than pre-
vious models. However, Dr. Robert
Cantu of Boston University told
The New York Times in October
that the statistic represented a
comparison between brand new
Revolution helmets and helmets of
unknown age and condition.
The oversight of how helmets
are tested for safety has also been
questioned. Nearly all helmets
have a label on their backsides say-
ing they meet NOCSAE standards.
NOCSAE (National Operating
Committee on Standards for
Athletic Equipment), is a nonprof-
it corporation formed in 1969 to
test football helmets and its test-
ing procedures have not changed
much since the 1970s.
Our number one goal when
developing new helmet technology
is not to meet a test standard but to
exceed the protection standards,
Riddells vice president of research
and development, Thad Ide, said
in an e-mail.
Helmet manufacturers test their
own helmets during production
and there is no independent force
to oversee these tests. During the
tests a helmet is mounted on a
synthetic head model and dropped
on a foam rubber pad from dif-
ferent locations and varying tem-
peratures.
Holt said he sticks with the
original model and even said since
his high school introduced the
Revolution helmet two years ago,
it has actually seen a spike in con-
cussions.
Not all place
blame squarely
on the helmet.
Gu s k i e w i c z
said he has
been impressed
with improve-
ments in hel-
met technology.
However, he
said he wasnt
sure the answer
to concussions is in the helmet.
The problem is we sort of want
our cake and eat it too, Guskiewicz
said.
He said helmets were designed
to prevent catastrophic head
injuries, such as skull fractures,
and not necessarily concussions.
Instead, he said the issue is better
addressed by focusing on style of
play and the games rules.
In 1976 the NCAA eliminated
the head and face as a primary and
initial contact area for blocking
and tackling. In 2005 the NCAA
changed rules to address spear-
ing and head-down contact. A
ban on hitting opponents with the
crown of ones helmet was also
introduced shortly thereafter. After
the 2005 rules changes, reported
concussions decreased slightly.
The NCAAs Injury Surveillance
Program reported that in 2004, 3.4
out of every 1,000 football play-
ers suffered a concussion. That
dropped to 2.4 per 1,000 in 2005
and has ranged no higher than 2.8
in the last three seasons.
The National Football League
gained attention in October when
it began fining and threatening
suspension for helmet-to-helmet
contact. Holt, who is in his second
season with San Diego, said the
measures wont prevent what is
just part of the game.
Its like telling a boxer not to
hit someone in the head because
theyre going to not be able to walk
later on in their life, he said. Its
just not going to happen.
Holt said he was always taught
to lead with his nose, keeping his
head up as he tackled. Sometimes,
however, he said helmet-to-helmet
contact is inevitable. To him, its
just how the game is.
I just dont see how its becom-
ing such a shock to people that
theres all these concussions and
stuff messing
up these play-
ers lives, Holt
said.
Fambrough
is conflicted.
He said the
sport is getting
out of hand.
Maybe kick-
offs should
be erased.
Maybe its the
equipment. Fambrough is afraid
if something isnt done soon, the
sport that treated him so well may
be done away with altogether.
Yet at the same time, the sports
becoming hard to watch for the
old coach as officials, with pres-
sure to crack down on crunching
hits, throw more penalty flags than
Fambrough recalls ever seeing.
Theyve got to stop calling all
of these damn penalties, he said.
The games last way too long and
people get bored.
Holt thinks penalties, fines and
suspensions will only hurt defens-
es. He said defensive players dont
know what to do in the NFL when
one misstep might cost them tens
of thousands of dollars.
Im waiting for them to put a
belt around their waists and well
just start playing flag football,
Holt said.
If REpoRTED
INcIDENTS ARE oN THE
RISE, THATS A gooD
THINg
On Thanksgiving morning,
Kathy Brearly dressed her sons
grave with Christmas decorations
as she talked to him. Anything for a
little comfort while getting used to
having someone so alive in her life
one day and gone the next.
She said she checked in on a
family that also lost a loved one
to suicide. Since Owens death,
Brearly has contacted parents of
suicide victims, many who once
suffered from concussions. She
was amazed to discover the level
of misunderstanding even some
physicians had about CTE and its
effects. She recently received an
e-mail from a woman whose hus-
band killed himself shortly after
being discharged from the hospital
that treated his concussion. The
couple had received no instruc-
tions to look for suicidal tenden-
cies or other side effects.
How can that happen? she
asked. Its just amazing to me.
Whats difficult to deny, though,
is the heightened level of discourse
about concussions in football. We
may have only scratched the sur-
face of what can be known about
the injury and its lasting effects, but
were looking at an issue once dis-
missed as someone being punch
drunk.
At the beginning of the season
the announcers would talk about
having your bell rung, Thomas
said. They dont use those terms
anymore.
Guskiewicz warned against
interpreting the increased attention
as signaling an increase in concus-
sions over previous years. Instead,
with more awareness come more
diagnoses. With a better knowl-
edge of symptoms and effects come
more effective response plans. And
with more dialogue comes more
disclosure from players who may
have previously stayed on the field
with fatal consequences as a real
possibility.
If the reported incidents of con-
cussions is on the rise then thats
actually a good thing, Guskiewicz
said. The word reported there is
a key word.
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commit suicide, the resolution cites
from the International Journal of
Adolescent Medicine and Health.
I hope this is the beginning of a
larger initiative that the University
can take to make sure something like
that doesnt happen at KU or in our
community, said Diane Genther,
LGBT Resource Center coordinator
and sponsor of the resolution.
Some senators said the bill
focused too heavily on the LGBT
community and was not inclu-
sive enough. Despite their initial
concerns, the resolution passed
40 to one. One additional senator
abstained from voting.
The resolution encourages stu-
dents to know the warning signs of
bullying and suicide and encourages
the University to engage in research
on bullying. It also supports the
formation of a taskforce that would
address the issue of bullying on
school campuses.
Gadd-Nelson is the social welfare
senator and director of education
outreach for Queers and Allies. She
said Queers and Allies was in the
preliminary stages of creating such
a taskforce.
Despite the gains made
Wednesday and the plans for a task-
force, authors of the resolution said
the University needed to do much
more to combat bullying.
I think the formation of a task-
force is a very excellent start, said
Alex Earles, legislative director and
one of the resolutions co-authors.
But thats just what it is a start.
Edited by David Cawthon
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got the record deal and tour, but
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wanted. Before he was able to step
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writing songs for others.
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other artists, and it laid the ground-
work for me to be ready and put
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Atlantic finally took a chance
on him.
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you go into the field, he says. You
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Tanksgiving break just gives
false hope to real freedom
sCHOOL perFOrMAnCe
I
m guessing that everyone
has had their bad share of
teachers in public schools.
When a thermometer broke in
chemistry lab, my old teacher
told a student to simply clean
it up. A day later, the student
was in the hospital because
of mercury poisoning.
Sadly, even with this act of
negligence, my old teacher is
most likely still teaching high
school chemistry.
If I were the principal, I
would have immediately fred
him and any other teachers who
proved to be incompetent. Te
reason many bad teachers are
never fred is because of tenure,
which basically guarantees a
teacher his or her job. Another
reason teachers never get fred
is because teacher unions make
the process expensive and time-
consuming.
An article in Te New York
Daily News reported that in
the New York area, over the
past three years [2007-2010],
just 88 out of some 80,000 city
schoolteachers have lost their
jobs for poor performance. An
article in Newsweek reported
that in Chicago, 0.1 percent
of teachers were dismissed for
performance-related reasons
between 2005 and 2008. Tere
are examples of this all over the
country.
Te problem with tenure is
that a teachers performance
in the classroom has no
efect on their employment.
For example, if a teacher
is completely dedicated to
helping students learn in the
classroom, that teacher will stay
employed and receive additional
benefts. If a teacher behaves
unprofessionally, texts during
class, and is being disruptive
to the learning environment in
school, that teacher will also
stay employed and receive the
same benefts as good teachers.
How is this morally
correct? Regardless of
performance, these teachers
stay employed and receive
benefts. Consequently, this
reduces the incentives for
teachers to do their very best
at teaching students. Its
no wonder that high school
students collectively and
consistently score low on math
and science tests. Out of thirty
countries in the Organization
for Economic Cooperation
and Development being tested
on math, an Associated Press
article reports that U.S. teens
have an average score that was
lower than the average in 23 of
the other leading industrialized
countries. Tis makes it almost
impossible for our graduates to
compete on a global level, and
the blame mostly goes to these
incompetent teachers.
Tere are a few exceptions,
however. In some cases, the
blame should go to parents
for not teaching their kids the
importance of a good education.
Teachers who do a great job
should not be blamed if the
student refuses to take learning
seriously.
Tere must be an education
reform that can make the
process of fring inefcient
teachers easier. Legislation to
reform tenure laws were passed
in Michigan two weeks ago,
which is a good start.
If we simply fred bad
teachers and rewarded good
teachers (which is the way it
should be), we could begin to
see improvements in students
educations.
robinson is a senior from
Houston in civil engineering.
Tenure poor reason to retain
incompetent educators
I wouldnt say that fans or students are at fault for the no-show at
all. I blame poor scheduling and even worse incentive. To go to the
game this weekend would have cost me money for traveling, for the
ticket and parking, and for any food/extras while I was at the game.
The fact that the game was over Thanksgiving break at 11am also
hurts. Fans would have had to make trip to Kansas City at nearly
9am, especially students. There was no reason to fans to tailgate
because it was too early in the day. The fact that it is a shopping hol-
iday also led to many people making the trip to Oak Park Mall or
other places instead of to a game that they knew would be lopsided.
Another factor that helps keep the stands empty is the way fans have
been at KU games all year, leaving before halftime and barely cheer-
ing on the team, even when they are less than 10 points behind.
MeowMix in response to Fans no-show for Saturdays
Border Showdown on Nov. 28.
I know that the weak-willed will not recognize the threats facing
our country. They belittle the attempts to defend freedom and mock
anyone who supports Americas right to exist.
The fact people confuse us with progressive Democrats is good, -
From the Communist Party in the USs website.
If you are Left of moderate, you stand a good chance of support-
ing communist agendas to eliminate freedom, increase government
monopolies and kill entrepreneurship. Those who produce threaten
those who steal for a living.
It is just that simple. Line up your terms, but it comes down to Do
you seek to produce or do you seek to steal?
Cue the ad hominem attacks...
Metacognition in response to Iowa Supreme Court judged
on specific decisions not capabilities on Nov. 27.
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N
oon came Monday and I
was sitting in my room,
surfng the Internet.
Monday at noon also happens
to be the time for my Western
Civilization lecture.
As much as it is sometimes
tempting to skip this class on
Monday mornings, I didnt skip.
My reason for not attending is
much simpler, and much more sad.
I simply forgot.
I wasnt watching some awesome
YouTube video, or pouring over
that days Wikileaks documents
(which you all should, by the way)
that caused me to forget. I wasnt
doing anything amazing at all. Te
fact that I had this class simply
escaped my mind.
Its a bit odd that this would
happen on the second to last week
of class. Ive been going to this
class for at least three months now.
Ive never forgotten before.
So what happened? Break
happened.
Tanksgiving break was
a wonderful, glorious time.
Reconnecting with old friends,
seeing family, spending leisurely
afernoons at the local cofeeshop
and sleeping in served as a great
recharge. I came out of break with
more energy than when I started
a true success.
But theres also a dark side to
breaks like these, a downside not
realized until you try to return to
your daily rhythm. Tanksgiving
break gives you just enough
time fve days to start to get
comfortable in your old digs. Its
just enough time to settle into an
old routine flled with old friends
and familiar locales reminiscent of
summer.
Normally, thats great. I am fond
of my summers and generally
enjoy spending time back home
(despite the neverending lack of
things to do). But when a break
gives you just enough time to
reacclimate and then rips you out
of your warm bed and back into
bitter-cold Lawrence mornings,
only pain can result.
Not to get all psycho-analytical,
but I think subconsciously Im still
on break. My mind deep down
doesnt really want to be here. Its
all I really want to think about, too.
I actually paused from writing a
paper thats due tomorrow to write
this column (yeah, weird study
break, I know, but thats my point).
Tese last three weeks are the
twilight zone of the semester. Your
minds wandering away but your
bodys still here. Te trick is to
either reconcile the two or fgure
out a way to get your stuf done
while disconnected.
Tats the trick Im still
pondering. If you have it fgured
out, let me know.
shorman, the opinion editor,
is a junior from Mcpherson in
journalism.
U.S. should not ignore North Korean threat
GuesT COLuMn
Hawk
Life
By jonathan shorman
jshorman@kansan.com
Seths Scoop
By seth roBinson
srobinson@kansan.com
A
merican humorist
Will Rogers once said,
Diplomacy is the art of
saying nice doggie, until you can
fnd a rock. In the case of North
Korea, the United States is dealing
with a crazy pit bull and has few
rocks lef to throw.
Te Norths recent shelling of a
South Korean city, an attack that
killed four and injured 16, opens
the door for the United Nations
to represent the international
community by standing with the
U.S. and South Korea to oppose
North Korean aggression. When
the U.S. invaded Iraq seven years
ago, it made the U.N. politically
irrelevant on the international
stage. But the status quo of today is
not the status quo of 2003. Today,
the U.S. cannot aford to become
unilaterally embroiled in another
foreign confict if the Korean
situation worsens. Only with
the help of an active, supportive
U.N. can North Korea be held
accountable for further aggression,
which at this point could mean
war.
To continue with Rogers
metaphor, let us consider a
neighborhood that America must
defend against vicious dogs. Ten
years ago, the neighborhood was
pretty nice. America had a lot of
rocks and there were not a whole
lot of dogs. Te neighborhood had
been safe ever since that Russian
terrier up and died without a single
rock being thrown. But then came
9/11, and a new breed of animal
came into the neighborhood. It was
some kind of stray. No one knew
where it came from or who owned
it, but some of the worst neighbors
on the block were said to feed
it scraps. America remembered
seeing it years before, when it
used the stray to attack that old
Samoyed. Afer the stray wounded
the beast, America had patted its
head and lef it alone. America
thought the stray would just go
away and die or something like
that.
Ten came 9/11, and America
realized how dangerous that stray
actually was. Te neighborhood
came together, gathered up all
of its stones and hurled them
at the snarling stray. But the
stray disappeared and nobody
could fnd it. America decided
to take the ofensive and identify
any other possible strays in the
neighborhood. It wrote up a list
and identifed three: the mean
Iraqi mongrel, the Iranian wolf and
the vicious North Korean pit bull.
Against the advice of its weaker
neighbors, America picked up
its stones and hurled them at the
mongrel, knocking it dead. Feeling
slighted and a little embarrassed
that they couldnt throw as well, the
other neighbors gathered all their
stones and refused to let America
have any more.
Now, the North Korean pit
bull has attacked an innocent ally,
South Korea, and the United States
is low on rocks. Logically, the
neighborhood (the international
community working through the
United Nations) needs to collect
their rocks (their combined
military and diplomatic power),
join America and get behind their
wounded ally. If the North attacks
again possibly even harder
this time and the international
community does nothing, the
civilized world efectively tells
North Korea and other brutal,
violent regimes that they can
go so far as to physically attack
neighboring countries and no one
will stop them.
Te situation in the Koreas
is tense and uncertain. Te U.S.
and South Korea are engaged
in war games, which the North
has hypocritically warned may
cause full-blown war. While
diplomats scramble, North Korea
continues to move towards a
nuclear future. Yesterday, the North
announced that it is currently
operating a uranium enrichment
plant powered by thousands of
centrifuges. Siegfried Hecker, a
Stanford University scientist who
has visited the facility, says it could
be quickly converted to produce
highly-enriched uranium for
nuclear bombs.
In the worst-case scenario,
which recent events have revealed
to be quite possible, North Korea
develops a nuclear weapon
and, in another act of paranoid
aggression, nukes the South. If that
happens, the U.S. would probably
launch a joint airstrike with South
Korea against the Norths capital,
Pyongyang, and bear the price for
whatever goes wrong.
A better alternative is for U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
(himself a South Korean) to ofer
the U.N.s unfinching support for
the South Korean government in
anticipation of an attack, and urge
the U.S., Britain, France, Germany
and other allied nations to ofer
military support if the North
escalates the confict. If the North
goes ahead and bombs South
Korea, the allied nations would
then rally together under the UN
fag and invade while a missile
strike hits Pyongyang.
Tere is hope for the U.N. in this
stage of international politics. Even
though the UN has been damaged
by the United States unilateral
action against Iraq, inaction in
Rwanda and Darfur and its own
internal corruption (e.g. the 2000s
oil-for-food scandal), it still has
the power to provide greater
legitimacy to a military strike. In
doing so, it can rise out of the ashes
and return to global signifcance.
But if the U.N. just sits back and
lets individual nations take the lead
against North Korea, it cements its
own diplomatic irrelevancy and
leaves America to deal with the
neighborhood dogs once again.
From UWIRE. Arragon Per-
ronefor The Daily Campus at
Connecticut University
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BY KELLY MORGAN
kmorgan@kansan.com
The Black Student Union will kick
off a new tradition tonight when it
hosts its first official book club meet-
ing.
The first meeting, which begins
tonight at 6 p.m. in the Multicultural
Resource Center, will focus on Lorraine
Hansberrys 1959 play A Raisin in
the Sun. The literary classic will pro-
vide students with the opportunity to
openly discuss issues of race and social
equality present in the world today.
The reason why we chose to read
Raisin in the Sun is that it proved to
be a book that we could get a lot of
meaning from, said Vincent Cunigan,
a junior from Chicago and vice presi-
dent of the Black Student Union. It
kind of was a book that was easy
to read and that a lot of people had
already read which we thought would
make it easier for them to participate.
The play tells the story of the
Youngers, a black family living in
Chicago in 1959. The family has
recently come into some money, and
decides to use it to move into a house
in a white community. This move
forces the Youngers to confront racism
and discrimination from their white
neighbors, as well as deal with conflicts
within the family.
While they do not deny that racism
exists today, many members of the
Black Student Union feel that racial
inequality has decreased since the play
was first published.
Since its an older book not all
aspects of it are applicable to my life,
said Amber Jackson, a junior from
Kansas City, Kan. and president of the
Black Student Union. But it is applica-
ble to the history of African Americans
and thats what I like about it.
The book clubs formation was
fueled by the organizations desire to
create programs with more substance
and educational themes.
Its open to anyone even if you
havent read the book or seen the
movie, anyone is welcome to come
out, Kameron Mack, a junior from
Wichita and program chairman for
the Black Student Union, said. You
can relate a lot of things from the book
to todays society so if anyone wants to
come give any input or just listen its
perfectly fine to come and just be an
audience member.
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BY STEPHEN GRAY
sgray@kansan.com
In response to the findings
of Chancellor Bernadette Gray-
Littles retention and gradua-
tion task force from earlier this
year, fundamental changes to the
Universitys undergraduate cur-
riculum could be on the way.
Currently, the University
requires 30 percent to 50 percent
more general education credit
hours than neighboring universi-
ties. As a result, nearly one in five
students who have met the goals
of their majors are deemed ineli-
gible for graduation each spring
because they have not satisfied
general education coursework.
To respond to this issue and
others, a work group has been
instituted by Provost Jeff Vitter to
complete the first major update
of the Universitys general educa-
tion requirements in more than
two decades to put it more in line
with the needs of students today.
Ann Cudd, professor of phi-
losophy and the co-chairwoman
of the Energizing the Education
Environment work group, said
the current curriculum is an
obstacle to University efforts to
retain students at a higher level
and to maintain timely gradua-
tion. She said she thinks renew-
ing it will only help students
going forward.
Were trying to streamline the
process for students, Cudd said.
But we want to do it in a way
that still achieves the learning
outcomes that are important and
essential for a
KU graduate
to have.
While the
Un i v e r s i t y
r e q u i r e s
between 71
and 72 hours
for general
e d u c a t i o n ,
schools like
the University
of Missouri,
Iowa State University and the
University of Oklahoma all
require less than 50 credit hours.
This situation leaves little flex-
ibility for students as they pursue
their major requirements, afford-
ing students with few opportuni-
ties to explore electives.
One of the suggestions from
the task force that the work group
will consider is reducing the
number of credit hours to some-
thing closer to 30 to 45 hours, the
range typical of other universities
that have recently revamped their
general education requirements.
Michael Whisler, a fresh-
man from Andover majoring in
meteorology, said any reduction
would be a good change.
More classes
based on our majors
would be beneficial,
Whisler said. What
is western civilization
going to do for me in
meteorology?
C h r i s t o p h e r
Haufler, professor of
ecology and evolu-
tionary biology and
co-chair of the group,
said such a high num-
ber of requirements could also
negatively affect recruitment.
If potential students are com-
paring KU to other institutions
and seeing greater flexibility from
other universities, that could be a
deciding factor, Haufler said.
Haufler said the group is cur-
rently working on determining
what the new goals of general
education should be through
surveys, focus groups and dis-
cussions with faculty, staff and
students. So far, critical thinking
and written and oral communi-
cation have emerged as the most
important by a wide margin.
Once this information is gath-
ered and the new goals are deter-
mined, a new curriculum can
be matched with student needs
and put into place. For now, the
provost has set a deadline for
March on what the groups key
strategic initiatives will be, so any
major changes to the curriculum
may still be a few years down
the road.
Cudd said making this cur-
riculum change is important for
student success in more ways
than one.
Ultimately, we hope to
improve the intellectual environ-
ment, Cudd said. We want to
make it easier to navigate our sys-
tem so students are more engaged
in their classes and the expecta-
tions on them become clearer.
Edited by Leslie Kinsman
AcADEmIcS
University requirements under review
What is western
civilization going
to do for me in
meteorology?
michAel Whisler
freshman from Andover
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The Kansas Jayhawks dominat-
ed the Maine Black Bears for a
decisive 126-63 victory, the 700th
for the program.
We talked a little bit about
it before the game in the shoot
around the opportunity to be a
part of history and how much
respect we have for the coaches
in the past who have racked up a
bunch of these wins and the play-
ers in the history of the program
who have won a lot of the games,
and how special it is to be a part of
something historic, coach Bonnie
Henrickson said.
The Jayhawks also broke the
school scoring record in an excit-
ing and record-breaking night.
You look up in the banners and
you are part of that, Henrickson
said. You are representing all of
those. This is for everyone who has
come before us.
Sophomore forward Carolyn
Davis started the game strong with
three shots in the paint and a set of
free throws to give her eight points
in the first two minutes of game
time and set Kansas on a 25-4
run. This success continued for the
Jayhawks.
Kansas led 69-26 at the half,
marking its highest scoring half
this season and its largest half-time
lead. The Jayhawks shot 66.7 per-
cent from the field in the first half
and scored 38 points in the paint.
The dominant frontcourt effort
Kansas outscored the Black Bears
74-24 in the paint on the night
was led by Davis, who had 25
points and seven rebounds.
Right before the game coach
told me I needed to dominate from
the start and that was my mindset,
Davis said. I knew we needed to
jump out to a big lead and so that is
what I wanted to do for my team.
The Jayhawks were quick and
aggressive on fast break opportuni-
ties as well, recording 22 fast break
points and 37 off of turnovers.
We got high percentage shots,
we got them in transition, we got
good looks in the zone and made
the most of those, Henrickson
said.
Even with a 63-point lead dur-
ing part of the game, the Jayhawks
stayed focused and aggressive.
We stayed aggressive, we didnt
get sloppy, we only had two turn-
overs in the first half off all of those
possessions and that is important,
Henrickson said.
Every player who saw court time
played for at least 20 minutes.
I thought the kids played unself-
ishly, I thought they played hard I
think we made two bad shots in all
those possessions and I am really
excited for the kids to be a part of
it and I know they are proud of it
too, Henrickson said.
Freshman guard Brooke Jelniker
said that is invaluable experience.
I think that helps us a lot
because everyone will have experi-
ence going into the big time games,
you wont be putting someone in
who hasnt played very much,
Jelniker said. Everyone knows
their role on the team and can
come in and contribute.
Edited by TimDwyer
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By Kory Carpenter
kcarpenter@kansan.com
thursday, december 2, 2010 www.kansan.com PaGe 1b
T
he spring of 2010 was build-
ing up to be the biggest con-
ference shake-up in history.
Rumors swirled around the college
sports world with stories changing
everyday. Everyone from internet
bloggers to radio personalities had
sources telling them this or that,
with expectations of huge changes
to the NCAA landscape. The ten-
sion built up as each story grew
more extensive, but what actually
occurred was rather uneventful.
The Big 10 now has 12 schools.
The Big 12 has 10. Maybe they
should swap names? I propose the
Big 12 light.
A few naming problems wasnt
the only head scratcher, though.
TCU, located in Fort Worth,
Texas, has joined the Big East.
There is nothing big or east
about a school in Fort Worth,
Texas.
Im envisioning the huge bas-
ketball rivalry beginning to brew
between TCU and St. Johns.
Okay, maybe not.
The old Big 8 conference was
shaken up as well. Colorado,
Nebraska, Iowa State, Missouri,
Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma,
and Oklahoma State have played
in the same conference since 1958.
First in the Big 8, then in the Big 12
beginning in 1996.
With Colorados departure to the
Pac-10 (theyll have no problem
changing the name to Pac-12. Good
luck commissioner, Beebe) and
Nebraska leaving for the Big 10, the
marriage is over after 52 years.
This is where Im supposed to
berate the Huskers. They gave up
52 years of history for money. Oh
yeah, and more television cover-
age. And better football from top
to bottom. And better academics.
And the potential for much better
rivalries (matchups with Ohio State,
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Penn
State will be huge).
And for Colorado, theyve been
eyeing the Pac-10 for years. This
summers Cold War-esque arms
race for realignment was the perfect
opportunity for the Buffs to slide
into the Pac-10.
Both the Pac 10 and Big 10
are very stable conferences with
a bright future. The Big 12 hasnt
looked stable during the last year.
Why anyone would blame these
schools for leaving is strange.
Texas considered the idea of
joining the Pac-10 this spring.
Texas A&M publicly campaigned
for a spot in the SEC, with Aggie
fans printing shirts reading,
SECede. Even Missouri governor
Jay Nixon added his two cents on
Big 10 expansion.
Im not going to say anything
bad about the Big 12, but when
you compare Oklahoma State to
Northwestern, when you compare
Texas Tech to Wisconsin, I mean,
you begin looking at educational
possibilities that are worth looking
at, Nixon said in a dallasnews.com
article last December.
Missouris governor wanted
Mizzou to leave. Texas A&M want-
ed to leave. Even Kansas officials
were rumored to have talked to Big
East officials early in the summer,
trying to find a life raft on the sink-
ing ship that was the Big 12.
The ship didnt sink. It was
repaired with bubble gum and duct
tape.
By tiM DWyer
tdwyer@kansan.com
Almost a year ago to the day,
when Kansas last played UCLA
at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles,
Markieff Morris was the best play-
er on the floor. He finished with 19
points, then a career high.
We got the ball to me a lot
early, Morris said Monday about
that game. They were double-
teaming Cole and my brother, and
they didnt really expect me to do
what I did.
Will they expect it now?
Definitely.
The development of Morris has
been no secret in the early going
this season. Hes scored in double
figures in all but one game and
trails only his brother on the team
with 12.3 points per game. His 9.5
rebounds per game leads the team,
and hes doing it all in only 20
minutes per game foul trouble
has plagued him for the majority
of the season.
Our guys are going to foul,
coach Bill Self said. You just cant
commit the silly ones that give you
three to start the second half.
The silly one to start the sec-
ond half that Self referenced was
Morris third in the Arizona. His
brother Marcus also picked up his
third early in the second half, and
the Jayhawks were forced to guard
Derrick Williams predominantly
with undersized Mario Little.
Regardless, the Morris twins
have become a legitimate threat
that the Bruins must find a a way to
stop. But for Markieff to follow-up
as the best player on the floor, hell
have to outplay both his teammates
and the much-improved Bruins,
who have already taken one top-10
team to the wire.
Sophomore small forward Tyler
Honeycutt played his first min-
utes of the season against Kansas
last year after sitting out with an
injury for the first six games. Now
Honeycutt presents a matchup
problem for Kansas as a 6-foot-
8 wing. Brady Morningstar, who
has started the last four games on
the wing for Kansas, doesnt have
the length to contain Honeycutt.
It may be up to Travis Releford,
who at 6-5 is at least comparable
to the lanky Honeycutt, to do the
defensive stopping.
They have their main players
back from last year, plus they have
added some nice pieces to the puz-
zle, Self said. Reeves Nelson and
Honeycutt are off to a great start.
If Im not mistaken, I think that
may have been Honeycutts last
game back when we played them
last year. He is going to be a really
good player, and certainly they are
getting better guard play.
The Bruins, too, know that they
have a challenge waiting for them
in Kansas.
This game coming up against
Kansas is a huge challenge,
Howland said. Theyre a very
good team. I think theyve won 61
games in a row at home.
Sixty-three, a media member
corrected him.
Sixty-three? Thats a lot of wins
in a row at home.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
they were going through
some stuf last year at that par-
ticular time and I think theyre
a lot better team this year.
Coach Bill Self on UCLA
FACT OF THE DAY
ucLA leads the all-time series
against kansas 10-5.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: of the 15 matchups, how
many have been in tourna-
ment play?
A: Five, with ucLA winning
every game.
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AUBURN, Ala. The NCAA
concluded that a violation of
amateurism rules occurred dur-
ing Cam Newtons recruitment last
year, but the quarterbacks eligibil-
ity was immediately reinstated with
no conditions, Auburn announced
Wednesday.
NCAA vice
president for
academic and
member s hi p
affairs Kevin
Lennon said
the decision
was based on
i nf or mat i on
available to the
reinstatement staff at this time.
We do not have sufficient evi-
dence that Cam Newton or anyone
from Auburn was aware of this
activity, which led to his reinstate-
ment, Lennon said.
The NCAAs investigation deter-
mined that Newtons father, Cecil,
and the owner of a scouting service
worked together to actively market
the quarterback as part of a pay-for-
play scheme in return for Newtons
commitment to Mississippi State.
NCAA rules do not allow indi-
viduals or entities to represent
prospective student-athletes in
order to gain compensation from
a school.
As a result of the discovery,
Auburn declared Newton ineligible
Tuesday but immediately sought
reinstatement from the NCAA
national office staff, which can
include conditions such as sus-
pension or repayment of benefits.
Newton was reinstated without any
conditions.
We are pleased that the NCAA
has agreed with our position that
Cam Newton has been and con-
tinues to be eligible to play foot-
ball at Auburn University, Auburn
athletics director Jay Jacobs said.
We appreciate the diligence and
professionalism of the NCAA and
its handling of this matter.
As part of the decision, Auburn
has limited access Newtons father
has to the athletics program.
Mississippi State has also disassoci-
ated the scouting service member,
presumably former Bulldogs player
Kenny Rogers.
The conduct of Cam Newtons
father and the involved individual
is unacceptable and has no place
in the SEC or in intercollegiate
athletics, SEC commissioner Mike
Slive said. The actions taken by
Auburn University and Mississippi
State University make it clear this
behavior will not be tolerated in
the SEC.
The NCAA said reinstatement
decisions are independent of the
NCAA enforcement process and
typically are made once the facts of
the student-athletes involvement
are determined.
The reinstatement process is
likely to conclude prior to the close
of an investigation. It is NCAA
policy not to comment on cur-
rent, pending or potential investi-
gations.
Auburn had no further com-
ment.
NFL
Chiefs cut LB Cole,
sign CB Richardson
kAnsAs cItY, mo. the
kansas city chiefs have signed
free agent cornerback mike
richardson. he attended camp
with kansas city this year but
was released prior to the start
of the regular season.
to make room, the chiefs
released linebacker Justin cole,
who was inactive for the frst
11 games.
richardson has recorded 20
tackles and 20 special teams
tackles in action with the new
england Patriots and chiefs.
Associated Press
newton
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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in SEC title game
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COLUMBIA, S.C. There
arent many areas where Gene
Chiziks resume can compare with
Steve Spurriers.
However, Auburns head coach
can boast one thing Spurrier can-
not. Chizik has been part of two
undefeated seasons Auburns
2004 season and Texas 2005 sea-
son. Both times, Chizik was the
teams defensive coordinator.
Spurrier has six SEC titles and a
national championship, but he has
never had an undefeated season
in 30 years of coaching, includ-
ing his five years as an assistant.
Chizik is hoping having expe-
rienced two undefeated seasons
will help him Saturday when he
tries to guide his No. 2 Tigers to
13-0 against South Carolina in
the SEC cham-
pionship game.
It has helped
me because as
we all know,
its extremely
difficult to do,
Chizik said.
Just being
blessed enough
to have gone
through it
two other times, there are things
that Im able to pull to help our
coaches and team understand at
that point in time, what in my
opinion, are the important things
to keep you undefeated.
The Tigers are No. 1 in the BCS
rankings and one win away from a
spot in the national championship
game in Chiziks second season,
which has to be considered a sur-
prise even to the people who sup-
ported his hiring in 2009. There
werent a ton of those people. In
the two seasons prior to taking
over Auburns program, Chizik
compiled a 5-19 record as Iowa
States head coach.
That resume got a lukewarm
reception from most of the
Auburn fan base when Chizik
was hired. A YouTube video of
an Auburn fan greeting Tigers
athletic director Jay Jacobs at the
airport when he returned from a
meeting with Chizik has received
more than 650,000 views and
came to represent the Auburn
peoples frustration with the hire.
The reality wasnt like that at all,
Chizik said
this week.
We cant
control every-
bodys opin-
ion, and we
dont try to,
he said. Our
fan-base has
been great for
the most part.
The major-
ity of our fans
have been great since the day
my family and I came back to
Auburn after spending three pre-
vious years here.
Chizik, who was the Tigers
defensive coordinator from
2002-2004, isnt concerned with
whether this season has proved
his doubters wrong, he said.
No, he said. I just know that
we have a very important game
coming up Saturday, and we have
to win it. Thats what well do
every week as long as Im the head
coach here. Theres no vindica-
tion in my world. Thats not how
I live, thats not whats important
to me.
Chizik has a history that South
Carolina fans can easily hate. He
graduated from Florida, where
he was a reserve linebacker, and
earned a masters degree from
Clemson, where he got his first
collegiate coaching job as a grad-
uate assistant in 1988 and 1989.
From there, he went from Middle
Tennessee State to Stephen F.
Austin to Central Florida before
being hired by Tommy Tuberville
at Auburn in 2002.
Chizik walks a fine line between
taskmaster and confidant, his
players say.
Hes going to get everything out
of you, every living thing, defen-
sive back Demond Washington
said. He just wants everything
perfect.
Still, tight end Philip
Lutzenkirchen said, Chizik has
a soft touch with his players off
the field.
Hes a real players coach,
Lutzenkirchen said.
Both players added that Chizik
has leaned heavily on his expe-
rience from those previous two
undefeated seasons to guide them
through the potential pitfalls.
Chizik hopes having undefeated
experience helps vs. Gamecocks
Stand up for the right to smile
MORNING BREW
D
erek Anderson just wanted to smile.
He was having a pretty bad day
as the quarterback of the Arizona
Cardinals. Hed been playing pretty terrible
and his team was on its way to a sixth straight
loss.
So he sat down on the bench next to his
buddy, teammate Deuce Lutui, probably wish-
ing he could disappear into the ground. His
buddy feels bad for him, so he tries to lighten
an otherwise dreary mood with a humorous
comment because thats what friends do.
Anderson chuckles for a minute, glad for
the distraction, and then returns to thinking
about the game.
Next thing he knows, hes in a press confer-
ence, getting questioned by a reporter as to
what could possibly be funny on the losing
side of a blowout in the NFL. The poor quar-
terback suddenly gets very angry and defen-
sive about his right to laugh while playing
sports and lets loose on a tirade that became
an instant classic on SportsCenter, YouTube
and anywhere else you can find amusing
videos.
He isnt the most eloquent in his defense of
merriment, first claiming that what me and
Deuce talk about is nobodys business.
Next, all he can get out is Its fine. Its
fine! Its fine, Its fine! Its fine, likely setting a
record for consecutive Its fine utterances in
an NFL press conference (although that hasnt
been confirmed).
Then he just overcompensates: Its not
funny, nothings funny to me!
Whoa, Derek. Im sure he was quite upset
and caught up in the heat of the moment, but
in this instance, he really should have taken
a stand for his right to chuckle instead of
declaring that he was incapable of humor.
In the wake of all this lies a heated national
debate that could change the course of basic
human rights in this country: Should indi-
viduals be allowed to express happiness while
getting beaten in a game?
Now, in Andersons case, the reporter who
prodded him about his smile does have an
excuse: the reporter told ESPN that he was
getting bombared with messages from
fans demanding an explanation for why he
dared to muddy the grand Cardinal legacy
by appearing jovial for six seconds during a
loss. He wouldnt be doing his job if he didnt
bring up Andersons bold break from utter
depression.
So the fault here really lies with the fans.
Dont get me wrong, I know what its like
to have your heart sunk by a pitiful perfor-
mance by your favorite team Im a Denver
Broncos fan, after all. But does that mean
that athletes must cast themselves into pure
sorrow every time theyre not playing a game
very well?
If anything, fans should glean hope
from the instant of pearly white cheer that
Anderson showed. After all, as he said during
his tirade, I take this (expletive) serious. Real
serious. So if Angry Anderson, who knows
his poor performance could cost him his job
anytime, can find something to smile about,
maybe its time for those in the crowd to take
this (expletive) a little less serious.
Edited by David Cawthon
We cant control
everybodys opinion, and
we dont try to.
Gene chIZIk
Auburn head coach
MJs son scores 18
in upset of Florida
orLAnDo, Fla. marcus
Jordan scored 18 points, keith
clanton hit two free throws in
the fnal seconds and central
Florida upset no. 18 Florida 57-
54 on Wednesday night.
the Gators, ranked ninth in
the Associated Press pre-
season poll, lost to the knights
for the frst time in 10 meetings
and could drop from the rank-
ings after another lackluster
efort.
michael Jordans son had a
lot to do with this one.
Jordan was 6 of 11 from the
feld and played tight defense,
creating all kinds of problems
for the Gators (5-2).
his biggest shots came at
the free throw line.
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Player of the game
Krysten Boogaard
boogaard returned from knee complications and
had a breakout game playing over 20 minutes for
the frst time this season. She fnished the game
with 33 points shooting 14-16 from the feld and
grabbing eight rebounds.
Stat of the game
126 Kansas set the all time school scoring record with
their 126-63 performance.
By Megan Rupp
mrupp@kansan.com
When freshman guard Brooke
Jelniker stepped up to the line with
less than 10 minutes left in the
game, she not only scored the teams
100th point, but also added to her
eight-point career-high.
It felt good after they told me it
was the 100th point, Jelniker said.
It was awesome, but it was also
really cool to get the 700th win as
a team.
Jelniker was not the only Jayhawk
to reach career-high scoring. In a
blowout game, like Kansas 126-
63 win against Maine in Allen
Fieldhouse on Wednesday night,
each possession seems to blur into
the next. But the Jayhawks victory
over the Black Bears was nothing
short of history in the making.
Senior forward Krysten Boogaard
added 33 points, a season-record for
her. Recovering from a minor knee
injury, Boogaard saw more floor
time against Maine than she has
been able to contribute in recent
games, which allowed her to also
grab eight rebounds. She also made
the shot to break the school record
of points scored in a single game,
but she said she tried not to think
about it during the game.
It was in the back of my mind,
but I was trying to just think about
the game, Boogaard said. But we
really worked together as a team to
get the great win that we did. The
700th win is a milestone, but I think
we need to keep pushing.
Boogaards strong performance
didnt stifle sophomore forward
Carolyn Davis ability to also get
points on the board. Davis started
the game strong and never ceased
to attack hard. She ended the game
with 25 points and seven rebounds.
She said it felt good, but she and the
rest of the team would need to stay
focused and not be satisfied.
Getting the ball inside to the post
players seemed easy for the Jayhawk
guards, who utilized their in-and-
out offensive ability to exploit
the Black Bears defense. Largely
responsible for achieving that task
was freshman Keena Mays constant
attention to rewarding Davis and
Boogaards hard work inside. Each
time she saw her forwards post up
and seal their advantageous posi-
tion, Mays got them the ball, help-
ing her break her own assist record.
Mays ended the game with a career-
high 14 points and nine assists.
I felt a lot better after this game,
Mays said. But I think most of us
did.
The victory over the Black Bears
earned the program its 700th win,
but more importantly, it earned this
Jayhawk squad a 7-0 record. The
last time KU went 7-0 was in the
2005-06 season, before Boogaard,
the oldest player, joined the team.
The Jayhawks also picked up 32
assists, tying the school record.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson
was proud of her team, but mod-
est about her own achievements,
despite the fact that she improved
her own record and reached 103-95
as head coach at KU. She was more
proud of the team playing unself-
ishly and hard.
We talked about how special it
is to be a part of something historic
and then at the end of it to be able to
break a scoring record and tying an
assist record, Henrickson said. Im
really excited for the kids to be able
to be a part of it and I know theyre
really proud of it.
Editedby Clark Goble
Quote of the game
We have a game goal to make the ofcials yell at us to sit down
twice a game, coach bonnie henrickson said. We got that twice
in the frst fve minutes. You cant fake that. They are genuinely
excited about each others success.
kansas 126, Maine 63
Womens BasketBall ReWind
mike Gunnoe/kansan
Junior center Krysten Boogaard lays the ball up for two points Wednes-
day against Maine. Boogaard led the teamwith 33 points in the 126-63
victory.
evan Palmer/kansan
Freshman guard Keena Mays goes after a loose ball Wednesday night. The Jayhawks won 126-63.
Jayhawks win programs
700th in dominant style
boogaard
mike Gunnoe/kansan
Freshman guard Keena Mays puts up a one-handed shot at Allen
Fieldhouse Wednesday. The Jayhawkes recorded 126 points in the game
making it the most in programhistory.
evan Palmer/kansan
Junior forward Aishah Sutherland shoots over a Maine defender in Kansas victory Wednesday
night. Sutherland fnished the game with 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting.
Anot he r one adde d t o t he c ol l e c t i on.
F I E L D H OU S E T R O P H I E S
B U F F A L O
2 / 2 0 / 1 0
W I L D C A T
3 / 1 3 / 1 0
T I G E R
3 / 6 / 1 0
L O NG H O R N
2 / 8 / 1 0
B R U I N
1 2 / 2 / 1 0
T H E U N I V E R S I T Y D A I LY K A N S A N
6B / SPORTS / THURSDAY, DecemBeR 2, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnSAn.com
AssociAted Press
OKLAHOMA CITY Justin
Blackmon was named the Big
12s offensive player of the year
Wednesday after a breakthrough
season in which he went from a
relative unknown to the nations
most productive wide receiver for
No. 16 Oklahoma State.
Blackmon became the first
receiver to win the honor after
leading the nation with 1,665
yards receiving and 18 touch-
down catches. Just a sophomore,
he ends a streak of 11 straight
years with quarterbacks as the
Big 12s top offensive player,
and before that running backs
Troy Davis and Ricky Williams
combined to win the first three
awards.
Hes pretty amazing, Cowboys
coach Mike Gundy said. Hell
have a good chance to win the
Biletnikoff as the No. 1 receiver
in the nation, so we felt like that
he was the player of the year in
this league. I never really talk
much about that. In my opin-
ion, (Auburn quarterback) Cam
Newton is the Heisman Trophy
winner. He is the best player in
the country.
Well, I believe Justin Blackmon
is the best player in the league
this year.
Blackmon received 16 of the
20 votes from The Associated
Press panel in a clean sweep by
Oklahoma State, which is second
in the nation in total offense.
Running back Kendall Hunter
received three votes and quar-
terback Brandon Weeden got the
other one. Blackmon also received
the same honor from the leagues
coaches on Tuesday.
Oklahoma defensive end
Jeremy Beal was picked as the
defensive player of the year in the
closest balloting for this years
awards. He received nine votes,
Nebraskas Lavonte David got
six, Texas A&Ms Von Miller got
four and Cornhuskers corner-
back Prince Amukamara the
coaches pick for defensive player
of the year had one.
Nebraska swept the honors
for newcomers, with quarter-
back Taylor Martinez winning on
offense and David on defense.
Blackmon practically came out
of nowhere after making only 20
catches last season as a freshman.
With star Dez Bryant moving on
to become a first-round NFL draft
pick and new offensive coordina-
tor Dana Holgorsen bringing in
a pass-heavy offense, Blackmon
seized an opportunity to become
Oklahoma States go-to receiver.
We knew he was going to be
a good player. We didnt know
about his durability and his abil-
ity to handle pressure and just
all the accolades that he received
during the season, and hes done a
really good job with that, Gundy
said.
Im still somewhat stunned at
the year that hes had.
Blackmon has tied an NCAA
record with 11 consecutive games
with at least 100 yards receiving
and a touchdown, the last one
coming as he played through a
sprained ankle last week in a
47-41 loss to Oklahoma. Gundy
said Blackmon did not practice
all week before that game and will
be in a cast for about two weeks
as the Cowboys prepare to play in
their bowl game.
Blackmon has not been allowed
to speak to reporters since Oct.
27, when he apologized for being
arrested on a driving under the
influence charge.
His yardage total this season
ranks 16th in Bowl Subdivision
history with an opportunity to
still move up.
From about Week 3 on, hes
getting tons of bracket coverage
and he still managed to get big-
time numbers, Gundy said. Its
just surprising that he was able
to do that.
BIg 12 fOOTBALL
Blackmon named Big 12 ofensive player of the year
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Sophomore cornerback Greg Brown breaks up a pass to Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon earlier this season at Memorial Stadium. Blackmon had 10 receptions for 130 yards.
When Nebraska and Colorado
pledged to terminate their con-
tracts and leave next July, they
paid a combined $20 million
in penalties to the remaining
schools. That sounds great, except
the four schools remaining in
the north Iowa State, Kansas,
Kansas State and Missouri
volunteered to give their share
of the cash to Texas, Texas A&M
and Oklahoma. As reported in a
chron.com article from June, the
four schools didnt want to be left
on their own. Big 12 commis-
sioner Dan Beebe added, They
wanted to ensure that those insti-
tutions stayed with them.
After Texas spoke of leaving the
Big 12 in shambles and jumping
to another conference, they took
the north schools payment as a
thank you for deciding to stay.
So they threatened to leave, then
took extra money for staying.
Sounds like a great deal if you can
get away with it.
But pardon me if I dont blame
the Buffaloes or Huskers for
running into the arms of stable
conferences and bigger paychecks.
The remaining fans will be left
waiting for the Longhorns next
move, hoping their school is in
good shape. Contrary to what
conference officials might say, few
diehard fans believe the Big 12 is
stable.
According to a recent ESPN.
com poll of over 143,000 people,
70 percent of voters dont believe
the Big 12 will be a viable confer-
ence in three years.
And if you cant trust an ESPN.
com poll, what can you trust?
Edited by Michael Bednar
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brook capped a 38-point, 15-re-
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by scoring all of oklahoma citys
13 points in the third overtime,
and the Thunder overcame the
absence of an injured kevin Du-
rant with a 123-120 victory over
the new Jersey nets on Wednes-
day night.
Jef Green added a career-high
37 points as the Thunder out-
lasted new Jersey in a game in
which the nets blew leads of six
points in the frst overtime and
three points with 4.6 seconds.
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UCLA
3-2 (0-0)
stArters
Malcom Lee, guard
Lee doesnt really stand out. Hes a very simi-
lar player to Tyrel Reed or Brady Morningstar,
in that he can shoot from deep. He is shooting
41.7 percent from the feld and from three and is
averaging 11.5 points per game. He doesnt get
into the paint too often on the defensive end.
He is only averaging 3.3 rebounds per game.

Lazeric Jones, guard

Jones leads the team in assists with fve per
game. He is a quick guard that has decent ball
control, but he is averaging 2.8 turnovers a
game. Jones will provide a good match-up to
the Kansas guards. He is averaging 12.6 points
per game and plays almost 30 minutes. Getting
to the free-throw line isnt a strength, but he is
8-8 from the line on the season.

Tyler Honeycutt, forward

Honeycutt is averaging the most minutes
per game for the Bruins, 34.2. He is another big
body on the low block that can post his man
up or spread it out on the wings, similar to the
Morris twins. He is averaging 14.5 points per
game, good for second, and is shooting 40
percent from three. He has also taken the most
threes with 20. He doesnt draw that many
fouls, but he is 7-10 from the line this season.

Reeves Nelson, forward

Nelson has a similar body to Arizonas Der-
rick Williams, who torched the Jayhawks for
27 points before fouling out. Nelson is leading
UCLA in points, 17.6 per game, and rebounds,
10.4 per game. He is only averaging two fouls
per game, but he hasnt seen matchups like the
Morris twins or Thomas Robinson.

Joshua Smith, center

Smith is the only starter not averaging
double-digit points per game (7.4). Smith is the
tallest player along with David and Travis Wear,
who are sitting out this season after transfer-
ring from North Carolina. Smith, who is averag-
ing four fouls per game, will need to stay out
of foul trouble to give the Bruins length on the
interior. At 305 pounds, he has enough body
to post up the Morris twins, Thomas Robinson
and especially Withey, but he doesnt have the
athleticism those four have, averaging just 16
minutes per game.

Sixth Man
Brendan Lane, forward
Lane adds another big body down low. He
is averaging fve rebounds per game. He has
been the most efcient three-point shooter at
75 percent, but he has only attempted four. Hes
averaging 5.6 points per game while shooting
56.3 percent from the feld. He leads UCLA with
two blocks per game.

Mike Lavieri
On the surface, it looks like
UCLA is in the midst of another
down year. Dont let the 3-2 record
fool you, though. In truth, the
Bruins are well on the way back to
Pac-10 contention and have a shot
at stealing the title as soon as this
year. The Bruins have already put
up a fght against one top-10 op-
ponent (losing 82-70 to Villanova)
and the same should be expected
Thursday. Tyler Honeycutt, who
debuted against the Jayhawks
last year, has blossomed into a
dangerous wing with NBA size,
and Reeves Nelson is one of the
Pac-10s best.
Travis Releford
Scouts in Las Vegas were talk-
ing about Relefords defensive
and transition skills. At 6-foot-5,
Releford has
the length to
lock down on
most college
wings and the
athleticism to
stick with the
guards. Hes
also shoot-
ing the ball
better than anyone, including the
coaches, expected. He does have
to be careful not to fall in love
with his jumper. Hes too good at
driving to the basket to settle for
outside shots.
Can the Morris twins stay out of
foul trouble?
When either Marcus or Markief
goes down with foul trouble, the
Jayhawks can manage. Thomas
Robinson can almost seamlessly
fll the gap. When both go down,
though, trouble begins to brew for
Kansas, like it did against Arizona.
The Wildcats built a four-point
lead after being down by as
many as 15 with the twins largely
confned to the bench. Mario
Little doesnt have the size to play
against most power forwards, and
Jef Withey lacks the athleticism
to hang with hybrid forwards like
Arizonas Derrick Williams and
UCLAs Reeves Nelson.
Its a good or bad shot when
it leaves your hand. Thats what
we tell our players. As coaches, if
it counts for two points it doesnt
bother us as much, but you cant
tell a player its a bad shot if he
misses it and then tell him its
a good shot if it goes in. Youre
sending him mixed messages.
Against Ohio, Marcus, as soon as
he checked back in, made a three-
pointer. I said it was an awful shot.
You should never shoot the ball
when you frst come down the
court.
Bill Self
KANsAs
6-0 (0-0)
stArters
Tyshawn Taylor, guard
Taylor hasnt shot the ball nearly as much
as was expected early in the season, espe-
cially after he tallied 17 points in the opener.
His improved passing, decision making and
defense have scouts raving, though. Kansas
would love to have Taylor score 10 points per
game, but his 43 assists are ffth in the nation,
and thats good enough for the Jayhawks to
be 6-0.

Tyrel Reed, guard

Reed is shooting just 28.6 percent from
outside this season, but hes fnally putting
his otherworldly athleticism to other use in
the Jayhawks ofense. Reed had 13 points
and two assists in the Jayhawks 87-79 victory
over Arizona, despite going 0-for-4 from
three-point land.

Brady Morningstar, guard

Morningstar has to start contributing
ofensively. Plain and simple. Morningstars
passing and ball-handling and defense are
nice, no question, but Bill Selfs starting
guards are all averaging less than 10 points
per game, and Morningstars 5.5 are bringing
up the rear by a wide margin. The scoring
load cannot be put exclusively on the front-
court, especially when foul trouble remains
an issue.

Marcus Morris, forward

Against Arizona, for the frst time this
season, Morris wasnt the best player on the
foor. Arizonas Derrick Williams plays a similar
game to Morris, but was more aggressive
with the ball in his hands. If Morris develops
Williams assertiveness, he has the footwork
to become the best post in college basket-
ball.

Markief Morris, forward

Morris was the best player in the game
the last time Kansas and UCLA played, with
19 points and six boards. His own team-
mates aside, Morris will have a greater chal-
lenge waiting for him for that title ths year.
Reeves Nelson is putting up all-conference
numbers for the Bruins, and the two will
spend time guarding each other Thursday.

Sixth Man
Thomas Robinson, forward
Johnson was solid Friday night in his frst
game back from a season-opening suspen-
sion. Hell primarily serve as the backup to
Tyshawn Taylor at the point, and Taylors
foul trouble thrust Johnson into a larger role
against the Mean Green. He responded with
11 points and zero turnovers, but dished
out only one assist.


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Robinson
Thursday, Dec. 2 Time (CT) TV Channel
Baylor vs. Arizona State 6 p.m. ESPN2
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Friday, Dec. 3
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Lee
Jones
Honeycutt
ALLeN FieLDHouSe wiLL RoCk iF
The Bruins show up. The Kansas faithful have been desperate for a
challenge to come into Allen Fieldhouse. A little more than 4,000
Jayhawks made the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas a Jayhawk homecourt
in a battle with Arizona. Imagine what 16,000 could do.
JAMeS NAiSMiTH wiLL RoLL iN HiS gRAVe iF ...
Tyler Honeycutt plays through the defense of Brady Morningstar. Kan-
sas lacks the ofensive wing threat to counter the 6-foot-8 Honeycutt,
who is averaging over 14 points per game for UCLA. If Honeycutt
stars, UCLA could pull of the upset.
Prediction:
kansas 84, uCLA 68
BiG 12 SChedULe SChedULe
UCLA is currently on a two-
game losing streak, losing both
away from Pauley Pavilion. The
Bruins would love to get things
turned around, especially on the
road in Allen Fieldhouse, after
Kansas knocked of UCLA in Los
Angeles last season. The program
had a down year last season, but
that doesnt mean it isnt an elite
program. The Bruins are a very
young team. They dont have any
seniors, but they dont have one
specifc class that is heavy either.
UCLA has seven juniors, fve
sophomores and six freshmen,
which will allow them to be potent
for next season.
Reeves Nelson
Nelson is going to provide fts
for the Jayhawks tonight. If he
watched any of the game tape of
Kansas against
Arizona, he real-
izes will need to
take it straight
at the Morris
twins. In order
for UCLA to
have a chance
at winning, he
will need to
stay out of foul trouble, but will
need to get the Morris twins in
foul trouble. Bill Self said after the
Arizona game that Kansas is better
with the Morris twins on the foor.
Nelson has a great ability to get to
the basket, leading the Bruins with
10 dunks.
Can uCLA limit kansas scoring?
UCLA is holding opponents to
66.8 points per game, but it gave
up 89 points out last game to a po-
tent VCU ofense. The Jayhawks are
averaging 92 points per game. The
Bruins only allow 9.6 assists per
game while forcing 14.4 turnovers.
Kansas is averaging 22 assists per
game, which leads the nation. Kan-
sas is very good at distributing the
ball and can get out in transition.
UCLA has only given up four dunks
on the season and that number
should go up tonight. Kansas has
nine players that are scoring more
than fve points per game. UCLA
will have a difcult time defending
all fve players on the foor.
We got of to a poor start
fueled by some really bad shots.
We were fghting uphill the whole
way. We had it with a chance to
take the lead the beginning of
the second half and missed two
foul shots. We did a better job in
the second half of rebounding
the ball. They shot extremely well
from the 3, but most of those 3s
were open.
UCLA coach Ben Howland after the Bruins
89-85 loss to VCU on Nov. 26
PlAyer to wAtch
question mArk
heAr ye, heAr ye
Lane
Smith
Nelson
a hint of hoLLYWood
The storied UCLA Bruins come to the Phog
Releford Nelson
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Mcclatchy-tribune
MIAMI It appears Jon
Gruden isnt as interested in the
University of Miami as the schools
fans and boosters are in him.
Miami athletic director Kirby
Hocutt met with Gruden in
Tampa early Wednesday morning.
But according to several Miami
sources, a job offer was not made.
It was purely an exploratory
conversation.
According to a Miami Board
of Trustee member, Gruden was
cordial, he listened to everything
UM had to say but no offer was
made. He said he didnt want to
go further because he is keeping
all his options open, including
the NFL.
He didnt say yes. He didnt so
no. But in effect, its probably a no
because it will take months before
the NFL jobs come open and UM
cant wait that long.
The search continues. Sources
told The Miami Herald other can-
didates will be interviewed, some
possibly as late as next week.
In other, more amusing news:
the Associated Press reported that
Donald Trump sent a handwrit-
ten note to UM president Donna
Shalala this week, suggesting the
Hurricanes hire the former Texas
Tech coach to replace Randy
Shannon.
Trump neatly wrote the note on
the front page of The Palm Beach
Posts Sunday sports section, writ-
ing it over the newspapers story
about Shannons firing.
The AP wrote that Miami offi-
cials confirmed the authenticity of
the note Wednesday.
Former Super Bowl winner Gruden wont take Miami job
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