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Emma Springer receives her paycheck from the University just like 13,000 other KU employees. However, the dress code for Springer, a junior from Wichita, doesnt involve nametags, uniforms or professional attire. In fact, it involves nothing at all. Springer models nude for the School of Art and Design. She has been doing so since her sophomore year of college. My friend suggested that I do it, Springer said. She thought Id be perfect for it because I did theater in high school, and I dont really get embarrassed in front of people. Springer said she applied for the job by email and was hired almost immediately. They didnt even need to see me, she said. Her work environment is considerably different than the standard campus part-time job. She begins by changing into a robe inside a private dressing room. She then goes into the classroom and waits until it is time for the drawing to begin to take the garment off. Springer said she receives $9.50 for an hour-long class drawing session. While 20 pairs of eyes focused on a persons birthday suit may often be the plot of someones nightmare, Springer said she only has positive reactions to the experience. I feel really good about myself, she said. I think the job helps with my body image. Self-esteem boosts may be an intangible perk to the modeling profession, but the final pieces of art provide Springer more concrete benefits. There was this one portrait that a guy made for me, and I loved it and asked if I could buy it from him, Springer said. I got it for 50 bucks and he even threw in a drawing. Its of me turning, so its like three naked Emmas with five boobs on it. I call it The Boob Monster. While Springer said shes comfortable with nudity, students on the other side of the easel may not be. Michelle Gerster, a junior from Frankfort, said drawing a nude subject can be awkward at first. However, she prefers drawing live models to still subjects. Youre drawing a living being, Gerster said. You see their breathing and you get to see the person behind the model, as opposed to just staring at a vase. Gerster said that she would not want to try nude modeling herself. I wouldnt want people on campus to recognize me, she said. It could be weird making small talk with someone whos seen me naked. Springer said she could see herself following in the footsteps of Kent Van Dusseldorp, a 57-year-old co-worker from Kansas City.

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HUMAN rigHTs

Bus tour promotes activism for LGBT community

dana meredith dmeredith@kansan.com max rothman mrothman@kansan.com
A colossal navy blue and yellow bus sat at the Kansas Union Wednesday as a symbol for the LGBT community. Passersby examined the tents, pamphlets and panels of On the Road to Equality, a bus tour created to promote LGBT equality and challenge discrimination. The tour was launched by a Washington D.C.-based organization called The Human Rights Campaign, and runs from Aug. 12 to Oct. 30, spanning 17 cities throughout the South and Midwest. Lawrence was the third stop on the trip. One of the things that we find really, really powerful is just simple conversation between folks, said Candace Gingrich-Jones, renowned LGBT-rights activist and an associate director of The Human Rights Campaign. According to the group, none of the states on the tour have statewide recognition of same-sex relationships nor do they mention sexual orientation or gender identity in their non-discrimination laws. If somebody picks on you

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Chris Bronson/kansan Patrick Blanchard, a sophomore from Wamego, spins a wheel that allows visitors to receive a free gift at the Human rights Campaign Bus Tour Wednesday afternoon in the plaza area of the Kansas Union. The Human rights Bus Tour made its third stop on a nationwide tour which fights for equality, informs the public, and empowers the lgBT community and their families.

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SANtIAGo, ChILE
Protesters supporting a 48-hour strike called by student groups, unions and opposition politicians threw up burning barricades and clashed with police Wednesday to demand fundamental changes in Chile. At least 11 people were injured and 35 arrested, police said. The day began with a pot-banging protest known as a caceroleo, conducted by students who have been boycotting classes for three months to demand improvements in public education. Treasury Secretary Felipe Larrain said the strike would cost Chile $200 million a day in lost production.

NAIRoBI, KENYA
A U.S. monitoring group said Wednesday that satellite imagery had revealed the existence of two more mass graves in a contested region of Sudan, bringing the total number of mass graves sited there to eight. The Satellite Sentinel Project, a group backed by actor and Sudan activist George Clooney, said that witnesses told the group that a backhoe was used to dig some of the graves at sites in Kadugli, South Kordofan. Workers with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society were present during some of the burials, the group said. The U.S. group has not made any estimates of the number of bodies buried in the graves.

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An unmanned Russian supply ship bound for the International Space Station failed to reach its planned orbit Wednesday, and pieces of it fell in Siberia amid a thunderous explosion, officials said. A brief statement from Roscosmos, Russias space agency, did not specify whether the Progress supply ship that was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan had been lost. But the state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Alexander Borisov, head of a the Choisky region in Russias Altai province, as saying pieces of the craft fell in his area some 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) northeast of the launch site.

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Four Indian lawmakers were charged Wednesday for their role in an alleged cash-for-votes scandal during a crucial confidence vote the ruling Congress party faced in 2008, a police official said. The four men charged were Amar Singh, Ashok Argal, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora, said a senior police official who declined to be named because he wasnt allowed to speak to reporters. Socialist Party lawmaker Amar Singh has been accused of bribing three legislators from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party to vote in favor of the government. The police official didnt give more detail about the charges each man faced.

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Engineering students and faculty await the completion of the engineering research building. once opened, the new building will create a space for students to gain hands on experience, which will prepare them for their future careers.

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jblakeborough@kansan.com Construction of the new engineering research laboratory in front of Learned Hall is moving along faster than scheduled. According to Glen Marotz, associate dean of the engineering department and principle investigator of the grant, the building will be ready to open before the previously scheduled date in June 2012. My office looks directly out on the construction site so I get to see it all, Marotz said. Sometimes Ill have my back to the window for a while and when I turn around there is something new already up. The research laboratory is the first phase in a two-part process of construction and reorganization of the engineering department. The structure of a 100,000 square foot facility has been approved through state legislature and is in the early stages of planning. Construction will begin in June 2012 when the research building is completed. Nahal Niakan, a first year graduate student from Tehran, Iran, believes the new research labs will be important in obtaining real life experience and, with hope, a job. Its extremely important for us to actually be able to work with something, Niakan said. An engineering company is going to want you to actually be able to do something, not just theorize. The new building is a part of the Building of Excellence Initiative, which was developed by the dean of the engineering school, Stuart Bell, in conjunction with Wichita State University and Kansas State University. Gov. Sam Brownback approved of BEI proposal. The BEI building will have a combination of teaching and lab spaces, student services, research opportunities and it will allow us to expand upon the government grant and will allow us to house the new thirty faculty members we will be hiring, Marotz said. During the summer months construction on a utility tunnel shut down traffic on 15th Street, but Marotz said it was nothing out of the ordinary. There are typical inconveniences when you are building things, but I dont anticipate any problems in the future, Marotz said. For students worried about receiving more KU text message alerts similar to the frequent chemical spill warnings in Mallot Hall, Marotz assures there will be no problems despite the inherent dangerous materials engineers will be working with. Everyone from lab instructors and engineers to students sitting in on the process will have to go through extensive laboratory training before they may enter the labs. Marotz said the buildings key card scanners will prevent uncertified peoples from entering the labs. Edited by Alexandra Esposito

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because of the color of your skin or your religion, you can do something about it, Gingrich-Jones said. But if youre an LGBT kid, or somebody just thinks that youre queer, theres no protection for you. Some may argue that there are places in Kansas other than Lawrence that the bus tour should consider. However, Gingrich-Jones said that while many college campuses are already supportive of LGBT issues, students also need to be moved to act. She acknowledged that the tour may be preaching to the choir. But is the choir singing? Gingrich-Jones said. Mayor Aron Cromwell, who attended the event, said that this kind of message is vital to an academic environment. This sort of event is exactly what should be happening here, Cromwell said. In 1995, Lawrence became the only city in Kansas to add sexual orientation to its non-discrimination policy. Cromwell said that Wichita introduced a similar policy in the 1970s, but it was quickly repealed. Cromwell said that he hoped to soon introduce legislation to include gender identity in the citys nondiscrimination policy. However, he said he was cautious about trying to change too much too fast. We are dependent on Topeka for a lot of things, Cromwell said. So we have to be careful. Timmy Hewitt, a junior from Arkansas City, set up a tent across from the bus to recruit students for Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity for gay, bisexual and progressive men. Hewitt said he was concerned that with politics becoming more divided, LGBT rights were being thrown under the bus. I think that the college-aged people need to go ahead and take over already, he said. Student-led activism is what Gingrich-Jones said she is hoping to accomplish with the bus tour. The students here at KU, theyre the future school board members, the future mayors, members of Congress, she said. Theyre going to be the decision makers. And to engage folks now, generally tends to keep folks engaged. Edited by Jennifer DiDonato

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Van Dusseldorp has been modeling at various schools around the Kansas City area since 2006. I like being part of the art process as well as the learning process, Van Dusseldorp said. A class doesnt go by that I dont see some amazing work being done. Van Dusseldorp said that modeling helps him to further his own artistic ventures. Modeling helps with my photography and drawing, Van Dusseldorp said. I get to hear what the teacher is saying just as much as the students do. The reverse is true as well. Drawing others helps me learn what poses work and what dont. Springer said she would consider continuing to model later in life. For now, though, she is focused on her classes and modeling is just like any other college job. My family treats it like its a normal job, Springer said. They just think its fun to give me a hard time about it. I mean, I get paid to be naked. Its funny. Edited by Adam Strunk

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HeALTH

Dont let your roommate get you sick

KELSEY CIPoLLA kcipolla@kansan.com
Living in close quarters forces students to interact with roommates, even when they are sick. Without taking precautions, illness can spread quickly, especially in small apartments and residence halls. The most common illnesses students should be wary of are the common cold, the flu, strep throat and mono, said Patricia Denning, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center. Since these spread through droplets of moisture from sneezing and coughing, Denning said to cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, elbow, shoulder or shirt, and wash hands regularly. Properly setting up the beds in a shared room can also help fend off illness. When you arrange your beds in a dorm room, its best not to have yourself head to head with another person where you can cough or sneeze during the night, Denning said. If you dont cover that, youre inadvertently splashing and washing them with this aerosol droplet throughout the night. Instead, she recommends setting up beds head to foot. Other illnesses students might be susceptible to the stomach flu and parasites such as scabies and head lice. Denning advises students not to share clothing or hair brushes. Since the stomach flu is spread via contaminated surfaces, avoid sharing food, drinks and dishes You need to have your own personal space, Denning said. Ashley Cotton, a senior from Topeka, tried to keep her distance when her roommate came down with what seemed like a case of strep throat during her freshman year. Cotton said she spent as much time as possible away from their room in Oliver Hall by staying with her boyfriend, but even that did not work. I actually ended up getting sick after her, said Cotton, who had a sore throat and a minor infection. Sometimes even healthy roommates can negatively affect your health. Living with other people can often cause stress. When you get stressed, that makes your immune system depressed, Denning said. It doesnt work as efficiently. To maintain a healthy immune system, she suggests getting plenty of rest. Eating a healthy diet with foods high in vitamin C, such as oranges and grapefruits, and exercising regularly can also help bolster your bodys defenses. Students should avoid smoking or inhaling secondhand smoke, which inhibit the self-cleaning mechanism of the lungs, Denning said. Alcohol should be consumed sparingly, since it decreases the ability to fight infections. Edited by Lindsey Deiter MAX MIKULECKY/KANSAN Scott Snyder, a freshman from Lenexa, washes his hands in a Hashinger Hall bathroom. regularly washing hands helps to prevent the spreading of illness and disease which is especially important in the highly populated dorms.

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Public Safety arrests student for stalking
KU Public Safety officers arrested a University student for stalking at about 11:30 Tuesday night, according to the Douglas County Sheriffs Office. Police made the arrest on the 1700 block of Anna Drive, which is in the Stouffer Place apartments, northeast of 19th and Iowa Streets. Staff at the Douglas County Jail reported that the suspect was being held without bond Wednesday and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday at 3:30 p.m. The suspect is listed in the Universitys directory as a graduate research assistant. The Kansan typically does not name criminal suspects until they have been charged.
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Fewer women working in prime-time programs

The number of women working as writers and directors on prime-time broadcast programs took a big tumble in the 2010-11 season, a new study reports. Women comprised 15 percent of writers on the prime-time dramas, comedies and reality shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW, down from 29 percent in the 2009-10 season, according to the report from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University. In the directing ranks, it found, 11 percent were women, compared with 16 percent the previous year. Overall, the center said, women accounted for 41 percent of all on-air characters, down from the recordhigh 43 percent the year before, and comprised 25 percent of the people working as series creators, producers, executive producers, directors, writers, editors and directors of photography, a decrease of two percentage points. The study, which the center has been doing since the 1995-96 season, is based on surveying one randomly selected episode from each network series during the season. Statistically speaking, the randomization of the choice of episodes, across many series, should yield an accurate picture of the season of network shows because biases or idiosyncrasies are minimized, said Martha Lauzen, executive director of the center. McClatchy-Tribune

HOROSCOPES
Because the stars know things we dont.

ARiES (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8 There are so many ways to tell someone you love them: with words, gestures or symbols. Your audience is receptive, so get creative and play. TAuRuS (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7 A barrier dissolves at home. Banking matters take a turn for the better. Confusion diminishes, and the path ahead is clear. Old friends offer great ideas. GEMini (May 21-June 21) Today is an 9 Theres so much to learn, and youre focused. Mercury goes direct later today: Agreements move forward and groups compromise. Send off the paperwork for increased funding. CAnCER (June 22-July 22) Today is an 8 You could be tempted to spend impulsively. review the budget for the big picture. Project completion gets facilitated and lifts off. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 9 Youve got power: physical, mental and emotional. Use yours to move up a level. Creative efforts bear fruit, and travels easier now. Push boldly forward. Let others help. ViRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 Fine-tune your home. Clean something while you contemplate your next move. Things lighten up, especially around money and travel. Complete a remodel. LibRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8 Great results come from being with people today, so schedule meetings, connect via correspondence and get together with friends. Interaction eases markedly, which aids productivity. SCORPiO (Oct. 23-nov. 21) Today is an 7 Give thanks for what you have and for what you dont have. Whatever degree of health is yours, be grateful: for breathing, eating and simple pleasures. SAGiTTARiuS (nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 8 Its adventure time! have you considered taking a trip to an unknown place? Its possible with a computer, or simply by closing your eyes. Sometimes an airplane is nice. CAPRiCORn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 Itll be easier to advance for a while. Wealth increases as things go smoothly. Productive brainstorming is possible. Someone finds you fascinating. AquARiuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 8 Bring your partnerships to the next level through honesty. Celebrate the possibilities of the future, and reminisce about the past. Group membership pays off. PiSCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 6 Its time to get busy. Start gathering the nectar that will provide for you and your hive throughout the cold winter months. Bring in the harvest, and celebrate with a big dinner.

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ridley scott to direct Blade runner sequel

ridley Scott will direct a follow-up to his 1982 cult-classic Blade runner, producers on the new film said Thursday. The untitled movie is not considered a remake but will take the form of either a sequel or a prequel to the science-fiction original, said Alcon Entertainment, the hollywood company that had previously acquired rights to the first movie as well as the Phillip K. Dick novel on which it was loosely based. A screenwriter is expected to be hired shortly, and the aim is to enter production in 2013, Alcon said. The original Blade runner, which underperformed at the box office but found an audience on home video and television, starred harrison Ford as rick Deckard, a police officer in a dystopian Los Angeles hunting for illegal replicants, robots who are barely distinguishable from humans. Ford is not expected to be involved in the new version. Alcon principals said that they expected Scott to make a movie that

stood apart from the original. Everything ridley does as a filmmaker is fresh, said partner Andrew Kosove. I believe he sees an opportunity to create something thats wholly original from the first Blade runner. Scott recently completed Prometheus, a follow-up to another one of his early classics; that movie, a new take on the 1979 hit Alien, will come out in June. McClatchy Tribune

Friday, August 26
67 p.m. Bruckmiller Room, Adams Alumni Center Join KU Hillel and the KU Alumni Association for our annual Jayhawk Shabbat. Stop by the Adams Alumni Center for a free dinner and lots of giveaways! Rock Chalk! Join us for the Jayhawk Shabbat!

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Take your parking issues to the right people

Whether its the University of Kansas, or Dodge City Community College, parking is and will always be a perceived problem for students. You can complain to your friends, family and professors that you have to walk halfway up the hill even when you have a car, but that wont help the problem at all. Students need to be proactive and address their concerns with both KU Parking & Transit and the three student members of the Universitys Parking Commission. Now its even tougher to get a spot near your class or work. Parts of some yellow zone lots across campus were converted to red or eliminated. Lot changes on West Campus now give pharmacy students the choice of either risking luck and time on finding an empty spot or playing it safe by relying on Park & Ride. Lots by the Spencer Museum of Art are always full, and the Mississippi Street Parking Garage was at overflow capacity earlier this week and has already sold out student parking passes. There is reasoning behind these seemingly anti-student lot changes. The pharmacy schools overwhelmingly increasing student headcount meant that faculty needed to be assured spots. The museums lot wasnt overused by students, and when the Mississippi Street garage was full, the parking department contacted all garage permit holders telling them they can park in the surrounding zones. KU Parking & Transit supports itself. With a $2.6 million operating reserve, and a $600,000 external fund balance used to provide repairs to parking facilities, it is an example of an efficient department. But it cannot fix all the problems on its own. Sometimes were so close to the problem, we cant see it, director Donna Hultine said. Its up to students to report their inconveniences and problems to the parking department. If its the lack of yellow zone spaces around your house, or a tirebusting pothole at the entrance of your parking garage, email kupark@ku.edu or attend the next parking open forum in the spring. If you feel uncomfortable doing that, or you just dont trust the Universitys department, talk to your three student representatives on the parking commission. The commission is an advisory body to the department that also handles appeals to parking fines. Its composed of three students, three faculty, two unclassified staff and two university support staff. The three students on the commission are Elizabeth Watson (elizabethw@ ku.edu), Ross Miller (rtmill@ku.edu), and Gabe Bliss (gbliss@ku.edu). Although theyre appointed by the Provost, they still have a duty to reach out for students parking concerns and represent those issues on the commission. Email the right people, and make parking on campus easier. Vikaas Shanker for Kansan Editorial Board

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dear Kansan, Im glad to see FFA return to a forum where students can freely express opinions and concerns to the public, instead of a place where students can waste hours of their time online. I remember the 80s, the clothes werent cool then either! Why are the majority of girls wearing running shorts the ones you can tell dont run? you cant objectify my subjectivity bro. Imma let you finish, but the third floor of haworth has the coldest drinking fountain of all time. OF ALL tIME. Will the kids outside of hash ALWAys look like stoop Kid? I think all these stuck up kids with their smart phones need to quit bitching and just save the email address for the FFA. Not that difficult people. Angelica was such a bitch to tommy due to lack of submissions, do I get in by default?

Enjoy the reassurance of Facebook-stalking

Facebook is a brilliant reminder of how super lame my hometown is (get ready, Vaners, this whole article is a backhanded shoutout). I mean, sure, I love and miss a lot of people I went to high school with now that Im in my fourth year at the University of Kansas (at the end of this article it says Im a junior, thats not a typo. Yay, class dropping!), but some of those chumps were whack, ya dig? And I know, cause of Facebook. The place where you can physically showcase your friends or, yknow, everybody youve ever spoken more than two words to. Shes having a baby, he loves his cowgirl, and theyre clearly still in major denial about their sexuality. Theyre all right there. At your fingertips. Every time you get on your newsfeed, BAM, there they are with their weird shamrock tattoos and alienlookin babies. I know this has probably become some clich, coming every which way from 40- and 50-year-olds in your life, but we didnt always have the Look-AtMe Machine (that term was coined by my comedian friend, Matt Keck, aka. the Im a snake guy from Tosh.0. Yep, I just namedropped the Im a snake guy). Our parents had to see their old high school friends got fat or had three kids named Braiden, Cayden and Raidon in person at Dillons or something. And

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ccarmichael@kansan.com boy, oh boy, did they have to train their eyebrows not to raise incredulously and their mouths not to gape out of surprise. I get that some of you are annoyed by this social networking mania that has made Google+ a thing that exists and something you probably have an account for now. But you have to look at the brightside. When you feel terrible about having to stay an extra year here, look up Lacey Nobody (what is up with the name Lacey? I was watching Campus P.D. earlier this summer and two girls in a row who were busted were named Lacey) and remind yourself of how they flunked out of Emporia State. If you feel youve gotten fat, theres probably someone who got way fatter. Thats the beauty of social networking. Its not so much about the networking as it is about making fun of every person youve ever spoken more

Editors Note: Why yes you do. Winning.

Anyone else notice the disproportionate number of attractive females on campus? there are so fewer good-looking guys. dear townies, Please stop driving 10 miles under the speed limit. Love, students hide the rum. Aaron Carter is back in Lawrence, bitches. umm... it feels wonderful to find out that you are laid-off the day after the Part-time Job Fair... Pass the gravy. I mean baby!... I MEAN GrAVy!!! really udK? really? FFA isnt on facebook anymore? you realize you wont get half the amount of comments right?

than a sentence to. And to the freshmen, youll get it in due time. I feel kind of like a drama mask when I see someone defriended me (can we discuss how unfriended became the word? defriended sounds so much better!). At first, Im like, WHAT! She defriended me? But we talked all the time in Geometry four years ago! Then Im all, She was a bigoted gay-hating, race-bashing sack of foot fungus who will probably live and die having accomplished nothing, but a bunch of shittily picnicked pictures! Feels good, man. Anyway, I like where I am. And you should too. I mean, unless youre one of the weirdies that shows up on your friends newsfeed. Admit it. You go through and read your info and look at your profile pictures, you narcissist. Why? Because you care about yourself. Thats a good thing. Im happy Im not trapped in Mulvane (or to those from Johnson County, South of Wichita. Johnson County is the Bermuda triangle of Kansas except there arent giant squids there, just wealthy ignorance). Because then my newsfeed would just be my window. Although Mulvane does have a Chinese restaurant and a Taco Bell now, so theres that. Chance Carmichael is a junior in creative writing from Mulvane. Follow him on Twitter @ChanceComical.

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Syria protests remind students to appreciate rights of speech

At the University of Kansas, students have tons of great opportunities academically, socially, and otherwise. We have these opportunities because as American students, our rights are protected. Imagine, though, that we didnt have student rights. In Syria, the ongoing protests against the government began when citizens took to the streets in March after a student who wrote anti-government graffiti was tortured. President Bashar al-Assad has been sending government forces to violently squash anti-government demonstrations. Since March, government forces have killed several hundred protestors and tortured many of the thousands of arrested demonstrators, according to the Human Rights Watch report on the violence. The report states government forces routinely prevented the wounded from getting medical assistance, and imposed a siege on several towns, depriving the population of basic services. This report conclusively determines that the Assad administration has no legitimacy to rule. As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said, it can no longer be considered a credible member of the international community. President Obama has called for Assad to step down, and human rights organizations are labeling the governments violence as crimes against humanity. Many people worldwide are calling for the UN Security Council to take a firmer stance against the Syrian government. These events and efforts should be a reminder to students locally that they are fortunate their rights are protected and they should exercise

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By Kelly Cosby
kcosby@kansan.com their rights peacefully when they feel it is necessary. We have the right and ability to agree or disagree with university policies or governmental policies. At the University, our student government offers a venue for discussing our stances on these issues and, when we want to make change, doing something about it. When students and community members filled up the room at a senate meeting last semester because of their dedication to organizations that provide social services to students in Lawrence, I was proud to see students taking an interest in what the student government was doing and exercising their rights. I hope this involvement continues this semester. Although providing input at a town hall meeting or showing up at student senate is on a much smaller scale than protesting an abusive national government, I hope students do not take these abilities for granted. I hope what is happening in Syria and other nations reminds students to appreciate and exercise the rights they have. Kelly Cosby is senior in English and political science from Overland Park. Follow her on Twitter @KellyCosby.

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Toronto blue Jays Yunel escobar, right, leaps to turn a double play over Kansas city Royals mike moustakas during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto last night.

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the quarterback, Agostinho can be moved around in different sets and formations and the defense wont be hurt by any lack of speed. Agostinho is an all-around defensive end, which is something the Kansas defensive line desperately needs. With two other starters being converted from a different position, the Jayhawks need the natural talent Agostinho has. Wyatt said Agostinho has been his most consistent defensive lineman for Kansas so far this fall. I call him the technician, because hes very sound with his technique, Wyatt said. Hes very smart, he doesnt bust assignments very often, and he doesnt miss the line very often. His potential to stop the run and affect the opponents pass game is unrivaled on the Jayhawks offensive line. Whether he can reach that potential or not remains to be seen. Edited by Alexandra Esposito

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Golfers punished for naked photos

ASSocIAtED PRESS LINDSBORG Bethany College golf team members were awaiting word Wednesday on whether nearly half of their fall season would be wiped out because a nude photo of the team went viral on the Internet. Edward Leonard III, president of the small, private central Kansas college, announced Monday the team would not be allowed to compete in its first three meets in September. There are only seven meets, including the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament, on the Swedes fall schedule. Norrie Steyn, a junior co-captain from South Africa, said team members had fun doing the impromptu shoot, which features 14 team members standing side-byside, completely nude other than shorts around their ankles and strategically placed golf clubs hiding their genitalia. Steyn told The Associated Press on Wednesday the photo was taken after the official team shot was finished and the coaches were gone. The team got the idea from a 2004 UCLA photo that featured team members naked except for buckets of golf balls each player used to shield their privates. We never had the intention of hurting the college or what the college stands for, Steyn said. It was fun. We had a great time doing it. Leonard was not amused. On Monday he announced the threemeet penalty and said the school hopes the players can learn from their mistake. These students made what they though was a harmless decision, but there are ramifications of their actions, Leonard said in an emailed statement. Their names are out there on the Internet with this photo indefinitely. They also affected Bethany College when they captioned their photo as the Swedes golf team. Even though this photo does not align with Bethanys values, we hope we can turn this situation into one that can educate the players and our other students about the responsibilities they have and how carefully they should consider their decisions. Golf coach Jon Daniels, who has been a coach at Bethany since 1981 and head of the golf team since 1993, said he found out about the photo in an email, and he knew it wasnt going to be good. Daniels was upbeat and taking the whole episode in stride Wednesday, noting he was getting messages from all over the world, some of them from former players who ribbed him about the photos. The story even aired on the Golf Channel. Were traditionally a top 25 team in the country, we have a 3.2 grade-point average as a team, we do community service work, and it always goes unnoticed, Daniels said. Then this thing comes up. Its unbelievable. Its a learning experience for an old guy whos learning the power of Facebook. The Lindsborg photographer who shot both the official and unofficial team pictures declined to comment Wednesday. The players expected a ruling on their appeal of the three-meet suspension Wednesday afternoon. Normally they would appeal to the athletic director, but since that is Daniels, the appeal will go to Leonard. Daniels said the tournaments Sept. 12 and 13 in Springfield, Mo., and the Central Christian meet in McPherson, and the Oklahoma Baptist meet Sept. 19 in Shawnee, Okla. would have been warm-ups for the fall Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. The only thing it might do, were missing two warm-up tournaments before the only designated conference tournament in the fall, Daniels said. Were a good enough team that we ought to be able to overcome that. But wed like to have some tournaments under our belt.

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the golf course and in the class room is perseverance. Catt has now been playing golf for more than a decade and routinely stays after practice to work on his swing and his short game. You really just have to be mentally focused and prepared to do well, Catt said. People think of golf as Wow, anyone can do that and you dont have to physically exert yourself but we play tournaments in two days with 36 holes on the first day and 18 the next and youre walking that whole time. Then you go home and sleep and wake up the next morning ready to do it all over again. Although Catt doesnt plan on pursuing a career in golf or turning professional, he said hes glad he kept with it in college. I wanted to see how good I could really become and reach my full potential, he said. Im playing for the University of Kansas and Ive always loved KU. He still has a lot of time left and plans to work hard every minute of it. Motivation can be hard, but Catt only has one thing on his mind. Youre representing the Jayhawk on your bag, so thats always motivation, he said. Look for Catt and the rest of the Jayhawk mens golf team when they kick their season off in September. Edited by Adam Strunk

Royals give up lead, fall to Blue Jays, 4-3

ASSocIAtED PRESS TORONTO Brett Lawrie hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning, Jose Bautista added his major league-leading 37th homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Wednesday night. Jesse Litsch (5-3) pitched one scoreless inning of relief for the win. Frank Francisco worked ninth for his 11th save. Melky Cabrera walked to begin the ninth and, after Billy Butler lined out, stole second. Francisco struck out Eric Hosmer and ended it by getting Jeff Francoeur to line out to right. Louis Coleman (1-3) took the loss for the Royals, who have not won consecutive games since Aug. 3-4. Kansas City has won four of its past 16. Lawrie broke a 3-3 tie with a leadoff blast to left in the seventh, his fourth. The rookie third baseman also hit an RBI triple in the fourth. Torontos Ricky Romero came in with a 5-0 record and 0.89 ERA since July 27, tied for the most wins in the majors while compiling the best ERA in that span. But the left-hander wasnt as sharp against Kansas City, giving up three runs and eight hits in six innings. That was as many earned runs as he had allowed in his previous three starts combined. Romero walked four and struck out three. Romero hit Alex Gordon to begin the first and the Royals outfielder stole second before scoring on Butlers double. Gordon walked to open the third, moved to second on a grounder and came home on Butlers RBI single. Toronto scored three runs in the fourth. Yunel Escobar was hit by a pitch from right-hander Luke Hochevar and Bautista responded to a brushback by hitting a towering home run off the facing of the third deck in left. One out later, Edwin Encarnacion singled and then scored on Lawries triple to left-center. Kansas City tied it when Gordon led off the fifth with a homer to right, his career-high 17th. Like Romero, Hochevar didnt figure in the decision, allowing three runs and four hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out five.

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Five things that drive me up the wall

hether we like to admit it the best rivalry in sports. Worst of all, or not, we all have our own even if you have the baseball channels, little pet peeves that can the game is blacked out because it is drive us crazy. Here are my top five pet assumed you can watch it on FOX. peeves in sports: 3. Calling an umpire a ref. 5. Only using instant replay in baseSo youre at a baseball game. All of ball for home run calls. a sudden, you hear a man yell, Hey Dont get me wrong, Im all about preref, that was a horrible call! Okay, serving the human element of the game, I see two issues here. First, did he By Jonathan Rosa but if youre going to implement the use ask for your opinion? I didnt think jrosa@kansan.com of instant replay, why are we only using so. Second, you just made yourself it to review home runs? Ultimately, I just look like a complete idiot in front of want to see the right call being made on thousands of people. Theyre called the field. There have been so many inexcusable calls made by umpires, or if you want to switch it up, ump or blue are umpires even with the use of instant replay. If we used it on also acceptable. Just stay away from calling them refs; you everything but balls and strikes, fans and players would be arent at a basketball game. much happier. No one wants to see a repeat of the Armando 2. Soccer games ending in a 0-0 tie. Galarraga perfect game that wasnt, especially Jim Joyce. Last year, I tried really hard to like soccer. I really did. I 4. Networks only airing certain games based on location. glued myself to the TV and watched endless coverage of the Come Saturday, I always look forward to the FOX baseball games. But its hard to like a sport when, like in the Mens game of the week. Throughout the week I see reoccurring World Cup final, neither team scored a goal until the 116th commercials for the Yankees-Red Sox game, so I assume thats minute. The thing is, sports fans around the country have the game that they will air that weekend. However, on game become so accustomed to watching sports where not only are day, after all the pregame shenanigans, they cut to the Cubsthe scores higher, but there is an element of excitement that Cardinals game. Come on, really? Just because I live in the comes with two teams battling in the final seconds of a high Midwest doesnt mean I should be deprived from watching scoring contest. I just cant stand watching a 90-minute soccer

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A&M just wants to break up

By Kory Carpenter
kcarpenter@kansan.com hile the Universities of Nebraska and Colorado abandoned the Big 12 conference last summer, Texas A&M reluctantly stayed. It danced with the Southeastern Conference. It sent flowers. It had a few late night conversations. But it stayed because the SEC didnt extend an offer, even signing a new agreement with the remaining 10 Big 12 schools, pledging allegiance to the conference while every institution attempted to convince fans it was anything but a 100 mph train wreck waiting to happen. Theres a joke about a pig and lipstick in there somewhere. That old fling called back recently, just to see how things were going. Talks escalated, rumors swirled faster than lunchtime in junior high, and the SEC did what it should have, announcing it was content with their current 12-team league. Poaching teams from other conferences is bad for business. As of today, Texas A&M is still a member of the Big 12 conference. Will that change in the coming months, or even weeks? I have no doubts that it will. A&M will officially leave the conference, pay its penalty for leaving and maybe even deal with a lawsuit. The SEC will let the dust settle before welcoming the Aggies and their Texas television sets and recruiting hotbed in with open arms. It looks better that way. Contrary to what bitter Big 12 fans will say and contrary to what they said about Nebraska last summer this says much more about the Big 12 than it does of Texas A&M. Will the Aggies compete in the SEC West with schools like Auburn, LSU, and Alabama? Not a chance. Is that affecting their feelings of jumping off this Titanic of a conference? Not a chance. That tells you all you need to know. The Big 12 has been on life support for at least 12 months and theres not many legitimate options to replace Texas A&M, if and when it leaves. There isnt a single BCS conference school that would join the Big 12 right now, so remove any ideas of poaching a team like Louisville. And if you think Arkansas would leave the SEC as Ive heard a few Kansas fans mention for geographic reasons you must live in a nice world because that isnt happening. Other possible replacements wouldnt be worth their share of the television contract. Its a sticky situation, to say the least. A situation that will probably doom the 16-year-old conference. Then again, the remaining schools could sing Kumbaya and tell us everything is fine in the heartland. That seemed to work really well last summer. Edited by Mike Lavieri

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The Kansas football team is back and ready for a year of reputation recovery. Football fans will have a lot to look forward to when these talented players combine forces this season. Heres a preview of this years team. His second full season on the defensive line has come with plenty of hype after ending last season as one of the defenses top playmakers. His ability comes from his days as a running back for Kansas, giving him plenty of opurum athleticism. O p u r u ms natural athletic skills are rare for a defensive end and should pay dividends in the pass-rushing game. While pass rush was the focus with Opurum last year, as a fulltime defensive end, his run defense will need to improve as well. His rush defense should improve, as Opurum is up 20 pounds from when he first came to Kansas, now weighing around 249 pounds. His added size will help him with offensive lineman, as will his lowerbody strength. Opurum started the last six games last season, finishing with 21 tackles, three for a loss, and one sack. While the stats werent strong, his play improved at the end of the season. Defensive coordinator Vic Shealy has said that they will move him around a lot, which is a common tactic defense used with strong pass rushers. Shealy also had nothing but positive words to say about the rusher and how hes come along this fall in practice. Hes playing smart, hes playing athletic, hes playing with great body control, Shealy said. Were encouraged in what we see. A 6-foot3, 283 pound gap stopper, Johnson will be a more mobile addition to the core of the offensive line.

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CHris neaL/kansan fiLe pHoto sophomore line backer Toben opurum sacks Missouris junior quarterback Jarrell Harrison during the second half of the Border showdown last season.The Jayhawks start their season on sept. 3. When senior defensive tackle Patrick Dorsey broke his leg, Johnson got the opportunity to start once again. After starting for a portion of the last three seasons, Johnson began fall camp behind Dorsey and as a likely backup for the entire season. Defensive line coach Buddy Wyatt said Dorsey had been a leader of the defensive line and Johnson could be a guy to fill that role as well. Johnson will have an opportunity to prove his right to start during this seasons first three games. A former all-state defensive end out of Missouri, Johnson can be moved around on the line, which is a big asset to the defense. Another big plus for Johnson is his experience. Being familiar with blockers is all too valuable for defensive lineman. He can anticipate the linemans moves and he knows what theyre trying to do after the snap. In his freshman and sophomore seasons, he started a combined 13 games and had 30 tackles. Last year, he started every game at defensive tackle and had 37 tackles on the year. Originally recruited as an offensive lineman, Williams brings 6-foot-3 height and 305 pounds to the anchor of the defensive line. Williams began his career at Kansas on the opposite side of the ball, Williams blocking the very position he plays now. Before the Colorado game, the move was made to switch Williams. He started that game at defensive tackle and the next seven games that year. Williams finished his freshman year with only five tackles and was officially converted to a defensive tackle. Williams sophomore year was quite different. He played in every game and had 12 tackles and a forced fumble on the year. Williams will be returning to the starting spot here in his junior year and should be ready for the added playing time now in his second full year as a defensive lineman. Moving from Angola to Texas and now to Kansas, Agostinho has traveled a long way to play defensive end for the Jayhawks. A prospect that came in with hype out of high school will now have his first chance to show his worth to Jayhawks fans. Agostinho did play in all 12 games last season, but was mostly a reserve. He finished with seven tackles last season. At 6-foot-3 ,273 pounds, Agostinho Agostinho is a big lineman with run-stopping capabilities on the outside something the Jayhawks desperately needed last year. His speed also makes him a versatile player at defensive end. While the speed will also help him get to

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Sophomore adds humor, new spin to old sport

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ldrummond@kansan.com To many avid golfers, who require silence during putting and teeing off, the sport is one of conc e nt r at i on and reservation. But for KU golfer David Catt, a sophomore from Shawnee, Catt the game takes on a bit of a different spin. KU golf Coach Kit Grove can attest to this. Hes got a really unique sense of humor, Grove said. He doesnt always try to be funny but he is way funnier than he thinks he is. In addition to his sense of humor, Catt also brings key golf skills to the KU golf team. As far as from a golf stand point hes a really good putter, Grove said. His biggest strength is definitely his putting. He also has a really great attitude, which is very important to the game of golf. Catt joined the team as a freshman last year but did not get into the lineup very often because of more experienced upperclassmen. However, Grove has high expectations for him after watching his performance at KU as well as in high school. He is from Kansas and I saw him play a hand full of times in high school and I was actually quite happy to give him a spot on the team during his senior year of high school. Catt played high school golf for Shawnee Mission Northwest being named to the All Metro golf team as a junior and senior. He also broke a 30-year-old school record by shooting a 5-under-par 66 as a junior. Catts intellegence was also a draw for the KU golf team. Catt was National Merit Scholar finalist. Hes a really, really smart kid, Grove said. The key for Catts success both on

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