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Not as nice as yesterday.
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Lawrence police asked Occupy
Lawrence campers to leave South
Park Tuesday morning, according
to Sgt. Trent McKinley of the Law-
rence Police Department.
Occupy member Dory Mills said
the police arrived around 4 a.m.
and told members they could ei-
ther tear down tents and leave or
stay and be arrested. She said the
group had been camping in shifs
and about six members were pres-
ent when police arrived. Mills said
the police gave them time to pack
their belongings, which took about
an hour.
She said both parties were re-
spectful of each other and the de-
cision to break camp was mutual
among group members. Mills said
the movement has received sup-
port from the Lawrence commu-
nity and hoped the groups actions
represented the community well.
Police are investigating an as-
sault and battery and a sexual
assault that occurred over the
weekend.
Jason Phoenix, a spokesper-
son for the group, said despite
the request to stop camping
and the ongoing investigations,
Occupy members will continue
to have a public presence.
At the very least well be
here during the day, he said.
Te group has yet to decide
exactly how they will continue
protesting.
Mills saw the entire experi-
ence as a lesson for the group.
Being down here was the
best boot camp training for the
movement, Mills said.
She said she thought there
was a lack of skills on how to
handle situations.
In the process we learned
a lot about what it takes to be
a part of the movement, Mills
said.
Edited by Mike Lavieri
Lawrence businessman Joshua
Montgomery said he can pro-
vide the fastest Internet in Kan-
sas. According to one index of
broadband Internet, he does.
But unless the University
changes its contract for Inter-
net service
in student
housing, he
wont get the
chance, and
students will
continue to
buy Internet
from Apogee,
Inc., a frm
based in Aus-
tin, Texas.
M e a n -
while, wire-
less Internet
service still
does not
reach most
students in
r e s i d e n c e
halls, even
though Apo-
gee was con-
tracted to
deliver it to
all buildings
by May 2011.
An Apogee
c u s t o m e r
service representative contacted
Tuesday said wireless was avail-
able in some common areas of
some residence halls, but not
throughout the living quarters.
He could not estimate when that
service would be provided.
Montgomery, the president of
Community Wireless Commu-
nicators, Co., a partner of Law-
rence Freenet, asked the Law-
rence City Commission Tuesday
night for an economic study of
the Universitys contract with
Apogee and its efect on the lo-
cal economy. According to his
own calculations, the eight-year
contract is worth $12 million to
Apogee, but would be worth $34
million to a local company that
could retain customers as they
move of campus. He has gone
to the city for an impartial ac-
counting, and said he expects the
study will support his claim that
A p o g e e
is taking
dollars out
of the local
e c onomy
where a
local busi-
ness like
his would
serve just
as well.
Commu-
nity Wire-
less ofers
fber optic
broadband
and wire-
less Inter-
net sepa-
rately from
Freenet s
non-profit
wi r e l e s s
s e r v i c e ,
and lists
nine greek
h o u s e s
among its
clients.
According to Net Index, a
company that ranks Internet
speed globally, Community
Wireless 21.87 megabytes per
second download speed is the
fastest in the state. Locally, it is
faster than Knology, Apogee and
SBC.
Montgomery said he was lef
out of the bidding process last
June when the University con-
tracted its ResNet internet ser-
ian Cummings
icummings@kansan.com
luke ranker
lranker@kansan.com
west Virginia
to Join Big 12
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Awareness week includes Twilight
PAGE 6
Occupy members asked to leave South Park
asHleigH lee/kansan
Members of Occupy Lawrence sit in South Park the day after police ordered them to leave while the park is closed.
Police said if protesters didnt leave, they would be arrested
Internet provider
appeals to Lawrence
TEChnOLOGy
DOwnLOaD SPEEDS
in LawrEncE
SOURCE: nET InDEx,
OOKLA BROADBAnD TESTInG
letters for life
A FIGhTInG ChAnCE
LAwREnCE
Two-year-old Avery Christians-
en was diagnosed with a golf-ball-
sized brain tumor when she was 11
months old. She was immediately
admitted to Childrens Mercy Hos-
pital in Kansas City, Mo., where
doctors were able to remove the
tumor.
Avery was then referred to St.
Jude Childrens Research Hospi-
tal in Memphis, Tenn., for more
evaluation.
A v e r y ,
along with
her parents
Jenn and Jer-
emy Chris-
tiansen, from
S h a w n e e ,
were the spe-
cial guests at
Up til Dawns
annual letter-
writing party
on Tuesday night in the Kansas
Union Ballroom.
We did treatment at St. Judes
for about six
months, with
four months
on a high-dose
chemo thera-
py regiment,
Jenn said. All
of her medi-
cine was paid
for. All of our
accommoda-
tions and gro-
ceries were taken care of. Tats the
great thing about St. Judes for the
families that go there: you dont
have to worry about money. Its
just absolutely amazing what they
have been able to do for us.
Unfortunately, Avery relapsed
last year in August and she is fght-
ing her ongoing battle with cancer
at St. Judes, making fundraising
events such as Up til Dawn all the
more important.
More than 100 students attend-
ed the event to help raise money
for St. Jude Childrens Research
Hospital. Last year, about $17,000
aBBy daVis/kansan
Jeremy Christiansen and his daughter Avery pose for a photo while mom Jenn spoke about Averys battle with cancer. Avery was admitted to St. Jude Childrens hospital when
a tumor the size of a golfball was discovered in her head.
isaaC gwin
igwin@kansan.com

All of her medicine was

paid for. All of our accom-
modations and groceries
were taken care of.
JEnn ChRISTIAnSEn
Mother
Up til Dawn helps raise money for St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital
Community wireless
Communications Co.
Knology
Apogee
SBC
21.93 Mbps
16.40 Mbps
7.93 Mbps
6.85 Mbps
In CALIFORnIA, police in riot gear
removed protesters in front of Oaklands
City hall on Tuesday. The police went into
the camp with tear gas and beanbag
rounds. About 170 protesters were at the
site and 75 were arrested.
In nEw yORK, MTV announced
that it will follow three young people
participating in Occupy wall Street for an
episode of True Life. The episode, which
followed the protestors for a two-week
period, will air on nov. 5.
In COLORADO, about 30 Occupy
Denver protesters camped in downtown
have decided to remain in place despite
forecasters calling for up to a foot of
snow in parts of Colorado.
In ARKAnSAS, members of the
Occupy Little Rock group have decided to
move from the Clinton Presidential Center
to a city-owned parking lot after receiving
the threat of removal by police.
OccuPiED natiOn
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
see st. Jude on page 3 see City on page 3
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old as 1855. Endowment took over
management in the mid 1960s and
began allowing new burials.
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NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
Associated Press
toRoNto
Canadas Conservative government introduced
legislation Tuesday to scrap a controversial law
that requires the registration of rifes and shot-
guns.
Canada has long required registration of hand
guns, but the long-run registry law passed in 1995
faced bitter opposition from rural Canada, the
Conservative partys base, which considered it an
overreaction to the problem of urban crime.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said they dont
want laws targeting law-abiding citizens such as
hunters.
Police and victims groups are voicing opposi-
tion, but the Conservatives have a new majority
in Parliament after national elections in May, and
can now scrap the law.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper previously tried
to kill it, but his bill was narrowly defeated in the
last Parliament.
FUKUShIMa, JapaN
A moderate earthquake has shaken the north-
eastern Japanese prefecture where the much more
massive earthquake and tsunami touched off the
worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl earlier this
year.
The 5.2-magnitude quake struck Fukushima
Prefecture overnight just after 2 a.m. local time
Wednesday (1700 GMT Tuesday). Its epicenter was
on the coast near the town of Iwaki, 115 miles (186
km) north of Tokyo.
Fukushima was severely hit by the quake and
tsunami in March that left more than 21,000 peo-
ple dead or missing.
The Wednesday quake was about 70 miles (120
km south) of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facil-
ity.
Another 5.3 quake later Wednesday hit 262
miles (423 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo, off the
Japan coast.
geNeVa
An intensive round of talks between the United
States and North Korea over Pyongyangs nuclear
program ended Tuesday without a deal to resume
formal negotiations, but top diplomats from both
sides reported progress on the steps that will be
needed to fnally get there.
The U.S. special envoy to North Korea, Stephen
Bosworth, told reporters just after the two-day talks
wrapped up that there had been progress without
agreeing to a formal resumption of negotiations, ei-
ther bilaterally on in the so-called six-party format
that also includes China, Japan, Russia and South
Korea.
Nevertheless, he called it a useful meeting whose
tone was positive and generally constructive.
In Washington, State Department offcials said
it could be weeks or months before North Korea re-
sponds to issues the U.S. raised during the Geneva
talks.
tUNIS, tUNISIa
The moderate Islamist party that appears to
have won Tunisias landmark elections was in
talks with rivals Tuesday about forming an in-
terim coalition government to lead the birthplace
of the Arab Spring through its transition to de-
mocracy.
Partial results released supported the Ennah-
da partys claims that it had won the most seats
in a 217-member assembly tasked with running
the country and writing its new constitution. But
results so far indicate the Islamists had failed
to win an outright majority, meaning a coalition
must be formed.
Ennahdas ability to win an election as well as
work with other groups will be closely watched in
the Arab world, where other Islamist parties are
to compete in elections soon. Tunisia has a strong
secular tradition, and Ennahda offcials promised
a broad-based coalition.
NATIoNAL
Megaton bomb era
ends after razing
AMARILLO, Texas Te last
of the nations biggest nuclear
bombs, a Cold War relic 600 times
more powerful than the atomic
bomb dropped on Hiroshima, was
dismantled Tuesday in what one
energy ofcial called a milestone in
President Barack Obamas mission
to rid the world of nuclear weap-
ons.
Workers in Texas separated the
roughly 300 pounds of high explo-
sives inside from the special nucle-
ar material uranium known
as the pit. Te work was done out-
side of public view for security rea-
sons, but explosives from a bomb
taken apart earlier were detonated
as ofcials and reporters watched
from less than a mile away.
Deputy Secretary of Energy
Daniel Poneman called the disas-
sembly a milestone accomplish-
ment. Te completion of the dis-
mantling program is a year ahead
of schedule, according to the U.S.
Department of Energys National
Nuclear Security Administration,
and aligns with Obamas goal of
reducing the number of nuclear
weapons.
Put into service in 1962, when
Cold War tensions peaked during
the Cuban Missile Crisis, the B53
weighed 10,000 pounds and was
the size of a minivan. Many of the
bombs were disassembled in the
1980s, but a signifcant number
remained in the U.S. arsenal until
they were retired from the stock-
pile in 1997.
Te B53s disassembly ends the
era of big megaton bombs, said
Hans Kristensen, a spokesman for
the Federation of American Sci-
entists. Te biggest nuclear bomb
in the nations arsenal now is the
1.2-megaton B83, he said. Te B53
was 9 megatons.
Te 1.5-kiloton bomb dropped
on Hiroshima, Japan, at the end
of World War II killed as many as
140,000 people.
Te B53s size helped com-
pensate for their lack of accuracy,
Kristensen said. Todays bombs are
smaller but more precise, reducing
the amount of collateral damage,
he said.
Kristensen said the Obama ad-
ministration shouldnt boast too
much about dismantling the B53
when its arsenal of active nuclear
warheads has been reduced by only
10 in the past seven months and
Russias arsenal has grown by 29.
Te two nations signed a treaty in
December to reduce their arsenals.
Since the B53 was made using
older technology by engineers who
have since retired or died, devel-
oping a disassembly process took
time. Engineers had to develop
complex tools and new procedures
to ensure safety.
We knew going in that this was
going to be a challenging project,
and we put together an outstand-
ing team with all of our partners to
develop a way to achieve this ob-
jective safely and efciently, said
John Woolery, general manager
of the Pantex Plant near Amarillo,
where the bomb was taken apart.
Te plant is the nations only
nuclear weapons assembly and
disassembly facility. Tuesday was
the frst time in 18 years media
were allowed into secure places
there. Hallways in one building
had pictures of nuclear blasts from
tests hanging on the walls. Rid-
ing in a bus one could see areas in
the 16,000-acre facility, one of the
nations most secure sites, where
plutonium pits and other weapons
materials are stored.
Te B53s pit will be kept there
temporarily, Pantex spokesman
Greg Cunningham said. Mean-
while, the remaining non-nuclear
material and components will be
processed, which includes sani-
tizing, recycling and disposal, the
National Nuclear Security Admin-
istration said last fall when it an-
nounced the Texas plants role in
the B53 dismantling.
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Loan advice available
for students with debt
As 2011 comes to an end, the
nation will see a large amount of
debt for students, with $1 trillion
in loans outstanding. For most
students, the debt for indi-
vidual graduates reaches between
$25,000 and $30,000.
Most students need to take out
a few student loans to support
themselves while theyre in col-
lege. However, Leticia Gradington
with Student Money Management
Services said there are a few
steps students can take to mini-
mize the impact of those loans.
Get in touch with student
money management services,
Gradington said. I think my big-
gest tagline with any student is,
Live like a college student now so
you dont have to when you gradu-
ate, and we engage the students
in their fnances.
To avoid defaulting on student
loans after graduation, Grading-
ton also said there are a few steps
students can take as well.
When you graduate, youve got
great superiors, youve got defer-
ments, youve got forbearances,
things like that, that actually
are an umbrella for your student
loans, she said.
Gradington also said its
important to make a plan early
so students can get out of debt
as quickly as possible after com-
mencement.
Monisha Bruner
University to make
faculty work public
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-
Little signed the Berlin Declaration
on Open Access Monday to renew
its promise to make scholarly work
available. The policy requires
Kansas faculty to publish their
work to a public database.
Instead of having to purchase
journals, the public can now read
Kansas faculty members work
for free.
Scholarly communications
librarian Ada Emmett said the old
system limited access to faculty
work.
The scholarly journal articles
that faculty at Kansas publish are
going to be accessible to people
who dont have subscriptions to
that scholarly literature, Emmett
said. So thats going to be the
citizens of Kansas, high school-
ers, junior colleges and people at
colleges and universities around
the world.
The University was one of the
frst American universities to sign
the declaration.
This declaration kind of says
to everyone, We are going to try
and take these following steps to
open that access up as wide as
possible, Emmett said.
In 2009, the University created
a faculty open access policy.
The University is the frst public
American university to requires its
faculty to publicly publish its work.
Harvard, MIT and Stanford fac-
ulty had already made this policy
amongst themselves, she said.
Breanna McCarthy
CAMpUS
CAMpUS
was raised by participants, who
were asked to address 50 letters
containing gif forms to their
friends and family members en-
couraging them to donate to St.
Judes and its mission in fghting
pediatric cancer.
I think its just really impor-
tant that all these kids get the help
they need, said Lauren Cuthan,
a freshman from Wichita, as she
flled out a letter to her parents.
Te more money that is received
from these letters the more chil-
dren diagnosed with cancer will
get a chance for survival.
About 250 college campuses
nationwide participate in the Up
til Dawn charity for St. Jude Chil-
drens Research Hospital each year.
St. Judes is one of the foremost
leaders in pediatric cancer treat-
ment and research in the world.
According to its website, the sur-
vival rate for acute lymphoblastic
leukemia, the most common form
of childhood cancer, has increased
90 percent since the hospitals cre-
ation in 1962. All accepted pa-
tients, despite their fnancial or
insurance situations, are admitted
and treated free of cost.
Follow Averys story at
AveryAnneChristiansen.
blogspot.com
Edited by Mike Lavieri
St. JUDE FROm PAGE 1
PhOtOS bY AbbY DAVIS/KANSAN
Above: Kansas students gather around a
table at the Student Union for the event
Up til Dawn. Students brought a list of
addresses to send letters requesting do-
nations for St. Jude Childrens Research
Hospital.
Right: Tom Mabry, a junior from Belleville,
Ill., and Shane Smith, a junior from Albu-
querque, N.M., play Water pong at Up
til Dawn.
Judge denies request in
Arizona shooting case
A federal judge on Tuesday turned
down a request by lawyers for the
Tucson shooting rampage suspect
to hold a special hearing regarding
his forced medication.
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns
wrote in his ruling that 23-year-old
Jared Lee Loughner is being forced
to take psychotropic drugs at a
Missouri prison facility because he
poses a danger to himself.
So far, the decision to medicate
Loughner has been made by prison
offcials at the Springfeld, Mo.,
facility where experts are trying
to make him psychologically ft to
stand trial.
Loughners defense attorneys
had argued that the issue should be
up to a judge and wanted Burns to
consider the matter.
Loughner has pleaded not guilty
to 49 charges stemming from the
Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson that killed
six people and injured Rep. Gabri-
elle Giffords and 12 others.
Loughner has been found to
be mentally unft for trial, but his
treating psychologist has said
his condition has improved since
he has been given medication. In
late September, Burns ruled that
its probable that Loughner will be
made mentally ft and extended
his four-month stay in Missouri by
another four months.
Also this week, prosecutors
asked the 9th Circuit Court of Ap-
peals in a fling late Monday to re-
ject requests by Loughners lawyers
to halt his forced medication and
rescind his stay at the Springfeld
facility.
That was in response to a fling
by Loughners lawyers last week.
They told the appeals court that
Burns failed to fully consider pos-
sible negative side effects from his
forced medication or put a limit on
his future dosage.
Associated Press
Kemper to be razed
KANSAS CITy
ASSOcIAtED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Forty
years ago R. Crosby Kemper Jr. do-
nated some land in Kansas Citys
west bottoms and provided fund-
ing for what would become Kem-
per Arena, named in honor of his
father, who had just died.
On Tuesday, Kemper and his son
Mariner Kemper were among sev-
eral people urging the city to tear
down the massive building and
replace it with a new equestrian
and agricultural center thats better
suited to the needs of the American
Royal, Kansas Citys premier an-
nual livestock show.
Lets stop holding onto the past
and living in the past and lets build
for the future, Mariner Kemper,
a member of the American Royal
board, told Te Kansas City Star.
American Royal leaders said it
makes fnancial sense to get rid of
Kemper Arena, which once was the
citys top venue for sporting events
and concerts before the new Sprint
Center was built downtown. Tese
days, the arena sees little activ-
ity beyond events connected to the
American Royal.
Among its more notable events
over the years, Kemper was host to
several NCAA basketball tourna-
ment regionals, and in 1988 hosted
the Final Four, where Kansas beat
Oklahoma. Te arena also was
home to the Kansas City Kings be-
fore the team lef for Sacramento,
Calif.
Dave Fowler, chairman of the
American Royal board, said the
city has 34 years lef on its 50-year
lease with the Royal, which means
the city is obligated to keep Kemper
up for its events. Te city still owes
$10 million on a $23 million ex-
pansion project in 1997, and there
is about $20 million in deferred
maintenance needed for the city to
fulfll its lease agreement.
On top of that, Kemper Arena is
losing about $1 million a year.
Te Kempers joined other
American Royal board members,
city council members and other
civic leaders to endorse the idea
of tearing the arena down to make
room for a 5,000-seat coliseum and
facility tailored to year-round live-
stock and horse shows, in addition
to the Royals annual barbecue and
festival events.
Cost of the new facility is esti-
mated at $70 million, including
$50 million in new construction,
$10 million for demolition and
upgrades to the existing American
Royal complex, and $10 million to
pay the outstanding Kemper debt.
Te Kempers said their founda-
tion would try to raise about $10
million. Its unclear where the rest
of the money would come from.
Mariner Kemper said the arena
has outlived its useful life, since
the city cant support two big are-
nas. Kemper Arena has been los-
ing events since the Sprint Center
opened in 2007.
NATION
vice to Apogee. Of eight vendors
invited to bid for the contract,
none were located in Kansas and
only two responded. One of those
was Apogee. Te other, Campus
Televideo, wrote a negative re-
sponse to the University, dated
Oct. 4, 2010.
Overall, the information pro-
vided to the bidders and the time
allotted to prepare a proposal
makes it nearly impossible to
properly evaluate and price a pro-
posal based on objective, compa-
rable metrics, the response read
in part.
Montgomery said he believes
Apogee sold the University on its
services before the bidding pro-
cess began, and the contract was
designed for Apogee from the be-
ginning.
He said he has asked the Uni-
versity for the opportunity to
compete with Apogee for business
in the residential housing as well,
but was turned down by Barry
Swanson, Assistant Vice Provost.
Jack Martin, Director of Stra-
tegic Communications for the
University, said the contract was
ofered in the standard bidding
process and that vendors did not
need to be invited in order to bid
for them. In this case, he said,
Montgomerys frm did not bid for
the contract.
But Montgomery said he was
surprised to learn of the contract
with Apogee last year, as he had
ofered Internet service to the
University in 2007. He said John
Louis, the director of Information
Technology at the time, told him
that no contracts would be ofered
and the University would continue
the system it had in place.
Montgomery said he hopes,
through lobbying elected repre-
sentatives, to generate enough
interest that the University might
reconsider. To that end, he has
gathered support from some lo-
cal elected ofcials who said they
would prefer to see money stay in
the local economy.
On Sept. 30, State Representa-
tive Paul Davis wrote to Assistant
Vice-Provost Barry Swanson, ask-
ing that Kansas frms be included
in the bidding process. County
Commissioner Nancy Tellman
also wrote to Swanson to question
whether Apogees services were
adequate and ask that local frms
be allowed to compete for con-
tracts in student housing.
Te city commission will hear
the results of the study in their
next meeting Tuesday at 6:35 p.m.


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HOROSCOPES
Because the stars
know things we dont.
aries (March 21-april 19)
today is an 8
If you follow the instructions
(and your instincts) carefully,
you succeed on your frst
attempt. Use imagination. Fo-
cus on love, and give it away.
It comes back ten-fold.
taurus (april 20-May 20)
today is an 8
Perfections possible through
collaboration. Explore the
idea of new partnerships, and
be open to a surprising turn
of events. Set down strong
roots.
gemini (May 21-June 21)
today is a 9
Theres a lot of energy in the
air. Manage it well and your
productivity will be off the
charts. Get ready for more.
Take an active role in your
environment.
cancer (June 22-July 22)
today is a 7
You could get very busy. Make
sure to balance your chores
with some rest so that you
dont burn out or get sick.
Slow down to avoid accidents.
Leo (July 23-aug. 22)
today is a 7
Its time to act on the lessons
youve learned in the past.
Your family is there for you
when you need them. Move
quickly. Youve set up all the
pieces.
Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22)
today is an 8
A creative challenge launched
now could be quite lucrative.
Your learning abilities are on
the rise. Study hard while you
play, but remember: no pain,
no gain.
Libra (sept. 23-oct. 22)
today is a 9
A whole world of possibilities
await. Choose the ones that
light you up, for yourself and
others. Theres no time for
holding grudges. Dive into
action wholeheartedly.
scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21)
today is a 9
Objects of desire are
tempting you to a potential
spending spree. Stick to the
budget, and keep it practical.
Theres plenty of work. Pay
into savings frst.
sagittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21)
today is an 8
Get serious about your
strategy (but not too serious).
Your typical sense of adapt-
ability gets special appre-
ciation now. Slow down to
contemplate from a different
perspective.
capricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19)
today is an 8
Get clear about fnances.
Do the paperwork. A good
suggestion from an unlikely
source leads to a proftable
venture. Social networking
pays (in more ways than one).
aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
today is an 8
Your growing expertise is
attracting attention. Ignore
this, and plow on. Minimize
distractions to focus on get-
ting the job done. This leads
to success.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20
today is an 8
Clean up after your creative
bursts of expression. Old
ideas come into renewed
prominence. Limitations
ease. A dream is close to
reality. Endings prompt new
beginnings.
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EDUCATIOn
PETS
students protest
vegetarian rumors
The rumor that Smith College was
going entirely vegetarian, and that it
would only buy food from local grow-
ers, started a ruckus on the schools
Massachusetts campus.
There were protests and counter-
protests last week at the prestigious
womens college in northampton, slo-
gans pro and con written on walkways,
and personal criticism of the manager
of dining services.
It turns out it was a hoax, cooked
up by two professors as part of their
introductory class in logic.
Professor Jay Garfeld tells The Bos-
ton Globe the prank was a way to liven
up a dry topic. he and professor Jim
henle have started false rumors in the
past.
Smith President Carol Christ added
to the exercise, saying Monday Garfeld
and henle had been fred. That, too,
was a hoax.
Associated Press
ODD nEwS
Man in park swing
stuck for nine hours
A 21-year-old northern California man
was left hanging at a playground
swing set overnight after he got stuck
in the diaper-like seat for nine hours.
Vallejo police said the man made
a $100 bet with his friends that he
could ft into a childs swing at Blue
rock Springs Park on Friday night.
with the help of liquid laundry de-
tergent, he managed to slide his legs
into the seat.
Authorities said that he got stuck
and his friends took off.
A groundskeeper found the man
screaming for help the next morn-
ing. Firefghters cut the chains off the
swing and took him to the hospital,
where a cast cutter was used to re-
move the seat.
The mans name has not been re-
leased.
Associated Press
Four firefighters in a South
Carolina town plucked a fright-
ened black lab puppy from the
top of a double-decker freight
train car and delivered her to a
new, loving home.
We dont know how long she
was up there, Liberty assistant
fire chief Chris Rowland said
Tuesday. She was scared. She
was ready to come down.
Rowlands team of four fire-
fighters was called Sunday eve-
ning after Tina Parker of nearby
Pickens spotted the pup while
she and her family were stopped
at a red light and saw the train
pass by.
Parker said she saw what she
thought was trash on the top
of the train, but then it started
moving and she realized it was a
small dog.
Theres no question it was a
puppy, Parker said.
She called 911 and followed
the train to Liberty about six
miles away.
A Norfolk Southern spokes-
woman said they stopped the
train, which was going about 50
mph while traveling from Penn-
sylvania to Atlanta.
The family helped firefighters
find the car and firefighter Derek
Sargeant scampered up a 24-foot
extension ladder to get on top of
the double-stacked containers.
We dont know how she sur-
vived up there, Rowland said.
The Parkers named the dog
Boxcar Hunter, or Boxy for short.
They made an appointment with
the veterinarian to have the dog
checked, but Parker said it seems
healthy and happy to be off the
train. She has two other dogs
and the new pup is getting used
to her new surroundings.
Parker said no one knows who
put the dog atop the train.
Rowland said the effort was a
difficult one, given where the car
stopped and how the firefighters
had to maneuver to get the lad-
der in place alongside the tracks.
But he said it was a good thing
for all involved.
Weve rescued a cat here and
there, but weve never had to get
a dog off the top of a train, he
said.
ODD nEwS
brothers face off in
ohio mayorial race
Its brother against brother in a
northwest Ohio village where sib-
lings are vying for mayor.
Incumbent Lowell krumnow is be-
ing challenged on the nov. 8 ballot
by Councilman James krumnow in El-
more, 20 miles southeast of Toledo.
The councilman tells The Blade of
Toledo the community with a popu-
lation of about 1,400 is ready for a
change and a fresh face. he says
some residents asked him to try to
unseat his younger brother.
The mayor, who has been in office
since 1992, says he believes people
are satisfied with his leadership. he
also says he has a courteous rela-
tionship with his brother and says
they communicate.
The election for mayor is nonpar-
tisan. Both krumnows are repub-
licans, but Councilman rick Claar
says otherwise the brothers are po-
lar opposites.
Associated Press
bridge is free to take,
but must be preserved
kentucky transportation offcials are offer-
ing a bridge to any taker who will preserve
it.
The three-span steel truss bridge over
the kentucky river in the states south-
eastern corner would be free and is avail-
able after a new bridge is completed next
year to carry ky. 80.
The kentucky Transportation Cabi-
net would even pay for taking down the
82-year-old, 456-foot bridge and hauling
it to the new owners location.
The catch is that whoever takes it has
to set it back up in its original form and
maintain it.
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Students should reconsider unlimited plans
When we hear something is
unlimited, we tend to assume
its the best option. You can get
more bang for your buck, more
fodder for the dollar.
So when KU Dining Services
introduced two new meal plans,
Rock Chalk Unlimited and Jay-
hawk Unlimited, it was hard for
students to resist. Out of about
3,400 students who purchased a
dining plan, 53 percent are signed
up for unlimited meals.
But students need to take a
hard look at how much they re-
ally eat at the dining halls and
if the unlimited meal plans are
worth it.
Breaking down just the din-
ing hall meal plans (excluding
KU Cuisine Cash), the Blue Basic
plan is a total $1,349 per semes-
ter for 10 meals per week. Con-
sidering students use the dining
halls about 15 weeks during the
semester, it amounts to $8.99 per
meal. Using the same approach,
the Crimson Flex plan, $1,590 for
200 meals per semester, is $7.95
per meal.
In the unlimited plans, dining
hall meals are $1,649 for one se-
mester. If a student eats 200 meals
in a semester, or a little more than
13 meals per week, the unlimit-
ed plans cost students $8.24 per
meal 29 cents per meal more
than the Crimson plan.
But standing it next to the Blue
Basic meal is even more telling.
Compared to the Blue Basics
$8.99 per meal, if a student eats
on average 10 meals per week,
each meal on an unlimited plan
would cost $10.99 per meal, or
two dollars more.
Te key factor in deciding
the best meal plan for you is the
amount of meals you eat in one
week.
Te average college students
diet is ofen devoid of breakfast,
while late-night pizzas and sub
sandwiches end up being a third
or fourth meal. Students are cash-
strapped as it is in this economy,
and the Universitys dining food
isnt considered the crme de la
crme. Students ofen eat dining
hall meals along with other ven-
dors and restaurants.
But all students are diferent.
We suggest you count how many
meals you eat in one week. If you
eat at the dining halls 10 or less
times per week, the Blue Basic
plan is the best option. If you eat
10 to 13 meals per week in the
halls, more money is saved with
the Crimson plan. And if you eat
more than that, either of the un-
limited plans will work best.
Fronting the extra money for
an unlimited plan may not seem
like a big deal, especially consid-
ering the added luxury of not
having to worry about fnishing
your meals before the week or se-
mester is done. But depending on
your eating habits, you could be
losing up to $600 in meals every
year with an unlimited plan.
Figure out which plan fts best
for you and save your valuable
college money.
Vikaas Shanker for Kansan
Editorial Board
Biology exam question: competitive
inhibitors ______. What, the right
answer isnt cock-blockers?
Dear ladies, if you like to wear and we
like to see you wear leggings, why stop?
Sincerely, the guys.
But those business majors are so in
this year. Have you seen those T-shirts?
I dare the FFa to go one whole week
without posting something that bashes
fraternities.
Editors note: And I dare readers to
not send good FFAs about fraternities.
Yup, its not going to happen.
I dont mind a crowded bus. It feels
like someone is fnally hugging me.
#foreveralone
I understand youre into kinky stuff,
but candy fun dip? really?
Sometimes I think itd be a good idea
to let picture messages get in the FFa,
then I realize that would be horrible.
To the Greek life bitch on my bus,
shut up. Not everyone can be a size zero
like you. Stop hating on people
who are HEalTHY.
and so begins the pre-Halloween diet.
My dad recently retired from 26 years
of serving this country in the air Force.
I love you daddy. and thanks to service
members here at the University.
The FFa about menopausal mother
nature made my day! Im laughing now,
but in about 30 years I probably wont
think its that funny.
Im pretty sure I have a full sleeve
and will earn a doctorate, but feel free to
go to a biker and disrespect their tats.
Im glad the FFa changes my punc-
tuation to make my posts sound better.
Can the entire paper just be FFa?
Editors note: Oddly, the Kansan
newspaper reports on something
called news. But Ill pitch the idea.
Just saw a frat guy on a bicycle get
pulled over by the campus police for not
stopping at the booth. Priceless.
The two greatest things that happen
in lawrence are next week: Halloween
and basketball. GET rEaDY.
Please basketball, they may want to
play with your balls, but they want to
ride our brooms.
Every time I see a University cop car, I
secretly wait and wish for it to transform
into a Decepticon.
The wind is such a slut, she wont
stop blowing everyone on campus.
Frats vs. independents, youve been
replaced. engineering vs. liberal arts
Our football team may suck, but
those boys are still fun to look at.
My one-night stand took me to the
bar to help me scope out my next girl.
Why cant all one-nighters be as chill
as her?
To the girl I overheard saying, the
best idea I can think of is to be a toddler
in a tiara, I say do it.
Text your FFA submissions to
(785) 289-8351
free fOr ALL
Every decade or so, Holly-
wood gets the itch to remake
Te Twilight Zone. But none
of the various adaptations of
the classic science-fction show
have ever panned out, but like
the slain mobster in the 1962
episode Dead Mans Shoes, it
keeps rising from the grave. For
what started as a mildly popu-
lar sci-f show with incredibly
blunt moral messages, Te
Twilight Zone has proven both
incredibly resilient and weirdly
elusive. Te most recent attempt
to revive the franchise is a flm
produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.
I have a deep, abiding love for
Te Twilight Zone. Im not sure
when exactly it started, but in high
school, I began to watch the show
whenever the SyFy channel or,
as it was called then, the Sci-Fi
channel would run a Twilight
Zone marathon. I became ob-
sessed with Rod Serlings opening
and closing narration and even
went so far as to read the plot
of every episode on Wikipedia.
Eventually, I did what every teen-
ager does and dropped more than
a hundred dollars a fortune to
a 16-year-old on a boxed set
of the series and watched it reli-
giously. Te show consists of an
impressive 156 episodes. And 92
of them were written by Serling
himself. Some were good, some
were bad, all were as subtle as
a frying pan to the back of the
head.
As great as I think the show
is, it is by no means perfect and I
would love to see other flmmak-
ers try to improve on Serlings
formula. No one ever seems to
get it right, though.
Currently, only three things are
really known about the most re-
cent incarnation:
1. It will be helmed by Clover-
feld director Matt Reeves and
writer Jason Rothenberg, whose
sole writing credit on IMDb.
com is some made-for-TV movie
called Body Politic.
2. Te flm will feature a single
story.
3. It will suck.
Te last point is admittedly my
own snap judgment, but Ive got
reason to not expect much from
this new flm. Te previous at-
tempt to turn the series into a flm
was an anthology helmed by Ste-
ven Spielberg that, like the origi-
nal series, performed only well
enough to not be called a failure.
Te flm opens with Dan Ak-
royd and Albert Brooks driving
and talking about their favorite
episodes of the series, presum-
ably hoping the audiences good-
will towards those stories would
transfer over to the flm itself. Te
prologue ends when Dan Akroyd
asks Wanna see something really
scary? and then transforms into a
monster that looks less like a mon-
ster and more like an old man.
Te frst revival series in 1985
and the second in 2002 both failed
to catch on with audiences and
soon died an unmourned death.
It makes sense that none of the
adaptations have ever been suc-
cessful as its somewhat of a mys-
tery as to why the show was any
good in the frst place. Te clunky
writing, blunt moral messages and
low budget should have resulted
in failure for Serling and his crew,
but instead turned into one of the
most popular shows of all time.
If this new movie turns out to
produce something special, that
would be a twist worthy of Te
Twilight Zone.
Schumaker is a senior in Film
& Media Studies and English from
Overland Park
Twilight Zone could use a refreshing makeover
MOVIES
By Lou Schumaker
lschumaker@kansan.com
aWarENESS
Domestic violence an issue in college
Domestic violence has been
in the local news a lot lately,
thanks to a game that was
played in Topeka between the
county and the city over who
would take on the costs and re-
sponsibility of domestic abuse
cases.
Te city of Topeka won
that battle, but domestic abuse
victims are the ones who really
lost in this process. Te district
attorney will now be deciding
which domestic violence cases
to prosecute on a case-by-case
basis. Tough these cases will be
assessed carefully, this potentially
arbitrary process of prioritizing
cases means some will be worth
prosecuting and some will not.
Tis is a disservice to all domestic
abuse victims.
Tough the spotlight has been
on Topeka lately, it is important
this week to acknowledge and
remember the prevalence of do-
mestic violence on university
campuses. Tis week marks the
third annual Domestic Violence
Awareness Week, created by stu-
dent groups at the University to
increase education about and rec-
ognition of domestic abuse.
Domestic violence, sometimes
also called intimate partner vio-
lence, is when one partner in an
intimate relationship exercises a
pattern of coercive control over
the other partner, as defned by
the Willow Domestic Violence
Center website. Tis can take the
form of physical, mental, emo-
tional, verbal, sexual or other
types of abuse.
Ofen people think of domestic
violence as something that hap-
pens to married partners and,
based on representations in the
media, downplay dating violence
in young people. In a college set-
ting, however, domestic violence
occurs far more than is usually
recognized. Te Feminist Major-
ity Foundation reported in 2005
that 32 percent of college students
are domestic violence victims.
One reason domestic violence
is so common in college is simply
because of the traditional student
age. Te highest rate of domestic
violence occurs against women
from ages 16 to 24, according to a
study by the Bureau of Justice Sta-
tistics in 1998.
In 2007, Kansas State Uni-
versity issued a press release in
which Sandra Stith, a domestic
violence expert at the Universi-
ty, identifed problems such as
stress, inability to control an-
ger, and very intense relation-
ships as common triggers for
domestic violence in college.
It is also important to re-
member, especially in the uni-
versity setting, that domestic
violence does not just happen
in long-term, exclusive, male-fe-
male relationships. And women
are not always the victims. Te
abuse can occur in any type of
intimate relationship, and men
are also susceptible to being the
victim. One in four women will
be abused in an intimate rela-
tionship during her lifetime; the
same is true for one in nine men,
says the National Domestic Vio-
lence Hotline.
If you are in a relationship and
your partner makes you feel bad
about yourself, it is important to
evaluate how you are being treat-
ed and, if you feel you are being
abused, seek the necessary help to
remove yourself from the abusive
environment.
If you are worried a friend is in
an abusive relationship, it is vital
that you talk to someone with ex-
pertise so you can help your friend
in a safe way. It is important not to
ignore signs that a friend may be
sufering from domestic abuse. As
Tony Porter demonstrated during
the Jana Mackey lecture Monday
night, we all have responsibility to
reduce domestic violence, wheth-
er we are victims, perpetrators, or
bystanders.
Te Willow Domestic Violence
Center is a resource for assistance,
and this week representatives of
the Commission on the Status of
Women and other student groups
organizing DVAW will be provid-
ing more information on educa-
tion and help.
Cosby is a senior from Overland
Park majoring in political science
and English.
By Kelly Cosby
kcosby@kansan.com
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
IN KANSAS
Every 28 minutes a women
is beaten by an intimate
partner in Kansas.
Every 2 weeks a woman is
killed by an intimate part-
ner in Kansas.
If you or someone you know
is a victim of domestic
abuse, the Willow Domestic
Violence Center can help:
(785) 843-3333
www.willowdvcenter.org
-facts from the Willow
Domestic Violence Center
website.
UPCOMINg DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AWArENESS
WEEK EVENTS
Wednesday 10/26: Salon
Nouveau discussion For-
gotten Truths, Forgotten
People: an exploration of
domestic violence in indig-
enous cultures
7:30 p.m., regionalist
room, 5th floor Kansas
Union
thursday 10/27: Friends
Dont let Friends Date
Vampires: a discussion on
unhealthy relationships in
pop culture
7:30 p.m., 3139 Wescoe
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Local business holds
26th annual coat drive
Winter is fast approaching, and
Scotch Fabric Care Services is hold-
ing its Share the Warmth winter
coat drive, continuing until Nov. 23.
The company has been holding
the drive since 1987, taking warm
clothes and giving them to those in
need.
Lawrence Scotch manager Laurie
Clark said she expects 2011 to be
another successful year.
This is our 26th year going into
it, and weve collected over 200,000
coats in those 25 years between the
Lawrence and Topeka divisions that
we have so I think its very success-
ful, Clark said. Every year, you
think, Oh, there cant be any more
coats, and every year, theres defi-
nitely more.
Scotch will receive and wash the
donated items before passing them
onto the Lawrence Salvation Army
for distribution.
Clark said that the citizens of
both cities are what make this type
of drive possible.
I just think the community is
wonderful with the way they respond,
both in Topeka and Lawrence, she
said. Its cool that every year we
still get thousands of coats.
Steven Small
Domestic Violence Awareness
week is in full swing with lectures on
masculinity, indigenous cultures and
vampires.
Meredith Pavicic, president of
Commission on the Status of Wom-
en, said that CSW decided to do
a week of events in recognition of
national Domestic Violence Aware-
ness month. She said that the topic
is especially relevant considering
the recent vote in Topeka to repeal
the local law that makes domestic
violence a crime. Te decision was
later overturned when the district at-
torney reversed his earlier stance and
once again began prosecutions.
If we learned anything from
what happened in Topeka, it is that
domestic violence prevention is still
relevant, said Pavicic, a senior from
Leawood.
Pavicic said that CSW would have
a table in front of the Kansas Union
all week with information on do-
mestic violence issues and resources.
Tey will also be displaying Willow
Domestic Violence Centers Clothes-
line Project. Te project is a visual
display of t-shirts bearing the words
of domestic violence survivors and
their loved ones. Te shirts are hung
from a clothesline as a form of docu-
mentation of domestic violence.
Making the t-shirts help women
and children of the shelter in the
healing process, Pavicic said.
Kaylyn Wright, the Gender-Based
Violence Activism Events Coordi-
nator of CSW, is especially excited
about Tursdays lecture on un-
healthy relationships in pop culture.
Wright, a senior from Roeland Park,
said that the event would focus on
the recent vampire craze. She said
that she hoped to elicit the curiosity
of Twilight fans.
JT Hammons, a senior from Val-
ley Falls, is leading Tursdays lecture
titled Friends Dont Let Friends
Date Vampires. Hammons said that
he had spliced together scenes from
the Twilight series that highlighted
the unhealthy relationship romanti-
cized by many young women.
Te protagonist in the flm is
constantly getting hurt because of
her love and that is not what love is
supposed to be, Hammons said.
About 25 percent of women and
8 percent of men will be a victim of
domestic violence in their lifetime,
according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. Te CDC
defnes intimate partner violence
as physical, sexual or psychological
harm by a current or former roman-
tic partner or spouse.
Edited by C.J. Matson
rAISINg AWArENESS
SARA SNEAth
ssneath@kansan.com
lECturE EvEnt
Lecture: Friends Dont
Let Friends Date Vampires.
Tursday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
in 3139 Wescoe.
Lecture on domestic vio-
lence in indigenous cultures in
America: Wednesday, Oct. 26
at 7:30 p.m. in the Regionalist
Room of the Kansas Union.
LAWrENCE
Curtailing domestic violence
NIcK SmIth/KANSAN
President of the Commission on the Status of Women at Kansas Meridith Pavicic, a senior from Leawood, is helping to make
students and others aware of Domestic Violence issues in front of the Kansas Union.
A Dallas-area rapist appears
to be preying on members of a
national black sorority, leading
the organization to urge alum-
nae to remove any trace of their
affiliation from cars, clothing
and even their key chains.
Delta Sigma Theta issued the
warning this week, citing four
sexual assaults, all involving
black women in their mid-50s
to mid-60s. Police say the assail-
ant indicated during the attacks
that he knew personal informa-
tion about the victims.
We believe its more than just
accidental, said Matthew Kosec,
deputy police chief in Coppell.
Cynthia M. A. Butler-McIn-
tyre, national president of the
sorority, said it isnt certain
that the victims were targeted
because of their sorority affilia-
tion, but we are erring on the
side of caution and advising
members to take the necessary
precautionary measures.
The group urged members to
avoid displaying any items iden-
tifying them as sorority alum-
nae, including vehicle stickers,
jewelry, clothing and accesso-
ries. They also warned members
to remove information such as
their whereabouts from social
networking sites.
Detectives have not deter-
mined exactly how the rapist
might be learning about the so-
rority affiliation.
We just dont know if the
suspect is identifying these la-
dies as they are out shopping
in the area or if its something
more advanced than that such
as using social networking sites,
Corinth police Capt. Greg Wilk-
erson said.
The most recent attack was
Oct. 14 in Shady Shores, said
Corinth police, who are inves-
tigating the rape in the nearby
community. The Coppell attack
occurred Sept. 15.
The other two assaults took
place in Plano one in April
and another prior to that, said
Plano police spokesman Andrae
Smith, who would not elaborate
on the earlier date.
The attacker is described as a
black man in his late 30s to mid-
40s, 5 feet 7 inches to 6 feet tall
and weighing 250 to 300 pounds.
Police in Plano released a video
shot in April from a surveillance
camera showing an unidentified
man who appeared to resemble
the description. Authorities say
they would like to question that
man in relation to the attacks
but declined to provide more
details.
Smith, who said the victims
did not attend the same college,
said investigators noticed the
similarities after the second at-
tack and shared the information
with surrounding cities.
The pattern of the alumnae
membership was the big flag
that put this together, Kosec
said. When you have a sexual
assault like this, the detectives
are very good about getting all
sorts of details that could lead to
the suspect.
Delta Sigma Theta counts
more than 200,000 mostly black
college-educated women among
its members. Seventy-six per-
cent of the groups members are
alumnae, while 24 percent are
still in college. The group has
more than 900 chapters located
around the world.
NATION
rapist targets
sorority alum
A federal court is being asked
to grant constitutional rights to
fve killer whales who perform at
marine parks an unprecedent-
ed and perhaps quixotic legal ac-
tion that is nonetheless likely to
stoke an ongoing, intense debate
at Americas law schools over ex-
pansion of animal rights.
People for the Ethical Treat-
ment of Animals is accusing
the SeaWorld parks of keeping
fve star-performer whales in
conditions that violate the 13th
Amendment ban on slavery. Sea-
World depicted the suit as base-
less.
Te chances of the suit suc-
ceeding are slim, according to
legal experts not involved in the
case; any judge who hews to the
original intent of the authors
of the amendment is unlikely
to fnd that they wanted to pro-
tect animals. But PETA relishes
engaging in the court of public
opinion, as evidenced by its pro-
vocative anti-fur and pro-vegan
campaigns.
Te suit, which PETA says it
will fle Wednesday in U.S. Dis-
trict Court in San Diego, hinges
on the fact that the 13th Amend-
ment, while prohibiting slavery
and involuntary servitude, does
not specify that only humans can
be victims.
Jef Kerr, PETAs general coun-
sel, says his fve-member legal
team which spent 18 months
preparing the case believes its
the frst federal court suit seeking
constitutional rights for mem-
bers of an animal species.
Te plaintifs are the fve or-
cas, Tilikum and Katina based at
SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., and
Corky, Kasatka and Ulises at Sea-
World San Diego. Tilikum, a six-
ton male, made national news in
February 2010 when he grabbed
a trainer at the close of a perfor-
mance and dragged her under-
water until she drowned.
Captured nearly 30 years ago
of Iceland, Tilikum has enor-
mous value as a stud and has fa-
thered many of the calves born at
SeaWorld parks.
Te lawsuit asks the court to
order the orcas released to the
custody of a legal guardian who
would fnd a suitable habitat for
them.
By any defnition, these or-
cas are slaves kidnapped from
their homes, kept confned, de-
nied everything thats natural
to them and forced to perform
tricks for SeaWorlds proft,
said Kerr. Te males have their
sperm collected, the females
are artifcially inseminated and
forced to bear young which are
sometimes shipped away.
SeaWorld said any efort to
extend the 13th Amendments
protections beyond humans is
baseless and in many ways of-
fensive.
SeaWorld is among the
worlds most respected zoologi-
cal institutions, the company
said. Tere is no higher priority
than the welfare of the animals
entrusted to our care and no
facility sets higher standards in
husbandry, veterinary care and
enrichment.
Te statement outlined the
many laws and regulations Sea-
World is obliged to follow, touted
the companys global eforts to
promote conservation of marine
mammals, and said the orcas
performances help give the pub-
lic a better appreciation and un-
derstanding of these animals.
SeaWorld and other U.S. ma-
rine parks are governed by the
Marine Mammals Protection
Act, which allows public displays
of the creatures.
NATION
Court asked
to consider
whale rights
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football
EthAN PADwAY
epadway@kansan.com
twitter.com/UDK_B12Fball
bIG 12 RANKINGS
The Kansans conference reporter ranks and analyzes the 10 teams, going into week 8
The Wildcats trounced rival Kansas over
the weekend, but they lost the chance to
host ESPNs College Gameday after watch-
ing the Sooners lose for the frst time this
season. A win this weekend will put the
Wildcats into the BCS championship game
7. Baylor 4-2, 1-2
(Last Week 6)
Baylor has quickly lost the momentum it had after entering Big
12 play undefeated. After losing two of three the Bears were
dropped from the polls and the Heisman chances of Bear quar-
terback Robert Griffn III are falling. Things dont look to get
much better as they travel to Stillwater this weekend.
3. Texas A&M 5-2, 3-1
(Last Week 4)
After a couple of early losses to ranked
teams, the Aggies are silently climbing
back into the Big 12 title hunt. They are
only one game back of the league leaders
and still have the Wildcats on their slate.
2. Kansas State 7-0, 4-0
(Last Week 3)
5.Texas Tech 5-2, 2-2
(Last Week 7)
The Red Raiders got their biggest win of the season against
Oklahoma. Quarterback Seth Doege is having an excellent
junior campaign, throwing 22 TDs compared to just four in-
terceptions. This week the Red Raiders get to beat up on an
Iowa State team that has lost four straight to become bowl
eligible.
4. Oklahoma 6-1, 3-1
(Last Week 1)
Oklahomas loss eliminated the Sooners from the national
title hunt. Theyll have to refocus fast, a loss this week in
Manhattan, Kan., would almost certainly eliminate them
from the Big 12 Title hunt.

6. Texas 4-2, 1-2
(Last Week 5)
Texas looks to end its two-game slide after playing two
of the nations top teams in consecutive weeks, but the
Longhorns schedule is about to get easier this week as
they welcome the struggling Kansas Jayhawks to town.
9. Iowa State 3-4, 0-4
(Last Week 9)
The Cyclones have dropped four straight
games since entering conference play, and
quarterback Steele Jantz found himself on
the bench in the frst quarter after opening
the game 0-4 with an interception. Things
dont look to get much better as the Cy-
clones travel to Lubbock to take on a Texas
Tech team hot off an upset victory against
Oklahoma.
1. Oklahoma State 7-0, 4-0
(Last week 2)
The Cowboys received the biggest boost from
the Sooners loss, replacing the Sooners as
the third-ranked team in the AP and BCS
polls. They take their high-powered scoring
offense against Baylors 101st-ranked scor-
ing defense this weekend.
10. Kansas 2-5, 0-4
(Last Week 10)
The good news for the Jayhawks is that
they wont face another undefeated team
this season. Turner Gill has a great chance
to silence his critics with an upset in Texas
this weekend; hell need his team to come
out swinging.
8. Missouri 3-4, 1-3
(Last Week 8)
Missouris win against Iowa State gives
the Tigers a leg up on the other two bot-
tom dwellers of the Big 12. Tiger fans are
more focused on whether their team is mov-
ing to the SEC than their football teams
struggles.
National Ranking: No. 3
National Ranking: No. 8
National Ranking: No. 16
National Ranking: No. 9
National Ranking: No. 20
National Ranking: No. 24
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Volleyball coach Ray
Bechard disagrees with Iowa
States top 15 ranking.
In fact, he thinks the Cy-
clones are not getting enough
respect from his fellow coach-
es.
No question, no question
about it, Bechard said. I dont
think they do anything to
physically overwhelm you, but
theyre extremely functional in
what they do. Teyre very ef-
fcient.
Te Jayhawks (13-8, 1-7)
will face the No. 14 Cyclones
(16-3, 7-1) at 6:30 p.m. on
Wednesday in Ames, Iowa.
On the heels of their frst
conference victory of the year
on Saturday, the Jayhawks will
try to dethrone the frst-place
Cyclones. Iowa State is ranked
No. 3 in the NCAAs Rat-
ings Percentage Index (RPI)
but falls 11 spots lower in the
American Volleyball Coaches
Association (AVCA) poll.
I think theyve got a great
chance to not only take the
conference but extend it
through the NCAA tourna-
ment, Bechard said.
Te Cyclones swept the Jay-
hawks on Sept. 28 in Lawrence.
Sophomore libero Brianne Riley,
who had 13 digs and a service
ace in only three sets in the frst
contest, said the Jayhawks know
what to expect from the Cyclones
this time around.
I think the frst time we played
Iowa State, we truly didnt give
them our best efort, Riley said.
Were all ready, and we have a
lot of confdence this time.
Te Jayhawks will play through
sophomore middle blocker Caro-
line Jarmoc, who was recognized
by the Big 12 as the defensive
player of the week on Mon-
day. Jarmoc said Saturdays win
against Texas Tech helped team
morale, but Kansas is far from
satisfed.
Were defnitely focusing on
not relaxing at this point, Jar-
moc said. One win is just one
win, and we need to continue it.
Its almost a more intense and ag-
gressive attitude now.
Bechard said Jarmoc and ju-
nior middle blocker Tayler Tole-
free have given the Jayhawks a
certain comfort level when it
comes to blocking this season.
He echoed Jarmocs sentiment
that his squad could not be
pleased with half of the Big 12
season in the books.
I think the message Monday
was in no way can we be content
or satisfed, Bechard said. Weve
met very few of our goals in the
frst half of the Big 12. We won
our last match and thats a good
feeling, but we should be hun-
grier now more than ever.
Edited by Jayson Jenks
Mens golf ends season
with ffth place fnish
Jayhawks get second chance
at No. 14 ranked, Iowa State
SeaSoN fINISh Volleyball
tRAVIS YoUNG/KANSAN FILE Photo
Sophomore middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc scores in a game ear-
lier this season. Kansas will face Iowa State on Wednesday in
ames, Iowa.
mAtt GALLoWAY
mgalloway@kansan.com
The mens golf team competed
in the Herb Wimbley Intercol-
legiate in Las Cruces, N.M. this
week. The team took home fifth
place after falling just short of
Nevada for fourth place. The
Jayhawks were led strongly by
junior Alex Gutesha, who shot
a final round score of even par
71 to place eighth individually.
This score came
the day after he
posted a career
best 18-hole
score of 66.
Gutesha found
success on the
par fives at the
New Mexico golf
course.
The par fives
are fairly short, so you can take
advantage of them if you hit a
good drive, said Gutesha. My
first and fourth holes were par
fives. I just played them the way
youre supposed to. I played here
in two tournaments before col-
lege, so Im pretty familiar with
the course. I know where I have
to miss, so I feel comfortable. I
have good feelings when I get
here and I expect to play well.
Kansas also had four other
golfers place in the top 30 at
this tournament. Junior Chris
Gilbert shot a three-round
collective score of 213 to place
18th. Senior Doug Quinones
posted a score of 70 in the final
round to earn him 26th place.
After a strong start of shoot-
ing a consecutive round of 69
strokes, junior Paul Harris shot
an 80 on the
final day and
found himself
tied for 30th.
Freshman
Dylan Mc-
Clure also
helped out
the Jayhawks
by shooting
a final round
score of 79 to place tied for 78th.
Coach Kit Grove was very
pleased with how his team
played and is excited for what is
to come for the spring season.
Doug, Chris and Alex went
out and played pretty solid golf
today, said Grove. For the
three of them to get around
the course at even-par is good,
positive stuff for us. Obviously,
yesterday was our best day of the
year. We got a good team effort;
nine of our 10 scores were 74
or better. At the end of the day,
you look at the board and see
that Nevada nipped you by one,
and thats disappointing, but the
week as a whole was much bet-
ter than the last two events. That
allows us to end on a positive
note going into the spring.
Grove also knows that the
team has a lot to improve on
before the spring season.
We did a lot of stuff well,
but obviously there are a lot of
things we have to work on, said
Grove. Theyre going to need to
put in the time in the offseason.
We have to get sharper. Theyve
got to continue to do the stuff
that weve been working on the
past couple weeks through the
offseason.
The Jayhawks will be on a
short hiatus until they kick off
their spring season on March 5
where they will compete in the
Louisiana Classic in Lafayette,
La.
Edited by Stefanie Penn
LAUREN DRUmmoND
ldrummond@kansan.com
chRIS NEAL/KANSAN FILE Photo
Junior alex Gutesha lines up a put Monday morning during the Kansas Invitational at alvamar Golf Club. Gutesha had three
top-20 fnishes while playing in 11 meets last season.

obviously, yesterday
was our best day of the
year. We got a good team
effort.
KIt GroVe
Coach
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Tim Tebow undeserving of attention
morning brew
By Max Lush
mlush@kansan.com
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Q: who was the starting quarter-
back at the University of Florida
before Tebow?

A: Chris Leak
ESPN.com
tRIVIA Of thE DAY

Tebow didnt launch the onside

kick or recover the onside kick.
He didnt block for himself on
the try that forced overtime. He
was just one of many broncos on
the feld, yet is receiving all the
attention.

Gregg Easterbrook, ESPN.com
QUOtE Of thE DAY
Denver broncos quarterback
Tim Tebow has completed 49
percent of his passes in his two
years in the nFL.
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I
get it. I really do. Tim Tebow is a
swell guy who happens to play
football the right way. But at the
same time, I dont get it. Not even in the
slightest.
Through 13 games, Tim Tebows ca-
reer has consisted of completing 58 of
119 passes (48.7 percent) for 7.51 yards-
per-completion and eight passing touch-
downs with four turnovers (three picks
and one fumble). I have no idea what
makes this a compelling argument for
someone to deserve to start at the most
important position on the field.
Yes, I left out his good running stats,
but a quarterback needs to be able to pass,
and so far in his young career Tebow has
thrown three more incomplete passes
than complete. So why was his taking
over the starting job this Sunday cause
for every sports website to make him the
lead story?
In Sundays victory against the Dol-
phins, he completed 13 of 27 passes for
161 yards with two touchdowns. Not bad
stats, but he still missed more receiv-
ers than he hit. With six minutes to go,
Tebow was just 4-for-14 for 40 yards and
the Broncos trailed the winless Dolphins
15-0. So, yes, he got it done in the clutch
and led an improbable comeback.
Maybe he is just a winner. Or maybe
he is one of those people who may lack
talent or skill but gets it done or any
other clich you want to use. I just dont
understand the need to make Tebow a
bigger story than the next player.
I understand what an amazing guy he
is, how he commands the respect of any-
one he meets and how he gives everyone
he meets the same amount of respect, but
he is not the lone professional athlete to
possess these qualities.
Last week, ESPN ran a piece about
Patrick Willis tough childhood and re-
lationship with his dad. Unfortunately, it
was buried behind Tebowmania. Willis,
who is the NFLs best linebacker and es-
sentially raised his siblings while he was
still in high school, got sidelined for sto-
ries about Tebow.
How many know about the charitable
efforts of Nnamdi Asomugha? Aso-
mughas foundation provides food, shel-
ter, medicine, learning materials and
scholarships to orphans and widows in
Nigeria. Asomugha also takes kids from
the Los Angeles and Bay Area who can-
not afford to visit colleges on their own
on college tours. He received the Walter
Payton Man of the Year award for his ef-
forts.
How many know that Warrick Dunn
has provided a down payment on more
than 100 homes for single parents look-
ing to raise their family in a good, com-
fortable home? Dunn created the foun-
dation because his mother, a police
officer, was killed during a robbery and
left 18-year-old Dunn to care for his five
siblings. He also challenged all NFL play-
ers not on the New Orleans Saints after
Hurricane Katrina to donate $5,000 to
the relief fund, raising more than $5 mil-
lion. Dunn has also received the Walter
Payton award.
Those are just two players who I found
by just doing a simple Google search
about charitable NFL players.
People shouldnt like Tebow any less;
hes really a great guy who is easy to root
for. But there are good guys in the NFL
that arent named Tebow. It would do the
NFL a lot of good if more stories came
out about the humanitarian side of less-
er-known NFL players, and Im not talk-
ing about charities like Play 60 that the
NFL founded, but the charities the play-
ers themselves create.
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kansan.com
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
COMMENTARY
By C.J. Matson
cjmatson@kansan.com
Appetizing
storylines
for 2011
T
he 2011-12 Kansas mens bas-
ketball season may not be the
most anticipated season in
Kansas basketball history, but it may
be one of the most intriguing seasons
yet. It will ofer an array of dynamics
that will attract Jayhawk fans, includ-
ing the non-conference schedule and
the evolution of Tomas Robinson.
Te Jayhawks non-conference
schedule this season is brutally dif-
fcult, especially for a young, inexpe-
rienced team that lost 71 percent of
its ofense from last season. At Big 12
media day, coach Bill Self acknowl-
edged that playing against Kentucky,
Ohio State and USC and competing
in the Maui Invitational that includes
Duke, UCLA, Georgetown, Mem-
phis, Tennessee and Michigan will be
a big challenge for his team.
Its probably the best non-con-
ference that we have had and prob-
ably the least experience returning
that we have had, Self said. Our
guys need to get out there. We need
to compare ourselves against other
teams that we know are competing
at a high national level. It will be a
learning process for everybody.
Expectations are incredibly high
for junior forward Tomas Robin-
son to perform at a high level con-
sistently. Robinson received numer-
ous preseason honors from college
basketball prognosticators. However,
Robinson averaged only 14 minutes-
per-game last season and has never
been counted on as the go-to guy for
the Jayhawks because he played be-
hind Marcus and Markief Morris.
Playing against talented post
players such as Terrence Jones and
Anthony Davis of Kentucky, Jared
Sullinger of Ohio State, Nate Lubick
of Georgetown and James Blasczyk
of USC, Robinson has his work cut
out early this season.
Tomas Robinson is looked at as
one of our experienced players, and
he has never been a guy that needed
to play well for us to win, Self said.
He has been the dessert, now he has
got to be the main course.
Robinson relishes the challenge of
leading the Jayhawks as well as com-
peting against guys like Davis and
Sullinger. He said that the best play-
ers bring the best out of him.
If I want to be the best player, I
want to go up against the top guys,
and I get a chance to do that, Rob-
inson said. If you want to be men-
tioned as the best, you need to take
out the best.
Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor said
that he is excited for the challenging
non-conference matchups because it
is the type of schedule that big-time
players want to play. Taylor said that
he circled Nov. 15 game against Ken-
tucky on his calendar and acknowl-
edged that he knew Robinson was
ready for the Dec. 10 game against
Ohio State because the team knew
that people were already counting
the Jayhawks out.
We could potentially play against
Duke; that is a game that I have al-
ways wanted to play, Taylor said.
We want to play against the best
competition.
Te onus is on Robinson and Tay-
lor to lead these young players who
will be brought into the spotlight
immediately when they play against
elite competition early in the season.
Edited by Jason Bennett
Te NCAA released academ-
ic statistics Tuesday that show
Kansas Athletics fnished with
a 79 percent graduation success
rate (GSR), its highest percent
since the NCAA frst released
the statistics in 2004.
Te statistics include the in-
coming classes of 2001-2004
and consider transfers and
those who leave school with
acceptable academic standing.
It tracks student athletes on
scholarship. Te numbers are
through the summer of 2010,
since the the athletes are given
six years to graduate.
Te mens basketball team led
all Big 12 mens basketball pro-
grams with a 91 percent GSR,
and the womens cross country
and track, sofball, tennis, vol-
leyball and mens golf teams all
recorded a 100 percent GSR.
Te NCAA also recognized
the mens basketball team and
the mens and womens cross
country teams in May for tal-
lying Academic Progress Rate
(APR) scores in the nations top
10 percent. APR tracks eligibil-
ity, retention, graduation and
academic achievement.
An APR score must exceed
925 for a team to be eligible for
postseason play and keep its
scholarships.
NCAA President Mark Em-
mert said that a strictler cutline
may be raised to 930 but wont
go into efect for two years.
A 900 APR may be required
for mens basketall. Had that
been in place last season, Con-
necticut would not have been
allowed to participate.
While the Big 12 awaits Mis-
souris decision, the conference is
already prepared to move forward.
According to a report in Te
New York Times, West Virginia has
applied for membership in the Big
12 and has already been accepted
by the conference. Te deal will be-
come ofcial once legal issues are
worked out with the Big 12 and Big
East.
Te legal issues include the ne-
gotiation of exit penalties and the
restructuring of conference sched-
ules and television contracts. Ac-
cording to the report, the Big 12
intends to stay at 10 teams, only
adding West Virginia.
Te Big East voted last week to
double its exit fee, but West Virgin-
ia will only have to pay the origi-
nal $5 million penalty if the school
leaves before the Big East expands.
West Virginias departure will leave
the Big East with just fve football
members, possibly jeopardizing the
conferences status as an automatic
qualifer for the BCS.
Te Big 12 is operating under the
assumption that Missouri is inevi-
tably bound for the Southeastern
Conference. Missouri Chancellor
Brady Deatons comments Tuesday
morning to the Columbia radio
station KFRU strongly support the
belief that Missouri and the Big 12
have parted ways.
We feel a great urgency to clar-
ify (the decision) as quickly as pos-
sible, Deaton said. Its hard to put
a timeframe on it. Our hopes were
days, possibly a week or two.
Deaton acknowledged that he
wants to maintain the schools
traditional rivalries, but he thinks
Missouri has to do whats best for
the school in the changing climate
of collegiate athletics.
Its ofen the case where our
head has to outweigh our heart in
achieving some of the objectives,
because the heart wont necessar-
ily, in this case, lead to where the
University is going and needs to be
going, Deaton said.
Edited by Jayson Jenks
patiently waiting
Kory carpenter
kcarpenter@kansan.com
chris Bronson/Kansan
Junior guard travis Releford waves to the fans to thank them for coming after the scrimmage Friday, oct. 14, during Late night in the phog. Releford had 16
points in the scrimmage.
There are certain risks a
player takes when he comes to
Lawrence to play basketball.
While the perks playing in
front of 16,300 screaming fans
every night, for example are
nice, the possibility of being
lost in the shuffle of future
NBA draft picks is real.
Some players see the writ-
ing on the wall and decide to
transfer. Others, such as junior
guard Travis Releford, wait pa-
tiently until their time comes.
Before the 2009 season,
coach Bill Self said he thought
Releford could become a
1,000-point scorer at Kan-
sas. Releford was entering his
sophomore season after aver-
aging 2.7 points per game as
a freshman. He ended up red-
shirting that season, which isnt
surprising considering Kansas
perimeter included Tyrel Reed,
Tyshawn Taylor, Xavier Henry
and Sherron Collins.
Last season, Releford found
himself getting occasional
minutes once again, averaging
just 3.6 points in 10.1 minutes
per game. That wont happen
this year.
The past few years, there
have been games where I
didnt have to play good for us
to win, Releford said. Going
into this season, there might
be a bunch of games where I
have to play good and defend
well for us to win.
And his coach thinks he can
do just that.
While scoring 1,000 points
might be out of the question
he needs 806 during his final
two seasons to accomplish the
feat Self expects good things
from Releford on defense. He
says Releford has the potential
to be one of the Big 12s best
wing defenders.
And what about that old ad-
age that it takes talent to play
offense but almost anyone can
play defense with a little hard
work?
Thats not necessarily true,
Self said. Travis is one of those
guys that has the talent to be a re-
ally good defender, potentially a
great defender if he wants to be.
And, according to Self, this
years team will have to rely on
defense more than most of his
teams.
We have to not be good, we
have to be great defensively, Self
said. If were not, I dont see that
well have the firepower to out-
score folks night in and night
out.
When a player is around the
program for more than three
years, the daily reminders of the
importance of good defense be-
gin to stick. For Releford, hes
only halfway through his career
at Kansas, and it seems he under-
stands his responsibility going
forward.
Were going to have to be one
of the best defensive teams in the
country if we want to win games,
Releford said. Ill have to step up
and play a bigger role than I have
in the past.
Edited by Jayson Jenks
Big 12 on verge of adding
West Virginia to the fold
nCAA releases
graduation rates
ReALiGnment ACAdemiCs
Max rothMan
mrothman@kansan.com andrew Joseph
ajoseph@kansan.com