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Democrat announces her bid for president | PAGE 3

KU Legal Services
offers free tax
help for students
TRAVIS DIESING
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Student Senator Patrick Kelly takes notes after being charged with egregious intimidation by the elections commission. The charges were brought forward by
Director of Diversity and Inclusion Jameela Jones (left).

Advance KU constituent found

guilty of violation of intimidation
ALANA FLINN
@alana_flinn

Current
non-traditional
senator and Advance KU
coalition member Patrick Kelly
was found guilty of an egregious
violation of intimidation at an
Elections Commission violation
hearing this afternoon. This
violation disqualifies Kelly from
the Student Senate election and
also suspends him from Student
Senate for one year.
Director of Diversity and
Inclusion Jameelah Jones
alleged Kelly said, Are you
here to teach us how to be
more diverse? when Jones
approached Kelly while he
tabled for Advance KU.
Kelly said during his testimony
he did not remember ever

saying that phrase. However,

Jones said she distinctly
remembers the comment and
she was offended because it
undermined her job.
While
the
Elections
Commission did find Kelly
guilty, they said they had a
difficult time making the
decision because the elections
rules do not outline if intent
to offend has to be clear to
find someone guilty. Once the
verdict was given, the Elections
Commission members all
agreed that while Kelly may not
have intended to offend Jones,
he clearly did and that was their
grounds for the decision.
After the verdict, Kelly said
he will weigh his options of
appealing the verdict. Kelly has
48 hours to submit his appeal to

the Elections Commission.

Advance KU also released
a statement after the hearing
to clarify their position on the
comments made to Jones.
In
light
of
recent
transgressions
that
have
stemmed from a comment
made by one member of our
slate, part of the statement
read, Advance KU sincerely
apologizes for this incident. In
order to properly adhere to our
shared values of inclusion and
diversity, we respect the decision
of the Elections Commission
and are taking the necessary
steps to address the situation in
full.
The statement also said the
coalition had reached out
to Jones and attempted to
apologize for the comments.

Two other violations were also

heard at the meeting.
Imagine alleged Advance KU
did not outline their chalking in
front of Wescoe. Elections code
states all chalking has to have a
box outlining it. However, the
violation was dismissed after
Advance KU was able to prove
the outline had been drawn, but
washed away by the rain.
The elections commission
also filed a violation against
Advance KU, for allegedly
receiving a monetary donation
to build a website in support of
their coalition. Testimony given
during this hearing proved
students volunteered to build
the website, and did not receive
compensation for their work.
Edited by Kayla Schartz

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A bill placing tighter

restrictions
on
welfare
recipients

forbidding
them from spending their
aid on psychics or going to a
swimming pool, among other
things was sent to Gov. Sam
Brownback last week to be
signed into law. He is expected
to sign it when the legislature
reconvenes in late April.
Sen. Michael O'Donnell
(R-Wichita) carried the bill
for the Public Health and
Welfare Committee to the
Senate floor last week and
said this bill is another step in
the right direction for Kansas
families, solidifying in-law
policies already in place from
Brownbacks administration.
Weve seen a lot of these
programs were working on
have been wildly successful,
ODonnell said.
ODonnell said more than
6,000 individuals were able
to get off Temporary Aid for
Needy Families benefits and
into the workforce last year.
He said the legislature predicts
nearly 8,000 individuals will

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make the progression this year.

According to federal law, an
individual can only receive
TANF aid for a maximum of
60 months. If signed into law,
the bill will ensure Kansans
cannot receive more than 36

said the decision to cap

Kansans aid at 36 months is a
political play because it doesnt
cost Kansas more money to
offer the full 60 months.
Youll take it in chunks, so
when you hear people like Sen.

The new bill would cap welfare

benefits at 36 months, which is
24 months less than the federal
maximum. The federal government
sets a cap, but the states may decide
to lower the cap.
Swimming pools, cruises, nail salons,
movie theaters and tattoo parlors
are among the list of places where
Temporary Aid for Needy Families
cannot be used.
The bill would limit ATM withdrawals
of the funds to $25 per day.

months of aid. A 12-month

extension can be filed for
extenuating
circumstances
such as hardships, families
with children in the home
or cases of abuse against the
recipient.
Rep. Jim Ward (D-Wichita)

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O'Donnell say the average is 12

to 18 months, thats right, but
for one of the occurrences,
Ward said. I dont understand
it. It makes no sense.

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This is a new system for

me. Ive been working in
Saudi Arabia for seven
years. I worked in Sudan
for five years, but Ive
never filed taxes in a
similar way like this.
ELTOM HASSAN
Post-doctoral
student from Sudan

I think the biggest problem

is people are expecting a
refund and sometimes thats
not always the case, he said.
This problem often arises
with students who think
theyre employed with a W2
form when they actually have
a 1099, which has higher tax
rates for the signer.
For tax purposes, its
better for the employer for
you to be on a 1099 than for
you to be on a W2 because
they pay less in taxes, so
not everybody knows that
upfront sometimes, Bertron
said.
LSS sees a lot of
international
students
because the tax-filing process

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Diversity leaders
respond to OMA
directors exit

Bill tightens restrictions on

welfare use for Kansans
KELLY CORDINGLEY

With only two days left in

tax season, its time for lastminute procrastinators to get
filing or pay the price.
KU Legal Services for
Students can help get
everything entered correctly
with free tax workshops in
the basement of Budig Hall.
Workshops will be offered
today from 10 a.m. to noon,
Tuesday from 3-5 p.m. and
Wednesday from 8-10 a.m.
Jo Hardesty, director of
LSS, said she thinks Tuesday,
April 14, will probably be the
busiest day for the workshops
and advises that students with
taxes left to file come to the
Monday session. Hardesty
said there have been days
where lines were out the door.
The majority of students
LSS sees during tax season
are international students,
who accounted for 1,016
of the nearly 1,600 people
served last year. As of
Thursday, April 9, only 663
international students had
come in for online help,
which could mean more than
300 international students
still need to file.
For those who waited too
long, dont panic. The IRS has
a tax extension form, which
allows people to file until Oct.
15 without penalty. However,
if the person filing ends up
owing money, the IRS will
charge interest if not filed
before Wednesday, Hardesty
said.
Even then, you still may
not be out of luck. IRS
offers a three-year statute
of limitations, which lets
people file taxes from up

to three years prior to the

April 15 deadline of that year.
For those who still havent
filed their returns for 2011,
which were due April 15,
2012, they surrender all claim
to the money this Wednesday.
Nick Bertron, a secondyear law student and intern
with LSS, said hes noticed a
variety of issues students run
into when filing taxes.

Harding
MACKENZIE CLARK
@mclark59

Nathan Thomas, vice provost

for diversity and equity, and
Jameelah
Jones,
Student
Senate director of diversity and
inclusion, spoke to the Kansan
about comments from Blane
Harding, director of the Office
of Multicultural Affairs.
Harding, who recently
announced his resignation,
effective May 1, said last week
he does not like the direction
central leadership is going
and wishes the administration
would do something concrete
to support students of color.
How long have we known
the black six-year graduation
rate is at 46 percent? Two
years, and we still dont have
a program in place. [...] I cant
stay around and watch that
anymore, Harding told the

Finish your taxes.

Kansan last week.

Jones said she can definitely
feel Mr. Hardings frustration,
but also understands that
the University is in a tough
position.
I have students who are
seniors giving me the same
concerns as students who
are freshmen, and Im always
wondering what that gap is,
Jones said. It seems to be that
the concrete solutions just are
not there yet. [...]
[The administrators] dont
want to just do things they
want to do the right things, she
said. I think we forget that the
long-term solutions are great,
but that doesnt really help
students who need solutions
in the short-term. We have to
figure out a way to properly
balance that.
Thomas said there are
programs that aim to assist
and mentor underrepresented
populations, such as Hawk
Link and the Multicultural
Scholars Program, but said part
of the gap comes in addressing

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students who are not part of

those groups.
Those are students who
are also falling through the
cracks, he said. We have to
be able to put strategy around
those students that are not part
of a program because that is a
touchpoint that is missed.
When people dont feel like
they belong, no matter whether
theyre faculty, staff or student,
they will not want to be part of
an organization, he said.
Jones said one possible shortterm solution would be to put
more students at the forefront
when hiring faculty and staff.
Students,
particularly
students of diverse and
multicultural populations, are
looking for different things
when theyre looking for
faculty and staff who are going
to be teaching them, Jones
said.
She said she also believes
students need to be included in
administrative decisions that

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Kansas bans second-trimester abortions

KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley

In another move by the

Republican-led
Kansas
Legislature to make abortions
illegal, Gov. Sam Brownback
signed a law last Tuesday
making Kansas the first state to
ban a common type of secondtrimester abortions.
The
dismemberment
procedure is a common
abortion practice in the 12th
to 14th week of pregnancy.
Rep.
Barbara
Bollier
(R-Mission Hills), a former
anesthesiologist, said she finds
issues with lawmakers making
medical decisions.
I am troubled by the
continuation by the legislature
trying to practice medicine,
she said. I want to be very
clear: No one is pro-abortion.
These
[second-trimester]
abortions are not done by
what Id call choice. There is
something gravely wrong with
the pregnancy and it needs to
be terminated; its not someone
saying, I dont want to be
pregnant anymore.
One
of
the
tragic
circumstances
Bollier
mentioned is when a womans
water breaks, a rupture of the
membrane, before a baby can
survive outside the womb. This
can result in serious infection
if not treated, and she said this
bill limits a practice that in
some cases is a necessity.
I got a letter from a woman
who had this happen and had
to have a second-trimester

abortion, Bollier said. She

said this was a horrible, terrible
circumstance, but it needed
to be done to protect her, her
children and future children
she wanted to have. Limiting a
doctors choice to do the safest
thing in those circumstances
makes no sense to me.
Sen.
Garrett
Love
(R-Montezuma) is one of the
senators who sponsored this
bill. He said this issue tugged
at his heart because it came
around the same time he
became a father.

I am troubled by the continuation by the legislature

trying to practice medicine. I
want to be very clear: No one
is pro-abortion.
REP. BARBARA BOLLIER
R-Mission Hills

My wife and I had a baby

girl last November, Love said.
I remember leaving session
for the first sonogram and
then around 19 to 20 weeks we
were able to see fingers, toes,
hiccups, get her blood type and
see her smile and frown. So, it
was sickening that babies at
this age were having their arms
and legs ripped off to kill them.
So we wanted to end that type
of abortion in Kansas.
Under federal law, abortions
are legal if theyre performed
before 24 weeks. Kansas new
bill bans this type of abortion

after week 12. This new bill

follows another abortion bill
from the Kansas Legislature
that bans abortions if the fetus,
as deemed by the legislature,
can feel pain. Love argued that
if this goes to the courts, itll be
held up, and Bollier said the
bills supporters probably saw
this fight coming.
I contend this bill will go
to the court system, and this
is why they didnt try to pass
a fetal heartbeat bill or an allout personhood bill, setting
it up at conception, and thus,
no abortions, Bollier said.
They dont want to do that
because they dont have people
in place on the [Kansas]
Supreme Court that would
rule differently. Its a political
maneuver.
The bill also does not allow
for these abortions in cases
of rape or incest, but does
allow them if it preserves the
life of the pregnant woman
or if the pregnancy will
cause irreversible physical
impairment of a major bodily
function of the pregnant
woman.
We want to reduce or
eliminate abortions, and I
wish we could, Bollier said. I
wish there was never a woman
who was raped or a baby
whose membrane ruptured
early. I wish that we never had
horrible fetal anomalies, but
they happen, and God gave us
the ability to do the right thing
and take care of women.
However,
Sen.
Molly
Baumgardner (R-Louisburg),

who also supported this bill,

said there are other ways to
perform second trimester
abortions
if
there
are
extenuating circumstances.
There are other forms that
dont use dismemberment,
and at a point like this, that
baby is dying from rapid blood
loss and if it doesnt die from
that, when the doctor crushes
the skull, it will be killed,
Baumgardner said.
The
bill
graphically
describes what is commonly
known as dilation and
evacuation,
referring
to
the bill as protection from
dismemberment abortion act.
Bollier said the language use
is a tactic by those who would
like to see abortion illegal in
every capacity.
This is all about language
use or abuse, Bollier said.
You can make anything sound
horrific. You ought to hear
a description of open heart
surgery.
The description given by an
abortionist during a committee
hearing is something Love
said stuck with him. While
the description in the bill is
graphic, Love said it needs
to be to depict what really
happens.
It literally made me feel sick,
Love said. To describe that
practice, you have to describe
what youre not allowing. Its a
barbaric procedure that makes
you feel sick.
Currently a Johnson County
Community College professor,
Baumgardner used to be a high

school teacher. She said young

people dont always realize
the nature of the procedures
being performed, which is why
technical language needed to
be used in this bill.
I had students whod had
surgical procedures performed
speak to me and tell me they
didnt really know what was
being done, Baumgardner
said. Its a surgical procedure,
so the information was specific
because thats what it is.
This bill also criminalizes
the doctor performing the
abortion. The first offense
would be considered a
misdemeanor,
and
the
second would be a felony.
Furthermore, the woman
on whom the abortion is
performed, the father of the
unborn child who is married
to the mother and the parents
of a minor on whom the
abortion was performed
can seek civil action for any
damages inflicted.
Bollier insisted women
will still have this procedure
performed, but theyd have to
leave Kansas to have it done
safely.
Trying to stop this from
happening makes an already
difficult, tragic situation even
worse, Bollier said. Now
you cant even have a safe
procedure done in Kansas.
Potentially, if someone ends up
not getting a procedure done
that they should have and
they die, those are potential
consequences.
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1. KANSAS GOV. SAM BROWNBACK SIGNED INTO LAW A BAN ON

SECOND-TRIMESTER ABORTION PROCEDURES. THE LAW WILL
TAKE EFFECT JULY 1, 2015.

2. THESE TYPE OF ABORTIONS MAKE UP ROUGHLY NINE PERCENT

OF ABORTION PROCEDURES IN KANSAS.
3. THE LAW CRIMINALIZES DOCTORS WHO PERFORM THIS
PROCEDURE. THE FIRST VIOLATION IS A MISDEMEANOR,
SUCCEEDING VIOLATIONS ARE FELONIES.

4. THE BILL ITSELF USES LANGUAGE TO GRAPHICALLY DEPICT

THE PROCEDURE BEING BANNED.
5. THE BILL DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SECOND-TRIMESTER
ABORTIONS IN CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST.

6. THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT A WOMAN HAS THE RIGHT

TO AN ABORTION UNTIL THE CHILD COULD BE VIABLE OUTSIDE
THE WOMB AT ROUGHLY 24 WEEKS. WHETHER THIS NEW BILL IS
CONSTITUTIONAL IS LIKELY TO BE CHALLENGED.

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is more complicated than for

U.S. citizens.
This is a new system for
me, said Eltom Hassan, a
post-doctoral student from
Sudan. Ive been working in
Saudi Arabia for seven years. I
worked in Sudan for five years,
but Ive never filed taxes in a
similar way like this.
International students have
to worry about factoring in
U.S. tax treaties with their
respective countries. Most tax
treaties will allow students to
exempt a substantial portion
of their income from taxes,
which can be up to $10,000.
However, if a student is in the
U.S. for more than four years,
sometimes claiming a tax treaty
can mean students pay more.
While the state and federal
governments
encourage
everyone to file by April 15,
international students have
until June 15 to file something,
even if they didnt work.
Hardesty said this year has
overall been a success for the
LSS workshops, but hopes they
can get laptops from the IRS to
get more students help faster
next year.
The free tax software and tax
extension form can be found at
legalservices.ku.edu.

will impact them.

Thomas said the University
is trying to strengthen
affinity groups on campus,
which he believes will make
underrepresented populations
feel they belong here. This year,
he said, the administration
established the Asian and
Asian-American
faculty
and staff group, and it is also
trying to strengthen the Native
American, African-American
and Hispanic groups.
If were going to be able
to recruit people here, people
have to know that they can
connect and have a sense of
belonging, Thomas said.
Thomas has held his position
since July 2014. He said in a
short period of time, weve
done a lot, crediting his team.
One example, Thomas said,
was the creation of two parttime positions, a Haskell
community liaison and a
multicultural community
coordinator. He said no
specific position had
existed to support NativeAmerican students.
Thomas
said
of
course the position is
not enough, but weve
gone from zero to having
something.
He said having the right
people in place across

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campus can help cultural

competency to flourish. For
example, he said directors of
the Multicultural Scholars
Program are working with
leaders in different colleges,
including the School of
Business and the School of
Education.
What can happen is, as
were trying to move forward
and were trying to become
better, is that we create the
intervention without having
the [institutional] structure,
Thomas said.
Jones said she feels one
positive aspect of the
Universitys approach to
diversity is the approach itself.
For instance, I just had a
diversity roundtable that
I had an overwhelming
amount of support for, so
its comforting to know
that the interest is there,
she said.

A negative, Jones said, is the

common assumption about
what diversity and inclusion
mean.
I think diversity is
something that spans beyond
race and sexual orientation,
she said. [...] In every
situation, there should be
difference to accommodate
everyones identities and
opinions.
She
also
called
representation a huge issue
and said cultural competency
training should be instituted
from the orientation level.
Thomas said one of the next
steps is to conduct a yearlong comprehensive climate
study he believes will aid the

administration in formulating
a strategic plan for diversity.
While we know that
we have work to do, we
are invested in that work,
Thomas said.
He said he hopes the
University will be seen as
a leader in diversity in the
Big 12 and the Association of
American Universities within
the next five years.
Precious Porras and Cody
Charles, associate directors of
the OMA, were unavailable for
comment. Harding said last
week he had recommended
both as his potential interim
replacements.
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Hillary Clinton announces

2016 presidential bid

HILLARY FOR AMERICA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this image taken from video posted to hillaryclinton.com Sunday, Hillary Rodham Clinton announces her campaign for president. The former secretary of state, senator and first lady enters the race in a strong position to succeed her rival
from the 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama.

KEN THOMAS
LISA LERER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON Hillary
Rodham Clinton jumped
back into presidential politics
Sunday, making a muchawaited announcement that
she will again seek the White
House with a promise to serve
as the champion of everyday
Americans.
Clinton opened her bid
for the 2016 Democratic
nomination by positioning
herself as the heir to the
diverse coalition of voters
who elected her immediate
predecessor
and
former
campaign rival, President
Barack Obama, as well as an
appeal to those in her party

still leery of her commitment

to fighting income inequality.
And unlike eight years ago,
when she ran as a candidate
with a deep rsum in
Washington, Clinton and
her personal history werent
the focus of the first message
of her campaign. In the
online video that kicked off
her campaign, she made
no mention of her time in
the Senate and four years
as secretary of state, or the
prospect that she could make
history as the nations first
female president.
Instead, the video is a
collection of voters talking
about their lives, their plans
and aspirations for the future.
Clinton doesnt appear until
the very end.

Im getting ready to do
something, too. Im running
for president, Clinton said.
Americans have fought
their way back from tough
economic times, but the deck
is still stacked in favor of
those at the top.
Every day Americans need
a champion, and I want to be
that champion, so you can do
more than just get by. You can
get ahead and stay ahead.
Its a message that also made
an immediate play to win over
the support of liberals in her
party for whom economic
inequality has become a
defining issue. They remain
skeptical of Clintons close
ties to Wall Street and the
centrist economic policies
of the administration of her

husband, former President

Bill Clinton.
Many had hoped Clinton
would face a challenge from
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth
Warren, who has said she will
not run.
It would do her well
electorally to be firmly on
the side of average working
people who are working
harder than ever and still not
getting ahead, said economist
Robert Reich, a former labor
secretary during the Clinton
administration.
Unlike
some
of
the
Republicans who have entered
the race, Clinton was scant on
policy specifics on her first
day as a candidate. Kentucky
Sen. Rand Paul, for example,
kicked off his campaign with

a website and online videos

that described his positions
on an array of domestic and
foreign policy issues.
Clinton also began her
campaign for president in
2007 with a video, followed
by a splashy rally in Des
Moines where she said, Im
running for president, and
Im in it to win it. This time
around, Clinton will instead
head this week to the firstto-vote Iowa, looking to
connect with voters directly
at a community college and
small business roundtable in
two small towns.
When families are strong,
America is strong. So Im
hitting the road to earn your
vote. Because its your time.
And I hope youll join me on

this journey, she said in the

video.
This voter-centric approach
was picked with a purpose,
her advisers said, to show
that Clinton is not taking the
nomination for granted. Her
campaign said Sunday she
would spend the next six to
eight weeks in a ramp-up
period, and she would not
hold her first rally and deliver
a campaign kickoff speech
until May.
Clinton is the first highprofile Democrat to get into
the race, and she quickly won
the endorsement of several
leading members of her
party, including her home
state governor, New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.

Engineering students prepare for regional conference

ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK

The American Society of Civil

Engineers
Mid-Continent
Regional Conference, which
comes to the University once
every 10 years, will take place
next week from April 23-25
and will bring more than 400
people to Lawrence.
For the past year, Julia Dury,
a junior from Blue Springs,
Mo., has been organizing the
conference.
Its kind of like planning a
wedding, but less cute, Dury

said.
Dury has been booking
venues for the competitions,
organizing
meals
and
catering arrangements for
the attendees, and recruiting
judges from the area, all while
staying in contact with the 16
participating colleges.
All in all, it has been a lot of
time, mostly spent emailing
and calling people and
budgeting money, but it has
been very rewarding, Dury
said. Im excited to watch
everything take place.
Durys efforts will allow

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participate in competitions,
attend a social event, view
presentations and projects,
and more.
One of these competitions is
concrete canoe racing.
Billy Hirchert, a senior from
Washburn, N.D., is the captain
of the Universitys concrete
canoe team.
Hirchert said the team went
to nationals last year and
didnt perform well. Theyre
looking to redeem themselves
next week.

Last year, our boat was

short, wide and heavy
the complete wrong shape,
Hirchert said. So choosing
the correct dimensions for this
years was the biggest thing.
Hirchert said the team put in
more than 1,000 hours of work
on this years boat, only for it
to crack.
We have this saying, If
something
catastrophic
doesnt happen on a weekly
basis, it wouldnt be concrete
canoe, Hirchert said.
He ended up contacting
other teams from around the

country and Canada for help.

Everyone was super happy
to help. We ended up fixing
it, and now you cant even
see the crack, Hirchert said.
Troubleshooting is a big skill
thats gained throughout the
conference.
Another of the conferences
competitions is steel bridge
design.
Jacob Cocke, a senior from
New Braunfels, Texas, and
captain of the Universitys
steel bridge team, said they
have been preparing for the
competition since August.

The scoring is based on how

fast teams can assemble the
bridge, how much it weighs
and how much it deflects
under different amounts of
weight.
Its much more handson than what our classes go
into, Cocke said. The best
part about the competition
is seeing how you compare
against other engineering
students, and the different
concepts that fit the same
situation.
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I wish my bank account refilled
as fast as my laundry basket.
Can KU please change the main
picture on ku.edu? Im tired of
seeing the same picture up for
the past 3 months....
Why are you sitting in my
unassigned lecture seat?
When your girlfriend says lol
have fun do not have fun. Abort
mission. I repeat. Abort mission.
Ill eat better once they put
healthy food in microwaveable
cups that cost me 10 cents.
Professor delivers a scathing
criticism of my experiment;
I guess I just got chemically
burned.
Our Canadian baseball player is
my favorite. I hope to meet him
before I graduate in May.
Long distance relationships are
so hard. Im right here and shes
so far in the future.
I must find the Justified fan from
Thursdays FFA ... I thought I was
literally the only one here who
loves that show!
Rock Chalk Jaywalk.
Hes such a hipster he burns his
lips on his coffee because he
drinks it before its cool.
Listening to people complain
about missing out the lab time
they want due to enroll times and
thinking ... #seniorlife #noenroll
If a bus says its Out of Service,
why is it still going around
on the route?
Legend has it, if you graduate
with a 4.0 you reincarnate as a
campus squirrel.
No cough syrup, youre not
grape flavored. Have you ever
tasted a grape? You taste like
the death and tears of small
children, not grape.
Why oh why does the weekend
have to be over?

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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

Meg Huwe
@mphuwe

am the queen of rocking

sweatpants and a T-shirt,
and by rocking I mean
looking like I just rolled out
of bed. When Im feeling
adventurous I go for running
shorts and long-sleeved
T-shirts. For the most part, Im
all about comfort.
College is full of all-nighters
and late-night study sessions,
so trying to look decent after
a night of little sleep falls to
the bottom of the priority
list. I applaud those who have
figured out how to look great

ASK
ANISSA

after little or no sleep.

Dressing well offers
benefits in how one perceives
themselves, how others
perceive you, and it could even
affect how you do on a test.
Professor Adam D. Galinsky
from Northwestern University
led a study investigating the
effects of wearing a white
coat, in which students either
wore a doctors lab coat, wore
a painters coat or looked at a
doctors coat. The students then
had to look at two pictures side
by side and find four minor
differences between the two
and note the differences as
quickly as possible.
While the lab coats in each
group were identical, the
results had discrepancies. The
group wearing physicians lab
coats found more differences in
the pictures than those wearing
painters coats and those who
just looked at the physicians

KANSAN SPECIAL

Ive been talking to this girl for a while

and we have extremely different political
views, which creates uncomfortable tension
at times. Should I let my political identity
interfere with a potential relationship?
Anissa Fritz
@anissafritz

hen analyzing
the status
of your
relationship with this
girl, you need to think
long-term and how these
opposing views could
affect your relationship
down the road.
Differences in opinion,
political or otherwise, can
be beneficial. You dont
want to surround yourself
with people who are just
like you. This causes you
to see the world through
a single lens. By only
associating with people
similar to yourself, you
may become closedminded and find yourself
getting bored. Having
people agree with you is
convenient, but sometimes
conflict is needed to keep
things interesting.
However, in regard to
a romantic relationship,
vastly different political
views could cause too
much conflict and harm
the relationship. When
looking for a partner, I
think its wise to make
sure you and the other
person have similar
basic morals, values
and views. Having a few
differing opinions on
politics is acceptable, but
when theyre extremely
different, it has the
potential to create a lot
of unnecessary conflict.
I believe that certain

things we believe in, such

as religion or political
stance, have a large effect
on who we are and who we
will become. If her stance
on politics is already
causing awkward and
uncomfortable situations,
I only see it getting worse
if you decide to be in a
relationship. Oftentimes
couples will be put in
scenarios where they must
make decisions based off
what they believe.

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Despite the common

college students dont
care about politics myth,
politics matter and serve
as a platform to show
where our individual
beliefs and values lie. As
wonderful as this girl may
be, its important to have
some similar worldviews
because these views shape
who we are. I doubt you
want to spend your next
relationship debating
politics over a candlelit
dinner, or even worse,
losing your own political
identity and opinions just
to keep from rocking the
boat.
Anissa Fritz is a sophomore
from Dallas studying
journalism and sociology

coats. Individuals who wore

the physicians coat and knew
its symbolic meaning tended
to be more careful, rigorous
and acquired heightened
attention.
Considering the results of his
experiment, Galinsky proposed
the theory that we think not
only with our minds, but
with our bodies as well. That
includes the clothes we are
wearing.
Clothes invade the body and
brain, putting the wearer into
a different psychological state,
Galinsky said.
This phenomenon is known
as embodied cognition.
Embodied cognition is a
relatively new science and
growing research program
investigating how the
environment influences the
mind. While Galinsky tested
students on a simple task, I
cant help but wonder how

DRESSING WELL OFFERS BENEFITS IN

HOW ONE PERCEIVES THEMSELVES, HOW
OTHERS PERCEIVE YOU, AND IT COULD
EVEN AFFECT HOW YOU DO ON A TEST.
dressing well would affect test
scores on our campus. Granted,
I dont think students running
around Jayhawk Boulevard in
lab coats during finals week is
reasonable or practical.
However, dress well, test
well is a popular saying
among college students about
how dressing nicely can
instill self confidence, which
is necessary for test taking,
College Magazine says. There
have not yet been studies that
prove a direct correlation to
this statement.

Based on Galinskys test

and the idea of embodied
cognition, it is definitely
worthwhile for students to
consider their dress. According
to Medical Daily, dressing well
can increase confidence.
It is important to feel
confident before a test, even
if its just a result of rocking a
button-down shirt or a new
dress.

Meg Huwe is a sophomore

from Overland Park studying
chemical engineering

Police department records

need greater transparency
Victoria Calderon
@WriterVictoriaC

olice forces and law

enforcement agencies
across the country
have been under a great
deal of scrutiny since the
shooting of Michael Brown
in Ferguson, Mo. Browns
case brought the issue of
race-based police brutality
to the forefront. The South
Carolina case of Walter Scott
is now giving the movement
against police brutality
more momentum. Although
the Department of Justice
finished an investigation last
month on unlawful conduct
within the Ferguson Police
Department, there is still a
lack of transparency by law
enforcement agencies when
it comes to shootings and
unjustifiable homicides at the

information to the Justice

Department or the public
about any shootings involving
police officers. Not only are
these reports optional, but
under the current reporting
systems there is no category
for episodes in which the
officers use of force was not
deemed legally justified,
and there is no category to
report police shootings in
which the officer has not
killed a person, according
to the New York Times.
On top of that, little data is
available regarding how many
situations result in other uses
of force, such as the use of
stun guns.
Unfortunately, the lack
of information that is
voluntarily reported by police
departments is not the only
issue of transparency. An
article from The Washington
Post states, the [Justice]
Department stopped
releasing those numbers
[on justifiable homicides]
after 2009, because, like the
FBI data, they were widely
regarded as unreliable. The
numbers given to the DOJ are

THERE IS AN ISSUE OF INJUSTICE AND

RACIAL BIAS IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT
SYSTEM, BUT WITHOUT EMPIRICAL
EVIDENCE OF THIS BIAS AND
POLICE BRUTALITY IN GENERAL, THE
GOVERNMENT IS LESS INCLINED TO
INTERVENE AND EFFECT CHANGE
THROUGH STRICTER LAW ENFORCEMENT
REGULATIONS.
hands of officers.
An article by the New York
Times points out that it is
not mandatory for police
departments to release

likely to be inherently under

representative, particularly
those related to police officers
using lethal force. High levels
of unjustified homicide point
would toward corruption and

foster the publics distrust of

law enforcement. Rationally,
police forces would not want
to release any data that might
hurt their reputation in that
way.
The pattern of unarmed
black men killed by officers,
who later receive little to
no punishment, shows that
the government needs to
know the numbers and
demographics of these
victims in order to demand
change.
Congress should pass a law
to require police departments
to keep thorough records of
all incidents involving force
and report it to a government
agency, such as the FBI
or DOJ, according to the
Washington Post.
This information would
not only hold police
forces accountable to the
public, but it would also
help legislators and other
involved departments
create policies that would
prevent unjustified deaths of
individuals like Scott.
There is an issue of injustice
and racial bias in our law
enforcement system, but
without empirical evidence of
this bias and police brutality
in general, the government is
less inclined to intervene and
effect change through stricter
law enforcement regulations.
Police departments must be
forced to provide accurate
data on how often officers fire
weapons or use force against a
civilian. Congress has to take
the first step by making the
activities of law enforcement
more transparent, so we can
progress toward ending the
oppressive nature of police
encounters with people of
color.
Victoria Calderon is a
sophomore from Liberal
studying English and
political science

I show affection for my pets

by holding them against me
and whispering, I love you
repeatedly as they struggle
to escape from my arm.
Heelys dont have brakes
because swag never stops.
As before baes.
Does anyone appreciate Better
Call Saul like I do? Seriously a
great spin off.
I love chicken.

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arts & features

HOROSCOPES

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today is a 6
Get organized. Talk with friends
gets further than action today.
Support someone with a hardship. Use something youve been
saving. Resist temptation to
spend. Connect people together.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
Professional obstacles arise.
Persistent efforts eventually
get through. Read the manual.
Take frequent nature breaks to
recharge your spirit.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 7
Take a break in your travels.
More study is required. Obstacles and delays abound. Slow
down and avoid an accident.
Play by the book. Do the
homework.

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ISA shares cultures through World Expo

MACKENZIE CLARK
@mclark59

Its like youre traveling

around the world, but youre
not taking a plane.
Thats how Ayrton Yanyachi,
senior
from
Arequipa,
Peru, and president of
the International Student
Association, described the
World Expo.
The World Expo, held from
noon to 4 p.m. today in the
Kansas Union Ballroom,
showcases countries around
the world through student
representatives. Yanyachi said
he believes representatives
from 40 to 45 different
countries
and
campus
organizations will be in
attendance.
Its really exciting when you
see that many countries in one
place, Yanyachi said.
The event is part of
International
Awareness
Week, and the International
Student Association has
several free events planned.
We just want to share

culture, said Hollie Hall, a

senior from London, England,
and social chair of ISA. We
want [Americans] to learn
from us, and we want to learn
from [them].
Alex Calderon, junior and
vice president of ISA, was born
in Lima, Peru, and came to the
United States at age 10. He was
raised in Horton, but said he
associates himself more with
Lawrence. He said although
the international population
is growing at the University,
he still feels a disconnection.
Sometimes I feel that
one of the biggest issues
between different cultures
is
miscommunication,
Calderon said, because in
one place, something might
mean something else.
Students representing their
home countries at the World
Expo may bring artifacts,
music, presentations and
more, and may also wear
traditional dress. Calderon
said having a chance to
represent ones own culture,
language and traditions at the

World Expo can help bridge

the gap.
If people show up, theyll
be able to learn many things
about people, he said, and
it will be easier for people not
only to appreciate others and
where they come from, but to
understand them as well.
According to International
Student Services, 32 countries
are represented by only one
student at the University.
We have a flag that
represents every country at
KU, Hall said. So even if the
country isnt represented by
a table, their flag is still there
and theyre still represented.
Hall said she is excited
for Fridays talent show, the
Festival of Nations, which will
feature performances from
around the world, including
an
Indonesian
band,
traditional Scottish folk songs,
Nepali dancing and Peruvian
guitar players.
I think it gives a chance for

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Slow to avoid breakage. Take
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beginning the next. Reassure
someone whos anxious. Your
partners full of good ideas.
Dont take on new debt. Take
responsible action.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
Keep practicing. Get to breakthroughs by having breakdowns.
Fail! And then show up. Loved
ones are there for you. Follow
through, even if you dont feel
like it. Get expert assistance and
coaching. Memorize the rules.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 5
Delays could stall a home
project. Something youre trying
doesnt work. Get feedback from
family. Hunt for bargains with
the extra time. Clean drawers,
closets and attics. Sort, file and
organize.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 6
Romance tickles your fancy. The
plot thickens. Plan your next
move. Know who said what to
whom. List all the reasons why
not. Forward progress is possible. Write intimate secrets and
consider sharing them. Expand
your heart.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
Persistence and determination
can unlock doors. Patience
is required ... or you could try
again later. In a disagreement
about priorities, fulfill financial
obligations.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Self-discipline with personal
ritual enriches the experience.
Abandon procrastination.
Make a decision you can live
with. Dont buy gadgets. Gain
strength with repetition. The
feeling of success ebbs and
flows.
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Today is an 8
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you want to be.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
While Were Young tells the story of two couples one older and one younger and how they learn from each other despite their differences in age.

While Were Young explores youth differences

Alex Lamb

@lambcannon

While Were Young

examines the malaise of
getting older with the lure of
youthful excitement, pairing
a tame middle-aged couple
with a vibrant young one in a
highly specific and hilarious

contrast. Refreshingly, it
avoids the trite kind of
comedy where the older
people are out of touch with
modern technology and the
young people show them
the latest trends. It subverts
that cliche with sharply
witty honesty the older
generation is up-to-date and

boring, whereas the young

couple exudes cool and
hip from their old-school
lifestyle.
Ben Stiller slides into
this role with graceful
awkwardness, trading
out his typical big-andgoofy comedy strokes for
more subtle discovery and

frustration as Josh, a oncepromising documentarian

whose life has gone stagnant.
Naomi Watts, who is always
a delight to watch in comedic
roles, plays his mousy
and somewhat stiff wife
Cornelia. As their friends
start becoming homebodies
with a newborn, they find a

renewed verve in life when

they start hanging out with
the bohemian 20-something
couple Jaime (Adam Driver)
and Darby (Amanda
Seyfried).
These two totally embody
the idea of hipsters,

SEE YOUNG PAGE 6

QUICK QUESTION

How do you feel when you hear conflicts with your country being talked about on the news?
It makes me feel
angry. I try not to pay
too much attention
to it. Theres a lot of
Facebook videos we
see. Bader and I talk
about it all the time,
and we try to talk to
other people about it.

It pisses me off
because everythings
wrong. All the media is
owned by people that
are against our country. Theyre always
like, we [Muslims]
shot first, or we killed
these people. In reality, Palestine is always
in destruction. They
[the United States]
havent even repaired
a single house since
the 2014 Gaza wars in
the summer.
Bader Sayyed

Ahmad Qarini

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LILY GRANT

@lilygrant_UDK
Bader
Sayyed
is
a
freshman from Overland
Park, and Ahmad Qarini, or
Q, is a freshman from Lees
Summit, Mo. They attended

different high schools, but

decided to be roommates
because they share the
same Islamic religion and
culture. Theyve become
best friends, or brothers,
as they would say, since
rooming
together
at

Naismith Hall.
Sayyed was born in
Amman, Jordan, and Qarini
was born in Kansas City,
Mo. They were both raised
in the U.S. and have lived
here for the majority of
their lives. Their parents

originate from the Middle

East. Both of their mothers
are from Kuwait, Sayyeds
father is from Palestine
and Qarinis father is from
Jordan. Sayyed and his
family visit Jordan every
three to four years over the

summer. Qarinis family

owns a house in Jordan, and
they visit for three to four
months at a time every two
years.

Edited by Kayla Schartz

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The Daily Show host Jon Stewart went on an eight-minute rant about the Kansas Legislatures passage of two new conservative laws on April 9.

Jon Stewart burns Kansas for its

passage of new gun, welfare laws
Lily Grant

@lilygrant_UDK

We dont usually hear much

about Kansas on national
television, but the state was
in the spotlight for more than
eight minutes on The Daily
Show on Thursday night.
Unfortunately, our eight
minutes of fame were spent
being made fun of by host
Jon Stewart, thanks to some
extremely conservative and
questionable laws passed in
the state recently.
Kansas Gov. Sam
Brownback recently signed
a bill that allows a concealed
weapon to be carried without
a permit. Furthermore, the
bill eliminated the previous
requirement of eight hours of
gun training before obtaining

YOUNG FROM PAGE 5

SUDOKU

embracing vintage style with

a huge collection of vinyl
records, a tube TV and VHS
tapes, and disregarding
Facebook. They have a pet
chicken in their apartment,
hang out at street beaches
and engage in a spiritual
ceremony taking the
hallucinogen Ayahuasca,
which is the funniest scene
of the movie. While Were
Young pointedly captures
both the appeal and
ridiculousness of hipster
idiosyncrasies, entertaining
with an incisive exactness.
Josh and Cornelia
enthusiastically join
Jaime and Darby for their
energetic activities, which
make them feel young
again, but also show how
the effects of getting older
creep up so unexpectedly.

EXPO FROM PAGE 5

CRYPTOQUIP

American and international

students alike to learn a
piece of culture that will
stick with them, she said.
Its something theyve
seen, theyve heard, and
its something they can
remember for the rest of
their lives, and I think thats
really important.
Its no problem if students
want to drop in and out of
events students of the
ISA want to share culture,
and timeliness doesnt
matter, Hall said.
Calderon said this event
is to help give everyone
a better understanding
of, and appreciation for,
cultural differences.
We can grow not
only as an international
community, but as a KU
community as a whole,
learning from each other
and promoting diversity
everywhere, he said.
Edited by Mitch Raznick

a permit.
Kansas gun owners have
shown they are responsible,
Brownback said at a news
conference.
Rep. Travis CoutureLovelady (R-Palco) said
removing the law, which
required eight hours of gun
training, would actually
somehow improve safe gun
use.
Well, you know what they
say about guns: Better sorry
than safe, Stewart said to
point out the absurdity of
the law.
Brownback also signed a
bill passing a law that limits
the items people who are
receiving welfare can spend
their government aid on. The
list of restrictions includes
movie theaters, nail salons
and cruise ships as if

someone who needs welfare

could afford to buy a cruise
ticket anyway.
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from the national economic
collapse? F*** you, no
movies, Stewart said of the
issue.
Stewart presented research
that states that for every
dollar Kansas contributes to
the federal government, it
mooches $1.29. Brownback
has reduced funding for
employee pension programs,
Kansas schools and highway
repair projects. Stewart
pointed out the hypocrisy
of Kansas enforcing welfare
restrictions, when Kansas
itself requires government
aid to function.
Thats the fact, Kansas,
youre on the dole. And if
you need to take tax money

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most maturely humorous
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thats OK. Just remember
the fact that youre accepting
government assistance shows
you cant be trusted to make
your own decisions. I noticed
that while [the state of
Kansas is] on welfare, you're
still having fun, Stewart said,
showing a picture of Kansas
basketball player Kelly Oubre
Jr. dunking the ball.
Stewart made sarcastic and
witty comments to show the
hypocrisy of the laws that
have been passed in Kansas
recently.
Lets see how you like
being treated like the welfare
queens you are, Stewart said.

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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

Sporting KC outplays Real Salt Lake, draws 0-0

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@Hardy_NFL

Sporting Kansas City striker

Dom Dwyer took a feed from
midfielder Benny Feilhaber
and tucked it into the back of
the net. It was routine: another
goal from the sensational,
prolific goalscorer.
Confetti cannons went off
and Sporting Park exploded as
the home team had seemingly
gone up 1-0 against Real Salt
Lake. That feeling of a win of
a goal, even was fleeting for
Sporting KC on Saturday night.
As Dwyer peeked to the
sideline, he saw the line judge
with his flag up; Dwyer was
offside. The game remained the
same way it began: scoreless.
The two sides played to a 0-0
draw in a rematch of the 2013
MLS Cup in front of more than
20,000 fans.
I wanted three points,
so thats a little frustrating,
said Dwyer, who has been
discounted three goals due to
calls in the last two games.
We just couldnt put it in the
net today, Dwyer said. Well,
we could. We were just offside.
For all 90 minutes, Sporting
Kansas City pressed for what
would have been a gamewinning goal, but among
its multitude of crosses and
set pieces the team failed to
put one in the back of the net
that counted. It was the teams
second scoreless draw at soldout Sporting Park this season.
But there was a much
different vibe after the teams
third draw of the season, one
that easily could have gone
Sporting KCs way if not for an
offside call.
We dominated the game,
manager Peter Vermes said.
We didnt give anything up to
them at all I thought from

start to finish our guys were

fantastic.
Much of the first half was the
physical and defensive match
that is expected out of two
of the most consistent clubs
in Major League Soccer. The
scoreless line at half didnt
mean it wasnt exciting soccer,
though, at least for Sporting KC
fans.
The team had 22 crosses in
the first half, which led to six
shots, but only one was on
goal. The team didnt have a
clearance on the defensive end
in the first half, simply because
they didnt deal with much
pressure.
I thought we played well on
both sides of the ball, captain
Matt Besler said. The tempo
was played at our pace. Thats
the pace were comfortable with
playing at home. We feel like we
can wear teams down like that.
The second half was much
like the first: defensive and
tenacious, but there was not
much to show for it other than
a point in the standings. After
Dwyer was called offside in the
56th minute, the rest of the half
resulted in few chances for the
men in blue, along with their
Western Conference rivals. The
teams combined for only one
shot on goal through the full 90
minutes.
We created a lot of chances
around their goal, Vermes
said. The only thing is that
maybe we could have been a
bit better with the clear-cut
finishes on goal. Sometimes it
is just a couple of inches.
Those couple of inches served
as the difference between
three points and the single
point Sporting Kansas City
was awarded Saturday night;
the two points that could
have propelled the team to
standalone second place in the

AARON GROENE/KANSAN
Sporting Kansas City captain Matt Besler (left) chases down the ball during the second half of its match against Real Salt Lake. The two teams drew 0-0, and
Kansas City moved to 2-1-3 on the season.

Western Conference six weeks

into the season.
Only a week after Sporting
KC had played a much uglier
game against the Philadelphia
Union and came away with
three points, the team left with
only one after controlling much
of the game and playing their
style of football.
Its weird. A weird feeling not
to get three points, Besler said.
Its a funny game sometimes.
Last week, we didnt play our
best and we get the three
points. So, its vice versa.
Despite not getting three
points, Vermes sees his squad
inching closer to his vision of
the team he wants.
As the season moves on, if
you havent truly developed
your model of play in games
when you need to and get your
points, youre just on a hope
and a prayer, Vermes said. If
you have a model of play, you

Pitching leads to upset

against Oklahoma State

have a purpose of how you are

going to do that. Thats what
rules the day in the long run.
Most notably in the second
half, defender Ike Opara
who leads the team in goals
with two went down with a
left leg injury after he jumped
backwards to try to put his
head on a flying corner kick.
Vermes doesnt yet have an
exact diagnosis, but Opara
is scheduled to see a doctor
Monday after he was carried off
the pitch on a stretcher. Vermes
told media its not the same leg
that kept him out for most of
2014 and the 2015 preseason.
With the draw, the two teams
remain knotted at third place in
the Western Conference with
nine points. Sporting KC will
be back April 18 in Los Angeles
as it takes on the reigning MLS
champions, the Los Angeles
Galaxy.
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Salt Lake defenders Saturday night at Sporting Park. Sporting struggled to
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WESLEY DOTSON
@WesleyDee23

The weekend series between

the Oklahoma State Cowboys
and the Kansas Jayhawks was
supposed to be a slugfest.
Kansas is ranked second in the
Big 12 with a .287 team batting
average, and Oklahoma State is
ranked third at .286, according
to big12sports.com.
Instead, the three games
featured pitching duels that
saw Kansas win the series, 2-1
(2-7, 3-2, 4-2). Senior Drew
Morovick and freshman Blake
Weiman were two starting
pitchers who were projected
to struggle against the ninthranked Cowboys offense.
That would not be the case.
After the 2-7 loss Friday,
Morovick threw seven scoreless
innings Saturday leading to
his third win of the season.
Weiman continued the teams
pitching dominance Sunday
with his five and one-third
innings, allowing only one
earned run. His performance
would earn him the first win of
his career.
The majority of Weimans
outs came from 10 forced
ground balls Sunday.
That was my main goal going
into the game thats been my
biggest thing is keeping the ball
down and staying low in the
zone, Weiman said.

Junior pitcher Ben Krauth,

Morovick and Weiman each
turned in stellar starts over
the weekend that led to the
Jayhawks taking two of the
three games from the Cowboys.
The three starters only gave
up a combined total of two
earned-runs in the series.
The weekend theme of
pitching was a major factor in
this series outcome.
We pitched better, and
obviously they are one of the
two best pitching teams in our
league, so their numbers are
as good as they say they are,
coach Ritch Price said.
Even the bullpen played a key
role for the Jayhawks.
After sophomore pitcher
Sean Rackoskis strong start
Wednesday, he delivered an
impressive two and one-third
innings in relief for Weiman on
Sunday. Rackoski allowed only
one earned run while striking
out three batters in his work
from the bullpen.
Sean is one of the nicest
kids walking the planet, and
weve been trying to get him
to be tougher and be more
competitive, and he took a big
step forward today, Price said.
After a rough couple outings
last weekend, sophomore
pitcher Stephen Villines was
able to get back on track
Saturday and Sunday, as he
recorded a save in both games.

Villines looked especially

sharp Sunday, striking out two
batters in his one and one-third
innings of scoreless work.
For him to bounce back
and save two games against
that type of team shows his
character and how tough he is,
Price said.
Pitching has been a glaring
issue for the Jayhawks all
season. Their team ERA of
6.01 ranks last in the Big 12,
according to big12sports.com.
For the team to step up this
weekend and provide three
solid starts and even strong
relief work against the
ninth-ranked Oklahoma State
Cowboys, shows it is improving
in that aspect of the game.
We are just trying to get
better, Price said. Our
pitching has gotten better,
and if you look at the pitching
numbers and stats, you see that
they arent very good, and as a
result of that, this was a huge
step forward for our pitching
this weekend.
The Jayhawks (15-21) hope
to continue to build on this
weekends pitching success as
the season progresses. Winning
against a team with the caliber
of Oklahoma State was a great
sign that the numbers are
starting to trend in the right
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FC Kansas City falls to

Sky Blue FC in opener
attack, Sky Blue midfielder
Katy Freels put a long-range
shot on goal, but FCKC
goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart
bopped it over. The ensuing
corner kick from defender Meg
Morris ended up at the feet of
forward Nadia Nadim. Nadim,
who scored seven goals in six
games last year, took a dribble
and blasted it into the near post
to put Sky Blue up 1-0.
Although Sky Blue played
all 90 minutes with a five-man
back line and bunkered in
for most of the game, FCKC
was able to poke holes in the
defense. FCKC had 15 shots
six on goal in the game,
but not one found the back of
the net.
They played well defensively,
they were organized, manager
Vlatko Andonovski said. But
at the same time, we found a
way to break them down.
We did everything we were
supposed to to win this game.
We just didnt put the ball in
the goal.
Much of that goes to the
five saves made by Sky Blue
goalkeeper Brittany Cameron,
including a diving save in the

CHRISTIAN HARDY
@HardyNFL

In Sporting Park, it seems

every Kansas City team can
outplay its opponent, but cant
come out with three points. On
Sunday, FC Kansas City played
its first match as reigning
National Womens Soccer
League champions against Sky
Blue FC at Kansas Citys crown
soccer jewel.
However, the team fell 1-0
after conceding in the first
half, despite outshooting its
opponents 15 to five. That
result wasnt the way the team
expected to follow up on its
championship.
Coming together, playing
with this team again, it feels so
good, forward Amy Rodriguez
said. Unfortunately, we just
couldnt put them away.
FCKC
put
consistent
pressure on Sky Blue in the
opening half, as Sky Blue only
had one shot in the first 27
minutes. But in the next few
minutes, Sky Blue made their
best bit of offense in the game
count.
After a run on a counter

79th minute on a 30-yard shot

from FCKC forward Lauren
Holiday.
I think Brittany really came
in and had a nice game for
them in goal. She picked off
a lot of balls, defender Becky
Sauerbrunn said.
Sauerbrunn, along with
her U.S. Womens National
Team teammates on FCKC
Rodriguez, Holiday and
midfielder Heather OReilly
will be in Kansas City for two
more games before shipping
off to camp, then to the 2015
World Cup in Canada.
But even with the World Cup
on their minds, they had been
looking forward to this game
for a while. The members of
the team collected their 2014
championship rings.
Ive been looking forward
to [this day] pretty much
since the championship last
season, Sauerbrunn said.
Unfortunately, its a rough
start to the season, but that
happened last year, and we still
got a championship, so our
heads arent down right now.
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Hurdlers compete at a track meet last season. This weekend in Fayetteville, Ark., Kansas track and field members
earned five individual event victories and one relay victory at the John McDonnell Invitational.

Track and field post strong

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G.J. MELIA
@gjmelia

The Kansas track and

field team picked up five
individual event victories
and one relay victory this
weekend in Fayetteville,
Ark., in the John McDonnell
Invitational.
Senior Michael Stigler
won the 110-meter hurdles,
posting a time of 13.78
seconds. Stigler was also
a part of the 4x400 relay
team that included senior
Kenneth McCuin and junior
Jaime Wilson, and freshman
Tre Daniels. The team took
first in the event with a time
of 3.08.55. In the 4x100 relay,
Stigler, McCuin and Daniels,
along with freshman Jaron
Hartley, took third with a
time of 41.10 seconds.
Junior Hannah Richardson

won the 1,500-meter race for

the second-straight meet,
finishing with a personal
best and the sixth-fastest
time in Kansas history of
4:18.43.
The Jayhawks swept the
top two spots in the womens
high jump, with senior
Colleen OBrien taking
first and sophomore Grace
Pickell coming in second.
OBrien leaped to a height of
5-feet-10 3/4 inches, while
Pickell posted 5-feet-8 3/4
inches.
As for the men, seniors
Nick Giancana and Austin
Hoag finished first and third,
respectively, with heights
of 6-feet-10 3/4 inches and
6-feet-8 3/4 inches.
Senior Lindsay Vollmer
completed a successful meet
with two top-three finishes.
After taking first in the

prelims, Vollmer finished

in third in the 100-meter
hurdle finals, timing in at
13.51 seconds. Vollmers
other top-three finish came
in the long jump, where she
leaped 20-feet-3 3/4 inches,
good for second in the event.
Vollmer also ran on
the 4x400 relay team of
sophomores Zainab Sanni,
Whitney Adams and Adriana
Newell. The team took fifth
place in the event. Junior
Sydney Conley picked up a
second-place finish in the
100-meter timing in at 11.52
seconds. Sanni placed fifth
with a time of 11.65 seconds.
Kansas will host the
88th annual Kansas Relays
beginning Wednesday at
10 a.m. with the decathlon
100 meters.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

A lot of good things are coming

up for KU and I want to be a part of
that.
Wayne Selden Jr. via KU
Athletics

FACT OF THE DAY

Wayne Selden was one of three

McDonalds All-Americans on the
2013-14 Kansas team. Perry Ellis
and Andrew Wiggins were the
other two.
KU Athletics

TRIVIA OF THE DAY

Q: What Big 12 Conference foe
played with Selden on the AAU
Boston Amateur Basketball Club?
A: Iowa States Georges Niang
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Sophomore Wayne Selden Jr. to play another season with Jayhawks

Dylan Sherwood

@dmantheman2011

oming into his first season

at Kansas, Wayne Selden
Jr. had high expectations.
Selden was projected as a lottery
pick in the 2014 NBA draft, but his
performance during his freshman
campaign did not see him leaving
school. A year later, Selden decided
to stay for one more year after
another up-and-down season at
Kansas during his sophomore
campaign.
Selden, a 6-foot-5 guard out
of Roxbury, Mass., has started
in every game he has played
at Kansas. Selden was also a
McDonalds All-American before
coming to the University. His
freshman year, he played in 35
games, and this year, he played in
36. During his freshman season,
Selden averaged 9.7 points and was
named an All-Big 12 Honorable
Mention selection. Selden broke
out during his freshman season
with a then-career-high 24 points

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Coach Bill Self gives sophomore guard Wayne Selden Jr. a smile as he walks off the floor at the
end of the Jayhawks 62-52 victory against the Baylor Bears on March 13 at the Sprint Center.
Selden announced Friday that he will return for next season.

in his first Big 12 Conference game

against Oklahoma. The previous
week, Selden was named Big 12
Newcomer of the Week.
In his first two games in the
NCAA Tournament, Selden scored
only a combined four points
against Eastern Kentucky and
Stanford. Two days later, Selden
had announced via Twitter that he
would be returning to Kansas for

his sophomore season.

Selden entered the 2014-15
season with high expectations as
former Kansas players Andrew
Wiggins, Joel Embiid and Tarik
Black entered the NBA. Selden
stayed at his average with 9.8 points
in 36 games in Kansas secondstraight exit from the NCAA
Tournament in the Round of 32.
Selden broke out in three different

games this past season the first

was the 18-point comeback against
Florida in December, in which
Selden scored 21 points. He didnt
have another big game until March
13, in which he had 20 points
against Baylor. Selden then had his
best game as a Jayhawk on March
14, scoring a career-high 25 points
in the loss against Iowa State.
Selden suffered an ankle injury
late in the season, keeping him
from playing to his full potential
in the final two conference
games against West Virginia and
Oklahoma.
Expect Selden to take more
of a leadership role in his junior
season. Kansas will have three main
seniors: Jamari Traylor, Hunter
Mickelson and Perry Ellis, if he
decides to return. Sophomore
guards Frank Mason and Brannen
Greene will return as well, along
with freshman guards Devonte
Graham and Svi Mykhailiuk.
If Selden wants to go to the NBA,
next year will have to be his best in
a Kansas uniform.
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Kansas rowing shows its strength in two-day Knecht Cup

GRIFFIN HUGHES
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In its last regatta before Big

12 competition, the Kansas
rowing team showed it belongs
at the top. Rob Catloths team
never finished below third
place in an event final.
The two-day Knecht Cup
featured some of the best
schools in the country,
including three of the nations
top 20 teams. Kansas competed
in its heats Saturday, which

qualified them to move on

to Sundays races. In some
instances
the
Jayhawks
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in other races, they moved
directly into finals.
Kansas won four of its five
heats, with all of the varsity
teams moving on to compete
on Sunday. In events with
semifinals, the top two boats of
each semifinal went on to the
grand final, while the next two
went to the petite final and the
next two went to the third final.

The Second Varsity Four boat

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10 seconds ahead of its closest
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enough to move the team
into the grand final, where it
finished less than two seconds
behind Tulsa for second place.
The First Varsity Four boat, led
by coxswain Mallory Miller,
a sophomore from Pleasant
Hill, Mo., finished first in its
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COMMENTARY
Perry Ellis is
crucial to extend
Big 12 streak

Scott Chasen
@SChasenKU

ollowing the Jayhawks

defeat in the NCAA Tournament, the conversation
about players who might declare for the NBA draft began,
focusing solely on the freshmen.
At the time, the thought of junior Perry Ellis going pro wasnt
really on anyones mind.
On Thursday, however, multiple media outlets, including
the Lawrence Journal-World
and Kansas City Star, reported
Ellis received information on
his draft stock from the NBA
Undergraduate Advisory
Committee, which caused a stir
within the KU community.
However Ellis decision may
end up, it may prove to be a
crucial one for Kansas next year.
Early last season, coach Bill
Self acknowledged that Ellis
hadnt been at his best, but as
the year went on, he showed
improvement. In fact, late in
February, Self said Ellis was
playing like he was the best
player in the league, and had
been absolutely dominant.
It wasnt quite the storybook
ending for Ellis, who suffered a
knee injury over the last month
of the season, and the play of
the team mirrored that; Kansas
finished the year 3-3 in its last
six games.
That is why Ellis decision
means so much.
Prior to his injury, Kansas
was 14-2 when Ellis played 30
minutes or more. But when
he failed to hit that total, the
team went just 9-4, with a win
percent drop-off of nearly 20
percent.
Additionally, Kansas went 14-
3 in games in which Ellis scored
15-or-more points before his injury. However, when he scored
10 or fewer points, Kansas went
just 8-5 for the year a stretch
that accounted for more than
half of the teams losses.
If Ellis were to move on, the
Jayhawks would be without
their two starting big men from
the year before, finding themselves in a conference where
some of the other teams seem
poised to make a run.
After all, Iowa State has
emerged as a serious contender, with numerous returning
standouts, including Georges
Niang, who was All-Big 12 First
Team last year.
Oklahoma is also a possible
contender, returning all but one
key player from last years team,
which finished 24-11, earning a
No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Oklahoma will also
add Christian James, who ESPN
has as a four-star recruit.
Its also worth noting that both
Oklahoma and Iowa State are
ranked in the top 10 of ESPN
reporter Eamonn Brennans
Way- Too-Early Top 25, with
the Cyclones all the way up at
No. 4 four spots ahead of the
Jayhawks.
Ultimately, without Ellis,
the Jayhawks will likely start
the year as the third or fourth
conference favorite. And while
theyve certainly overcome
tough odds in the past, at some
point, the magic is bound to
run out.
Edited by Mitch Raznick

MLS

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Kansas baseball takes first Big 12 series

EVAN RIGGS
@EvanRiggs15

The Kansas Jayhawks

(15-21, 3-6) clinched their
first Big 12 series win,
winning two of three games,
with a 4-2 victory against
the No. 9 Oklahoma State
Cowboys (24-11, 8-4) on
Sunday.
I think were going to take
off after this, senior first
baseman Blair Beck said. It
gives us a lot of confidence.
I think its a big momentum
booster.
No pitcher dominated like
senior Drew Morovick on
Saturday, but the Jayhawks
had great efforts from three
pitchers: freshman Blake
Weiman and sophomores
Sean Rackoski and Stephen
Villines.
Weiman went 5.1 innings
and gave up just one run.
Rackoski pitched 2.1 innings
and gave up one run with
three huge strikeouts.
Weve been trying to get
[Rackoski] to be tougher and
more competitive, Kansas
coach Ritch Price said. He
took a huge step forward
today; those were two huge
innings he pitched for us
against the meat of their
lineup with guys on base.
Villines emphatically shut
the door with 1.1 innings
pitched, no runs allowed
and two strikeouts. He was
awarded the save for the
second consecutive day.
He had a really tough
weekend last weekend,
Price said. For him to
bounce back to get two saves
against that team shows you
how competitive that kid is.
He knows he has one of
the hardest roles in baseball.
When you give up a late lead,
thats devastating to you and
the entire team. You have to
be the toughest guy in the
dugout, you have to have the
most swagger in the dugout
and you have to believe in

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Freshman designated hitter Owen Taylor takes a swing at the ball during the first game of the series against Oklahoma State. The Jayhawks fell to the
Cowboys 7-2 Friday evening at Hoglund Ballpark, but won the following two games to secure the series.

yourself. He had all of those

qualities.
The
Cowboys
struck
first with a solo home run
in the second inning by
catcher Bryan Case, but the
Jayhawks didnt blink.
You have to play all nine
innings and get all 27 outs,
Price said. You have to be
as tough and competitive as
your opponents in the other
dugout. The energy in both
dugouts was really good,
both teams wanted to win
the series badly.
In the fourth inning, after
two walks and a single by
junior second baseman
Colby
Wright,
Beck
delivered a two RBI double,
just as he did Saturday.
Ive watched a lot of film
on my swing, Beck said. I
struggled a bit at Oklahoma
and I had to make an
adjustment. The guys in
front of me are seeing good
pitches and hitting well, and
thats allowing me to do the
same.
The Jayhawks loaded the
bases again in the same
inning with redshirt junior

centerfielder Joe Moroney

up to bat. Moroney drilled
a pitch to center field, but
Oklahoma
States
Ryan
Sluder made a sliding catch
to end the inning.
That could have changed
the game, Price said. We
could have blown it open
right there.
Senior right fielder Dakota
Smith added another run for
the Jayhawks in the sixth
inning with a solo home run
to make it 3-1.
In the seventh inning,
senior
shortstop
Justin
Protacio hit a leadoff double
and advanced to third on
a passed ball. Sophomore
catcher Michael Tinsley
provided the Jayhawks with
an insurance run with a RBI
single to make the score 4-1.
Case added another solo
home run for the Cowboys,
but it was not enough to
overcome the Jayhawks.
The Jayhawks turn their
attention to Missouri State
(24-8) on Wednesday at
6 p.m. at Hoglund Ballpark.
Edited by Yu Kyung Lee

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Senior first baseman Blair Beck hits the ball while up to bat during the first
game of the series against Oklahoma State.

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Senior first baseman Maddie Stein rounds second base during the first game of the series against Texas. The Jayhawks lost 0-6 at Arrocha Field.

Softball drops weekend series to Texas Tech

DEREK SKILLETT
@derek_skillett

The No. 22 Jayhawks (337, 4-5) were unable to carry

momentum from a weekend
sweep of the Oklahoma State
Cowgirls into the weekend
series against the Texas Tech
Red Raiders (18-23, 2-7),
losing the series 2-1.
The Jayhawks began the
weekend dropping the first
game of the series by a score
of 8-7 Friday. The Jayhawks
led the Red Raiders by a score
of 6-2 entering the bottom
of the third inning, when
Texas Tech began to make a
comeback. The Red Raiders
scored six runs over the final
four innings of the game to
take the win.

Offensively, we came out

really hot and our pitching
didnt support it, Kansas
coach Megan Smith said,
according to a University
release. Instead of our offense
continuing to battle, we just
kind of struggled down the
stretch. We were hot and cold
in that game, offensively.
Senior Maddie Stein led the
Jayhawks in Fridays game
with three hits and two runs.
Freshman Daniella Chavez
added two hits and three
RBIs. Senior pitcher Alicia
Pille started Friday, striking
out three batters in three
innings pitched. Sophomore
Sophia Templin and freshman
Bryn Houlton also pitched in
Fridays game, striking out a
combined three batters.

The Jayhawks got back into

the win column Saturday,
defeating the Red Raiders by
a score of 11-9 in 10 innings.
Seniors Chanin Naudin and
Stein led the Jayhawks in the
10th inning; both recording
clutch hits that helped Kansas
put the game away.
The game was tied in the
10th inning until Stein batted
in a three-run RBI to give the
Jayhawks the lead. Naudin
added to the Jayhawks lead
by hitting a two-run home
run to secure the win.
We kept putting pressure
on them, which I liked,
Smith said, according to a
University release. Maddie
was clutch with that hit and
Chanin was huge coming
through with the home run

to score two more runs in that

inning. I wasnt sure five was
going to be enough, but lucky
for us it was.
The Jayhawks were unable
to win the series Sunday,
falling to the Red Raiders 5-4.
After trailing 5-0 entering the
seventh inning, the Jayhawks
scored four runs in a furious
rally attempt that fell short.
Junior Chaley Brickey led
the Jayhawks on Sunday with
three hits and three RBIs.
Sophomore Lily Behrmann,
Naudin and freshman Jessie
Roane added one hit apiece
for Kansas. The Jayhawks
and the Red Raiders both
recorded nine hits each
Sunday.
Houlton got the start
Sunday, striking out two

batters and allowing two runs

in her 2.2 innings pitched.
Senior Beth Wilson replaced
Houlton, but could not
strike any batters out while
allowing three runs. Templin
finished out the game for the
Jayhawks, striking out two
batters while not allowing the
Red Raiders to score.
This is the second series of
the season the Jayhawks have
lost, having been swept by
the Texas Longhorns to begin
Big 12 play.
Up next, the Jayhawks will
face off against the Tulsa
Hurricanes on Saturday and
Sunday inside the Collins
Family Softball Complex in
Tulsa, Okla.

Edited by Samantha